I inhaled as much air as I possibly could and let it out in a defiant
shriek. Auron dropped his sword (he'd been cleaning it) and looked at me,
the surprise clearly written on his face.
"This...is...so...screwed....up!" I cried.
I felt like hitting something, and hitting it hard. I figured the rock I was keeping in my pack wouldn't break slow enough. Maybe if I hit Auron...wait. Me, little. Him, big sword. Who wins here?
"I agree it's odd that we're stuck here."
"It's not just that! Everything turned upside down these past few days. Like, not fair!"
"I do hope your screaming helped your frustration as much as it alerted every single Gagazet fiend to our whereabouts," Auron told me sarcastically.
"I do apologize," I snapped. I sighed and sat down, then looked at him a little sheepishly. "Sorry. I feel a little better, actually."
He nodded and resumed cleaning his sword. I was shivering a little, but I'd be damned if I'd show him that. Well, I wouldn't mean to, anyway. I could make a list of everything that caused this a mile long. Well, three items long. But hey, if I wrote it really big, it could work out to be a mile! I think.
Lightning. Horses. Rocks.
I hate all three.
Well, rocks make good stress relievers, though. I still hadn't gotten a hold of Auron's Masamune to pulverize the small stone that had attached itself to my hip so wholeheartedly the night before.
To my dismay, my teeth started to click together faintly. I know the noise would only increase. We had a small fire, put together and held by the small amount of magic I had learned from Lulu. Well, that Yunie had learned from Lulu and taught me in case something like this happened. The nice thing about fire spells is they don't need anything to burn. Nifty stuff, fire is.
"Burn, baby, burn," I muttered quietly to myself with a small chuckle.
"Come over here," Auron said softly from the other side of our meager fire.
"Um, okay," I said as I made my way over to him.
I yelped as his arm snaked around my waist and plopped me directly onto his lap while his other arm wrapped his coat around both of us. My body felt like glass that had just been shattered, going from ice cube mode to melt close to the cutie from across the fire mode. Every natural disaster and more that Nature hadn't come up with yet hit me right then. I sighed contentedly despite myself and relaxed into the embrace I had just been welcomed into.
Why did it feel so different this time than that night in Macalania? We had SHARED a bedroll that time, for Yevon's sake! Tysh ed. What the hell is wrong with me?
Auron rested his chin on top of my head as he leaned back against the cave wall. "Remind me to throw you in the fire before I do this next time. You're an ice cube."
I rolled my eyes and laughed a little. "And whose fault is that?"
"Yours. You're the one who wears that outfit you do, if you can call it that."
I blinked. Bitten in the butt by my own choice of shorts. "Alright, you've got me there. But you sleep in your boots!"
"You talk in your sleep."
"You're a behemoth."
He turned me around to face him. "Tidus is a Zu."
I chuckled, gazing into his russet eye. "Yuna is too nice."
"Wakka has a speech problem."
"Lulu needs to put a shirt on."
"Kimahri is too stoic."
I rolled my eyes and coughed. "Hypocrite."
He looked a little sheepish. "Right. Okay. You have too much energy."
"You baby your arm."
"It's warm in the sling!"
"It's warm in here," I told myself in Al Bhed.
"Yes, it is," Auron responded, also in Al Bhed. I jumped, ramming my head into his chin, which despite the fact that I was facing him, was still rested on my forehead. I fount myself staring at his neck through most of our "conversation".
"You speak Al Bhed?"
He rubbed his jaw and nodded. I winced and ran my fingers along the edges of his jaw. "I didn't break it, ya big baby."
"Who falls to pieces around lightning?"
"Auron?"
"What?"
"We really need to shut up."
"Hmm. Alright."
I buried my head into the crook of his neck, nestling into the warmth and praying he would mind. Auron did have a sword that was almost five feet long. I didn't want to mess with that kind of force, would you? Besides, it was really nice here. I found myself gradually getting closer to Auron whether he knew it or not, and I completely took advantage of him. Er, wait. Took advantage of my time with him. You know what I mean.
Auron sighed and my body rose and fell with his breathing. I synchronized my breathing with his without really meaning to. I felt his arms wrap around my back, snaking their way to grip my shoulder blades lightly. His head's weight on mine increased as he relaxed. I blinked my eyelids heavily and decided to sleep as well. No sense staying away if we could throw insults everywhere anymore.
"'Night," I murmured to him sleeping.
