Chapter Two
Living in the Past...
It was another bright sunny day on the Island of Besaid, the smell of salt from the sea was in the air and the rays from the sun shone straight onto the house of two of the greatest people of the age.
A young man named Tidus was just waking up, tall and charming. He wore a short yellow shirt, with denim shorts and a strap going along his chest and over his back. He gave a wide yawn and stepped out of his hammock, the night before had been warm and he and his girlfriend Yuna had been out with newly weds, Wakka and Lulu.
Tidus walked over to Yuna's bed. She rolled over and looked at him. She had two very dazzling eyes, green in the right and blue in the left. She was wearing her usual clothes, blue mini shorts and a white top with no arm pieces. Her amazing brown hair stood out more and more everyday. "Hey, sleepyhead" Tidus said softly, he lay himself beside her and smiled.
"Morning" she replied with a small yawn.
"Come on, get up" he said eagerly.
"What's the rush?"
Today was the day that he was going to propose to Yuna. He had waited two whole years since he had come back and was itching to start his life with Yuna fully. Before he disappeared four years ago, the last words Yuna had said to him were, "I love you" Tidus wondered if she still meant it. Of course, he had never shared this piece of information with anyone before, and was not planning to either.
"Yo, you's two love birds up yet?" shouted a voice from outside their hut. Tidus realized the voice at once; it was his best friend Wakka's voice. He went outside and Wakka was standing in front of him. "Wassup?" he said happily.
"Well...nothing much, hey listen Wakka, can we go for a walk for a minute. There's something I need to tell you"
"Sure, No prob"
Tidus was going to ask Wakka how he proposed to Lulu, considering he had never done it before and was shaking with the nerves. Yuna walked out of the hut and raised her arms into the air in a stretch. "What's wrong Wakka?" she asked.
"Just going for a walk with Tidus, he wanted to tell me...Ouch!"
Tidus had just elbowed Wakka in the ribs and then gave out a quick laugh. "Nothing Yuna, never mind"
"Go see Lu; she could use a little company. She's got her hands full with looking after Vidina" (A/N: That's their baby incase you didn't know)
"Okay why not, see you soon" Yuna smiled
She walked off, towards Wakka and Lulu's place. Once she was out of view Wakka grabbed him and put into a headlock. "Wha's the big idea. What could be so important that you couldn't tell Yuna too?"
"Well you see..." said Tidus pulling himself out of the headlock.
"I wanna, well...you know...ask her to mar..." "WHA-You serious!" Wakka shouted, dumbfounded.
"I didn't even tell you and you're already jumping to conclusions" Tidus jumped back. Was he really that obvious?
"Ok, I am proposing. What can you tell me 'bout it?"
Tidus and Wakka reached the highest hill on the island. It had a giant stone sticking out of the ground and several smaller ones surrounding it. They sat around it and talked for a while.
"Oh, what I am I gunna do, mate" Tidus was worried. He wanted to do it, so that Yuna wouldn't know what's going on. "I got an idea. Do it in front of the whole beach, just come right out and say it. She won't have a clue"
"That's not what I wanted to tell you though." This is what he really wanted to tell Wakka.
"Go on, bro"
"Well back in my time...You know in Zanarkand" he added seeing the puzzled look on Wakka's face.
"My dad and mum used to fight a lot. Dad would come home from blitzball drunk, he'd hit her for going off at him for drinking and she'd hit him back. They would swear really loud and then not talk for days. Then one day, just before dad vanished, they broke up. I remember being really sad, I stayed up all night crying, like dad said, crying was all I was good for. This is why I wanted to talk to you, I love Yuna and I don't want to treat her like my dad treated my mum. I'm scared, what if I slip up and hit her?"
Tidus paused for a minute, giving Wakka enough time to think it through; he then opened his mouth and spoke...
"Look, you gotta stop living in the past, ya...You're absolutely nothing like your dad. If you love Yuna as much as you say you do, then you'll be fine. You don't have to marry her if it is truly what you want, but you'll just be making a bigger problem out of nothing. You love her ya?"
"Yeah, I do"
"You want to spend the rest of your life with her?
"Yes"
"You want to..."
"YES!"
"Then you should marry her. There is no point waiting. Do it now"
Tidus took these words to heart. He got up and gave Wakka a quick hug. "Thanks mate" he said happily.
