Author's Notes: Can't thank you enough, guys! Lindz (and not my reviewer Lindsay, my best buddy Lindsay, lol), this is the last chapter you've read up to, so check back when I post chapter 5 in a few days! Your reviews are fueling me for more, guys, so keep reviewing and I'll keep posting gratefully! Hehe, and sassies lil girl, you'll just have to wait and see if this will be a Tida fic, or whatever the hell you wanna call it, or a whole new category, a Tidinsay fic! lmfao, that name really doesn't flow...anyway, hope you enjoy this just as much as the past ones! Yuna's pissed! hehe
You Were Mine
Chapter 4
Yuna's Pissed
"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..."
As she took a swig of orange juice, Yuna was surprised to hear the telephone ring. She got up from the dining room table, hit a button, and said hello to the early caller.
"Hi, is this Yuna?" a timid voice on the other line said.
She knew that voice. A voice she'd heard just the night before, heavy and slurred with intoxication. But now...it was clear and just as sexy as it had been when he left her life. Her eyebrows crinkled. Why was he calling this early?
"Yes, is this Tidus?" It was asked quite coolly, no hint of hesitation or nervousness present in her tone.
He paused, as if he'd opened his mouth to say something and was startled at her nonchalant voice. Then he continued. "Yeah, how'd you know?"
Yuna rolled her eyes. What kind of question was that? Did he think she was a moron? "Lucky guess," she answered caustically. "Why are you calling me? Didn't you do enough damage last night?"
That one stung. He bit his lower lip, his heart falling to his stomach. He had to have done a number on her last night. Yuna wasn't normally this grumpy with him. She was usually a pretty forgiving girl.
"I probably deserved that, right?"
Her coolness wouldn't last much longer. Obscenities were screaming in her head, and anger threatened to boil over very soon. "No shit."
He cleared his throat, and bit harder on his lip, tasting sour blood as he did so. "Yuna...I'm really sorry for whatever I said to you last night. I was totally hammered, and I didn't know what I was doing. I can't be sorry enough."
She was silent for was seemed like an eternity to Tidus. Worried she'd hung up, despite what Rikku had said, he ventured, "Are you...still there?"
Yuna's patience was gone. She was going to tell him like it was, and not in the most polite way. "Do you want to know what made me so angry last night, Tidus? And what's still having me furious now?"
He gulped, unsure of how to answer that one. She sounded incredibly pissed off. "Um...yes?"
"What made me the angriest is the way you didn't remember who I am. You remembered Rikku and Lulu just fine, but when it came to me, you acted like it was an acquaintance you'd met in a Strip Bar. Like I was a prostitute you paid fifty bucks to have sex with and dumped. Can you even imagine how that could've felt to me?"
It felt like she'd stabbed him in the heart. Despite the fact that he'd moved on from his infatuation with Yuna and devoted himself to Lindsay, she still meant a lot to him, and her words hurt immensely.
"I...I..."
Yuna wasn't done.
"And then you bring in this cheap floozy you picked up on your way back to my island. Where'd you find her, the street corner downtown?"
That made him irate. "How dare you," he fired before she had the chance to strike again. "How dare you say a thing like that about her. You have no right. You've met her once, Yuna. That gives you no right to talk about her that way. Don't ever, ever insult her like that again in my presence. Insult me all you want, but not her."
Yuna didn't take back what she'd said, but she pretended to be sorry for it. A fiery jealously was burning inside of her...one she found hard to control. She said nothing, only grunted an apology, and kept going.
"So why are you calling me, Tidus?" she asked hotly. "To rub in the fact that you've moved on from me?"
He shut his eyes, attempting to keep himself calm. She wasn't making this easy at all, not that he thought it would be anyway. He'd definitely screwed himself over last night.
"No," he shot back, "I didn't call to rub it in. I realize I probably didn't present myself in the most polite way; in fact, I was probably downright crass and rude. You don't have to forgive me for that. But I also don't think I should have to apologize for finding someone else. If you knew the whole story, maybe you'd show a little more respect."
Her hard expression softened. She'd never heard him talk that way before. Was this the same Tidus from years ago? She wasn't exactly sure. Quietly, she said, "So what did you call for, then?"
Glad that he'd spoken his mind and calmed her storm at least a little, he replied, "To maybe get together with you this morning and let you in on the whole story."
Yuna looked away, pain sketched on her pretty face. "I don't think I want the juicy details, Tidus. Thanks, but no thanks."
Before she had the chance to hang up, he stopped her. "Did I say that what the story would be? Don't you want to even hear how I got back here?"
She did want to hear that part, she had to admit. He's more stubborn than I remember, she thought with a half-smile. I wish I could tell him I think it's sexy. After more silence between them, she gave in. "What time?"
He grinned his trademark grin, glancing at a nearby clock. "10:30? I could meet you at B's Cafe. We could get coffee or something, if you want. How does that sound?"
"Fine, 10:30 it is. I'll see you then." Without so much as a goodbye, she hung up the phone.
A feeling of pride swelled in Tidus.
He felt as if he'd just tamed a wild beast.