Yuna's eyes didn't leave Tidus's. She was shocked, she was even beyond shocked. She stood still. There he was, her high school sweet heart, standing at her doorstep with that famous smile of his. She blinked a few times just to make sure he was actually there.
Tidus looked down, "Yeah, I'm actually here...it's good to see you again Yuna." He said.
Yuna opened her mouth, but then closed it. You look like an idiot. Say something! She thought to herself, "Um...yeah hi." Didn't she already say that?
Tidus chuckled, "Yeah, you used that greeting already."
Yuna had somehow finally managed to find her voice, "Oh, come in." She said holding the door open for him. He nodded and gave her a warm smile that made her melt. She showed him to the living room and they both sat down.
Yuna, suprisingly, was the one to break the silence, "What are doing here Tidus." She said in a very low voice. He sighed and looked up at her, "I thought it would be nice to come back her. There are so many memories here. I grew up here. And another reason is because...well...I actually wanted to see you Yuna." He told her.
Yuna's eyes widened. He wanted to see her...but why?
"Why?" She asked.
"Why? Well I haven't seen you in five years Yuna. Why aren't you happy to see me? Why do you hate me now?" He asked. He was hurt. He knew by the way she was acting when she saw him. She didn't show one sign of happiness.
Yuna shook her head and quickly responded, "No! Tidus that's not it.You have to believe me when I say that hating you is something I could never do. I'm just suprised. I thought you forgot about me." She said.
"How could I forget about you? I have thought about you every single day in the past five years. I'm still confused why you wanted me to go to Zanarkand." He told her.
"Listen, can we please not discuss this now?" She asked. She really couldn't talk about this now. She honestly hoped he wouldn't bring it up, but she knew he probably would have. She hurt him...more than she realized.
Tidus looked confused, "Why not now? Why can't we ju--." Tidus sentence was cut off by a very small, loud voice.
"Mommy!" Tidus looked behind him and saw a little girl with short brown hair, running towards Yuna. His eyes widened when he saw Yuna engulf her in a hug. Wait...Why did she call Yuna her mom?
Then a very familiar voice Tidus reconized yelled, "Yunie, I have a questi-." Rikku stopped and kept shifting her eyes from Yuna to Tidus.
Yuna on the other hand, was very nervous at that point. "Hi Rikku. Thanks for picking Kate up."
Rikku nodded, eyes still focused on Tidus, "Yeah...no problem. Um, I have to go. It was nice seeing you again Tidus." Tidus gave her a small smile. Rikku gave Yuna a confused look before leaving.
Kate then looked at Tidus and tilted her head, "Who are you?" She asked. Tidus smiled at her, she looked so much like Yuna, but...who was the father?
"Hi, my name is Tidus." He said, sticking out his hand. Kate looked at it for a minute before putting her small hand into his large one.
Kate smiled brightly at him with her familiar pair of blue eyes, "My name is Kate." She said. Tidus looked at Yuna, who was smiling at him and Kate. "Kate, why don't you go play in your room. I'll be there in a minute." Yuna told Katie. Kate looked at her and nodded, and ran to her room.
"How old is she?" Tidus mumbled, looking down at his hands.
"She is going to be five next month." She replied quietly. Tidus's eyes widened. She was turning five? Tidus sat there, in thought. Silence filled the room.
For the next couple minutes neither of them said anything, that is until Tidus finally decided to say something, "So...you cheated on me in high school?" He asked.
Yuna looked at him like he was insane, "You think I cheated on you?" She asked. He really was never the brightest.
Tidus then stood up, glaring at her. "Well that is the only conclussion there is!" He yelled.
It was Yuna's turn to become angry, "Are you kidding me!? I spent mostly every moment with you in highschool, how could you even think that of me? The other times I was either studying or with Rikku and Paine," She sighed in fustration, "You are just so dense sometimes Tidus." She whispered.
Tidus ran a hand through his hair, thinking. Had she really cheated on him? He started to get a headache from what was happening. Nothing was making sense to him. Who was Kate's father? That question kept nagging him. He and Yuna...they never had-. Wait. All the memories from prom started to rush into his head. I'm her father. he thought. His eyes then traveled to Yuna's.
"So...I'm the father?" He asked. Yuna smiled meekly at him, before nodding her head slowly. Tidus was now even more shocked. This wasn't happening. So many emotions were going through him at that moment. He was a father for five years and he never knew.
Tidus shook his head, "I don't believe it," He mumbled, "So, you just let me leave. You let me leave without even thinking about how I felt." He said. He was angry. Why hadn't she told him?
Yuna frowned, "Please Tidus, you don't understand tha-." She tried telling him, but he wouldn't listen. "What I don't understand is why you thought I was some cold heartless person. You actually thought I would leave you!?" He yelled. Yuna flinched. She knew he was hurt, and he had every right to be like this.
