A.N.
Yay! Right, just read nice reviews, so I am in a very good mood! Just saw Troy, fell in love with...right you don't care. Moving on. Anyway, thanks to my reviewers, new and old, and to answer your question, Smugmunky, yup, Nooj will be in this, as well as Leblanc. –Shudders- Scary. Now, on with the story.
Yuna walked in through the front door. "I'm hoooommmeee!" she shouted, insuring that everybody knew this crucial, life-enhancing piece of information.
Brother came staggering out of the stairwell, looking ridiculous, as usual, with his almost entirely tattooed chest, and coveralls, which for some odd reason, he wore with no shirt, giving him the appearance of an Al Bhed hillbilly.
"What is problem, Yuna? Can I fix it?" he said hopefully. Normally, Yuna would have been charmed by someone offering to fix whatever problems she may have had, but Brother, despite the fact he was her cousin, had decided that he was destined to marry her. Gross.
"No, Brother. Nothing's wrong. Just making sure everyone knew I was home. Alright?" she said.
Brother pouted, but nodded. "Ok, Yuna. Just call me, and I will run over to you," he said. Yuna hid a grin.
"Yes, thank you Brother, I'll remember that," she said, fighting to keep a straight face. She would have felt bad, but the knowledge that her cousin had probably been staring at her in unwanted ways kept her from any guilt whatsoever.
Brother nodded, a goofy grin on his face, and wandered off towards the kitchen, possibly to go get some pop-tarts, which were, as far as Yuna and Rikku were concerned, a vital food staple.
Yuna decided that she wanted some silence, and headed up to her room. She opened the door and went to sit on her bed.
She had expected life at school to be different once Rikku came, but this was incredible. Rikku's large amount of friends hadn't surprised her, but the fact that Lulu, Wakka, and Tidus were now friends of hers had hit her right between the eyes.
Besides that, there was the fact that Dona was no longer picking on her, which was a large mystery, and then there was the Seymour asking her out incident, which wasn't too big of a puzzle, considering that in her school, a large part of the popularity thing was whether or not you had a 'significant other' or not. It didn't matter who, really. If it was someone unpopular, you could say you were going with them for 'special reasons'.
Yuna grinned, remembering the look on Seymour's face when she had refused him. It made her happy to know that Tidus, Rikku, Wakka, and Lulu were feeling so protective of her, especially considering that two out that particular group didn't know her very well or for very long.
Suddenly, a knock came at the door. "Yes?" she called.
"Yuna, I have brought pop-tarts for you," Brother called. Yuna stared at the door for a moment, torn between the desire for alone time, and the call (dramatic pause) of the pop-tarts.
She sat for a few more moments. "Yuna? Your pop-tarts are turning cold," she heard Brother say outside the door, sounding slightly put-out.
The pop-tarts won. Yuna jumped to her feet, walked across the room, and threw open the door, snatching the pop-tarts away from Brother.
"My precioussssssss," she joked to Brother, who unfortunately, having never been exposed to the beauty that was Lord of the Rings, had no clue what in Spira she was talking about.
"Is Yuna alright?" Brother said, sounding like he was really concerned for her sanity.
Yuna blinked, thinking how unhealthy it was for someone of Brother's age to have never been exposed to the wonderfulness that was Orlando Bloom in an Elf suit. It was sick! Just plain sick.
She looked with pity at her cousin. "Don't worry Brother. One day you too, shall find happiness," she said, patting his cheek gently. She walked back into her room and closed the door, leaving Brother standing there all alone with only his confused expression to keep him company.
Yuna fell on her bed laughing hysterically. She had never been this hyper in her life. Rikku would be proud. Speak of the devil...
Rikku knocked on Yuna's door, trying to ignore the fact that Brother was standing there, looking highly bewildered. Yuna opened the door a crack.
"Yes?" she said brightly. Rikku blinked. Yuna's perky greeting was highly unusual, due to the fact that she was simply not by nature a perky person.
Yuna grinned, and reached out, pulling her female cousin in by the shirt collar. Rikku stumbled into the room, now even more confused.
There were a few things she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt. Rocks were hard, water was wet, and Yuna was an old fart who was never hyper, and never wanted to do anything fun. This was the natural order of things. When any of them changed, life on Spira was ending. Right?
