Episode 34
Jun. 29th, 2009 09:35 am34
The kiss was soft and sweet,
Shyly, he drew back from the kiss and opened his eyes, breathless, nervous, and unable to stop smiling.
“
“It’s fine,” he whispered, his voice thick with tears as
There were a thousand things he wanted to say to him, now that he understood, now that
But all he could manage to say was, “I’ve been so alone,
“You ain’t gotta be alone no more,
“There is an event tonight.”
Tseng frowned, looking away from his accounts and staring off at the panoramic view of this ugly city. He could just make out the bay and the sea beyond, sheltered in a fine layer of mist.
“Is there a reason I should know of this?” he asked, his voice clipped. Mei Li was not a woman who often pestered him needlessly, he was sure she had something of import to tell him.
“Kadaj will want to attend, but Reno has forbidden it,” she breathed, her voice its natural low, throaty purr as opposed to the little-girl one she used on her patrons. “Were you to take him as your date…”
“Ah,” he said, smirking. “Clever girl.”
“Thank you, Tseng-shifu,” she said. “I would suggest you check your correspondence.”
He dropped the call and rooted through the many invitations until he saw one from the elegant and beautiful Mrs. ShinRa. He cracked open the seal on it and read the small note posted in graceful script,
Sir,
Having made your acquaintance several evenings ago in the presence of your business partner,
Sincerely Yours,
Tseng smirked and placed the invitation carefully on his desk. He hit the autodial on his phone and leaned back in his chair when Kadaj answered, his voice sharp and annoyed.
“My, my, already irate and it’s hardly past one,” he scolded, smiling because he knew that this would cheer the boy up considerably. “I have a proposition for you, my pet. It would seem that I have been drafted to attend some type of gala held by Mrs. ShinRa.”
The boy fell utterly silent on the other end. Tseng couldn’t even hear him breathing.
“I would be honored if you would accompany me,” he purred.
When Kadaj answered, his tone was cool and even, but Tseng was not deceived. He had the full of the boy’s attention now, and they both knew it.
“Why would you want me there?”
Tseng smiled and said, “You are a Jewel without match, my little Kadaj. There is no single place in this world where I don’t want you, except away from me.”
There was another silence before Kadaj answered, “Then how can I refuse?”
Tseng laughed at the haughty amusement in that voice and dropped the call.
He had work to do, after all.
“So, what do you dream of doing, Reeve Tuesti?” Genesis asked, the pulse of his breath blowing against Reeve’s face, he was so close. It smelled like strawberry jam and mint from his breakfast, which distracted Reeve a little from his very nearness.
“Painting,” he said shortly, perched on the sink with Genesis looming in his face with a pair of sheers. “Listen here, are you altogether capable with those things?”
“Oh, stop worrying!” Genesis laughed, and made another pass that brought a suspicious coolness to Reeve’s face. He leaned closer, the tip of his tongue stuck out in concentration as he snipped and trimmed and shaved Reeve’s beard. “Honestly, darling, you’re so suspicious!”
“Why do I get the feeling that you are giving me a goatee?” Reeve sourly asked.
“Because I am,” Genesis said, and uttered a startled yelp when Reeve twisted to look into the mirror.
Sure enough, half of his face was bare except for a slight shading of hair the length of his jaw that blended up into his sideburns. He flushed and turned to confront the smiling culprit, hissing, “You son of a bitch! I said no goatee!”
“Oh, darling, I was kidding! Besides, that isn’t a goatee at all!” Genesis laughed, and made to get back to work, laughing again when Reeve smacked his hands away. Exasperated, he put his hands on his hips and asked, “What do you plan on doing, Reeve? Growing it back quickly before tonight? Let me just finish, darling, and then you can spend the long months of your lonely seclusion growing all of the disgusting facial fur you please.”
Reeve glared at him, properly done in. There was no way he could go out the way he was, all half-shorn, and Genesis knew it, damn him.
The infuriating redhead cocked his head coyly to one side and cooed, “I am sorry, darling, but that beard was just…well, best not to talk about it, then. Don’t want to get you all atwitter!”
