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The Dead Don't Knock	By : trabeck89 Category: Final Fantasy VII > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 951 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Dawn breaks over the Sector 7 slums, signaling the end of Vincent and Red's shift guarding the roof. The pair returns to the basement to sleep. Vincent sleeps on the bar benches, across the room from Reno, and Red decide to sleep close to Reno for warmth.
Reno wakes up when he feels something warm lay next to him, his body turns towards it and moves closer to the warmth. He cracks an eye open and sees it's the dog know as Red XIII, he look around to find Vincent, wanting to make sure he is alright. 'I wish he would lay down here as well yo...'
Red XIII stretches his paws out and yawns. Red rolls and scoots his body against Reno. Almost as soon as Vincent falls asleep, Marlene comes down to the basement using the elevator. Marlene whispers and sits next to Vincent. "Mr. Vincent...Mr. Vincent?" Marlene clutches several books against her chest. "Can you play with me?" Vincent groans as he hears a tiny voice next to his ear. He sees Marlene's sweet face next to his. "Mm hm." Vincent agrees while still half asleep. Vincent rubs his eyes and sits upright. "What are you doing up, Marlene?"
"I couldn't sleep anymore! But Denzel is still sleeping, so I have no one to play with!" Marlene says as he climbs up on one of the barstools and begins to spin on it. Reno watches and feels bad for Vincent, knowing he must be tired. 'Why doesn't Cloud or Tifa play with her?'
"Do you want me to read the book you have there?" Vincent invites Marlene to sit down next to him. Once Marlene sits down, Vincent speaks softly to Marlene. "Where's everyone else?" Vincent asks Marlene.
"Tifa said they were going out to search the area!" Marlene leans against Vincent so she can see the book as well.
Vincent nods, satisfied with Marlene's answer. He flips through the book Marlene brought to him, and he smiles slightly. 'Ah, a book of poems...' Vincent finds a poem to read to Marlene, and he sees a poem he remembers from his childhood. "Would you like me to read 'The Bogus Boo'?" Vincent asks Marlene.
"Yes! Read it, please!" Marlene smiles as he leans her head against Vincent's shoulder, her hand playing with the end of his cape. Reno turns a ear toward Vincent's voice, wanting to hear the what Vinny's reading as well, he starts to pet Red's fur as he listens.
Vincent begins to recite the children's poem. He uses his voice's inflection to inspire Marlene's imagination.
"The bogus boo is a creature who
comes out at night, and why?
He likes the air, he likes to scare
the nervous passer-by!
He has two wings - pathetic things -
with which he cannot fly.
His tusks are fierce, yet could not pierce
the softest butterfly.
He has two ears , but what he hears
is very faint and small.
And with his claws on his four paws
he cannot scratch at all.
He looks too wise with his owl eyes,
his aspects grim and ghoulish.
But truth to tell, he sees not well
and is distinctly foolish.
The bogus boo - what can he do,
but huffle in the dark?
So don't take fright: he has no bite,
and very little bark!"
Marlene giggles at Vincent's voice. "I liked it! I love when you read to me, Mr. Vincent! You're the best!" She turns to hug Vincent tightly, looking up at him. "You look sleepy, Mr. Vincent." 'Of course he's tired, he hasn't slept! They put too much on him, not that you can blame her, she doesn't know but Cloud and them should do some more work so he can rest too yo!' Reno thinks to himself.
"Yes, I'm a little tired." Vincent leaves his explanation short, not wanting Marlene to worry about him. "Have you had breakfast yet? Are you hungry, Marlene?"
"I ate an apple and made me some toast! All by myself, Mr. Vincent!" Marlene puts her hands on her hips proudly. Reno smiles into his pillow, not able to deny the little girl's cuteness.
'Apples, I wonder how long we'll have that luxury...' Vincent's mind wanders. He knows the food supplies are running low. The apples were just a lucky find. "It sounds like you did a great job." Vincent sighs. "I do need to sleep, Marlene. You can play down here, as long as you play quietly." Vincent pats Marlene on the shoulders.
