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Disclaimer: sigh Do I have to admit it? Yes? Damn. Okay fine...I DON'T OWN IT! Waaaaahhhhhh!
Chapter 8 of Love is Sweeter Than Thee
Moving In
"I don't know about this Wakka." Lulu said as she looked around at the cramped space of what used to be his hut. Between the furniture, dishes, moogles and blitzball equipment there was hardly any room to walk around. Wakka scratched his chin thoughtfully.
"Ya know, ya might be right." he kicked a blitzball back and forth between his feet forlornly. Lulu slid over to him and gave him a short kiss.
"We can make it work if we try. It'll just take some rearranging and maybe some clearing out. Wakka smiled at her and wrapped his arms around her.
"Besides your hut is smaller than mine ya? It's either my hut or we sell both and get a bigger one."
"There aren't any bigger huts in Besaid Wakka." Lulu told him with a grin. Wakka shook his head.
"That doesn't matter. I could ask the team to help us build a new one!" he exclaimed excitedly. Lulu chuckled.
"I don't think we need something extravagant. This will do."
She pulled out of his embrace and started to move things around to get some more space. Wakka stood there another second with a happy grin on his face then bent to help her.
It had been several months since they had decided to have a romantic relationship and it had gone so well they had decided that Lulu should move into Wakka's house. It would have been the other way around except that Lulu's hut was slightly smaller and Wakka's was more convenient. Yuna and Rikku had been ecstatic at this new turn in their relationship and had spent the better part of the day helping the couple move in until they had asked for the privacy to put their own things in order. It was now evening and they were almost to the point of not being able to do anything else for lack of energy.
After another hour of reorganizing their things Wakka collapsed on the couch with Lulu only a second behind him, but with more grace as she simply sat if a little heavily. She leaned her head on his shoulder and breathed out a contented sigh.
"I think that's the best we're gonna get ya?" Wakka stated as he looked around their hut. Lulu just nodded sleepily. He laid a kiss to her temple.
"Wanna go out to eat tonight? That way neither of us have to cook." he offered.
"I would not complain." she answered.
They left their hut and strolled up the hill to the village's diner. Being quite a small village Besaid really had no need of many eating places as most of the villagers preferred to eat the food they grew themselves. The couple walked in the diner (cleverly titled "Besaid Eats") and took a seat in the back, away from the other guests. Before long a young man they recognized as one of the priests' runners from the temple came over to take their order.
"Chocobo Burger." they said at the same time. Their waiter did not bother to hide his eye roll as he jot it down and disappeared. Wakka smirked.
"Bet he gets that a lot ya?" Lulu smiled in return.
The black mage took Wakka's hand under the table and scooted a little closer. He rubbed the back of her hand in slow circles until the waiter returned with their food. Dinner was a pleasant affair filled with smiles and touches until both were sure that their waiter would kick them out if they continued sitting there, so they paid and headed back to their hut. Hand in hand the two love birds sauntered down the path and ignored all else about them.
Once back in their house they were suddenly unsure of what happened next. Lulu had brought her own bed of course and it was in a separate room than Wakka's but she didn't know if Wakka wanted her to share his bed or not. They had not slept together in the same bed much less actually 'slept together'. Lulu caught Wakka's eye with question and unfortunately saw the same question starring back at her. She wished he had an idea at least.
Before there could be an uncomfortable silence or any awkward questions though Wakka took care of the problem by kissing her deeply. Lulu leaned into him as they enclosed each other with their arms. Wakka had always kissed her sweetly and romantically but this time there was a growing sense of passion in his kiss that it soon became hard to think of anything else. They kissed each other with a fervor that shocked both of them until the need for air became to great to ignore. They pulled out of the kiss but not away from each other.
Both of their eyes were sparkling with unmasked lust. In would have been amusing if the temperature had not seemed to raise unbearably. The only noise was their heavy breathing and there seemed to be a hum of tension that was in no way bad.
"Do you... want to stay with me tonight?" Wakka finally asked huskily and instantly a red blush rose on his high cheek bones. The mage hesitated for only a moment before waltzing into his bedroom, stopping at the doorway to send her lover an unguarded look and went into the room. Wakka licked his dry lips and followed, closing the curtain behind him.
The lazy couple woke to a loud noise that they realized after a few moments of shaking the sleep from their brains was Rikku's insistent yelling.
"Wakka! Lulu! Are you up yet?" She called into their hut from the entrance. Lucky for her she had not dared to enter their space. Wakka glanced next to him at his partner and gave her a lazy smile and a kiss, she returned both.
"Hello!"
