"Her heart is broken."
"What... hic ... is wrong? She was just... hic... talking and... and... and she just closed her eyes." He then looked at his mother, touching her face lightly. "Why is she so cold? What's wrong with her!"
"She is gone into the next life Tidus," he whispered, Tidus' sniffling stopping instantly. "I am sorry."
Future?
(( You know the drill once again... I own nothing. And thanks to all the people that have been reading this and expect me to write more.))
It had been raining all day, as if Zanarkand knew that it was a day to be sad. It had rained the day that she had passed, and had rained the day of the funeral, which many people had come to watch. But why? She wasn't the hero that they had lost so short ago? No, she was just his wife. But maybe, maybe that was the reason. Everyone knew how much Jecht had ment to her, and how much she had ment to Jecht. Whatever the reason, they were all there, not a word spoken as the body was sent out to see.
Tidus merely stood there as they pushed his mother's casket out to the sea, watching it float away as silent tears flowed down his red cheeks. He was soaking wet, his clothes pasted to his body as he watched her float away, never to return again. "What now," he whispered, not even looking up to Auron, who was equally drenched, wearing his red coat.
"Life ends but it also continues. Your story will continue, and mine will as well." Auron watched the casket float away as well, closing his eyes, taking in a deep breath. "The house, we will still live there. And I will still be there."
Thunder rumbled over head, Tidus watching the casket as it disappeared in the distance. "It won't be the same."
Auron shook his head. "Life is never the same after events that shape our lives. Besides," he began, turning down to look to Tidus. "It will always change. This is something that everyone must go through. It is a phase of life, a phase for growth."
Many of the people that had been there began to leave, making their way back to their dwellings. "We should leave," Auron whispered. But as he walked away, Tidus did not follow. "I know that you miss her, but we should get going. You are going to get sick if you stay out here any longer."
Tidus walked closer to the shore, the wet sand sticking to his boots. "I'll be fine. I need some time. I'll be home later."
Auron nodded, turning away and heading off, his head turning back to make sure Tidus hadn't run into the water before he walked off.
Tidus sighed, walking right to the water's edge and plopping down on the shore, pulling his legs close to his small frame. "They won't say what happened to you," he mumbled, his chin resting on his bony knee. "But I heard the doctor say that your heart was broken. Was it because of him? He broke it didn't he. Without a care in the world, he broke your heart and just left you here. How could you care about him?" The rain picked up, almost as if it was on cue with Tidus' tears. "How could you still want to be with him after all he did to us? Maybe he cared about you. He never called you a cry baby. He was never telling you that you could never do any of his moves." Tidus' face tilted downward, the rain beating on his back. "He never cared about me. I know you did... but he was your everything wasn't he? Now... Auron is the only one left. But why does it feel like everyone that has been put to care for me... why do they end up leaving or dying?" Tidus shook his head, wiping the tears from his face and pulling off his shirt and boots, standing up as the tide swept across his feet. And then, without hesitation, he ran into the waves, lightning crackling through the dark sky as he dove into the waves, almost as if they had swallowed the child up.
((Hey... sorry that it has been a while. Senior year started so I have had to manage my time... ))