All I Know...Is this. [Reno]

[Reno Sinclair]

Fiery Red Head
Looks like today we're clockin' out early

Reno chuckled a bit…had…things gone horribly wrong and he did march up to Rude’s door asking him to be his girlfriend…well one, he probably would’ve died from embarrassment, and yes he probably would’ve done all the things he said whether or not Rude accepted that or not…it was just weird. “hey you know me…I’m nothing without me ego…and that right there…would’ve shattered my ego to tiny pieces.” He said continuing his small chuckle as they continued to walk. Had it gotten colder? Or was Reno finally feeling the air for the first time? His arms were either numb or he was content with the air…not thinking much about it. He glanced over at Cissnei to make sure she was comfortable…warm, and happy. Seemed like she was, and that was all Reno asked of himself right now…even If she was cold…what was Reno going to do? He didn’t have another jacket…maybe pick her up and carry her all the way to the restaurant…and run to get there quickly to the warmth…but thankfully she looked just fine.

It seemed they both had made a promise to themselves, not to take up a mission that had anything to do with Cloud, Tifa, and the gang…it was a promise Reno had to keep, he had worked hard to get their trust and to throw that all away for a few dollars…it was stupid. He wouldn’t wreak his newfound friendships like that…it’d take a lot more than money to do that. This seemed like a new Reno…caring, affectionate, and maybe, just maybe a little less Egotistic that he was…say…before Cissnei arrived? Was he changing his ways because of Cissnei? No that couldn’t be it. He had run into Zack before Cissnei returned…but it was strange that she returned so close to that time..and then Reno felt like apologizing to everyone…getting that new clean slate…perhaps it was Cissnei…and he just didn’t know it yet.

“Um…I mean that…you know what, I’m a guy, yes girl talk is bad…for a guy.” He said correcting himself with a smile, it’s how all guys were, they hated to talk and would much rather sit on a couch…eating pizza…and playing call of duty or something like that. In fact, that sounded like an absolutely fantastic night to Reno, except…this was a date, he knew how to treat a lady…whether it was from watching too many movies or it just came naturally, Reno was starting to come off as that ‘dream guy’. Actually talking to the girl, taking her out to nice places, compliments…never putting his video games in front of her…no…Cissnei was number one on his list right now, and he wasn’t going to take that for granted…he’d give up all of that video games, pizza and being a couch potato stuff all at a second’s notice…to be with her.

Reno rubbed his hand on the back of his and looked at Cissnei. “So you have more fashion sense than neon sweatpants…but I’m sure just because this subject came up…you’ll do that sometime…I can almost see it.” He said with a laugh almost wishing that would happen...oh how Reno was looking forward to the future all ready, though he wouldn’t mind time staying still for a few minutes…or hours…this was the best moment he’d ever had so far in his lifetime. What was it about having someone that cared about you…what was so special about that? Everything. “No no its okay…” he chuckled a bit. “I feel your pain…really I do…rings and dresses…at least we both ended up picking the right thing eh?” He said looking down at her dress, it sure was pretty and it complimented her nicely…not that the dress made her look any better, like he stated before…she could’ve worn sweatpants…neon ones even.

When Reno was being so…confident over that ‘dream guy’ stuff and then Cissnei mentioned her idea of a dream guy…his face went blank. He looked at Cissnei almost with an ‘are you serious’ look on his face…he blinked a few times and stared at her blank expression as well. “Well…in that case….” He started off quietly before a giant grin crossed his face and he did somewhat of a fist pump, being as goofy as ever. “I totally surpassed your dream guy by a long shot!” sitting there chuckling at his own reaction, Reno didn’t care if anyone looked over, besides the place was pretty empty tonight…probably too cold to want to go out on a romantic dinner date. So he could be as silly as he wanted to…he never cared what anyone thought of him anyway.

A wide grin crossed Reno’s face. “Don’t you worry Ciss…you’ll experience those things I’m pretty positive…especially the snowball fight…perhaps not today…wouldn’t want to ruin your new dress…but one day...it’ll happen.” He said with a confirming nod as he thought this all out now…they’d go have a snowball fight sometime, build a snowman, go iceskating- though for Reno that was an EPIC FAIL waiting to happen, and watch the sunrise together…you know what…his brain sparked another idea…he had the perfect idea how to end this date…it stuck there in his mind now…and he was so excited for it now he couldn’t wait. “There’s a lot of time left in life to experience these things…so keep thinking about them…they’ll come around sooner than you think.” He said with a wink. “and with those…more memories will form.”

Then the food arrived, Reno almost wondered where the night had gone…things were going by fairly quickly, he was happy about that, yet saddened by it. He wanted to get to his grand idea but then again, he was having such a nice time as it was he didn’t want it to end that quickly. “It sure does…” He said looking at his plate and wondering where to start first. ‘Don’t act like such a…pig’ He reminded himself and with that he took in a deep breath and ate slowly, not dive bombing in like any other day…today was that ‘reno be a gentlemen’ day…and so far so good. “Okay so maybe I was wrong before…Dinner isn’t too cliché…in fact, it’s delicious…I’d do this again sometime.” He said with a smile before taking a swig of water and going back to his food hoping he wasn’t getting ahead of himself.


Words: 1247
Muse: FANTASTIC
Notes: <3

[Cissnei]

...Forgotten Turk...
"Wings symbolize freedom for those who have none."

She just shook her head at their conversation regarding asking Rude out on a date. This is what she loved about them, they didn’t have to be serious and all ‘wildly in love’ as the fad seemed to be. What other couples could laugh about that on their first date? She was having the time of her life leaning against his shoulder and talking about goofy things. She loved how silly he was, it made her stop being serious and laugh, something she hadn’t done enough of in her lifetime. She liked to laugh and smile, but her life hadn’t exactly been full of happy memories. The only times she could remember being happy was with Reno and Rude, or Zack a few times.

She hoped for Reno’s sake they got to the restaurant quickly because he must be freezing. She considered giving him back his jacket, but he’d probably just refuse anyway. So she kept it, but she glanced at Reno all the time to see if he was shivering at all. He didn’t seem to…how he could stand the cold she didn’t know, although he had pants and fully covering shoes on. She didn’t know that Reno had apologized to those that they had wronged, like Cloud, Tifa, and Zack. She herself had done the same, and it felt…well, really really good knowing that they didn’t hold it against you, not that she was friend with say, Cloud, but they understood each other.

She laughed at him when he said that girl talk was bad for a guy. “Its ok I won’t ever force you to talk girl to me.” She could almost picture the ‘guy’ scene, pizza, video games, and maybe poker. Well she was an odd girl, she actually enjoyed video games. One of these days she was going to have to beat the guys at video games, show them that she had always been more ‘one of the guys.’ Quite possibly for growing up around guys, Reno, Rude, Tseng. She could just imagine their faces though, and she wanted to laugh at the picture in her head.

She smiled along with him at the image of her in neon sweatpants. Totally stylin. “I guess it’s destined to happen now!” Shaking her head, she tried to get the picture of her in sweatpants out of her head. She didn’t think she would look that attractive in them, no matter what Reno said. It was sweet of him to say so though. She felt like literally glowing from happiness at knowing Reno cared about her like that. She was so content to just lean her head on his shoulder, although it was more like his arm since she was short. She nodded and raised her hand to look at the ring in the soft streetlamp lighting. “Yes…I still can’t believe you would do that for me…when did you come up with the idea?”

