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Characters: Rude and Reno
Progress: Complete
Summary: The dynamic duo plan to paint the town red.
Location: Treno
Date: January, 1804
Warnings: Drinking, language, violence... cat.

Now that the five of them were finally together in Treno, Reno was more than ready to start exploring the city properly. It was always dark, sure, but Midgar wasn't exactly the brightest beacon. It was almost like Edge in Treno, at times, and Reno was content in this place. It was the nearest thing to their old Midgar as they could get in Gaia.

So, of course, what was a better way to explore the city properly than to go drinking with your best pal? Regardless of any so-called progress, Reno still thought Rude was the only person who could really keep up with his drinking. Tseng could hold his own and Elena was good enough but Rude was always the one drinking into the early hours with him. Reno accounted it to how big the guy was but he wouldn't comment on that. Same as Rude didn't comment on him being kind of little.

Heading to the room he was sharing with Rude (it was cost effective after all), Reno hammered on the door then flung it open and poked his head into the room, grinning at his partner in what would've seemed a malicious way if Rude didn't know him. No, this was rather a devious expression instead. Like when he had a plan that everyone knew would go wrong and he still damn well did it anyway.

"Hey, Rude. Ruuuuuude. Hey, buddy~! Come drinking with me, 'kay?"

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"Half a Potion should be fine." Leaning forward and lightly plucking one from Reno's pocket, Rude forced himself to shift back, eyes watching as the water ran down his partner's neck. Quickly uncapping the bottle, he swallowed down half of it, feeling the wound heal as he did so. He then stuck the rest of the Potion back into Reno's pocket; he could be quite sly with his hands, when he wanted to be.

Raising an eyebrow at Reno's comment, Rude snorted slightly. "My apologies." Reaching into his pocket for a moment, the Turk paused and withdrew his hand. A trickle of light from the street had caught on Reno's wet hair, and Rude suddenly realized that he was still pretty close to his partner and that they were both still pretty high-strung from the bar and subsequent chase. "...Let me make it up to you."

Before Reno could really reply, Rude spun him around and pushed him back against the wall, kissing him with a rather complete lack of anything gentle.

"Heh, you're always all hands," Reno teased as Rude took the Potion and replaced it before the redhead had any kind of chance to stop him. Still, it was quite true. Rude fought with his hands, made bombs with his hands... well, Reno could think of a few other things those hands did, but mentioning them would probably just get him a black eye.

Yet, suddenly, Rude was making up for something and Reno's mind didn't damn well care what it was once his back hit that wall. Blue eyes went wide for a split second as Rude kissed him and Reno made a small, startled sound but a moment later, his arms draped around Rude's neck and his brain reminded him that oh, hey, yeah, we're like this now...

And Reno would openly admit he liked this bit of progress. Especially when Rude was the one taking control. Damn, it was good when Rude took control.

Unable to resist, Reno's tongue escaped within moments of the kiss starting, demanding attention from Rude's as his fingers found the bigger Turk's piercings, toying with the ones on his left ear, just teasing them a little.

Reno demanded attention on a regular basis, and while Rude was usually fairly good at ignoring him when the situation called for it, this wasn't one of those times. Especially because Reno's fingers were playing with his earrings, something that the Turk responded to by pinning the redhead to the wall tighter, as well as demanding Reno's tongue kept his pace.

They hadn't been arrested, the injuries weren't that serious, and they'd ditched their pursuers. The Turks were all together now. They still had no idea how to get home, but Treno was close. They could work with this. They would adapt. That was what they did.

And right now, Rude didn't really care where they were. Sometimes, Reno's habit of being reckless and impulsive rubbed off; just a bit. After all, it was freezing out and they were surrounded by garbage.

A laugh escaped Reno as he was pressed back into the wall and it took him only a second to figure out he'd found a weakness. Rude liked his earrings being messed with. Well, that was a drop of knowledge he'd use again. Still, at this rate, he'd have to sleep in the damn bathtub because there was no way he'd be able to share a bed with a person who kissed him like this and not do anything with them.

