A Yuna/Gippal fic
Chapter One: "And don't tell me..."
A/N: What possessed me to do this? It's simple. I've never seen this done before personally, and I think I can pull it off. So I'm going to give it a shot :D All the characters are © to Square-Enix, not to me. And I think that's all I'll need for the A/N, at least I think so now :D
No way. This isn't happening to me.
The sign hanging on his door told him everything he needed to know, even though he refused to read it. Something had to be wrong-this couldn't happen to him. Running a hand through his unruly blonde hair, Gippal stared at the eviction notice with his good eye. He was the leader of the damn Machina Faction, yet he was still kicked out of his apartment.
Beautiful. Just beautiful.
In anger, Gippal punched the door and looked away, then realized something. He really WAS out of a place to live-nobody'd take his dead ass in-unless he paid rent. But if he paid the rent, he'd still be living in his nice little apartment in Luca. Unlike everyone else in the faction, he didn't want to live at Djose Temple. He never got any peace and quiet-something he had always held dear. Going for a solitary walk, thinking about what he had done earlier in the day. But not anymore. Not since he had lost Rikku for good-she wanted nothing to do with him, and he wasn't sure why. She hadn't really cared about him since she met that blonde guy on the airship that liked spaghetti. Gippal sometimes wondered what happened to that guy, but in reality, he didn't care. That jerk had decided to steal his sunshine away. So, if he wasn't dead, Gippal wouldn't mind killing him.
But he was dead, and had been for a while. Up until Yuna brought him back. There was no way that the former High Summoner dropped everything she was doing and chased down a guy so stupid he didn't even know how to use a fork, and fell off the airship. What an asshole. He wasn't even funny. He was a fiend-not in the traditional sense-but he was still a pain in Gippal's ass. And Gippal would've probably asked Yuna for help, maybe somewhere to stay, except for the fact he didn't want to see...Tontus, that was his name. But he might need to ask her for help for anyway, and the thought was killing him. Not only that, but it would kill his reputation as well. The badass reputation he had worked so hard to build, so hard to create. Running to Yuna to ask her for somewhere to stay was humiliating enough, but having to stay with Tolietus was even worse.
Dammit.
Maybe he could just wander the streets. Either that, or ask Brother for help. Brother might be an idiot, but not nearly as much as Yuna's little boyfriend. At least Brother didn't steal Rikku away from him. Maybe Rikku would help him, give him a hut on the top of Mt. Gagazet or something. Just to freeze him and isolate him from society. Nah, worse. She'd just tell Brother to drop him off in the middle of Bikanel Desert with no supplies. After all he'd done for her, too.
Taking a walk had always cleared his mind before, and maybe it would help him out now. As he ripped the notice off his door and lit a cigarette, he turned back to the stairwell, went down, and left the building. He knew he only had thirty days to move out, if he was lucky, and he had to hurry up and decide what he was going to do. He had a few choices, come to think of it, but none of them really appealed to him. None but beating T...WHAT IS HIS NAME!!! Kicking a pebble, Gippal began to walk faster at the mere thought of him. He really didn't like Yuna much, but when it came down to it, she definently deserved better.
"Gippal? Is that you?" he heard a voice ask, then sighed. Speak of the Shoopuf.
"Yuna. Good to see you." he said, and she sort-of-ran over to where he was standing. He noticed that she looked happy, somthing that he only saw when she was trying to please someone else. But this time, Yuna looked genuinely cheery, a broad smile across her features, features he hadn't ever considered truly beautiful, but they always stuck out in his mind.
"How have you been? I'm so sorry about Rikk-" she began, but Gippal turned around.
"Let's talk about something happy. Your life for example?" he said, and Yuna put her hands on her hips.
"Well, my life's doing pretty well. Wakka and Lulu still haven't named their son, though." she said, and laughed. "He'll probably have a name when he's fifteen, if he's lucky."
Gippal shook his head. "Poor kid, but I understand how Wakka's feeling. That's why I could never have kids...all the pressure..." he said, then shook his head. "Anyway, how's Tortus?"
"Tidus. And he's doing quite well." she said, and Gippal shrugged.
"Sorry. I'm bad with names."
"It's all right. Where are you living now? I heard from Rik-someone that you weren't living in Djose Temple anymore." Yuna asked, and Gippal sighed.
"Nowhere, actually. I just got kicked out of my apartment for not paying the rent on time for three months in a row. I'm lucky they let me stay that long." he said, and Yuna covered her mouth.
"You know, Gippal. If you need somewhere to stay you can alwa-" she began but Gippal cut her off.
"When are you gonna learn, Yuna. Everyone can't come running to you whenever they have a problem. I'll get a job somewhere." he said, and Yuna crossed her arms.
"You're not 'everyone', Gippal. You're my cousin's ex-boyfriend who tried to help us save the world. Not to mention what you did for her." she said, and Gippal chuckled.
"Wow. Don't tell me you grew a backbone, little Miss Innocent." he joked, and Yuna walked up to him and put her face inches from his.
"And don't tell me you grew a pair." she said, then walked away, leaving Gippal standing there open-mouthed. Holy shit. I just got insulted by High Summoner Yuna. Now I might as well join the pussy club.
He thought, then looked away.
"Hey, Yuna! I'll take you up on that offer after all!" ~~TBC~~