Today is the birthday of one of my favorite authors who is also - I am proud to say - one of my friends! Happy Birthday
! And just for you, a little of my BOTE Reno and Yazoo! Nothing heavy, just some playful fun I pulled out of a larger work in progress! I love ya, kiddo! I hope you have the best birthday ever!
Seeing Yazoo and Kadaj dancing like that gave Reno an odd thought.
‘They look like twins…’
And on the heels of that was an automatic male reaction to think of himself in bed.
With twins.
More specifically, with Yazoo and Kadaj.
Oh fuck.
“Oh fuck!” he spat, slapping his forehead with both hands to drive the thought away, his blue eyes wild.
“Are you alright?” Cloud asked, mild alarm on his kitty-cat face.
“Yazoo and Kadaj, they really look like brothers now, don’t they?” Reno weakly asked, just trying to ease his own upset.
Cloud’s light blond brows pulled together in soft confusion and he glanced out at the two men dancing together. His smooth face expressed faint delight and he lowly said, “Yes, they do now that Kadaj had gotten older. They could be twins…”
“Fuck,” Reno whimpered, and when Cloud cocked his head at him, he wildly asked, “Have you seriously never wanted to fuck twins? Come on, Strife, that’s every man’s dream, yo!”
The corner of Cloud’s mouth pulled up in an almost indistinguishable smile and his voice was amused when he asked, “Reno, are you thinking of a threesome with Yazoo and Kadaj?”
“Yes?” he dubiously answered, slumping down on the table and groaning. He hit himself in the head again, and growled, “Like I’d ever, Strife, seriously! Kadaj is like my brother—”
“He is my brother,” Cloud reminded, shocking Reno anew. The red-head had rather forgotten that odd portion of Cloud and Kadaj’s relationship. It somehow made the knowledge that Yazoo had regularly fucked Kadaj less atrocious somehow, like “all in the family”…
“Gross,” he sighed, peeking at them again.
Yeah, they were still dancing like they were lovers instead of brothers. And, yeah, it was still hot as fuck.
“Holy fucking shit, I’m gonna kill Yazoo, yo!”
Cloud merely looked amused, not being one to laugh aloud often. The sight of the two men dancing apparently either didn’t affect Cloud or else didn’t bother him in the least, because he kept nursing his drink and watching them with relaxed, easy happiness.
Reno scowled at him, envying his calm. Here he was, facing the equivalent of having the hots for his brother-in-law, and Cloud was kicked back at ease. Not fun.
The song ended and the two made their way back to the bar, heads together and whispering. Reno ungenerously thought that they were cooking up some incestuous liaison, which immediately made him mad that he wasn’t invited, which only led to him thumping his head against the bar and squeezing his eyes closed, bothered.
“How fun!” Kadaj said, laughing that throaty laugh of his. “I haven’t ever done that before, I should more often!”
Yazoo tugged gently on Reno’s ponytail and inquired, “Fox-face? You okay?”
“No problem, yo,” he said, voice muffled by the bar. “Just trying to keep bad thoughts away…”
“Bad thoughts?” Yazoo asked, perplexed. He sat down between Cloud and Reno and gave the other man a questioning look.
“Apparently Reno has a thing for twins,” Cloud said, and smiled his slight, half-smile before sipping his drink.
“Ooooh,” Yazoo said, sudden comprehension lighting his fine features. “I see.”
“God, you’re such a pervert, Reno!” Kadaj laughed.
“That’s Head Pervert to you, fruitcake!” was the muffled retort.
Yazoo stroked Reno’s back soothingly and lowered his face to the bar so he could whisper in his ear, “Stop thinking, fox-face…”
Reno grumpily turned his head before loudly calling for another shot.
Yazoo sighed, hand still on Reno’s back, and said to Cloud, “It’s good to see you out, Cloud. You seem…happier, I guess.”
