Chapter 13: Baby blues.
They had been waiting all week. Yuna had been making sure she was drinking alot. Every morning she would report to them. It was quite embarrassing telling them about her pee. That morning was the day it was due.
Tidus was sat on their bed. He had moved in there with her after their night together. Lulu had understood they wouldn't sleep together unless they got married. Yuna had often wondered if he would propose to her. He looked all tense sitting on their bed, twiddling his thumbs.
Normally she would have laughed at him. She was pacing the hut. Her bladder gave a sudden swell. She looked at him then hurried off to the toilet. She waited, she stood up and took a deep breath.
If there was blood, she wasn't. If there wasn't blood, she was.
She slowly turned and looked down the toilet. She screamed.
Tidus hurried in and looked down the toilet too.
There wasn't any blood.
She was pregnant.
She sank to her knees, her hands over her face. Lulu, Rikku, Wakka and Gippal all fell into the small toilet. They saw Tidus and Yuna on the floor, Yuna wailing and Tidus trying to comfort her. Lulu patted her back soothingly.
"Rikku. Go to my hut and get the blue bottle on my dresser," Rikku nodded and jogged to Lulu's hut. Gippal followed her. Rikku began to frantically look through the bottles on Lulu's table. Two bottles fell to the floor. Gippal dived for them.
"Thanks," She muttered as he handed them back to her. She slammed them back onto the table.
"Rikku! Calm down yeah?"
"But it's so unfair! That sod!" She slammed her fist onto the table. Gippal stared at her. She had changed so much. She had hardly laughed since Seymour had been destroyed. He held her.
"Shhh! It's ok! We have to be there for Yuna. Yeah?"
"Yeah," She smiled at him and took the blue vial to Lulu. Lulu took it had held it in front of Yuna.
"Yuna? Yuna listen to me. This liquid is an indicator. Ok? Tidus get me a cup of water," He nodded and disappeared. Yuna looked panicky until he came back. He handed the cup to Lulu. She poured a small amount into the water.
"You need to drink this. When you next go to the toilet, it will come out blue if your pregnant. If not it will be normal. Ok? This is just to be sure," She squeezed Yuna's shoulder. The others left her and Tidus to it.
Yuna drank the liquid in one gulp. Numbly she walked to the bed. She stopped and pulled at the ends of her hair.
"I'm fed up with this!" She screamed and threw the cup to the floor. The plastic shattered. Tidus jumped.
She looked at him like a startled rabbit. Like she hadn't realised what she had done. She ran.
Tidus considered going after but decided to let her cool of for abit. He swept the mess up and put it in the bin. He needed to do something. He wanted to run after her.
'What the heck,' He sped down to the beach he knew she would be there. That was where Seymour had died.
She was there, on the cliff. She was stood at the very edge. He ran up to her.
"Yuna?" She didn't turn. She was stood the way she had done when they had been on her pilgrimage. Her hands clasped behind her back. She was trying to calm down. He stood silently behind her waiting. She would talk to him when she was ready. He sat down.
Poor Yuna. His poor, darling Yuna. He wanted to wrap his arms around her and tell her to cry, scream whatever it took to make her feel slightly better.
She turned slowly. He felt like flinging himself over the edge of the cliff. Now all he ever saw was tears on her face. The last time he had seen her smile was when he had come back, even then it had not been a proper smile. She sat on his crossed legs and tried to bury herself in him. He wrapped his arms around her protectively.
"I'm fed up with feeling bad Tidus. How can I make it stop?"
"I don't know Yuna. I don't know," She curled herself up in his lap and made herself as small as possible.
"Yuna," She looked up at him. "You know I would take your pain away if I could. I hate seeing you like this. I want you to be happy," She nodded.
"I know," She stroked his face. "I'm sorry I'm not being good company at the moment but thank you. For staying with me" She kissed him. He kissed her back.
He kissed away her tears, tasting the salt. He held her close for a while, just breathing her in. They watched the sun sink below the horizon.
Their hopes sank with it.
Wakka was pacing the hut. Lulu was sat on the bed, feeding Chadus. Yuna and Tidus didn't come back till dark. Both looked tired and wary.
Yuna silently walked to the toilet. Tidus looked so depressed. It was like he knew what to expect.
They heard a scream.
They all ran into the toilet. Yuna was staring down the toilet.
It was normal!
Yuna wasn't pregnant.
She looked at Tidus and threw her arms around him. They laughed and screamed so loud that Rikku ran in.
"Where's the fire?" She yelped.
"I'm not pregnant!" Yelled Yuna. Rikku began to jump on the spot. Gippal was leaning in the doorway grinning his head off. Wakka and Lulu were laughing and smiling at Yuna and Tidus who were in a tight embrace crying with tears of relief. Rikku and Gippal were hooting and whooping. Lulu harried away as to not disturb Chadus.
Yuna stopped still and looked up at Tidus. He was grinning down at her. She stood on her tip toe and kissed him in front of Rikku, Gippal and Wakka. Rikku 'ahh'ed at them. Wakka chuckled, hugged them both and jogged off to his own hut. Gippal had too pull Rikku out of their hut so the couple could have some time alone.
Yuna couldn't stop smiling. Seymour was finally gone. He wasn't in her! She could put him behind her! Tidus picked her up and spun her in beautiful circles. She was dizzy with delight. She brought her lips down to his.
"So...this is what it's like being tall huh?" He laughed and put her back down. She looked around her.
"The bathroom has to be the romantic room in this hut now,"
"You better believe it babe!" He smirked. She went to sit on their bed. Their bed. She looked up at him. Suddenly all she wanted to do was grab him and let him do what Seymour had done to her.
Before, a few hours ago, she had shuddered at even joining with Tidus. Now it seemed like the best thing to do in the world. Yet some of her was still nagging at her promise to Lulu about not doing it till after they married ,if they were going to get married. He knelt in front of her and kissed her softly. She shivered with bliss at feeling his lips on her own. She felt too hot in her clothes. She was wearing her old skirt with a white top which did have the Zanarkand Abes symbol stitched on the low cut of the top. It had no back, just thread which tied around her neck and back. His hands were on her bare waist.
She groaned deep in her throat. He whispered her name against her neck.
She kissed his golden silk hair. She could feel him trying to undo the ties which held her top up. She was scared but excited.
She leaned back, pulling him on top of her.
When they had shed of their clothes she stopped him. He looked down at her questionably.
"I'm sorry. I just wanted to lie with you," He smiled down at her, understanding. Her kissed her and rolled off of her.
"I'm sorry," She whispered. He stroked her hair softly and shook his head.
"Don't be sorry. I don't want to force you. I love you. I can wait," She touched his cheek and kissed him. He gently held her on top of him. He felt her fall asleep. She was breathing deeply.
There had often been nights where she hadn't slept well and kept muttering and wriggling in her sleep. Now she slept soundly, splayed out on his chest.
He kissed her forehead, whispered her name till he himself fall asleep.