Hi there! I was happily surprised that I got so many nice reviews for my
prologue and I promise to write on! I'll try to update every Sunday –
sometimes, if school isn't keeping me too busy, I'll update sooner.
Please, review again and tell me what you think. (You can tell me if you didn't like it, too, that's OK.) I'm open for any ideas and I'll answer questions, too.
So, I hope you'll have a good time reading chapter 1.
Chapter 1: Brother senses a secret
"When I saw him that special day at the temple I couldn't help but feel happy. Hearing his voice, seeing that he hadn't changed since I saw more than two years ago...
He was still the Gippal I knew... the Gippal I loved. I'm not sure what he thought about that "kiss" before I went away to save Yuna... well, I'm not even sure if I want to know what he thought about it... but still... I want to know if he remembers that night...
Who would have guessed that Cid's little girl fell head over heals for this guy? Every time he's around I feel like... everything's possible... and at the same time I know that everything can be smashed easily.
One single word that escapes his lips can destroy my world.
That's strange, isn't it?
No matter how hard I try to forget that he exists... whenever I close my eyes, I can imagine his face. I could describe every single detail of his face.
What's happening?"
I hadn't realized that I had spoken everything out loud until a familiar voice from behind answered.
"I guess you are in love, Rikku."
I sighed and turned around to look into Yuna's face.
"How long have you been there?" I asked softly.
"Long enough."
I laughed suddenly and at the same time tears started to run down my cheeks.
"If that's love, Yuna... if love is making me wake up in the middle of the night, shivering and feeling frozen... if love is making me feel so confused..." I couldn't finish this sentence, it just sounded too odd, so I tried again to explain what I was feeling.
"Sometimes, I want to shout at him how I feel and then... then I see him with some girl I don't even know and then I feel like crying a whole night or I just want to strangle him for making me feel like this!"
"That's it, no doubt. That's what we call LOVE!" Yuna shouted but her smile disappeared suddenly as she heard Brother.
"WHAT ABOUT LOVE?! RIKKU?!"
"Well done, Yuna. Now, he won't stop until I or you will tell him." Rikku sighed, turned around and walked back into the airship.
"I won't tell him."
Rikku smiled. "I know!"
She turned around and waved before she was out of Yuna's sight.
***
"Rikku's acting strange." Tidus whispered as he and Yuna finally got a chance to talk to each other.
"You think so?"
Yuna couldn't help but giggle when he said that.
"You're hiding something, aren't you?"
The two of them were sitting at a table, still not really used to being together again.
"Am I this easy to read?"
"Who is it?"
"Aw, come on. Let's talk about something else." Yuna hoped he wouldn't ask any more questions about Rikku and... well... what was "wrong" with her.
"I'm serious, Yuna. Who is it?" He looked into her eyes as if he was pleading for an answer.
"Oh, you know I can't stand it when you look at me that way."
Sighing, she took one of his hands between hers, smiling.
"Can you keep a secret?" Her voice was barely a whisper as she spoke.
When he nodded, she leaned closer. "Rikku... fell head over heals for... YOU."
At once, Tidus jumped to his feet while Yuna laughed.
"YUNA!" She looked up at him, still laughing. He had blushed and was looking at her as if she was mad.
"I'm... I'm just... kidding. Calm down." She could hardly speak, trying to breath and to talk at the same time.
"Just kidding? Yuna, you could have killed me, you know." Slowly, a smile found its way back on his face.
"Well, that's what you get for asking stupid questions."
Tidus ignored Yuna's teasing and looked into her eyes.
"OK, I don't say I'll forget about my question but I'll do you a favour and talk about something else. Did I tell you how much I missed you?"
She slightly shook her head before he leaned over to her until their lips touched.
***
"Where's Rikku?!" Brother shouted while pacing around.
Paine didn't answer; it was too obvious that he didn't need an answer. He was just acting like... well, he was acting like Brother.
