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"DIE! DIE AND BURN IN HELL YOU VILGEHK CUH UV Y PYCDYNT!"

I leaned back against the chair and placed a hand on my forehead tiredly. "Shut up, Rleyd."

He looked up from his hand-held game and said, "What's up your ass?"

I glared at him. "Just shut up will ya?"

Rleyd got up and walked over. He leaned against the control table beside me. "No, something's wrong with you. Want to tell Uncle Rleyd what's the matter with Wittle Gippie?"

I shoved him. "Get out."

He laughed. "Okay, geez. Don't gotta throw a hissy fit."

"You're fired."

"Again?" He sighed and made his way to the exit doors. "Fine, fine, I'm leaving."

When I heard the doors finally shut, and I was sure that no one else was in the control room, I placed both hands soothingly on my head and let out the growl of hatred that I'd been holding inside for these past hours.

…Wait a second; who are you?

… Nobody? No, I'm pretty sure you're somebody. (Glares) How long have you been prying around in my mind?

… You've not been prying? Right… Okay, so what do you want?

… Nothing? Liar. Everybody wants something in this life. If you don't want anything then fuckin leave me alone.

… Hah, you're my conscience? I already have one.

… My guardian angel? You're fired.

… My spirit/soul thingy? Sorry, there can only be one good-looking me in this world.

… My friend?… Anything else? No? (Folds arms) So you're my friend…

… Oh, oh: a friend? I see, I see. A friend of whose?

… Oh, now you're not a friend anymore? Then who are you?

… A ghost. (Pauses) Wow. Nice to meet you. So, um, what do you ghosts do in your spare time?

… Hah, chat with people like me eh? You ain't haunting me or nothing? Alright, alright. So how's the dead life? Certainly better than mine I suppose.

… Nah, you wouldn't want to hear about it. Really, you're better off booing people. Hey, wait actually; I have a list of people you can boo. First on the list: Chuo. He's a booable guy, you'll love him, trust me.

… No. Why on Spira would I have anything against him? Just harmless fun.

… (Stares) How do you know about that? Ahh, you ghosts and your invisibleness. Alright fine, so what if I caught him making out with my ex-girlfriend – on my bed? I'm not jealous, hell no, never jealous of that walking noodle.

Yeah I was pissed off, having just sent the guy up there only to get me my tool belt and instead find him playing a game of tongue twister. But what was I supposed to do huh? Blow up and strangle his skinny neck till it snapped in three billion pieces? No mann, that would just make Rikku die from the size her ego would grow if she thought I was jealous.

So what did I do you ask? I played it cool. Yep, cause that's me. I can remain calm and collected and of course, good looking, despite the circumstances.

I stared at them both staring at me and said with a smirk, "Just remind me to change the sheets when we get to the temple, alright?"

And you can imagine the humiliation that filled their faces from that statement. I closed the door and left them alone.

I didn't even take three steps when the door flung open again and a panting Rikku came rushing in front of me. She placed two hands on my shoulders and shook me frantically. "I-It's n-no-ot what you-you (gasp) th-think!"

I nodded slowly, my eyes telling her to relax, like I forgave her. "Really?" I asked.

"Yes!" she exclaimed immediately.

I moved away and walked with my back facing her. "Nice necklace by the way, but don't you think a scarf would keep you warmer?"

Oh, dry in the eye.

And she had no way of arguing against that. She couldn't; she knew herself who that necklace came from – and don't think I'm so dumb as to not know either.

But then, I felt sorta bad for making her feel bad, you know? I mean, maybe – just maybe there was some logical explanation about all of this that wouldn't lead to Chuo and her having a secret relationship. So after a few steps of guilt, I turned back around ready to listen to her.

But WHO did I see?

And he was hugging her tightly too, her head buried in his chest as he soothingly rubbed her back. They didn't see me, too wrapped up in their love world, so I just left.

… Shut up. Why does everyone automatically assume I'm jealous? Jealous of who? Jealous of THEM?