“I do not get atwitter!” Reeve curtly informed him, and said, “Finish it up, for the love of Holy, man! And I don’t grow facial fur, for your information!”
He tried to sit with an air of offended importance, but it was rather hard to maintain, perched as he was on the sink with Genesis cooing and fluttering about him, no matter how many times Reeve accused him of imitating a pigeon.
“Well, all done making you look civilized!” Genesis announced, and whipped the cape off of Reeve’s shoulders with a dramatic, “Ta da!”
Reeve stared at him through the rain of fine hair and deadpanned, “Thank you for that,” as it settled all over him.
“Oh, don’t be such a grump!” Genesis scolded, and gestured him to turn around again.
Braced for the worst, Reeve turned.
He was even more irritated that he actually looked good with his beard so firmly confined to the edges of his jaw.
“Well, at least you left my moustache,” he grudgingly said, running his hands over it and down around the corners of his mouth to where it met his beard. Genesis was hanging over his shoulder, smiling and pleased with his work, which only made Reeve more sour.
“You look fabulous, darling! Admit it!” he cried, shaking Reeve by the shoulders.
“Now, see here! I’m not some type of doll, Rhapsodos!” Reeve said, still sore over having lost the
“Oh, dear,” the other man said, sounding the tiniest bit worried.
“Genesis.”
“Yes, darling?” he asked, blue eyes imploring.
Reeve glared at him to the fullest of his ability while cold water filled his pants.
“Get. Off. Me!”
Genesis drew back and hauled Reeve with him, both of them landing against the bathroom door.
Reeve was so relieved to not have cold water pouring across his lower half that he didn’t immediately register the fact that he was, essentially, pinning Genesis to the door.
That is, until the other man lightly said, “Reeve, darling, your crotch is getting me wet.”
“What do you mean, you don’t have an employment history for him?” Cloud asked, exasperated. “He works for Mrs. ShinRa, you had to have done a background check on him!”
“I’m sorry, Mister Strife,” came the cool answer. “Nothing in public record shows any history on him, even a name. As far as the ShinRa conglomerate is concerned, Mrs. ShinRa doesn’t even have a bodyguard.”
Frustrated, Cloud said, “Then what the hell do you call the man carting her perfect little ass around?”
“Her driver,” the woman smartly said. “Look, Mister Strife, it is very likely that he was hired through her family or else privately by her husband. It happens all of the time.”
“So, where does his paycheck go, then?” Cloud demanded. “He isn’t working for free!”
“It would appear that he is, sir,” she lightly told him. “Because we don’t have him on payroll. Period.”
The line went dead and Cloud scowled at it, amazed at what he’d found out so far – which was nothing. The man was a phantom, not even a full name to go on, only that odd nickname, “Rude.”
“That’s just nuts,” he said, looking at the few photographs on his desk where the man could be faintly seen. Sighing, he dialed another number and said, “Yeah, hey, doll, it’s Cloud. I’m gonna send you some pictures, I need you to see if they match anything you got.”
As he spoke, he fed them into the scanner and started to load them into an email.
“This guy is a hard one—no name, no work history, nothing,” he explained. “He works for Mrs. ShinRa s—”
“Sorry, Cloud, I can’t do that,” the woman said, her tone firm. “We have a strict policy with the President that none of their personal security is to be run on the scanners.”
“What?” he asked, shocked. “You’re the fucking police, Doreen! What if this guys is some kind of crazy killer or – ”
“Cloud, I really appreciate all you’ve done for me in the past,” she said, her voice cool, but shaking with an odd kind of worry. “But trust me, this isn’t an issue you want to push. The Chief gave us strict instructions about reporters and nothing involving the ShinRas is to be investigated.”
“That’s outrageous,” he quietly said, though he wasn’t quite surprised at what he was hearing. The cops were like
“Don’t push it, Cloud,” she warned again, and hung up the phone.
Cloud stared at it for a long moment, and then turned his attention back to his screen. Thoughtfully, he changed the name in the receiver’s block and clicked the email away.
There was more than one way to get answers in this fucking town, and if Cloud couldn’t rely on the good guys, then he’d have to rely on the not-so-good ones.
