Chapter One: The Confession of Love

One month after they had been reunited, Tidus and Yuna sat on the Beach of Besaid Island. Their love had undergone a great trial, but Tidus was not about to give up so easily. He still had deep feelings of love for Yuna. Their relationship had been one of more friendship than love. They had talked and laughed together, but neither of them had touched on the subject of how they had felt two years ago. They were both nineteen years old now. Tidus turned to Yuna and looked into her eyes.

"Yuna, this last moth since I've been back has been amazing. But there is something I have to tell you. I still hold the love for you I had two years ago. I know it has been a long time waiting for me, but I want you to know that these last two years, I thought of nothing but you. I still want to be with you. I don't know if you remember the promise I made you after our first kiss. You told me, 'Stay with me until the end. Please?' And I just shook my head and said, 'Not until the end. Always!' And that always has come. Yuna, will you still be with me?"

Tidus finished and looked at Yuna. Her eyes filled with tears, and she threw her arms around him and kissed his lips softly.

"You don't even have to ask me, Tidus. I thought of you the entire time! I remember the promise you made me, and I was just waiting for you to tell me that you still loved me. I will always be with you!"

Tidus kissed her back and held her body very close to his, and ran his fingers through her hair. He whispered into her ear and smiled at her.

"I love you."

Yuna smiled and pinned him to the ground and whispered back into his ear.

"I love you too."

Yuna rolled off of him and smirked.

"Want to swim?"

Tidus smirked back and laughed.

"Sure but I don't have anything to swim in but this. Oh well."

He threw his shirt off and dove into the water and waited for her. Yuna threw off her shirt and stood there in her swimsuit and dove in after him. Tidus found a blitzball and did his signature move, the Jecht Shot. Yuna clapped and cheered.

"You ever thought about improving that move? Sir Jecht always told me that one day you would be a better Blitzer than him."

"My old man said that? Well, I'm already good, but better than him? I don't think it's possible."

Yuna shook her head and took the ball and threw it playfully at him.

"To me, you're already the best Blitzer ever. You need to give yourself more credit, Tidus. I've been practicing a little, although I'll never be as good as you…"

He took the ball from her and tried to combine the Sphere Shot and the Jecht Shot, and managed to make an unbelievable shot that powered the ball clear out of sight. Yuna smiled and tackled him hard, dragging him underwater, and kissed him. When they resurfaced, he pulled away, gasping for air. Yuna giggled and shoved him playfully.

"That's what I'm talking about! That was amazing! Wakka would be jealous."

As if the mention of his name, Wakka jumped into the water and put Tidus and Yuna in a headlock.

"So this is where you two have been, eh? And hey brudda, that shot you just did… You're playing for the Aurochs again this season, ya."

"You want me to play for the Aurochs again? Sure thing. But I want Yuna in the front row at all our games!"

Wakka saw Yuna's lip gloss all over Tidus's face and he grinned.

"Oh I see what's going on here. He finally told you, eh Yuna? He's been going on for about a week now to me and Lu about how much he still loved you."

Tidus shoved Wakka and laughed.

"Hey! That was between me and her! Who asked you anyway Wakka? And if you must know, yes we are still together."

He stretched and floated on his back.

"I'm tired now. I'm going to take a nap."

"Wait, I'll go with you."

Tidus grinned to himself and nodded at Yuna.

"Come on. It's not too far."

And so Tidus and Yuna went to Tidus's house in Besaid Village and slept. She curled up into a ball and he put his arm around her and they very peacefully together, for the very first time.

To be continued…