I am SOOOO sorry for the long wait! But tennis season is officially OVER! Today was our last day of sections, and my partner and me got seeded against the hardest team at the entire tournament and lost 1-6, 1-6, although I am happy to say that those two games we got were on MY serves! (Sorry, I know, I should just get on with it!) Anyway, now that tennis is over, I can't necessarily say I'll update more, with school being nuts, although we have a long weekend coming up, and I'll be starting tennis lessons, (I always forget that I play year round...) And I'll also still be working on my novel, which is coming along fairly well. It's almost finished, too! Okay, anyway, I know that it was said that Tidus was juggling more than one girlfriend, and it's true, as you'll find out here, and Yuna's just his fourth or fifth. Don't worry though, things will get better! This is a short update too, I'm afraid, but, as I always say, at least it's something. Anyway, it's midnight right now, and I played tennis all day, so I'm just going to stop writing, and update already! Enjoy!
Chapter 14: A Party and A Certain Other
"We should leave," Yuna said quickly, as Seymour targeted them, and nodded to his friends.
"Why? We haven't even gotten our food yet," Tidus said, but then noticed Seymour, and smiled, "You don't think I could handle that wimp?"
"I'd rather we didn't find out," Yuna just said, "Can we please just leave? Quickly?"
"Okay, okay," Tidus said, scooting out of the booth, along with Yuna, and Seymour frowned, noticing that they were leaving, all while looking somewhat satisfied, as if it had been he himself who had chased Tidus and Yuna out, being that they were afraid of him.
"We just can't get to ourselves tonight, can we?" Tidus asked, as the two left the restaurant in a hurry out the back door.
"Maybe I should just go home," Yuna said slowly, "Watch, there'll be one-hundred Yevonites here in like ten seconds to come take me home."
"Harsh," Tidus just said, shaking his head.
"But it's the truth," came Yuna's little reply.
The two were walking in downtown Bevelle, toward Tidus' parking spot. They had decided unanimously and silently to walk instead of drive, although the evening was definitely chilly. The night was so soft and calm however, although there was so much activity around them, that both walked deep in thought, not uttering anything to each other. That was, until that silence was broken.
"YUNIE!" the two heard a shriek of a noise, and both turned around, a large smile forming on Yuna's lips as she realized who it was.
The Al Bhed blonde ran toward them, waving her arms frantically, a huge smile on her mouth.
"Hey Rikku!" Yuna greeted her cousin, "What are you doing?"
"More like what are you doing!" Rikku said, looking at Tidus with a strange look, "Your pops is like totally mad! I think he could kill you!"
Yuna just nodded slowly, and said, "I didn't expect anything else from him."
Rikku smiled at Tidus and said, "I'm Rikku! We've never actually been introduced. I thought you were hot before Yunie did. But that's okay, you two make a pretty okay couple!"
She held out her hand for him to shake enthusiastically, and smiling a somewhat quirky smile, Tidus shook her hand.
"Tidus, star player of the Bevelle Brutes," Tidus just said, his quirky smile turning into a normal, more cheeky smile.
"Anyway, are you two coming to the party at that new dance place?" Rikku chirped, as she swayed her body, "It's totally awesome! Wanna know the best part? Brother got a job as a DJ there, and we can get in free! We can dance all night long!"
"Actually, Tidus was taking me home...," Yuna said, although she seemed kind of upset.
"But that's okay, we'll go anyway!" Tidus said, and gave Yuna a pleading look, "Come on, it'll be fun!"
"Yeah Yunie! It'll be fun!" Rikku put in, "And you can ask Brother to put in any of your favorite songs! And there'll be a ton of people there! It's going to be a blast!"
"Well, okay, but only for a little bit," Yuna said, seeing the gleam in Tidus' eyes.
"Great!" Rikku said loudly, "But hurry up, or Brother won't be able to get us in for free!"
Rikku took the lead, running toward the entrance, and Yuna just smiled at Tidus, and the two followed Rikku to the entrance, where sure enough, Rikku's odd brother allowed the three in, although he seemed somewhat shocked at seeing Yuna with Tidus.
"Who's he?" Brother had moaned, pointing at Tidus.
