A/N: wow, this is a really long chapter, ne? A lot of things are explained in this chappy, and I dunno if I did it well. I mean if I missed anything, let me know. I wrote this kinda late at night and maybe forgot something. Anyways thanks for all the good review and stuff. I love getting them. Read, enjoy, and review!

.:How Can I Not Love You:.

Tidus looked at both the people standing in front of him. Yuna was gob smacked. She stared at the man named Shuyin without being aware of it. He was a splitting image of Tidus. But that's what twins were, right? But since when did Tidus have a brother? He'd never even hinted to it before. She took in every inch of Shuyin's face. It was a little slimmer than Tidus'. His nose was different as well, but from a distance they would seem identical. But it was their eyes that really told them apart. Where Tidus' sparkled with a light blue-within-blue, Shuyin's were darker, like looking into a dark blue opal.

Yuna was so busy staring at Shuyin, she didn't notice the fact that he was staring right back at her. He noticed that her face was slightly rounder than he remembered. Her eyes seemed younger as well. This wasn't her. Shuyin thought to himself. Lenne's eyes had always seemed kind of sad…this woman's eyes are nothing like Lenne's. Damn it just accept the fact that she's not coming back… Shuyin mentally chided himself and shook his head, once more offering his hand to Yuna.

"Hi, nice to meet you." He said politely. Yuna blinked a few times and then took his hand gingerly and shook it unsteadily.

"Well, this is awkward…" Tidus rubbed the back of his neck again. Yuna laughed nervously, as she realised that it was probably Shuyin she had seen earlier with Seymour.

Not wanting to bring it up in front of Shuyin, she gently put her arm on Tidus' and quietly asked, "Tidus… Can I talk to you for a minute… uh, alone, if that's ok…" She gave a small smile to Shuyin.

"Oh, sorry, of course… Tidus, I'll be over by your bike." Shuyin gave a small nod of the head towards Yuna as a farewell. She nodded shyly back.

Once Shuyin was out of hearing range, Yuna looked at Tidus. "I'm so sorry, Tidus. I jumped to conclusions and I shouldn't have." She didn't hesitate to apologise. Tidus took her in a warm hug.

"I think it's me who should be saying sorry. I should have just told you. But there's so much more you need to know and I don't wanna tell you in the car park. He broke the hug and held her shoulders gently at arms length so he could look at her face. She had a concerned look and he smiled at her. "It's ok, it will just take a while that's all. I need to take Shuyin back to the hotel soon, but I can drop by your place after that. In about 2 hours?" he reached up and tucked a lock of hair behind Yuna's ear.

"Are you sure? I meant what I said earlier today. You don't have to tell me until you want too…"

"No, its ok. I need to tell you. I've wanted to tell you since I met you. I just never found the right words. So I,ll be around your place at about 8ish, k?" he raised his eyebrows in question.

"Yeah k. I'll be waiting…" She gave Tidus a sly smile and reached up and kissed him.

They broke the kiss and Tidus trotted over to where Shuyin and his bike were. Yuna didn't move for a bit, and when Tidus turned around and waved, she waved back and began to make her way to the car.

As she opened the car door she heard Tidus' bike start up and watched as it drove past her. Tidus with his bright yellow helmet on and Shuyin wearing a Dark metallic purple one with a black symbol on the back. Yuna furrowed her brows in thought and got into the car. It took her a few seconds to realise that both Paine and Baralai had swivelled around and were staring at her. She just blinked at them.

"Well, what the hell was all that about?" Paine finally asked when Yuna still didn't say anything.

"Uh, I don't really know…" Yuna said as she tilted her head in thought

"Who was that second Tidus?" Baralai asked.

"That was Tidus' twin brother, Shuyin." Yuna said matter-of-factly.

"Twin brother?" Paine's eyes went wide.

"Well that would explain it." Baralai commented, more to himself than the others.

