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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It was Christmas Eve and Seventh heaven was full of people. Not costumers drinking their sorrows or usual patrons but friends and allies occupied the bar's stools and tables, laughing, drinking and talking about their accomplishments.
Even Turks were there. "Hey sweetie, care to give this fellow of yours a nice, cold beer yo?" Reno grinned, winking at the bartender.
Tifa giggled, putting a beer on top of the counter. "Don't get yourself drunk too early or Santa won't give you any presents." She joked.
Reno snorted, taking a sip of his beer. "He never gave me anything, why would he give me now?" He asked, turning his back at Tifa and examining the party. Everything was normal: Rude kept staring at Tifa in fascination from his table, Elena was drunk and hitting on Tseng, Barret was playing with his little daughter, Cloud was sulking near the window, Yuffie was annoying Vincent with hol---- "'Can't fucking believe it, yo." The redhead sighed. No, there was something out of place and he, Reno of The Turks, was going to fix it. "Yo, what Cloud likes ta drink?" He asked Tifa.
"Wine, beer, scotch, sake." The woman shrugged. "Whatever he feels like it."
"Then gimme two scotches, please."
Tifa sighed and poured the drinks. "He's always like that on Christmas; I don't think you'll be able to do something against it." She warned before the Turk got hurt.
Reno nodded and grabbed the drinks. "I'll give it a shot, yo." He grinned and walked over to where Cloud was. "Yo, Cloud! Long time no see, bud!" The redhead greeted, holding one of the drinks towards the younger man.
Cloud looked up and eyed the redhead. "Thanks." He thanked quietly, taking the drink.
The redhead smiled and sat beside the blond. "Waiting for someone especial?"
Cloud turned his back at the window, shaking his head. "No. Everybody who I liked that way ended up dead." He said, sipping his drink. "And the one person I like right now doesn't know about it."
"Why don't ya tell her?"
The blond smiled softly. "Him." He corrected. "And that's one of the reasons why I keep my mouth shut."
"Ya afraid that he's gonna reject ya?" Reno asked, setting his empty glass on the table.
Cloud nodded, staring at his glass. "I'm sick of suffering, of fighting. I just want to run my delivery service in peace and have a home where the person I care is waiting for me when I arrive." He sighed, setting the glass on the table, now empty.
Reno nodded back. "Sometimes I wish that too. But ya know Turks; they don't have the perfect job to just settle down, yo." He sighed bitterly, looking out of the window. "Hey, when did it start snowing?" The redhead grinned, delighted by the small white flocks. "I wanna touch it." He pouted.
"Want to go outside?"
"Hell Yeah!" The redhead exclaimed, nearly sprinting to the door as Cloud calmly followed, nodding at Tifa as he passed the counter.
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"I always loved snow, yo." Reno sighed contently, sitting on the Meteor Monument and watching the snow fall on his red spikes. "I had never seen it when I was on the slums and when I got outside of Midgar it was a shock. It's just so white, pure, ya know? Ever since then, I try to go out and stay like this, watching and feeling the snow... it makes me feel in peace with myself."
Cloud nodded, sitting beside the Turk. "On winter, we used to have snow almost every day, back at Neibelheim. Sometimes it got annoying but yeah, it is pretty." He agreed and watched as Reno smiled when a small flock of snow fell on the tip of his nose. "Wait..." The blond mumbled, wiping the redhead's nose with his sleeve. "There."
Reno grinned at the blond, distracted by those blue pools. "OW, FUCK, S'COLD!" He yelped and lunched forward at the ex-SOLDIER when a snowplough passed near them and nearly buried them with the white cover.
Cloud blinked at the redhead on his arms and suddenly started laughing at the situation. "I can't believe we were so distracted that we missed that thing approaching us." He chuckled.
"Yeah!" Reno chuckled too as the laughing slowly came to an end and the two men realised how close they were to each other. The redhead licked his lips, looking from the blonde's parted lips and softened eyes. "Hey Cloud." Reno whispered, seeing his warm breath mix with the warrior's. "Was that guy that you liked me by any chance?" He asked softly.
