Author's Note: Okay, so here it is. The final chapter in the Misunderstandings/Redemption storyline. I'm sad to be ending it, but I'm also very happy with how it's turned out. Thank you to all of the reviews and positive feedback you've been giving me and also thanks to ElegantCandyCat my best friend and beta reader. She came up with the initial idea for Misunderstandings and I felt like writing it. I hope I've done it justice. Again, thank you to everyone who's reviewed and taken the time to read this. So, until next time, ja ne!
Disclaimer: I still don't own this
A few months later, Reno was ushering the kids to go into the school building and leave him and Rufus alone. They continued to protest until Reno threatened to not let them have pudding for a month. Once that threat was made, each of the children gave Reno a kiss on the cheek, then gave Rufus a kiss on the cheek and ran into the school building.
"So, what would you like to do, today?" Rufus asked, wrapping his arms around Reno in a comforting embrace.
"Don't care, yo" Reno mumbled, snuggling into the blonde's arms. Rufus smiled and led Reno up to the top of a hill which overlooked the whole town. The redhead looked at the blonde in confusion. "Why'd ya bring me here, yo?"
Rufus didn't answer to start with, he just moved away from the redhead and took a deep breath.
"Reno... Meeting you was the best thing to happen to me... I've never been happier than when I've been with you. I know we've had some hard times, but I believe that's enabled our relationship to become stronger... I have never stopped loving you since I laid eyes on you." Rufus paused long enough to go down on one knee and take Reno's hand in his. The blonde looked up and met the redhead's impossibly green and stunned eyes. "Would you do me the greatest honour of my life and marry me?"
Reno stood in a stunned silence for what seemed like forever.
"You're not joking, are ya?" He asked uncertainly.
"If I was joking, I wouldn't have made that long speech to start with" Rufus stated. Reno smiled more than he'd ever smiled before and hugged the blonde tightly.
"Yes, I will marry you, yo" The redhead said happily. The blonde smiled back and kissed his redhead, slipping a simple gold ring onto Reno's left ring finger.
The redhead broke the kiss and admired the ring on his finger.
"I love you, Mr Shinra"
"I love you too, Mr Shinra"