Whoops, I guess I should probably be putting in a disclaimer here now, shouldn't I? Well, I
don't own Final Fantasy X or X-2, or any of the characters. Let's see, if I did...I don't think I'd
be sitting here writing about it! I'd have some larger ideas...Anyway, here's chapter five! Enjoy!
Chapter 5: The Second Party
In no time at all Tidus had the place ready for a party. Just like that. He made a couple of
quick errands, leaving Yuna to sit at his house, not really knowing what to do. Pretty soon food
was set up everywhere and music was blaring.
"Look, it's a live band or nothing," Tidus was now saying, talking to a small little man,
who was looking up shakily at Tidus, "So, go get me one!"
"L-Look here, Tidus," the man was saying, his voice shaking as he said so, "I d-don't
know if I c-can just g-go get a b-band just l-like th-that! I-I'm s-s-sorry!"
Yuna was watching the scene from her spot on the couch, listening as Tidus ordered the
small man around. Finally deciding to be of assistance, she stood up and walked over to the two,
and the small man seemed incredibly relieved to see that he wasn't alone with Tidus.
"Can you believe this?" Tidus said angrily to Yuna, "I hire this rotten loser as my
assistant, and he can't even get me a live band!"
The man looked like he was about to cry, and had this look in his eyes that said, "Please
don't hurt me!"
"That's okay, isn't it?" Yuna asked above the blaring music, "You already have music.
Why do you need a live band?"
Tidus gave her an annoyed look, and said, "'Cause Lea's gonna have one, you know."
Then, he smiled and turned to Yuna.
"Hey, didn't you say that in your district you were the High Singer, or something like
that? Isn't that why you were popular, 'cause you sang?"
"Actually," Yuna started, only to get cut off by Tidus.
"You'll be the singer, and I've got some friends who owe me favors," Tidus said, smiling
greedily, "Beat that, Lea!"
Then Tidus stopped, in thought and sighed, "Actually," he said to Yuna, "I need you for
something else." He looked around, as if still in thought, and said, "I'll just hire someone
myself."
He ran off, leaving Yuna alone again, with the small man, who was now looking up at
Yuna as if she was a lifesaver.
Yuna smiled, and said, "I'm sure Tidus wouldn't have hurt you."
The man looked like he could faint. "You don't know him v-very well, d-do you?" was
all he said, turning white as he said so.
"Of course I know him well," Yuna said, but then realized that she didn't really. He was
so much different in Zanarkand than he was in Spira. "Would he really have hurt you?"
The little man turned even whiter. He was so pale that Yuna thought he would faint, or
even die in any given moment.
"Maybe you should sit down," Yuna said slowly, leading the way to the couch.
"Oh no, Tidus would kill me if I sat anywhere in his house," the man said, and sighed,
"I'd better just leave."
Yuna thought of assisting that the man stayed, but was still too deep in thought about
wondering if Tidus really would have hurt him.
"Why do things have to be so...so difficult?" Yuna said out loud as soon as the little man
had left.
"Okay you guys," Yuna heard Tidus say as he entered from a back door that Yuna hadn't
even realized existed, "I want some heavy stuff, and then slow stuff, then heavy stuff, and then
slow stuff. Got it? And believe me, you won't be gettin' paid if that's not what I get!"
The group of straggly looking men nodded, and Tidus nodded back to them, and smiled at
Yuna. As the band began to set up, Tidus took Yuna's arm and said, "Nice lookin' bunch, eh?"
Yuna assumed he was talking about the band, but wasn't really sure. After all, she didn't
find them exactly "nice looking".
Tidus laughed, as if he could read her thoughts. Then, he sighed happily and said,
"That's what you get when you don't play Blitz," he gave a slight little chuckle, as if what he
said was quite funny, "Now, come on Yuna, let's go greet the guests!"
Tidus ran to the door, with a sighing Yuna following at his heels. He stood by the door,
with a huge smile on his face, as he awaited his guests.
"They'll be here any-" Tidus stopped, and examined Yuna, "Shoot! Yuna, your outfit
is...Uh...Shall we just say, exotic. Go...Uh...Whatever, just say it's the newest trend or
something, okay?"
