Kurai Yume's note- Just returned from writer's block. This kinda took me a while to put together. Anywho I'm just wasting your time go on and read if ya want!
Chapter 3- Silver Key
After dinner Yuna thoughtfully volunteered to help her aunt by rinsing the dishes. There was an uncomfortable silence between them. For the first time in her life Yuna felt distance from Lulu. As if she cant tell her everything like they used to. 'What have change between us?…how did I changed?' Yuna let the warm water ran steadily through her raisin up fingers.
"Is there something on your mind?" Lulu questioned as she handed Yuna a soapy plate.
"Nothing, nothing interesting," Yuna replied simply. Lulu kept her eyes down on her work.
"You sure you don't want to talk about it?" Lulu asked again as if she knew what she was thinking. Yuna paused and looked at her aunt for a few seconds.
'I met a boy, Aunt Lulu. His name is Tidus Avalon. He's wonderful. He's everything I dreamt of. He's simply perfect. And he's…he's white.' Yuna wanted to unleash it all but she kept it sealed to herself.
"No..."Yuna paused, "Its nothing important."
"Thank you for lending me a hand," Lulu stacked the last bowl into the cupboard. "Well then good-night since there's nothing you want to talk about."
Yuna walked into the living room and curled up on the couch. She opened one of her book she had checked out about a couple of weeks ago. Her green and blue eyes stared blankly as she listened to Lulu's footsteps climbing up the stairs. A sudden guilt came over her. The phone rang making her jumped a little. Yuna quickly reached for the phone.
"Hello? Is Yuna there?" came a familiar voice. Suddenly the guilt was washed away.
"Tidus?" she whispered back in surprise.
"Yeah, its me-"
"How did you get my number?" Yuna requested not knowingly.
"I just had to talk to you, so I looked you up in the phone book." Yuna smiled at those words.
"Why'd you called?"
"Yuna, I'm wondering if you can meet me in front of the bathrooms, before going into 5th period tomorrow?" his voice came softly.
"Is that all?" Yuna wrapped the phone line around her index finger.
"Yeah, I'll talk to you more tomorrow then."
"Okay." Yuna replied, "Tidus..?"
"Yeah?"
"Please don't ever call me again. If my aunt or uncle found out I'm talking to a boy, I would be shipped back to Japan," Yuna giggled. "But seriously don't call me…I'll call you."
"I promise I will never call you again," there was laughter in his voice. There was a small paused. "Yuna?"
"Yeah?"
"Nothing…I just wanted to hear your voice again." Tidus smiled. Yuna felt her heart fluttered.
"Stop being such a dork," Yuna teased. "I got to go before my Aunt Lulu picks up the line."
"Good-night Yuna, sweet dreams," his voice was sincere.
"Thank you, you too," Yuna hanged up the phone with huge smile. One that she hadn't had in a long time.
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The loud bell cried across the campus for the end of lunch. Yuna hugged her history book in her arm as she paced eagerly towards the bathroom to meet up with Tidus before class. 'I wonder what he's up to…what is he gonna say?' She wonder as she paid no attention of anything around her. In such a hurry she didn't see the cheerleaders up ahead. Dona simply stuck out her foot as Yuna vulnerably tripped over it, her book flying out of her embrace. She felt a pain in her palm as she landed, hard onto the cold concrete floor.
"Hey! Watch were you walking!" Dona screamed. Yuna got back to her feet and she picked up her fallen book. "You better get to class loser," Dona replied brutally as her and her squad walked away laughing.
"Heh! Watch where you're sticking out your overly large foot Dona!" Yuna yelled back at the departing crowd. It was the first time Yuna ever spoken so loud ever since she been coming to Edison. The kids that stilled lingered around the halls laughed as Dona let out a squeamish cry and marched away angry.
Yuna continued to the bathroom this not carefully not letting her blood get onto her text book. Tidus saw her coming and ran up to her side. She looked up and smiled faintly at the friendly figure.
"Whoa, what happen here?" his eyes full of concern as he held her scraped palm in his hand. Yuna pulled her hand back.
"Nothing," she replied unconvincingly. Tidus raised a brow.
"Come here, I'll help you rinse it off," Tidus held her other hand and led her to the drinking fountain. Yuna squirmed a bit as the cold water ran through her scrape. She shut her eyes as she felt her palm throbbing cold. The blood was now a light pink color mixed with water as it spiraled down the drained. Her palm all of a sudden felt warm. She opened her eyes gradually and spotted Tidus blowing softly on her cut. She watched on slowly as her heart melted.
'He looked so adorable.' Yuna thought. Tidus pulled out his PE shirt and ripped a pieced of the blue clothe and cautiously tided it around Yuna's wounded hand. Tidus glanced up and caught Yuna off guard. He quickly locked eye contact with her and let out a charming beam. Yuna let out a giggle. They continued to gazed at one another without saying a word. The sound of the late bell alarmed Yuna as she broke the stare.
"Aw, shit. We're late," Yuna quickly picked up her book from the bench near by. Tidus looked surprised at Yuna's words. She didn't seem like someone that would curse. "Come on, lets get to class." Yuna turned around facing him.
"How about we don't go to class," Tidus turned his head to the side with a mischievous look.
"What?" Yuna's face was puzzled.
"Come on, we're not gonna miss anything huge in class anyways." Tidus tried to convinced.
"No. No, I cant miss class. I'll be in trouble if I do," Yuna shook her head.
