YAY! I have two chapters to update. I hope you all are still entertained by this story because it's really still entertaining me. These next two chapters aren't THAT thrilling...but OH MY GOD i am SOOOO excited for a chapter that will be up soon. :o) I wrote it last night...and it freaking rocks...i love it. It's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG (like 4500 words or something like that...whoops lol) but it goes by quickly. Anyway...hopefully i will have that one up in the next few days. (There needs to be a transition chapter between XXVI and the one that i wrote-which will be XXVIII. WOW) So yeah...I hope you enjoy these!

25. A Negative Outlook

Thursday morning, Yuna's alarm clock buzzed. She wasn't even sleeping, so she simply sat up in her bed and turned it off. As a matter of fact, I haven't slept at all lately...Ever since the party on Tuesday night, she had been distant to everyone and really out of it. She and Tidus haven't talked since they walked in the door of the party and it tore her apart. They sat on two different sides of the room at all times and she even had Rikku give her a ride home early, using the excuse that she wasn't feeling well. She hated lying, but she hated being in the same room with Tidus more at that moment. Rikku saw right through her, but if that kept Yuna and Tidus away from each other, she was on the 'yay' side of that.

Yuna got to school early so she could go talk to a couple of her teachers and hand in her assignments early. She hadn't been able to shake the thought of Tidus off of her mind and it was driving her crazy. Here I am, back on the 'everything reminds me of him' page of my book...She figured that if she didn't see him or call him, she would be able to do her homework, which she spent about four hours on the previous night after practice. I haven't studied half as much as I did back at Yu Yevon, and it's something that I love, right? She thought as she walked into her history class and was the first person in the room.

"Oh, Yuna, I meant to talk to you," Mr. Rin said as he noticed her.

"Yes, Mr. Rin?" She asked as she walked over to his desk.

"I just wanted to complement you."

"For what, sir?" She asked as she got a confused look on her face.

"For tutoring Tidus. Take a look at these." With a smile, he reached into his briefcase and pulled out several sheets of paper; Tidus' last few assignments. Yuna's jaw dropped when she saw that the first one was a C and as she flipped through the pages, the grades continued to escalate to B's. There was even an A- in the mix as well, transforming her look of shock into an impressed smile. "The first one starts off before you started tutoring him, and then, as you can tell, we get closer to now."

"Oh wow!" Yuna exhaled, in shock herself. I didn't even teach him anything! She thought. He did all the homework by himself... "Well, I knew that he was doing better, but I didn't have any idea that he was doing wonderfully. Huh, I guess a little motivation does go a long way."

"How are you doing it, Yuna?" He asked with a smile.

"I'm just that good," she said as she and Mr. Rin both exchanged a laugh.

"Okay, well, I just wanted to show you those and congratulate you. I never thought that anyone could give that boy a jump start when it came to education, yet alone a female tutor if you catch my drift." Yuna bashfully smiled at the fact that Mr. Rin didn't know what happened when she tutored him. "Well, keep up the good work. Just as a reminder, there is a test next Wednesday, and that's the day after a blitz game."

Yuna grimaced when Mr. Rin said that and slightly groaned. "Oh, isn't that great?"

"I know, I know." He sat at his desk and slightly rocked the chair backward as he continued to speak. "It'll be hard to keep him motivated on that one, but keep up the methods you're using."

"Well, I'll just have to see him after the game or something," she suggested with a shrug. Methods I'm using…ha! I didn't know that tutoring methods involved making out…She handed the papers back to Mr. Rin and he placed them on his desk.

"I wish you the best of luck, Yuna." He smiled at her and Yuna returned the smile. She noticed that other students started to trickle in so she waved goodbye to Mr. Rin and walked back to her seat.

She watched as Tidus walked into the classroom, and the look they exchanged broke both of their hearts. As soon as she locked eyes with him, she quickly adverted her attention to her hands, which were in her lap. Yevon, I hate this! Yuna screamed in her head as she tapped her fingers together to relieve some tension and calm her nerves. Why did I have to fall for him? She looked back up to him and noticed that he was walking over to her. Oh Yevon, what is he doing? Oh no…

Fuck this shit…he thought as he stepped closer to her. I guess I'll be the bigger person here and talk to her. I can't just sit here and not talk to her…She looked up at him innocently and he put his hands on her desk.

"Can I help you?" She crossed her arms and slightly regretted her tone. Too late to take it back now…

"Look, we can't avoid each other forever just because we had another one of our famous fights the other day." He crouched down so he was eye level with her and matched her tone of voice. He wasn't being friendly with her at all, just stating the obvious. "Besides, it's a Thursday and, if I'm not mistaken, this is our tutoring night."

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that," she scoffed as she lied through her teeth. Does he want me to tutor him or try to seduce him? She thought as she looked up at the ceiling. "I guess we can suck it up and be mature for one night."

