Episode 43

[jaded_grin]

Sorry about posting it so late, with it being Labor Day, I had a lot of other things going on, but I didn't forget the Soap! I hope it will keep everyone sated for another week, and I will try to get next week's to be far, far better!

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Once the panting had calmed and the sweat had dried a little, Zack knew he’d made a huge mistake.

He hadn’t gotten any closer to Kadaj except physically, and for a boy who shared his body with the same disregard that others would loan a pen, that meant less than nothing…only, it meant that Zack had treated him with the same disrespect and disregard as every other man who’d ever touched him.

Reno’s body was slumped heavily over both of them, practically boneless atop Kadaj, pushing the smaller boy into Zack’s belly and chest. He could feel the soft pulse of Kadaj’s breath against his skin, the moist pressure of his lips, the slickness of his sweat. He could feel that slender, tight body still encasing him, both men’s bodies still to the hilt inside him, slippery and slick. It shamed Zack that he’d responded so mindlessly to the push of Reno’s hard sex against his. He didn’t know anything about this man except that he treated his lovers like trash and was dangerous. How could an utter stranger be a part of the strong orgasm Zack had just experienced?

“Are you hurt, Kadaj?” he asked, shifting his head to one side, his mouth still wet from Reno’s kiss. It, too, meant less than nothing – a press of mouths, a rub of skin and wet tongues, an impulse move after an exhaustive round of perfectly empty sex.

“He is fine,” Mei Li answered, and when Zack irritably said, “I asked him!” she just laughed and pulled out of Reno, making the man groan and twitch lewdly against Zack, bringing another bright flush to his cheeks.

“She’s right, I’m fine,” Kadaj said, his voice faint, his breath whispering against Zack’s chest. He lifted his damp head a little and Reno shifted over him, kissing his ear, his temple, the curve of his cheek, murmuring soft nonsense to him that Kadaj ignored. Those jade eyes gazed up at Zack, unaffected and unmoved, steeled against him so tightly that Zack could almost see it. He wasn’t welcome in the dark and secret places of Kadaj’s heart.

“You’re a good man,” Kadaj whispered, emotionless as Reno nipped at his cheek and slid his long tongue into the corner of Kadaj’s mouth.

Zack flinched. He’d been told that his very sense of right and wrong often excluded him – people didn’t like dealing with saints. People didn’t want to party with the guy who seemingly never sinned, it made them reflect on themselves and feel shamed, feel judged. Zack was not as innocent as everyone had always believed, but he was a good man. He’d been raised that way, and no schooling of the Brotherhood had managed to eradicate that. And here before him was a boy so lost in the sordid details of his own life that Zack’s very ability to accept Kadaj as he was automatically caused him to be turned away. Understanding was more terrifying than the consequences of what they’d done, for some people, and from the blankness that Zack saw on that smooth, Cetran face, Kadaj was one of those people.

“I’m not as good as you think I am,” he whispered, and Mei Li laughed, moving to lay next to them, tugging at Reno until he slid out of Kadaj and draped himself over her, his head pillowed on her large breasts, his eyelids drooping as he slid into a drugged sleep.

“You are every bit as good as I think you are,” Kadaj told him, and levered himself  up, letting Zack slide out of him, not even a twitch betraying that still, mask-like calm. He blinked twice before he said, “You shouldn’t be here, Zack. There’s nothing here worth saving.”

He rolled to one side and tucked his face against Mei Li’s shoulder, one small arm lifting to rest over Reno’s back, curling against them with his back to the lone man.

Zack’s mouth tightened but he refrained from denying it, he kept himself from protesting. Reno could force Kadaj into anything he wanted, simply because that was the kind of monster he was, but Zack was not a monster.

No matter what his past said.

He got out of the bed and quickly, quietly dressed, aware of Mei Li’s dark eyes on him, aware of Kadaj’s wordless pain, aware of the sacrifices made in this room for the sake of a parody of love.

“Does this make you happy, Kadaj?” he asked, pausing before he left.

“Oh, you naïve child,” Mei Li sighed, and Kadaj hid his face, closing himself away, shutting Zack out. The Wutain woman’s lips curved up into a joyless smile and she breathed, “There is no such thing.”

Zack gave the three of them one last, grim look, and stalked silently out of the room.

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Reeve woke up to the unmistakable sensation of being watched.

