AHHH thank you all for teh reviews!!! You keep this story going!! Anyway 'tis is chapter four, meaning three chapters left to go!!! So don't hesistate leaving meh reviews!!! XD And yes there's a LOT of dialouge in this, but I thought it was neccesary since they're both learning about each other. Hope you all enjoy!!!!

"…So anyway, after ALL THAT I find out I'm just a dream. That I technically really don't exist. And the Zanarkand I knew, all my friends…it was all fake. Oh, and even better, I found out that once we defeated Sin, I would disappear, since the Fayth wouldn't have to dream anymore."

Kadaj looked up from his lunch to look at the blonde with wide eyes.

"But how-"

"They brought me back. After Yuna finished saving the world again, she asked the Fayth to do so. And well, here I am!"

"But are you a dream or-"

"I'm still not sure. But as long as I wake up in this world everyday, I don't really care."

Chuckling, the slightly tanned teen disposed of his garbage, and returned to his spot next to Tidus.

"I see. Well, in that case, I suppose it's fortunate that you're alive too."

"Yeah…but you know disappearing isn't nearly as bad as almost dying. At least I didn't feel anything."

"It did take awhile for me to heal, but it was worth it."

"I'm surprised you didn't like, go crazy after all that."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, to find out that my 'mother' doesn't love me, then to totally disappear, then find out I didn't really have a mother in the first place, it was just some nice lady who wanted to make me happy AND THEN to be saved by someone who I thought was my enemy…I think I would lose it."

The silver haired teen smiled.

"I guess the reason I didn't lose it was because I…I would question about Mother sometimes, especially about the fact if she really did exist or not- but because she was always in my head, I never got to think about it. And because I was a puppet, it wasn't really that much of a shock that I was simply being used."

"Ooohh…I see. When you talk about being a puppet, like, did they make you do everything? Like walking-"

The remnant shook his head.

"I could control my actions…they told me what I needed to do in my head. Because I wanted to please Mother, I did as she asked. And if I decided to go against her, or ignore her- she become furious with me, and her yelling left me with terrible headaches. Since she did control me partially, she would make me suffer if I didn't follow her instructions."

"Oh..geez. Did that ever happen to you?"

"…Once. It wasn't very pleasant."

"I'm sure it wouldn't be. I'm really sorry about all that."

"It's alright. It's not your fault."

"I know but…it's not fair what happened to you. And it's really not fair that most people can't even understand what you went through and they dislike you anyway."

"It was expected."

"That doesn't make it right though."

Kadaj blinked up at the sportsman, surprised he seemed so concerned.

"You're really determined to make things right aren't you?"

Tidus laughed suddenly.

"Yeah, always have. But that's what saved Yuna, and the world along with it. I mean, before we defeated Sin, everyone had the teachings of Yevon in their heads and never figured to question it. None of them even realized that all those summoners died for no really good reason, except for the Al Bhed. And they were shunned because of it. I just think that everyone should focus more on what they think than what some highly important person says you know? People shouldn't be forced to believe or accept something. You can't change the world if you do what everyone else does. You got to rebel against it."

There was a confident expression on the blitzball player's face as he said this, and it made the cat eyed teen smile.

"You're right. However, two years ago in this world, going against what was expected would get you killed."

"Eh…yeah. Because of that wacko Shinra Company right?"

They both laughed, and Tidus looked up into the sky for a moment.

"You know, I'd like to bring you to Spira one day."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, it's a lot more fun than this place. I mean, Besaid is small, but it's a beautiful little island. It has this really pretty lagoon to swim around in, and a nice little village where there's plenty of food. Oh, and then I have to take you to Luca during blitzball season so you can watch the teams play against each other at the stadium! And then we have to go to Macalania so I can show you that spring I was talking about…and then we have to go to Zanarkand so you can see the sunset…oh, and you have to ride on the airship too!"

"Airship?"

"Yeah! It's so awesome, it can stay in the air like forever and it has cabins and its own little bar…it'll be fun!"

Tidus grinned at the smiling teen, before getting up.

"And then I can introduce you to all my friends!"

"Heh…"

"Don't worry, they're friendly! They'll like you, I'm sure of it."

"If you say so. I would like to go, but I don't know if I'll be allowed to-"

"Oh, you're almost eighteen! You're old enough to make your own decisions."

"I know but…just spending time with you like this makes my brothers worried. Since they're used to me being with them all the time, they don't like it when I'm not. And I'm pretty sure they'd object if I said I wanted to go to a different…country."

