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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"Marluxia…!" Hopping off Cloud’s lap - slightly happy for the chance to escape - Reno ran over to hug the pink haired man. "How did you get here!? I didn't tell you where I lived!"

Grinning, Marluxia wrapped his arms around the smaller man and gave him a squeeze. "I followed you!" He laughed as the red head’s eyes widened. "Kidding…! This is a small town. News of new neighbors spread quickly!"

"Thank god yo! I thought you were a creepy stalker!" Taking Marluxia by the arm, the redhead tugged the other man around the fence and into the yard. "Is Vexen with you?"

Marluxia grinned and nodded. "Yep…! He's a bit behind me but he'll be here soon!" Walking over to Cloud, he gave him a quick bow. "It’s a pleasure to meet you. My name is Marluxia. I helped your little lover out the other day; you must be Cloud."

Cloud got up and smiled lightly, deciding to give the man a chance to impress him before he lashed out at him. "It’s a pleasure to meet you. Yes, I'm Cloud. I hope Reno didn’t give you much trouble, he’s a bit of a knucklehead sometimes." He joked, squirming when one of Reno’s slim fingers found his ribs.

Poking Cloud in the ribs again, Reno gave Marluxia another smile. "So why are you here?"

Pouting, Marluxia stuck out his lower lip as big tears came to his eyes as he sniffed. "You… you don’t WANT me here!?"

Eyes widening, Reno ran over, arms waving frantically. "No, no, no, no, no! I'm happy, I am!"

Grinning, the pink haired man reached out and grabbed Reno around the waist, lifting him into the air and hugging him. "You’re forgiven!"

Cloud's eye twitched a bit, watching those two interact. He felt a bit jealous but he knew his lover needed to make some friends; he couldn’t just keep him trapped inside their place. Just let Marluxia step the line and damn if he wasn’t losing that foot... "... What are you doing?" Came a slightly annoyed voice from nearby before another blond man showed his slightly wrinkled face, eyeing Marluxia and Reno.

Squealing happily, Marluxia released his grip on the struggling redhead and ran over to embrace his agitated lover. "Vexy…!" Dragging the blond man into the yard, he smiled and hugged him, tucking his slightly shorter frame under the other’s chin. "This is my Ice, Ice Baby! Vexen!"

Grinning, Reno stuck out his hand to the tall man. "I'm Reno! The glaring blond beside me is my partner, Cloud!"

Cloud stepped on Reno’s foot without calling much attention, shaking Vexen's hand as he glared mentally at his lover. "Nice to meet you." So these were Reno’s new friends...

"Yip…!" Yelping in pain, Reno grasped his foot and jumped up and down. "Mother-!" Glaring at his lover, Reno limped over to a nearby chair and sat down to take the pressure off his sore foot.

Blinking in slight surprise, Marluxia walked over to Reno and gently took his foot in his grasp, ignoring the surprised squeak he got in response. "Aww... what happened?"

"Umm... stubbed it..."

"…Without moving?"

"...I'm special..."

Shaking his head, Marluxia made sure nothing was broken before releasing Reno. "Be more careful!" he scolded, placing his hands on his hips enthusiastically.

Cloud blinked at Marluxia's energy, sighing a bit. "So much energy together makes me feel old." He muttered to his buttons, having forgotten about the other blond.

"You have no idea." Came Vexen's reply.

Hearing what their blonds were muttering, Marluxia smirked and gave Reno a grin. "WELL! Let's leave the OLD men to their sunbathing and swim!" Ignoring any protest he might have gotten, he swung Reno over his shoulder and ran for the deep end of the pool. "CANNON BALL…!"

Cloud quickly grabbed the nearby sunshade and put it in front of him and Vexen, protecting them from the blast of water that was sent their way. "I’m younger than Reno!" The swordsman protested, scowling a bit. "Sorry, sit wherever you like." He said to Vexen, offering the older man a smile as he waved at the chairs around them.

