Chapter 9
Goodnight
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Yuna, Rikku and Lulu had left the house at two o'clock when they had planned to leave at twelve thinking that the guys were also leaving at that time. However, after an hour of waiting in vain, they decided to go first seeing that they wouldn't even budge when they tried waking them up.
"I am so happy I got this skirt for half price, I've been waiting forever for it to go down," Rikku squealed, holding up her shopping bag.
"Okay Rikku, let's calm down about the skirt okay? You haven't stopped since we've started eating," Lulu said while stabbing into her pasta.
"It's been two hours already, think the guys are at the Gym now?" Yuna asked, looking from Rikku who was drinking her ice coffee to Lulu who had now started at her ice cream.
"Well they better be! We're leaving in like an hour, so if they whine about not having enough time, well then that's their problem," Lulu replied.
"Yeah, guess so. Hey Lulu, I was always wondering, how did you and Wakka start?"
Lulu blushed deeply, receiving giggles from the girls sitting in front of her.
"…Well…,"
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"Hey! How long has it been?" Squall panted while lifting the weights up.
"An hour and a half bro," Wakka replied, also breathless as he was on the treadmill.
The guys had woken up just as the girls left, leaving them fifteen minutes to get ready and fifteen minutes to get to the Gym which was close by to the Shopping Mall. Yuna, Rikku and Lulu had generously sacrificed the mini van for the guys and chose to walk to the mall.
"Hey Tidus," Squall started, "What happened when you went outside to Yuna yesterday?"
Tidus still lifting his weights replied, "Nothing, just crap. We were mostly looking at the stars,"
"Wow! Mr romantic now are we?" Wakka joked whilst getting off the treadmill and heading towards the weights again.
Tidus stifled a laugh before saying, "Whatever man,"
"Man, don't deny it. You've fallen for her haven't you?" Squall accused, getting up from his lying position and started on the treadmill.
"Ha! You've seriously got to be kidding," Tidus retorted.
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"Oh my Gosh, that is so cute! Wakka actually secretly followed you around the school just to look at you. Gosh, I would never imagine someone as big as Wakka to do something so…cute," cried Rikku while they were making there way to the Gym.
"I know, and those little love letters, that is so adorable," Yuna added.
Lulu simply smiled and nodded, agreeing to what they were saying.
"Oh, I wish someone would do something just as sweet for me," Rikku said, daydreaming at the sky above.
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"Come on, we don't wanna be late do we? They're gonna give us a two hour lecture if they were made waiting for us," Wakka said as Squall and Tidus simply took their time putting on their shirts.
"Chill Wakka, we're nearly done," Tidus started, "Or are you just anxious to see your girlfriend?"
"Just shut up and hurry will ya?" Wakka replied, watching both of them laugh.
Not long later, Tidus and Squall were finally able to make it out of the Gym. They stood outside holding their gear,waiting for the girls to arrive.
"See, I told you to chill before, they're not even here yet," Tidus reminded Wakka while he merely shrugged.
"Yeah who cares, they're coming now," Squall pointed out.
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"Look, the guys are over there, come on!" Rikku exclaimed jogging over to them.
Lulu simply shook her head before following Rikku, leaving Yuna the only one walking. As she was approaching the group, she felt a light tap on her shoulders. She turned around to see two young guys staring at her.
"Hey hot shot, care to give me your number?" one of the guys said flirtatiously.
"Yeah, or do you wanna have our numbers?" said the other guy beside him.
Yuna was pretty close to the group therefore Tidus had a clear view of what was happening, but this only caused him to sub-consciously clench his fist and grit his teeth.
"Hey, hot shot care to shut up?" Yuna retorted, turning back around and started walking away.
"Well fine, but it's your lose." one of them shouted, only making Yuna roll her eyes.
"Hey Yunie, who were those two hotties before?" Rikku asked sarcastically, winking at her.
"Funny Rikku, okay let's go now." Yuna said, not noticing the redness of a particular person's face.