"Good night."
***
I woke up and noticed that the stars had shifted. The moon was almost over the opposite horizon it had started on, and Auron head had slipped and fallen to my shoulder, leaving us cheek to cheek. I giggled a little as he moved, the stubble on his chin tickling my neck. He grunted in his sleep and scooted closer to me still, if that was even possible.
I sighed remorsefully, knowing that this time there would be no lightning when I stood up. Our limbs wouldn't get tangled again, and I wouldn't have the pleasure of thinking he was fiddling with my shorts instead of trying to unhook our clothing.
Wait.
What the HELL am I thinking?!
I shook my head vigorously, forgetting how close Auron was. My head banged painfully into his and he snapped awake, catching me as I came close to slipping off his lap.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow," I babbled incoherently while clutching the side of my head I had so rudely awakened Auron with. He laughed at me.
"Bubble brain!" I snapped at him. "That hurt!"
"You need some better insults, you know," he told me as he rearranged me on his lap. I tried to help, but my foot slipped on some snow at the cave floor and we both tumbled over, landing by the hands of cruel fate in a very comfortable position.
"Mmph," I mumbled as I tried to stand. Auron's arms kept me where I was as he murmured a little into my neck where his head now lay.
"Where're you going? It's more comfortable this way anyway."
"A-alrighty," I said, cursing myself for the small stutter my words included so generously.
Hey, I've got reason! I'm in the arms of a man...okay, okay, we won't go there. I shouldn't go there. It's much safer ground where I am right now.
Auron's lips brushed against my skin. I shivered.
Check that! This ground ain't safe at all!
I wanted to badly to lean into his lips, lean in closer to him, have him kiss me for real and not just as he was shifting or in his sleep. I direly wished I could tell what he was thinking. It would have helped a lot.
After several minutes his breathing thinned and became a smooth, steady rhythm. He shifted slightly, causing his lips to flat out press against my neck this time. I squeaked.
"Don't do that, Auron," I whimpered to myself.
"Why not?"
I squeaked even more and jumped back a little. I had honestly believed him to be asleep.
"Because you...me...I mean, because you should be asleep!"
He gave a light shrug when my eyes met his. I didn't think, and I don't know why. I suppose I didn't think about not thinking, either. I just leaned forward until our lips met. It was his turn for his gaze to widen. I didn't notice then but as soon as my lips met his, a lightning bolt struck not too far away.
I drew back quickly, confusion controlling my brain. What had I just done? I stood, desperately unwilling to look at him after kissing him, and made my way to the very edge of our little "camp". As far as I could get from him, I looked at the stars. My mind was swirling with both the confusion of my actions and the feel of that man's lips on mine. I hated it. I loved it.
I lightning bolt struck directly behind me. I cried out and whirled. Another launched itself to the ground behind where I was now face. I turned again. I really needed to find that rock and smash it. Really, really badly.
Auron came up to stand beside me, regarding the scorch marks curiously.
"Rikku..."
"Don't say anything, please," I told him. Or I begged him. Either way, I was embarrassed more than Tidus would have been if he had been caught spying on Yuna getting dressed the first day he had met her. I wished Wakka was here to kick me in the rear. I think it would have helped.
He placed his hand on my shoulder and drew me back into his embrace, wrapped his coat around me once more.
"I'm sorry," I said softly.
"Don't be," he told me as we sat down again, me finding myself in his lap. I liked the position, but not after what I'd just done. I felt miserable. I understood now what Pops meant by thinking before you do something really bubble headed.
I finally brought myself to look at him. He drew his lips down and kissed the corner of my mouth. I turned my head in surprise, planting his lips fully on mine. Stupid! I should have thought before I moved!
Another shock of lightning zapped less than a foot away from my side. I yelped and burrowed as deeply as I could into Auron's chest.
I only realized then that the lightning struck whenever I felt an emotion or a shock strong enough dominate most of my thoughts. Back in Macalania, when we tried to stand, I didn't want to, and then lightning his...and then when he was fiddling with my shorts...then I kissed him, and I was confused, and then he kissed me, and...
Tysh ed, what is going on?
A/N: Abrupt ending. At least, I thought it was. But anyway! Are you getting an idea now? Huh? Huh? ^_^ Sorry about the bashing of everyone and the major OOCness of Auron, but just sit back and enjoy the moment, okay? Pretend it's not Auron if it bothers you that much. I'll be the one to write the completely unreasonable Aurikku, k? *grins* Feedback, maybe?
