All I Want for Christmas
A Final Fantasy VII Ficlet by Lazra

Rating: PG
Category: AU
Pairing(s): Cloud/Reno
Warnings: None
Summary: Out of the mouths of babes...
Notes: A crack muse got me.

"Daddy?"

Cloud looked down from his morning paper to see his little daughter gazing at him with bright hopeful eyes. Reno sat beside him at the table, munching toast. "What is it, sweetie?"

"I know what I want for Christmas!"

Cloud put the paper down and opened his arms to let Kin jump into his lap. The three of them had decided to write Christmas wishlists, but Kin was having a hard time deciding what she wanted.

Her Uncle Rufus would try to pile stuff on her like every year. Cloud and Reno had put their foot down the first year and limited him to one toy and a few necessities. It had backfired spectacularly.

"Rufus, since when is a private jet a toy?!"

"Well, I had one at her age. Not to worry...I did get her some necessities too."

Cloud highly doubted that a truckload of designer infantwear was a necessity. After that they had to specify the rules. If she can't pick the toy up by herself, then no, and only enough clothes for a week.

But Kin had discovered that big eyes and batting lashes turned her uncle to mush, and he would give her anything she asked for. This displeased her parents, as it disrupted their plans to not spoil her rotten.

And at times like Christmas and birthdays, she was faced with literally a world of choices, but she had to pass them by her parents first.

Kin scrambled into her father's lap and swiped his last bite of toast. "An' I know you'll let me have 'em 'cause Mommy said I was gonna get some anyways." She nibbled the toast.

"Oh really?" Cloud looked over at Reno, who shrugged in equal puzzlement.

"Yep." She swallowed the toast and reached for his orange juice. "I want tits for Christmas," she announced and took a drink.

Reno inhaled sharply, then started choking on his own toast. Cloud pounded on his back. "And Mommy said you could have...those for Christmas?"

"Well...not for Christmas, but I heard him talking to Uncle Rufus, and he said that the second I get tits, I'm gonna get a chassity belt to with 'em! Can I have tits for Christmas, Daddy? Pleeeaaase?" She gave it her biggest saddest eyes.

Cloud took a breath to collect his thoughts. "Honey, those aren't something that get handed to you. They have to grow, and they take a long time. It'll be a few years before yours will grow. Okay?"

"Okay..I guess." She thought about it for a moment. "Can I have a chocobo instead?"

"Yes!" said Reno, who had finally caught his breath.

Kin squealed with delight, hugged her parents, and bounded upstairs to her room.

Cloud looked at Reno. "A chastity belt?"

Reno glared back. "Damn right."

Upstairs, Kin bypassed her room for her parents' to get at the phone. She dialed a number and waited.

"Rufus."

"Uncle Rufus, it's me, Kin."

"Hello, honey. How are you?"

"Fantastic! That trick you told me worked like a charm!"