"Want to bet when he'll calm down?" Buddy whispered, looking at Shinra and Paine, a great smile crossing his features.
"I'm just a kid." Shinra said, turning around and looking in another direction.
"Does he ever calm down?" Paine said, shaking her head. "And that's our "leader".
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"
All of them except Brother started to giggle as Brother shouted, first in English, later in Al Bhed.
***
Rikku listened before she entered the cockpit. She knew Brother wanted to talk to her but she could not decide to go inside or just let him be mad.
"Let's see what he's up to." She told herself before stepping inside.
"Rikku! Where have you been?!"
"Yeah, nice to see you, too." Rikku said, trying not to sound too mad. "Where could I have been? This is an airship – I can hardly disappear, can I?"
Brother... always that highspirited.
"So?" she asked, expecting more questions about what she and Yuna had been talking about.
"Dad wants us to come home."
That was the last thing she had expected.
"He wants us to come home? Why?" Her eyes widened as she thought about what he could be up to. Maybe it was nothing but one of his ideas of turning some place of Spira into a tourist attraction and who would be a better choice to help than his own children?
"He wants to build a new HOME." her brother said, while she was lost in thoughts. Once she realized what the words meant she couldn't help but smile.
"This is... this is GREAT!" Before Brother could say anything she rushed out of the room, almost knocking Paine down who was just about to enter the room.
"YUNIE!!!"
She was laughing as she ran into the accomodation. I have to tell you something!!!"
***
Temple Djose
"Well, well. Cid's calling everybody home?"
Gippal couldn't help but shake his head as he got to hear the news.
Calling everybody home... that sounded good. If everybody was supposed to return to the destert... why shouldn't Cid's little girl come, too?
Though he tried not to admit it, he was happy as this thought crossed his mind.
If Cid was really up to building a new HOME, there would be plenty of time...
He'd see Cid's little girl again...
Gippal blushed slightly, feeling his heart pounding only by thinking of her.
***
TBC
Aw, please review! Everybody!!! Please! I like this couple... they would be such a cute couple, don't you think so?
Please, review again and tell me what you think. (You can tell me if you didn't like it, too, that's OK.) I'm open for any ideas and I'll answer questions, too.
So, I hope you'll have a good time reading chapter 1.
Chapter 1: Brother senses a secret
"When I saw him that special day at the temple I couldn't help but feel happy. Hearing his voice, seeing that he hadn't changed since I saw more than two years ago...
He was still the Gippal I knew... the Gippal I loved. I'm not sure what he thought about that "kiss" before I went away to save Yuna... well, I'm not even sure if I want to know what he thought about it... but still... I want to know if he remembers that night...
Who would have guessed that Cid's little girl fell head over heals for this guy? Every time he's around I feel like... everything's possible... and at the same time I know that everything can be smashed easily.
One single word that escapes his lips can destroy my world.
That's strange, isn't it?
No matter how hard I try to forget that he exists... whenever I close my eyes, I can imagine his face. I could describe every single detail of his face.
What's happening?"
I hadn't realized that I had spoken everything out loud until a familiar voice from behind answered.
"I guess you are in love, Rikku."
I sighed and turned around to look into Yuna's face.
"How long have you been there?" I asked softly.
"Long enough."
I laughed suddenly and at the same time tears started to run down my cheeks.
"If that's love, Yuna... if love is making me wake up in the middle of the night, shivering and feeling frozen... if love is making me feel so confused..." I couldn't finish this sentence, it just sounded too odd, so I tried again to explain what I was feeling.
"Sometimes, I want to shout at him how I feel and then... then I see him with some girl I don't even know and then I feel like crying a whole night or I just want to strangle him for making me feel like this!"
"That's it, no doubt. That's what we call LOVE!" Yuna shouted but her smile disappeared suddenly as she heard Brother.
"WHAT ABOUT LOVE?! RIKKU?!"