When they were in the restaurant Cissnei kept a strait face for as long as she could at his horrified expression. The 'oh my freaking god are you serious?!’ look on his face was so funny she couldn’t hold it in any longer. She burst out in laugher that made her body shake. Putting a hand over her mouth her shoulders shook as she laughed more. “I totally got you there!” But it was her time to give him a ‘what?’ look when he said he surpassed the dream guy, before she realized he was joking as well. “Yes Reno, you definitely surpass that.”

She smiled happily when he mentioned that she would get a chance to do all those things she had mentioned. “I thought about making a list, but that would probably be corny.” She actually gave him a wide eyed expression, “Why do I have this feeling that I’m going to be lost in thought and suddenly have a snowball cream my face?” She had no idea what he was thinking, but she would bet her next paycheck he was plotting on just when to cream her with a snowball. She nodded, “Yes I have tons of time to do them don’t I, I AM only 21.” That gave her a renewed sense of ability to do anything she wanted to. The smile on her face was genuine and happy at that. Wait…what was with the wink? She raised an eyebrow and leaned foreword to rest her chin on her hands. “Ok Reno, why do I have this feeling that you’re up to something?”

But then the food came. She inhaled and grinned, it smelled so good. Picking up her fork, she dug in and ate a few bites. For being small and thin Cissnei had always been able to eat. And so she did. As she stuffed a bite in her mouth she suddenly remembered she was on a date. A sheepish look crossed her face as she chewed and hoped that Reno hadn’t noticed the huge bite she had taken. She didn’t usually have the luxury of getting to eat slowly as she was usually in between missions or writing up or files. So she slowed down a bit and the next bite was smaller. She grinned at his realizing that dinner wasn’t to cliché. “Wow it is delicious! We should do this again, only next time I swear I’ll pay for it, only fair since I was supposed to this time.” She cocked her head as another topic swam in her head, “Hey Reno…so Tifa told me that I could come to her wedding to Cloud, would you want to come with me to it? I…don’t think I want to go by myself at all.”

Words: 1089
Muse: awesome
Notes: I love imagining their faces...like

[Reno Sinclair]

Fiery Red Head
Looks like today we're clockin' out early

Reno let out a huge dramatic sigh of relief and wiped his forehead as if Cissnei had saved him from the giant tragedy that was ‘girl talk’. “Thanks Cissnei, I appreciate that…a lot.” Reno only imagined what Cissnei would look like in…neon sweatpants. It’d be a funny sight, he’d have to remember to keep a camera on him, of course knowing him it’d happen and he’d be there…camera-less. Just his luck eh? Anyways, as the image just stayed in his head he chuckled. “I suppose so…but watch out…I might just have to have a camera that day.” He said with a mischievous ‘up to no good’ smile crossed his face. Oh that would be totally sweet, getting a picture of that. He was plotting a lot lately, both good and maybe a bit embarrassing, but it kept his mind a little busy, of course the main reason for his mind being so scattered and busy was because of Cissnei, he kept thinking and worrying over the slightest little details to make everything perfect.

Cissnei then raised her hand to look at the ring, Reno glanced at it and saw it sparkle a bit from his point of view, he nodded his head a bit, almost confirming in his mind that he picked out a good one for her. He shrugged a bit and tried to remember how exactly he thought about it…he didn’t really plan it all out that much…but then it hit him. “Oh…well I thought about it in the gym actually…right after I asked you to dinner…I don’t know why it hit me then but I guess I can come up with a few good ideas once in awhile eh?” Was it too soon to present her with a ring? Even if it was just a promise ring for now…shouldn’t they have had a date first? If only Reno had some sort of experience in the dating field, or someone to turn to for advice…right now he was on his own, it was all him.

If that was Cissnei’s idea of a dream guy…well then she certainly had some odd taste. Reno almost had to look down at himself to make sure he didn’t look fat, he certainly knew he wasn’t bald, and he was pretty sure he didn’t drool…a lot. But when she started laughing that made him realize she was joking and he commented that he surpassed her so called ‘dream guy’. He started laughing as well. “Yeah you got me…I don’t think I’ve ever felt so horrified…I was starting to figure that the only reason you said yes to me was because…I was like your dream guy. I mean…I know I need to work out but I’m not 500 pounds…and I don’t drool…I think.” He said almost contemplating the thought, but just smiled instead.

How was making a list corny? “No no, that’s not corny at all Cissnei, call it your bucket list…the thousands of things you want to do before you die…in fact…I think I’ll make one of those.” Reno said with a confirming nod and almost making a mental list in his mind of some of the things he wanted to do now that he was actually thinking about it. “I already know I can cross one thing off my list…” He said with a wide sheepish grin. “Date with Cissnei…Check. I can die happy now.” When she started talking about having a snowball creamed into her face, Reno couldn’t help but laugh, that was a slight possibility, though not tonight he didn’t want to mess up her hair, if he wanted to do that, he’d just ruffle it and run away laughing like an idiot, but then knowing Cissnei, Reno might end up with one of those shiny high heels thrown against his head. “Don’t worry Cissnei…I promise that I am not up to anything, no snowballs will be thrown tonight.” He said raising his hand to show no crosses count just to convince her a little more.

Reno shook his head a bit swallowing a bit of his food before talking. “You know, I did tell you that you had to pay at the most expensive place there is….good thing this isn’t that place eh?” He said as a mischievous smile once again crossed his face. “Don’t worry, next time we go out we’ll go to that expensive place and I’ll order the whole first half of the menu…” He said with a shrug. “Nah probably not, but we will do this again sometime…don’t worry about paying unless we go out for ice cream again…this one’s on me.” He said before taking another few bites of his food and starting to feel full. Her next comment/question came as a surprise. He had heard Cloud and Tifa were getting married, but…would Reno be welcome? He had made amends with Tifa and…Cloud wasn’t trying to pummel him into the ground, so maybe he would be welcome…to sit and watch and not speak…to be there for Cissnei. “Sure…I’d love to go…I could totally be your escort.” He said with a wink and a grin before signaling the waiter for the check, keeping his eyes locked on Cissnei’s.


Words: 1013
Muse: GREAT
Notes: None

[Cissnei]

...Forgotten Turk...
"Wings symbolize freedom for those who have none."

She couldn't stop smiling. It was like they had been made for each other. Why else would they never go out with anyone else? But she was warned about the camera and would keep that warning in her mind. Reno never said something he didn't mean, especially when it came to his pranks. People might think that he was seriously kidding, but they didn't know him then. If he said he was going to prank someone, watch out, he was going to do it. She hoped he stopped worrying, she was having the best time in the world. She was so happy to be here, walking through the snow with Reno, that she could barely stand it. In the gym? She smiled again at him, in disbelief that Reno had thought of something so awesome on his own. She had thought he had had some help, but apparently not. “You come up with good ideas more then every once in awhile.”

She raised her hand and brought it down, imitating a hissing sound as she did so, signifying that she had gotten a point for getting Reno. Cissnei 1, Reno 4965. (xD) She laughed then when he said he didn't think he was like her dream guy. “Nope, you don't drool...too much.” She added in a mischievous way. Reno was so fun to tease. “So maybe we should just say goodbye and I should go find a fat guy to date.” The snickered again, of course she was kidding, it felt good to be able to joke around and not take life seriously. Of course, it was harder to keep it serious when Reno was around.

