Yay, this is my first ever fan fiction on here. First of all lets start with the disclaimer!!

Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Final Fantasy or the gaming series, the original characters are not mine although i have put some original characters of mine in this, so please do not steal them! This is a purely fan based fiction, All right for the original FF characters go to their rightful owners at SqaureSoft.

So then, what do you need to know about this fanfiction of mine??? - well basically, this is a fanfiction of Shuyin and Lenne before the beginning of FFX and FFX-2.. it's also, how i think their stories could have fit better into the story of FFX, please review, but also please don't be nasty, this is my first fanfiction to be published here.. Thanks xxx

"Lenne, he's not coming back." Teran, Lenne's older brother said as he stood behind her on the pier.

"He said he would. He promised me." Lenne replied as she watched the setting sun go down behind the pink clouds off the coast of Zanarkand. In her hand she clutched her Zanarkand Abes pendant which Shuyin had had made for her one Christmas.

"And when has he ever kept a promise to you? It's pointless that you're waiting for him here, because he's not coming back."

"He's only been gone a couple of days Teran. Just like he said he would be. I know he doesn't keep his promises, but he's never let me down either."

"I'm just saying…"

"Yea, you've said. You don't have to wait with me if you don't want to; I'm not a baby anymore."

"You're the youngest in this family, so as far as I'm concerned, you are the baby."

"Yes, Dad." Lenne replied sarcastically and rolled her eyes. Thankfully, he didn't see because she had her back to him.

"Don't start that again! Look, wait all you want, I don't care. But I will say this; don't say I didn't tell you so if he doesn't turn up. Like he promised. He doesn't know what a promise is." Teran said and kissed Lenne on the back of the head before turning away and he headed back for his home.

Lenne sighed loudly and let go of her pendant. She lowered her head and looked at the dark wood of the pier. Teran was right about Shuyin not being able to keep his promises, and he probably would be late getting back from Bevelle.

He'd said to Lenne that he wanted to have an in depth look at the city, but never said why. So Lenne decided to wait for him until he came back. Suddenly she realised that he would definately come back, but in his own time. So she smiled contently "I'm still waiting for you." She said towards the sunset and followed her brother back to the city.

Her home wasn't close to his, but he still thought it best to walk her all the way there. Being a songstress, walking around the streets of Zanarkand alone wasn't the best idea. He walked her to the main doors of her apartment building and then let her go up to her apartment alone, where she poured herself a glass of water, practiced lyrics to her new song and had a relaxing bath before crawling into bed for the night.

Lenne looked and smiled at the picture of her and Shuyin together in the Zanarkand stadium when they met for the first time, on her bedside table and then flicked of her light sphere and closed her eyes.

She was asleep by the time the figure had climbed onto her balcony and opened her French doors. The figure moved further into the room and leant over the sleeping song bird, kissing her on her soft cheek. She moved her head slightly and smiled, and then the figure headed into the bathroom.

Lenne slowly woke up just moments after and sat up straight away. Thinking that she saw something move in her room she looked around and switched her light on. She felt the cool, Zanarkand evening breeze on her shoulders and immediately looked to her French doors that led out to the balcony. She threw the covers back and went out to see who was there. She looked down below, then realised that no one would be able to climb up 15 stories high. Maybe the wind had just pulled her doors open and knocked her plant over. She was too tired to think of any other possibilities.

She stood up and looked to her right, and noticed that her bathroom light was on. Someone else must have been in the house, because she was sure that she had turned it off after her bath.

Her heart raced as she picked up her purple and white umbrella and raced across the hallway. She heard her shower running and pulled a face. What kind of burglar takes a shower in the house which he's robbing?

Lenne turned the door knob slowly and pushed it forward. The room was full of steam, but she could still see the shower clearly. Holding the umbrella up in her arms ready to swing, she edged forward and spoke in a threatening voice.

"Alright, whoever you are come out with your hands up!" She said, trying not to let it show that she was terrified.

The person in the shower just laughed and pulled back the shower curtain to show his face and part of his chest. "You're kidding right babe?" He smiled.

Lenne screamed a little when she first saw the figure. Then realised that it was Shuyin was just stared at him with wide eyes. "What are you doing here?" She asked as she pulled the umbrella down from the air.

Shuyin laughed. "Well I was having a relaxing shower in the bathroom, and then you came in threatening to knock my head off with your umbrella." He chuckled.

"Sorry hun. I didn't think. I was tired." Lenne apologized.

"It's alright. Why don't you go back to bed, I'll be done in a minute. I'll finish washing up, get a coffee and I'll be with you."

"Yea, alright." Lenne sighed, feeling a little dizzy from all of the steam and left him to finish his shower whilst she got back into bed.

Lenne had her head up against her pillows as she listened to him finishing his shower and boiling the hot water for his coffee. In a matter of minutes he was in the bedroom and in bed next to Lenne. She was laid on her back looking up at him whilst he drank his coffee and read part of the day's newspaper. Looking at him then, you wouldn't have been able to tell that he was a nineteen year old blitzball player for the Zanarkand Abes, slash a daring adventurer.

He finished his coffee in minutes and threw the paper to the side of the bed before lounging down next to Lenne and taking her into his strong, warm arms and kissing her.

"You're late." Lenne said, her eyes teasing.

"I said I would be a couple of days." Shuyin replied in his deep and loving voice, touching the tip of his nose to hers and rubbing them together.

"A couple of days from Tuesday." She looked at her bed side clock, which read 1:30 am. "It's now Friday."

"Does it really matter? I'm back in one piece am I not?"

"Yes, I suppose you are." Lenne smiled.

"Did you miss me?" Shuyin asked in a playful voice.

"There isn't one day when you're not here, that I don't miss you. Did you miss me?"

"Of course I missed you! I missed you so much. I missed us being together like this. I love you Lenne."

"I love you Shuyin."

The intimacy between then suddenly grew, and the last none intimate thing that was done that night was when Shuyin reach his left hand from the back of Lenne's leg to the bedside lamp to turn the light off, so they were surrounded by utter blackness.