I'm really happy the way my last chapter turned out, but despite that, I'm gonna try to make this chapter a turning point in the story... this is one of the chapters I dreamed up! Of course, when dreaming up story ideas, well, they change. I'm actually starting this the same day I finished chapter 6 because despite chapter 6 being my longest chapter, I am not burned out for today. On a final note, I think once I reach chapter 10, I'm going to refine/correct mistakes in all the chapters up till then. Anyways, let to chapter begin!

Chapter VII: Dinner Fight

Dear journal,

What's up. It's Tidus! Yeah, didn't think I'd write in you either. So, I guess yesterday was pretty crazy. Rikku and Yuna had a fight. It got pretty serious but Wakka and me stopped it from escalating. It really makes me think of Yuna and me... will we fight like that? I hope not... on another note, once I turn 18, I plan to propose to Yuna. It won't be for a while of course but that doesn't matter much to me, I'll wait forever for her. I checked my drawer yesterday. Turns out, Auron really did visit me that night. I checked my dad's book and it said to make a journal to help clear my head. Funny enough, it comes from my old man, and I have never seen him write in a journal. The most he ever used to write was his autograph... This is dumb. Why am I still writing?

"Hey Tidus! What you writing there?" Wakka asked.

"Huh, oh it isn't anything. You need anything?" Tidus asked back.

"Yes actually, well Yuna does. She said she needed to talk to you. You'll go see her, ya? She's waiting for you." Wakka told Tidus.

"Yeah I will." Tidus said.

Tidus walked out of the house. There was a girl waiting, she was pretty and looked around Tidus's age.

"Hey, I'm here with a problem and I was looking for high summoner Yuna." the girl said.

"Is there something I can help you with instead?" Tidus asked.

"Yes... I guess. You're Sir Tidus aren't you? Well, my problem is I can't find anyone to spend my life with."

"Don't worry about that, you'll find someone I'm sure. You're really pretty anyways, I'm sure a lot of guys would be into you!"

"What about you?"

Tidus laughed. "Sorry, I'm taken!"

"Aw, that's a shame! Thank you by the way, I guess I didn't have that big of a problem!" She kissed Tidus in thanks.

"Hey! I thought I said I was taken!" Tidus said.

"Oh, sorry, where I'm from, that's how we thank people." She said.

"Oh... where are you from?" Tidus asked.

"I lived on a minor island near Bevelle. It has no name actually, it is too small. We had less people than here in Besaid."

She left and Tidus forgot what he was going to do. He went back inside and framed Auron's Katana over his bed. It took him about 30 minutes to remember he had to meet Yuna. He rushed away to the temple. He saw Yuna inside and talked to her.

"Hey there Yuna!" Tidus happily said.

"Tidus... you're late. I asked you to come 30 minutes ago." Yuna said.

"Oh, yeah, got caught up in something. What did you need?" Tidus asked.

"Tidus, I've been wondering since Rikku mentioned it, have you ever... been with someone else." Yuna said.

"Well... uh actually," Tidus was about to say yes. In the Dream Zanarkand, he had dated at least 3 girls, but he then remembered what his dad's book had told him: NEVER talk about your ex. "Uh, no I don't think so... I uh think."

"Really? Then what's that kiss on your cheek?" Yuna said now angry.

"What... oh yeah, I was just helping someone out and she kissed me without my consent. Hey, Don't you trust me a bit more than that?" Tidus said.

"Tidus, I don't believe you... tell me the truth." Yuna said.

"Couldn't be more truthful." Tidus said.

"So you have never willingly kissed, dated, or... had sex with anyone but me. Promise me you haven't."

"I promise... fine," he said not able to lie to Yuna for much longer, "I uh... had my first kiss when I was 15. I broke up with that girl and started dating another one. When I was 16 we had sex and broke up later because I was cheating on her."

"You... did?" Yuna said heart achingly.

"Yes but that was all in dream Zanarkand. None of it was real to me. You and me, we are real." Tidus said.

"Tidus, you've been through so many relationships... none of them worked out. And this is my first one... what are the chances this works out?" She asked.

"Plenty, I was really young at the time, I shouldn't have done anything like that back then."

"Alright... but Tidus, one more thing. Tell me what those letters say."

"What! Hey, why do you need to know! I can't tell you."

"Why not!" Yuna yelled.

"Fine... the letter was from my dad... it just told me that I was an accident and gave me a book on how to live an adult life... since he wasn't there to teach me before."

"And the other letter?"

Tidus pretended not to know what she was talking about. "What... other letter."

"Don't play dumb, I saw there were two."

"Oh yeah, just ignore the fact that my dad sent me a letter from the farplane... the other letter... is personal."

"Can't you trust me?"

"Well, I can but you can't know this."

"Trust goes two ways." Yuna said walking out.

"Well great! Just what I needed! She isn't going to act the same is she? I know! I'll propose earlier... that way she'll know what the letter would say... and if I don't, she'll wonder what it said for almost a year and by that time... if she started treating me differently... it could be... over." Tidus thought.