Reno was going to make a list too? The serious look on her face was replaced with a joyous one. She felt so elated, like she was finally where she belonged. And a date with her made him able to die happily? She grinned, showing all her white even teeth. “Die happily? You're so dramatic, but you'd better not die, because I wouldn't be happy then.” She said with a mock fierce look. But he had looked so sincere when he had said it that she couldn't help but be touched, and feel the same way he did about it. She narrowed his eyes and then raised her eyebrow as he said not tonight. That was a relief, but then she would have to be on constant guard whenever she was walking around ShinRa, maybe she shouldn't have told him about the snowball fight thing.

The look on her face was wide eyed as he said he'd order half the menu. She suddenly laughed, “You'll really look like my dream guy if you did that Reno.” She pointed out, mirth twinkling in her eyes. That would probably stop him from ordering that much food. She smiled happily when he agreed to go with her. “Thats great! I asked Tifa if I could bring someone...she said that'd be alright,if you look like you do tonight I might be fighting off Elena for you.” She said with a wink and a smile. They both knew how that would go anyway, Elena wouldn't have a prayer. Cissnei was the original female Turk. She had eaten so much she was stuffed, she couldn't eat what was left on her plate. She leaned back and gave a contented sigh. “That was delicious!” She said happily, eyes sparkling.

Words: 689
Muse: Blech sorry its horrible
Notes: I can't wait till the sunrise thing!

[Reno Sinclair]

Fiery Red Head
Looks like today we're clockin' out early

If anything were to go wrong tonight, Reno might explode. Things were going so great right about now! It was almost insane! The weird part was how Reno even came up with the idea of a promise ring. He was so nervous about asking Cissnei out that his mind was just coming up with useless ideas, but apparently one caught his attention, and that was after Cissnei agreed on the date. He was so jazzed about her saying yes that he went overboard, thinking of anything to make tonight special and that’s how it came to be. It wasn’t like a wedding ring or something, that’d be really scary and somewhat creepy, but a promise ring…to show how much you cared, that was the way to go. And the best part was Reno thought of it all by himself! No movie references or anything! “Maybe…” he said with a small shrug and a smile.

So Cissnei had got him with that whole ‘dream guy’ think. If only someone had been around to snap a shot of Reno’s face. Just blank and all around weird. () as he imagined this dream guy Cissnei described. When she said he didn’t drool…much, Reno just rolled his eyes a bit, his expression going back to how it was before, all smiles. “Well if you feel I can’t compete with your dream guy….” He started before his eyes flickered around, seeing how many people were actually here…not many, one or two couples, so with a mischievous smile he slammed his fist down on the table. “I’ll fight him for you!” He said not too loudly but the grin stayed the same as he started going on with this. “I’ll fight for you and I’ll win too!.....So long as he doesn’t sit on me!” He exclaimed as he heaved in a big breath and released just a big, what a moment.

Reno’s list would consist of serious things he wanted to do before her died. Like...take a vacation in another world. Go hunting. Get married. Have kids. Stuff he’d never done before, he might even start that list tonight, write it down in a notebook or something, it was actually a good idea, to make your life feel less meaningless before you died…to get those things accomplished, it would totally be a great life worth living. “Okay so maybe not die happy…at least not anytime soon…” he said with a wink as he thought about all the times he could’ve died while being in ShinRa, but he hadn’t yet. Perhaps it was a sign, that he was meant to live for something greater than being a Turk…wow he hadn’t had these kinds of thoughts since he first joined ShinRa…it was weird feeling like there was more to life than work and your next paycheck…it felt pretty good too.

“Um…if that’s the case then I’ll just get a small salad.” Reno said as a smile played across his face and he could only help but wonder, how many couples could sit and joke around, making fun of one another for a long stretch of time and never be offended or have anything negative to say about it? Oh no, this couple was one of a kind, something you didn’t see every day that was for a fact, and Reno wouldn’t change a thing about it no matter what. He loved to have fun like this on a regular basis. “Well I’ll be there.” He said with a grin before his eyes went a bit wide. That would be a sight to see…Cissnei and Elena fighting over him. It almost scared him that Elena would even look at him…wasn’t she like…in love with Tseng or something? It seemed everyone else in the ShinRa building could see it besides Tseng himself. “My money’s on you…” he said with a shrug. “Just saying.” And with that the dinner was practically over…now if they headed back from here, Reno could spend a little bit of time plotting his next move, which was sure to be a real winner as well.

“Yeah that was fantastic! This place sure lives up to its reviews.” Reno said as the waiter came over to the table and placed down a tiny black book which held the check inside. The waiter then took the plates away and left while Reno fished his wallet out of his back pocket. He placed some money in the book, even some for a nice tip and then laid it flat on the table towards the edge. “You ready to go?” He said curiously wondering if he should get up and pull her chair out for her, place his jacket on her shoulders, or maybe that would be over doing it.


Words: 910
Muse: Good
Notes: Same here!!! <3

[Cissnei]

...Forgotten Turk...
"Wings symbolize freedom for those who have none."

When he slammed his fist down onto the table and spoke about fighting her 'dream guy' Cissnei started laughing. Not just any little laugh, it wasn't a ladylike laugh. No it was loud and she added a tiny little snort at the end because she laughed so hard. Covering up her mouth with her hand, Cissnei tried to stop laughing so hard. She didn't know why it was quite so funny...except that she could imaging a really fat drooling guy sitting on Reno. It made it so she couldn't stop laughing for a long time, and then she had to take deep gulping breathes not to burst out laughing again. Tears had gathered at the corners of her eyes at the thought, for some reason the image was stuck in her brain. “Oh you would so die if he sat on you!” That got her snickering again, but she was able to contain it and not laugh so hard.

She couldn't help but smile at his enthusiasm at her idea. At least he hadn't laughed at her about it. For some reason, she didn't think he would ever laugh at any of her serious ideas. He was just to good to her. Like the ring, and the date, it was almost to much for her to take in. She hadn't ever felt this way before, complete. Yes, that was the word she had been searching for all night. She felt complete, like there was nothing missing from her life. And warm too, just knowing someone was there for you through the thick and thin was enough to go on, even if sometimes life handed you things you didn't like. Which granted, happened often in ShinRa, but she had someone to share her thoughts with, because she knew Reno wouldn't tell anyone what she thought and felt.

She smiled, “You're money better be on me! Or thats saying something for how you view your own martial arts teaching skills.” Of course Elena would probably go white at the thought of liking Reno. She was to uptight, to...workaholic. They would never work out, and besides, Elena was in love with Tseng. Which was funny because he was the only person in all of ShinRa that hadn't already figured that out. “What do you think will happen if Tseng ever figures out Elena can hardly breathe when she's around him?” It was comical actually, how much Elena tried to impress him. The funniest thing was that she always managed to backfire in her plans. Not...she suddenly realized, that she could talk, she had been stuttering all over the place when she was talking with Reno the day before.

Cissnei nodded, “Yeah.” She glanced under the table, “let me just slip into my heels again...” she muttered and found her heels to put her feet into. They rebelled for a few seconds, but she managed to get them on and stood up gracefully. Picking up Reno's suit coat, she managed to get away from the table without tripping on anything or making a fool out of herself. She thought they should run back to ShinRa, but running through snow in heels may be quite dangerous. She had had the best night of her life and it wasn't over yet. Walking slowly toward the exit, she hesitated to slip on the jacket, “You should have it this time Reno, since I stole you're warmth before.”