…Oh, you know who THEM are. The wimpy, cowardly, I'll-wait-on-you-day-and-night-hand-and-foot because I'm-so-deeply-sickly-in-love type of men.

He has nothing that I'm jealous of. He's a wimp, a coward, a spineless poor excuse of a man – human! If there's anyone, ANYONE, I'm angry with, it's that dumb blond they call Rikku.

… Yeah, but I'm a smart blond – there's a difference.

…The crew? Hah, jealous of my crew? Naw. Why? Because they swoon over my ex and answer her every call? Idiots. They let the girl walk all over them thinking they have a shot with her – and they might; it's not like she can find anyone better than me anyway – but honestly, if there's one thing I know, it's never, ever let a women think she can control you. The day women control men, is the day all farplane breaks loose.

They will never run out of things for you to do. 'Hold this, honey' or 'Buy me that, dear'. They'll start to expect you to be there by their side, always ready to hold their bags or take them somewhere. And then after they've worked you out with those little tasks, the real transformation begins as they begin to evilly manipulate you into changing your looks. 'Wear this, darling' or 'You look better like this, baby'. And once she's satisfied with you, she'll go back to those little tasks and at the same time, demand that you maintain your new look. Trust me, this is how nature goes.

That's why I do things differently. Don't let your women brainwash you into being their slave; be a man and defend yourself! Show her you have the upper hand in the relationship; show her that you're in charge and that she'll just have to deal with it.

But don't get cocky. It's not good to be cocky.

You need to be sweet on her too though, because girls like that stuff. Once in a while, show her that despite the fact that you're not going to let her control you, that you still love her like crazy. It's easy to make girls melt – well if you look like me of course. The female species just fall one by one at my feet.

They practically fling themselves on to me – but who could blame them right, yeah? They practically offer to be controlled by me, not caring at all about the whole female domination stuff that nature goes by. And even though it may be fun, after awhile, a guy gets bored and somewhat annoyed.

No guy wants a desperate girlfriend, especially not me. No, my woman has to be strong. She needs to be independent and make me want her. A woman that can manage to attract my attention and make me have to work to get with her, now that's sexy.

But where do you find a woman like that? (Sigh) I've already found her, three years ago.

…What? Yeah, she's back now but, I don't know.

You see, when I met her again back at Djose temple with Yuna and Paine, she wasn't acting like the fifteen-year-old Rikku I knew and well, liked. She was seventeen, and I hadn't seen her in awhile. The wardrobe, well no guy can really argue, but her behaviour seemed just a bit too desperate for my attention, don't you think? I mean you were like, floating around back then, right? And you saw us, yeah? And I don't know… It was like she lost her independent spirit or somethingand turned into another typical 'I'll drop to your feet, Gippal, and kiss them too' females. She seemed so easy to piss off and it wasn't really fun to bug her anymore because it seemed as if she let me do it on purpose. And I guess… I lost interest in her. I mean, I never wanted her to change. I liked her for her, because she was different from all the rest, from Khlana, from Ledia.

But now, finally within these past few days, it seems like she's coming back to her old self. It's becoming fun to tease her again and watch her pretend to be all tough. I like that, ya know? It reminds me of those memories of me and her back at Home. It reminds me of why I wanted her in the first place.

And then suddenly: enter the walking noodle. The Chuo; Mister Pretty Boy. And if she wants him instead – if she prefers cowardly, spineless, pathetic guys like him – FINE. Let her. I'm not jealous. Who said I'm jealous? Not jealous. Nope, no way, nada.

A little pissed, yeah, I'll admit that. Offended even that she chose him over me. And even though I have more female choices available than she has male choices, it's like… I know I'm not going to find anyone better than her anyway. Shhh, don't tell her I said that.

Oh wait, hold on for a sec, alright? I gotta land this thing… Just hold on…

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"Oui camv-lahdanat, ynnukyhd cuh uv y (You self-centered, arrogant son of a) –"

"Oui lremtecr, tnysydel, byeh eh dra (You childish, dramatic, pain in the) –"

"Stupid cocky man!"

