A/N: Oh my god, I don't think I've ever had so many reviews for a single chapter! I updated as soon as I could and I think I made it a bit longer too. I'm halfway through the next chappy as well so don't worry you wont have to wait too long! Thank you so much for all you reviews and to answer Christine, yes there are going to lemons, and I didn't want to start it in a PG section and then have to move it.!

.:How Can I Not Love You:.

"Good morning, princess!" a chirpy voice rang in Tidus' ears. He grumbled and rolled over so his face was buried into the crack of the sofa, trying to hide his face from the bright sun.

Wait a minute…Tidus thought, Bright sun? There shouldn't be bright sun at this time of the morning…

"What time is it…" his muffled voice came from the cushions of the couch.

"It's…. 10:45 exactly. That's about time for you to get up sleepy head!" the voice replied.

10:45? What the hell happened to my alarm! Stupid watch. Tidus slowly rolled over and opened his eyes, immediately closing them again.

"Here. Drink this!" The voice replied, sticking something ice cold onto Tidus' neck. This got him up. He leapt up to a sitting position and suddenly regretted it. Putting his hand on his forehead he looked at the person who was talking to him.

"What was that for, Rikku?" He groaned.

"Gippal and I have been up for hours! You lot in this House of Evil Hangovers would have slept for eternity if we hadn't come to save you!" Rikku said with just a little too much energy, even if it was nearly the middle of the day. She handed Tidus the cold bottle of sports-drink. She had bought one for every one in the house. Tidus took it gratefully and drank almost half of it in one gulp.

"Don't listen to her, man. You look just like I feel." Gippal laughed and rubbed the back of his head. Tidus glanced over and Gippal and realized that Gippal really did look like shit.

"Thanks…" He nodded at Gippal and smiled. Gippal sat down next to him and grabbed the remote. He turned the TV on and changed the music video channel. Tidus finished his drink and thanked Rikku for it.

"That's not a problem, lover-boy" She grinned

"Lover-boy?" Tidus echoed.

"Don't think you can fool me, Tidus. I saw you and Yunie last night. You guys were all over each other!" Rikku pointed an accusing finger at Tidus in a playful way.

"Yeah well, things might be a bit different this morning… I'm thinking that maybe I should leave before she gets up…" Tidus looked down at the floor.

"What did you do to her?" Rikku said suddenly, her face turning from happy to stern in an instant. Gippal's head whipped around and stared at Tidus with an if-you-hurt-her-I'll-beat-the-crap-out-of-you look.

"God, guys. It's nothing like that!" Tidus answered quickly. "I know you don't know me to well but I hope you don't really think I'd do something like that to Yuna!"

"Well…" Rikku put her hand on her chin in a thinking way. "I spose not…"

"In fact…" Tidus interrupted, "It was exactly the opposite. But…"

"But what?" Gippal asked.

"But I don't think I should tell you. I think that if Yuna wants you guys to know, she'll tell you." Tidus had barely finished his sentence before Rikku had taken off towards the stairs to go ask Yuna what had happened.

Gippal and Tidus sat in silence beside one another on the couch, both watching the TV, neither knowing what to say.

Rikku bounded up the stairs and burst into Yuna's room.

"Yuna, wake up right NOW!" Rikku said loudly and she sat down on the beside Yuna's sleeping form.

"Piss off, Rikku…" Yuna mumbled and put her pillow over her head. She knew it was pointless though, as telling her to piss off would have only made her more agro.

"Yuna, you get up right now and tell me what happened between you and Tidus last night or I'm going down to the fridge to get some icy water to dump on you!"

Water…Yuna thought. Tidus… Water… Fridge... "Oh my god…" Yuna mumbled and slowly sat up. "I was such a bitch."

"Oh my god what? Why were you a bitch…? Yuna, come one tell me." Rikku was getting impatient and bouncing on the bed as she sat.

"I spose Tidus has already told you his side of the story… That's if he's even here still…" Yuna ran her fingers through her bed-hair.

"No, he wouldn't tell us. He said if you wanted us to know, then you'd have to tell us yourself."

"Us?" Yuna questioned.

"Gippal and me. But that's not the issue here. So come on, spill!"

"Oh I feel like such and idiot…"Yuna started. Rikku shot her an annoyed glare which told Yuna to hurry and get to the details. Yuna sighed. "I tried to kiss him and he…"

"YOU DID WHAT?" Rikku interrupted.

"I tried to kiss him, ok? Yeah I know that's not like me, which kinda made what happened next even worse."

"Worse? What did he do?" Rikku took hold of Yuna's hand expecting her to say something terrible.

"He rejected me…" Yuna looked down and started fiddling with her pyjamas.

"HE DID WHAT?" Rikku jumped up and started towards the door.

