So, I recently started playing FFX HD Remastered Version ^-^ I actually wanted to play FFX again 2 years ago, but somehow my CD from 2002 is so old and loved that it got scratches all over and freezes ingame every 5 minutes So luckily, they made a remake for PS3... Sadly, without my nice saves of 80.000 HP per person and almost all ultimate weapons ;/ Oh well, I will re-farm! (less time if I get my job at the vet's this friday... all wish me luck, anyway!)

Oh well. Btw, my FF7 story is not cancelled, I was just hoping for more reviews... *hides*

The first time I played FFX, I actually was too occupied by loving Tidus x Yuna to notice Aurikku. But now that I did, I wrote 2 chapters of this within a day XD

This story will be a 3 chapter short, sweet one. Rating will change to T later. :3

Anyway, enjoy, and let me know what you think!

The morning sun shone through the leaves in Macalania forest, making the crystals on the floor as well as the trees glow beautifully in the light, as Yuna and her guardians entered the area. A slight mist was visible, floating through the glittering grass, the bushes and over the cool ground. This place seemed cold in general, but now it was still lightly frozen from the night that had gone by.

Yuna and Tidus walked ahead, talking and laughint happily. Kimahri marched behind the summoner quietly, followed by Lulu and Wakka sort of arguing about irrelevant things. For a change, Auron didn't come in last, it was someone else: Rikku.

The blonde Al Bhed had her arms wrapped around her upper body tightly, shivering. When the group had decamped this morning, she had refused a cloak from the dark haired swordsman offered in order for her to get warmer. Her only problem was her not being used to this kind of cold climate - since she had been born in the desert, she loved the sun and seemed nowhere near eager to travel through cold areas. However, she would endure everything for her cousin Yuna to complete her pilgrimage.

There was no way she would let any of them down, so bearing with the cold, it was. That it wasn't an easy task for her was obvious. Whenever she would fall behind, Auron would cast her a weird glance until she caught up again. That way, he was somewhat taking care of her - and she appreciated it.

As the sun went up higher in the sky, the temperature rose and the cold mist disappeared. Not completely, but enough to bring Rikku back ahead of the group.

After fighting off a few enemies, they decided to take a small break under a large tree.

Rikku took the time to think about another thing that had been bothering her recently. After having been home again, she had met an old childhood friend in the desert and remembered the small crush she used to have on him... Though, unfortunately, she had noticed how it wasn't gone yet, it had only become stronger from meeting him once again. It was the first time that the young Al Bhed felt this way about anyone - and it confused her greatly. At that time, she had been unable to express her feelings for him in any way, caused by her insecurity. All that had lead to an awkward goodbye between the two, Rikku merely stating she would return after the pilgrimage - but never confessing to him or making any movements.

There had been one moment when they both stood in front of each other after their goodbyes, gazing into eachothers eyes... but when he had leaned down a bit, Rikku's mind had panicked, which caused her to turn and walk away instead. Later, when she had thought back, she had noticed that she had most likely skipped a kiss... unwillingly, of course. However, at that moment, she had just been too confused and inexperienced and that upset her.

How was she supposed to do any of these kinds of things when she met him again? How was she supposed to know how to be affectionate, or... how to kiss?

The first idea she got sounded incredibly silly in her head. Getting someone to teach her. Who? And how? It wasn't like she was at home and could ask a longtime friend for such a favor. She had heard it from her brother that he had practiced with one of his friends. But this was different... She wasn't at home. She was with her cousin Yuna and her guardians. It wouldn't be easy to find a "teacher"... The longer she thought about it, the more she realized that there wouldn't be another way to learn it. Surely someone would understand her situation. It had to be a guy, though. Rikku wasn't one to follow Yevon's teachings by all means, but kissing her cousin or Lulu just seemed weird to her.

When she took a look around her group, she noticed Kimahri first. No offense to him, she thought, but kissing a human or a Ronso was probably a different thing... So, scratch that. Who else was there? Wakka. The way he was sitting close to Lulu, bickering in a loving way - she would have felt bad to interrupt wherever their relationship was going. Then, the last one in sight - Tidus. Okay, there was not much speaking against him - he sure was a good guy, but not really the teacher type. Also, he was like a brother to Rikku and it would feel weird to even ask him. He would probably laugh and think of it as a joke... and the young Al Bhed really didn't want to embarrass herself over this topic any more.

By now she had run out of options, as there was nobody else here-

"Ah!", she suddenly jumped up, as if bitten by a Basilisk. Some of the group gave her a strange look, but settled back to their activities when they noticed it only was Rikku.

"Where is Auron? Huh?" The blonde girl moved her hands up to her head, mimicking a person using binoculars, jumping around hectially in the process.

"'Think I saw 'im going there.", Wakka mentioned, pointing to the way on the left of their camp. Him and Lulu then resumed their talk, but the young girl was already storming off, anyway.

The elder swordsman sure wasn't the perfect choice for this job, but to Rikku he seemed down to earth and serious enough to at least consider it.

