clockmaster | [Rufus-Day Party DDD event style]

[A casual shrug. Maybe too casual] I wondered if you wanted to stay with me tonight.

[Still looking up and he's a little surprised, just a little] Yeah. I wanna stay the night.

[He smiles, but it's cautious] But will you be allowed, or is the devil nurse going to haul you back?

I dunno...maybe...[yawns]...or maybe not if I'm with you. I wanna though...like when we pushed the beds together at the Gold Saucer

[Tseng nods, pleased and trying not to examine too closely why.] Then you'll stay with me tonight, and the nurse can wait. My bed is big enough for us both, anyway.

[He noticed the yawn, though] How are you holding up?

Yeah...the gorilla can bitch at me later...one night away from the hospital bed ain't gonna kill me.

Little tired. You're a kinda hard-bodied...but comfortable enough to pass out on Tseng. [Grins] Of course, I'd be a lot more comfortable spoonin' you in your bed.

[Tseng glances at the cameras again] The party is breaking up... We can probably head home if you're tired.

Hn...yeah if you're ready [sits up and scans the cameras as well] We taking Rufus back too? Or is he going with Dark?

I'm sure he's able to make his own way back. [Tseng is wry] And he's probably going to be going with Mousy.

[Pulls himself up onto his feet even though he is comfortable where he is] Well...guess that settles it...I'm pretty tired.

Me too. [Gets to his feet and stretches, takes one last look to make sure everything's all right, then switches off the security equipment]

[Impulsively, he wraps an arm around Reno's waist and tugs him into a somewhat harsh kiss]

[Growls:] Don't do that again.

[Is about to leave the room with his cane in hand when he's surprised by Tseng when pulled into his kiss]

[Grunts from the harshness, but otherwise bear-hugs Tseng around his neck]

[Draws back after dropping a few of his own kisses on Tseng's nose]Do...what?

Get shot.

[Gives him a stern look, as if he'd done it on purpose, then releases him more gently than before so he doesn't lose his balance]

Uhh...but I'm a Turk...people shoot at me all the time...[scratches the back of his neck and looks a little confused]...I mean I'll try not to get shot...you know, I'm not that big a sadist.

[Tseng rolls his eyes slightly and hands Reno his cane] Just try not to, all right?

Well that time I'd asked Lazard out...and I think he was probably their target but [shrugs] I guess since I asked him out I felt kinda responsible for what happened to him.

[Takes Reno's arm to help him, concerned about his injury]

What do you mean? Was he hurt, too? [He hadn't seemed hurt, and Tseng is surprised to hear this]

[Wraps his arm around Tseng's shoulder and smirks quite confidently] Pffft...nobody gets hurt on a date with Reno...well...except me of course, but that's no big deal.

No, he wasn't hurt, I was between him and the anti-ShinRa guys the whole time [looks thoughtful] He took care of me though, I remember that.

[Snorts faintly] Well, I think you did the right thing by protecting Lazard. He may not be Rufus, but he catches a lot of flak for the same things, I imagine.

Well I guess. You can't kiss a guy and then leave him to fend for himself...besides we were kind of attached and he ain't so great at hand-to-hand combat.

[He's not jealous. Definitely not. He's not even sure who he's not jealous of.]

I don't think I could imagine you running off and leaving anyone to fend for themselves, kisses or not.

[He's way too oblivious not that Tseng is obvious about being not jealous.]

Well no...unless it's someone I really don't like...then again I probably wouldn't kiss him either.

So you like Lazard?

[Is still oblivious] Well, yeah, I think I do.

...Ah, well, that's good. [Awkward] Maybe you should ask him if you could stay with him, instead. If you prefer. I won't be offended.

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