"This...is...so...screwed....up!" I cried.
I felt like hitting something, and hitting it hard. I figured the rock I was keeping in my pack wouldn't break slow enough. Maybe if I hit Auron...wait. Me, little. Him, big sword. Who wins here?
"I agree it's odd that we're stuck here."
"It's not just that! Everything turned upside down these past few days. Like, not fair!"
"I do hope your screaming helped your frustration as much as it alerted every single Gagazet fiend to our whereabouts," Auron told me sarcastically.
"I do apologize," I snapped. I sighed and sat down, then looked at him a little sheepishly. "Sorry. I feel a little better, actually."
He nodded and resumed cleaning his sword. I was shivering a little, but I'd be damned if I'd show him that. Well, I wouldn't mean to, anyway. I could make a list of everything that caused this a mile long. Well, three items long. But hey, if I wrote it really big, it could work out to be a mile! I think.
Lightning. Horses. Rocks.
I hate all three.
Well, rocks make good stress relievers, though. I still hadn't gotten a hold of Auron's Masamune to pulverize the small stone that had attached itself to my hip so wholeheartedly the night before.
To my dismay, my teeth started to click together faintly. I know the noise would only increase. We had a small fire, put together and held by the small amount of magic I had learned from Lulu. Well, that Yunie had learned from Lulu and taught me in case something like this happened. The nice thing about fire spells is they don't need anything to burn. Nifty stuff, fire is.
"Burn, baby, burn," I muttered quietly to myself with a small chuckle.
"Come over here," Auron said softly from the other side of our meager fire.
"Um, okay," I said as I made my way over to him.
I yelped as his arm snaked around my waist and plopped me directly onto his lap while his other arm wrapped his coat around both of us. My body felt like glass that had just been shattered, going from ice cube mode to melt close to the cutie from across the fire mode. Every natural disaster and more that Nature hadn't come up with yet hit me right then. I sighed contentedly despite myself and relaxed into the embrace I had just been welcomed into.
Why did it feel so different this time than that night in Macalania? We had SHARED a bedroll that time, for Yevon's sake! Tysh ed. What the hell is wrong with me?
Auron rested his chin on top of my head as he leaned back against the cave wall. "Remind me to throw you in the fire before I do this next time. You're an ice cube."
I rolled my eyes and laughed a little. "And whose fault is that?"
"Yours. You're the one who wears that outfit you do, if you can call it that."
I blinked. Bitten in the butt by my own choice of shorts. "Alright, you've got me there. But you sleep in your boots!"
"You talk in your sleep."
"You're a behemoth."
He turned me around to face him. "Tidus is a Zu."
I chuckled, gazing into his russet eye. "Yuna is too nice."
"Wakka has a speech problem."
"Lulu needs to put a shirt on."
"Kimahri is too stoic."
I rolled my eyes and coughed. "Hypocrite."
He looked a little sheepish. "Right. Okay. You have too much energy."
"You baby your arm."
"It's warm in the sling!"
"It's warm in here," I told myself in Al Bhed.
"Yes, it is," Auron responded, also in Al Bhed. I jumped, ramming my head into his chin, which despite the fact that I was facing him, was still rested on my forehead. I fount myself staring at his neck through most of our "conversation".
"You speak Al Bhed?"
He rubbed his jaw and nodded. I winced and ran my fingers along the edges of his jaw. "I didn't break it, ya big baby."
"Who falls to pieces around lightning?"
"Auron?"
"What?"
"We really need to shut up."
"Hmm. Alright."
I buried my head into the crook of his neck, nestling into the warmth and praying he would mind. Auron did have a sword that was almost five feet long. I didn't want to mess with that kind of force, would you? Besides, it was really nice here. I found myself gradually getting closer to Auron whether he knew it or not, and I completely took advantage of him. Er, wait. Took advantage of my time with him. You know what I mean.
Auron sighed and my body rose and fell with his breathing. I synchronized my breathing with his without really meaning to. I felt his arms wrap around my back, snaking their way to grip my shoulder blades lightly. His head's weight on mine increased as he relaxed. I blinked my eyelids heavily and decided to sleep as well. No sense staying away if we could throw insults everywhere anymore.
"'Night," I murmured to him sleeping.
"Good night."
