I'm glad you all thought my last chapter was cute, thankee. This won't be a terribly long story, probably only two more chapters. Since they are together now and everything. I'm almost to the end of two of my stories! I'll just have to come up with some more now won't I? Who here wants to see me try another couple from FFX? Maybe Tidus/Yuna? Auron/Lulu? Kimahri/Seymour? LOL just making sure you guys are listening.

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Chapter 9 of Love is Sweeter Than Thee

Surprise

"Wakka, so help me I will use Flare on you in a heartbeat of you keep this up." Lulu threatened her lover in a sleep voice. He had, for the third time in a row, invited his fellow blitz ball players over for a 'friendly' game of poker at night. Their arguing had woken her up for the second time that night and she was running out of her thin patience.

Wakka looked at her guiltily.

"Sorry Lu. We'll try to be more quiet, won't we boys?" he added the last part to the other members at the circular table who were also quailing under the black mage's harsh glare.

"Yeah that's right." Datto said and the rest nodded.

"This is the second time for the third time." she reminded them sourly, she was even more cranky than usual since it was the middle of the night, and she had been rudely awakened.

"We'll be at Letty's hut tomorrow sweetie." Wakka said and stood. He placed his hand on her back, loving the feel of the silk lingerie piece she was wearing and led her to their bedroom. She let herself be tucked back into bed, too tired to protest. Wakka gave her a kiss and smoothed her bangs away from her face.

"I've almost beat them, then they're leavin' ya? I won't be too long." he said as her eyes slid closed and she rolled away from him already asleep. Wakka smirked (a habit that he had picked up from Lulu) and went back to the poker game.

As Wakka had said before half a candle was burned he beat out his fellow players and ushered them out of his hut. Stifling a yawn he wondered what he wouldn't do for the woman he loved. Chuckling to himself he went back into their bedroom, stripped to his boxers and joined his lover in bed. Spooning her from behind, he wrapped his arms around her and thought contentedly how lucky he was.

It had been a season since they started living together, but it seemed like forever. Yuna and Rikku had stopped teasing them about sleeping together, though that might have had something to do with Lulu threatening to make them live in the Thunder Plains. He wondered what he had done to be so blessed. Deciding that he was too tired to think on such things he lay his head next to Lulu's, breathed in her delicious scent then joined her in sleep.

The next morning Wakka awoke to a low pained moan from his bedmate. He sat up and saw Lulu curled in a ball, breathing shallowly. Concerned he leaned over her and she looked up into his face with a pained look.

"Lulu? What's wrong?" he asked brushing her hair away from her face, as he had the night before.

"I'm n-not...sure." she said in a weak voice. If nothing else was visibly bothering her the tone in her voice would have told him. Lulu just did not have a weak voice, or so he thought.

"I'll get you some water ya?" he said softly and got up to do just that. As he poured her a glass he wondered if he should go get Yuna, even if she couldn't help she'd know what was wrong right? He nodded to himself. He came back into the bedroom and set the glass down on their bedside table. He put his hand underneath the mage to help her sit up, then handed her the glass of cool water. She took a few sips then set it down. Moaning again she lay back down, once again curled on her side.

"My stomach....hurts." she whimpered quietly. Her behavior wasn't anything he had seen from her before, ever. That decided him more than anything.

"I'm goin' to get Yuna okay? I'll be back soon." he told her and finished getting dressed. She didn't answer him, so he hurried out of his hut towards Yuna's. It was still fairly early in the morning, earlier than he would be up normally. The sun wasn't yet high off the horizon, but he did not have the time to appreciate the pretty sight. He knocked on the wall of the ex-summoner's hut frantically. What could be so bad that caused Lulu, usually so strong and showed no weakness, to be reduced to whimpering pitifully? In another breath Yuna was at the door, but he could tell he had woken her, her hair was standing up and she was missing her yellow bow.

"Wakka? What is it?" she asked becoming more alert at the alarmed look on his face.

"It's Lulu, she sick. I don't know what's wrong with her." he rushed out gesturing the white mage to follow him. She went back into her hut and returned with her staff and jogged after him back to the couple's hut. They found Lulu where Wakka had left her and Yuna made a concerned noise as she saw the state her fellow mage was in.

"Lulu can you hear me?" Yuna asked coming to her bedside. Lulu opened her eyes and nodded. She grimaced as another wave of nausea washed over her.

"I'll see what's wrong with her." Yuna said over her shoulder to Wakka. She then proceeded to channel white energy into her staff and wave it over Lulu, trying to find the source of her pain. Wakka sat down next to her and grasped her hand in hoping to lend some comfort. After a long while Yuna stopped swooping her staff over Lulu and looked puzzled.

"It's nothing that I recognize." she said finally looking at the blitz ball player. "It isn't anything serious, I can tell you that. Otherwise, she Esuna and Curaga together would have made a noticeable difference. Curious." Yuna said as much to herself as to Wakka. "Did she just get sick this morning?" she asked.

Wakka opened his mouth to confirm it when Lulu suddenly threw back the covers and ran as fast as she could in her state to the bathroom and slammed the door.

"Oh dear." Yuna said as they heard the unmistakable noise of Lulu ridding herself of anything that was in her stomach. Suddenly, Yuna was hit with a thought. She ran the symptoms over in her head and gasped.

"What?" Wakka asked anxiously as they waited for Lulu to appear again.

"I've an idea, I'll be back shortly with something to test my theory. You stay here and get her anything she needs." Yuna said with enthusiasm that she might know what was wrong. She hurried out of the hut and off to the apothecary. Wakka hoped she could find it. Meanwhile, he knocked softly on the bathroom door and opened it to see Lulu crouched on the floor., Seeing as she was done retching, he picked her up gently and placed her back in bed.

It did not take long before the young brunette returned with a package in her hand and a determined look. He knew that look well, and it calmed him somewhat, she knew what she was doing.

"Wakka you are going to have to leave for a little while, while I test my theory okay?" Yuna told him coming to stand next to the couple on the bed. He opened his mouth to protest but Yuna beat him to it. "Trust me, Lulu wouldn't want you here for this. I'll call you as soon as I'm done."

Giving up, he bent down to give his love a kiss on the temple then went outside. Lulu was watching Yuna curiously as she took her purchase out of the package, then gasped at what she held.

"Wakka!" Yuna called out to him a time later. He hurriedly ran back into the hut to their room. He saw Lulu sitting up in bed with a happy grin on her face, which seemed odd to him as she had been quite sick all morning. Yuna was standing to one side and appeared quite pleased with herself.

"I'll leave you two alone. You know where to find me." she said to Lulu and left. Now Wakka was really confused.

"Lu wha-?" he started.

Lulu patted the bed next to her and Wakka came to sit next to her. She turned to face him beaming, which was incredibly uncharacteristic for her.

"Wakka. I'm pregnant."

Yay! I'm finally to that vital point! Whoo! I'm not going to go to where she gives birth since that isn't in the game and that'd probably get me killed lol. Please review and tell me what you think!

forever

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