Slight Warmth
By: The Digital One
A/N: Writer's block really got in my way for the past. umm *counts on fingers* 3 months. so, that explains chapter 3 coming SOOO late. Since I haven't read any of Slight Warmth since then (ironically, in my Writing folder on my computer, I only had stories I abandoned and none of my FFX stories in it), please bear with me. Since I'm too disgruntled to write events in the game (the second chapter was probably a big spoiler), we'll just fast forward to the Malacania Lake scene and then to the free time on the airship =) Umm, since I'm feeling very random, this chapter is dedicated to Midnight Sons' "If only Tears can bring you Back" (I used to be a big Pokemon fan. I guess greed took over something brilliant. ah, we still have FF ^_^) --- Rikku wiped her forehead with the back of her hand. The battle earlier with Seymour was one of the hardest, and she managed to survive without passing out. Rikku collapsed on a moss-covered log, and stared into the fire. She didn't feel like being herself, and just wanted to relax her muscles.
"Where's Yuna?" Tidus suddenly asked, after chucking a few rocks into the woods. Everyone suddenly looked up to Tidus.
"At the lake, brudda, with Kimahri." Wakka said. "You can go ahead and try to calm her down. She's depressed."
Rikku watched Tidus jog enthusiastically toward the lake. It's been nearly a month, and Rikku's dream, still vivid in her head, wasn't going in a straight direction. If anything, it was going backwards. Now all Rikku wanted was a place for her head. She soon dozed off and fragments of Rikku's old dream appeared.
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"Rikku? Rikku!" Wakka was trying to wake her up. Rikku finally woke up, and somehow, she felt way more tired than she was before.
"Mmfh?" Rikku said as a way of telling Wakka he had her attention.
"What's wrong? You were giggling in your sleep." Wakka said, the expression in his eyes befuddled.
"Oh. um." Rikku couldn't think of an excuse.
"Anyways, Tidus has been gone for a long time, is it okay if you check on him, ya?"
Rikku yawned. "Why don't you?"
"Nah, I'm too tired. C'mon, Rikku. please?"
Rikku got up and stretched. "Fine." Rikku rubbed the sand out of her eyes, and ambled clumsily toward the lake.
--- When Rikku walked into the pathway from the woods to the lake, the first thing she saw was light. Why all of the light was near the lake at nighttime was beyond Rikku. Rikku saw Kimahri standing near the lake, with a wide smile planted on his face - something rare. There was no sight of Tidus or Yuna.
"Kimahri. where's Tidus?" Rikku asked. "Wakka wanted to know where he was." She said as an afterthought.
"Tidus in lake. Go join him if Rikku wish," Kimahri chuckled.
At first, Rikku was befuddled. She walked toward the lake, wondering what Tidus would be doing in a lake. but where was Yuna? Rikku suddenly pieced it together, and her heart sank into the stomach. That was when the two figures, holding each other as if they were one, popped out from the lake, and laughed suddenly. Rikku's eyes widened.
"Oh." Rikku said, her green eyes wide with mixed emotions. Words were at loss for her, and her legs felt like breadsticks. Rikku couldn't stop watching the two kiss and splash around in the lake. As she gained self- consciousness, her dream sank lower than her heart. Rikku felt like she was broken into several pieces. As they went underwater again, the tree in the middle of the lake shone multi-colored. Rikku tried blinking back her tears, but they just spilled out, dripping from her flushed face toward the dry dirt of the woods. She backed away in the lake, though she desperately wanted to disturb the moment, but. Tidus was happy now, and Yunie was happy. maybe she'll abandon her idea about the Final Aeon and live. happily with Tidus.
'You should be glad, Rikku! Look at how happy the two are.'
No matter how she thought of it, she couldn't bring herself to be happy for either her cousin or Tidus. She wanted him, besides, Yuna will go blow herself up sooner or later. why find love now?
Rikku wiped the tears away rather forcefully and refused to watch them anymore. Kimahri studied Rikku hard as she passed. Her eyes were pink, and her breathing was uneven. As Rikku settled down to an empty spot on the log where everyone else was, Rikku refused to talk or interact, and the others obviously sensed something wrong. About ten minutes later, Tidus and Yuna appeared, their clothes wet, and both of their hands clamped onto each others. Both of them had rather happy expressions on their faces. Kimahri soon followed. Tidus, Yuna, and Rikku all fell asleep easily, and when they were all asleep, Kimahri was inquired. By the end of the night, they all knew about Tidus and Yuna's exciting night and obviously pieced together why Rikku was so upset.
--- I always hate writing angst, especially when I have to write the bottled up feelings of such a bubbly personality. Forgive me if it's OOC. It would have been MUCH easier in Rikku's POV, but eh.
Oh, and thank you for your reviews. I just can't imagine getting so many reviews in just two chapters. I guess romance is my thing ^^ (yea right.) Sorry for keeping you waiting again, if you were.
