Chapter 2: The Story Behind the Breakup-pt.1

Ok, so Rikku and Quistis are driving home, and in the midst of being awfully tipsy, Rikku finally tells her story to someone. Will she understand?

This chapter will be her story, and it's kinda long, so sorry in advanced.

"Well, I was going out with this guy. His name was Auron; actually, he was one of Yuna's guardians. He was taking care of her as a favor to Braska, Yuna's late father, and because it was equally convenient to watch Tidus also, as a favor to his father Jecht. When I first met him, I thought he was so uptight; yet I still found something to be attractive about him. I don't know what it was, maybe his whole 'older person with experience in life' demeanor…"

"I'm Rikku, and you are?" she said to him, looking up into his dark glasses, maybe hoping to see eyes.

"Hmm," he said, and began to walk away.

"That's rude you know!" she said, and seemed to pique his interest, because he stopped walking. "Walking away from a lady and then on top of that not introducing yourself! I mean, we're obviously gonna be together till we get to Zanarkand!"

"My sincerest apologies," he said sarcastically. He turned back and kept walking. "Auron," he said.

"What? What's that supposed to mean?" she asked.

"You asked my name, did you not?" he responded, and continued on with the others.

Quistis looked over at her when they had reached a red light. "Doesn't exactly seem like a lover boy to me."

"He wasn't at first. But he needed to open up. He needed someone like me," Rikku said, her voice fading, and continued the story.

"It was kinda like that for a while, from the Moonflow until we got to Guadosalam. We were at the Farplane, but I didn't want to go in. Neither did he for some reason. So everyone else, Wakka, Lulu, Tidus, Yuna and Kimarhi went in, him and I stayed on the steps and waited. It was a breakthrough of sorts, I guess…"

"So you've not gonna join the others?" Auron asked her wondering to himself why she wouldn't want to.

"Memories are nice, but that's all they are," she responded, swinging her leg off the edge of the steps. "What about you?"

"I have my reasons," he said, standing up and placing his sword down. He stretched and glimpsed over at Rikku, who seemed to be observing his every move, though covertly.

Rikku covered her arms as a chill wind from the entrance flew past. She bunched her self close together, hugging her legs. He walked up to her and placed his jacket over her. She looked up and smiled as her problem had been solved.

"You seemed cold," he said, giving her what seemed to be a smile back.

"Thanks, Auron," she said inadvertently smiling inside.

"And from then on, he kinda was a bit nicer, to me at least. There were times when everyone would be sleeping and he'd come and check up on me, saying he was worried about everyone, but knowing I knew he only came to me," Rikku said, starting to tear, but quickly wiping her tears away. The day that changed everything was the night in Zanarkand, after we met Yunalesca and found out the truth about the Final Summoning. I was depressed, and scared for Yuna, cause I had known she would have had to die all along. He came to where I was supposed to sleep and found me crying…"

"Rikku," Auron said, sitting next to her in her bed.

"It's not fair, I tried, I tried so hard to keep her away from here, all of it for nothing. It's so messed up. And you! You knew she'd have to choose one of us and you didn't say anything!" Rikku said, crying harder.

He sighed and took off his glasses. "Rikku, if I had told you, or anyone else for that matter, would you still have remained her guardian? If Yuna knew before she got here; that she'd have to choose one of her trusted guardians and friends to die with her as the Final Aeon, do you think she'd keep going? Do you think anyone would have kept going?"

She looked up for a second and looked into his eyes. "I…Well…Tidus would have!"

"But we're not talking about him, we're talking about you. Rikku, come here," he said, and he opened his arms as if to embrace her.

"What do you mean?" she said, still choking on her tears.

He wiped the tears away that were streaming off her face. "I'm sorry Rikku, I never meant to hurt you. But it'll be ok, I promise." He held her and kissed her forehead as she wept into his chest.

"Auron, I'm so scared," she said.

About a half an hour later, she had stopped crying. She looked up at him again and was taken by surprise as he kissed her, a full-blown tongue kiss. When they stopped, she looked at him and he started to take off her shirt.

"Is this ok with you?" he asked her, waiting for her approval.

"Definitely," she responded, and allowed him full control of her body.

Quistis had parked in front of the house and turned the engine off. She glanced over at her passenger, who had apparently stopped to take a breath and wipe the tears from her eyes. She patted her on the back and handed her a tissue.

"Thanks," Rikku said, and exited the car. She walked towards her front door. "Aren't you coming in?"

Quistis got out and locked the door. "Sure, I'll be right there."

They got upstairs and entered Rikku's room, which was a complete mess. Tissue everywhere, papers thrown all over. The bed hadn't been made, yet it looked as if it was supposed to be that way, as if no one had slept there in days. Quistis observed her surroundings and her eyebrow rose in dismay when she saw how un-organized everything was.

"Would you like a drink or something?" Rikku asked as she tried to straighten up a bit for her guest.

"Um, no thank you," Quistis responded.

Rikku gestured toward the now somewhat straightened bed. "You can sit here. Sorry for the mess, I've been a mess myself lately, you've probably noticed."

Quistis sat down and removed her glasses to give her eyes a rest. "No problem, it's quite alright. I know you weren't expecting company either."

"Yeah well," Rikku said as she took a seat next to Quistis, "let me get to the rest of it…"

"Everything was going well, considerably, after that night. He had opened up a bit more. It was kinda hard, hiding it from everyone, but we dealt. There was another night, when we were alone, and we had done it again. I fell asleep with him, but the next morning…"

Here's where the chapter ends. Next chapter will be part 2 of Rikku's story. What happened the next morning, and what happened that left Rikku scarred from love? Find out in part 2 of The Story Behind the Breakup!