"Dumb blond woman!"

"Oui'na y sayhea (You're a meanie)!"

"Oui'na yhhuoehk (You're annoying)"

"You're a jerk!"

"You're a brat!"

"You're a Gippal!" she hissed and then slapped her tray down, declaring her win in our verbal feud. She glared at me viciously, seemingly mumbling a curse of death. With a flick of her hair she turned away and stormed out of the cafeteria with the eyes of every witness glued onto her.

"At least I'm not a RIKKU!" I shouted back, and was answered by a slam of the door.

Tch, women.

…Whhhat? I feel uncomfortable when ghosts stare at me okay?

…I didn't do anything. She started it. How? Uh… Oh, you weren't there, okay? So if I told you, you wouldn't understand anyway. (Sighs heavily) Fine… Basically it was along the lines of she wanted to order a hot dog off the menu and I told her why don't she just grab Chuo's again. (Holds hands up in the air) See? Told you, you wouldn't understand.

… No, I'm not apologizing; why do I need to apologize? She's the one that should bring her sorry ass down here and beg for my forgiveness.

… No, I'm not doing it.

… No, no, and NOPE.

… You know what? Make like a ghost and die.

… Okay, wait. I didn't mean that, sorry. (Sigh) Ahh, when I'm angry, things just come out wrong.

"Gippal," Rleyd spoke.

"Vilg oui." See? And I meant to tell him, 'Hey there buddy'.

… I said NO. I'm NOT going to chase after her. (Crosses arm) I ain't going, so whatcha going to do about that, hmm?

… Owch. Ghosts can do that?

… Arg, fine, FINE. I'll go… ask her if she's alright… or something. Happy?

I left the quiet room and restrained myself from ripping the eyes off of the staring, gossiping, workers. Ever since we landed, it was pretty clear to everyone that Rikku and I shouldn't be left alone in a room with sharp objects. All the bottled up anger that we had sealed on the airship blew up in a shower of curse words and really, really loud expressions of irritation. Now, with the whole scene in the cafeteria and my rather clearly heard comment of the hot dog, everyone thinks I'm the bad guy. Ehh.

I walked down the corridors, looking for any trace of where my blond, rampaging ex went off to. "Hey, did you happen to see a girl run past? Her face is all red and her hair is like all braided," I asked a passing worker.

He gave me a smirk. "Another one? How long was it with this one? A day?"

"You're fired."

I continued to search frantically, visions of Cid and Brother burning me alive, repeating throughout my mind until…

"I have a name!"

Ahh… She was never really good at hide and seek.

I followed the cry until I finally found her standing beside… Ew, him?

"I know Baby, so just tell me it and let's see what we'll be doing tonight," he told her in a sickening persuasive voice.

She backed away and stood in a fighter stance. "You call me baby, chick, or honey-cakes again and I'll shove one down your sorry throat."

Aww, she was so funny when she tried to be scary.

He laughed. "Alright, alright. So what can I call you?"

"How bout 'Cid's Girl'?"

They both turned and stared at me in shock.

"Go away, Gippal," she said. "I can handle him myself."

The worker remained unmoved. "Th-This is Cid's Girl? Oh, wow."

I leaned against the wall casually. "Rikku, Zysac. Zysac, Rikku."

She turned to him. "Zysac!" Then she scrunched her face. "I remember you. Ew."

He frowned.

I held out an arm. "Come, Cid's Girl. Let's talk."

"Dymg du ouincamv, zylgycc (Talk to yourself, jackass)."

…There, I tried. Oh well, too bad.

… Whhhhaaaat? Fine, picky, picky.

"No, you're coming," I said more firmly.

She gave me a weak smile. "Why would I go with you when I'm 'supposedly' all over Chuo?" she said in a smug tone.

I walked towards her as she backed up against the wall. "I don't care why, but you're coming; got it?"

She punched my other eye.

…YES, IT HURT. See what I get for trying to be the good guy?

I latched my hand around her arm before she escaped and pulled her to me.