By: The Digital One
A/N: Writer's block really got in my way for the past. umm *counts on fingers* 3 months. so, that explains chapter 3 coming SOOO late. Since I haven't read any of Slight Warmth since then (ironically, in my Writing folder on my computer, I only had stories I abandoned and none of my FFX stories in it), please bear with me. Since I'm too disgruntled to write events in the game (the second chapter was probably a big spoiler), we'll just fast forward to the Malacania Lake scene and then to the free time on the airship =) Umm, since I'm feeling very random, this chapter is dedicated to Midnight Sons' "If only Tears can bring you Back" (I used to be a big Pokemon fan. I guess greed took over something brilliant. ah, we still have FF ^_^) --- Rikku wiped her forehead with the back of her hand. The battle earlier with Seymour was one of the hardest, and she managed to survive without passing out. Rikku collapsed on a moss-covered log, and stared into the fire. She didn't feel like being herself, and just wanted to relax her muscles.
"Where's Yuna?" Tidus suddenly asked, after chucking a few rocks into the woods. Everyone suddenly looked up to Tidus.
"At the lake, brudda, with Kimahri." Wakka said. "You can go ahead and try to calm her down. She's depressed."
Rikku watched Tidus jog enthusiastically toward the lake. It's been nearly a month, and Rikku's dream, still vivid in her head, wasn't going in a straight direction. If anything, it was going backwards. Now all Rikku wanted was a place for her head. She soon dozed off and fragments of Rikku's old dream appeared.
---
"Rikku? Rikku!" Wakka was trying to wake her up. Rikku finally woke up, and somehow, she felt way more tired than she was before.
"Mmfh?" Rikku said as a way of telling Wakka he had her attention.
"What's wrong? You were giggling in your sleep." Wakka said, the expression in his eyes befuddled.
"Oh. um." Rikku couldn't think of an excuse.
"Anyways, Tidus has been gone for a long time, is it okay if you check on him, ya?"
Rikku yawned. "Why don't you?"
"Nah, I'm too tired. C'mon, Rikku. please?"
Rikku got up and stretched. "Fine." Rikku rubbed the sand out of her eyes, and ambled clumsily toward the lake.
--- When Rikku walked into the pathway from the woods to the lake, the first thing she saw was light. Why all of the light was near the lake at nighttime was beyond Rikku. Rikku saw Kimahri standing near the lake, with a wide smile planted on his face - something rare. There was no sight of Tidus or Yuna.
"Kimahri. where's Tidus?" Rikku asked. "Wakka wanted to know where he was." She said as an afterthought.
"Tidus in lake. Go join him if Rikku wish," Kimahri chuckled.
At first, Rikku was befuddled. She walked toward the lake, wondering what Tidus would be doing in a lake. but where was Yuna? Rikku suddenly pieced it together, and her heart sank into the stomach. That was when the two figures, holding each other as if they were one, popped out from the lake, and laughed suddenly. Rikku's eyes widened.
"Oh." Rikku said, her green eyes wide with mixed emotions. Words were at loss for her, and her legs felt like breadsticks. Rikku couldn't stop watching the two kiss and splash around in the lake. As she gained self- consciousness, her dream sank lower than her heart. Rikku felt like she was broken into several pieces. As they went underwater again, the tree in the middle of the lake shone multi-colored. Rikku tried blinking back her tears, but they just spilled out, dripping from her flushed face toward the dry dirt of the woods. She backed away in the lake, though she desperately wanted to disturb the moment, but. Tidus was happy now, and Yunie was happy. maybe she'll abandon her idea about the Final Aeon and live. happily with Tidus.
'You should be glad, Rikku! Look at how happy the two are.'
No matter how she thought of it, she couldn't bring herself to be happy for either her cousin or Tidus. She wanted him, besides, Yuna will go blow herself up sooner or later. why find love now?
Rikku wiped the tears away rather forcefully and refused to watch them anymore. Kimahri studied Rikku hard as she passed. Her eyes were pink, and her breathing was uneven. As Rikku settled down to an empty spot on the log where everyone else was, Rikku refused to talk or interact, and the others obviously sensed something wrong. About ten minutes later, Tidus and Yuna appeared, their clothes wet, and both of their hands clamped onto each others. Both of them had rather happy expressions on their faces. Kimahri soon followed. Tidus, Yuna, and Rikku all fell asleep easily, and when they were all asleep, Kimahri was inquired. By the end of the night, they all knew about Tidus and Yuna's exciting night and obviously pieced together why Rikku was so upset.
--- I always hate writing angst, especially when I have to write the bottled up feelings of such a bubbly personality. Forgive me if it's OOC. It would have been MUCH easier in Rikku's POV, but eh.
Oh, and thank you for your reviews. I just can't imagine getting so many reviews in just two chapters. I guess romance is my thing ^^ (yea right.) Sorry for keeping you waiting again, if you were.