She smiled and held the jacket out to him, determined to make him take it. She felt bad about taking it before, besides, even if he hadn't said anything she realized he must have been freezing. She thought back to the night, she wished she could have had a camera to take pictures of the look on his face when she had told him about her 'dream guy.' That had been pretty much priceless. She smiled just thinking about it, crimson eyes sparkling. Now she had a reason to do things, to be happy, and most importantly, to make that list and stick to it. She was going to do things with Reno and enjoy her life, Turk or not.

Words: 807
Muse: better
Notes: You always come up with the best ideas ever ^_^

[Reno Sinclair]

Fiery Red Head
Looks like today we're clockin' out early

Reno joined in her laugh and couldn’t help himself. It was just too funny if you really thought about it. Reno sprawled out across a floor, his arms and legs flailing about with some fat guy sitting on him. He may have thought himself a decent fighter, but never against something like that. Maybe that’s why most baddies were active skinner guys…not fat or lazy, because it’d be too easy of a fight, they sit on you and you lose. That had to be it. And with that thought added to his already hysterically laughing self, he laughed even harder, almost to the brink where his laugh was so hard it was almost silent. “You’re probably right…Maybe I’ll just be gracious and give you up? Preserve my nonbroken body and try to get you back some other way.” He said with almost a thoughtful look as if he were really contemplating the thought.

He chuckled a little bit as she claimed that his money better be on her. “It might not work out though…I wont have anyone to bet with…they will all place their money on you too!” Though there probably wouldn’t be any fight or bet, it…might be a nice sight to see, two girls fighting over Reno, he might have to add that to his bucket list…’see two girls fight over me’. Hmm…Maybe that wasn’t a good idea. “Don’t you worry! Those martial arts skills will come in handy I promise you! I’m an excellent teacher…” He said smugly before a brief pause, thinking about what Cissnei said about Tseng. Well first off, he’d probably flip out or something…No, probably not even that. Maybe just get a shocked look on his face! Or something like that…of course Reno was oblivious too…definitely not THAT oblivious but still…it seemed most guys were these days. “I’m not sure about that one….Maybe he’ll just shrug and go on with life? Or maybe he’ll flip out! Either way, I want to be there when that day comes.” He said happily.

As Reno stood up, he looked back at Cissnei, straightening his tie and what not as she was slipping her heals on once more. Good thing about being a guy, none of that high healed shoe crap. Poor girls and their fancy attire. Dresses, Heals, Skirts, not that Reno didn’t like them or anything in fact they were very flattering, especially on Cissnei, but why make a girl go through so much trouble? Because they liked the hair, the makeup and everything else? Maybe that was it, or maybe that’s what they thought a guy was looking for…Pretty and Perfect. Nope, not Reno. He was happy with Cissnei, exactly the way she was, suit or dress it didn’t matter to him, not at all.

When Cissnei held out the jacket to Reno, he furrowed his eyebrows a bit as he didn’t take it at first, but she seemed persistent. With a heavy sigh he took the jacket and waited a few seconds before stepping behind Cissnei and laying the jacket on her shoulders once more. “Don’t worry about it really…I have on enough to keep me warm till we get back.” He said with a smile to assure her he was telling the truth, and he was…so to speak. He wouldn’t freeze to death on their way back or anything, she might though. Dresses were much colder. “I’ll feel bad if you don’t just wear the jacket and stay warm.” He said before reaching his hand down to grab her own. It was a nice feeling, to have someone there. To be there for you through the good times and the bad, and he knew of course there would be some major ups and downs with them…but they’d manage to fight through it together no matter what! At least that was what he was hoping for…perhaps if they did great at this dating thing, and survived all the fights and other obstacles that made their way towards them…maybe there really was a bright future for both of them.

Now Reno started leading the way out of the restaurant. It was snowing outside still, but it wasn’t accumulating a lot on the ground, but there was some there. He made sure that he would hold onto Cissnei so she didn’t fall or anything. He looked over at her and smiled. “I’m really glad you said yes.” He said happily in almost a whisper, he was probably the happiest he had ever been in his life right now. It was a crazy thing…Love and everything about it. It made you do things you didn’t dream of ever accomplishing…and here he was, falling head over heels for his coworker…his fellow Turk, and best friend, Cissnei. Oh the surprise she would get later on would be the icing on the cake…and he knew it.


Words: 936
Muse: AHHHH FANTASTIC!
Notes: <3 my Reno muse! It's at its highest right now! lol

[Cissnei]

...Forgotten Turk...
"Wings symbolize freedom for those who have none."

She couldn't believe they were having this conversation, yet it made her laugh harder then she had in forever, literally. And he played along with it too, talking about how he might get sat on and having to get her back some other way. She enjoyed this...the easy companionship. Granted she was under no illusions, she knew that they would have problems and fights, but just knowing they could laugh and joke without having hurt feelings or ripping each others heads off was a good start with this relationship. Not that she had a lot of experience with relationships in this form, but this was a good way to start...with the person you cared about most in your life. That was what she wanted, and Reno WAS the person she cared about most, even before he had asked her to be his girlfriend. “I guess you're going to have to, having a million broken bones isn't the way to go.”

She smiled, oh the ego. It kept popping up at random times. Although he was right, she only seemed to add to it, especially when she made comments like he was a good teacher. Good thing she hadn't called him coach again. Maybe he would forget she had said anything if she just never called him that again? Unlikely, knowing him he would keep bringing it up, she would never live that one down. She got to thinking about Tseng and Elena then. She was so glad that her and Reno weren't like they were, being completely oblivious, never getting anything out about their feeling and always walking around with their heads in the clouds. The sad thing is that Elena thought no one knew, but everyone knew. “I want to be there too! I hope we're not on some mission or something because that would be really funny to watch.”

Cissnei slipped back into her heels and met him at the door. She really wasn't sure she'd ever wear heels again. Maybe for Cloud and Tifa's wedding. Maybe. Although it had been nice, dressing up, getting to act the woman part, but normal clothes were going to have to do it. Maybe if she wanted to be different she could just wear jeans and a shirt. That worked for her. Besides, now she was going to have to wear the neon sweatpants. Although before she did she was going to have to destroy any cameras Reno had stashed away. Yeah...definitely have to do that.

He took the jacket and Cissnei smile, relieved that he had given in and took it, but then he put it on her shoulders. If she could stop thinking about how sweet he was she might have raised more of an objection. As it was she sighed and gave him a 'I shouldn't be letting you win this argument' kind of look but didn't resist the warmth of the jacket. She smiled, “You shouldn't feel bad, I was just to distracted to bring anything warm, my own fault.” But she felt immediately warm again, and the cologne was still here, lingering. That really was a nice smell, “You should wear cologne more often Reno, it smells nice.”

When he took her hand she slipped hers willingly into his and squeezed it gently. This was making her want to smile and never stop. Just knowing he would be there to catch her when she fell, or to pick her back up and dust her off, give her a hug and help her along. Someone to tell all your secrets and 2 AM in the morning and go to if you need to cry. Somehow she knew Reno was all of that and even more. She smiled up at him as he told her he was happy she had said yes...so was she...so was she... She smiled and remembered thinking about how she was glad they weren't like Tseng and Elena and she found herself blurting that out. “I'm glad we aren't like...well like Elena and Tseng, you know, never getting it out in the open.” The cold managed to take her breath away as they started walking through he snow. She smiled up at him again and couldn't resist looking at his face for a few seconds, just so see if she was really dreaming. She smiled in return, “I'm so glad you asked.” It was also spoken almost in a whisper, as if talking loud would break the moment...

