For Reeve

[emovampboy]

When it came to use of his phone, Vincent was very much like Cloud. He left it on, received messages and listened to or read them, but quite rarely responded. The few times he did respond tended to be if he deemed an actual answer to be required, or when from time to time Marlene got hold of Cloud or Tifa's phone and contacted him. Since it was so rare for her to do so, he always took it as a good thing to answer.

Which meant he had answered when she called him a few days after a message from Tifa asking him to come to a party for the girl, which he had ignored; his first mistake. Once answered, the girl had spent several minutes speaking to him, until suddenly springing the question of if he were coming to her party and making it quite impossible for him to really say no without seeming like a total heel, and so he agreed to go; his second mistake. And then he had made his third mistake - actually going.

At first, it really wouldn't have seemed to have been a bad idea. He knew everyone who was invited, how they acted around one another, and that Tifa would keep the whole group from going completely crazy over the course of the night, but he had not expected having to assist in breaking up one of Cloud and Barrett's squabbles when the woman had to leave for a short time to fetch something, and honestly he was glad that Reeve was invited and could help diffuse the situation with; especially when Yuffie and a very unhelpful Cid decided it would be a great idea to bet on who would win if they actually took to fistacuffs over whatever stupid thing it was this time which set them off.

All of this had left him rather done with company, and as soon as Tifa was back to be the adult in the situation, he'd snuck outside for some relative peace and quiet.

Comments

[emovampboy]

"No." Vincent reaches up and toys with the collar of his cloak. "Not messed it up. Just... you seem to understand this better than I do."

[plate_builder]

"I've been around the block a few times," Reeve answers with a shrug. "But I don't want to change you. I just want your time. A chance at your heart."

Which is awkward. "This isn't how I would have told you. It's put me off my balance."

[emovampboy]

"You wouldn't have told me." It's not accusatory, but a fact. "You only said a word because you were drunk, didn't you?"

[plate_builder]

"If I had chosen to act, it would have been an action rather than words," Reeve admits with a shrug. "And you're not wrong. There was no reason to believe speaking would result in anything. And look where talking has gotten me. To a point where you half look like you're going to flee."

Which is perfectly okay and understandable and Reeve will go home and mope. But as it is, he moves a step closer, closing some of the distance. "I wouldn't have said it. Making such a risky admission to a man like you should be something more than words."

[emovampboy]

Well, it was certainly true he felt like running, but he was a bit more disciplined now than in the past. And something Reeve said amused him vaguely.

"Amusing... if you hadn't have been drunk I had actually debated kissing you last night instead."

[plate_builder]

Oh dear. That gives Reeve a moment of pause. Because he could imagine in. That's got a flutter in his heart and he likes it.

"You? Vincent Valentine, cautious and thoughtful and dare I say shy, were considering such a thing? Strange, I can't imagine a window where you would have had a chance before I was given alcohol. What would have prompted that?"

As he asks he's been moving closer, closing the space between them again. He doesn't like having personal conversations with so much space.

[emovampboy]

"I don't know." Vincent keeps an eye on Reeve, but he can at least give a little. "Or, more accurately, I don't know entirely. You just seemed like you needed some sort of assurance."

[plate_builder]

"I admit I would have enjoyed that," Reeve shrugs. "Except it would have been the wrong way around. I'm the experienced one. I'm supposed to seduce you. If anyone should be stealing a kiss, it should be me, shouldn't it?"

At this point he's just about closed the space between them. Close enough for his hand to reach out and rest on a cheek. It's almost amazing how soft Vincent's skin is. And this is probably stupid. Oh well. He's got curative materia on him, he can take care of an instinctive lashing out. One of the rules of Shinra was not to catch a Turk off guard. He was about to break that.

"Aren't spies supposed to steal things?"

With that he leans in to place a light kiss on Vincent's lips. Slow enough, of course, that Vincent has more than ample time to see it coming and push him away.

[emovampboy]

Vincent is ready to point out that kissing someone who is drunk is not exactly appropriate, when he realizes precisely what Reeve is up to - is allowed to realize - and stops.

He doesn't even pull away, or push, or anything Reeve might expect. Just lets it happen, hesitating a moment or so before returning it cautiously.

[plate_builder]

A good starting point, not getting shoved away. Especially since the way they're standing he'd be shoved into the cart which means into the coffee and that would be a horrid loss. Minor compared to the softness of Vincent's lips, but a loss all the same.

