Gippal and Paine have a little challenge for each other, who will be the first to break, and will anyone else try to ruin their chances of success? Pre-warning; may have "adult" content.

Bets

Day 0 – The start

The glasses chimed as I set them on the granite counter in front of me and after pouring the strong, clear liquid into them I turned and passed one to the Al Bhed standing directly behind me. I hadn't seen him in such a long time and it was nice to finally catch up.

"I'm glad you came." I told Gippal as he sat down on my sofa, "It's been ages since we last got together."

"Yeah you're right!" he agreed before taking a large gulp of the liquor, "And I love what you've done with the place!" he began to point all around him, at what I presumed was the décor of my small flat. Picking up my own glass I joined him on the chair.

Smiling gratefully, I said "It was nothing. Now, tell me! What have you been up to?" I sipped my own drink as he began to answer.

"Nothing much, trying to organise the factions in Binkanel but Rikku's taken over a few of the control posts and that girl isn't exactly the most efficient worker."

I continued to smile at his comment, he was right, Rikku had never been able to organise herself, let alone a whole post! "What's going on with you two now?" I asked.

"Well, whenever she's back down in the south of the mainland we seem to hook up – nothing serious though. Besides she can go away for weeks on end; I have to have another outlet in life." He chuckled jokingly, but I knew there was truth in his words. We set our glasses on the table at the same time and it caused us to grin at one another.

"So who or where is this 'outlet' then?" I queried as I lay back on the chair.

"Oh, y'know, just people."

"People?" I raised one eyebrow as if to say 'go on'.

"Yeah, like I see a girl, take her out, take her home… outlet!" he shrugged as if everyone did it as a regular thing – mind you, I wasn't much better. I don't think i'd ever had a steady boyfriend, but then I'd always claimed I just didn't want one! Whereas, Gippal was just a player, he wouldn't be able to obligate himself to just one person.

"Fair enough," I shrugged back at him.

"What? I feel like you're judging me!" he leaned back against the cushions like I had done.

"No." I said coolly, "Just… it's funny!"

"What is?" he questioned me as he pulled my legs up so they were resting on his lap.

I grinned before saying, "I bet – you couldn't last 1 week without sex!"

"I could!" he protested

"No seriously, you couldn't!" I argued back, determined to get him to admit it.

"And just why not?" he continued to argue as well, annoyingly he was as stubborn as I was, so this could take a while.

"Because you're Gippal!" I explained with a smile; none the less he still looked hurt by my comment.

"What's that suppose to mean?"

"Well, you know you're a flirt! You're not the kind of guy who'd ever want commitment!" Seriously, I don't believe anyone in Spira could see Gippal settling down, at least not for a long time. He was known as a man-whore in every corner of the media plagued world. The thought of him staying put with just one girl probably made every young teenage Al Bhed girl shake with excitement as they hoped how it would, maybe, just maybe be them – that's how remote it was!

"Actually, I'd love to be committed to a relationship; I just haven't found the right girl to be committed to yet! You gotta test the waters first y'know!" his arms were crossed defensively as he spoke.

I just rolled my eyes as I said "Sure!"

"Like you're much better!"

"Hey!" I exclaimed, shoving him on the arm.

"Well you're not! It's a new guy every week with you!"

"I'm not that bad!" I frowned at Gippal. I wasn't as bad as him! How dare he compare us?! At least I bothered to go on a couple of dates with a guy, or at least call them back once afterwards.

Then he smugly announced, "In fact, I don't think you'd last for 2 weeks!"

I was shocked by his sudden suggestion but it actually made me grin, sitting up I argued back, "Wanna bet?"

"Yeah actually I do!" he was almost as eager as me to win this, "How about we liven it up a bit! The loser has to strip!" he looked so cheeky and youthful as he suggested it.

"What if we both lose?" I asked, noticing a major flaw in his plan.

"Well we could both get naked and just see where that takes us!" he grinned, his white teeth gleaming at me.

"See – I told you! You're obsessed; why not just say I win now?"

"Oh come on! I'm only kidding around." He sat back on the chair almost as if he'd been defeated.

"Well I'm not – I wanna do this thing!" I admitted, wow I really needed to get out more.

"Fine, let's do it to see who has more self control, sound fair?"

"You've got yourself a deal there matey!" I smiled as I gave him a 'high five'.

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