Sputtering, Reno gave his lover a grin before starting to do laps around the pool, trying to dodge Marluxia in the process who was trying his hardest to dunk him. "Yes but you’re WAY more mature, yo!"

Snickering, Reno dodged the pink haired man once more, laughing at his angry cry of "STAY STILL YOU MIDGET!!"

"Hey! I'm not a midget! You’re just TALL!!" Cloud rolled his eyes and sat down after Vexen, feeling somewhat awkward. Just leave Reno to play around with a friend and let him with the other, some guy he never once saw in his life. Spotting his lover just sitting there stiffly, Reno grinned and sent a wave of water their way. "COMMUNICATE!!" There was no way he was going to just let his lover sit there and do nothing while he had all the fun.

Giggling at his new friend’s antics, Marluxia sent his own wave at the two. "Talk, Vexy! Talk…!"

"Like it’s that easy…!" Vexen protested, scowling like an old man.

"Children..." Cloud muttered and sighed patiently before turning to Vexen. "Any idea of how we should start communicating?"

Shrugging, Vexen kept his eyes on his pink haired lover, a slight smile coming to his normally stern face as the other laughed joyfully and splashed the redhead. "... How did you meet your lover?" Easy enough and it broke the ice.

Grinning, Reno lunged at Marluxia and latched onto his back, ankles locking around his waist.

Marluxia chuckled and reached back, grinning almost like a child with a sugar high before grabbing the redhead's ass. "Caught you now, sweetheart…!" He laughed, listening to Reno’s surprised squeal. The pink-haired man blinked though, when he felt a hard lump on his back were supposedly Reno’s stomach was. Was it muscle?

Squawking in surprise, Reno arched upwards, trying to escape the others grasp. "Cheater!!" Giggling, he grabbed onto Marluxia’s shoulders and heaved himself up until he came to rest on the taller man’s shoulders.

Cloud blinked at Vexen and then snickered. "You want to hear about the very first meeting or the meeting that lead us to a better relationship THAT would lead us to the beginning of our relationship?" He asked with a soft smile.

Raising an eyebrow, Vexen snorted in slight amusement. "The one that would lead to a better relationship..."

Cloud nodded. "Well, it wasn't that special... Reno used to go a lot of times to a friend's bar and since I lived above it, I spent crap loads of time in there, swinging my sword at anyone that decided to start a fight or an argument. There was this day when Reno got really plastered and started picking a fight with someone that was of the double of his size. I entered the fight, kicked the guy out of the bar and turned to kick Reno as well. Before I could do a thing he kicked me in the balls, called me kill-joy and went away on his own. I couldn’t pee for two days." Cloud groaned. "The next day he appeared to apologize and we took the chance to sort some other things out. After that, we kinda started talking more and more until a friendship was formed."

Shaking his head and chuckling, Vexen gave Cloud's shoulder a pat. "I feel sorry for you." Taking one more look at the two in the pool, he turned back to Cloud. "I met Marluxia at work. We both worked in the same hospital and I could tell he liked me from day one. It started out slow: a touch here, hip bump there, and the more we spent time together, the more forceful he got until one day he walked up to me, looked me in the face and said ‘Sooo… sexy time?’ So I punched him in the face. It took some time and many bruises later for me to figure out that he wasn’t kidding around and I gave him a chance."

Cloud chuckled. "A stalker, huh…?" He sighed before returning the pat. "I feel for you as well."

Marluxia giggled as Reno settled on his shoulders. His giggling almost died when he had a view of Reno’s stomach: it wasn’t fat, since the skin was as silky and firm as ever. So, why was he round? "Can I ask you a question?"

Hugging the wet man's head in order to keep his balance, Reno nodded. "Sure! What ya got?" This was fun. It wasn’t often that he had someone to swim and play with because Cloud didn’t really enjoy the water.

Smirking, Vexen raised an eyebrow in slight amusement. "Did your stalk you as well?"

