Author's Notes: Thanks for the reviews, guys! 4 reviews in one day is pretty good for me, lol, especially in a new fic I'm not even sure I'm doing right. Thanks for the corrections, Figgy, and I'll probably correct them later, right now I just want to get up the next chapter, since you asked. Any more changes, go ahead and tell me, and I'll probably do an edited version later. But is there really a difference in auburn and brown? I was lookin for a different vocabulary word....but it doesn't matter. Anything else that doesn't make sense, I say again, go ahead and leave it in your review. Lemme know what you think, please review!!!
You Were Mine
Chapter 2
First Sight
"Sometimes I wake up, cryin at night
And sometimes I scream out your name
What right does she have to take your heart away?
When for so long, you were mine."
Yuna's eyelids grew heavy as the night wore on. Rikku chatted away with her love interest bartender, and she found herself staring off into space. Lulu had gathered with a few of her fellow colleagues, leaving the two of them alone with Traver. She didn't mind, but the conversation was beginning to bore her. As happy as she was for Rikku for finding this guy and getting the guts to talk to him without stammering over her words, she needed something a little more stimulating to keep her attention.
She fixed her gaze on the front of the bar, watching drunken residents of Besaid go out the door, assisted by their friends, and sober souls leaving as well. She found herself giggling at the insipid manner of the intoxicated ones, and having to cover her mouth to stifle them. She stayed this way for almost a half an hour, Rikku still finding things to talk about with Traver, until she spotted them.
Her eye caught them instantaneously, simply because of the noise both of them were making. A man and a woman, one she knew, and one she had never seen in her life, were laughing hysterically next to the entrance of the bar, obviously a couple drinking as much as the intoxicated people she'd seen coming out the door for the past half-hour. Her frown deepened as the male turned to face her, and stared hard. Like he'd never seen her in his life...like an old high school classmate he couldn't quite fit with a name. His jaw fell a little, and the woman he was with noticed his strange behavior, turned to see what he was gaping at.
"What is it?" she said, her brows furrowing. "You look like you're taking an eye exam." After she said this, she busted up laughing again. The blonde smiled faintly, but kept his eyes ahead. Yuna's breathing increased, and she turned away slightly, wishing he'd come to talk to her. Just as she'd hoped, out of the corner of her eye, she saw him moving toward the bar-side. Rikku shifted her gaze, found Tidus moving toward them, and practically jumped out of her skin. She shoved against her, trying to attract her attention.
"Yunie!!" she cried, using hand motions to express her excitement. "Look! Look! It's...it's...it's Tidus!!"
Yuna sighed heavily, and turned to Rikku. "I know. He's coming over here. It's alright, I know. He has....he has someone with him."
A small gasp escaped from Rikku, and it was then that Tidus reached them. He looked past Yuna for a moment, and seemed to recognize Rikku immediately. His face lit up noticeably, and Rikku met his eyes as well.
"Rikku!" he exclaimed, turning around Yuna to greet the old friend of his past. Rikku showed the same elevated enthusiasm, wrapping her arms around Tidus and laughing a little.
"Tidus! How did you get back here? We thought you were gone forever!" She beamed relentlessly, keeping one arm around him, unbelieving that he was actually with them again. Yuna simply looked away, her heart thumping in her chest. She couldn't bring herself to say a word to him yet, knowing it would crack and stutter if she tried now. He still paid no attention to her existence at the moment, still busy with Rikku.
"Well, it's this really messed up thing, but I guess Fayth let me live in this world again. I was given a second chance, I guess." His words were slurred, as well as narrowed in vocabulary. He wasn't himself, that was for sure, thanks to the drinking he'd obviously been doing for a few hours. He chuckled and then whispered in Rikku's ear, "And I brought someone with me, too."
Rikku raised a curious eyebrow at this comment. "Oh really? Who would that be?" Although she'd heard already from Yuna that he had someone with him, she put on a clueless facade.
