Title:
I Wonder
Genre: General
Series: Kingdom Hearts
Characters:
Wakka, Tidus
Disclaimer: Tidus and Wakka belong to SquareEnix;
Kingdom Hearts belong to SquareEnix & Disney.
The full
moon shone brightly in the night sky with its fellow comrades, the
stars. On the tiny patch of sand and land were two boys admiring the
heavens. All was quiet and peaceful, the waves rippling, the cool
night breeze, and knowing everything and everyone was fast asleep.
One of the boys pondered and finally spoke aloud, breaking the
silence.
"I wonder," Tidus said dreamily as he
looked at the moonlit sky.
"..Wonder what?" replied
Wakka.
"I wonder what snow looks like."
This
caught Wakka by surprise. Surely, everyone has seen and knows what
snow looks like. But he finally remembered that Tidus was born in
Destiny Island and has never left it. He stopped watching the sky
with Tidus and looked at the currently calm blonde boy,
"You
don't know, huh?"
Tidus also stopped and looked back to
Wakka, "Nope. But it would be great to see it!"
Wakka
decided that his sandals were more interesting and paid more
attention to them then looking at Tidus, "Ya I guess."
Tidus
made a confused face and said, "What you mean 'you
guess'?"
"It's not that great, ya know."
Tidus'
confused face turned into a slightly upset face, "Well, that's
what you think. Others say it's pretty and magical.. I wanna see
it!"
Wakka looked right into Tidus' ocean blue eyes and
said in a stern voice, "Well, around here, ya ain't gonna see
any snow." He knew once Tidus had a goal in mind, he'd do
anything to accomplish it and apparently, this task was not gonna be
easy.
"But...I wanna.."
Regret filled the pit
of his stomach but he said, "I know but I'm sorry, man. Snow
doesn't happen around here, ya know. It would take a miracle for that
to happen."
Tidus looked down to his flip-flops, pouting
at Wakka's last remark. Then an idea popped into his head. 'Yes, this
plan could work,' thought Tidus and felt a smirk spread upon his
lips. Thank the Gods that Wakka didn't notice, otherwise he'd surely
ruin his plan before it could take place. Replacing his smirk with a
goofy smile, Tidus said, "Where does 'snow happen'
anyway?"
Wakka shrugged and replied, "In cold
places, of course. But since this is a hot place, it won't happen
here."
Tidus urged on, "But where exactly?"
Wakka
sighed at Tidus' current stupidity. "Like the North pole or some
place close to there. You know, cold places!"
"Oh.
Okay."
They sat there in silence for a few minutes until
Tidus got up and started walking off. Wakka looked at the back of the
blonde's head in confusion. "Hey, where ya goin'?" ,he
said.
"I'll be back. Gotta go to the bathroom,"
Tidus replied and continued to walk away.
Wakka nodded and
picked up a nearby stick to draw on the sand. Another few minutes
passed by and no Tidus. Wakka wasn't worried though. Tidus was
probably chasing a blue crab somewhere. He chuckled to himself and
continued drawing until he heard loud footsteps on the dock. He
looked up and saw Tidus with a rather big and bulky backpack running
to the boats ahead. Wakka's thoughts went from confusion to panic. He
quickly got up and ran towards Tidus' direction yelling out, "HEY!
WHAT ARE YA DOIN'!? YOU CAN'T LEAVE!"
"WATCH ME!"
Tidus yelled back in an amused tone. 'Yes, the plan's working!'
thought Tidus. With a push from his foot to the dock, the boat
drifted farther away from both Wakka and the island itself. His goofy
grin came back with a vengence as he saw Wakka stop at the end of the
dock, cursing his head off. But the next thing got him by surprise,
Wakka jumped off the dock and was swimming closer to his boat. Tidus
tried to paddle faster but Wakka finally caught up with him.
Almost
tilting the boat to let water rush in, Wakka got on with a very mad
face on. Tidus just giggled like he was in trouble, which he was.
Wakka sat up and looked Tidus straight in the eye. Tidus grinned
sheepishly as he too sat down and put down the paddle. In a very
serious tone, Wakka said, "...if you wanted to see snow that
badly, you could've asked me to come along, ya?"
Tidus'
worried face turned into a surprised one as he heard Wakka's comment.
He couldn't help but smile like an idiot again. He threw his arms
around Wakka's neck and gave a tight squeeze. This caught Wakka by
surprise but he hugged back as well. The boat drifted farther away
from the island as the wind blew lightly over the ocean. The moon and
stars smiled as they guided the two boys to their destination.