Words: 866
Muse: Good
Notes: <3333333

[Reno Sinclair]

Fiery Red Head
Looks like today we're clockin' out early

Reno figured this was all easier said than done…an easy relationship where you get along just fine with not fights….again easier said than done. But so far things were going smooth, of course it’d been like what…and hour since he asked her to be his girlfriend? He really didn’t have a lot to go off of here, but still, knowing the way they acted together…it was comforting. The only time Cissnei ever yelled at him…was when he ruffled her hair or called her short, which he would probably end up doing for the rest of his life…relationship or not. She would always be short, and he would always be there to ruffle her hair and get yelled at for it. He didn’t expect anything less and in fact, he was looking forward to it, that and these further martial arts lessons they would have. “I’d much rather keep my body in one piece ya know? Don’t worry though…I plot quick…I’ll think of something…maybe I’ll lure him away with a candy bar then steal you? I like that idea.” He said with a sly smile as the wheels in his head were definitely turning.

Thinking about Elena and Tseng, there was a significant difference between the two pairs. Reno and Cissnei were fun and enjoyable, laughing and poking fun at each other all the time…Elena and Tseng…well they weren’t even an Item, but they both were serious and dedicated everything to ShinRa, not that Reno and Cissnei weren’t hard workers or anything, but they knew when to have a good time. Reno chuckled a bit at Cissnei’s enthusiasm for being there when Tseng realized Elena was practically drooling over him. “I know! I would be pretty upset if I had to miss that….Looks like I gotta keep my camera on me at all times now eh?” He said with a smug smile as he raised a brow, remembering those Neon sweatpants he was going to take a picture of. Besides, who knew when the perfect ‘picture moment’ would come along? Wouldn’t want to come up empty handed now would you?

As they came to the door, Reno made sure Cissnei had the jacket on her shoulders. He would be fine, Long sleeves and pants were a lot better than a breezy dress. He knew that once they hit the cold air outside, she would be thankful for that jacket, and yes, he would be a bit chilly, but that didn’t matter to him right now. “I brought it just in case…you never know what’s gonna happen. Especially when it’s cold, it could snow any second.” He said with a confirming nod and a grin before she stated he should wear cologne more often. His expression went blank for a brief second before a nervous sort of laugh escaped his lips and he rubbed the back of his head. “I’ll take note of that Cissnei…I never did spend much time getting ready before work but now…I just might spice things up a bit…you never know.” He said almost feeling a bit grateful that he found that old bottle in his closet somewhere while getting around. He’d have to remember to put it on from now on if Cissnei liked it.

Finally outside the cold was brutal, much worse than walking in. Of course it was all dark outside now meaning there was no warmth from the sun to help at all…so maybe he was cold but he would never show it. Reno just took it like a man…sucked it up and dealt with it as he hoped his lousy jacket would be warm enough or Cissnei. Perhaps his grand idea would have to wait for a warmer day…or night, whichever you liked to call it. No, Reno wanted this to happen tonight! Or this morning…whichever. Even if he had to get a space heater and wrap Cissnei in a cocoon of blankets…it was so going to happen. His master plan was inching closer and closer as they started off back towards the ShinRa building. He was so lost in his thoughts that he almost didn’t hear Cissnei speak, he looked at her and listened in on the rest of her statement, putting the pieces together and figuring out what she had said. “Me too….i don’t think I could ever be that serious.” He chuckled as he joked before nodding some. “or that Oblivious.” With that he sort of gripped her hand a little tighter as he smiled warmly and in a serious tone he whispered back to her. “Another one of my bright ideas.” And with that, they continued their way back towards the building, Reno’s nerves once again getting to him as he began to plan his next big move.


Words: 919
Muse: GREAT!
Notes: CANT WAIT AGAIN!!!! and sorry if something's mispelled, my tiredness has kicked in and i can't see straight lol.

[Cissnei]

...Forgotten Turk...
"Wings symbolize freedom for those who have none."

It just kept going and going. Which she loved. And a candy bar? How did he come up with these things? So she just laughed and nodded, thinking if they said anything more about it she was going to start crying from laughing to hard. “Whats to say I wouldn't want that candy bar?” She finally managed to ask before covering her mouth. She was trying not to laugh so hard everyone in the restaurant stared at them. That would be embarrassing. But the conversation plus the look Reno had on his face made her bubble over with mirth. Thats when she shook her head, “I cannot believe we just had that conversation.” But the twinkle in her eyes and the smile that wouldn't stop tugging at her lips showed exactly how she felt, elated, happy, content and all around warm.

She look on her face was a bit cross eyed as he mentioned that he was going to keep the camera on him at all times. “Watch out ShinRa, Reno with a camera has escaped." She made a mental note to put every camera in ShinRa under lock and key when Reno was around. No embarrassing pictures of HER was going to be floating around. Although...pictures of the other people would be funny. Shot 1, Elena drooling into a bucket when Tseng comes around. Shot 2, Rude shining his head. Shot 3, Rufus playing with his barbies. Shot 4, a ShinRa scientist being eaten by his own creation. Oh yes, life in ShinRa was exciting that was for sure! Maybe she should start carrying around a camera as well, just to get those shots when she saw them. “Maybe we can make a scrapbook out of the pictures we could get! I'm sure Rufus would love to buy a copy of 'ShinRa's highlights.'” Ok probably not, more like he would order them to be burned, but they might be able to guilt Rude into buying one.

She smiled at his concern as they made their way over to the door and he slipped the jacket on. She hadn't ever felt like a particularly small person, but now, being swallowed in Reno's coat, she decided she was as small as Reno said she was. Although as long as she could kick someones butt when she had to she was good. And Cissnei was one of the best when it came to missions. She rarely missed her target, and was also good with the use of blackmail and getting others to talk, although usually they told her simply because they could sense that she cared about people and actually had a heart. The Turks had been labeled heartless by more then one person, and it wouldn't be the last time it happened. She sighed at him, “Oh alright, I'll keep it, but we'd better hurry because I don't want you getting to cold.” She almost laughed at the expression on his face when she mentioned the cologne, “Although your going to have to be careful, the enemies will smell you if you creep up on them.” She said with a little grin.

Cissnei remained completely oblivious of Reno's plotting. Although if she knew he was up to something she probably wouldn't be scared, after all, the plotting he had put into the night had turned out amazing, what else could he plot that would come out bad? At least...tonight. Any other time she might not be so understanding of him plotting...but tonight, he could throw snowballs at her for all she cared and she would still be blissfully happy. “What I find so odd is that...well Tseng notices everything! And yet he can't see what everyone...and I do mean everyone in ShinRa already knows. How can he be so blind?” She sighed, “I think thats going to be hard...to stand back and watch it all happen and not smack both of them in the head to get them to see it.”

