Disclaimer: On the Chapter one
Author's notes: I wrote this fanfic because no one really write Paine/Nooj fanfics and I'm so sad cause I'm infatuated with them. They suit each other well. One is Deathseeker and Ice Queen. It doesn't mean that I'm against Leblanc/Nooj though, I liked some of them too. It's just that that Le Blanc always fall heads over heels for Nooj without any effort from Nooj and I figured that he got bored. Finally! What you all have been waiting for! Chapter 4! A long chapter this times to make up for the last one.
Chapter 4 Camping!
Eight days passed by smoothly without me being up close with Nooj after what I did during my unexpected shopping trip. I can't believe that I didn't even take any respect points off Nooj for teasing me and making me fall. Maybe I was just too shocked to see Nooj being nice once again. He didn't even say 'whatever' once that day.
I managed to avoid Nooj during Warrior classes by skipping it. Since we have a big project for Trainer, all the students taking Trainer are able to skip some lessons. Two of mine being the Warrior and General Studies Class.
Phew! I am sure that I would go all fluttery around him. As for the other classes we shared like Physical Exercise, I just tried to stay as far away from him as I can. But that was a little hard since Rikku wanted to be with Gippal. Both of them have officially hooked up the next day after I bumped into Nooj. Obviously, more than one thing happened on the first day of school. Wonder how Yuna with Tidus?
Unfortunately, now all my efforts to avoid Nooj today will be futile. Here I am, standing with Rikku, Calli and Yuna waiting for the guys to arrive to go for the camp. Although we're in Group One, all the other groups have set off to their destination and we're still standing here with our teacher's instruction waiting for the guys. Yuna and Rikku seemed to notice something being off with me when we went shopping three days ago at the same shopping mall I met Nooj. We were even in the same General Store.
Flashback
I stood standing there, looking at a spot on the floor near the White Magician Hat Chocolate, remembering past events that had once taken place there.
A boiling sensation flooded my stomache as I imagine how silly I looked when I was sitting on that floor a couple of days ago. I must have looked hilarious.
"Paine? Are you alright?" Yuna's voice pulled me out of my thoughts.
"Yea, Paine. You haven't been yourself lately. Is something wrong? Gippal told me that you haven't been attending your guild's meeting these few weeks. Is there someone in the Crimson Crusaders harassing you?" Rikku asked softly. Calli have gone to another section in look of milk.
My face immediately grew hot and I hope I don't start blushing when I heard the word 'Crimson Crusaders' and my heart beat as though it was in a marathon.
"N..no.." I stuttered.
Rikku and Yuna looked at me weirdly and curiously but they let the matter drop. After that, just like my visit with Nooj, all four of us had Mcdonalds. I refused to eat Fillet-O-Fish so that it won't be the same like the other evening but the other girls insist because they want us to eat same thing. I sighed as I accepted it.
Everything was the same like the first day of school except that we didn't go to the playground after eating. We were all loaded with provisions for the upcoming camp. When I returned to my tiny but cosy apartment, I got into bed and stared at the ceiling.
It has been six days already but I still keep thinking of the same thing. The feeling of his smooth and soft skin on my lips, the way his gorgeous car clashed with my flat's surroundings, the way we both laughed insanely when we were on the see-saw, the way I feel when he teased me about thinking on the floor and almost everything that had happened
End of Flashback
While I was thinking, two posh cars showed in the distance. One very familiar silver Porsche and another stylish black Toyota Camry. In this trip, we decided to use Nooj's and Baralai's car since it would definitely more comfortable than the school's vans. Then they pulled up in front of us. All the girls, including me greeted them with frowns. The guys got out of the cars with apologetic smiles.
"Sorry, the equipment." Gippal said coyly before Rikku ran to him and gave him a big hug.
"Should have known. Ten respect points off all the guys." I drawled, glaring at Gippal and avoiding Nooj's gaze.
"What?" all of the guys said together.
I ignored all of them and sauntered to Baralai's Toyota Camry and got in. Of course I wouldn't want to get into Nooj's car. Soon, Baralai, Calli and Nooj joined us. I gaped at Nooj, feeling butterflies in my stomach. Why can't the guy drive his own car? It won't be that bad, I can still sit and talk to Calli, can't I?
Then Calli walked to the front of the car and sat herself next to the driver's seat. Maybe this IS that BAD. If she's sitting in front, then who'll be sitting with me? Oh god, here comes the man himself.
"Hi", he said casually while Baralai descended into the driver's seat.
"Hi. Aren't you driving your own car?", I said trying to sound casual too though I'm quite sure he could hear the tremor in my voice.
