Hi and welcome to my first story. Please, read and review. I am trying to write this as best as I can but it is easier when I have feedback and review. This story is completely original. The characters, places, and names belong to those of the creators of Square-Enix and Final Fantasy X/X-2 except those that I have given names to. Thank you for your input and time.
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"Keep him here, Cid. Raise him as your own."
"I'm not takin' care of your brat! I already have a kid of my --"
"Where I'm going, he can't come. It's too dangerous." The man cut him off. Cid paused, contemplating. He was right. Hell, he was always right. The man was only three years his junior and already he was ten years ahead of him. Cid sigh looking down at the child. His face smiling at him, eyes twinkling.
"What of the other?" He asked.
"Coming with me." He answered matter-of-factly.
"So it's too dangerous to take this one but not the other? How is that?" Cid sneered. How could he choose one over the other?
"She'll stay at Bevelle and train with the warriors. He'll stay with you and be your protégé." He explained to Cid. Whether he liked it didn't matter.
"Do you plan on visiting them? Being their dad?" It was more out of curiosity. Al-Bhed curiosity, he corrected.
"No; I don't. Easier that way." Cid glared at him. He couldn't look at him, couldn't face him. Not when he looked like that. But he had to. He had to. There was no way around it. After several minutes Cid nodded in understanding. He knew he didn't approve. Never would. It was just like Cid to be that way. Understand but never approve. He was like that with Braska and Loli. The younger man sighed. He would have to take it. "Cid . . . . Thank you." He said before he disappeared for what he assumed would be forever.