Title: I Love You
Fandom: Final Fantasy X
Characters: Yuna, Tidus
Prompt: 085 She
Word Count: 300
Rating: G
Summary: 'She'll be strong' Tidus' POV at the end, on the airship
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http://airelement.livejournal.com/11132.html “I love you.” The wind is blowing through her hair, her skirt swirling around her feet as she stares out into the distance with those beautiful eyes; those eyes that have looked into mine so openly, those eyes that have stared out over the plains and fields and mountains and towns of Spira to say goodbye. Those eyes that I tried so hard to save, but now I have to leave.
We never said ‘I love you’. I guess it was one of those unspoken agreements, that we both knew we both felt it but just couldn’t say. This time was going to come, we were expecting it. I wanted to save her, though, I couldn’t let her die because she wanted to save Spira. For a while I really believed that if we could find a way to save her, we could be together forever. Then I found out that I’m just a dream of the fayth, and now I’m leaving.
I wrap my arms around her, cherising the warmth of her body as she leans back slightly to rest her head on my chest. Dropping my head to her shoulder, I inhale and smell the unique scent that is Yuna, the gentle flowery smell that lingers even after a long battle. For a moment, we are together, Tidus-and-Yuna. But we both know it is time for me to go. I squeeze her tightly for a moment and step forward. And we’re back to being Tidus and Yuna.
She must be feeling just like I do, as if something is pulling my heart right out of my chest and back towards her. But I’m a dream, I have to leave her and disappear. No more Yuna-and-Tidus, not even any more Yuna and Tidus. Just Yuna. But she’ll be strong.