"Let me go or else I'll aim where it'll really hurt," she threatened.

She threatened. Haha. That sounds funny, no?

I laughed despite the stinging in my eye and with all my might,picked her up and draped her over my shoulder. "I can hurt you too, you know," I warned her.

She banged against my back with her fists, screaming in agony as if I had stuck a fork up her nose. We were like a magnet to people's attention as I headed towards my room. Her yelling and my carrying her against her will didn't help. You'd think we were a married couple.

Finally we reached the end, and I dumped her on the bedroom floor before closing the door behind me.

She stood up instantly and glared at me.

"Okay… Good. We're not arguing," I said after a few moments of silence.

She crossed her arms and looked away.

I rubbed my sore neck. Now, what am I supposed to say? "You're cute when you're pissed."

… Whaaat now? That's all I know how to say. I'm not good at this apologizing stuff.

She glanced at me for a second and then returned to staring at the ground. "Stop it," she said in a serious tone.

"Stop what?"

She bit her lip and narrowed her eyes at me. "Stop messing with me."

I gave her a confused look. "What? What did I do?"

"Stop confusing me!"

… Okkkaaay you just heard all that right? This girl is accusing me over nothing!

"What the hell did I do?"

She opened her mouth to speak and then closed it. She paced around the room. "Just tell me the truth."

"What truth?"

She balled her fists. "Just ADMIT IT Gippal!"

"Admit WHAT!"

She grabbed a random object and hurled it at my face. "Just tell me for once! Stop confusing me, stop it!" she shouted desperately.

I was still bewildered to my very mind. "Tell.You.What?"

"That you – if you…" She stopped. "Why can't you just get past your thick skull and just tell me instead of – of…ACK!" She grabbed her head in frustration.

I advanced closer to her in one final attempt to get her to calm down. I placed my hands comfortingly on her shoulders.

She looked up at me, her eyes seemingly sparkling. "Gippal…" Her voice was soft. "Please… just tell me the truth."

I released her and moved back. "You on PMS?"

Her fists rounded. Her eyes pointed downward. Her head was vibrating in rage.

Oh, no she wasn't.

Oh, no she ain't.

(Gulp)

Oh, hell she did.

…YES, IT HURT.

She threw the door open as I stood there clutching my um… yeah.

Unfortunately Rleyd was passing by and watched as Rikku charged out. He then turned to me, nearly down on my knees. "Um… Hey, man, what happened?"

I closed my eyes briefly. "She f-forgave me."

"So why are you...?" He paused, and then looked at me in surprise. "Wait, you mean – "

I clutched my sides and breathed deeply. "Ohh, yeah." I smirked."She's an animal."

… WHHhhhhaaaAAATTT? What else am I gonna say? I got beat up by a girl? I have my Gippal Pride, ya know.

Rleyd laughed and shoved me slightly. "You dog…"

"Er, yeah…" I reached for the door knob. "Alright… Uh, I'm going to go – uh, take a shower."

Rleyd shrugged. "Right, okay." And then he left.

…Hmm? Oh you got to leave too? Well, alright. Hope you're satisfied. I lost my fertility and my other eye because of your wonderful suggestion. I tried apologizing to her, even sweetening up to her too but she went ballistic on me and you saw it.

Tch… women, I tell you. You can't tell them anything without being blamed. That's why I can never ever tell her how I feel about her. She's never satisfied with me. She wants me to be like THEM and be all romantic and everything. Not flirty – but an actual romantic. Man, I don't know how to do that! It's not me. I can't change myself.

I never once asked her to change for me. I always liked her the way she was.

Sometimes, I wish she knew that.

Oh wait, before you go; everything that we talked about, anything you heard from me, it's only between us, okay? Don't go blabbing about what I said to your ghost friends or anything alright? I don't want it getting around that I'm… soft. Alright? Okay.

So… who are you going to visit now?

...Hello? Hello?

Tch, ghosts…

A/N: Don't know when next update will be. Just keep checking Mondays and Thursdays :D

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