The blond leaned forward a little so that their noses were touching. "What if I told you that yes, you're the guy?" He whispered back, feeling his heart drum on his ears as he closed his eyes at the sensation of having the man he loved so near.
Reno smiled softly. "If yes, I would first kiss you..." He whispered, closing the gap between them and pressing his soft lips gently against his love's, feeling butterflies on his stomach.
Cloud reached and cupped the redhead's face with both hands, rubbing his cheeks tenderly with his thumbs. "And what would you do next?" He asked in a soft tone, looking deep into the other man's sky-blue eyes.
The redhead smiled, touching their foreheads. "Then I would admit that I love you, yo." He chuckled, amused by Cloud's sudden bright expression. It seemed that every shadow, every sign of sorrow on the young man's face had lightened up and disappeared.
"Then I guess I don't need to be afraid of being rejected anymore, do I?" The blond asked, smiling softly.
Reno shook his head, grinning. "Nope, yo." He chuckled, getting up and taking Cloud's hand. "Let's go back to the bar, I'm freezing, yo." The redhead laughed weakly, shivering in the cold night.
Cloud smiled, getting up and running his strong arms around his new lover, trying to warm him. "I love you." He said softly on the man's ear.
The Turk smiled against Cloud's shoulder, burying his cold nose on the man's neck.
Oh yeah, this was the man he wanted at home, waiting for him to come back after a day of work. That was his idea of perfect.
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Theme: First 'I Love You' / Snowfall / Christmas Eve
To: 1050
Word count: Jennrr
Flufiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiness! And m'sorry that this came late!
Here are the themes already done and waiting to be done (I'll be removing the ones already done!)
Valentine's Day / waterfall / treasure hunt - still waiting to be written (SWW)
Neko!Cloud - SWW
Beach - WIP
Cuddly!Reno / cuddly - SWW
Christmas - SWW
Snowboard - SWW
Cinema - SWW
Dentist - SWW
Stuffed animal - SWW
Cherry blossoms - SWW
Fight / Break Up - SWW
Reno fight over Cloud -SWW
Long business trip and reunion scene - SWW
Aerith's Birthday - SWW
Snowball fights / snow angels - SWW
A date in space - SWW
Christmas Decorations - SWW
Caffeine/Sugar - SWW
Kiss - SWW (AH, ya thought that weren't more uses for lips, mouth and tongue, HUH?!!!!!!!!! Aline, I'll kill you! D8)
First 'I Love You' / Snowfall / Christmas Eve - done
Porn Collection - SWW
Videogames - SWW
Disneyland - SWW
Painting Lesson - SWW
Session with a Marriage Counsellor - SWW
Popular Reno / Smart Reno - SWW
Lotion - SWW
Yazoo flirting with Reno - SWW
Mother (scene with Reno's abusive mother) - SWW
Kidnapped - SWW
Claustrophobia - SWW
Interrogation - SWW
Picnic - SWW
Bride!Reno - SWW
Disguise (Reno disguised as a woman XD) - SWW
Hurt (alternative, sad ending to Disguise) - SWW
Concert - SWW
Rain and Boom (RudexTifa, Reno gets a brother named Axel XD) - SWW
Cloud mistakes Axel for Reno, whose dead - SWW
Vacation - SWW
Reno's twin scars - SWW
Pets - SWW
Song - SWW
Dinner - SWW
Teddy - SWW
Birthday - SWW
Stalker - SWW
Spin the Bottle – SWW
Seduction – SWW
Proposal – SWW
Cutter – SWW
Apologize – SWW
Dead Pet – SWW
Role-playing on the Bedroom – SWW
Purple Nail polish - SWW
If you're thinking about any other theme, please ask for it on a review, signed or not :D I'm aiming to the 50 or 100 drabbles! (And if I forgot about any theme you already requested, please point it out Dx)