"Okay..." Yuna said slowly, wondering why it mattered what she wore.
"Yeah! Here comes the guests!" Tidus said, and then got a strange glint in his eyes. He
smiled at Yuna, and put his arm around her waist, still smiling as an entire crowd came to the
door, all of them exchanging hellos to Tidus, and then heading into his house, either turning on
the sphere screen and watching Blitzball, or dancing, or eating.
Tidus just continued to stand there, his arm still around Yuna, the same smile on his face,
and he still had the mysterious glint in his eyes.
Before long, the place was packed with people, and Yuna was amazed at how fast the
place had filled. With each new person, Tidus' smile grew wider and wider.
"What are you smiling at?" Yuna finally asked, as the music died down somewhat.
"Nothing," Tidus just smiled even wider, "But look, here comes Lea. I knew she'd get no
people!"
It was true. Yuna watched as the pretty blonde girl came up toward Tidus' house with the
same escort, looking quite unhappy.
Tidus pulled Yuna closer to him, smiling extremely wide.
"I thought you were having a party!" Tidus shouted to Lea.
"I...I am," Lea just said, walking up to the door, glaring angrily at Tidus, "We'll just see if
the Abes win tomorrow!"
Tidus gave a short laugh. "I was going to let you in, you know. But if you're going to be
like that..."
Lea looked even angrier, and finally gave her hair a flip and said, "Forget it. I won't
mention anything to my dad...Yet..."
"Come on in," Tidus greeted her with a smile, moving himself and Yuna out of the way.
Lea gave Tidus a glare, and then Yuna a death glare, and then walked into the house, pulling her
escort along.
Tidus was looking extremely satisfied with himself, and then turned back to Yuna.
"Wanna dance?" he finally asked, and Yuna thought about asking him what the big deal
was about Lea being there, but decided against it.
Without waiting for Yuna's answer, Tidus dragged her into the center of the dancing area,
and once again Yuna found herself watching everybody else to make sure she was dancing
correctly.
A slow song came on, and Tidus held Yuna extremely close, even closer than Quell had.
It didn't bother Yuna, however, but she realized that Tidus didn't seem to focused on what he
was doing. He was smiling at something, or someone, a smile that said, "Ha! Who's better?",
but Yuna couldn't tell who he was smiling at.
"Hey Yuna?" Tidus then whispered loudly to Yuna, "Wanna go get something to drink?"
Before Yuna could answer, Tidus dragged Yuna out of the dance floor, smiling the same
cocky smile as he had while they were dancing.
He led her to the bar area, and, still smiling jumped into a seat, still looking over at the
dancing area, and still smiling at that unknown object.
"What are you looking at?" Yuna finally asked, deciding she couldn't take much more of
it.
"Huh?" he said, turning around as if he had forgotten Yuna was even there, "What?"
"What are you looking at?" Yuna repeated.
"Oh, just the people," Tidus said quickly, still gazing in that direction, although his smile
was gone. He turned then, and put his gaze on Yuna, making her not sure if she should feel
awkward, or happy that he was focusing on her.
"So..." Yuna just said, as if not exactly sure what to say, trying to just think nothing of
Tidus' gaze.
There was silence between the two then, and Yuna finally decided to look back at Tidus.
She was surprised, however, to find that he looked quite indecisive about something.
"What's wrong?" Yuna asked good naturally.
Tidus didn't answer right away, and continued to have an indecisive look about his face.
"Nothing's wrong," he said, finally, shaking his head, as if to clear his thoughts, "It's
nothing..."
He turned in his seat then, and Yuna looked behind her, to see that Lea and her escort
were heading straight for them.
"Don't say a thing," Tidus said sharply to Yuna as Lea came nearer to them, her gaze
directly on Tidus.
"Why not?" Yuna asked, but Tidus didn't have the time to answer as Lea came and took
the seat next to Tidus, and her escort in the seat next to her.
"Tidus," Lea said in a sweet, but somewhat whiny voice, "Do you mind if your friend
here and me have a private conversation?"
