Man this chapter took me… A year? I'm sorry I really REALLY hated it. I even deleted it and rewrote it a couple… Hundred times and Tseng still turned out OOC. It's the best I could do in between work and life and stuff.

In other news. I MIGHT be moving to Japan in a few months.

Disclaimer: I don't own FFVII nor its characters. I also don't own the ideas taken from Love Monster.

Rufus found himself in Tseng's apartment in a matter of minutes. Before he could even find his bearings, he was seated at the dining table and tied to the chair.

"What do you think you're doing Tseng?"

"If I do this then you won't run away again."

Rufus just stared back at the fox incredulously. Did he really think that he was going to run away in this kind of situation?

"You don't have any webbing to manipulate here, not to mention your pet isn't around to help you out either."

"So what are you trying to do? Don't tell me you actually just want to talk."

Tseng could already feel a headache coming on and he pressed two fingers against his forehead in an attempt to stave it off. "You know sometimes I really think you act too much like a child."

Rufus snorted. "This coming from you."

"Didn't I tell you already? This thing… This obsession that you seem to think I have is all over." Tseng sighed exasperatedly while he paced around the room, his tail flicking in a somewhat irritated fashion. Rufus' eyes shifted over to the appendage, quite surprised to see it out. Tseng often didn't reveal his monster aspects out of habit, seeing as how he was often outside of Midgar and around humans. "That weasel's already within my ranks."

Rufus' attention snapped back to the fox's face at the sound of Tseng's voice.

"The only time we interact with each other is just for work. Our relationship is purely on a professional level."

"Isn't that how we started out?" Rufus' automatic statement stopped Tseng in his tracks. "A long time ago we didn't have anything to do with each other unless it was for work related reasons."

Tseng seemed to stare at Rufus for a long time, seemingly processing his words before a small smile spread across his face. "Are you jealous?"

"Why the hell would I be jealous of some snotty little weasel? Who the hell do you think I am? I'm Shinra's Vice President!"

Tseng's smile merely widened at the spider's denial. "So you are jealous."

"Are you deaf or something Tseng? I just said that I wasn't…" Before Rufus could say another word, the Turk swooped down and pressed his lips against the spiders'.

"I'm not going to repeat myself ever again so you'd better listen carefully." Tseng spoke softly against Rufus' lips.

"Even if I don't want to hear it?" The spider was pouting while Tseng's smile had morphed into a smirk.

"Just listen." He shifted so that his lips were just beside Rufus' ear. His breath sent shivers down the spider's spine. "I'm going to say something that's entirely out of character for me, so I want you to listen for once, do you think you can do that?"

Rufus' snorted despite the tingly feeling the fox was giving him from his close proximity. "Even if I didn't want to hear what you're going to say, I can't help but listen in this kind of situation."

Tseng's smirk widened before he decided to speak. "There has only been you. I wouldn't ignore the presidents orders just to have some little fling with you when he told me that he didn't like our relationship and he wanted it to stop. You are mine and no little trainee Turk is going to change that. Do you understand?" There was a long silence when Tseng pulled back to hear Rufus' answer.

"I'm holding you to that you stupid fox."

Tseng merely smirked at the vice presidents reply.

Rufus didn't even look up as Zack burst into his office and sat himself down on the edge of his desk with a smug smile on his face, not caring that he was probably sitting on some important documents. There was an awkward silence as Rufus continued to read and sign papers, ignoring the fact that the wolf was sitting on his desk.

"So…" Zack began.

"I got Lazard to assign you on a mission for the next few days. You're going to Junon to welcome some new recruits and escort them back to Midgar."

Zack stared at Rufus in shock. "But… Rufus… Why… But I…"

A small smirk appeared on Rufus' face. "You will be leaving within the week. Have fun Zachary."

Zack pouted and hopped off the desk, not caring that his actions sent some of Rufus' paper work flying. "See if I ever do anything nice for you ever again… And I hope you drown in your paperwork." He started stomping his way to the door.

"And Zack…"

The wolf paused to look at the spider as he started opening the door.

"Thank you."

"I'm still angry at you."

Despite his words, a small smile appeared on Zack's face as he made his way out of the office. It looked like everything was going to be alright, for now.