XX: Always
Tidus stood behind Yuna; his arms wrapped around her shoulders. They couldn't see Kimahri's ship anymore, but they watched the ocean together. Tidus held her close, much like the way he held her before he disappeared. Only this time she could feel his strong arms around her. She could feel his skin against hers, and his face buried in the curve of her neck.
"I love you." Tidus whispered in her ear. She reached up to touch his face.
"I love you too, Tidus."
He spun her around to face him. She gazed into his bright blue eyes; they were the color of the sky above them. He took her face in his hands and laid a soft kiss on her lips.
"Yuna?" He said breaking their kiss and drawing her eyes back to his face. "Do you remember that night in Macalania?" She nodded. How could she ever forget that night? "You asked me to stay with you 'till the end, and I told you that I would stay with you always." He took her hands in his, his palms were moist, his heartbeat racing. "I meant it, Yuna." He continued. "I want us to be together always... forever." Yuna watched as he reached into his pocket and pulled out the ring, a thin silver band with a single diamond in the center. He dropped to a knee before her. "Will you marry me?" He asked as he slid the ring onto her slender finger.
Her eyes never moved from his, never even to look at the ring he placed on her hand. "Oh Tidus... yes. Yes, I will marry you." She said as she knelt down with him on the wooden beams. Her eyes were bright with excitement. She leaned forward and kissed him. Her heart fluttered, kissing lips that would be hers to kiss for the rest of her life. Her arms flew around him, and he picked her up, swinging her around in the air.
"I want to tell everyone." Yuna said with excitement in her voice. Zalitz saw the smile on Tidus' face when they returned to town. He knew, but kept quiet. Yuna ran over to where Lulu and Rikku were talking. Zalitz approached Tidus with a smile, and extended his hand to him. "Congratulations, man." Zalitz gave Tidus a hug and they watched as Yuna broke the news to the girls.
Yuna held out her hand before their faces, the diamond twinkling in the sunlight. "I'm getting married." She said proudly. Rikku bounced up from her seat and wrapped her arms around her cousin. Then Rikku ran over to Tidus and hugged him too.
"It's beautiful." Lulu said holding Yuna's hand in hers, admiring the gorgeous ring. Yuna looked down too, and for the first time, she actually looked at the ring on her finger. She'd seen it before. Long long ago.
"Oh my... Tidus. This is..." She said as she remembered. When she was a little girl, she looked at this same ring on her mother's hand. Her mother said, "Someday Yuna, you'll meet a wonderful man, and he'll ask you to be his wife."
Tidus approached his future bride and took her in his arms. "I was wondering when you would notice." Tidus joked.
"But how?" Yuna asked recalling that her mother had died wearing the ring when she was only six years old.
"I met your mother at the farplane." Tidus said holding her closely.
"Mother..." Yuna missed her parents; it had been over ten years since she had seen either of them.
'The farplane?' Zalitz thought as he listened to the happy couple. There was a lot Tidus didn't tell Zalitz. Zalitz didn't say anything; he just kept quiet. He tried to figure out how Tidus could have been at the farplane... trying to no avail. Zalitz made a mental note to ask Tidus about that later.
Leaving his thoughts behind, Zalitz looked up and caught Rikku's gaze. The pretty Al Bhed girl quickly blushed and looked away, trying to pretend she wasn't watching him. Zalitz smiled, and tried to think of something to say to her... some excuse to speak to her. He couldn't think of anything, so he just smiled instead. Rikku smiled too, and then shyly took her gaze to the ground.
'How things change.' Lulu thought as she watched her friends silently. Auron was gone from them now, and Kimahri left this morning. It was only the five of them left now... and a young blue-eyed boy from Luca. She wondered about Zalitz as she watched. 'He seems nice enough,' Lulu thought, '...and Rikku certainly likes him.'
So, what happens now? Do they resume a normal life? What was 'normal' anyways? Yuna hadn't known normal since she was a girl, the daughter of Lord Braska, and now every citizen of Spira spoke her name. Yuna would never experience an ordinary life... and Tidus... his path was much the same.
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Ch. 21 on the way...
