That night the boys had a sleep over at Cloud's house, eating popcorn and pizza, sharing jokes, watching supernatural/ Sci-fi/ thriller movies, and sharing ghost stories. Soon they were too tired out to stay up any longer and decided to go to bed.

" Hey you guys, help move the mattresses out here would you? And someone grab the blankets, sheets, and pillows!" Cloud called to his companions. He, Shuyin, and Vincent dragged the futons out of the bedrooms and lined them up on the living room floor side by side while Squall and Tidus gathered the bedding. Soon after the beds were made, they settled down to sleep with Vincent on the edge to Clouds right and to his left were Tidus, Squall, and then Shu on the opposite edge of the mattress. Any hope they had had of falling asleep quickly was soon ruined however because of course, boys will be boys.

" Yo Cloud, it's cold in here man!"

" Tidus, your always cold!"

Tidus pouted at Shuyin and then turned towards Cloud again.

" Can I go get some firewood or something?"

Squall snickered slightly, " Tidus, you cant burn wood in a house that doesn't have a fireplace."

" I know that! I was just tryin' to make a point, jeez! You guys act like I'm retarded or something."

" Oh! You mean your not?" Shuyin asked only to get a face full of pillow.

Vincent sat up to prevent any further conflict.

" Hey you two knock it off!"

" Fine…." Tidus grumbled to himself as he settled in between the sheets. During the process, however, his foot came into contact with Squall's leg.

" AHHH! Tidus, your feet are freezing! Get them off of me!"

" Ha! Serves you right Mister Mosty-Toasty! Now gimme some o' those blankets!"

" No way, these are mine! Leggo before I brain ya, Ti, I'm serious!"

" But Squallllll, I'm coooooold!" Tidus whined pitifully.

Vincent shook his head mournfully and said,

" Cloud can I turn on your heater?"

Cloud look about sheepishly before he said,

" Uh, actually, my heater is broken. I've been meaning to get it fixed but…."

Tidus groaned in exasperation.

" Aww, come on. You mean no heat? At all?"

Shuyin rolled his eyes and said,

" That's what blankets are for Blondie. And besides, knowing you, we'd probably end up fried by the time you were warm enough to turn the damn thing off!"

" Hey! For your information, I'm not the only blond one here bucko and I'll have you know that you can't fry when the heater is on long enough to warm the house up a little."

He said defensively. Shu was ready with a come back as usual.

" You can if the frickin' thing is on 130 degrees!"

" I never put the heater on that high!"

" Yes you did."

" Did not!"

" Felt like it."

" See! I didn't. And besides the point it was freezing!"

" That's because you left the window open all night, stupid ass!"

That was the last straw. With a furious cry, Tidus leapt onto Shuyin and it was a wrap. Before they knew it, Squall had gotten Tidus's foot in his face, Vincent had been knocked clear off the bed by a rouge pillow (compliments of Shuyin), and poor Cloud was caught in the middle of all the commotion, or more specifically, a ferocious cat fight between two mentally insane blonds. Even worse was that Vince and Squall had been biffed in the process and if there is one thing you never, ever want to do, its get those two involved in a fight. In a flash, Vincent was up on his feet and leaping into the fray while Squall joined with savage abandon, tackling Tidus on the mat. Before long, all you could see was a raging mass of bedding, pillows, arms, and legs as the boys battled it out. Even Cloud had been riled up do to his "self-defense mode" kicking in. He wildly swung his pillow, catching his mark square in Tidus's face as he toppled backward with a muffled yelp. Squall dealt Shuyin a decent smack to the back of his head sending him forward just as Vincent swung at him from in front. Unfortunately, the projectile didn't meet its intended mark and instead it was Squall who found himself with a mouth full of cushion. He was propelled backward and did a complete flip over Cloud's back who happened to be there at the time, having just dodged an attack from Tidus.

" Hey, what the hell! Your suppose to be on my side Vince, you traitor!"

Vincent laughed apologetically at him and ducked to avoid one of Shu's attacks.

" Sorry Squall, but you made me miss my mark."

" YAAAARRRRR! I GOTCHA NOW!"

Neither of them had time to think further as Shuyin dived headlong into them, bowling them over and beating them with pillows mercilessly. Tidus avoided Cloud's blow and had just caught what happened. He hoisted a pillow and aimed at his friend's head.

" Hey, you! Gerrof' of em!"