"Yes. It wasn't Tidus with Seymour. It was Shuyin." Yuna said. Baralai turned around and started the car and began to leave the car park. They all sat in silence for a moment. Then Yuna spoke, "But what is Tidus' twin brother doing with Seymour?" Yuna asked to no one in particular. Paine turned around and gave Yuna a concerned look and Baralai glanced in the rear-view mirror with the same look. Yuna scratched her head. She had that horrible feeling in her belly that her life was about to get really complicated

Yuna and Paine walked into the house after Baralai had dropped them off. As soon as the door had closed, Rikku came storming down the stairs and was in their faces before they had even walked 5 steps inside.

"And where were you today, young lady?" She pointed an accusing finger at Yuna who sighed and looked at Rikku.

"It's a long story Rikku, can I sit down first?"

"I don't think so! Just because you get laid doesn't mean u can bail on me!" Rikku put her hands on her hips and stood with her legs shoulder width apart in a small attempt to stop Yuna from walking past her.

"Rikku, I…" Yuna started but was interrupted by Paine, who put her hands on Yuna's shoulders from behind and began to direct her towards the lounge.

"Yuna, sit. Rikku, make Yuna a tea." She shot Rikku a glance that said 'protest at your own peril' and Rikku promptly shut her mouth from where a complaint had been about to come. Deciding it was easier to make a tea than deal with Paine, Rikku made her way to the kitchen.

"Ok, but I want an explanation as to why you're both acting weird as soon as I come back."

Yuna sat down on the couch and leaned back, tilting hear head and staring at the ceiling in thought.

"Do you want to talk about it? I can always drag Rikku away by the hair if need be…" Paine sat next to Yuna leaned forward, her elbows resting on her knees as she looked at her friend.

"No, its ok. I think we all need to know what's going on. I mean, you two are pretty much sisters to me and if can't talk to family, who can I talk to?" Yuna looked over at Paine and smiled to which Paine gave a half grin back. "But I'll wait for Rikku to come back. And besides, its not like I know the whole thing yet either. Tidus said he was going to come round later and talk to me."

"Do you want me and Rikku to make ourselves scarce?"

"Actually I was kind of hoping you guys would stay. I want Tidus to tell all three of us. That way I don't have to waste time telling you both later." Yuna smiled again.

"Are you sure he's going to want to tell us?" Paine asked referring to herself and Rikku.

"Well, I don't think he'd mind. Plus I think he knows I'd just tell you later."

"That's true." Paine now leaned back onto the couch and waited for Rikku to come back.

Rikku came back with three mugs in her hands, one a white tea with two sugars, one a straight black coffee and the other a hot chocolate with three sugars. Placing them on the coasters on the small coffee table, she sat cross-legged on the single recliner next to the sofa.

"So, spill. From the beginning." Rikku said as she picked up the hot chocolate and blew gently on it cooling it down.

Yuna took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "I slept with Tidus last night…."

"Well DUH!" Rikku rolled her eyes "I could have told you THAT was gonna happen…"

"Rikku, if you want Yuna to tell her story, then you have to stop butting in." Paine gave her a stare.

"Tch. Fine…" Rikku pouted and Yuna smiled. She was so glad to have Rikku and Paine. She didn't know what she would do without them. She continued her story.

"So anyway, today at about lunchtime, Tidus got a call on his mobile phone. He seemed really angry at who ever was calling and told then he would meet up with them later today. I asked him who it was but he looked like he really didn't want to tell me so I told him not to worry and that he would tell me when he was ready…" Rikku gave Yuna a 'I bet it was another girl' look so Yuna added that he had promised it was a male. "So after he left, I needed someone to talk to so I walked down to the fish shop and told Baralai, who told me he wasn't to good at things like this so I was better of talking to Paine about it.

"So I waited at the shop until Baralai finished and we drove together to pick up Paine from Uni. So after being scolded about not being there, I told Paine what had happened. Before we came home, Baralai said he needed to do some shopping, so we headed for the shopping centre. We were just walking in when we saw Seymour." Rikku's eyes went wide with concern. "But the more worrying part was who he was with. It was Tidus! And they were being really friendly! So anyway, after we got some food and Lai had done his shopping we were about to leave the car park when Tidus came running up.
Paine and Baralai convinced me to go and talk to him and ask him why he had been with Seymour so I asked him and…" Yuna stopped.

