This chapter may suck for some of you. And this is the chapter where mushy parts happen. So, just read on.

Chapter 7

This Kiss is our Promise

It was already dusk, more people were in the concert and some were left outside without tickets.

While Rikku, she was 'upstairs' back in her normal dress sphere. There were less people there - most of them were couples having a good time.

Rikku sighed again, 'What is wrong with me?' she complained, leaning on the rails.

Music started to play from the stadium, "I don't care." Rikku pouted.

"You don't?" A voice from behind asked.

Rikku turned around to see Gippal, "Gippal!"

Gippal walked towards her, "Hey -"

"Cid's girl, I know, I know." Rikku finished up Gippal's sentence.

Gippal chuckled, "E fyc ypuid du cyo, Rikku" (I was about to say, Rikku.)

"Oayr nekrd. Oui lyh'd mea!" (Yeah right. You can't lie!) Rikku laughed.

Gippal grinned.

Both leaned on the rails. Gippal smiling, "Cu, fryd tuh'd oui lyna ypuid?" (So, what don't you care about?) he asked.

Rikku rolled her eyes, "None of your BIY, Gippal!"

"Yf, lusa uh! Oacdantyo E –"(Aw, come on! Yesterday I – ) Gippal complained.

"Ur, oayr, oacdantyo!"(Oh, yeah, yesterday) Rikku smirked.

"Fryd ypuid oacdantyo?" (What about yesterday?) Gippal asked.

"Oui ryjah'd yhcfanat so xiacdeuh oad. Fro fana oui cu... hud oui oacdantyo?" (You haven't answered my question yet. Why were you so... not you yesterday?) Rikku asked.

"Fryd? Fryd yna oui dymgehk ypuid? E fyc... cu, cu sa oacdantyo." (What? What are you talking about? I was... so, so me yesterday.) Gippal replied.

Both walked around the place.

"No. You usually play around before you do something. And you usually joke around." Rikku snapped.

Gippal was silent for a while, he wanted to tell Rikku that 'it's not true' but it was. And he didn't want anymore broken promises.

"Gippal!" Rikku snapped her fingers, wanting an answer.

It was funny, now that she was around Gippal; her belly-aching problems were gone. As if like, she was in bliss - even though she was like arguing with Gippal. It felt right.

"Rikku, I-" Gippal started.

Rikku listened closely, "Fryd?" (What?)

Gippal had feelings for Rikku, OBVIOUSLY. (A/n: if it wasn't obvious, well, now you know!)

He couldn't explain why he felt that way on the day before. (It was because he thought that if Rikku sees him in a normal-for-his-age attitude, maybe Rikku will like him)

Gippal wanted to show Rikku because at that moment, he couldn't explain. Explaining in that point would be too shallow.

He grabbed Rikku's hand and both of them ran up the stairs leading them to Mi'hen highroad where there was no one.

"Owee! That hurt!" Rikku pouted, rubbing her left wrist, "Fryd't oui tu dryd vun?" (What'd you do that for?)

"Cunno, Rikku." (Sorry, Rikku) Gippal apologized, having no expression in his face.

Rikku looked up to Gippal, feeling a bit warm but her hands were cold, "Ed'c ugyo" (It's okay.) Rikku lightly smiled.

"How would you like your first kiss?" Gippal asked in a very well-known language. (He knew that Rikku was never been touched and kissed by anyone yet)

"How? What do you mean?" Rikku questioned back in the said dialect.

"You know..." Gippal grinned.

"Um... maybe a short one... without any tongue movements!" Rikku chortled.

Gippal laughed along.

Silence occurred between them. But Yuna's songs served as their romantic background. It was very cold in Mi'hen Highroad. And wind blew gently.

Wind blew some of Rikku's hair, covering her face. Gippal put them behind her ear and placed his hand on Rikku's cheek.

Rikku's heart beat fast, skipping every other beat. She was 99.9 sure that Gippal was going to just talk to her. And 0.1 sure that he would kiss her.

As they drew closer, Rikku's 99.9 began to lower down into 80 to 50 to 20 then, they kissed and immediately stopped but Gippal didn't move away that far. Maybe just half a centimeter away from Rikku's lips.

"And your second kiss?" Gippal murmured.

"Longer and maybe... with movements." Rikku smiled.

"Kmyt du rayn dryd."(Glad to hear that.) Gippal whispered and both kissed again... longer and with movements.

TBC..

I have to admit, I'm not good at writing really mushy scenes. Heck, I'm not even good at writing stories! (Comment me on that) And if you have any complains about this chapter/fic, feel free to do that in reviews - just say it nicely. And any suggestions for the next chapters, please state it in your reviews, too. Thanks.