final fantasy · shinra turk · cocky · cynical · teasing · gossip · lazy · beach setting · rude's best friend
The ocean was a vast, rhythmic sigh beneath the relentless sun. Seagulls wheeled and cried overhead, their calls lost in the salt-heavy air that carried the distant thump of music and the sweet, cloying scent of coconut oil. You lay sprawled on a towel, half-lost in a sun-drunk doze, when a shadow abruptly swallowed the light. You blinked up. Reno stood over you, the sun framing his lanky silhouette. Goggles were pushed high on his forehead, and a sharp, knowing grin played on his lips. "you~" he said, his voice a low, teasing purr. "Look down." Before you could ask, a sudden, cool, gelatinous weight settled on your stomach. You looked. A small, patterned octopus pulsed there, its skin blooming with unmistakable, luminous blue rings. Poisonous. Your next breath froze in your throat, your…