He didn’t wait around for a reply, he had a gala to dress for, and a scoop to get.
“Come on, I want to go and I can’t unless you do,” Elena said, cross.
“How about fuck off and let me sleep?” Rufus suggested. “Take your pregnant ass home to
“I’m not going back there, remember?” she said, arms crossed. “Now, get up! We’re going to that gallery opening tonight. I want to talk to
“Why are you staying here again?” Rufus asked, trying to snuggle back into his pillows but the witch wouldn’t let him. “And why are you wearing my pajamas?”
“I’m supposed to get
“Oh. Right. Fuck off,” he said again, determined to get some more sleep.
“You’re such a gentleman,” Elena coolly pointed out.
“Fine, fuck off, please,” he amended.
She blew her breath out in a huff of annoyance and said, “Listen, Rufus, you take me to the gala tonight and I promise I won’t bother you before two in the afternoon from now on.”
He lifted his head and gave her a wary, suspicious glare before he agreed with, “Fine, now do please fuck off, will you?”
“My pleasure,” Elena said, and hurried off to dress. She had some shopping to do for this evening and she wanted to make sure she looked her best.
Pleased with her day thus far, Mei Li sashayed into the hall off of the kitchen where
Smiling, she made her way over to him and arranged herself on the chair across the table, settling in with the clear intention to stay.
“Good afternoon,” he said, wary. “Are you hungry? I’ve got plenty.”
Mei Li wrinkled her nose and said, “Thank you, no. The food of this country is reprehensible.”
Zack laughed a little and said, “Strong feelings for food.”
“I like to eat,” Mei Li told him, a saucy light in her eyes that made Zack return to being wary. “Are you busy this evening, Zack Fair?”
“No, not really,” he said, returning to his meal.
Mei Li ran her talons over the smooth wood of the table and said, “
Zack stared at her, his blue eyes incredulous.
“Are you kidding?” he finally asked, and laughed. “Mei Li, people like me don’t go to things like that! I fix toilets, I don’t rub elbows with society.”
Mei Li smiled at him and sighed, saying, “Zack, there is nothing lacking in you that they possess. Will you send me all alone, then?”
He frowned, putting his fork down to level his attention at her.
“You could take someone else.”
“I don’t want to,” she told him. “I wish you to accompany me.”
Zack blew out his breath in frustration and scratched at his temple, stymied.
“You really don’t want to take someone else?” he asked. “You’re sure about this?”
“As sure as I am that you are not what you seem,” she said, and uttered that soft, high-pitched little girl laugh.
Zack’s eyes narrowed a little, but he retaliated with, “That makes two of us. And cut the girlie stuff, I’m not
“Which is why I like you as much as I do,” Mei Li purred, smirking.
The man sighed with sudden resignation and said, “Look, I don’t even have the clothes to wear to something like that.”
“That is not so hard to arrange,” Mei Li said. “A tailor is on his way as we speak.”
Zack stared at her, not sure if he should be offended by her conceit or impressed by her resolve.
“That was very optimistic of you,” he settled on saying.
Mei Li shrugged and languidly told him, “I am nothing if not persistent.”
“You can say that again,” Zack murmured, but his mouth held the faintest of smiles.
“I’ll make it right, Cateyes,”
It made
The man’s breath pulsed over his moist skin, awakening that spark of pleasure deep in his groin. Without even realizing he was doing it, he lifted his hand to
“You was made for me, Cateyes,” he purred, one hand cupping the back of
“I want you bad, baby,” the man whispered, and used his grip on
“You don’t have to,”
He gasped at the sudden shock of sensation, his delicate body shuddering, grasping
“Sh,”
As much as he missed the contact to his awakening sex, the knowledge of what was to come kept him patient. He trembled in
The heated, hungry look in
“So beautiful,”
Far from deterring
He sucked and sucked, gentle despite the powerful result, knowing that
“
Without lifting his head from the delicious little nipple in his mouth,
He finally released
“Holy fuck, Cateyes, you’re incredible,” Reno breathed, taking a deep, dragging breath, his blue eyes devouring the sight of Yazoo’s body above his – the small breasts, the slender, corseted waist, the round, curvy hips, the lean thighs hugged by those lace-topped stockings, and the heavy, perfect sex at the apex of his thighs.
