Haunted, a Cloud/Reno story

By Kigichi and Bekas Strife

Contains extremely OOC!Reno, a bit of Cloud, MPreg, angst and much more.

Disclaimer: These characters and the world where they live in aren’t ours. Only the storyline is.

AN: Kigichi mostly writes Reno and Bekas Cloud.

Enjoy!!

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Mumbling, Reno cracked his eyes open and sat up with a yawn. Stretching, he winced a bit at the soreness of his lower parts. "What the…?" Looking over to his side, a soft smile came to his face at the sight of a peacefully sleeping Cloud. "Now I remember…" He muttered with a light blush coming to his face as memories of what had happened only a few hours before flooded his mind. Lying back down, he grinned happily and snuggled back on top of the others chest.

Cloud was sleeping so soundly. It would be a shame to wake him up.

Snickering, Reno slowly leaned over Cloud, looking down at him every so often to make sure he wasn’t going to wake up, and quietly opened the drawer on his bedside table. Finding what he wanted, he slowly extracted the item and carefully placed it in Cloud’s ears. Grinning like a loony, he sat up and fully prepared himself to run as he hit 'play' on the small red iPod in his hand:

"YOU ARE MY SWEETIES LOVE!

THAT LOVE I ALWAYS WANT TO HUG

BECAUSE I REALLY LOVE YOU

THE WORLD JUST HAS TO KNOW!"

Cloud screamed and backed away, falling down the bed and hitting his head full-force on the ground for the third time in two days. "WHAT THE?!" he yelped, taking the phones from his ears and seeing the iPod. "... RENO FUCKING SINCLAIR!!" He screamed at the top of his lungs before slapping his forehead.

Reno doesn’t like screaming!

"You are SO dead my friend!!" he growled, throwing the device out of the window and grinning evilly. "For now on, you're cooking your own meals and I’m sleeping in the next room, ya hear?!”

"MY IPOD!" Running to the window, uncaring of his nakedness, Reno half hung out the window and watched in dismay as his precious music device landed in the pool. "You... DICK!" Tramping across the room, he shoved his legs in his pants and started down the stairs. "FINE! Not my fault you can’t take a joke!" Grabbing his brown leather vest near the door, the redhead swung it on to cover his naked chest before shoving his feet into some boots. "I'll order out!" He yelled before walking out the door. Hearing Cloud yell out the window, he waved his hand and started to jog down the road. "I'M GOING TO TOWN FOR A NEW POD!" Now he would have to put his music in all over again! Stupid Cloud… Stupid non funny chocobo head!

Cloud pouted. "FINE! GO IF I CARE!" he sighed and flopped back onto the bed, closing his eyes and trying not to care about the situation. He quickly understood that it wasn’t worth it as he couldn’t stop worrying. The blond looked at the clock and rolled to his side, frowning sadly.

6h28pm - he should be home soon. The town wasn’t that far...

6h47pm - just a few more minutes and he should be home...

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Walking around the marketplace in De Sol’s square, Reno looked around aimlessly. "… GAHH!" He screamed, halting where he stood. "Where is the electronics store!?"

"I can show you."

Startled, Reno swung around to come face to face with a tall, perhaps even taller than Cloud, man with long pink hair and blue eyes. He was dressed simply, a silk black dress shirt and pants, and his smile was genuine. Reno instantly liked him. "Thanks Mr. ..."

"Marluxia." The man said, taking Reno’s left hand in his right and placing a kiss on it. "Just Marluxia."

Laughing nervously, Reno snatched his hand back and cleared his throat. "So... Marluxia... store?"

Marluxia smiled, not put out one bit. "Of course, follow me."

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At home, Cloud sighed shakily, getting dressed. "Where did you go...?" He whispered worriedly, seeing the neon light of the watch glowing in the dark room.

8h45pm already.

The blond bit his lips and decided to make dinner, forgetting his anger towards the redhead.

He just wanted him to get home...

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"Hahahaha…! Wow… so... then what did you do?" Reno leaned forward in his seat, listening to every word being uttered by the man in front of him. He had gotten his new iPod, a shiny blue one this time, and right when he was about to go home Marluxia offered to buy him ice cream. How could he refuse!? So now, two hours and six blows of triple fudge with caramel, Reno was laughing his ass off at one of the pink haired man’s many stories.

Smiling at the energetic redhead in front of him, Marluxia reached out to wipe a bit of whipped cream from his lips. "You missed some. And as I was saying, Vexen then promptly used an ice materia on me." He grimaced and rubbed his ass in remembrance. "That stung!"

Reno giggled, "Did you give up?"

"Hell no! The next day I taped a sign saying 'SEX' on the clock and asked him to check the time!"

Reno practically roared. "And did you get him?"

"Nope! He hit me. It took three times of surprise sex and a bundle of flowers later to make him mine."

Reno smiled and whipped a fake tear from his eyes. "Ahh... so sweet...”

"Shut it you." Marluxia growled, taking a swipe at the smaller man. A grin lit up on his face as he heard the familiar jingle of "ice, ice baby" coming from his pants. "Excuse me, my pants are ringing." Ignoring Reno's giggle, he answered the phone. "Hello? Hi love! No... Yes... a few minutes... REALLY?! YES!" Hanging up the phone, he stood up and gathered his things. "That was Vexen! He fixed us a nice dinner!"

Also standing up, Reno checked his watch and blanched at the time. "Geez…! It's been almost four hours! I gotta get going! Cloud’s gonna lay an egg for this one!" Giving Marluxia a quick hug and promise to call him soon so they could go shopping, he ran home. "Cloud…?" He called as he entered through the front door. "I'M HOME...ARE YOU STILL MAD?"