"Okay Mr. Vincent, I'll play in the corner! I promise I won't make too much noise!' Marlene gives Vincent a kiss on the cheek before climbing down and talking the small bag of toys she brought down with her to the far corner, away from everyone. Reno chuckles softly at Vincent's face when Marlene kisses him. "There's room down here yo.. It's more comfortable than up there.." Reno pats on the spot on the other side of him.
Vincent looks down at the mattress Reno and Red are sleeping on. He doesn't see much room left for even a small person. However, the prospect of sleeping on something soft gets the best of Vincent. He pulls a spare mattress next to the free space on Reno's sleeping area. Vincent lays down on the now larger mattress he made by putting both beds together.
Reno turns to face Vincent with a small smile, he hands Vincent the pillow he's been hugging all night. "Here ya go... You know, you were cute with her yo."
"She's like a daughter to me." Vincent turns on his side so he may face Reno while talking. "She's always had a fondness for me."
"I can tell yo, you're really great with her. And you tend to attract people to you, even if you don't want to yo." Reno lets out a yawn and rubs his eyes. "I don't know why I'm still sleepy."
"Sleep longer, if you want. You're not yet fit to be made to do anything." Vincent yawns. "I try to sleep all day, since I'm usually awake all night." Vincent fluffs the pillow given to him by Reno. His eyelids soon become so heavy that he cannot keep his eyes open any longer.
Reno nuzzles his face into the pillow, wrapping his arms around himself. "Have good dreams yo.. I..um..I guess I'll see you tonight."
Vincent sleeps for several hours without anyone bothering him. However, around noon, Vincent is awoken by the feeling of not being able to move. Red XIII had moved to sleeping in between Vincent's legs. Vincent tries to move back, but he's stopped by Reno, whom has moved too close to Vincent while sleeping. Vincent soon realizes that Reno is embracing him from behind, where he feels that Reno is attempting to neck with him. Vincent feels highly uncomfortable, more so because of Reno's unintentional affection.
Reno nuzzles his face into the soft hair, his lips pressing against the tender flesh underneath it; he smiles in his light sleep.
"Ahem..." Vincent clears his throat gruffly to wake Reno. 'What the hell is he trying to do? I know he's asleep, but...'
"Mmmm, Tseng." Reno moans softly, he holds on tighter to Vincent, his free hand petting Vincent's hair.
Vincent huffs sharply. He attempts to move away from Reno, but he's stopped by Red sleeping on him as well. Vincent moves his hair away from Reno's affections. Soon, however, Vincent feels something warm and hard against his bottom, an unmistakable erection coming from Reno's body. "Reno! Wake up." Vincent tries to wake Reno up again.
Reno moans as he's suddenly woken up, at first he thinks it's his lover till he remembers everything, making more tears fall as he moves away from Vincent. "I-I..I'm sorry y-yo.. I d-don't know what..I'm s-sorry." Reno curls his legs up as much as he can without pain to hide his arousal, waiting for it to leave.
"I know you miss him. I can even say that Tseng was a good man, but I'm not him." Vincent is finally free to move somewhat. He tries to turn on his back without waking Red XIII up. Red, however, has been awake the moment Vincent realized Reno was trying to caress him.
"I-I know you're not him.. I..was just dreamin' of him yo. I didn't m-mean to do that to you." Reno blushes from embarrassment, he plays with the pillow.
Vincent rubs his eyes and his stomach growls with hunger. He still hasn't had breakfast yet. "I know you didn't mean it. I...should make some lunch for us. I haven't ate since last night." Vincent stretches and rises from the mattress. Once Vincent is on the upper level, Red sits next to Reno. "I can tell you like him." Red says to Reno.
Reno wipes his eyes of tears and sniffs. "I-I like he as a friend, he's one of the only people here who doesn't hate m-me yo.. But I'm s-still in mournin'. I..can't take anyone n-now."
"So I heard...But, I saw the whole thing." Red scratches his ear and bites his toe nails. "Cloud acts the same way around Vincent." Red adds while shaking his fur vigourously. Vincent returns to the basement with three opened cans of corned beef hash, and one jar of pickles.
'So I'm...actin' that way? I don't mean to yo.. But Chocobo-head likes Vincent?' Reno turns to look at Vincent, his face still blushed. "Welcome back yo." Reno reaches into his pocket and pulls out the pill bottle, taking out two of them he quickly swallows them dry.