And stupidly, Shuyin turned towards him. Only to see a blue, soft, and fluffy missile meet him square between the eyes. Within seconds, Vincent and Squall were up and, with wild war cries, flung themselves at whatever poor unfortunate who just so happened to be there. With in minutes, what was suppose to be a friendly pillow fight turned into a feeble fight to the death as the boys continued to biff, whack, smack, beat, smother, smoosh, squish, pommel, and impale each other with pillows along with the occasional back hand, scratch, pinch, poke, bite, punch, and kick from their flailing limbs.

Tidus: " YAAAAH! I'm gonna beat ya so red, people are gonna take ya for an Umpa-Lumpa!"

Shuyin: " EERRRR! Umpa-Lumpas aren't red you stupid blond! They're ORANGE!"

Tidus: " STOP CALLING ME THAT!"

Vincent: " If BOTH of you don't shut up, I'M gonna beat ya till your black an blue!"

Squall: " HIIIIYAAA! Take that Vincent! That's for your poor aim! Pay backs a bitch isn't it!"

Cloud: " AHHHH! That's it! You guys quiet down! Were going to wake the neighbors! Tidus! Stop hitting me!"

Vincent: " Haha, Squall, you missed!"

Shuyin: " Neighbors-Smaghbors, they'll get over it! AHHHHH! That was a cheap shot Squall! All right, its over for you guys. Its time to DIEEEEEE!"

Squall: " Sorry! Vincent made me miss!"

Cloud: " Shuyin! Quiet down please!"

Shuyin: " Eat pillow Cloud!"

Cloud: " OWWW! Why is everyone hitting me? What the hell did I do?"

Tidus: " Death to Blonds!"

Cloud: " You guys! Shhhhh!"

Shuyin: " Hey retard you're a blond too."

Vincent: " Getting a little outta hand are we?"

Cloud: " Quiet down!"

Tidus: " GOD DAMMIT I'M NOT RETARDED!"

Cloud: " For heaven sake-"

Shuyin: " Gang up on Tidus!"

Squall:" AHHHHHHHHH! Someone just grabbed my ass!"

Tidus: " Oooooohh."

Shuyin: " Oh baby."

Squall: " Stop it! You bunch of sickos!"

Cloud: " You guys- HEY! Watch were you put that!"

Vincent: " Oops! My bad Cloud! Sorry- DAMMIT WHO THE FUCK IS HITTING ME?"

Squall: " Shu! Get your foot otta my face!"

Tidus: " GOOD GOD someone's pulling down my pants!"

Shuyin: " I didn't mean to!"

Tidus: " AHHHH! Rape!"

Squall: " HELP, I'M BEING MOLESTED!"

Cloud: " WILL EVERYONE SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY? I DON'T WANT TO GET ARRESTED FOR DESTERBING THE PEACE!"

Vincent: " Cloud-"

Cloud: " AND WHO EVER IS MOLESTING AND RAPING EVERYONE HAD BETTER STOP BEFOR I GET TO WOOPIN' ON ALL OF YA!"

Squall: " Cloud, I think-"

Cloud: " DON'T MAKE ME OPEN UP A CAN OF WOOP ASS ON YA!"

Vincent: " CLOUD! OK! Calm down!"

He had been so wrapped up in this whole crazy situation, that Cloud hadn't even noticed that everyone had ceased all activity when he had started yelling. Everything was quiet save for their labored breathing, the sound of late night cars on the highway, and the occasional bark of the neighbor's dog. They were actually quite a funny sight to behold for they were sprawled out all over the place, a jumbled, tangled mess of limbs, sheets, blankets, and pillows. After several minutes of catching their breath, their heartbeats seemed to return to normal.

" Hey, Cloud, could you open a window or somethin'? It's like an oven in here! I'm rostin!"

Vincent chuckled silently, still out of breath.

" That's because we almost killed each other."

Squall looked indignant at his remark and scowled,

" Killed? Shuyin practically RAPED all of us!"

" Hey, that wasn't my fault! It was dark and I couldn't see anything! How was I suppose to know that I was grabbing what wasn't meant to be grabbed?"

Tidus laughed at the halfhearted argument and yawned. He was so tired. Everyone soon began to drop off to sleep, too tired to untangle themselves from one another.

" Good night Cloud."

"Night Ti."

" Night everyone."

" Good night Vince."

" Night Squall."

" Zzzzzz."

" Sleep tight Shu."

"…snore…"