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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Reno walked towards his and Cloud's room, his body numb all over from his latest mission. He had beaten his record: he had killed an entire family without even blinking.

Usually he would think twice before he did it...

He always wondered why his lover was still with him; how he could even trust him enough to sleep on the same bed with him. Yes, Cloud knew exactly what he had to do for a living... How his hands were stained with innocent blood.

Yet, he would always welcome him with a warm smile that he only showed to him or the children and pull him to his toned chest, sighing happily as he rested his cheek on the redhead's slim shoulder.

He would always say that he loved him like he had never loved before.

And that was what Reno was finding hard to understand: how could someone love a cold-blooded murderer so deeply?

The redhead just sighed and decided to reflect on it some other day: he was too tired to even keep his eyes open for more than a few more minutes. Reno walked into the room without making a noise, directed towards the bathroom so that he could take off the smell of blood and death from his skin as he watched Cloud curled under the sheets and covers, his mouth slightly open as he slept soundlessly with one hand tucked under his head and the other extended towards the redhead's pillow as if he had been waiting for him all night.

Reno smiled fondly: yes, that was what probably happened. Cloud always waited for him to come back from his missions.

After the bath, the redhead struggled to get to the kitchen, feeling his empty stomach overwhelming just slightly his drowsiness and exhaustion. 'Oh yeah, this is heaven, yo...' He grinned in the dark, smelling the plate of food waiting for him in the microwave, begging to be heated and devoured.

If Cloud Strife wasn't a delivery boy, he would be a cook. And a good one at that...

Grinning deviously at his now heated food, Reno sat down at the kitchen's table munching and nearly moaning as the food made its way to his stomach. The Turk scanned the cosy place, feeling his heart warming as he took on his surroundings...

That was the doorway where he would lean to until Cloud lifted his gorgeous eyes from the stove and notice him for the first time in the day, giving him a small greeting smile.

Oh, and that would be the spot near the window where he would curl his arms around Cloud's slim waist and press their lips together for a few long sweet moments, just being there as their breakfast burnt and they couldn't care less about it, there, in each other's arms.

Reno looked down and smiled at his plate, digging the rest of his late dinner before placing the dishes on the washing-machine.

That's when he noticed something on the table that he hadn't noticed before.

A bouquet of white roses, right in the middle of the table with a card placed neatly beside it.

The redhead frowned lightly and made his way to it, smiling at the flowers and picking up the card gently as he noticed that something was off about one of the roses: one of them was made of plastic.

Intrigued, Reno opened the card as he rested his hip against the table:

Since tomorrow I'll be the one who has to go away in a delivery, I'll give you twelve roses.

Eleven real and one made of plastic.

If something happens to me (or not), always remember that I will always love you until the very last of the twelve flowers dies.

Cloud XxxX

The redhead grinned, placing the card back down at the table before picking up the flowers carefully and moving them to a jar so that they would keep healthy, even if for just a few more days. Reno sighed contently and walked back to his room, only to find his lover looking at him sleepily, lifting himself to a sitting position as he yawned. "Sorry if I was the one who woke ya up, babe..." He apologized, walking towards the bed and sliding inside the covers held up by his boyfriend.

Cloud only smiled, lying back on the bed and pressing a sweet kiss on his lover's soft neck. "It's okay... At least I get to cuddle." He chuckled, tucking his head under Reno's chin and resting his two arms against his chest, wanting to get as warm as he could within his love's arms on that cold night.

Reno smiled tenderly, rubbing small comforting circles on the blonde's back as he took on the green apple's scent of Cloud's shampoo. He just stayed still; watching as the other man's breathing slowed and steadied, indicating that he had fallen back asleep. The redhead smiled again, closing his eyes as he shifted a little without waking up his lover and he tried to change the position on which their tangled legs had fallen to. "So that ya know..." He whispered softly, rubbing a tender thumb against the blonde's baby cheek. "I loved the flowers and I love ya too, ya moron. Next time, try giving them to me personally, it'll be more romantic, yo."

Cloud just blushed and cracked one eye open, letting his sleeping mask fall.

He so failed at romance...

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Theme: Flowers

Word count: 910

I just know that this was asked by someone but I can't find/remember by whom! D8 sorry! This is fer you!

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

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

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

Drunken Singing – SWW

Sister – SWW

Gondola – SWW

Baby issues – SWW

Acceptance – SWW

Slowly Dying Inside – SWW

Darker side – SWW

Silence – SWW

Death – SWW

Dying – SWW

Drowning – SWW

Rage – SWW

Dreams – SWW

Love – SWW

Flower –done

Their Phobias – SWW

Drunk!Reno – SWW

Night on Town – SWW

Pirates – SWW

Schizophrenia – SWW

Morning – SWW

Santa!Cloud - 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)