He nodded, repeating, "I brought someone with me, yeah." He cracked up laughing again as if he'd just reached the punchline of a hilarious joke, and pat Rikku on the back without answering the latter part of her question.
He then turned to her. Feeling his glazed eyes upon her, her stomach flopped over a few times. She wouldn't meet his gaze, and it took his muscular hands to turn her face toward him with not the most gentle of touches. His palm was callused, leaving a rough feeling on her skin, and alcohol was strong on his breath. "I could swear I've seen you before, man..." he said softly, still staring at her. She jerked her face away from his grasp, and closed her eyes.
"Oh yeah? Well, don't let me keep you from the real girl you're looking for. You don't look or act like the man I once called Tidus." The words spat from her mouth like fire, she couldn't control their fury. He proceeded to giggle again, and motioned for someone to come over. Yuna could only guess it was the, "Someone he brought with him." Rikku was finding it difficult to contain her laughter at his behavior, covering her mouth to stifle the noise. Traver was ogling at the scene before them, occasionally looking over at Rikku and snickering.
As a gorgeous, tall, skinny blonde walked over to their area, Yuna's jaw practically fell to the floor. This was who he brought with him? She felt her heart wrench, and felt all hope of being together with Tidus again disappear. This woman she could never compete with...who was she fooling? Tidus obviously moved on. It was time now for her to too.
"Lindz, look! It's the girl I was telling you about!" For one fleeting moment, Yuna wanted to believe he was talking about her. That he had remembered who she really was. But the hope was dashed just as quickly as it came. "Meet Rikku!"
The girl he dubbed as Lindsay grinned, and outstretched a hand for Rikku to shake. Politely she introduced herself, as did Rikku, and sat at a nearby barstool. "So you're the perky one, eh?" She directed the question to Rikku, who's eyes widened a little as she turned to Tidus, who raised his hands in defense.
"C'mon Rik, you have to admit it, you are perky..."
Having the sense of humor she did, Rikku laughed heartily at the comment. Yuna rolled her eyes, and kept her nerves under control for the moment. It was then that Tidus finally seemed to realize she was still alive and in the middle of their banter. He tapped her shoulder, and she turned slowly back to face him. He squinted stupidly again, and attempted to make the wheels turn, although they were rusty with the weight of the alcohol's influence. Yuna remained stoic, her face emotionless and unchanged.
"Yes?" she said impatiently, looking at the features she'd longed to see for so long. She could hardly believe he'd brought Lindsay with him. He was supposed to be hers forever...her protector...her love. And now here he was, with some girl he'd picked up on his way back to Besaid. She held back the threatening tears, and waited for him to say something.
"I just can't place your name..." he said, still squinting. "Is it...Yuna?"
It's about time, she thought silently. I was beginning to think I'd have to spell it out. She clapped her hands together mockingly, and looked over at Rikku. "Give the man a medal, Rikku! He got my name right! He only knew me for...oh, almost *a year*."
Apparently, Tidus was more intoxicated than she'd thought. He grinned like a fool, and clapped Yuna on the back, much to her surprise. Her eyes shot open, and she practically spilled the refilled club soda all over herself. Disgusted with the way he was acting, she slammed the drink on the bar counter, and stomped her feet down on the floor as she jumped from the barstool. "If you'll excuse me, I have matters to attend to at home. I'm sorry the evening ended this way, Rikku. Tell Lu I said I'll talk to her tomorrow, okay?"
Rikku nodded, and with those words, Yuna was out the door, and into the cold evening air. Rain pattered on the already wet roads, as well as on her styled brown hair. She burst into violent sobs before she was even half-way home, and hugged her bare shoulders for security. She simply couldn't fathom why he would do this to her. And to have seen him again in such a crass manner...it had been exactly the opposite as the meeting in her dreams. Maybe when he was actually sober in two or three days, she could have a civil conversation with him about this Lindsay girl he'd picked up. She knew she didn't have a snowball's chance at winning him back if he was in love with this girl, and he probably was. Knowing this only increased the flow of her tears, and when she headed up the stairs to her apartment, she avoided all stares. Closing the door to her small home, she leaned up against it.
