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"Don't worry Yuna," Tidus stepped in. "You'll like them. I promise."
Yuna looked up at Tidus. "Yes. If you promise then, I can't wait to meet them."
"Anyways, how ya feeling, Yuna?" Wakka asked her. He wanted to know, and Lulu wanted to know as well.
Yuna paused. 'Everyone's been asking that. I feel so sore all over though. My head sort of hurts too.' She thought to herself.
"Uh, I'm feeling all right. Just, um, sore," Yuna said. The last thing she wanted was to worry anyone.
"Hey, that's just like Lulu, ya?" Wakka said, now turning to Tidus. "She's just sore as well. Maybe Yuna will be able to come back home soon enough, huh?"
Tidus glared at Wakka. Wakka knew that glare. He knew that glare well. Tidus always put it on when he thought that whatever the person just said was probably one of the most stupidest things in Spira ever said. Wakka braced himself for the impact Tidus was going to say.
"Wakka, she has amnesia for Yevon's sake. How could she come back really soon?" Tidus asked.
That wasn't the worst things that Tidus ever said back, but still Wakka decided it was best not to answer. In fact, he decided it was best that he wasn't in the same room with Tidus right now. He thought that Tidus needed to cool off a bit.
"Eh … I'm going to go see how Rikku's doing …" Wakka slipped out of the room.
"…. He seems nice," Yuna stated, talking to Tidus, but not making any eye contact with him.
"Yeah, he is," Tidus answered, not exactly knowing what to say to Yuna. He was a bit afraid. He didn't want Yuna to think that he was some sort of bad guy.
"So, um, Lulu and Rikku. They are girls, right?" Yuna asked.
"Does Lulu and Rikku sound like a boy name to you?" Tidus asked back, a hint of humor in his voice. His mood seemed to change dramatically.
Yuna smiled slightly. "They could be, you know."
"Well, they are girls. And Rikku is your cousin. She's Al Bhe—wait. Maybe I shouldn't be telling you this right now," Tidus said thoughtfully. "Wouldn't want to confuse you while you're steal healing from the … um, accident."
Yuna nodded. "I understand."
"Hey, listen," Tidus said. "I know you were sort of lying to Wakka about how you felt."
Yuna's head jerked up and she stared at Tidus. "How would you know?"
"I'm your best friend Yuna," Tidus said, smiling. "I mean, we met when we were six or seven years old. After spending so much time with you, you just realize when your friend is lying, you know?"
Flashback
Yuna, Tidus, and Lulusat in the kitchen of Lulu's house. Lulu, Yuna, and Tidus were the only ones there, however. Wakka and Rikku were absent. The trio were studying for a huge upcoming math test, which would definitely effect their grade by a lot.
"All right. I think that just about wraps it up. Do you both think you're ready?" Lulu asked Yuna and Tidus.
"Yeah. I think so. Thanks for letting us stay over at your house to study, Lulu," Tidus answered.
Yuna didn't say anything.
"Yuna?" Lulu looked at her.
Yuna still didn't reply. She was staring down at the kitchen floor, with her eyes closed.
"…Yuna?" Lulu tried again.
Tidus could see that Lulu wasn't getting anywhere. He cleared his throat, and then yelled, "YUUUNAAAAAA!"
"Oh!" Yuna got so startled that she fell out of her chair and down to the kitchen floor.
Tidus blinked at her. "Heh, didn't notice that would surprise you so much. Sorry about that."
Yuna glared at Tidus. "You could have done it a bit softer. I mean, a lot softer."
"Yuna, you were so spaced out that I had to do something else," Tidus explained to her.
"Are you all right?" Lulu asked Yuna. "You seem a bit … off."
Yuna paused for a while. "Uh, don't worry, I'm fine. I, um, I'm just trying to remember everything that we need … that we need to know for the test."
Lulu and Tidus stared at her.
"What?" Yuna asked, nervously.
Lulu just shook her head and started pushing Yuna and Tidus out of her house. "All right. Well, if you excuse me, I need to start getting ready for tomorrow. Since tomorrow is the test, and all. Goodbye."