"Yeah right Lea," Tidus said, looking over at Yuna quickly, as if warning her not to say
anything.
"I just want to congratulate her," Lea said, still sounding sweet, "That's all."
"You can do that with me here," Tidus said, and stood up, offering his hand to Yuna.
"It's okay," Yuna said, "I'll talk with her. It's no big deal."
"No you won't," Tidus said, giving Yuna a rather unhappy look, "Not right now,
anyway."
"Why not?" Yuna asked, not understanding why Tidus was so bitter toward this Lea girl.
Yuna figured that without Tidus around, she just might be able to find out why.
"'Cause I want to dance," Tidus said, taking Yuna's hand and practically lifting her off of
her seat onto the floor, "Let's go. See you later Lea."
He had to drag Yuna back onto the dance floor, but Yuna could tell something else was
on his mind other than dancing.
"Why couldn't I talk to her?" Yuna asked as they danced, looking suspiciously at the
nervous looking Tidus.
"Didn't I already tell you Lea's a major jerk? Who knows what she wants to talk to you
about. She's just...uh...Not someone you frolic with, know what I mean?"
"I don't," Yuna admitted, looking up at Tidus, who was too busy looking toward Lea.
Tidus finally looked away from Lea and sighed.
"I don't feel much like dancing anymore, you?"
Yuna shook her head. She didn't either. She didn't understand at all what Tidus'
problem was.
"Wanna watch a game?" Tidus asked, although he seemed as if even that would bore him
at the moment.
"Getting bored at your own party?" Yuna teased.
He smiled, and then gave a curt little nod.
"Maybe," he admitted as he lead the way to a couch, plopping himself down onto it.
Yuna plopped down next to him, wondering why Lea seemed to make him so upset. He just
stared at the sphere screen, although Yuna could tell he wasn't paying the least bit of attention to
what was going on in the Blitzball game.
Yuna continued to sit there for some time before looking up toward the bar area, shocked
to see Lea, companion-less, staring at her.
As soon as Lea caught Yuna's eye she gave a sweet little smile, and Yuna gave a smile
back, wondering just what it was that had happened between her and Tidus.
Tidus caught Lea smiling and shot her a nasty look, and then faced Yuna, as if trying to
distract her from looking at Lea.
"Yuna?" he said, and Yuna watched as he glanced up quickly from Yuna to Lea, and gave
a strange smile. His voice had turned low, and he was staring Yuna in the eyes, except for the
every moment now and then when he looked up over at who Yuna assumed was Lea.
Finally, he gave a quick sigh, and then next thing Yuna knew, their lips had met and he
was kissing her, smiling as he did so.
So many thoughts flew into her head as she sat there, finding that she was kissing back,
although she didn't know if she was controlling it. It felt right, but didn't feel like the right
time...Or place.
Tidus finally drew back, and Yuna found herself wondering what her expression looked
like. She figured she looked somewhat clueless as to what had just happened.
"Sorry," Tidus said, noticing Yuna's expression, "Couldn't help myself there!" He
looked up behind Yuna again, still smiling, and Yuna turned around to see who he was looking
at, if it was Lea. However, no one was there.
Tidus was blushing now, still smiling, although he had the look in his eye as if he was
going to do it again any moment.
Yuna began to blush then too, although she still felt puzzled over what had just happened.
Had she really won Tidus' heart? All ready? Just the day before-was it only the day before?-
Tidus had thought of her as some weird obsessed fan. And now he couldn't control himself
around her? It was all too puzzling for Yuna. Still, she couldn't help but hope that somehow
that kiss had given him some recognition of a certain kiss that had passed between the two years
earlier. It certainly had for Yuna...
"Was that too much?" Tidus asked, breaking up Yuna's many puzzled thoughts.
"Huh?" Yuna blushed, "No...I mean, yes...But...Uh..."
Tidus laughed, shaking his head, not taking his eyes off of her, "According to you, that
wasn't our first, was it?"