Staring up at the white ceiling, she let the tears keep coming, closed her eyes, and wished the night could be erased from her memory forever.
You Were Mine
Chapter 2
First Sight
"Sometimes I wake up, cryin at night
And sometimes I scream out your name
What right does she have to take your heart away?
When for so long, you were mine."
Yuna's eyelids grew heavy as the night wore on. Rikku chatted away with her love interest bartender, and she found herself staring off into space. Lulu had gathered with a few of her fellow colleagues, leaving the two of them alone with Traver. She didn't mind, but the conversation was beginning to bore her. As happy as she was for Rikku for finding this guy and getting the guts to talk to him without stammering over her words, she needed something a little more stimulating to keep her attention.
She fixed her gaze on the front of the bar, watching drunken residents of Besaid go out the door, assisted by their friends, and sober souls leaving as well. She found herself giggling at the insipid manner of the intoxicated ones, and having to cover her mouth to stifle them. She stayed this way for almost a half an hour, Rikku still finding things to talk about with Traver, until she spotted them.
Her eye caught them instantaneously, simply because of the noise both of them were making. A man and a woman, one she knew, and one she had never seen in her life, were laughing hysterically next to the entrance of the bar, obviously a couple drinking as much as the intoxicated people she'd seen coming out the door for the past half-hour. Her frown deepened as the male turned to face her, and stared hard. Like he'd never seen her in his life...like an old high school classmate he couldn't quite fit with a name. His jaw fell a little, and the woman he was with noticed his strange behavior, turned to see what he was gaping at.
"What is it?" she said, her brows furrowing. "You look like you're taking an eye exam." After she said this, she busted up laughing again. The blonde smiled faintly, but kept his eyes ahead. Yuna's breathing increased, and she turned away slightly, wishing he'd come to talk to her. Just as she'd hoped, out of the corner of her eye, she saw him moving toward the bar-side. Rikku shifted her gaze, found Tidus moving toward them, and practically jumped out of her skin. She shoved against her, trying to attract her attention.
"Yunie!!" she cried, using hand motions to express her excitement. "Look! Look! It's...it's...it's Tidus!!"
Yuna sighed heavily, and turned to Rikku. "I know. He's coming over here. It's alright, I know. He has....he has someone with him."
A small gasp escaped from Rikku, and it was then that Tidus reached them. He looked past Yuna for a moment, and seemed to recognize Rikku immediately. His face lit up noticeably, and Rikku met his eyes as well.
"Rikku!" he exclaimed, turning around Yuna to greet the old friend of his past. Rikku showed the same elevated enthusiasm, wrapping her arms around Tidus and laughing a little.
"Tidus! How did you get back here? We thought you were gone forever!" She beamed relentlessly, keeping one arm around him, unbelieving that he was actually with them again. Yuna simply looked away, her heart thumping in her chest. She couldn't bring herself to say a word to him yet, knowing it would crack and stutter if she tried now. He still paid no attention to her existence at the moment, still busy with Rikku.
"Well, it's this really messed up thing, but I guess Fayth let me live in this world again. I was given a second chance, I guess." His words were slurred, as well as narrowed in vocabulary. He wasn't himself, that was for sure, thanks to the drinking he'd obviously been doing for a few hours. He chuckled and then whispered in Rikku's ear, "And I brought someone with me, too."
Rikku raised a curious eyebrow at this comment. "Oh really? Who would that be?" Although she'd heard already from Yuna that he had someone with him, she put on a clueless facade.
He nodded, repeating, "I brought someone with me, yeah." He cracked up laughing again as if he'd just reached the punchline of a hilarious joke, and pat Rikku on the back without answering the latter part of her question.
