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 in moments like the one they were living in that made them wish they could just run away like two teenagers in love.
The thing was...
They weren't teenagers but full grown adults.
And yes, they loved each other but their love was wrong in many ways (not for them because love is not nor will ever be a crime).
Why, you ask?
They were gay. They were once deadly enemies. But what really made them hide were their friends.
Cloud wasn't stupid as people labelled him. He knew, and could clearly see, how Tifa felt for him. Hell, he even noticed that Yuffie had a crush on him when they went on that small date to the Gondola. The thing was that Tifa was his best friend. The one on who he could count with whenever he was in trouble or needed a friendly shoulder to cry his sorrows.
Then his lover's friends added to the picture.
They were the Turks and Reno's only family. He had no-one else in the world to who he could call brother or sister. That's what Rufus, Tseng, Rude and Elena were to him: siblings.
One of the most important rules in a Turk's code is not to create any bond with enemies, be it current enemies or not. Reno clearly stepped on that rule as there he was: moaning Cloud's name as he lifted his hips to match each of the blonde's thrusts.
As their sweaty bodies rocked together in some random hotel room in a village where nobody knew who they were, Cloud couldn't stop thinking how would be possible for them to keep living like that:
Having secret encounters in the middle of the night, stealing small kisses from each other when nobody was looking, tenderly touching and brushing hands when everybody else was busy with something else.
Cloud was sick of living like that and he knew Reno felt the same.
They were both sick of hiding.
"Shh, nobody can see us, yo." Reno shushed, locking the door of Seventh Heaven's basement before snaking his slender arms around his lover's neck and closing the space between them with a hungry kiss. "Missed me?" He whispered, breaking the contact and staring into glowing blue eyes. Many people thought that the eyes of the blond soldier were scary due to their unnatural glow but all Reno could think was that they were beautiful, painting his lover's pale cheeks with a pale green glow. Damn, if he thought artistically he could even describe Cloud's eyelashes like soft brushes that would be used to paint such a handsome face!
"You know I did." Cloud smirked, closing his eyes as he rested his cheek on top of his lover's shoulder. Both men stayed like that for a moment, just listening to their heartbeats and the noise coming from the bar as they held each other. Then, out of nowhere, both of them pushed the other away as fast as they could when a loud thud was heard behind them. Cloud and Reno sighed deeply and exchanged sad and exasperated looks as a cat Tifa had adopted days ago jumped from behind a few boxes.
They were both sick of risking.
"Thanks for the help, boys." Tifa smiled, seeing the bar cleaned and shinning.
Reno grinned and took a drag on his cigarette. "You're welcome babe. I'm always here, yo, I had to help sometime." He said smoothly.
The brunette smiled in return. "You're a sweet." She joked. "Get yourselves a drink; I'm going to clean the kitchen. Be right back."
Cloud and Reno watched the woman walk away until she disappeared from sight. "You're always here, you had to help sometime? Pretty smooth..." The blond chuckled, getting up from his stool and leaning over the counter, reaching for the sake.
Reno grinned and looked around to make sure nobody was near before smacking playfully his lover's butt. "You know smooth is my middle name. Like Re-smooth-no." He said softly, chuckling as Cloud looked over his shoulder to glare at him.
"Yeah, sure, whatever..." The blond sighed with a small hint of a smile playing on his lips as he put the sake on top of the counter and picked up two ochoko (1). The Turk waited until Cloud had settled himself back on his stool before taking the drinks away from his hands, placing them on the counter as he captured his lover's lips in a soft kiss, rubbing his face tenderly with his thumb. Cloud closed his eyes and allowed himself to kiss back before realization hit him. "What are you doing?" He whispered, placing a hand on his mouth and practically seeing himself trying to explain his and Reno's swollen lips to Tifa if she decided to reappear on that exact moment
"I missed you, damn it." Reno whispered with a sad pout, looking down at their hands and interlacing their fingers tenderly. "I'm getting sick of this."
Cloud took a quick glance around the room before leaning forwards and place a sweet kiss on his lover's exposed neck. "I'm sick of hiding too." He whispered tenderly, nuzzling the back of Reno's ear with his nose. "But you know what's on the line."
"We can run! I'd choose you over the Turks and you know it!"
"You were the one saying that the Turks were the only family you ever had!" Cloud whispered in a breath as his lover looked down to the ground, whishing he had never fell in love. "I don't want to make you choose, Reno... Besides, you know what happen to Turks who go missing. They would come after you and shot you on the spot!"
