A/n: Hello! Hiya! Long time, no talk! Lol! Well, anyways, so sorry for the long update...I've been watching a lot of anime, and I've been obsessed with Kiddy Grade lately... So like, I was watching the fifth DVD and the first episode in that DVD was like so sad! I wanted to cry! Anime heartaches get to me! Lol! It's a sci-fi/action kinda anime. Than again, it's so sad...The music is fast, and mellow, and when it get's to the sad parts, it's like I wanna cry! If I think about that one episode, my stomach aches, and I want to cry! So sad! WAAH! I feel like crying right now! And I have to return it to the library! They have very good points in that anime!Cause of that DVD, I couldn't type... sobs I'm going to buy that DVD! MWHAHAHA! Anyways, you can tell that I have a lot of stories to update soon. My trip to Manchester was so cool! It was cold, but once you get in the airplane, it's all grassy fields! So pretty! Anyways, I'm back home now! (Can't tell you where though, sorry!) All, I can tell you, is that I live in the U.S. Okay, it seems that I've talked a lot, a lot! Happy Reading! Oh, this chapter was a dream in my head! Lol!
A note to my lovely reviewers:
Mushimars: Yay! You like it! I'm so happy!
Rikku SWiRLS: Glad you like it!
Nefertieh: Lol! Yeah, Gippal might have a slight crush on Rikku, and as you could see, she felt sorry for him… sob very sad…
SweetRaine: YAY! I'm soo happy you like it! YAY!
Reviewer: You think it's cute too! I'm soo happy!
YAY! ANOTHER CHAPTER!
Gip-Rik
P.S. Hay, you guys reading my other stories, well um, ya see, ehehe, I had all those new chapters to update written down, and now I can't find them. I think they're deleted! NO! I'll get them updated soon! I hope...ehehe?
Disclaimer: All charcters belong to Square Enix.
Chapter 4 (Part I)
It's 4:42 PM, and I slowly turned the machina in to the storage and wiped my hands while I called it a day! I dismissed my workers from the suffering day and slowly walked towards my room and hopped into the shower. Being leader was not that easy. Earlier today, I encountered many old women, asking for my autograph. I shoved them off and ran away again to my job as a leader. Whoo boy! I came out of the bathroom and looked at my alarm clock to see what time it exactly was. Hmm, 7:18 PM already? Wow.
"Hmm? What's this?" I grabbed a piece of paper off the wall, and read it aloud, " Spring Stars Night Festival. March 24 at the Luca Party Hotel. All people invited may only attend. From 6:30 to all night long."
Oh, I'm not late, am I? 6:30? What time is it? 7:21! I ran outside, and I noticed that I only had a towel around me. Wait a minute, I run outside naked! AAAAH! I ran back into my room and sighed with relief. Luckily, there was no out there... Phew! I can't be late. I forgot about that! Rikku's head of hell will break loose if she knows that I'm late. I changed into my suit and sprayed on some cologne. I spiked up hair and was out of my room, before I knew it. Okay, how far will it take me to get from Djose to Luca at this hour. Hmm, estimate! Uh, about fifteen minutes!
"Gippal!" Somebody called me and I turned around and saw one of my workers standing there with the tranportation machina. It would take me a while to travel down Mi'hen Highroad, so I took the transportation machina and travelled my way down Djose, to Mi'hen Highroad, and in no time at all, I was in Luca. I stopped the Machina and jumped off, and soon it got dark. I fixed my tie and walked down the stairs walking catiously, cause I could trip, fall down and die. No, I'd probably get hurt...I made it to the Party Hotel and I walked up to the Doormen and asked me my name.
"My name's Gippal sir." He looked at the list and saw my name and nodded. He opened the door and the lights were gleamimg. There were a lot of people. What was the reason of this party? I had no idea? I guess all the rich people in Spira came to attend this party. Sure, I was rich, but why come. What's the point. Why di
"Hiya! Gippal! What's up? You were kinda spaced out, and I'm kinda ticked off that you're late, but that's alright! So like..."
"Cid's girl, um hey. Can I get you something to drink?"
"Uh, sure. I'll wait here."
I walked to the drink stand and it was kind of hard to see with all these colored spotlights on and all. It was huge. This party room, was huge. It was like a whole king room, but more hi-tech though. The colors of illumination were actually kind of trancing in a way. I filled the glasses with fruit punch and walked back.