He then turned to her. Feeling his glazed eyes upon her, her stomach flopped over a few times. She wouldn't meet his gaze, and it took his muscular hands to turn her face toward him with not the most gentle of touches. His palm was callused, leaving a rough feeling on her skin, and alcohol was strong on his breath. "I could swear I've seen you before, man..." he said softly, still staring at her. She jerked her face away from his grasp, and closed her eyes.
"Oh yeah? Well, don't let me keep you from the real girl you're looking for. You don't look or act like the man I once called Tidus." The words spat from her mouth like fire, she couldn't control their fury. He proceeded to giggle again, and motioned for someone to come over. Yuna could only guess it was the, "Someone he brought with him." Rikku was finding it difficult to contain her laughter at his behavior, covering her mouth to stifle the noise. Traver was ogling at the scene before them, occasionally looking over at Rikku and snickering.
As a gorgeous, tall, skinny blonde walked over to their area, Yuna's jaw practically fell to the floor. This was who he brought with him? She felt her heart wrench, and felt all hope of being together with Tidus again disappear. This woman she could never compete with...who was she fooling? Tidus obviously moved on. It was time now for her to too.
"Lindz, look! It's the girl I was telling you about!" For one fleeting moment, Yuna wanted to believe he was talking about her. That he had remembered who she really was. But the hope was dashed just as quickly as it came. "Meet Rikku!"
The girl he dubbed as Lindsay grinned, and outstretched a hand for Rikku to shake. Politely she introduced herself, as did Rikku, and sat at a nearby barstool. "So you're the perky one, eh?" She directed the question to Rikku, who's eyes widened a little as she turned to Tidus, who raised his hands in defense.
"C'mon Rik, you have to admit it, you are perky..."
Having the sense of humor she did, Rikku laughed heartily at the comment. Yuna rolled her eyes, and kept her nerves under control for the moment. It was then that Tidus finally seemed to realize she was still alive and in the middle of their banter. He tapped her shoulder, and she turned slowly back to face him. He squinted stupidly again, and attempted to make the wheels turn, although they were rusty with the weight of the alcohol's influence. Yuna remained stoic, her face emotionless and unchanged.
"Yes?" she said impatiently, looking at the features she'd longed to see for so long. She could hardly believe he'd brought Lindsay with him. He was supposed to be hers forever...her protector...her love. And now here he was, with some girl he'd picked up on his way back to Besaid. She held back the threatening tears, and waited for him to say something.
"I just can't place your name..." he said, still squinting. "Is it...Yuna?"
It's about time, she thought silently. I was beginning to think I'd have to spell it out. She clapped her hands together mockingly, and looked over at Rikku. "Give the man a medal, Rikku! He got my name right! He only knew me for...oh, almost *a year*."
Apparently, Tidus was more intoxicated than she'd thought. He grinned like a fool, and clapped Yuna on the back, much to her surprise. Her eyes shot open, and she practically spilled the refilled club soda all over herself. Disgusted with the way he was acting, she slammed the drink on the bar counter, and stomped her feet down on the floor as she jumped from the barstool. "If you'll excuse me, I have matters to attend to at home. I'm sorry the evening ended this way, Rikku. Tell Lu I said I'll talk to her tomorrow, okay?"
Rikku nodded, and with those words, Yuna was out the door, and into the cold evening air. Rain pattered on the already wet roads, as well as on her styled brown hair. She burst into violent sobs before she was even half-way home, and hugged her bare shoulders for security. She simply couldn't fathom why he would do this to her. And to have seen him again in such a crass manner...it had been exactly the opposite as the meeting in her dreams. Maybe when he was actually sober in two or three days, she could have a civil conversation with him about this Lindsay girl he'd picked up. She knew she didn't have a snowball's chance at winning him back if he was in love with this girl, and he probably was. Knowing this only increased the flow of her tears, and when she headed up the stairs to her apartment, she avoided all stares. Closing the door to her small home, she leaned up against it.
Staring up at the white ceiling, she let the tears keep coming, closed her eyes, and wished the night could be erased from her memory forever.