Apartment Building

Reno looked at Rude and then turned away and then said"I dont know what I am anymore Partner,I am sorry and I dont know why my old self is starting to show! I seriously need to see someone dont you think!"

He turned to Rude and had tears rolling down his cheeks

Rude shook his head a little.
"I don't trust psychiatrists very much...but if you want to talk to one when we get back to Midgar next week you can...it's most likely that your mind is trying to revert back to a previous state due to some type of stress...so my suggestion for now is to try and relax and see if it helps, okay?"

Reno looked and gotten up and walked over to rude and sat on his lap and hugged him,and nodded and said"I will try and relax! can we eat in the hotel room tonight due my head aches!"

Rude nodded with a smile.
"I'll call and order us something." He said softly, hugging Reno gently to his chest. "And I'll get you something for your headache if you want me to."

Reno looked and felt Rude hugging him and then nodded.

Later Reno was laying on the bed and was watching tv,and looked over at the window and said"Woah its snowing!"

Rude smiled happily at Reno and nodded.
"Yeah...and tomorrow we're going to the hot springs at the top of the mountain." He smirked happily. "Hope you don't mind..."

Reno looked at Rude and nodded and smiled he slowly opened the window and was smiling as he watched the snow fall from the sky

Rude shivered a little against the cold and smiled at Reno.
"You look like you're enjoying the snow." He said softly.

Reno looked and turned and turned back to the window,and smiled and said"I love the snow,one winter night at the slums my mother and I was doing christmas shoppin in the snow,but at christmas day!"he looked down

Rude looked at the ground too.
He knew what Reno meant and he understood it all too well.
"I know what you mean...you don't have to say it..." He said softly.
The bald male looked at the floor still, thinking back to the last Christmas he had been with his family in the slums. His father had not wanted to stay in with them and had gone out drinking. When he had returned home he had found Rude's mother with another man and Rude in his room. He had assaulted the woman...
The memory faded out there and Rude had tears running involuntarily down his cheeks without him noticing, too shaken by his memory, the dark secret he hid from everyone, even Reno.

Later that evening Reno headed outside to have a little walk around with his partner,they walked into a small cafe and Reno looked and tilted his head slightly while looking at the menu

Rude sighed softly, trying to ignore how shaken he had gotten earlier for no reason, when a shiver ran down his spine that wasn't from the cold.
"Reno...I need you to stay close to me...something doesn't feel right...it's way too quiet in here."

Reno looks at Rude and then nodded and said"Hey Rude what you going to order,I cant make my mind up!"looking at the menu

Rude sighed heavily.
"Well I'm not really all that hungry...I'm just going to have some soup or something." He said off-handedly.

Later Reno and Rude was walking around looking in the shops windows and Reno was looking around when he came across a store what sold lighters.and was looking at them

Rude chuckled lightly at Reno.
"I'll buy you one...as long as you swear you won't try to blow me, or anyone else, up with it, deal?"

Reno looked at Rude and smiled and nodded and said"Deal!"he looked and watched rude walking into the store,he stayed outside and looked around,and saw a few people out and about

Rude picked a flip open, sliver lighter with a ruby gem dragon embossed on it. He paid for it, 2,000 gil, and then headed back outside.
"Here ya go!" Rude smiled, handing Reno the still wrapped lighter.

Reno looked at Rude and then smiled and said"thanks partner!"he looked and they carried on walking,Reno looked around and stopped and turned slightly and felt like he was been followed

Rude, who had also felt as if there was someone behind them, slipped an arm around Reno's waist gently.
"Just stick close to me and we'll be okay." He whispered.

Later Reno was in the shower and had his hair out of his ponytail and was thinking,he looked at the water and felt his body trembling,when he leaned against the wall and slide onto the shower floor and cuddled upto himself

Rude was reading a book casually on the bed while Reno was in the shower and was wondering how he was.
"He's been really jumpy today...I hope he's okay..."

Reno slowly gotten up off the floor and reached for the shampoo and began to wash his hair,and gotten out of the shower and placed on some underwear and a shower robe and walked into the other room to use the mirror to get his hair sorted out

Rude looked at Reno casually and smiled.
"Everything okay?" He asked, closing the book. "Need any help with your hair?"

Reno looked and smiled softly,and sits down and hands Rude's his hair brush and said"I dont mind its you touching my hair!"he looked and turned back and was thinking