Did it bring some recognition? Yuna's heart fluttered, at the hope of him remembering
something, but his eyes were gazing at her, as if he was waiting for her to answer his question,
being that he had no clue to the answer.
"Is it going to be our last?" Tidus asked, throwing a pouting look on his face, although
Yuna could see he was still smiling underneath.
"I...Uh..." Yuna was still wearing that same expressionless look, and she had no idea what
to say, or even what to do for that matter. Maybe she needed a drink of water, or some fresh air?
Something?
"I need some fresh air," Yuna finally said, deciding that perhaps she could clear her head
then.
"Sure thing," Tidus laughed, "Wanna be alone?"
Yuna just nodded, even though she wasn't sure if she really wanted to be without him.
Not anymore, anyways...
"If you want," Tidus said, "You can go out through the back entrance. There's a deck out
there overlooking the water, and there won't be many people out there." Tidus shook his head,
still smiling, and said, "Besides, I've got to go talk to that guy over there," he nodded toward a
large brown-haired man, "We need to discuss tomorrow's game. Uh, when you're done, just
come on over, 'kay?"
Yuna just nodded again, and Tidus smiled, and put his hand on her shoulder, raised his
eyebrows at her, and then left.
It took a couple of seconds before Yuna was able to stand, and she found her way to the
back entrance that she had seen Tidus enter from only a couple of hours earlier with the straggly
looking band.
She went outside onto the deck, glad to feel a soft breeze on her, as she took a deep breath
into the air, and then sighed dreamily.
"I've finally found you," she thought to herself, as she lay her head on her hand and stared
into the horizon, "And I had my doubts about you not remembering me, but...It's all okay now.
We're in Zanarkand, a place I've wanted to see my entire life. Tomorrow your game is going to
be on, and I'll finally be able to watch you play, in the stadium all lit up at night... Maybe we can
even go see the sunrise tomorrow...Who knows..."
"Hi Yuna," Yuna then heard a familiar voice say, as it awoke her from her many
thoughts.
"Hi Lea," Yuna said pleasantly, nodding to the pretty blonde, "How are you?"
Yuna didn't notice a sneer on Lea's face...
don't own Final Fantasy X or X-2, or any of the characters. Let's see, if I did...I don't think I'd
be sitting here writing about it! I'd have some larger ideas...Anyway, here's chapter five! Enjoy!
Chapter 5: The Second Party
In no time at all Tidus had the place ready for a party. Just like that. He made a couple of
quick errands, leaving Yuna to sit at his house, not really knowing what to do. Pretty soon food
was set up everywhere and music was blaring.
"Look, it's a live band or nothing," Tidus was now saying, talking to a small little man,
who was looking up shakily at Tidus, "So, go get me one!"
"L-Look here, Tidus," the man was saying, his voice shaking as he said so, "I d-don't
know if I c-can just g-go get a b-band just l-like th-that! I-I'm s-s-sorry!"
Yuna was watching the scene from her spot on the couch, listening as Tidus ordered the
small man around. Finally deciding to be of assistance, she stood up and walked over to the two,
and the small man seemed incredibly relieved to see that he wasn't alone with Tidus.
"Can you believe this?" Tidus said angrily to Yuna, "I hire this rotten loser as my
assistant, and he can't even get me a live band!"
The man looked like he was about to cry, and had this look in his eyes that said, "Please
don't hurt me!"
"That's okay, isn't it?" Yuna asked above the blaring music, "You already have music.
Why do you need a live band?"
Tidus gave her an annoyed look, and said, "'Cause Lea's gonna have one, you know."
Then, he smiled and turned to Yuna.
"Hey, didn't you say that in your district you were the High Singer, or something like
that? Isn't that why you were popular, 'cause you sang?"
"Actually," Yuna started, only to get cut off by Tidus.
"You'll be the singer, and I've got some friends who owe me favors," Tidus said, smiling
greedily, "Beat that, Lea!"
Then Tidus stopped, in thought and sighed, "Actually," he said to Yuna, "I need you for
something else." He looked around, as if still in thought, and said, "I'll just hire someone
myself."
