Well, how is everybody doing? Haha, again, I don't really have much to say… I kind of enjoyed writing this chapter, so I hope you enjoy reading!

Chapter 6: Breakfast

Yuna laid awake for quite some time before finally drifting asleep. She probably simply couldn't get to sleep because of the ruckus next door, but what had really been on her mind was the fact that she hadn't locked the door.

Why hadn't she? She had laid there for hours, trying to convince herself that she needed to get up and lock it. Still, she couldn't convince her body to leave her bed, and eventually, she drifted off into an actually rather peaceful slumber.

So when she woke up the next morning, she shouldn't have been surprised to see what she saw.

As her eyes lazily opened, and she sat up, she looked to her right only to see Tidus slumbering peacefully on her floor. She let out a little gasp and then sat there, wide-eyed, shocked at seeing him.

He was simply on the floor, with only the carpet underneath him, and a small quilt that Yuna usually kept slung over a chair over him. His mouth was slightly agape and he was breathing very softly. His shirt was rolled up and tucked under his arm, almost as if it was a stuffed animal.

Yuna didn't know what to do. Should she wake him? Should she just leave him? She was curious to know why he was on her floor of all places. Finally, annoyance took over, and she jumped out of bed and walked past him. She was going to get dressed and ready for the day, and then he was going to have a talking to.

"The indecency of it!" Yuna cried as she reached her bathroom and started to shove a brush through her hair, "Just coming into a girl's room like that! He truly does have no morals!" Although he had slept on the floor. And even though Yuna wanted to deny it, she couldn't say that he didn't look cute and innocent, sleeping soundly.

"Wait!" Yuna cried then, perhaps too loudly, "Didn't Tidus say he sleeps naked!" She peeked out her door and back at him, although she was almost afraid to do so. Knowing him, he was naked under those blankets.

"Alright Mister, get up!" Yuna cried, covering her eyes.

She waited for some time, but he didn't seem to be moving. Yuna opened her fingers to see through them, only to see that he was still sleeping.

"Tidus!" She said again, a little bit louder, although she found herself unable to yell, "Tidus, get up!" Still there was no movement from him.

Sighing, she walked up to him with care, and poked him. Still nothing.

"Tidus!" she said, as she knelt down next to him, "Tidus, get up!"

Finally a groan emitted from him, and he turned around as if to get away from her, although now he was facing her.

"Tidus get up now!" Yuna said once more.

His eyes opened then, frightening Yuna so much that she fell over backwards.

He let out a laugh and said, "What time is it?"

"Nine."

"…Nine at night?"

"Um, nine in the morning. Tidus, what are you doing in my room?"

"You left the door unlocked," Tidus said, yawning and turning around.

"Yeah but you can't just walk in and then come to my room!"

"Why not? We're friends aren't we?"

"No!"

"Oh, sorry. I thought we were."

"No! Tidus, get out!"

He turned around to face her again and said, "Yuna, wake me up at like two or something."

"No, get out now."

"But I'm naked."

So it was true.

"Okay, I'll go into the bathroom, and you get dressed, and get out of here."

"No way. You'll peek!"

"No I won't!" Yuna cried, "I'm not a pervert like you are!"

"Yuna, you'll peek and you know it," Tidus said, yawning as he said it, "It's just a natural thing to do. Any girl would peek. You're not the only one."

"I assure you Tidus, I'm not going to peek."

Tidus smiled, and without warning, suddenly threw the quilt off of himself. Yuna let out a little squeal and quickly covered her eyes.

Tidus laughed and said, "Yuna, you are the most gullible person I have ever known! I'm not naked!"

"Put your shirt on," Yuna just said, "And get out of here."

"What? You don't want to go get breakfast or something?"

"No."

"I'll pay! Breakfast on me. It's the least I can do after you showed me the hospitality that you showed me last night."

"Yevon Tidus, just get out of here."

"Nope. Breakfast on me."

"No. I'm not hungry."

"Don't lie Yuna. We'll go to that café over there. You know, the one we saw each other at the other day."

"No."

"Go get dressed Yuna, and that's where we're going," Tidus said, yawning again, "I need some coffee or something."

Yuna just let out an angry sigh and went into the bathroom, slamming the door as she did so.

How had he managed to turn it into him bossing her? Yuna shoved her toothbrush in her mouth and began to brush angrily. So she was going to go to breakfast with Tidus? He had said it would be on him. Yuna shook her head and rinsed her mouth out. There was no way she was going to get breakfast with him.

She turned around then toward the door, realizing that she hadn't even grabbed anything to wear. Growing more and more annoyed by the second, Yuna knocked on the bathroom door (as it led to her room), not able to believe that she was knocking from her bathroom to get to her own room.