"Yunie's boyfriend," Rikku had said in an annoyed tone, but which caused Yuna to blush, although she knew not why. Perhaps it was because this was the first time that she had actually thought of Tidus as her 'boyfriend.' She didn't really know how to explain her relationship with him, except for the fact that for some reason or another, she felt the strangest bond between them, and knew she always wanted to be around him, and that her heart sped every time he was near. And that whenever he was around, she felt like she was somebody. Not just the daughter of Braska.
"Yuna has a boyfriend?" Brother seemed to shocked to think about it.
"Yes! Now can we just go in?" Rikku said, placing her hands on her hips, giving Brother an annoyed glare.
"Fine..." Brother said, sticking his lip out in a sort of pout. Tidus just smiled, and then Brother let them enter, giving Tidus a glare however, as he passed.
"Hey Rikku, does he Blitz?" Tidus asked Rikku as they entered the dark party, receiving a blast of music.
"A little," Rikku said, "Not much though. Although he's tried out for some teams."
"Yeah, I thought so," Tidus said, "He tried out for our team the same time I did. He couldn't even catch the ball though..."
"Yeah, he sucks," Rikku just said, although she seemed too distracted by all of the lights and such.
"And I love the tattoos," Tidus said sarcastically, "And his hair's nice too..."
"Okay, that's enough," Yuna just said, "He is my cousin."
"But don't you wish we weren't related to him?" Rikku moaned, and then said, "Hey look! There's Calli! I'm gonna go say 'hi' to her! See you two later!"
Yuna was going to say goodbye to her cousin, but she galloped off before Yuna even got the chance to open her mouth.
"How old is she?" Tidus asked, eyeing her, "Is her skirt short enough?"
"She can wear shorter," Yuna said, "Believe me, I've seen her. Anyway, she's sixteen."
"Damn, too young for me," Tidus said, smiling a cheeky smile.
"Hey!" Yuna just said, hitting Tidus in the arm, "She's my cousin!"
"Exactly, too young for me," Tidus said, and laughed, "I'm just kidding, Yuna!"
Yuna shook her head, rolling her eyes.
"I guess you don't just play Blitzball, do you?" Yuna asked, shaking her head disapprovingly.
"Oh, I play lots!" Tidus said, and laughed, and repeated his, "I'm just kidding!" Then, laughing again, he said, "How about her friend? How old is she?"
Yuna shoved Tidus this time, narrowing her eyebrows at him.
"I'm just kidding!" Tidus replied again, and then he just smiled wide and said, "Wanna dance?"
"I suppose," Yuna just said, although she didn't want to dance. She hated dancing, really. Other than graceful sorts of dancing, like ballet...however, perhaps it was her father that had influenced her into something like that.
She was only three when her father had said, "Little Dona is taking ballet. I'm signing you up for it too, Yuna. Ohaland and me have a little bet. He believes Dona is going to get the role in the next big production, but we'll make sure you get it instead."
Yuna had then been enrolled, and had actually taken an interest into it. Dona had hated it, and Yuna knew she only stayed in it because Yuna stayed in it. Oh well, it worked for her, though. Or so Yuna had decided.
Tidus led Yuna to the dance floor, where tons of people were crowded about dancing, but then he just looked at Yuna and said, "I don't feel like dancing, do you?"
"Not really," Yuna admitted, and Tidus just took her hand and led her back out.
"In that case," he said, leading her to a little bar, "Let's grab something to eat!"
"Okay," Yuna said, although she wasn't at all hungry. Not anymore, anyway.
"But actually," Tidus said, pulling her toward the bathrooms, "I have something to show you! I kind of got you something while I was in Luca."
"Really?" Yuna said. She hadn't expected anything from him, ever. Not even a kiss or anything, really.
Tidus and Yuna walked toward the hallways where the bathrooms were located, and where it was typically much quieter without the speakers constantly blaring music.
"See, it's right here," Tidus said, putting his hand in his pocket. At that moment, however, a tall girl with curly red hair came out of the bathroom, and looked at the two with a smile on her face, and then came up to them.
"Hey Ty!" she said, slipping her arm around his waist, "I didn't expect to see you here!"
