A/N - Okay so I said I was going to update next week, but I didn't know that I could actually get a connection on my laptop in a hotel. So, I spent the time I had at night to correct alot of mistakes I made. I am horrible at finding mistakes. Anyway, I thought I would updated now so I could get this chapter out of the way, and start the next one, but I won't start that until I get back. So, I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Tidus was upset to put it simply. He had went through alot of emotions in one day. He had also found out so much in one day. Five years didn't change alot for Tidus, but twenty-four hours certainly did. He couldn't seem to get over the fact that he was a father. Yes, he was happy he had a daughter with Yuna, he couldn't imigine having a child with anyone else, but still. So many things were running through his head. It all seemed so surreal. He wondered what Yuna told Kate about her father. For all Tidus knew, he was either dead, or had left them. He knew he was going to have to make up for those five years of absense. It wasn't even his fault he wasn't there. He didn't want to blame Yuna, but she should've just told him, it didn't matter if she was afraid or not, Tidus had to know. She didn't tell him, and know they are stuck in this situation. Why did she have to make things difficult?
Tidus was currently sitting on his bed, looking through pictures from high school. He held the picture from the time he and his friends were going took a road trip to Zakarkand. He remembered how Gippal kept insisting that they should stop and take and picture for the memory. Everyone became annoyed by his pleading and finally decided to take one picture. So they found a huge sign and it said something about Zakarkand being sixty miles away. So, they all posed in-front of it. He chuckled, remembering when they were arguing over what to do in-front of it. They somehow managed to agree on doing jazz hands(weird, right?). Everyone looked like they were holding back from laughing. It looked very odd, but it was still a funny memory.
The next picture was taken when they all had gotten so bored that they had actually went out and bought paintball guns, and gear. They thought it would be fun to have a paintball fight. So, they decided to go in the woods behind Tidus's house. They played in pairs. Tidus and Yuna, Baralai and Paine, and Gippal with his girlfriend back then named Adrian. Once they were all geared up, They split up. The whole game lasted only ten minutes, because Tidus had an 'accident'. He remembered hiding behind a tree. He didn't seem notice a figure coming up behind him. It was Paine, and she had a clear shot on him, but she got startled when she heard a loud voice, which was Gippal's, yelling that he shot Baralai. Paine shot the paintball gun without even seeing where she was aiming at. Let's just say it hit Tidus somewhere below the waist. The picture was of everyone smiling, holding their paintball guns up, while Tidus was frowning, holding his ice pack...down. Tidus laughed, remembering how he walked...rather limped into school the next day.
He looked at the next photo. It was graduation. It was him and Yuna. He had his arm wrapped around her shoulder, and they were both smiling. Tidus smiled slightly at the picture, but quickly frowned when he saw their eyes. There was really no emotion showing there. That was actually their last time together, because Tidus had to leave the very next day. He remembered Yuna telling him at graduation that she wasn't going to be there when he left. After she said that, he had said many things to her that he has regretted ever since.
A yawn escaped Tidus's mouth. He looked at the clock, which read 12:55. He sighed and put all the pictures away. He flopped down on his bed, closing his eyes.
His eyes snapped open when he heard a ring. He looked around, looking for his phone. Who could possibly be calling at this time. He wondered. He finally saw the phone on the floor, and quickly picked it up and answered.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Hey Tidus, It's Kai. Listen I am on my way to your house, I have something you might want to see." He said.
Tidus rubbed his eyes, "Kai, It's almost one o'clock in the morning. What could you possibly want me to see?" He asked. Really, Kai had to be one of the most annoying managers he had ever had.
"I'm already here. You'll see what it is." Kai said. Before Tidus got a chance to say anything he hung up. He groaned and began making his way to the door. When he got to the door, he opened it to find nobody there.
"Are you kidding me?" He mumbled. He looked around for Kai, and still saw nothing. He was about to close the door when he heard Kai's loud obnoxious voice.
"Suprise!" Tidus jumped back, fully awake now. Kai started laughing, while Tidus glared at him. "What the hell was that!?" He yelled, but not too loud, the last thing he needed was angry neighbors.
Kai shrugged, "I don't know, I thought it would be fun." Tidus looked at him like he was crazy, "Fun? You call almost giving me a heart attack fun?" Kai rolled his eyes, "Don't over-exaggerate Tidus." He said.
Tidus just crossed his arms, "Can you please just tell me why you're here at one in the morning?" He asked.
