Chapter 13: Dates
"Our seats have to be around here," Baralai insisted, causing the both of them to groan again.
He was really persistent that it was on this side of the stadium, but Yuna had explained to him a little over five times now they were going to be seating on the other side.
"Just ask someone," Lulu said lazily, "I'm not walking around here anymore, you two can go look for the seats, I'll be waiting here,"
"Then we shall," he said, taking Yuna's hand, "Come on Yuna,"
Yuna gave her a look that resembled 'Help me' and Lulu just smirked as the two wandered off. After looking around for another 10 minutes, Yuna just told him to ask someone.
"Fine," he gave in, scanning this side of the stadium, until he saw her. Her, being Paine, her being his ex-girlfriend, her being the hottest girl he'd ever seen, her being…her. "Uh, hey, Yuna gimme a sec, can you wait with Lulu," he said dismally, barely paying attention to her anymore. She looked a bit confused, but just shrugged it off. If Baralai wanted to go by himself, then so be it! Less walking around the entire stadium for her, she thought.
He made his way over to where Paine was, and sat down. "Hey," he said.
She ignored him. He tried again, "Listen Paine…"
"What do you want?" she snapped.
"I just wanted to talk," he let out a little smile, trying to lighten the mood. "I miss you,"
"That's why you're here with," she pointed in Lulu and Yuna's direction, "Them, huh?"
"They're just…" he trailed off, remembering his kiss with Yuna, but then shrugged it off, "Friends,"
"Like me, huh?"
"Paine, you know it wasn't like that," he tried to explain, but she cut him off.
"Please save your bullshit for someone who cares,"
He couldn't think of anything to say to that. It was useless, she wouldn't listen to him. "Okay then, if you don't want to talk, then can you please tell me where seats 30A, 30B, and 30C are?"
"Right here," she pointed to the seats next to her. He suddenly felt incredibly stupid, and made his way back over to Lulu and Yuna.
"I found our seats," he said glumly.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Nevermind," and then three went over next to Paine.
Sadly for Baralai, Yuna got a seat right next to Paine. "Hi, I'm Yuna," she greeted her, and the look on his face was like 'Wtf?'.
"Paine," she replied, "You're here with Baralai?"
"Err," she stammered a little, "No, actually. I'm here with Shuyin,"
"Oh, him. Quite a catch," Paine said, almost sarcastically. "Well, hope you enjoy the game," She got up from her seat, and greeted her friend who seemed to have just arrived. Baralai's eyes followed her until she was out of sight.
"She's quite something, isn't she?" Lulu teased him, which of course, naturally made him snap out of it.
"Huh, yeah, I guess," he said cautiously, trying not to reveal himself.
"Ex-girlfriend, huh?" she stated the obvious, "She's gorgeous. How on earth did you end up with a girl like that?"
"What? You don't think I could?" he said, offended. "Just because I hang out with you two all the time doesn't mean I can't get a girl…"
"Oh?" she raised an eyebrow, "Care to make a bet?"
"You're on,"
"Dona," she looked gleeful, and Baralai suppressed a gulp. "Tonight. There's a blitzball party,"
"Dona?" he questioned incredulously, "Why her?"
"Why do you think?"
"Both of you, shut up!" Yuna exclaimed, "The blitzball game is starting,"
They announced the two teams, the Luca Goers against the Zanarkand Abes. Yuna could see Tidus and Shuyin both swimming forth to center place.
Huh, that's weird. She thought. Putting both of them on the same position.
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Tidus was grinning manically at Shuyin, who was grinning just as wide back, taunting him almost. Well, whatever pent-up anger he had towards Shuyin, it was definitely going out in this game.
The ball fell down and Shuyin grabbed in one swift motion, swimming past Tidus, just as quickly as he could have. He then swiped the ball from Shuyin and headed in the other direction as Shuyin got blocked by defense.
Speaking of defense, there were two headed towards him right now. Perfect timing for a "Jecht shot". He shot the ball into the forehead of the first, and as it bounced back he kicked it in the stomach of the other. He then did a little back-flip in the water, kicking the ball as hard as he could with his left foot.
Goooal!
Score! He gave one of his teammates a high five, and headed back to center point.
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They had lost. 3-1. Tidus practically smashed his locker with his fist. No one wanted to be around him right now, especially since he had just lost to Shuyin. Thank God Seymour hadn't played today (A/N: He's part of the Luca Goers) or he would've been even more pissed. First his girl, now his game. Well, if he wanted to play dirty, he'd show him dirty. Son of a bitch.
With that, he determined to go over to the Goers locker room, slamming the door open.
"Where the fuck is he?" he roared.
"A-after party," one of them stammered. Although they had no respect for Tidus on the field, they were definitely scared of him when he was mad.
Tidus tried to get a hold of himself, he was practically fuming when he got to his car.
"Tidus?"
He turned around, glancing at Paine. Oh, shit! He had almost forgotten about Paine. They were supposed to go out for dinner.
"Uh…Paine," He greeted, "Change of plans,"
"Oh?" she crossed her arms against her chest, looking at him, expectantly. Tidus thought about his options for a moment. He could either:
A: Beat Shuyin to a bloody pulp in front of Paine, probably making her leave.
B: Go out to dinner with Paine, and possibly get laid, and go to party later.
So, he decided to ignore his anger for the moment. "Sorry, I couldn't find you," He made an excuse, "Here, just get in the car. We're just going to a different restaurant, is all,"
Paine just shrugged, getting into the left seat of Tidus' silver Mustang. Although it wasn't the best car on the block, Tidus enjoyed the look of it.
"So…" she began, "Where are we going?"
