Way of Living
CloudxReno; occasional other pairings.
AN: hey, everyone was doing a collection of drabbles so I thought... why not? XDXD
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"What Midgar was and what Midgar is now, yo... Just look at that."
Reno and Cloud sat on the edge of a cliff, seeing the once almighty mako city ruins bathed by the moonlight, giving it a look of misery.
"I don't really care." The blond said bitterly, leaning against the sword beside him and adjusting Reno's jacket around his shoulders since it was a cold night.
Reno gazed at him, seeing his saddened expression lightened by the soft light of the night. "To be honest..." He started with seriousness all over his voice. "I don't think I care either, yo. ShinRa did many bad things and if Midgar is like that, it's mostly the company's fault. Am I wrong, zotto?" The redhead asked with a knowing smile.
Cloud looked back at him, his mako-blue eyes glowing even more with the moonlight. "No, you're not wrong." He said softly, glancing back at the now-dull blade of the old Buster Sword. "Everything that happened... It's ShinRa's fault, no one else." The blond said, resting his forehead against the cold metal.
Reno bit his lip and looked at the weapon. "Isn't that your old sword? The one that gave me that preeeeeeeetty scar on my torso, yo?" He asked with a grin, finally remembering from where he knew that sword.
Cloud smiled very lightly, nodding. "Yeah... But I never felt that it was really mine... I think that I kind of... borrowed it."
"...Oh crap, ya stole it."
"... NO." The blond said with a bigger smile, shaking his head vigorously. "Zack gave it to me. Before he... left." Reno watched as his lover's smile vanished, leaving an old sorrow behind. "Before he... died, he said I was the evidence that he had lived... That's one of the few things that I remember clearly about him..." Cloud shook his head, tugging at the sleeves of Reno's jacket around his shoulders. "If he had left me behind, he wouldn't be dead." He finished with a whisper, never taking his eyes from the spot where he had left his best friend's body.
The Turk slowly closed the space between them, lifting the blonde's chin with a finger. "If he had left ya behind, we wouldn't be here right now, would we?" Reno said smirking at the look Cloud was giving him. "I'm glad he didn't left ya behind. Otherwise, who would make me feel this warm and fuzzy inside, yo?" The redhead smiled, brushing his nose on his lover's.
Cloud smiled after a few seconds, leaning towards the contact. "Who am I to argue about that...?" He said, feeling the same affection towards the man in front of him.
Reno shrugged with a content sigh, stealing Cloud's lips with only the moon as a witness.
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Theme: Moonlight
To: Launch ShinRa
Word count: 461
ZOMG, so much sugar on this one -hides- Come on guys, please request something so that I can get over this block with Beyond Repair and Left Alone XD