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Chapter VIII
"Yuna" Lulu shook her head. "I understand you and Baralai had a fight, but that's just part of being married." Lulu surprised Yuna by Lulu's sudden comment . Yuna wiped the tears away from her eyes and wraped her arms around her legs, pulling them closer to her body.
" You can imagine the fights Wakka and I have.Being so different."
"But the both of you love eachother." Yuna replied.
" What are you saying Yuna? That you don't love Baralai?" Lulu said sarcastically.
"Lulu, I never said such a thing!" Yuna retorted.
"hmp. Don't make me laugh Yuna, why any blind hypello can see you don't love him. The only reason I accepted your excuse was to make you feel better, nothing more." Lulu crossed her arms. Looking over to her home where she had left Vidina tucked in his crib.
"You don't have to explain your reasons to me Yuna, but perhaps, that is if you don't want your dearest to suspect, you should talk to Baralai. He seemed confused, angry."
"Where did he go?" Yuna inquired.
" Where would a person go to clear their thoughts on an island?" Lulu said smugly.
Yuna stormed off into the distance still fluming over what happened. She knew that saying mad at Baralai would only make things worse. Yuna knew Baralai wasn't totally in the wrong but no one had ever insulted her like he did. No one.
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"Blitzball! Blitzball!Blitzball" Vidina bumped against Baralai's coat clenching a round blue ball with his chubby little fingers. Wakka stood silently and patted his son on the head. Wakka was waiting for Baralai to express some form of discontent with what he had just overheard. Wakka was already preparing to answer Baralai's questions about him.
Baralai merely looked down at the chubby two year old and smiled politely. Baralai took the ball out of Vidina's small hands and fumbled it around a bit before tossing it playfully to Wakka and scooping young Vidina in his arms.
"I hope that Yevon shall bless I and Yuna with a child as energetic and healthy as yours." Baralai pinched Vidina's soft cheeks as Vidina rambled on saying something that sounded like "hi".
" You and your wife have truly been blessed. Now ..." Baralai started."I've seen the island. How about teaching me some blitzball." Baralai said in his usually soft tone of voice.
The hours flew by as Baralai,Vidina,and Wakka played or tried to play blitzball together. Baralai wasn't very good at it at all. He found Vidina have better hand-eye coordination than even he. It was most likely Baralai's imagination but Baralai was an awful Blitzball player. "You remind me of the Besaid Aurochs four years back ya!" Wakka tossed a tease at Baralai's pitiful attempt to play Blitzball. Although it wasn't actually his sport it helped Baralai take his mind off what he had witnessed. Baralai let everyone think it didn't bother him but honestly he felt a fire light inside his stomach with the passing of the hours it only grew.Baralai figured he'd ask Yuna. That it was all inside his head. That he hadn't heard a thing. It was better to pretend after all he had pretended for so long.
As the sky dimmed the three men headed back to the village. Wakka teasing Baralai mercilessy and Vidina trying to emulate his father cocking his little head back and laughing, not quite knowing what it was he was laughing at. He just knew his father was doing it so naturally he had to do it also. Baralai was very graceful about it all stopping at times to laugh at himself. Baralai had enjoyed playing Blitzball he hoped Wakka would teach him agian soon. Vidina was dragging his feet and sign that he was tired. Baralai mounted Vidina on his shoulders. Vidina giggled confused that daddy's hair was suddenly platinum. Baralai was pleasantly amused by his little nephew, that is what he figured he should regard Vidina ,as a nephew. After all Wakka and Lulu were Yuna's family . Baralai having none of his own decided to steal Yuna's nephew and brother even if for this afternoon.
While Wakka and Vidina went back to their home to enjoy the evening meal with Lulu and Yuna Baralai gave his excuses and darted for the temple. Seeking guidance for his jealous feelings. He didn't know how to appoach Yuna. He couldn't very well shallow it all and pretend he heard nothing. If he did that he knew that his heart could no longer resist and that he would explode from the pressure of always having to keep everything with in him.
Yuna was in the temple also, kneeling before a statue of her father, Braska. Baralai didn't expect her to be there. He didn't want her to be there. All he wanted was to ask for help. Facing Yuna would be inevitable however.
" Yuna." Baralai said sternly
Yuna was busy speaking to her father to realize that Baralai was standing behind her. She stood and appoached him, looking tired. She nodded at Baralai and headed to the exit. Baralai then had two choices; let Yuna leave or grab her by the arm and make her confess. In an unusually brash manner Baralai pulled Yuna back. Yuna's eyes infused with nervousness.
" I want you to confess." Baralai demanded.
"Confess?" Yuna lost the tired look in her face, it soured to one of disgust.
"Who is he?!" Baralai felt his emotions flow out of him. Drifting though the peaceful temple. He couldn't control them.
