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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Reno grinned and leaned down in time to catch Marlene in a tight hug. "Hi guys!"

Marlene looked up at Reno. "Hi Reno!" The kids adored the redhead since he started to hang out with them more. Play fighting with Denzel and playing dress up with Marlene.

Cloud smiled and kissed Denzel’s forehead and Marlene’s hand. "We have news for you... good and bad ones."

Marlene giggled at the kiss, a small blush spreading across her cheeks. "What is it?" She hoped it wasn’t that bad.

Denzel pulled back from the hug he had just given Reno. "You’re not going to fight again are you?"

Cloud shook his head quickly. "Of course not…" He frowned, crossing his arms. "What do you want first, the bad or good news?”

Scrunching up their faces in thought, the kids looked at each other before nodding. "Bad." They said at the same time.

Reno blinked. "Why bad?"

"That way the good can cheer us up!" Marlene explained.

Reno thought for a moment and nodded his head. "Makes sense."

Cloud chuckled and sat on a chair, watching Reno sit on another. Sighing, the blond opened his arms and welcomed the kids, helping them sit on each of his legs. "Our weekly meetings will have to stop." He said softly, wincing as the children whimpered. "Later today, I and Reno will be moving to Costa del Sol... but, if Tifa doesn’t mind, you three could come and stay with us for a while during your summer vacations that begin in three weeks, okay?"

Reno smiled and nodded. "That sounds great!" Knowing Rufus, the house he had given them probably had way too many rooms.

Denzel looked down at the floor sadly. So they would not see Cloud for three weeks. "What’s the good news?"

Marlene perked up. "Yea! What is it!?"

Cloud took a deep breath and shared a look with the other adults. "Reno and I... are going to have a baby."

Marlene and Denzel both just blinked. "Who's the mommy?"

Denzel nodded. "Yea! Is Tifa having it for you? Or Yuffie?"

Reno sputtered. "Ummm...” How to explain this...

Cloud bit his lip: he never had a father to teach him this stuff and all he knew before meeting Zack, his deceased lover, he had taught himself while reading porn magazines... and watching playboy through the window of one of his neighbors. But Shh! it’s a secret... "Err... its no-one of those that you said... Reno is having my baby." The blond said carefully.

Denzel blinked, blinked and then blinked again. "He... is having it?"

Marlene slowly looked over at Reno, looking him over as if she expected the baby to pop out at any moment. "... Is Reno a girl now?"

Reno sweat-dropped. "Um...no..."

Marlene didn't understand. "Then how!?"

"I have something inside of me that made me able to impregnate Reno..." Cloud explained. "He is still a boy but he is now able to have children."

Marlene and Denzel traded looks again and shrugged. "Okay."

Reno blinked in shock again. "...what?"

"We said ok!"

Reno looked over at the kids in shock. "You’re not... grossed out... surprised?"

Marlene shook her head. "Nope! Stranger things have happened!"

Reno pouted. “Why does everyone keep saying that, yo?"

Cloud just smiled and hugged the kids, thanking whoever gods were with their eyes laid on them and blessed them with such understanding children. "Thanks."

Denzel giggled and hugged Cloud back. "You’re welcome!"

Marlene crawled off Cloud's lap and went over to place her hands on Reno's stomach. "I don’t feel anything." She pouted.

Reno laughed and ruffled her hair. "The baby is too small to feel yet."

"When will it grow?" Marlene asked gently. "When will it be born? Is it a girl? Boy?"

"Will it have Chocobo hair as Cloud's?" Denzel asked with a grin, watching as his father pouted.

Reno laughed, ruffling the kid’s hair. "We don't know yet yo! The baby has to grow more for us to find out." He was glad the kids were so accepting of them.

Both children whined and pouted. "Sorry guys." Cloud apologized softly. "Well, we gotta go now... need to pack stuff and all..." He said, picking up the children in a tight hug. "We'll be seeing each other in a while, okay? I’ll call everyday!"

Reno smiled and walked over to join the hug. "I'll make sure he does!"

Pouting, Marlene nodded and ran off to the kitchen to help Tifa with making their afternoon snack. "Love you!" She called out.

Shaking his head Denzel made to follow, pausing for a moment to place his hands on Reno's stomach. Looking up at Cloud, he stated seriously. "Take care of him."

