Love Of The Warrior
Ch 4: Broken Heart All Over
Somehow Rikku was the first to wake up; she rubbed her sleepy eyes, feeling good to have gotten to sleep in for once. She looked around and realized she was the only one awake. Getting out of bed she went to Paine's bed side, planning how to get pay back for their last wrestling confrontation. She leaned in close to get a closer look, but the blanket was pulled to high, she went to grab it to pull it away but just then a hand closed around her waist in a quick flash, Rikku jerked and a small shriek escaped her lips. Paine flung out of bed and glared down at Rikku, knowing what she was trying.
"Rikku, you wanna get hurt that bad?"
"Nope, I was just trying to cover you up, the blanket had moved." Rikku lied, trying to pull her arm back. Paine smirked, knowing it was a lie and decided to let her go. She walked over to Yuna's bed, looking at her sleeping form, just as she was going to gently wake her up, Rikku jumped on the bed, bouncing around, and causing Yuna to awake. Yuna's hand reached behind her head and grabbed her pillow and flung it at Rikku, who got caught right in the face with it, she grabbed it and threw herself on her older cousin and started hitting her with it. Paine quickly saw this pillow fight getting fun and saw a chance to get close to Yuna unnoticed so she grabbed a pillow as well and began to hit at both the girls. Feathers began to fly and Rikku and Yuna giggles as Paine simply laughed out loud. When Rikku hit Yuna hard enough, the brunette fell backwards off the bed, Paine continued to whack Rikku until she fell purposely where Yuna had, falling right on top of her. Before Rikku could even realize what had happened Paine smashed her lips to Yuna's but only for a second, then pulled back and began to hit the surprised girl, who never saw that kiss or the hit coming. Rikku kept laughing as she jumped on Paine's back, hitting her in the head, so the warrior got up and jumped onto her back on the bed, knocking the breath out of Rikku, her face was so read, but they all knew it was from the laughing. Like a dead bug, she lay on her back with arms still kind of up as she let go of Paine who just tuned and laughed, then just as she was about to hit with her pillow again she got hit in the side by a sneaky Yuna, who pushed her on the bed next to Rikku, jumped on top of her, straddled her hips and continued to hit her, laughing as she did it but also grinding her hips with Paine's at the same time, but Rikku didn't notice because she was laughing too hard. Finally, being completely out of breath and all red in the face, Yuna rolled off her lover, as she laid between her and Rikku, catching their breath.
"Good morning to you guys too" Yuna said, realizing this was the first that happened as she had woken up. "That was fun" without looking over, the summoner's hand searched for Paine's hand, and finally found it, locking their fingers together. They all lay there in silence for a while, catching their breath, suddenly they heard snoring next to them, Rikku got so worked up she fell asleep. Paine brought Yuna's hand up to her lips and kissed it lightly. Yuna stared at Paine's face as she looked up from her hand into those eyes of blue and green. A soft smile came across both of their faces. They dared, with a sleeping thief next to them, to lean in and kiss softly. It was only meant to last a second, but once their skin touched, a fire started that neither could ever put out without feeding it first. Paine turned onto her side, lifting herself up with her elbow and came back down to Yuna's lips. Yuna's fingernails grazed across Paine's neck and then pulled her closer. Paine's hand dragged itself from Yuna's cheek down to her stomach. Their lip separated and Paine put her mouth right next to Yuna's ear to whisper lightly.
"You know, if you're cousin wasn't right there I wouldn't have to stop myself like this. I just wanna let go and be the lover I know I can be for you. Your body is so tempting all the time, no matter what you, it's not even fair."