Red XIII wags his tail for the scent of beef. Vincent gives Reno and Red a can, and all three of them eat the corned beef hash directly from the can. Reno eats the quickest out of the three. For some reason, canned mystery meat tastes like a gourmet meal to him. Red places his paw on the side of the can in an attempt to lick and slurp out every last morsel of food. Vincent takes his time in eating, as he is still tired from staying up all night.
"Mmm, that was good yo! Thank you, Vincent!" Reno licks his fingers clean. "Is there anything ta drink down here yo, that I could hobble my way too?"
"There might be something in the small refrigerator, but it may not be cold." Vincent eats by holding the opened can to his lips and tilting his head back.
"I don't care if it's cold or not yo, I'm just thristy." Reno pushes himself up and hobbles his way to the small fridge, opening it and pulling out a bottle of tea. He opens it up and takes a sip, moaning at the refreshing taste, making his way back he carefully sits down and offers his drink to Vincent.
"Are you sure you don't want to drink more?" Vincent stares at the bottle Reno is holding in front of him. Vincent opens the glass jar of pickles, and Red is almost on top of the jar, grabbing a pickle directly from the jar. Red first licks the brine and juices from the pickle spears. Red then happily devours the pickle whole. Vincent, too, eats a pickle.
"I drank over half of it yo and you don't have anything, you need something to drink." Reno sets it in front of Vincent before grabbing a pickle and sucks on the end before he takes a bite.
"Thank you." Vincent drinks the rest of the bottled tea and seals the jar of pickles. "I would like for everyone to eat more, but the preserved food needs to be saved." Instead of going back upstairs, Vincent places the pickles in the refrigerator.
"It's alright, I don't eat much yo, I'm stuffed! I could fall back asleep, haha!" Reno says with a laugh, feeling like all he's done is sleep since he's been saved.
"You can go back to sleep. I plan on sleeping for a little while longer." Vincent cleans up the empty cans of corned beef.
Reno curls up on the mattress, this time with his back facing Vincent so he doesn't wake up embarrassed again. "I think it's runnin' for that week and all these pain pills yo, but the more I keep off my foot the better it heals, right?"
Vincent lays down on the mattress next to Reno. "That is the only way it will heal." Vincent looks down at Reno's injured foot. "In a couple of days, we'll change the bandage again."
"I guess I'll just have to find ways to entertain myself yo. Have good dreams, Vincent." Reno closes his eyes, his arms go to wrap around himself as he starts to fall sleep.
Soon, after Reno, Vincent, and Red fall asleep, the rest of the group returns to the bar. Vincent wakes up immediately. He knows he'll have to check the group for bites again. "Reno, you should come up with me." Vincent insists on Reno coming with him. He needs to show Reno the procedures for staying at the bar.
"Yeah, I should move for the day yo... Plus I have ta piss like a race horse!" Reno carefully pushes himself up and makes his way over to the elevator and waits for Vincent.
Vincent stands at the elevator with Reno, and Vincent begins to explain why he wants Reno to come upstairs with him. "Every time someone from the group comes from the outside, someone here is required to check the group for bites. You...may not remember, but Tifa and I did check you yesterday. You were in such shock, that I don't think you remembered anything directly after you had your injury."
Reno tilts his head as he tries to remember but nothing comes up. "No, I can't remember anything yo. But I've been stripped down so many times its normal for me!" Reno chuckles, he smiles over at Vincent. "You guys have this workin' like a well oiled machine."
"It has to be. We can't allow our complacency for one another to override being safe." Vincent and Reno greet Cid, Barret, Cloud, and Tifa just outside the door. "I have to check for bites. Everyone knows the routine."
Reno moves to sit down in a chair, knowing the others probably don't want him to see them naked. 'I hope this doesn't take long, I really have ta piss.' Reno thinks to himself. "Ya had ta bring 'im up, Vince?! I don' want no Shinra shit ta see me naked." Cid angrily says, pointing at Reno. "Don't worry yo, I wouldn't pay ta see ya naked!" Reno says with a smirk, making Tifa laugh.
