It's a Black Friday update! Those of you who work in retail will understand that Black Friday is another name for t he day after Thanksgiving! (Which reminds me, I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving!) I have to be at work at 5:30am...and it's about 2am right now...but I had to finish this chapter! I changed this chapter quite a bit...Ying Ying54 will agree with that one! (Thanks for reading it by the way...if you need me to pay your therapy bills due to the mental stress the first draft of this chapter caused you...just let me know! lol...I take full responsibility!) Yeah, I like the way this version ended up better...it's long, sorry...but once again, I'm trying to make my chapters longer so I won't end this story with eighty chapters. Just a note though...I'm really sorry for all you Rikku fans. (I'll explain my pity at the end of the chapter...) Kay...read on!

34. The Truth Revealed

Lying on her bed with her book against her chest, Yuna desperately attempted to study. It had been three days since she spoke to Mr. Rin about her grades, and the thoughts have weighed down her mind ever since. Even now, after taking the test, thinking about this problem distracted her from studying. It was only about 6 o'clock in the evening and it was Yuna's intentions to study all night.

Yuna frowned when she heard her cell phone ring. It wasn't the ring that she programmed for Tidus, so she sat up in her bed and sighed. Who is calling me now? I should've put that thing on vibrate…She thought as she walked over to where her phone was charging. She saw that it was Rikku calling, so she decided to pick up the phone.

"Hey, Rikku," Yuna said as she walked back over to her bed and threw herself down on her back.

"Hey, Yuna!" Rikku greeted cheerfully. "What's new?"

"Oh, not much," Yuna responded as she put her wrist against her forehead. She was starting to develop a headache from her contemplation period that she was having over the last few days and hearing Rikku's overly chipper voice was not helping her. "What's up with you, Rikku?"

"I was just wondering what you were doing tonight." Unfortunately, Rikku's upbeat demeanor wasn't contagious to Yuna at this point in time. She was too stressed and overloaded to crack a smile.

"Well, I was planning on studying all night because I'm really far behind in my classes and I have a huge paper due in my writing class on Monday," Yuna said with a rather large sigh. "However, my attention span is equivalent to a baby moomba's tonight, so I think I'm going to run over to Tidus' to grace him with my presence in a little while. I told him not to plan on seeing me tonight because I was having a date with my books, but I think I'll surprise him."

"Oh, well that sounds like a whole lot of fun." There was a brief silence for a minute as Yuna waited for Rikku to speak again. "Well, I guess I'll let you go over there then."

"Um, okay," Yuna replied, trying not to hide her confusion of why she called in the first place. "Did you want to hang out tonight or something?"

"I was just curious to see what you were up to, that's all." Yuna didn't buy that excuse for a minute but she was so eager to get off the phone that she wasn't going to ask her to expand on why she really called. "Sorry to cut this short, but I have some things that I need to do. So you have a good night with Tidus, okay?"

"All right." Yuna started to rub her temples to relieve her headache. "Bye."

"Bye!"

Yuna hung up her phone and threw it so it landed on the bed next to where she was lying. Okay, a half hour of studying and then I'll head over to Tidus'…Yuna told herself as she reached for her book.

Tidus dried his hair with a towel after he stepped out of his shower. As much as he loved blitz, he hated feeling sweaty and full of chlorine afterward. Damn, blitz is going to be over in three weeks. What am I going to do with all my time? Well, besides Yuna of course…He had to chuckle at himself for the sexual remark that he just made, but that only made him think of her.

Why does she have to spend all night doing homework? What fun is that on a Friday night? I guess that's what I get for dating a girl who always has her nose in a book…He ran his towel over his body to absorb the water droplets that laced his skin. I guess I could hang out with the boys tonight…It's been a while since I've spent some time with just them…

A bolt of lightning flew across the sky, lighting it up. Tidus jumped several inches when he heard the loud thunderclap that followed the flash of light. He stood still and held the towel in his hands as he started to hear raindrops gently hit the skylight that was in his bathroom. I didn't know it was supposed to rain…He shrugged and continued to rub his body down with the towel.

