Chapter Six
Anything for love?
A/N: Again, thanks to the reviewers. If it wasn't for you guys, I'd probably have given this up! heh. Thanks again, to all of you. And, if there would've been a FFX-2 section when I originally wrote this, I would've put it there. Unless fics start getting deleted, then, well, I'm going to leave this one here, but I will post my next X-2 fic there. Promise.
"You just missed her." Baralai said, realizing who Gippal was looking for immediately. "That way."
After Baralai pointed, Gippal was up and moving, looking for her. A normal guy would've definently considered that a rejection, but he wasn't exactly a normal guy. Not to mention, stubborn as a jackass. And unless Yuna looked him in the eye and told him off, he was still probably going to follow her around like a lost puppy.
Damn.
Meanwhile, it was Paine's turn to pick who sang next, and it was her turn to get revenge on Baralai by making him sing AC/DC's "Big Balls", to which everyone in the room fought to hold down snickers, and some failed. Something about Baralai singing about balls...that was an interesting sight. And he was too nice to tell her "HELL NO!".
Gippal went outside, then, and saw Yuna standing alone about five feet from the house, right in the middle of the street. He ran to her, then, and pulled her onto the sidewalk. She was looking at him like he was an idiot. "I don't want you to get hit by something." he said, and she smiled at him.
"That's so sweet of you." she said, then sighed. "This is...akward."
"Nah." he said, and she looked away.
"Is anything akward to you?" she asked, and he shook his head. "So you really ARE an over-confident man that could give stubborn lessons to a donkey."
"Yeah, I am. And the word 'donkey' doesn't suit you, Yuna." she said, and Yuna frowned.
"Neither do you." she said, and walked past him to go back inside.
"That's a rejection, isn't it." he said, and she stopped, then turned around.
"Yes."
Gippal walked over to her. "You said it, not me."
"What?" Yuna asked, and Gippal grinned. Then he wrapped her in his arms and kissed her.
"I could give stubborn lessons to a 'donkey'. And I'm stubborn over you." he mumbled, then leaned in and kissed her again. Yuna might've argued with him if she would've had a second or two between kisses. He probably realized that-and made sure he didn't. A few minutes later, he finally pulled away.
"You're crazy." she said, and he shrugged.
"You know it." he joked, and she frowned. "And damn sexy too."
"I never said that." she said, and he grinned, then leaned in to kiss her again. "You didn't have to."
After another few seconds, Gippal pulled away, and Yuna rested her head on his chest. "Darnit."
"Damnit." he corrected her, and she jokingly glared at him. "Anyway, there's something I'd like to ask you."
"What is it?" she asked, and he smiled.
"Why in the hell were you fidgeting?"
"I was hoping you wouldn't ask that." she said, and frowned.
"I knew it. I'm too sexy for you to handle." he said, and she playfully hit him.
"Nuh uh. Well...kind of. I had this dream...about the desert..." she said, and he stared at her.
"Bikanel? And getting rather cuddly in the tent?" he asked, and Yuna's eyes got huge.
"You...had that dream too?" she asked, and he nodded. "Weird."
"You could say that. But I rather enjoyed myself." he said, and she smiled at him.
"Are we ever going back in?"
"Yeah, if you want to. You missed Baralai sing 'Big Balls' though..." he said, and Yuna began to laugh.
"Paine really made him sing that?!" she asked, and he nodded.
"Don't piss of Dr. P." he said, and Yuna poked him. "What was that for?"
"The day I met you at Djose Temple...why did you two act like you hadn't ever met?" she asked, and he began to walk back towards the house.
"When I saw her, I wasn't quite sure what to say. Then she introduced herself, and I picked up what she was doing. If you want to know the answer to that one, you have to ask her."
"Mmm. I see." she said, then reached to open the door, but he got it for her. "Thank you." she said, and he shrugged.
"No big." he said, then wrapped his arm around her waist as they walked in, then sat down.
"Yuna, I warn you. He snores. Loudly." Paine said, and almost everyone at the table laughed.
"Can't be as bad as you, Dr.P." Gippal teased back, and Paine turned red.
"She's not THAT bad." Baralai said, then realized everyone was staring at him.
"Baralai! You dirty man!" Gippal joked, and Baralai turned red.
"That wasn't what I meant..." he began, but Gippal waved it off.
"Well, I know you snore." Paine said, then laughed. "Nooj actually had to leave the tent a couple of times because he couldn't sleep due to your damn snoring."
"You made Noojie-Woojie leave?" Le Blanc asked, then hit Gippal with her fan. Baralai began to laugh, so he got hit as well.
"Le Blanc, is that really neccessary?" Nooj asked, Budweiser in hand.
"If you say it's not..then it's not." she said, and Gippal whispered something to Yuna.
"Talk about obsessed..."
Yuna grinned, then, and leaned on him. Paine was smiling.
"Who's my next victim?" she asked.
"Nooj. He's drunk." Gippal said, and Paine shook her head.
"Yuna." she said, and Yuna turned red.
"Do I really have to?" she asked, and Paine nodded. "But what about Yunapalooza?"
"But I didn't see Yunapalooza." Gippal said, and Yuna looked at him, then stuck her tongue out.
"Oh...poopie." she said, and Paine pointed to the stage. Yuna stood up, then, and stood in the middle of the stage.
"All right, guys, what should we make Yuna sing?" Paine asked, then glared at Gippal as he put his boots on the table. Wisely, he immediately took them off the table and put his feet back on the floor.
"Not that awful song you made me sing." Baralai said, and Paine began to crack up.
"Why would I make Yuna sing a song about balls? It's not half as funny as when you do it, clearing your throat every other time you say balls." she said, and Baralai blushed, then smiled.
"You've got me there." he joked, then noticed a change in Gippal's face and posture, from "not doing bad here" to "die, you bloody bastard." Wondering, Baralai turned around, and realized that Tidus and Rikku were walking over to them.
"Hey guys!" Rikku called out cheerfully, but nobody responded. "Oh, don't tell me you're mad about Tidus. He told me that Yunie dumped him. And after what I saw tonight, now I really really believe it!"
"Yuna didn't dump him." Paine corrected, but Rikku shook her head.
"She did too! She dumped him for Gippal!" she said, and began to giggle.
"No, she didn't. And either way, Rikku, that's your cousin, remember?" Paine asked, and Rikku put her finger to her chin, which meant she was thinking. A rare sight.
"Well, I knew him first! So she was technically stealing him from ME!" Rikku yelled, and then Tidus walked over.
"What's up guys?" Tidus asked, and Gippal crossed his arms.
"Are you so stupid that you can't figure out we don't-at least I don't-like you?" Gippal asked, and Tidus crossed his arms.
"Jackass." he said, and Gippal got up to hit him, but someone beat him to it.
Baralai. And he hit him HARD.
"I can only take so much. And if Gippal hit you, then, I don't think he could stop. Personally, I feel much better." he said, then looked just in time to see Yuna come up and slap Tidus, even though he was on the ground. Gippal put an arm around her, then, and they both sat down.
"Come to think of it, Yuna, you don't have to sing. Baralai, sit down." Paine said, and he did. "Maybe you do have the biggest balls of 'em all."
Baralai blushed. "Well, as you've said, you can't be that nice to be Praetor."