"But it's not like you won't come back!"

"I know. It won't stop them though. No matter how old I get, I'll still their little brother."

Tidus chuckled at that statement.

"How cute. Well, I'm pretty sure if you asked Cloud he'd let you go."

"Maybe…I haven't exactly introduced you."

"I wouldn't mind meeting them."

"It's not that…I'm sure Niisan would like you, but my brothers are nearly as unsocialable as I am."

"Well at this point, you're not too bad."

Chuckling, Kadaj jumped suddenly as Tidus's cell phone went off.

"Bet that's Wakka…"

True as his word, it was.

"Hello?"

"Hey you! It's nearly one in the afternoon! Get back here and help me out! The team's been asking for you anyway."

"Aw, really?"

"That's not the point. You said you would come back later, ya? Now get over here before I go get you!"

Tidus sighed.

"Alright, alright!"

"Look, since you seem so attached to that friend of yours, you can bring him with you."

"Really?!"

"Only if you help me out first. He can watch if he wants. By the way, anything going on between you two that I don't know?"

"Huh? No, Wakka, he's just a really good buddy."

"But you only met him a couple days ago!"

"So? The first day after I met you we were friends!"

There was silence for a moment and a satisfied smile came onto Tidus's face.

"Okay, you got a point. Well, bring him along then. And hurry up, ya!"

"Thanks, Wakka! I'll be right there!"

Shutting the phone, the sportsman quickly got up, grabbing Kadaj's hands again and pulling him up.

"He said you could come with me to watch me train the team!"

"Really?"

"Yeah! Now you can see the gist of how to play blitzball and my mad coaching skills!"

The silver haired teen smiled, and was nearly delighted himself that he would be spending more time than usual today with his…best friend…boyfriend…whatever.

"Sounds entertaining enough."

"It will be!"

They started gathering their items, until Tidus paused suddenly.

"Oh, before we go-"

Tidus turned and kissed Kadaj again, causing the surprised youth to drop all of his belongings onto the sand.

"Tidus! Don't do that in public-"

"Oh, it's not like anyone is around."

"Still."

"Don't act like you didn't like it."

The platinum haired youth looked up from picking up his belongings to smirk at the confident blonde.

"I didn't say that. I just said don't do it in public."

Laughing cheerfully, Tidus helped Kadaj pick up his items and tuck them away.

"Alright, if you say so, Dajy."

The remnant gave the blitzer an odd look at being called the nickname.

"Mind if I call you that?"

"No…but I can I ask why you would?"

Tidus shrugged.

"I just think it's cute. Like you."

Kadaj chuckled as he pulled his shirt back on.

"In that case, I don't mind."

"Good. Now we better get going before Wakka gets mad at me again."

Wakka pinched his nose in frustration. If anything, the team was worst today than it ever was. He was going to strangle Tidus if he didn't come soon.

To his relief however, he saw the blonde arrive, bringing his silver-haired friend with him.

"There you are! Finally," the orange haired-man cried out as he approached them.

"I said I would come didn't I? Oh, and this is Kadaj. And Kadaj, this is Wakka," Tidus introduced.

The remnant felt a bit uncomfortable as the captain surveyed him curiously. However, he changed his expression quickly.

"So, you're the guy who's been hanging with Tidus. Nice to meet you."

Kadaj nodded, and forced himself to say, "Nice to meet you too."

"Well, you can sit back and watch for now. Although it won't be the most entertaining…"

Wakka looked over at his team with a discouraged look on his face, and the turquoise-eyed teen couldn't help but smile.

"Don't worry, I'll fix them up some. Hey guys I'm back!"

The members of the Besaid Aurochs came rushing over to the blonde quickly.

"Tidus! Where have you been, ya?"

"Practice has been pretty bad since you left-"

"We missed you!"

"I tried to do that Jecht shot and I almost got it, you should have seen-"

Kadaj realized they all, including Wakka, had accents, and seemed to be quite happy, cheery people like the blonde. Perhaps where he lived was like a parallel to this world?

"Oh, who's your friend?"

The quiet teen noticed that the entire team's attention was on him.

"That's my friend Kadaj. He came to watch. And since he is watching, you guys are going to give him the best show you can! We got that?"

"Yes sir!"

"And what's our goal?"

"Victory!"

Kadaj chuckled, and smiled at Tidus, who had turned to grin at him for a brief moment.

