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Hi everybody! Sorry for the late update again, I got a new laptop and I've basically just been pretty busy lately! Well, I hope you guys like this following chapter.

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Of Blitz Stars & Praetors

Chapter Five: Yellow & White

Tidus

"Wow, Ti, I never expected you to be the guy that'd stick around for more than a month ya?" Chappu said as he took a sip from his beer.

I found it pretty weird even for myself. Usually after a week of sticking around, I'd just leave and never look back. But, honestly, what made Yuna different was that she was pretty fun to hang out with. She wasn't annoying or clinging onto my arm all the damn time and she genuinely enjoyed what I had to say.

Gippal raised an eyebrow and asked, "Do you actually like her?"

I shook my head 'no' in response and through the corner of my eye, I spotted Gippal furrow his eyebrows and drink out of the bottle of beer in his hand.

"She's a nice girl, man." Gippal cleared his throat and looked up at me.

I only shrugged my shoulders and gave him a grin, "Which gives me an even better reason."

"Heh," Gippal's eyes averted to the table across us and it sort of seemed like he hesitated before saying this, "maybe you shouldn't play around with her, dude. I've talked to her and she-she doesn't deserve that type of crap."

Chappu's eyebrows almost went up to his hairline as he heard Gippal's very own words, "Whoa, whoa, whoa there brudda. Is this coming out of our very own Gippal's mouth?"

It shocked me too, what Gippal said. In some cases, he's just as bad as me. Chappu, Gippal, and I were all the same and we only had one motto to get by - "Don't get attached." Obviously, it's been no trouble for me at all and even Chappu. But, knowing that Gippal's mindset got changed up a bit sort of started to bug Chappu and me.

In response to Chappu, Gippal just shrugged his broad shoulders and gave Chappu a lop-sided smile, "It's true. I hung out with her for a bit and I thought she was pretty cool."

"Yeah ya gotta point there," I crossed my arms over my chest and slouched against the seat, "she's more...painless to hang out with."

"Do you guys need anything else to drink or eat?" The waitress came up to our table with some type of seductive smile on her face.

On her left boob her nametag read 'Nhadala'. She was slightly leaning a bit forward so that the three of us could see down her shirt. The girl knew who we were, I mean, who wouldn't? She also knew how big of a tip she'd get by keeping up this little thing she was doing.

I gave her a pretty charming smirk of my own and was about to say something even more charming until I saw a familiar brunette walk into the restaurant.

She was still in her little school uniform and trailing behind my own sister into the restaurant, flanking her were a blonde and brunette.

The four of them sat in a little booth just across the restaurant. Even from far away, I was able to sense the tension between Rikku and Yuna. The two of them were sitting far from each other as possible and they hardly even addressed one another while they talked.

"There's your girl." Gippal pointed to their booth and had some type of half-hearted smile on his face.

Following the direction Gippal was pointing to, Chappu turned his head so that he could see what Gippal and I were making this whole big fuss about.

"Hey, there's more of them?" Chappu's face brightened up and his grin widened even more, "Are you gonna say hi or something, Ti? 'Cause, I wouldn't mind saying hi too, ya!"

I shook my head and decided against it. I mean, I've been seeing Yuna this whole entire week and I know I'm going to see her tomorrow. I was perfectly okay with just watching her from a distance.

"Nah, let's just head back over to my place." I said as I stood up from the chair I was sitting on and took one last glance over at Yuna.

. . . . .

I don't mind picking Yuna up at school everyday, it's just that I tend to see people I don't want to see whenever I do.

Every time I saw a familiar face, I would duck my head behind my steering wheel and pray to Yevon they wouldn't see me, especially Dona. Dona just had no idea what "I never wanna see you again" meant. I was nice to her the first time about it and she just couldn't get it through her head, so it's her own damn fault for hearing what she had to hear.

After a couple minutes, I heard the school bell ring, causing me to sigh in relief. I was parked far enough so that nobody would be able to recognize who I was and I was parked close enough so that I would be able to see who walks in and out of the school doors.

It didn't take a while for me to see Yuna walk out next to Rikku's pretty boy boyfriend. Yuna was talking to him and batting her eyelashes and she even blushed every once in a while whenever he'd talk.

I don't know why, but it sorta infuriated me, seeing Yuna get all flustered around that pansy.

I didn't know what I was doing, but I soon found myself backing out of my parking space and moving up to a space much closer to Yuna and Pansy Boy. Right after that, I honked my horn and called out Yuna's name from my rolled down window, having Yuna slightly jump from being startled. Her eyes then met mine, causing her face to turn even more pink than it was.

Yuna afterwards turned back to Baralai and nodded her head before grabbing her books out of his hands. She started walking towards my car and when she reached the door to the passenger seat, she gave a small wave a grin to Baralai, who returned the wave and headed back inside the school doors.

When Yuna finally got seated in the passenger seat, I slightly glanced at her before I drove out of the parking lot.

I was still sorta pissed about what I saw back at the school. I had no clue why it bothered me so much, but it bothered me enough to the point where I drowned out every word Yuna said.

"So what was up with you and what's-his-face back there?" I said, interrupting Yuna's sentence.

My eyes were fully focused on the road but through the corner of my eye I saw Yuna furrow her eyebrows and blush a little bit.

"W-we were just talking." Yuna replied, her eyes downcast.

I didn't say anything in response. The only thing that I had on my mind was that I gotta keep Yuna's attention from going anywhere else - specifically from that pansy boy, Baralai.

Thank you guys for reading! =) Again, I'm so sorry for the late update, as I said I've been having laptop drama and I recently got a new laptop. Well, thank you guys for your support. I appreciate it very much!

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