Author's Notes: This is a one chapter fic. It takes place after the perfect ending in Luca. The after party, whoo! WARNING: Lemon! This is my first attempt at a lemon though, and I hope it goes okay. =:/

Disclamer: I do not own FFX-2 or any of it's characters. I do however, own this story. DO NOT distribute without my permission.

To ShellePrincess: You can't find and RxG fics, eh? I know of plenty. Check out Every Heart by Moshi Moshi Mai, it's a good one. Waiting Between Memories by Ryee is also a cute one. Go see! Another thing, you think you know where this is going know, eh? Wanna share? 'Cause I certainly don't know!

To maerah: Thank-you! ^.^ I think this is actually the first RikkuxGippal lemon on fanfiction.net....o.O

To boggart: Very naughty indeed *evil snicker*

To Anomynous (isn't it annoying?): Hehe, yes, Rikku will be chewed out. But you'll have to wait until the next chappy for that!

To Bobby of the Endless: Haha, yes, I am aware that alcohol effects a guy's ability to get a hard on sometimes. BUT, this is just a fan fiction, and I make the rules! Besides, I've been that drunk before on many occasions and I've never woken up in my own puke =: P

Hullabaloo

Ch. 2: Breakfast

Rikku played with the eggs and bacon sitting the plate in front of her, hardly feeling the need to eat anything. Her stomach lurched at the thought of food at this point in time, and her head still throbbed. The last thing she needed right now was puking all over the front of the other hung-over Al Bhed sitting across from her.

Last night had been...eventful, she could give it that much. Never in her life had she thought she would be in bed, with Gippal, doing it. Sure, she had thought about it before, sometimes even wished it, but she had never thought it would actually happen. Instead, she simply hid her feelings and bottled them up the best she could, gave a smile, and gave a good comeback to his teasing. However, now she couldn't think of a damn thing to say and it was bugging the hell out of her.

Gippal had brought her to a small cafe in Luca, just down the street from the hotel they had stayed at last night. They had checked out at the front counter after waking, and Rikku frowned as she remembered the man at the front desk giving the two a strange smirk as they left. They must have been quite...erratic when they checked in after leaving the party.

"...eat that?"

Rikku brought her head up and gave Gippal a quizzical look. She had been lost in her thoughts, not paying attention to what he had asked.

"Are you going to eat that?" he repeated, pointing his knife in the direction of her plate.

Rikku looked down at the tangled mess of food and shook her head with a slight grimace.

Gippal sighed and shook his head, reaching out. He grabbed the plate from in front of her and pulled it to his side of the table. He poked his fork into the once hot eggs and brought them into his mouth. "You know," he said between swallowing and stuffing his face some more, "You were just wasting food. First, you take me to some hotel, fuck my brains out, drag me out of bed the next morning, then don't even eat the food I buy you. That's bein' kinda rude if you ask me." He finished his small speech with a slight smirk, looking up from his plate to watch her reaction.

Rikku frowned and slammed her fist onto the table, shaking the dishes slightly scattered across it. "Don't give me that attitude Gippal, not right now," she said between clenched teeth.

"Duilro, yna fa?" chucked Gippal to himself, not thinking Rikku could hear him.

"Crid ed!" snapped Rikku, leaning back in her chair and crossing her arms angrily. Her head hurt tremendously, and she had so much on her mind, she didn't want to deal with his crap right now. Even though she had a good idea his teasing meant flirtation, she just didn't want to hear it right now...

"Sorry," she heard him say softly.

"Huh?" she replied, looking at him with surprise.

"I said I'm sorry, alright?" he said annoyingly. He didn't like apologizing, even when he knew it was his place to. Right now was one of those moments. He knew what was bothering her, hell, it was probably bothering him even more. Speaking of which...

"What are we going to do?" he asked her, looking into her green orbs with his single one. He waited for her reply, and when all he got was silence, he looked up from the now empty plate and into her face. "Rikku?"

"Yeah, I'm listening," she replied. "I...I don't know what we're going to do, Gippal. We've sure made a mess of things, haven't we?"

Gippal nodded with agreement. He didn't know what to do either. Deep down inside of him, he knew he wanted to be with her, he had just never wanted to ruin the relationship they had. Well, it was already too late for that. What's done is done. "I..." he started.

"No!" Rikku suddenly shouted. "I don't know if I'm ready, emotionally, that is..." she said softly.

"I see..." replied her blonde companion, looking back down at the plate before him. He understood how she felt completely. He knew Rikku just didn't want to get involved with him. That's how it always was. He looked back into Rikku's eyes, noticing how beautiful they were for one second in time. He suddenly regretted his actions, wishing he could take them back instantly. It would've saved a lot of the grief he was trying to conceal. None of this would have ever happened. He felt a soft hand over his, and he looked at the hand resting over his with a bit of surprise.

"It's not that I don't care about you Gippal, I...I do. Maybe we just need to go back to first base, you know?" she said, removing her grip on Gippal's hand and bringing back into her lap. She hoped dearly that he would understand. Seeing his trademark smirk light up his face, she let out the sigh of relief she didn't know she had been holding. "Alrighty, then," she said with a bright smile.

Just then the doors of the cafe opened, letting off a ding as the bell above the door rang. A silver haired man walked in, looking around the cafe carefully. Spotting the two Al Bhed chatting in the corner, he walked up to them and gave them a sly smile. "Fancy meeting you two here. We've been looking for you everywhere."

Translations:

Duilro, yna fa? - Touchy, are we?

Crid ed! - Shut it!

Well, here's that other chapter I promised you all. For those who asked for me to continue, I hope you're happy where this is headed so far. let me know what you think!