"Guess we should see what she wants ya? Before she comes in to wake us up." Wakka said with mirth after they parted. He got out of bed and unabashedly dressed in front of his love. Lulu followed his example after stretching for a few moments and donned her dress. Many of the hairs in her braids had come loose giving her an uncharacteristic somewhat unkempt appearance. Catching his look and looking down at her braids herself she gave a snort.
"I guess I shall have to redo them today." Wakka laughed and went to see what the still what their noisy Al Bhed friend wanted.
"Yes Rikku?" he asked as he pushed aside their front curtain suddenly causing Rikku to jump several feet in the air with a squeak. Clutching her heart and blinking at the blitz player a few times she recovered herself.
"Me and Yuna want to know-"
"Yuna and I." Lulu corrected her coming up behind Wakka and leaning against him. Rikku sighed exasperatedly.
"Yes I know, Yuna and I. Anyway we wanted to see if you two wanted to come with us to the Calm Lands to get some stuff. Maybe you could go for a walk through Macalania Woods while you're there." She added the last part at seeing Wakka holding Lulu's hands from in front of him. Lulu gave her a glare from around Wakka's shoulder. Rikku giggled.
"D'you want to go Lu?" Wakka asked her.
"If I can redo my hair on the way." she quipped looking at one of her braids that had strayed across her face.
Not too long later, the four friends were sitting around on Cid's Airship talking, with the mage making good of her request with her ebony tresses.
"Did you two sleep well?" Yuna couldn't help but ask enquiringly. From what Rikku had told her, the two had not acquired much sleep. Wakka flushed as Lulu pointedly ignored her surrogate sister's question.
"Just fine thank you." Lulu answered for them after their silence had evoked some giggling from the cousins. They didn't pester them with questions after that and before too long the Airship set down at the entrance to the Calm Lands.
"I'll be back to pick you kids up tonight." Cid told them as they left the Airship and he flew away. Yuna led them down the slope to the plateau of that was the Calm Lands. Making their way once again across the green expanse to the shop set in the middle. Sitting next to the shop was a pen filled with 10 or so Chocobo's and their trainer. Wakka grabbed Lulu's hand and pulled her over to the large birds.
"Wakka what are you doing?" the mage asked as he paid the trainer some gil and led her into the pen to pick a bird.
"Let's go for a ride." he said as he took hold of one of the animal's bridles and brought it out of the pen.
"No." Lulu said as she eyed the sharp beak and long claws that were characteristic for Chocobo's. She had never cared much for the large birds, preferring to walk.
"Please Lu? I haven't rode on one forever." Wakka begged. Wondering why Yevon had chosen to curse her on this particular day she obliged his child-like want. Wakka helped her into the saddle then climbed on behind her and took the reins. He squeezed with his legs and clucked to their steed and it took off with a run over the prairie.
"I am never letting him talk me into this again." Lulu thought as she clung to the feathers that worked as the animal's mane and closed her eyes against the breeze that their fast pace caused. After two laps of the Calm Lands Wakka directed the Chocobo towards Macalania Woods. Lulu sighed gratefully as the bird slowed to a walk at the entrance to the woods, there not being enough room for it to continue to run. The blitzball player carefully picked their way through the pathways of the woods until they came to the clearing that Tidus and Yuna had discovered nearly a year before. He jumped off of their ride and helped the black mage down to the soft sandy bank of the lake. Wakka tethered the Chocobo to a nearby tree and joined Lulu at the edge of the clear crystal water.
"It's so beautiful back here." Lulu commented after a few moments silence. Wakka just nodded and hugged her from behind. She leaned back into his chest as his arms enfolded her comfortably. They stayed in Macalania Woods until it started to cool and gradually grew darker, then they hopped back onto the Chocobo (much to Lulu's chagrin) and rode back to the shop to meet Yuna and Rikku.
"Where were you two all day?" Yuna asked as they walked over from the Chocobo's pen happily. They caught each other's eye and smiled. Rikku snorted.
"I bet I know." They just ignored her and led the way back to the entrance of the Calm Lands to wait for the Airship to pick them up. They didn't have to wait long for Cid and before they knew it he was dropping them back off in Besaid. Wakka and Lulu thanked him and exited the Airship while Rikku and Yuna took more time to say goodbye.
"Goodnight you two." Yuna called after them right as they walked into their hut. They glanced over their shoulders at her and shared a laugh that only lovers fully understand. Needless to say neither got any more sleep than they had the night before.
Whatcha think? As you can see there will be no lemon in this story. It just wouldn't work with the mood of it. If you are unhappy about this I'm sure you can use your imagination you dirty readers lol. Please review!
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