"Uh...," Tidus seemed speechless, as he stared at the girl, as if wondering who she was, "Jennica, I'm a little busy right now..."
"I see that," the girl said, and turned to Yuna, "I'll just borrow him for a second, okay honey?"
Yuna just gave her a clueless look, wondering if this girl was a friend of Tidus'. However, what she did next made Yuna's cheeks suddenly burn with a strange sense of rage.
Jennica, pressed her lips to Tidus', locking their lips into a long and passionate kiss, all while Yuna just stood there, it taking quite some time to sink into her what was going on.
Tidus' eyes looked at Yuna's, but he did nothing to stop the kiss, and finally the red-haired girl pulled away, and said, "Okay, sorry. Anyway, I'll see you later, okay Ty? At your place, okay? Anyway, I've gotta go. It was nice running into you! By the way, you'd better go make-out with that slime quick," the girl pointed toward Yuna, "'Cause you know I'll be waiting!"
She bounced off, all while Yuna still just stared at Tidus, an angry expression on her face.
"What was that?" Yuna immediately attacked Tidus.
"Just some girl I see every now and then," Tidus said casually with a shrug, "Just a friend, really."
"Oh, just a friend?" Yuna practically yelled, "And Seymour and me greet each other like that! Who was she honestly? And what did she mean, 'I'll see you later? At your place?"
"Nothing," Tidus said, looking at Yuna as if she had no right to be angry, "She'll probably just come over and be all like, 'Make love to me Tidus!"'
"Oh?" Yuna just said, "And you'll say, 'No!"'
"No, I'll say, 'I guess so,"' Tidus just said, "What's your problem?"
"YOU!" Yuna screamed, "I thought....Oh, I don't know what I thought! I'm going home, right now. I'd rather face my father any day than see you ever again!"
"Hey, wait a minute!" Tidus yelled grabbing Yuna's arm, "It's not like I like her!"
Yuna tugged her arm from Tidus' grip, just glaring at him, and stomping off without saying anything.
"Yuna!" Tidus yelled at her, grabbing her arm again, holding on tightly, "It's not like I have a choice! She's the daughter of the Abes' coach! It's all like a matter of stuff! If I please her well enough, I might have a chance of playing with them! It would be a dream come true to play with them!"
"That's just wrong," Yuna said angrily, "Now let go of me!"
"I know it's not the right thing to do, but that's the way it is!" Tidus said, narrowing his own eyebrows back at Yuna.
"How many others are there?" Yuna asked then, her voice calm, "Did you do the same with the Brutes' coach's daughter?"
"No. It was his niece..."
Yuna ripped her arm from Tidus' again, deciding that this time, she wasn't going to let Tidus' catch her again.
With tears of anger slipping down her cheeks, Yuna started toward the crowd, trying to get away from Tidus.
She reached the exit, and ran outside quickly, her eyes searching up and down the streets, hoping that a taxi would come down the road at any moment.
Tidus came outside then, and ran up to her. He looked angry, she noticed, and definitely not like trying to stop her, or talk to her.
"You have no idea what it's like to be me!" he said loudly to her, just as she managed to wave down a taxi.
She just glared at him, and he, in return glared back at her.
"You wouldn't understand," Tidus continued, as he pulled a little box out of his pocket, "Not even if I explained it to you!" At that, he chucked the box at the ground, and stormed back to the party, leaving her standing there with the door to the taxi open, her eyes on the small little box.
"Just a second," Yuna said softly to the taxi driver, who just rolled his eyes. Yuna walked over to the box, picking it up, and crawled into the taxi then.
"Boy problems?" the taxi driver asked her as they started off.
"You have no idea," Yuna just said, quickly brushing off her tears. She lifted the lid to the box, and pulled out a silver chain, with little sapphire studs in it. It was gorgeous, honestly it was, and more than likely had cost Tidus a bit of gil. Still, Yuna rolled down her window, planning on throwing it out.
She allowed it to dangle there, outside the window, but just couldn't bring herself to throw it out.
A few more tears rolling down her cheek, Yuna rolled up the window and said to the taxi driver, "Can you please take me back to that club?"
The driver just smiled, and did a U-turn, heading straight back to the club.