“You’re so perfect,
Moved,
The man smiled, that lazy and distracted smile that
Wanting to give him the same kind of pleasure,
That hardness throbbed beneath him and
He heard the thump of Reno’s shoes hitting the ground behind him, and yelped in surprise when the man hauled him up, sitting up to strip off his socks and urgently whispering, “You got me all hot for you, baby. Any more of that and I won’t be able to do you justice, you’re so good.”
The sight of his naked, straining flesh nearly made
“It’s okay, Cateyes,”
Instead of a touch, he felt the hot wash of
His eyes flew open and his hands flew down to grip the pillows, his hips lifting as he cried out with the unexpected pleasure.
And still, the man’s mouth dropped lower, his tongue sliding down to wet the small pucker he’d so thoroughly plowed the night before.
Gasping for breath, his bangs sticking to his forehead with sweat, he mutely nodded, his mouth parted and flushed from kisses.
“I wanna make it up to you, baby,” he purred. “I wanna see you happy.”
Trembling,
Gently, the man pushed down on
“Move with me,
He began to rock his hips and
The pleasure overwhelmed him and he was reduced to instinct, to pure sensation, heedless of the volume of his cries, not even shocked when his nails scored into
When Reno’s hand moved down and grasped his hard sex, Yazoo surged and came with a loud, wailing cry, shuddering and moving so violently that Reno hissed, his own orgasm triggered by the rhythmic squeeze of Yazoo’s body, the pair of them straining against one another, frozen in an endless moment of absolute bliss.
And another beautiful pic by
(She has sent several more, but I'm saving them for the right moment :D)

Sleep - by Bela
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Date: 2009-06-29 05:32 pm (UTC)PHEW, HAAAAAAAAAAWT!!!! And sweeeeeeeeeeeet.
I still feel bad for Kadaj tho'. And I do so love a confuzzled Zack.
And, oh! Your postcard arrived today. THAAAAAANK YOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!! YOU'RE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 2009-06-30 08:21 pm (UTC)I'm glad you got your postcard! I hope it did the trick! I've actually got a letter to put into the mail to you :D
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Date: 2009-06-30 11:03 pm (UTC)Really? You are the best!!! I really am grateful that I was able to friend you ^^
Fantastic!
Date: 2009-06-29 07:32 pm (UTC)wow... this gala opening promises a lot...Tseng and Kadaj, Mei Li and Zack, Elena and Rufus, Yuffie and Cloud...and the couple Renzoo..Gods poor Reno, it'd be a hard night uhn?
I'm very happy to finally see the Genesis's cajolery working subtly but efficient on Reeve, and I believe that you liked the others drawings by it...
The style of Yazoo's letter to Tseng was just perfect, Mei and Zack are hot as hell and this is growing up to something that I know you're teasing us into it!
Oh and I'd be sweet for all the week cause this hoot and so lovely smut with Reno and Yazoo...Yeah- the redhead deserves a powerful and uncontrollable passion on his little dry heart...
Thank you dear and you are THE BEST !!!!
Hugs and love
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Date: 2009-06-30 08:24 pm (UTC)And I'm really glad you liked the Renzoo sexing! I was trying to make a contrast with their first time. Glad to see it worked!
Once more, thank you so much for the pictures! I can't wait to get into Genesis and Reeve and show them all off! WOOT!
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Date: 2009-06-29 09:48 pm (UTC)I CANNOT wait for the gala evening ! :o I already predict that the petits-fours will be flying all over the place ! Its dynamite ! Kadaj + Yazoo in the same room, and Elena with Rufus.. oh mama ! thats all I can say :p
oh and Genesis as a pigeon ! excellent ! :D
edit : I totally forgot about Yazoo`s letter. You even found some special font, I am impressed ! :D That writing is impressive, I would use about 3 hours to write one single line that way ;)
And it was a long and EXCELLENT chapter !
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Date: 2009-06-30 08:28 pm (UTC)The Gala promises to be a fantastic evening of OH SHIT! Now, I just have to try to write it, haha! No doubt, there will be some serious shit going down, so be prepared.