"Oh. I decided to let Tidus drive instead since he's quite good a driver himself. Why weren't you in the Warrior and General Studies class the past few days? You left me without a partner for the Warrior class, you know?" Nooj said.
Then, all the fluttery feelings I felt disappeared in an instant as I chatted back happily, "Oh, Trainer projects. We have the permission to skip some of the classes. Sorry, I left you there alone."
I started to feel as if he was a friend and since he didn't bring up what happened that day, I should forget it too. Unfortunately, there was a feeling in my heart that seems to be dissapointment.
"Oh, really? What's the project about?"
"It's a project where you need to get a pet, I want to have a phoenix but the teacher won't let us. She says we need to know how to care for these animals before we can get the specials. We need to make sure the pet will survive until the time ends, then we can decide to keep them or give them back to the school for the other students. We haven't got our pets yet, we're still studying of how to care for them." I blurted out to the man who is a year older than me.
"Sounds interesting. So, what pet are you going to get?" Nooj asked, interest in his eyes. He seemed to forget everything that has happened when he sent me home.
"I don't know. Maybe a puppy or something since I can't have the phoenix." I answered, half-heartedly. Calli and Baralai could be heard talking and laughing in the front seats.
"Well, a puppy sure sounds nice."
"Yeah. I want a Siberian Husky but I'll have to buy it if I want it. As for the other dogs, I can get them from the pound." I answered forlornly.
"Well, I can get you one if you want." Nooj answered sweetly.
"No! I can't let you pay for that! It won't come cheap. Besides I won't have much money to keep the dog happy." I said immediately.
"Oh, Nooj. Please don't be so nice to me. Don't make me fancy you." I thought to myself.
"It's alright! Early birthday present and as for the grooming and food products, there was this contest that sponsor the dog's owner food and grooming products." Nooj said with concern on his face.
I can't help smiling happily. So, I will be able to get my dream dog after all. Forget about the stupid phoenix. I can cuddle a dog but I can't cuddle a phoenix,can I? With happiness bubbling happily inside my stomach, I answered, "Thank you, Nooj! You're so brilliant! And I get to have the puppy??
?Yes, of course! We can go get it later or in a few days to come since we'll be camping next to a beach that is extremely near to the city. I can help you get started with the puppy since I used to have one. Exterminator died a few years back."
"I'm sorry but I just can't wait to have a puppy! It being a Siberian Husky! 200 respect points for you Nooj!" I lost all my control and started humming happily.
"Woa! 200 hundred respect points? I must be the person with the most respect points in your list. I think I might want to get a Siberian husky, too. Help me choose a name. I want it to be a male." Nooj answered with an amused smile.
"Yeap! What about you name yours Romeo and I name mine Juliet?"
"Yucks that's so mushy. How about I call mine Ixandria and you name yours whatever you like?"
I pouted at him, "If you don't want my opinion, then don't ask me! Anyway, I think I want to name her, Xylendia. Then, we can breed them and have all the cute, cute puppies!?"
"Woa! One dog is enough for me. No thank you." Nooj retorted.
I frowned and said whatever.
"Hey, while you guys were busy discussing something, we're already here." Baralai's voice spoke.
All of us, including the other passengers in Nooj's car came out of the cars. The first thing I saw was the lovely sea, stretching from the bays to the distant. The saltiness of the seawater reaches my nose and a little breeze passed by, pushing my hair back.
"Besaid! Here I come!" I could hear Rikku screaming.
Then, to my right and to the boys' surprise, there were several chalets. Then, a little boy ran up to us and asked us, "Are you guys students of Luca High who are here for the camp?"
"Yea."
"Over here, then. The largest chalet at the end is for your group."
" A chalet? Yay! I want to go stay at a chalet!" Rikku squealed and ran towards the mentioned chalet.
The guys look confused. "What about the tent equipment we brought?"
"Oh. The teachers said that you are to deposit the camp equipment into the first chalet over there", Yuna said, "We're supposed to bring that for other purposes. The teacher explained that when you guys were busy taking your own time."
After all of us finish depositing all the tent equipment into the first chalet, we went to ours.
When we entered, we noticed that there were only ten rooms in the chalet. A kitchen, four bathrooms, a livingroom and four bedrooms with two single beds in each room. While Nooj and I were looking in awe at the chalet, we didn't notice that our sneaky friends had already occupied three of the bedrooms.
A voice dragged both Nooj and I into reality, "Hey guys!Congratulations! You two are going to spend eleven days together in the same bedroom cause we've taken the rest!"
"What?" both Nooj and I turned around to face them.
