Wanna know something incredibly terrible? If you know anything about me, you'll know that I'm definitely not one of those hopeless romantics. Yet, here I am writing a...romance story? Whoa, is something wrong with me or what? And to make matters worse...well, it's my third romance story...For a girl who's never getting married, I suppose it's kind of...strange? Any who, now that you've listened to me rant on how I find it weird that I'm writing a romance story, I think we can move on, don't you? Okay, just a quick note, I don't care much for this chapter AT ALL! But it's going to get the story moving, even if it's kind of quick, so...we'll just have to deal with it, right? Well, here's chapter 20! Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 20: A Quick Farewell
Waking up in his arms was something that she wouldn't mind growing accustomed to, but she just sighed, as she felt her eyes look up at his face, with his eyes tightly closed, obviously fast asleep. After the party the night before, Tidus had basically said he was ready to go to bed, and, so, they went back to bed, although earlier that day Tidus had been bragging that he didn't need sleep.
Now he was fast asleep, although by glancing over at the alarm clock that sat on the night stand, Yuna could tell that in no time, the alarm would go off, and it would be ready for Tidus to get ready for the next big game.
Yuna softly placed her hand on Tidus' chest, and rested her head in his arm that was outstretched just for her, careful not to wake him. After all, it was only a matter of time before he'd get up as it were. Closing her eyes, Yuna couldn't help but wish they could remain that way forever, but then reopened her eyes as she thought dreadfully of the night before. She was so confused by Tidus' actions that it was almost unbearable for her. Why didn't he want to fall in love with her?
Turning her body around so that she was facing him, she stared thoughtfully at him, a pit somewhere in her stomach knowing that there was something more to Tidus' actions then he was telling her. But what was it?
Suddenly there was a ringing noise, causing Yuna to give just a slight jump. She realized right away that it wasn't the alarm clock, but her phone.
Tidus' eyelids flickered, and he finally groggily opened his eyes, as Yuna left his arms, and then turned to his side, grabbing Yuna's pillow and shoving it over his head as Yuna jumped off the bed and grabbed her phone.
"Hello?" Yuna answered, and she knew without asking who it was.
"Hi Yunie! So, how've ya been?"
"Fine," Yuna said, taking a seat on the bed, "But you kind of woke us up."
"'Us?"' Rikku said with a little giggle, "As in...?"
"As in who do you think?" Yuna asked, smiling to herself.
Then the alarm clock went off, and Tidus let out another groggy moan, and Rikku said, "What is going on over there?"
"Nothing, Tidus is having a hard time getting up, that's all," Yuna said, shutting off the alarm clock.
"So...you guys are sleeping together...hm..." Rikku said, and Yuna could just imagine her cousin pretending as if she was thinking.
"Don't get any wrong ideas," Yuna just said, "I know how your naughty little mind likes to work."
"Uh-huh, sure...you'll fill me in with the details later though, right?"
"Sure," Yuna said, "what details there are."
Tidus let out a soft little groggy moan again and Yuna looked over at him to see that he had snuggled himself back under the covers, and was obviously trying to go back to sleep.
"Tidus, you have to get up!" Yuna said, and then turned back to the phone, "Anyway, what have—Hey! Tidus!"
Tidus smiled as he threw a second pillow at Yuna, and said, "Can't a guy just get some sleep?"
"You're the one that wanted to stay up all night," Yuna reminded him.
"You two stayed up all night? Doing what!" Rikku squealed in the phone.
"Nothing! And we didn't stay up all night," Yuna said, shaking her head at her cousin.
Tidus stood up and stretched, and then plopped back on the bed and wrapped his arms around Yuna's waist, leaned his head on her shoulder, and said, "Who you talking to?"
"Rikku," Yuna said.
"What?" Rikku said.
"Nothing, Rikku," Yuna just said, "So, aren't you in school right now?"
"Not exactly," Rikku said, "I'm 'sick'."
"Oh...in other words, you have a test you didn't study for, so you're pretending to be 'sick'."
"I used to do that!" Tidus said, and then he leaned over to Yuna's ear where she held the phone and said, "Hi Rikku!"
"Hi Tidus!" Rikku squealed in a high-pitched voice into Yuna's ear, "And no, I really am sick!"
"Sure, you really sound like it," Yuna said, shaking her head.
"Okay, I suppose I'd better get straight to what I called you about though," Rikku said, her voice suddenly turning serious, which surprised Yuna.
"What's that?" Yuna asked, suddenly feeling somewhat nervous.
"Supposedly, you father didn't see the thing of you on the sphere, but Seymour called him yesterday and said that you haven't been seen."
"Great," Yuna said, "So, do you know what my father's going to do about it?"
"Apparently, he's on his way to get you."
"WHAT?" both Yuna and Tidus said at the same time.
"Yup. He knows where you're staying and everything."
"Why didn't you call sooner?" Yuna said in a nervous tone.
"I didn't know about it until right now! Cid said that your dad called him, making sure you weren't here. Then, apparently he did some thinking, and figured out that you were here with Tidus!"
"Great," Tidus said, and it was quite apparent that he was listening rather intensely to the girls' conversation.
"Oh, he's really mad at you too, Yunie," Rikku said, "I mean, really mad. And I mean, really mad. He practically screamed at my pops over the phone, as if it were his fault."
"Tell Uncle Cid I'm sorry," Yuna said, and she was feeling sorry. Suddenly, coming to Luca didn't sound like it had been a very good plan at all.
"Okay, well, I've got to go," Rikku then said hurriedly, "I just thought I'd give you a head's up."