Sure, he'd never done anything with another guy, but he was the most adventurous of the four top Turks. He'd go full steam ahead with whatever he wanted and this was fast becoming something he really, really wanted.

Managing to keep up with Rude's pace, ever in harmony with the older man, Reno continued to allow his fingers to toy with those piercings, unable to keep from pressing himself tighter to his partner. However, the sweet harmony and the passion was cut short as further up the alley a rather loud noise came and Reno jerked back, hitting his head on the brickwall.

"Fuck!" cupping his hand over his wet hair, he looked along the alleyway. "'The Hell was that?"

Jerking away just as Reno had when the noise came, Rude immediately folded both of his hands into fists in case something jumped out at them. Absentmindedly wondering how many times Reno would smash his head on something, or get injured in any form, when they were 'together', he shook his head.

"Not sure." Pulling a pair of sunglasses out at last, Rude settled them on his face before moving out from their spot. Strange noises could be anything, but it would be best to check it out.

Approaching another pile of rubbish, there was another noise. It wasn't quite as loud as the previous one, but Rude looked over the pile carefully before kicking it. A much more irritated noise came this time, and out from the pile crawled nothing more than an alley cat, blinking up at Rude in a way that basically screamed 'Who do you think you are, hm?'.

Reno was right there, behind Rude, wanting to know just what it was as well. When the cat appeared, however, Reno completely changed tactics. Instead of instantly wanting to kill whatever disrupted that particularly brilliant moment, he crouched down, reaching out to pet the scruffy, wet animal.

It was mostly a tabby colour but its feet were white (grey considering it was out in the dirty streets) and it had patches of a reddish brown all over. "Hey, litle guy... you shouldn't sneak up on people like that." The cat, quite obviously enjoying the petting, hopped up onto Reno's bent knees and let out a sound that told Rude to back the Hell off.

Scooping the cat up, Reno cuddled it against him. "Aw, Rude, it doesn't have a collar and it's so thin... can we keep it?" Blinking up at his partner, it was quite obvious Reno was a child at heart, considering how sparkly and bright his blue eyes had just become.

Glaring down at the cat (not that Reno would be able to tell, thanks to his sunglasses, though Rude had the sneaking suspicion that the cat knew), Rude blinked for a moment. Keep it?

Keeping a snide comment about how Rude already had something thin and without a collar following him around to himself, the bald Turks shifted slightly. It was raining and, now that he didn't have Reno smashed up against the wall, Rude really just sort of wanted to head back to the inn and take a shower. But this would have to be dealt with first, and he didn't want Reno to whine about the cat every five minutes.

Besides, it was sort of cute, though likely ultimately Out To Get Him, and Reno liked cats. Rude didn't have a problem with them, but (with the exception of his Touch Me stalker and chocobos) did not have the same touch with animals that Reno did. "...You'll have to talk to Tseng about that."

In other words, he wasn't going to stop the redhead from picking it up and taking it back to the room with him.

A grin crossed Reno's face and he unzipped his jacket, tucking the cat inside and zipping it up until it the cat's head was the only thing visible. To say he was in a good mood was an understatement. He and Rude were on good terms (absolutely great terms actually), he'd had a lot of fun in the fight and he now had a cat. And Reno really did like cats. Dogs were nice enough, but they required a lot more care. Cats would ultimately do whatever they wanted.

"Tseng won't need to worry! Besides, I'm an adult, he ain't my Ma." Chuckling, he kept one arm around the cat, his other hand reaching to cup Rude's cheek. "You're the best," he murmured, his smile still in place as he gave his partner another kiss, walking down the alley a moment later, shaking his head a little to shake some of the water from his hair.

It was still raining and, despite the set of claws pressed into his stomach, Reno couldn't hide the smile he had. In fact, he was pretty damn happy right then.

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