And out the door they were.
"I didn't know Lulu was that … persistent," Tidus remarked.
Yuna only nodded.
"Yuna, are you all right?" Tidus asked. He put a hand on her shoulder. "Lulu's right. You are a bit off."
Yuna gave Tidus a weak smile. "Um, of course I'm all right. R-really."
Tidus shook his head. "No, you're not. You're not the Yuna I know, Yuna. The Yuna I knew doesn't say 'um' or 'uh' in most of her sentence. She's quiet, but isn't this quiet. And she certainly tells her best friend if she has any problems."
Yuna thought hard about Tidus' words. "I guess you're right Tidus. I'm just really worried about this test. I'm not having a great grade right now, and if I fail this test then who knows what will happen to my grade …"
"Don't worry about it, Yuna, we studied really hard, don't you think so?" Tidus asked her.
"Yeah, I guess so. Still, I'm worried," Yuna admitted.
"If you say that, then it will happen," Tidus said. "Just believe in yourself. And just remember everything we studies today, of course."
The two were walking to their homes, with Yuna in front of Tidus. After Tidus' sentence, Yuna stopped. Tidus didn't notice, and almost ran into her.
"Gaah! Yuna, why'd you stop like that? You really have to say something when you just stop all of a sudden, you know," Tidus told her.
Yuna didn't say anything, but she turned around and showed him a big smile. Then she hugged him right then and there. "Thank you so much, Tidus. You're right. I should believe in myself."
End Flashback
"Hmm. Well I guess you have a point there. Knowing someone that long can really have an impact in your life, I suppose," Yuna said.
"Mmhmm," Tidus said, just thinking about that time in his life.
"Wait … we've known each other since we were six?" Yuna suddenly said. "That long? I … that's a long … wait, how old am I now?"
Tidus smiled. "You're seventeen. Wakka, Lulu, Rikku, and myself are all seventeen as well."
Yuna gasped. "Eleven or ten years?"
"Your math skills are excellent, Yuna."
Yuna still couldn't believe it. "That … long …? Well, when did I meet Lulu, Rikku, and Wakka?"
'Should I tell her now, or later? Like I said, I don't want to confuse her. But maybe now, so she'll understand and maybe trust Lulu, Rikku, and Wakka better.' Tidus thought.
"Well, you met Lulu when we started second grade. She was in the same class as we were, so you got to know her well. Eventually, you became best friends," Tidus explained.
Yuna nodded.
"You met Wakka, at a field trip we had because Lulu already knew him and introduced Wakka to us. But we didn't get to know Wakka as well as we could because he was in a different class as we were. In third grade, though, we were all in the same class. We became a group and we were inseparable."
"Wow," Yuna smiled.
"You didn't meet Rikku, your cousin, until you were fifteen, though. You didn't even know you were cousins until Rikku came from Bikainel Desert to Besaid. Rikku immediately recognized you somehow, and then told you that she and you were cousins. You nearly fainted from surprise!" Tidus laughed, remembering that day clearly.
"Me? Faint from surprise?" Yuna seemed surprised right now. "Just because I saw a cousin I never met before?"
"What, you're not telling me that's not surprising, are you? Besides, you didn't know that you had any other relatives besides your mother and … father …" Tidus said, realizing that someone was going to have to tell her what happened to her mother and father.
"What? Oh, where are they?" Yuna asked. "My parents, I mean."
"Umm … we can talk about that later …" Tidus decided not to tell Yuna about that now. She seemed a bit happier then she was anyway, and he didn't want to break that mood.
Yuna blinked up at him.
"Heh, anyways, after you suddenly realized that Rikku wasn't lying about being cousins and all, you guys became inseparable too. So, here we are, at seventeen, one big group of friends."
"You have to tell me everything about what we did!" Yuna seemed a bit excited about hearing old memories.
"Don't worry Yuna, you'll understand everything as soon as you get out of here," Tidus assured her.
Yuna smiled. 'Maybe this Tidus guy isn't so bad after all.'
"'Ey Rikku! How are ya?"
