I don't own any characters of Final Fantasy game series. No much time left till their journey begins. What are they doing before it? Thanks to Veronica by helping me again, and hopefully you'll enjoy:)
Chapter 6. Always in my heart
The sky was so clear and the stars were shining when Yuna and Tidus walked along the streets of Bevelle. The movie they had seen was good, and with Tidus by her side Yuna felt it was even better. They were heading back to their home as the time was 10 o'clock. They had visited the beach and played with the seawater for a while. Yuna was so happy from having so lovely a night with Tidus before leaving on a journey again. Tidus hold her hand tightly, he was happy too.
"What next?" he asked as they were walking in the park near their home.
"We'll go home, and who knows I might have a surprise for you" she replied, smiling happily.
"You seem so happy" he said, looking at his love.
"It's only because I am happy, happy that you're here" Yuna said and gave him a kiss.
"Really..?" Tidus asked while looking at her.
"You sound like you're gonna be a bad boy tonight" she grinned with a smile, he smiled back to her.
"Oh, you've got no idea how bad" he said and kissed her dearly.
Yuna smiled. If she hadn't met Tidus, could there be someone else she might love this much. Even if she thought hard, she had only one answer: probably not.
They walked past Nooj's granny's store. Yuna glanced at the store and started slowing her steps. Tidus noticed her doing so and turned his head to see her. They stopped in front of the store window; it was so dark in there. Yuna wondered.
"There should be a light inside" she said, trying to see in past the stuff behind the window.
"Maybe they are already sleeping. You said yourself we have to meet the others at 9 o'clock in the morning" Tidus said. Seemed to him Yuna wasn't so sure about it.
"I hope everything's fine there, I've got such a bad feeling something has happened" she said sadly.
"May be you're just tired, it's been only a few days since we got back home from Luca" Tidus said. Yuna sighed.
"I guess you're right" she said then and they continued walking past few more buildings to get back home.
Elsewhere, Rikku was enjoying a warm bath as she heard the flat's door was opened and closed, and sighed. Gippal took off his shoes and headed to kitchen. He went to a fridge, opened its door and took a cool juice, starting to drink it.
"Can't you use a glass?" Rikku asked. Gippal was frightened as he didn't hear her coming there.
"Sure, but it's faster this way" he replied and drank some more before putting the rest of it back in fridge.
"I should buy some juice just for you to drink" Rikku sighed.
A towel around her she walked through their living room to bedroom. Gippal watched after her, leaning on the wall, with a cunning smile on his face.
In bedroom, Rikku got dressed in her green satin pyjamas and dried her hair in the towel. She put her towel to dry on a chair, and then took a coverlet off from the bed. Gippal walked in the room and closed the door. Rikku glanced at him; somehow she was unable to hate him, even if she really wanted to do so.
They didn't say a word to each other, as Rikku sat down in the bed and pulled the covering on her. Gippal watched her laying there her back on him, then sitting down in the bed. She felt his movements behind her and turned around to see him.
"Have you calmed down?" she asked. Gippal glanced at her, he had no covering on his upper body.
"Me? If I remember right it was you who raged at me?" Gippal said, with a grin on his face.
"Oh, yes, I guess you're right..." Rikku said, looking at Gippal and his cute naked upper body.
"You want something..?" Gippal asked curiously.
Rikku was slightly frightened as she was so deep in her thoughts. Noticing Gippal was smiling and watching her, she laughed shortly.
"No, I don't. I mean it's getting late" she said and smiled, then turning her back on him and pulling the covering up to her ears. Gippal was laughing quietly.
"Good night, see you in the morning" Rikku said.
Gippal moved closer to sleep beside her. She didn't push him away. Putting out a light on her bedside table, she sighed, and soon after the two fell deep asleep.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, Ninnie was waking up in a bed in Nooj's granny's room. She was still so sleepy she yawned and stretched herself before opening her eyes. She heard noise from another room, and opened her eyes to see what's going on. At the same time she did, Nooj came in the room with a pail and a floor cloth. He noticed she was awake when she rose to sit in the bed.
"Good morning" he said and started to clean the floor.
"...Good morning..." she replied sleepily while watching his doing.
"What time is it? And what are you doing?" she asked and yawned.
"It's past seven, I'm cleaning this blood away and then I'll bury my granny before we need to leave" he replied. She watched his doing for a while longer, and then shook her head.
"...Let me take care of that, I need to get rid of these sleepy eyes anyway" she said and grabbed the floor cloth he was holding. Then she cleaned it in the pail and continued cleaning the floor.
"...Thanks..." Nooj said. He remained watching her cleaning the floor for some time, before he was about to leave.
"Can I ask something?" Ninnie asked.
"Sure"
"Where are you going to bury your granny?" she asked and sat on the floor. Nooj was standing in the doorway, his back on her. After a moment of silence he glanced behind his back.
"I think I know..." he said and left.
She heard him going out, leaving her all alone in the store. She sighed. Even if she met his granny only once, something told her she wanted her all the best in the rest of her life, and now... She was feeling very sad for Nooj.
Soon she remembered the floor she promised him to clean. There was some blood left and dried, but she decided she'll clean every single drop of blood from the floor. That's all she was able to do for him, and waited him to come back.
Few moments later, in the near by forest, Nooj had buried his granny in the ground under the branches of her very favorite tree. He sat there, deep in his memories, and tried to remember everything his granny told him about his look. He was able to remember his father's clothing and everything else, except his face. The same thing was with his mother; somehow he had lost memories of their faces during the years.
Nooj thought hard, he's got long hair and this time he wanted to look like his father for the first time in his life. He opened his eyes and saw a small pond on his right. He looked in water of the pond, seeing his face greeting him. He studied his image carefully for some time before he opened his hair. Watching the image on pond, he made a simple ponytail up behind his head. Some of the shorter front hair was now swinging in the wind on both sides of his face, as he rose up.
Next to the pond, he saw a lonely daisy. Nooj smiled slightly and picked up the daisy, and placed it on his granny's grave. Then he looked up and saw the blue sky with few white clouds. He closed his eyes for a moment, and then he turned around. After leaving the forest and the grave behind, he headed back home, hoping Ninnie has stayed there. He still had few things to do before he was ready to leave from Bevelle with his new friends.
The end of chapter 6. I hope you liked. :)