"Don't even worry about her" Yuna said temptingly, and Paine could not resist, she kissed beneath her ear, going down along her neck until she got right where her shoulder began and bit down lightly, feeling a very small amount of blood come out she sucked on it, knowing it would leave a mark, but with all the fighting they had been doing that week you could easily put it off. Nobody would even notice. Yuna was surprised as she felt a small amount of pain, but it was quickly forgotten when she felt such pleasure. Rikku stirred in her sleep, rolling over to have her back to them. Both at first thought she was waking up, but then when she moved Paine crushed Yuna's lips with hers again, biting on her lower lip. Yuna giggled softly at this side of Paine she never saw before. Yuna's hands grabbed the bottom of Paine's shirt and pulled it over her head. Her hands ran over the slight build on the younger womans stomach. Paine loved Yuna's hands on her, it felt so natural…so right. Then Yuna's hands went around to her back and pulled her on top of her. Her full weight on her, but it wasn't crushing, it was just perfect. Her hands went from the back up to the shoulders and tangled in her soft silver hair. She pulled on it, making Paine's head pull up, and then she placed kisses on her neck. Paine enjoyed this so much.
"Who would've thought you'd be so demanding Yuna" she pointed out quietly.
"Well…my dear…Paine…" she released her strong hold on her hair and let her lips return to hers. "I have…changed a lot…from the…summoner…I used to be…I have needs" Her voice sounded so seductive as she said this.
"Well, I'll just…have to help…you with that" Without another warning though, Paine got off of Yuna, grabbing the shirt she had discarded. Yuna sat up, disappointed
"Why'd you do that?"
"Because I just love leaving you hanging like that…no I just feel like this sleeping monster will awake soon and if I hadn't stopped…" After putting her shirt on she bent over to have their noses almost touching, their lips only inches apart. "I wouldn't have been able to stop. And I don't think your cousin would like to wake up to you screaming out my name my love" she planted a quick kiss on her lips and turned, and just as she thought, Rikku stirred again and got up.
"Whoa…did I fall asleep? Oops, how long was I out?"
"Not long enough" Yuna said, Paine busted out laughing at this, Rikku was so confused and lost she threw the remains of a torn and broken pillow at the warrior. Then she got up, and went to the bathroom. They all got ready, leaving in thirty minutes. Upon arriving back to the ship, they had Buddy put the table where it belonged and then Brother had a "meeting" with them on the bridge
"Ahem…Gullwings. Okay this week was hard, and I am so exhausted from it all" when he said this Paine gave a evil look at him. 'Exhausting…all he does is sit in here.' "So I am glad to tell you I want to give you the day off, we are going to the beach on Besaid. We will be there in about ten minutes. And then Yuna…you can show me that sexy body on the beach" Yuna ignored his comment, but Paine took a step forward, immediately he brought his hands over his face, trying to protect himself.
"You disgust me, she's your cousin, and besides, she's never going to want you, not even in her dreams. And in case you forgot, she's taken" Yuna seemed to freeze completely, she was shocked, why was Paine telling them. Everyone seemed confused; there was a long quiet pause. "Remember why she even joined the Gullwings? She wanted to find Tidus, he still has her heart, and you can't take that Brother." With each of the last five words she pushed him backwards, emphasizing every word. He grew quiet, then the girls headed up to get changed for the beach. Rikku was for once the fastest, being really excited about a beach party. She even grabbed a radio to take with them for some music. Then they all went down. Paine adored Yuna's beach body, it was so perfect. Upon getting to the beach, they all put their towels down, Rikku went and put her feet in the small waves to test the water, it must have been warm because she didn't jump when it went up to her knee. Coming back she turned on the radio, turning it really loud and began to dance suddenly. Usually not how you usually started when going to the beach but that was Rikku, totally unpredictable. Yuna went to join her. At first they were a few feet apart, but after a while, Paine realized that they were right on each other, but it was ok, they were family, if Paine joined suddenly it would cause suspicion, she never danced, especially not all over someone else, though no one knew she was one hell of a dancer. She just watched the two girls dance and laugh, suddenly she realized that she was getting really turned on by how provocative Yuna was dancing, she must have been doing that on purpose because her eyes were glued to Paine, and whose were concentrated on her as well. Finally the boys arrived, totally destroying the party when Brother tried to join the girls, not being able to dance at all and just being an idiot. The music continues to play, but now the girls went to their towels, maybe Paine would gain one shade of color, though she doubted it. The rest of the beach party wasn't much of a party but it was better than stupid missions. When the sun started to go down, they packed up and went to the village to visit Lulu, since she hadn't really seen Yuna since the near death experience. She was really glad to see her okay, but a little pink from the sun, it would be gone in the morning though. As the village came out to greet their local hero, at the entrance of the village a rather loud commotion was starting. Wakka was coming up to them with a blonde in a headlock.
