Haunted, a Cloud/Reno story

By Kigichi and Bekas Strife

Contains extremely OC!Reno, 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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Once they reached their place, Reno waited for Cloud to turn the bike off before stumbling off it and to the door. He wanted to try and do this himself. Opening the door, he staggered his way to the couch and sat down, breathing heavily and shuddering as his limbs painfully clenched up as circulation returned to them.

Cloud closed the door and proceeded to lighten up the fireplace as he smiled at his lover. "Done." he grinned when he managed to do it. "I’ll go and prepare you a nice bath." He whispered on his lover's ear, kissing his forehead tenderly before walking to the upper floor.

Reno nodded, teeth chattering as he slipped off the couch and crawled closer to the fire. His hands shook as he held them in front of the roaring flames. Sitting back, he kicked off his shoes, getting as close to the fireplace as he dared to. He was still freezing, a small puddle of water forming under him. Grimacing, he quickly transferred the blankets from around his body to the floor. Cloud hated it when the floor got wet.

Upstairs, Cloud prepared the bath and then came back down; wanting to make sure his smaller lover was okay. "… What? Put the blankets back on, you're still freezing!"

Reno whimpered, flinching a bit at his lover’s tone. He must still be angry at him. "Bu-but... you hate it when the floor gets wet yo." He didn't want Cloud any madder at him then he was now. "I-I'm ok yo." He was warming up quickly. He would be ok in a few minutes.

Cloud sighed and picked Reno up. There wasn’t much need for the blankets now, either way. "C'mon, your bath is waiting." He said softly, taking the redhead upstairs. "And who cares if the floor gets wet? What matters is that you're okay."

Reno shrugged. "I guess yo." He didn't really care about that. He just remembered how Cloud had blown up at him the last time he dripped water on the floor. Reno almost moaned at the sight of the warm bath awaiting him. "You can put me down now yo." Wiggling around a bit, he tried to get onto the floor. "I can do it myself."

Cloud sighed and put Reno down, helping him getting rid of his wet clothes. "Is the temperature good?" He asked.

Reno nodded, quickly stumbling over and practically crawling into the water, gasping as the heat set his nerves on fire. Gritting his teeth, he settled himself down and allowed the hot water to chase away the chill. "I'm ok."

Cloud smiled and sat besides the bathtub, resting his head on top of his arms that were placed on the edge of the bathtub. "I’m sorry... that I hurt you." He whispered.

Reno shook his head. "Don't be yo. It's not your fault." It was his. He was the one that made that stupid comment, the one that was stupid enough to not see that he was slowly losing his love’s trust. Turning his head, he gave Cloud a smile. "I'll be ok."

Cloud shook his head, disagreeing. "I should have started the subject a little more nicely; I shouldn’t have lashed at you. That’s not how it works."

Reno gave a small laugh. "They say when were angry we say what we have been truly feeling. Even things we ourselves didn't think we would ever say." He sighed, sinking further down in the water. "You were just saying what you truly felt yo." He flashed Cloud another smile. "I can't be angry for the truth now can I?"

"But you can be angry at my 'bastardness'." Cloud said, waving a finger.

Reno chuckled. "I'm not mad Cloud. I overreacted like a child." Sitting up stiffly, he groaned as his limbs protested to the movement. "You had a right to be angry."

Cloud smiled and caressed Reno’s cheek, wincing as the skin was as cold as ice. "You could be dead right now... If only I hadn't listened to those rumors..." He whispered, letting his hand fall with a splash into the water of Reno’s bath. "I’m so sorry... I..." He whispered again, swallowing hard. "I understand if you want to leave... I almost ended your life today." He chuckled humorlessly.

Reno shook his head frantically, taking grasp of Cloud’s hand in the water. "No!" He gasped. "No, no, no, no, no!" Cloud couldn’t leave him. He was Reno's life. "Please no yo." He would do anything, anything! Just don't let Cloud cast him away.

"Shh, it’s okay, hey!" Cloud exclaimed to calm the Turk down. Gently, the blond placed a hand on Reno’s cheek and rubbed it tenderly, leaning to rest his forehead on the Turk’s. "It’s okay... I just thought... I nearly killed you, sorry. I love you."

