A/N: Sorry people for having everyone wait such a very long time for me to update this fic, and my other fic in the FFX2 section as well. However, I really do appreciate everyone for all the kind reviews you have given me. I also wanna thank all my reviewers for having patience and encouraging me to update my fic. I think this chapter is going to basically be in Rikku's POV. So until then. . . ENJOY!!!

Chapter 5

I was half asleep when the beautiful singing birds that were standing on the outside of the window awakened me. I slowly opened my eyes and I glanced over to my left and was nearly startled to death when I saw a handsome blonde figure lying beside me with his arm wrapped around my narrow waist.

"So it wasn't a dream," I whispered to myself as I recalled everything that happened last night.

I slowly pulled the sheets from over his head and marveled every single inch of his face. He looked so peaceful and calm. Just looking at him made me want to place kisses all over him. If only Tidus knew how much I care about him. If only I could just tell him how much he means to me. If only he wasn't with Yunie, then the both of us could be together.

I took in a deep breath and let out a depressing sigh. My eyes started to fill up with tears as I slowly wiped them away. I didn't want Tidus to wake up and find me this way. Deep down inside I knew that sooner or later I would have to confess my love for Tidus before it was too late.

Suddenly Tidus started moving around in the bed and before I knew it a pair of sapphire eyes where staring back into my swirly emeralds.

"Good Morning Rikku," he said in a sleepy tone. "How long were you staring at me?" he asked sarcastically.

I felt my cheeks heating up when I realized that he had noticed me staring at him this whole time. I wondered if he was awake all this time, I thought he was sleeping.
"Oh I'm sorry I didn't mean to be rude," I sincerely apologized as I tried to hide my embarrassment.

"Aw its alright, Rikku. I was only kiddin' with ya." He sat up and stretched and put his arm around my shoulder to reassure me that he was only joking.

I put on a lame smile and hoped he wouldn't notice my depression. But ironically he noticed that something wasn't right with me and he finally spoke up.

"Um Rikku, can I ask you a question?" he asked in his most genuine sweet voice.

I immediately felt butterflies floating around in my stomach. I was a nervous wreck. I soon began to sweat bullets. I wonder what he was about to ask me. I hope he hasn't figured it out yet!

I took in a deep breath and tried to look straight into his gorgeous shiny blue orbs that reflected off the sunlight, which made them look even more dangerously attractive.

"Yeah sure what is it?" I asked in a cool tone, trying to conceal my visible nervousness.

"Its just that I've noticed you've been acting really strange around me lately, and its kinda creeping me out because you never used to act this way two years ago. Is something bothering you, Rikku? You know you could talk to me about anything."

Damn! Is it that obvious! I cant believe this whole time my feelings were so obvious. I gotta learn how to conceal my feelings better. Maybe if I just take Yunie's idea and walk around smiling like everything's gonna be okay, then maybe people wouldn't recognize how I truly felt.

My eyes raced across the room and I was losing my cool. I couldn't look into his eyes anymore. His eyes seduced me into telling him the truth, and I wasn't sure if I was ready to tell him the truth yet. I had to think of a lie quick.

"What do u mean? There's nothing wrong with me," I lied. I put on a cheerful smile, hoping that he'd fall for it this time. But to my surprise he saw right through the fake mask.

"Rikku, I'm not falling for it this time. I know something's wrong. Just tell me what's bothering you." He pleaded sincerely as his eyes were glued to mine.

Aww man! Now what was I supposed to do. He was reading me like a book. I turned around with my back facing him as I gazed out of the window, wondering whether I should come clean or not.

I was scared of the results. Would he laugh in my face thinking that it was nothing but a joke, or would he just distant himself from me forever? I pondered the same questions over and over in my head until I finally made my decision.

It was only one way to find out, and I guess I had to tell him sooner or later so I decided to get the heartbreak and suffering over with now.

I slowly turned around to face him. I shifted my eyes from the floor and looked deeply into his seductive light blue eyes. At first I opened my mouth to speak but no words came out. Then I decided to try again, and force the words out so that they could be heard.

