Chapter 23: Secret's

Paine stood and leaned in and kissed Yuna softly. "I'm going to lay down you're more then welcome to join me."

Yuna smiled. "To quote you Paine, 'works for me.'" A giggle escaped Yuna's lips as Paine rolled her eyes.

Paine then shook her head and walked towards the cabin doors. Paine chuckled as she saw the doors. On each door was a large letter one had a 'Y' another had an 'R' and another had a 'P' embossed on it. Paine shook her head and walked into the cabin with the 'P' embossed on the door. She chuckled when she saw a place on the wall to hang her sword and her bed sheets were leather. Yuna walked in behind her warrior and smiled. "Looks like Gippel knows you better than you thought."

Paine looked at Yuna and shook her head. "Let's not go there."

Yuna nodded. "I'm sorry Paine I just want to know you better. And not this façade you put on to keep people away I mean the real you. The you that you keep hidden from the world." For the first time since Yuna met her Paine's face actually showed of emotion, it wasn't that cold mask she wore all the time.

Paine could barely speak looking into the eyes of her lover. "Trust me Yuna you don't want to know the real me."

Yuna pushed the button to close Paine's door and pushed the button to lock it. Yuna walked up to Paine and simply looked deep into the warrior's crimson eyes and slowly raised her hand and set it on Paine's cheek to Yuna's shock Paine leaned into her touch and closed her eyes. "Paine I want to be the only one you let in. Whatever secret's your past holds won't drive me away. Please let your walls down with me. Let me be the only one who knows the real you."

"Why Yuna? Why do you want to know me so well and be so close to me?"

"Because I love you Paine, I mean it I truly do love you. I never felt anything like this before not even with Tidus."

"What makes me so special Yuna? What is it about me that makes you want to be let in?"

"I love you Paine that alone makes you special and I want to know the person I love because I don't plan on leaving you anytime soon."

Paine stood up straight and looked at Yuna before walking over to her bed and sitting down and speaking softly. "Where do you want me to start?"

Yuna walked over and sat down next to Paine on the bed and looked at her with a soft expression on her face. "Well you told me about your father and your mother. Did you have any other family?"

"One sister, she's older then me though. She chose to learn the black arts and be a master black mage like our mother was. I leaned the back arts and how to speak Al-Bhed and chose a different path then both my parents. This didn't make my father too happy because I kept kicking his ass…the night I told you and Rikku about…I wasn't quite honest with you…"

Yuna looked at Paine. "How so Paine?"

Paine looked down at her boot and began to speak softly again. "Well you see no one knows what I'm about to tell you. The only other person that knows about it is my mother." Paine paused and fought the fear creeping up inside her. if I tell Yuna she'll hate me or she'll be afraid of me…either way I'll lose her.

Yuna smiled a little. "Well continue."

Paine took a deep breath and spoke very softly. "Sin only killed my mother…I killed my father…" Paine stared at her boots and refused to look at Yuna.