Haunted, a Cloud/Reno story

By Kigichi and Bekas Strife

Contains extremely OOC!Reno and 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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Early in the morning, Cloud stirred and snuggled deeper into the covers covering him, searching for a source of warmth and trying to get away from the evil, BURNING sunlight that entered through his window, determined to drag him out of bed. Mumbling, the blond snuggled even closer to the warm body next to his and smiled, rubbing his nose against Reno’s flat stomach. Said man stirred in his sleep: something was tickling him. Giggling slightly he reached down to push away whatever was doing it, smiling as his hand came in contact with feathery soft hair. "Morning…" He mumbled without even opening his eyes. Cloud simply grumbled and whimpered from under the covers, trying to put Reno’s hand away as it was pressing against his still tender bruise.

Realizing what was wrong, Reno jerked his hand away, sitting up carefully so as not to disturb the still sleepy man on his lap. "Sorry." He murmured, leaning down to gently kiss Cloud’s cheek. "What are ya doin down there?" Usually Reno would wake up with his love’s face buried in his hair or shoulder, not his stomach.

Cloud pouted and snuggled back against Reno’s stomach, pulling the covers again up to his head. "Sunlight..." He whined. He always complained about the first rays of sunlight since his mako-blue eyes were too sensitive but on that day the pain was immense, amplified by the massive headache he was feeling.

Reno giggled a bit. "Poor Chocobo...okay let me get up and I can get you some painkillers yo." His lover was going to need them. What he used for the occasional hangover should do. "C'mon. I mean it." He warned when Cloud didn't move a muscle. Reno couldn’t force him off either; the man was dead weight and wouldn’t have moved an inch.

Cloud shook his head. "Just a lil' longer..." He mumbled, nuzzling his nose against Reno’s stomach one more and opening his eyes carefully as he brushed against something hard. 

"Reno... I can see your ribs; you look like a skeleton..." He stated sadly, brushing his fingers against the skin.

Reno flinched. "That tickles." He muttered, gently batting the others hands away. "It's ok. I just haven't had much of a chance to eat. Missions for Rufus and such…" He sighed and flopped back against the pillows, waiting for Cloud to finish his cuddle. "Besides, anything I eat I end up puking out the next day." It was true. He had been throwing up without the assistance of his fingers for about a month now.

Cloud looked up at Reno and nearly went blind at the light but never took his eyes of his lover's. "That can be something serious..." He whispered.

Reno frowned and nodded, absentmindedly rubbing his stomach. "I think it's a bug going around or something." At least he hoped so. Gulping nervously, he wondered how much he weighed. Last time he checked about a month ago he was hundred and five.

Cloud raised his heavy body on one elbow and winced at the pain on his forehead, touching it lightly. God, it felt like Yuffie had trusted a materia into his skull: it was HUGE! "We should go to a doctor." He stated weakly.

Reno nodded, gently probing at the lump on his lover’s skull. "Yea, you need to get that checked out." Rolling out of bed he quickly dressed in a pair of black jeans, scowling a bit as he put his belt on its final loop, and a matching black shirt with black and white striped down the sleeves. Thrusting on his feet a pair of boots, he walked back over to Cloud, quickly braiding his hair. "You need help getting ready yo?"

"That would be nice." Cloud thanked and smiled. He watched Reno walk around the room gathering stuff for him before a long sigh left his lips. He didn’t want to go to a doctor because of his forehead: it was because of his lover's health...

Walking back over, Reno grinned. "Okay, arms up!" Carefully, Reno helped his lover out of his pajamas and into a fresh navy blue muscle shirt and black jeans with his normal pair of boots. Running a brush through Cloud‘s hair, being extra careful not to hit the bump, he grinned. "Want a bow? You would look so cute!"

Cloud growled. "NO." He roared, getting up and promptly falling back onto the bed, whimpering. "Owie..."