"Are you sure you really wanna know what's been killing me inside all these years?" I asked seriously as I continued to look into his heavenly sapphire jewels. Right about now my knees were growing very weak and I felt like I was gonna collapse into his strong arms any given minute.

"Of course I'm sure. I wanna know what's wrong with you. A happy person like you shouldn't be looking so gloomy and sad," He stated as he put a hand on my shoulder, trying to ease my nerves and comfort me. His touched calmed me and I felt so much better about telling him how I felt.

"Well you see Tidus it's kinda like this. . ." I trailed off as I thought of how I was gonna tell him this without getting all-emotional. "For all of these long depressing years and to this present day I've been meaning to tell you how much I---," suddenly my sentenced was cut off by the phone. I sighed in relief. Thank heavens I was saved by the skin of my teeth just in time!

"Ugh! Stupid noisy phone!" He yelled impatiently as he got ready to pick up the receiver, then immediately shifted his gaze towards me and said, "Hold that thought Rikku, you're not off the hook yet." Then he answered the phone.

I was minding my own business and trying to ease out of the room, until something caught my ear.

"Yuna? Where have you been last night? How come you didn't bother to call me?" Tidus asked concerned.

I couldn't hear what she was saying on the other end of the phone, but I still decided to listen in on the conversation. After all, I was a master thief and eavesdropping and being sneaky was my special skills.

I quietly eased to the door and put my ear against it trying to hear everything I possibly could.

"But Yuna, you could've at least called or left a note saying that you would be out for the night instead of having me worried about you," he said patiently as he sounded as sweet as can be.

I felt sorry for the poor guy. Here he is stressed out about Yuna's unexpected disappearances, while she on the other hand is using him and taking every little thing he's done for her for granted.

I hate to say this but if it weren't for Tidus, Yuna probably wouldn't even be here, and there wouldn't be an eternal calm. I know one thing for sure though. Yuna defiantly doesn't deserve a kind-hearted guy like Tidus.

I tried to listen in on the rest of the conversation but it was briefly ended when I heard Tidus say his 'good-byes' and gently hanged up the phone.

Afterwards, I took a hot shower and I decided to head towards my bedroom. I was watching television for about 15 minutes and was about to write in my diary until I was interrupted by the sound of a doorbell.

"Tidus I think I hear the door!" I yelled out. I waited for his response but strangely I didn't receive one. I called him again, and still didn't get a response so I got off of my bed, closed my diary, and decided to find out where Tidus was.

I headed down the hall and noticed a lot of warm steam escaping from the bathroom. I walked closer to the bathroom and put my ear to the door and realized that he was taking a shower. I wanted to open the door and jump in the hot shower with him, but that was stepping way over my boundaries.

"Tidus!?" I called out once more hoping that he would hear me. Finally, I got a response back.

"Yeah? You said something Rikku?"

"I was trying to tell you that I heard the door bell. I didn't want to just answer it without asking you because that would be rude since this isn't my house. I'm only visiting remember?" I reminded him.

He reassured me that I could always do whatever I wanted in his house because he felt like his home was my home.

"Can u answer the door for me, because I'm in the middle of taking a shower?" he sincerely asked.

"Okie Dokie," I said in my usual happy tone as I skipped through the house until I finally reached the door.

"Who is it?" I asked.

"Who are you?!" A familiar voice snapped back on the other side of the door.

I opened the door to see who was being such a wise guy when I found out it was nobody else but my loving, yet ungrateful cousin.

"Yunie?!"

A/N: Phew. . . I finally finished that stupid chapter. My fingers feel like they are about to fall off of my hands! I'm sorry I had to keep y'all hangin like that, but I'm extremely tired because I didn't get any sleep at all trying to finish up this little chappie. I know it wasn't much but hey. . . better a little something than nothing at all.

Sorry if there are a lot of mistakes in this chapter, but I was extremely tired. I'm positive the next chapters will be much better than this one.-

I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter, hopefully I'll be able to update a lot quicker since I got most of my state tests out of the way!

I gotta go! I hope I'll be hearing from y'all. Oh yeah and please don't forget to review, I worked really hard on this. The more reviews, the faster the updates will come! Laterz