XVI: Reunion
Yuna stood facing the ocean. She raised her hand to her mouth and whistled. 'I wonder if you can hear me at the farplane,' she thought as she gazed into the empty waves before her, aching to see him again.
Tidus raced frantically through the woods. Searching every dark path... then he heard a whistle. "It's her." He followed the sound past the falls where he saw her standing by the ocean. He stopped for a minute just to look at her... to feast his eyes on her beauty once again. She looked radiant in the moonlight. Raising her hand to her mouth, she whistled one more time. Tidus walked closer. "I'm right here," he said softly, as the breeze carried his words to her ears.
Yuna heard his voice and her heart started beating faster. 'It can't be,' she thought. She turned around and he was there. His white shirt and platinum hair were shining in the full moon's light. He looked like an angel. "You can't be real," she said with a quiver in her voice.
Tidus took a step closer. "Yuna. They sent me back. They sent me to be with you."
Yuna's eyes began to water. All her pain came rushing back. She missed him so much. All she wanted was to run to him... to touch him. Her body in shock, yearning to hold him, but she couldn't move. Her legs began to tremble and she fell to her knees in the sand. Tidus ran to her and knelt down before her. He put his hands on her waist and pulled her close. Yuna touched his arm… and then she touched his face. "You're really here," she said with tears in her eyes. She wrapped her arms around his neck and they held each other. "I'll never let you go," she said to him.
"Yuna? There's something I never got to say to you." He held her body tightly against his, and whispered in her ear, "I love you." He took her face in his hands and kissed her. There on the beach of the tiny island of Besaid, kneeling in the sand, they dissolved into each other's arms. As they kissed, Yuna had tears streaming down her face from the pain of thinking she would never see him again. Tidus held her so close that he could feel her heartbeat.
Yuna kissed him softly; the tears on her cheeks wet his nose. She touched his hair, his shoulders, and his face, afraid that if she stopped touching him, his body would disappear. She stopped kissing him for a moment to look at his handsome face, inches from her own. Her lips smiled, her eyes regained the twinkle that had faded when he left. They were still kneeling, their bodies pressed together, and their arms desperately embracing each other.
"They'll come looking for us," Tidus said, one of his hands cradling her small waist. Yuna looked around at the beautiful moonlit beach, and heard the sound of water all around them. She looked into his bright blue eyes.
"I don't care," she said, and pushed him back into the sand. She fell forward and climbed up on top of him. "I don't want to go anywhere," she said as she kissed him again. Her soft brown hair fell down around his face. Tidus slipped his hand underneath the yellow ribbon tied around her waist. It came loose, and fell to the ground beside them. "Are you back for good?" she asked him.
"I think so." He said as he rolled her onto her back and propped himself up on an elbow. He leaned over her; his fingertips caressed her exposed midriff. Her white skin glowed in the moonlight.
"I think I would die if you ever left me again."
"Yuna, it killed me to leave you. Don't you believe that?" Tidus took his hand off her stomach, and laid down on his back. He felt terrible that he had to leave her, but it wasn't like he had any choice in the matter. "I watched you cry from the farplane." He whispered tenderly.
"I'm sorry... don't be mad... please." she said as she grabbed his hand and squeezed it.
"I couldn't be mad at you." He got back up onto one elbow and leaned down giving her a kiss.
"You stopped." Yuna said as she placed his hand underneath her shirt on her stomach. "I liked that."
"I like it too." Tidus resumed rubbing her velvet skin.
The two of them laid on the sandy beach all night. They talked for a long time, and then kissed some more. They rolled around in the sand, hugging, kissing, and touching each other for hours. Their hair was tousled and it wasn't long before their clothes were in complete disarray. Tidus's shirt was lying in the sand beside him, and Yuna's boots were thrown somewhere near the water. Her yellow bow was untied and lying underneath her, matted into the sand, and her shirt had come loose, partially falling off her shoulder. Their kisses became more intense as they lay together underneath the stars. The waves at their toes... the moonlight on their skin... they lost track of time.
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This isn't the end... not by far.