Kai stopped laughing and nodded, "Oh, yeah. It's about this." He said, while holding up a magazine. Tidus looked confused. "I don't get it." He said. Kai rolled his eyes, "Tidus, look at page 2." He told him. Tidus took the magazine and opened it. His eyes widened when he saw what was there. It was a picture of him rushing out of Yuna's house. He looked at the article. It talked about how he and Yuna were together in high school, and how they were getting back together. It said that he...cheated on her? And that he just ran off with another girl.
Tidus's eyes were glued to the page. How did they even know they were together in high school?
Tidus's jaw clenched as he looked up at Kai, "This is outrageous, most of this is not even true. Who told them!?" He asked angerly. This was ridiculous. Did they even check their sources. Why did they always have to interfer with his personal life?
Kai shrugged, "I don't know. I heard it was a woman who went to high school with you that told them, she is probably the one who tipped the paparazzi off." He told him. Tidus ran a hand over his face. "Atleast they don't know about Kate." He mumbled. Kai looked at him, confused.
"Who's Kate?" He asked. Tidus turned his head towards him. Did I say that aloud? Tidus sighed . He had to tell him sooner or later. "She's my daughter." He admitted. Kai's eyes looked like they were about to pop out after he said that. Tidus watched as he tried to say something, but couldn't.
Tidus chuckled, "Suprised?" He asked. Kai still couldn't say anything. His eyes slowly drifted to the picture on the magazine. "Who's the mother?" Kai managed to get out.
Tidus was hesistant to answer the question at first, "A girl I dated in high school," Tidus held up the article in-front of Kai's face, "I got mad and left when she told me I had a daughter. So...now you know." He said.
"You are certain that you're the father?" Kai asked. Tidus nodded again, "I'm pretty sure. I was shocked when I found out too. I thought she cheated on me, but I kind of did the math in my head. And she does also have my blue eyes." Kai slowly nodded. There was only thing on his mind, and that was the press. How were they going to tell them that Tidus had a daughter?
"If you're thinking about the press. We'll get the rep to tell them, don't worry. We aren't going to say anything now though. When a picture of me with her start showing up in magazines, that's when we will say something." Tidus told him. He had already thought about them. He really didn't care when they found out, he just didn't want Kate to be bothered by it.
"Okay well that's good. So...want to get a beer?" Kai asked. Tidus looked at him and laughed, then he pushed him out of the house. "Oh comeon, one beer Tidus. I promise!" He yelled.
Tidus just shook his head, laughing even more, "I don't think so. I'm not a drinker, I told you that. Now goodnight." He told him, before closing the door.
"Ahh, you're no fun Ti." Tidus shook his head and walked back up to his room to get some sleep.
Yuna was laying on her couch, watching tv, trying to forget that days events. She had just gotten Kate to go to bed, and Yuna really just couldn't seem to sleep. She was too nervous about what was going to occur the next day. The only thing that couldn't leave her mind was a certain person. Tidus. Tidus, the father of her daughter. She was mad at herself for having to take five years to tell him he had a daughter. But... was she even going to tell him if he hadn't come to her house? She didn't even know. Wow, was she a horrible person. She knew she would probably never tell Tidus about their daughter. Yeah, she was had now she convinced herelf that she was the cold hearted person. Honestly, how could Tidus not hate her? She just shook her head, she didn't want to think about that now. Her mind seemed to drift on what happened almost five hours ago.
EARLIER THAT DAY
"Okay... so exactly what was your relationship with Tidus in highschool?" A very impatient looking Rikku asked, while storming into Yuna's house.
Yuna let out a small laugh, "What? No hello?" Rikku put her hands on her hips and sent Yuna a glare, "Comeon Yunie, why didn't you tell me you dated him?" Rikku whined.
Yuna rolled her eyes, "Wait, who said we dated in highschool?" She asked.
Rikku looked away and smiled, "I have my sources." She said simply. Yuna raised a brow at her, "Oh? And what 'sources' might they be?" She asked. Rikku turned her head to her and shrugged.
"Baralai did. They said they went to highschool together, and you also went to the same highschool as Baralai, so I used my brain." She said pointing to her head. Yuna sturggled not to laugh, but she failed. Rikku huffed and crossed her arms. "That's not funny! I'm a teacher!" She told her.
Yuna finally managed to stop laughing. "I'm sorry Rikku. I shouldn't have laughed." She told her, traces of laughter still evident in her voice.
Rikku then scoffed. "Think what you want meanie. Now, let's get back on the topic of Tidus." Yuna sighed and sat down, "Okay, but as long as you promise me to not tell anyone." She told Rikku. Rikku smiled and nodded her head quickly.