He grabbed his necklace that was sitting on the counter and clasped it on. He tried to look at his reflection in the mirror but the steam from the shower fogged it up. He sighed and tried to wipe the mirror with his hand, but that only smeared the water, causing his reflection to appear distorted. Tidus rolled his eyes and decided that the mirror in his bedroom would have to work.

After wrapping a towel loosely around his waist, he exited the bathroom and stepped into his bedroom. A chill crept up his spine when he heard a very familiar voice coming from the other side of his room.

"Hello, you."

Tidus whipped around to see Rikku lying seductively on his bed, wearing one of his button down shirts. He froze in his tracks and studied her; it didn't seem like she was wearing anything else but the shirt.

"What the hell are you doing here?" He snapped as he gripped the towel around him. She didn't respond to him. She only smiled seductively and licked her lips. "Are you drunk, Rikku?"

"Why would you say that?" She asked as she stood up and walked over to him. "Do I have to be drunk to come onto you like this?"

"Rikku, knock it off," he said as she inched closer to him. "What would Gippal say if he saw this?"

"I don't care what Gippal would say," she replied as she placed her hands gently on his muscular chest. Instead of smacking her hands away, he simply looked off to the side and pressed his lips together in anger. "Come on, don't sound so shocked. It's not like I haven't been naked in your bed before."

"That was a long time ago, though," Tidus said, slightly cringing as the memory played back in his mind. "Too long ago, in fact, to start anything again."

"Why didn't you tell anyone about that?" She asked him as she looked up at him innocently. "Were you ashamed that you slept with me? Tidus, you took away my virginity, doesn't that mean anything to you?"

"Could we not bring this topic up?" The subject matter of them having sex several years ago remained dormant in their friendship for so long that Tidus didn't want to change that fact. He didn't like to be reminded of what happened, especially now that he was with Yuna. "We were young. Not to mention drunk. Oh, there was also the tiny thing that we both regretted it the second that it happened."

"I didn't regret it. As a matter of fact, I still don't and I would do it again in a heartbeat." Tidus' eyes flared up at her response and gently pushed her away. "Don't you wish that we could be more than friends again?"

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" He shot at her as she smiled at him. "No, I don't want to be more than friends again, Rikku. You have Gippal. I have Yuna. That's the way that it is between us. We have been friends for way too long for us to have sex again."

"Touch me, Tidus." She backed up and sat on his bed, unbuttoning the shirt she was wearing until she was almost completely exposed. She spread her legs slightly, revealing to Tidus that she was wearing panties. Oh thank Yevon, she's wearing underwear. Okay, so it's a g-string…I wouldn't exactly call it underwear, but at least she's not naked…

"Forget it," he said as he turned away so he wouldn't look at her. Rikku threw the shirt off of her toward Tidus and it landed on his head. He pulled it off his head and exhaled as he turned to face her. She was wearing only her lacy panties and a seductive smile on her face, driving Tidus crazy. He tried not to show his excitement as she started to pull down her panties, so he clenched his fists at his sides. "I can't look at you while you're pretty much naked."

"What's the matter? Doesn't it turn you on?" Rikku stood up again and trailed her finger down her breasts as she walked over to him. He swallowed and bit his lip, confused at what to do. His pulse started to race against his will as she trailed her finger over his lips. "Don't you want to touch me?"

"Rikku, I can't," he said as he dropped the shirt that was in his hand. Instead of saying another word, Rikku simply started to gently bite at his bottom lip, causing him to close his eyes and put his hands on her waist. He didn't respond back to her, although she knew she was getting to him. Tidus, what are you doing! He screamed at himself as she unwrapped the towel that was around his waist, exposing his erection. Her hands trailed down his chest and almost touched the shaft, but instead she moved her hands down his legs. He knew she was just teasing him, but he wasn't sure how far she would actually go with this. "Rikku, seriously, stop." Yuna…Yuna…Yuna…You're dating, Yuna, you fucking moron!