Darcee :)
Tidus stood behind Yuna; his arms wrapped around her shoulders. They couldn't see Kimahri's ship anymore, but they watched the ocean together. Tidus held her close, much like the way he held her before he disappeared. Only this time she could feel his strong arms around her. She could feel his skin against hers, and his face buried in the curve of her neck.
"I love you." Tidus whispered in her ear. She reached up to touch his face.
"I love you too, Tidus."
He spun her around to face him. She gazed into his bright blue eyes; they were the color of the sky above them. He took her face in his hands and laid a soft kiss on her lips.
"Yuna?" He said breaking their kiss and drawing her eyes back to his face. "Do you remember that night in Macalania?" She nodded. How could she ever forget that night? "You asked me to stay with you 'till the end, and I told you that I would stay with you always." He took her hands in his, his palms were moist, his heartbeat racing. "I meant it, Yuna." He continued. "I want us to be together always... forever." Yuna watched as he reached into his pocket and pulled out the ring, a thin silver band with a single diamond in the center. He dropped to a knee before her. "Will you marry me?" He asked as he slid the ring onto her slender finger.
Her eyes never moved from his, never even to look at the ring he placed on her hand. "Oh Tidus... yes. Yes, I will marry you." She said as she knelt down with him on the wooden beams. Her eyes were bright with excitement. She leaned forward and kissed him. Her heart fluttered, kissing lips that would be hers to kiss for the rest of her life. Her arms flew around him, and he picked her up, swinging her around in the air.
"I want to tell everyone." Yuna said with excitement in her voice. Zalitz saw the smile on Tidus' face when they returned to town. He knew, but kept quiet. Yuna ran over to where Lulu and Rikku were talking. Zalitz approached Tidus with a smile, and extended his hand to him. "Congratulations, man." Zalitz gave Tidus a hug and they watched as Yuna broke the news to the girls.
Yuna held out her hand before their faces, the diamond twinkling in the sunlight. "I'm getting married." She said proudly. Rikku bounced up from her seat and wrapped her arms around her cousin. Then Rikku ran over to Tidus and hugged him too.
"It's beautiful." Lulu said holding Yuna's hand in hers, admiring the gorgeous ring. Yuna looked down too, and for the first time, she actually looked at the ring on her finger. She'd seen it before. Long long ago.
"Oh my... Tidus. This is..." She said as she remembered. When she was a little girl, she looked at this same ring on her mother's hand. Her mother said, "Someday Yuna, you'll meet a wonderful man, and he'll ask you to be his wife."
Tidus approached his future bride and took her in his arms. "I was wondering when you would notice." Tidus joked.
"But how?" Yuna asked recalling that her mother had died wearing the ring when she was only six years old.
"I met your mother at the farplane." Tidus said holding her closely.
"Mother..." Yuna missed her parents; it had been over ten years since she had seen either of them.
'The farplane?' Zalitz thought as he listened to the happy couple. There was a lot Tidus didn't tell Zalitz. Zalitz didn't say anything; he just kept quiet. He tried to figure out how Tidus could have been at the farplane... trying to no avail. Zalitz made a mental note to ask Tidus about that later.
Leaving his thoughts behind, Zalitz looked up and caught Rikku's gaze. The pretty Al Bhed girl quickly blushed and looked away, trying to pretend she wasn't watching him. Zalitz smiled, and tried to think of something to say to her... some excuse to speak to her. He couldn't think of anything, so he just smiled instead. Rikku smiled too, and then shyly took her gaze to the ground.
'How things change.' Lulu thought as she watched her friends silently. Auron was gone from them now, and Kimahri left this morning. It was only the five of them left now... and a young blue-eyed boy from Luca. She wondered about Zalitz as she watched. 'He seems nice enough,' Lulu thought, '...and Rikku certainly likes him.'
So, what happens now? Do they resume a normal life? What was 'normal' anyways? Yuna hadn't known normal since she was a girl, the daughter of Lord Braska, and now every citizen of Spira spoke her name. Yuna would never experience an ordinary life... and Tidus... his path was much the same.
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Ch. 21 on the way...
Darcee :)