"Like I said he was always in the bar so yeah, I could say that he stalked me a little." Cloud explained, suddenly letting out a laugh as he remembered the day before they had started dating.

Chuckling at the blond’s sudden mirth, Vexen tilted his head in slight confusion. "What is so funny, pray tell?"

Cloud apologized. "I just remembered the night before me and Reno started dating. Seeing as we were drunk, no-one took notice of our dance on top of counter of my friend's bar. We were singing OK2BGAY to top of it all. Just imagine the shock when almost a year later, we told them we were dating since then."

Marluxia bit his lip and looked worriedly at Reno. "Do you have stomach cancer?" he asked out of the blue.

"... Booyah…?" Was the only reply Reno could think of. "Hmm, no..." What the hell? Where had THAT come from!? "Why?"

Marluxia sighed in relief and looked for a bit at Reno’s stomach. "... Nothing…" He didn’t want to upset his friend if it was INDEED fat!

Looking down at his own stomach, Reno poked the slight lump. "I look fat, don't I?" He knew Marluxia would tell him the truth, not knowing the real reason behind the bump.

Marluxia sighed. "... A bit. But it’s strange." He said, putting Reno down and turning to look at his friend. "I'm a doctor with Vexy here in Costa Del Sol and... that AINT really fat." He said, crossing his arms. Sure, he had only gone to medicine because Vexen was there but that didn't mean he was a total disaster at it. He was quite a good doctor, actually.

Chuckling a bit louder, Vexen shook his head in a sort of found exasperation. "Ahh… I remember that song... Marluxia is rather attached to it. Hmm... Who started it?" Marluxia started their little sing along, but who started Cloud’s?

Cloud cringed and sighed softly. "Me..." He whispered, looking almost comically terrified.

Blinking in surprise, Vexen threw his head back and laughed loud and long. "Wow... perhaps that was your form of wooing him?" He gasped out after he had calmed down, only a chuckle or two escaping. It was a little hard to see the serious looking blond burst out singing.

Cloud shrugged and chuckled as well. "Maybe, I don’t know. I just know that the music started out of nowhere and I promptly jumped onto the counter, pushed Reno up with me and started singing like a fool."

"He he he… well, Reno knew the lyrics as well... what did that tell you?" Not that he was one to talk. He knew all the words as well. Damn Marluxia for playing it three times a day!

Winching a bit, Reno stumbled back with a nervous laugh. "Ah ah aha... Hmm, it's... a... I swallowed a rock?"

Marluxia blinked and instantly knew that Reno KNEW what was wrong with him and was trying to make an excuse. But right now, he didn’t want to lose the redhead's friendship. It would be better to wait until Reno felt secure enough to tell him about it, so he decided to pretend that he was dumb. Throwing his head back, the pink-haired man laughed. "Oh, my sweet dear friend…! Rocks aren’t edible!" He chuckled, hugging the other man. "Know that you can tell me anything." He said with all his honesty and friendship on Reno’s ear before releasing him and spinning him around. "Race ya to the end of the pool!"

Smiling gratefully, Reno hugged the taller man back and got in the starting position at the end of the pool. "Heh, you’re on." Crouching down low, Reno tensed up, ready to shoot off. "What does the winner get?"

Marluxia chuckled and settled besides Reno. "Wait a bit. ?" He called, flashing Vexen a grin. "We're gonna race to the end of the pool. Ya two have any idea of what the prize should be?"

Wincing at his lover’s loud screech, Vexen shot him a slight glare. "How about a muzzle…?"

"Don’t be meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeean!" Marluxia almost cried.

God, Marluxia could be loud when he wanted to be. Turning back to Cloud, Vexen asked with a straight face. "Is yours a screamer too?"

"Cloud, heeeeeeeeeeelp?!" Reno screamed this time.