"Reno does have to know the procedures, since he's going to be staying here for a month." Vincent looks down at the floor while everyone undresses. Once everyone is naked and standing in a row, shoulder to shoulder, Vincent checks everyone for bites. The only injury he sees are the scrapes on Cloud's knees, but they're clearly not bite wounds. "Everyone's free to go. Make sure you get that treated, Cloud. But, I'm sure I don't need to tell you twice."
'What am I gonna do after this month yo? But I can't use up their hospitality to long..' Reno pushes himself up and heads towards the bathroom slowly.
Everyone dresses themselves and Vincent returns to the basement. Before Reno is finished in the bathroom, Cloud waits for Reno to come out and he pulls Reno aside to speak to him. "I'm keeping my eye on you, Turk."
"Well, you're lucky, Chocobo-head, ya have such a lovely sight to look at yo! And if you haven't noticed, the Turks are no more, Shinra is no more, I'm just back ta bein' a slum rat again."
"What would stop you from betraying us?" Cloud crosses his strong arms. "Vincent has become too soft. The rest of us are going to be down your throat constantly...until you can prove yourself."
"I have nothin' left, Cloud. I lost most of my friends, my partner is most likely dead and I had ta fuckin' kill my own lover before he turned inta one of those things! Vincent took me in when I was seconds from death, I'm not gonna betray the trust he put in me yo!" Tears fills Reno eyes as he talks about Tseng, it still fresh in his mind.
Cloud grinds his teeth in anger. "Everyone has lost something here. You're not the only one." Cloud sighs to let his anger go. "You haven't proven yourself...yet. Go. Go back to the basement." Cloud waves his hands.
"I can't talk with ya, your hate for me is still ta strong, come find me when you see I'm just a man now yo." Reno hobbles passed Cloud, making his way to the jukebox, he presses the buttons he needs and heads down. 'I knew they wouldn't accept me yo.. At least I have Vincent and Red.'
Reno returns to the basement. Vincent is already asleep on the mattress, this time, Vincent has removed his cape. Vincent left his cape on the floor next to the mattress, so Red sleeps on Vincent's cape.
Reno heads over to the mattress and lays down, he can't help but look at Vincent's uncovered face. 'I must admit, he does look really beautiful yo.' Reno thinks to himself.
Vincent rolls on the mattress, causing Vincent's shirt to ride up slightly. A small part of Vincent's bare stomach is exposed, but Vincent is already sound asleep. Nothing will wake him at this point.
'Hmm, not bad yo.. He has a nice body, no wonder Cloud wants him so bad.' Reno fluffs his pillow, getting comfy and ready to sleep. 'Tseng, I miss you so much.. I wish you were here with me yo.'
Vincent sleeps for the rest of the day, but, like clockwork, Vincent wakes up around five in the evening. He loads his gun to head outside for the nightshift. Vincent checks outside and climbs the roof to get a better view of the horizon. 'They're coming...' Vincent sounds the alarm set by the group, which are firecrackers. The entire group scrambles outside to defend the perimeter placed around the bar. Through all of the activity, Reno still sleeps. Red XIII still sees that Reno is asleep, so he begins to drag Reno to the elevator by the collar. "Wake up! Here's the chance to prove yourself!"
"Urgh, wha'? S-stop draggin' me, I can..an move myself yo." Reno yawn and stretches his arms. "Now what do ya want, um Red?"
A large explosion rattles the entire bar, soon followed by another explosion. "It sounds like they brought out the big guns. Get your ass up! Everyone is already outside by now."
"I think Vincent took my gun yo! But I'll try my best ta help." Reno makes his way to the elevator and presses the buttons to go up, he hobbles over to the stairs. "Damn ya, stairs... I can do this, I have ta help Vincent." Reno slowly makes it up the stairs, he ends up panting once he gets up there and opens the door. "Wha' ya doin' out here, scum?! Ya no help!" Cid yells at Reno, who flicks Cid off and makes way to Vincent. "Give me my gun yo!"
