This chapter's rather short, honestly it is, and it's kind of just a short little link to the rest of the story, being that it's going to kind of connect to something that happens later in the story. Like I said, it's really kind of a short little drabble, but overall I kind of liked it, even though it's a little on the blah side. Still, I hope you enjoy, and the chapters coming will definitely be great! Anyway, I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 2: The Beginning of Torture
Yuna spewed out a slow, sad song on the piano that sat in the entry way, although she wasn't really concentrating on what she was playing, and her eyes simply stared straight ahead, almost lifelessly, as her hands moved skillfully and adeptly over the piano keys.
"Quite the sad song," her father said, lifting his eyes over his newspaper from the room across the hall.
"Oh, yeah," Yuna just said, stopping, and standing up.
"You don't usually play anymore," her father said, motioning to the chair across from him for his daughter to take a seat, "Something wrong?"
"My Yevon, what's his deal?" Yuna thought, taking her seat across from him.
"Oh, no, nothing's wrong," Yuna said, as she smoothed out her knee-length skirt, and looked at its floral print.
"How's it going with Seymour and you?" Braska then asked, looking at his daughter over his reading glasses.
"Seymour? Oh...I don't know, okay, I guess," Yuna said, letting her eyes slip outside the window.
"I haven't seen you two together for some time now," Braska said, "And you haven't really mentioned him, either."
"Uh...Well, Seymour and me kind of broke up," Yuna said, lying about a breakup that hadn't occurred. "Hmm...Maybe I can get his advice about Tidus..."
"Uh, Dad," Yuna said, forcing a strange, awkward smile at her father, "I was completely and totally in love with Seymour, right?"
Her father seemed shocked, and just kind of stared blankly at Yuna before saying, "Right."
"And Seymour loved me back, right? But then I found out that he was really just using me."
"Using you?"
"Yeah, using me," Yuna said, and shook her head, "It's kind of a long story. Anyway, so we broke up, but it's obvious that we still love each other. But then, he started going out with...Uh...This girl I know named Paine!"
"Oh?" Braska said, looking almost as if he wished his daughter wouldn't talk about her problems with him.
"What should I do, Daddy?" Yuna finally said, anxious to know what he thought she should do about Tidus, even if he did think she was talking about Seymour.
"Uh...Well...," Braska suddenly looked as if he had absolutely no idea what to say, so he finally just said, and smiled as he said this, "I'm sure everything will turn out just fine. Anyway, it's about time I headed out to the office, so I'll see you later, okay?"
"Right, I'll see you later Daddy," Yuna said, as he pecked her on the head. "Okay, seriously, what was his deal?"
Yuna sighed, wondering if it really was that obvious that she was feeling somewhat depressed by Tidus and Dona's sudden romance.
"Which totally reminds me," Yuna suddenly thought, "Why are Tidus and Dona going out?"
Wasn't it obvious? Dona just wanted to rub it in her face.
"Okay, so that explains why Dona is going out with Tidus, but why is Tidus going out with Dona?"
Yuna stood up and walked to her bedroom, walking out on her balcony, and looking down the hill toward Dona's house.
"Stop it Yuna!" she finally found herself yelling at herself, as tears formed in her eyes as she stared at Dona's house, "You act like you're obsessed with him!"
"That's because you are obsessed with him!"
"Stop it! Yevon, now I'm having conversations with myself!"
With tears streaming down her face, Yuna threw herself in her bed, her tears falling into her pillow.
The phone rang, and groggily and upset, Yuna answered it, surprised greatly by who was on the other line.
"Yuna darling!" it was Dona's voice, and Yuna immediately frowned at the sound of her voice.
"What do you want?" Yuna said nastily, surprised at the tone of her own voice.
"Look Yuna," Dona said, "I'm terribly, terribly sorry about Tidus and me, honestly I am! And I'm even more sorry that you had to see us together!"
"Whatever," Yuna said, grabbing a tissue and dotting at her eyes.
"Honestly, I swear I am," Dona said, "Really Yuna, we've been best friends forever! I wouldn't go take your guy right after you broke up!"
"Oh right, you'd usually go ahead and take them before I break up with them," Yuna just said, throwing the tissue in the garbage.
"Yuna! You have me completely misunderstood!" Dona just said, sweetly, "Please Yuna, just listen to me!"
"Fine, I'm listening," Yuna said, walking back outside, although the air was quite chilly, and staring at Dona's house.
"Okay, the other day, Tidus and me ran into each other, and the poor guy was just a mess! Seriously, an absolute mess! I asked him what was wrong, and he gave me this whole spew on and on about how he had to break up with you and blah, blah, blah, and so on. Anyway, he seriously was close to tears. I said we should go get some coffee, and we could just talk, and he accepted, and I swear to Yevon Yuna, I seriously didn't mean to take him away from you or anything! So, anyway, we went to have coffee, and I could tell he was feeling better and all, and I asked him why he broke up with you. And do you want to know what it was he told me?"
"What?" Yuna asked, not even half interested in Dona's little tale.
"He said he broke up with you because he loved you! Isn't that just plain crazy? So I said, "Well, that's a weird reason to break up with somebody!"'
"Oh yeah?" Yuna said, although by now she was wondering if what Dona said was true or not.
"So, Tidus then told me that he needed something to get his mind off you, and, well," Dona paused and gave a little giggle, "I said he could take me! But I swear Yuna, I honestly didn't expect him to say sure, but he was all like, "Okay."'
"Are you bluffing?" Yuna asked, walking back inside, "Because no offence Dona, but your story's just a little farfetched."
"Yuna! I swear on Yevon's name that I'm telling the absolute truth! So, in conclusion, Tidus and me are just like...I don't know, lovers without the love! So, you and I have to continue being friends! We just have to!"
Yuna sat there in silence, feeling awkward. She wanted to hate Dona forever, but suddenly, she wondered why Dona would bother asking for her forgiveness if she didn't want it in the first place.
"Fine, I forgive you," Yuna finally just said, although she noticed a tear slipped down her face, "But I don't ever want to see you two together again as long as I live!"
Dona let out a little laugh and said, "Oh Yuna! I'm so glad you understand! Anyway, I'm having a little party at my place tonight, and wanted you to come!"
"And Tidus isn't going to be there?" Yuna asked, looking out the window toward Dona's house again.
"Actually," Dona said, and Yuna could just picture her smiling, "He is coming."
"Then, no, I'm not interested," Yuna said, and was about to hang up on her friend.
"Yuna!" Dona said quickly, "The party is for Tidus!"
"What?" Yuna just said, "You expect me to go to a party that's for my ex?"
"Yeah! It's his eighteenth birthday today!" Dona practically sang out, "Come now Yuna, surely you're interested?"
"Not at all," Yuna said, again thinking about hanging up on Dona.
"But Yuna! He wants you to be there!"
"You know what," Yuna finally screamed into the phone. She just couldn't take it anymore. Tears were streaming down her face, and the thought of Dona and Tidus being able to spend his eighteenth birthday together was tearing her apart, "I hate you, and I hate Tidus even more! Just shut-up about him, stop calling me, and leave me along!"
With a loud beep, she shut her phone off, walked out to the balcony, and chucked the phone as far toward Dona's house as she possibly could, before practically collapsing.
"Damn you Tidus," Yuna thought, amazed by the language that was going through her head, "And damn you even more Dona..."
Then, practically drowning in her sorrow, she walked back into her house and threw herself in her bed, allowing the tears to just simply overcome her.