It was quite entertaining to watch after all- and a bit amusing. The amateur blitzball team was pretty inexperienced and every few minutes Tidus was yelling out either, "Not like that, silly, like this!" or "Come on, you can do better than that!" The coaching teen did have leadership capabilities, and was stubborn, nearly like Kadaj was. Within an hour, the team was practicing much better than before, and the remnant could say he was a bit impressed the bouncy blonde could handle an entire team by himself. It must have shown on his face, as Tidus kept turning around to smile at him occasionally.

"Good job guys! Break time!" the star player announced after another half-hour.

Tired and sweaty, the team went toward a large cooler to gather bottles of water and to lie down on the beach for awhile. Tidus walked happily over to Kadaj, grinning.

"Well? Whadaya think?"

Smiling, the platinum haired teen got up.

"You're not bad. I guess you do have those 'mad coaching skills' as you said."

Smiling, the blonde suddenly hugged Kadaj.

"Thanks, Dajy! Hey, after I finish with them, you want to go out for dinner?"

The beautiful youth blinked at the offer.

"Oh well, yes, but-"

"But what?"

"Won't it look a little odd if we go out together? Since we're guys?"

"Oh, we'll just pass off as friends. I mean, girls do it all the time! And who cares if they do think otherwise? Don't worry about it so much."

The turquoise eyed-youth sighed.

"Alright then."

"Let's see…it's 2:30 now. Is five a good time for you?"

Kadaj nodded.

"But where am I-"

"I'll go get you, silly. And don't bring any money, I ask, I treat, remember?"

The cheerful remnant suddenly moved forward to kiss the blonde, who nearly dropped his cell phone in surprise.

"Yes, I remembered. See you later."

"See you!"

Tidus watched his boyfriend walk away, feeling happy and bubbly. It was as though his heart had swelled with joy. Joy with not only finding someone he fancied and could be himself around, but with joy also that he was a wonderful kisser. Way better than Yuna any day.

Restraining a grin, he turned to go back with the team. He failed to notice Wakka was staring at him. The dark skinned man only looked up for a second, he could have been wrong, that kid could have just been really close to Tidus- but for that split second, it looked like that kid- Kadaj, was it? - was kissing the loud-mouthed teen. He could have been wrong- but what if he wasn't?

"Wakka, you okay?"

The orange haired man snapped out of his thoughts.

"Yeah sure, I'm fine."

"You sure? You look like you're thinking about something."

"Don't worry about it, ya! Go get the team together!"

The blonde went to do so, and Wakka sighed. Well, the teen would have to explain himself sooner or later. And the captain would just have to wait until he did so.

Once again, Kadaj went back to the house to find it quiet. Perhaps they weren't worried about him after all. As he went to go upstairs, he was startled yet again by someone's voice.

"Kadaj? Nice of you to show up."

This time it was Cloud, and remnant found himself relieved.

"Oh, hi Niisan! I left a note-"

"I know. Thank you for doing that. Otherwise I might have gotten worried about you. Anyway, you hungry?"

It seemed as though the spiky haired man had been preparing sandwiches. He offered one to Kadaj.

"Um…well a little."

Going into the kitchen, he sat across from the swordsman, taking the sandwich.

"Thank you."

"No problem. So anyway, care to tell me about this friend of yours?"

The damp haired teen thought for a moment and figured if he could tell anyone about Tidus, it would be Niisan.

"Well…he's from another…country, I suppose, called Spira. He lives on this island, where he has his friends. They all went on this journey a year ago to save the world, which they did."

"Really?"

Obviously that tidbit of information sparked the blonde's interest.

"Yeah. He told me all about it. Anyway, he's really good at this sport he calls blitzball, which is kind of like volleyball, but played underwater. He was the star player of his team."

"Interesting. How did you two meet anyway?"

"He was playing volleyball with his friend Wakka, but he hit the ball hard enough that it flew all the way toward me and knocked down my umbrella. He felt bad about it and bought me ice cream."

"Oh, how nice."

"He is nice. He always seems to be happy, and kind of hyper. Never met anyone like him before."

The deliveryman was reminded of Yuffie and smiled.

"But even though, he's a good listener and I feel comfortable around him. I mean, when he was telling me about his life, I told him about mine- and it didn't even faze him at all. He said he didn't really care about what I had done in the past because he already knew me and he liked me for who I was."

"Oh…so that would explain why you two are so close. I'm happy for you."

Kadaj blinked.

"Really?"

"Well of course…I mean, you're young still and I was worried you'd never find any friends. But obviously it seems as though Tidus is your best friend at the moment isn't he?"