"La Petite Betise," he replied in flawless French, but before she could comment, they actually arrived. It was that close.
"I didn't know you could speak French," she said at last, once they had exited the car.
Wow. This place was really nice. She suddenly felt slightly self-conscious of her attire, but shrugged it off. Since when did she care?
"Oui, ma belle," he winked, "Tu est magnifice se soir, si je peux te dire ca,"
"Please tell me you're not hitting on me in French," she laughed, as they entered.
"Oui," he smirked, taking her hand. He went up to the clerk, told her their reservations, and soon they were sitting at a slightly illuminated table, with champagne being poured and light violin music in the background.
"Uh…this is a bit…much," she finally managed.
"Je sais,"
"Stop speaking in French!" she hit him lightly on the arm.
"Okay, okay," he grinned, "I thought I might impress the lady, but I guess if you don't want to…"
"No, no," she cut him off, "It's fine, I'm just not so used to it, is all,"
After a fairly enjoyable meal, the two left in Tidus' car to Paine's house. They soon arrived. (A/N: Yeah, I know what you're thinking, that totally sucked, but like even if I did put the dinner scene in it'd be like, "Tidus took a bite of his Filet Mignon and glanced up into Paine's pretty eyes)
"So…I guess this is it," He said, fumbling with his keys a little.
"Yeah…" she nodded, slowly. She looked him over for a second, he actually was quite cute, not just looks wise. Just the way he stammered a fumbled with his keys. Then she snapped out of it. What on earth? Tidus, cute?
"Goodnight Tidus," she smiled, kissing him lightly on the cheek and entering her house.
"Goodnight," he looked wistful, and headed back to his car. After all that, just a damn kiss on the cheek? If she wanted to play hard to get, so be it. But for now, he thought of other things, like this party, for example.
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"Yuna," Shuyin greeted her after the game, in the parking lot. "There you are, I've been looking all over for you,"
She blushed slightly at his moment, and all that came out was, "Thanks,"
He laughed a little, "Come on, let's get to my house before the hooligans trash the place," (A/N: Shuyin has his own house in Zanarkand)
"Okay,"
Unlike Tidus, Shuyin's taste in cars were quite expensive, he had a white corvette. Yuna was slightly impressed, but since living in Zanarkand, it shouldn't be such a big deal anymore…yet it was really a nice car.
They didn't say much until they got to the house, besides for Shuyin's comment on "how beautiful she looked tonight," which merited another blush from Yuna. It was almost cute, or at least that's what Shuyin thought.
"Here we are," he smiled, the sound of music blaring from his house. "Come on in,"
He took her by the hand, and entered the room. What a different sight then the party Tidus had taken her to.
It was impressive, to say the least. It looked like they had converted the entire living room into some kind of dance floor. There was a live DJ, and strobe lights all over the place, a few guards in place, and a bar on the side, not like the immature stuff Seymour and Gippal did with the "punch". Next to the DJ there was a stage, which no bands were playing at, currently, but she could see that they were set up.
She nodded her head, in gesture to the stage, and he said only two words, "Maroon 5,"
To which she suppressed a squeal, "Really?"
He then took her outside the room, and into his backyard. There were a few people there, sitting by the pool, the huge pool, she couldn't help but add. It was, really.
"Thought you might not want to go through that yet," he grinned, sitting her down next to him, on the side of the pool.
"Not at all," she replied, "I'd love to,"
"Okay," he said again, "I don't want to go through that yet,"
"Haha," she smiled, "Why not?"
"Way too many people. I'd love to just talk to you here, all night long,"
'Wow, that was incredibly sweet. Give him two extra points.'
"Just a question…" Yuna thought suddenly, "Why did you invite me here, just out of the blue? I mean, I haven't seen you in years, and we weren't exactly 'best buddies',"
"Well, I've heard about you, and you sound like an incredibly sweet, gifted, beautiful...
'Ok, gag me right now. He just sounded like my father for a second,'
"Sexy woman,"
'There you go,'
"You don't have to say all that, you know," she said, looking down. He cupped the side of her face, so she would be looking at him straight in the eyes.
"But I want to," She could feel his breath on her lips, causing many feelings in her to erupt. His eyes…they were so beautiful, so incredibly beautiful. Clear blue, just like Tidus. And then she turned her head away.
How could she think of him at a time like this? Shuyin was about to kiss her!
"I'm sorry,"
"No, look, it's fine," she mumbled, burying her hands in her face. "It's not you, it's just me,"
"Never thought I'd ever hear that line before," he let out a smirk, "Look it's okay, I already know. You're interested in my brother,"
"What?" she practically choked on her own breath, "Where did you hear that from?"
"That look in your eyes, love," he said, "When you looked into mine,"
"Oh, and what does this tell you?"
"What does wha-" But he couldn't finish his sentence, because, she crushed her lips to his.
Alright, this was completely and utterly totally wrong, Shuyin knew, but he couldn't pass this up. He, was not like Baralai. He was in fact, ten times better. He brushed his lips softly against hers, making her crave more. He sucked on her upper lip, teasing her almost. And then, he began slowly, sensually moving his tongue with hers.
His lips eventually left hers for air, but not for long, he began a trail of kisses down her face, her neck, her shoulders, which caused her to moan softly. He pulled her closer to him, his hands working magic on her back.
But before their lips could meet again, Shuyin was crashed to the ground, by none other than Tidus Yokinoshi.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH!"
"Shit," was all she could say.
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Miko, I made this long, just for you. God, I'm making Yuna look like a slut. Explanation: She's not used to all the attention, so she doesn't really know how to handle it. Next chappie is the Ultimate Confusion. :D Read and Review, ppls!