Reno nodded and looked up, resting his forehead on Cloud's. "I know, yo. I know." He sighed, closing his eyes as he reclaimed his boyfriend's lips once more.
Both men parted hastily before they could really start to enjoy the kiss and reached for their drinks when steps were heard coming from the kitchen. "Tifa...?" Marlene mumbled, appearing on the stairs rubbing an eye sleepily. "Cloud...! You're back!" She smiled, running to the blond man who smiled back and lifted her to his lap. "I didn't hear you coming."
Cloud smiled, ruffling the girl's hair as she yawned. "It's pretty late and you were sleeping, of course you didn't hear me. Why are you up anyway?"
"Nightmare..." Marlene mumbled, rocking her legs back and forth as she looked down to the floor. "I'm sorry that I interrupted your talk..." She apologized, looking up at Reno. The men shivered, afraid that she had seen something. "It was just that I heard voices downstairs and was too scared to stay in the room alone..."
Reno smiled and shook his head. "It's okay, pipsqueak. We were just having a drink after all and I was already about to leave, yo."
"Aww..." Marlene pouted. "You always leave when I arrive!" She complained and blushed, hiding her face on Cloud's shirt.
"Is that make-up on your face or you're blushing?" The blond man teased before Marlene jabbed his ribs, exclaiming that she did not have a crush on the redhead and confirming Cloud's thoughts.
Reno smiled but inside was freezing. It broke him every time he would have to pretend that he had nothing going on with the man he cared for the most.
Lips meet tongues and even teeth as both man groaned into each other's mouth and rocked together in a seductive dance, desperately seeking for release, for a way out from their problems.
They wanted to be free. They were sick of secrecies on the behalf of their friends and other people. What about them? How did they feel? Did anybody ever thought about how they felt? No. Pure and simple: no, they didn't, and would never do until they decided to let their mask fall and announce 'screw the world, three cheers for guy love!'
Both men suddenly cried each other's names, arching and panting at the blissful sensation that crept inside them before they collapsed onto each other's arms, becoming one sweaty, tired but content mass of entangled limbs.
Everything was so beautiful during those moments; it felt so... so right to be with the one you loved, even if that one was of the same gender as you. It was during those moments that you realised...
"Ne... Cloud...?"
"Hmm...?"
"Secrecy is good and all but...
Screw the world, yo."
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Theme: Secrecy
Word count: 1410
To: LaunchShinra
(1Ochoko is a small round glass that Japanese use to drink sake.
I probably screw the concept of this drabble, forgiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive me launch Dx, but I somewhat like the paragraph of 'screw the world blah blah crap' thing XD It kinda reminded me of my last arguments with my father.
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)
Beach / Hula - WIP
Snowboard - SWW
Cinema - SWW
Dentist - 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
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)
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
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 bear - SWW
Birthday - SWW
Stalker - SWW
Spin the Bottle – SWW
Seduction – SWW
Proposal – SWW
Cutter – SWW
Dead Pet – SWW
Role-playing on the Bedroom – SWW
Purple Nail polish – SWW
Gift – SWW
I'm Fine – SWW
New Year – SWW
Comparison – SWW
Glasses – SWW
Photo Album – SWW
Karma – SWW
Hugs – SWW
Cloud teaches Reno how to cook – SWW
Addition – SWW
Breakfast – SWW
Puzzles – SWW
Turkey – SWW
Cheerleader!Reno – SWW
Reno fooling Kadaj – SWW
Shattered Dreams – SWW
Horror movie – SWW
Reno without hair gel – SWW
Hidden Truth – SWW
Long anticipated answer – SWW
Shopping – SWW
Setting an Example – SWW
Left Alone – SWW
Boredom – SWW
Laser tag – SWW
When The Fangirls Attack – SWW
Pups – SWW
Nightmare – SWW
Cheating – SWW
Blood – SWW
Exorcism – SWW
Promised Land – SWW
Island – SWW
Can't stop the rain – SWW
Ramen – SWW
Zoo – SWW
Double MPreg – SWW
Purring!Reno – SWW
Senses – SWW
Pillow Fights/Feathers – SWW
Shadows of the Past – SWW
Cloud stalking Reno – SWW
Surfing Cloud – SWW
Electric kiss – SWW
Secrecy – done
Drunken Singing – SWW
Sister – SWW
Gondola – SWW
Baby issues – 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 200 drabbles! (And if I forgot about any theme you already requested, please point it out Dx)