PLEASE READ!!!!!!! Okay, I really have no explanation for this. I had the idea in my head for awhile, it just randomly blossomed. I ignored it though because of the extremely rare couple. However my friend (KATIE I MEAN YOU!!!) got me to type it out. And to my surprise, it turned out to be quite long O.o The longest story I've ever typed AND finished!! AND because I spend like nearly all of July typing it, I was not going to have it just sit on my laptop while I have this account!!!! I'm actually really happy how it came out. I think you should enjoy this if you love yaoi (most imporant part XD), you love Kadaj, and you love Tidus. If those three apply to you, then go ahead and read!!! If not then don't!!! Also, I don't want any crazy TidusxYuna fans yelling at me OMFG YOU MADE TIDUS GAY I'm aware of that and I don't care!! It's a yaoi story!! Okay?! I am insane, yes I admit to that completely!!!! However, there is no limit to imagination and as my friend Caitlin once said, Who are you to stop love?! XD Are we clear? Please give this a shot, I DID work hard on it and for now I'll just put up the first chapter and see how it goes. If you apply to the above three requirements, but STILL don't like the story, then I will be willing to listen to your complaints. But I will not tolerate bashing! Anyway, besides the yaoi, there might be times Kadaj may seem OOC, but its nothing severe. With all that said, either leave or enjoy the story!!! Also I put this in FFVII section because its mainly from Kadaj's POV.
The cool, ocean breeze blew over the calm teen, tossing his silver locks all about. The sun was shining mercilessly on the almost white beach, tanning the skin of the various people caught in its rays. The beautiful youth however was under an umbrella relaxing on a beach chair, and reading a book, being the perfect image of a beach bum.
Bright turquoise eyes looked up into the cloudless sky, twinkling happily. It was his idea of going out for a vacation, as he was quite tired of being stuck at home all the time. There was nothing good on TV, as everything was repeats and he had become hopelessly bored. So as soon as the blonde came home that day, he asked a question that he had he been burning to ask for quite awhile.
"Niisan, can we go on a vacation?" the eager teen had asked.
Cloud looked at him for a moment, raising an eyebrow.
"A vacation?"
"Well yeah. I mean, it is summer and I'm bored at home. Besides, don't you want a break from work?" Kadaj continued, trying to persuade the blonde.
"Well, of course, but vacations are a lot of money and…"
"I'm sure you have enough, Niisan. We haven't bought much lately," Loz jumped in, as he had become rather bored himself.
"I haven't checked but, even if I do have enough, I'll most likely be broke after the trip-"
The two remnants looked upon their quiet brother, who hadn't spoken yet. Yazoo wasn't stupid and saw the 'Say something so he'll consider it!' looks on their faces. He himself didn't care much for outings, but he knew that if he kept quiet Kadaj would make him regret it for the rest of the summer.
"Actually Niisan, if we travel to Costa Del Sol by car, it'll be a lot cheaper. Also, if you put a limit to how much we spend a day while we're there, you should have a good sum of money left over afterwards. If needed, one of us can work to bring in extra gil."
Kadaj smiled at the long-haired man and was thankful for his quick, reasonable thinking. There was certainly a thoughtful look on Cloud's face as he thought over what Yazoo just said.
"You have a point. Well, if you all want to go so badly, I'll check how much gil I have at the end of the week. If it's enough, we'll go."
Excited looks came onto Kadaj and Loz's faces.
"You promise Niisan?" the teen pushed, wanting to make sure. He put on the most innocent face he could.
Smiling, the swordsman nodded.
"I promise."
Crying out in glee, Kadaj hugged his Niisan tightly.
"Thank you!"
With that, he went off to his room happily.
Soon enough, Cloud informed them they could go. After the long traveling it took to get there, they settled comfortably in the beach house the spiky-haired man had rented for them. Although they had air conditioning, the heat outside and the bright sun took some time to get used to. They all got a bit sun burnt, but no one had gotten it worse than Kadaj. Forgetting to put on sunscreen, he had played around with Loz all day, and got burnt so badly, his red skin hurt and he couldn't move for a day. He absolutely refused that anyone touch him during that period.
Now however, his red skin had calmed down to a light caramel color, and he had developed freckles on the upper parts of his cheeks. He used as much sunscreen as possible and took to staying in the shade for a few days. The wind blowing through his hair, sand between his toes and eating all the ice cream or fruit he wanted was what he called paradise. Well, at least for now.
"Come on Wakka, you can hit better than that!" the bronze-skinned youth cried out at his best friend.
The bright haired man threw an annoyed look at the grinning teen.
"Oh yeah? Let's see you do better!" he yelled, picking up the volleyball and hitting it over the net.
They weren't far from Kadaj, and the platinum haired rebel looked up from his book curiously. The two men seemed to be playing volleyball, and they played rather well, as the ball still hadn't fallen yet. He noticed the teen that was playing on the farther side. He was dark in skin color like the man, but possessed blonde layered hair that reminded him of Cloud. He had a slim, muscular build and the gorgeous remnant couldn't keep his eyes off him.
