When Yuna chooses to return to Bevelle for the summer, will that spell disaster in every single way? The summer supplement to "A Foreign Home"
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PART IV
The Summer Supplement
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Okay, chapter five. Man, ever since I got back from France, I just haven't felt like writing! I barely finished this chapter in time, and it took me the entire week to write it. I started another fic too, but I don't like it, so I'll never post it. Bleh...Anyway, here it is, chapter five! Enjoy!
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Chapter 5: Unconsciously Conscious
Yuna had followed Tidus for some time, and it was already beginning to get late. Him being him, he was so busy checking every other thing out that he hadn't even noticed he was being followed. He stopped at three fast food places, coming out with a hamburger each time, went into a party for two minutes, only to come out carrying a plate full of food, went to the blitzball stadium only to come out with a hot dog, and, just as Yuna was about to give up, suddenly started going back toward Yuna's house.
Yuna started to worry that perhaps he would notice that she was gone, but remembered that she could simply go around back and get in before he could. However, she soon realized she had nothing to worry about, because he turned right before reaching her house. Yuna scrunched her forehead, wondering where he was going. She knew for a fact there was no food the way they were going. It was nothing but warehouses and storage units.
She sat up straight, realizing that maybe he was finally going to lead her to something. However, she also realized that there would be a better chance of him catching her. Sighing, she fell back a while, and hoped she wouldn't lose him.
She followed him for what seemed like forever, before Tidus finally pulled up to what appeared to be an abandoned storage garage. Curious, Yuna watched as he stepped out. He then looked around, and entered. Yuna then pulled around the back, and carefully went around. Then, she pulled the door open slightly.
She peered into the darkness only to be grabbed and pulled in. She felt a hand go over her mouth.
With her eyes popping wide, Yuna tried to scream or fight, but it was no use.
"And just what do you think you're doing here?" she heard a harsh voice whispered into her ear.
Then, she heard laughter. The hand fell from her mouth, and the door reopened. Moon light came into the building, and Yuna just saw Tidus there, with his arms crossed.
"Playing detective, Yuna?" he asked, shaking his head, "I knew you were following me the entire time. You're horrible at doing that, you know?"
"T-Tidus...Why did you..."
"I just went to get something to eat. Then I figured I could bore you by going to get a whole bunch to eat. Seeing you were still on me, I decided to come here. I figured you'd follow."
"Tidus...I'm..." Yuna trailed, "I'm sorry."
"You should be," he just said, "Come on...I've got some left over tacos if you want some."
Yuna didn't know what to say, so she just followed him back out to his car, where he pulled out two tacos and handed her one.
"What's wrong?" he said with a full mouth.
Yuna just stared at him and then started to cry, dropping her taco on the ground so that she could bury her face in her hands.
"Yuna!" Tidus said, "Don't waste the taco!" Still, he walked over to her and said, "Hey, what's wrong?"
"I'm sho shorry and I shouldn't have been sho mean and shtupid—."
"I can't even understand you," Tidus said, taking her hands away from her face, "Now what's wrong?"
"I feel really bad about not believing you!" Yuna finally said through her tears.
"Hey, it's okay," Tidus said, "I mean, I'd believe it too, if I were you. It's my own fault. I should never have ever lied to you. Ever. I mean it Yuna. I'm the one that should be sorry. Not you."
Yuna looked at him through her tears and said, "Still, I shouldn't have–."
"No, you should have," Tidus said, and ran his hand through his hair, "Yuna, I shouldn't have jumped on you about you thinking I did it. You had every reason to believe it. I...I should have just...I don't know...Been more collected about it, I guess."
Yuna just looked at him, but didn't say anything.
"But...It's been a long day, Yuna," Tidus just said, "We're both under so much right now. I mean, your dad just died, I'm over my head in blitz stuff...It's late...Let's just go to bed."
Yuna just nodded.
"Come on," Tidus said, putting his arm around her and leading her around back to her car, "We'll just go to sleep. Hopefully things will look better in the morning.
Yuna just nodded, and slipped into her car. She sat there for a while, as Tidus started off back toward his. Everything suddenly seemed like a dream to her. Tidus was right. It was late, and she did need to go to sleep...