It wasn’t the steady, rather creepy realization that a cat was perched on the bedside table, waiting with that horrifying patience for its morning nip.

It wasn’t the strange feeling of waking to find portraits of strangers staring down at you.

It was the altogether unsettling knowledge that right now, right here, there was a pair of incandescent blue eyes busily taking in the details of his vulnerably sleeping body.

He slit one lid open cautiously…

…and jerked back against the wall with a soft “meep!” of surprise.

“Oh! He sounds like a baby chocobo! Doesn’t he? Doesn’t he? Isn’t that just so adorable?!”

Reeve stared incredulously at a room full of cameras, reporters, and, somehow, Genesis Rhapsodos. He wasn’t entirely sure how a room could be full of one person, but it certainly seemed to be. The man was en dishabille, his slender body in a dressing gown that made Reeve wish for sunglasses to mute its loud colors, a cigarette between two graceful fingers. He hadn’t been aware of Genesis ever smoking…especially not with a long holder like that. And was that a face-mask cunningly placed next to the bed?

He flinched when more photos snapped, and snatched the covers up to his chin, his cheeks bright red.

“Oh, dearest, don’t be shy!” Genesis implored, and laughed lightly, gesturing from his plush chair artfully placed next to the window. To the camera-people, he said in a conspiratal whisper, “He’s a bit done in since last night, but he’ll be right as rain in no time! After all, no serious lover of Genesis Rhapsodos will ever suffer for his art! No matter how great it may make him!”

Reeve whimpered, using the sheet to shield himself from both the shouted confusion of questions and Genesis’s horrifying dressing gown.

But through the chaotic clamor of it, one thing began to come clear – somehow, someway, over the course of an evening, that disaster of an opening had become…

“ – a complete success, Mister Tuesti, and the readers at FLASH! want more!”

“Is it true that you and Mister Rhapsodos will petition the President himself for a license to wed?”

“Mister Tuesti, do you feel homosexual rights are ignored in our society?”

“Mister Tuesti, was the Wutain Princess truly the subject of your painting Angel at Midnight?”

Reeve dropped the sheet, his mouth hanging open in shock. His uncomprehending hazel eyes met Genesis’s own heavily made-up ones, and the man gave him an outrageous wink before he uttered another trilling laugh and scolded, “Dearest, please! Mister Rhapsodos is my father – and may his skin shrivel up and rot like those hideous apples he loves.”

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When Kadaj finally got up, both Reno and Mei Li were long gone, the bed cold around him. He felt worn and sore, and so much older than eighteen.

‘Sojzha?’

He took a deep, unsteady breath and leaned over the side of the bed, dismayed to realize that he was trembling. Her face seemed so familiar to him now that he had seen her up close – the shape of her cheekbones, the cast of her feline eyes, the innocently open expression. He saw that same face in distant memory, or one very like it – smiling at him, small teeth like tiny pearls, a musical laugh, and a giggling admonition, ‘Catch it, Sojzha! Catch the water!’ as drops like diamonds came scattering down…

“It cannot be,” Kadaj breathed, and slipped out of the bed to shower the night away, his abused body reminding him that such passion had its limits, and that he needed to remember them.

The thought that he knew Yazoo ShinRa, that he was connected to her somehow, would not leave him alone. As much as he scoffed at the idea of it, it would seem that Tseng had been honest in this, at least – he was no peasant Cetran, not if he was blood-kin to the Jenovas.

He didn’t know what to do, what to believe. After he showered and cleaned up, he sat for a long time with the birds in Reno’s bedroom, feeding them and stroking their feathers, just trying to sort it all out. Finally, after much deliberation, he got into the dresser where Reno kept all manner of odds and ends and searched out a second cell phone. With a quick scroll through the numbers, he found one labeled, ‘Cateyes.’

And it certainly wasn’t his own.

With a grim, angry frown, Kadaj quickly dialed the number with his own phone and waited for it to ring.

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            Rufus was on his way to go out for a brunch-meeting when he saw none other than Reno himself slinking up the stairs, heading for the hallway that led to Yazoo’s suite.

            “Hey!” he called, suddenly irritated with him. Reno had been far less friendly to him and far more attentive to Yazoo than Rufus was really comfortable with – Reno was his friend, was doing this for his sake, not for that gender-confused drama queen’s. He needed to remember who his real friend was, and not let Yazoo wrap him around his little finger, in Rufus’s opinion. “You look like living death, Reno, honestly.”

