This chapter was a hassle...but it's finally done :P yay, time to rest a bit...This one's longer than usual. Writers block again, still trying to find out what happens. lol, and you were trying to ask me what happens ? ) I dont even know! Anyways here it is.
(Edited 26th December 2008)
(Edited 27th August 2007)
Chapter 7: Your First time?
"He's what?" Yuna asked surprisingly, whilst she went through her gallery of shoes trying to pick one that fitted with her clothes.
"Shuyin said," I began repeating myself "He needed some time of his own, he didn't say much about it though. All I know is that he's not in Zanarkand anymore and that he doesn't want to be back anytime soon. Yeah and that part about breaking up with Lenne, I thought their relationship never started... but anyhow... I guess he's pretty pissed about my old man." I paused to catch a breath.
"I didn't talk to him much about it, it was a short call. Anyway, it's still too early for the party…" I trailed off.
"I don't know Tidus, what shall we do?" Perhaps it's the way she said it, the sensation of her flirtatious tone and an equally flirtatious smile afterwards. Two can play at that game.
"Well, I have something in mind actually…just that I don't know if you're up to the challenge" I said, as I slowly moved towards her, keeping my eyes on her.
"Are you belittling me? Do you think a female can't do what a male can do?" her tone getting a slightly annoyed.
"I know one thing that females can't do, and males can…" I felt her breathing on my face, even her loud pounding heartbeat.
"Oh and what might that be?"
"Want me to show you?" She was so close to me, her small body centimetres away from my own. She started to back away; perhaps she was regretting flirting in the first place. Without a second thought, I pushed her gently onto the couch behind and leaned forward to stare her straight in the face. Moving even closer, I gently kissed her neck.
"Tidus…" she stopped at almost as instantly as I moved my mouth towards hers. Her lips were soft and sweet, like strawberries. The sweetest I've ever kissed. Whatever she wanted to say, she can't now. I was losing control of my rational thought, was I proceeding too fast? She moaned as I tried to play around with her tongue. Her red hot blush on her cheeks deepend as I could tell she was losing it too. Her arms, which were nicely placed on both sides of her body, has found an even nicer place around my neck. The warmth of her body under mine propelled me to push her further, but the look in her eyes said otherwise. Our kiss was getting more lusting by the moment, her cheeks began to blush bright red against her pale white skin. She was hot, both metaphorically and literally.
"Tidus …please stop" she finally said, amidst her heavy breathing. I obeyed, against the will of my out of control body. I was a 17 year of old boy who was high on hormones. Not to mention with an exposed girl whom I had a crush on for 4 years now right under me. The thought of her elegant legs rubbing against mine intoxicated me with evil ideas. Testosterone blazed through my body as if dictating my actions. Slowly I reached to unzip her out layer of clothing.
"Tidus, stop…now" she repeated, pushing me away from her.
"What?" I replied confused, although I had stopped I flipped her around so she above me, lying against my chest.
"I think I'm not ready yet."
"Okay". Tidus? Is that it? Tidus the almighty backs off from a girl just because she's unwilling? What's gotten into you?
I closed my eyes; her hair sprawled over my face emitting a mild fragrance of jasmine.
"Tidus, can we stay like this forever?" she whispered, sheepishly rubbing her head and almost falling asleep.
"Not forever, I want to be like this for longer than forever." I said dumbly.
"Silly, there's nothing longer than forever" her voice getting weaker as she was falling more into a sleeping state.
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Yuna started twitching as she awoke from a peaceful slumber. I held her closely, and kissed her on the forehead the moment she opened her bi coloured eyes.
"What time is it?" she mumbled and struggled to get upright.
"I don't know" as I also tried to get up and have a peak at the time.
"It's six already! We're late" she exclaimed as she ran towards a large mirror and straighten her hair.
"No we're not. We're on schedule. By the way, your hair looks better the way it was before."
She scoffed and continued to comb her hair.