Again he got that slight smile and Cloud shyly murmured, “I am happier…thank you…”
Kadaj playfully nipped his jaw and gave him a sweet, impish smile so full of love and joy that Yazoo felt momentarily dazzled by it. Kadaj’s long absence had allowed them both to grow up and Yazoo was happy for that—if two people were ever made for each other, it was fiery Kadaj and somber Cloud.
“Are you done pouting?” Yazoo asked his moping lover, trailing his fingers through Reno’s long red ponytail. He picked up the man’s shot and downed it, figuring that would get a rise out of him.
Sure enough, Reno was suddenly responsive, loudly complaining, “Hey, yo! That was mine!”
“I’ll get you another,” Yazoo teased, gesturing for two more. He took a look at Reno’s annoyed face and laughed a little—the man looked so much like a fox that it was uncanny: red hair, big, expressive blue eyes, narrow, lean face and thin-lipped mouth. He was a very beautiful, very annoyed, sly little fox.
“Don’t be mad,” Yazoo purred, soothing him instantly, that guarded look falling from his face and replaced with a crooked, dopey grin.
Reno’s grin lasted through the next set of shots as he wasn’t one to hold a grudge or indulge in his own rare fits of temper.
“You know, if you wanted to have a threesome you should’ve just told me,” Yazoo amiably said.
Reno choked on his shot, liquor spilling from his nose and making his blue eyes water as he groped desperately for a napkin, gasping, “What?”
“The twin-thing,” Yazoo said, suppressing his smirk and giving Reno that usual sphinx-like, neutral expression. “I thought I knew all of your kinks, fox-face.”
“You do, yo,” Reno coughed, blinking away the tears and composing himself just a little. “The twin-thing…it’s every guy’s wet-dream, yo—himself and hot twins.”
Yazoo’s brow rose and he softly said, “I’m a guy and I’ve never wanted to sleep with twins…it isn’t as fun as it sounds, you know.”
Reno scowled a little as he always did at Yazoo’s vague references to a sex-life P.R.—Pre-Reno. As far as he was concerned, Yazoo had been a vestal virgin before they’d met, and that was how the story was staying.
“Yeah, I know,” he finally said, managing to drink one of his shots this time. “They fight, they get jealous, they won’t touch each other…blah blah blah. I gave the whole thing up as a violation of my No Hassle Policy.”
“Hmph,” Yazoo said, and glanced idly back over at Kadaj, thoughtfully saying, “I know what you mean. As amazing as it was with Kadaj, he was a handful. I’m not sure I could do it again, even for you.”
Reno glanced that way, too, relieved to find that Kadaj looked much less like Yazoo this close. Breathing a sigh of relief, he reached for his drink and took a grateful swallow.
“You pervert,” Yazoo warmly said, chuckling. “I thought the baby was like your little brother.”
“Never stopped you,” Reno countered.
“Touché,” Yazoo conceded, and lifted his glass in a silent cheer to incestuous pedophilia, which Reno didn’t really endorse. Kids had never been his thing—oddly enough, as he was so perverse most decent people felt faint around him and hurried to watch for groping hands and tell-tale grins—and even when everyone had been mooning over Kadaj, Reno had only been able to admit that the kid was pretty. There simply wasn’t anything there, like Reno’s libido came with a built-in age detector, some saving grace for a man who was otherwise an incorrigible tramp.
“He totally would, you know,” Yazoo said, giving Reno a sultry smirk. “If Cloud wouldn’t find it threatening…”
“Alright, cut!” Reno said, swinging his arms in a universal gesture for “stop.” He searched Yazoo’s face to find any hint of laughter or teasing and incredulously said, “Yazoo, be serious, yo! No, just no! The little kook has grown up, I’ll give him that, but it was just a thought, you know? I saw the two of you out there and he looked so much like you—”
“Ah,” Yazoo cut in, smiling widely at him and leaning forward to kiss him.