            “Hey,” Reno said, and paused, deliberating a moment before he ambled over to Rufus, who promptly vanished back into his suite and bid the man follow.

            “What the fuck was all that last night?” Rufus asked, going to the bar and pouring himself a scotch. After a long look at Reno’s drawn face and bloodshot eyes, he poured a second for his friend and handed it to him.

            “You stay the fuck out of Yazoo’s business, yo,” Reno cautioned, taking a wincing sip. “Let me do what I do, stop fucking things up.”

            “Well, it’s taking you long enough,” the man said, taking a sip of his own. He scowled at Reno and added, “I thought you were my friend, Reno – I thought you were doing this because you and I are close.”

            “I am,” Reno said, and seemed troubled. It was uncharacteristic enough that Rufus was suddenly afraid he might back out on him. Yazoo did have his moments, there were times when Rufus felt a bit like a bastard for being so unkind to him.

            “Well, then, what are you waiting for?” he demanded, and his anxiety made his voice sharp.

            Reno rubbed at his temples as if he had a headache and lowly said, “I just need more time, okay?”

            “No, it’s not okay!” Rufus snapped, slamming his glass down. He stalked over to Reno and grabbed his arm tightly. “You can’t get involved, Reno! That wasn’t part of the plan!”

            “Look, Rufus,” Reno said, aggravated. “Things are kinda complicated – ”

            “Don’t give me that shit!” Rufus scoffed, letting go of him. “You’re acting more reluctant by the day! You’re acting like a man smitten – ”

            “Lay off!” Reno snarled, and the look in his blue eyes made Rufus back up a step. “I’m doing this for you, aren’t I?”

            Rufus just stared at him, part apprehensive, part furious.

            “You want that shit in Wutai and the only way you’re gonna get it is if I put a knife in Yazoo’s back,” Reno tightly told him. “I been looking after your wife since she was fourteen years old, Rufus! I’m the first person who ever touched her and I’m gonna be the first one to break her heart – so excuse the hell out of me if I’m a little fucking reluctant!”

            Rufus was silent for a long time before he tried a new tactic. With a conciliatory smile, he pulled Reno into a one-armed hug and said, “Look, I know it’s been hard on you and I don’t blame you for being edgy, but you have to see the bigger picture. We’ll get the holdings in Wutai – ”

            “I don’t need any of that shit.”

            “ – and we’ll both be very rich men!” Rufus crowed, ignoring his protests.

            “I’m rich as Croesus,” Reno announced, scowling. “I don’t need anymore fucking money. And since when are you sharing it with me, anyway?”

            Rufus heaved a heavy sigh and asked, “So, what? You want to let Yazoo down easy? Just forget about it?”

            Reno shook hiss head, but it was more in bewilderment than negation. In a soft voice he said, “I don’t know, yo…”

            Rufus snorted and moved away from him a little ways.

            “Oh, please,” he laughed, picking his glass back up and draining it. “Don’t tell me you’re just going to keep it up!”

            Reno’s glare should’ve killed him where he stood.

            “How is that okay?” Rufus asked, laughing. “Just stay in a one-sided relationship with Yazoo? Let her get closer and closer and more in love with you and all the while you’re just ‘taking care’ of her?”

            Again, Rufus laughed and shook his head, sighing, “That’s rich, buddy. And how much worse will she be when it comes out that it’s just pity sex? Hm? You think that won’t hurt her? You’re hilarious!”           

            Reno had nothing to say for a long time. Finally, his big blue eyes flicked up to Rufus’s and he lowly said, “I got it under control, yo. You’ll get what you want.”

            Rufus shrugged a little and said, “Yes, I will, but you’re heading down a dangerous path, my friend. Getting entangled with a Jenova only leads to trouble. Take my word for it.”

            He snickered softly when Reno wordlessly put his glass down and strode off, slamming the door of Rufus’s suite behind him.

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“Mrs. ShinRa?”

“Yes?” Yazoo cautiously said, bewildered. He very rarely received unknown phone calls, and even more rarely answered them, but for some reason when he’d seen the number flashing, he’d felt compelled to pick up, and when he heard that low, Cetran voice, he very nearly fainted.

“Do you know me?” that voice asked after a long, strained silence.

