Reno sat in the helicopter cock pit laughing with Cid. It had been a good afternoon. They had made great progress on the helicopter and were taking a brief recess to simply enjoy a good laugh. They were both covered in grease up to their elbows and Reno couldn't think of a time that he was happier.

Mid laugh he felt his phone buzz and he pulled it out. He didn't even look at the caller ID when he opened it and answered.

"Hello?" Reno managed around a laugh

"You are sleeping with Highwind?" came an angry hiss from the other line.

Reno froze, "Tseng?"

"You are FUCKING Highwind?" Tseng snarled again.

Reno felt ice run down his spine. Tseng didn't swear. He didn't swear when Reno refused to do paperwork, he didn't swear when Reno wrecked helicopters, and he didn't even swear when he was injured. This was serious business.

"Tseng, I'm not-"

"We have been apart for less than a month and you are fucking Highwind? It took us three years to build up to trying anything even remotely akin to kissing and I hear that you are sleeping with a known enemy?"

"He's not an enemy. Who-"

"It does not matter who told me. It matters that you are fucking a man you have known less than a week. You are fucking an enemy who has wounded you. Do you have any idea what that makes you look like? It makes you look like a- a-"

"A whore?" Reno offered quietly.

Tseng stopped speaking and all Reno could hear on the other end was rather loud breathing.

"I assume you spoke to Vincent. Cid did mention that he was heading to go see Yuffie. You assumed that I was sleeping with Cid because Vincent Valentine, one whom I would care to point out was also an "enemy", came to you and told you that Cid and I were together."

Tseng said nothing, but was clearly still on the other end.

"Did he tell you that he saw Cid and I together? Or that he watched us from a window? What proof does Vincent have of what I have been doing? You're a Turk, unless you have clear evidence, you wouldn't be calling here."

Reno's answer was silence.

"Nothing? Vincent offered you no proof? Well that is convenient because there is no proof to give. Cid and I have not slept together. In fact, Cid has been a perfect gentleman, yet you call me demanding to know if I am "fucking" him. What rights do you have to care? You left me, I did not leave you. You chose to leave me. You told me that you needed to be true to your God and then you left me. You have absolutely NO RIGHT to call up here and demand to know what time frame he and I have done anything. You have no claim on me, so you don't get to care what I do with my body and with whom I am doing it. Furthermore, it took us three years because you were to hung up on the fact that I had a dick and you liked it. I offered myself to you a month after we started dating and you said it was too soon. So I waited on your terms. Everyone is different. Are Cid and I trying to date? Yes. Have we kissed? Yes. You know what, I have even given him a fucking blow job, but you know what Tseng? You know what? You have no business calling here and demanding anything from me. You are not my superior anymore. You are an ex-boss and ex-boyfriend that thinks he can control my actions by calling up and demanding to know what I am doing after being given false information. I am tired of needing to cradle your ego. I am happy here and you know what, unless the Turks are reunited, don't call me. Don't show up and most certainly don't demand to know what I am doing. I am not your little whore anymore."

Reno stood and walked to the garage door. He shut the phone off and adjusted his grip. He threw open the door and with a smile he hurled the phone into the stormy darkness with a smile, just as it began to ring again.

He turned back to a very stunned Cid and brushed off his hands.

"You are off the hook. You don't need to have breakfast with my ex. He is far too crazy for my standards."

Cid continued to stare at Reno until the redhead sat down and took a sip of the beer he had been drinking.

"Did you just throw yer phone outta the garage and inta the ice storm?" Cid asked.

Reno nodded and lit a cigarette, "Yep."

"Was it Tseng that called?"

Reno nodded and let a plume of smoke escape his lips.

"Did I hear you right that Vincent told him that we were together?"

"I assumed that bit. He's really the only one that knows about us and you said he was heading to Wutai to see Yuffie."

Cid nodded and took Reno's cigarette from him and took drag.

"What a jealous bitch he is. I thought he'd be cool about it, not go tell Tseng that we were fuckin' all over tha place. Fer fuck's sake we haven't even actually had sex yet."

Reno gave Cid a wicked smile and crawled towards him.

"You know, we could give them something to justify their cause."

Cid looked at Reno, his mouth hanging slightly agape. The Turk reached over and stole back his cigarette. After finishing it and flicking it into the waste basket he inched just a bit closer to Cid and pressed his lips to the elder man's neck.

"Good thing we got alotta werk done on the chopper earlier, I dun think we're gunna get anything else done tonight."

Reno let out a dark chuckle and the two embraced in a heated kiss that promised to lead into far more scandalous activities.

~Here it is Chapter 22! Hope you all enjoyed it! Huge thanks to Yatsuki, trabeck, Black-Rogue-Fairy, alltheangelsinheaven, and VioletIsInPain who reviewed the last chapter. I hope to hear more from you. I write because you review (and a compulsive need to make sex men do ultra sexy things) so please keep them coming. As you may have noticed I am writing a secondary Christmas Fic titled 12 Days. It is based on 12 characters and will (with all luck) be finished by Christmas, with a posting every day until then! If you would like take a gander over there and see what's going on! Thank you and hope it meets standards! ~CR