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My love for aurikkus is just …. Yeah

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Anyway, here I go!

Another bolt of lightning flashed. Rikku yelped and scurried behind Auron. He grunted and tried to pry her off him. But the Al Bhed had a death grip on his cloak. What can be so frightening about lightning? He wondered.

"Auron! How much farther? Can we stop and rest for a bit?"

"Better to cross quickly."

"Pretty please? I'm scared of thunder! I'm scared of lightning!" She begged, still holding on. Auron however, was losing his patience.

"Just what kind of guardian are you Rikku? If you can't handle an insignificant thing such as lightning or thunder, you might as well give up your role as a guardian to Yuna." He immediately regretted what he had said after the Al Bhed gave him a wounded look.

"I hate you!" Rikku ran off and tears flowed from her eyes. He could tell by the sobs she had made. She forgot all about the thunder and lightning for once. All she felt now was pain and anguish. How can he be so mean?

There were countless times when he had tried to show emotion to her, to anyone, but he just didn't know how. Yet he did know how to save a life, and Rikku's life right now was in danger. She wasn't paying attention to the lightning rod towers and he shouted out her name as Rikku was about to get struck by lightning.

She almost dodged it as tried jumping away but it had injured her leg, severly. The pain was unbearable and thus she fell unconscious.

dream

Auron put placed both hands on Rikku's shoulder and pulled her closer. She held in her breath and looked into his eye. "Oh Auron" She exhaled. Rikku was about to speak when he silenced her with his gloved hand. She closed her eyes and breathed in his scent. Gods, it was wonderful.

"Rikku, I must tell you something."

"Yes Auron?"

"I…."

"Yes?"

"I love you Rikku"

Rikku shot up. "OH AURON!" She smacked into Auron's head and he grimaced in pain. She fell back to bed with her head smarting. Stupid dreams….wait. A bed? Where was she? The question had to wait while Auron's nose was crying out traces of blood. "Is this what I get for saving your life?" he asked.

"Oops…sorry! Are you ok?" He nodded.

"I should be asking you the same question." Rikku thought he was talking about her head, but then she remembered him being rude in the Thunder Plains. She made an angered face and looked away.

"I don't want to talk to you, you big meanie!" She tried getting off the bed but her damaged leg made her fall and cry out. She punched herself mentally for forgetting. Auron walked over to her and lifted her up from the ground with his strong hands. He carefully placed the immobilized girl on the bed and helped himself to a wall doing his usual lean watching the Al Bhed.

"Um, thanks." Rikku's cheeks turned red, still averting her eyes.

"Why, did you call my name out when you woke up?" Auron questioned. Her faced turned an even brighter shade of red.

"I aah…. Had a dream about you," she pulled the sheets over her mouth.

"And what was this dream about precisely?"He raised an eyebrow.

"Err…it was about you saying more insults to me." She lied. This had a slight affect on Auron, but he didn't show it.

"So, why were you standing over my bed?" she asked. Auron didn't know how to explain that situation.

before

The red guardian found that she was losing a massive amount of blood and had to be taken to shelter, fast. BUT SINCE HE KNEW ALL HIS CLOTHES AND SWORD WAS WEIGHING HIM DOWN HE HAD TO TAKE IT ALL OFF SO HE COULD RUN FASTER. (jk -; ) Luckily, up ahead was an inn. (darn :P) The inn keeper saw the wounded Al Bhed and said, "second door to your left! I'll send medical supplies on the way sir!" He entered the vacant room and quickly set the Al Bhed on the mattress and looked at her thigh. Damn it, he stressed. Her wound just happened to be under the green shorts she was wearing.

One of the attendants had brought the supplies in a box. She quickly set them down, bowed, and left the room. There happened to be no scissors in the box so he had to improvise with his sword. He cut off with ease, the bloodied shorts that now lay on the ground. Hmm, black underwear, he mused. Auron couldn't help but act perverted. This was one of his weaknesses he didn't like much. But he quickly shook the thought off as he was pressed with more important matters at hand.

He cleaned out the wound and wrapped the bandages around her waist. After he was done, he plopped himself down next to the bed. Auron glanced at the Al Bhed once again. Should I?

Leaning over, getting closer to her face. She would not know. He went in closer. The girl had moaned and made movement. Must be dreaming, he thought. As he was about to give her a kiss, her eyes opened and ran her head into his.

"I had went to pick up your shorts that was next to the bed." He lied also.

"…..my, shorts?" She looked under the covers and quickly looked up at him wide eyed. Auron could've sworn her face resembled a tomato. But he kept that observation to himself.

"There was no other choice. The clothing had come in the way of the wound." He explained.

"Oh? So then, what color is my undies?" she giggled.

"I am not going to respond to such frivolous questions." He said.

"Come onnnn just answer the question!"

"Black."

"Was it a bikini?" The Al Bhed was finding it difficult to restrain herself from falling to the floor and laughing.

"Yes."

"Did it have lace?"

"Yes." After this, Rikku had burst out laughing uncovering her mouth from the sheets, until her sides hurt

"What are you laughing about?"

"Nothing nothing! It's just, I didn't know you paid THAT much attention to my underwear." Auron took notice that he had been caught and cursed himself mentally.

Rikku stopped laughing and motioned him to come sit at next to the mattress. Now what. He stayed at the wall.

"Hey now, you don't want me to get off this bed and make you come here do you?" Auron made no action. He must not believe me, she smirked. I'll show him!Rikku set her weak legs to the wooden floor and tried to stand up, but hands on her shoulders kept her from moving any further. Good thing too, her leg was hurting from the pressure.

"You're stubborn you know that?" she pouted.

"Once again Rikku, you have stolen my words."

"Its pretty fun." She smiled warmly. Auron searched her eyes, he wanted to know what she was thinking right now. He came in a little closer. Rikku thought, just like in my dream! Gosh its really happening...

She closed her eyes and angled toward his face until she could inhale his male scent.

"Oh Auron." Suddenly he let go of her and when Rikku opened her eyes she saw the ground. She turned to see that the guardian's back had been facing her.

"Rikku, what are you doing?" Auron shook his head in disapprovement.

"Auron I've got a crush on you ok? Is there something wrong about that?" she asked.

"Surely you don't expect me to believe that."

"What?" She was dumbfounded.