No, Cloud wasn't mad.

Far from that.

He felt guilty as ever as he sat with his knees close to his chest on his seat by the kitchen's table. He had made another of Reno’s favorite foods and now it was cold, ruined... why did his lover take so long to take back?

The blond sighed softly, not wanting to let Reno know where he was as he slid out of his chair, wiping his tears of worry and regret with the back of his hand quickly. Then, he soundlessly made his way towards the stairs, hoping that in the dark Reno wouldn’t notice him.

He did not want to guess what Reno had been doing away from home... and with whom.

Turning at the sound of footsteps and smiling when he saw his lover, Reno ran to Cloud and wrapped him in an embrace before quickly pulling away, thinking that Cloud wouldn’t want him near him right now as he didn’t hug back. "I'm sorry! I got lost finding the store but a nice guy by the name of Marluxia helped me out. Then bough me ice cream." Walking into the kitchen, the redhead saw a nice dinner of lobster and rice, cold and waiting on the table. "... What is this, yo? I thought I had to cook for myself from now on?" He asked curiously. Walking over to the table, he picked up the dishes and began to wrap them up. "We can have it later!" Turning back to Cloud, he noticed the almost heartbroken look on his lover’s face. "Cloud... what’s wrong?"

So his lover HAD been with someone else. Reno would never know how much those little words hurt him at the moment. "Nothing… It’s nothing, I’m just tired and that’s all." Cloud whispered, turning to go up the stairs. "I'm going to sleep." He announced, walking to another room and closing the door softly after him, locking it with a flick of his wrist.

He wanted to be alone.

Reno looked up from where he was putting the last of the now cold supper away. "… Cloud…?" He asked, quickly rushing to the stairs and calling up. "Cloud? What’s wrong?" What did he do? Running up the stairs, he walked into their bedroom and, seeing that his blond lover wasn’t there, he started walking down the hall, pausing at each door to listen for any indication that his missing lover was in there. Hearing a sniff coming from the forth door down, he paused and reached out to open the door, pausing once more right before he touched the knob. Knowing his lover, he most likely locked the door. "... Cloud? Please let me in and tell me what’s wrong! Cloud!?" Getting no answer, he began to knock. "Cloud? Cloud? Let me in!" Growling in frustration, Reno gave the door a kick, cursing a moment later and hopping up and down due to stubbing his toe.

"Fine!" The redhead muttered, sitting down on the floor next to the door. "I'm staying here until you let me in!" Brining his knees up to his chest and letting his mind drift, Reno thought about what he could have done to make Cloud so upset.

He put the music on -not bad enough.

He was gone all day - he has done worse before.

He met up with Marluxia... his eyes widened. That was it. Cloud thought he was cheating on him! A sudden wave of sadness overtook Reno then. He thought they were over this. Sure, he was mad but he would never do that... Did Cloud still not trust him? Eyes darkening, he whimpered a bit and rested his head on his knees sadly. Of course he didn’t. He still hadn’t done anything for Cloud to think otherwise. Sitting in the darkness, he ignored how his back and legs slowly became pained then numb. He didn’t care. He said he wasn’t going to move and that just what he was going to do.

Inside the room, Cloud did his best to keep his emotions in check. He did not want Reno to know that he was weak; that he was crying over such a stupid matter.

Yes, stupid: he... he didn’t know, he just knew that Reno wouldn’t cheat on him, especially while carrying his child on his womb... wherever it came from. He had upset Reno, he knew that. Damn, he would be pissed as well if his lover had thrown his cell phone into the pool! The thing was that Reno didn't care enough to warn him that he would be hanging out with a friend... he just left him worrying in a corner.

They were angry with each other but that was it; Reno knew full well that once he got home, he would apologize, things would be better and that in the next day, everything would be okay like always.

Had he done it this time?

Wiping his tear-stained face, Cloud peeked through the keyhole and saw Reno sitting in front of the door, looking all sad and depressed. "Sorry." He whispered to the door. Walking silently, the blond went into the bathroom and stared at his pitiful expression on the glass before taking a deep breath and opening the cabin, looking around and grabbing a razor blade, looking at it.

It had been a while since he had last cut himself.

It started by being a way out for his anger, fear and sadness but he had grown used to it. After all, he still did many despicable things to those he loved and that loved him. That deserved punishment.

Talking about it, Cloud still needed to punish himself for what had happened on the day before. His child almost got killed because of his short temperament. Turning on the water and waiting until it filled the tub, Cloud took off his clothes and then got into the bath, not even flinching when the scalding water turned his skin to lobster in a matter of seconds.

Holding the razor blade, the blond closed his eyes and let out a long breath, lowering it and feeling it cut the skin on the inside of his thigh. That wasn't anything: he could barely feel the pain anymore as the skin there was already so full of scars. Lifting his arm, Cloud dragged the blade down his arm, careful to make the cut on the side that couldn’t be easily seen by outsiders. 'There.' he thought, watching the blood drip from the wound openly. His child and Reno had been avenged. Cloud sucked in breath as he did the same on the other arm, punishing himself for making Reno leave their place to find someone else to have fun with.

He was an awful boyfriend like that, after all.

The blond stared hard at his skin and at the blade hovering dangerously close to his exposed wrist before putting the razor down harshly after a few more moments. Not so far.

Cloud relaxed into the scalding water, biting his lip when the temperature doubled the pain.

It was nothing that he didn’t deserve anyway, Cloud thought before closing his eyes and falling victim to exhaustion.

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Bekas: -gets bricked- I love you all! XD –bricked again-