Yuna awoke suddenly from her dream.
She looked up at the ceiling of her hut.
Or at least it had to be a dream.
Tidus coming back from 1000 years in the past?
How? It just couldn't have happened.
"There is no way." Yuna said out loud.
"No way what?" A voice said from the shadows on the other side of the room. "No way that I could be here? No way that I could stay here forever? No way that I love you? Because you would be wrong on all three."
Yuna started shaking. There was no way…. There was no way…. She knew the voice…. It just wasn't possible.
"WAKKA!!!" Yuna screamed. She yelled as loud as she could. Wakka came running in a seconds later. "Wakka," she said, "On the count of three, we turn on the lights, ok? One, Two," "THREE!!" the voice from the other side of the room yelled. The lights snapped on a split second later. There stood Tidus, his deep blue eyes staring into Yuna's individually colored ones. "You miss me?" he asked.
Wakka's shocked expression summed it all up. "Tidus? Is dat you man?" he asked. "You're not surprised, are you?" asked Tidus, with a smirk on his face. Wakka couldn't help but smile.
"Ya man, I really am." He said. Tidus walked over to Yuna's bed. "Wakka…" he said, "Could you give us some..Time?"
"Ya, Ya" said Wakka, as he tripped over his own feet as he turned around. As he walked out he turned around. "Eh, I'll be talking to Lulu if you need me. Assuming she doesn't have a Heart Attack when I tell he that you're back, Tidus."
Tidus sat down on the edge of Yuna's bed. " I could have sworn that you said, "I LOVE YOU" before I disappeared." He said with another all knowing grin.
"That is because I do" she said, tears pouring from her eyes. "I thought I had lost you forever. I thought I would never be able to see you again." She said, not even trying to control her tears. She buried her head in Tidus' chest and cried.
Tidus put his hand on the back of her head and cried with her. They cried for the loss, for the pain, for the misery of being without each other, for wanting to be with each other, and for the joy of their wishes being granted. Tidus slowly rocked back and forth with Yuna in his arms.
Yuna lifted her head and looked deeply into Tidus' eyes. "I never want to be without you ever again." She said. He looked back into her eyes remembering the first time he saw Yuna, in the temple.
"I have something for you" said Tidus. " I bought it when I was here before. I hid it when I found out what I really was, so that I could get it when I returned….I knew I would return someday…."
Tidus grabbed a small shimmering ring out of his pocket. " I love you and want to be with you always." He said with a huge grin. "Will you make me the happiest man ever?"
Yuna quickly gasped and covered her mouth with her hand. Tidus could see a small smile forming. He reached up and wiped away the tears she had shed earlier. He leaned forward and kissed her cheek.
Yuna placed her hand on Tidus' shoulder and pulled him close to her. "On one condition" she whispered in her ear. "What's that?" he whispered into her ear. He turned his head and kissed her cheek again.
"Never leave me again, no matter what" she said. He pulled away from her, once again looking into her eyes, giving her a quizzical look. "Why would I ever want to leave you? You mean more to me than anyone has ever meant to me before." Yuna looked down at the pendant Tidus was wearing. "You wouldn't" she said. She leaned forward again and kissed Tidus. Like they had That night in the Macalania woods. She never wanted this moment to end.
They slowly parted lips after a few moments. She turned her gaze back into his eyes. Yuna took her hand and placed it in his. "Yes" she said. Tidus took the ring and placed it on her finger. "I will always love you" they both said at the same time.
Yuna leaned back and laid back down on her bed. She turned her head and looked at him. "Go tell the others and hurry back. I want you where I can see you." She said as she giggled.
Tidus looked at her as he stood up. "I'll be right back." He said. He kissed her again. "I promise." He turned and began walking out of the hut. He turned back to look at her. "Oh" he said, "If you need me, just whistle." Tidus left.
Yuna reached up and turned off the light near her bed. She closed her eyes and drifted back to sleep, thinking of Tidus.