"The only way I'll stop is if you work with me here and give in to this temptation." She moved her hands away from him and brought them to the sides of her own panties. As seductively as she could, she moved the fabric down her legs to remove them. She stood up, enjoying the tortured look on his face. "Just give in, Tidus. I know you want to."

"What I want and what I can do are two totally different things at this moment," he said as she turned him around and made him walk backward. He almost fell when the back of his legs struck his bed, but he regained his balance and she started to kiss his neck.

She placed her hand on his leg, inches away from his growing erection and whispered in Al Bhed, "E ys ouin…jyhemmy."

He didn't have the slightest clue what she said, but it turned him on more nonetheless. "Rikku, you can't do this to me," he said as she pushed him down onto his bed. "I don't want to do anything I'm going to regret."

"Then don't regret this," she said simply as she straddled his legs and started to kiss him. He forcefully pulled her toward him, kissing her with fervor as they fell onto his bed. She dug her nails into his back eliciting a moan from lips. Just when he realized what he was doing, he heard his bedroom door open.

"Yevon, don't you knock?" Rikku snapped as she whipped around, allowing Tidus to see the same sight.

"Yunalesca, daughter of Yevon…" Tidus said when he saw something that he never wanted to see; Yuna, with her hand over her heart, speechless at the sight that was laid out before her. It only took her a few seconds to find the strength to run out of the room with tears running down her cheeks. "Fucking A!" He literally threw Rikku off of him, grabbed a pair of jeans off of his floor, and threw them on.

"Where do you think you're going?" Rikku asked, rubbing her butt where she landed hard on the floor.

"To go try and save my relationship that I just fucked up!" He said as he ran out the door to chase after Yuna.

"Whoopsies," Rikku said with a smug smile as she proudly talked to herself. "I told you that you would fuck it up. I just assisted you."

"Yuna! Yuna, stop!" Tidus cried as he caught up with his girlfriend. He grabbed her arm and turned her toward him. She was still in so much shock that she couldn't speak. The only sounds she made were from her cries, and each sound made a new crack in Tidus' heart. "Yuna, please forgive me."

"You expect me to forgive you after I find you and your best friend making out naked on your bed?" She asked in disbelief as she wiped her face with her fingers. It was pouring outside so he couldn't distinguish her tears from the rain that was falling down her face. "Tidus, I can't believe you would do something like that!"

"I didn't mean to—"

"What, she just tripped out of her clothes and landed on top of you?" Yuna said sarcastically as she threw her hands in the air. "Oh Yevon…"

"Yuna, I'm so sorry, you have to just hear me out!" He said as he reached his arms out for her. She didn't fall into his arms, and it wasn't like he was expecting her too. Her lower lip quivered from her cries as she waited for him to explain. He lowered his arms to his side, gently hitting his legs with his palms. "This probably isn't the right thing to say, but this is how I am."

"Oh, so you're just fuck buddies with your best friend on the weekends?" She spat, shocking Tidus with her language. He had never heard her swear before, so for her to throw out that specific word really proved how pissed off she was at him.

"I'm not fuck buddies with Rikku." He tried to keep his voice as calm as possible so the situation didn't become worse than it already was. I have no fucking clue how I'm going to get myself out of this mess…he thought as she crossed her arms across her chest. "I-I just…I mean, she…"

"Did you have sex with Rikku?" She asked, afraid of the answer.

"No."

"I don't just mean tonight, I mean, have you ever had sex with Rikku?" His silence was enough of an answer for her, so she laughed in disbelief. "You have."

"I guess I should tell you," he started as she nodded. "We lost our virginity to each other."

"Again you lied to me!" Her face was turning red from raising her voice and Tidus wasn't sure how to calm her down. "You told me you never had sex with a virgin before!"

