Konnichi-wa minna-san! How is everyone? Good I hope. I am sorry it took so long to get up chapter two. I was desperately trying to make this original and I think that it is. There aren't too many things that haven't already been done, but I try to keep everything I type genuine. This chapter ended up being a little too big, so I broke it down into two. Anyways, FYI, I have already started the third chap and it should be up within the next two or three days. Have fun reading, I had fun typing it AND REMEMBER TO R&R!

A special thanx to my new friend wink RiPa. You're great. Maybe my update will inspire you to update Final Deviation, which is a great story that I highly recommend.

As always, thanx to my reviewers, you guys are awesome. Also the usual disclaimers… I undoubtedly own nothing pouts. Anyways… On with the show!

Crazy Little Thing Called Love.

Chapter 2: A Little Crush

Rikku sat at the bar raking over what was left of her pancakes and bacon. Paine had eaten and gone back up to the deck to 'practice', leaving the young Al Bhed to herself again. She sighed and took a sip of orange juice while seriously contemplating going back to bed.

The last few days had been extremely hard on all the girls, as well as the rest of the crew. With the defeat of Vegnagun only two days ago, and all the publicity and partying afterwards, anyone could see why the girls were pooped. Rikku thought that the blunt of everything was brought down on Yuna, or so it seemed. Yunie had it rough. She was the one everyone looked to to solve their problems, yet she still had so many of her own. The ex-summoner was depressed that her 'fayth's dream' had not come back and they had made no substantial progress in finding him.

Yuna had given a small speech in the Blitzball Stadium of Luca, telling all Spirians that they were, once again, safe from harm. Of course, all the old gang was there, minus Auron and 'him' for obvious reasons. Lulu and Wakka brought Vindina, their new baby boy, and even Khimarhi had made it down from the mountains for this occasion.

After Luca, the Gullwings had a party on the Celsius. Where Brother had attempted to cheer up Yuna, but was quickly batted away by Rikku, who yelled and cursed at him in Al Bhed. The partying only lasted to two in the morning when the girls were too tired from battle to keep the celebration rolling.

Now Rikku was tired from just recapping what all had happened. She stretched and yawned and swore she heard her bed calling her name. The thief left her dishes where they lay and was headed up the stairs when a thought struck her. 'Maybe I can talk to Yunie about me and Paine? But what if she doesn't agree with the fact that I like girls… hmm….' The blonde stood on the stairs for at least three minutes with her hands in front of her like a scale. In one hand she could go on like she was now until she exploded, in the other she could tell Yuna and probably feel a lot better. She let her hands teeter-totter back and forth while she literally weighed her options. Finally she decided to spill to Yuna and quickly sprang up the rest of the stairs and to the side of her cousin's bed.

"Hey, Yunie."

"Hmm?" Came the muffled reply from beneath the covers.

"Can I get in your bed? I really need to talk to you."

"Sure." Yuna pulled the blankets down from over her head and scooted over to make room for her friend. Rikku got under the sheets and looked at her cousin for a few moments before starting.

"YunaIdon'tknowwhattodoIthinkI-"

"Whoa! Rikku, calm down. Now tell me what it is that you want, but slower."

The swirled-eyed girl chuckled a moment before pulling a mint out of her pocket and handing it to the older girl.

"First, I want you to eat this mint. Your breath is killing me!" Rikku said and they both laughed. "Okay, um…. I think I like Paine." She looked away for the other girl.

"Okay…" Yuna said slowly, "That wasn't so hard now, was it?"

"Uh, no. Wait, you're not surprised?"

"No, not really." She said, playing with the mint in her mouth.

"Mad, angry, upset, hurt, sad?" Rikku questioned.

"No." Yuna laughed, "I can see why you like her. She's quite attractive."

"Oh. Hey! You don't like her, do ya?" the younger girl said playfully, poking Yuna in the stomach under the covers.

"No… I'm still waiting."

"For him?"

"Yeah." She said sadly, a tear falling and hitting her pillow.

"Aww… Yunie." Rikku hugged her cousin, feeling truly sorry for her.

"I guess the fight with Vegnagun really did get to your guys heads." A deeper feminine voice boomed from the stairs.

Rikku's heart jumped as she whirled around to see a sweaty, crimson-eyed girl leaning on her sword at the top of the stairs. 'Wow… she looks so damn hot when she's all sweaty and flustered…' she thought with her mouth a gape.

"Guess you two forgot you were cousins, huh?" Paine half smirked.

"Paine! Oui nadyntat buubea!" The Al Bhed yelled tossing a pillow that the warrior easily ducked.

The pillow got caught in the blades of a ceiling fan for the bottom level of the cabin and was catapulted to the bar area. Rikku sat up just in time to see the pillow take out an unsuspecting hypelo behind the bar.

"Sorry Barkeep!" the girl yelled to the now cursing hypelo, before she fell over laughing. Yuna and Paine laughed too, but Rikku stopped when she heard Paine's laughter. "Aww! Dr. P's laugh is so cute!"

Dr. P quirked a brow at the girl on the bed before yelling, "Hurt time!"

"Ahh!" the other girl screamed as she jumped up and ran around the room.

"I think today would be a great day to get away at the springs, don't you guys?" Yuna asked the others, looking at the cerulean sky through the windows above the beds.

"Yea." Rikku said from the floor while being pinned under her secret crush.

"Fine. By. Me." Paine replied as she tried to keep the squirming thief beneath her.

The sly blonde knocked the older girl off balance, bringing her face down only millimeters away from her own.

"You might wanna get off me now." Rikku whispered in the warrior's ear. She leaned up and licked the other girl's ear.

Paine's breath caught in her throat and she quickly jumped off of the young Al Bhed. She straightened her clothes and went over and laid back on her bed. "Okay tell me when we get there." She said as if nothing happened.

Rikku got up and winked at Yuna on her way out to the bridge to tell Buddy where they wanted to go. Yuna winked back a giggled a bit. Today really would be an interesting day.

"Oui nadyntat buubea!" "You retarded poopie!"

That's all for now! Tell me whatcha' think and I might speed it up for the next post. Love you guys!