After checking to see how well their boards survived the move the two boys went inside to change. They had to search through three boxes of clothes before they found their swim trunks. The brothers changed, grabbed their gear, grabbed their boards, and went across the street to the beach.

"Dinky little house...but nice beach." Shuyin grinned.

Tidus nodded his agreement and smiled. There were a few girls sunbathing on the beach and there was a guy surfing in the water but that was it. Otherwise the beach was empty. Shuyin hoped it was like this on the weekends too.

"Nice waves. Not too big, not too small." Tidus observed.

The older blonde nodded. "Perfect."

Both brothers winced as the guy who'd been surfing wiped out terribly.

"Newbie." Shuyin said.

"Yup."

"Should we help him?"

"Yeah."

The two boys watched as the surfer swam to shore, dragging his board behind him. He walked up on the beach, dragged his board up onto the sand, and sat down with a sigh. The kid was obviously new to surfing. He was tall and lanky with pale skin plus he had no calluses or anything.

"Hey..." Tidus said, walking up.

The boy looked up at the brothers.

"Hi." He replied, brushing a lock of brunette hair from his eye.

"New to surfing are yah?"

The boy blushed. "How'd you ever guess?"

"The wipe out, the lack of calluses, the fact you don't have enough wax on your board..." Shuyin replied.

"My dad thought getting me a surfboard for my birthday was a good idea."

"It was." Tidus replied. "Surfing is good exercise and we'll help you out. My name is Tidus and this is my brother Shuyin. What's your name?"

"Clasko Jr."

"CJ." Shuyin replied.

Clasko smiled. "CJ. I like that."

"Let's see your board and your gear." Tidus said.

Clasko nodded and he stood up, leading the two brothers to his gear. Shuyin looked Clasko's wax over and shook his head.

"This is cold water wax. You need warm water wax." Shuyin said.

Clasko just shrugged. "My dad bought me everything."

"We'll let the wax soften in the sun then scrape it off." Tidus replied. "You can borrow some of our wax for today."

"Thanks."

They set Clasko's board in the sun to let the wax soften. The blondes then waxed up their boards and headed for the water. Clasko watched them from the beach. Shuyin and Tidus had almost always lived on the coast and they had always loved surfing. Their mother was a famous surfer before her death. She taught the boys how to swim and surf when they were five years old. The only time they hadn't lived on the coast was when Auron was transferred to an inland city. It almost killed the boys to not have a beach to surf at. They'd sit on their surfboards in the neighbor's outdoor pool and sulk. Now their experience was obviously showing. Clasko and the sunbathing girls were impressed by the boys' surfing. They showed off their skills for a few more minutes before heading back to shore to help Clasko out.

"That's how it's done." Shuyin teased as he and Tidus approached Clasko again.

"I'll give you better and more detailed tips than that." Tidus said.

Clasko chuckled and nodded. Shuyin went off to flirt with the sunbathers. Tidus stayed with Clasko. He took his last year's school ID card out of his backpack and started scraping the softened wax off Clasko's board.

"You can buy special rubber scrapers but using a school ID or a library card is cheaper. Never use anything metal though or you could scrape your board up."

Clasko nodded, clearly interested.

"So, how old are you?" Tidus asked.

"Sixteen. You?"

"Seventeen. Shuyin is eighteen."

"You look like twins."

"Yeah. We get that a lot." The blonde chuckled.

"Do you guys go to Coastview High School too?"

Tidus nodded. "Yeah. We just moved here a few days ago actually. My dad works for this huge corporation so he gets transferred a lot. This was supposedly the last move though. This is a nice board by the way..."

"Thanks."

Clasko rummaged through his stuff and found a movie store card. He then started to help Tidus scrape wax off the surfboard. The two boys were done by the time Shuyin came back.

"Their names are Serena and Nami. They're both eighteen and I got their phone numbers." Shuyin said, smirking.

Tidus just rolled his eyes and shook his head. "What kinda wax do you want to use, Clasko? I've got pineapple and Shuyin has apple."

"Uh...pineapple?"

The blonde nodded and got his wax out of his backpack.

"Okay. I'll show you how to do this." Tidus said.

The teen showed Clasko how to wax his board.

"After that you can scratch and rough the wax up a bit. That'll give you a better grip."

"Okay." The brunette nodded.

"Stand up. I'll show you how to stand on your board." Shuyin said.

Clasko stood up and Tidus gently set his board in the sand. Shuyin set his board in the sand and stood on it, showing Clasko the proper way to stand on his surfboard. The brunette observed Shuyin for a few minutes then tried it out.

"Good." Tidus smiled. "Let's try it out on the water now."

The trio made their way down to the ocean and started paddling out. Tidus showed Clasko how to get up on his board. Clasko tried, almost fell off, but managed to stand. The older Spardas brother nodded and they continued to paddle out. Shuyin took off surfing before Tidus and Clasko did. Clasko waited for a much smaller wave before he attempted to stand up and surf. The brunette still wiped out, but he was able to stay on his board longer.

The three boys continued to surf, even long after the sunbathing girls went home. Shuyin didn't even realize how late it was until he saw Auron's car pull into the garage.

