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Best Friends or More?
.::Chapter Two::.
The time between the start of school and summer ended rather too quickly for Yuna. She was overly nervous as she climbed into Tidus's blue convertible.
"I wonder if the school here is as big as the one we went to in Besaid..." Yuna wondered aloud. "There better not be any nasty cheerleaders, either... I would die. You think we have any classes together?"
Tidus covered Yuna's mouth with his hand. "Shh... My Yevon, Yuna, calm down. It's only school. You've dealt with it the last 11 years of your life. I think you can handle this one, too." He continued to drive down Sphere Street.
"Ugh... my make up is smudged... My clothes are wrinkled!" Yuna focused on her reflection in the rearview mirror, wiping her face with a tissue, trying to get rid of the stray marks of her eyeliner.
"You're clothes are fine. You ironed them enough this morning. Besides, you don't need all that paint to look pretty." Tidus was tired of reassuring her. He had been consoling her all morning.
She stopped mid-wipe and smiled at Tidus. "Thank you." She leaned back in her seat casually, the satisfied smile remaining on her face.
They pulled up to the school soon after. Tidus pulled into the students' parking lot. The two climbed out of the car and walked around to the entrance.
"You okay?" Tidus asked Yuna in a concerned tone.
Yuna managed to muster a weak smile. The blonde opened the doors of the school, allowing Yuna to enter first and following after her. The hallway was filled with all different kinds of kids, shuffling through crowds and trying the combinations on their new lockers and comparing schedules.
A few girls stopped mid-conversation to gaze dreamily at Tidus's delicate, tanned face and whisper and giggle to each other. Yuna, surprised by her own actions, scowled angrily at the girls. Who did they think they were - staring at her best friend?
Well... maybe I'm being a little too overprotective. After all, it's not like he's my boyfriend or anything... Yuna wondered if these feelings she so unexpectedly felt were going to appear without warning more than just this one time.
"What's the mad face for?" Tidus asked. Yuna immediately broke her chain of thought, completely unaware that Tidus had been watching her.
"Oh, um... N-nothing. I'm just... nervous is all."
"So you scowl?" Tidus raised his eyebrows.
"Shut up." Yuna rolled her eyes, trying to act casual. Get rid of that feeling, Yuna! She told herself. You're just friends... That's all you'll ever be.
"C'mon, let's go get our schedules," Tidus suggested. "I wanna see if we have any classes together." He didn't seem to notice all the other girls staring at him. Yuna glared at them angrily, but quickly broke her gaze on them. She was going to act naturally here on in - even if it killed her!
The two met Lulu, Rikku, and Paine at the office and collected their schedules and new locker combinations.
"Yunie, I have history with Mr. Seymour Guado," Rikku announced. "Please tell me you have history with him, too. I'll die if I don't have someone to talk to."
Yuna scanned her schedule card. "Yup. I do."
"Oh, thank Yevon!"
"And so do I," Tidus joined in with a grin. "Now I can have the pleasure of torturing you both."
"Not unless the history lectures kill us first," Rikku groaned.
"Who do you have math with, Yuna?" Tidus asked.
"Umm... Mika," answered Yuna.
"Yep, me, too." Tidus tried to hide his smile. "And I have science with Kinoc and english with Ms. Shelinda... Ugh. School."
"I've got you with Kinoc, but not Shelinda in english." Yuna's voice sounded disappointed.
"Hey, but we've all got sixth lunch period," Lulu commented, looking down at the others' schedule cards. "And gym, too."
Brrrrrrrring!
"All students will report to their first period classes. Gym teachers please report to the main office for the handouts on our new gymnastic programs for girls. Thank you and have a great day, students."
"Ugh, history first," Rikku moaned. "I hate history..."
"Yeah, we, uh, kinda figured that out after all your complaining," Yuna mused.
"You mean I did," Tidus said. "Your brain is far too small to even understand the word 'complain'."
"Psh, you wish." Yuna pushed Tidus lightly.
"You mean "psh, you know it! I am stupid aren't I?"
"Rana fa ku ykyeh!" Rikku said under her breath.
Yuna started to retort, but she bumped into a tall figure.
"O-oh, sorry." Yuna pushed away the brown strands of her hair away from her blue and green eyes.
The tall man turned around. His violet colored eyes looked cold and unwelcoming. His oddly colored blue hair was tied back in a pony tail. His voice sounded somewhat villianeous to say the least. It was smooth, yet somehow threatening. "It's quite alright, my dear."
