OMG a warning! This chappie contains LEMONY GOODNESS, so if you're offended, I suggest reading the first segment and skipping the Sora/Riku section.

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Twilight Gaze

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Chapter 6: Revelation

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Chappu stepped inside the house, took off his raincoat, and hung it up on the coat rack next to the front door. He shook out his umbrella and shivered as the air conditioning hit his skin. He took the umbrella to the bathroom, where he put it in the sink to dry, and headed down the hallway to his bedroom. When he reached his bedroom door, he noticed that the door was cracked. Chappu blinked in surprise – he never left his room open and no one ever went in there. Everyone respected everyone else's privacy in this house.

Chappu opened the door and looked inside. Sitting on his bed and looking at a framed picture was Chappu's older brother Wakka. He was completely silent, and didn't say anything or even look up from the picture when Chappu went into the room and closed the door behind him.

"Wakka? What're you doing in here?" Chappu asked.

Wakka didn't respond. He just continued to stare at the picture in his hands. Chappu became curious and rounded around his brother's backside and peered over his shoulder. Staring back at him was a group of seven kids, the older couldn't have been more than sixteen, joking around on a sandy beach near a shack overlooking the ocean. It was Chappu and the others on the beach of Destiny Island right after the Jecht fiasco. You could tell because Riku's arm was around Sora's waist and Wakka's hand was down the back of Tidus' shorts. Chappu had to stifle a laugh when he looked at that.

It was funny looking at that picture, especially Chappu, who hadn't started playing with the others until directly after the Jecht problem. The others had kind of accepted him into their group after he had helped Tidus move into his second home. Chappu saw himself with a huge grin on his face, caught in a headlock from Selphie, but his eyes were elsewhere. Kairi was glomping Riku around the neck, and it was to her that Chappu's eyes were glued. Even those years ago, Chappu had liked Kairi, and he was sure that she'd known.

"It's us," Chappu said finally, breaking the stark silence in the room.

Wakka nodded.

"What's going on, Wakka?" Chappu asked.

"I'm just kind of worried about us growing up, I guess," Wakka replied, his eyes still locked on the picture.

"Well, y'know we're gonna get old no matter if we like it or not, right?" Chappu replied, placing his hands on his hips.

Wakka nodded again. "Yeah, I know."

"Then why are you worrying?" Chappu asked, rounding the foot of his bed to face his brother.

Wakka finally looked away from the picture and Chappu noticed that his eyes were glistening. This kind of surprised Chappu – Wakka hardly ever cried. The last time that Chappu had seen Wakka cry was…

Tidus' moving into their house.

"What's the big deal?" Chappu asked, becoming genuinely worried for his elder sibling.

"Kairi knows," Wakka blurted, sending a sharp, cold twinge through Chappu's chest and the back of his neck.

"What?" the younger boy cried, his eyes wide.

"Kairi and Selphie caught me today at the dock and told me that she caught you looking at something. She…" Wakka broke off for a moment, not looking at Chappu. "She begged me to tell me that it wasn't true."

Chappu raised an eyebrow. "And you told her it was?"

Wakka didn't say anything, and then nodded. "Sorry, bro."

The pang in his chest didn't reside, but Chappu nodded, much more stable than he felt. "No problem."

Wakka looked up at his younger brother, confused. "Eh?"

"Not a problem," Chappu said with a casual shrug. "I'll just have to love her from afar."

"You seem really okay with this," Wakka muttered, his eyebrow raised.

"It's not like I cheated on her or anything, so I have nothing to be ashamed about," Chappu said with another shrug. "It could be worse, ya?"

Wakka didn't reply. His brother looked over at him and his eyes widened. Wakka was pale and his eyes were wide.

"Wakka?" Chappu reached over and shook his brother's shoulder. "Wakka, what's up?" When his older brother didn't respond again, Chappu blinked and took a deep breath. He reared back his right arm and gave Wakka's left cheek a good slap. Wakka shook his head and he looked over at Chappu.

"What was that for, eh?"

"You zoned out," the younger boy answered. "What's up? You look like you saw a ghost."

Wakka shook his head, his face still pale. "Never you mind, eh? You need to worry about you and Kairi. I have my own problems I need to deal with." Wakka got up from Chappu's bed and handed him the picture after taking one last look at it. He left the bedroom, leaving Chappu on his bed with the framed image.