Reno blinked. "Is it just me or did he sound jealous?" He asked once the boy was out of ear shot.

Cloud shrugged slightly. "I dunno... he never was one to be jealous..." He muttered softly. "He doesn’t remember his real family... I thought a baby brother would make him happy."

Reno smiled and leaned over to place a little kiss on Clouds cheek. "Maybe he's jealous of YOU yo!" He giggled jokingly.

Cloud smacked his lover's head gently, glaring half-heartily. "Don't say that stuff, we're in a bar... people may hear and then start talking. I don’t want the justice to take Denzel away from me cos of a rumor." He explained, taking Reno’s hand and interlacing their fingers, squeezing the hand gently as he lead his lover outside so that they could head back home and start packing.

Reno pouted and rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry." He didn't mean to say that so loud. But the look Denzel shot Reno before he walked off was strange. "The little guy is growing up."

Cloud smiled and sat on Fenrir, putting on his goggles. "I don’t know if I should be scared or happy that he’s growing, you know?"

Reno nodded, getting on the bike behind his lover and wrapping his arms around his waist. "I know. You not sure whether to overjoyed that there growing up or miserable because you know they will soon branch out and not need you anymore."

"Definitely the second." Cloud whispered honestly. It broke his heart that Denzel would soon stop needing him for anything at all... Now, this need to leave for far away only widened that feeling... "C'mon, let’s get going."

Reno sighed and tightened his grip on Clouds waist. "Don't worry." He muttered, raising his head to place a kiss on Cloud's temple. "He may grow up but he will always need you. Besides," 

He continued with a smile "Soon we'll have a little one of our own. He or she is gonna need you a lot."

Cloud smiled sadly and nodded. "Just wait until that little one turns, like, 14 or something. We need to start thinking about a proper corner in our place to start brooding." He chuckled, starting Fenrir's engine.

Reno laughed, tightening his grip as Cloud started the bike. "We can use your old emo corner!" He yelled over the sound of the engine.

"I guess it'll do!" Cloud laughed and speeded off towards their apartment.

Reno squealed and hung on tight. Damn, Cloud drove like a psycho! "Speed limit! Speed limit! SPEED LIMIT!" He loved speed, yes, but when HE did it, he was the one driving. Not on the back holding on for dear life.

Cloud smiled and slowed down a bit although he kept a speed far from the permitted limits. In no time they were at home, packing clothes and other necessary stuff before turning to some important objects they wanted to take with them. "I don’t remember this one." The blond commented, picking up an album with photos from their first months of relationship.

Reno walked over and peeked over Cloud's shoulder. "That one's new to me as well." Walking over to the now empty desk in their room, he contemplated how to lift it. Bend over or kneel? "Take a look and see what we got!"

Cloud blinked and opened it, smiling at the first photos. "Oh, I remember this party... it was Tifa's birthday at Seventh Heaven and it was the day we told the others we were dating." He said, chuckling as he saw the first photo where he was, standing tall (as much as he could, being only 173cm) and almighty in front of a slightly disturbed Cid.

Reno laughed, kneeling down to grasp the bottom of the drawer. He would put it on its side and pick it up that way. "I remember that. Half of them were horrified and the other half wanted to lynch me yo." The only one that didn't seem surprised was Vincent. 'Bet he was spying on us! Sneaky vampire.' Reno thought as he tipped the drawer over, winching at the slight crash it made. "Oops."

Cloud looked and sighed, an amused smile on his lips. "Still clumsy, aren’t we?" He commented gently, flipping the pages. Suddenly the blond let out a laugh. "This is a juicy one... it’s the photo of Denzel kicking your ankle when he got to know about us."

Reno grimaced and rubbed the spot Denzel had kicked all that time ago. "Little bastard can kick HARD!" Grumbling, he placed his hands under the drawer and lifted, grunting a bit from 

the weight. "Man... I must be out of shape." The piece of wood couldn’t have been more than thirty pounds but here he was straining to lift it! "What else is in there?" He asked, trying to keep his breathing even.

