Tease Me, Tease Me Not- Chapter 17: Home, Sweet, Home
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"Can you believe we were just on live television!" Rikku said as they walked down the street after narrowly avoiding the press.
"Plus they caught Tidus and Yuna kissing!" Gippal chuckled. Yuna and Tidus were blushing really badly. They were holding hands as they walked, "I wonder what the guys back home are gonna think of that one…"
"We'll see you guys later," Tidus said all of a sudden.
"Huh? Why? Where are you guys going?" Rikku asked.
"I promised Yuna I'd show her around Zanarkand," Tidus said blushing a little more.
"Oh, sounds like you two just wanna be alone!" Rikku giggled, "Alright, but don't go making out behind a dark ally, okay?"
"Rikku!" Yuna screamed. Rikku giggled again and left with everyone else back to the ship.
"Alone at last," Tidus said.
Yuna giggled, "So you're gonna show me around Zanarkand?"
Tidus smiled at her, "I had to say something to get alone with you…" He extended his hand, "Shall we?" Yuna grabbed it and continued down the street.
"Actually we should be heading back to the ship soon. It sets sail in a little over an hour."
"That leaves us just enough time to show you my favorite place in all of Spira," he said. He walked with Yuna for a few blocks until they arrived at a huge building.
"Where are we?" Yuna asked, "This is the biggest building I've ever seen. Even bigger than that temple back in Bevelle!"
"It's the Yevon State Building," Tidus said, "It's the second biggest structure in all of Spira and I visit it atleast nine or ten times a year. Lets go."
Yuna and Tidus approached the building, "I'm sorry but we're closed. Wait a minute, Tidus?"
Tidus smile, "Yeah. How you doing Brutus?"
"I'm just dandy. Yourself?"
"Pretty good. I was wondering if you could do me a favor."
"Anything for you!"
Tidus smiled, "Great! Can you keep the building open for a little longer? How about an extra fifteen minutes."
"Normally I wouldn't do this," he sighed, "But for you I can make an exception."
"Thank you so much Brutus!" Tidus ran past him with Yuna still trailing behind. They entered the elevator and started to go to the top.
"I should probably tell you I'm afraid of heights," Yuna said.
"We can fix that. Are your ears popping yet?"
"Yup." They arrived at the top and exited the elevator.
"Here we are," Tidus said as he walked over to the edge and stared down. Yuna stood next to the elevator refusing to go any farther forward, "Come on Yuna!"
Yuna shook her head, "It's not that bad, I promise. You trust me, right?"
Yuna nodded, "Then take my hand. I won't let you fall." Tidus stuck his hand out. Yuna hesitated then grabbed it, "Just one step at a time…"
Yuna took a step and then stopped, "I promise I won't let anything happen to you." Yuna took a few more quick steps until she was at the edge. She tightened her grip on Tidus' hand before looking over the side.
"It's really nice…" Yuna said.
"I told you." The wind was really strong at the top of the building and Yuna started to shiver. Tidus felt it from her hand. He took off his jacket and wrapped it around Yuna. He then wrapped her arms around her shoulders from behind and stood gazing with her at the beautiful buildings full of lights that lit up the world around them. Yuna was fiddling with the necklace Tidus had bought her. She had yet to take it off since he gave it to her.
"Hey Yuna."
"Yeah?"
"If I gathered you a bouquet of stars would you prefer them over roses?"
Yuna giggled, "That's from your song, right?"
"Uh-huh, the one I wrote for you," Tidus squeezed Yuna a little harder. "We better go," Tidus said after he looked down at his watch.
"Alright." They made their way back down the elevator and out the door. They followed the path back to the ship and made it back on with only a few minutes to spare.
They were silent in the elevator until Yuna said, "Tonight's our last night on the boat. You know things won't be the same after we get off."
"I know," Tidus said, "But I promise no matter what happens after this I'll always be there for you."
"But how can you promise something like that?" Yuna asked.
"I promised you that I wouldn't let you fall tonight. And you never did."
"But this is different…"
"No it's not," Tidus protested, "I made a promise and I'll keep it." Yuna smiled. She knew he couldn't keep a promise like that but for some reason she still felt comforted.
They arrived at their rooms, "Thanks Tidus." Yuna raised herself to her tiptoes and kissed Tidus, "Night."
"See you in the morning Yuna."
THE NEXT MORNING
Everything was in chaos as the group tried desperately to gather up and pack the last of their stuff, "Yuna, have you seen my black panties?"
"No. Are they missing?"
"I can't seem to find them anywhere!"
Gippal rushed into their room with a pair of black, laced panties on his head, "What's going on ladies?"
Rikku tore her panties off his head with her left hand and followed through with a slap to the head with her right hand, "Sicko!"
"Hey that hurts!" Gippal shouted as he ran back to his room.
.:Ding Ding Dong:.
This is you captain speaking and we are now starting to depart from the cruise ship Eternity. We must now ask that everyone leave their luggage in their rooms and head for the ship exit. That is all.