Twenty minutes later, I parked the car on the curb of Rikku's house. I was surprised that there was even a space, considering I could hear the loud screams of a whole town of people inside. Yuna flinched at the idea of closing in a house with such loud music.
"Your first time?"
She nodded, but continued to walk up the path towards the door. It was slightly ajar so we just casually strolled in. Lights flashed overhead, as I held Yuna's hand to walk across the packed dance floor. She squeezed my hand a little and winced at the blazing lights and beating tempo of the music. Finally I spotted who I was searching for, the gang.
"Hey Tidus, late as usual huh?" Gippal screamed inches away from my ears.
"Hell yeah!" I yelled also at the climax of my lungs.
"Ti, drinks are at the usual place. Feel at home. You too, cous. " Rikku popped her head out from behind Gippal's.
Dragging Yuna behind me, I pull her over to the kitchen bench and scourged the debris. There were a myriad of aluminium cans and glass bottles floating around.
"It's much quieter here. Oh Yevon, I'm having a splitting headache already." She complained as she found a stool next to the bench.
"I guess there's good insulation…here it is." I said, handing her a bottle of vodka.
"What's this?" she said, turning the bottle around and around in her hands.
"It's a drink, try it", I opened it for her and let her drink it.
She coughed as soon as she tried to drink it. I laughed as her naiveness of never touching acholic drinks.
"That was a mean trick! One day, I'll get you back for it." She threatened as she bent over the sink.
"I didn't think it was that bad the first time I had one" I commented and helped her sit on the stool again.
"And plus, how do you stand this music, it's like someone's trying to break your eardrums or something"
"I gotten used to it, wonder why I'm sometimes deaf?" I smirked and we both got back to the group. I could see Gippal who was cradling Rikku on his lap, and intoxicating himself with a bottle of rum with his other hand.
"Ti, my hands a pretty busy as you can see, just help yourself" as he pointed the bottle of rum towards a low table full of food.
"Rikku, Cid would so kick your ass if he sees you like this" Paine cocked her head and sat on a chair behind the sofa at which Gippal was sitting.
"Well, Old Cid isn't here. Otherwise I would get kicked in the butt too" Gippal announced as he waved the rum proudly, as if it was a sign of victory.
"You wouldn't dare either" Rikku said rolling her eyes.
"Says who!" as he ruffled his girlfriend's hair, her blonde coils flying loose from its original position.
"Alright kiddies, time for bed" I joked, and sat on the table behind. Yuna decided that the couch was the best place to sit so she sat beside her cousin and Gippal.
"Baralai" Paine called and pointed to the kitchen for more alcohol. She wasn't the type to speak; perhaps she thinks actions speak louder than words. Or was it due to the fact that the music was too loud. Either way, it worked as Baralai obediently stood up and left for the kitchen.
"Good work Paine"
"Shut up Nooj"
These were my best friends, they always made me laugh and sometimes vice versa. I've had a great time in my high school laughing and joking around with them. Understanding friends, not just normal friends.
"Hey guys, I'll go mingle." I mentioned towards the dance floor.
"That's not nice Tidus, Yuna feels lonely!" Le Blanc said as she cooed Nooj in front of everyone. Despite the way she said it, I felt that she was right.
"Woh, Tidus blushing? That's a rare sight" Gippal mocked me, as he pretended he had a camera sphere and was taking a picture of me.
"Shut up Gippal. Come on lets go Yuna" I grabbed Yuna's hand and dragged her along. I don't know why I did that, but I didn't want people to tease her just because I like her.
"Tidus, wait…you are not the boss of me! Stop it, what are you doing?" she said confused and slightly angry. Behind her, I noticed my friends yelling things like "Go Tidus!" or "Go get her!" I ignored them completely.
"Yuna, do you want to dance?"
She was surprised, but quick to hide that.
"At least you could have asked me nicely." She said, as she stared as me pretending to be angry.
"I'm sorry, next time I'll be more polite" scratching my head, not knowing if she would reject or accept my offer.
