MHA #1, Aka Reno _And_ Rikku-Land, Friday Evening

[the_merriest]

Reno had assured her that she didn't need to clean for Rude, that Rude was used to his messes, but Rikku liked cleaning. She hadn't seen Rude in ages! This was going to be fun

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[turk_mailman]

Tseng, of course, had a touch of unfinished business to settle. Unfinished business that had been temporarily tabled by a very small version of the woman that he'd taken out to dinner quite recently, and yes, he was still working on getting his head around that, but at least now he was finally on track.

On track, and rapping his knuckles against the door of Reno's apartment.

Work to do. There was always work to do.

[the_merriest]

Oooh! A knock meant maybe Rude had beat Reno here! Rikku swung the door open with a cheery smile, one that changed as her jaw dropped and she took in the face of her visitor.

"Tseng," she breathed. He was coming, too?! Nobody told her anything!

And a moment later, she was totally grinning again, except this time she was reaching out to hug him. "I'm so glad you came!"

The last she'd heard, they weren't even talking! Okay, she and Tseng had had their differences -- a lot of them -- but he was important to Reno. Very important. And he was here.

[turk_mailman]

... Tseng hadn't been anticipating two things. First, he hadn't been expecting Rikku. Leviathan only knew why he hadn't been. This Island and Rikku were Reno's two... things.

And, naturally, he hadn't been expecting the hug. What in the world was he supposed to do with a hug?

Stand there somewhat stiffly. That would do.

"Hello, Rikku." Yep. Still standing there. "Reno wouldn't happen to be in, would he?"

[the_merriest]

"Nope," Rikku said, releasing him without much fuss. He wasn't a huggy kind of guy. She got that. "He'll be back soon, though. I thought you might be him, until you knocked. Please, come in."

Come in, Tseng! Marvel at the apartment! Because it sure didn't look like Reno's quarters used to.

[politely_terse]

When he knocked, Rude had a small overnight bag and a bottle of whiskey with a bow on it. He set the bag down and waited stoically for Reno to answer the door.

[the_merriest]

It wasn't Reno who answered the door, and her response was far from stoic.

"Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!"

Tackleglomp: INCOMING!

Oh, like Rude minded being hugged by a cute blonde.

[politely_terse]

If Rude was surprised to see her there, he didn't show it. At least, not so you could tell while his shades were on. He stood there and took the hug, and patted her back gently.

"It's... good to see you, too."

[the_merriest]

"Of course it is," Rikku beamed. "And it'll be even better to see Reno, when he gets here. He'll be back soon. He miiiiisses you. You know, I can sleep on the couch if you guys need to snuggle."

[give_areason]

Rosalind was... equal parts sure that this was a disastrous idea and would turn out to be a profitable, in some sense of the word, evening. If nothing else, it made Elena pleased to be included.

If if it was, in the words of the small girl holding her hand 'just stupid Turks stuff and would probably be boooooring'.

She supposed she ought to be glad enough that Elena hadn't kicked Tseng in the shins when she'd found him and informed him of the informal meet up of--all Turks on the island, plus little sister.

All of which brought her around to: knocking on the door, boss and sibling in tow, and feeling utterly awkward and vaguely wishing she could go and... read.

Yes. Read.

[ponytailedturk]

Tseng, of course, wasn't about to have any of it. He'd insisted, after all, that he should meet this alternate Reno, and he was still holding out some vague hope that the other 'Tseng' who had made arrangements with the hotel was not him.

And it had seemed that the most effective way to deal with both at least one of those goals was to accompany Rosalind to this 'Reno's apartment this evening.

He idly straightened out his tie as he waited for the door to be answered. And he was not at all anxious about this meeting in the least, thank you.

... Informal though it might be.

[wee_elena]

Elena was booooooooored already. Which explained why she was swinging Rosalind's hand and idly kicking at the door frame.

Rosalind was her sister, and she had to share her with all these stupid Turks. They weren't even interesting.

Elena was going to be especially charming tonight, it would seem.

[politely_terse]

Awwwww, wee little rookie!

Rude loomed over her and cleared his throat. "Hello."

[findingelena]

Apparently there was some kind of Turk party going down. Hey, this might be awkward, but it would still be interesting, right?

So Elena was here. She wasn't expecting Reno's hyper, bouncy girlfriend to open the door, but she should have. Naturally she'd be here.

Elena settled in, reminding herself not to swear in front of her younger self. Or talk about her sex life.

[raspberryturk]

Okay, so, there were some people that Reno had been expecting, easy. Rikku, for a start. Rikku lived there. And Rude, on account of his being Rude.

But when Reno walked through the door of his apartment to see seven people all chilling out in his living room, there were two thoughts that crossed his mind.

First: Hide the porn.

... What? He was a grown man. He was allowed to buy a few magazines now and again.

And second?

"What the shit?"

He was seeing double, here.

[politely_terse]

Rude actually pulled down his shades so that his eyes could meet Reno's.

"Fandom the shit," he explained.

[raspberryturk]

Naturally, Reno swooned. Rude had such gorgeous eyes.

"Daaamn. I love this friggin' island," Reno whistled, shooting a grin Rude's way.

All other individuals in the room were going to be temporarily very thoroughly ignored while Reno stashed the magazines in a nearby closet, the bag full of groceries next to the kitchen doorway, and then made his way over to clap his partner on the back.

"How you been, Rude?"

[politely_terse]

"Busy."

Rude wasn't going to SAY any more than that, but what he MEANT was, "I'm lonely and I miss you. When are you coming home?"