[ Look at someone getting all cute on him.

At least he didn't pick bad with Sizhui, and maybe Ryo was just thrown in there 'cause he could, but the reaction gets the smallest tug of a smile out of Tidus. Sorry bro, he can't help it. Tidus rests his cheek on that bed of hair, dry and damp in places despite the humidity about them, the strands that tickle his nose.

'Doesn't everyone think about kissing someone sometimes..?' ]

I think about it. [ Actually - even more than kissing, with his arm already around someone now, the light tug he gives to Inigo's shoulders, as if pulling him in, ] --I think about getting to hug and be close to someone again, sometime.

[ As something? Maybe nothing more than a temporary relationship, or some mutual agreement kind of deal. A fact he's fine with - a fact he always has been, deep down.

But for whatever sincerity there is to that tone, his other arm comes out from the water, dripping as he slings it around to hug tighter the body he's got trapped. A brighter, more playfully resigned voice put on. ]

I guess I'll just hug you for now-! [ Siigh! ]