Yazoo hesitated before softly saying, “Reno calls you Kadaj, I believe? But I do not think that is truly your name.”

Again, silence, just the soft pulse of breath and the low pull of tension.

“Who do you believe that I am, Mrs. ShinRa?”

Yazoo took a deep breath, steadying his nerves, and lowly whispered, “I believe you are my nephew, Sojzha Jenova, the son of Sephiroth Jenova, the grandson of Premier Jenova, and the last in an unbroken line of kings dating back a thousand years.”

After a long, heavy silence, the boy whimpered, “Oh, goddess! This cannot be true!”

“Sojzha – ” Yazoo gently began, but the other cut him off, hissing in a fierce, angry voice, “My name is Kadaj! It is Kadaj! It is the name given to me when my father sold me to the whore-house, and that is my name!”

Yazoo flinched, tears welling up in his big jade eyes.

“You have been lost to us for so long…” every doubt he had that this boy might not be his nephew died quickly and suddenly, for he sounded precisely like Sephiroth, had his same quick and violent temper.

“I was not lost, I was given!” Kadaj told him, and Yazoo could hear the thick tears in his voice, so boyish still for a young man who was so old at heart. “You are lying! I am no kin of yours! You are a lying whore who sleeps with her husband’s closest friend and steals my lover from me! I have no family! And if I am related to a creature like you, then I wish I had no family!”

“Kadaj!” Yazoo cried, hurt but trying to reach him.

The line went dead, the call dropping with the same suddenness that it had come and leaving Yazoo trembling, upset, and bewildered.

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Comments

[natila.livejournal.com]

wow ! that last part was intense ! :O Kadaj is so obstinate. And Reno.. umm.. will he betray Yaz or not, I am still wondering.
The first part of that chapter, describing the aftermath of the foursome was absolutely BRILLIANT ! You nailed it so perfectly.

GenGen.. what can I say, he is a true pain but you cannot be mad at him. Poor Reeve ! :D I imagine the horror of waking up in a room full of journalists ! that part :
"Reeve woke up to the unmistakable sensation of being watched.

It wasn’t the steady, rather creepy realization that a cat was perched on the bedside table, waiting with that horrifying patience for its morning nip.

It wasn’t the strange feeling of waking to find portraits of strangers staring down at you.

It was the altogether unsettling knowledge that right now, right here, there was a pair of incandescent blue eyes busily taking in the details of his vulnerably sleeping body."

totally cracked me up !!! XDDDDDDDDDDDD

edit to add : Kadaj was given and obviously he remembers it ! :o but why would Seph give away his only son..? this is all so strange..

and after reading Etrix comment, I had a revelation ! :P Zack and Yazoo should run away together ! They are both sweet and romantic, they would be perfect for each other :D

[ldyavalon.livejournal.com]

Oh, loved this. Poor Reno, he's really gotten himself into a mess hasn't he?

And poor Kadaj!!! And Zack!!! *cries for them*

And poor Reeve *dies laughing*

[sussurous.livejournal.com]

Poor Kadaj, I hope he's remembering it wrong. Why would Sephiroth do that to him?

I have no words for Reno. I hope he took a shower before he went to visit Yazoo. *grrr*

Zack is troubleing me. He's so depressed. He should get together with Cloud. I bet Cloud can cheer him up!!!

Good episode. Can't wait for next week! XD

[nivell.livejournal.com]

Poor Kadaj!!! And poor Zack! Good lord, I'm getting all caught up in this dramatic telenovella, lol.

[whiskeynshinra.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you had that interlude with Rufus and Reno. I'm glad you're checking back on old plot lines :D And the Kadaj bit... fun fun.

I miss Tseng! How's he been? And I don't think I even need to mention that I miss Lazard, because you already know *giggles*

And Rufus is surprising me. Not the detachment from his wife, but the fact that he's giving Reno pretty decent relationship advice, even through his douchebaggery XD

[zilldk.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, the emotional depth in this is totally overwhelming!!!