"AND?" Rikku, always the impatient one..

"And it wasn't him. It was Shuyin with Seymour."

"Who's Shuyin?" Rikku asked, getting very confused.

"Tidus' twin brother." Paine added as if it was common knowledge by this stage as to who Shuyin was.

"Twin brother?" Rikku asked, her eyes wide with shock.

"That's what I said…" Paine smiled.

"Well this IS a mystery, isn't it?" Rikku was getting excited. Paine just rolled her eyes.

"What I'd like to know, is the same thing you asked earlier, Yuna. What was Tidus' twin brother doing with Seymour?"

"Hey yeah!" Rikku added and looked at Yuna.

"Well that's what I'm hoping Tidus will tell me when he comes over…" Yuna took a sip from her tea and wrapped her fingers around the warm mug.

"Ooooh when's he coming?" Rikku asked, getting even more excited at all this drama and intrigue.

"About 8ish he said." At that comment all three looked up at the clock, which showed five minutes to seven.

"Hrm, maybe I should make some dinner…" Rikku spoke just as her stomach made an angry growl at her.

"Well, I just ate so I'm not hungry but you two go ahead." Paine said as she sipped at her coffee.

"I'm not overly hungry either, but I could eat something little. Maybe you could just order pizza?" Yuna said.

"Mmm, pizza…"Rikku considered it. "Saves me from cooking I suppose."

"And saves Yuna from having to EAT your cooking…" Paine added as Yuna laughed and Rikku threw a cushion at Paine, knocking the coffee cup in her hand and spilling hot liquid onto her lap.

"Oh shit…" Rikku jumped up and ran to the bathroom, locking herself in, with Paine in hot pursuit mumbling something about 'hurt time'. Yuna just laughed more and thanked her lucky stars to have those two in her life for the second time in only a few minutes.

Yuna sighed and stood up. I suppose I have to order the pizza now… she thought as she heard the squeals from Rikku and the thumping sound of a fist on a door. Just as she was about to pick up the phone, she heard her mobile phone ringing from her bag.

She ran the get it and looked at the number on the screen. She didn't know it but she flipped it open and answered it anyway.

"Hello, Yuna speaking."

"Oh I'm sorry, I must have got the wrong number. This is Al. I was looking for Betty." Tidus' voice came from the other end of the line.

"Oh hang on Ill just get her, Al." Yuna giggled as she jokingly called out, "Betty, Al's on the phone!" then she spoke into the receiver again. "Hello, this is Betty."

Tidus laughed. "You know how long it took me to figure out what name you had put your number in under?"

Yuna smiled as she remembered the night before when Tidus had sung the line from the song, and that she had put her name in his phone as 'Betty'. "Well I knew you would figure it out sooner or later."

"Yeah, that's true." Tidus admitted.

"So why did you call?" Yuna asked.

"Just to hear your voice." Tidus said and Yuna could tell he was smirking.

"Don't be an arse. What's the real reason?" Yuna laughed.

"I'm serious! What, you don't believe me?" Tidus acted shocked.

"Well, yes, but there must be another reason."

"Ok, you got me. I'm just at the pizza place getting some food. You girls want a pizza?" he asked.

"Oh my god…"

"What?" Tidus asked, suddenly worried.

"Just before you rang I had my hand on the phone about to ring the pizza shop and order a pizza!" Yuna laughed.

"Hah. Well what do you want?"

"You." Yuna smiled.

"Don't be an arse. What do you really want." He said, copying Yuna's previous statement.

"I'm serious! What, you don't believe me?" Yuna laughed as she mocked him.

"Oh, no, I believe you. I mean, who doesn't want me? But I was talking about pizzas, not sexy blondes…" Tidus laughed.