"What took ya so long ya? We've been worried sick over you." As Wakka released his hold a tan young man stood in front of him. It was who Yuna never wanted to see again. She froze, as did everyone else, but Rikku of course. She ran up to him and hugged him.
"Oh my god! Tidus! You're finally back" She said, but then realized that his eyes were glued to Yuna. Paine stood off to the side; her eyes seemed to be glowing on fire. She could not hate this man anymore. He took a few steps towards Yuna, who still wouldn't move.
"Yuna…It's me, I'm back" he thought she was scared. She shook her head, not knowing what to do. The feelings she had discarded of so easily when Paine came to her, quickly came back, not as strong, but they were there. Though her love for Paine was stronger, and she knew she was the one she wanted to be with, but how to handle this. He embraced her tightly, but she still didn't move. "It's okay, I'm finally back" he said. Then he pulled back and kissed her, she didn't know what to do, so she just stood there, but with everyone watching she had to do what she was meant to do, she brought herself to kiss him back. The village cried out and rejoiced. They began a fire immediately to celebrate this. When they pulled apart Yuna still had a frozen expression, she glanced over to her fellow Gullwings. All of them had smiles on their faces, even Brother, except Paine. She had such anger on her face Yuna took a step back, feeling as though Paine would lash out.
"I don't believe we've met before…I'm Paine" She extended her hand to Tidus, who gratefully shook it.
"Hey, I'm Tidus. How do you know Yuna?" He asked curiously.
'Because I love her more than you' was what she thought but didn't say. "We…umm..work together" Paine said as she glanced at Yuna, who had a tear run down her face. Turning her attention back to Tidus she decided to give him a piece of her mind. "You know, just in hope of finding you, we saved the world again, we almost died, I almost had to die for someone I didn't know, I did it because of Yuna. It was what she wanted more than anything so I have to tell you this. You do one thing wrong, you hurt her, I WILL hurt you, I'll send you right back where you came from, even if it kills me. I won't see Yuna hurt again like she was for over two years." With that Paine took off, not even looking at Yuna's reaction. Tidus was surprised; he did not expect such hostility from someone that Yuna associated with. He turned to her.
"What was that about?"
"She's…she just is really protective" Yuna said avoiding his ocean blue eyes. The night was spent celebrating his return; though Yuna only wanted to run to Paine and tell her she did not want him. The entire night she was stuck at his side, unable to get away and unable to even talk to him. When it came time to retire for the night Tidus brought her into the tent they would be staying in together, with just one bed. He sat down on the bed and looked at her. "Tidus…I need to go and talk to Paine, I'll be back" He stood up to give her a quick kiss, at the last second Yuna turned her head so he kissed her cheek. She turned and got out, seeing her companion near the ember logs, they only glowed, the fire had died down. "Paine…" she said calmly, though she was scared to face her now. The warrior turned slightly to face her.
"Look Yuna, you got what you wanted for years. He's the reason you joined the Gullwings. What we had was just to keep you happy. I couldn't stand seeing you like that, but I never thought we could make it last. You are the high summoner, you are looked up at, if a woman stood next to you nobody would see you the same, but the guardian that risked his life for you to survive, if he was next to you, everyone would be happy. So you see, it's either all of Spira unhappy or just me. You should be happy; I'm doing you a favor. You don't have to worry about what to do; I'm making the decision for you. Now go and sleep, we have to go to a club tomorrow, we haven't done that in a long time" Paine said with a grim expression on her face the whole time. She put her hand on her cheek for a second, just as Yuna leaned into the caress; she pulled away and walked away. Yuna was stunned, but managed to walk back to the hut she was forced to stay in. She found Tidus already lying there, seemingly asleep. She laid down a the edge of the bed, but it did not take long for his arm to reach over her waist and pull her closer. She cried herself to sleep that night
I know it's a bit short, but its just kinda getting ready for the next chapter, I was gonna put it all in one but I found this a good point to stop at. Tell me what you think.