"Yes?" Tidus said, answering the door.

"I need to get dressed," Yuna said, walking past him.

"Good, and I need to brush my teeth," Tidus said, grabbing Yuna's toothbrush.

"No, not my toothbrush!" Yuna said, but Tidus shut the door, blocking her from the bathroom.

"Ugh, you make me so mad!" Yuna cried, but she rolled her eyes and went and got something out to wear. Then, she went into the room next door, locked the door, just in case, and got dressed.

When she was finally dressed, she found Tidus still in her room, looking through her stuff.

"Get out," Yuna said, expecting Tidus to jump upon her entrance. He didn't. Instead, he just turned and smiled at her, almost innocently. Of course, Yuna knew better, and what he said next simply proved her right.

"You know, me using your toothbrush is pretty much equal to us making out," Tidus said, still smiling.

"Get out," Yuna simply said again.

"Not until you go to breakfast with me," Tidus said, reaching into his pocket, "Here's my keys, let's go!"

"No, you're not driving!" Yuna said.

"Sure I am. We wouldn't want you to waste your gas, Yuna!"

"I'll happily waste mine," Yuna said, grabbing her own keys.

"No, that's not fair."

"Yes, it is. I don't trust you to drive me! Wait, better idea. We'll both drive ourselves."

"No, Tidus cannot be seen driving all by himself," Tidus said, shaking his head.

"You sound even more arrogant when you refer to yourself in third person," Yuna said, crossing her arms.

"In what?" Tidus just said, "Third what?"

"Forget it," Yuna said, holding her keys in front of her, "The point is, if I'm allowing you to buy me breakfast, I'm not risking my life by riding in the same car as you."

Without warning, Tidus snatched her keys from her and said, "Well, if you have no keys, you have to come with me."

"Or I could just not go at all," Yuna said, growing even more annoyed, despite the fact that she thought she could not get more annoyed.

"Aw, stop being lame," Tidus said, and he grabbed her arm and started to lead her out the door.

"I can walk myself, thank you," Yuna said, pulling her arm from his grasp.

"Well, breakfast ends soon, so we gotta hurry," Tidus just said, leading the way, only to stop, "Uh, how do we get out of your house?"

"Follow me," Yuna just said, rolling her eyes for what had to be the millionth time that morning.

She led him outside into the beautiful summer air and he immediately took the lead from her, and led her to his garage.

"I wonder how many people are still at my house," he said, looking at his house as they entered the garage.

"Do you think Rikku spent the night?" Yuna asked nervously.

"I'm not sure," Tidus said, "Do you see her car?"

"No," Yuna answered.

Tidus laughed and said, "Well, I don't see Gippal's, either."

Neither of them said anything though, for Tidus opened the passenger door of his car for Yuna, with a huge smile plastered across his face, and then took his own spot in the driver's seat.

Yuna crossed her arms in defeat, and focused her attention out the window as Tidus pulled out.

"Do you ditch your parties often?" Yuna asked after a little while of silence.

"Not usually," Tidus said, "But I've never been ditched by a girl before."

"What do you mean?" Yuna asked, looking at him with a look of disgust plastered across her face.

"Your cousin ditched me for Gippal," Tidus said, shrugging, "So I came over."

Yuna rolled her eyes, and said, "What, to chase me instead?"

Tidus looked at her, and he said, "Do you think that's what I'm doing?"

"I have no idea," Yuna said, "But I don't understand why I'm going to have breakfast with you right now…"

"We're friends."

"No, we're not."

"Yuna, Yuna, Yuna," Tidus said, shaking his head, "We're neighbors. So we have to be friends!"

"I've known you for a while now, and you just assumed me to be some ugly neighbor girl who you had no interest in."

"Hey, you came on to me," Tidus said, "I was just minding my own business when you came to my doorstep, ringing the doorbell."

"To tell you to knock off the partying!" Yuna said, "How do you take that as friendship?"

"And then you came and talked to me while I swam, and invited me to spend the night!"

"First of all, I came to talk to you about turning your music down. And I never invited you to spend the night!"

"Did too!" Tidus argued, "You didn't lock the door. Sorry Yuna, but I took that as an invite to come right on over. I figured I'd walk in there and you'd be dressed all in lingerie ready to go. But you were sleeping."

"You are such a pervert," Yuna said, "Take me back home."

"And you're so bossy! Tidus, get out! Tidus, take me back home! Tidus, you're extraordinarily hot and I'm having trouble keeping my hands off of you."

Yuna reached over and hit him on the shoulder, not hard of course, with her eyebrows pulled forward.

"See, you can't keep your hands off of me," Tidus said, throwing her a cheeky smile.