Vincent returns Reno's gun, as well as giving Reno a rifle. "Use your pistol as a last resort." Vincent says as he blows the head off of a zombie. Barret also sits on the stairs. He scowls at Reno, but he can't complain since Reno is attempting to help. Cid and Cloud stand on abandoned cars inside of the protection of the wall. Cid reaches over the wall and spears the zombies in the head, while Cloud slashes and beheads the groaning monsters.
"Got it yo!"Reno loads the rifle and begins giving out perfect headshots, killing one that was making its way towards Cloud. He forgets any pain he feels as the feeling of battle fills him.
"Daddy?" A tiny worried voice calls out from the doorway of the bar. Marlene is worried for her father. Barrent hears his daughter calling for him. "Listen to your father! Stay inside, Marlene. Don't you dare come out here!" Barret yells to Marlene, not in anger, but in concern. He wouldn't know what to do if Marlene was hurt. Tifa wrangles Marlene away from the door while tossing an assault rifle towards Vincent. The fence surrounding the bar warps and bows as the dead press against it. Some zombies attempt to crawl under the fence, losing body parts as other zombies trample them. Several zombies succeed in crawling under the fence, many with missing legs or arms, even missing their entire lower half. The fowl odor from decaying blood and organs seems to coat the air like a thick fog.
"Damn!" Vincent shouts. "They're under the fence!" Vincent, Reno and Barret shoot as many of the dead as they can, while Cloud and Cid fight with their sword and spear. Red XIII jumps in by knocking the zombies off of their feet, making them easier to kill.
Reno quickly kills any zombies that get under the fence, he curses as he runs out of ammo. "Shit, I need more ammo yo!" Tifa throws him a new clip and he quickly reloads and shoots them down.
Tifa sees that the men are struggling to keep the dead away from the front door. The zombies slowly filter under the bowed fence, and Tifa has decided that she has had enough. She runs inside and returns outside with a 'homemade' flamethrower. Tifa slides a welder's mask over her face. "Get the fuck inside! Everyone!" The group try their best to retreat and Tifa unleashes a firestorm upon the unsuspecting horde. The dead wither under the flames, causing an unimaginable stench, rotting flesh, gasoline, grime, and soot. Truly reminiscent of the saying 'Hell on Earth'.
"Damnn! Now that's a woman yo!" Reno says with a smirk, as he falls into a chair, his foot sending hot signals of pain straight to his brain. "Fuck..." Reno takes the bottle out of his pocket and takes two pills.
Tifa and Vincent run inside and close the door quickly. Tifa takes off the welder's mask, revealing that the rest of her body is covered in ash and soot. Vincent, who used the end of his cape as a mask to breathe, also reveals that he too, is covered with black soot. Vincent and Tifa cough, the pungent air from outside still fills their lungs. "You two look as black as Barret's ass!" Cid lights a cigarette while wiping the viscous blood of the dead from his spear.
"Tif', that was amain' yo!" Reno smiles at here, he pats her on the back. "Thanks Reno, I wanted to help." Tifa keeps coughing, trying to get the soot out of her lungs.
Vincent wipes the soot away from his face and coughs. "We need...to clean up outside." Cloud, Cid, and Barret agree. "We'll clean up, you can rest." Cloud offers. Vincent, Reno and Tifa move away from the door. Cloud nods slightly, acknowledging Reno's bravery. "Not bad for a Turk." The men go outside to clean up the bodies and to fix the fence. Vincent and Tifa sit down on either side of Reno, and Red rests his head in Reno's lap. "You proved yourself to Cloud. That's a start." Red XIII praises Reno.
Reno pets Red's ears, smiling softly."Yeah, but it's gonna take alot more for Chocobo-Head ta trust me yo. But I'm glad ta help all I can." "You did well, once you are healed I can only imagine how much you can help us." Red says as he closes his eyes, loving his ears being petted
Vincent places his head down on the table. He quickly falls asleep at the table, and Vincent snores softly. He's already deep into sleep. "Let's leave him alone..." Tifa says in a whisper.
Reno can't help but smile at Vincent, finding his snoring cute. "He does so much yo.. He needs his rest." Reno slowly pushes himself up, limping to the elevator. "Ya wanna come, Red?"