The phonecall between Kadaj and Yazoo really struck a nerve. Poor Daj, realization is a bitch and denial even more so! *wibbles*

I'm glad to see that Reno (the fucker) is having a bit of doubt about this whole Yazoo-arrangement, although I don't think it will deter him in the end. *smacks him*

Reeve and Gen... *giggles* Of course the Gala was a success, nothing this disastrous couldn't be! Welcome to the world of gossip, dear Reeve! *grin*

And Zack... poor, good-hearted Zack. He can't win, can he? I wanna know more about that Brotherhood, and you're not tellin' me! It's scandalous! *pout*

[etrix.livejournal.com]

I actually read this in two parts because the scene with Zack and Kadaj et al, was just so sad. Zack can't compete. He knows this and yet he hopes. Poor Zack, he's a complete romantic and Midgar isn't the place for romantics.

Witness what's happening to Reeve.

This scene was the perfect way to lighten up this episode, sandwiched as it was between Zack and Yazoo (by way of Reno/Rufus). Gen holding court in the bedroom and Reeve doesn't know whether to be more horrified by being photographed in his bed or by the dressing gown Gen's wearing. Sometimes it's tough being an artist! LoL

Reno might be having second thoughts, but I can't see him backing out. He might find some way around taking the blame, though. That way he gets to keep Yazoo's friendship (maybe). It's more likely that he is going to break her heart though. Poor Yazoo.

Sephiroth's going to be one of those father's that gets turned into case studies for psychology majors and criminal lawyers (and child welfare workers too), isn't he. Yazoo remembers what he was told; which was that Kadaj was lost. The reality might be exactly what Kadaj remembers, though, that he was thrown away. I think Sephiroth's shaping up to be a Bad Man.

Excellent episode. =]

Wow dear!

[belatrix-labe.livejournal.com]

The end of the smut was a drama...I felt so much Zack's empty for the sex without love... Oh he's so romantic...maybe Kadaj could open his eyes...
But let's talk about what I (and I bet everyone else too) are mad to know: Reno would have the balls to hurt Yazoo? Kadaj would give Yazoo a chance to approach? And when my THE COUPLE would make it up- means Gen and Reeve?
Oh and surely, the smut scen was awesome, you're the best dear Stacey and soon I'll be abble to drawn again and I promise to you my first draw will be for you!
Hugs and Love

Re: Wow dear!

[jaded-grin.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you, Bela! Zack truly is a man who dislikes casual sex, he needs substance and love to give it meaning, and so that all left him empty.

And I'm thinking that Reno will, indeed, have the balls to hurt Yazoo. I'm not sure if Kadaj is really ready to admit the truth of everything quite yet, but perhaps in the future.

And Genesis and Reeve....hehe! I love to write them together!

And thank you, Bela, YOU are the best! And I can't wait to see whatever you come up with!

Hugs and Snugs

Stacey

[jaded-grin.livejournal.com]

Hey, thank you so much! I was really hoping the aftermath wouldn't be a let-down for everyone, so I'm glad it worked for you!

Genesis is just...yeah, I have no words :D YAY that it cracked you up! Hehe! Their comic relief does a lot for relieving the tension for a bit, I hope!

Kadaj's situation is very iffy right now - he's been told one thing most of his life, Yazoo is telling him another, and he remembers something completely different, so he's very confused right now.

Hehe! Zack and Yazoo! That IS a combo I hadn't thought of :D I'll see what I can do!

[jaded-grin.livejournal.com]

I was really hoping to make that parting at the bedroom really final for Zack - he's had his realization, he knows what he's willing to do for someone, and he knows he isn't wanted. Not a happy place to be, but then Zack is pretty used to that. And you're right, Midgar chews up romantics and spits them out again, he's not got a chance.

I'm glad you liked the Reeve and Genesis scene! I wanted to revisit them and maybe get a few laughs through all of that tension, so I'm really happy that worked! And Reeve being an artist will never do him favors where Genesis's wardrobe is concerned, hehe!

Reno is manipulative and cunning, but he truly sticks to his word when he gives it, so I think Yazoo is in The Serious Trouble. We just have to keep our fingers crossed that she comes out of it alright.

Sephiroth's stance on Kadaj's disappearance is one even I am not sure of. One thing is certain, any son of his stands to inherit, and Kadaj is certainly his son...although perhaps not with the ideal mate? :D

Thank you so much! *squeezes*

[jaded-grin.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you so much, Zill! It means a lot to me, but you know that already ;)

Yeah, Kadaj is having a terrible time trying to reconcile what he thinks he knows with the truth that others think they know. Sometimes truth is a gray area, and he's a little lost in it right now.