Cloud chuckled, not having noticed what Reno was doing. "Oh, countless photos... even the ones we took at your old apartment after our first..." The blond clicked his tongue. “Educational activities..." He chuckled, seeing the photo he had taken of Reno snuggled against the blankets, beautiful in all of his naked glory. "You still look as beautiful as be--WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Cloud shrieked, having looked back and seeing Reno lifting the drawer. Sprinting to his feet, Cloud went to his lover and picked up the drawer, glaring at Reno. "The doctor said no weights!"

"Ack!" Reno fell back, falling onto his butt at the sudden weight loss. "What?" He asked, not understanding his lover’s sudden anger. "It's not that heavy! I can lift more, you know I can!" Spotting the photo Cloud dropped upon seeing him pick up the drawer, he picked it up and his eye widened, blush forming across his face. "WHAT THE HECK!?" He screeched "When did you take this?" How often did his lover take photos like this of him?

"I told you... the first night we made love." Cloud smiled and kissed Reno’s lips tenderly. "And it doesn’t matter if this is light or heavy: in your condition you can’t lift weights."

Reno's face flushed even more. "Why did you take this?!" It was mortifying; he was covered in sweat and tangled in the sheets. "I'm not even awake! ...And I look horrible." The 'Just after sex' look. Ugh.

Cloud blinked, not understanding why his lover was so horrified by the photo. "Sorry, it was just... I thought you looked beautiful... showing me a part of yourself that no-one else could see but me." He smiled softly. "I just wanted to keep that image forever and... since none of my relationships went far enough for me to actually feel as special as I felt when I was with you... I was scared that I would never get to see you like that around me: the picture would let me keep that image fresh in my mind, even if we didn’t work."

Reno blinked and looked down at the picture once more. "Oh... I didn't know that...” He did seem more vulnerable than he ever had before. "I still don’t hide that side of me do I yo?" He thought he was completely relaxed around Cloud, besides for the one or two embarrassment and self conscious moments he was prone to. He bit his lip for a moment before returning the picture. "If it means that much to you, then by all means keep it!" He winced. "Just... not where others can see it, ok?"

Cloud smiled and shook his head, putting down the drawer before picking up the photo and staring at it for a long time. "I don’t need this anymore." He said folding the picture and hiding it back inside the album. "I know that we'll work now." He grinned; circling his arms around his lover and helping him get up, giving him a tender embrace after. "We'll be a family Reno... and a good one at that." He laughed softly.

Reno smiled. "Yea we will...were gonna mess this kid up...but we'll be a good family." Reno had always wanted kids but he didn't think Cloud, who already had Marlene and Denzel would be to keen on the idea. "...how many more of those pictures do you have?” He asked, curious. "...and WHAT do you do with them?"

Cloud laughed softly, understanding the meaning behind Reno’s words. "I do nothing of THAT with them, you idiot... I keep them in albums like that one. Albums to remind me of how lucky I am to have you as lover." He smiled, nuzzling his nose against Reno’s.

Reno giggled and nuzzled back. "Good! Cause then I'd have ta hit ya." As flattered as he was at the thought of his boyfriend jerking of to his photo during long package deliveries, it was also a bit creepy. "Besides" He added with a blush "Why take photos when you can have the real thing?"

Cloud smiled and kissed Reno’s cheekbone, closing his eyes as he started moving their bodies as if they were dancing at the sound of a slow, romantic dance. "So true...” He smiled, keeping his eyes closed as he took on his lover's scent. "I love you baby." He whispered, opening his eyes and showing Reno how much warmth, care and love were actually in those two gems, all for him. "Never forget that, whatever it happens."

Reno felt his eyes widen, overwhelmed by the amount of caring, trust, adoration and utter love in Cloud's eyes. Feeling tears come to his own, he buried his face in his lover’s chest, swaying along with Cloud in their dance. "I love you to yo." He said hoarsely, trying to keep his emotions under control. He knew that Cloud loved him but it wasn’t very often that he said it in a way that left Reno speechless.

Cloud smiled and kissed Reno’s temple tenderly, petting his lover's hair as he felt his top get damp. "I mean every single word, believe me." He whispered on the redhead's ear.

Reno nodded, still silently crying into his lover’s shirt. "I believe you." Pulling back, he wiped the tears off his face before leaning up to place his lips gently over the others. "I love you."

Cloud smiled and gave Reno a squeeze, sighing when he noticed the clock over the other’s shoulder. “We have to keep packing if we want to get out of here before its dark.”

