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Chapter 10: Another Piece
Lulu stepped into Yuna's bedroom expecting to see Yuna asleep in her bed, ALONE. Tidus was still there from the night before. He had his back up against the wall with a sleeping summoner in his lap. During the night he had pulled a blanked up over himself and Yuna.
"Time to get up!" Lulu announced to the dozing couple. They didn't respond. The black mage didn't like to raise her voice, so she called in someone who definitely didn't mind. "Wakka, come in here for a minute."
"What, Lu?" The redhead popped his head in the doorway.
"Would you mind waking up these two? I have to go wake up the others." Lulu stepped out the door, heading off.
"Uh. Sure, Lu." He didn't quite understand why Lulu had wanted to wake everyone up. There was one day to go before they stopped at Luca. He thought that they should just let them sleep in. Well, he didn't want to face and angry Lulu, so he poked Tidus.
The blonde only fidgeted and pulled Yuna closer to him. Wakka poked Yuna instead. She groaned and buried her head in the crook of Tidus' neck. The redhead grinned, taking in a big breath of air.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEE UUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPP!" Wakka yelled at the top of his lungs.
As a result of the LOUD wake up, Tidus leapt in the air, surprised as hell. Well, Yuna was in his lap before hand, so he had taken her with him. As a result, there was Tidus standing on the edge of the bed holing Yuna bridal style. Wakka grinned.
"You two better get dressed, ya? Breakfast will be ready soon." With that said, he stepped out he door, shutting it behind him.
"He could have done that just a little bit quieter..." Tidus mumbled, letting down the half-awake Yuna. She stumbled slightly before falling over on the bed.
"I don't wanna get up..." She buried her head in the pillow. "It's too early."
Tidus glanced at the clock on the wall. "It's about 10 'o clock." He chuckled. "That's 'too early'?"
Yuna moaned, lifting her head from the pillow. She sat up groggily, feeling around the table next to the bed for something. When she found it, she clicked it onto her wrist. Yawning, she stood up and stretched.
"What's that on your wrist? I've never seen you wear it before." He eyed the mysterious object on her arm.
"Oh, this?" The summoner began to fondle it. "I found it in my pocket last night. I must've forgotten about it or something."
"What...what is it?" Tidus squinted, trying to get a better look at the thing.
"It's a charm bracelet." She held it up high enough to let the light that filtered through the window to reflect off its 5 charms. "I can't remember were I got it or were it came from."
"It's just another piece in this giant puzzle of the past. Let's see if we can find were this one belongs." He pulled at his Zanarkand Abes necklace. Something was engraved on the back of the symbol, he could feel it. Flipping it over, carved into the metal was 'T+Y BFF'. "Yuna, look on the back of you necklace."
Yuna, puzzled, did as she was told. Something was etched on the back of it. "Somebody wrote something on the back of this, but I can't read it."
Tidus quickly moved behind her, peering down at the pendent. "It says 'T+Y BFF'."
"How do you know? It's so worn out." She squinted, positioning it at different angles trying to see the writing.
"'Cause it's on the back of mine too." He pulled his necklace off and brought it around so it was in front of Yuna. In an attempt to help her see the engraved letters, he tilted both the pendants toward the sun. "Can you see it now?"
"...I think so... Yeah, I see it!" Yuna lifted her necklace out of Tidus' hand and ran her fingers over the etched letters.
"It's just one more thing to help prove we knew each other in the past..." He wrapped his arms around her slender waist, pulling her closer. Her eyes widened at the sudden affection.
"Please, not again," the worried girl whispered. She looked up and saw that same look in his azure eyes as before. "...Shit..."
He began a series of playful licks and nips along her neck, trailing down to her collarbone. Never in her life had she wanted somebody to barge in and stop the assault on her neck. She got her whish.
"What's taken you guys so long?" came Wakka's cheerful voice. Tidus sprung back and rammed into the wall. "Did I...interrupt something?" He stuck his head in the door, grinning.
"N-no!" Yuna pushed a confused Tidus towards the open door. "Thanks for coming. I've seemed to have lost track of time." She shoved the dazzled blonde out the door, slamming it shut.
"What was that about, ya?" Wakka looked over at the rejected boy.
"I...dunno." He just shrugged, walking off to his temporary bedroom.
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Tidus was out on the deck again, only this time he had a belly full of breakfast. The gently rocking of the boat and his full stomach gave him a bit of a queasy feeling. "Uhh..." He patted his stomach lightly. A gas bubble moved up his throat. He gave out a rather loud belch in relief.
"Do you have any manners?" Yuna came up from behind and poked his spine. He yelped, turning around.
"A poke on the shoulder would have worked too, ya know." Tidus began to caress his back, attempting to get rid of the unwanted tingle.
"I just couldn't pass over the opportunity!" She grinned, but quickly changed to a more serious look. "We need to talk about something."
"That was sudden..." He crossed his arms over his chest, cocking an eyebrow.
"I'm serious. We really need to talk." She gripped the railing, staring down at the waves crashing against the boat side.
"'Bout what?" Tidus moved over next to Yuna, tilting his chin up.
"You know..." She shifted her gaze to her hands, twiddling her fingers nervously. "...You...blanking out...something like that."
"Oh..." He began to feel a bit uneasy at the chosen topic. "Where do you want to start?"
"Do feel anything before you blank out?" Yuna scratched lightly at the railing.
Tidus let his eyes wander, drumming his fingers on the railing. "Come to think of it...Th-there is this...this certain feeling..."
End chapter
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