Reno stood over Cloud, sweat dropping. "Overreact much?" Leaning down, he heaved his lover up to his feet. "Calm down, you know I was kidding… though you would of deserved it for putting one in mine the other day."

"But you looked nice... and sweet..."

Reno groaned and covered his face. "Three guys asked if I was a girl and six women tried to give me make-up tips!" That was one hell of a day at the mall. "Remember? By the time we finally escaped I had a fully body makeover!"

"And hell if you didn’t look good...” Cloud purred, grinning like a fool.

Reno moaned again. "They shaved my legs!" And now he kept doing it. He didn't want the hair to grow back twice as thick so he kept it up. It really wasn’t that bad actually. "It's your turn next time!"

"...Fine by me." He has already experienced it so he was okay with it. He had a harsh teacher but hey, it was kind fun! ...Despite the fact that he nearly got ass-raped by Don Corneo... "Can we go now?"

Reno grinned and nodded. "Sure thing, yo! And don’t think I'm gonna forget that!" Helping his lover out the door, he carefully placed him on his bike, slipping a pair of sunglasses over his eyes while doing so. "There. No more mister sun!" Holding out his hand, he smirked at Cloud. "Keys…?"

"... No-one touches Fenrir but me, you idiot."

Reno just grinned, wagging a finger under his lover’s nose. "You can barely see!" He chided with excitement in his voice. He was finally gonna get to drive! "So...keys please!"

Cloud whimpered and shook his head. "I promised to myself that I wouldn’t let anyone drive my baby since Cid decided to try it on and crashed it against a tree!"

Reno sighed. He couldn’t win when Cloud made that face. "Fiiiiiiiiine… You can drive...just don't kill us." Hopping behind Cloud, he wrapped his arms around the other waist and held on tightly. "Okay...let’s get this death trip over with yo." Cloud sighed happily like a little toddler and started the engine, speeding off to the distance. Shrieking, Reno tightened his grip. "YOU WANNA KILL ME DON'T YA?!" Squeezing his eyes shut, Reno buried his face in Cloud’s back, squeaking as he felt them take a sharp turn, almost falling to the ground. "THERE IS A SPEED LIMIT!!"

Cloud simply shrugged. "I’m a hero of the world. There are no limits for me."

Whimpering in fear, Reno tightened his grip, almost cutting off Cloud’s air supply. "Please don’t kill me! Who will you hug!?"

"... A teddy bear…? Or one of those toys that people made of you and the rest of us.” Cloud shrugged, smirking. "That or a cosplayer..."

"... A COSPLAYER!?" Despite the situation, Reno had to snicker at that. "Yea but none of them kiss like me!"

"True." Cloud grinned.

Reno smiled, flinching as another sharp turn churned his already tumbling stomach. "Are we almost there?" He asked desperately.

Cloud suddenly pulled over with a loud screech, grinning proudly as he pet Fenrir. "We're here!"

Reno practically threw himself off the bike, stumbling forward to grasp onto a nearby light post as his stomach heaved. "Ohh... Ohh Shiva." Spitting up a bit of stomach acid he stood up straighter and popped a mint in his mouth that he pulled from his pocket. "That wasn’t fun yo."

Cloud pouted and sighed, getting off Fenrir quite gingerly. "You're the one that isn’t fun..." He complained, getting into the hospital with Reno’s arm around his waist. The blond raised his head as much as he could without fainting with the pain, walking proudly as people around them sneered at their antics. Yes, he was gay; he had a male lover and wouldn’t trade him for the world!

Reno whimpered, unwrapping Cloud’s arm from him and instead tossing his lover’s arm around his shoulder and helping him walk. "Don't be so stubborn yo." Stopping in front of the nurse in duty, he smiled at her. "Excuse me...”

The woman looked up and smiled. "How may I help you?" She was a pretty little thing, long blond hair and green eyes.

Reno gave her a grin. "My boyfriend here hit his head. Can we see the doctor?"

