Pairing: Slight Rin/Rikku
Disclaimer: FFX, characters and places do not belong to me.
A/n: I'm sorry, I did it again. Slight Rin/Rikku because I can't really get my mind out of whatever gutter it has now firmly planted itself in. Very very short and sort of pointless. Also, any errors are mine and they would like to be pointed out. :)
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The sunset on the hill by the Mi'ihen agency is beyond orange. It's not exactly red, but it's not just orange either. It's hard to describe, I guess. Rin says it's just another sunset, there'll be lots and lots, one for every day of the week, he says in that heavy accent and smiles.
It's weird, how he can get used to something this beautiful when I can sit out here every day right before dusk and just look at it until the sun has hid away in the horizon. He's seen too many of them, I suppose, after all he's here much more than I. Still, how I would like to just ride towards the sunset on a golden chocobo or something like that. Cheesy I know, but I'm really just a soft romantic.
"Rikku?" My name sounds like a question in that rich accent and Rin kneels beside me on the damp grass. "You're going to be sick if you don't come in," he says in an almost-whisper and I wish he wouldn't say that. He sounds just like my mom, and if there's anything I don't want him to sound like...
"I'm fine," I bite a little too harshly but he just smiles. He really is calm about everything. "I don't get sick." I cross my arms around my raised knees and rest my chin on them.
"Rikku," he whispers it this time and I shiver involuntarily. He sits down, stretching his legs out in front of him and leans back on his straightened arms. "Why are you always out here?"
I can feel him looking at me, how his gaze bores its way into the side of my head and I have to actively fight the urge to turn my head away. "It's so pretty," I say and he chuckles.
"Yes, it is," he says, but doesn't look away.
I turn my head to look at him and try to tell him to stop staring at me like that, because it's starting to freak me out, but stop when I catch his eyes. It feels like something, a moment, passes between us, but I'm not really sure. It's probably just my stupid teenage hormones doing stupid teenage hormone things to my brain.
He looks away before I can conclude anything and looks at the sunset instead. "Hm," he says and squints at the sunlight, shading his eyes with a hand. He smiles slightly and gets up, still looking at the sunset. "That," he says, "is pretty too."
I find myself staring at his back as he is already halfway down the hill before I can even mutter a confused "what?" My eyes are wide as saucers and I probably look less intelligent than a dead Flan, but I feel that I'm quite within my rights.
Rin just called me pretty, didn't he?
I look back on the sunset and suddenly it looks even prettier than before.
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I guess I'm just a cheesy romantic too. Anyone else for this couple? To me it seems cute, but I've always liked unconventional pairings.