"Ooohhhhh…" Yuna feigned understanding. "In THAT case, we'll have a thin crust Meat-o-Saurus with extra cheese." She said, knowing exactly what pizza Rikku liked.

"Hey, are we still talking about me here?" Tidus asked jokingly.

"You think you're a meat-o-saurus?"

"Well maybe not, but I'm extra cheesy…" He laughed when he said that. 'Nar but seriously, I'll get your pizza and be round in about half an hour, ok?"

"Yeah sure. See you then." Yuna answered.

"Ok, see-ya babe."

"Bye." Yuna clicked her phone shut after adding Tidus number to her phonebook under the name Al. Tossing her phone onto the couch, she could still hear Rikku and Paine battling it out so she flicked on the TV. Great, more reality show crap. I HATE that LeBlanc lady and I don't even watch this show… Yuna thought as she watched another one of those stupid shows where they throw a bunch of complete strangers into a house and video them 24/7. What was wrong with TV these days…?

Yuna sat there for about 10 minutes until Paine came and sat next to her.

"You didn't kill her did you?" Yuna asked jokingly.

"No. I spared her life… This time. But next time she wont be so lucky." Paine was so serious, that if Yuna didn't know her, she would have thought she was serious.

Instead she just smiled. "Well I'm glad to hear she's ok."

"Hey, I just said I didn't kill her. I never said she was ok…" Paine smiled now and Yuna laughed. They sat in silence for a bit and watched the TV. "I hate this show. It's so pointless. But more than I hate this show, I hate that stupid woman LeBlanc. I can't wait until she gets voted off." Paine growled and picked up the remote to change the channel. She clicked it once and the news came on the screen.

A bland looking anchorman spoke from behind a desk, "In the headlines tonight, a major drug bust went sour last night when the police…"

"I hate news, its more depressing than reality TV…" Paine added as she changed the channel again. A stern looking Japanese face appeared on the screen. "Ah, good old Iron Chef." Paine put the remote back on the table and Yuna laughed. "What? I happen to like this show!" Paine protested. Both girls sat and watched Iron Chef for about 15 minutes until they both looked up at the sound of a motorbike pulling up outside. Yuna grinned like an idiot as she got up to open the door a little to enthusiastically and almost tripped over the coffee table. Paine just rolled her eyes.

Yuna opened the door and smiled at Tidus who was standing there holding two pizzas and a bottle of coke. "Someone order pizza?" He asked as he leaned in and kissed Yuna softly on the lips. "Hey." He greeted her.

"Hey, come in."

Tidus walked in and put the pizzas on the dinning table. He waved at Paine who waved back and then turned around back to the TV, trying to hide how much she really wanted to know what was going on.

"Where's Rikku?" Tidus asked as he looked around for the perky blond.

"Hiding from Paine…" Yuna smiled and opened one of the pizza boxes to see if it was hers. "How much do we owe you?" She asked.

"Nar don't worry about it. My treat." He grinned.

"Rikkku!" Yuna called out. " The pizza's here!"

"I'm not coming out until Paine swears not to hurt me again!" Came Rikku's reply from her locked bedroom.

"I promise not to hurt you!" Paine called. And then added "Until Tidus leaves…" too quietly for Rikku to hear. Tidus and Yuna smiled, then they all heard a door open slowly, followed by slow, cautious steps coming down the stairs. A blonde head peaked around the wall and surveyed the scene. Deciding it was safe, Rikku walked out to the table and took a piece of pizza.

"All Right! Meat-o-saurus! My favourite!" She exclaimed and punched upwards in the air, as if doing a little victory dance.

"Tidus brought it so you should thank him." Yuna added.

"Oh hey Tidush, thankff fo thish…" Rikku said with a mouth-full of pizza.

Tidus grinned, "Anytime, mate."

Rikku went over to the couch and carefully sat as far away from Paine as she could with a little nervous giggle.

Yuna walked up to Tidus as hugged him. She then whispered into his ear. "Is it ok if Rikku and Paine listen to your story? It's just that they are both a huge part in my life and I'd probably end up having to tell them later anyway. So it would just save me some trouble." She leaned back to look at his face, and was surprised to see him smiling.