Please keep reading.
Yuna stood facing the ocean. She raised her hand to her mouth and whistled. 'I wonder if you can hear me at the farplane,' she thought as she gazed into the empty waves before her, aching to see him again.
Tidus raced frantically through the woods. Searching every dark path... then he heard a whistle. "It's her." He followed the sound past the falls where he saw her standing by the ocean. He stopped for a minute just to look at her... to feast his eyes on her beauty once again. She looked radiant in the moonlight. Raising her hand to her mouth, she whistled one more time. Tidus walked closer. "I'm right here," he said softly, as the breeze carried his words to her ears.
Yuna heard his voice and her heart started beating faster. 'It can't be,' she thought. She turned around and he was there. His white shirt and platinum hair were shining in the full moon's light. He looked like an angel. "You can't be real," she said with a quiver in her voice.
Tidus took a step closer. "Yuna. They sent me back. They sent me to be with you."
Yuna's eyes began to water. All her pain came rushing back. She missed him so much. All she wanted was to run to him... to touch him. Her body in shock, yearning to hold him, but she couldn't move. Her legs began to tremble and she fell to her knees in the sand. Tidus ran to her and knelt down before her. He put his hands on her waist and pulled her close. Yuna touched his arm… and then she touched his face. "You're really here," she said with tears in her eyes. She wrapped her arms around his neck and they held each other. "I'll never let you go," she said to him.
"Yuna? There's something I never got to say to you." He held her body tightly against his, and whispered in her ear, "I love you." He took her face in his hands and kissed her. There on the beach of the tiny island of Besaid, kneeling in the sand, they dissolved into each other's arms. As they kissed, Yuna had tears streaming down her face from the pain of thinking she would never see him again. Tidus held her so close that he could feel her heartbeat.
Yuna kissed him softly; the tears on her cheeks wet his nose. She touched his hair, his shoulders, and his face, afraid that if she stopped touching him, his body would disappear. She stopped kissing him for a moment to look at his handsome face, inches from her own. Her lips smiled, her eyes regained the twinkle that had faded when he left. They were still kneeling, their bodies pressed together, and their arms desperately embracing each other.
"They'll come looking for us," Tidus said, one of his hands cradling her small waist. Yuna looked around at the beautiful moonlit beach, and heard the sound of water all around them. She looked into his bright blue eyes.
"I don't care," she said, and pushed him back into the sand. She fell forward and climbed up on top of him. "I don't want to go anywhere," she said as she kissed him again. Her soft brown hair fell down around his face. Tidus slipped his hand underneath the yellow ribbon tied around her waist. It came loose, and fell to the ground beside them. "Are you back for good?" she asked him.
"I think so." He said as he rolled her onto her back and propped himself up on an elbow. He leaned over her; his fingertips caressed her exposed midriff. Her white skin glowed in the moonlight.
"I think I would die if you ever left me again."
"Yuna, it killed me to leave you. Don't you believe that?" Tidus took his hand off her stomach, and laid down on his back. He felt terrible that he had to leave her, but it wasn't like he had any choice in the matter. "I watched you cry from the farplane." He whispered tenderly.
"I'm sorry... don't be mad... please." she said as she grabbed his hand and squeezed it.
"I couldn't be mad at you." He got back up onto one elbow and leaned down giving her a kiss.
"You stopped." Yuna said as she placed his hand underneath her shirt on her stomach. "I liked that."
"I like it too." Tidus resumed rubbing her velvet skin.
The two of them laid on the sandy beach all night. They talked for a long time, and then kissed some more. They rolled around in the sand, hugging, kissing, and touching each other for hours. Their hair was tousled and it wasn't long before their clothes were in complete disarray. Tidus's shirt was lying in the sand beside him, and Yuna's boots were thrown somewhere near the water. Her yellow bow was untied and lying underneath her, matted into the sand, and her shirt had come loose, partially falling off her shoulder. Their kisses became more intense as they lay together underneath the stars. The waves at their toes... the moonlight on their skin... they lost track of time.
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This isn't the end... not by far.
Please keep reading.