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"Hey, Kuja!"

Kuja lifted his head elegantly from grazing, arching an eyebrow at the source of his name. He was enjoying himself, it was a pleasant night, and he had decided to relax a bit.

"Ah." He sighted the peach stallion trotting his way, frilled necklace swaying with his gait, and ponytailed mane bouncing against his shoulder. "Hello, Zidane."

His younger brother-- adoptive though he may be-- was one of the select few that Kuja cared about. Sure, the energetic stallion could occasionally ride on his nerves, but he always meant well, and he was more family to him than either his biological mother or his biological father. Gaia, Zidane's mother, had taken Kuja in when she was just barely pregnant with her son, and had been able to nurse Kuja, and then both boys when Zidane was born. The amethyst stallion cared much more for them than anyone else in the herd, save for his daughter.

"Whatcha up to?" Zidane was almost always upbeat and personable, and it often clashed with Kuja's reserved and noble air. At times, it annoyed him, and yet other times, it amused him.

It seemed to be the latter today.

"I was eating."

"Bah. Borinnnggg. Plus, you'll lose that girlish figure if you stuff your face too much!" Jibbed his brother, dancing out of the way as Kuja tossed his head towards him, a playful gesture to get him to knock it off.

"Well," Kuja drawled arrogantly, "We all can't look as magnificent as I do."

"Yeah, magnificently like a mare."

"You-!!" Even though Zidane was poking and prodding at his ego, Kuja had learned to accept this teasing as a form of affection. It had always been that way. Kuja turned towards his brother, and the two began to dance around on their hooves, fleet-footed and elegant on both accounts-- if nothing else, Zidane knew how to handle himself in a fight, playful or otherwise.

And all the while, they laughed.

"Oh come on, I always did want a sister! You're the next best thing!"

"I am the best thing!" 

"Oh, of course Your Highness!"

"Little upstart brat! Get back here!" Their play scuffle dissolved into a mock game of tag, in which Zidane kept well out of his brother's reach, laughing the whole while.

"You're slowing down, old man!"

"I am only one year your senior! You've no room to talk!" After a bit of this playful banter, they both settled down, breathing hard and snatching laughter from between panting for air.

"What..." Zidane grinned at Kuja, "Tired already?"

"You look rather worn down yourself. I'd expect more from an actor." With a toss of his mane, Kuja would look as if he had never engaged in the fun if he weren't layered in a fine sheen against the moonlight.

"Hey, I'm still raring to go!" He hopped on his hooves again, and Kuja merely shook his head.

"Oh, hey! Speaking of acting, we're working on another play and I thought you might want in! There's a part in it that I think you'd do really well in!" Zidane mentioned, and Kuja's ears perked forward.

"Oh?"

"Yeah! I mean, I know you're a really great actor too, you have pretty much everyone eating out of your hooves," At this, his younger brother gave him a somewhat pointed look, "So I thought, hey, why not! You'd do really great on stage!"

"Hmm..." Kuja hummed thoughtfully, glancing upwards and to the right in contemplation. "I'll have to see the script before I make a final decision, but I see no reason why I should not venture into preforming."

"Yeah! I was hoping you'd say that!" Zidane hopped forward and sprung around his brother, grinning. "We usually practice at around midday, so if you're not too busy, you know where to find us!"

"Yes, yes, Tantalus' wooded stage." Their stage was usually deserted unless they'd gone around announcing a performance. Kuja occasionally stopped by with Zora to watch rehearsals.

"Yup! Drop by whenever!" The chipper peach stallion's hips waggled in a happy fashion, making his long, thin tail sway. "And bring Zora, too, if you can! I miss my little niece!"

"As she misses you as well. I will see if she and I can stop by tomorrow."

"All right! I'm excited! I can't wait!"


More work with Astrali. I really just wanted to actually draw Zidane rather than just having him on a reference sheet. You can see his little ponytail and the necklace Kuja made him here, too!

more of me being a massive FF nerd. I haven't decided if the two of them have a younger sister named Mikoto yet, so I might retcon that bit about 'always wanting a sister.'

Zidane's an idiot. I love him. LMAO ;_;
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BRUDERS ;3; Zidane is such an adorable derp!