A/N: Sorry about the long update, but a unicorn jumped in front of the screen and I couldn't do anything XD... anyway, now for something important: ANY VIEWS EXPRESSED HERE ARE NOT IN ANY WAY THE VIEWS OF LE PECORE NERE.
This fic is for someone special: For Tim, who stole my pain, my breathe, and my heart.
Disclaimer: I only own the paper this is written on.
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Tidus turns to her "So you really believe in Yevon, right?"
"In ten words or less?"
"Yeah."
"My relationship with Yevon is my own."
"But do you think about Him—It--- Her?"
"Don't you?"
"Not really." There was a pause.
"So when you do, how do you?"
"Like in a church painting, robes, long flowing hair, pointing at something."
"Do you ever wonder why things happen the way they do?"
"No"
"I know there's a plan for everyone, but sometimes I don't understand what the message is or what the point is."
"There is no point, you live, and you die, the end."
"Maybe we're not supposed to understand, but we're supposed to have faith that someone else sees the big picture."
"You have to believe to have faith."
"You don't believe in anything?"
"The Book of Yevon, why should I believe in a bunch of some dumb stories by some ancient guy who supposedly worked miracles?"
"Which are interpreted by my father."
"You father doesn't like me."
She paused. "He doesn't trust you."
"Sometimes, I don't trust me."
He sits up and pulls out the scripts and holds one out to her, she looks at him, wondering about how he became the way he was, she shakes the thoughts away and takes the script from him.
"I'm not afraid of you." Yuan said.
"Likewise."
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Later that night Yuan sneaks back in the house and tip toes back to her room, in her dad's room, Braska sees her light on, but he doesn't suspect that she's done anything wrong, at least, not yet.
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Meanwhile, Tidus sits in his room drearily flipping through the TV channels, he yawns and shuts off the TV and pulls out a paper and pen. At the top of the list, he writes Life List, but he doesn't know what to write.
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Tidus, Gippal, Baralai, and Dona all sit outside, the radios on their cars blasting music.
"Woman are definitely evolving into men." Gippal said.
"The moustaches on some girls are unbelievable." Baralai said.
"Why is Yuan Sullivan staring at us?" Dona asked.
Everyone looks over to her, and she's looking at them, and they laugh.
"She wants to jump Tidus' bones!" Baralai said
"That is so pitiful." Dona said acidly, obviously jealous.
"She's very confused." Tidus said.
"Deluded" Gippal said.
"Demented" Baralai said.
"Deranged" Tidus said.
"She's coming over here." Dona said
"Heart be still" Tidus said sarcastically, they all laugh.
"Hi." Yuan said. He doesn't respond and Yuna shifts around nervously. "The play's going to be really good."
"Glad you think so." Tidus said mockingly, something inside his heart drops with every word he says. His friends snicker and guffaw. She looks at them, then back at Tidus.
"So I guess you don't want to practice lines tonight?"
"You guessed right."
She looks at him funny, but decides not to drag it out and walks away. 'You idiot' Tidus thinks to himself.
"That's one girl who can't take a hint." Dona said snickering.
"That's because she doesn't know what a hint is." Baralai said. Everyone laughs; Tidus laughs the loudest, but only to drown out the bad feelings.
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It's later on in the day; Tidus stands up and wipes his hands, admiring the work he's done. Sure the Camaro is still a little dented, but the car runs, and Tidus hops in the front seat and starts it up and leaves.
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Yuna is in her room, it's a plain room, no posters of bands, no loud music playing, just a plain room. That's when the doorbell rang. She sighs and gets up. She opens the door to find Tidus there. A stern voice floats out from the living room "That better not be that Carter boy." She closes the door on him.
'What the fuck?' Tidus thinks, not believing this. "Yuna!" He said and rings the doorbell again. "Open up!" He said and beats on the door. "Open the door, please?!" He said, still beating the door. "Reverend Sullivan! I have to talk with your dau-" The door opens.
"What is your problem?" Yuna said. She walks out of the house and closes the door behind her.
"You're not in a very good mood." Tidus said
"You don't miss a thing." He steps off the porch, widening the space between them.
"The play's in a couple weeks…"
"Yes… and?"
"I was hoping we could run lines together."
"Oh, just not at school."
"Yeah—"
"And not anywhere where people might see us."
"Dona's a very jealous person." He said lamely.
"That would be the reason."
He pauses, unsure what to say.
"So it's like you want to be secret friends."
"Exactly! It's like you're reading my mind."
"Then maybe you could read mine." She turns and walks up the porch steps and opens the door, but she says with her back to him "I thought I saw something in you. Something good, but I guess I was wrong." She closes the door and leans against it, trembling, but she holds back the tears. Braska sees her and looks out the window to see Tidus standing on the lawn.
Tidus turns heel and heads back in the car, he turns at the front door and yells out "Why do you have to be so weird?!"
The front door opens, Tidus turns, startled, he finds Braska staring at him with a red face, Tidus just glances back at him, and hops in the car and speeds off, ashamed of what he did.
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Yuna sits on the sofa, her father sits on a chair, and tells her without looking up from his reading. "The first time I met him, I knew. I'm proud of how you're handling yourself." Tears well up in Yuna's eyes, and heartbreak and guilt show on her face. She gets up and goes to her room before her father can see her distress.
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Tidus is sitting on his bed, flipping through the channels, a bored expression on his face. He sighs and finds himself flipping through his old yearbook. He finds Yuna's picture. She is smiling and looks almost cute in Tidus' eyes. Under her name is listed "Red Cross, Planets and Stars, Drama. Ambition: To witness a miracle."
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It's Saturday morning and Tidus is sitting next to Luis, who is just as confused as ever. Tidus sighs in frustration and then Yuna's words float back to him. "I just wanted to tell you not to give up; sometimes you've got to back into the teaching from elsewhere." Tidus' eyes wander outside, and a basketball hoop catches his eyes.
"Let's get out of here." He said.
Tidus and Luis face each other at the half court line. Tidus has a ball, and he's father from the basket than Luis is. "You, me, and the basket are three corners of a triangle." He explains. "Now, take a step in." They both take one step in. "Now, am I at the same angle to you and the basket that I was at before?"
"Yeah"
"Are you?"
"Yeah"
"So what did we just make?"
"A similar triangle?"
"What else? What triangle has three sides of different lengths?"
"A scalene?"
"Now make me an isosceles."
Luis steps back until he is facing opposite of Tidus.
"Yeah, two sides exactly the same." Tidus said, happy that his student is doing good. He tosses him the ball and they both play. Tidus glances over to the picnic table where Yuna is teaching her student. She looks up at him, and he looks at her. She looks away, and he still watches her, but not staring.
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Done. I hope it was good, well please review XD I won't accept flames, don't make your eyes bleed by reading this then go crying to me. anyway, Questions? Comments? Cheese? haha, I'll try to update soon XD Sorry for any mistakes of the spelling and grammar kind. Dat phoniks stuf didnut wrk fer me...