"Okay. Tidus and I... we did date in highschool," Rikku squealed, but Yuna shushed her, and Rikku quickly quieted down. "We started dating in our Sophmore year. We were good together, atleast that's what everyone told us. We fell in-love, and we couldn't be happier with eachother. But at the end of our Senoir year, he told me he got a athletics scholarship, and it was given to him by Zanarkand University. He also had one to Besaid University, and he chose Besaid, although Zanarkand was his dream. I found out something a week before graduation though... I was pregnant... I was pregnant with Tidus's child." I heard a gasp from Rikku, but still continued, "I was scared Rikku. I was afraid that he wouldn't want a baby yet, so I told him to go to Zanarkand. I told him to go, because I was a coward. It tore me apart to just let him go like that, but at the time I thought it would be for the best. And that's why you saw him here today. I wasn't expecting him, but he found out where I lived and wanted to see me. He wanted to get back together, but Kate came rushing in the house and when he saw her...the look in his eyes. He looked so hurt when Kate called me her mother. I told him... I told him and he was furious. He told me he wasn't mad at me, but I highly doubt that. He just left after that. I probably broke his heart even more by telling him that Rikku." Yuna just broke down in tears after telling Rikku what had happened with her and Tidus.
Rikku quickly rushed over to Yuna and hugged her, "It's okay Yunie, he'll understand sooner or later." She said, soothing her. Yuna just stood there, clinging to Rikku, hoping Tidus would understand.
PRESENT
Yuna felt tears starting to form in her eyes, but held them back. She cried too much today, she wasn't up to anymore tears. She sighed sadly and got up from the couch, making her way to her room.
Tidus groaned when he heard his alarm clock go off. He slowly opened his eyes, but quickly closed them, noticing the bright sun rays shining through the window. He reached over, with his eyes still closed, and tried to turn off the alarm, but he accidently missed it and fell of the bed.
"Ouch." He mumbled, rubbing his shoulder. He sighed and reached up to shut off the alarm. He slowly got up, pulling a shirt over his head, and made his way down the stairs. Right when he stepped his foot down on the floor, he heard his phone go off. honestly, how many times a day does that thing ring? He ran a hand over his face and went to pick it up.
"Hello?" He answered grouchily.
"Hey Tidus, I didn't know that you would be up this early." Tidus suddenly became more awake at whos vocie it was. It was Baralai's. Tidus thought of how he got his number, but quickly remembered giving it to him at the school.
Tidus chuckled. "Hey Baralai. Yeah I have to get up this early so I can be ready for practice, you know." He told him, while letting out a small yawn.
"Yeah I can understand that... kind of. Anyway, the reason I was calling was because we were wondering if you wanted to go out with us tonight. We could go to the beach, like we did in high school." Baralai told him.
"Everyone?" Tidus questioned. "Yeah. Everyone as in Me, Paine, Gippal, and...um...Yuna will be there too, if that's okay." Tidus froze for a moment. He thought about it. Yuna was going to be there too. He actually thought it would be a good chance to talk to her without the arguing... hopefully.
Tidus thought more about that for a second, before answering. "Yeah, no problem."
Baralai didn't speak for the next couple seconds. "So...I'm assuming Yuna told you about...um." Tidus heard Baralai trying to pick the right words.
Tidus chuckled. "About Kate?" He asked.
"...Yeah. So you know now, that's good. How did you react when she told you?" Baralai asked.
Tidus sighed, remembering when Yuna had told him about Kate. "Not so well. I got angry at her, and ended up just leaving. I was just confused as of why she didn't tell me. So, when you told me she was going to the beach too, I thought that it'd be the perfect chance to talk to her about it." He said.
"Oh, well I hope you guys work things out, Kate needs a father." Baralai said. Tidus frowned. That's right, Kate hadn't had a father. Tidus then started to wonder if Yuna had dated any guys that had been a father figure for Kate, but he quickly got rid of those thoughts. He really didn't want to think about Yuna with another guy.
"Yeah, she does need one...she needs me," Tidus said softly. Tidus quickly became aware that he had practice, he looked at his phone and saw that he had 20 minutes to get there, "Dammit," He put the phone back to his ear, "Listen Baralai, I have to leave in like 20 minutes, so I'll call you when I get back. I'll see you later." He said hurriedly. "Bye." He heard Baralai say, before he shut his phone. He then rushed up to his room to get ready. This is going to be a crazy day.