***
I woke up and noticed that the stars had shifted. The moon was almost over the opposite horizon it had started on, and Auron head had slipped and fallen to my shoulder, leaving us cheek to cheek. I giggled a little as he moved, the stubble on his chin tickling my neck. He grunted in his sleep and scooted closer to me still, if that was even possible.
I sighed remorsefully, knowing that this time there would be no lightning when I stood up. Our limbs wouldn't get tangled again, and I wouldn't have the pleasure of thinking he was fiddling with my shorts instead of trying to unhook our clothing.
Wait.
What the HELL am I thinking?!
I shook my head vigorously, forgetting how close Auron was. My head banged painfully into his and he snapped awake, catching me as I came close to slipping off his lap.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow," I babbled incoherently while clutching the side of my head I had so rudely awakened Auron with. He laughed at me.
"Bubble brain!" I snapped at him. "That hurt!"
"You need some better insults, you know," he told me as he rearranged me on his lap. I tried to help, but my foot slipped on some snow at the cave floor and we both tumbled over, landing by the hands of cruel fate in a very comfortable position.
"Mmph," I mumbled as I tried to stand. Auron's arms kept me where I was as he murmured a little into my neck where his head now lay.
"Where're you going? It's more comfortable this way anyway."
"A-alrighty," I said, cursing myself for the small stutter my words included so generously.
Hey, I've got reason! I'm in the arms of a man...okay, okay, we won't go there. I shouldn't go there. It's much safer ground where I am right now.
Auron's lips brushed against my skin. I shivered.
Check that! This ground ain't safe at all!
I wanted to badly to lean into his lips, lean in closer to him, have him kiss me for real and not just as he was shifting or in his sleep. I direly wished I could tell what he was thinking. It would have helped a lot.
After several minutes his breathing thinned and became a smooth, steady rhythm. He shifted slightly, causing his lips to flat out press against my neck this time. I squeaked.
"Don't do that, Auron," I whimpered to myself.
"Why not?"
I squeaked even more and jumped back a little. I had honestly believed him to be asleep.
"Because you...me...I mean, because you should be asleep!"
He gave a light shrug when my eyes met his. I didn't think, and I don't know why. I suppose I didn't think about not thinking, either. I just leaned forward until our lips met. It was his turn for his gaze to widen. I didn't notice then but as soon as my lips met his, a lightning bolt struck not too far away.
I drew back quickly, confusion controlling my brain. What had I just done? I stood, desperately unwilling to look at him after kissing him, and made my way to the very edge of our little "camp". As far as I could get from him, I looked at the stars. My mind was swirling with both the confusion of my actions and the feel of that man's lips on mine. I hated it. I loved it.
I lightning bolt struck directly behind me. I cried out and whirled. Another launched itself to the ground behind where I was now face. I turned again. I really needed to find that rock and smash it. Really, really badly.
Auron came up to stand beside me, regarding the scorch marks curiously.
"Rikku..."
"Don't say anything, please," I told him. Or I begged him. Either way, I was embarrassed more than Tidus would have been if he had been caught spying on Yuna getting dressed the first day he had met her. I wished Wakka was here to kick me in the rear. I think it would have helped.
He placed his hand on my shoulder and drew me back into his embrace, wrapped his coat around me once more.
"I'm sorry," I said softly.
"Don't be," he told me as we sat down again, me finding myself in his lap. I liked the position, but not after what I'd just done. I felt miserable. I understood now what Pops meant by thinking before you do something really bubble headed.
I finally brought myself to look at him. He drew his lips down and kissed the corner of my mouth. I turned my head in surprise, planting his lips fully on mine. Stupid! I should have thought before I moved!
Another shock of lightning zapped less than a foot away from my side. I yelped and burrowed as deeply as I could into Auron's chest.
I only realized then that the lightning struck whenever I felt an emotion or a shock strong enough dominate most of my thoughts. Back in Macalania, when we tried to stand, I didn't want to, and then lightning his...and then when he was fiddling with my shorts...then I kissed him, and I was confused, and then he kissed me, and...
Tysh ed, what is going on?
A/N: Abrupt ending. At least, I thought it was. But anyway! Are you getting an idea now? Huh? Huh? ^_^ Sorry about the bashing of everyone and the major OOCness of Auron, but just sit back and enjoy the moment, okay? Pretend it's not Auron if it bothers you that much. I'll be the one to write the completely unreasonable Aurikku, k? *grins* Feedback, maybe?