Reno nodded, reluctantly pulling back from his lover’s warm embrace. "Okay." Moving quickly, he packed everything into the boxes that Cloud had picked up on the way home. Two hours and a bloody battle with the tape that left Reno all tied up, literally, the packing was done. “Man we have a lot of stuff yo."

Cloud wiped the sweat off his forehead, sighing as he locked the door to their apartment and went downstairs to meet Reno. "...we're done here." He said, looking back. "I’m gonna miss this place..."

Reno nodded "Yea, I understand what you mean." This had been their first home together, their place, no one else’s. It held a lot of memories. "… The kitchen will never be the same." He teased with a grin and a blush. "Or the counter, or the closet, or the tub, or the rug, or the heater."

Cloud laughed softly and helped Reno getting into the truck. "You're so right." He sighed, walking around the vehicle and getting inside, starting its engine. "... Ready?"

Taking one last look at their home, the redhead sighed and shook his head. "Not really. I'm gonna miss it." It was their home. THEIR home... and they were leaving. "But we have to so I guess the answer is yes."

Cloud took a deep breath and drove away, trying not to look back. "It doesn’t matter where we are if we have each other." He tried to convince Reno.

Reno smiled and nodded, leaning his head on Cloud's shoulder, absently rubbing his stomach with one hand. "It's for the best yo." The best, only the best for their child. Looking down, Reno cast his stomach a look of love. Not even a month old and he was so attached.

Cloud kept his eyes on the road but noticed where Reno's attention was, which made him smile. "We need names for our baby..." He said softly, leaving Edge with a sigh.

Reno smiled and nodded. "Well...we really can't choose right now...we don’t know if it's a boy or a girl...or both." He added, playfully scrunching up his face at Cloud, remembering his earlier words at the doctor’s office.

Cloud hummed, a smile playing on his lips. "True... but we can start thinking of some."

Reno grinned and nodded, kicking off his shoes and turning his body so his head was on Cloud’s lap, bare feet hanging out the window. "Hmmm...Toby?" He suggested "Zeke? Sora? Riku? Jasmine? Rose? Bella?"

"I like Bella and Jasmine... Sora is good too." Cloud said softly, thinking of names. "Hmm... Ven? Balthier? Alexander? Jennie?"

Reno thought for a moment before nodding. "I like Balthier! Jennie too!" He shifted a bit and counted on his fingers. "So... we have Bella and Jasmine and Jennie if it’s a girl and Balthier or Sora if it’s a boy!"

Cloud grinned and nodded. "Yep!"

Reno smiled. "Sounds good! I really like Sora." Sighing, he arched his back until it made a satisfying 'crack' sound. "This is gonna kill my back later, I just know it."

Cloud shook his head with a soft sigh. “Sit straight. I don’t know if that may hurt the baby." He said, wondering... he had no idea of how to take care of babies. He never had smaller siblings; in the orphanage that he helped running with Tifa there wasn't any small babies... how the hell would he know how to take care of his child? He never even held one! "Reno... do you have any experience with children?"

Reno blinked from his new position besides Cloud, having sat up when the other requested it. Rubbing his flat stomach, he shrugged. "A bit. I always hang out with Marlene and Denzel and women at work are always getting pregnant and having kids yo." He smiled, a fond look coming to his eyes. "It's my job to take care of the little guys if I'm too injured to go on a mission."

"That’s awesome.” Cloud sighed in relief and allowed a small smile to warm his lips. "Cos I have no idea of how to take care of small children... the only ones I know how to take care off are Marlene and Denzel and they're old enough to somewhat do things alone..." He explained, pausing to think. "... Does Yuffie count as experience as well?"

Reno snorted, shaking his head. "No! She’s not that bad." He actually had quite a good relationship with the thieving ninja, having earned her respect after picking her pockets. "She just likes to see others smile." Grinning he poked Cloud's cheek. "And you KNOW her antics make you smile. Especially if we work together." Not even Vincent could hold back a smile when the two of them got in a playful mood.

Cloud gently bit Reno’s finger, grinning. "Yeah... she always was the group's light." He confessed. "Hey... who do you think we should invite to be godfather and godmother of the children?" He asked, having suddenly remembered that little detail.

