Okay, I'm sure you're all thinking "Um, bonus chapter?! This has never happened before!" Or at least, not in one of my stories.

The truth is, I had to do it, for a few different reasons. But I'm not going to share my reasons until after you've read the bonus chapter! Haha!

So, despite my intentions, enjoy!

Bonus Chapter

It had been a hard two months, but finally things were beginning to die down. The sun had finally started to shine, after numerous late-season snowstorms. Summer was literally around the corner, especially considering that Yuna only had one more test before she was officially done with her junior year of college.

She took a drink from her fruity green tea smoothie and pulled out her pink highlighter. She was happy to be back in her favorite coffee shop, a coffee shop that she hadn't been into since Tidus' departure. It was the same coffee shop that she had frequented constantly with Rikku and numerous times with Tidus. Her usual spot was in the back, but for her return, she'd decided to sit in the front, by the window, where she could glance out every now and then. It was a cute spot, but she had to admit that she missed sitting in the back, which was separated from the front by a large wall. It was more private back there. Even so, she wasn't really in the mood to relive her memories of her times there with Tidus, or even the times there with Rikku, talking about Tidus.

She was mostly over him. True, it had taken a lot longer than she thought it would, but she was finally feeling at least somewhat at peace. She had watched most of his games from her computer, despite the fact that before every game, she would tell herself that she wasn't going to watch it. Each and every time, though, she gave in.

His season was finally over though, which she was thankful for, since she could finally start focusing on school and not on Tidus' games. She could finally get over him.

She quickly highlighted a segment in her notes, and took another sip of her tea, and then glanced up, only to feel her face fall. Standing there, by the wall that separated the coffee shop in half, with headphones in his ear, was none other than Tidus himself.

Yuna felt her eyes pop open, and she sat there, staring at Tidus, who stared back at her in return. Finally, he walked over to her, taking his headphones out as he did so.

"Hey Yuna," he greeted her, confusion spread out across his face. "What are you doing here?"

"Um, studying," Yuna said, nodding to her book and notes. "What are you doing here?"

"Drinking a coffee," Tidus said, nodding back toward his table. "I thought you usually sat in the back."

"I thought it'd be nice to sit by the window for once," Yuna said quickly. "Um… so you're back in Bevelle… just for fun?"

"Yeah, my season ended, so I came to visit the guys before school was out and stuff. I'm going back tomorrow."

"Oh…" Yuna just said softly.

"Come sit over by me!" Tidus said then, and he put his headphones in again and started toward his table.

Yuna watched him walk away, with an unexplainable look on her face. She felt annoyed. Why was he there? At the same time though, she felt her heart begin to speed. What did he want?

She hurriedly threw her books into her bag, grabbed her smoothie, and followed him to the back, where he was now sitting. Sure enough, a glass of coffee sat in front of him, as did a brand new cell phone.

"Well, I know what you spent your first paycheck on," Yuna said, sitting down.

Tidus laughed and he said, "You like it? I just got it yesterday." It was a huge phone, one with the entire keypad and numbers and internet access and whatever else one could fit onto a phone.

"It's nice," Yuna said. "I didn't know you liked coffee."

"Dude, when you've got like a hundred early morning practices, you learn to like it," Tidus said, shaking his head.

"Um…" Yuna finally managed, "do you mind if I ask you what you're doing here?"

"My house is just down the road," Tidus answered.

"It's…" Yuna glanced at Tidus' phone, "eleven in the morning. Isn't that a little early for you?"

"Yeah, considering I don't have practice," Tidus said, sipping his coffee. "But I couldn't sleep."

"So you came here?" Yuna found herself asking.

"Why not?" Tidus just asked. "I live right down the street."

"Lived," Yuna found herself reminding him. She bit her lip softly and looked down at the table in front of her. Why was she being so difficult to Tidus?

"Right," Tidus just said. "Well, Gip's still sleeping. And I was bored. So here I am."

Yuna couldn't help but smile. He appeared a little groggy, like he wasn't fully awake, even as he sat there. He was wearing a long-sleeved blue shirt with khaki shorts, and his hair was in some disarray.

"You seem a tad groggy," Yuna voiced this out loud.

Tidus laughed and he said, "Well, yesterday was my big two-one, so…"

"Oh right," Yuna said. "Happy birthday."

"Thanks," Tidus said, his eyes on the coffee in front of him. "It's not that big of a deal though."

"How's it feel to be able to drink legally?" Yuna asked, her eyes on him.

