What He Brought Back
Tidus had been on Besaid the entire time since he'd been brought back, he had been content staying there, with Yuna and her closest friends Wakka and Lulu. His days had consisted of waking up to Yuna, spending the morning with her, then in the afternoons he'd go play blitzball with Wakka.
Wakka, through out their original journey, had grown to be like a brother to Tidus, and the young man still felt that connection with the other. Wakka would sometimes pause their blitzing, and grab out some poles to cast into the ocean for some sit down, heart to heart moments with Zanarkand native.
Wakka would talk of fatherhood, how difficult it could be, but how he still enjoyed every moment. "Even when Lu is yelling at me to change a dirty diaper, I'm still happy, ya?" Wakka laughed.
"But seriously though, you two should wait a while, enjoy adventuring some more, before starting a family like me and Lu." He offered his advice to the somewhat embarrassed looking Tidus.
"Hey, that's a long ways off!" Tidus assured his buddy, his tanned cheeks still rosy from feeling out of place and awkward.
"Yeah, yeah. That's what I thought too, now look at me!" Wakka chuckled, reaching out to playfully jab at Tidus in the ribs.
After speaking of fatherhood, Wakka would talk about religion, and how he missed some aspects of it. So many people were upset at the lies they had been fed by Yevon, that even the new religion that was trying to get off its feet and speak truthfully to its followers, was having a rough time. Wakka still wasn't sure he felt like trusting another faith, at least, not yet.
"I wanna believe, I want to have a good reason for going to the temples, for praying again, ya?" He'd get really sad eyed, then they'd sort of sit quietly for a while, holding onto their fishing poles.
"You know, just because Yevon lied, doesn't mean every religions gonna be that way. Weren't there some things you liked, like anything in there about being kind to others? Or treat people how you'd want to be treated?" Tidus had asked, Wakka sorta shrugged.
"Sorta, I guess. They kinda kept feeding us stuff about non believers, and how we're to try and convert them or if it doesn't work, ignore them." Tidus felt annoyed at hearing such trash, but Wakka at least hadn't ignored him just because he didn't believe. It had been luck that Wakka found him first on Besaid, other people might have given up on Tidus just because he didn't believe in their religion.
"Well, maybe another religion will come up that you can put some real faith in." Tidus spent the rest of his late afternoon, catching fish now and then as Wakka only snagged moss and seaweed.
As evening rolled in, the men walked into Besaid with ten fish Tidus had caught. The guys went over to Wakkas home and started preparing the meat, greeting Lulu and the baby as they walked inside.
"Where's Yuna?" Tidus had asked. Lulu said that the girl had gone home, that maybe he should go bring her over.
So, Tidus left the filleting to Wakka and headed over to find his girlfriend. He quietly entered the home and searched around, she wasn't in the living room, so he entered the bedroom.
Their bed chamber was equally empty, Tidus noticed the case Yuna kept her old summoner rod in was empty. That was odd, why was she playing around with that thing?
"Why indeed." His voice spoke out loud, coming out in a cool, smooth manner.
Tidus, at least, the physical body of Tidus moved out of the home and towards the temple. His eyes held a flat, cold look to them, his face plain and neutral as he walked towards Besaid temple.
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Yuna had been inside the chamber of the fayth. Sure, it had a huge hole in the middle of the floor, but she could still practice her sending dance along the edges. For her, this place was a solitary, safe place to practice her private dancing. She was trying to remember all the steps, and was having a hard time getting the last bit. She had been working for hours in here, she could feel the sweat at the back of her neck, her tank top was sticking to her back grossly. She'd certainly need a shower after this exercise...
"Yuna." Her name was spoken, but it was a cold tone of voice, familiar yet not.
"What are you doing?" She turned towards the door and gazed at her awaiting lover. His eyes were different, they held that coolness to them that she didn't care for. An almost arrogance in those eyes, something Tidus never had.
"I was just exercising." She cooly spoke towards the other, standing there and eyeing his expression. The man smiled, almost as if he knew she was fibbing.
"Of course you were." He started to walk towards her, making the young woman tense up.
"We really should get going, I'm sure people are wondering where I've been." Yuna spoke, trying to move around him, towards the exit. He reached out a hand and had her against the wall, near the door.
"They can wait, I've missed seeing you today." He had both hands on her now, one at her shoulder, and once cupping her right cheek.
Slowly, his head bent down, and with a triumphant smile he claimed her lips. Yuna felt cool ice against her as he kissed, his lips moving slowly as if...exploring her. As he kissed her, she felt her body slowly loosening, her mind strangely fogging. Why had she been tense before?
His hand on her cheek went lower, brushing her collar bone, his fingers gliding past her breast. His hands slunk down until he reached her clasped one, the hand that held her rod. As he continued to kiss her, her mind staying in a foggy way, he gently removed the rod from her. With a flick of his wrist, he casually tossed the rod, without her noticing, into the big black hole where the Fayth statue had once been.
Carefully he moved back, capturing her eyes with his own, "Come, dinner is waiting." He took her hand and led her from the chamber, her mind not even taking note that her rod was no longer within her grasp. She followed him like a lost child, happily clinging to his hand as he led her all the way back outside the temple, to the home of Wakka and Lulu.
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