A/N: Ok, I know this is late but I actually have a legitimate reason this time. And here it is:
IM MOVING TO JAPAN! OMG! I know! I'm so excited! The past month has involved interviews and then getting a job teaching English to kiddies in Japan. (Teaching English I hear you ask? But your stories are FULL of crappy English, and poor spelling) yes I know, but you all have to understand that I do this for fun, I don't proof read it and I write most of it at, like, 3 in the morning so there's my lame excuse for my shonky English So yeh, I leave for Nagoya on 25 days (not that I'm counting…) I hope to have to story finished by then, it will be an update every few days to achieve this! That's why the end of this chappy is a bit crap. But they will get better, I promise! I'm not sure if I will have a puter in Japan, so I won't be updating after I leave, at least not for a while. I'm going to miss everyone! But on the plus side, i will be in the LAND of FF! AGhhghghh drool... So many pretty final fantasy things...
.:How Can I Not Love You:.
The morning came too soon for Yuna and Tidus. Yuna slowly blinked her eyes open at the sounds and smells coming from downstairs.
Sunday morning…Yuna thought. Bacon and eggs… Yuna smiled. It had been a household tradition with the girls to have bacon and eggs every Sunday morning and talk about the week just gone. But Rikku and Paine were out last night… They wouldn't be home already… Would they? Yuna turned to look at her clock.
"Oh my god! It's one in the afternoon!" She sat straight up and rubbed her eyes. "How could I possibly have slept so late!" Oh my god! I was going to try and sneak Tidus home before the girls came home! Crap. Now I'll never be able to get… Yuna's thoughts stopped instantly as she turned to look at Tidus only to realize he wasn't there!
She jumped up and looked around for his clothes but they weren't there either.
Goddamn it! She thought as she threw on one of her tank tops. I can't believe he left without saying goodbye. She threw her door open and growled to herself.
"The next time I see you I'm going to rip your nuts off, I swear…" She grumbled to herself as she stomped down the stairs.
"Geez… I hope I'm not there to see that!" a voice interrupted her thoughts as looked up from the floor she'd been talking to.
"Tidus?" Yuna stopped and looked at him. "You're still here?"
"Well duh… Wait a minute… You didn't think that…" There was a silence from Yuna. "You did! You did think I had left!" Tidus instinctively covered his crotch with his hands.
"Well I woke up and you weren't there. Neither were your clothes!" Yuna said sheepishly.
"Neither are yours…" Paine added. Yuna was suddenly aware of the other people in the house. She looked at Paine who was standing by the stove with an egg flip in her hand, a smirk on her face. "We, uh, we have guests, Yuna." Paine looked over to the table where Tidus was sitting and Yuna followed her gaze. Sitting next to Tidus was Rikku and sitting next to her was Gippal. Next to Gippal was Baralai. They all grinned at her and Yuna looked down and remembered she was basically in her underwear. She turned scarlet red and looked back at the group at the table.
"Afternoon princess!" Gippal gave her a mock salute. Rikku smacked his shoulder.
"Don't make it more embarrassing for her! Yunie, you should probably go and put some pants on though…" Rikku looked back at Yuna and grinned.
"Yeah… I, um… I'll be right back…" Yuna turned around and walked quickly towards the stairs, a huge embarrassed grin on her face. As she made her way up the stairs, she heard everyone downstairs burst out laughing.
"Shut up!" She yelled down the stairs, trying not to laugh herself. The others just laughed harder.
When she came back down to join them, she was fully clothes in board shorts and the same tank top she had put on to start with. She took the seat next to Tidus grinned sheepishly at everyone.
"Good afternoon, Beautiful." Tidus leaned over and kissed Yuna on the cheek.
"Why didn't you wake me?" Yuna asked.
"You just looked so peaceful. I didn't have the heart. Plus I know what happens when you wake up a chick who doesn't want to wake up!" He gave a knowing glance to Gippal and Baralai. Gippal nodded.
"Amen to that!" He said, warranting a smack from Rikku. Baralai smiled and covered his mouth with his hand.
"Don't even think about it, buddy!" Paine waved the egg flip at him menacingly, flinging a few spots of food in his direction. "Anyway, lunch is ready." Paine served up the eggs and bacon onto a plate and took it to the table.
Everyone thanked her and began to serve themselves food.
"I was wondering why you were making bacon and eggs so late in the day."
"Well, we got home a couple of hours ago and we can't miss our Sunday B and E session!" Rikku explained between mouthfuls of food.
Lunch went by without a hitch. Everyone had helped clean up and when everything was done, Gippal went to the stereo and put on a CD. The music was soft but rock at the same time. Good ambient music.
Tidus took a moment to look at his new friends. He had never had trouble fitting it. He had always been somewhat popular. Before he had moved here, he hadn't really had a 'posse' so to speak. He just sort of hung with everyone. But this felt much better. Rikku, Gippal, Paine and Baralai had become his friends. And Yuna…
Well… Where do I start with her… She's.. Well, she's Yuna.
"Tidus!" A voice broke his thoughts and he looked at Yuna and realized she was waving something in his face. "I saaaiid, do you want a beer?" Tidus saw the beer in her hand and grabbed it. Actually, it was just what he felt like.
The six of them all headed out the back door of the house into the yard. Tidus had never been out there and to be honest he hadn't even thought they had a back yard. There was a big tree and under it were a table and some chairs. There were a few odd little garden statues that Tidus figured were either Yuna or Rikku's idea. He doubted that Paine was into gnomes…
Then again… With Paine, He looked at her and her odd attire, who knows…
Across from the tree, there was a small swimming pool with an artificial waterfall at one end. The cascading water sent glittering ripples across the pool.
