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Chapter 3
Wakka woke up a little dazed as he realized he had fallen asleep in the couch. He got up, yawned, and went to get some food for breakfast.
"Yuna?"
He saw her sleeping in a chair right next to a table with a half full glass of milk and an half eaten piece of bread. He wondered if he should wake her, but before he could decide anything, Rikku entered the room.
- Do you know where Yuna is? She isn't in her room and I can't find her anywh... oh...
By that time Yuna had already woke up with all the noise and was scratching her eyes.
- G-good morning, Yunie.
- Hmm? - she wasn't completely wake and got little confused about what was happening. "I must have fallen asleep in here..."
- Good morning...
That was a good sign. Yuna had got out of her room and was talking again, Rikku thought.
- Everything's alright? - Wakka wasn't sure if he should have asked that.
- Yeah,...
- Humm... are ya going to eat that? - Wakka asked, referring to the bread in the table
- I guess not...
- Okay then. - And said that he swallowed the piece of bread.
Then Lulu entered the main room.
- Hey, it seems that Yuna got... – she stopped walking and stared at Yuna for a few seconds - Oh, here you are.
- Good morning Lulu...
- Good morning. Are you alright?
- Yeah, stop asking me that... – Yuna was starring at the glass of milk.
- What?... - Lulu gave Yuna a confused look
- I'm okay. Don't worry about me. - Yuna got up and assumed the posture she always had during the pilgrimage; she seemed sure of herself and ready to everything. - We got… to tell the people of Spira about what just happened. We got to let them know that they are free from Sin…
This made everyone in the room confused. Just yesterday she was isolating herself, trying to deal with her loss, and now she is back to that strong and confident summoner they knew from the Pilgrimage (the only difference was that she couldn't summon Aeons anymore!).
- Yep, that's right! - Rikku said with enthusiasm as she saw Yuna getting with her moral up again.
Soon everyone was already wake and doing all kinds of things: Wakka was organizing the stuff they had accumulated during the Pilgrimage (some items like potions, ethers, spheres, maps, etc.), Rikku was entertained with some machina, Lulu wasn't in the main room and Kimahri was just watching everything that alert pose he always has. But there was something missing... Tidus was missing. He used to help Wakka with the item's organization, or watched with curiosity Rikku as she fixed her machinas, or messed around with Lulu, and Yuna... she tried not to think about it and focused on what she was doing.
After lunch they started to work on a speech Yuna would say to the people of Spira on the next day. They did the text and decided that the best place so say it was in Luca's Blitzball Stadium. This lasted for the entire day and at the end of the day everyone went to their bed rooms to rest after a day of work.
No one dared to talk directly about Tidus, although his absence was disturbing to everyone in different ways.
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Someone knocked in Yuna's bed room door.
- Come in...
Lulu entered the room and saw Yuna lying on her bed; not like she was going to sleep, it looked like she couldn't sleep actually. Yuna stood a few seconds with her eyes on the ceiling until she directed them to Lulu.
- What's up?...
- I just wanted to make sure you were okay.
Yuna directed his eyes again to the ceiling, and said after a few seconds:
- Yeah. I already told you could stop worrying about me, I'm fine.
- No you're not. How can you?
Yuna didn't answer.
- Yuna, we all saw you and Tidus on the deck, we already got that you and him were more than just friends.
- What's your point, Lulu?... - All the day Yuna tried not to bring Tidus to conversation, and now Lulu was with her just to talk about him?
- My point is: I know what is like to lose someone you love, and I'm sure you are not okay. I admire the strength you had today to face the day as you did...
- What did you expect me to do? To close myself here and cry all day? - Yuna interrupted her; the voice tone she used to say this left Lulu confused. She seemed angry and sad at the same time - I can't do that; if I do, I think I'd go insane.
- I know, but I still admire the way you are dealing with this. But I'm sure you aren't as fine as you look like; you have this talent to hide your feelings very well...
Yuna didn't move her eyes out of the ceiling. She didn't move any part of her body at all; like she was in deep thought. Lulu wasn't sure if she was still listening to her, but continued.
- If you think you can't say the speech tomorrow, that's okay; I understand and I'll talk to the others to...
- No! - In a sudden, Yuna sat up in the bed's border. Her eyes were now on Lulu's - I will do it. I don't care how I feel right now, I'll do it. Even if it hurts, I must... if I don't do it now, who knows when?... If I don't have enough strength now, I will never have it... - Her eyes were now shining with the tears she was trying to hold - Yes, it hurts a lot not having him here, and I'm always thinking of him, even if I don't appear like I'm doing it. Tomorrow's speech... will end this chapter of my life. I don't know what am I going to do after that, but I don't care right now. I just want to end this...
Tears were now rolling on Yuna's face. "The end of this chapter". For her, that speech would mean the end of the Pilgrimage. She was convicted that, after that, she would start a new life, without Sin, ... and without him.
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He was as scared as confused. He had no idea about where he was, or how he had got there. He wasn't even sure if he was anywhere; he was supposed to be dead after all. But what scared him the most was that he couldn't see anything: no colours, no shadows, no light, no darkness.
Nothing at all.
End of Chapter 3
I have this chapter since 3 days ago but could't post it because of my stupid Internet provider... mad face ggrrr...
But, hey!, I got my first review! And I didn't have to beg for reviews like... 90 of the fics I read around here... Anyway, It's good to know that there is someone out there who is reading and enjoying this fic D
I'm already writting the fourth chapter, so I should post it in a couple of days or so... this is, if my Internet provider doesn't crash again of course --'