Tidus let out a laugh and he said, "It was more fun to bum drinks off of unsuspecting women, actually. Having a legit I.D. and all that stuff is no fun. Takes the fun right out of it."

Silence passed between them then, as Tidus kept his eyes on his coffee, and Yuna kept hers on the table. Finally, Tidus looked up and said, "So you done with school yet?"

"I have one more final," Yuna answered.

"Right," Tidus just said. "That sucks."

Yuna found herself giving him a wry smile, and she said, "Do you miss school at all?"

"No. I thought I would you know, but I don't. Not now, anyway. Now that it's finally summer.

"But," Tidus continued, placing his hand on the handle of his coffee mug, "I do wish I could have stayed my senior year. You know that, right?"

"Gippal said you would have been kicked out of school."

Tidus laughed and said, "Yeah right. They wouldn't kick me out. Or off the team. I would have been out a long time ago if that was the case."

"You should have been more serious about it!" Yuna said. "What if you get injured and can't play blitzball anymore?"

"I'll just become a male prostitute or something."

"That's gross. And illegal."

"Come on Yuna, I'm kidding." Tidus let out a sigh, and he said, "So what's up your butt anyway?"

Yuna opened her mouth to say something, but then shut it.

"I'm sorry Tidus," she finally managed. "I don't mean to be so harsh with you. I guess… I wish you were staying one more year too. I don't want you to be so far away."

"Well, there's nothing really left for me here," Tidus said, leaning back in his chair.

Yuna let out a sigh that matched Tidus' earlier one, and leaned back too. How could he say such things to her and not think about if they hurt her or not? His words went straight into her, straight through her. They hurt.

"Tidus…" Yuna finally said, her eyes on his, the hurt showing in them, "why are you like this? Are you that clueless?"

"Clueless?"

"You just go and say things and never think about how they make people feel. Or is it all just fun? Do you like to make people feel bad?"

He just stared at her blankly.

"I have to go," Yuna said, and she grabbed her bag and her smoothie. "Goodbye."

"Wait Yuna!" Tidus cried. "Look, I… I'm sorry?"

Yuna, who was now standing, just looked at him, and said, "Good luck with everything Tidus. But I'm sure you don't need it."

"Aw, come on Yuna!" Tidus yelled after her as she started off. "Let me explain myself!"

Yuna stopped, and turned around to face him. He looked as if ready to stand, although he was still seated. His eyes were on hers, and she could tell that he didn't understand at all.

"What needs explaining?" Yuna asked, her voice soft. "I want to leave so badly right now, but I can't. And you know that, don't you?"

Tidus just stared at her blankly.

"Because I still have feelings for you," Yuna said. "And I probably always will."

"Right," Tidus said, and he looked at the table, in a familiar sheepish way that Yuna had seen before. "Right…"

"But you…" Yuna started. She closed her eyes and shook her head. "You don't still have feelings for me, and that's fine. But please, stop acting like we're just acquaintances. Stop making me… making me so falsely happy."

With that, Yuna gave him a wry smile, and she turned on her heel and started back toward the door.

Tidus was up in an instant though, and he followed her, and said, "Yuna, wait!"

She didn't wait though. She simply headed through the doors with him on her tail.

He caught her arm just as they were walking into the parking lot, into the warm, early-summer sun.

"Yuna," Tidus said, sounding breathless as he held onto her arm, "I'm not over you."

Yuna blinked at him, as if she didn't understand, and she felt his grasp loosen on her arm, and eventually, he dropped it, and both his and Yuna's arms fell to their sides.

"I just…" Tidus continued, his eyes on Yuna's, "I can't… I can't have a relationship right now."

"You could watch what you say then," Yuna just said, her tone cold.

"Come on Yuna, you know I don't mean anything bad."

"Why are you so sweet to everybody else, but me?" Yuna just said, ignoring him. "I've heard so many people coo about what a sweetheart you are. You even did a sweet little interview for that blogger who is in love with you. Rikku thinks you're awesome. But you're just mean to me."

"You think I'm mean?" Tidus just said, his voice soft.

"Well, not mean, but you're not sweet. You're always super tough acting and… you're just snotty."

"I'm sorry I come off that way to you," Tidus said. "I guess it's because I don't know how to act around you."

"Well," Yuna said, as she readjusted her bag on her shoulder, "I hate to just leave like this, but I'm… I'm actually trying really hard to get over you."

"R-Right," Tidus just said, looking somewhat shocked. "Well, you know, I'm leaving tomorrow, so… so I'll be out of your hair for… Yevon, a good year or so. Plenty of time to get over me, right?" With a small, truly sincere smile, Tidus turned to Yuna and put his arms outstretched in front of him, obviously indicating that he wanted a hug.