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After arriving back at the cabin, the group simply did the normal things they did the two previous nights. They mucked around a bit, ate dinner, mucked around some more then went off to bed. However, this time, Tidus was kicked out of his bedroom when Lulu had claimed his bed before he could. So not wanting to put up a fight, he gave up and walked into her bedroom only finding it empty. He merely stood there before a voice from behind started talking to him.
"Hey Lulu, where's your cream? I couldn't find it in the bath-OH MY GOSH!" she suddenly yelled when she lifted her head up to see a chest naked Tidus instead of Lulu.
Seeing her reaction only made Tidus snicker.
"Um, Hi?" he said
"What are you doing in my room?" Yuna questioned
"Our room, our room for tonight only though," he started, "Hey, I don't like this either, but Lulu and Wakka kicked me out of my room okay, so deal with it," he finished, half of it true, half of it not.
He really reallydidn't mind sharing the same room as Yuna, but to not make him sound perverted or anything, he had to add that part in.
"Fine, but you better not snore, or I'm seriously kicking you off the top bunk," she ordered.
"Top bunk? I don't think so, I think I'm taking the bottom," he protested.
"Hey, do you wanna sleep in here tonight, if so, you're taking the top and no more comment," Yuna commanded.
With a sigh and a shrug Tidus simply said, "Whatever," before climbing up to the top bunk. Once seeing Tidus finally settling down on the top bunk bed, Yuna walked out of the room and into the bathroom to get changed into her PJ's. A short while later, Yuna entered the room and closed the door behind her. She was about to say goodnight to Tidus, out of habit, but was instead interrupted by a "Wow," by Tidus. She was wearing a pair of p.j pants and a yellow singlet revealing her belly button. She quickly switched off the light and jumped into bed, suddenly feeling self-conscious.
"Nice PJ's you got there," Tidus stated, "Like mine?" he asked jokingly.
"Just go to sleep." Yuna replied, blushing furiously.
"Hey, I quite like my boxers thank-you very much."
"Yeah, I'm glad you've realized that that's the only thing you've got on," Yuna snapped back
"Yeah, like you could talk, you're only wearing one thing more than me. Unless of course you feel like taking that off," Tidus said teasingly before receiving a punch on the arm.
He turned his face around to Yuna who had risen from her position on the bed and was standing on her mattress to reach him.
"Ouch, that wasn't very nice." he said, putting on his best gentlemen-like voice on.
"Good, you deserved that."
"I don't see how those two dip shits wanted to pick you up in the first place," Tidus said after Yuna went back down on her bed.
"So what, at least they were good looking." she lied.
"GOOD LOOKING!?" Tidus accidentally yelled out, "You think those idiots were good looking?"
"Yeah sorta." Yuna giggled
"So you're saying that, you reckon they're hot?"
"Um, yes," Yuna said back, tired of repeating herself
"Man, then you must think I'm like a 'God' or something if you think those guys were hot." Tidus said seriously
Yuna merely laughed, "Well you sure think a lot of yourself."
Tidus simply smiled to himself, glad that Yuna did not try to deny the fact that he was much better looking than those 'hotties'.
"Goodnight," he said cheerfully
"…Goodnight,"
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"OW!"
"Wake up Tidus," Yuna said, jumping off her bed.
"You didn't have to punch you know?" Tidus complained as he rubbed his arm.
"Oh I'm sorry, now hurry up!"
Tidus groggily got off his bed and made his way to the bathroom while mumbling complaints. Yuna merely smiled and left the room, allowing him to change in there afterwards.
"So where are we off to today?" Wakka asked
"Well, we're going to this place with beautiful scenery and…WE'RE GONNA TAKE PICTURES!" Rikku cried excitedly.
"Um, Rikku, are you kidding?" Wakka asked as Lulu shook her head in amusement.
"Ah no, you've seriously got to be kidding," Squall added
"I'm not, come guys! It'll be fun and plus we need something to remember this trip by," Rikku pointed out
"Well, I think it's a good idea so I'm not objecting," Lulu helped.