"Yeah, I'll come with you." Red XIII scratches his neck and shakes his fur. Red follows Reno, sensing that Reno can be trusted.
Reno makes his way to the jukebox and enters the pass code; he rides it down with Red. "Ahh, I can't wait to flop down on a mattress yo."
"They're better than the floor." Red comments. He runs to lay next to the mattress and chews on it playfully. Once Reno lays down, Red sits on the mattress with him. "I saw how you looked at Vincent just a few minutes ago."
"Oh shut up, I can think he's cute but I'm not ready for anything. I just lost my lover a week ago, I...I miss his with all my heart and it's not ready to be filled by someone else, it may never be yo." Reno lays down on the bed, nuzzling into a pillow.
"You already have something in common with Vincent, then. There's nothing wrong with thinking someone is 'cute'." Red lays down with his paws spread out in front of him.
"Yeah, I'm sure all your other friends won't like me thinkin' Vincent is cute yo. I can already tell two of them like him." Reno turns to face Red, he itches his belly as he lets out a yawn.
"You mean Cid and Cloud? That's because they want what they can't have. They think Vincent is some sort of prize to be won." Red licks the edge of the mattress.
"Yeah, them yo. I'm not gonna get in between all that, I'd like to live!" Reno chuckles, he reaches out to pet Red's fur as he slowly falls asleep. "He's not a prize, he's worth more than that."
"I think Vincent is the 'Forbidden Fruit' to them." Red explains. "Everyone knows Vincent ignores flirtations. He acts differently with you." Red's paw twitches as Reno scratches him.
"Really? I..didn't know he acted different yo. And your fur is..really really soft." Reno says, drugged from the meds he took.
"I'm sure you'll notice it more as time passes. Let's go to sleep." Red sighs as Reno pets him. The petting lulls Red into sleep.
"Mmmm, sleep... That sounds good yo." Reno closes his eyes as he is lured to sleep, his hand still resting on Red's fur.
While Reno, Red, Tifa, and Vincent sleep, Cloud and the others work outside to clear out the burned bodies of the zombies. "Damn, they stink!" Barret holds his breath in an attempt to not breathe in the noxious fumes given off by the dead.
"Just breath through your mouth, we'll get over with this faster." Cloud says as he moves a body, cursing silently as it's guts spill out on his shoes. "Damn Cloud! We'll have ta find ya a new pair of boots!" Cid says to Cloud.
"And then, we'll have 'rselves a damn barbeque!" Barret throws a charred body over the fence. Cid scrapes up the spilled intestines with his spear. "Yeah a nice Korean style 'que!...Disgusting mother fuckers."
Cloud throws another other the fence with disgust, kicking the guts off his boots. "That sounds good, get back to somewhat normal." Cloud pauses for a moment to catch his breath, he watches the others throwing body parts.
Cid helps Cloud scrape the rotting innards from his boots. While Barret throws an incinerated leg over the fence, he spots a caravan driving slowly down the road. "Who the fuck is that?" Barret asks, wanting to get Cloud's attention.
Cloud looks up, wondering the same thing. "Survivors I'm guessing, but we can't take any more people."
Cid looks over the fence as well. "Who knows, who cares?" Cid shrugs it off until the caravan drives by the fence. The windows open to reveal topless women, trying to promote their wares. "God damn!" Cid coughs. "I don't know what would be worse, the smell of their pussies, or the zombies!" The women hear Cid's loud voice and drive away quickly. Some of the women spit and curse at Cloud, Cid and Barret.
"They were a little worse for wear. That's for sure." Barret agrees with Cid as the women drive down the road.
Cloud can't help but shake his head at them. "It wouldn't be their fault that they couldn't bathe, they are just trying to survive." Cid lights a cigarette and spits on the ground. "I wouldn't touch 'em even if they just bathed, who knows what they have, man!" Barret throws another body over the fence. "They could be infected too, and you'd never know until it's too late."
"There are more important things than sex now, just living is a journey." Cloud throws the last body over the fence with a grunt, slapping his hands together to clean them.
"Slum whores haven't changed much, then." Barret adds while wiping his brow. "Now, let's fix this fence. It's gettin' dark."
~ the poem's author is James Reeves.~
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