Now, here comes the fourth chapter. I hope you are ready for some more fluffiness, because this chapter is full of it. I wrote this while listening to You'll Be in My Heart. I thought the lyrics really fit them the most.
It was a usual day of practice for YRP. The only problem is that I couldn't focus on the dancing and kept messing up. I didn't put much heart into my practice because my heart was with Gippal at the moment. No matter how hard I tried, I just kept screwing up a number of times. It got on Paine's nerves because she was doing her best right now.
"Watch what you are doing!" she snapped at me.
"I'm sorry," I apologized as I tried again.
"Rikku, get your damn head out of the clouds," she shot at me when I frowned. "I hope you aren't thinking about Gippal," she let out a sigh and shook her head.
"What would give you that idea?" I said, acting as innocently as possible.
"Because you've never slacked off this much before," she scowled angrily with another sigh.
I guess she did have a point. It didn't matter how many times I tried because my mind was always on Gippal. I tried to focus on practicing, but my mind kept wandering back to him each time. I worried about my feelings toward him since we were rivals with each other. I mean, we were still best friends outside of our bands, yet it wasn't enough.
"Why don't we just take a break?" Yunie nodded with a smile.
"I think Rikku needs to keep on practicing, Yuna..." Paine said while she glared at me.
"Shut up!" I snapped at her.
"Don't you ever tell me to shut up!" she shot an angry glance towards me.
"I just did, didn't I?" I shot back.
"Girls, please! We're supposed to be friends, remember?" Yunie said while worrying about me and Paine fighting like this.
I let out a sigh as I plopped into a chair and sighed. "I'm going home. I don't feel like practicing today," I frowned at them with my head hung.
"Is everything okay?" Yunie asked when I shook my head at her. "Then talk to us," she said with a light nod.
"I-I can't..." I sniffled and hurried home.
I lay in my bed sobbing as I thought about my feelings now. How can him and I keep going on like this? I hated that our bands were rivals to each other, but there was nothing I could do. I had to keep dealing with my aching heart while thinking so much about him.
All of a sudden, there was a knock on the door. I quickly wiped any traces of sadness and decided to answer it. Gippal stood there with his usually smug grin planted on his pretty face.
"What's up, kiddo?" he asked as I shrugged and turned away. "Talk to me," he frowned once he realized I was really upset.
"Aren't you worried right now?" I asked with a sigh.
"Worried about what?" he blinked at me.
"About us!" I shot at him, only for him to blink once more. "Gippal, don't you get it? Our bands are rivals right now. It doesn't matter how we feel about each other at all. The reality of things isn't going to change one bit, and I really hate it!" I explained to him as tears streamed down.
"What's all this about?" he asked while tilting his head at me.
"Gippal, I... I..." I tried to say those three little words. "I'm scared of losing you..." I said, even though it wasn't what I wanted to say.
"What are you talking about?" he said while raising his eyebrow at me.
All I did was start crying until he placed his arms around me. I felt his warm embrace as he cradled me tightly. I started sobbing into his chest, soaking his shirt as I let it all out. I knew he would never understand my feelings. Gippal rubbed my back and continued to hold me tight.
"Don't cry, kiddo. Everything will be okay," he kept saying to me, but I knew it wouldn't be. "Don't listen to what they say," he said as he kissed my forehead.
"Please don't let go..." I told him when he smiled at me.
"I won't," he told me while continuing to rub my back.
Gippal lifted my chin and gave me his smug grin. I blushed as our lips moved closer to each other's more and more. Soon, I could feel his lips pressing firmly against mine. We stayed this way for a few seconds until he pulled away.
"Who cares what they have to say? They don't know how we feel, and they can't stop us from being together," he smiled at me as I nodded and giggled.
"You... You kissed me..." I said while blushing madly.
"I know I did, Cid's little girl," he snickered as I started stomping my feet on the ground and flailing my arms around.
"Now, that's the girl I fell for right there," he started to laugh as he scooped me into his arms with a big smirk.
I pounded against his shoulders and kicked my legs about. It wasn't until I realized what he said when I stopped beating on him. I blushed more, placed my arms around his neck and kissed him.
"I didn't know you fell for me," I giggled when I noticed him blushing.
"Rikku... I... um... this is hard for me to say..." he said as he placed me back on solid ground. "I just want to say that..." his phone started to ring before he could finish.
I heard him start talking as I waited for him patiently as possible. Gippal finally got off the phone and let out a sigh. I knew it didn't sound like a good thing right at the moment. I had to be strong, so I waited for him to speak.
"I have to go now," he kissed my lips firmly and smiled. "Stay out of trouble, Cid's little girl," he smirked as I started to hop around angrily again.
"Oh, you big meanie! You can't be nice for two minutes at all, can you?" I continued to hop about as he laughed loudly at me.
Gippal kissed me again and waved to me as he left again. I couldn't believe we kissed so many times just now. I was starting to understand his feelings toward me more and more. I just wish I knew what he was trying to tell me before he had to leave though.