"Hey Gippal. Been a while."
"Oh, hi Baralai. Long time no see. Hey Dr. P."
"Hello."
"So, you were invited to?"
"Hmm, seems so. How are things going with you and you?" I made hand motions to them that I was talking them.
Baralai replied with a smile, "Good. I'm just spending time at home and with Paine."
Paine puinched him in the shoulder playfully, "Baralai!"
"Haha. No, actually I just am spending my vacation at home. Everything's going fine, it's going fine. What about you Gippal?"
"Well, I've been having this rash on my face that well, was caused by one of the Machina. Don't tell anyone I told you that it happened from a machina. If it gets to Cid's girl, I'll..." Baralai came in.
"I assure you that me and Paine won't tell anybody. But how did it happen?"
"Well, I was using a small machina for repairing this bigger one and it sorta just shocked me on the face causing a burn. I told the doc, and he gave me some anti-rash cream that only lasts for about two hours. What really suprises me is that the redness doesn't show up after the cream is applied."
"That's why it's called an anti-rash cream." Paine said and I frowned.
"Dr. P, is right again!" I joked and then said goodbye and walked towards Rikku, "here you are."
"Thank you Gippal. Say, about that rash cream. What with your..."
"Cid's girl, that's nothing to worry about. I swear."
"Call me by my real name for once."
"Cid's Girl." I said and she gave me one of the "I give up" frowns.
"I give up." Rikku sighed.
We sat down and talked and it was soon 10:00 PM, and it felt like the rash was coming back to me.
"Cid's girl, wait here. I have to go to the little boys room."
"Oh, all right."
I walked in, and looked into the mirror. Eeeek! It was back. My right cheek all covered with bloody red rash! I reached into my pocket and pulled out the anti-rash cream and applied it on my cheek.
"Hmm, that's way way better! Haha!" Then, I noticed that there was a man right next to me, giving me the eybrow and told me that I was weird.
"You're weird." Ew, he a closed nosed voice. And he was fat!
"You're fat." I said.
"What?"
"Nothing!" I didn't want to repeat that. He gave me an evil glare.
I went back outside and sat next to Rikku. I never noticed that she was wearing a pink dress and had a hair tied all the way back tightly. She had long sparkling earings on, that matched her dress. Stunning and beautiful...
She looked at me and giggled, "Is there anything on my face?"
"No, um, it's nothing." I looked at all the people dancing. I felt that I belonged up there and had to dance with someone too. But who? Me and Rikku were sitting at the table while others were there and dancing with who they liked.
Soon, someone came on the stage.
"Ahem, everone. We have a special guest. She won many singing contests and many awards, and we are pleased to announce that she is here with us today. Please welcome, Miss Julia Caraway!"
(A/n: Uh, you might all know the singer, wife of General Caraway, and mother of Rinoa Heartilly from the ever-popular Final Fantasy VIII!)
The singer spoke, "Hello. You may all know me, and I'm very happy to be here today. Well, this song is for everybody, and it's a very popular song. I hope you enjoy it! It's called, Fly Me to The Moon."
(A/n: Well, I am obsessed with this song, since like forever. There are a lot of different versions of this song. Only, I'm using an Anime version because I LOVE IT! Well, it's a short version.)
The whole room cheered, as to them, it seems that they were happy.
Before the song starts, I need to ask
Rikku if she wants to dance.
"Cid's girl, uh, do you wanna
dance?"
She looked at me, and smiled.
"Sure, I'd love to!"
We got up and started to dance.
Fly me to the moon
And let me play among the stars
Rikku put her head against my chest and my heart started to beat faster, but why. Was this someting you felt when you had a crush on someone.
Let me see what Spring is like on Jupiter and Mars
I bet she could hear my heart going thumpty thump thump. Oh, what an embaressment. I looked around and saw Baralai holding Paine in his arms while dancing. He winked at me and I bet that was a good sign that I was dancing right. What a relief, but still, I could hear my heart beat in my throat.
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, darling kiss me
This song had a very deep meaning to it. I could tell Rikku liked it, but I couldn't tell that she was feeling my heart beat, or not. Because, I know Rikku very well. I know that she would start laughing at me and telling me that I was some kind of weirdo. But why wasn't she doing that. She didn't even make eye-contact with me, ever since the song started.
