Momentum
by PrettyGothGirl
All Standard Disclaimers Apply
Summary: Pre-Rikku/Gippal really. Gippal saves Rikku's life while walking on the High Road. It was amazing what a single moment in time could be like.
Author's Note: Happy Birthday Screaming Geisha! A little scene in my head that didn't seem to fit anywhere else. It probably could have though. Ah Well. Enjoy!
Gippal heard the hover coming before he saw it. He still didn't get a lot of time to react. At his side, Rikku chattered either oblivious or a few seconds slower than him. He grabbed her, not paying attention to where he did so in his haste. She stopped talking mid word, mouth open. He pulled her to his chest.
The hover blew by, the air from its passage whipped Rikku's scarf and hair about. Then Gippal noticed that he had a handful of Rikku's very round, firm and warm breast. And sands, he didn't want to let go. His insides squirmed and jolted at the same time. It was a strange feeling. He scolded himself. They were in public and Rikku was his friend. He slid his hand lower towards Rikku's hip and hoped no one else had noticed in the confusion.
He looked down or tried. Rikku had turned her head into his neck. She inhaled, eyes mostly closed, lips turned up into a smile, her nose making a beeline for his pulse. Her hand slipped over his, her fingers fitting between the gaps of his. His heart stopped and started again in a pounding rhythm.
The world narrowed to the two of them, the sun playing off the gold of her hair, the brush of her feather against his collarbone, the spicy sweet smell of her perfume. She tilted her head up smiling. Their eyes met and locked. They looked at each other thoughts and emotions naked, the real truth of how they felt about each other lay bare. Just him, her they way she pliant leaned against him, the way he protectively held her, completely open. Vulnerability should not have felt so passionate. Their lips parted.
"Hey!" Tidus shouted.
Rikku and Gippal jumped. Gippal went for his gun to find Rikku's hand already there. Their gaze broke, moment shattered as the world rushed back in with all its sounds and smells. Rikku's head whipped to Tidus and Gippal's head jerked up to glare at him.
Tidus' brow furrowed as he looked between them. "Are you two okay? That hover was going really fast."
Rikku's shoulders relaxed and Gippal eased his muscles in response. She managed a smile. "We're fine."
Gippal swallowed. "Yeah. Fine. Close one." Had that really just happened and if Tidus hadn't interrupted, what would he have done? Damn Tidus. Couldn't he have waited just thirty more seconds? He looked down the road and away from Tidus. Gippal breathed slowly, counting to ten, struggling with his composure as he pretended and subconsciously scanned the road for further threats.
"Good. Good." Tidus trailed off. Under his hand Rikku cocked her hip. Gippal didn't know what faces she was making at Tidus and he didn't want to know.
"Uh… right. Catch up when you're feeling… whatever." Tidus waved his hands about jogged away.
"Whatever?" Rikku muttered. "What type of response is that?"
"I don't know." Gippal slid his hand across her stomach. Her hand never left his as it covered one of the most vulnerable parts of her body.
She snorted. "Sometimes I don't know if it's the whole dream Zanarkand thing or just him, but he can be so weird."
His fingertips caressed her opposite hip before falling off her body and her hand followed. They started moving forward again by unspoken mutual consent. Their hands slowly gliding apart until it was just their fingertips.
Neither of them wanted to let go.
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