Chapter Three

When I awoke the next morning, I found Yazoo's body curled up beside me with his arms against my chest. Wrapping my arms tighter around him, I buried my face in his hair and breathed in his scent. Memories of last night drifted through my mind as I gave a sigh of content. I felt him stir beside me and looked down into his slowly blinking eyes.

"Morning," I whispered to him.

"Mmm, morning," he grumbled back as he wrapped his arms around me.

Chuckling at his cuteness, I gently kissed his lips as I realized that I was in love with the Remnant.

"You know, Yazy, we can't leave now that –"

"Yazy?" Yazoo questioned softly.

"Umm….yeah. Do you like it?" I asked, knowing that I was blushing.

"It's adorable….just like you," he whispered as he kissed me.

Feeling the blood rush to my face, I kissed back. Suddenly he pulled back and looked at me. "Now what were you saying?"

"Oh, right…well…you know that I…I like you, right?"

Raising an eyebrow at me, he gave a smirk. "I just had sex with you, and now you are telling me that you might like me?"

"No, no, no! That's not what I meant! I mean, I do like you, but it's so much more than that! I -"

Yazoo laughed as he kissed me again. "You don't have to say it. I understand."

"You…you do?" I asked.

Giving a laugh, his fingers trailed down my chest as he said, "Reno, I'm not some girl that needs to hear that her boyfriend loves her after the first time they have sex. I just want you to know that I feel the same way about you too."

"You…you do?" I asked again.

Yazoo laughed and kissed me, but this time his tongue matched mine, and he held it longer than before. When he finally broke away, leaving me in a romantic daze, he smiled at me.

"Of course I do. I think I always have."

Reno smiled at this and then began, "Seriously, Yazoo. If we go back to Shinra, then they will want to take you away from me. I won't be able to go on without you."

"So don't leave," he said, kissing my chest between words. "Stay here with me, like you promised. Nobody will need to find us – nobody needs to know. I'm sure Shinra already thinks we're dead, so why don't we just stay here?"

"You mean, like…forever?"

"Yeah…forever."

"But what about your brothers? And Rude, and Cloud, and the rest of them?"

"Something tells me that both Rude and Loz will be taking very good care of each other. And as for Strife and Kadaj, I think they, too, will be happy together. They all just need time to work it all out."

"Wait…Rude and Loz? Strife and Kadaj? What the hell?"

Yazoo raised a finger to my lips. "Love comes in many unexpected ways, right?"

That I couldn't argue with.

"Besides, I'm sure that Rude and Strife will find this island one day – and I'm sure that once my brothers realize their true feelings for the men, they will follow them wherever they go. We can meet up with them when they get here. But for now, I think we should focus on figuring out how to get your answers, right?"

"I think I already got my answers, though," I said as I stared into my lover's eyes. "I wanted to know how I truly feel about you. Well now I know. I…I love you, Yazoo."

"And I love you…Reno."

(A/N: Well that wraps up Reno and Yazoo's bit for now. So many questions still remain – will they ever find out what is causing the technology around the island to crash? Will they ever discover who the voice belonged to that spoke in Reno's dream? And what about Cloud, Rude, Kadaj, and Loz? Will they get to Isla de Jenova Del Corazón as well?? Find out when I finally decide to update again!!! Please review!!!)