She started toward her house and saw Tidus behind her. She sighed, and pulled around to her house, and into the driveway. Tidus followed suit, and the two then got out of their cars, and walked into the house.
"So, where am I sleeping?" Tidus asked, picking up his suitcases with a mischievious glint in his eyes.
"I don't care," Yuna just said drowsily.
"Um...Guest room it is then!" Tidus said, throwing on a smile, "Uh...Where is the guestroom?"
Yuna just shrugged and started up the stairs toward her room.
"Uh...Yuna?" Tidus just said, "Goodnight."
Yuna turned around then and looked at him and said, "Come on."
"Uh, okay," Tidus said, and followed her up the stairs.
Yuna led the way to her room, and went straight to her mirror, not saying a word to Tidus, who just shrugged, and threw himself on her bed. He folded his arms behind his head, and stared at the ceiling, and said, "I get it. You don't want to let me out of your sight."
Yuna, who was taking off her jewelry, turned and looked at him, and just shook her head.
"Well, if you have nothing to be guilty of, then you won't mind," she just said, and went into the bathroom that was connected to her room.
"Yuna," Tidus called to her, although he didn't stand up, "I'm not going anywhere."
"Fine then, go to the guestroom," Yuna said, poking her head out of the bathroom.
Tidus gave her a disgusted look, and said, "Just for that, I'm not going anywhere."
"Good, it's less suspicious that way," Yuna just replied, although this time she did not duck her head out to look at him.
Tidus gave another disgusted look toward the bathroom, but said nothing. Instead he just continued to lie there, staring at the ceiling with a look on his face that could be described as somewhere between that of disgust and that of a pout.
"You know," Tidus finally said, as Yuna came out of the bathroom, "Honestly, I would do anything to prove to you that I didn't do it."
Yuna looked at him, and then said softly, "I know."
"Then why don't you believe me?"
"I'm trying to, honestly, I am!" Yuna said, sitting down and burying her face into her arms, "I really am..."
"I know it looks suspicious," Tidus said, "But I was at practice. It's a hectic schedule. Really hectic..."
Yuna looked up and folded her arms, and then sighed.
"I guess we're both probably under a lot of stress," she said, lying back to go to sleep.
"Yeah," Tidus said, not taking his eyes off of her. Then, he scrunched his nose up in disgust, and turned the opposite way.
Yuna didn't see him, but she could tell he was upset with her. She realized that she was almost being stupid, but she had the worst gut-instinct that she'd had in her life. The only thing it was pointing to was Tidus.
It was as if she knew he did it, but she also knew he must have had a reason. She thought she'd made it clear to him that she just wanted to know. She didn't care if he did or not. She just wanted to know the reason. Yet Tidus being Tidus, he wouldn't tell her. That was what was making her upset.
Finally, with a tear slipping down her cheek, Yuna managed to fall into a slightly more relaxing sleep than the night before's.
She felt him get up, but it wasn't surprising. She kept her eyes welted shut, almost afraid that he would see that she was awake. She waited until she could no longer hear his footsteps and quickly climbed out of bed, running to the stairway just in time to see him disappear out the door. Smiling to herself, she knew that this time, she was going to follow him and find something out–and not be caught.
She waited until he was out of the driveway, before hopping into her own car and following him from quite a distance. Being that she lived on a hillside, she could see him drive down without having to follow him. She also noticed that he was turning toward the warehouses again.
Nervously, Yuna followed him. She reached the warehouses a little after he, but saw four cars parked outside of one, just in time to see Tidus go in. Yuna parked a ways down, and ran to the door, tugging on it. However, it was locked.
Yuna noticed a ladder going up the warehouse, so she climbed it, hoping there would be an opening or something on the top. Sure enough, there was one.
It was a large window on the top of the building. Yuna pried it open, and peeked in. She could hear voices, but she couldn't see any faces.
Then, a fire was lit, and she could see Tidus' face from the flames, and then, to her surprise, Gippal's. They were laughing about something, and soon, Paine's was shown, and finally, Baralai's.
Yuna was shocked. So they were back. But what were they all doing, meeting in the middle of the night in an abandoned warehouse. Yuna pulled away from the window, only to hit the edge. She tried to regain her balance, but was unable to. The next thing she knew, she was flying through the window.
She uttered a scream, but landed on the floor below her, and blacked out.