"Well done, Yuna. Now, he won't stop until I or you will tell him." Rikku sighed, turned around and walked back into the airship.
"I won't tell him."
Rikku smiled. "I know!"
She turned around and waved before she was out of Yuna's sight.
***
"Rikku's acting strange." Tidus whispered as he and Yuna finally got a chance to talk to each other.
"You think so?"
Yuna couldn't help but giggle when he said that.
"You're hiding something, aren't you?"
The two of them were sitting at a table, still not really used to being together again.
"Am I this easy to read?"
"Who is it?"
"Aw, come on. Let's talk about something else." Yuna hoped he wouldn't ask any more questions about Rikku and... well... what was "wrong" with her.
"I'm serious, Yuna. Who is it?" He looked into her eyes as if he was pleading for an answer.
"Oh, you know I can't stand it when you look at me that way."
Sighing, she took one of his hands between hers, smiling.
"Can you keep a secret?" Her voice was barely a whisper as she spoke.
When he nodded, she leaned closer. "Rikku... fell head over heals for... YOU."
At once, Tidus jumped to his feet while Yuna laughed.
"YUNA!" She looked up at him, still laughing. He had blushed and was looking at her as if she was mad.
"I'm... I'm just... kidding. Calm down." She could hardly speak, trying to breath and to talk at the same time.
"Just kidding? Yuna, you could have killed me, you know." Slowly, a smile found its way back on his face.
"Well, that's what you get for asking stupid questions."
Tidus ignored Yuna's teasing and looked into her eyes.
"OK, I don't say I'll forget about my question but I'll do you a favour and talk about something else. Did I tell you how much I missed you?"
She slightly shook her head before he leaned over to her until their lips touched.
***
"Where's Rikku?!" Brother shouted while pacing around.
Paine didn't answer; it was too obvious that he didn't need an answer. He was just acting like... well, he was acting like Brother.
"Want to bet when he'll calm down?" Buddy whispered, looking at Shinra and Paine, a great smile crossing his features.
"I'm just a kid." Shinra said, turning around and looking in another direction.
"Does he ever calm down?" Paine said, shaking her head. "And that's our "leader".
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"
All of them except Brother started to giggle as Brother shouted, first in English, later in Al Bhed.
***
Rikku listened before she entered the cockpit. She knew Brother wanted to talk to her but she could not decide to go inside or just let him be mad.
"Let's see what he's up to." She told herself before stepping inside.
"Rikku! Where have you been?!"
"Yeah, nice to see you, too." Rikku said, trying not to sound too mad. "Where could I have been? This is an airship – I can hardly disappear, can I?"
Brother... always that highspirited.
"So?" she asked, expecting more questions about what she and Yuna had been talking about.
"Dad wants us to come home."
That was the last thing she had expected.
"He wants us to come home? Why?" Her eyes widened as she thought about what he could be up to. Maybe it was nothing but one of his ideas of turning some place of Spira into a tourist attraction and who would be a better choice to help than his own children?
"He wants to build a new HOME." her brother said, while she was lost in thoughts. Once she realized what the words meant she couldn't help but smile.
"This is... this is GREAT!" Before Brother could say anything she rushed out of the room, almost knocking Paine down who was just about to enter the room.
"YUNIE!!!"
She was laughing as she ran into the accomodation. I have to tell you something!!!"
***
Temple Djose
"Well, well. Cid's calling everybody home?"
Gippal couldn't help but shake his head as he got to hear the news.
Calling everybody home... that sounded good. If everybody was supposed to return to the destert... why shouldn't Cid's little girl come, too?
Though he tried not to admit it, he was happy as this thought crossed his mind.
If Cid was really up to building a new HOME, there would be plenty of time...
He'd see Cid's little girl again...
Gippal blushed slightly, feeling his heart pounding only by thinking of her.
***
TBC
Aw, please review! Everybody!!! Please! I like this couple... they would be such a cute couple, don't you think so?