"I'm still beating you!"
"Shut up, ya!"
The young man had a happy, bouncy voice and it nearly made Kadaj smile.
"And now for the finale!" Tidus cried out suddenly, hitting the volleyball with all the force he had.
In fact, he hit it so hard that Wakka ducked in fright and cat-like eyes widened as he saw the ball was coming straight at him.
He ducked quickly and the flying ball hit and knocked his umbrella over instead.
Tidus's own eyes widened in surprise and embarrassment. 'Great way to show off,' he thought to himself.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! Did I hit you?" he cried, running toward the youth who had looked toward his fallen umbrella.
"Oh, no, I'm alright-"
Kadaj regretted looking at the blonde. The minute he looked into those mesmerizing blue eyes, the full lips and the smooth, gentle features that made the blitzball player's face, his voice got caught in his throat. He felt heat creeping in his face as he saw that the teen was looking at him with the same dazed stare.
"Tidus, you gonna get the ball or what?"
The star player of the Zanarkand Abes snapped out of his daze as he heard Wakka's yell. The beautiful guy he had just been staring at for the past ten seconds had ducked his head so his abnormal silver hair fell in face, hiding it. Even so, he could tell the cat-eyed teen was blushing.
Hurriedly getting the volleyball, he threw it at the impatient man.
"Hold on a second would you?" he yelled.
He turned back to the person of his attention.
"Sorry about that."
Almost involuntary when he was nervous, Tidus scratched the back of his neck.
"Let me put your umbrella back up-"
"No, it's all right I got it," Kadaj started, finding his voice again.
He went to reach out to grab the fallen umbrella, but he hadn't noticed that the other had gone to do the same thing. Their hands both knocked into each other, and even that slight contact made the remnant shiver slightly.
Trying to rid of the uncomfortable silence, Tidus quickly picked up the stupid umbrella and put it back up.
"You know, you should stay out in the sun. It makes your eyes glow," he complimented, his confidence coming back to him.
He had never seen eyes like that before…they seemed to be both blue and green, and in the middle of them was a vertical pupil, quite like a cat's. But they weren't scary; they were absolutely beautiful. Not to mention that everything else about the teen's body was attractive. It should have been a crime for someone that sexy not to have a shirt on and to wear their shorts that low.
Kadaj's blush deepened at the compliment, but he tried as hard as he could to control it.
"Thank you."
"If you didn't want to play anymore, just say so, you didn't have to ignore me!"
Wakka's yell startled them both slightly, and Tidus sighed, shaking his head.
"Sorry about him. He's quite impatient. He can't even wait in line for ice cream sometimes," the cheerful teen continued, trying to break the awkward silence with his odd sense of humor.
The quiet youth chuckled at this.
"I see."
"Hey, speaking of ice cream, wanna go get some? Least I can do for knocking down your umbrella and all."
A surprised look came onto Kadaj's face.
"Oh no, you don't need to do that-"
"Aww, it's not like ice cream is expensive. Come on!"
Surprising the former puppet even more, Tidus grabbed his wrist and led him toward the nearest ice cream stand.
"My name is Tidus by the way. Yours?"
"Kadaj."
"Kadaj? Interesting. Where are you from?"
"I could ask you the same."
'This one has a mouth on him, that's for sure.' The amateur swordsman smirked.
"Good point. It's not that I don't like your name- I think it's nice."
The wielder of the Souba blinked. No one had ever said that to him before.
"Thanks I guess…."
"You're not used to compliments are you?"
"Does it matter?"
"Well no, it's just it's kinda obvious."
"How so?"
"You sound flustered every time you say thank you."
Tidus grinned at the turquoise-eyed beauty, and Kadaj almost felt dazed again as he witnessed the blonde's bright white smile.
"It's kind of cute actually. Anyway, what kinda ice cream you want?"
Kadaj didn't even notice they had arrived at the stand. 'I got to stop spacing out like that. It's silly.'
"Uh…"
Why was it so hard to choose a flavor of ice cream right now? Maybe because Tidus was looking at him with those enchanting eyes…almost like Niisan's.
"Can't decide? I'll pick something for you."
Before the dazed teen could regain his normal consciousness, an ice cream cone was pushed into his hand. He looked to see it was strawberry, vanilla and chocolate ice cream mixed together.
"Did they put this together separately or-"
The blue-eyed teen laughed.
"No, it's called Neapolitan. Never heard of it?"
Kadaj shook his head.
"Well, enjoy it!"
"Thank you, you didn't have to-"
"It's okay, really!"
Tidus led him over to his own spot at the beach, and it looked as though his friend had gone off.
"Where's your friend?"
"Probably off sulking somewhere."
The blonde took a bite of his ice cream and Kadaj followed suit. Mmm. The ice cream was good.
"So anyway, where do you live? Since you're pale I can tell you're not from around here."
