Chapter 3 for you guys! Sorry for the delay

Yuna POV

"Tidus...?"

I heard my words echo around us, hanging in the air. He said nothing and I just stared at him. Was it really him? I had had dreams similar to this many times, and although it all seemed real, I couldn't accept it.

"Yuna?" His voice, soft as ribbon, cut the silence. 2 years since I had heard that voice. I should have been jumping for joy, not sitting here looking stunned, as if I was not in reality.

I couldn't answer to my name, I had temporarily lost the control of my body, including my voice and I was shaking violently.

"Yuna?" He repeated my name, though this time I could hear the urgency, the worry, it was obvious he was trying to reach me, pull me out of whatever dream I was in. That was when I looked into his eyes. Those wonderful, cerulean eyes that could bore deep into my soul, those eyes that could always see through the fake smiles and false exterior that I had to maintain during my pilgrimage. Looking into those eyes right now, all I could see was love and concern, and seeing that, I felt my own eyes fill with tears.

Tidus POV

I could see the tears well up in eyes, and pour over, running down her pale cheeks. That seemed to spark a reaction in me. I was snapped out of my daze, and, in seconds, I had closed the distance between us. I quickly kicked her guns a little further down the dock, and then fell to my knees beside the woman I loved.

As soon as I hit the dry wood, I pulled her into an embrace, soaking up her presence. For the third time that night, I spoke her name.

"Yuna." I whispered it in her ear. This time it wasn't questioning, this time I wasn't worried. I could feel her there, with my arms around her, slightly cold, and shivering. I wrapped my arms tighter around her, hoping to warm her up, however it was then I realised I was dripping went, and probably only making her colder.

I drew back from her, somewhat reluctantly, and took in her appearance for the first time; in…well I wasn't sure how long.

She wore an outfit I never thought I would see Yuna in; short shorts, denim, and navy in colour. She also had what looked like half a skirt covering her left leg. Looking further up, I saw she had a white strapless top on, with pink lace at the bottom and held together by…

…the Zanarkand Abes logo. I felt a lump rise in my throat, constricting my breathing. I didn't look at the clothes she was wearing anymore. I really didn't care at that moment. Instead I looked to her face. However she was now looking at the dock, avoiding my gaze.

Her hair had been cut, but she was still the same Yuna. Don't ask how I knew. I could just tell. Looking into her mesmerizing, mismatched eyes, I could see. She was still the Yuna I had fallen in love with.

I reached forward and gently tilted her head to look at me; however her eyes remained fixed downwards. I watched as she blinked rapidly, trying desperately to clear the tears from her eyes. I decided to help, and gently I wiped the tears from her cheeks with my thumb.

It was when I did this she eventually fixed her eyes on mine. Emerald and sapphire; eyes as special as those precious rocks. As special as Yuna.

"A-are you…real?" Her voice couldn't conceal the emotion, and no matter how hard she tried, fresh tears formed in her eyes.

I didn't know what to say. I didn't think I was real, but how could I tell Yuna that.

"I…Yuna, I don't…" but I couldn't finish what I was trying to say. I was stopped by the woman I loved throwing herself at me, squeezing me in a hug that crushed my ribs. She obviously didn't care that I was soaking wet. And I was glad.

"It's ok. As long as you're here. That's all that matters. As long as you don't…" She couldn't finish that sentence. Didn't want to.

"I won't. No matter what happens, I won't let them take me from you again."

She eased her grip on me, and slowly raised her head to look at me. A few stray hairs were clinging to her damp, tear stained face. Carefully I brushed them behind her ear. Staring at her eyes, I suddenly realized that our faces were much closer than I thought.

"Yuna…"

I was once again interrupted by her, this time by her closing the distance between us and placing her lips on mine.

Her lips were so soft against my own, and she tasted just like I had remembered. We were both kneeling on the docks, but I lost all sense of my surroundings, to me it was Yuna and I, and she was all that mattered. I opened my mouth slightly and gently tried to access her mouth with my tongue. Yuna complied at once, and her hands, that had been around my waist moved to my head, where she ran her hands through my hair. My hands, on her waist, pulled her closer. What had started as a tender, loving kiss had escalated to a passion filled frenzy. It was so much more intense than the kiss we had shared in Macalania.

As her hands continued to rush through my hair, I reluctantly pulled away from her, to catch my breath. I pressed my forehead against hers, and I finally go to speak the words I had so desperately wanted to say that day on the airship when my voice choked and tears threatened…

"Yuna…I love you…" My voice was quiet, a whisper in her ear, yet as soon as the words left my mouth, I felt her pull away from me. Terrified that this somehow had offended her, though I had no idea how I could have, I quickly looked at her face. And saw one of those special smiles that she shared only with me. One of those smiles that made my heart melt, and made me feel…I don't know how to describe it. It just made everything seem right.

I think it was at that moment that it finally sunk in. At that moment that she realised that I was actually back. And that I was staying.

Seeing that bright spark in her eyes for the first time tonight, seeing her happy, truly happy, I could feel a grin spread across my face as well. I reached over to kiss her again, and again the world around us faded. Nothing around us mattered, all I could feel, hear, smell, taste was Yuna.

As we broke apart again, Yuna stood suddenly, and dragged me to my feet, and before I had gained my balance, she started to run back to the beach, back to the village, her hand glued to mine. I realised that she had gotten much faster, it was hard for me to keep up with her.

As we reached the soft, white sand of the beach I was able to catch up with her, the uneven, shifting surface slowing her down.

"You know, you've changed!" I said to her, keeping her pace.

"Well, you've missed a few things." She turned to me, and flashed a smile. It was surprising how much of a change her emotions had gone thorough in such a short period of time.

We ran, all the way back to the village. I don't know where we both got the energy from, how we managed to run all the way there without stumbling, or without over taking one another. I guess we both knew what was waiting back at the village for us.

As we reached the arch that marked the boundary of the village we slowed to a walk, and Yuna gently tugged on my hand leading me to her hut.

As she pulled back the pink cloth that served as a door, I looked around…again. Yet this time the room seemed warmer than it had when I had been there earlier. I glanced at the clock again.

2:17

We had been at the beach almost an hour. It hadn't seemed that long. And yet it had seemed longer.

Looking to Yuna, I knew what she wanted. What I wanted. I closed the distance between us and yet again captured her lips with mine.

Slowly I moved both of us backward to her bed and as we landed on the soft sheets, everything melted. Nothing. I was aware of absolutely nothing. Apart from the very beautiful girl in front of me. Only her. My everything.

Before we started our heated kissing, I whispered into her ear the words that I knew made her head light and her heart beat faster than the speed of light.

"I love you…"

Ok well I will try to update soon. The next chapter will be R rated, and also the plot will be revealed a bit more!

R&R for me, the reviews inspire me to continue!

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