"Rikku, wait, please don't make a scene. I was drunk and it was probably for the best…" Yuna grabbed Rikku's arm but Rikku yanked it out of her grasp.

Rikku was always over protective of Yuna, but not in the same was Paine was. Where Paine would have given Tidus a medal for what he had done, in Rikku's eyes, he couldn't have done anything worse. For someone to think they were too good for her Yunie, they must have been delirious. Oh, Tidus was going to cop it from Rikku and there was nothing Yuna could say that was going to stop her.

"I'm going to rip that mother fuckers head right off cocky shoulders!" Rikku snarled as she stormed out of Yuna's room followed closely by Yuna, who was pleading with her to calm down.

I need Paine's help here…Yuna thought. She ran to Paine's door and knocked loudly.

"Paine, you need to get up. Right now!" Yuna spoke loudly through the door. She was about to go in when she remembered Baralai would be in there too, and she didn't want to see them in some sort of… compromising… position.

"Why?" Came Paine's sleep-laden voice in reply.

"A long story short, Tidus rejected me last night and I told Rikku and now she's going to –and I quote– rip that mother fuckers head off…Pease Paine," Yuna begged "I need your help!"

Yuna heard some thumping noises and a curse from inside and then Paine opened the door in her pyjamas, her hair was all over the place and Baralai was standing behind her in his boxers –both with smirks on their faces.

"This I have to see. You can explain later." Paine said as all three made their way quickly down the stairs.

Tidus and Gippal both spun their heads around when they heard Rikku's raised voice coming from Yuna's room.

Tidus' eyes grew wide and Gippal looked over at him with a smile.

"There are only 2 things in this world that you could have done to make Rikku yell like that." Gippal said with a hint of laughter. "And since you say you didn't rape her…" Tidus shook his head as a definite 'no' and Gippal continued, "You rejected her didn't you?" Gippal asked. From the lack of answer and another shout coming from upstairs, Gippal knew he was right. He stood up and took a few steps backwards. "It was nice knowing you, man…" He said with a grin

Tidus stood up, confused, and faced to stomping that was coming down the stairs.

Rikku appeared and Tidus shuddered. He had never seen anyone look as angry as she did. Rikku's normally happy, never frowning facial features had been contorted into an evil scowl that would have frightened the pants off the devil himself.

"Rikku, please, I can explain…" Tidus started as Rikku came to within 2 meters of him. Before Tidus could even react, Rikku had walked around the sofa and angrily shoved Tidus shoulders so that he fell backwards to a sitting position on the couch.

"Explain what, you egotistic prick? That you think you're too goddamn good looking to get with Yuna? That you think you're god's gift to women and that you can pick and choose whoever you want? That you can get any girl to fall for you by promising her the world and then just rejecting her? Fuck you, Tidus, because your not 'all that' and Yuna doesn't want you anyway and the only reason she tried to kiss you is because she was drunk. No one in their right mind would want to kiss you! You're a stuck up, arrogant pretty-boy and I want you out of my house right NOW!" Rikku had yelled the entire speech and had practically screamed the last part. She stomped her foot and jammed her hands onto her hips.

By this stage Yuna, Paine and Baralai had come down the stairs and had caught the end of Rikku rant.

Tidus stood up, suddenly angry at being accused of something that he wasn't and being blamed for doing the right thing. He pointed at Rikku angrily and spoke through gritted teeth.

"Fine! I'm quite happy to leave. But only if Yuna tells me to." Without taking his eyes off Rikku, he pointed at Yuna. "I know she's your cousin and your friend but she has her own goddamn opinions and if she thinks what I did last night was wrong then she can tell me herself. And I think it's up to Yuna whether she 'wants' me or not. You hardly know me, Rikku, and yet you have the nerve to call me arrogant? For fucks sake!" Tidus was yelling now and Rikku was taken by surprise that someone was actually standing up to her when she was angry.

Gippal's jaw was open in shock and Baralai had his hand over his mouth trying to conceal a grin, Paine was standing there with her arms crossed trying to access everything that was happening and figure out what had happened the night before; and Yuna had both her hands on her face trying to block out the whole situation.

"I mean," Tidus continued, "I think it's you who needs a fucking reality check, Rikku. I do the right fucking thing by not taking advantage of Yuna because she was drunk, and you act like I fucking raped her!" The second Tidus had finished he wished he hadn't said what he had. Rikku's face twisted into an even angrier glare and she shouted something, but Tidus didn't hear what she had said, because her fist had connected with his cheek bone with a loud crack and everything went black.

A/N: Ooo… kekeke… A cliffy. I know Rikku is kinda OCC here but I recon if she was reallypissed offthis is how she would act… You'll find out a bit more in the next chappy as to why Rikku isso mad. Oh and one other thing, for all you American readers out there, I'm an Aussie, so if things are spelt differently or dollar amounts don't seem right or whatever, that's why!