"Okay, thanks Rikku," Yuna said, "Goodbye."
"Bye Yunie."
Yuna clicked off the phone and threw it on the ground.
"Now what?" she asked Tidus.
"I go to my game?"
"Probably the best," Yuna said, "I don't want you caught up in this anymore than you have to be."
"Yeah, but it is my fault you're here," Tidus said, surely, "But..."
"But, you're better off to just not get involved," Yuna put in.
"Right," Tidus said, nodding, and then stood up, "Well, whatever happens...I..." he didn't seem able to finish, so, wordlessly, he simply left the room, and went into the bathroom.
Sighing, Yuna just lay her head in her hands, wondering when her father would be arriving to see to it that she left...
Tidus emerged, and gave Yuna a quick glance, and then sighed.
"Yuna, if Rikku is right about your old man coming...uh...I'd rather not be around..It's just that..."
"I don't want you around," Yuna said, "I mean, I don't want you getting in trouble. It wasn't your fault, after all. And honestly, I'm quite thankful you invited me."
Tidus just gave a meek little smile, and then glanced over at the clock.
"Uh...So...," he just said, giving a little shrug.
"Yeah, so," Yuna said, smiling slightly, "Good luck with today's game."
Tidus put on his meek little smile again and said, "Yeah."
"So, I guess, I'll see you when you get back to Bevelle?" Yuna hadn't necessarily meant for this to come out as a question, but it did.
"Yeah," Tidus said quickly, and then he looked at the clock again, before suddenly saying, "Maybe your old man won't show! Do you think that's possible?"
"I don't know," Yuna said shrugging, but put on a smile anyway, "But let's hope it is!"
"Right!" Tidus said, smiling, before finally saying, "Well, uh, I really gotta go...Bye!"
Yuna sighed and then practically ran over to Tidus and flung her arms around his neck.
"Bye," she said, "And thanks."
Tidus didn't return the embrace for a while, but finally let out a sigh himself and put his arms gently around her waist before saying, "Bye."
Then, he slowly left her embrace, looked as if ready to say something, but shook his head, and then slowly walked out the door, leaving Yuna all alone, staring after him.
She sat down on the bed, wondering to herself if her father really would come get her.
"Of course he will!" she told herself, "After all, why wouldn't he?"
So, with her feet dragging, she packed her stuff, and soon enough, heard a knock on the
door.
Feeling quite nervous, and somewhat queasy, Yuna made her way slowly to the door, and opened it, to see the hotel clerk standing there, with some man dressed all in black.
"Uh, Miss Yuna?" the clerk said, his voice shaking as he talked, "Uh...Hello...Uh..."
"I'm here to take you home," the man in black just growled, flashing some badge in Yuna's face.
"Yeah, yeah," Yuna said, and gathered her bags. She knew it was coming, after all.
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"Of all the stupid, dumb, absolutely terrible things you could choose to do!" Braska said, pacing in the library, as Yuna just picked at her finger nails, "And now you sit there pretending as if you did absolutely nothing wrong!"
"I didn't do anything wrong," Yuna said casually, although that only made her father flare up more.
"Yuna...," Braska said, suddenly calming down slightly, "I didn't really want to tell you this, because I wanted to protect you...but...Well, let's just say I know who this Tidus is."
"Mm-hmm, sure you do," Yuna said, pretending to not sound interested. She knew quite well what her father was going to say. He was going to go on and on about how Tidus was just a good-for-nothing Blitzer, and not of high enough standards for her. Now Seymour, on the other hand...
"I knew Tidus' father," Braska said slowly, staring out the window and not at his daughter, "He was a very good friend of mine at one time. But then, he moved to Zanarkand, and we became distant. However, in the end, he betrayed me." Braska looked sharply over at Yuna, and said, "And Tidus, he'll do the same thing to you."
"You don't know that!" Yuna said instantly in Tidus' defense.
Braska looked ready to smack his daughter, which would of course be unlike him, and he instead took a deep breath and said, "Yes, I do know that. You probably haven't heard of it, but there's a kind of gang out there called the Youth League, led by a man named Nooj. A while back, it was greatly led by Tidus' father, Jecht. There's no doubt that Tidus is in that group."
"No he isn't!" Yuna said quickly, "We met Nooj! And Tidus and Nooj almost got into a fight right then and there!" Right after these words left Yuna's mouth, however, she immediately wished she hadn't said anything about meeting Nooj.
"You met Nooj?" Braska said, seeming surprised, but then he turned red, "That's it! If I catch you with that no-good young man ever again," and of course he was referring to Tidus, "I swear on Yevon's name that I will take some action! Now get to your room right now!"
Yuna just stood up defiantly, although she was honestly feeling quite shaken. There was something about the look in her father's eye that was really bothering her. In fact, he almost looked like he was going to cry, a look Yuna definitely wasn't used to seeing on her father.
Deciding to ignore it, Yuna just burst her way out of her father's study, and rushed upstairs. Normally, she would have thought about how great it was to be back at her own house, to be able to sleep in her own bed, but for some reason, she just couldn't feel that way anymore. So, as if hoping for the day to just end, Yuna jumped in her bed, and buried her face in her pillow, and then, cried herself to sleep.
A/N: Again, I don't care much for this chapter at all! Still, as mentioned above, it will help get this story moving. Otherwise, the story would still be in Luca, where the same basic things would happen over and over again! Oh well, hopefully the next chapter will be way better, right! Well, I hope you enjoyed just the same!