Thank you so much, kiddo! I'm really happy you enjoyed it, and I'm always happy to hear from you! *squeezes you*
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Date: 2009-06-30 11:17 pm (UTC)LOL, im sure you will have a great time writing it (and me, reading it)
XOXO !
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Date: 2009-06-29 11:23 pm (UTC)I love the Mei Li/Zack interactions, I truly do. And she's becoming one of my favorite characters.
CANNOT wait for the gala! :D
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Date: 2009-06-30 08:30 pm (UTC)And thank you so much for that about Mei Li! I think she's a keeper! WOOT!
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Date: 2009-07-08 03:29 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-06-30 08:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-30 03:08 pm (UTC)OMG, soooooo goood!!! *happy sigh*
I don't care what Reno's intentions are, he did it right this time!!! I know it probably won't last, but damn for once he scored extre bonus points from me! Yazoo's happiness might be short lived, but he deserves every second he can get! *glares at Reno*
Reeve might just as well give up his resistance, sooner rather than later. He's already done for! Hehe, way to go, Genesis! I can't wait to see those two smex it up!
Zack and Mei Li... That is starting to create very dirty images in my mind... *purr* I'm not surprised that they find some sort of mutual fascination in each other. After all, they are both so very secretive beings... *needs to know MORE*
Still loving Cloud! I wonder if there is anything he wouldn't do for a scoop? Hehe I will try to keep my mind out of the gutter from now on... (and if you believe THAT...) I adore sassy Cloud!
Tseng is deliciously devious and evil, and I'm not at all sure I like what's coming from him... Watch out, Kadaj!
Elena... Throw her off the balcony. Don't like her. Nope.
Hehe another great one! You never fail to impress me! Can't wait for the next episode...
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Date: 2009-06-30 08:33 pm (UTC)Yeah, Reeve is done for, he's toast, and Genesis is going to eat him all buttered :D
I should give some thought to Zack and Mei Li, they keep drawing together without me meaning to, so something is definitely there. Hm...thoughts...
And YAY Cloud! I know how much you love your cloudy! He's certainly a sassy one, and he's going to be showing up a bit more as the plot progresses.
Tseng is just...yeah. Just that. lol!
Thanks so much, kiddo! I'll see you later on!
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Date: 2009-06-30 08:20 pm (UTC)Genesis is simply adorable. 'Nuff said.
Elena remains as repulsive as usual. I am nearly sympathizing with Rufus. ("The 'fuck off then, please' line made me giggle)
Good to read some conversation between Mei Li and Zack again, I love the way they interacht :)
And that gala is going to be one hell of a party. I can't wait for it. :D
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Date: 2009-06-30 08:35 pm (UTC)Hehe, glad you like Genesis! He does try, you gotta give him credit for that!
And the Gala! *dies* God, I really need to start writing it already!
Thanks again!
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Date: 2009-07-01 01:09 am (UTC)I loved this episode. Genesis and Reeve seem to be progressing nicely. Genesis hasn't gotten in his pants yet but at least he got him wet! Yeah?
Keep up the good work, and I'll try to wipe this grin off of my face XD
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Date: 2009-07-05 01:25 am (UTC)I'm really glad that you liked the episode! Genesis and Reeve are slaying me with hilarity right now, and the pants thing really just tied it up nicely for me, lol!
And don't go wiping that grin off! I love that grin! *points to her own grin* :D
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Date: 2009-07-01 02:04 am (UTC)I have to say that, as much as I loved the smut (and I did, very much) I am soooo worried for Yazoo. If things had stayed kinda yucky and filled with bad memories, it might've mitigated the future let down. (What, me pessimistic? Never! Well, maybe a little... or a lot.)
Kadaj and Yazoo at the the Gala with Reno. Oh Em Gee!
Is Reno going to be more pissed at Kadaj for going, or Tseng for bringing him? It might sour their 'business' relationship just a little... which could sour the deal between them which would leave Rufus' big dreams of Wutai wealth drifting in the wind. Should I feel bad for Rufus?