Reno yelped and pulled his finger away, pouting and rubbing the abused digit. "Hmmm... Good question. I know Elena and Tifa will fight over being godmother and there isn't really anyone on my side that would want to be the godfather." He loved his friends, yes, but none of them could raise a child, being Turks and such.

"Cid is out of question. And Barret. I can ONLY imagine what our child's first word would be!" Cloud exclaimed, knowing what kind of vocabulary those two used on a daily basis. "Yuffie could be the godmother. That way, Elena won’t be mad that it was Tifa the chosen one or the other way around." He huffed, wrinkling his nose but grinning when a sudden idea came to his mind. "Hey... can Denzel be the child's godfather? Sure, he'll be their big brother but maybe it would reassure him that I, WE, would still care about him when the baby is born..."

Reno laughed as Cloud listed off his friends. "Yuffie would be a good godmother!" He knew she could handle children, being so much like one, and she had this soft side that not many got to witness, showing off her caring and nurturing nature. "And what makes you think that with me as a parent the baby’s first word WON'T be a dirty one?" He winked to show he was kidding. "And Denzel...he's still a kid yo...But...he would make a great godfather."

"I know he's still a kid but hey, I was Tifa's godfather when I was still a baby." Cloud shrugged. "And don’t tell that to anyone: not even Tifa remembers that." The blond took his eyes from the road for a few seconds to look at Reno. "And I’m sure you won’t say a bad thing: I’ll be around, remember?" He grinned.

Reno's eyes widened. "You’re WHAT?!" Shock stretched across his face as disbelieving chuckles fell from twitching lips. "...that's creepy yo" He finally decided "...maybe you should have told her! Then maybe she would not have been after your ass so much!" He grinned, trying to picture the look on Tifa's face if she ever learned that Cloud was her godfather. "Priceless."

Cloud rolled his eyes, trying not to imagine what the hell Reno was picturing. "And then she would treat me with so much respect that I would feel like an old man. No thank you, sir."

"Phhhht! she would more likely kick your ass." Not many could respond in a calm way when learning that the person they had been lusting after for years was there surrogate father...not that he knew...

"Like I asked to be her godfather!" Cloud snorted. Tifa? Kick his ass? IN HER DREAMS, BABY. "I could barely talk at the time."

Reno just grinned and leaned up to nip at the shell of Cloud's ear. "Still creepy, yo!" Snickering, he gave a small lick to the flesh in front of him before settling back down. Nothing like sexually frustrating his boyfriend to pass the time!

Cloud growled and tried to keep his cool. "It seems like you want to crash." He mumbled, blushing.

"Nope! Just wanna bug ya!" He got bored easily and this was as entertaining as singling along with the radio, which Cloud had disconnected before they set out, bastard. His singing wasn’t that bad.

"Take a nap then." Cloud suggested. "You still need to rest, according to the doctor."

"Hell no!" Grinning Reno leaned up, getting on his hands and knees and lunged forward to place little kisses all over Cloud's face. "I'm not." Kiss "Sleepy." Kiss "I don’t." Kiss "Want to sleep." Lick "Entertain me yo" Came the husky whisper in Cloud’s ear.

Cloud summoned all of his self-control to keep himself to ravish the redhead. "Reno, I’m driving! I can’t entertain you! Just wait till we get to Costa del Sol, okay?"

Reno pouted prettily, bottom lip glistening from where he had licked it. "Awwwww... no fun." What the hell was going on with him? Three minutes ago he was fine and suddenly he wanted nothing more than to have Cloud hold him.

Cloud smiled apologetically, putting a hand on Reno’s head and rubbing his scalp tenderly. "Sorry..." He apologized. "There, I’m seeing the ferry. It won’t be long until we get to Costa del Sol hunny."

Reno grinned and leaned forward to capture Cloud's lips, suckling on the bottom before giving it a little nip. Pulling back he nearly grinned, voice a husky purr, hooded eyes darkened with desire. Smirking at Cloud’s stunned expression he just shrugged. "Hormones yo."

Cloud turned his eyes to the road again and smirked. Oh... he would love a pregnant Reno...

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Kigichi: Overprotective Cloud is overprotective!! -Snuggles it- He's soooooooo manly! Lol and HeeHee at Reno's mood swings! 3 Cloud's gonna loooooooooove this...

Bekas: Hormones… Don’t we love them? –Grins-