Reno may have his doubts, but it has never stopped him from coming through on a promise in the past. I think Yazoo is in for some trouble. *smacks Reno, too*

Reeve and Genesis are a joy to play with! Hehe! The whole disastrous affair became an instant, exciting hit! But then, that was mostly due to one star reporter with the inside scoop :D

And poor Zacky, he's had a rough go of it and he's not through the choppy seas just yet. Keep your fingers crossed for him!

[jaded-grin.livejournal.com]

I thought that maybe Reno needed another nudge, and Rufus isn't exactly the poster boy for patience :D And it's good to remind everyone of exactly why Reno started in with Yazoo in the first place.

I kinda miss Tseng, too! I need to bring him in on more bits, and Lazard as well, though he comes into play later in the Soap as a regular.

Rufus is simply trying to cover his bases and make sure that Reno won't defect on him and just stay Yazoo's lover. He wants that stuff in Wutai and he wants it NOW! But yeah, that was some pretty decent relationship advice :D

[jaded-grin.livejournal.com]

Hehe! *tickles you* I'm glad I got you all caught up! WOOT!

[jaded-grin.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure that Kadaj is remembering it as much as he is repeating what was always told to him...which isn't necessarily the truth. The why of the situation would be that Sephiroth's wife and Kadaj's mother was a Chechislanian Princess *looks at Rude*...so yeah, there was some motive, maybe, in the big world of politics :D

Reno is a jerk, and Yazoo is too innocent to see it for what it is, she's just in love right now for the first time ever, so it's messing with her judgment.

Zack is very depressed, but things will change for him in the long run, we just have to be patient. Hehe, Zack and Cloud! Maybe ;)

[jaded-grin.livejournal.com]

Reno HAS gotten himself into it now! I think you're about the only one who doesn't want to have him shot and tossed off a bridge, hehe! But even knowing he's doing the wrong thing won't stop him from fulfilling his promise, so we get to watch it go from bad to worse...

*snuggles Kadaj and Zack* They'd be so right for each other if only...

And yes, Reeve! He's truly been absorbed into Genesis's lifestyle, god love him, lol! I have no idea how he will find his way out!

[ldyavalon.livejournal.com]

Being Love's Bitch isn't easy. I feel for Reno, tho' I wouldn't mind taking him to a room and giving him a piece of my mind. Silly boy!!!

If only they could get magically transported to a desert island where no-one could interfere in their lives?

Does he even want to?

[whiskeynshinra.livejournal.com]

YAY. Those words, "Lazard comes into play as a regular", just made my day. *dies* So not enough Lazard fic. Plus I just started playing CC and my Lazard obsessing has reached a fever pitch *dies*

I love evil Tseng. He's so much fun.

Haha, yeah. Rufus wants. It's what he does. XD

[puerdemon.livejournal.com]

well FUCK! i mean like ...naryh! *covers her face with her hands in amusement, despair and exasperation*

Oh well this is turning out wonderfully!

[jaded-grin.livejournal.com]

Lol! Yeah, it gets that way sometimes *snuggles you* hehehehe!

[puerdemon.livejournal.com]

:D Kadaj is a malicious little shit, but so tragic and loveable, hell everyone is in this! DRAMA FREAKIN' EVERYWHERE!!! But its a soap, I should expect it xD

[superkalifragi.livejournal.com]

Oh, so dramatic... I hope Reno doesn´t listen to Rufus but his heart and Kadaj stops being in denial....

[f-mystic.livejournal.com]

Reeve's waking up - what a NIGHTMARE! And funny as hell. Meeping like a baby chocobo. I bet Genesis is proud of himself.

Tsk, tsk, Zack. You should have just stayed away. Faaaar away.

I feel very sorry for Yazoo, especially after that last bit with Kadaj. Very sad. And I'm feeling for Reno, too, although he should have known better than to get involved in this whole deal with Rufus. Can't wait to see how it all works out.

[jaded-grin.livejournal.com]

Hehe! Genesis is VERY proud of himself, and Reeve is just too cute :D So I can't really blame Genesis for wanting to keep him.

Zack is far past any helpful advice at this point!

And I feel bad for Yazoo, too - she's just trying to sort things out and live her life, and Reno is becoming more embroiled by the second. He really should have known better!

[jaded-grin.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately.......:( Yeah, they're headed nowhere good...