6. Unable to Break Old Habits
"Make him stop!!!" Tidus said as he covered his head with his pillow once he heard Vidina screaming at the top of his lungs. I looked over at the clock and realized that it was 6:30 in the morning.
"My god, I don't know how Lulu and Wakka do it!!!" I said as I crawled out of bed to get my robe and then to walk over to where Vidina's crib was set up in my room.
"When are they coming back?!?!" Tidus asked as his head was under his pillow. (How I understood what he said I have no idea since his speech was muffled)
A sigh was my answer as I put on my robe since I didn't have an actual word answer. I didn't even see Wakka and Lulu before they left, so how was I supposed to know? However, waking up to feed Vidina for the fourth time tonight was really starting to make me cranky. I walked up to Vidina's crib, and Vidina was screaming his head off. Damn, for such little lungs, he sure could scream. I reached in his crib and picked him up. I walked with him into the kitchen (he was finally starting to calm down) to heat up a bottle for him. As the bottle was in the microwave, Tidus walked into the kitchen in only his boxers. I had to smile in amusement at his tousled blonde hair as he yawned.
"What?" He asked me mid-yawn.
"The whole hair thing you've got going on there." I reached out and touched his hair that was sticking out in every direction with one hand as the other held Vidina.
"Yeah, I like it." He smiled at me as he opened the microwave and grabbed the bottle. He tested it on his arm to make sure it wasn't too warm and then handed it to me. "Here ya go."
I started to feed Vidina his bottle and Tidus started up a pot of coffee. I was very impressed with Tidus and I. Even though we were still very young, we were able to handle a baby. Sure, I don't think we're mature enough to have one yet (um...ow), but we're capable of babysitting an infant. Vidina is a little bit over a month old, so he's still quite a challenge. I must admit, he is so freaking adorable, but I'm not appreciating his sleeping habits. Now that it's 6:30am, he'll be up for a while. Who needs an alarm clock, ya know?
"So what's on our itinerary today?" I asked Tidus as he shrugged his shoulders. I had to laugh at him as he yawned again. He is definitely not a morning person. I'm not saying I'm Miss Sunshine in the morning or anything, but I can at least see colors before ten in the morning.
"I'm praying that Wakka and Lulu will come back today." Tidus said as he grabbed two mugs from the cupboard.
"Oh, come on now, don't be cranky. You said so yourself that we should get used to having a baby around."
"Is it too late to take that back?" I nodded at him and he groaned. "Dammit."
After I was done feeding Vidina, I placed him in his play pen that was in the living room to let him play with the copious amount of toys that were in there. Most of them were from Rikku and I, although a lot of them were from the Aurochs and Wakka. I walked around the house opening the curtains because the sun already rose about an hour previous. Sunshine streamed into the house and made it a lot more homey. I cracked a window a little bit and let the cool morning air flow inside as Tidus walked over to me and handed me a cup of coffee.
"You are a lifesaver," I said as I took a sip.
"No, this is a lifesaver," Tidus said as he held up his mug. Although Tidus and I weren't particularly fond of coffee, we both knew that we wouldn't be able to function this morning if it wasn't for it. Tidus put his arm around my waist as we both gazed outside.
That afternoon as I was clearing the dishes, there was a knock at the door. I grabbed a towel to wipe my hands and opened the door.
"Oh my god, Lulu, I'm so glad it's you." I couldn't help but show my enthusiasm when I saw her.
"Is my son that much trouble?" Lulu said with a straight face, but she knew that wasn't what I meant. I think.
"It's not that, it's just that I have so much more respect for you and Wakka now." She gave me a odd look and I continued. "I have no idea how you can wake up about eighty times a night to feed Vidina, change his diaper, calm him down when he has a bad dream..."
"It's the life of being a parent. You'll be able to understand it some day, Yuna." Lulu and I walked into the living room where Vidina was sleeping. Yeah, it's cool, ya know. He wakes me up a million times in the middle of the night and he can sleep the next day. Whereas I had stuff to do. Lulu reached down and picked up Vidina.
"I really appreciate you watching him for me, Yuna. Wakka and I needed to get away for a little while."
"Yep, it's no problem. I love the little guy." I grabbed the other pair of pajamas that he wore the previous day off the edge of the crib and handed them to Lulu. "Vidina loves his aunt Yuna and uncle Tidus, so it's all good."
At that moment Lulu looked around. "Where is Tidus anyway?"
"Oh, the Aurochs came and grabbed him about an hour ago to go train and stuff. I think Tidus is going to play for the Aurochs again."
"Oh really?" Lulu said as she rolled her eyes. "This now means that Wakka will play again. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I know how much Wakka enjoyed it and everything..."
"But...?" I asked as Lulu and I started to walk toward the door. "It'll be good for Wakka go on the field again."
"I'm just worried that's all. We all remember what happened to Wakka during your pilgrimage. I can't stand to see him like that again." I loved when Lulu talked sweetly about Wakka. I'm not saying that Lulu isn't a compassionate person, but she's a hard egg to crack. Wakka, Vidina and I are her three soft spots.
"However, after that, he and Tidus played for the Aurochs and he was fine. Hell, they actually won the championships a few times." Lulu nodded at me and we both walked outside. Lulu walked back to her place and I stood outside to just admire the atmosphere. It was a gorgeous day in Besaid. The sun was shining, the bird were chirping, the young children were all playing outside...and then I heard a familiar voice yell out, "Yunie!!! Fa'ja kud caneuic dnuipma!"
"Rikku? What are you doing here?" I said as she and Gippal ran toward me. "Hey, Gippal."
"Hey, Yuna." Gippal said as he panted a little from running.
Rikku grabbed me by my shoulders, "Did you hear what I said?"
"Yeah, Rikku, I heard you. But understanding you is a different story. What did you say?"
"I said that we've got serious trouble! Something is happening in Bevelle!"
"What?" I said as Rikku let go of me. "What's going on in Bevelle?"
"We're not sure yet. All we know is that Bevelle's gates are closed to everyone. No one can leave, no one can enter." Gippal said as he put his hand on his hip.
"Also, we heard word that the Praetor was kidnapped!" My eyes opened wide as Rikku spoke.
"Baralai..." I said softly as Rikku nodded her head rapidly. "Shit..."
"Well, Yunie? Are we going to save Baralai?" Rikku said as a million thoughts raced through my head. I wanted to retire from this saving the world stuff. Hell, I've saved it twice, isn't that good enough for Spira? Can't someone else save the world for once? At that moment, Tidus—who was still dripping wet from blitzball practice—walked over to us.
"Hey Rikku, what's goin' on?" Before Rikku had a chance to answer, Tidus could sense that I was definitely going through a thinking process. "Yuna?"
"Um, we're going to go on a little vacation." I said simply to Tidus. Tidus looked confused and Rikku squealed.
"Gullwing Yunie is back in action!!!!"
Oh boy, I thought. Here I go again...