Memory of Lightwaves
2 Months
Rikku plopped on her bed and stared at her white ceiling for a few minutes, glad to have a break. She was finally off for the rest of the weekend, and was more than happy to lock herself in her room. (Which she was proud to say she now lived alone down the hall from Cid) After a few minutes of day dreaming about Brother doing all of her work, she spun around and picked up her CommSphere. She had asked Shinra very nicely if he could make one so she could talk to Gippal even while they were away from each other. Shinra had made them a set that connected to each other, but it was a failed attempt. She flicked the CommSphere on and waited for the connection to link. Gippal was hardly in his room, and if he was, he never really noticed Rikku's face looking back at him unless she said something. In that event, she liked to just watch him.
It was interesting to watch a Gippal in their natural habitat. Sometimes, he would talk to himself. He could have a whole conversation with himself and never seem to get bored. Rikku tried not to laugh and blow her cover when he discussed her with himself, saying some random things and something that almost made Rikku say "Aww!" The connection finally linked, and she saw Gippal lying on his bed, his hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling the same way she had a few minutes ago. His foot bounced from side to side in some sort of restlessness. His good eye looked completely hollow. What's he thinkin' about?
After a few minutes of watching him, Gippal turned his head and whipped out of bed, kneeling beside the CommSphere.
"Finally! I thought you'd never come." Gippal said, a smile flickering at the corners of his mouth. Rikku tilted her head.
"You were waiting for me?" she asked quietly. He never cared about the CommSphere before! Gippal nodded quickly.
"So, are there any ships flying out near here… soon?" Gippal asked, adding on the last part as if an after thought. He grabbed a pillow from out of the CommSphere's range and rested his elbows on it. He seemed to settle down after that, since he had still been fidgeting when he started talking to her. Rikku put a finger to her chin and looked up at the ceiling as she thought.
"Well… there's one going to the Moonflow in five days." She said, looking back at him. He rolled over onto his back in a position that looked much like a sleeping dog and said,
"No, I wanna see you sooner." Rikku laughed at his current position and turned over onto her back so she could see his face right side up.
"Why so soon Mister "I'm Busy All the Time"?" She said teasingly. Gippal sighed and the taunting.
"Because, more than half the team are going out for maintenance this week and having less than half the needed people is kinda useless, so I'm giving the Faction a week off. I know, don't give me that look; we'll make up for the lost time. Anyway, I was hoping I would be able to see you at least once since I know you have the weekend off now." He explained hurriedly. Rikku thought for a moment. There was no way she would pass up a chance like this since she hadn't actually seen Gippal in two months, and that would be enough to make her go insane if she didn't have the CommSphere to listen to his discussions about her.
"Well… Brother has an airship that's actually his now… and since he owes me I could get him to fly me out to Luca tomorrow. Sound good?" she said. Gippal nodded.
"Uh huh! I gotta head out now to help everyone put the machina away. Wait near the stadium if you get there before me, okay?"
"Okay. See you tomorrow!" Rikku said. She turned off her CommSphere and rushed out of the room. She finally found Brother in his room, as usual, and jumped at the foot of his bed. He screamed and pulled his headphones out of his ears.
"I'm listening to Yuna! Can you come back later?" he said. Rikku shook her head.
"I need you to fly me to Luca tomorrow at around… 10?" Rikku realized they hadn't even set a time. Oh well.
"Whyyyy?" Brother said, laying back into his pillows. Rikku gave him a stern look.
"Do I really have to reveal to you the secrets of being a woman such as myself?" she asked him, trying desperately hard not to laugh. Brother shrank away and put his hands up in surrender.
"Okay, okay! Wake me up at nine and we'll head out." Brother said, putting his headphone on grumpily. Rikku smiled sweetly at him and ran out of the room, leaving Brother to do his best impression of Yuna, which was enough to have the Al Bhed children run hurriedly past his room. Rikku ran down the hall back to her room and tore open the door to her walk in closet, which she never got tired of. She rummaged through a bag and pulled out the outfit she had been saving and tugged the boots out of their hiding. Hah! I knew saving this was a good idea! It was a long sleeved white shirt with ruffles going down and a satin blue bow at the collar, with red and blue cuffs at the end of the sleeves. The skirt was blue with yellow circles at the pleats that came halfway down her thigh, which she would feel alright wearing in Gippal's presence. The boots were red and black at the toe and had blue lacings. (A/N: This is the dressphere in International Last Mission and I've never played it, just seen a picture.) She put it all on and admired herself. Still love it! Even though I know Gippal will still be wearing that pink and black armor. She changed back into her comfy skirt and pulled on a big t-shirt that she found in her drawer. She looked at it slowly and grinned as she remembered one of the times she went to Djose.
It was raining heavily outside as she walked towards the temple. Gippal was outside helping people put tarps up over the machina. She unfolded her arms long enough to tap him on the shoulder. He turned and tilted his head, grinning slightly. Rikku looked and said,
"G-Gippal… it's kinda-cold out here. You got anything dry for me to wear?" she asked. He put his arm around her shoulder. It was nice and warm, despite the fact that they were both sopping wet. Once he got in his room, he pulled out a large black t-shirt and tossed it to Rikku. She looked at him expectantly and he just grinned at her more widely. She pointed to the door.
"Out!" She said sternly.
"Alright, alright, I'm going!" he replied, walked towards the door. Rikku shoved him lightly out of it and turned, keeping a close eye on it. She pulled the black t-shirt on, and it went almost down to her knees. As an afterthought, she tugged off her skirt with some difficulty.
"Alright Gippal, c'mon." Rikku said, making sure to hide her skirt somewhere that Gippal wouldn't find it. She didn't exactly want him to know that she didn't have her skirt on anymore. He came in and grimaced.
"It looks horrible on you…" he said, taking it all in. Rikku crossed her arm.
"I'm hot, not a goddess." She stated simply, crossing her arms with a pout. The moment after, thunder clapped loudly through the sky. She bolted to Gippal and wrapped her arms tightly around him. He put his arms out in surprised and laughed a bit.
"What's wrong? I thought you weren't afraid of thunder anymore." He said, hugging her all the same.
"I'm not. Doesn't mean I have to be buddies with it." Rikku said, looking up at him. "Besides, it's a nice excuse to hug you." She added on, nuzzling her head into his chest. She pulled away from him and sat on his bed after a few moments. He sat next to her and she kicked her feet forward and back repetitively.
"I'm not going out there until the rain stops." Rikku said. Gippal shook his head.
"That's okay, 'cause your not leaving with my sexy shirt either. I got all my one night stands in that thing." He said, pointing to it. Rikku was so disgusted she almost took it off. Then she remembered she didn't have her skirt on.
"Bleh…" She said. Gippal laughed and tugged her into another hug.
Hah. I did leave with your sexy shirt. What'cha gonna do about it? She tugged it over her head and hugged herself with it. It may have had a terrible history, but at least it was warm and Gippal-ish. She leaned over and set her alarm clock for 8:30 and pulled the covers over her head. So… sleepy…
Chapter one! Like it? Expect the next chapter up later today. I've got some good stuff in store now that I don't have to have times overlap each other.