Feeling happy that his caretaker understood the situation, the cat eyed youth nodded. However, at the mention of a Tidus being just a best friend, he felt the urge to say something else. Cloud had gotten up for a moment to get something to drink, so perhaps it would be easier to say with him not looking.

"Niisan…"

"Yes?"

"I know I've only known Tidus for two days and a half and this is going to sound really silly…even weird but…"

Blue mako eyes looked over at the teen.

"What is it?"

"I…well…"

Dammit, why was it so hard to say?

Cloud suddenly remembered seeing the two holding hands the previous day and figured what Kadaj was going to confess.

"You like him?"

Heat rushed to Kadaj's face as he stared at his oldest brother, who chuckled.

"How did-?!"

"I saw you two holding hands yesterday. I guess my assumption was right."

The teen hit him in the forehead, and the blonde chuckled again.

"It's alright. I don't care really."

"Really?"

"Yes really. As long as you're happy, I don't care who you like. And by the way you described him, he seems like a great guy right?"

Almost about to pass out from relief, the happy youth got off of his seat and went around the table to hug the blue-eyed man.

"Oh, thank you Niisan…I was afraid you wouldn't understand-"

"Now Kadaj, has there been anything about you that I don't understand at this point?"

Smiling, the rebel looked up into Cloud's twinkling cerulean eyes.

"I guess not. Thanks anyway. Oh, and can you promise me something?"

"What?"

"Don't tell Yazoo or Loz. I don't think they'll take it well."

"Neither do I. Don't worry, I won't."

"Thank you. "

Kadaj hugged the blonde again and Cloud smiled.

"Wait…you're…kind of wet."

"Oh…I went swimming…."

The solider raised a blonde eyebrow.

"Tidus took me…."

"Oh…I guess he's introducing you to different things isn't he?"

"Yeah, but its fun."

"Good."

"Oh, by the way, we're going out for dinner at five, so I'll be out again."

"Okay. At least get back here by eleven."

"Alright…thank you!"

After another hug, the bouncy teen rushed upstairs to take a shower, but was stopped again by Cloud's voice.

"By the way, did you take some gil from Yazoo? He said he had less gil than he remembered."

The blonde smiled as Kadaj's sheepish grin gave him an answer.

"Tell him I'm sorry, I'll pay him back tomorrow!"

"If you say so."

Cloud watched the platinum haired teen make his way upstairs, and sighed. He was glad that Kadaj found someone he liked, someone that he could have fun with. He had never seen the youngest remnant so cheerful before. And therefore, if Kadaj was happy, he should be happy. Which he was. At least that's what he told himself.

He remembered how the beautiful teen would smile every time the blonde came home from work, always asking, "How was work today?" He would always offer to help him, anything to make up for the swordsman saving his life. They would watch TV together, laugh together; there were moments Kadaj would come into Cloud's room, wanting to talk to him about something. How pleasant he always was to look at, those bright turquoise eyes glowing with happiness, his silky silver hair always in his face, touching his smooth porcelain skin. Those thick, peachy lips that were usually pulled up in a smile nowadays. The blonde couldn't help noticing the curves that were present on the remnant's thin figure; he was nothing short of perfection. Paying attention to his looks as well as his company gave Cloud a sense of wanting the gorgeous warrior. He had ignored it, but the wanting only increased as the days went by and Kadaj became closer to him.

He didn't want to say he was jealous that Tidus was the one that the teen was attracted to. Tidus was the one Kadaj was spending most of his time with. Tidus was the one who was holding the rebel's hand. Tidus was the one sharing kisses with the remnant…he had seen them, on the beach earlier that day. It didn't bother him in the slightest that it wasn't he, Cloud, who was doing all these things with Kadaj. Not one bit. Well maybe a little…

'I'm six years older than him…it wouldn't have worked anyway,' the blonde told himself.

Happy for Kadaj he would stay, and he would be. Even if it did bother him a little.

Can't I ever type ONE story that DOESN'T have CloudxKadajness, even slight? XD I couldn't help it, really!!! I just so totally think no matter what the circumstances, Cloud thinks Kadaj is a sexy ass bitch and wants him to himself. XP ANYWAY...will things go as planned?! Will Cloud come between Kadaj and Tidus?! What will Kadaj think?! WILL THEIR RELATIONSHIP BE FOREVER RUINED?! dramatic background music lol, just being silly...but anyway, if you wish to find out if these things are true or not, LEAVE ME SHINY REVIEWS!!!!!! Thank you!!!