Note: Final Fantasy X and all characters involved are copyright of Square Enix.

Chapter 2: Phone Calls and Candy

Yuna's POV

The first thing Yuna noticed when she got home was her father's white stretch limmo in the driveway. This was a truly a rare sight, as Braska rarely had time to come home to his family. She gathered her things out of the trunk. Yuna shrugged her backpack over her shoulder and waved goodbye to Paine. She raced up the steps to the front door, Rikku following close behind her.

She barely wrapped her fingers around the knob when the door opened. She immediately squealed with excitement and hopped into the man's arms. Sure enough, it was Braska. He was a tall, slender man with piercing blue eyes and a smile that could melt even the most stern of women. His hair, gelled forward and spike just a little, was a dusty brown. Yuna and her mother seemed to be the only two that could see that he was much more than a businessman. "Ah, darling, how was your first day", he asked, gently placing a hand on her shoulder. Yuna shrugged. "It was all right." Braska chuckled. "That's great." He smiled at her for a second, then snapped back into reality. "Oh, honey, I can't make it to dinner tonight. I'm sorry." Yuna seemed a little hurt by this, but she tried to cover. "Oh… okay." Braska didn't seem to detect the slight hint of pain in her voice. He gently patted her on the head and made his way to the limousine. Rikku smirked slightly. "Don't worry Yunie", she said, grasping Yuna's shoulder, "he'll probably be home after dinner." Yuna smiled weakly at Rikku, then made her way inside.

Yuna's mother, Rina, had anticipated the girls' arrival. On the kitchen table, a plate of snacks had been arranged for the two. Yuna grabbed a fruit and a muffin, then headed upstairs to her room. She slipped off her boots fell face-first onto her bed. Rikku followed close behind, her arms piled with assorted chips and candies.

"Yuna, put this on", she said, as she balanced the foods in one hand and reached for a CD with the other. She tossed it nonchalantly at Yuna. Yuna screamed. "You got Lenne's new CD?" Rikku giggled. "Got it just yesterday! C'mon, pop it in already!" Yuna popped the CD into the CD player, then read the back. "Oh, number four! Number four!", Yuna screeched, quickly pushing the forward button four times. The beat to Lenne's song, "Real Emotions", began to play. Rikku and Yuna hopped onto the bed, striking their best songstress poses and dancing to the beat. Yuna grabbed the TV remote off her dresser and began to lip sync with the song. "Proudly in the hazy borders of my heart, I can feel the pace, or something like it!" Rikku grabbed her comb out of her back pack and soon the two pop singers were belting out the song word-for-word.

"Everything I've seen in those hazy dreams can't compare to what I'm seeing now! Everything's so different that it brings me to my kneeeeees!" Suddenly, Rikku lost her balance and fell backwards, taking Yuna down with her. The girls sat in a laughing fit. Their sides were aching and it became harder and harder to catch their breath between cackles. Three quick rings signaled from Yuna's phone, and they both gasped. Rikku wiped the tears from her eyes. "It's Tidus!", she said, her voice now mixed with shock and delight.

Yuna reached for the receiver, taking small breaths to get her breathing under control. Deciding she couldn't do this alone, she pressed the "speaker" button. Sure enough, Tidus' voice boomed out from the box. "Hello?" Yuna and Rikku mouthed a shriek to each other. Tidus spoke again. "Hello?"

"Yuna here."

"-And Rikku!"

"Ha ha. Hey Rikku! Listen, Yuna, I was-err- having problems with our English homework and…"

"Problems with homework? Puh-lease! Just ask her out man!"

Yuna jabbed Rikku sharply in the stomach. "Ow!", she squeaked. Tidus laughed. It sounded like he was nervous, or at least Yuna thought so. Yuna mouthed, "Rikku, out!" Rikku gave a dramatic gasp and left the room, positively mortified.

"Sorry about her. She's been like that since… oh I can remember."

"Heh, no problem. I gotta cousin. He looks a lot like me. Same age too."

"What's his name"

"Shuyin."

"Shuyin? The Shuyin Blitz of the Spira Vegnas?

"So you've heard of him."

Of course Yuna had heard of him. His posters covered her walls. She had been obsessed with him for over a year now.

"Are you kidding, I…"

She stopped. She couldn't tell Tidus. Saying that she liked his cousin was kind of odd. Tidus really didn't need to know about her small infatuation with Shuyin.

"…can't say I've ever heard of him."

Tidus laughed. Yuna glanced at the clock.

"Well, I guess we better get cracking on the homework, huh?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah! Thanks."

For the next hour, the two of them compared notes and helped eachother with questions. By the time they had finished, it was a little late. She could here her mother yelling at her to get off the phone. She sighed.

"Tidus, I gotta go."

"Bummer."

"Yeah. I'll see you tomorrow, kay?"

"Yeah. Thanks again!"

Yuna hung up the phone. The door swung open, Rikku in the doorway. She was dressed in pajamas and had her sleeping bag slung over her back. "Bout time", Rikku grunted, "I've been waiting for like, ever!" Yuna cocked her head, curious as to Rikku's get-up. "Why the jammies?", she said. Rikku shut the door behind her. "The mold in Brother's room was starting to have conversations with him. We're fumigating." She through her pack on the ground then back-flopped onto the bed.

"Sooo… what did he say?" Yuna could sense Rikku's curiosity growing. "Well… we talked." Rikku eyes narrowed as a sly grin spread across her face. "Talked? About what?" Yuna was getting a kick out of this. She paced the room back and forth. "Oh, you know." The Al Bhed teen was on the edge of the bed now, her arms flailing. Rikku and Brother both had a habit of getting into odd positions. "Tell me", she screamed, throwing a pillow at her cousin. Yuna dodged it. "Hey", she yelled, throwing the pillow back at her and nailing her in the head. The two began a wicked pillow fight. Suddenly, the door opened. Rina was at the door, giving the girls a rather peculiar look. "Oh", Yuna began, "we were having a pillow fight and… uh… yeah." Rina rolled her eyes. "Okay", Rina said suspiciously. "Thought you might want to know that dinner is ready." Yuna's excitement rose. "Will dad be here?" Rina frowned. "No. He called fifteen minutes ago. He said he'd be late. Sorry." Yuna shrugged and went downstairs, Rikku close-by.

For the rest of the night, Yuna and Rikku listened to Lenne's CD about fifty times. Rikku was still eager to know what happened, but it seemed to her that Yuna wouldn't spill anytime soon. They played a few video games and had a few more pillow fights. Finally, 9 o' clock rolled around, and it was time for bed. Yuna and Rikku the phone call for a while. After a short time, however, Yuna began to feel sleepy. She said good night to Rikku, then drifted off to sleep, thinking of tomorrow's classes, where she'd sit at lunch, and…

And of you, she thought.

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Author's note: Sorry it took sooo long to update. I got writer's block, so I decided to finish Final Fantasy X-2. I love that story. Oh and two things.

This chapter didn't really have a purpose other than to follow up on the phone call offer in Chapter 1. Yuna already likes Tidus. It may seem like it's going pretty fast, but if you notice, their relationship went pretty fast in Final Fantasy X.

Anyway, here's Chapter 2. I promise to update A LOT quicker now!