"No, but that's gonna be so boring," Yuna added, siding with Squall and Wakka
"Yeah," Squall and Wakka both cried in unison
"I don't care, we're going and that's final. Now where the hell is Tidus?" Lulu asked, looking around the group.
"I'm here," he replied sleepily as he walked out of the room fully changed and ready.
"Good, so let's get going now," Rikku exclaimed.
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As soon as they arrived at the place with 'beautiful scenery', which was actually called 'Horizon', Lulu and Rikku both got off the van and started taking pictures. Yuna and the three other guys simply got off the van and lagged behind them, not bothering to even get into the pictures.
"Wow, this place is nice. And look at that water fall, it's huge!" Yuna pointed out.
"Hmm, that mountain looks pretty dangerous. Wanna go up there?!" Rikku cried enthusiastically
"NO!!" the whole group cried in unison
"Fine,"
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"Can we go now, we've been here for like two hours already," Yuna whined, swinging her arms around
"Okay okay, let's go then," Lulu said, taking her last picture of the waterfall.
As they slowly started making their way back to the van, they bumped into another group on the way. Unfortunately, Justin was part of this group they bumped into.
"Yuna," Justin said, stepping forward
Yuna simply glared at him before Rikku said, "Justin, just leave us alone,"
"Rikku, please," He said in a pleading voice. "Um can I have a private talk with you Yuna?"
"No, I think Yuna's better off staying here… with her friends," Tidus interrupted, also glaring at Justin.
Justin looked at Tidus before averting his gaze back to Yuna, "Look Yuna, I'm really sorry with what happened, I wasn't thinking right. It was her fault, she came to me crying and-,"
"No Justin! It wasn't entirely her fault, it was also yours, so just leave me the hell alone!" Yuna hissed before pushing her way past him.
However, as she was walking away, she felt a tight firm hand grip around her wrist. "Please Yuna, I need you back, I swear I'll never do it again, just give me another chance," Justin begged.
"Ow, Justin you're hurting me," Yuna cried, trying to free her wrist from his grip.
"Just give me another chance, come back to Besaid h-,"
But he was interrupted when suddenly he felt someone push him back forcefully and abruptly causing him to stumble a few steps backwards.
"She asked you to leave her the hell alone, so piss off asshole," Tidus hissed at him, standing in front of Yuna.
Justin looked fiercely at Tidus before his right hand went flying towards Tidus' direction. But before it could reach its target, Tidus caught his right hand with ease before greeting him with the same gesture, only this time; it was able to locate its target. The punch was hard and painful causing Justin to bleed slightly on the left side of his mouth. He touched the blood on his lip then started charging at Tidus, trying to punch him on the face but failed miserably every time. Tidus however was able to hit him most of the time. He grabbed Justin by the collar and swung him to the ground before continuing to bash him up.
"Stop it you guys!" Yuna cried
This made Tidus look up at Yuna, enabling Justin to take a swing at his jaw. Surprisingly, the punch was extremely hard, therefore Tidus' lip also started to bleed and a big bruise on the cheek was starting to show just like the bruises he gave Justin. Finally Squall, who was actually enjoying watching Tidus bash the shit out of Justin, stepped in.
He forcefully pulled Tidus off of him before kicking Justin on the side.
"You better watch your back asshole and leave Yuna the hell alone," Tidus warned looking perfectly fine besides the little trickle of blood on the side of his mouth.
Justin on the other hand, was a complete different story. Tidus had given him many bruises on the face, a blood nose and cuts. His 'friends', stood in and helped him stand properly, "Go to hell," was all Justin said before his friends pulled him away.
The group all stood there in silent, not daring to piss Tidus off any more than he already was. After a while, Tidus began walking back to the van with the group following behind. When Wakka started driving back to the cabin, Squall and Tidus started talking with their faces turned away from the group, therefore no one was able to hear them for they were no louder than low mumbling. Yuna merely looked down on the floor feeling ashamed that she was why they started fighting. But one thing confused her a lot. Why did Tidus get so angry over it?
As soon as Lulu opened the cabin door, Tidus stormed inside without saying anything to anyone.