Chappu looked down and noticed that, looking at the picture reflecting light from the window, there was a smudged tear on Tidus' face. Chappu looked at the image for a while before placing it back on the nightstand where it had been before. It's funny how one doesn't analyze a picture they see every day until someone else is holding it. Chappu returned to his bed and lay down, staring up at the blank ceiling and pondering what he would do about his own situation with Kairi. His mind did wander, however, to what could have made Wakka so pale. What happened? The last thing that was said was that at least Chappu hadn't cheated on Kairi…

Uh-oh.

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The water surged forward and lifted Tidus into the air as he stood up on his board. Throwing his arms out for balance, Tidus turned the surfboard to the left and sliced through the water down the wave. The teen surfed up a storm before becoming one with the water's surface only about twenty feet from shore. When his body hit the surface, Riku and Sora cringed at the same time, both with smiles on their faces. Tidus was the biggest surfer of anyone on the island – he was the best. It was funny to see him wipe out like he did every time he got on the board.

Tidus came up onto the beach and walked over to his friends with a huge grin on his face, hoisting his surfboard along.

"Did you guys see that one?" Tidus asked. "I didn't do too bad before I wiped out that time."

"Impressive, definitely," Riku said, running a hand through his silverfish hair. The boy's blue eyes found Sora's and the two of them laughed on the inside again.

Sora turned away from the others and noticed a boat rowing out to the island. "I think it's Chappu," the brunette reported. "I'll go meet him." Sora took off at a sandy jog towards the dock.

"His ass bounces so nicely when he runs," Riku said, tilting his head and watching his boyfriend jog away.

"Not as nice as Wakka's," Tidus replied, his eyes also on Sora's butt.

"That's a given," Riku laughed. "You have the hottest boyfriend on the island."

"Don't I know it!" Tidus was laughing out loud now.

Riku looked down and noticed the effects of water on Tidus' bathing suit. "Looks like Wakka's pretty lucky, too," Riku commented with a sly grin.

Tidus made a funny face and elbowed Riku in the ribs. "I'm going to go dry off in the shack," the younger teen said, lifting his surfboard again and heading towards the shack that overlooked the beach.

Riku laughed to himself before he noticed Sora and Chappu walking up to him along the beach. "What's up, Chappu?" Riku asked.

"I think I know something I don't think I'm supposed to know," Chappu replied, his face serious. "Since you two are the only other gay guys on the island that Wakka knows, I'm going to question you two."

Sora's eyes went wide and Riku raised an eyebrow. "What's this about, Chappu?" Riku demanded.

"Wakka gave me clues pointing to the idea of him cheating on Tidus," Chappu explained. "I want to know which one of you it was."

Sora's wide eyes got even wider and Riku's other eyebrow raised, matching the first. "You think that one of us was cheating on the other with Wakka?" Riku repeated. "You're insane. I love Sora. I would never do that."

"Yeah," Sora added. "Wakka's hot, but I'd never do anything with him as long as I'm with Riku. I love him way too much."

Chappu buried his face in his hands. "Okay, then who was it? Do we know of any other gay guys?"

Riku looked over at Sora. "This is your department."

Sora thought for a moment. Chappu looked at Riku, a bit confused, and Riku explained. "Sora's developed kind of a 'gaydar' that lets him know if a guy is gay or not. If anyone else on the island is gay, Sora would know it."

"Well?" Chappu demanded.

Sora shook his head. "I don't know of anyone but us."

Chappu turned out toward the mainland and sighed. He flopped down onto the beach and gave a great sigh. "I just want to figure out who Wakka is cheating with."

"Who Wakka is what?"

Chappu turned around and the color drained from his face. Tidus stood over him, his eyes wide. His blonde hair was immensely unkempt from the random drying it had survived – Chappu thought it was cute on the blonde.

"Tidus, wait," Chappu said, standing to his feet. "I can explain."

Tidus was staring at Chappu with pure hatred, his face red and his eyes tearing up. "Wakka would never cheat! He's a good guy! Why would you lie like that?" Tidus turned and shot toward the dock, tears falling through the air behind him.

"Nice move," Sora muttered as Chappu turned on his heel and started after the blonde.

Chappu caught up to Tidus at the dock. "Tidus, wait!" Chappu cried.

Tidus was already in his boat, but he stood straight up and turned to face the redhead, the one that he had come to know as his little brother. "Get the hell away from me, Chappu. I don't want to hear any of your lies."

