8. Study 'Date?'
"Well, here we are," Tidus announced as he pulled into his driveway. His dad wasn't home, he was playing a blitz game at the newly built stadium in Kilika; meaning he would be gone for a few days. Very convenient…Tidus thought as he took the key out of the ignition.
"Aww, your house is so cute!" She exclaimed as she started to open the car door, but Tidus stopped her.
"Hup bup bup!" He said as he put his hands up and got out of the car. Yuna was confused, but he quickly walked to her side of the car and opened the door for her. "Okay, now you can get out of the car."
"Okay, who are you?" She asked him with a curious, yet amused, smile on her face.
"You have to remember that a lot of things that are said about me at school are lies and rumors." Tidus was very aware that everything that was said about him at school was 100 percent fact, but he wasn't going to let Yuna know that. If he was going to have a chance with her, he had to convince her that he was a good guy with a reputation built off of lies.
"You don't try to set any of the rumors straight?" She asked as they walked up to the front door. Once again, Tidus opened the door for her and they stepped inside.
"Oh, of course I try to set them straight," he said as they both started to take off their shoes. "But it's one of those things where people don't believe me."
"Oh wow," she said quietly as Tidus led her upstairs. "Tidus, where are we going?"
"My bedroom," he informed her as a huge mischievous smile appeared on his face. He was walking in front of Yuna, so she couldn't see the smile, but she knew it was there. She wasn't sure whether she should smile or frown due to the mixture of emotions that were running through her head.
"We are going to study, you know," she stressed as he opened the door to his bedroom and motioned her to walk inside. She stepped in his bedroom and looked around. It was spotless because he spent about an hour and a half cleaning it after blitz practice this afternoon.
"Of course we are," he said as he grabbed the books out of her hand and sat down on his bed. "Teach me."
"All right," she started as she reluctantly sat down next to him. She opened the book to the correct chapter, took in a deep breath, then started off her lesson. "Okay, now have you been paying attention to Mr. Rin at all the last few days?"
"Nope," Tidus replied honestly as he smiled at her. She frowned when she realized that things were not going to go as smoothly as she had imagined. "However, I have made up some awesome blitz plays. I showed them to Wakka and the rest of the team today and that's what we worked on at practice this afternoon."
"Blitzball is your life, huh?" Yuna observed as she looked around the room. There was an entire wall of shelves full of trophies, medals hung from all the walls, blitzball pictures were everywhere, and even a few blitzballs adorned the shelves as well.
"Yeah, it most certainly is." He hopped off the bed to where a blitzball was on the shelf. He picked it up and brought it over to her. "See this one?"
"Yes, I do," she said with an amused smile as his face lit up like a little boy in a candy store.
"This was my first blitzball. My dad gave it to me when I was only three," he explained as he handed it to Yuna. It was definitely a well loved ball; the material on the outside was ratty and the stitching was coming undone. Yuna thought it was going to fall apart in her hands, so she carefully ran her fingers over it. "You see, my dad is a famous blitz player and he travels all over Spira."
"Really?"
"Yep, he was the one who trained me, so I, unfortunately, have to give him all the credit." He took the ball back from Yuna and carefully placed it back on the shelf. "He was the star player of the Abes when he went to A-East too, so I have big shoes to fill."
"Well, it seems to me like you're doing pretty well," Yuna said as he sat down on the bed again.
"Yeah, I'm doing all right. I'm not my father, but he's also been playing 20 years longer than I have." Yuna nodded at him and he looked at the book in Yuna's hand. "Okay, sorry. That was a distraction. I'm going to pay attention now."
"Okay, good." She pointed to a picture of Lord Ohalland and as she started to explain, she felt him inch closer to her. He was practically looking over her shoulder as she spoke, making her feel slightly uneasy. "What, um, what do you know about Lord Ohalland?"
"He was some dude that provided goodness in Spira way back when?" Tidus guessed as Yuna sighed in defeat. He could tell that she was getting slightly frustrated with him and they've only been studying for a little longer than three minutes, so he apologized. "Okay, I'm sorry, I don't know. Educate me."
"He was a high priest of Yevon, for starters." Yuna slightly trailed off as she noticed that Tidus' eyes were starting to wander from the page to her own eyes. She started to blush and continued. "He, um, was a blitz player, you know."
"Really?" Tidus tried to act remotely interested as he moved closer to the book and Yuna. She noticed a seductive tone to his voice, and she swallowed as he put his hand on her leg on purpose. She looked up at him her eyes went wide. Once he noticed that she wasn't paying attention to Spiran History anymore, he stopped looking at her. He simply looked at the book and pretended to be interested in Lord Ohalland, but the testosterone in his body was flowing too quickly to be interested in history right now.
"And um...your hand is on my thigh, you know," Yuna said slowly as she didn't take her eyes off of him.
"Really?" Tidus moved his hand further up her leg as he looked her in the eyes. "What do you want me to do with it?"
"Move it," she replied as calmly as she could, and against her will. "I thought that I made this quite clear; I'm here to tutor you, Tidus. Not fool around."
Instead of moving his hand, he gently trailed his fingers up her leg and onto her stomach. She couldn't move. She was frozen in that one spot as he moved closer and put his other hand on the back of her neck to play with her hair. Wow…Tidus thought as he started to move his hand to her pants to unbutton them. She's just letting me do this…This is easier than I thought…
"Tidus, please," Yuna whispered as a plea as he started to move in for a kiss. Although she didn't move his hands that were now unzipping her pants, she moved her head so he couldn't kiss her on the lips. He stopped unzipping her pants and moved his hand to her back and started to give her feathery kisses on her neck. He slowly trailed his hand up her back and unbuttoned her pink hood and dropped it on the ground as he continued to gently kiss her neck.