She looked up at the ceiling of her hut.
Or at least it had to be a dream.
Tidus coming back from 1000 years in the past?
How? It just couldn't have happened.
"There is no way." Yuna said out loud.
"No way what?" A voice said from the shadows on the other side of the room. "No way that I could be here? No way that I could stay here forever? No way that I love you? Because you would be wrong on all three."
Yuna started shaking. There was no way…. There was no way…. She knew the voice…. It just wasn't possible.
"WAKKA!!!" Yuna screamed. She yelled as loud as she could. Wakka came running in a seconds later. "Wakka," she said, "On the count of three, we turn on the lights, ok? One, Two," "THREE!!" the voice from the other side of the room yelled. The lights snapped on a split second later. There stood Tidus, his deep blue eyes staring into Yuna's individually colored ones. "You miss me?" he asked.
Wakka's shocked expression summed it all up. "Tidus? Is dat you man?" he asked. "You're not surprised, are you?" asked Tidus, with a smirk on his face. Wakka couldn't help but smile.
"Ya man, I really am." He said. Tidus walked over to Yuna's bed. "Wakka…" he said, "Could you give us some..Time?"
"Ya, Ya" said Wakka, as he tripped over his own feet as he turned around. As he walked out he turned around. "Eh, I'll be talking to Lulu if you need me. Assuming she doesn't have a Heart Attack when I tell he that you're back, Tidus."
Tidus sat down on the edge of Yuna's bed. " I could have sworn that you said, "I LOVE YOU" before I disappeared." He said with another all knowing grin.
"That is because I do" she said, tears pouring from her eyes. "I thought I had lost you forever. I thought I would never be able to see you again." She said, not even trying to control her tears. She buried her head in Tidus' chest and cried.
Tidus put his hand on the back of her head and cried with her. They cried for the loss, for the pain, for the misery of being without each other, for wanting to be with each other, and for the joy of their wishes being granted. Tidus slowly rocked back and forth with Yuna in his arms.
Yuna lifted her head and looked deeply into Tidus' eyes. "I never want to be without you ever again." She said. He looked back into her eyes remembering the first time he saw Yuna, in the temple.
"I have something for you" said Tidus. " I bought it when I was here before. I hid it when I found out what I really was, so that I could get it when I returned….I knew I would return someday…."
Tidus grabbed a small shimmering ring out of his pocket. " I love you and want to be with you always." He said with a huge grin. "Will you make me the happiest man ever?"
Yuna quickly gasped and covered her mouth with her hand. Tidus could see a small smile forming. He reached up and wiped away the tears she had shed earlier. He leaned forward and kissed her cheek.
Yuna placed her hand on Tidus' shoulder and pulled him close to her. "On one condition" she whispered in her ear. "What's that?" he whispered into her ear. He turned his head and kissed her cheek again.
"Never leave me again, no matter what" she said. He pulled away from her, once again looking into her eyes, giving her a quizzical look. "Why would I ever want to leave you? You mean more to me than anyone has ever meant to me before." Yuna looked down at the pendant Tidus was wearing. "You wouldn't" she said. She leaned forward again and kissed Tidus. Like they had That night in the Macalania woods. She never wanted this moment to end.
They slowly parted lips after a few moments. She turned her gaze back into his eyes. Yuna took her hand and placed it in his. "Yes" she said. Tidus took the ring and placed it on her finger. "I will always love you" they both said at the same time.
Yuna leaned back and laid back down on her bed. She turned her head and looked at him. "Go tell the others and hurry back. I want you where I can see you." She said as she giggled.
Tidus looked at her as he stood up. "I'll be right back." He said. He kissed her again. "I promise." He turned and began walking out of the hut. He turned back to look at her. "Oh" he said, "If you need me, just whistle." Tidus left.
Yuna reached up and turned off the light near her bed. She closed her eyes and drifted back to sleep, thinking of Tidus.