"I don't know how to dance"
"Your first time again?" She nodded.
"Just feel natural" as I danced to the beat of an incredibly energetic and fast beating sound. She was following what I did, waving hands in the air, shaking hips, the whole lot. And she was hot! I couldn't imagine that she could move so well, as my mind absently I tried to picture her in bed….
"Tidus what's wrong?"
"Err, umm nothing, just thinking…just thinking…"
"Thinking about?"
"You"
"Me?"
"Yeah you"
"About?"
"How I love you" well, that wasn't exactly a lie, it was truth to a certain extent.
She looked away. Then the music changed, to a slow moving, free flowing one.
"This one's nice" she said, as I advanced and grabbed her by the waist and danced to the rhythm.
"What are you doing? I don't know how to dance"
"I'll teach you"
To my surprise she was a quick learner, and gotten used to the footsteps before the song finished.
"You have a natural talent at this" I said, in spite of her stepping onto my foot a few times. She blushed. It was rather cute because she looked down, and her cheeks flushed red.
"Tidus, thank you. For the dance and for …" she paused. Behind her, Baralai and Gippal popped their heads out and gave me a huge grin. Yuna sensed that something was going on, so she turned back just in time to see my friends started to mock me by pretending to hug one and another.
"Guys…can't we have some quiet time?"
"Firstly Ti, it's a party! Part-tee! Not a quiet party, but a LOUD parteeee. Secondly, why don't you two get a ROOM?" Gippal said, he was quite drunk indeed.
"Gippal, how much did you drink?" Yuna questioned, she was quite concerned which made me kind of jealous. But further thinking told me that she was just worried about her cousin's boyfriend.
"Not enough" Gippal said, leaning on Baralai for support.
"Yuna, Tidus. Nooj told us to go back to the lounge; he said something about playing a game." Baralai said, clearly he was sober. Son of a Praetor, rich and high classed, just as high classed as Yuna.
"What's he up to now?" I said, quite annoyed that my dance with Yuna was going to be interrupted.
"Tidus, it could be fun!" Yuna said gleefully.
"Yeah sure" I said, trying to sound interested. After all, since when did Nooj know anything fun? Le Blanc is a perfect example.
"Yunie! Yunie! Come here! Nooj was just about to explain the rules!" Rikku squealed, jumping up and down happily.
By this time, which was about eleven according to my sphere watch, the 'public' party was over. I could see a bunch of guys holding girls and walking out the door. Rikku's party was 'special' because the latter half was just us, her best friends.
"Okay guys, here's the rules. We are split into teams of two. We have a series of competitions, much like the Olympics, and the loser has to drink this." He lifted up a large cup of wine.
"Don't underestimate this. It's specially formulated so it's extra strong."
"Teams? Noojee Woogie, I want to be in your team honey" I don't have to say who said that…it was of course Le Blanc.
"Its okay honey, I've got it all planned out. We are paired up with the first person at this party whom we met today." He slipped an arm around Le Blanc's hips and smiled.
"So that means, I'm with Gippal!" Rikku shouted gleefully and ran to Gippal and hugged him.
"That means…I'm with Yuna…because… I saw her this morning…" I said loudly, without knowing what I said.
"This morning?!?!" Everyone instantly turned and stared at me.
"Congratulations Tidus, I didn't know you were so quick" Gippal said as he patted me on the shoulder.
"Shut up Gippal, you've got the wrong idea." I punched Gippal gently on his back.
"So that leaves Baralai and Paine" Rikku said.
Paine scoffed, but walked towards Baralai.
"First match begins. The Rules of this game is simple. A rope is tied so that team mates legs are tied together." Nooj said, as he took out a rope and tied his left foot with Le Blanc's right foot.
"We race around the house, last one drinks the jug"
Oh great, who comes up with such ideas….Nooj. And so, we all lined up next to the kitchen door, ready to race. Much like stooges, might I add. Yuna, who was on my left, looked at me for support.
