You Didn't Break Your Promise-Chapter Two
We arrived at the travel agency after walking for hours. Wakka complained, but Auron persisted and got his way. I sat down with him, away from the others, and we just looked at each other for a while. I wiggled my way under his arm and he chuckled as I snuggled against his chest.
"Auron..." I spoke softly, adjusting my voice to the silence."What have you been doing for the past ten years?"
He was silent for moments, gazing off into the sunset. After several minutes he heavily sighed and began to explain.
"I've been fulfilling a promise." He looked down at me and I glared up at him.
"Ten years and all I get was 'I was fulfilling a promise'?" I smiled at him, and he sighed again.
"I brought Tidus here from Zanarkand. It's a long, long confusing story and I'd rather not explain it all, but it was the wish of Jecht." I smiled and nodded.
"A thousand years in the past?" I giggled at the thought of my next comment."Maybe you've just gone off the deep end." Auron ruffled my hair and I pushed his hand away to fix my hair. I laid down and put my head in his lap."I believe you, you wouldn't have any reason to lie. Unless you were cheating on me for 10 years." I narrowed my eyes and he smiled. I turned my head toward the sunset and saw Yuna sitting there with Tidus behind her. "You know she loves him, right?" Auron grunted. "Do you think he will break her heart?"
"No, she will." I looked up at him with confusion on my face. He shook his head. "Her goal will, defeating Sin will."
"I don't get it..." I said turning back to the sunset to see them talking.
"You're not supposed to." I closed my eyes thinking and dozed off.
"Wake up sleepy head." Wakka shouted unnecessarily loud. I opened my eyes to see them all standing around me. I shot up off the bench and blushed.
"What's going on?" I asked trying to keep my balance.
"We just took out a Chocobo Eater, we pushed him off the cliff!" Tidus exclaimed. He was bouncing around with energy and excitement.
"What? I missed a fight? No one woke me up..." I fell back onto the bench and shook my head.
"There wasn't any time, it was very sudden. We're sorry." Yuna apologized. I stood back up, cocked my head to the side, and smiled.
"No need to apologize, I guess I needed the rest." I stretched. "Are we heading out?"
"Yes, next we head to the Mushroom Rock Road." Lulu answered. With that we all started walking, though Lulu and I were behind the rest of the group and she started a conversation.
"You and Sir Auron are a couple, are you not?" She asked. I laughed and answered.
"Yeah, for eleven years now. Well, we were apart for ten of those, but..."
"I believed you to be only 25 and him to be 35, which is quite the age difference."
"I know, but I think when you're in love that nothing should keep you guys apart, unless it's absolutely necessary."
"Those are good words. I know I am younger than you, but I just don't want you to get hurt and sometimes no matter how strong the love is, the age difference is seen as wrong by many."She explained.
"I know, but if their opinion mattered, I wouldn't be seeing him now would I? I think that people need to be more open minded, people are always be criticized for petty things." I paused. "Lulu, you may be younger than me, but I think you are much wiser. After all I'm that stupid teenager that fell in love when she was 14."
We smiled at each other. I looked up and realized that we were at the end of the road and that the rest of the group was at the gate. When we caught up with them they said they wouldn't let us through.
"Why not?" Lulu asked astonished.
"The preparations for Operation Mi'ihen or some junk like that." Wakka replied.
"I will lead you through." A voice that sent shivers up my spine said. I turned around and saw Seymour there. My eyes got wide and my breathing became shallow. I scurried to Auron's side and grabbed his hand.
"Oh, thank you Maester Seymour!" Yuna began to thank him multiple times and he passed through the group. We locked eyes for several moments and he went on his way as we followed.
Seymour...