The woman, Maria, her name tag said, smiled and looked down at her documents. "I can get you in at 12:30.”

Reno nodded. "We'll take it!" Walking Cloud over to a chair, he deposited the pouting Hero. "There we go."

Cloud smiled and nodded. "Could you please go get me some cold water?" He asked giving Reno’s his most beautiful blue eyes. "Please?" He asked gently, watching his lover sigh in defeat and nod, walking to the distance. Gingerly, Cloud got up once again and went to meet the nurse once more. "Excuse me..." He interrupted.

"Yes?" The kind woman smiled, looking up.

"You think that you could ask the doctor to check on my lover too? He's really skinny, as you may have seen, and he's been throwing up a lot lately... I think he may have some kind of disease..."

The nurse thought for a little while and nodded. "Will do, don't worry sir. I'll add that bit to the process." She smiled.

Cloud grinned back and nodded, turning to return to his place after thanking the woman. Reno came back a few minutes later, handing Cloud his water. "Here ya go Chocobo Baby." Taking a seat next to Cloud, he leaned over to gently part his lover’s soft hair. "Stay still... I want to check out this bump." He hissed in sympathy as he revealed the wound. "That’s gotta hurt yo." He hoped Cloud didn't crack his skull or something.

"It did." Cloud sighed, leaning towards Reno’s tender and careful touch. "Still does actually... damn, I don’t remember having hit my head this hard since... hell, since I fell down on Aerith's church or when meteor was destroyed and Highwind was thrown to the ground with us inside..."

Reno blinked. "...Wow...I'm sorry" He didn't know that the fall had done that much damage. "Well we'll get you fixed right up! Then I can take you home and make you some Chocobo soup!" He grinned, kissing his lover on the cheek. "Nothing like a little cannibalism to start the day…!"

Cloud smiled, annoyed by Reno’s little, joke but grateful for the attention. "Its okay baby... just a few more minutes of sleep snuggled to my special one's stomach..." He said smoothly, grinning and ignoring the young woman that got up and went to sit somewhere far away for the gay couple.

Reno grinned as the women walked away. "Well, well...hmmm...” Snickering to himself, he leaned forward and placed another kiss on Cloud’s cheek. "I'm bored." Another kiss on the opposite cheek "I wanna play." Now on the lips "Play with me?" He asked innocently, laughing as a few more people walked away. "Ya don't like it, yo?" He yelled loudly enough for the entire waiting room to hear. "Bite me but watch out! I might like it!"

Cloud sighed and smacked Reno’s forehead lightly, looking at him sternly when he turned to 

him rubbing his owie with a childish pout. "Stop bothering the others... if they have a problem, let them deal with them."

Reno pouted and leaned forward. "Play with me later?" He whispered, licking the edge of Cloud’s ear. "You can pick the game." He wondered if he still had his handcuffs.

Cloud laughed softly and nodded. "Fine... but only after I get my snuggle."

Reno nodded. "Okay. You can snuggle my tummy all you want." It seems that Cloud had a new favorite spot.

Maria walked up to the couple, smiling at their antics. They were so cute. "The doctor can see you now."

Cloud smiled and nodded. "Thank you." He thanked, getting up with Reno’s precious help. “Off to the doctor…”

Reno helped his lover into the examination room. "Want me to stay yo?" He smiled when Cloud nodded and sat down in the swivel chair in the corner of the room. "Whooooooo!!" He cheered, spinning in rapid circles. "I’m...gonnna...bee...siiiiiick..."

Cloud sweat-dropped and the doctor, who had just entered the room, did too as Reno stopped spinning, looking a bit green. "... Hello." He greeted, turning to sit on his chair but stopping when he saw the bump on Cloud's hairline. "HOLY MOTHER CHOCOBO, how did you do that?? OUTCH…!" He asked, approaching Cloud to examine him.

