Fic: Reno's Date With the Vampire's Sister (2/6)
Title: Reno's Date With the Vampire's Sister
Rating: T
Genre: Humor/Romance
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing(s): Reno/OC
Summary: Blood Fire outtake. What did Reno and Tanis do on their date?
A/N: An outtake from a fic that has yet to be uploaded.
"Maybe it was on the next street over..."
Reno glanced up intime to see the girl in front of him frown in dissapointment. Despite the snow on the ground and the definite cold chill in the mid-December air, Tanis Valentine didn't seem to notice the weather. She wore her usual outfit, a black dress covered mostly by a too-big, dark-blue sweater with a black hood and same-colored sleeves that ended at her fingertips. The sweater ended about six-inches above where the actual dress ended at her knees. Her beige boots came up to mid-calf and striped blue-and-black stockings -a gift from Yuffie Kisaragi, the GREATEST ninja of all time (as she loved to proclaim)- ascended the rest of the way to her knees.
Normally, a dark-blue obi encircled her waist -under the sweater- and in it would rest her weapons. But today, she had forgone the obi and opted to just hold her two small shukusan fans -one with a black handle and pink cherry-blossam embroidery, the other brown-handled with light blue peony embroidery; named Sakura and Botan repectively- inside the big, front pocket of her hoodie. From experience. Reno knew that when either of these weapons were opened they revealed an iron-blade edge that could cut through almost anything with a deadly force.
Her main weapon, usually slung over her shoulder with a black cord, was today left behind at home. It was almost weird to see Tanis without Hinageshi, the giant fan with the blood-red handle and scarlet-hued poppies sprinkled across the iron-laced paper as embroidery. Tanis's favorite, and deadliest, weapon. The weapon Reno had often found himself on the receiving end of. And he had thought Tifa Lockhart was scary...
Unaware of this thought process, the girl sat down on a street bench with a small sigh and began to fiddle with the ends of her skirt. "Oh, dear...I could of sworn it was here!" Tanis glanced to the side as Reno flopped down beside her, casually dressed in blue jeans and a white t-shirt under his old blue uniform jacket. He glanced to the side and smiled.
"It's alright," he assured her. "Why don't we just head over to Spike and Bar-girl's place? They have good food and drink."
"I hope you mean soda," she muttered.
"Why? You're old enough to drink...I think..."
"Something like that, but the last time I even sipped wine I almost blew down the mansion with a hurricane I accidentally created."
"So...no alcohol for you then. How about hot chocolate?"
"Sounds great."
And so, that's how the unlikely couple found themselves sitting at a small booth in Seventh Heaven, trying valiently to fend of the knowing smiles Tifa Lockhart was shooting at them. Ever since the conversation she and Tanis had had upon entering, the martial artist had been doing that.
Flashback
With a delicate tinkling sound the door had oened to admit two new customers. Tifa Lockhart glanced up happily, and smiled at the two people who entered. She quickly moved around the bar and gave Tanis a hug. "Tanis! It's been awhile! What brings you here?" She asked.
Reno did admit, she had a right to be surprised. They had come all the way from Nimbleheim, just to go to her bar. But then, he himself had gone all the way from Edge to Nimbleheim in the first place just to ask the lovely girl beside him out to dinner...
"Reno brought me," Tanis replied, with a smile of her own. "Um, can we get a table, Miss Tifa?"
"Just Tifa, and of course!" Tifa exclaimed, leading them over to a booth. She watched both slide in on either side of the table, and seemed to finally register that Reno was, infact, there as well. Her eyes widened slightly, and her mouth formed an "oh", before breaking out into a bigger grin. She leaned down and glanced back and forth between the two, before her gaze landed on Tanis. "So," she stated, almost conversationally, "Reno brought you, hm?"
Tanis glanced up. "Yes." She replied. "I said that." She gave Tifa a confused look. The older girl just continued to smile.
"So that means you two came, together?" She asked. Tanis nodded, raising an eyebrow.
"Ye-es..." She said. "I think that was implied..."
Reno felt his head hit the table with a thump. He knew where this was going, and was cursing himself for not realizing this would happen.
"Like, on a date?" Tifa asked. By then, Tanis was starting to show signs of annoyance. Reno had to admit, the ghost-girl definately lasted a lot longer than he would have. He would have already bitten the Bar-Owner's head off and left. Infact, he would have already if it hadn't been for...
"Yes," Tanis replied, her voice taking on a terse note that strongly reminded Reno of her adopted brother. "Like on a date. Is there anything else, or can we eat now?"
