X: Goodnight
Wakka stood in the shadows of his hut and watched Lulu sitting by the fire. Alone... probably thinking about what it was that made her so sad earlier. 'I should go to her,' he thought, but he couldn't find the courage. What ever made her sad… she told Yuna; not him. Wakka couldn't help but feel a little betrayed. She didn't want him to know. He thought they told each other everything… everything but this.
Yuna started to enter her own hut. She was exhausted after a long and eventful day. In the corner of her eye, she saw Wakka watching over Lulu. He looked concerned. Yuna saw the love in Wakka's eyes. 'He does love her… I knew it.' Yuna met him by the hut and they watched her together.
"I'm worried," Wakka confessed.
"Why don't you go over there then? You can't make her feel better from here."
Wakka hesitated. "I don't think she wants to talk to me." He had a look of hurt in his eyes; his head hung sadly.
"Trust me, she does." Yuna pulled him away from the hut and pushed him towards Lulu. Wakka was confused, 'What does that mean?' He began to walk, and then stopped. He looked back at Yuna, and tried to turn around. Yuna shook her head at him, refusing to let him back down. She knew if she could only get the two of them together, the rest would fall into place. He began to walk again. As he got closer, the butterflies in his stomach grew. 'She's my friend,' he thought. 'What's wrong with me?' Wakka took a deep breath and sat down beside her.
"Hey… You okay?" Wakka asked. She looked at him with her dark sorrowful eyes. Lulu saw him every day in Besaid... talking to him sent daggers through her heart. Every time they spoke reminded her of how they would never be together.
When she didn't answer, he became really worried. He reached over and took her hand gently in his. A small tear fell from the corner of her eye. He brushed the tear off her cheek, and his fingers lingered there on her face. Her skin was soft. He never knew that. He pulled her closer and laid her head on his chest, the stubble of his chin tickled her forehead. The warm flames glowed with a bronze light on her skin. 'You're so beautiful, Lu.' He thought.
Lulu's heart danced, her head lying on his strong chest. 'Wakka, if you only knew,' she thought. For a moment she forgot about Chappu. She pretended that Wakka was hers, and that he loved her too. She wanted to tell him so badly, but couldn't find the strength. Instead she squeezed his hand.
Yuna went to bed with a smile on her face. When she looked out of the little window in her room, she could see the two of them holding each other. They sat there together long after Yuna had fallen asleep. Wakka held her there by the warmth fire until she fell asleep in his arms. Then he carried her away to her bed and knelt down on the floor beside her. He pulled the covers up to her chin and watched her sleep. "Lulu, I love you," he whispered under his breath. He leaned near to her face, her soft slumbering breaths kissed his skin. "Goodnight," he whispered and then placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.
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Darcee :)
Wakka stood in the shadows of his hut and watched Lulu sitting by the fire. Alone... probably thinking about what it was that made her so sad earlier. 'I should go to her,' he thought, but he couldn't find the courage. What ever made her sad… she told Yuna; not him. Wakka couldn't help but feel a little betrayed. She didn't want him to know. He thought they told each other everything… everything but this.
Yuna started to enter her own hut. She was exhausted after a long and eventful day. In the corner of her eye, she saw Wakka watching over Lulu. He looked concerned. Yuna saw the love in Wakka's eyes. 'He does love her… I knew it.' Yuna met him by the hut and they watched her together.
"I'm worried," Wakka confessed.
"Why don't you go over there then? You can't make her feel better from here."
Wakka hesitated. "I don't think she wants to talk to me." He had a look of hurt in his eyes; his head hung sadly.
"Trust me, she does." Yuna pulled him away from the hut and pushed him towards Lulu. Wakka was confused, 'What does that mean?' He began to walk, and then stopped. He looked back at Yuna, and tried to turn around. Yuna shook her head at him, refusing to let him back down. She knew if she could only get the two of them together, the rest would fall into place. He began to walk again. As he got closer, the butterflies in his stomach grew. 'She's my friend,' he thought. 'What's wrong with me?' Wakka took a deep breath and sat down beside her.
"Hey… You okay?" Wakka asked. She looked at him with her dark sorrowful eyes. Lulu saw him every day in Besaid... talking to him sent daggers through her heart. Every time they spoke reminded her of how they would never be together.
When she didn't answer, he became really worried. He reached over and took her hand gently in his. A small tear fell from the corner of her eye. He brushed the tear off her cheek, and his fingers lingered there on her face. Her skin was soft. He never knew that. He pulled her closer and laid her head on his chest, the stubble of his chin tickled her forehead. The warm flames glowed with a bronze light on her skin. 'You're so beautiful, Lu.' He thought.
Lulu's heart danced, her head lying on his strong chest. 'Wakka, if you only knew,' she thought. For a moment she forgot about Chappu. She pretended that Wakka was hers, and that he loved her too. She wanted to tell him so badly, but couldn't find the strength. Instead she squeezed his hand.
Yuna went to bed with a smile on her face. When she looked out of the little window in her room, she could see the two of them holding each other. They sat there together long after Yuna had fallen asleep. Wakka held her there by the warmth fire until she fell asleep in his arms. Then he carried her away to her bed and knelt down on the floor beside her. He pulled the covers up to her chin and watched her sleep. "Lulu, I love you," he whispered under his breath. He leaned near to her face, her soft slumbering breaths kissed his skin. "Goodnight," he whispered and then placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.
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Darcee :)