"Whoa! Tidus, it's getting close to dinner! We better go in!"

Tidus nodded and surfed to shore alongside his brother. Clasko swam in, dragging his board with him. Tidus walked over to his stuff and grabbed his towel, wrapping it around his waist.

"I gotta get home too." Clasko said, drying his hair. "It's my turn to cook supper."

"See you at school tomorrow, CJ." Shuyin replied.

The blonde slapped Clasko on the back and jogged off. Tidus gathered his stuff up and smiled at Clasko.

"See you tomorrow?"

The brunette nodded. "Yeah."

Tidus nodded back and ran off. Auron noticed his boys jogging across the street and left the garage door open for them.

"You better make sure you always look out for traffic. It's still a road you know." Auron warned.

"Yes mom." Shuyin answered with a smirk.

Tidus laughed softly and set his surfboard in its holder on the garage wall.

"Rin really went to town. He set the garage up first." Shuyin said.

"Yeah. He spoils you runts." Auron grunted, going inside.

"Hardy har har, old man!"

Tidus rolled his eyes, closed the garage door, and followed everyone inside. Unsurprisingly Rin already had dinner cooking.

"Wash up, boys. Supper will be ready in fifteen minutes. Hi Auron."

"Hello Rin." Auron replied, kissing Rin on the lips.

Tidus and Shuyin went down the hall to their room to change. Rin had the air conditioning on and it made their wet skin break out in goosebumps.

"So? What do you think of Clasko?" Tidus asked.

"He's nice. Kinda geeky...but nice." Shuyin replied.

"Yeah. He reminds me of me."

The older blonde laughed. "Yeah kinda."

The blondes dried and changed into the clothes they wore to school. They returned to the kitchen and sat at the table. Auron was already sitting down, reading the paper.

"So? How was school?" He asked.

"Fine." Shuyin replied. "Tidus and I made some new friends even."

"Oh?" Auron looked over at Tidus.

The young blonde nodded. "Yup. I met a nice girl named Lulu and when we were surfing we met a boy named Clasko."

"That's good, Tidus. What about you Shuyin?"

"I met a few nice girls. I don't really remember their names." Shuyin replied.

Auron and Rin exchanged knowing glances. Shuyin changed girlfriends quicker than he changed his shoes. The buzzer on the stove rang and Rin went to turn it off.

"Tidus, can you set the table?"

"Sure thing."

Tidus stood and rummaged through a box until he found some plates and utensils.

"Do you know which box the napkins are in?" He asked.

"No idea. We don't need them though. There's paper towels on the counter here." Rin replied.

Tidus set the table then gave everyone a paper towel. He sat down again and sighed softly. Rin set supper on the table and encouraged everyone to dig in. Everyone waited for Auron to help himself. The man set his newspaper aside and filled his plate. Once that was done the rest of the family helped themselves.

"Luzzu has been transferred here as well." Auron said. "He'll be moving here next week."

"I'm glad to hear that." Rin replied.

"Yeah. Luzzu was your only cool friend." Shuyin added.

The man chuckled. "He was one of the only competent workers I had as well."

They talked about this and that for the remainder of dinner. Tidus was almost done when there was a low rumble of thunder and the subtle pitter-patter of rain on the windows.

"I hear it rains often at night here." Rin said.

"That's good in a way. Lots of sunny days for surfing." Shuyin chuckled.

"Crappy nights for school dances and stuff." Tidus replied.

"Oh hush you!" The older blonde laughed, ruffling his brother's hair.

Auron stood and collected everyone's dirty plates, setting them in the sink. "It's your turn to wash the dishes, Tidus."

"Yeah I know."

"Anyone want dessert?" Rin asked, standing up. "I bought a half-cake from the store today."

"Dessert sounds good." Shuyin answered.

The blonde got up and got some dessert plates and forks for everyone.

"Thank-you, Shuyin. Auron, the half-cake is in the fridge."

Auron nodded and got the cake out of the fridge. He then rummaged through boxes until he found a knife to cut the cake with. The brunette cut the half-cake into four equal pieces and they started to enjoy their chocolate dessert.

"So how was work today?" Rin asked.

"Okay. I can't wait until Luzzu gets here. I need someone with more than half a brain working for me." Auron replied.

Rin chuckled softly and fed Auron a forkful of chocolate cake. "That bad, huh?"

"Yeah." The brunette smirked.

Once dessert was over Tidus collected everyone's dirty plates. After a lengthy search through many boxes he finally found the dish soap and a rag. He couldn't find any towels though. The dishes would have to air dry.

"I'm going to do my homework." Shuyin announced, heading down the hallway to their shared room.

Auron scooped Rin up in his arms and they went into the living room to sit on the floor and watch the news. Tidus watched the lightning flash outside as he filled the sink with soapy water. Thunder rumbled, making the kitchen window shake slightly. As the blonde washed the dishes he thought about his day. It seemed that things were looking up for him. Two new friends in just one day was a record for him.

Agh! I have one of those annoying "right behind your eyes" headaches and it won't leave me alone.

And a half-cake is well...half a cake. They make a good dessert if you don't have a large family. R&R please :3.