I'd just like to say that I don't like the idea of Rippal, only 'cause I got dragged into AuRikku first!
My Clumsy Fool
By ImInDenial
Rikku's Secret Diary
Back at Home, we had an all-girl Blitzball team. We kicked ass on the field, but back in the changing rooms, we were normal teenagers. Our favourite topic: Boys.
I was going out with Gippal at the time. I was fourteen, and the envy of all the girls, apart from the older girls who did 'mature' things and wouldn't tell us about. Though we made some pretty accurate guesses, we know, 'cause they went red when we asked!
But anyway, in the changing rooms, all the girls would constantly natter on about their latest man.
"...He just turned and said, "Hey Baby, what do you say to dinner next friday?" and I was like, "yeah, okay" you know, real smooth..."
"...And his hands...He was amazing, he knew exactly what to do, had my bra off in seconds. Then again, it does make you wonder where all the practise came from..."
"...His kisses made me weak in the knees. I was in Heaven..."
And deep down, I knew they were all lying. Gippal was my one-and-only, and he never made me feel like I was in Heaven. Sure, he made me feel special, calling me 'Cid's girl' and 'Princess' and he'd take me out for walks on the beach, we'd take a picnic and everything. But I did know he was doing it only to make me happy.
Showed how much he loved me, right?
Wrong.
He went away, telling me in a letter, that he had gone to join some group. He also said that I was too childish for him, and that, he thought we could both do better.
I broke down after that. Nothing could make me happy. Pops tried, Brother and Buddy tried, even Rin tried, but they had no luck. I was too far gone, then Keyakku came in. Said that Yunie was now a Summoner. That got me going. No way was I gonna lose someone else to Sin!
So me and Keyakku, came up with a plan, and with help from Pops, put it into action.
It was after that, I learnt what love really was.
No-one ever would've guessed what we have.
Me and him.
Not on your life.
He isn't perfect. Our first kiss was clumsy, our noses bumped, his sunglasses poked me, and his stubble left gentle scratches across my chin.
But it was more than I'd ever want or need from him. In time, we learned that we'd tilt our heads in such a way that our noses didn't bump, I'd relive him of his glasses, and his stubble, well that was too sexy to get rid of.
He'd try so, so hard to get it right, that he'd seem like a little boy. Though, (Yeah I'm bragging here) only I've noticed it so far.
He was more than a little bit clumsy. Only in this department though, he has deadly accuracy with his katana, but if he went to pull me close, sometimes he'd pull a little too hard, and I'd slam against his chest, and then he would just hold me close, and if it was our watch, he sit me in his lap, and I'd fall asleep, listening to the steady, rhythmic beat of his heart.
And I half expected this. I mean his clumsiness. Like, um, look at it this way, when he was living in Bevelle, he probably never had time to talk to a girl, let alone kiss her, or let her get close to him. So I knew what I was getting into. He may be a Legendary Guardian, doesn't mean he has the best chat-up lines ever. His excuse is that he's above all that.
The hardest part though, is handling the fact that he's still cold to the outside world. He'll treat me like gum on his shoe in front of the others, but after their backs are turned, its the little wink, or the quick hand squeeze he gives me that makes it all better. And the fact that whenever we stay at an Inn, I'll wake the next morning with (in my opinion at least) the sexiest man in Spira. Even when there's a bit of drool coming from the corner of his mouth.
Because, like he said, he's just my clumsy fool, in our clumsy Heaven.
Gippal can go screw himself, 'cos I wouldn't trade Auron for the world.
The End
