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Can't Stand You- Chapter 5: In Which Things Gets Trickier
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST CHAP:
"Or did Gippal ask you already?" he said looking Rikku right in the eyes. Before she could even stop herself, her mouth automatically moved with denial and said a quick "No, I'll go."
"Great then. See you." and he walked back in before she could even say word.
Uh-oh. She's screwed.
For the next two days, Rikku was far, far way from reality, but rather in her thoughts. The night of the dance came and she still didn't think up a solution. She also had a hard time avoiding Renzo too.
Rikku was sitting on her bed, still sighing endlessly. She suddenly remembered something. )) OH NO! I didn't even get my dress yet!!!!! (( As she started panicking, she heard a knock at her door. )) It'd better not be Renzo or Gippal….oh wait. But Gippal's in Luca... (( "C…come in…" The door opened and it was…
"Yuna, Paine!" she exclaimed in surprise. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Glad to see us?" Yuna said, smiling brightly.
"WE just wanted to check up on you, sine we heard from other people here at Djose that you kept blanking out." Paine said, trying to hide her concern. 'They told us when we were trying to contact you over the ComSphere."
Rikku immediately turned red with embarrassment. "Um…heh heh… I was?"
"Rikku, tell us what's wrong. You know we love you." Yuna said softly, and then looked in Paine's direction. Paince coughed, and then said, 'Yes Rikku, we do." Rikku just blinked. Er…that was SO not Paine…? Definitely not like her. She sighed again (for what seemed like the 963rd time). "Okay, okay, I'll tell you. This all started when…" she told them about the 'naked' part accident (Yuna giggled at this), Renzo, the Party, etc. "…So it's all my stupid mouth's fault!" She humped. "If only I haven't said yes…" Rikku ended sadly.
Nobody spoke a word for the next 5 minutes. Then suddenly, Paine spoke up.
"I've got an idea."
"Hey Gippal! Mail!" said Baralai, walking towards an extremely well dressed and good-looking man. "Whoa, you're lookin' good. But do I look okay? I mean, think…uh…Paine…will…oh, and never mind that…" Baralai mumbled, blushing obviously.
"I always suspected you liked Paine." Said Gippal, grinning widely.
Baralai blushed again. "Uh…" he coughed.
"Oh come on buddy, don't you try to hide it! So did you ask her to the party yet?" asked Gippal, putting an arm on Baralai's shoulders and still grinning.
Now it was Baralai to smile. "Yes. I couldn't have been more proud of myself."
"Who-a! From the Paine I know, she isn't that easily seduced!"
"Well, here's what happened:"
Flashback
Paine and Barlai are eating dinner peacefully when Baralai suddenly interrupts the silence.
"Paine?"
"What."
"Erm…the letter I got on planning/helping out at Luca for the Masquerade Party…you know that one?"
Paine looked up from her dinner. "What are you implying here?" she raised an eyebrow.
"But I need a date, you see? So…who do you think I should ask?"
"Then ask whoever you want, that you think is suitable for you."
Baralai took a deep breath in. "Will you be my date?"
Paine paused, then smiled slightly and blushed. "Sure."
(A/N: HANH! HAHAHAHA…sorry but I'm trying to stop my uncontrollable laughter…)
(End Flashback)
Gippal just looked at Baralai, eyes wide. "That…was a fib wasn't it?" Then he started to laugh, and even had to hold on to his stomach because it hurted so much from laughing.
Baralai's expression turned blank, then down. "Stop. Laughing."
After a while, Gippal was still laughing, and then Baralai spoke up cheerfully.
"Hey by the way, Gippal, I wonder how's it going with Rikku?" He smiled triumphantly.
Gippal immediately stopped laughing and felt his face turn into a deep tomato red blush.
"Um…it's all good…At least I got her to say 'yes' when I asked her, but…" he trailed off, mumbling to himself.
)) Maybe she really does hate me after all, and the part about her saying yes, was because I tricked her into it…(( Gippal sighed to himself as his face turned back to his original color.
"Hmm, I though so. Rikku told me to give this to you." Baralari said as he gave a letter to Gippal, marked: "IMPORTANT! Please read.' And at the bottom it said: 'From your assistant/date: Rikku.' Gippal smiled with relief when he saw this, and quickly opened the letter. After a while, his smile faded into a frown, forehead creased. "Rikku, Rikku" he murmured, as he shook his head.