Reno gasped, cold tears running down his face. Cloud couldn’t leave him. If wasn’t for Cloud, Reno would have no one in his life worth living for. Sure, he had Rude but it wasn’t the same. Leaning into the others touch, he closed his eyes and placed his hand over the others. "You didn't almost kill me yo. I almost killed myself."

"Oh shut up." Cloud groaned, opening his mouth to retort but letting out a small laugh instead. "... We're walking in circles..."

Reno sighed, releasing the others hand. "I know… that’s all we seem to do yo..." It seemed nowadays that all he and Cloud did was fight and argue, most of it his fault. Why did the blond still put up with him? Him and his mood swings, always being out with Rude, odd comments at the most inappropriate of times. He felt lower then dirt.

Cloud frowned, brushing his lips over Reno’s cheek. "What do you mean?" He muttered.

Reno sighed, not reacting to the kiss in the least. "It seems that all we do is fight yo. And most of it is my fault." He sighed again, absentmindedly rubbing his stomach. It felt colder than the rest of his body for some reason.

Cloud looked away, not noticing Reno’s movements. "It's normal... there isn’t a perfect couple without discussions and stuff... there will be better times." He smiled, nodding.

Reno nodded. "If you say so, yo..." Suddenly his face paled and he swayed a bit on the spot. "Cl-Cloud…?" He called out, voice tinged with fear. "I don’t fell so...” Moving faster than a man of his condition should be able to, Reno launched himself over his lover and proceeded to worship the porcelain god.

Cloud blinked and proceeded to rub his lover's back soothingly. "Are you okay?" He asked worriedly. He had been the one cooking earlier; did he make his lover sick?!

Reno shook his head, spitting the last of the bile out before standing up and staggering over to the sink to swish some water around in his mouth. Once the strangely sweet taste had faded back to normal, he pulled back, wiping his mouth on his forearm. "I think it was the sudden switch from hot to cold. My body couldn’t take it yo."

Cloud winced, petting his lover's wet hair. "I'm sorry; maybe I should have made the water a little less hot."

Reno shook his head, flopping down onto the tiled floor next to Cloud. "No, hot water is just what I needed yo." Leaning into the touch, Reno sighed happily and closed his eyes. He loved having his hair toyed with.

Cloud smiled and kept petting his lover's hair. "Are you sure you're okay?" He asked tenderly, massaging Reno’s stomach to ease his discomfort.

Reno moaned happily at the attention, lowering himself so that his head rested in Cloud's lap, and nodded. "Yea. You always feel better after you throw up yo."

"Not always... I always get hungry after throwing up. "

Reno raised an eyebrow. "Really? That’s weird yo." Sighing once more, he sat up slowly, taking a glance around the bathroom and grimacing at the water stains littering the floor and walls. "Oops... here let me get dressed and I'll clean this up yo." It was his mess, he would clean it. Besides he didn't want to set Cloud’s anger off again. Drying himself off quickly, he slipped into the fresh pair of clothes that Cloud had set out for him and began digging around for a cloth to wipe up the water with. "Where did you put the towels yo?"

Cloud rolled his eyes and hugged Reno from behind, squeezing him gently. "Don’t worry about it... it'll eventually dry." He sighed, nuzzling Reno’s hair. "Now, you go to bed before you catch a cold. I’ll start making dinner."

Reno paused in his hunt, Cloud was acting odd. Turning around in the other’s arms he placed a hand on the others forehead. "Are you feeling ok?" He asked, concern lacing his voice. "Normally you’re screaming at me to clean up by now." His lover always was a bit of a neat freak.

Cloud chuckled and picked up Reno bridal style, leading him to the bed and lowering him onto the soft covers, tucking him in. "During the time you were away... I realized that I’ve been too annoying about little things like a wet floor or something like that..."

Reno blinked, absentmindedly snuggling down into the warm bed. "I don't mind yo. It's not like I don't have any annoying quirks as well." He loved Cloud’s little anger fits. It was usually the only time he could get a rise out of the other man.

