A/N: Well, here we go, this ones short, I know it is XD haha. Oh well, I hope you like it just as much as the others.
This fic is for Tim, who is there when I need him.
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Tidus finds himself sweeping the science room, where a group called the Star Club is meeting. Yuna Sullivan is also there. The occasional student will wander in and leave after a little while.
"…Cydinh's 15 degrees to the right of the red Yhdynac and much brighter." Yuna said, answering the question. To the small audience, she holds up something made of a wire. "This is a very simple device made from a coat hanger, plastic wrap and typewriter correction fluid. Does anyone know what it is?"
No one does.
"A star frame." Tidus said in the background.
Yuna heard him and smiles. "Yes, this is a star frame." At that time, Gippal and Baralai enter the classroom. Yuna continues. "A star frame will help you locate stars and planets with your naked eye—"
Baralai scoffs. "Did Yevon create the stars?"
"Yes." Yuna said, taking him seriously. "Yevon created the universe and everything in it. A great philosopher once said that it was miracle that Spira is comprehensible." She said.
"If Yevon can do all of that, then why doesn't he get you a new sweater?" Gippal said. Tidus laughs out loud, members of the club stare at him.
"That was a joke. Laugh." Tidus said, feeling a little awkward with everyone staring at him.
Yuna smiles, she can laugh at herself. She finds Tidus to be funny.
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Tidus is washing up while his mom sets the table for dinner. He enters the room.
"Your dad dropped off another check." She said.
"I don't want his money." Tidus said.
"It could help with a new car." She countered.
"I like the car I have."
He picked up the envelope, and tore it in half, ending the discussion.
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It's Saturday, and Tidus is on the bus on the way to Jefferson High. With him are all kinds of other people, including Yuna.
He sits inside of a classroom with a freshman named Luis. He's trying to teach him Geometry. Tidus addresses the text book. "Okay, so what is the measure of angle X if A and B are similar triangles?"
Luis shrugs, he seems scared and intimidated. Tidus gets frustrated. "Do you know what similar means?"
Luis looks down at the book, then back at Tidus, a look of hopelessness and confusion on his face. Luis gets up and leaves the room. Tidus looks up, exasperated. He looks at Yuna, who is smiling at him, finding the situation amusing.
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'I'm late' Tidus thinks hopping on the bus, hoping there is a free seat. He sighs when he sees the only free seat is the one next to Yuna. He sits down and puts on his headphones. The bus moves through Zanarkand, and Yuna is reading a book.
"Are you going to visit Harold?"
'What or who is she talking about?' He thinks and turns to face her. "Huh?" He said, taking out one of the headphones from his ear.
"He goes to my father's church, he could have died." She finishes.
"Is this your idea of small talk?" Tidus asks.
"I don't make small talk."
"Obviously."
"I just wanted to tell you not to give up; sometimes you've got to back into the teaching from elsewhere." She said. If he heard her, he doesn't show, as he has both headphones in his ears again.
"What made you volunteer?" She paused. "You want to know why I volunteered?"
'Not really.' Tidus thinks.
"Because growing up, books were my world."
"Were." Tidus states "Your book, your sweater, and your hair, what's more to know?"
"I wear the sweater because I'm cold; I read because no one talks to me, my hair is my hair, what is it exactly that's bothering you?"
"You don't care what other people say?"
"You mean, care what you say? I'm worried about other things."
"Like what? The moons of Zibedan?"
"Can't you have a normal conversation?"
"I don't want to have any conversation."
"Good, because talking to you is like trying to explain red to a blind person." With that, Yuna goes back to reading her book until the bus pulls into Zanarkand High. Tidus gets off the bus, to find Dona waiting for him. He walks up to her and gives her a kiss, and Yuna just watches, and leaves the bus.
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Tidus hesitates at the door, it's Tuesday, and he is in front of the stage door. He composes himself and enters the room. It's a big room, with a stage in the front of it, then the seats. He sees some geeky guys and some nameless girls, and Yuna. Tidus steps back. 'This girl actually chooses to be in these places?' He thinks to himself.
Mrs. Garber looks up from her papers. "We've been waiting for you Mr. Carter." She said. He slides into a row behind the others. In front of him is a guy named Seymour Guado. He leans forward and pokes him. "What's the play?" He asked
Seymour hands him a copy, it's called the Only Hope.
"I-I-it's about this g-g-guy who re-c-cords music a-a-and-"
"And the ugly singer falls for him, I saw the movie."
"Yeah, it's really g-g-good."
"It blows."
Tidus now finds himself sitting on a chair, next to Yuna, saying some lines from the script.
"You know you're a really good singer, you keep it up, and your dreams will come true, you just have to believe." 'Oh my Yevon, this is so lame.' He thinks.
"Really? I never thought they would." Yuna said.
"They will, just believe. Let me tell you something, look in that mirror there, what do you see? It's got to be inside you, your dream."
Mrs. Garber interrupted him. "Mr. Carter, are you trying to bad at this?"
"No ma'am, it just comes naturally."
Mrs. Garber sighs in frustration. "Continue."
"It's got to be inside you, your dream. Then one day, that mirror will be the eyes of the man you love and in those eyes you'll be great." Tidus said sarcastically. Yuna looks away humiliated, and from the crowd comes hoots of laughter.
"Quiet." Mrs. Garber said. "Tidus will play as Billy Starbuck."
"No thanks, I can't do it."
"You can and you will, Mr. Carter." Auron said, appearing from backstage. "With all the sincerity and dignity you can muster." He finished.
'This is bullshit.' Tidus thinks, but he sees no way out of it.
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Done. Okay, I'm open to reviews and constructive critism, not to flames, don't scald your eyes reading it then yell at me for it. REVIEW, PLEASE XD haha.