"Tidus, do you just pull this stuff out of nowhere? You even sound convincing. Maybe I do think that way."

Tidus gave her a surprised look, and then instantly turned his attention back to the road. Yuna continued.

"Maybe I do find you utterly attractive. Maybe I was hoping to do something last night. Maybe I am wanting to just jump you right now."

"Well, I can pull over," Tidus said, although Yuna noticed a quite shake in his voice.

"You wouldn't know what to do," Yuna said, giving him a side-glance.

"I would too!" Tidus said, "You don't even want to know how many girls I've been with!"

"That's not making me want to jump you," Yuna said, shaking her head, "It's turning me off, actually."

"Dude, a girl like you can't get turned on," Tidus said.

"Can too!" Yuna said, surprised she was talking the way she was. She had meant to keep the conversation fully sarcastic, and she was beginning to get the feeling that Tidus wasn't getting the sarcasm, and she was beginning to lose it.

Tidus suddenly swerved over to the side of the road, causing Yuna's heart to almost stop. Was he serious?

He put his car into park, and turned to her. Yuna immediately unbuckled her seatbelt, ready to run, but Tidus just started to laugh.

"You're scared, face it Yuna."

Yuna looked at the ground and buckled herself again. She couldn't really deny it.

She swallowed and said, "I was just being sarcastic."

"Me too," Tidus said, pulling back onto the road.

The two rode along in silence, before Tidus finally said, "Have you ever kissed a guy, Yuna?"

"That's none of your business," Yuna responded.

"Yeah, it's not," Tidus said, "But have you?"

"I'm not going to tell you!"

"Hey, we're friends now!"

"We are not friends."

"Right," Tidus said, just as they pulled into the café, "We're more than friends." He laughed then and got out of the car. Yuna rolled her eyes and followed him.

The two walked in and were seated almost immediately.

Yuna picked up the menu quickly, glad that she had something to look at besides Tidus. She just wanted to eat and get out of there.

"So, Sweetheart," Tidus said, putting his menu down so he could see her, "What are you having?"

"Do not call me that," Yuna said, glancing at him over the top of her menu, "And you know, I'm feeling pretty hungry…Do you mind if I order more than one thing?"

"Order whatever you want," Tidus said, smiling sweetly at her, which caused another eye roll from Yuna.

The waitress came around then, and Yuna began.

"I'll have your pancake special, and your triple egg special, and can I also get an order of your steak and eggs? Yes, I would like five eggs total. Actually, can I also get an order of bacon and an English muffin? Oh, and while you're at it, a cinnamon roll as well? Ooh, and maybe some toast?"

She put her menu down then, and smiled sweetly at Tidus, and said, "Oh, and a large orange juice and maybe a chocolate milk."

The lady just gave her a weird look, but collected her menu and turned to Tidus.

Tidus gave Yuna a challenging look, and he said, "I'll have the same."

"All of it?" the waitress asked, looking confused.

"Yeah," Tidus said, "Although make my milk whole milk and not chocolate."

"We only have skim and two percent," the lady said, giving him a weird look.

"Fine, a beer," Tidus said.

Yuna rolled her eyes and said, "He's way underage."

"I'll need to see an I.D."

Tidus reached in his pocket, only to say, "Shit, I don't have it."

The waitress rolled her eyes and said, "Two percent then?"

"Yeah," Tidus said, sounding defeated.

The waitress gave them both weird looks, and then started off, to put in their massive order.

"So, you think you can eat all of that?" Tidus asked, laughing.

"No, but you'll have to foot the bill, friend," Yuna said, smiling sweetly still.

"Not a problem," Tidus said, "Anything for a friend."

The two found themselves in silence then, as Yuna studied the signs on the wall, although she'd seen them many times, hoping to divert her attention away from Tidus.

"So, you like to read, Yuna?" Tidus said then, still smiling sweetly at her.

"Yes, I do," Yuna said, although she didn't look back at Tidus.

"Me too," Tidus said, smiling.

Yuna looked at him and shook her head, saying, "And what do you read, Tidus? Playboy magazine?"

"Sometimes," Tidus said, which caused Yuna to let out yet another eyeroll, "But not nearly as much as I read blitzball magazines."

"Wow, you are a jock," Yuna said then, "Let's just go. I'm not hungry anymore."

"Hey, you say jock as if it's a bad thing!" Tidus said, "It's not. It's a very good thing. I can go to any college I want! And my G.P.A. was a one-point-five. It was supposed to be two-point-oh, but they made an exception for me."

"It's people like you that make me sick!" Yuna cried, shaking her head, "I was Valedictorian, Tidus. Do you know what is?"