"Don't worry, we can win this" I said confidently.
"Tidus…did you forget…my foot still hurts…"
My response was a blank stare, we were doomed.
"Ready, set, Go!" Nooj shouted and their team sprang forwards, probably having a fraction of a head start.
"Hey that's cheating!" Rikku yelled as she and Gippal also started moving. What do you call that? Walking with three legs? Whatever it was, I soon discovered it was hard! I didn't want to hurt Yuna's foot, but I also didn't want her to drink the heavy alcohol. Ahead of us, Nooj and Le Blanc were quickly scrambling towards the front door, which was the finishing line. Not far behind, Gippal began picking up Rikku, a shout exchanged, and Gippal carried Rikku over the finishing line.
"Hey! That's cheating!" Le Blanc complained, but she turned around to see Paine and Baralai, Yuna and me, struggling to race. Baralai and Paine didn't have any physical disadvantages; it was rather their team that was their problem.
"Are you alright Yuna? Can you handle it?" I asked, though it was a race, I didn't want anyone to get hurt.
"Left foot! No no… left first!" she shouted as we tried to coordinate the steps.
Paine and Baralai were to some extent behind us throughout the race, but about a few metres in front of the finishing line, Paine seized Baralai and propelled him forward. They rolled over the finish line before us!
"Your last" Paine commented as she got up to untie the rope.
I sighed in surrender as Yuna and I both crossed the finishing line.
"Well well, here it is." Le Blanc held up two large jugs full of a bubbling liquid.
"They cheated! This is so unfair!" I complained as I helped Yuna untie the rope binding our feet together.
"I don't remember rules for not carrying your partner over the line" Gippal snorted and patted me on the shoulder, as if he had won our little discussion.
"Still cheating though." I said as I looked at the scratches and bandages on Yuna's leg to see if they were healed.
"Wow Yunie, what happened to you?" Rikku gestured towards the bruises.
"Oh…nothing. I feel from my stairs and scratched myself. That's all, it was an accident." Yuna replied, not looking directed at either Rikku or me.
"Drink drink drink" Gippal started chanting, holding the jug which he somehow had taken from Le Blanc and placed it right in my face. And so, I took the jug from him and drank it in one go. If I've ever taken rum, vodka, beer, and all the different types of wine at the same time, that would be what it tasted like. I'm not even talk about the taste, but as soon as I finished it, my stomach started to shake and rumble. A reaction effect from my stomach, a huge burp with heavy alcohol smell and it was over. Or so I thought, but I was yet to feel the effects until much later.
I looked at Yuna and her jug too. If I had problems finishing it, Yuna would be in deep trouble.
"Hey, let me finish that Yuna." I called out, groping my hand forward towards the jug.
"No no, team mates can't help!" Nooj said in a stern and reinforcing tone.
"But..." I started mumbling but stopped to see Yuna take the jug and forced it down her throat. Maybe she was fine…or not. As soon as she finished about half the jug, she felt sick. How did I know? I don't know…but I could tell she felt sick. Without a second thought, I took the remaining alcohol and drained it dry. I ran over to Yuna, who was sprawled over the couch, not looking very well.
"Yuna, are you okay?" I asked, and I peered back at the others, just in time to see that they were starting their next 'game'.
"Guys, we'll chill for a while. Play without us" I shouted back and sat on the seat next to Yuna. I stroked Yuna's back hoping that it would help her a little.
"Tidus, I think I love you" Yuna said, slowly inching towards my face
"Errrr, I think you're drunk"
"No! I'm not! I really really like you!" Her mouth touched mine, and she pulled me into a deep kiss.
"Yuna..mmm...I think you've had too much. This isn't what you really want"
"I want you Tidus, I think I'm ready"
I really can't remember what happened later that night. We were both too drunk to recall what actually happened.
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I'm probably more confused that usual, can't seem to find a good filler yet for the next chapter. I promise that something drastic is going to happen soon. Something very very drastic..Thanks for the reviews :) and the support