Cloud shook his head and kissed Reno softly. "You also deserve a break sometimes. I'll probably be the same shit next week so..." He shrugged and chuckled. "I’ll be right back."

Reno nodded and burrowed himself down further into the warmth. "I'll be here yo." Cloud was wrong about one thing though: It WASN'T going to be the same thing next week. He was going to get better. Go out less, be a bit more serious, spend time and give Cloud the attention he deserved. He owed it to him after messing up for so long. He wasn’t going to ruin his lover’s life again.

Cloud glared and waved a finger. "You better be, mister." He warned and kissed Reno again a little more passionately before getting up and walking down the stairs, starting to make dinner.

Reno shook his head in fond exasperation. Cloud was such a mother hen. Poking his head out from under the covers and making sure that Cloud was out of the room, he quickly got out of bed and cleaned up the bathroom. Who knew how long Cloud’s good mood would last. He didn’t want to do anything to set him off. Crawling back into bed, he waited for his lover’s return with what he was sure was going to be half the kitchen. Cloud always did prepare too much food and then expected Reno to eat it all.

Said blond came back minutes after, carrying two trays. "I’m back." He smiled, putting one of the trays on top of the redhead’s legs. "Eat it all up or no sex for you during a year." He warned, glaring and also starting to eat.

Reno twitched, looking at all the food. Chicken, Chocobo steak and burgers, garlic noodles, sushi and much, much more… "...You’re trying to kill me yo." Reno wasn’t much of an eater, despite how delicious Cloud’s cooking was. He had been fighting anorexia for years now, one of the few things he had never told Cloud. "I'm gonna die..."

"Oh yeah, you're definitely gonna die if you keep being that skinny." Cloud snorted. "You look like a seventeen year old and you’re older than me... c'mon, eat it."

Reno snorted, taking a bite out a Chocobo burger. "Yeah, a freaking YEAR yo!" Taking another bite he pointed out. "But you’re taller... Even so, why am I on the bottom again?"

Cloud shrugged. "Hello? You look like a seventeen year old." He said, lifting a finger. "You're smaller." two, "... And you look like a seventeen year old." He repeated, shrugging.

Reno growled, polishing off his burger and digging into the garlic noodles, his favorite food besides lobster. "Well excuse me for being short and eternally young!" He flashed Cloud a quick grin, taking another bite. "At least I don’t look like a pedophile yo!"

Cloud's eye twitched. "Well, THANK YOU." He pouted and kept eating while sulking.

Reno sighed and lowered his fork. There he goes again, ruining a perfectly friendly and fun moment with a badly timed comment like that. He started picking at his noodles, not very hungry anymore.

Cloud noticed his lover's change of mood and sighed, lowering his tray onto the nightstand. "Hey, it was a joke..." He apologized, sitting besides Reno and taking his fork from him. Smiling, he started feeding his lover as an apology.

Reno smiled faintly, opening his mouth to receive the bite of food. "Thanks yo." He loved it when Cloud did stuff like this. Held him, pet his hair, fed him, it made him feel loved.

"You're welcome." Cloud smiled and kissed Reno’s forehead tenderly, feeding him until there was no food left.

Reno moaned and flopped back down onto the bed. "The things I do for sex!" That was the most he had eaten in over a week and he wasn’t used to it.

Cloud grinned and massaged Reno’s stomach. "You made me happy now." He said, nodding at his lover. "Maybe this way I can get Rude to stop glaring at me since he thinks that I am not feeding you right!"

Reno laughed, curling upward into the massage, purring at the contact. He loved belly rubs. "He's been glaring at me for some time yo! You get used to it."

"But it’s creepy!" Cloud complained like a small toddler, kissing Reno’s temple and keeping the belly rub. "... Have you been practicing? It’s hard..." He commented, rubbing Reno’s stomach and feeling it harder than usual.

Reno snickered, holding back a dirty comment and brought his own hand up to try and feel what Cloud had. "Huh...” It was harder than usual, but there was no difference, the skin was still smooth and flat as ever. "...Why don't I have abs yo?" He pouted. "I look like a girl!"

"I love you the way you are." Cloud complimented, tickling the redhead's belly.