"Of course I do!" Tidus said, "I used to give our school Valedictorian swirlies back in junior high!"

"Anyway, I don't even get a full-ride," Yuna said, "Unlike you."

"Yeah, but you don't have to deal with fifty-million colleges calling you," Tidus said, and Yuna noticed his eyes dimmed, "And that's not an exaggeration."

"I wish colleges would contact me like that," Yuna said, "So don't even complain."

Tidus shrugged and said, "But colleges…My old man wants me to go to Zanarkand." Tidus let out a little chuckle and said, "He even says that I can come meet his new woman if I go there."

Yuna cocked her head to the side. Was he being serious?

"What's your father like?" Yuna asked.

Tidus shrugged and said, "I don't know. It's been over a year since I've seen him. He could've changed…But it's doubtful."

"So you're all alone. All year long?"

"Yeah," Tidus answered.

"Where does he live?"

"Zanarkand. He said he wanted to get out of this hell hole as soon as possible."

"So he moved?"

"Yeah," Tidus said, shrugging, "He got the hell outta here, got remarried, and I haven't seen him since."

"All in a year?"

"Yeah, it was some slut he slept with back in the day."

Yuna looked at the ground. Obviously he got his ways from his father.

"Mom died, and he was gone," Tidus said, looking at the ground and sighing.

Yuna didn't know what to say. She just stared at him, as if she was unsure if he was telling the truth or not.

"She died a just a little over a year ago, you know," Tidus said, and he gave her a little shrug, "We moved here 'cause of the hospital here. She was really sick. A rare blood disease."

"Are you…Telling the truth?" Yuna asked.

"What have I ever done to make you think I was a liar?" Tidus asked, shaking her head.

Yuna shrugged, and said, "Well, there was the time you told me you had morals…"

"That wasn't a lie," Tidus said, just as the waitress began to pile food down in front of them, "I really do have morals. Just not many."

"So your mother was sick?" Yuna asked, "I'm sorry to hear about her death."

"Yeah," Tidus said, shrugging, "I busied myself with blitz to forget about it. One day I came back from a tournament, only to find that she had died."

"If it makes you feel any better, my mom died too," Yuna said, "Only when I was really young. I don't even remember her."

"Well," Tidus shrugged, "I don't remember my mom much either. I blitzed too much."

"Oh," Yuna said, looking at the food spread across the table, "Tidus, I can't eat all of this. I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking to order it all."

He laughed and said, "Me neither. Don't worry about it. My old man sends me massive checks. He must feel guilty for leaving me like he did. The day after Mom died, he was out of there."

"The day after?" Yuna asked, taking a sip of her orange juice.

"Yeah," Tidus said, nodding, "He hated it in Bevelle. The blitz wasn't good enough for him. He was a professional blitzer, you know."

"I didn't know that," Yuna said, shaking her head.

"He was legendary," Tidus said, looking at the ground, "But then he started drinking and…Well, soon enough the team was telling him basically to get lost. Luckily Mom had set aside a lot of his earnings. But he still gets a weekly check, 'cause all he has to do is sign something and there's a thousand gil."

Yuna didn't know what to say. Was he really telling the truth?

"Anyway, you eat enough?" Tidus asked, although he hadn't touched his food at all, "I'm feeling kind of tired. No offense, but your floor isn't all the comfortable."

"That's it?" Yuna said, looking shocked, "You're not going to throw in that my bed would have been more comfortable?"

"Don't be a pervert, Yuna," Tidus said, as he waved down the waitress for a check, "I know it seems cool to copy me, but it's not. You're right, I am a jerk. I am a stereotypical jock. I am a man whore. What else have you called me? Well, I'm definitely not a liar, Yuna."

"I'm sorry for calling you a liar," Yuna said, "And I'm sorry for ordering all of this food. Do you want me to help pay?"

"No, I got it," Tidus said, as he took out a wad of cash, "It's not a big deal."

"I'm sorry," Yuna said again, "I've been kind of a jerk."

"Yeah you have," Tidus said, lying the money down on the table, "But it's alright, I forgive you. After all, we're friends."

Yuna looked at him for some time, before she finally said, "You're right, we are."

He smiled back at her, and said, "Really?"

"Yeah," she said, and she smiled, "But only because I feel sorry for you."

"Sure you do," Tidus said, and it was his turn to roll his eyes, "But I don't like the sarcasm in your tone, Missy!"

"I'm serious," Yuna said, "I do feel sorry for you."

"Ah, a pity friend. First you're my pity date, and now my pity friend…"

"I was never a date," Yuna said, and she stood up, "Ready to go?"

"Yeah, friend."

"Okay then, let's go," Yuna said, smiling, "Friend."