They all sat at the table and it was only now that Tidus realized that they all had beers as well.
"What a perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon." Rikku's cheery voice echoed everyone's thoughts as they relaxed and chatted the afternoon away.
After his fifth beer, Tidus looked at the table and realized it was littered with bottles. Everyone else had probably had about the same, and by the way Gippal was looking Rikku, he had probably had a few more.
"Where's all this beer coming from? Do you want me to give you some money for it?" Tidus suddenly added to the conversation.
Everyone laughed at this and Tidus felt strangely left out. He must have pouted because everyone seemed to laugh more.
"Gippal works at a bottle-o, and the owner has a crush on him." Yuna said finally.
"She does not. They are gifts coz I work so hard…" Gippal tried to counter what Yuna had said and ease Rikku's steadily growing anger.
"She so does, Gip. And you flirting with her all the time doesn't help…" Rikku said pointing a finger at him.
"Hey, whose beer do you think your drinking, Little Miss?" Gippal smiled and raised his eyebrows. Rikku grinned and sculled the rest of her beer.
"I'm not drinking beer!" She smirked and crossed her arms. "I'm not drinking anything at the moment."
"That's it. It's on!" Gippal put his beer down on the table.
"Oh it is, is it?"
"Yes"
"Pfft, you don't scare me, Gippal"
"No?"
"No!"
"I'm sorry what did you say?"
"I said, you don't scare me."
"No, before that?"
"I dunno."
"I'm sure you said something about going for a swim…"
"What? Swim? No I didn't say…Shit…"
Rikku jumped up and bolted for the house, but it was too late, Gippal was already standing and catching her arm. Rikku was clearly more affected by the beer than Gippal was and her movements were slower than usual.
"Gippal, no, please don't! Please! I'm sorry! I was drinking your beer! You're so wonderful, I love you, please don't!" Rikku tried to convince Gippal not to throw her in the pool. But it wasn't working. Gippal, grabbed her around the waste and made his way over to the pool gate. Rikku saw this and changed tactics.
"Ahhh, Gippal I hate you! If you so much as touch that gate I will not have sex with you for a week." Gippal halted for a second to consider.
"This will be better." Gippal added and continued to the pool.
"A MONTH! A WHOLE FUCKIGN YEAR! I swear on you sex life you will regret it if I get even a drop of water on me!" Rikku was shrieking, but it was had to hear what she was saying because everyone else was laughing so much. "Yunie, help me!" Rikku changed tactics again. Yuna held her hands up.
"Hey you got yourself into this mess. I'm not going near it." She laughed.
"Paine? Baralai?" Rikku begged. But they both just shook their heads and smirked. "Tidus? Oh my god, Tidus help me!" Rikku was desperate and Gippal was having trouble with the gate. Tidus smirked and stood up. "Oh thank god!" Rikku smiled. "Tidus is gonna kung-fu your arse, Gippal!"
Gippal turned around to face him. Rikku's head was now facing away from Tidus. Tidus walked up to the struggling couple and winked at Gippal as he reached for the gate that Gippal had been trying to open whilst controlling Rikku.
"There ya go, mate." Tidus opened the gate and Rikku gave a squeal. Everyone else just laughed.
"You goddamn, stupid, fucking, arsehole, shithead, cock-munching, pig faced, fucking fucked up cun…." Rikku's completely out of character cussing was silenced abruptly as she was thrown from Gippal's shoulder and her head went under the water.
Everyone was in tears with laughter when Rikku's head immerged from the water. She really did look like a drowned cat. Her soggy bangs stuck to her face and water was dripping from her nose and chin. Her eyes had become tiny, tiny slits. She stalked over to the stairs and slowly climbed them out of the pool. He clothes were soggy and stuck to her, making it uncomfortable to move. She glared at Gippal and Tidus who were still standing inside the pool fence laughing. She walked over to them and glared.
"I'm sorry Rikku, it was just too funny." Tidus put in sheepishly.
"Yeah babe, too… funny…" Gippal added in between laughs.
From their spot at the table, Yuna, Paine and Baralai could see what was about to happen.
"Funny! FUNNY! I'll give you god-damned funny!" She said icily. And with that she shoved Gippal hard in the chest, unbalancing him and sending him tripping towards the pool. Tidus went to grab Gippal to steady him. They were now standing side by side and Gippal could see now that Rikku was really angry and desperately tried to apologize.
"Rikku I really am sorry, I didn't realize you'd get so angry…"
"Didn't realize! Didn't release?" She asked walking menacingly towards the pair. They both took a few steps backwards. "Well," Rikku took another step forwards, and the two men a step back away from her, 'Realize THIS!"
Rikku had slowly advanced them to within about a foot of the pools edge. She smiled to herself.
Gippal was so easy to get back. She thought, Just feign anger and he's all sorry and shit. Heh… She laughed to herself and then out loud as she reached out and gave Gippal one last shove. At the last minute, Gippal release what Rikku had done.
"Fuck!" He yelped as he became to fall backwards into the pool. Instinctively, he reached out and grabbed hold of Tidus' shirt. Tidus, who had been looking at Yuna trying to figure out why she was furiously waving her arms at him behind Rikku's back trying to get him to move away from the pool, was caught off guard and went falling with him into the cold water.
A/N: Ok I know this took ages, and nothing really happened in this chapter. I'm really sorry. Next Chapter will contain fluff and is a bit limey. Huray! HEH. Anyway. I Hope my A/N at the top explained why this took so long. I will try to finish it before I go! Please Review otherwise Ill think no one is reading it and not bother finishing it! (well I might, just so I know what happens at the end, but I wont post it… Just to be nasty… JOKES! See you all soon!
Ja ne!