"I didn't think I needed to tell you about Rikku," he tried to explain as she took a step away from him. As quickly as he could, he grabbed her by the shoulder to whip her around so they could continue talking. "But you have to understand that nothing is going on between her and I now! She means nothing to me!"

"You can't defend yourself on this one, Tidus." She started to shiver, and Tidus wasn't sure if it was due to rage or out of response to the cold rain. He even had to hold in shivers as he felt the frigid water hit his bare chest. "So, this is what I get for dating the guy who can get anyone he wants."

"Don't say that, Yuna, you know it's not true."

"What? The fact that you can get any girl you want?" She turned on her heel and started to walk closer to her car and he grabbed her by the arm again. "Let go of me."

"Yuna, don't leave me, I…" He trailed off to think about what to say. I can't tell her something I'm not sure about yet…and if I don't feel it, I don't want her to think that I do…

"Don't even try to tell me that you're in love with me," she said, catching on to his statement. He looked at her in surprise as her eyes started to flare up in anger. It was the same look that she had on her face the last time they were in an argument, and shortly after she gave him that look, she slapped him across the face. He winced as she continued. "I know that you don't love me, so don't try to say it just to save this relationship."

"I care about you so much," he said as she jerked her arm out of his grasp. She scoffed as she pulled her soaking wet hair out of her face.

"Yeah, I'm sure you've never said that before to get a girl in bed with you," Yuna said mockingly as she clenched her fists. "How many girls have you said that to and had it work? Well, it worked with me, so I guess there must've been others. I bet it worked with Rikku."

"Can we keep her out of this?" He shouted as Yuna laughed in his face again.

"She's what caused this entire argument, Tidus! Don't start defending her now!"

"I'm not trying to defend her, Yuna! I've never felt this way about anyone before, don't you understand that?" He knew that saying that statement was worthless. She was deaf to anything that he had to say right now, due to the fact that the only thing she could think of was seeing Rikku naked on top of him.

"Do you think I even care about that now?" She took a step toward him and pointed her finger for emphasis. "Maybe last week I would've cared, but now I fully understand that this was just you trying to get down my pants so you can say that you had sex with the new girl in school. Oh, and I happened to be a virgin, so I'm sure that makes your list even better! That puts two virgins on your list, doesn't it? So now that you've had sex with me several times, you're moving on!"

"You know that's not true!" He retorted as she started to tap her toe on his driveway. "I know it shouldn't have happened, okay?"

"But it did!" Yuna cried as she stomped her foot, splashing water everywhere. "I just caught you practically having sex with Rikku! If I didn't know any better, I…"

She trailed off, leaving Tidus in suspense of what she was going to say. "You what?"

"Nothing," Yuna said quietly as she looked down at her hands. She planned this out…She thought, remembering how Rikku called her shortly before she left for Tidus'. But he went along with it! Maybe she wanted to prove to me that he was cheating on me all along… "Just tell me something. How long has this been going on?"

"There isn't anything going on!" Tidus exclaimed as Yuna put her hand up to stop him. "Several years ago, yes, but not now! Both of us don't even like to talk about it!"

"Well, apparently she doesn't seem have a problem with it."

"Okay, well, her opinion doesn't matter, mine does," he snapped, causing her to take a step backward. "I don't like Rikku like that anymore, understand?"

"What were you doing then? Studying with her? From what I've learned about you, you have issues with your tutors." Tidus looked up at the storm clouds, smiled and shook his head in disbelief that this was happening to him. "Well, obviously something went on because I walked in to see your tongue down her throat and you both naked!"

"Okay, Yuna, that's enough!" It was her turn to be shocked by his austerity. "This is fucking bullshit! I know that I said this at Wakka's a while ago and I'm reiterating my statement."

"And what's that?" Yuna asked, her voice laced with impatient sarcasm.

