"It'd be the ultimate last minute betrayal if you did."

But no, he didn't think so. If there was any way for Rude to be there, he would be. Even if there was no way, he would still do it somehow.

Not that Reno wasn't relieved to see him anyway. With Rude there, the tension disappeared and he could relax. No matter what the hell was going on here, they could deal. Whether they lived in a cave or a mansion.

Instead of worrying, he could indulge in those feelings of affection - both natural and driven by drink - along with the warmth that seemed to be spreading all through him from Rude's drink. So, he took advantage of his position. He snaked his way further behind Rude and inched his lips so lightly from behind his ear to the back of his neck that sometimes it was hard to tell if it was only his warm breathe or if his lips grazed the skin there.

All the while he practically purred, a teasing edge to his voice, "You wouldn't to that, wouldja?"