"Yeap, you two are going to share a room cause I want to stay with Gippal. Tidus and Baralai are in a room. Then Yuna and Calli." Rikku sneered from her door before she slammed the door to her room shut.
"Remember to use protection!" Nooj snickered to Gippal through the door.
"You too!" Gippal's voice sounded clearly through the doors.
I blushed and I saw Nooj blush a little too. All I know is that both of us don't often blush. Anyway, without looking at each other, we took our own luggage into the bedroom we shared. I took the bed that was farther from the door. I will have to pass Nooj's bed to enter the bathroom.
"So, I guess this is it. We seem to get stuck together a lot, huh?" Nooj finally spoke as he emptied his bag into a cupboard and I emptied mine into another cupboard. Is it just me or did I sense a little tremor in his masculine voice?
"Yeah but it's kind of good. We can talk about the dogs and the Warrior classes since I wasn't in class those few days." I said.
"Things are complicated at times. Only this morning I wanted to hide from him and here I am sharing this room with him. The further I want to run from him, the nearer I seem to get to him." I thought to myself and sighed.
Author's Notes
Finally, the camping trip. I hope this chapter isn't too bad. Tell me how it goes. Is it good? If it is bad, tell me which part I should improve in. Please Read and Review! Thank you.
Acknolegment
SummonerMomo : So, now you have the camping trip! Yummy fudgie bar! Can I snatch it? Hope you enjoyed it.
Cloe : Thanks for the nice review. Glad you liked it. Aww, I guess I'm a romantist too, so we both aren't so different, are we? Hehe.. Lol.. As for Madam Lulu's Super Café, it just popped into my mind when I didn't put her in the school. I know.. I know that Paine rarely does blush but I guess she's going to blush quite a lot in this fanfic. Hope you enjoy it and please read and review again!
Cute-kitty2 : I agree with you that no one really write Paine/Nooj fanfics and I'm so sad cause I'm infatuated with them. They suit so much better than Le Blanc/Nooj cause they're so alike. One is Deathseeker and Ice Queen. It doesn't mean that I'm against Leblanc/Nooj though, I liked some of them too. It's just that that Le Blanc always fall heads over heels for Nooj without any effort from Nooj and I figured that he got bored. Thanks for the review and please review again!
Seyhak : Thanks for reviewing and I will continue this story as fast as I can. :)
Author's notes: I wrote this fanfic because no one really write Paine/Nooj fanfics and I'm so sad cause I'm infatuated with them. They suit each other well. One is Deathseeker and Ice Queen. It doesn't mean that I'm against Leblanc/Nooj though, I liked some of them too. It's just that that Le Blanc always fall heads over heels for Nooj without any effort from Nooj and I figured that he got bored. Finally! What you all have been waiting for! Chapter 4! A long chapter this times to make up for the last one.
Chapter 4 Camping!
Eight days passed by smoothly without me being up close with Nooj after what I did during my unexpected shopping trip. I can't believe that I didn't even take any respect points off Nooj for teasing me and making me fall. Maybe I was just too shocked to see Nooj being nice once again. He didn't even say 'whatever' once that day.
I managed to avoid Nooj during Warrior classes by skipping it. Since we have a big project for Trainer, all the students taking Trainer are able to skip some lessons. Two of mine being the Warrior and General Studies Class.
Phew! I am sure that I would go all fluttery around him. As for the other classes we shared like Physical Exercise, I just tried to stay as far away from him as I can. But that was a little hard since Rikku wanted to be with Gippal. Both of them have officially hooked up the next day after I bumped into Nooj. Obviously, more than one thing happened on the first day of school. Wonder how Yuna with Tidus?
Unfortunately, now all my efforts to avoid Nooj today will be futile. Here I am, standing with Rikku, Calli and Yuna waiting for the guys to arrive to go for the camp. Although we're in Group One, all the other groups have set off to their destination and we're still standing here with our teacher's instruction waiting for the guys. Yuna and Rikku seemed to notice something being off with me when we went shopping three days ago at the same shopping mall I met Nooj. We were even in the same General Store.
Flashback
I stood standing there, looking at a spot on the floor near the White Magician Hat Chocolate, remembering past events that had once taken place there.
A boiling sensation flooded my stomache as I imagine how silly I looked when I was sitting on that floor a couple of days ago. I must have looked hilarious.
"Paine? Are you alright?" Yuna's voice pulled me out of my thoughts.
"Yea, Paine. You haven't been yourself lately. Is something wrong? Gippal told me that you haven't been attending your guild's meeting these few weeks. Is there someone in the Crimson Crusaders harassing you?" Rikku asked softly. Calli have gone to another section in look of milk.
