“Hey! Why did you get the red sucker?”

Kadaj smirked around the stick of his newly-opened lollipop, savouring the wild cherry flavour seeping onto his tongue. “Because I’m the Remnant leader, and I always get the best.”

Loz pouted; a rather odd sight to see on a man with such chiselled, masculine features. He gazed down into his candy bag glumly. “But I hate lemon flavour.”

Kadaj suddenly felt a small hand on his hip as Denzel pushed himself between the two silver-haired brothers. “I have an orange sucker, Loz, if you wanna trade.”

“Orange? Yes! I love orange!”

Kadaj rolled his eyes with a smile. It was that time of year again. His favourite time, to be exact. The time of fearful screams, wicked creatures, and mouth-watering treats.

Halloween night.

Growing up secluded from the world in the ShinRa Labs, Kadaj and his brothers had never even heard of Halloween, let alone celebrated it. It was only last year that the three young Remnants had first been introduced to the fearfully exuberant autumn night thanks to their eldest brother, Cloud. He had slapped a few masks on their faces and dragged them out into the cold night, telling them to join Tifa, Marlene, Denzel and himself in the act of going door-to-door asking for candy.

Kadaj thought it simply ridiculous at first. He didn’t go around town begging strangers for things, let alone something as useless as candy. It was demeaning, childish, and utterly embarrassing. But, dear Mother, how fun it was!

This year, Kadaj had actually taken the time to prepare a proper costume for this night, as did his brothers. He didn’t want to stagger around half-blinded by one of Cloud’s rubber masks again. On, no. This year, he chose his own costume.

He was a devil. Nothing too extravagant. He wore a pair of tight black pants complete with leather knee-high boots adorned with a series of silver buckles running all the way up his calf. His shirt was made of a thin blood red material that was open wide at the collar, exposing a good part of his pale chest and abdomen. Red horns and a pointed tail completed his look, along with dark eye make-up, black nail polish, and a single blood red streak through his silver bangs. It just was something he threw together in a matter of a few hours, but he was thoroughly proud of himself.