Reno shrieked and tried to slink away. "No tickle!"

"No getting up, mister!" Cloud retorted, grabbing Reno and tucking him inside the quilt once again. "You're still recovering."

Reno giggled breathlessly, settling back down. "Well then, don't tickle me!" Leaning forward, he licked his lover’s cheek before nipping at his nose. "Nom…!" He giggled before settling back down.

Cloud blushed madly and got up, determined to let Reno rest today. "Just rest, will you?" He ordered, walking to clean the bathroom. Not that he had a single drop of water to clean now... "RENO."

Reno squeaked and burrowed as far under the covers as he could. "... ummm... yes?" Came the muffled reply.

"Didn’t I say that there was NO need to clean the bathroom?" Cloud asked as gently as he could, stopping at the doorway and tapping his foot. Damn! He was annoyed now.

Reno flinched and wrapped himself tighter in the blankets, they would provide a bit of cover if Cloud decided to start swinging. "It was bugging me yo." He replied.

"Didn’t I tell you not to leave the bed?" Cloud asked, a little louder.

Reno whimpered and started to shake. He hated it when Cloud took on that tone of voice. It scared him. "Ye-yes."

"Then why did you?" Cloud asked, walking and sitting on the bed, placing a hand on top of Reno’s feet. Feeling him shaking, Cloud frowned sadly and crawled, lying besides the Turk. "You don’t need to be scared... nor have you to be always trying to fix stuff and please me... I really love you the way you are. Clumsy, loud, a total mess..."

Reno flinched as he felt Cloud’s strong arms encircle him, slowly relaxing when he realized the other wasn’t going to hurt him. Shaking his head, he poked it out from under his blanket cocoon to look his lover in the eyes. "You've been stressed lately yo. I just wanted to help."

Cloud smiled and kissed his lover's nose tenderly. "Thanks then... But you didn’t need to." He said, smiling now rather sadly. "Reno... You were shaking…” he started uncomfortably before asking. “Are you scared of me?”

Reno paused for a moment, thinking. "...Sometimes...” He admitted. "But not OF you yo. It's just... I’m afraid that sometimes in your anger you'll do something you regret." He leaned forward, wrapping his arms around Cloud’s waist and burying his face in the others chest. "I don’t want to see you get hurt yo."

The blond frowned sadly. So his lover was scared of him huh? ... Was Reno only with him because he was scared that he might hurt him if he decides to break up? He didn’t know...

Reno shook his head, seeming to know what was ailing his lover. "I'm not scared of you yo. I'm afraid that you might hurt yourself."

Cloud buried his head on Reno’s neck. Then was Reno afraid that if he left him, he would hurt himself? It was all so confusing for the blond!!

Reno sighed and placed his hands on either side of Cloud’s face, lifting his head to force the taller man to look at him. "When you get mad you are a bit scary. But I'm not afraid of YOU yo. I'm afraid..." He broke off, sighing. "I'm afraid you'll finally realize I'm not worth it and leave me."

"I'll never leave you, you idiot." Cloud finally smiled, cupping Reno's hands with his large ones. "I love you...” He whispered, kissing Reno’s lips tenderly.

"I love you too yo." Reno sighed, giving his lover’s hands a squeeze and kissing him back happily. He was glad that Cloud let the subject drop. He was running out of argument material.

Cloud smiled into the kiss and licked Reno’s nose bridge before settling back down next to his lover. "C'mon, rest."

Reno blinked, rubbing at his now wet nose. "Like a dog yo." He muttered, settling down next to his lover. "Like a big... Chocobo haired dog."

Cloud growled at his nickname and kissed Reno’s neck, tickling him with his nose. "Stop that!"

Reno wiggled and tried to get away. "St-stop!" He giggled, twisting every which way to try and escape. "Bad Chocobo!" He chided "Bad!"

Cloud only growled and kept tickling Reno. "Only when you stop!!"

Reno giggled, managing to pull away and quickly diving back under the covers. "NEVER!" Came his laughter filled war cry.

Cloud sighed and pounced on his lover, tickling him through the covers. "Surrendeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!"