It was nothing special, really. Just a simple, tiny favor to make the Al Bheds life easier for the future. When she spied him a few minutes walk away from the camp, she hesitated a second, anyway.

Stepping closer to the man leaning against a sparkling crystal tree, she felt his gaze suddenly fixed on her.

"Are we leaving already?" He asked quietly in his husky, masculine voice. So he thought Rikku was here to fetch him? She quietly shook her head, walking beside him. "Uhmm... I have a favor to ask you?" She was now standing in front of him, giving the crimson coated swordsman a puppy dog stare. Just play it cool, she thought.

He made a grumbling noise, looking down to her, indicating her to speak.

When she looked up, she could see his one good, amber colored eye through his sunglasses. Since they were standing in a shadow, the sunlight didn't reflect on them, enabling her to view some of his face instead. Only some - since he was still wearing his cowl thingie around his neck as well as his lower face.

"Uhm, you see...", she started. "There is this guy I like. Back at my place in Bikanel Island. I... I really like him, but when we said goodbye, he wanted to kiss me...", her gaze had turned from beside them to the ground, her feet shuffling. "But I ran away... because I didn't know how to react. Or... how to kiss. And now, I don't know how to meet him again after Yunie's pilgrimage..."

She stopped kicking the small crystals on the floor, which she had never realized she'd started doing. Instead, her eyes wandered up her fellow guardian for a split second, only to find one of his eyebrows raised.

"... So?", he asked after a moment of silence. His gaze was still fixed on hers, expecting her to go on. Then she realized that she had forgotten to add her actual question.

"Ahhm, well... I wanted to ask you... if you could teach me a bit...", she mumbled shyly. There was no real reason to be shy, she only was afraid of rejection to some point. This was her last hope, after all.

When he leaned down a little, using his hand to undo the cowl around his neck, Rikku took a small step backwards. As he freed his lower face from the cloth, he spoke softly. "Teach you what?"

His words told the young Al Bhed that he didn't know what she was pointing at - but his actions showed her that he had well understood what she meant. The way he had uncovered his face and thereby lips also kind of told the blonde teen the answer already. Then why was he asking her to speak it out anyway?

Hesitating at first, the blonde looked down again, trying to find something to look at while her hand fumbled on her claw. "You know, that thing we just talked about."

"I can't remember you specifying anything.", Auron simply stated and listened to Rikku's reponse: a sigh.

Her body was now moving back and forth, she was swinging between the tip of her toes and her heel, gaze now fixiating a floating little sphere in the distance - so she didn't have to look him in the eyes while saying it.

"Kissing." She made a pouty face.

The whole situation just now had Auron chuckling lightly. "Alright."

"Huuh?!", she totally hadn't expected this. What she had expected was some kind of questions why she would want a teacher for that if it was natural to happen sooner or later, why him, or...

"Why me, though?" There it was.

She looked up to his actually somewhat smiling form - probably from amusement.

"Uhm, I don't know~", she decided not to play overjoyed over his answer - which she was for some reason. "Of everyone in this group, you just seemed the most suitable. I know that sounds stupid, but-"

Rikku got interrupted by another chuckle. It seemed that not much of an explanation had been needed for him. That, or he didn't want to tease her any further. "It's fine. So, when?"

Now she had to think for a moment. When? No idea when. As soon as they could, so she would be a kissing ace in no time to surprise her crush at home?

"How's now sound?", she giggled before she realized what that would mean. Auron and her, lips to lips...?

Just in the moment she saw the swordman's mouth open to answer, they heard a whistle from Tidus, signalling them to gather and continue their journey.

Another pout followed from the Al Bhed's side, she watched Auron for a reaction, but when he didn't move to leave, her hopes lit up again.

"Okay. But fast... Show me how you imagine it."

He surprised her by saying that and slightly leaning down. The blonde girl gave herself a mental kick and stepped closer to him again. Then, ever so slowly, she rose onto her tiptoes and leaned closer to his face. For a second, she felt his warm breath on her face, before her soft lips pressed to his. Her thoughts were running wild now - was that okay? What would she have to do now? It got interrupted when she felt Auron pressing back. She took it as a hint that the kiss was done, and leaned back down.

"Uhm... okay?" She blinked and nodded as if to say "Was that it?"

The swordsman meanwhile collected his cloak and zipped it up again. "Now you know how kids do it." Sunglasses blocked his eye again, making Rikku unable to read emotions from neither it nor the hidden mouth again.

"Huhh? Kids? Then how to grown ups do it?" The tone of her voice almost sounded like whining. This wasn't everything? But now that she thought back, she DID remember some couples' kissing looked rather like eating eachother's faces... A weird thought. But she was curious now. "Tell meee! Or better... show meee!" The young Al Bhed clinged to the red cloaked swordman's arm, jumping up and down.

A second whistle was heard through the woods. This time louder and longer. They were waiting.

That was the cue for Auron. "Maybe another time", he mumbled, walking on ahead to leave a now very curious Rikku behind.

Hope you like! My english is not the best, since I'm from germany. Review please with your thoughts/corrections, it means a lot to me! I need feedback, thank you (=