//...//~Tidus' thoughts...
~Promise~
~Broken~
Thinking of her...It hurts whenever my thoughts wandered back to her. She
was my best friend. Maybe even more than that. So, typically, it probably hurt me
most when I found out she had moved out of Luca. But it hurt even more the way I
found out.
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"Hey, Wakka!" I called. The tall orange-haired boy turned around.
"Hey, Tidus!" greeted Wakka, his voice thick with a Besaidian accent. I
grinned. Every summer he went to Besaid Island and would come back with a thicker
accent each year.
"Wakka, have you seen Yuna?" I asked. Wakka gave me a strange look.
"Yuna? Didn't she move? Why would she still be here, ya?" asked Wakka.
"Huh? I thought she changed her mind! ...Didn't she?"
"Well, then why'd she have that party yesterday, ya? She looked pretty sad,
brudda," said Wakka.
"Party?" I asked. I wasn't invited to any party.
"Ya! You wasn't invited? Why would Yuna do something like that, ya?"
pondered Wakka. Someone tapped my shoulder.
"Yu-" It was Lulu.
"...I went by Yuna's house this morning. She and her father were packing up
their thin-" I didn't hear the rest of Lulu's sentence. I ran as fast as I can, my heart
pumping rapidly.
//She can't be leaving! She never said anything about moving!// I remember
thinking. When I reached her house, I stopped breathing.
"No...NO!!!" Her house...Her house was abandoned! I looked in the windows
for any sign of life, but there was none. I collapsed to my knees.
"...Why? Why did you leave? Why didn't you tell me!? Yuna..."
[*][*][*][*]
I remembered how everything inside me hurt so much. I wouldn't talk, eat, or
sleep for awhile. I didn't realize why at the time. It took me a couple of months to
figure out that I loved Yuna. I still do.
That was when I was 15. Six years have passed and my feelings for her
haven't. Imagine how surprised I was to see her again...
[*][*][*][*]
When my father left, my mother was so heart-broken. She used to sit by the
window, hoping to see him walk into the driveway with a smile, but he never did. I
would try everything to cheer her up and distract her, but she would always smile
weakly and turned back to the window. That was probably when I started hating my
father. I blamed my father for every misfortune that happened to me, like when my
mother left to find Jecht.
"I'll be back soon, I promise Tidus," she had said. She had called a friend of
the family, Auron, to take care of me. She never did come back. Yevon, I was only
eight at the time! But Yuna was there to comfort me. Yuna made most of the pain go
away. But the pain came back when she left. Who's going to be here to help me? So,
I found some comfort in Auron, but he wasn't Yuna.
Auron left too, when I turned 18. He said his homeland, Zanarkand was
calling to him. I blamed Auron's leaving on Jecht too. When I heard Auron was dying,
I immediately packed my things and moved to Zanarkand, too. But I wasn't moving
just because an old friend was ill, I moved for job opportunities, too. I joined the
Zanarkand Abes and immediately became their star player. And then Auron died.
I was invited to the funeral. I knew Wakka and Lulu would be coming too, but
I never expected to see *her* there too.
It was just a couple of months ago. I was walking down the streets of
Zanarkand, searching for a florist shop. That was when I saw her. She smelling some
lilies. When she noticed someone was staring at her, she turned. When she saw me,
she froze. I began to walk towards her; her face held the look of fear.
"...Yuna?" I asked, not believing my eyes. I couldn't believe it! Six years is a
long time. She still looked beautiful. She had cut her hair short, which suited her,
and had grown a little taller.
"Um...Hello, Tidus," she said softly. She looked uncomfortable.
"Yuna..." Silence.
"Yunie! Yunie, come over h--Uh, Yunie, he..." A blonde-haired girl stood next
to Yuna.
"Who's he?" she whispered to Yuna.
"...His name is Tidus..."
"HI!!! I'm Rikku!" greeted the girl.
"Uh, hi Rikku..." I said as Rikku vigourously shook hands with me.
"So...I suppose you're here for Auron's funeral, right?" I asked. Yuna nodded.
"...Then why is she here?" I pointed at Rikku.
"Yunie wants to get married in Zanarkand! And I'm one of her bride's maids!"
informed Rikku.
//MARRIED!?// I thought. //Yuna couldn't get married! Not to another man!
Have you already forgotten our promise...?//
"Hey, are you ok? You look distraught!" said Rikku, looking at me curiously.
Yuna was just staring at the ground. She never even looked at me throughout our
conversation.
//Why won't you look at me?//
"Yuna!" called another voice. A man's voice. He came out of the florist shop.
My eyes widened. He walked over to Yuna and put an arm around her.
"Tidus, this is my fiance..." whispered Yuna.
[*][*][*][*]
Hmmmm...That wasn't much of a cliffhanger...Oh, wellz, at least you readers don't know who Yuna's fiance is! I'll give you a hint though, because I'm such a nice person ^^! His name starts with an 'S'!
This chapter sucked; I think I put too much information in one chapter -.- ;;...If you have any questions though, I'll gladly answer them. This story is going to get really confusing. Oh, yea, before I forget. The first chapter is the present (hence the title of the chapter), this chapter and the chapters after it will go through what happens in the months before the wedding. It will also go through several flashbacks to fill in some blanks. Confused? You'll see as the story progresses... ~Tenshi
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Cassandra~Awwww, thanks! I hope this chapter is long enough for you!
~Promise~
~Broken~
Thinking of her...It hurts whenever my thoughts wandered back to her. She
was my best friend. Maybe even more than that. So, typically, it probably hurt me
most when I found out she had moved out of Luca. But it hurt even more the way I
found out.
