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[looking_sharp]

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[looking_sharp]

[Shhhh, don't think it's awkward. It's just affection. Rude holds him tighter.]

Not exactly quaking, Casper.

[electroburst]

[ it's kinda nice. Reno tugs the blankets down a little, just enough to peer out at him. ]

Boo.

[looking_sharp]

[Rude is most definitely not going to tell Reno how cute he is right then.]

Nope. Still not quaking.

[electroburst]

Heh... I know, I'm being stupid. There's no need for this type of shit. I'm fine, really.

[ he's at least pretty certain by this point that rude isn't going to say (or think) that he's being stupid, but he still feels it bears expressing. ]

[looking_sharp]

I don't know. You're easier to hold like this.

[His arms wrap tighter around Rude.]

[electroburst]

Easier to keep from runnin' away, too.

[ if he was going to run, he'd have been long gone by now. ]

[looking_sharp]

No. If you wanted to go, you'd be gone.

[electroburst]

I could still bolt. I dunno. Now that my big secret's out, an' all.

[looking_sharp]

You could. I'd come to find you.

[electroburst]

Where would you look first?

[looking_sharp]

My home. I know you'd find your way there.

[electroburst]

Mm-mm. If I'm a risk, I wouldn't want to put you in the middle of it.

[ ... yeah, but. ]

... but I'd still go. Yeah.

[looking_sharp]

[Except Reno could trust him to stay safe, couldn't he?]

Then you'd be easy for me to find.

[electroburst]

[ he just doesn't like knowing it's his own inane bullshit that puts him at risk. ]

I guess it doesn't really matter. I'm not a risk, and it doesn't matter if anybody finds out about where I came from. It's just a personal thing.

[looking_sharp]

[Hmmm... Rude kisses Reno's head.]

Got hit by a confuse spell on the way over. Don't remember what you're talking about.

[A.K.A., he can forget he ever heard it if Reno wants.]

[electroburst]

[ heh. he grins weakly. rude always knows just what dumb stuff to do to cheer him up. ]

No... I want you to know. I think you're probably the only person who wouldn't give me grief about it. I always—felt like I had something to prove, but you know already. My, uh... value, I guess.

[ he says "value" like it's a load of bullshit, but there isn't really any other way to put it. ]

... just sitting here like 'what if reno was another shinra bastard but who took more after his mom?

[looking_sharp]

[Well, Rude has known him for an insanely long period of time, hasn't he?]

You're one of the most dangerous men in the world. Working as a senior member of the intelligence arm of the most powerful company and nation in the world. You've got nothing to prove.

NOT GONNA LIE, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LOT

[electroburst]

[ the longest. and now he really knows him. sort of. there's still more to that story. ]

If I can do it, anyone can, right?

[ and then... after a pause. ]

I didn't tell you how I did it.

Sassy-Shinra, to go with Shooty-Shinra, Sabotauge-Shinra, and ex-Solder-Shinra

[looking_sharp]

No, Reno. Not anyone. This is... this is something that is just very you

[Others would batter at the world and try and claw their ways up and never be able to be Reno.]

You don't need to.

the prez really needs to keep it in his pants

[electroburst]

Ah, c'mon. You hear about this shit all the time. Stupid little assholes that came up from nothing and made names for themselves... Shinra's built on that.

[ it's also built on the really fucked up and terrible ways they utilize those stupid little assholes. but y'know. ]

[looking_sharp]

It's built on the lie of that.

[There are few who truly come up that way, and Reno knows it. At the highest level there aren't many who made it that way. The Turks tend to be an excpetion.]

[electroburst]

Ain't that the god damn truth.

[ shrugging his shoulders. ]

Worked out good for us. Why d'you think that is, partner?

[looking_sharp]

[Rude shrugs.]

My good looks, your smart ass mouth.

[electroburst]

[ reno laughs—actually laughs, finally. ]

I thought my smartass mouth only got me into more trouble?

[looking_sharp]

Get us into trouble. But the Turks are trouble.

[And he likes that a lot. Because it keeps life interesting.]