Love is Never Silent

 

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The next day with tool cases in hand, Rude and Reno headed to 7th Heaven to repair the damages cause by Reno's flying body. As soon as they arrived Rude took off his gloves, jacket and tie and placed them inside the bar, so they wouldn't get dirty. Rude began to pull out the broken boards and throw them in a pile a short distance away. 



Reno sighed, hands behind his head, looking very bored. "Man, I'm soo bored Rude! Let me help too, yo." 



Rude shook his head. "No." 



"C'mon! Why not?" 



Rude glanced up at him. "First apartment complex."



"Hey that wasn't entirely my fault! I didn't know that stuff was flammable!" 



"You aren't touching anything."



"Yeah well the boss said I had to help you. Y'know the whole, I made the mess I gotta clean it up thing." 



"You aren't burning another place down. Just stand there." 



Reno moaned loudly and then grinned evilly, as he walked over to the tool cases. 



Without looking up Rude called, "Don't even think about touching the power tools!" 



Reno sighed again. "Geez Rude, I don't understand why we gotta do this. I know you like her and stuff, but let someone else do it, yo. There's a bunch of rookies not doing anything back at the company!"



"Shut up Reno."



Reno sighed again and watched him for a few more seconds. "Rude I'm bored! Watching you work is sooo boring!" He whined.



"Find something else to do." He said, adding more glass and wood to the ever growing pile. 



"I know! I'm gonna bug Tifa!"



Rude looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "She said she doesn't want to talk to or see you again."



"There are many differences between you and me my friend. One of them being that I know how to handle women." Reno grinned as he pulled out a bottle of liquor. 



"Reno where exactly were you keeping that bottle?"



"My back pocket. Duh." Reno said as he rolled his eyes. 



Rude shook his head. "If you make her cry again, I'll send you to the hospital."



"But-"



"Hospital." He said glaring at him, pulling down his shades to emphasize his point. 



"Yeah, yeah. Fine. I'll try not to make her cry." He called as he walked inside. 



Rude nodded once, turning back to his work.



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Several hours later, Rude had finally gotten everything cleaned up, all he needed was to install the window and do some finishing touches. He sighed and stretched his sore muscles as he looked around. He began to put on his tie and suit, but then he stopped and looked around more urgently. He had not heard from or seen Reno in several hours. While he had to admit to himself he enjoyed the peace and quiet, he knew Reno couldn't be trusted on his own for any amount of time. When Reno was left alone things tended to explode, break or end up missing. He quickly walked into the bar and looked around some more. He then took the stairs two at a time as the found the door to the living room. He was about to open the door, when he paused, hearing a strange conversation coming from within the room. 



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"Hey Tifa, you wanna see my stick?" He heard a very drunk Reno ask. 



"Sure! I'd love to see your stick! I've always wanted to see it!"



Rude's mouth fell open as he heard Tifa's reply. 



"Here it is!" 



"Ohh! It's so big! Can I touch it?"



"Touch all you want. My stick is bigger than anyone else's!" He said proudly.



"Wow. It looks so painful."



"You just gotta know how to use it. I find it to be quite enjoyable." 



Rude just listened, completely in shock, as his rage slowly began to consume him. 



"Hey, is Rude's stick as big as yours?" 



Rude's mouth fell open as his face got very red, his rage momentarily forgotten.



"You kidding? His stick is the biggest at ShinRa, yo! It's the biggest stick I've ever seen! D'you wanna see it?" 



"Ohhh yes! I wanna see Rude's stick!"



At this point, Rude broke the door in his hurry to get into the room, ready to send Reno to the hospital. In fact, he would most likely be going in several pieces. As he entered the room, he gasped as what he saw. 



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On the floor surrounded by bottles was a completely wasted Reno and lying on the ground next to him was an equally as drunk Tifa.  



Rude looked at them, shaking his head at the both of them. He focused first on Reno, glaring daggers at him.



Reno was sitting on the floor, bare-chested. His shirt, jacket, socks and shoes were laying about the room in various places. "Heyyy looks! Its ma buddy!" Reno said, grinning drunkenly at him.



Rude continued to glare at him as he heard Tifa giggling at him. He turned to look at her, to find out why she was laughing. His face turned a bright shade of red as he slowly looked her over.



Tifa was lying on her back, looking up at him, grinning. She had her leather top unzipped a good ways down, which let him get a good view of her cleavage and possibly a view of what Rude thought was a lacy black bra. "Heeyyy Rude!" 



-I think I've hit the jackpot right now. Thank you to who ever created these sunglasses. I'm so glad I'm wearing them right now.- He thought to himself as he continued to gape at her. 



Reno stood up and stumbled over to him, holding his EMR in one hand. "Heeyy Rude." He slurred as he hung on him.  "You shoul' show Tifa your schtick, yo. She really wans to touch it." 



Rude glared at him, annoyed with Reno from taking his attention away from Tifa's gorgeous body. "You're completely drunk Reno." 



"Thas righ' an' Imma bout to pash out too." He said as he passed out at Rude's feet.



Rude shook his head as he rolled his drunk partner to his side. "Idiot. Learn to hold your liquor." He muttered under his breath. He then turned his attention back to Tifa, who had finally figured out how to stand up. He just watched her as she stumbled her way over to him. His breath caught in his chest as she hugged him, trying to press herself as close to him as she could. -She's touching me. She's pressing her chest up against me. Okay Rude, just stay calm. You can do that at least. She's completely drunk. She doesn't know what she's doing. You'll just have to kill Reno later.-  He said to himself as he forced his hands to stop shaking. 



"Y'know you're soooo shexy Rude. Always thought so. 'Specially your sunglasses. You look so delicious." 



Rude blushed again, gulping and clearing his throat before he replied, "I look delicious?" 



"Yeah, you're like ma own chocolate bar. I wanna eat you up." She said as she nuzzled her face into his neck. 



Rude gulped again, his palms getting sweaty again. "Y-You don't say. That's interesting."



Tifa grinned as she picked up a bottle from the floor and took a large drink from it.



"I think you might have had enough Tifa." He said, attempting to take the bottle from her. 



"No! 'Sides, I gots you here to takes care of me." She said snuggling up against him even more. 



Reno blushed again as he gently pulled her off him, taking the bottle out of her hands and placing it on the floor. "Here, why don't you sit down Tifa?" He suggested as he gently led her to the couch. 



"Y'know sumthin' we've been fightin' for like ever an' I don't think I ever saw your face. I wanna see it!"  She said as she reached up to take his sunglasses off. 



He stopped her hand. "Sorry. These always stay on." 



Tifa crossed her arms and pouted. "Awww. 'Snot fair! I wants some too!" 



Rude reached into his suit and with his shaking hand he slowly pulled out a pair of sunglasses. He then placed them in her hand. "Here. Have these." 



Tifa grinned as she put them on. "Y'know Rude your not tha' bad. In fact I gotta say you're pretty-" Tifa then passed out against him. 



Rude smiled a little as he gently picked her up. "I'm pretty what?" He asked looking down at her. -I'm not Cloud. I'm not his replacement. You must've been thinking of him, not me.- He thought as he carried her up to her bedroom and placed her on her bed, covering her up with the blankets. He just watched her for a moment, and then went to brush a stray hair from in front of her face.



"Cloud." She whispered, a stray tear falling from her eyes. 



He quickly pulled his hand back, shaking his head. "It's him she wants. Not me." He thought sadly as he walked back down to the living room. He once again removed his suit jack as he began to pick up the mess, stepping over (sometimes stepping on) a now sleeping Reno.