[*][*][*][*]
"Hey, Wakka!" I called. The tall orange-haired boy turned around.
"Hey, Tidus!" greeted Wakka, his voice thick with a Besaidian accent. I
grinned. Every summer he went to Besaid Island and would come back with a thicker
accent each year.
"Wakka, have you seen Yuna?" I asked. Wakka gave me a strange look.
"Yuna? Didn't she move? Why would she still be here, ya?" asked Wakka.
"Huh? I thought she changed her mind! ...Didn't she?"
"Well, then why'd she have that party yesterday, ya? She looked pretty sad,
brudda," said Wakka.
"Party?" I asked. I wasn't invited to any party.
"Ya! You wasn't invited? Why would Yuna do something like that, ya?"
pondered Wakka. Someone tapped my shoulder.
"Yu-" It was Lulu.
"...I went by Yuna's house this morning. She and her father were packing up
their thin-" I didn't hear the rest of Lulu's sentence. I ran as fast as I can, my heart
pumping rapidly.
//She can't be leaving! She never said anything about moving!// I remember
thinking. When I reached her house, I stopped breathing.
"No...NO!!!" Her house...Her house was abandoned! I looked in the windows
for any sign of life, but there was none. I collapsed to my knees.
"...Why? Why did you leave? Why didn't you tell me!? Yuna..."
[*][*][*][*]
I remembered how everything inside me hurt so much. I wouldn't talk, eat, or
sleep for awhile. I didn't realize why at the time. It took me a couple of months to
figure out that I loved Yuna. I still do.
That was when I was 15. Six years have passed and my feelings for her
haven't. Imagine how surprised I was to see her again...
[*][*][*][*]
When my father left, my mother was so heart-broken. She used to sit by the
window, hoping to see him walk into the driveway with a smile, but he never did. I
would try everything to cheer her up and distract her, but she would always smile
weakly and turned back to the window. That was probably when I started hating my
father. I blamed my father for every misfortune that happened to me, like when my
mother left to find Jecht.
"I'll be back soon, I promise Tidus," she had said. She had called a friend of
the family, Auron, to take care of me. She never did come back. Yevon, I was only
eight at the time! But Yuna was there to comfort me. Yuna made most of the pain go
away. But the pain came back when she left. Who's going to be here to help me? So,
I found some comfort in Auron, but he wasn't Yuna.
Auron left too, when I turned 18. He said his homeland, Zanarkand was
calling to him. I blamed Auron's leaving on Jecht too. When I heard Auron was dying,
I immediately packed my things and moved to Zanarkand, too. But I wasn't moving
just because an old friend was ill, I moved for job opportunities, too. I joined the
Zanarkand Abes and immediately became their star player. And then Auron died.
I was invited to the funeral. I knew Wakka and Lulu would be coming too, but
I never expected to see *her* there too.
It was just a couple of months ago. I was walking down the streets of
Zanarkand, searching for a florist shop. That was when I saw her. She smelling some
lilies. When she noticed someone was staring at her, she turned. When she saw me,
she froze. I began to walk towards her; her face held the look of fear.
"...Yuna?" I asked, not believing my eyes. I couldn't believe it! Six years is a
long time. She still looked beautiful. She had cut her hair short, which suited her,
and had grown a little taller.
"Um...Hello, Tidus," she said softly. She looked uncomfortable.
"Yuna..." Silence.
"Yunie! Yunie, come over h--Uh, Yunie, he..." A blonde-haired girl stood next
to Yuna.
"Who's he?" she whispered to Yuna.
"...His name is Tidus..."
"HI!!! I'm Rikku!" greeted the girl.
"Uh, hi Rikku..." I said as Rikku vigourously shook hands with me.
"So...I suppose you're here for Auron's funeral, right?" I asked. Yuna nodded.
"...Then why is she here?" I pointed at Rikku.
"Yunie wants to get married in Zanarkand! And I'm one of her bride's maids!"
informed Rikku.
//MARRIED!?// I thought. //Yuna couldn't get married! Not to another man!
Have you already forgotten our promise...?//
"Hey, are you ok? You look distraught!" said Rikku, looking at me curiously.
Yuna was just staring at the ground. She never even looked at me throughout our
conversation.
//Why won't you look at me?//
"Yuna!" called another voice. A man's voice. He came out of the florist shop.
My eyes widened. He walked over to Yuna and put an arm around her.
"Tidus, this is my fiance..." whispered Yuna.
[*][*][*][*]
Hmmmm...That wasn't much of a cliffhanger...Oh, wellz, at least you readers don't know who Yuna's fiance is! I'll give you a hint though, because I'm such a nice person ^^! His name starts with an 'S'!
This chapter sucked; I think I put too much information in one chapter -.- ;;...If you have any questions though, I'll gladly answer them. This story is going to get really confusing. Oh, yea, before I forget. The first chapter is the present (hence the title of the chapter), this chapter and the chapters after it will go through what happens in the months before the wedding. It will also go through several flashbacks to fill in some blanks. Confused? You'll see as the story progresses... ~Tenshi
REVIEWER'S CORNER:
UnbelovedBandNerd~Really? I'm glad you thought so ^^!
Ivan the fanfic fan~Thanks for reviewing!
ok~Wellz, that's a good idea, but I already have the story planned out. Sorry!
SIN~Here's your update! I hope you enjoyed it^^!
Cassandra~Awwww, thanks! I hope this chapter is long enough for you!