"Sure!" Tifa chirped happily. "Infact, order whatever you want! It's on the house!" She then practically skipped (a moderately disturbing sight for Reno) off to the bar's back room.
"Eat fast," Tanis suggested. "I can almost hear the phone being dialed. Any second now Yuffie's going to come running in, conveniently out on an adventure rather than back in Wutai attending to her Princess duties, and then we'll never be able to leave."
"Or worse," Reno added, "she's calling Spike, who will come storming in demanding my intentions before chopping my head off with his giant sword."
"Nah. Cloud would just walk in, roll his eyes, and leave. It's Cid we have to worry about."
"Damn, and I thought MY friends were bad..."
End Flashback
(At least she's giving us dinner on the house, ) Reno thought with a grin. (More money for later.)
He glanced across the table at Tanis, who was steadily eating whatever it was she had ordered. He'd lost track after the second helping. The girl seemed determined to take advantage of Tifa's "free food" offer, and had already out-eaten him. But, Reno didn't really mind. At least he wasn't paying for it, and Tanis appeared content. That was all that really mattered.
"Hey, when you get through," he started, smiling as she glanced up, "we can go see a movie or something. You can still pick, if you want."
Tanis swallowed and nodded. "Okay. But you can pick, since I picked were we ate." Truthfully, she had no idea what he was talking about, but wasn't willing to admit it.
"Well, technically," Reno replied. "I picked in the end. But, oh well." He glanced away in thought. "Let's see..." He closed his eyes in thought. "I think...how about...um..." He opened his eyes and smiled again. "Yeah! I remember Rude saying that The Ring was playing!" He turned back to Tanis, who was giving him a dubious look. "He said it's supposed to be good! I've never actually seen it though..."
"O-ka-ay..." Tanis still appeared skeptical. "Well, we can go see that one, I guess. As long as it's not really scary or something..." She frowned, as Reno tried not to laugh at the irony of HER being afraid of scary movies.
"I don't think it is. Rude said it's about some lady watching a movie with her son, or something like that..."
"Well, that actually sounds kind of boring."
"Nah, I just can't remeber the rest. I bet it's really awesome."
"Okay." Tanis scooted out and turned toward Tifa, who was wiping down the bar. "Um...Mi- erm, Tifa? We're leaving okay?"
"Have fun!" Tifa called, with a mischievious smile. Suddenly, Reno was extremely glad none of the other members of Avalanche has shown up...
Rating: T
Genre: Humor/Romance
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing(s): Reno/OC
Summary: Blood Fire outtake. What did Reno and Tanis do on their date?
A/N: An outtake from a fic that has yet to be uploaded.
"Maybe it was on the next street over..."
Reno glanced up intime to see the girl in front of him frown in dissapointment. Despite the snow on the ground and the definite cold chill in the mid-December air, Tanis Valentine didn't seem to notice the weather. She wore her usual outfit, a black dress covered mostly by a too-big, dark-blue sweater with a black hood and same-colored sleeves that ended at her fingertips. The sweater ended about six-inches above where the actual dress ended at her knees. Her beige boots came up to mid-calf and striped blue-and-black stockings -a gift from Yuffie Kisaragi, the GREATEST ninja of all time (as she loved to proclaim)- ascended the rest of the way to her knees.
Normally, a dark-blue obi encircled her waist -under the sweater- and in it would rest her weapons. But today, she had forgone the obi and opted to just hold her two small shukusan fans -one with a black handle and pink cherry-blossam embroidery, the other brown-handled with light blue peony embroidery; named Sakura and Botan repectively- inside the big, front pocket of her hoodie. From experience. Reno knew that when either of these weapons were opened they revealed an iron-blade edge that could cut through almost anything with a deadly force.
Her main weapon, usually slung over her shoulder with a black cord, was today left behind at home. It was almost weird to see Tanis without Hinageshi, the giant fan with the blood-red handle and scarlet-hued poppies sprinkled across the iron-laced paper as embroidery. Tanis's favorite, and deadliest, weapon. The weapon Reno had often found himself on the receiving end of. And he had thought Tifa Lockhart was scary...
Unaware of this thought process, the girl sat down on a street bench with a small sigh and began to fiddle with the ends of her skirt. "Oh, dear...I could of sworn it was here!" Tanis glanced to the side as Reno flopped down beside her, casually dressed in blue jeans and a white t-shirt under his old blue uniform jacket. He glanced to the side and smiled.
"It's alright," he assured her. "Why don't we just head over to Spike and Bar-girl's place? They have good food and drink."
"I hope you mean soda," she muttered.
"Why? You're old enough to drink...I think..."