Nah!
Zack and Mei Li. Interesting but I hope Zack has more sense than to get involved with her. A) Reno would kill him (or try), B) Tseng would kill her, and C) Mei Li is nearly the last person Zack should be around when he's got secrets. I'm thinking Cloud is actually the last person, but it might be a toss up between the two for whose the worst for digging out secrets.
Genesis and Ree-ve, flailing in the kitchen-
bee eye tee-see-aitch eye enn gee!
(I was going to say 'kissing' but 'bitching' was more accurate.)
I am so looking forward to the Gala. Poor Yazoo's going to be traumatized by it all though. Food fights, riots, out-right catfights are all beyond his limited experience. Momma never told him there'd be days like this!
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Date: 2009-07-05 01:20 am (UTC)Yeah, the Gala is gonna go down in history, hopefully I can pack it into one episode :D
Reno's reactions never fail to startle me. For all I know, he may just laugh *pokes him cause he's a weirdo*. But yeah, anything goes, and Tseng and Reno have had a BIT of friction between them lately, so hm...
Yeah, Zack is showing an unhealthy interest in things that are bad for him, and Mei Li can't leave a mystery alone. God, her and Cloud together would bring Midgar crashing down on itself! Maybe that is how I'll end the Soap some day, lol!
Haha, yeah, Genesis and Reeve! I adore those two for some reason! And I had so planned for Reeve to straighten Yuffie out! Looks like Genesis is going to unstraighten Reeve instead, WOOT!
Keep your fingers crossed that I can write a good Gala! I'm really nervous about it! *dies*
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Date: 2009-07-02 05:55 am (UTC)omgomgomgomgomg AX09 is finally here! im so excited! toshiyuiki morikawa here i come!
*glomps an unsuspecting sephiroth* yatta!!!
Seph: shove off...
J: awww be nice to the poor fangirl...it's my one time a year that you will be physically in the same building as me...
Seph: humph...I think Stacey wants a review, not your spastic comments.
J: oh right! e'hem...This was a very frustrating chapter in that i can taste the tension building, i can see the storm brewing, and yet you are making me wait for next week!GAH!!! reeve and g are the cutest couple here, hands down...I can't wait for kadaj and yazoo to meet, and for Rude to do SOMETHING! lol...anyway...my brain is absolutely fried from school and the excitement of AX in the morn...
Seph: your rambling again...
J: *pout* and your being mean
Reno: take your spat somewhere else, yo...
J: lol k reno...by alls, see you next week ^.^
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Date: 2009-07-05 01:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-22 08:06 pm (UTC)Zack also needs to watch his butt! He knows Mei Li is dangerous! Why doesn't he stay away? I'd like to tug his ear a few times!
Poor Kadaj. *shakes head* as much as I like evil!Tseng, I'm kind of hoping whatever his little scheme is backfires. Sort of like getting what he wants, but not in the way he expects it.
Reeve and Genesis are simply ludicrous together. Yet, somehow I could see them also being very hot together. (no high hopes there. Nope. Not me.)
And that last scene? De-Licious!
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Date: 2009-07-26 12:41 am (UTC)Zack has a problem with finding trouble and then rolling in it...*imagines him rolling with Mei Li*...yeah, that'll do it ;)
I want the best for Kadaj, but like any teenager, he's determined to have what he wants whether it kills him or not.
And thank you, kiddo, you're amazing!
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Date: 2009-07-24 07:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-25 11:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-03 05:03 pm (UTC)Oh, everyone´s connected now! *excited* They all met at the gala! I loved Yazoo´s letter, btw, I think Her handwriting would look just like that! And the first scene with Reno made me feel all warm and fuzzy XD Reeve and Gen are still sooo hilarious! *rofl* Poor Cloud has no luck (I feel for him) and the smex was SO hawt!!! *bows down before your shrine again*
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Date: 2009-08-04 02:02 pm (UTC)And yes! I finally got them all to a mingling point! Hehe, yes, Yazoo is very strict on his penmanship :D Reno is very, very much snared by Yazoo, and Reeve is simply floundering, lol!
Thank you so much, boo boo! You're the best!
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