A/N: my very firstone-shot fic. The song is We Belong Together by Mariah Carey and Rikku x Gippal rocks!
Disclaimer: I do not own the song lyrics or the characters of this story. The song belongs to Mariah Carey and the characters belong to Square Enix.
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It was late at night and the moonlight shined brightly into Rikku's cabin in the Celsius. The Al bhed girl was sitting on the edge of her bed in her chocobo pj, wondering how a certain Al bhed man was doing. With a deep sigh she lied back into bed and started contemplating her thoughts and memories.
I didn't mean it when I said I didn't love you so
I should've held on tight I never should've let you go
I did know nothing I was stupid I was foolish
I was lying to myself
(Flashback)
"Hey, Rik. Can I talk to you for a second?" asked sixteen-year-old Gippal, who was rather gloomy compared to his usual happy self.
"Yea! Sure! Just hold on a sec, I'm almost done with this" answered fifteen-year-old Rikku, who was oblivious to Gippal's serious mood and was adjusting the last bolt in the ranger machina. "So…what's up, Gippy?" she smiled as she turned around to face her boyfriend.
Gippal intently stared into the girl's eyes. Her doe like emerald orbs were just hypnotizing and he knew soon they were going to be filled with tears. Rikku felt a little bit awkward that he was just staring at her. She tilted her head and gave another smile, which broke Gippal out of his trance. "Is something wrong?" Rikku asked a little bit worried.
"Umm…" Gippal began to be all fidgety and was walking in circles around Rikku. Rikku was getting rather dizzy trying to watch Gippal. He took a deep breath and blurted out the news
"I'mleavingfortheCrimsonSquadsoI'mgoingtobeleavingtomorrow."
"What?" Rikku said who obviously did not understand a word what he said.
Gippal took another big deep breath and started talking. "I'm leaving…tomorrow…for the Crimson Squad."
Rikku eyes widened and were starting to fill up with tears. Her heart felt like it weighed a ton and she felt her chest tighten. She was mad, sad, confused. So many thoughts were going through her head. She faced the floor trying to hold back the tears.
Gippal watched Rikku's face as it changed to mad, sad, and confused. He couldn't take it anymore, "I'm sorry." He reached for her shoulder when it was interrupted by her voice.
"What for?" she lifted her head to show him a smile "so what? We were a couple for like what? Six months? No biggie. It's not like I love you. Go do whatever you want. Honestly I really don't care. I'll be fine without you." Her smile slowly faded away to a frown as she turned away from him and left the workshop.
The last time she saw him before he left was his shock face with his hand hanging in the mid air.
(End of Flashback)
Rikku sighed again as she gazed up on the ceiling 'why did I say that? He was obviously hurt. I was just mad! I felt like I needed to hurt him as much as he did to me. But I did love him…and I still might.'
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At the same time the Machine Faction leader was sitting on his desk sighing with his head on his hands, reminiscing his former love.
I couldn't fathom that I would ever be without your love
Never imagined I'd be sitting here beside myself
Cause I didn't know you, cause I didn't know me
But I thought I knew everything I never felt
(Flashback)
Gippal held Rikku as she leaned back to him. They were at the Oasis watching the sunset. Gippal took a deep breath and took in the sweet smell of Rikku. She started giggling as she felt his breath tickling her skin.
"This is nice." She said.
"Mm-hmm" Gippal agreed as he rested his chin on her head. "Rikku?"
"Yeah?"
"You'll always be with me right?"
Rikku got up and turned around to face him. She gave him a weird look, "Of course, silly! You will too right?"
"Doi!" He replied and pushed her into the oasis and jumped in right after.
In his mind he was thinking that even if she did leave, it wouldn't matter cause this was more than enough to make him happy for the rest of his life.
(End of Flashback)
He sighed once again 'Never thought that that memory was going to haunt me'
The feeling that I'm feeling now that I don't hear your voice
Or have your touch and kiss your lips
Cause I don't have a choice
Oh, what I wouldn't give to have you lying by my side right here,
Two years have passed since they broke up and he was finally being able to go through a day without thinking about her and feel so guilty. Then all the sudden she shows up again, more beautiful than ever and acting like there was absolutely nothing between them.
He was actually a little bit angry by her attitude. So he thought he would one up her by joking about their past relationship.
'We were quite the couple'
But after those encounters, he felt those feelings he felt during the Crimson Squad again, missing her so much, and trying so hard not to think about her tear filled eyes before she left.
Gippal scratched the back of his head and headed for the bed 'Maybe going to Crimson Squad was a mistake…but then again, I had to go…it was for her and me'
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When you left I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back baby, please
As Rikku was trying to go to sleep she remembered how hard it was for her to deal with his departure. He was probably the reason why she decided to take the summoner mission and get out of Bikanel for once in her life. 'If you think about it…if he didn't leave I might still be stuck in Bikanel. But why isn't he trying to come back? Should I just go to him first? I mean does he even want me back?'
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Who else am I going to lean on when times get rough
Who's going to talk to me on the phone till the sun comes up
Who's going to take your place, there ain't nobody better
'Honestly there is no one like Rikku…Out of the many girls I've dated after the Crimson Squad…nobody even compares to her…Oi, did I screw this up or what?'
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"That's it!" They both sat up from their bed and headed to their commspheres.
As Gippal was trying to connect to the Celsius and Rikku was trying to connect to Djose Temple, they both got busy signals.
They both tried again 'It's now or never'
This time Rikku was a little faster, so her signal went through first.
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Gippal realized that he was receiving a signal as he tried to reach Rikku
'Who the hell is calling at this time? CELSIUS!'
He took a deep breath and answered and saw Rikku with her golden hair down and a little bit messy. He smirked "Why you calling at this time, Cid's girl?"
He saw Rikku roll her eyes and he chuckled inside, 'I used to always make her do that'
"I want to apologize," Rikku said and Gippal's smirked dropped
"For what?" Gippal asked and suddenly felt a sudden pain through his heart as it reminded him about what Rikku said before she walked out on him.
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Rikku suddenly got scared, she thought that he was going to say something cruel and mean like she did when she broke up with him.
"Umm…I didn't mean what I said before you left for the Crimson Squad…I was just really mad" she explained.
"I know" he replied
"And sad"
He faced the floor "I know"
"And confused"
He sighed "I know"
"But I did love you…and I still do"
"I kno…what!" he asked with his eye wide open
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"I. Love. You." Rikku stated the way he used to and smiled.
'O Yevon! Did she just say what I think she said?' He was still staring at the screen; mouth gaped widely, and eye not blinking.
"Yoohoo! Gippal, you there? Cause I really would like at least some kind of answer." Rikku said as she waved her hand in front of the sphere.
Gippal broke out of his shock and slowly took in what she said.
"B…Bu…But I thought yo…you" Gippal blubbered 'Holy cred! Seriously Cid's girl the only one who could make me an idiot like this.'
"I lied," she simply stated, knowing what he was going to ask.
He smirked and looked down on the floor. His smirk turned into a genuine smile "Well then…" he looked up at her "I won't be afraid to say that I love you too."
He saw Rikku smiling brightly again to him, for him.
We belong together((((The End))))
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