"he?!" Yuna was confused.
"Don't play innocent Yuna! I heard you and Lulu!" Baralai pressing his fingers deeply into Yuna's flesh.
" You heard?"
"I'm no idiot and I hate being lied to!"
" That doesn't concern you Baralai." Yuna yanked her arm away from Baralai's painful grasp.
" Damn it Yuna! What are you thinking? That I have no right to know if my wife is having an affair!" Baralai felt a small green monster of jealousy crawl up his back.
"If that's what you think then fine Baralai! I don't care! You could never be to me what he was!" Yuna gasped in disbelief at what she had just said.
Baralai felt the hatred that had been pent up in his chest finally explode.
" I should have known what I married!" Baralai appoached Yuna.
"What? What did you marry tell me?!" Yuna had never been so angry in her life.
" A WHORE!" Baralai didn't believe even himself but the jealousy was killing him.
Tears of anger burned on Yuna's cheeks. She flung her hand towards his face and slapped him so hard a bright red imprint was visible.
"Leave Baralai!" Yuna started to sobbed bitterly. She was so angry at what Baralai had just said she felt as if she wanted him to die at that moment.
Baralai was equally as angry as he slammed his fist into the stone wall his eyes rivers of tears. He stormed off into the night feeling betrayed and hurt.
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Her long blue skirt flapped harshly in the night wind. Baralai was sitting peacefully looking into the moonlight. His face was now as serene as it was usually. A face that showed no powerful emotion. His emotions were something only Yuna had witnessed. Yuna squeezed his shoulder. Baralai looked up, she could see were his eyes were red from crying. When Baralai cried you could always tell because his nose,cheeks and eyes swelled and turned a warm pink. Baralai dug his head into Yuna's legs and cried, soaking her with his tears. "I'm sorry." it was a bit surprising to see such a powerful man break down like this. "please Yuna, you can't make me hate what I said any more than I do now." Yuna kneeled near Baralai. She knew he was sorry, she just couldn't bring herself to hate him when he was like this. "Baralai, I love you." Yuna forced herself to say it to him, she knew how important her marriage was to everyone, especially Baralai. Baralai vowed to himself never to ask Yuna about him ever again, he would wait til she was ready to speak about it. He knew that the bonds that united them were but slender threads. Niether presensed that the worst was still to come.
Chapter VIII
"Yuna" Lulu shook her head. "I understand you and Baralai had a fight, but that's just part of being married." Lulu surprised Yuna by Lulu's sudden comment . Yuna wiped the tears away from her eyes and wraped her arms around her legs, pulling them closer to her body.
" You can imagine the fights Wakka and I have.Being so different."
"But the both of you love eachother." Yuna replied.
" What are you saying Yuna? That you don't love Baralai?" Lulu said sarcastically.
"Lulu, I never said such a thing!" Yuna retorted.
"hmp. Don't make me laugh Yuna, why any blind hypello can see you don't love him. The only reason I accepted your excuse was to make you feel better, nothing more." Lulu crossed her arms. Looking over to her home where she had left Vidina tucked in his crib.
"You don't have to explain your reasons to me Yuna, but perhaps, that is if you don't want your dearest to suspect, you should talk to Baralai. He seemed confused, angry."
"Where did he go?" Yuna inquired.
" Where would a person go to clear their thoughts on an island?" Lulu said smugly.
Yuna stormed off into the distance still fluming over what happened. She knew that saying mad at Baralai would only make things worse. Yuna knew Baralai wasn't totally in the wrong but no one had ever insulted her like he did. No one.
__________________________________Flashback______________________________
"Blitzball! Blitzball!Blitzball" Vidina bumped against Baralai's coat clenching a round blue ball with his chubby little fingers. Wakka stood silently and patted his son on the head. Wakka was waiting for Baralai to express some form of discontent with what he had just overheard. Wakka was already preparing to answer Baralai's questions about him.
Baralai merely looked down at the chubby two year old and smiled politely. Baralai took the ball out of Vidina's small hands and fumbled it around a bit before tossing it playfully to Wakka and scooping young Vidina in his arms.
"I hope that Yevon shall bless I and Yuna with a child as energetic and healthy as yours." Baralai pinched Vidina's soft cheeks as Vidina rambled on saying something that sounded like "hi".
" You and your wife have truly been blessed. Now ..." Baralai started."I've seen the island. How about teaching me some blitzball." Baralai said in his usually soft tone of voice.