"Of course they can. I was actually going to suggest they listen, because, well just because. " He looked like he was confusing himself as well as Yuna so he took her hand and grabbed the pizza boxes with the other and made his way over to the lounge room.

As he sat down, Paine reached up and grabbed the remote, turning the TV off.

Tidus sighed and rubbed the back of his head, a nervous gesture he had begun to do way too much…

"Ok so I 'spose I should tell you guys my story…." Tidus began.

"Wait you're telling Paine and me as well?" Rikku butted in. Paine gave her a glare that told her not to butt in again.

"Well I think you guys would find out anyway." Tidus gave a small smile at Yuna who blushed back. "Ok well, where to start… I guess from the beginning, right? … I didn't move to this city because my dad got a transfer. In fact my dad disappeared about 10 years ago, Shuyin and I never saw him again. Not that either of us really cared, he was a jerk. He never had anything nice to say about either Shuyin or I.

Anyway, I'm going off track. So a few years later, Mum became really depressed after she realised Dad wasn't coming back. She stopped eating, stopped caring, stopped everything. She just gave up. That's when she got sick. I spose her body couldn't handle the depression her mind was putting it though. She died a few months after getting sick. The doctors said there was nothing they could do.

Before she left, she made Shuyin and I promise to each other that no matter where our lives took us, we would always stay in contact with each other and always be civil. See, Shuyin and I… There are only a couple of things we have in common with each other. One is our looks, two is the fact that we despise our Dad. We both kinda blame him for what happened to Mum. But as far as similarities go, that's where it ends. Our personalities clash like a wrecking ball against a 12-foot thick steel wall.

So anyway, Shuyin and I moved in with our neighbours when Mum died. We stayed there until Shuyin and I finished school. Shu ended up dating their daughter, Lenne, during school. I spose it was the typical boy next door thing… Anyway, we both started Uni, and then it happened.

Lenne disappeared. POOF! Just like that. Gone. Shuyin took it pretty badly. Kept blaming everyone he knew. He even tried to blame me and told me it was because I kept hitting on her. Truth be told, Lenne was not my type at all. Sure she was beautiful, but she just wasn't, I dunno... She wasn't for me.

So anyway, as I was saying, one day Lenne just didn't come home. Her parents took it just as bad as Shu did. They blamed him, and because I was his brother, they took it out on me too. Soon after her disappearance, Shuyin started to hang out with the wrong crowd. He started using drugs and generally just being a bad guy. That's when I severed everything I had with him. That's when I moved here.

We made a promise years ago that every year on the anniversary of Mum's death we would meet up and spend a few hours together, no matter where we were, just to keep our promise. We couldn't bring her back, but we could make her happy, where ever she is now.

Mum died almost 7 years ago today. That was today. That's who I was meeting. I was meeting Shuyin." Tidus finally finished. He looked completely worn out. Like blurting out all that emotional stuff had really drawn out all his energy. Yuna looked into his eyes, but instead of sadness, she just saw emptiness.

"Um, that still doesn't explain what Shuyin was doing with Seymour today." Paine spoke what the others were all thinking.

"Shu wouldn't tell me. He said it was none of my business, which usually means it has something to do with drugs. Does Seymour do drugs?" Tidus asked Yuna.

"No. Definitely not. But I'm sure who knows people who do." She answered

"Well, that would be the reason, no doubt about it." Tidus shook his head sadly.

Well. I suppose that explains everything. I have a lot of thinking to do tonight." Yuna put her chin into her hands and rested her elbows on her knees.

"Well… Almost everything…" Paine looked accusingly at Yuna.

"Hey YEAH!" Rikku jumped up and pointed an accusing finger at Yuna. "None of this explains why you didn't come to classes today, Yuna!…."

A/N: Well another chappy. This story is getting big now. Wow. heh. Neways I hope u all understood. Let me know what u think. It sounds kinda reslved, but there are more suprises to come... trust me... Im Asutralian... heh