"Ti-," Yuna started but stopped halfway when she saw Squall shaking his head. Knowing that Squall was the only one who knew what was going on in Tidus' head since they were great friends, she decided to take his advice and remain quiet.
Tidus walked back to his original room and closed the door behind him. Not long later, very faint running water was heard from Tidus' en suite, so everyone presumed that he was taking a shower.
Tidus still had not left the room for an hour or two and Rikku needed to know what he wanted for dinner, but the little scenario before kept playing in her mind therefore she didn't dare to even knock on his door. Squall simply sighed as he slowly made his way to the wooden door of Tidus' and Wakka's room before knocking on it to announce his arrival. Not hearing a reply, he simply welcomed himself to the room. "Tidus, what do you want for dinner?" Squall asked casually.
"Nah it's okay," Tidus mumbled
"Sure?"
"Yeah."
And with that, Squall left the room closing the door behind him. He shook his head at Rikku indicating that Tidus didn't order anything. Yuna had paid attention to the situation through out the entire night and she, along with Rikku, also noticed the simple gesture from Squall. Before Rikku was able to leave the cabin, Yuna hurriedly walked towards her, whispering something into the blonde's ear. Rikku simply nodded.
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Squall and Rikku had retired to bed a while after their dinner, whilst Wakka, Lulu and Yuna were preparing to do the same.
"Umm, Yuna can I ask you something?" Lulu asked
"Sure, what is it?"
"Well, I was planning to sleep in Wakka's room tonight, but you know because of Tidus I can't so I was wondering if it would be okay if Wakka slept in our room and you move to Tidus'?"
Yuna looked at Lulu with a little shock, "U-Um I guess for tonight,"
"Actually, would it be okay if you like actually, you know, stayed with Tidus. Like take all your stuff to his room? And please don't get me wrong, you're a great roommate but you know," Lulu said, blushing after the last few words.
Yuna still feeling unsure couldn't help but giggle, "Okay, but you owe me big time girl," she joked.
"Great, thanks Yuna," Lulu said, hugging her.
A while later after Yuna had packed everything back into her bags; she carried it outside of the room and closed the door behind her.
'Guess I have a new room from tonight onwards'As she was making her way to Tidus' room, she caught sight of the paper bag resting on the table reminding her that she needed to bring that into the room as well. However, with both her hands full, the only place left to carry it with was her mouth; therefore she carefully bit the top of the paper bag.
When she arrived at the door of the room, she dropped off one of the luggage to turn the knob before pushing her way through the door with all her luggage in hand.
"Wakka, I'm not leaving tonight so you might as well stay with Lulu in the lounge," Tidus said, sitting down on his bottom bunk bed with his back leaning on the bars and his legs stretched out.
"Hi, it's me," Yuna managed to say through the paper bag.
Tidus swung his head abruptly to see Yuna standing there in a mess with a paper bag in her mouth. He laughed slightly at the sight but quickly hid it. Yuna noticed the little laughter he had, helping her ease the guilt inside of her. She dumped her bags on the floor and placed the paper bag on the table.
"What are you doing in here with all your luggage?" Tidus asked, trying his hardest to act as though he didn't care.
"Well, I got kicked out of my room so now I'm officially your roommate," Yuna explained.
Tidus simply looked at her before staring at the wall once again.
Not sure of what to say to him and feeling the tension in the room, she began with the paper bag, "Um Tidus, I sorta told Rikku to get you your dinner anyways,"
Tidus looked at Yuna slightly surprised that she did this for him. He slowly got up and sat at the table opening up the paper bag with teeth marks on the top. He looked at her again causing her to blush, "Sorry," she mumbled making Tidus smirk.
He opened the bag to reveal a hamburger, sandwich, subway, a bottle of Coke, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, fries and a hotdog. His eyes widened after looking at his wide range of food.
"I didn't know what you wanted to eat, so I just told her to get all this. There's gotta be something in there you like…right?" she asked, worried that he didn't like any of it.