Granted Reeve has no intention of letting the kiss linger too long, or get too far. Because if he does, well, he imagines he'd enjoy that too much. The fact that it was returned at all is heartening, and with that comfort he pulls back, unable to help the smile on his lips. He is, though, able to keep himself to only a low chuckle over how surprised he is to have been allowed that.

"Had I been sober, and confident, that is how you would have known. Words seem a bit... lacking when I think about you. There's no proper way to describe how you captivate me, Vincent."

[emovampboy]

There was no reason to push, considering he had, in a way, started things with his comments. And it wasn't like the gesture went so far that it would make him uncomfortable enough to do so, although there is a vague sense of question if that really just happened.

There's also a small raise of the brow at the remark, and as he speaks Vincent folds his arms as he seems to do often enough. "Are you often more action than word when you like someone?"

He says no more, but there's an obvious question he's leaving out: or is it just with me?

[plate_builder]

"Yes," Reeve admits with a chuckle. "For all that I'm a planner and talker with just about everything else, but in some matters, I have to keep myself from overthinking. Which I would. Have."

This whole stumbling conversation is because he's been thinking too much. "That being said, I find the lack of words more acute around you, Vincent."

[emovampboy]

"Huh." Well, it's interesting information at least, and Vincent nods a little. "I suppose I'm difficult to speak with sometimes."

[plate_builder]

"Everyone is difficult to speak with at one point or another," Reeve counters before returning to sit on the edge of his bed. Perhaps he should give Vincent space. But right now, he's enjoying the company while it is available to him. "But you're easier than most people I know. Except for this morning apparently."

[emovampboy]

"That's..." Vincent pauses, knowing he doesn't need to say anything but he does feel like he should. "I'm not so good at things like this. Too used to being on my own."

[plate_builder]

"I understand that," Reeve understands. "And I will neither be surprised nor upset if you leave town tonight. I imagine after the party you're more than excited to be away from Edge and all the noise here."

There's a warm chuckle in his voice. He's not offended. In a way he almost envies Vincent. "If I could I know I would disappear for a few days. I might consider stealing another kiss before you leave, provided it wouldn't be unwelcome."

Only blush I got

[emovampboy]

"I've rented the room another night for a reason." He remarks, before turning to grab his glass of juice and hide the faintest bit of embarrassment at the remark about another kiss. "And you've already rescheduled everything."

It's a very lovely blush. I don't have any for Reeve

[plate_builder]

"I could stand to have a day off," Reeve admits with a chuckle. "And little of today was amazingly important. You have no obligation to see me today either. Take the time to see Edge if you wish. Or to stealthily linger near Cid's room and laugh at his hangover."

But time with Vincent would be lovely.

My guess is it came from a dojin ... and probably a sea scene

[emovampboy]

"I'd end up with a headache if I did that." He muses a little, turning back once he's calmed down some. "Although I admit I'm unsure what we are to do together the whole day."

Indeed I expect

[plate_builder]

"Oh there are a list of things I could come up with," Reeve mumbles because he can. None of them are appropriate by any stretch. "You have no obligation to see me all day, Vincent. But I imagined I would enjoy another walk with you, far away from AVALANCHE and other obligations."

But mostly he wants to take Vincent somewhere nice. He had plans and needs time to get it set up. There are beautiful places here still, and he intends to share them.

[emovampboy]

Vincent gives Reeve a deadpan look, not because he doesn't get or hasn't thought of some of those same things, but because there's no good answer to it; at least not one that comes directly to mind.

Yet he does eventually find words. "A walk is fine, but I believe what you are suggesting is a night time activity."

[plate_builder]

Truly? That's how Vincent is going to protest? Reeve chuckles again, shaking his head. "No, it's not, Vincent. Passion takes place at all times, in all ways, whenever two people can't keep their hands from each other. But you strike me as a man who is capable of great restraint."

Vincent, you've opened a door here for Reeve to flirt, and he is going to walk through it.

[emovampboy]

"You......" Yeah, no, he doesn't have a response to that. It's probably pretty obvious just how bad he is at this.

[plate_builder]

"And to think, this isn't even me being suave," Reeve smiles, and there is a touch of mischief on his face. "Don't worry, I have no intention of prying you from those clothes. I'm a reasonable man, and I almost fear the kiss alone would have sent you fleeing. Too soon no doubt. What I want, though, is hopefully more reasonable. There's a place I go when I need to be alone, to think. I think you'd like it."

There you go, a reasonable offer.

[emovampboy]

"Suave and dirty-minded are two completely separate things." Vincent wonders if Reeve would even be able to figure his outfit out. At least he knew he'd have the patience to try, not that it matters at this time. "What sort of place?"