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Old Card Players Never Die....

Nov 22, 2009 21:20

Who: Cloud Strife (backing_wind) and Rufus ShinRa (rufuself)
When: Sunday evening of Week 44
Where: Rufus's Room, 5-C
Summary: Rufus offers to teach Cloud some of the finer points of poker playing, as Cloud has expressed interest in organizing Poker Nights... discussion ensues....
Rating: Maybe a mild R?
Warnings: Possible suggestive language, with these two you just ( Read more... )

rufus shinra, cloud

Comments 5

backing_wind November 23 2009, 02:29:48 UTC

Cloud looked up from studying the cards to study Rufus instead. His expression was calm, and slightly quizzical.

"After spending a week naked, does it really seem exciting anymore?" Then he frowned a little and looked back to the cards. "Well, you were only around for half of that week, but still..."

rufuself November 23 2009, 02:34:57 UTC

Ohhh-kay, that was new. Rufus raised an eyebrow at Cloud.

"Given how things have changed since then, it does seem perfectly amusing--yes," he retorted good-humouredly, choosing to bypass the comment about half the week. Let's not go there, shall we? "So wait now. You remember that? Is this week's experiment something involving re-routing neural pathways, then?"

He set down the two cups and took his seat, grabbing half the deck and starting to shuffle the way Reno had taught him: a double shuffle, first one direction then the other, all without moving his hands much at all.

backing_wind November 23 2009, 03:55:16 UTC

Cloud looked up at Rufus again, briefly, before looking at the floor. He usually managed to put up a brave front, but being confronted with evidence of his hopelessly faulty memory had always been painfully embarrassing. At least he had the option of not remembering the situation later...

Well, usually he did.

"Probably not." Everyone else seemed normal, anyway. A functional set of memories was supposed to be a good thing, he guessed, but Cloud found it really unnerving. At least they only encompassed the last few months... He reached for his cup of whiskey and quietly tossed back the whole thing.

rufuself November 24 2009, 01:02:05 UTC

Rufus reached out and carefully put a hand over Cloud's on the cup.

"Something's got you unsettled this evening," he said quietly. "What is it? I didn't mean to sound like an asshat by what I said."

backing_wind November 24 2009, 03:29:40 UTC

Cloud had a lot of trouble meeting Rufus's eyes, but made himself do it anyway. He'd called the guy his half-brother, killed or attempted to kill him three times, slept with him, and forgotten it all repeatedly.

"Well, I kinda deserve it, don't I."