Kumi winced. She disn't expect that RIKKU would MAKE HER DO EXERCISES EVERY THREE HOURS! How was she supposed to get sleep, eh? Or food? OR FUN? She never knew what Rikku would do, but she was fun, alrighty. Rikku told her to sit on the ground and stretch and everything, and that would help her get the color back in her skin along with some strength to walk. Kumi knew full and well that once she got better, well, WAY better, that she could ask Yuna if she could be a guardian, but Yuna would refuse, as Kumi was STILL going to be too weak to carry on in journey. "Ow..Rikku, come here..Am I done yet?" Kumi was tired out. Speechless, as everyone would say. Rikku grinned, and nodded then went on with her conversation with Auron and Tidus.

"I feel so ignored," Kumi thought as she got up, and wobbled to her room. Suprisingly, Wakka was in there. "Wakka? What are you doing here...? I would have thought you were talking to Lulu or Yuna by now..." Kumi sat next to him on her bed. "I would, ya? But I don't feel like talking to Lulu right now, and Yuna is asleep. So you were my only FUN option left." He laughed, and Kumi whapped him jokingly. "Hey, meanie, you never told me why you brought chocolate pudding for me all the way from Luca! The delicacy of Luca! Pudding!" Wakka grinned at her. "Lets just say I have connections. It wasn't easy. Pudding, especially CHOCOLATE pudding, is hard to find now and then, AND its expensive, ya?" "Agreed, agreed. I missed you and Lulu and everyone while you all were gone. I guess going on a Summoner's Pilgrimage is hard...Hmm?" She wasn't getting EXACTLY on the subject of guardians, but she was DEAD close.

"Nah, its not too hard...Its just that when the Summoner summons the final aeon, they just...Die right there, you know? Its hard to watch that, Kumi. If you were a guardian like me or Lulu, you would understand." That got Kumi a bit mad. "Just because i'm not a guardian doesn't mean I don't know about it you-" She stopped herself and looked at the floor. "Kumi..." Wakka knew that this subject upsetted her because before Sin was defeated by Lord Braska, it killed her mother. "I'm sorry, Kumi...I really didn't mean to get on that subject...Ok?" He hugged her. "Wakka...Look, its just that...Every time someone mentions Sin or my mother, the fragile glass mirror just falls and crumbles, like when the mountain crumbled to the sea?" Wakka smiled. "That song always was your favorite. What was the name of it, Kumi?" "Stand By Me. Its really old, but that doesn't stop the meaning of the song..." She grinned back at him. A rare kind of smile she ever gave anyone. She hardly ever smiled. "When the night...Has come, and the land is dark...And the moon...Is the only light we see...No I won't, be afraid..No I won't, be afraid...Just as long..As you stand..Stand by me..." Kumi blinked back a few tears when she was finished singing, and Wakka smiled, and held her. He always thought she had a beautiful voice.

"Well...I'm sorry we've been gone, but it couldn't be helped, ya? I missed you though. It always was fun to talk to you, even when it was hard on everyone...You always made everyone smile. Even Lulu, ya? She doesn't smile hardly anymore, anyways." He laughed. "I noticed! She hardly ever seems happy anymore, ever since Chappu died. Tidus looks a lot like him." She turned the small, cute carousel lamp light that made a small glow on the walls that her mother gave her. The small chocobos on the beautiful lamp always gave her hope when things turned bad, as her mother always believed in it also. It was getting to be eleven o'clock, but that didn't bother them. They had a lot of catching up to do. "Wakka, I wanted to compliment your team on your victory at the tournament! I knew you guys had it in you. I never really liked the Luca Goers, really...EVIL, I tell you, evil!" She laughed, and he chuckled. "Heh, Tidus helped out a WHOLE lot. If it wasn't for him, we would have never won! But you're right...Those Goers never did seem right. And the Al Bhed Phyches were a piece of chocolate pie." "Yum yum! Chocolate! Thats the key to my heart." Kumi said that while laughing a bit. "Ahh...Kumi, any man would want to go out with you if they saw you. You are way too pretty to pass up! No beauty pagent winner..No, even the Miss Spira wouldn't stand a chance against you." She smiled at the confident Wakka. "You sure about that? I'm not THAT pretty..." She didn't have much self-esteem, so it was not too weird of her.

"Ahh...You need more self esteem. Sure you would! I bet..." He didn't even have time to stop himself as he scooped Kumi up in a deep kiss. Kumi kissed back, deeply as well without thinking. She always did have a crush on Wakka. Lulu was watching them with a large scowl on her face..and they never even knew.

Cliffie! Anyways, i'll write more with another review. THANKS!

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-Liikii