"I mean, I missed five years of that girl's life. What did you think, that it would be best if I lived my life not knowing I had a daughter?" He asked her. Yuna then finally decided to speak up, "Yes Tidus, I did! You were going to to play blitzball with the Zanarkand Abes, that was your dream, wasn't it?" She asked him.
Tidus looked at her and shook his head, "It wasn't my dream, spending the rest of my life with you was my dream, but you clearly didn't see that!" Tidus sighed, trying calm himself down, "You broke my heart, and didn't seem to care." Yuna let tears start to fall down her face.
"That's not true." She whispered.
"Oh really? Then why? Why did you let me leave you when you were pregnant?" He asked, tears were threatning to come out of his eyes, but he held them back. He couldn't cry in-front of her.
Yuna slowly looked up into his eyes, they show so many emotions, but the one that showed the most was hurt. He was hurt, she knew that. She felt horrible. That one mistake she made by not telling him changed everything.
"I was afraid you would leave me Tidus." She told him. Tidus just stood there, thinking of what to say. He continued to try to calm down, but he couldn't. He kept shaking his head. Why couldn't this have just been some kind of dream.
Tidus closed his eyes and rested his hand on his forehead, "That's no excuse Yuna. Everyone gets scared Yuna, you just have to learn how to deal with your problems." He told her, "I don't know how we're going to get through this, I don't. I feel like you've betrayed me. You didn't even bother calling me, I told you that I was going to keep my old cell phone number so you could call me, but you never did." He said.
More tears seemed to flow down Yuna's face. Even she wouldn't be able to forgive herself for something like this. "Tidus, I am-" Before she could continue, she saw Tidus hold up a hand.
"Please don't" He said, "Listen, I am having a hard time trying to digest everything you have told me in the past fifteen minutes. You told me I'm a father after five years. You basicly thought I was a jerk who didn't care about you in high school. I don't know what to say. Give me time to try to figure everything out." He told her before turning to leave.
Before Tidus left, he turned his head to her, "It's not like I'm saying that I hate you, because I don't. I just...don't know how long it will be before I can forgive you. I'll see you soon Yuna." And with that he left, leaving Yuna there sobbing loudly.
"Mommy, are you okay?" Yuna looked up to see Kate standing there, looking worried. Yuna wiped her tears and nodded, "I'm fine Kate. Come here." She said. Kate smiled brightly and ran over to sit next to Yuna.
"Why are you crying mommy?" Kate asked, noticing her mother's face. Yuna smiled at her, "Mommy just had a bad day." She told her.
Kate opened her arms, "Want a hug?" She asked. Yuna looked at her and chuckled, "That would be nice." She said as she hugged Kate tightly.
After a minute Yuna heard Kate say, "Mommy I can't breathe."
Yuna laughed and let go of her, "Sorry Kate." She stood up and held out her hand for Kate, "Want to go out for ice-cream?" She asked. Kate's eyes immdiately lit up as she took Yuna's hand. ice-cream, the perfect depression food.
Tidus was sitting on the beach, looking at the beautiful sunset. He was also trying to clear his head from everything that happened that day. It was a crazy day for him. Why was this happening now? Why couldn't he have known when Yuna was pregnant? Why would she even think that of him? To every question there would be an answer, and answer Tidus hoped to know.
Tidus heard something behind him, and when he turned around he saw two people with cameras. He rolled his eyes, "How did they find out I was here." He mumbled. He slowly got up, and walked over to his car. He started the car and started to drive, he didn't even know where. He shook his head and took out his phone, dialing Kai's number.
"Tidus, what's up?" He heard Kai answer.
Tidus gave out a little laugh, "What's up? The paparazzi is what's up!" Tidus said.
"What!? You saw them?" Kai asked, sounding suprised.
"Yeah I saw them. How long have they been here!?" Tidus asked, irritated. He heard Kai moving around, "Um...Someone apparentely tipped them off." Tidus heard him say.
Tidus laughed, "Thanks for that captain obvious. I want to know who though."
"Alright, alright, I'll find out who did it. When I'm doing that though, you're going to have to go back to Zanarkand, you have blitzball practice tomorrow." Kai siad. Tidus groaned, "I totally forgot about that." He said.
Tidus heard Kai laugh, "Hey, I tried calling you Tidus, but you wouldn't pick up. By the way, where were you today?" He asked. Tidus thought about if he should tell Kai about what had happened that day, but he decided against it. "Um...I was at a friend's house. We just were talking about old times, you know." He lied.
Kai seemed silent for a moment, "Oh. Well I guess I'll get started on how the papperazi found out you were there. I'll call you tomorrow to tell you what I found out. Bye."
Tidus sighed loudly and flipped his phone shut. He contemplated if he should say goodbye to everyone before he left, but he decided against it. Tidus knew he was going to come back to Besaid soon, he was sure of it. He had to come back because of Kate, not because of Yuna. To be honest, he did love Yuna, but after what she told him, he found it harder to trust her.
A/N - Better or not?