Yuna gave him a quick glare, but she found herself quickly falling into is embrace, not caring if she fell in too readily. He held her close with his arms around her shoulders, while she wrapped her arms around his waist.

The two stood there for a while, embracing in the handicap parking place in front of the coffee shop, before finally pulling away.

"Well," Tidus said, taking a step away from Yuna, "when you're over me, maybe we can chill or something someday."

"But what if you're not over me by then?" Yuna questioned.

Tidus laughed and started deeper into the parking lot toward his car.

"I can get you back," he said, and with that, he opened the door to his car, lifted his eyebrows at her, and climbed in.

Yuna stood there and shook her head, a smile on her lips.

"Well, when you're ready to admit that you can't live without me, come find me," Yuna just yelled out to him, as she started toward her own car.

"What's that Yuna? I can't hear you!" she heard Tidus' reply.

"You know what I said," Yuna just said with a laugh, as she climbed into her own vehicle. She glanced in her rearview mirror and saw Tidus, sitting in his car, just shaking his head and doing something on his phone. He had put a hat on, and it was sitting carelessly on the top of his blonde hair, the bill sticking out the back. He looked up at her then, smiled, and with that, he drove off.

Yuna watched him, and then started her own car. She heard her ringtone go off softly from her bag, and she grabbed her phone from her bag and flipped it open. A smile grew on her face, and she shook her head. Three words blared at her from the screen, right underneath the name of the sender, who was of course, Tidus: I love you.

Shaking her head with a smile still on her lips, Yuna quickly typed out a reply of "Don't toy with me."

It wasn't long before she got a reply of "I'm not."

With her bottom lip tucked under her teeth to the side, hiding a goofy smile, Yuna herself pulled out of the parking lot. She smiled at the sun-filled sky, and for the first time, truly felt as if the summer wasn't going to be nearly as bleak as she had thought it would. She laughed and gave her bag a side-glance. All she had to do was pass that final. She had a feeling she was going to be much more side-tracked than she would have been just an hour ago.

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Alright, alright, it's just a cutesy little chapter (that's barely 5 pages) and it's pretty pointless, because really, it ends at about the same place the actual story ended at, just with an even more optimistic light. (it's sunny, not rainy, and Tidus finally told Yuna he loved her, just not really to her face, etc. etc.) The truth is, when I finished this story, I was feeling really pessimistic about everything. BUT, all that changed about two weeks ago! And so, I was inspired to write this chapter. (I won't go into detail, but I got a hug from my number thirty-seven. Haha, yay!)

Also, I thought I would take this opportunity for some shameless advertising! I put up a novel on fictionpress, and you can find it here: fictionpress(dot)com/secure/livepreview.php?storyid2510243. So yeah, if you're bored, feel free to check it out! Here's the summary I'm using (it's kind of a lame summary, so feel free to keep that in mind!): Leila Pillings received the name of "the one" in a dream ten years before her eighteenth birthday. After spending ten years on the lookout for this apparently perfect guy, she finally meets him. If he's "the one", shouldn't he return her feelings?

AND, I am planning on writing another (oh yes, another!) FFX2 fanfic. I'm still in the preliminary stages, but I actually have ideas for two of them.

The first one is the one I'm going to write for sure, and first. As of now, it's going to be called The Mode (um, subject to change). Here's what I have for the summary so far: Yuna is ecstatic when she and her best friend are granted internships at The Mode, a popular magazine that she dreams of working for someday. She's not so ecstatic, however, to find out that her first task is to somehow interview a secretive blitzball player.

The second one… eh, I'm not too sure if I want to write it yet. It's going to be called Green Ink, and it's actually kind of (but not really) mostly about Rikku. It follows Rikku and her best friend Calli as they take place in a summer program at a university in (I think) Bevelle. (Shush, I like Bevelle!) Basically, the girls' mentor is Yuna, a smart student who is studying law. The girls live with her and she shows them the ropes of the school and whatnot. While Yuna appears to have everything together though, she does seem pretty torn between guys: her new blitzball playing friend, Tidus, and her long-time boyfriend, Baralai. I say it's mostly about Rikku because Rikku spends her time trying to hook Yuna up with Tidus, while Calli spends most of her time determined to keep Yuna and Baralai together. Really, it's about Yuna though… Anyway, this whole thing came to me in a dream, and I started to write it last year, only to lose interest in it, and now I'm thinking about picking it back up…

Well, how's that for shameless plugs? Haha… see you all soon!