Reno shrieked, flailing in a desperate attempt to dislodge the other from him, but to no avail. Cloud was heavier than him and was using it to his advantage. "UNCLE! UNCLE!" He cried out "I concede defeat! Mercy! Mercymercymerymercymercy!"

Cloud blinked but stopped, poking Reno’s head. " ... M'not your uncle." Reno couldn’t laugh any more. He was all out. All he could do was lay there, gasping for breath, and grin goofily at his lover’s confused look. The blond just shrugged it off and kisses Reno’s lips. "You're impossible... can you go to sleep now?"

Still giggling Reno shook his head. "Nope, no way yo. Now I'm WIDE awake!" Flashing his lover a grin, he flopped down next to him. "Entertain me yo."

Cloud frowned. "Cant, you're recovering."

Reno smirked, rolling across the bed to rest his head on clouds stomach. "You just tickled me half to death yo. You didn’t seem to care much about my health then!"

Cloud simply whistled, drumming his fingers against his chest. "That was innocent entertainment."

Reno grinned and poked Clouds stomach. "You were three seconds from kissing me and you know it yo."

"Was not!" Cloud exclaimed, making use of his Uke-like blue, innocent, baby eyes.

Reno snorted and fell back against the sheets. "I can’t believe I let myself be claimed by someone like you yo!" He grinned and poked Cloud’s nose. "You look so vulnerable and sweet. Nothing like the big tough man you... claim... to be." He grinned again, showing his lover that he was only kidding.

Cloud chuckled and nibbled Reno’s finger. "I never choose to take after my mom."

Reno smirked, tugging his finger from Cloud’s mouth, shivering a bit as he did so. "And I never asked to take after mine either." He had been told time and time again that when he unbounded his hair, he looked just like a female.

Cloud shrugged, circling his arms around Reno. "I wouldn’t have you any other way." He said, grinning.

Reno pouted. "I don’t want to look like a girl yo!" That usually meant he got the missions that required cross-dressing. He still had some outfits in the closet for when Cloud was feeling frisky.

Cloud laughed. "Too bad because you look like a girl! And there’s nothing that you can do about it!"

Reno growled. "I could cut my hair!" He shot back, knowing that it would never happen; he was far too attached to the crimson locks. "Or get a sex change!"

"NO!!" Cloud screamed, terrified. "Nonononononono..." He whimpered, nuzzling against his lover's red hair. "I love you the way you are, never change! Okay? Yes? Please? "

Reno clutched his stomach, laughing long and hard. "Ahhhhhh...I feel better now." He giggled a bit, leaning up to place a kiss on the other, giving the other’s lips a swipe with his tongue when he pulled back. "Don’t worry Uke boy. I'm not going to change."

Cloud pouted at the new nickname, laying on his back and watching Reno rest his head on his hip. "Oh shut up you... Mr. Turk-with-child-bearing-hips."

Reno pouted, pinching his lover own in reply. "Meanie head." He grinned and nuzzled his face into Cloud’s lap. "You love them yo." Cloud loved to run his hands over and grab at Reno's hips. The briefest flash of them could send the man into a lust filled frenzy. The blond blushed softly, making his head look like a mix between banana and strawberry milkshakes. Reno snickered and nuzzled his face further. "Hmmmm... Cozy." He loved doing this. Seeing how far he could tease the other before he snapped.

Cloud cleared his throat trying to move away before the redhead noticed his erection. "R-reeeeeeno..." He warned.

Reno grinned, not moving from his current position. "Yeeeeeeeeeees?" Shifting a bit the blankets fell further off his body, pooling around his hips. Somehow his pants had slipped during their tickle fight and Reno's milky white skin could be seen.

Cloud lost all of his control and pinned the redhead to the bed, straddling his hips. "You make me crazy, damn you!"

Reno looked up at his lover, a sly smirk crossing his face. "I know…"

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Kigichi: Buwahahahhaaaaa!! SUFFER!! SUFFER!! -Noms a telephone pole-...not sure whhhhhhhhhhy...

Bekas: MWAHAHAHA! Yes, we stopped here. Only on the next chapter you may get a lemon…! No behind-the-scenes comments today, sorry!