"I'll do it tonight."
It was another bright sunny day on the Island of Besaid, the smell of salt from the sea was in the air and the rays from the sun shone straight onto the house of two of the greatest people of the age.
A young man named Tidus was just waking up, tall and charming. He wore a short yellow shirt, with denim shorts and a strap going along his chest and over his back. He gave a wide yawn and stepped out of his hammock, the night before had been warm and he and his girlfriend Yuna had been out with newly weds, Wakka and Lulu.
Tidus walked over to Yuna's bed. She rolled over and looked at him. She had two very dazzling eyes, green in the right and blue in the left. She was wearing her usual clothes, blue mini shorts and a white top with no arm pieces. Her amazing brown hair stood out more and more everyday. "Hey, sleepyhead" Tidus said softly, he lay himself beside her and smiled.
"Morning" she replied with a small yawn.
"Come on, get up" he said eagerly.
"What's the rush?"
Today was the day that he was going to propose to Yuna. He had waited two whole years since he had come back and was itching to start his life with Yuna fully. Before he disappeared four years ago, the last words Yuna had said to him were, "I love you" Tidus wondered if she still meant it. Of course, he had never shared this piece of information with anyone before, and was not planning to either.
"Yo, you's two love birds up yet?" shouted a voice from outside their hut. Tidus realized the voice at once; it was his best friend Wakka's voice. He went outside and Wakka was standing in front of him. "Wassup?" he said happily.
"Well...nothing much, hey listen Wakka, can we go for a walk for a minute. There's something I need to tell you"
"Sure, No prob"
Tidus was going to ask Wakka how he proposed to Lulu, considering he had never done it before and was shaking with the nerves. Yuna walked out of the hut and raised her arms into the air in a stretch. "What's wrong Wakka?" she asked.
"Just going for a walk with Tidus, he wanted to tell me...Ouch!"
Tidus had just elbowed Wakka in the ribs and then gave out a quick laugh. "Nothing Yuna, never mind"
"Go see Lu; she could use a little company. She's got her hands full with looking after Vidina" (A/N: That's their baby incase you didn't know)
"Okay why not, see you soon" Yuna smiled
She walked off, towards Wakka and Lulu's place. Once she was out of view Wakka grabbed him and put into a headlock. "Wha's the big idea. What could be so important that you couldn't tell Yuna too?"
"Well you see..." said Tidus pulling himself out of the headlock.
"I wanna, well...you know...ask her to mar..." "WHA-You serious!" Wakka shouted, dumbfounded.
"I didn't even tell you and you're already jumping to conclusions" Tidus jumped back. Was he really that obvious?
"Ok, I am proposing. What can you tell me 'bout it?"
Tidus and Wakka reached the highest hill on the island. It had a giant stone sticking out of the ground and several smaller ones surrounding it. They sat around it and talked for a while.
"Oh, what I am I gunna do, mate" Tidus was worried. He wanted to do it, so that Yuna wouldn't know what's going on. "I got an idea. Do it in front of the whole beach, just come right out and say it. She won't have a clue"
"That's not what I wanted to tell you though." This is what he really wanted to tell Wakka.
"Go on, bro"
"Well back in my time...You know in Zanarkand" he added seeing the puzzled look on Wakka's face.
"My dad and mum used to fight a lot. Dad would come home from blitzball drunk, he'd hit her for going off at him for drinking and she'd hit him back. They would swear really loud and then not talk for days. Then one day, just before dad vanished, they broke up. I remember being really sad, I stayed up all night crying, like dad said, crying was all I was good for. This is why I wanted to talk to you, I love Yuna and I don't want to treat her like my dad treated my mum. I'm scared, what if I slip up and hit her?"
Tidus paused for a minute, giving Wakka enough time to think it through; he then opened his mouth and spoke...
"Look, you gotta stop living in the past, ya...You're absolutely nothing like your dad. If you love Yuna as much as you say you do, then you'll be fine. You don't have to marry her if it is truly what you want, but you'll just be making a bigger problem out of nothing. You love her ya?"
"Yeah, I do"
"You want to spend the rest of your life with her?
"Yes"
"You want to..."
"YES!"
"Then you should marry her. There is no point waiting. Do it now"
Tidus took these words to heart. He got up and gave Wakka a quick hug. "Thanks mate" he said happily.
"I'll do it tonight."