She walked closer to Reno and held his hand. Her eyes were a bit dreamy, Cissnei was finally able to have some dreams. Growing up the way she had, Cissnei had never had any illusions about her life. Turks worked. They went behind the scenes, they weren't able to do what they wanted when they wanted and with who they wanted to. But she had been wrong. They COULD do things they wanted, with who they wanted. Of course, they couldn't do it any old time because of how busy the schedule was, but they could squeeze things in. “I have to say, all your ideas so far have been brilliant.” She said just as seriously. Of course, Reno WAS brilliant, a lot of people just didn't think so because he preferred to spend his time being goofy.

Words: 927
Muse: Slowly recovering
Notes: AHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! <3333333333333333

[Reno Sinclair]

Fiery Red Head
Looks like today we're clockin' out early

Reno thought he had it all made right here, the candy bar would win over the fat dude and Reno would win! But…What if Cissnei wanted it? He stopped and paused for a moment, looking like he was actually thinking about that. “Well….if you want the candy bar then it’s still a win/win for me!” he chuckled trying not to start up another laugh like before, trying to keep it toned down a bit now instead of getting all these weird looks for their obnoxious conversation. “You know…I either lure the dude away from you, or I lure you to me with this candy bar…yep definite win/win.” He said with a confirming nod as he continued to chuckle, but he couldn’t help it, his laugh was a little louder but not enough to get those weird stares he thought about. “We always have some interesting conversations I mean…what even relatively normal people talk about neon sweatpants or shaving off each other’s hair making them bald? I think we win the crazy award right there.”

Reno with a camera was probably really dangerous. He’d be sure to capture ALL the moments around ShinRa…especially those he could use as leverage later on in life. But honestly, a scrapbook sounded like a good idea. Maybe not all the embarrassing moments but something to look back on and reminisce in those memories. Besides, taking a few pictures throughout life would be a nice little reminder of what you went through, like a nice picture of Reno and Cissnei together would be a definite win for that scrapbook…and then maybe a few photos around the ShinRa building with Rude and the others, then of course a couple from Cloud and Tifa’s wedding…something to just hold onto memories. “We should totally do that…make a scrapbook!” It almost seemed like a brilliant idea to Reno right now, he’d have to really try to find the time to do all these things he wanted to do now.

Hopefully Cissnei was okay with just Reno’s jacket, it was built for winter weather but it would hold some warmth to it, and that was better than nothing. Reno just scoffed at her worries of him getting too cold. “Me? Get cold? Psh! I’ll be perfectly fine, the cold is no match for me…” he said happily as he was glad she didn’t put up a fuss about the jacket, and then the cologne, it was a definite keeper! But she did have a point, on missions you could get detected that way…so maybe it would be a special occasion type of thing…but of course Reno now had to make a joke about it. “So people will think I smell very nice before I take them out…super!” he said in an almost enthusiastic way as he thought about it….yeah, special occasions only. Wouldn’t want to freak out all of ShinRa in one day now would we?

Oh the wheels in Reno’s head were definitely turning! He was in some major plotting mode right now. But it wasn’t bad or anything…unless you consider lack of sleep and freezing outside bad. Nah, it was a great idea! He wasn’t going to beat himself up on this plan as much as he did the last one, because at the rate things were going, Reno was having the best ideas lately. Reno nodded in agreement, at Cissnei’s statement and thought about it for a moment. “Perhaps Tseng has noticed and just likes the fact that Elena is head over heels for him? Or maybe he doesn’t want to hurt her feelings so he pretends not to notice…?” They were both reasonable answers, either he liked the attention he was getting or he just didn’t want Elena to be mad at him if he didn’t like her that way. Of course he probably wouldn’t ‘not notice’ for a long time, it was about time someone around ShinRa told Tseng all about it…maybe Reno would be the one to do it…or not. With a chuckle Reno responded. “You know, I think it’ll eventually work itself out…I mean…usually things do, in weird ways maybe but things happen all the time.” He said with a shrug, thinking about how they came to be…it certainly wasn’t a predicted thing.

They walked once again hand in hand…it was a lovely thing, almost as awesome as it was coming to the restaurant. “Not to make my ego any bigger than it already is…because you know how I love being so modest…but I have to agree…these ideas of mine lately are indeed brilliant.” He said with a small chuckle as they continued down the sidewalk, in the snow and passed only a couple other people, it was quiet out and all together this was a perfect night. Reno couldn’t have imagined it any better. Time seemed to fly by as they walked and soon the ShinRa building came into view and just kept getting closer and closer with every step they took, still hand in hand. Reno wondered if anyone around here would notice their being a couple and all now? Or maybe someone would see the ring and ask Cissnei about it…the thought made him smile even more as they made it to the front doors of the building. Reno let go of Cissnei’s hand so he could open the door for her like the gentleman he was being tonight. “Back to the warmth and out of the freezing cold.” He stated keeping the door open for her, almost sad that this was coming to an end.


Words: 1055
Muse: FANTASTIC!!!! *explodes with RENO muse*
Notes: <3

[Cissnei]

...Forgotten Turk...
"Wings symbolize freedom for those who have none."

Cissnei shook her head and grinned, “Ok, but crazy awards are good, and I think its YOU thats winning all those awards. Innocent, sweet, sane Cissnei could never win any awards for crazy. Its your influence.” She winked at him then, although it was probably true. Cissnei folded her hands demurely together and put them on the table, trying to put the most innocent look she could possible muster on her face. She gave a shifty eyed look and leaned in closer to whisper, “Be sure to make it a kitkat bar, they're my weakness.” she gave him a wink and smirked at him before taking another sip of her water. Yeah he was right, anyone that heard their conversation would probably just stare at them, but she didn't care, after all, if she cared about what everyone thought she wouldn't be able to be a Turk.

The look on her face was of complete and utter shock when Reno said that they should indeed keep a scrapbook. Somehow she had never seen him as the scrapbook type of person, and she laughed when she conjured up the image of Reno bending over a book and putting glue down along with sparklies. She raised her eyebrows, her shock still showing through, “You would seriously keep a scrapbook with me?” She still wasn't sure if she believed him, but that would be fun if he was No great moments were going to get passed up, she was going to prepared.

The cold literally took her breath away. Had it been this cold when they had walked TO the restaurant? She couldn't remember it being quite so cold, her nose was getting red and if they were out here for too long it would probably start running uncontrollably. She eyed Reno's jacket, perfect for a place to wipe her nose. Ok ok, so she wouldn't wipe her nose on Reno's jacket, the running would probably turn into ice long before that. She laughed and snuggled deeper into the jacket when Reno said that the cold was no match for him. “Well I'm glad it isn't a match for you because it sure is for me. I say, Costa del Sol for the win. At least when dresses and heels are in the equation.” She snickered, “What? Your life goal isn't to smell nice when you're kicking someones butt?”

She shrugged as the next conversation picked up. “I'm not sure, I've never claimed to understand what goes on inside Tseng's head. If I had to choose though, I'd say he was truly oblivious. Though you might be right, we can't know for sure...not that I claim to be an expert at this.” They would work it out? Probably when they were 500 years old and were dead. Ok exaggeration, but at the rate they were going it would be forever until they finally got it out in the open. She decided not to think about it anymore though. Why think about their horrible relationship when she could focus on her own? Besides, Reno was the best 'catch' in all of ShinRa, or at least thats what she heard.