Tidus and Yuna avoided each other until dinner. Tidus grabbed the ring Braska had sent him. He was prepared to propose but he was having second thoughts. He decided to wait and decide in the moment.

"Uh... you two alright?" Wakka asked worriedly.

"Absolutely" Yuna gritted through her teeth.

"Uh... yeah! Yeah... just great..." said sarcastically.

"You don't want to talk about it?" Lulu asked.

"Nah, don't worry about it!" Tidus said, putting on an obviously fake smile.

"Riiight... okay so um how was your day... Wakka?" Rikku asked awkwardly.

"It was... good. You had a good day too, ya?" Wakka asked Lulu.

"Yes... Vidina behaved... good. And... what about you Tidus?" Lulu said, passing on the question to Tidus.

"Uhhhh. It... was... stressful. And uh... what. About. You... Yuna?" Tidus said knowing he was going to get an earful.

"Oh... my day? How was my day? Hm. How about my boyfriend kissed another girl?" Yuna started with steam coming out of her ears.

"Hey! But I didn't kiss her, she kissed me! I didn't want her to, she just did!" Tidus defended. But Yuna's fire would not be put out by a cup of water.

"I, of course, would trust... him," Yuna said, not wanting to say Tidus's name, "but he doesn't trust m enough to see his secret letters. I, not being able to trust him had to use deductive reasoning. Especially since he has a history of cheating. So, are you going to prove to me that you aren't cheating by showing me the letters."

"Hey! I'm not showing you the letters! They are my business! Yuna! Don't think you're the only one crossed here!" Tidus said now yelling. "I've done nothing wrong! I've had to deal with the fact that I'm 3 years younger than you." This realization shocked everyone but Yuna and Tidus in the room. "I've said that it didn't bother me, I came back for you! But can't you understand I can't show you the letters! You surely haven't shown me all of your secrets, why should I have to tell you!"

"Enough!" Lulu interrupted. "You two will not yell across the table for all of dinner! This is ridiculous, you are acting like children!"

"Yeah, well to Yuna, I still am a child!" Tidus said.

"Oh yeah? Well that's because you are!" Yuna yelled back.

"That's it! You can read the letters without me wanting you to!" He threw is sword into the floor. Vidina started crying. Everyone else went silent. "I'm out of here! I'm done! I never asked for much Yuna! All I asked was a little respect." He stormed out through the rain and asked a nearby villager if he could borrow their boat.

"Yeah, well good riddance. He only brought me pain anyways." Yuna said surprisingly unaffected. She ran outside and took off her necklace... the one Tidus gave her. She threw it at him, saying "You forgot something!"

"Yu-" Wakka began.

"I. Don't. Want. To. Talk. About. It." Yuna said like a 7 year old.

"Yuna that's enough! You said Tidus acts like a kid? Look at yourself. Look what your doing! This isn't like you!" Lulu said now angered.

It was then Wakka noticed a black box. He secretly opened it and saw a ring. "Oh no..." Wakka thought.

Yuna ran to Tidus's room and took the letters. She read the first one, it was from Tidus's dad. "Well... he wasn't lying there." she thought. She moved onto the next one. She was surprised to see it was from her father. She hesitantly opened and read it.

She ran outside, leaving everyone in confusion. She ran to the villager who Tidus went to to ask for a boat. "Is he still here!" Yuna asked hurriedly.

"That young man? No, he offered me a lot of Gil for my boat and immediately sailed off. I warned him not to sail in the storm but he seemed in a hurry." The villager responded.

Yuna walked back inside.

"Yu-Yuna... I think... I think Tidus was going to give you this. Don't be sad, ya? He'll be back..." Wakka said uncertainly, giving Yuna the black box. Yuna opened it and immediately closed it again. She looked like she was sick.

"Yunie... are you gonna be alright?" Rikku asked.

"I... messed u-up... didn't I-I?" She said on the verge of tears. She snapped out of it and exclaimed, "No! No! It isn't over! Wakka, don't you have a ship I can borrow?"

"Well... yes, you can use it whenever you want... but in the storm... well it is made of metal and it is really tall. Wait until the storm is over, ya?" Wakka asked.

"Sorry, Wakka. This can't wait. Oh, I'm such an idiot!" Yuna said aloud as she ran to Wakka's boat.

"Y-Yunie!" Rikku cried out but Yuna didn't listen.

She started heading in the direction Tidus would have headed, to Kilika. After 30 minutes, she caught up to Tidus's boat. It was smaller and slower.

"Tidus! Tidus I'm sorry! I-I didn't know!" Yuna yelled. Tidus pretended not to notice. "Tidus! Ti-" Yuna was interrupted by a huge wave hitting the her boat. The boat turned over and Yuna was trapped under it.

Tidus jumped out of his boat. He looked around for Yuna but the ship sinking further by the second. He could hear Yuna's screams for a while. Soon the screaming stopped.

Didn't turn out the way I thought it would... was originally going to be more emotional but I like it this way! Hopefully you did too, hate to leave it at a cliff hanger but that's the way it goes!