The hours flew by as Baralai,Vidina,and Wakka played or tried to play blitzball together. Baralai wasn't very good at it at all. He found Vidina have better hand-eye coordination than even he. It was most likely Baralai's imagination but Baralai was an awful Blitzball player. "You remind me of the Besaid Aurochs four years back ya!" Wakka tossed a tease at Baralai's pitiful attempt to play Blitzball. Although it wasn't actually his sport it helped Baralai take his mind off what he had witnessed. Baralai let everyone think it didn't bother him but honestly he felt a fire light inside his stomach with the passing of the hours it only grew.Baralai figured he'd ask Yuna. That it was all inside his head. That he hadn't heard a thing. It was better to pretend after all he had pretended for so long.
As the sky dimmed the three men headed back to the village. Wakka teasing Baralai mercilessy and Vidina trying to emulate his father cocking his little head back and laughing, not quite knowing what it was he was laughing at. He just knew his father was doing it so naturally he had to do it also. Baralai was very graceful about it all stopping at times to laugh at himself. Baralai had enjoyed playing Blitzball he hoped Wakka would teach him agian soon. Vidina was dragging his feet and sign that he was tired. Baralai mounted Vidina on his shoulders. Vidina giggled confused that daddy's hair was suddenly platinum. Baralai was pleasantly amused by his little nephew, that is what he figured he should regard Vidina ,as a nephew. After all Wakka and Lulu were Yuna's family . Baralai having none of his own decided to steal Yuna's nephew and brother even if for this afternoon.
While Wakka and Vidina went back to their home to enjoy the evening meal with Lulu and Yuna Baralai gave his excuses and darted for the temple. Seeking guidance for his jealous feelings. He didn't know how to appoach Yuna. He couldn't very well shallow it all and pretend he heard nothing. If he did that he knew that his heart could no longer resist and that he would explode from the pressure of always having to keep everything with in him.
Yuna was in the temple also, kneeling before a statue of her father, Braska. Baralai didn't expect her to be there. He didn't want her to be there. All he wanted was to ask for help. Facing Yuna would be inevitable however.
" Yuna." Baralai said sternly
Yuna was busy speaking to her father to realize that Baralai was standing behind her. She stood and appoached him, looking tired. She nodded at Baralai and headed to the exit. Baralai then had two choices; let Yuna leave or grab her by the arm and make her confess. In an unusually brash manner Baralai pulled Yuna back. Yuna's eyes infused with nervousness.
" I want you to confess." Baralai demanded.
"Confess?" Yuna lost the tired look in her face, it soured to one of disgust.
"Who is he?!" Baralai felt his emotions flow out of him. Drifting though the peaceful temple. He couldn't control them.
"he?!" Yuna was confused.
"Don't play innocent Yuna! I heard you and Lulu!" Baralai pressing his fingers deeply into Yuna's flesh.
" You heard?"
"I'm no idiot and I hate being lied to!"
" That doesn't concern you Baralai." Yuna yanked her arm away from Baralai's painful grasp.
" Damn it Yuna! What are you thinking? That I have no right to know if my wife is having an affair!" Baralai felt a small green monster of jealousy crawl up his back.
"If that's what you think then fine Baralai! I don't care! You could never be to me what he was!" Yuna gasped in disbelief at what she had just said.
Baralai felt the hatred that had been pent up in his chest finally explode.
" I should have known what I married!" Baralai appoached Yuna.
"What? What did you marry tell me?!" Yuna had never been so angry in her life.
" A WHORE!" Baralai didn't believe even himself but the jealousy was killing him.
Tears of anger burned on Yuna's cheeks. She flung her hand towards his face and slapped him so hard a bright red imprint was visible.
"Leave Baralai!" Yuna started to sobbed bitterly. She was so angry at what Baralai had just said she felt as if she wanted him to die at that moment.
Baralai was equally as angry as he slammed his fist into the stone wall his eyes rivers of tears. He stormed off into the night feeling betrayed and hurt.
______________________________________End of Flashback________________________
Her long blue skirt flapped harshly in the night wind. Baralai was sitting peacefully looking into the moonlight. His face was now as serene as it was usually. A face that showed no powerful emotion. His emotions were something only Yuna had witnessed. Yuna squeezed his shoulder. Baralai looked up, she could see were his eyes were red from crying. When Baralai cried you could always tell because his nose,cheeks and eyes swelled and turned a warm pink. Baralai dug his head into Yuna's legs and cried, soaking her with his tears. "I'm sorry." it was a bit surprising to see such a powerful man break down like this. "please Yuna, you can't make me hate what I said any more than I do now." Yuna kneeled near Baralai. She knew he was sorry, she just couldn't bring herself to hate him when he was like this. "Baralai, I love you." Yuna forced herself to say it to him, she knew how important her marriage was to everyone, especially Baralai. Baralai vowed to himself never to ask Yuna about him ever again, he would wait til she was ready to speak about it. He knew that the bonds that united them were but slender threads. Niether presensed that the worst was still to come.