Chapter Four
Something Wrong...
A/N: Thank you reviewers!! And super thanks to Night Beauty, who told me where to find Chiapa (I DID IT! YAY!) But now I can't find Erio, so I'll just leave things be. X_X Thanks again, I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Damnit.
After the episode last night with the sheets, Gippal realized he was going to have to wash his own clothes. At least his own sheets. Because if Yuna or Re-Tardus saw them, then he might as well crawl in a hole. It's not like Retardus hasn't done it. He'd probably just think it was...ew.
"Gippal? What are you doing?" someone asked from the doorway of the laundry room. The WRONG someone.
"Uh...Yuna. Hey." he said, and Yuna stepped closer. Gippal hid the offending sheets behind his back.
"What is that behind your back?" Yuna asked innocently, then clasped her hands in front of her and began to stare at him.
"Uhh...nothing. I'm just...washing clothes." he said, and Yuna began to laugh.
"Nice try. Now what is it?" she asked, and he shrugged.
"Sheets." he said, and Yuna shook her head.
"Let me see." she said, and he shook his head, then threw them in the washer and started it before she could stop him. He was too quick for her. But Rikku was always too quick for me...
Yuna lifted the lid to the washer then, and nodded. "They really ARE sheets." she said, and shook her head. "What's wrong with them?"
"Nothing...I just have a...er...special fabric stuff I have to use." he said, and Yuna nodded.
"Ohh. I see." she said, and Gippal nodded.
"I have a medical condition." he said, and Yuna covered her mouth.
"I'm so sorry..." she said, then looked away. "I shouldn't have asked."
Gippal smiled evilly. "It's okay." he said, and put his hand on her shoulder, which startled her.
"No...I shouldn't have given you a hard time...either way...there's going to be a party of sorts tonight...if you'd like to come, you're invited..." Yuna said, then began to fidget.
"I'll go if you stop your damn fidgeting." he said, and Yuna looked around, then stood still.
"Sorry. But...you know she will be there, right?" Yuna asked, and Gippal shrugged.
"Right now, I don't give a damn. I'll just stand on the wall and blend in. Well, maybe not blend in. But I will stand on the wall."
"You don't have to do that." she said, and he shrugged.
"Probably would have anyway."
"Well...okay then." she said, and sighed. "It'll be here, so be ready around five-thirty if you'll be there."
"And what if I don't want to go?" he asked, and Yuna began to fidget again.
"Then I'll have to lock you up here." she said, and Gippal laughed.
"I think I'll head to the party." he said, and she smiled at him.
"All right, then. See you."
"Wait...where are you going? It's nearly noon." he said, and she shrugged.
"I have to clear things up with the caterer." she said, and Gippal raised an eyebrow.
"Stop fidgeting." he said, and Yuna desperately attempted to stand still.
"Well...I'll see you." she said, then left.
What's wrong with her? Gippal wondered, then leaned up against the washer and wondered what to do for five and a half hours. Maybe he should check in with Paine and Baralai...
Gippal pulled out his cell-phone, then, pressed a button, and heard an answer on the other line. A guarded "yeah?".
"Baralai. Hey." Gippal said, and Baralai's voice immediately warmed up.
"Hello, Gippal. I'm sorry I never called you back...I still don't know how to work this thing." he said, and Gippal laughed.
"Hasn't Paine showed you?" he asked, and Baralai sighed.
"She's tried. But I think I get on her nerves when I ask her, so I just keep my mouth shut." he said, and Gippal shook his head.
"Come on, Buddy. Dr.P'll fix your phone. Tell her I told her to." he said, and Baralai laughed.
"Tell her yourself. I'll go get her." he said, and Gippal made a 'tisk-tisk' noise.
"How many times do I have to tell you? Always, always, always know where your woman is." he said, and Baralai laughed.
"At least I HAVE a woman." he said, and Gippal frowned.
"Shut my mouth. Either way..." he began.
"Who is it? Don't tell me it's Rikku again." he said, and Gippal spat on the phone.
"Hope that somehow slides through to your ear-" he started, but Baralai's yelling cut him off.
"What? Can it do that?" he asked, and Gippal laughed.
"No. I just had to get you back." he said, and they both laughed.
"Here's Paine, okay?" he asked, and Gippal chuckled.
"Yeah." he said, and then heard Paine's voice on the other end of the phone.
"What did you say to him? He's rubbing his ear and mumbling something about spit." Paine said with a chuckle, and Gippal laughed.
"I told him that if I spit on the phone it would hit him. Then I did." he said, and Paine laughed.
"You two both act like three-year-olds." she said, and Gippal put his clothes in the dryer.
"What does that say for you? You're marrying one." he said, and she laughed.
"True. And how's your love-life?" Paine asked, and Gippal sighed.
"Let's not...er...go there." he said, and Paine laughed.
"Who should I warn?" she asked, and Gippal made an angry sound in his throat.
"Someone out of my reach." he said, and Paine chuckled.
"Whatever happened to 'Nobody's out of my reach!! I am sexy man Gippal'?" Paine asked, and Gippal laughed.
"As you yourself said, he's in there. Just sleeping. Sleeping until Yu-I mean, someone kicks him in the ass."
"YUNA!?!?" Paine shouted, and Gippal swore. "I don't believe it."
"Believe it." he said, and sighed. "I've had it for her for a while..."
"Ah, that explains the fact you owe thanks to a 'very special lady', huh?" she asked, and he sighed.
"No...but either way. I'm going to that party tonight-will you be there?" he asked.
"Yeah. Talk more on this later." she said, and hung up without saying good-bye. Then again, he couldn't complain...he did the same thing.
Sighing, he began to get ready for the party.