Sorry it took me so long to write the new chapter, I've been doing lots of things lately. Anyway, thank you for being patient with me. Enjoy.
Hold My Heart ch. 2
Paine walked down the hall at a rapid pace, lost in her own thoughts. Once again, Rikku was being her bouncy self, talking fifity miles an hour, and as usual, Paine was tuning it out. It was actually soothing sometimes. Rikku did have a nice voice, now if only she would stop talking constantly about nothing… As a matter of fact most of the things about Rikku were nice, her hair, her face… Paine recognized where her thoughts were going and cut them off. No. That was yet another thing she was not going to talk about.
"No what?" said Rikku, turning around to give Paine a startled look. Paine realized that she must have said the no out loud and silently cursed herself.
"Excuse me?" said Paine, "I didn't say anything." I sure hope this works. She thought to herself.
"Yes, you did." Insisted Rikku. "I was talking about that last sphere we found when you just said No, out of nowhere."
"No, I didn't." Paine said, adding with it a look that had been known to make grown men reconsider their words. She hated herself for doing it, especially when she saw the cowed look on Rikku's face.
"Alright, alright, no reason to get touchy about it." Rikku said, her lower lip sticking out in what Paine thought had to be the cutest pout she had ever seen.
"Maybe I should do something about how I feel," Paine thought wistfully "what's the worse that could happen?" As if in answer, she abruptly remembered the last time she'd tried something like that. The disgusted look on the girls face, like Paine carried some sort of disease that was contagious, and the looks on the faces of the girl's family when they had found out. That was one place on Spira Paine still preffered to avoid.
But not everyone is like that, whispered a small voice. besides, do you really want to be alone for your entire life? "No, I don't," thought Paine, "but I also can't throw a decent freindship away just because I'm desperate for companionship. Besides, I heard how she talks about Gippal, I don't know if she even likes girls, let alone me." After that, Paine let her mind float, and contented herself with watching Rikku as she bounced ahead of her in the corridor, her voice a soothing, pleasant sound.
Paine let herself watch Rikku walk, knowing there was no one around to catch her staring at the other girl's... back. She suddenly noticed a small piece of paper sticking out of Rikku's back pocket. Hmmm, wonder what that could be? Paine thought to herself. Paine stared at the small white shape, and suddenly, she got the impulse to snatch the piece of paper out of Rikku's pocket. Well why not, she bugs me enough doesn't she? Time for some payback. With this thought, Paine suddenly darted forward and snatched the paper out of Rikku's pocket before Rikku even knew what had happened.
Rikku was talking, bouncing along, when she felt the slightest tug on the back of her skirt What the hell? she thought, not really even sure what it was. Then she heard a noise that made her stop dead in her tracks. It was the sound of paper being unfolded. Oh no, the paper, I left it in my pocket. Paine's behind me, if she reads it...
Rikku turned just in time to see Paine unfold the paper and read the first line or two. "Hey! What do you think you're doing?" she said, making a panicked grab for the paper Paine held casually in one hand.
"What, I'm just doing a little reading." Paine said, easily keeping the paper out of the other girls reach. "Hmmm, it's not bad for a love poem, who'd you write it to?" Lucky bastard, whoever he is.
"N-n-none of your business Paine!" Rikku said, feeling a blush rise in her cheeks. Oh please don't let her figure out it's to her. But she said it's good. Oh gods, I can't tell her, she'll laugh at me, or worse, she'll hate me. "B-besides, why would I tell you who it was to?"
"Well, fine, don't tell me then. I'll just keep it anyway." Paine said, feeling slightly annoyed that Rikku wouldn't tell her Well, why wouldn't she? She feels perfectly fine babbling about everything else on Spira, you'd figure she could answer one lousy question.
"Well, what the hell do you think you're doing, taking things that aren't yours?" Rikku said, desperate to cover who it was really to, hoping that if she got mad enough, Paine would just drop it.
Unfortunately, she was having no such luck. "Oh really?" Paine bristled, "and you don't do the same thing, always prodding and poking, never giving anybody a moment's quiet. You'd think the entire damn world was your business, the way you keep sticking your nose into everything! You'd think this was for Brother, as desperate as you are to cover it up!"
"It is not!" yelled Rikku, "It's for you... you, you, bitch!"
Paine rocked back as though she had been hit. She was about to say something, but Rikku had turned and fled down the hall, back to her room. Looking down at the words on the paper, Paine felt a blush spread through her cheeks. All she could find to say was "Oh."
Sorry I left it there, seemed like a good place for a break. I promise chapter 3 will be here quicker than two was... really, I promise... sweatdrop
For those of you wanting teh hawt Rikku x Paine action, please be patient with me, it's coming, I promise...
