We Think Alike
Chapter 2: Tears
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. They belong to Square
Enix.
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"You can let go of me now Gippal..." Rikku muttered, starting to stand up. Gippal leapt up before she could and held out his hand. Rikku took his hand and stood up, brushing off her skirt. Yuna and Paine were still standing in the doorway, astonished at what they saw. "Hey guys, finally get here? Hehehehe..." She tried to act like nothing happened.
"Um, Rikku, could we talk to you for a moment?" Yuna murmured, grabbing Rikku's arm. When Rikku tried to protest, Paine grabbed her other arm and they dragged her towards the hallway to the right.
"Help! Gippal! Pops! Anyone! Noooooo!!!" Rikku kicked her feet against the stone floor to declare she wasn't going, but yelped when she hurt her ankle. "Ouch!" Yuna looked down sympathetically at her cousin. Paine simply kept on walking. Rikku sighed and stopped complaining.
Rikku looked up. They had stopped dragging her and they had stopped outside of a door Rikku recognized as a broom closet. "What?" Rikku groaned. Paine kicked her playfully in the hip and swung the door open. Yuna pulled Rikku up and nodded towards the door. "No way! Why would I want to go into the broom closet?" Paine pushed her into the closet.
Rikku slammed into the wall and yelped. "Poopie!" Yuna and Paine followed her in and closed the door behind her. One of them clicked on the light. Rikku sneered at them and made fists out of her hands and raised them in front of her teasingly. "What's this about?"
"What was going on in there with Gippal and you? You two were pretty close..." Yuna said, waving her hands around in gestures. "And you were blushing." Rikku raised one eyebrow and chuckled quietly. Yuna then raised her eyebrow back at Rikku.
"You think I like Gippal? You guys are way off." Rikku smiled at them. "I mean, he's cute and all, but how can I love him? I've known him since I was five years old, and I know he's just an obnoxious jerk... He can be nice sometimes, like when he caught me out there, but to him, I'll always be 'Cid's girl'. He could never feel that way about me, I mean, look at me-" Rikku's eyes widened and she shook her head.
"Rikku, admit it, you like Gippal!" Paine said, barley holding back her laughter. Yuna looked at Paine and shook her head. Rikku mumbled something under her breath. "What was that?"
"Nothing!" Rikku jumped up and ran to the door. She swung the door open and made a run for it. "Help!!!" Rikku ran down the hall, laughing out loud. She ran into the main room and stopped in her tracks, as tears welled up in her eyes. 'No..."
Gippal was standing by the main doorway, kissing Nhadala. Yuna walked in behind her. "Oh! Rikku..." Yuna reached for her cousin's shoulder, but Rikku ran to the doorway, past Gippal, and outside.
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"You can let go of me now Gippal..." Rikku muttered, starting to stand up. Gippal leapt up before she could and held out his hand. Rikku took his hand and stood up, brushing off her skirt. Yuna and Paine were still standing in the doorway, astonished at what they saw. "Hey guys, finally get here? Hehehehe..." She tried to act like nothing happened.
"Um, Rikku, could we talk to you for a moment?" Yuna murmured, grabbing Rikku's arm. When Rikku tried to protest, Paine grabbed her other arm and they dragged her towards the hallway to the right.
"Help! Gippal! Pops! Anyone! Noooooo!!!" Rikku kicked her feet against the stone floor to declare she wasn't going, but yelped when she hurt her ankle. "Ouch!" Yuna looked down sympathetically at her cousin. Paine simply kept on walking. Rikku sighed and stopped complaining.
Rikku looked up. They had stopped dragging her and they had stopped outside of a door Rikku recognized as a broom closet. "What?" Rikku groaned. Paine kicked her playfully in the hip and swung the door open. Yuna pulled Rikku up and nodded towards the door. "No way! Why would I want to go into the broom closet?" Paine pushed her into the closet.
Rikku slammed into the wall and yelped. "Poopie!" Yuna and Paine followed her in and closed the door behind her. One of them clicked on the light. Rikku sneered at them and made fists out of her hands and raised them in front of her teasingly. "What's this about?"
"What was going on in there with Gippal and you? You two were pretty close..." Yuna said, waving her hands around in gestures. "And you were blushing." Rikku raised one eyebrow and chuckled quietly. Yuna then raised her eyebrow back at Rikku.
"You think I like Gippal? You guys are way off." Rikku smiled at them. "I mean, he's cute and all, but how can I love him? I've known him since I was five years old, and I know he's just an obnoxious jerk... He can be nice sometimes, like when he caught me out there, but to him, I'll always be 'Cid's girl'. He could never feel that way about me, I mean, look at me-" Rikku's eyes widened and she shook her head.
"Rikku, admit it, you like Gippal!" Paine said, barley holding back her laughter. Yuna looked at Paine and shook her head. Rikku mumbled something under her breath. "What was that?"
"Nothing!" Rikku jumped up and ran to the door. She swung the door open and made a run for it. "Help!!!" Rikku ran down the hall, laughing out loud. She ran into the main room and stopped in her tracks, as tears welled up in her eyes. 'No..."
Gippal was standing by the main doorway, kissing Nhadala. Yuna walked in behind her. "Oh! Rikku..." Yuna reached for her cousin's shoulder, but Rikku ran to the doorway, past Gippal, and outside.