Burning Desires

A/N: Oh my goodness I haven't uploaded in a loonnnnngggggg time! But now I'm back for now and have more chapters! yay! :3

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Reno didn’t say much to Vincent after leaving the clinic. He just wanted to make it home fast enough, give Vincent a bath, give him his drugs, and rest. Maybe he was just pissed off about spending so damn much today. Then again, he knew it would be worth it.

When they stepped into the house, they found Rude in the same spot they had left him. He was slouched over more this time and his eyes were glued to the television. Reno scoffed, threw Rude’s car keys next to him and led Vincent to his room where he put the drugs and bags of clothes on his bed.

He eyed Vincent before motioning to Vincent to follow him in the bathroom, where Reno began taking off Vincent’s clothes. “I’m gonna give you a bath. You’re probably pretty dirty after 3 days of not having one.” Reno put the blame on himself for once. How could he forget a simple task such as bathing? He threw Vincent’s clothes on the ground and began to fill the bathtub with water, which instantly grabbed Vincent’s attention.

Vincent reluctantly stuck his hand under the faucet, letting the water pour onto his hand. He heard Reno say ‘stay here’ but paid no attention. He was more fascinated by the water. He remembered being washed by those other people. It was almost the exact same thing except it was outside and the water was cold and didn’t look as clean. This made Vincent wonder. Why was he getting pampered like this?

Reno came back with a set of clean clothes for Vincent to wear and set them on the counter. Walking over to Vincent, he tapped Vincent’s shoulder to get his attention. “You goin’ in or what?” He nodded to the bathtub.

“Is this for me Master?” Vincent questioned, pointing to the tub.

“Of course. Why? Is this all new to you too?” Reno looked confused as Vincent nodded in reply.

“I’ve had… something like this.” Vincent exclaimed, looking back at the tub and putting his hand into the water. “But I like this better. It’s warm and not out there.”

“Out there? You mean outside?” Reno asked. “You mean to tell me that… They washed you outside with cold water?”

“Yes.”

Reno shook his head. “Well I’m not like them.” Reno said, which caused Vincent to look up at him. “From now on… I’m teachin’ you different. No more being a Pet alright? I don’t care what they taught you or what the rules in that goddamn book say, you’re gonna do what I teach you to do, just like Athia said. Got it?”

Vincent blinked, unable to comprehend what Reno was saying. “…But-”

“No but’s. What you’re doing is not right! You need to act like a normal human being! Not some pet for someone to play with!”

The room fell silent. Vincent continued to look at him with a confused look on his face. He didn’t understand. He couldn’t figure out why his Master wasn’t following the rules. Vincent was taught that his Master would follow the rules. No… he wanted… to teach me different. Vincent thought. He knew Reno wouldn’t punish him or send him back. Reno just wanted him to be the way he wanted him to be. Vincent looked back at Reno and smiled. “Okay.”

Reno sighed in relief. “Phew… good. Let’s give you a bath now.”

After the water was turned off and Vincent got in, Reno used a cup to pour water on Vincent. He instantly noticed all the dirt that was flowing into the water. Vincent obviously didn’t get a bath everyday, and it probably wasn’t a good one. Once Vincent’s hair was wet enough, Reno poured some shampoo in his hand and lathered it into Vincent’s hair. He continued the process of washing through his hair and washing his body, which he had to do twice since there was so much dirt on him.

When he was done, Reno had Vincent get out and began drying him off. After he was dry, he put lotion on the rashes Vincent had. Next, Reno put on his clean clothes and at the same time showed Vincent how to do it. He let Vincent wear boxers this time instead of the women’s underwear. It had to be uncomfortable after while. The t-shirt and pants was replaced with a black sweatshirt and sweatpants which Reno figured would be comfortable to lie in. He left the bathroom to throw his clothes into his room and also grab the bag with the medication in it and walked into the kitchen with Vincent following him. He eyed the bottle after he took it out, making sure to know what the dose Vincent was to be getting.

“Is that for me too Master?” Vincent asked, interrupting Reno’s thoughts.

“Yes.” The red head replied, shaking two pills onto his hands before closing the bottles. “You have to swallow these for me, okay?” Vincent nodded and Reno grabbed a glass from the cabinet and filled it with water. He gave them to Vincent and showed him how to do it. “All you have to do is put this, on your tongue and swallow it with the water you drink. Think you can do that?” Vincent nodded again and did what Reno showed him and was easily able to do it.

After the pills were done, Reno grabbed the rule book to finish reading and went to lie on the couch. Vincent did as well, collapsing on top of Reno.

“Master, I’m tired.” He mumbled.

“You’re going to be.” Reno said, stroking Vincent’s head and running his fingers through the now untangled hair. “The pills are going to make you drowsy so you can fall asleep if you have to.”

“What’s drowsy?”

“Sleepy, tired.”