Reno abruptly shut up from the shock of Yazoo having kissed him in public—his lover tended to be jealously protective of their relationship and largely undemonstrative outside of their private life.
When Yazoo pulled back Reno gave him another crooked, rakish grin, questions in his big blue eyes.
“You thought he looked like me,” Yazoo said, satisfaction in his voice.
“Well…yeah, yo,” Reno said, a faint blush tingeing his high cheeks. “Fuck, Yazoo, you think I can look at anybody else when I got you?”
Yazoo’s face softened into the one he saw in the privacy of their apartment and the man impulsively cupped Reno’s cheek, obviously moved, his feline eyes sparkling with emotion. When he leaned forward and kissed Reno again, the man questioned around the press of his lips, “Yazoo, you drunk, yo?”
“I love you, fox-face,” Yazoo said, giving him a kiss to curl his toes and fuck anybody else who was looking because Yazoo was determined to make sure that Reno never regretted his off-hand and honest response.
When he pulled back again Reno was wide-eyed and excited. In a low, throaty voice he asked, “Bathroom?”
“If we make it that far,” Yazoo laughed, and the two of them slid off of their barstools, heading for the back of the bar.
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Date: 2009-10-06 04:42 pm (UTC)As far as he was concerned, Yazoo had been a vestal virgin before they'd met, and that was how the story was staying.
That is classic for this Reno. Just like calling him a girl, as if he says it often enough then that's the way it really is.
It's nice to see Cloud and Kadaj so content with each other as well. His calm acceptance of Kadaj as his brother-from-another-mother (literally) is good to see. At least he's not letting something else fuck it up for them.
*deep happy sigh* This was the bestest Christmas ever!
Wait....
Truly, thank you. This was a great present and a beautifully written little ficlet. =]
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Date: 2009-10-08 01:54 pm (UTC)This is post-SINS and might be shoveled into the "New Story" (lame, I know, I'm flailing here) folder that holds the SINS sequel. Definitely by now Cloud is more than reconciled with the idea of Kadaj being both his brother and his lover, and having lost Kadaj for over a year once before, he's not about to lose him again.
*snuggles you* I'm just glad you liked it! You're the best!
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Date: 2009-10-09 02:33 pm (UTC)You knooooww... if you're having problems with the title, I'm pretty good at coming up with them. I could *koff* take a quick look at what you got and, y'know, make some suggestions. *innocent eyes*
And it's not because I want a sneak peak, neither, no matter what my shoulder angel is saying. See, I even got a halo and everything.
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Date: 2009-10-12 04:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-07 12:29 am (UTC)OMG !!! (thats all I can say right now !) Its just in the end of SINS, isnt it ? You have no idea of the joy and excitement I felt to read about these 2 again ! (I think of them so often) Even if I was a bit worried for a sec here.. at the possible drama :P
Wonderful, right in my memories ! XD
edit to add that that : "As far as he was concerned, Yazoo had been a vestal virgin before they’d met, and that was how the story was staying." was totally priceless !! XDDD
And that it is just so cute to see the 4 of them going out together now ! XD And did I see "brother-in-law" ? ;) Seems like Reno was serious when he got those 2 rings :D
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Date: 2009-10-08 01:28 pm (UTC)No worries for drama where Reno and Yazoo are concerned! Those two could come through anything together, they're so much in love ;)
And yes, you saw "brother-in-law" - hehe! Reno is serious about his girl! WOOT!
*tickles you* Thanks, boo boo!
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Date: 2009-10-09 12:30 pm (UTC)Jaded, I LOVE YOU !!!!
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Date: 2009-10-12 04:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-12 09:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-07 06:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-08 01:24 pm (UTC)Yeah, Reno and his gender-refusing mind-set, Yazoo and his careless elegance, Kadaj and his temper, Cloud and his determination to be hurt...I really need to write more of these guys :D
But, hey, while you're down there....*wicked grin*
Thanks, honey! You know I love ya!