He ran off, leaving Yuna alone again, with the small man, who was now looking up at
Yuna as if she was a lifesaver.
Yuna smiled, and said, "I'm sure Tidus wouldn't have hurt you."
The man looked like he could faint. "You don't know him v-very well, d-do you?" was
all he said, turning white as he said so.
"Of course I know him well," Yuna said, but then realized that she didn't really. He was
so much different in Zanarkand than he was in Spira. "Would he really have hurt you?"
The little man turned even whiter. He was so pale that Yuna thought he would faint, or
even die in any given moment.
"Maybe you should sit down," Yuna said slowly, leading the way to the couch.
"Oh no, Tidus would kill me if I sat anywhere in his house," the man said, and sighed,
"I'd better just leave."
Yuna thought of assisting that the man stayed, but was still too deep in thought about
wondering if Tidus really would have hurt him.
"Why do things have to be so...so difficult?" Yuna said out loud as soon as the little man
had left.
"Okay you guys," Yuna heard Tidus say as he entered from a back door that Yuna hadn't
even realized existed, "I want some heavy stuff, and then slow stuff, then heavy stuff, and then
slow stuff. Got it? And believe me, you won't be gettin' paid if that's not what I get!"
The group of straggly looking men nodded, and Tidus nodded back to them, and smiled at
Yuna. As the band began to set up, Tidus took Yuna's arm and said, "Nice lookin' bunch, eh?"
Yuna assumed he was talking about the band, but wasn't really sure. After all, she didn't
find them exactly "nice looking".
Tidus laughed, as if he could read her thoughts. Then, he sighed happily and said,
"That's what you get when you don't play Blitz," he gave a slight little chuckle, as if what he
said was quite funny, "Now, come on Yuna, let's go greet the guests!"
Tidus ran to the door, with a sighing Yuna following at his heels. He stood by the door,
with a huge smile on his face, as he awaited his guests.
"They'll be here any-" Tidus stopped, and examined Yuna, "Shoot! Yuna, your outfit
is...Uh...Shall we just say, exotic. Go...Uh...Whatever, just say it's the newest trend or
something, okay?"
"Okay..." Yuna said slowly, wondering why it mattered what she wore.
"Yeah! Here comes the guests!" Tidus said, and then got a strange glint in his eyes. He
smiled at Yuna, and put his arm around her waist, still smiling as an entire crowd came to the
door, all of them exchanging hellos to Tidus, and then heading into his house, either turning on
the sphere screen and watching Blitzball, or dancing, or eating.
Tidus just continued to stand there, his arm still around Yuna, the same smile on his face,
and he still had the mysterious glint in his eyes.
Before long, the place was packed with people, and Yuna was amazed at how fast the
place had filled. With each new person, Tidus' smile grew wider and wider.
"What are you smiling at?" Yuna finally asked, as the music died down somewhat.
"Nothing," Tidus just smiled even wider, "But look, here comes Lea. I knew she'd get no
people!"
It was true. Yuna watched as the pretty blonde girl came up toward Tidus' house with the
same escort, looking quite unhappy.
Tidus pulled Yuna closer to him, smiling extremely wide.
"I thought you were having a party!" Tidus shouted to Lea.
"I...I am," Lea just said, walking up to the door, glaring angrily at Tidus, "We'll just see if
the Abes win tomorrow!"
Tidus gave a short laugh. "I was going to let you in, you know. But if you're going to be
like that..."
Lea looked even angrier, and finally gave her hair a flip and said, "Forget it. I won't
mention anything to my dad...Yet..."
"Come on in," Tidus greeted her with a smile, moving himself and Yuna out of the way.
Lea gave Tidus a glare, and then Yuna a death glare, and then walked into the house, pulling her
escort along.
Tidus was looking extremely satisfied with himself, and then turned back to Yuna.
"Wanna dance?" he finally asked, and Yuna thought about asking him what the big deal
was about Lea being there, but decided against it.
Without waiting for Yuna's answer, Tidus dragged her into the center of the dancing area,
and once again Yuna found herself watching everybody else to make sure she was dancing
correctly.
