Blame Game // Reno (EDITING)

― 04. welcome to shinra

   "U-uh let me just grab these and I'll... get ready." she grabbed a pile of clothes and booked it back towards the bathroom and prayed there was something in the pile she liked.

   Once she had the door closed she wanted to slide down and cry tears of embarrassment. She's internally cursing herself for not paying more attention to the time- and now a guy she'd known for a less than a day saw her close to naked. Melody wanted to curl up in a ball and pretend it never happened. However, she had a feeling he'd have a comment to make about the encounter.

   She took her nice sweet time getting ready, or just getting dressed. Her other toiletries were still in her suitcase including some makeup she was able to grab. Melody looked at herself in the mirror, her nose scrunched in disgust as she did a turn checking herself out. A plaid skirt with a white long sleeve. In her rush last night she didn't have the clarity to grab her favorites. Maybe someone would go back for her...

   Taking a deep breath and being content, and bracing herself in a way, Melody finally pushed the door open to walk out to meet Reno. He didn't appear to be paying attention as his back was turned to her as he stared out the window. It wasn't until she started to put things away shifting around that he turned, eyes going to her skirt.

   "Hey." he said quietly with pink dusted onto his cheeks, "glad you're clothed."

   Melody was sure she was bright red the second those words left his mouth and it was worse that he was too, "sorry about that, I lost track of time."

   "No no, I walked in without much of a warning. Don't apologize."

   It was hard not to feel awkward. Awkward was beginning to become the perfect way to describe the two of them together and their encounters. Melody looked down so she didn't have to make eye contact with Reno, "so uh, do we have to do something today?"

   "Not really but I doubt you want to sit in here all day."

   "What else could I even do?" she asked him making a face. The thought of wandering aimlessly around the Shinra building was not appealing (though neither was being here).

   "You mean we?" Reno smirked, "But not a lot really. Once you start working it's pretty much all you'll do."

   "Well you clearly have something on your mind then." Melody crossed her arms and tilted her head at him.

   "I'm hungry. Surely you are. So I'm thinking I show you around a bit. Once you don't need me on your case everywhere you go, there's some floors you're allowed."

   "That sounds good.." it was a lie. The last thing she wanted to do was walk around sight seeing, she'd rather stay in this room to wither away.

   "You ready then?" he nodded his head toward the door,

   "Uh one second let me do something with my hair," Melody didn't have to look as she loosely braided her hair as if they were low pigtails. It was quick because honestly she didn't care, there was no one she was out to impress. She hated when her hair was wet, it took hours to dry. After, she reached for her mary janes and slid them on, "I'm good now."

   "Perfect, after you." he motioned his arm toward the door.

   Melody was hesitant at first but with the supportive smile from Reno she was able to walk towards the door and open it. Something that normally she wouldn't get to do she assumed.

   "We may have to have an agreement that at ten, no being in a towel." his voice said in a joking tone from behind her.

   "Sounds good to me." she said with tiny smile as she then watched Reno slide a key card on a system next to the door. She knew that was what kept her locked in. Was this room she was staying in made to only be locked from the outside?