afterlaborday

It had been a difficult set of years for the Turks and the young, now ex-president of Shinra. Not only had they lost the ShinRa building due to Weapon but they had spent the intervening years randomly losing one another, whether it be due to enemies of the defunct company, Stigma or Remnants. It was a little trying and yet surprisingly no one ever decided it was time to truly cut and run.

With the fact things had calmed down after the death of Kadaj and the rest of the Remnants, and with Cloud and his group really not even concerned about Rufus and the Turks, it seemed as good a time as any to try and take at least a short break. The removal of the Stigma insured that no one would have to baby-sit the blonde and a nice, private beach-side home insured they'd have some measure of privacy.

Naturally everyone was welcome to do as they wished, so long as they didn't cause trouble for the group, and Rufus had decided his idea of relaxing, at least for the day, was to sit out at the beach with a good book, enjoying the sun and some peace and quiet for a change. Even if he didn't expect the latter to last very long.

Rufus had an honest loathing for parties of any form, although if he had to choose which one was on the top of his list for dislike, he supposed a business event was the least painful of them all. Although he was still expected to behave himself, holding his tongue if it could potentially get him something was fine with him, even if he knew his old man thought everything was being done for his own sake, and not for Rufus'.

The downside to these kinds of events, however, was having to deal with the almost excessive amount of business men who wished to introduce him to their daughters, obviously thinking that the ShinRa Electric Company heir was going to take a shine to them, when really he just thought the whole lot of them fools.

Sometimes, he got the feeling a few of them knew what he was hiding beneath any pleasantness he gave, but if they did, they said nothing about it; something he was fine with.

Though eventually, as with all of these sorts of events, he did find himself a section of the party which was less crowded and more hidden, and sat down to relax for a few minutes with a drink in hand.