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[looking_sharp]

What it says on the can

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[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.]

[electroburst]

Funny... they told me the Turks would keep me out of trouble. I'd say I was bein' lied to, but then you came along.

[looking_sharp]

[Rude laughs, shaking his head. There was nothing that could keep Reno out of trouble. He laughs and pulls Reno down lay with him and hold him tightly.]

You've made my life troublesome.

[electroburst]

You're welcome.

[ just sprawling over him, as much as his blanket cocoon/ghost costume will allow for. he's wearing it like a fucking clone cloak, over his head with just his face showing. ]

I, uh. Y'know.

[ nice one. totally nailed it reno. doing the romance thing great. ]

[looking_sharp]

I love you enough for the both of us.

[Because Reno doesn't have to love himself, or love Rude, if he'll just let Rude love him.]

[electroburst]

Dammit, I was gonna say it...

[ eventually, maybe. he was working his way up to it. slowly. ]

[looking_sharp]

Don't have to. Long as I have you in my arms, I know it. Now be a good ghost and be quiet and spooky.

[electroburst]

But—

[ well... pulling the blanket down over his face a little more, so the "hood" obscures his eyes. so much for that, he guesses. ]

Boo.

[looking_sharp]

[The best part of the word 'boo'? The point where the 'b' flows into the 'oo'. Because it puckers the lips. And with Reno's eyes covered, Rude can lean in and kiss him. Just kiss him slow and warm. He loves you, Reno, and if you can't say the words, say it with the kiss.]

[electroburst]

[ he wanted to say it, he just needs time. it's important that he says certain things, he thinks. Rude's mom knows about him. he knows most of the guy's story by now, and he can piece together the rest without much effort. but he's still pretty much a blank slate, besides giving him a glimpse into his pathetic childhood. they could move past it without it being a <>thing, but he still has more to say. and that—he needs to learn how to say that, too. sometimes silent communication doesn't always cut it.

but for now, it'll have to. he might have needed time to talk, but he doesn't need time to show Rude what he was thinking. he presses close, framing Rude's face with both hands and kisses him back, long and soft. eventually, though, he has to draw back when his jaw starts to quiver. emotionality is really nothing unusual or new for Reno, it's just that he's never shown it like this. ]