CHAPTER 9

MC DONALD'S

I know this is real short, but I have no inspiration left… sorry guys. I'm NOT GIVING UP though. It just might take a while to update, next time, with a longer chapter.

Yuna smiled appreciatively, while she listened to Tidus rambling on about blitz ball. She had found out that once she'd understood the point of the whole game, that she actually liked it. It was much better than football. In football you just run around with knee pads and kick a little ball around, and if you're lucky, the keeper will be crap and then all you do is aim and kick as hard as you can. The end. But in blitz ball you don't just run around. You swim. And you pass a ball around and stuff. Oh all right. So it was a little like football. And okay, the thing she liked the best about it was that the only thing guys wore was swimming trunks, but come on. She was a girl after all.

Once she'd gotten over the initial shock that Tidus was staying at the Wertterz's place for a few more days, (he lived a couple miles away) and that he was babysitting them for the time being, (nothing Yuna was too upset about: now she'd have time for her friends too) she'd found out that she actually only cared about him as a friend. Even though he had engraved his phone number (and something else that she couldn't identify) on a rose no less… and Yuna didn't know any guy who would give a girl a rose, or his phone number (or BOTH at the same time, come to think of it) if he didn't feel any romantic feelings for her. But she didn't care. Well, okay she did care. But that was only a tiny little part of her. The rest was just happy that they were friends.

So here she was, sitting in Mc Donald's with Tidus, Tommy and Lilac, sipping her diet coke, and listening to Tidus talk about blitz ball, while she should have been busy trying to get all the ketchup off Tommy's shirt. Quite pathetic wasn't it?

God her eyes were beautiful when she smiled…

Yuna laughed at an exceptionally funny part in Tidus' speech. Why was it that he could make her feel so good, even though the only thing he could talk about was blitz ball?

She picked up her un-touched burger and bit into it, letting the ketchup stain the sides of her mouth, but then wiping it away again with a paper towel. Slowly the conversation died, and was replaced by a comfortable silence, which Tommy broke a minute later by announcing that he had to go wee-wee. Yuna let Tidus go with Tommy; she wasn't particularly interested in helping him pee. Not at the moment anyways. NOT that she ever WAS interested. She just thought that it should be the male cousin's job, rather than the female babysitter's.

Tidus and Tommy came back two minutes later, and they decided to go for a walk at the park, and then maybe rent a movie rent a movie for Tommy and Lilac, as reward for good behaviour.

A movie Tidus and Yuna ended up watching alone, since Tommy and Lilac had decided that they were, in Tommy's case "shleep."

By the time Mrs. Wertterz got back, Tommy and Lilac were safely tucked in their beds, and Yuna was curled up on the sofa, a blanket around her sleeping form, Tidus watching her sleep.

God she was beautiful…

He tucked a stray hair behind her ear, and grazed her cheek with the back of his fingers. He couldn't help it. He bent down, ever so slowly towards her sleeping face. His lips brushed hers and he felt her stir, and open her eyes, looking sleepy. She smiled at him softly, and he kissed her properly this time. They kissed slowly, tenderly, until at last she broke away, smiling shyly.

He's really cute with his hair hanging down over his face, she thought, blushing a little.

"Come on, let's get you home." Tidus said softly, taking her hand and helping her up. They walked to her apartment, still holding hands, and Tidus waited for her to unlock the door before leaning over down and capturing her lips with his.

They broke away fairly quickly; at least, that's what it seemed like to Yuna. "Bye." She said softly, and closed the door. When she was sure Tidus was gone she raced for the couch and screaming into a cushion.

What would Rikku say? Oh my God, she had to tell Rikku. Picking up the phone she dialled, and waited.