paixaorpg | See you through the lonely nights (Active/Closed)

Character(s): Yuna, Tidus
Content: It's a talk. Between very good friends.
Setting: Yuna's apartment in Irelia
Time: week 30?, late-afternoonish, after Yuna gets back from being bugged by Hades
Warnings: CAVITIES. IDK

Of all the people Yuna had noticed coming back to Paixao lately, that one had been the last she'd ever wanted to see. Not only was it a horrible reminder of past things - and the fact that her father was gone - but she could honestly say she was afraid of what he might do this time. She wouldn't put it past him for a second kidnapping attempt. If that happened, she wasn't sure what she'd do. A lot of the people who had tried to help her the first time were gone. The city had turned upside down in the time since Hades had left.

Feeling a bit like a sulky child, Yuna headed up the stairs to the apartment, turning the key in the lock and pushing it open. Shutting the door behind her, she glanced around to see if anyone was around. Looked like the living room was free. With a sigh, she flopped down on the couch and settled in to think, propping her legs up across the cushions. She'd gotten complacent, thinking that Paixao wouldn't be so bad. She'd forgotten people could come back after leaving.

Stupid Hades. Maybe it was time she told someone else about that. Neither Rikku nor Tidus knew about it. With a sigh, Yuna rolled over to face the back of the couch. She didn't want to deal with it. Maybe a quick nap would help clear her head.

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Tidus was nearly asleep himself when he heard the door open. The sound was just loud enough to catch his attention, making him roll over and stare at his bedroom door for a second. Yuna was probably home, he realized.

With that thought as a springboard, it didn't take long for him to sit up and head toward the door, abandoning his own nap to check the living room.

"Yuna?" he said as he entered, not realizing that she was trying to sleep. "Is that you?"

The sound of Tidus' voice was enough of a distraction from everything. Seeing him was much preferable to a nap... usually, anyway. She sighed softly and rolled back over, sitting up to look at him, but not rising to her feet yet. Instead, she was staring at the floor.

"Yeah. I'm back."

Her voice was soft, not at all like normal, and she knew he'd pick up on that. What was she supposed to do, though? She didn't know. Maybe she could contact Auron about it. He might know how to deal with this.

He was walking into the room quickly enough to see her long before she spoke, and he smiled. But he did pick up on the strangeness of her tone, and couldn't miss how intently she was staring at the floor. Something wasn't right, and the spring in his step vanished as he walked the last few steps to the couch. He sat down next to her, and wasted no time getting to the obvious question.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Yuna should have known he'd pick up on everything. Part of her wanted to just lean against him and block it all out, but the rest of her knew... he'd find out eventually. The number of people who remembered that incident was dwindling, but if Hades really was back, then he'd probably use her as bait to get to Tidus or Auron again.

So, she turned to him with caution and tried to figure out how to say what she needed to say.

"Tidus... have you ever heard of someone called Hades?"

"Hades?" Tidus tried to think, remembering the names and faces of the people he had run into and heard of since his arrival. But, as far as he could remember, the name "Hades" hadn't come up until now. He shook his head, finally, when he was sure.

"Nope. Never heard of him." he said. But, obviously, this Hades guy - whoever he was - had done something to upset Yuna. That alone was enough to make Tidus want to know exactly who he was.

"I thought he'd left," Yuna murmured, letting her gaze move back to the floor for a moment. How to explain this. "A long time ago, when I'd first arrived and my father was still here, Hades kidnapped me. I don't know if he wanted to use me to hurt Auron or my father."

But, well, both had happened, despite her best efforts.

"He calls himself a god and he can control Heartless. He's not someone to be messed with... and I should probably tell Auron. He would want to know."

She's feeling a mess of emotions right now: guilt, worry, fear, longing... She's just glad Tidus is here right now. His presence is helping calm her down considerably.

"He kidnapped you?!" Now it didn't matter if Tidus hadn't known who Hades was just a minute ago - if he saw the guy, he was going to give him a piece of his mind, and then some.

Which might have been a little bit easier if he knew what Hades looked like, but Tidus hadn't thought that far ahead quite yet.

"Well, I don't care what he says he is. Between me, Auron, and Rikku, you won't have to worry about anything like that happening again." He meant it, too, and the tone of his voice and the look on his face made that obvious. Tidus could tell that she was worried, and that maybe this was more complicated than he was letting himself think - and he wandered about that, somewhere in the back of his mind - but, for the moment, the reassurance that he wouldn't let anything else happen was all that he could think to give. After all they had been though, he knew that they all could handle whatever or whoever this place threw at them.

Yuna nodded, offering a small smile as thanks. She really appreciated that he was taking his job as her guardian so seriously. Having someone like him with her now... it helped. More than she could say. Yuna hesitated for just a second and then reached over to take one of his hands in hers. She needed the comfort.

"A lot of people helped me escape. I should have thanked them more, but now it's been so long... so many of them have come and gone since then." She let her gaze fall back to her lap. Now she was just worried about the same thing happening again.

"If Hades finds out you're close to me, he might use you as bait to hurt me... or the other way around."

Either way, it would probably work and she was worried about it. She didn't want to lose Tidus again.

He certainly didn't object when she took his hand, and held hers just as tightly as he listened and thought about what she was saying. After everything that they had been through, Tidus was sure of one thing - he wasn't afraid of getting hurt. Maybe it was only because his confidence was at an all time high (coming back from not existing anymore can do that), but as far as he was concerned, nothing was impossible. He had kept Yuna safe in Spira...and, despite everything, he was still, somehow, here. He wasn't going to let anything happen to Yuna in this place, either, and he'd be alright, too.

He just had to make sure Yuna knew that.

"If he tries, I won't let him. We'll be okay. Trust me." And he absolutely believed that. If something happened, they would be alright, one way or another.

He wasn't going anywhere. Not a chance.

Even though Yuna's world was full of worry here, even though the one person she feared here had returned, having Tidus seemed to cancel everything out. There was something about him that just made her feel loved, safe, confident. If he said they'd be okay, she knew they would be okay. Her eyes watered just a little bit and she threw her arms around his neck, holding him close. She'd lost him twice already, once at home and once here. If she lost him a third time, she didn't know what she'd do.

"I know... I believe you," she whispered into his ear as she held on. "And... thank you... for being my guardian for so long."

For guarding her, for being the person she loved, for always being there for her, for supporting her when she thought she'd fall. The list went on forever and she knew she'd never be able to show or tell him how much she appreciated everything he'd done for her.

This wasn’t home, but if Tidus had been given the chance to be anywhere else, he wouldn’t have taken it. He held on to Yuna when she hugged him, and knew that as long as he was here with his friends...and with the person he cared about most...he was just fine. He hadn't put any thought into that certainty he had been feeling. But, maybe it was because he had a feeling that, if he and Yuna kept holding on - if they could stay together - there really was nothing to be afraid of. She wouldn't get hurt, and he wouldn't disappear.

Suddenly, he realized that he hadn't wished that he was back in Zanarkand for a very long time. Not since long before he showed up in Paixao. As much as he loved his home, he had something more important to do.

"I'll keep being your guardian, Yuna." he replied. "For as long as you'll let me."

Yuna smiled at his words, giving him a little more of a squeeze at his comfort. "Always, then." Those were the words they'd spoken so long ago, the words she'd held onto during the end of her pilgrimage, the words she'd held onto and hoped would come true after he'd disappeared in front of her.

"You can be my guardian for always."

She pulled back to smile into his eyes, just glad she had him with her. Even with Hades here, even with everything else... Tidus was here with her. And that was what mattered the most.

"I'm so... grateful that you're back, you know? I missed you."

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