Immediately, the worry flew away as she received a smile of appreciation from Tidus, "Yeah, thanks," and with that, he started stuffing himself with food. Yuna smiled as she sat herself down on the opposite side of him on the small circular table. She was watching him eat intently when something interrupted her.
"Ow!" he cried holding onto his jaw
"Are you okay?" Yuna asked but only getting a nod and a frown as a reply. She knew it must've of been painful considering his expression.
"Wait," she said as she walked over to her bags.
Tidus, on the other hand, went back lying down on his bed. After a while of shuffling through her bag, she finally found what she was looking for.
"Found it," she said as she sat on the edge of Tidus' bed. She unscrewed the lid off, revealing cream inside before carefully placing Tidus' head on her lap. This caught Tidus slightly off guard but adjusted to it quickly when he noticed that Yuna wasn't aware of what she was doing. She squeezed a small amount of cream onto her middle finger and began cautiously rubbing it onto Tidus' cheek.
He winced slightly at the pain causing Yuna to soften her touch.
"When I was little, my mum would always apply this cream on my bruises," she said concentrating on Tidus' cheek.
Tidus however wasn't concentrating on what she was saying; he was too busy drowning in her eyes. Her pretty face mesmerized him as he was also enjoying the closeness of their bodies. He noticed that she didn't realize that he was staring at her therefore he took this opportunity to continue what he was doing.
Not really knowing what Yuna was talking about, he interrupted her by grabbing her right wrist, which was the hand she was using to apply the cream, and pushed himself up by the elbows so he was looking straight into Yuna's eyes.
Yuna suddenly stopped speaking as soon as she felt her wrist being gently yet quickly held onto. She looked up to meet Tidus' eyes staring attentively at her like he was trying to read her. It felt as though time just stopped, everything around them just froze. She couldn't help but also drown in his ocean blue eyes.
Unable to hold back his feelings for her anymore, he slowly leaned into her, eager to close the gap between their mouths. Yuna froze as she saw him lean towards her, she didn't know what to do, her mind told her to move but her heart begged to differ. So still unable to decide, she allowed her heart to take over. She closed her eyes when she was able to feel his hot breath against her lips, waiting patiently for the kiss…
knock knock
The interruption caused both of them to open their eyes immediately and jump at the same time. Yuna quickly got up from the bed and freed her wrist from Tidus' soft grasp. Forgetting about the knock on the door, Yuna merely stood there fidgeting with the bottom of her top whilst blushing crimson red. Tidus simply stayed seated on the bed staring at Yuna, not understanding why she was suddenly so nervous, he still reached out his hand to hold onto her wrist once more.
"Yu-," knock knock
But before he could either finish off saying her name or grabbing a hold on her, he was again interrupted by the annoying knocking on their door. Yuna fled to the door like she needed air and opened it to see Rikku standing there.
"Y-Yes Rikku?" Yuna stuttered
"Oh! I thought Wakka was in this room, sorry," Rikku apologized before looking past Yuna to see Tidus sitting on the edge of the bed with his side facing her.
"Tidus, are you okay?" Rikku asked as soon as she noticed Tidus death glaring at her
Yuna turned around to see what Rikku meant and understood perfectly when she saw his expression.
"Um, Rikku, I really need to take a shower now. So like can you…"
"Yes yes yes, I know I'm interrupting, I'll just leave you two alone now," Rikku said with a wink before leaving.
With that, Yuna quickly grabbed her clothing and hurriedly walked into the en suite, locking the door behind her.
'Mental note: Kick Rikku's arse when no one's around.'
Tidus thought to himself.
Slowly a smile crept up his face
'If it weren't for Rikku, I would've already kissed her.'
Still with a smirk on his face, he sighed loudly before lying back down, allowing sleep to claim him.
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An: Oh My Gosh! Thank you guys so much for the reviews, they were all so encouraging! Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I will try to post the next chapter up ASAP, but please be patient if I can't update it as quickly as I want. Oh and for the first time, I've already started on the next chapter so I'm pretty sure it'll come out soon! It will focus on a different side of Tidus. Good or bad? Well you'll just have to read it!
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