Yuna glanced at Tidus with a "what the hell!?" look on her face. The blonde shrugged. She diverted her eyes to Rikku who merely looked terrified.
The three of them pushed past the weird looking teacher and took seats next to each other in the middle of the room.
Brrrrrrrring!
"Good morning, class," the blue haired man said walking into the classroom and closing the door. He set a stack of papers onto his desk and folded his hands. "My name is Mr. Seymour Guado. Please, I prefer to be called by my name: Seymour. This year, I will be teaching you Spiran History. This first semester, we will be learning about the temples and Yevon's past. We will also do a short segment on Yevon's teachings, as well. I hope you will enjoy this subject as much as you do with gym. Now please turn to page 173 in your textbooks..."
"Yeah right," Rikku muttered. "Like anyone in this room would enjoy this stupid class. It's a waste of time anyway."
"Excuse me?" Seymour looked up from his papers.
"Oh, um... nothing, sir," Rikku replied hastily.
"No, I believe you said that this class is a waste of time," Seymour said menacingly. "You know what a waste of time is? The hours you spent doing your hair and make up this morning." The class snickered. "If you don't want to 'waste your time' learning about your country's past, you could always spend it in the principal's office."
Rikku must've turned a million shades of red. She looked as though she were going to cry. Scowling, she buried her face into her folded arms.
"Okay, class. I have to get this attendance sheet up to the main office, sooo..." Seymour began calling names. "Bryna... Akiri... Cecil... O'aka... Wantz... Yuna..."
"Here, sir!" Yuna called out, raising one of her hands. Seymour smiled at her. She tried to keep herself from shivering. He was so creepy.
"Tidus?"
"What's up?" Tidus said absentmindedly.
Seymour rolled his eyes. "Wakka?"
"Here, ya!" An orange haired male raised his hand. He had his hair gelled up in a curved point and a blue headband to keep it in place was secured around his forehead. It looked like he hadn't shaved in a while, either.
"Rikku?"
"Here..." Rikku shouted in a muffled voice.
"Pick your head up, Rikku," Seymour commanded writing something down on a piece of paper. "This isn't nap time."
"Yevon, this guy's a total jerk," Rikku whispered to Yuna. "And I thought I used to hate history... Now I know I despise this class..."
Yuna giggled behind her closed lips, but she couldn't help but feel someone's eyes on her. She glanced up to see Seymour staring right at her. She quickly diverted her eyes back to her textbook, afraid to meet his cold gaze again. There was just something weird about how he looked and acted... It was all too creepy for her.
-During Gym Class-
Yuna/Rikku's View
"I'm telling you, Rikku..." Yuna grunted as she smacked the volleyball over the net. "That guy is really acting weird..."
"Like, how weird?" Rikku asked hitting the ball up in the air for a dark, exotic looking girl to spike over the net.
"Like... rapist weird," Yuna replied thoughtfully. "Like, 'I'm gonna rape you and there's nothing you can do about it!' weird..."
"Yunie, you're overreacting," assured Rikku. "Sure, Seymour's a big ass jerk, but I don't think he's gonna rape anyone. This new Zanarkand school stuff is really getting to you, huh?"
Yuna folded her hands, held them out in front of her, and bumped the ball over the net with a grunt. She wiped her forehead free of perspiration. "I guess you're right... But I'm gonna keep my distance from him... Just to be safe."
"Well, you do what you have to do," Rikku agreed, tripping as she hit the volleyball again. Yuna held out her hand for her to take. "Just stay out of trouble."
"Hm... this is ironic," Yuna stated as their gym coach, Elma, blew the whistle to end the game.
"What's ironic?" Rikku asked as she sipped her water bottle.
"I'm usually the one to tell you to stay out of trouble," Yuna answered giggling.
"Oh, shut up." Yuna snatched Rikku's water bottle, spraying some of the water on to her face.
-During Gym Class-
Tidus's View
"Hey, that girl, Yuna in class today," Wakka was talking to one of his friends. Tidus sat on the gym's bench, listening to the conversation. "She's cute, ya?"
"Definitely," his friend agreed instantly, nodding. "She's pretty hot, too, you know?"
"Hm..." Wakka nodded.
"Hey, watch it, guys," Tidus interrupted. "She's my best friend, and I don't wanna hear stuff about how she's hot and all that. Watch your mouths around me."