"What is it?" asked Baralai in a concerned tone.
"I knew it! She would've have just let me say that without something like this!" with that, Gippal walked off, leaving the letter and a confused Barali behind. While Gippal, walking ahead, fixed his bow tie and humming a cheerful tune left the room.
Baralai looked confused. "Like…this? Let you say what?"
Then he picked up the letter and read it.
Gippal,
I know you asked me – or rather TRICKED me to go to the dance with you, and I guess I should keep my word but … you really think you could get me, Rikku, that easily? Uh uh, no way. So that's why since it's a Masquerade Party, use your wits and find me, ok? (heehee) If you can guess me out, out of all these people, then you can have the honor of dancing with me.
Find me or no dance… :P
Rikku
… then you can have the honor of dancing with me.
See you (soon?)
Rikku
As Renzo put the letter down, he frowned a little. This was gonna be hard… but he was up to it. A/N: END!!! Lolz, jokes I'm not gonna end it here…I wanted to but longer is betta, no?
For the next hour or so, Rikku was trying on for what seemed like hundreds of gowns, costumes, etc. Where did they come form? Yuna and Paine, of course. They had already chosen their dresses, so now they're making Rikku try on lots and act like a judge when Rikku didn't even CARE which costume. (Well, actually she did, but from all those dresses that she had seen, they were quite nice.)
Rikku sighed exasperatedly as she put on a kind of revealing outfit. Her top was like what Yuna wore before (in FFX-2). Except that this one was fully black. There was piece of black cloth too, that you could wrap around your arms.
The bottom half was no better. It was a …kind of mini skirt, but a bit longer, and the color was black too. Her shoes came up to her knee and it was a 3-inch platform shoe. On the butt part of the mini skirt there was devil tail. It also came with a black choker.
Rikku stepped out to let Yuna and Paine see. Then she (Rikku) made a horrid face and said, "This outfit is the worst one yet! It's…it's so skimpy, and not only do I look like a slut but a devil girl!"
Yuna put her hands together and smiled. "That's the idea, Rikku! So look so perfect! So…sexy!"
Paine nodded in agreement. "Definitely. It's not like this is any worse than your everyday Al Bhed outfit."
"But!"
"NO buts, Rik, you have to wear this one! It's perfect!" Yuna squealed, not noticing that she said 'perfect' two times.
"But she's missing something, don't you think?" asked Paine. Yuna nodded. "You're right."
"Huh…"
"To make you match that outfit…we're gonna dye your hair black!"
"NOOO!" Rikku screamed, as she looked for a place to hide.
"It's not permanent." It only lasts as long as you don't wash it. Anyways, we'll leave out some blond highlights for you." Paine said.
Yuna looked over at Paine with awe.
"Wow, that's great idea."
"Anything to see our lil' Rikku in that outfit." Paine smiled wickedly. With that, Yuna and Paine dragged a poor Rikku in the washroom.
30 Minutes later…
"Don't tell me," said Rikku, her eyes closed. "I look horrible."
"You're perfection it self!" said Yuna.
"A master piece." Commented Paine in agreement.
Rikku's emerald Al Bhed eyes slowly fluttered open. Then her eyes turned huge that it almost budged out.
"Tha…that's not ME by any chance…it is?" Rikku asked weakly.
"You betcha it is." Yuna grinned.
Whoa. ))Is this really me!?(( Rikku wondered. ((I look so...sassy…((
Well, in a way, she was kind of right.
She was wearing the outfit, with her hair kind of straight (still the braids), black hair with the blond highlights --- her original hair color, black mascara, light black eyeliner, though not that much, and tints of black lipstick. NO, she didn't look like a goth, but rather a hot sexy, devil goddess. Woot, was Gippal going to say about this…?
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My Words: Yay! Done Chp. 5! Hope you like and thanx to all who read this and also reviewed in my other fic: "Believe it Or Not". Sorry if I don't review very soon…Gr. 8 is soooo busy!
Ja ne!
(ALso, don't you feel sooo sorry 4 Paine? sighz )
Lil Angel Rini
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