Cloud blinked at Vexen, surprised. "Yeah..." He said, a bit embarrassed, but he wasn’t going down! "Although, sometimes I manage to be louder than him…"

"Heh, I hear ya. Damn teases." Shaking his head once more, Vexen sent a wave at the two in the pool. "I’ll buy the winner something of their choosing in town."

Eyes widening in glee, Reno grinned and shot Marluxia an excited look. "Ready? 1, 2, 3, GO!" He yelled rapidly before shooting off, crackling in glee.

"That’s cheating!" Marluxia shouted before going after. Too bad Reno didn’t know he was the best swimmer in Costa del Sol!

Cloud shook his head, amused by his lover's antics. Vexen looked over at the other blond and actually smiled, seeing the adoration in Cloud's eyes. "They got to be related somehow." Cloud said softly, grinning as Marluxia passed Reno.

"Not FAIR!!" Putting on a burst of speed, Reno swam even faster until he was neck to neck with the pink haired man. He could feel his strength beginning to give out and he knew he wasn’t going to win. "OH MY GOD…!" He yelled, looking to the side "VEXEN IS STRIPPING!!" Taking advantage of Marluxia’s distraction he shot forward and slapped the pools edge. "I WIN!!"

Vexen's eyes widened at Reno's exclamation. “He’s sneaky…" He admitted with a grin when his lover turned to look at him, lust and excitement on his face. Turning to Cloud, he grinned. "Must be fun keeping that wildcat in line!"

"You have no idea." Cloud chuckled before he assumed a slightly sad face. "He endures more with me then me with him, though." He said softly, thinking about everything that had been happening.

At the pool, Marluxia glared at Reno for a moment before bursting into hysterical laughter and hugging the other man. "You runt, how dare you?!" He said, snuggling.

Giggling happily, Reno wiggled out of the other man’s arms and quickly swam to the men on the side and hauled himself up, running over to sit on Cloud’s lap and give him a big wet hug. "I WON!" Snuggling close to the other, he pulled back for a moment to shake his head, much like a dog, getting rid of the water dripping off of it before snuggling back down.

Vexen blinked and calmly wiped his face of the water droplets. "... Lovely...”

Cloud smiled apologetically and then turned to kiss Reno’s cheek, briefly brushing a hand against Reno’s stomach that certainly didn’t go unnoticed by the very attentive Marluxia. "Well done." He congratulated.

Grinning wider, Reno kissed Cloud back happily. "And now I get whatever I want in town! Mwahaha..." Now... what to buy? A new videogame…? A cake…? "Anything you want?" He asked Cloud, hope and adoration shining in his eyes. What a better person to spend his prize on then the one he loved the most? Vexen frowned a bit, though. This was RENO'S prize. He had nothing against Reno using the prize for his lover but the utter devotion and worship in his eyes worried him.

"Of course not, the prize's yours, you little idiot." Cloud quickly shrugged it off. "Just don’t burst with Vexen’s wallet..." he pleaded.

Reno blinked, not understanding. "But... I want to get YOU something." He had Cloud. What more did he need? Eyes narrowing, Vexen exchanged looks with his lover, noticing the same amount of concern that he held himself. Something was going on.

"It’s YOUR prize. End of the story." Cloud said, closing the subject. He had noticed the other couple's looks and he didn’t like it all. He felt nervous, nervous that they would find something that could hurt his lover and child.

"But... Okay…" Biting his lip, a sad look crossed Reno's face. A determined look came to his eyes though. Nothing said he couldn’t pretend to not find anything for himself and pick something else for Cloud. Casting one last look at his lover, Vexen gave him a quizzing look. What should they do now?

Cloud smiled and kissed his lover's nose tenderly before he turned to the other two. "... Want to stay for dinner? We were actually going to invite you to come over to do so tomorrow."

"Hmmm... Why not? Marluxia can't cook for beans." Ignoring his lover’s scandalized yell, Vexen stood up and wet to the pool side to yank his fuming other out of the water.

Grinning, Reno looked over at the two near the water, shaking his head when he briefly contemplated pushing them both in. "What do you guys want to eat?"