“Oh.”

~~~~~

Not to long after they retreated to the couch, Vincent was fast asleep. Somehow Reno kept his eyes glued to the book which helped him read through it faster than before. Although, he had to briefly pause at certain points, disgusted by what he read. Not only did these ‘Pets’ have nothing to do with what was advertised by the company, the ways to go about punishing and taking care of them was unbelievable. The Pets were not allowed to speak out of turn, they do as their told, their only allowed two meals a day, they eat on the floor, sleep on the floor, and make no noise when their being ‘used’. If any of the rules were broken, the Master would have to use punishment by means of beating, cutting, a blunt object, throwing them outside for a night without anything, and the list goes on.

After a few moments, Reno slammed the book shut and placed it on the table next to him. There. He was done. He no longer had to question Vincent’s actions or his lack of education. In Reno’s mind, Pets were to be treated as machines, objects. Nothing more nothing less. He found himself, rubbing Vincent’s back and staring at his face. There was nothing mechanical about him. He was human like himself and doesn’t deserve that kind of treatment. Reno smiled bringing up his hand from Vincent’s back to his head, getting his fingers lost in the silky black hair.

“There’s something about you that I don’t see in anyone else.” Reno whispered, ignoring his mind saying that what he said was completely cheesy. He used his right hand to play with Vincent’s tag on his collar. “If only… hmm?” Upon flipping the tag over, Reno noticed some engravement on that side as well. He unlatched the collar from Vincent’s neck to take a better look at the back.

“Vincent Valentine.” Reno read out loud. He looked down at Vincent’s sleeping figure. “Now I finally have somethin’ to call you.” The collar was placed to the side and Reno grabbed Vincent gently to pull him up so his head was closer to his. He placed a kiss on Vincent’s head and laid his chin on him. “Vincent…”

~~~~~

“Aw! How cute!”

“Larrisa…”

“But Rude! Look how cute they are!”

Reno’s eyes fluttered open, the voices of Rude and his girlfriend slapping him awake. He rubbed his eyes and glanced behind him to see Larrisa and Rude, who just walked in. “What time is it?” the red-head mumbled.

“It’s seven past five.” Rude replied.

“Damn… did I fall asleep?”

“No. The sun turned off to have a coffee break.”

Reno smirked. “Smart-ass.” He tried getting up, forgetting about Vincent weighing him down. He slumped back onto the couch. He could forget grabbing something to eat or going to the bathroom for the time being. Heck, the TV remote was out of his reach. Reno sighed and Larrisa came up to him.

“He’s one tired little guy. Is he figuring out how to go ‘potty’ yet?” She snickered.

Reno frowned. “Hmm… If Rude told you about that then I’m sure he told you about how he raped him.”

“WHAT?!” Larrisa screamed. She looked over her shoulder towards Rude, her face full of anger. Reno laughed softly behind her as he noticed Rude’s sunglasses slide down his face. “How could you do that to such a cute man?! Besides, since when were you into men?!”

Rude stood silent and before he could say a word, his girlfriend grabbed his ear and dragged him into his room.

“I’m going to teach you a lesson young man!” Reno heard Larrisa say before the bedroom door slammed. He couldn’t contain his laughter, wishing he could see what she was going to do to him. The shaking of his body, however, woke Vincent. As soon as he saw Vincent stir, he calmed himself down and patted Vincent on the head. “Sleep good, Vincent?”

Vincent looked up into Reno’s eyes, hearing his name for the first time in years. He smiled and nodded, lifting himself off of Reno who also raised himself up. “Vincent…”

“That’s your name isn’t it?” Reno questioned, seeing the slightly confused look in Vincent’s eyes.

“Yes. It’s just… It’s been a long time. I forgot it.”

“I can imagine, especially with all the other stuff they put in your head.” Reno smiled, patting Vincent’s head again. “You hungry?”

Vincent nodded and soon was staring at a plate with a sandwich on it. After Reno showed him how to eat it, the sandwich was soon gone and Vincent received another which was also eaten within minutes.

“Like it?” Reno asked from across the table, munching on his own food. He glanced over to Vincent who had a mouthful of bread and turkey.

“Hmmhm.”

Reno chuckled. He watched as Vincent gobble down the rest, clearly enjoying this new type of meal. He was so cute and Reno couldn’t imagine why no one else saw it within Vincent. It was something about Vincent that Reno usually saw when he first liked a certain girl. The way they smile or laugh when… wait. Do I like Vincent? Reno questioned that thought. Vincent was attractive, cute and adorable as he continuously notices. Vincent liked him, but Reno never thought about having the same feelings as Vincent.

Crimson eyes watched as Reno continued to stare at him from the other side of the table. “Master?”

Reno snapped out of his trance, seeing Vincent slightly curious. “Hm? Sorry, I didn’t mean to stare at you.”

Vincent’s smile slowly became a chuckle, using his hand to cover his laughter.

“What’s so funny?”

“Hehe… your face. It looked funny Master.”

“Oh sure, make fun of me.” Reno laughed with Vincent.

Vincent never felt so happy before and now he was with someone who would treat him better and with more respect. Still, he knew something would happen eventually. The people at the company would have never given him up that easily.


A/N: I think these next few chapters are going to be shorter than what I wanted them to be.. >.<