Reno winched, stumbling a bit from all the spinning and tried to explain. "He fell and hit his forehead on the bathroom floor, yo." Leaving the doctor to examine Cloud, Reno wandered over to the scale. Slipping off his shoes, he hopped and began to move the weights. Eyes widening at the result, he hopped off and quickly put his shoes back on. "So, is he gonna be ok?" He asked.

"Yes, he will... I’ll give him a recipe with some painkillers and another medicament that will fast-forward the healing." The doctor said and waved at the scale. "Could you please hop on that again?"

Reno twitched and slowly walked backwards. “Why? Were done here, yo..." Grabbing Cloud’s hand, he tugged him towards the door. "C'mon, let’s go."

Cloud tugged him back to the scale. "Get out of your shoes and get on top of that scale." He ordered, backing to the door and locking the door. "If you're sure that you don’t have any kind 

of health problem, you shouldn’t fear it, isn’t that right?" He pressed, narrowing his eyes slightly.

Reno flinched. "Bu-but..." He snapped his mouth closed as Cloud narrowed his eyes at him again. Gulping, Reno toed off his shoes and tentatively stepped back onto the scale. "It's not that bad." He said weakly as the doctor began to weight him.

The man widened his eyes. "NOT BAD?! You're way too skinny for your height! Have you been eating at all?!"

Reno growled. "YES, I've been eating yo! But everything I eat, I end up spewing it the next morning." He grumbled and hopped down before Cloud could see the numbers 95. "Could be worse…" He mumbled to himself.

The doctor sighed and tapped his foot. "Let’s make some exams then. Could you please lie down on the stretcher?"

Reno grunted but did as he was told, lying down on the examination table. "S'cold yo…" He didn't want to be here. He wanted to go home. "Just get this over with!"

Cloud sat down and watched, playing with the key nervously. What if there was something wrong with Reno? Would it be his fault? After all he was the one who cooked most of the times... did he made his lover sick? "Well?"

"His abdomen... is quite harder than it should be..." The doctor commented, pressuring the area.

Reno flinched, instinctively grabbing the doctor’s hand. Pushing the man’s hand away, he wrapped his own around the hardened area. "Don't do that!" He snarled, looking confused only seconds later. Why did he do that? All he knew was that he didn't want anyone applying pressure there.

The doctor raised an eyebrow and sighed. "Let’s do a scan then." He suggested.

Reno hesitated, looking to Cloud for support. Seeing the blond nod, he turned back to the doctor. "Alright... just no pressure there."

"No worries, it'll only be a little cold." He reassured. "Now... if you can return that key to me and follow me." He smiled, extending his hand towards Cloud.

Cloud blushed and gave the key to the doctor, holding Reno’s hand and squeezing it reassuringly. "M'here." He whispered reassuringly.

Reno nodded. He was scared. What if he did have a disease? What if it was fatal? He didn't want to die. Gripping tightly onto Cloud’s hand, he followed the doctor as he led them to another room. Laying down where the man gestured for him to, he flinched a bit as a cold gel was applied to his stomach area. He bit his lip and waited, not once letting go of Cloud’s hand.

Cloud squeezed Reno’s hand between his own, ignoring the nurse behind him grinning like a fool. "What is it, doctor?" he asked with a small voice, afraid of what it was.

Said doctor was wide eyed, staring at the screen. "... What in all that’s sacred...?"

Reno sat up, taking a look at the screen. "...What is that yo?" He asked in a breathy whisper. There was a strange shape on the screen. Not any bigger than a hamster, but still, Reno was pretty sure it wasn’t there before!

The doctor gaped once and twice, trying to find a different reason to why THAT was there... but only one came. "How…! I... What's in there, it’s a--!"

"...Baby..." Cloud mumbled faintly, releasing Reno’s hand as he fell on his back, knocked out cold at what was inside his lover’s body.

"That’s going to leave another concussion... Maria, twice the painkillers."

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Bekas: Poor Cloudy… The sight of a baby inside Reno was too much for him.