"I didn't want you to find out," Chappu said. "I was going to try to get Wakka to stop before you found out. I don't think he knows that I know. You can't go to him yet – he'll be angry at me."

"Whose fault is that?" Tidus screamed. "You're the one getting involved in the business of others. You don't want Wakka to be mad at you? You shouldn't have even found out!" Tidus turned and sat down hard in his boat. He picked up his oars and started rowing toward the dock on the mainland.

"Tidus!" Chappu cried after him. "Just don't do anything stupid!"

"Fuck off!" Tidus screamed back at him. Chappu felt something sharp go shooting through his chest. He stood on the dock, stupefied. What had he done?

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Wakka put the last flower on the decoration that he was going to give Tidus. The redhead had spent the afternoon after the episode with Chappu making a craft that he thought Tidus would like. He was sitting in his bedroom on his bed as he worked. It was finally finished. He pulled it away from him and admired it longingly. He hoped that Tidus would like it. The Blitzball player stood up and took the little decoration to his closet, where he hid it from view. He wanted it to be a surprise.

Just then, Wakka heard the front door close rather forcefully outside his room. He shrugged it off, suspecting it to be his father, who tended to come home in a somewhat anxious mood from work. It was getting into the evening hours, so he wasn't surprised that someone would be slamming doors around there.

The redhead heard a knock at his door and it cracked open. Tidus stepped through, his hair a wild mess from the drying he had put it through after his surfing session. Wakka found it a huge turn on.

"Hey, babe," Wakka said with a smile. Tidus didn't return it at Wakka's smile vanished. Tidus was staring holes through the older teen, and it was as if the blonde's soul had been sapped from him through his pupils.

"What's wrong, Tidus?" Wakka asked, his face taking on a look of concern.

Tidus didn't say anything. Instead, he walked over to Wakka's bed and picked up a picture of himself with Wakka. Looking at it, Tidus just stared. Finally, Wakka heard his lover say in a very mild tone, "How could you?"

Wakka's heart sank. How could he…Wakka shook his head, fear running through his eyes. "No way, Tidus, stop right now."

"Who was it?" Tidus asked, still refusing to look at his boyfriend.

"It doesn't matter," Wakka cried. "It was a mistake, it'll never happen again. There was nothing. He was depressed."

Tidus's eyes shot open. He finally looked over at Wakka with realization in his eyes. "It was him, wasn't it?"

Wakka's heart attempted to sink again, but found that it couldn't because of the boy's stomach being in the way. After a moment of hesitation, Tidus looked back at the picture and sighed.

"Guess it was only so long until it happened," Tidus muttered. "He is a lot better-looking than me."

"No he isn't," Wakka argued. "That tattoo on his face is kind of ugly, ya?"

Tidus looked over at Wakka. Wakka was expecting some hate-filled comeback. Instead, Tidus's gaze was filled with the worst possible emotion: hurt. He was in pain, and it was Wakka's fault.

"Just drop it," Tidus said, placing the picture back on the nightstand. He turned to the door. "I'll pack my stuff and be out of your way."

Wakka did a double-take. What? "What're ya talkin' about?" Wakka demanded.

"I'm going to get out of your way so that you can be with Zell," Tidus shot back angrily. "It's what you want, isn't it?"

"No way!" Wakka cried. "I want you, not him."

Tidus looked at Wakka's feet in sorrow. "I wish I could believe you, Wakka. I really do," he turned to head out the door again.

"Wait, Tidus!" Wakka cried. He opened his closet door and brought out the flower-covered decoration and handed it to Tidus. "I made this for you. Watch the glue, it's still wet, ya?"

Wakka wasn't lying – the glue was still a little damp. He looked at the little trinket. It was a small wreath picture frame made of argentia flowers, which were native to Destiny Island. They were small, five-petal flowers that came in a variety of colors, although most were a warm orange or yellow color. In the middle was the picture of everyone together. Tidus's eyes watered when he saw how happy he and Wakka were back then. He tossed it back to Wakka, who didn't catch it – it fell to the floor, landing on the redhead's left foot.

"It's lovely, Wakka," Tidus said sadly. "But it doesn't change my mind." The blonde turned and left the room, leaving Wakka standing in the middle of the room, completely alone.