Cissnei rolled her eyes when Reno said that he wouldn't make his ego bigger. The but in that sentence really showed just where his mind was on the matter however. Reno had his faults granted, and so did she, but she found herself liking him more and more, even with the slight imperfections. How had she ever caught his eye anyway? “No comment.” She said with a smile as the ShinRa building came into eyesight. She felt her steps slow a bit, no wanting this to end. It had been the best night of her life...but everything, no matter how good they were, had to end. And so did the night, even if she didn't want it to. They walked up the steps and as they walked inside Cissnei felt the blast of warm air and sighed in relief, no frostbitten Cissnei now. “Warmth! I didn't know you existed anymore.” She said with a smiled over her shoulder at him. She started walking toward her apartment, still walking slow so that the night wouldn't end so fast, but it still only seemed like a few seconds before they were at her door. Turning, she slipped out of his jacket and held it out for him. She smiled the biggest smile she could have and leaned in to kiss him on he cheek again. “Thank you Reno...this was seriously the best night I've ever had.”

Words: 892
Muse: good
Note: I wasn't sure if you wanted them to kiss here or at the sunrise part, if you wanted it here just tell me and I can edit or whatever. On a second note...AHHHH SO CLOSE!!

[Reno Sinclair]

Fiery Red Head
Looks like today we're clockin' out early

Reno chuckled a bit, would she not admit that she was the slightest bit insane? Or maybe it really was just Reno’s influence. “I guess that means I’m a bad influence.” He said with a grin as he reflected on himself…he hadn’t gotten to be this crazy and fun since Cissnei left, I mean, when you’re stuck with Rude and all the other serious people at ShinRa…where can you have fun? You really can’t. There was a short time when Reno wasn’t as talkative, as funny and what not, but those days were long gone, now he had Cissnei here to join in on the insanity…whether she liked to think she was sane or not. “Noted” He replied, he’d have to remember some of this stuff, really, like write it down somewhere so he wouldn’t forget just in case he came up with another idea that involved some of these things that Cissnei liked or dreamed of…of course, he was on his way to another brilliant idea.

Okay so keeping a scrapbook would be fun…unless you had to actually make it. Reno thought about it for a second and was starting to drop down from scrap book to photo album, those were easier to do. Slip a picture in and you’re done! “Sure why not, it’s a great way to save memories…” but then Reno started think about all the work that you’d have to put into a tiny little book…decorations, and he immediately stated his case. “Don’t expect me to get all girly and decorate this scrapbook with glitter or anything…I snap a few pictures and lay’em on…that’s pretty much it.” He said with a small smile at the idea. It was nice and they’d probably actually end up doing it…just gotta find the time every now and then to add stuff.

Okay so maybe Reno was cold, he wouldn’t dare show it, he didn’t want to make Cissnei feel bad or try to give up the jacket, that would be horrible. So he grinned and bared it like a good boy and just kept himself from shivering. Oh how wonderful winter was…COLD. “See now aren’t you glad you took the jacket now?” He said with a small nudge as they continued to hold hands. “Without my persistence to keep you warm…you could’ve frozen to death.” He said almost feeling proud about his stubbornness to let Cissnei stay warm while he froze, it was a nice thing to do. He couldn’t help but chuckle at the next statement. Reno’s goal in life to smell good while beating the snot out of someone…well it was a nice touch, perhaps not a goal. “It’s probably a good detail to add when I go out on a mission…but never a goal at least now…until the day comes that someone I am fighting tells me I need cologne…then it’ll become a life goal.”

Jumping from one subject to another was easy with Cissnei, you didn’t get stuck on a subject for hours until slowly transitioning to another. No, with Reno and Cissnei you bounced all over the place, talk about one thing, jump to another, it was easy to have a really full conversation without having to sit there and talk for 4 hours…though he was sure they could find some crazy things to talk about in a long time span like that. “Agreed, I say he’s oblivious too…but you never know. Strange things have happened…and well I’m a guy I’ll say having the attention is nice and hurting a girl’s feelings doesn’t make you feel that great.” He said rubbing the back of his head with his free hand as he thought about it. Really, guys played that ‘tough guy’ role so much these days that it didn’t show how sensitive they could be, like hurting a girls feelings made them feel awful, but would they dare show it? No, just blow it off as something unimportant. “Guess only time will tell eh?”

Of course there would be no comment on how ‘modest’ Reno liked to be, it only made him laugh a bit for a brief moment as they came up to the ShinRa building. As Cissnei walked in, Reno followed feeling the warmth hit his numb face and he was immediately thankful for getting here quicker than how slow they walked to the restaurant. He followed her to her apartment door, it may have been a bit silly, but he was going for that ‘walk the girl to her door’ routine…even if they lived in the same building. Reno took the jacket Cissnei held out to him and he smiled. So the date was pretty much over, but there was still something to be done…but that was later. He smiled even wider as she kissed him on the cheek, he almost felt a blush coming on but used all his will power to keep it down until she was inside her apartment…no need to make a fool out of himself at the very end of something great. “No Cissnei, thank you. If you hadn’t come back to ShinRa, if you hadn’t said yes and just laughed at me…well this wouldn’t have been even remotely possible…” he said with wide grin as he stood patiently, waiting for her to go inside instead of just walking off…he had a few things to plot…but first…maybe a couple hours of sleep.


Words: 1034
Muse: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Notes: CANT. WAIT.

[Cissnei]

...Forgotten Turk...
"Wings symbolize freedom for those who have none."

She shook her head but didn't say to much about the scrapbook, just told him that she would see about that. They were walking through the snow and when they finally got back to ShinRa Reno had to ask her if she was glad. “Definitely.” Yup, she was completely glad he had given her his jacket. At least this way she could be completely warm. They had been practically running to get back to the warmth of the ShinRa building. She felt her legs and cheeks start to unthaw and gave a sigh of relief. She reached the hand that wasn't holding onto Reno's and breathed on it to get it warmed up. The hand that they had been holding was warm, and her upper body was warm, but the rest of her was freezing. But now that they were back inside she was starting to warm up once again. She smiled at his dramatic way of telling her she should be glad he had given her his jacket. She squeezed his hand and nodded, “Your right, Thanks for giving it to me and not giving into my stubbornness.”

She shrugged off the Tseng and Elena subject, “We'll have to see like you say.” If Reno really was right then Tseng was being a gentleman, but she wasn't sure if he really was doing that or not. Still, there was always Reno's idea, could it be that Tseng really knew? Now she was curious, but she just decided he was right and they would have to wait and see about what the future would bring. She wondered how Elena survived being so in love with Tseng and never having him reciprocate the feelings. She smiled at Reno, at least they had gotten it out in the open and weren't tippy toeing around their own feelings...at least not anymore. Although Cissnei hadn't even known she'd felt this way before the previous day. Things apparently happened really fast for them. Although she was content to just be the way they were, holding hands and talking. Really she felt that was what having a boyfriend meant...just the companionship, not necessarily having to rush getting married.

Married?! Woah she should stop and think about that reeeaally carefully, she wasn't rushed to do anything. So yeah, she just shouldn't think about it. If it was meant to be, it would happen. But until then all she could do was enjoy what she had now, the easy companionship, the laughing, smiles and jokes and hope that nothing messed up what they had going for them. She wondered what Rude would say when he learned that they were now dating. Would he give that 'what just happened?!' look? Or would he just shrug it off and give his 'I don't really care whats going on in the world around me' look? She couldn't wait to see the expression on his face. Now they had to find Rude a girl though! Although like Reno had said before, a pet rock would be good enough...at least for now.