"Something like that, but the last time I even sipped wine I almost blew down the mansion with a hurricane I accidentally created."
"So...no alcohol for you then. How about hot chocolate?"
"Sounds great."
And so, that's how the unlikely couple found themselves sitting at a small booth in Seventh Heaven, trying valiently to fend of the knowing smiles Tifa Lockhart was shooting at them. Ever since the conversation she and Tanis had had upon entering, the martial artist had been doing that.
Flashback
With a delicate tinkling sound the door had oened to admit two new customers. Tifa Lockhart glanced up happily, and smiled at the two people who entered. She quickly moved around the bar and gave Tanis a hug. "Tanis! It's been awhile! What brings you here?" She asked.
Reno did admit, she had a right to be surprised. They had come all the way from Nimbleheim, just to go to her bar. But then, he himself had gone all the way from Edge to Nimbleheim in the first place just to ask the lovely girl beside him out to dinner...
"Reno brought me," Tanis replied, with a smile of her own. "Um, can we get a table, Miss Tifa?"
"Just Tifa, and of course!" Tifa exclaimed, leading them over to a booth. She watched both slide in on either side of the table, and seemed to finally register that Reno was, infact, there as well. Her eyes widened slightly, and her mouth formed an "oh", before breaking out into a bigger grin. She leaned down and glanced back and forth between the two, before her gaze landed on Tanis. "So," she stated, almost conversationally, "Reno brought you, hm?"
Tanis glanced up. "Yes." She replied. "I said that." She gave Tifa a confused look. The older girl just continued to smile.
"So that means you two came, together?" She asked. Tanis nodded, raising an eyebrow.
"Ye-es..." She said. "I think that was implied..."
Reno felt his head hit the table with a thump. He knew where this was going, and was cursing himself for not realizing this would happen.
"Like, on a date?" Tifa asked. By then, Tanis was starting to show signs of annoyance. Reno had to admit, the ghost-girl definately lasted a lot longer than he would have. He would have already bitten the Bar-Owner's head off and left. Infact, he would have already if it hadn't been for...
"Yes," Tanis replied, her voice taking on a terse note that strongly reminded Reno of her adopted brother. "Like on a date. Is there anything else, or can we eat now?"
"Sure!" Tifa chirped happily. "Infact, order whatever you want! It's on the house!" She then practically skipped (a moderately disturbing sight for Reno) off to the bar's back room.
"Eat fast," Tanis suggested. "I can almost hear the phone being dialed. Any second now Yuffie's going to come running in, conveniently out on an adventure rather than back in Wutai attending to her Princess duties, and then we'll never be able to leave."
"Or worse," Reno added, "she's calling Spike, who will come storming in demanding my intentions before chopping my head off with his giant sword."
"Nah. Cloud would just walk in, roll his eyes, and leave. It's Cid we have to worry about."
"Damn, and I thought MY friends were bad..."
End Flashback
(At least she's giving us dinner on the house, ) Reno thought with a grin. (More money for later.)
He glanced across the table at Tanis, who was steadily eating whatever it was she had ordered. He'd lost track after the second helping. The girl seemed determined to take advantage of Tifa's "free food" offer, and had already out-eaten him. But, Reno didn't really mind. At least he wasn't paying for it, and Tanis appeared content. That was all that really mattered.
"Hey, when you get through," he started, smiling as she glanced up, "we can go see a movie or something. You can still pick, if you want."
Tanis swallowed and nodded. "Okay. But you can pick, since I picked were we ate." Truthfully, she had no idea what he was talking about, but wasn't willing to admit it.
"Well, technically," Reno replied. "I picked in the end. But, oh well." He glanced away in thought. "Let's see..." He closed his eyes in thought. "I think...how about...um..." He opened his eyes and smiled again. "Yeah! I remember Rude saying that The Ring was playing!" He turned back to Tanis, who was giving him a dubious look. "He said it's supposed to be good! I've never actually seen it though..."
"O-ka-ay..." Tanis still appeared skeptical. "Well, we can go see that one, I guess. As long as it's not really scary or something..." She frowned, as Reno tried not to laugh at the irony of HER being afraid of scary movies.
"I don't think it is. Rude said it's about some lady watching a movie with her son, or something like that..."
"Well, that actually sounds kind of boring."
"Nah, I just can't remeber the rest. I bet it's really awesome."
"Okay." Tanis scooted out and turned toward Tifa, who was wiping down the bar. "Um...Mi- erm, Tifa? We're leaving okay?"
"Have fun!" Tifa called, with a mischievious smile. Suddenly, Reno was extremely glad none of the other members of Avalanche has shown up...