"Oh, Tidus..." Yuna whispered quietly as she exhaled in pleasure. Too late to fight this now…Yuna thought to herself as she lifted her arms to put on his back. He kissed up her neck, along her jawline, and then met with her lips. Yuna closed her eyes and parted her lips as his tongue caressed her own. He moved his hand off of her back and pushed the book off of Yuna's lap, which landed with a loud thud as it hit the ground. As they were kissing, he lied her down on her back, took of his shirt and got on top of her. His lips met hers again in a fiery passion as he brought her as close to him as possible.
His necklace with the Zanarkand Abes symbol on it was cold as it pressed against her warm skin, so she put her hands behind his neck to unclasp it and put it on the dresser while they were kissing. He apologized to her quietly as she softly giggled and continued to kiss him. She pulled him closer to her as he started to kiss down her neck to her breasts. It was the first time she had ever been this intimate with a guy before, and she was quite intimidated because she knew how experienced he was. He gently took off her shirt and pants so she was only in her lacy bra and matching lacy panties. He ran his hands up and down her creamy skin, thinking he could never get enough of her. She was unlike any girl he's ever fooled around with before; she was passionate, naïve, and letting him do whatever he wanted. However, just kissing her turned him on more than anything that he's done with other girls, and he knew that he had definitely had his share of sexual activities. He thought about unhooking her bra and seeing just how far he could go with this, but something turned him against it.
Instead, he moved back up to her lips and kissed her gently as he moved his hands to her back to caress her and hold her tightly. She wrapped one of her arms around him and rested her hand on his bare back, and the other she put on the back of his neck; bringing him closer to her with each gentle kiss. He opened his eyes and looked at the look of pleasure on hers just from kissing. That look was more satisfying than some of the looks girls have given him after they've had sex. To Tidus, the look on Yuna's face was enough for him. He stopped kissing her and gave her a huge smile. Yuna slowly opened her eyes and looked deeply into his.
"What's wrong?" She asked him as he shook his head.
"Nothing," he replied quietly as he looked into her eyes. He blinked in surprise and noticed something he didn't see before; one was a crystal blue, and the other was spiraled green. "Your eyes..."
"I know, I know," she said as she looked off to the side, completely embarrassed. "My mother is an Al Bhed. That's why one is green and the other is blue. It's kinda freaky, sorry."
"No," Tidus said in a hushed tone as he gently brushed her lips with his. "They're the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen."
Yuna smiled at him and ran her fingers through his hair. "Why'd you stop?"
"What do you mean?" He asked as he brushed her shoulders with his fingertips.
"Why did you stop there?" Tidus gave her a smile, which confused her. "Here I am, lying half naked underneath you, and you didn't want to go all the way?"
"Yuna," he said softly with a chuckle as he kissed her cheek. "As much as I want to, I don't want to."
"Why's that?" Yuna took the fact that he didn't want to have sex with her very personal. Although she wasn't ready to have sex with anyone, yet alone him, she wanted to know his reasoning. "Am I...not a good kisser or something?"
"You're the best kisser I've ever kissed, if that makes sense." He chuckled as she twisted a few strands of his hair between her thumb and forefinger. "However, I know that you don't want to."
"From what I've heard, that's never stopped you before," she said as she moved her hand to the back of his neck.
"To be honest, no, it never has stopped me before." Tidus smiled and shook his head at what he just said, and realized how peculiar it was that he stopped with Yuna. Well, I guess I can't use the excuse that I'm a good guy with bad rumors spread about him…He thought to himself about what he just said. High marks, Tidus…
"Is it because I'm so inexperienced?" Yuna asked as she looked into his eyes deeply. Her cheeks flushed as she continued. "I am a virgin, but I think you knew that."
"Even though you aren't experienced, that isn't it," Tidus explained as he trailed off. "With most girls, it's just sex."
"Isn't that what I am? A sex object?" Tidus wrinkled his forehead at the way Yuna said her statement.
"No, you're not a sex object, Yuna," Tidus said as he stopped moving his fingers. "That's what I'm trying to find the words to explain."
"'Kay, waiting," Yuna said as she waited for an explanation. How do I tell her? Wait…What do I have to tell her? I don' t know what's going on, so how am I supposed to explain this to her? Tidus asked himself as Yuna just looked up at him with big eyes.
"I'm afraid that I'm not even sure what it is, but there's something inside that makes me want to wait until you're truly ready." Tidus was shocked as those words came out of his mouth, and even had to blink a few times to make sure he said it out loud.
"Um, okay," she said as she noticed the look of shock on his face.
"With you, I would rather sit here and hold you. Watch you fall asleep in my arms and move closer to your sleeping body. I've...never had these thoughts before. It's almost like you have me under a spell," he said as she snuggled up closer to his body as if on cue. She could hear his pulse race as he happily sighed.
"Thank you," Yuna whispered as Tidus looked at her.
"For what?" He asked as she smiled.
"For not taking advantage of me." She closed her eyes as he gently kissed her on the top of her head. He brought her closer to his chest and thought as he watched her chest rise and fall as she breathed.
What the hell is going on with me? He thought for a second. It's not like me to lay here with a girl in my arms after fooling around with her. Hell, it's not even like we hardcore fooled around either. We made out, that's it. Very PG rated...very unlike me...