"Suit yourself. You'll go your way and I'll go mine," he replied deceitfully as he walked slowly towards the parking lot. Yuna hugged her book and looked down at her feet.
"Tidus! Wait," Yuna walked up to him. He turned around and smiled.
Yuna returned the smile as she shook her head. "I knew you were gonna come," Tidus held his hand out. Yuna gently placed her hand in his. 'What am I getting myself into?' she sighed.
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The sun slowly begin to set. The sky was painted with a soft orange and pink glow. Some of the lost clouds lingered giving the sky a touch of lavender as well. There was a small soft breeze that glided over the large pond in the park, making it sparkled. Yuna and Tidus sat in the outside restaurant at a small green round table that was prop up with onyx stone. Thousands of candles were lit around d the whole bistro. The small wind made the flames danced lightly on the wick of the candles.
"Isn't it beautiful?" Yuna looked off to the departing sun.
"Yeah, it's definitely beautiful, but your much more beautiful then it," Tidus replied gazing at Yuna instead of the sunset. She returned her bi color eyes to him and smiled. Yuna looked around the tables and she could see people staring and whispering about them.
"Why is that handsome boy having dinner with that awful Japanese girl," said the elderly women.
"He can do way better then her," the other women whispered back.
Yuna looked downed feeling ashamed of her origin. She felt out of place once again. There's not a single day where's she doesn't have to encounter these unwanted feelings. Tidus saw the distressed on Yuna's pastel face. He looked up at the two women and reached his hand out and cupped his it over Yuna's. She looked up at his cerulean eyes.
"There's no point in whispering when we can hear you perfectly," Tidus glared at them and returned back to Yuna. "Do you wanna eat somewhere else?" he offered as he stroked Yuna's soft hand.
"No. Here's find. There's always going to be people like them. I've learned to take that in." Yuna let out a faint smile.
"I'm sorry that you have to," His eyes filled with anger and sadness.
"It's not your fault," Yuna replied as she began to fidget with her necklace with a silver key suspended on a small platinum chain.
"What does the key unlock?" Tidus asked off subject. 'It's probably to her diary or something,' Tidus thought. Yuna instantly stopped playing with her key and hesitated to answer.
"Um, nothing…I…I'll tell you later," she concealed the necklace underneath her blouse.
"Okay…that reminds me. I picked up something for you." Tidus pulled out a cell phone from his pocket. Yuna's eyes widen.
"This…this is too much," Yuna handed it back.
"It's okay. You said I couldn't call you back so I got you this, so we can talk without you getting into trouble," Tidus placed it into her hand and closing Yuna's fingers over it. "It's yours."
"Why are you so kind to me," Yuna felt soo happy that she could cry.
"Do I really need a reason?" he stared deep into her eyes.
Yuna got up and hugged him. Tidus felt a little shock, but he wrapped his arms around her returning the embraced. Tidus smiled and rested his head on top of hers. He inhaled deeply, smelling the sweet scent of peaches from Yuna's chestnut hair. Everyone around stared at the two surprisingly and somewhat disgusted, but the two didn't give a care in the world.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" came and unpleasant voice. Tidus and Yuna looked up and met up with a pair of dark eyes. It was Seymour and the rest of the team and cheerleaders.
'Aw, shit!' Tidus thought angrily as Yuna pulled back.
"Eww Tidus, what are you doing?" Dona made a twisted face.
"Avalon, Avalon," Seymour made a snickering sound. "Three weeks ago at practice I saw you talking to her. I asked you 'Were you talking to that thing' and you said, 'No. I'll never be caught talking to a Jap.' And now you happen to be having dinner with her," Seymour informed as Yuna listened confusingly and taking all that was said in.
"Tidus, tell me its not true. Tell me I'm not seeing what I am seeing," Dona walked over and placed her hand on Tidus' chest. Yuna kept quiet, she was sure Tidus wouldn't let them talk about her like this, like how the elderly women did.
"Seem like he's on a date with freaky colored eye girl-" Seymour publicize to the rest of the team.
"No, I'm not… It's not a date. It's nothing! She…she means nothing," Tidus blurted out. Yuna looked up at him surprisingly. She felt a pain that she couldn't describe. More worst then all that she had felt before all added up together. She fought back the tears that slowly began to crept over her eyes.
"Nothing? All those things you said….was nothing?" Yuna was able to murmured through the knot that had built up in her throat. She looked on at Tidus confused as tears continued to glazed over her eyes. She slowly backed away from Tidus and the rest of kids from school.
"I…I didn't mean that Yuna," Tidus replied lost in lies. Yuna shook her head and blinked the tears back. Tidus quickly placed his hand on her small shoulder.
"Yuna, don't go," He whispered to Yuna's turned back.
"No…You lied to me… Just leave me alone…I hate you…" Yuna whispered coldly as she pulled away from the hand that was on her shoulder.
"Yuna! Don't walk away!" he yelled after her.
"Tidus, don't waste your breathe on her," Dona held onto him preventing him to run after Yuna. Tidus watched on powerlessly as Yuna's figure disappeared down the street.
Yuna continued dashing down the dark street as she unleashed the tears that she had been holding back. Helplessly she stopped running and started to walk. She felt her throat burning as the she inhaled the cold night air. "Just when I think he was just too good to be true," Yuna let out a soft cry as the tears uncontrollably ran down her cold pale cheek. She wiped them, but it was no use.
Kurai Yume's note- Yeah that wasn't much, but I hope you guys liked it. Buh bye for now.