"Yunie...are you...ok?" Rikku asked. Yuna giggled wildly. "Yup! Good day huh, huh, huh? How are you Rikku? Ohhhh, lint. MY LINT! You can't have it!" Yuna said, clearly in the grasp of hyperness, as she was giggling madly, talking way too fast, and trying desperately to catch a small piece of lint that was floating in the air in front of her face, which she clearly could not do.
Rikku snorted, trying not to laugh. "I have taught you well, my child," she said sagely, touching Yuna's forehead.
The two giggled at the total randomness of Yuna's hyperness, before both girls regained their senses.
"Ha ha, hoo, hee. Really Rikku, ha, ha.. how, snicker.. was your...hoo ha hee, day?" Yuna asked, wiping tears of laughter out of her eyes.
Rikku did the same, and managed to almost respond with a lot more grace and dignity than her cousin had.
"It was great! Hot boys, great buddies, yay!" Rikku exclaimed.
Well, almost more grace and dignity. Yuna smiled, calming down a little. "Sorry, random moment there. I'm glad you had a good day," she said, still grinning ear to ear, making her look like a child that has had far too much sugar.
Rikku grinned. Then she saw the pop-tarts. "Excuse me," she said, wandering out the door and down the stairs to go get herself some of this vital food staple.
Yuna smiled at the door. She didn't know exactly why she was looking forward to the rest of the year, usually she was an all-star pessimist, but she was. She absently thought about what she should do, besides being a lump on her bed.
A walk. That would do her good. Maybe she'd walk down to her mother's house. See what's up. Yeah.
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Tidus walked down his street. Even though he had lived here all summer, he hadn't really ventured outside. He hadn't truly met any of his neighbors, even those who lived right next door.
So he had decided that he was going to take a walk and see if he would meet any of them. "Yeah right. Why don't you just tell the truth Tidus? You needed to get away from your dad and Sarah. Only you can hear this, so just be honest with yourself," Tidus scolded himself in his mind.
"Tidus?" a female voice behind him said. Tidus turned and saw Yuna standing there.
"Oh...Hi Yuna! How are you? Did you have a nice day?" he blabbered. He really hadn't wanted to see anyone right now, but for some reason, he didn't mind having Yuna see him.
"Yes. My day was fine. Yours?" Yuna responded politely. Tidus rubbed the back of his head.
"It was fine...the weather's good, huh?" he said desperately casting about for something to talk about.
"Yes, the wind...it's nice," Yuna said, trying not to embarrass herself or him.
"Yeah," Tidus said, for lack of anything better. They stood in silence for a moment, then Tidus snickered. He couldn't take it anymore. He looked at Yuna, fearing that he might have offended or embarrassed her, but instead of her looking angry or red-faced, she was clearly trying not to laugh for the same reasons he had been trying not to.
They looked each other in the face and started laughing really hard. "I can't believe we're talking about the weather!" Yuna gasped.
"M...me..neither," Tidus said, trying to breathe.
"BOY! GET IN HERE! NOW!" Jecht bellowed from his house. Tidus turned around.
"Just a minute, old man!" he yelled, trying not to upset Yuna. He turned back to her. "Sorry, I gotta go but, seeing as we live near each other, I'll walk you and Rikku to school tomorrow ok?" he said, looking in the eye.
Yuna nodded. "You sure? You don't have to you know. Me and Rikku walk alone all the time," she said.
"Do you want me to?" he asked, feeling kind of embarrassed. Yuna wasn't making this easy.
"Do you want to?" she asked, feeling about the same as Tidus did.
"Yes," they said together. "Fine, I'll see you guys tomorrow," Tidus said, trying to hurry, cause if he didn't...too late.
"Tidus! Hurry up or I'll skin you and use your hide for a new sheath!" Jecht shouted.
Tidus sighed. "Coming," he yelled back. He turned back to Yuna. "Bye," he said.
Yuna watched as Tidus ran down the street, and as he turned to wave, he stumbled. Somehow he managed to stay on his feet. She waved back, and turned to head back to Uncle Cid's. It was too late to visit her mother.
She walked inside her house, glad to be home at last.
A.N.
Whew. Tired. In case your wondering, Yuna and Rikku's entire conversation was based off a conversation my best friend and I had. Everything they said is something that we said. Ok? Just so you know where the insanity came from.