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Snowed In.
The fire that held the cold at bay dimmed as Yuna fell asleep her magic didn't work while she was unconscious. Lulu was already asleep not to far away from Wakka, he held onto his ball dreaming of the one woman he could never have, but wanted more then anything. Yuna was laid near tidus, but Kimarhi was never far away always there. Despite him being asleep he would be ready at a moments notice. The only person who was still awake was Auron; he was watching them all as he usually did while they slept. Tonight his attention was focused on the small shivering form of Rikku. Her teeth where chattering, every so often she'd wake up curling herself back into the a ball before exhaustion and cold made her sleep again but as she did she uncurled herself waking herself up.
He longed to pull her into his arms to make her warm, but he knew that he couldn't. Every shake of her muscles to keep herself warm was drawing him closer to her. Waking she turned towards Auron, who was now pretending to be asleep, she sighed as the fired dimmed and died. Her small blanket barely covering her, even as she curled into a ball again. Opening and eye he saw her falling asleep, she was shaking again but never complained. That's what he liked about her, despite hers immature nature she made him smile very few people could do that. She sneezed; it brought him out of his trance. Standing up, Kimarhi shifted waiting for the first sign of trouble. Auron just nodded to him, he settled back seemly to sleep. Moving quietly over to Rikku, he took his large coat off draping it over her slender frame. He saw her relax from the sudden heat. He was about to turn when her hand caught his. Looking down her large green eyes shone up piercing through his own blue ones.
"Auron?" she questioned him with a single word, her voice low from sleep and the fact she didn't want to wake anyone else up.
"Shhhh, go back to sleep." he whispered with unusual kindness that startled her. He smiled his rare smile. She let go of his hand, her fingers dragging over his before falling to the ground.
"Thank you." She smiled at him, not sure what else to do, he was always so quiet she could never think of anything to say to him. Sleep was pulling back under he smiled at her wishing he could hold her make her safe from everything but he couldn't. She was unconscious before he moved back over to spot he was sat kimarhi opened his eyes looking at him. "You wont be cold?" his voice was low but still audible.
"No, I wont be cold." He whispered back, noting that Rikku smiled as he talked, even asleep she responded to him. If only he had more time, he could do what he wanted and hold her.