A little series of drabbles/short story. This one is in honour of PrettyGothGirl, ladynicole and Jezzi's birthdays. Happy belated all:)

Brand New Colony
One-1 - I Wanna Have Your Babies

Gippal was chasing Rikku over the house. He caught up with her in the bedroom and tackled her fast.

Dumping a madly giggling Rikku onto the bed, Gippal crawled in next to her and pinned her to the mattress, holding her arms up above her head as he tickled her. Rikku screamed with laughter and kicked at him, attempting to push him off as she yelled for mercy.

Gippal let go, eventually, and Rikku flopped over on top of him. That was when she popped the big question. The big, big scary question.

"Gippal?"

"Hm?"

"Can I have your babies?"

One-2 - Sweaty Palms

Gippal paced the room worriedly. Rikku- she- she- she wanted kids? So soon?! Gippal had been expecting maybe another year or two, keep her all to himself for a little longer. But no the little lady just couldn't wait and now he didn't even want to have sex with her anymore. Gippal didn't know how to be a father, but Rikku had told him brightly; "Well everyone has to start somewhere, we're married you know,", but kids hadn't exactly come to mind just yet.

His palms were sweaty. His heart raced. Gulping, Gippal tried to keep calm. But he couldn't.

One-3 - Stalling and Paranoia

A loud thunk indicated that Gippal had slammed his glass down onto the table's polished wooden surface.

Baralai looked up from his own glass and set it down as well, though with a gentler, more disciplined and soft chink. He chuckled and brushed stray hairs out of his forehead, tucking them neatly into his bandanna. Personally, Baralai didn't see why Gippal was so worried, after all, with marriage came a family and children. And although some couples chose to stay childless, the Praetor wouldn't put it past Rikku to want to settle down and start a family. Besides, Baralai thought, what was the big deal? Surely Gippal had thought about the prospect of children before he had asked Rikku to marry him?

Or, seeing as it was Gippal… perhaps not.

Gippal trudged home disgruntled and worried. He knew Rikku had wanted children from the start but he hadn't counted on having them so soon. Now Rikku wanted kids she might stop taking the potion and if she did she'd get pregnant and- and- Gippal wasn't ready to be a father! Well it wasn't like he'd tell her not to stop taking the potion, and it wasn't like he refused to have children at all or anything but it was all far too soon for his liking.
Why, Gippal wondered, he and Rikku had to be the first to have a baby he didn't know. Tidus and Yuna had been together for years and they were yet to have a child, so why couldn't they wait as well?

Gippal didn't see a way around it. He didn't want to give up his sex life, but if having sex meant having a baby then he'd try and stall it as much as possible to buy some time to think it all out.