My face immediately grew hot and I hope I don't start blushing when I heard the word 'Crimson Crusaders' and my heart beat as though it was in a marathon.
"N..no.." I stuttered.
Rikku and Yuna looked at me weirdly and curiously but they let the matter drop. After that, just like my visit with Nooj, all four of us had Mcdonalds. I refused to eat Fillet-O-Fish so that it won't be the same like the other evening but the other girls insist because they want us to eat same thing. I sighed as I accepted it.
Everything was the same like the first day of school except that we didn't go to the playground after eating. We were all loaded with provisions for the upcoming camp. When I returned to my tiny but cosy apartment, I got into bed and stared at the ceiling.
It has been six days already but I still keep thinking of the same thing. The feeling of his smooth and soft skin on my lips, the way his gorgeous car clashed with my flat's surroundings, the way we both laughed insanely when we were on the see-saw, the way I feel when he teased me about thinking on the floor and almost everything that had happened
End of Flashback
While I was thinking, two posh cars showed in the distance. One very familiar silver Porsche and another stylish black Toyota Camry. In this trip, we decided to use Nooj's and Baralai's car since it would definitely more comfortable than the school's vans. Then they pulled up in front of us. All the girls, including me greeted them with frowns. The guys got out of the cars with apologetic smiles.
"Sorry, the equipment." Gippal said coyly before Rikku ran to him and gave him a big hug.
"Should have known. Ten respect points off all the guys." I drawled, glaring at Gippal and avoiding Nooj's gaze.
"What?" all of the guys said together.
I ignored all of them and sauntered to Baralai's Toyota Camry and got in. Of course I wouldn't want to get into Nooj's car. Soon, Baralai, Calli and Nooj joined us. I gaped at Nooj, feeling butterflies in my stomach. Why can't the guy drive his own car? It won't be that bad, I can still sit and talk to Calli, can't I?
Then Calli walked to the front of the car and sat herself next to the driver's seat. Maybe this IS that BAD. If she's sitting in front, then who'll be sitting with me? Oh god, here comes the man himself.
"Hi", he said casually while Baralai descended into the driver's seat.
"Hi. Aren't you driving your own car?", I said trying to sound casual too though I'm quite sure he could hear the tremor in my voice.
"Oh. I decided to let Tidus drive instead since he's quite good a driver himself. Why weren't you in the Warrior and General Studies class the past few days? You left me without a partner for the Warrior class, you know?" Nooj said.
Then, all the fluttery feelings I felt disappeared in an instant as I chatted back happily, "Oh, Trainer projects. We have the permission to skip some of the classes. Sorry, I left you there alone."
I started to feel as if he was a friend and since he didn't bring up what happened that day, I should forget it too. Unfortunately, there was a feeling in my heart that seems to be dissapointment.
"Oh, really? What's the project about?"
"It's a project where you need to get a pet, I want to have a phoenix but the teacher won't let us. She says we need to know how to care for these animals before we can get the specials. We need to make sure the pet will survive until the time ends, then we can decide to keep them or give them back to the school for the other students. We haven't got our pets yet, we're still studying of how to care for them." I blurted out to the man who is a year older than me.
"Sounds interesting. So, what pet are you going to get?" Nooj asked, interest in his eyes. He seemed to forget everything that has happened when he sent me home.
"I don't know. Maybe a puppy or something since I can't have the phoenix." I answered, half-heartedly. Calli and Baralai could be heard talking and laughing in the front seats.
"Well, a puppy sure sounds nice."
"Yeah. I want a Siberian Husky but I'll have to buy it if I want it. As for the other dogs, I can get them from the pound." I answered forlornly.
"Well, I can get you one if you want." Nooj answered sweetly.
"No! I can't let you pay for that! It won't come cheap. Besides I won't have much money to keep the dog happy." I said immediately.
"Oh, Nooj. Please don't be so nice to me. Don't make me fancy you." I thought to myself.
"It's alright! Early birthday present and as for the grooming and food products, there was this contest that sponsor the dog's owner food and grooming products." Nooj said with concern on his face.
I can't help smiling happily. So, I will be able to get my dream dog after all. Forget about the stupid phoenix. I can cuddle a dog but I can't cuddle a phoenix,can I? With happiness bubbling happily inside my stomach, I answered, "Thank you, Nooj! You're so brilliant! And I get to have the puppy??
?Yes, of course! We can go get it later or in a few days to come since we'll be camping next to a beach that is extremely near to the city. I can help you get started with the puppy since I used to have one. Exterminator died a few years back."