"Whatever you feel like it, my sweet, sweet honey!" Marluxia chirped, lifting Reno off Cloud's lap and spinning them around.

Reno giggled and grinned at Cloud. "Since Cloud is the best cook I’ve ever meet, I leave the kitchen in his hands. What do ya wanna cook, chief?"

Growling slightly as he watched the eccentric pink haired man twirl his lover, Cloud just shrugged. "Pasta? Chicken? Lasagna? It doesn’t matter to me."

Giggling, Reno struggled out of his friend’s arms and placed a kiss on his lover’s cheek, watching Marluxia do the same to a disgruntled Vexen. "Don't be jealous baby." He cooed. "You’re the only one for me!"

Cloud rolled his eyes and smiled, kissing Reno’s lips lovingly. "I’ll think of something to eat."

"I'm not really very picky." Vexen said, wrapping his arms possessively around his slightly shorter lover.

"Neither am I, yo!" That was true. Reno would eat just about anything without any hesitation. "And Cloud's cooking is magical." He sighed and moaned slightly. "I loooooooooove his sauce."

Cloud rolled his eyes and sighed. "Enough flattering. This way I can’t walk back inside because of my egos’ size." He scowled playfully before getting up. "I'll start preparing dinner. Vexen could help me with it since Marluxia can’t cook and Reno can show Marluxia the house. Then we can exchange partners and I can try to teach something to Marluxia while Reno shows Vexen our place."

Vexen chuckled. "Good luck with that!" Dodging the swipe his partner made to the back of his head, he ruffled Reno's hair before walking off with Cloud. "Have fun, you two."

"Can your ego GET any bigger?" Reno murmured and glared at Vexen’s back, grabbing Marluxia’s arm and dragging him. "C'mon! I just cleaned the entire house yesterday so it's all nice and shiny!"

Marluxia grinned and followed, looking around in awe. "You two live well, don’t you?" He asked, flickering his eyes to the redhead's stomach when Reno brushed a hand unconsciously over it.

Nodding happily, Reno led his pink haired friend through the living room. "Yeah…! My boss gave it to us... as a promotion." He added hastily, rubbing his hand across his stomach once more.

Marluxia sighed and came into a halt in the corridor. "Reno... you're worrying me." He said honestly, worry evident on his face. He had just met the redhead yesterday yet "I already care a lot about you. You're like the brother I never had. I’d hate to see you hurt... and I just can’t keep pretending that I don’t see you brushing your stomach every 5 minutes."

Reno blinked in surprise. "I'm okay... my stomach is just been hurting a bit." Flashing the other man a smile, he leaned up to plant a small kiss on his cheek. "Thank you for caring; I just haven’t eaten in a while! I'll be ok once I get some food in me!"

"Don’t lie to me." Marluxia said firmly. "I’m your friend... you don’t trust me yet?"

Reno flinched and started up the stairs to show his guest the other rooms. "I'm not lying!" He kept his head down as he spoke. Cloud always told him that he could read his eyes. If the other man got one look at them, he would instantly know Reno was lying.

Marluxia shook his head. "Just... fine. Just tell me when you want or if you want. I’ll always be here." He said, a bit disappointed.

Flinching again, Reno reached out and grabbed Marluxia’s hand. "Wait!" Looking up into startling blue eyes, so much like his lover’s, he sighed and tugged Marluxia into an empty room. "I'll... I'll tell you." Taking a deep breath, he placed the other man’s hand over the lump on his stomach and pushed down before quickly looking away, awaiting judgment.

He was a doctor: Marluxia knew it meant.

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Bekas: ‘ITS OKAY TO B GAY, LETS REJOICE WITH THE BOYS IN THE GAY W---‘ -shot- … F-fine… Ill shut up… Kill joys…

Kigichi: XD Ahh, things are clear, friends are made, Cloud wants to kill Marly and Reno lets a secret out!! ...Typical day at the Strife household!!