Fill my heart with song, and let me sing forever more
You are all I long for, all I worship and adore
Rikku, look at me please. I want to see that expression on your face. I want to see that cute smile of happiness, please. My heart was beating really fast, and so...
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
In other words
Rikku looked up and smiled rather a true smile.
I love you...
The song faded away and everyone cheered. I dragged Rikku outside and me and Rikku said someting at the same time.
"Cid's girl, did you fell that?"
"Gippal, did you feel that?"
We both laughed and turned our heads away from eachother. I blushed and gathered up courage to turn back around and cover up for what I just did.
I took Rikku's hand and walked towards the lake. We sat on the steps leading to the water and the wind was calmly swaying against us.
"Uh, how do I put it together? Uh, well, did you feel anything?"
"No, but did you?"
"Well, my hearts was beating and..."
She came in, "I guess that's it because my heart was beating too."
I could hear the wind sing in a majestic motion. Her heart was beating too? Was this some sort of way to tell that you liked someone, or were scared? I was confused.
"You know, one thing about life gets me though."
"What?" I asked and she smiled.
"Well, some people dont even realize it, but...when we all encounter someone we thought we once hated, or once loved, love seems to grow again..." She laid back her chair and streched, "guess, that happened to me."
"Since when? Who are you in love with Cid's girl?" I asked and she giggled.
"I knew him like forever, and he's very cocky!" She giggled again, and needed some air.
I was confused. Who?
(A/n: Gippal obiously doesn't know that she's talking about him here! Lol!)
"Who?" I asked again and she just laughed.
"Well, you don't know! And I'm happy! Hahaha!"
I started to laugh at her cuteness and looked out to the sea, and the shimmering white street lights. Today was fun.
"Guess, we should be going back? We kind of dissapeared a while back." I said while I scratched the back of my head.
"Yah, they might be worrying about us. Well, if they actually noticed that we actually left." Rikku said, and I stood up and let out a hand.
"Here." She took my hand and stood up.
"Cid's girl, don't get to happy, but I think you look very pretty tonight."
"Hmm, since when did you have a thought of that in your head, pretty boy?" She said and gave me a playful smile.
"Since I got out of the restrooms!"
"Hey! I can look more attractive!" Rikku mentioned, trying to cover up her monkeyness.
"Well, I notice more pretty girls out there than you do, but today you're diffrent, so I would say that you're pretty than all those girls I've seen in magazines and stuff! So there! HAHA!"
She looked at me weirdly, "Gippal's been naughty, and so I won't give him a kiss because he's been such a pervert!"
"Hey, I can dream for that kiss can't I? And I can be a pervert too?" I asked and Rikku and she laughed.
"For that kiss, you'll have to catch me." She gave me a sly smile.
"Now, now Cid's girl, when did I tell you that I wanted to kiss you? Huh? Just when? Cid's girl?" I noticed that she already started running on the green grass by the lake and I started to chase her, "Cid's girl!" I never wanted to kiss her, but the thought of those soft lips, were kind of nice. Wait, am I being naughty?
"Cid's girl!" She was running awfully fast, and she was on the edge of a hill. I catched up to her and grabbed her by the waist, spun her around and she laughed as we played with eachother. Even if it was just for a moment.
"I got you! Whoa!" We started to roll down the hill, and it was a good thing there were no rocks at all. We made it to the edge by the lake, by the fence was luckily there to hold us back.
"Cid's girl, you alright?" I noticed that her eyes were squinted as I lay a top her. She opened them slowly and met my face.The next thing I know that she planted a kiss on my cheek. My right cheek, with the rash. It wasn't there that moment, so I was lucky. The feeling of her soft lips on my cheeks were rather soothing, and I wanted to stay here, with her. Even though it was just for a moment.
"Cid's girl?"
"Gippal, um, I'm sorry. I should've seen that, we tumbled down, but..."
"I understand." I said, as I blushed, "Didn't I deserve that to catch you."
She laughed and got up.
"We should really head back, I mean..." Rikku said and I put my fingers on her mouth.
"Even if it's just a moment of my life, can we stay here, talk, and watch some stars? Just me and you? There's no one here, and it could probably be a once-in-a life time chance?" I asked and she looked kinda nervous.
"Uh, ok. But after that, we gotta go back."
"Ok." I promised, and laid back on the grass.
"Fly me to the moon, and let me play among the stars..." Rikku was singing to herself at the sight of the stars and looked at me, "I love that song."