"I'm sorry but I just can't wait to have a puppy! It being a Siberian Husky! 200 respect points for you Nooj!" I lost all my control and started humming happily.
"Woa! 200 hundred respect points? I must be the person with the most respect points in your list. I think I might want to get a Siberian husky, too. Help me choose a name. I want it to be a male." Nooj answered with an amused smile.
"Yeap! What about you name yours Romeo and I name mine Juliet?"
"Yucks that's so mushy. How about I call mine Ixandria and you name yours whatever you like?"
I pouted at him, "If you don't want my opinion, then don't ask me! Anyway, I think I want to name her, Xylendia. Then, we can breed them and have all the cute, cute puppies!?"
"Woa! One dog is enough for me. No thank you." Nooj retorted.
I frowned and said whatever.
"Hey, while you guys were busy discussing something, we're already here." Baralai's voice spoke.
All of us, including the other passengers in Nooj's car came out of the cars. The first thing I saw was the lovely sea, stretching from the bays to the distant. The saltiness of the seawater reaches my nose and a little breeze passed by, pushing my hair back.
"Besaid! Here I come!" I could hear Rikku screaming.
Then, to my right and to the boys' surprise, there were several chalets. Then, a little boy ran up to us and asked us, "Are you guys students of Luca High who are here for the camp?"
"Yea."
"Over here, then. The largest chalet at the end is for your group."
" A chalet? Yay! I want to go stay at a chalet!" Rikku squealed and ran towards the mentioned chalet.
The guys look confused. "What about the tent equipment we brought?"
"Oh. The teachers said that you are to deposit the camp equipment into the first chalet over there", Yuna said, "We're supposed to bring that for other purposes. The teacher explained that when you guys were busy taking your own time."
After all of us finish depositing all the tent equipment into the first chalet, we went to ours.
When we entered, we noticed that there were only ten rooms in the chalet. A kitchen, four bathrooms, a livingroom and four bedrooms with two single beds in each room. While Nooj and I were looking in awe at the chalet, we didn't notice that our sneaky friends had already occupied three of the bedrooms.
A voice dragged both Nooj and I into reality, "Hey guys!Congratulations! You two are going to spend eleven days together in the same bedroom cause we've taken the rest!"
"What?" both Nooj and I turned around to face them.
"Yeap, you two are going to share a room cause I want to stay with Gippal. Tidus and Baralai are in a room. Then Yuna and Calli." Rikku sneered from her door before she slammed the door to her room shut.
"Remember to use protection!" Nooj snickered to Gippal through the door.
"You too!" Gippal's voice sounded clearly through the doors.
I blushed and I saw Nooj blush a little too. All I know is that both of us don't often blush. Anyway, without looking at each other, we took our own luggage into the bedroom we shared. I took the bed that was farther from the door. I will have to pass Nooj's bed to enter the bathroom.
"So, I guess this is it. We seem to get stuck together a lot, huh?" Nooj finally spoke as he emptied his bag into a cupboard and I emptied mine into another cupboard. Is it just me or did I sense a little tremor in his masculine voice?
"Yeah but it's kind of good. We can talk about the dogs and the Warrior classes since I wasn't in class those few days." I said.
"Things are complicated at times. Only this morning I wanted to hide from him and here I am sharing this room with him. The further I want to run from him, the nearer I seem to get to him." I thought to myself and sighed.
Author's Notes
Finally, the camping trip. I hope this chapter isn't too bad. Tell me how it goes. Is it good? If it is bad, tell me which part I should improve in. Please Read and Review! Thank you.
Acknolegment
SummonerMomo : So, now you have the camping trip! Yummy fudgie bar! Can I snatch it? Hope you enjoyed it.
Cloe : Thanks for the nice review. Glad you liked it. Aww, I guess I'm a romantist too, so we both aren't so different, are we? Hehe.. Lol.. As for Madam Lulu's Super Café, it just popped into my mind when I didn't put her in the school. I know.. I know that Paine rarely does blush but I guess she's going to blush quite a lot in this fanfic. Hope you enjoy it and please read and review again!
Cute-kitty2 : I agree with you that no one really write Paine/Nooj fanfics and I'm so sad cause I'm infatuated with them. They suit so much better than Le Blanc/Nooj cause they're so alike. One is Deathseeker and Ice Queen. It doesn't mean that I'm against Leblanc/Nooj though, I liked some of them too. It's just that that Le Blanc always fall heads over heels for Nooj without any effort from Nooj and I figured that he got bored. Thanks for the review and please review again!
Seyhak : Thanks for reviewing and I will continue this story as fast as I can. :)