"A little overprotective, ya?" Wakka folded his arms.
"I gotta be. I don't need her getting into trouble with any guys."
"Hm... I like your mentality," Wakka said. He held out his hand. "Name's Wakka."
Tidus high fived him. "Tidus."
"I'm gonna tryout for the blitzball team today," Wakka announced proudly. "What about you?"
"Absolutely," Tidus confirmed. "I plan on getting into the Zanarkand Abes in a couple years. I need all the practice I can get."
"Whoa, the Zanarkand Abes, ya?" Wakka smirked. "That's a pretty big goal, don't you think?"
"It's a goal I can make," Tidus said confidently.
"Okay, I get you. Hope you make it, ya?"
"I will." Tidus smiled.
-During Lunch-
Tidus, Yuna, Rikku, and Lulu all sat down at a table with their lunches.
"Hey, where's Paine?" Yuna asked glancing around the lunchroom.
"She got special permission to leave during lunch to go get a slice of pizza with someone," Lulu answered flatly.
"Whoa, she's got connections here, doesn't she?" Tidus said, impressed.
"Hm... I guess you could say that," Lulu replied sipping her milk.
"Wait... Who the heck could she be going with? She's like, totally anti-social!" Rikku's green eyes widened.
"Some kid she met named Baralai," Lulu responded, rolling her eyes. "She said he's really a gentleman; that she's tired of all the lying and cheating jocks and that she'd like to finally settle down with a real man... Apparently, that man is Baralai."
Tidus bit into his hamburger when he spotted Wakka. "Yo, Wakka!" he called, spraying hamburger meat across the table.
"Ew, Tidus!" Yuna squealed pushing Tidus backwards. "Try swallowing your food!"
"You know..." Tidus bit his burger once more. "You still owe me that kiss from two weeks ago when you missed me with that pillow." He puckered his meat covered lips and approached Yuna.
"Eww! Tidus, get away from me!" Yuna couldn't help but laugh at his childish behavior. "I wouldn't kiss you if you were the last guy in Spira!"
"Hey, what's up, guys?" Wakka greeted the group of friends. He glanced at Lulu, kept his eyes on her for a minute, and then quickly looked away when she diverted her dark eyes to him.
"Wakka, this is Rikku, Lulu, and Fatty," Tidus said, introducing his friends.
"Excuse me, blitzball for brains," Yuna retorted, shoving Tidus. "My name's Yuna. And if I'm so fat, why do you wanna kiss me?"
"I don't wanna kiss you," Tidus said matter-of-factly. "But it's the rules when you miss someone. Yevon, Yuna, get with it."
"Um...yeah, okaaaay..." Yuna rolled her eyes and sipped her milk. Her eyes coincidentally met another pair of blue ones. He looked vert similar to Tidus - blonde hair, blue eyes, tanned face. She broke her stare after a few seconds.
"Is it hot in here, or is it just me?" questioned Yuna, glancing back at the other blonde as she pushed her hair back.
"No, you're just delusional," Tidus said. "See? I told you she was crazy," he whispered to Wakka. Yuna punched him in the arm. She winced and wrung her hand.
Wow, he's really that strong? Yuna's bi-colored eyes widened.
"What's wrong? Wittle Yuna hurt herself punching Tidus's extremely sexy arm?" Tidus and Wakka laughed. "Here let me kiss your boo-boo and make it aaaall better."
"That's okay, Tidus." Yuna snatched her hand away. "I think I'm alright."
"Okay, but you must remember that my services are better than any doctor's." Tidus grinned.
"I'll keep that in mind."
"Yevon, oui kioc yna lnywo," Rikku commented shaking her head.
"I have a feeling this is gonna be a great year," Wakka stated, placing his arms behind his head.
And, boy, was he right.
Well... for the most part, at least.
I hope you enjoyed this chappie, people! I had fun writing it. Anyway, I would like to point out that Tidus and Yuna's relationship shifts a lot, but they're usually only having fun. If some of you didn't already figure that out, that is. Most of the other important characters will be introduced in the next chapter or two, so hang tight, people. I'm not trying to rush anything. :) ...Like I used to. Now I'm a much more experienced writer.
How could I leave you without Rikku's annoying Al Bhed translations?
"Rana fa ku ykyeh!": Here we go again!
"Yevon, oui kioc yna lnywo": Yevon, you guys are too crazy.
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