Her voice turned out to be very beautiful. It seemed better than Julia's singing.
"Yeah, me too. The music is very beautiful, and the words are most elegant. Remember, when I sang?" I aksked.
"How could I forget. Your voice was so dazzling."
"That night, when I sang, there was one thing that couldn't get out of my mind." It was Rikku, she had helped me with my problems, and had actually seen the gooey substance that was merely a stinky one.
"What was that Gippal-me-boy? Hmm?" She giggled along with the words that she just spoke. I frowned, and just smiled it off.
"You. It was you, because without you, I'd go through a lot of problems of applying the cream." I said it. I told her that it was her. She looked at me with the sadened eyes, those swilrs that were countless without glee.
"Why did you have that? Gippal, I'm worried about you these days." She asked me, and did I want to tell her? Was this the right moment, to let her worry about me even more than what she is now? Should I? Would I?
"Actually, that was something that was need to be done, because of my allergies..."
"Allergies? What kind of allergies?" Rikku was talking kind of stubborn here, almost like...distracting.
"Rash allergies, noting you need to worry about. Seriously, it's nothing. I just have nervous breakdown if no one helps me. I have problems sometimes. You know how I can be? Right? I'm always like that, even when I was a child!" I hoped that she would at least think this and believe this, even though, it was a lie.
"Hmm, oh okay. I guess." We looked at the stars together for a while and talked about how we were little one time, and how we exploered through woods and stuff. Talking with Rikku, made me feel special inside. After all that's happened, we still barely had any feelings for eachother. Except for the fact that she kissed me on the cheek. And I hope she didn't feel, or smeel any moisture. That would be awful. No actually, it dries up pretty fast.
The stars here at Luca, were very pretty. I'm happy that I was spending it, at least with Rikku I mean.
"So, what do you think of the stars?" Rikku finally asked me. I was going to ask that, but seems she came in first.
"They look very pretty tonight. Wish I was sitting with someone prettier." I joked and Rikku turned towards me.
"Hey! I can look way prettier than this! How many times do I have to tell you!" She turned towards the other side, and I sat up.
"Hey, hey! I was only joking? Alright? Hey, I'm sorry?" Uh oh, I guess I made her mad. I put one hand on her shoulder, and looked at her from the side. She turned back around and was giving me the stare,"Hey, look, I'm sorry, alright? I didn't mean to, if it hurt your feelings."
Her eyes widened slowly, and she was back to her normal self, "well, alright. I guess I kinda was acting weird too. Ehehe." We stared at eachother for a moment after that and our faces were growing closer and closer together. There was no one here at this time. It was eleven and no one, comes to this part of Luca. Well, maybe sometimes. Our faces, slowly again, were growing closer and closer. It was like a magnet was pulling us. Closer and closer. Sooner, our lips touched, and brushed feeling the warmth. And then we kissed at the top of our lips and
"Gippal! There you are!" I sat backup! Oh no, it was Baralai again. We didn't even kiss completely. We didn't even go into eachothers mouth. We didn't liplock! Argh! Oh, how sucky life can get...
"There you are, and Rikku. Hello Rikku." Baralai said, and aimlessly put my hand on my fore head. At least, he didn't see, because, we were sitting on the botom of the hill by the lake. He probably saw my hair.
"Hey Baralai." Rikku said. She didn't seem much enthusiastic, as she always seemed. I guess she was upset. After all, we were about to kiss and all.
"You guys should come back, the actual stuff is about to happen." Baralai said. And I was confused?
"Actual stuff?" I asked, and he nodded.
"Yeah, they say that made hotel reservations for all of us tonight. So we don't have to go back home. It is late after all." Baralai replied, and I nodded and looked at Rikku. At least I didn't have to work tommorow. Day off.
"Ok, let's head on back then."
A/n: So how did you like Part I? I hope it was good. I didn't want Rikku and Gippal to kiss, because they don't like eachother fully yet. Anyways, tell me if I put anyspell errors if you see one. My Microsoft Word is like not working, so I wrote this chapter on Wordpad. It doesn't even have any Spell Check...oh well, and I hope I always put Cid's girl instead Rikku when Gippal's talking to her and stuff. Because, it would totally ruin the story if he doesn't! Lol! No flames! Ok, that's extremly rude! Ok, bye! Please leave a review!
(Gip-Rik)