A slow song came on, and Tidus held Yuna extremely close, even closer than Quell had.
It didn't bother Yuna, however, but she realized that Tidus didn't seem to focused on what he
was doing. He was smiling at something, or someone, a smile that said, "Ha! Who's better?",
but Yuna couldn't tell who he was smiling at.
"Hey Yuna?" Tidus then whispered loudly to Yuna, "Wanna go get something to drink?"
Before Yuna could answer, Tidus dragged Yuna out of the dance floor, smiling the same
cocky smile as he had while they were dancing.
He led her to the bar area, and, still smiling jumped into a seat, still looking over at the
dancing area, and still smiling at that unknown object.
"What are you looking at?" Yuna finally asked, deciding she couldn't take much more of
it.
"Huh?" he said, turning around as if he had forgotten Yuna was even there, "What?"
"What are you looking at?" Yuna repeated.
"Oh, just the people," Tidus said quickly, still gazing in that direction, although his smile
was gone. He turned then, and put his gaze on Yuna, making her not sure if she should feel
awkward, or happy that he was focusing on her.
"So..." Yuna just said, as if not exactly sure what to say, trying to just think nothing of
Tidus' gaze.
There was silence between the two then, and Yuna finally decided to look back at Tidus.
She was surprised, however, to find that he looked quite indecisive about something.
"What's wrong?" Yuna asked good naturally.
Tidus didn't answer right away, and continued to have an indecisive look about his face.
"Nothing's wrong," he said, finally, shaking his head, as if to clear his thoughts, "It's
nothing..."
He turned in his seat then, and Yuna looked behind her, to see that Lea and her escort
were heading straight for them.
"Don't say a thing," Tidus said sharply to Yuna as Lea came nearer to them, her gaze
directly on Tidus.
"Why not?" Yuna asked, but Tidus didn't have the time to answer as Lea came and took
the seat next to Tidus, and her escort in the seat next to her.
"Tidus," Lea said in a sweet, but somewhat whiny voice, "Do you mind if your friend
here and me have a private conversation?"
"Yeah right Lea," Tidus said, looking over at Yuna quickly, as if warning her not to say
anything.
"I just want to congratulate her," Lea said, still sounding sweet, "That's all."
"You can do that with me here," Tidus said, and stood up, offering his hand to Yuna.
"It's okay," Yuna said, "I'll talk with her. It's no big deal."
"No you won't," Tidus said, giving Yuna a rather unhappy look, "Not right now,
anyway."
"Why not?" Yuna asked, not understanding why Tidus was so bitter toward this Lea girl.
Yuna figured that without Tidus around, she just might be able to find out why.
"'Cause I want to dance," Tidus said, taking Yuna's hand and practically lifting her off of
her seat onto the floor, "Let's go. See you later Lea."
He had to drag Yuna back onto the dance floor, but Yuna could tell something else was
on his mind other than dancing.
"Why couldn't I talk to her?" Yuna asked as they danced, looking suspiciously at the
nervous looking Tidus.
"Didn't I already tell you Lea's a major jerk? Who knows what she wants to talk to you
about. She's just...uh...Not someone you frolic with, know what I mean?"
"I don't," Yuna admitted, looking up at Tidus, who was too busy looking toward Lea.
Tidus finally looked away from Lea and sighed.
"I don't feel much like dancing anymore, you?"
Yuna shook her head. She didn't either. She didn't understand at all what Tidus'
problem was.
"Wanna watch a game?" Tidus asked, although he seemed as if even that would bore him
at the moment.
"Getting bored at your own party?" Yuna teased.
He smiled, and then gave a curt little nod.
"Maybe," he admitted as he lead the way to a couch, plopping himself down onto it.
Yuna plopped down next to him, wondering why Lea seemed to make him so upset. He just
stared at the sphere screen, although Yuna could tell he wasn't paying the least bit of attention to
what was going on in the Blitzball game.
Yuna continued to sit there for some time before looking up toward the bar area, shocked
to see Lea, companion-less, staring at her.