"Is that everything?" Yuna asked as she looked at the giant pile of items she and Rikku had. Their constant shopping sprees had dramatically increased the amount of luggage they had.
"I think so…" They met up with everyone else in the hallway and headed down together.
"Thank Yevan I'm finally getting back to land where I shall never return to the water," Paine said.
Hanzel all of a sudden emerged from behind their luggage as if he could teleport. They all jumped back when they saw him, "Hanzel! Why must you keep doing that!"
"I just wanted to say thank you all for joining us on the cruise ship Eternity. I have enjoyed serving you." Hanzel bowed so that his noise was almost touching the ground.
"We enjoyed your company too," Yuna said. Everyone else nodded in agreement.
"I don't know how I'll ever shop without you," Rikku said, "Thank you for everything." And as fast as Hanzel had appeared he had disappeared.
Yuna sighed and reluctantly took her first step off of the ship. They grabbed their luggage and the guys loaded it in the cars, which were right where they had left them. Yuna and Tidus stood facing each other as the cars were about to leave, "I guess I'll see you at school," Yuna said looking extremely sad.
"Yeah. But don't look so sad," Tidus lifted her chin up with his finger, "It's the day after tomorrow. I'll pick you up early and we can go together."
Yuna smiled and gave Tidus a huge hug, "See ya then." She left her embrace with Tidus and entered Lulu's car.
They took off and Yuna looked out the rear window until there was nothing to see but an endless landscape, "You really like him, don't you?"
Yuna smiled, "Uh-huh." Before long the two arrived home to their dismal apartment. Yuna fell face down on the couch and stared at the lifeless TV. It was obvious to anyone who walked in that the apartment hadn't been occupied for over a week. There was a stale smell in the air and the dishes still weren't done, which meant: mold.
Everything these past few days has seemed like a really long dream. I have to stop and remind myself that it really did happen. I know things can't stay the same forever but I wonder if Tidus and I will grow distant once we get back to school?
Yuna sighed. She stood up and walked to her room where she had nothing to do over the next few days except sleep.
MEANWHILE
"Here we are, brudda," Wakka said as he dropped Tidus off at the gate of his huge mansion.
"Thanks Wakka. I'll see you guys at school day after tomorrow." Wakka drove off and Tidus was left to carry his luggage back to his house. Before long a maid came running out to the front yard and grabbed his stuff shooing him off to the kitchen to eat some newly baked cookies in honor of his arrival.
The butler opened the huge doors for Tidus as he walked by, "Welcome home, young master." Tidus walked up the curving stairs up to his room. It was huge. He had a big screen TV with his own personal DDR machine next to it. The whole room was miraculous.
Tidus sat down on his bed and could think of nothing else besides Yuna.
I haven't been away from her for more than a few hours and I already miss her. I'm not even sure if I can go tomorrow with out seeing her. Maybe I should stop by… Wait a second, she's probably sick of me. I'll just have to find something to do until the day after tomorrow.
Tidus tried to do anything he could think of but everything reminded him of Yuna. DDR made him think of Yuna whopping his ass at the arcade, food made him think about his food fight with her and even water made him think of Yuna when they played the Balloon Beam game. At one point he turned on the TV and the news came on still revealing footage of his kiss with Yuna.
He laid on his bed until he finally rolled over and dialed Wakka's number, "Hello?"
"Hey Wakka."
"Hey! What's up, brudda?" Wakka asked on the other end when he realized it was Tidus.
"Do you have Lulu's number?"
"Ya. But why would you want…Oh! I get it. You don't want Lulu's number to call Lulu. You want it to call Yuna!"
"Yeah."
"Well it's 949-5715. I'm actually surprised you made it this long." Wakka was laughing on the other line and was cut short by Tidus hanging up the phone so that he could call Yuna.
"Hello?" It was Lulu.
"Hey Lulu, it's Tidus. Is Yuna there?"
Lulu sounded a little surprised on the other end, "I think she's sleeping. Do you want me to wake her up?"
"No it's fine. Just have her call me. My number's 949-6090." Tidus said.
"Alright." Lulu hung up the phone.
Yuna had failed to wake up until the following morning, "Morning sleepy head!" Lulu said as she handed Yuna a glass of orange juice.
"What time is it?" Yuna asked a little groggy.
"Almost noon."
"Holy crap. I guess I was really tired," Yuna said.
"Guess who called you yesterday."
"Who?"
"Tidus."
Yuna chocked a little on her orange juice, "Are you serious! Why didn't you wake me up?"
"I asked him if he wanted me to wake you up but he said to just let you sleep. He left his number though…" Lulu held up a small piece of paper that was quickly torn away by Yuna. She ran for the phone and dialed Tidus' number as fast as her fingers could move.
How cute! What a nice romance scene. I shall also add that all will not be perfect for the two lovers for long. Next chapter they're back to school and I included a poem/song that took me almost a week to write while I was at work. And since I gave you guys a SUPER EARLY UPDATE you must keep up with the REVIEWS! It's only fair...
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