"This is why I don't fucking get involved in relationships. This is why I enjoyed having a new girl to fuck on the weekends or whenever the hell I felt like it. There are no attachments. I can get some ass and then leave." Tidus' words impaled Yuna's heart like a burning arrow as he spoke them. "And most importantly, this is why I don't fall hard for girls. They're fucking drama queens and I don't have the patience for it."

"You don't want to be involved in a relationship?" Yuna said viciously, the look in her eyes matching the tone of her voice. "Have it your way."

"Thank you!" Tidus called out after her as she turned on her heel and started to walk to her car. She didn't turn or say anything else to him, but he knew that she was still crying. The anger singed at his body to the extent that he felt that he could boil the water on his flesh into little puffs of steam. He watched her get into to her car and drive off as he clenched his teeth together and formed two fists by his sides. He stormed into his house, slamming the door so hard the pictures that were hanging on the wall fell off. Instead of stopping to pick up the broken shards of glass from the picture frames, he continued walking upstairs.

"What the fuck are you still doing here?" He spat when he noticed that Rikku was still lying on his bed. She was fully clothed, but still an unwelcome guest in his bedroom.

"Things not going well with you two?" She said with an icy smile as she leaned back on her elbows and watched the water drip from his soaked body. His pants were so saturated with water that they were riding very low on his hips and looked as if they were going to expose him at any minute. "Did she find out what happened a few years ago?"

"Fuck you, Rikku," he said as he grabbed the towel that he used from his shower that Rikku ripped off.

"I take that as a yes," she replied, her smile growing.

He started to rub his hair with the towel, and when he turned around, he realized that she didn't move. "Get out!"

"What?" She said as she curled her lip in annoyance.

"Did I stutter?" he snapped. He pointed toward his bedroom door with his forefinger and said, "See the door? Get off your ass and fucking use it."

"Ha, you broke up, didn't you?" She inserted a pitiless laugh at the end of her sentence and stood up.

"Go home before I tell Gippal that you came onto me." He turned around and walked into his closet to grab some dry clothes. He heard Rikku scoff and leave his room, slamming the front door as she left. He knew that his threat was useless, he assumed that Yuna probably would tell the world anyway. She is a girl after all…He thought as he changed his clothes. He yielded slightly as he put his shirt over his head. He could hear Yuna saying in his head, 'I'm not a typical girl…' like she did several weeks ago.

Fuck…He exhaled as he sat down and tried to cool his temper down. I just lost Yuna. Not only that, but I don't think I'll ever speak to Rikku again because this was the last straw with her. I knew she was a jealous vindictive bitch, but now I realize she's a heartless, vindictive bitch. Dammit! I fucking lost my best friend and my girlfriend in the matter of five minutes…I fucking hate girls.

So once again, I apologize to any Rikku fans. I love Rikku to death, she's awesome...but I made a monster out of her in this story...lol. I kinda like it though...it's fun. Oh, the thing she said in Al Bhed..."I am...your...vanilla..." :Swoon: Oh, Gackt...lol. (Thanks to Angel Taisha, Ying Ying 54, and TheCalligrapher for getting me obsessed with that extremely gorgeous Japanese man! In case any of you people don't know who Gackt is...they based Tidus off of him...and believe me, I have some pictures where the resemblance is quite scary) Anyways...yeah, I know that Tidus and Yuna had another fight...sorry if you're getting sick of the yo-yo thing between them. However, it will make my story go on faster...it's almost done. (THANK GOD) There was something else I wanted to add to the author's notes so it looked like I knew what I was doing...OH...Yes, Tidus wanted to hang onto the relationship at the beginning of the fight with Yuna, but when he realized that it was more bullshit than it was worth, he just gave up on it. He just realized that even though he really liked being withYuna, he cared forher a lot and whatnot...he liked the way he used to be better. (I'm explaining so no one thinks that I just randomly forgot that he cared about her so much) Okay...I hope you enjoy this chapter...sorry it's really long. Oh well...I hope you all have fun shopping in the early morning! (I'll be one of the poor cashiers dealing with you psycho people!) Good night!