Rikku looked up to the person who had just entered her room. "Wakka!"
"Yep, it's me. How you doin?" Wakka asked her.
Rikku shrugged. "I guess I'm fine. I'm not that hurt, I guess I'm sort of lucky."
"You sure are, ya? Have you heard about Yuna?"
"Yeah," Rikku said sadly. "I heard from Shelinda. How is she?"
"Who? Shelinda?" Wakka asked, confused.
"No, you idiot! How's Yunie?" Rikku asked again. "You did see her, right? Well, I guess you should've by now. I mean you can actually walk!"
"Yeah, I just saw her today," Wakka said. "She said she was fine except for soreness, ya?"
"WHAT? Only SORENESS? Shelinda LIED to me?" Rikku yelled.
"No! No! I mean, besides the amnesia thing, ya? She has soreness plus the amnesia I guess. She probably just didn't want to worry us or something," Wakka reasoned.
"That sounds a lot like the Yunie that I know," Rikku commented.
"Ya, I guess so. Maybe she still is the same Yuna, she just doesn't remember who we are. It's nice to know that it's still Yuna, I guess, ya?"
Rikku nodded in reply.
"Anyways, I promised Lulu that I was going to tell her how you and Yuna felt. I better be going back to her. See ya later Rikku!"
"Wait!" Rikku cried. She didn't even ask about Lulu yet! However, Wakka didn't hear her. Rikku thought hard. She really wanted to know how Lulu was feeling. She saw an apple near her bed and took it in her hand. She then threw the apple at Wakka's head, hitting him right in the center of the back of his head.
Rikku smiled. "Ry! Pimmcaoa!" ("Ha! Bullseye!")
Wakka stared back at her. "What was that for, ya?"
"You didn't hear me! How is Lulu?"
"You could've just yelled or something! Not hit me by an apple, ya?" Wakka countered.
Rikku just rolled her eyes. "How is Lulu?"
"She's fine. She's just sore, like you. She has a few cuts too, ya? Now next time, DON'T THROW AN APPLE AT ME, YA?"
Rikku seemed a bit taken back. "Uhh … yes sir."
"…Yuna's fine, well, that's at least what she says, ya? She says that she's just sore," Wakka was explaining to Lulu what he had seen.
Lulu shook her head. "That sounds just like Yuna. Not worrying us."
"That's what Rikku said too, ya? Oh, and Rikku's fine except she's sore and she has some cuts. Good thing she sat on the right side, ya? Or else she could've been hurt just like you were," Wakka reported.
"I'm glad at least Rikku is fine."
"Yevon, you should be glad that all three of you alive!" a new voice came.
"Huh?" Wakka looked toward the door of the room. Tidus was standing there, leaning on the doorframe.
"Tidus? Why aren't you with Yuna? Shouldn't you be keeping an eye on her?" Lulu said.
"Hello to you too, Lulu," Tidus grinned.
"I'm sorry. I'm just worried."
"Shelinda wanted to examine Yuna again. So I just left the room while she was examining her," Tidus explained.
"Tidus is right, Lulu. We should all be thankful that you, Rikku, and Yuna are still alive," Wakka agreed.
"I do agree, Wakka. But some are luckier then others," Lulu told him.
"Ya, no argument there," Wakka took a seat on a chair and leaned back on it. "So, what should we do now?"
Tidus closed his eyes. "Just sit and pray that everything that will be all right in the end, Wakka. Just sit and pray."
Another chapter finished! Yay! So. Yuna is so obvious when she's lying, huh? I wonder if I'm like that … hmm … but now Yuna thinks Tidus won't be so bad after all! Isn't that a good thing? XP
Next chapter! Here's a very small preview.
I had it. I had that weird dream again. You know, the one with Yuna running away saying she's had enough? It's sort of freaking me out. What had Yuna had enough of? It's so unclear … I want answers …I want to know why. Sure it's just a dream, but aren't dreams a sign of the future? Aren't they sometimes?
END PREVIEW! Yay for previews. So "he" has the dream again, huh? Yes. Not that I don't know any of this. Or do I?
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