She felt a bit awkward when they got to the door. It was their first date, were they supposed to kiss here? She blushed at the thought and dipped her head, hoping Reno wouldn't see. Instead she chose the kiss on the cheek, she felt so self conscious standing in the hallway where anyone could walk out and see them. So a quick kiss on the cheek was enough, at least for now. They had all the time in the world to kiss each other. When he told her thank you after she drew back she leaned forward again and wrapped her arms around him, hugging him tight. “I was kidding before, I think my dream guy has long red hair and wears goggles.” She whispered that in his ear before turning and hurriedly opening her door. “Good night...Reno...” She said with a nervous smile over her shoulder before she got to escape into her apartment.

Once she closed the door she leaned against it quietly and smiled, closing her eyes for a second. She just breathed in and out quietly, happily, before she opened her mouth and covered it with her hands, her eyes popping open and she nearly couldn't repress the squeal of joy. She felt like a teenager just going on their first...wait, that had been her first date! She was humming as she went to take off her dress and heels. She put them both away carefully and got into her pajamas. Since she was still cold that consisted of soft pajama pants but she had a t-shirt on. She put her hair down and combed it before going to her bathroom. Brushing her teeth and washing her face, she yawned, patted her face dry and went back to her bedroom. Plugging in her phone and settling her alarm clock, she got into bed and drew the covers up, sleeping on her side stretched out. With a yawn she closed her eyes and smiled happily...and when she slept, she dreamed of a her dream guy...no, not the fat drooling one either.

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Muse: awesome
Notes: AHHHHHHHHH *explodes*

[Reno Sinclair]

Second in Command
Looks like today we're clockin' out early

Reno grinned, of course he was right about the jacket. He had on a lot more than Cissnei did at the moment which made it fair. She got the jacket and that was perfectly fine with him…he was almost so cold he was numb…which meant he really couldn’t feel anything except for his hand which was nice and toasty warm in Cissnei’s hand. Back in the ShinRa building, Reno was starting to feel his face again as he chuckled a bit. “No problem…I’m pretty persistent so it’s expected of me.” He said with a wide smug grin as the heat from the building started to let Reno relax a bit, and now he was perfectly content…warm and still holding hands with Cissnei, it really was an excellent evening. He was so proud of himself now…having the courage to ask Cissnei out…it was probably scarier than having to go face to face with someone like Sephiroth! At least, that’s how he viewed it…and for once, he was really happy with himself and the choices he made…he felt like he could conquer the world now! Or maybe even fight Sephiroth with how good he was feeling…but he would NEVER take that chance.

Tseng and Elena would have to wait though. Reno wanted for focus on his own life for right now. Get things running smoothly, then maybe worry about the drama all around the workplace. Although it would be interesting to see how it all played out…who knew what was going to happen? At least things were going in Reno’s favor lately. He smiled back at Cissnei, almost as they were thinking the exact same thing, being happy to have gotten it all out in the open instead of hiding from their true feelings…which had suddenly come on, but Reno knew they were real. He had never felt so good…so happy before. It was almost like a relief for him, to feel so wonderful. And now still feeling so wonderful, this date was coming to an end. It saddened Reno a bit but he was super excited for the next big plot in his head.

As they walked through the halls of ShinRa, back to Cissnei’s apartment Reno was silent…they both were silent in fact. Probably just absorbing the wonderful moments they shared tonight. Once outside Cissnei’s apartment, Reno just smiled at her as she kissed his cheek and then hugged him tightly. He hugged her back and felt just…overjoyed. “Your dream guy sounds pretty cool…but does he drool?” he chuckled quietly as he knew his jokes and cracks about anything and everything would have to stop for the night…until the next day when he awoke with new fresh material. “Good night Cissnei…Sleep tight.” He said before she walked into her apartment and the door closed behind her. Reno let out a giant breath as he put his hands in his pant pockets, his jacket draped over his shoulder as he felt excellent! He started a quick pace to his own room almost feeling the need to jump up in the air and do a heal-kick or something but he wasn’t that extreme…now it was time for a few short hours of sleep.

Walking inside to his own apartment, Reno tossed his jacket into his closet and changed into his pjs before crawling into his own bed and falling asleep almost instantly…an alarm had been set for early morning…much earlier than he was used to but it had to happen, this time he wouldn’t lay there and hit the snooze button for half an hour. As he slept he dreamed of their date…sort of ironic, it was almost like a replay of what had gone on…his favorite part was when he presented the ring and Cissnei had accepted…and just like that…the date was over once again in his own mind and the alarm quickly alerted him and made him groan from lack of sleep. He sat up from his bed and shut the alarm off, rubbing his eyes a bit as it was still dark outside…but getting close to sunrise.

With the worry that he would take too long, Reno quickly went in a brushed his teeth, fixed his hair a bit and changed into his work clothes before grabbing a blanket and bolting out of the door. No one was really awake by now…perhaps a couple people but they were just getting up for the start of their day..Reno was awake and alert as he quickly made his way to Cissnei’s room. He stopped outside her door and grabbed a key from his pocket…he’d managed to get it earlier the day before which made for easy access to any room in the building. He used the key and opened the door as quiet as a mouse before placing it back in his pocket.

As Reno walked in he had the blanket in his arms as he came up to Cissnei’s bed, fiddling with her alarm he managed to turn it off as he smiled to himself. He was a genius. Carefully he studied the way Cissnei was laying in her bed before he took the blanket and wrapped her in it, picking her up and carrying her out of her room. That was the part that would probably wake her up. But he was trying to be quiet but couldn’t resist. As he carried her out of her room, shutting the door with his foot, he smiled down at Cissnei as he had one arm resting under her knees and the other under her back. “Good morning” he whispered only to see if he had awaken her before stepping outside onto the helicopter platform. Still carrying her, Reno walked around his own chopper and set Cissnei down carefully towards the edge of the building, still keeping her wrapped up in that blanket.

Surely to be awake now, Reno smiled at Cissnei as she sky got brighter by the second. “I wanted to do something special for you…to help you out with that list of yours.” He said with a grin as you could start to see the sun rise over the horizon. This was the perfect place to see the sunrise, a great view of the city and right to the horizon. Reno had one arm around Cissnei as his eyes were on the sun…it was really pretty today. Not a cloud in the sky…just the sky changing from different shades of blue to orange. He looked at Cissnei now to see how she was reacting to this. Another win for Reno…what a hopeless romantic he was…that’s how Cissnei called it. And he couldn’t help but agree these days. He slipped his hand down to hold hers as the sun just continued to rise, but Reno had his eyes still on Cissnei…the glow from the sun making her look even more beautiful, if that was even possible. With butterflies in his stomach Reno made a split decision…he got a grip on himself and was going to take this shot while he could.

This was the moment he had been most afraid of. Reno was concerned that after their date the whole ‘goodnight kiss’ would occur and he didn’t know if she wanted that or not. So he let her make the first move that time. This time it was his turn. Which aching nerves he smiled and leaned forward into Cissnei, letting his eyes close a little at a time as he inched towards her before he felt his lips press to hers. He’d made it that far without her slapping him…a most definite win! He had the guts and kissed Cissnei, it sure wasn’t a cheek kiss either. After a moment or two Reno pulled himself away and smiled happily. “There is two more things I can cross off my bucket list…Now I really can die happy now.” He said trying to wrap up any silence about what he just did and continued to smile as the sun was now reaching full view over the horizon.


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