Way of Living
CloudxReno; occasional other pairings.
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"Hey... Happy birthday..."
Lively giggles filled Cloud's ears, warming him in the inside. "Why thank you... It's been a long time." A soothing voice said, amused. "You've been quite busy these days, haven't you?"
The blond blushed softly, sitting besides the pool of holy water at Aerith's church. "I'm sorry..."
"It's fine!" Aerith's spirit sat besides Cloud, looking over her shoulder. "You're happy, that's all that matters.
Cloud smiled sheepishly, rubbing his nape as he looked over his shoulder and at his lover, currently leaning casually against a pillar. Reno wasn't religious – and he wasn't either, mind you – so he usually avoided churches and other places of the sort. The blond kinda pitied him as he watched the redhead just standing there stiffly, as a rabbit already inside the wolf's mouth- possibly sulking because he wasn't allowed to smoke as the place they were in was a holy place. "He hates churches." Cloud stated, smiling as he looked down at the pool. "But he came. He said that he wouldn't let me come alone to make sure I wouldn't go back to my brooding self."
"I'm serious, you don't have to come."
Reno shook his head, wrapping his arms around Cloud's waist. "I want to, yo. I'm not letting you go to that church alone, especially if you're gonna make contact with the ancient."
"It's not like Aerith will push me into the pool and drown me, Reno."
"I know she won't." The redhead suppressed the desire of telling Cloud that Aerith was a ghost and that ghosts couldn't push people into pools but that would only hurt his love. "But she'll make ya remember... And the last thing I want is to watch you enter through that door, looking hurt and guilty for something that it wasn't your fault." Cloud pressed his lips together, making them form a thin, white line as he thought and weighted his options. "Please... I wanna be there, just in case ya need a hug or a whack in the back of yer head, ya know?"
Cloud smiled and finally nodded, chuckling. "Fine... You can come." He accepted, reaching to put a strand of red hair behind Reno's hear. "But you can't smoke inside the church and definitely you can't shun the dead girl... Understood?"
"Consider it a deal."
Cloud closed his eyes and smiled, sighing contently. "You love him." Aerith stated gently, giggling as the blonde's cheeks turned slightly pink. "I'm happy for you. You deserve to be happy."
"Thanks." Cloud murmured, smiling softly. "He makes me happy... I feel like I'm just a normal guy next to him; that I'm not a saviour, that I'm not a warrior... That I don't have to prove something to him so I can be worthy of his attention."
Aerith nodded, looking over her shoulder at Reno once again. "He's happy as well: I can see it." The Reno she once knew smirked and sneered most of the time, not really happy with his way of living. This Reno smiled more, laughed more... "Well then... Go. He's waiting."
Cloud nodded, getting up and dusting his clothes. "Say hi to Zack for me." He smiled at where he knew Aerith was sitting and turned around, his steps making Reno's head lift. "Sorry that I took so long."
Reno shook his head, extending a welcoming arm towards Cloud and wrapping it around his lover's shoulder, leading him out of the church as he squeezed the hand the blond had placed in his hip lovingly with his free hand. "It's fine." He said softly, kissing the top of Cloud's head. "I wouldn't leave you even if you took days."
Aerith smiled as the sound of Cloud's happy chuckle echoed in the hollow church. "Hey, Cloud." She called gently and watched as Cloud turned to look at her. "It'll be fine. You're not alone anymore." The woman smiled warmly, starting to return to the Lifestream.
Cloud smiled warmly back, nodding as he kept on walking. "You're right..." He murmured, titling his head to the side to kiss Reno's cheekbone tenderly. "I'm good now." The blond grinned, leaving a slightly confused lover behind.
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Theme: Aerith's birthday
Word count: 692
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 - SWW
Beach / Hula - WIP
Snowboard - SWW
Cinema - SWW
Dentist - SWW
Cherry blossoms - SWW
Fight / Break Up - SWW
Reno fights over Cloud -SWW
Long business trip and reunion scene - SWW
Aerith's Birthday - SWW
Snowball fights / snow angels - SWW
Caffeine/Sugar - SWW
Videogames - 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
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
Dinner - SWW
Teddy bear - SWW
Birthday - SWW
Stalker - SWW
Spin the Bottle – SWW
Seduction – SWW
Proposal – SWW
Cutter – SWW
Dead Pet – SWW
Purple Nail polish – SWW
Gift – SWW
I'm Fine – SWW
New Year – SWW
Comparison – SWW
Glasses – done
Photo Album – SWW
Hugs – SWW
Cloud teaches Reno how to cook – SWW
Addition – SWW
Breakfast – SWW
Puzzles – SWW
Turkey – SWW
Shattered Dreams – SWW
Horror movie – SWW
Reno without hair gel – SWW
Hidden Truth – SWW
Long anticipated answer – SWW
Shopping – SWW
Left Alone – SWW
Boredom – SWW
Laser tag – SWW
Pups – SWW
Nightmare – SWW
Blood – SWW
Exorcism – SWW
Promised Land – SWW
Island – SWW
Zoo – SWW
Purring!Reno – SWW
Senses – SWW
Pillow Fights/Feathers – SWW
Shadows of the Past – SWW
Surfing Cloud – SWW
Electric kiss – SWW
Drunken Singing – SWW
Sister – SWW
Baby issues – SWW
Acceptance – SWW
Slowly Dying Inside – SWW
Darker side – SWW
Silence – SWW
Death – SWW
Dying – SWW
Rage – SWW
Dreams – SWW
Drunk!Reno – SWW
Night in 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)