As soon as Lea caught Yuna's eye she gave a sweet little smile, and Yuna gave a smile
back, wondering just what it was that had happened between her and Tidus.
Tidus caught Lea smiling and shot her a nasty look, and then faced Yuna, as if trying to
distract her from looking at Lea.
"Yuna?" he said, and Yuna watched as he glanced up quickly from Yuna to Lea, and gave
a strange smile. His voice had turned low, and he was staring Yuna in the eyes, except for the
every moment now and then when he looked up over at who Yuna assumed was Lea.
Finally, he gave a quick sigh, and then next thing Yuna knew, their lips had met and he
was kissing her, smiling as he did so.
So many thoughts flew into her head as she sat there, finding that she was kissing back,
although she didn't know if she was controlling it. It felt right, but didn't feel like the right
time...Or place.
Tidus finally drew back, and Yuna found herself wondering what her expression looked
like. She figured she looked somewhat clueless as to what had just happened.
"Sorry," Tidus said, noticing Yuna's expression, "Couldn't help myself there!" He
looked up behind Yuna again, still smiling, and Yuna turned around to see who he was looking
at, if it was Lea. However, no one was there.
Tidus was blushing now, still smiling, although he had the look in his eye as if he was
going to do it again any moment.
Yuna began to blush then too, although she still felt puzzled over what had just happened.
Had she really won Tidus' heart? All ready? Just the day before-was it only the day before?-
Tidus had thought of her as some weird obsessed fan. And now he couldn't control himself
around her? It was all too puzzling for Yuna. Still, she couldn't help but hope that somehow
that kiss had given him some recognition of a certain kiss that had passed between the two years
earlier. It certainly had for Yuna...
"Was that too much?" Tidus asked, breaking up Yuna's many puzzled thoughts.
"Huh?" Yuna blushed, "No...I mean, yes...But...Uh..."
Tidus laughed, shaking his head, not taking his eyes off of her, "According to you, that
wasn't our first, was it?"
Did it bring some recognition? Yuna's heart fluttered, at the hope of him remembering
something, but his eyes were gazing at her, as if he was waiting for her to answer his question,
being that he had no clue to the answer.
"Is it going to be our last?" Tidus asked, throwing a pouting look on his face, although
Yuna could see he was still smiling underneath.
"I...Uh..." Yuna was still wearing that same expressionless look, and she had no idea what
to say, or even what to do for that matter. Maybe she needed a drink of water, or some fresh air?
Something?
"I need some fresh air," Yuna finally said, deciding that perhaps she could clear her head
then.
"Sure thing," Tidus laughed, "Wanna be alone?"
Yuna just nodded, even though she wasn't sure if she really wanted to be without him.
Not anymore, anyways...
"If you want," Tidus said, "You can go out through the back entrance. There's a deck out
there overlooking the water, and there won't be many people out there." Tidus shook his head,
still smiling, and said, "Besides, I've got to go talk to that guy over there," he nodded toward a
large brown-haired man, "We need to discuss tomorrow's game. Uh, when you're done, just
come on over, 'kay?"
Yuna just nodded again, and Tidus smiled, and put his hand on her shoulder, raised his
eyebrows at her, and then left.
It took a couple of seconds before Yuna was able to stand, and she found her way to the
back entrance that she had seen Tidus enter from only a couple of hours earlier with the straggly
looking band.
She went outside onto the deck, glad to feel a soft breeze on her, as she took a deep breath
into the air, and then sighed dreamily.
"I've finally found you," she thought to herself, as she lay her head on her hand and stared
into the horizon, "And I had my doubts about you not remembering me, but...It's all okay now.
We're in Zanarkand, a place I've wanted to see my entire life. Tomorrow your game is going to
be on, and I'll finally be able to watch you play, in the stadium all lit up at night... Maybe we can
even go see the sunrise tomorrow...Who knows..."
"Hi Yuna," Yuna then heard a familiar voice say, as it awoke her from her many
thoughts.
"Hi Lea," Yuna said pleasantly, nodding to the pretty blonde, "How are you?"
Yuna didn't notice a sneer on Lea's face...