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The stars twinkled brightly out on Destiny Island as Sora and Riku sat staring up at the night sky that night. Riku's arm was wrapped loosely around Sora's shoulder and Sora's arm was around Riku's waist.

"I love the night sky," Sora sighed.

"I know," Riku replied. "It's pretty cool, isn't it?"

Sora nodded and leaned his head back more to look straight overhead. "I think I see a constellation," he chuckled, pointing almost straight up.

"You know pointing at the stars doesn't help show anything to people," Riku laughed, leaning his head back. After a moment, he said, "Yep, that's a constellation. Looks like Leo."

Sora sighed dreamily. The night sky was so beautiful to him – it was under the stars that Sora and Riku first made love, two years ago. It was a glorious moment, and Sora had fond memories of that night every time the two of them sat underneath the stars together.

Riku looked back down and looked over at Sora, noticing his "remembrance" of their first night together. "Again with the memories?" Riku laughed, pointing to Sora's arousal.

Sora laughed and nodded. "I guess so. That night was just so great. I love remembering it over and over."

Riku leaned in close and gave his brunette lover a gentle kiss. "I love that, too," he said, millimeters away from Sora's lips, "but I love reliving it even more."

Sora smiled, but his smile was broken by Riku's invading lips. The two of them caressed each other's hair while they shared a very intimate kiss. It lasted for a minute or so before Riku pulled away and undid his straps. The two helped the silver-haired boy remove his shirt, followed by Sora's own. Shirtless, the two rolled around on top of each other, smothering each other in the sand with kisses and sensual caresses. Sora reached down and undid his pants, sliding everything off fluidly, revealing his obvious excitement by their actions. Riku raised an eyebrow and grinned, removing his own trousers just as smoothly. The two continued to roll around until They stopped, slightly winded, with Riku's hands placed on either side of Sora's shoulders on the ground.

The silver-haired boy looked longingly down at his brunette lover, his eyes filled with passion and love. Sora blushed and grinned back at Riku a bit sheepishly before pulling the slightly older boy down for another kiss. They felt their members rub together, sending a shock of pleasure through both of them.

Riku moved his head down to Sora's chest and began to lick at Sora's nipples, turning to gnawing on them playfully in turn. Sora moaned in pleasure and began to push Riku lower, but the silver-haired boy didn't respond to the shoves. Instead, he went harder at Sora's chest, issuing more and louder moans from his younger man. This torture continued for five minutes before Sora's nipples were pretty red from the attention. Riku then decided to finally give in to Sora's demanding pushes, moving even farther down. Riku gave Sora's belly button a flurry of soft kisses. He continued to do this while his hands went elsewhere, digging into his pile of clothing for a vital component of their relationship.

Sora could hear the tube being squeezed and his arousal heightened even more in expectation. Riku's kisses continued until Sora saw his lover's face once more. Sora looked up at him pleadingly, a bit of sand on the left side of his face from turning his head during the moans. Riku chuckled and Sora felt something down south begin to prod at him. Sora's eyes widened and sparkled and the brunette gave his lover a wide grin.

As the next half-hour went on, Riku's impressive endowment made Sora moan louder and louder, until Riku was sure that someone on the mainland had heard them. Fifteen minutes after they'd started, Riku felt himself release inside his lover, and Sora released directly afterwards, all over himself. Riku withdrew and cuddled up next to his brunette. The two of them gazed up at the twilight overhead before getting up and diving into the ocean to wash off. They would stay in the treehouse that night – there was no going back to the mainland for them that particular evening, and they both knew it.

Sora was smiling when the two of them curled up to sleep. So many memories, always so similar, yet always so very different…

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Tears fell down Tidus's cheek as he watched Riku and Sora make love from afar. The blonde wondered if he'd ever get to do that again. He wasn't sure who was who anymore. When the two down on the island jumped into the ocean, Tidus sighed and gazed up into the stars. A shooting star crossed his field of vision. Tidus blinked and decided that he'd return to his childhood and make a wish.

Twilight Gaze, There you are

A wish I make, of the stars,

I throw my wish

So very far

My dreams become those of a star

Tidus contemplated his wish.

Send me someone who will share an unbreakable bond of love with me, forever.

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And that, my dears, is my first lemon. O.o Intermesting, no? Sorry if it isn't all that good – there was a lot of story progression in this one and I thought it'd be nice to give it a break while still furthering it a little. Please RnR!