"What does it concern you what I look like?"
"Nothing! You don't have to get so defensive! I'm just trying to start a conversation," Tidus said honestly, a bit surprised. What was his problem?
While he was annoyed, the slim teen could tell Tidus wasn't trying to be rude. The dark skinned youth barely knew him, but he had acted very friendly and kind to him. There was no need to snap at him. Then again, it wasn't like Kadaj was used to having conversations with people he didn't know.
"I'm sorry. I just never really……talk to people much."
"Well you're talking to me now."
Turquoise eyes looked up at the young man, who was smiling at him.
"It's alright. I'll tell you about myself first. I'm from a different…….world I guess you could say."
Kadaj raised an eyebrow.
"Well maybe country, I don't know. Anyway, it's called Spira. And until about a year ago, I lived in this huge beautiful city called Zanarkand. I used to be part of a blitzball team called the Zanarkand Abes and I was the star player."
"What's blitzball?"
"It's…its like……there's a ball……and…there are two teams….."
An amused look came onto the silver haired teen's face.
"…and your goal is to get the ball and try to score a point by throwing or kicking the ball into a net. The thing is, it's within a huge water sphere, so you're underwater, and you can kick, push or shove anyone to get the ball."
"But you don't run out of breath?"
"Well after playing awhile you get used to it."
Tidus chuckled by the curious look on Kadaj's face.
"It's not that hard really."
"Well, I guess that would explain why you're good at volleyball."
"Thanks! Anyway, then I made some new friends and we kind of went through a journey together, and now I live on Besaid Island which is…. an island…"
The silver haired youth snickered and the blonde giggled at his own humor.
"Hey, speaking of volleyball, you wanna play with me?"
Kadaj nearly dropped his ice cream cone. Him? Play volleyball? With Tidus? Having just recently been introduced to the sport, he didn't play all that well and did not want to make a fool out of himself. Why it mattered that it would be in front of Tidus, he didn't quite know.
"Eh….. that's okay, I'm really not that good-"
"Oh, you can't be that bad! Come on! Please?"
The blonde grinned at him again, and it was enough to make Kadaj change his mind.
"Fine. Your ice cream is melting by the way."
"Oh man!"
The cat eyed teen chuckled. If anything, the blitzball player WAS humorous.
Once they had finished their ice cream, the two got up and went on opposite sides of the net, Tidus holding the ball.
"Ready?"
Determined to play the best he could, Kadaj nodded.
"Okey dokey then!"
Before the remnant realized it, their simple game of volleyball became quite intense. He hadn't missed one shot and hit the ball over the net as though his life depended on it. Kadaj didn't know why he felt he needed to impress the talented sportsman; since when did he care what anyone thought of him? But this was entirely different for reasons he couldn't explain just yet.
"Damn Kadaj, I thought you said you couldn't play that well?! I'm getting kind of tired here!"
The rebel smirked.
"Are you giving up?"
"Hell no!"
With that, their furious playing continued, until the determined youth hit the ball at an angle, and Tidus missed it by centimeters. He fell onto the sand, having ran too fast and lost his footing.
"Are you okay?" Kadaj asked, going over to the blonde, surprisingly concerned.
"Yeah, I'm fine…gee, you can play pretty good! Great actually! Betcha you'd be great at blitzball."
While he was normally a sore loser, the happy youth didn't mind at all that Kadaj had beaten him. If anything he was impressed, which was rare. So now the gorgeous teen was sexy AND athletic. Nice.
Some form of confidence had built up within the remnant, and after hearing Tidus's comment, he felt unnaturally bouncy. He even smiled.
"KADAJ!"
He jumped and spun around to see Yazoo yelling at him from where his place on the beach was.
"We're leaving! Come on!"
"Okay!"
Kadaj turned to look at Tidus, who was surveying the middle brother from a distance.
"Who's that? Your sister?"
Without notice, the youngest sibling burst out laughing. Yazoo? A girl? That was a first.
"What's so funny?" the sportsman asked, smiling.
"You……he's……that's my brother…."
"NO WAY! With hair THAT long?"
"Yes!"
Tidus joined him in the laughter, and the short haired youth never remembered laughing so hard.
"Oh my gosh…..I'm sorry but…."
"It's okay."
The blonde nearly found himself dazing again as he saw Kadaj was grinning at him.
"You're funny you know."
"I noticed."
The suddenly happy teen chuckled.
"I gotta go…."
"Promise you'll come back here tomorrow so you can show me your volleyball skills?"
The rebel grinned again and Tidus felt like he would melt at any moment.
"I promise. Thank you for this…I had fun."
Now the star blitzball player was grinning.
"Me too. See you tomorrow, Kadaj!"
Nodding, Kadaj went off to his original spot to gather his things. Once done, he headed off to where his brothers were.
"There you are. What are you smiling about?" Yazoo asked questionably.
"Nothing, I'm just happy."
"About what?"
"About…making a new friend."
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