"We're also going to need to talk because there are some things weighing so heavily on my chest right now that I can't even think straight anymore." She whipped her head up at him in confusion. He shot her a vicious glare, which slightly scared her. "Oh, don't look at me that way, Yuna. Don't play dumb; it doesn't suit you."

"I have no idea what you're talking about," she said as she turned up her nose more.

"Enough with the 'holier than thou' attitude!" He gently hit her desk with his fist as he snapped at her; causing her to glare at him. He would've slammed his fist down harder if there weren't other people around, but he just wanted to clearly make the point that he was thoroughly fed up with her, and not make a scene. "You're not listening to me and this communication problem is not cool."

"Fine, we'll talk and then we'll study. You have a test next week that you need to pass, remember?"

"Yes, talk." He repeated to reassure himself that there wouldn't be any lip locking at this tutoring session. Much to my discontent...He thought as he ran his fingers through his hair. "We're okay, okay?"

"We'll just see about that one," she said as she looked away from him again. He pinched his lips together and tried not to throw something across the room. "My house tonight at 8. My parents will be home, so that way you can't even try anything."

"Who says I would try anything?" He asked as the bell rang.

"I know you would," she said harshly as she leaned in closer to him, her eyes piercing into his like daggers. "For example, if I asked you to kiss me right here, I know you would."

"What of it?" He knew she was right, so he stood up and walked over to his seat. Oh that girl is impossible! He plopped down in his seat and grabbed his pen that was in his pocket. Good job, Tidus, ever since Tuesday night she's known that your life revolves around her and she's going to use that to her advantage. Why couldn't you have been more nonchalant about it! Tidus hated this new attitude that he had been receiving from Yuna, and he was getting really pissed off. He wasn't one to let girls get to him, but she was able to get underneath his skin so easily.

After her last hour class, Yuna walked to her locker to throw her books in there so she could walk to practice. She opened her locker and then it was slammed shut. She yelped and jumped about a foot in surprise. She looked over to see Tidus standing there with a big grin on his face.

"Just wanted to say 'bye' before I went to practice," he said cheerfully as she rolled her eyes at him and reopened her locker. "Oh come on, Yuna."

"Let's get something straight, Tidus," she said without looking at him and studied her locker to see what books she needed to bring home. "I can't stand what you do to me, so yeah. This needs to stop."

"What do you mean, what I do to you? Not to mention, what needs to be stopped?" She remained silent as she threw her books in her locker. "You don't even know, so how can you blame me for your problems?"

"I'm not blaming you for my problems," she said as he shut her locker for her after she grabbed out her history materials. "Well, it's a good freaking thing I didn't need anything else out of my locker."

"What the fuck is your problem, Yuna?" He put his hands on Yuna's shoulders and she smacked his arms away.

"Don't you dare swear at me," she said with a straight face. "I thought I've told you that before."

"Whatever, I don't care at this point." Just tell her, you moron! Tell her how it kills you inside to see her be this way toward you! "To pull what you pulled on me, I can't tolerate when you do this to me, either."

"I'm getting such a headache," she said with a loud sigh as she rubbed her temples with her fingers. I can't deal with this any longer...She thought to herself as she started to walk away. "I'll see you tonight."

"Hey Yuna, I got a quick question for you." She stopped walking and looked up at him in wonder.

"What is it?"

"Do you believe in love at first sight?"

"Where in Spira did that question come from?" He shrugged as she narrowed her eyes at him.

"Forget it," he replied as he started to walk away from her.

"No." She said quietly, causing him to turn around.

"What'd you say?" He looked at her and saw that she was looking at the book in her hand, trailing her finger over the printed letters.

"To answer your question, 'no.' I don't even believe in love."

"Why not?" Tidus asked out of curiosity as he walked closer to her.

"I choose not to," she said with a shrug. "Why believe in something where you're only going to get hurt in the end?"

"Why think that way?" He asked her as she blinked back tears and shrugged again. "I know that love can hurt, yeah, but love can also be the greatest thing in the world."

"How would you know what love is all about?" She asked him as she lifted her head up and looked him in the eyes. "You have a new girl in your bed every night, so how are you supposed to know what love and commitment is all about?"

"Okay, I don't exactly know what it's all about," he said as he tried to redeem himself. "But, I..."

"You were the one who told me you didn't believe in relationships in the first place."

Ignoring her comment, he slightly smiled and said, "I know I said that, but I was just pissed. I really do want to find love…someday." He sighed and put his hand on her shoulder. "See ya tonight, Yuna."

"Yeah, have fun at practice." She was still confused at his random question and wasn't sure what to make from it.

As he walked away, he turned over his shoulder and said, "yeah, you too."