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Chapter 4: Confessions and working

"So…Any new sphere waves coming in?" Rikku curiously asked, swinging fourth and back on her toes. She had just come down after apologizing to Yuna up on the deck. All the Gullwings were on the Bridge, well everyone except Barkeep, who stood in the bar as always.

"No, not a single one," Buddy answered her.

"Uhm, so maybe we can take a day off?" Rikku nervously asked. There were something she really wanted to do, something she wanted to keep secret for everyone.

"Oh, yeah! Let do that!" Yuna agreed with Rikku. "I really want to go see Lulu and Wakka! It's not that long until the baby comes, maybe they need any help or something."

"We guys could go to Bikanel, and help with the rebuilding of Home," Buddy said.

"Leave the technical stuff to me!" Shinra shoot in.

"I could use a little training… Maybe in the Calm Lands…" Paine said thoughtfully.

"Yeah, and I really want to… uh… see moonlillies at the Moonflow!" Rikku said, even though it didn't sound so convincing. 'I must get better at lying…' Rikku thought, while mentally hitting her forehead.

"No, no, no! We're Sphere hunters, which mean we hunt spheres, not taking vacations when we feel like it!?" Brother suddenly started screaming.

Rikku stuffed her fingers in her ears. "Calm down, big bro! It was just a suggestion… But, come on, don't come saying that you don't want a little vacation sometimes?" Rikku asked and raised an eyebrow. Brother just laid his arms in cross. "No, I don't…"

"Oh, come on, Brother. Please, just let us take one day off!" Yuna started begging. "I want to go shopping baby clothes with Lulu!"

"Oh, okay then… When you're asking so nice." Brother gave in.

'I knew he would listen to Yuna!' The little Rikku up in Rikku's head started to dance a little victory dance.

"But," Brother started to say. 'There is always a but…' Little Rikku stopped dancing for a bit. "It's just for one day. One day!" Brother ended his 'but' and to show exactly what he meant he also showed one of his fingers.

"Yay!" The real Rikku started also to dance now. Yuna was obviously also happy about this, cause she started to dance too. It looked like both of them had put on their songstress dressspheres.

"I'm gonna shop babyclothes, I'm gonna shop babyclothes!" Yuna danced around singing. "Moo-moo-moonlillies!" Rikku sang too, and now it was the rest of the Gullwings turn to stuff their fingers in their ears. It didn't sound so pretty with both of them singing two different melodies at the same time.

"Okay, Rikku. We're at the Moonflow now," Buddy said. Moonflow was their second stop, since they were nearest Besaid when they started to discuss their day off. "Ok, bye guys, and Paine. See ya tomorrow!" Rikku waved to them before she went off ship. "I'm saying hi to Tobli from you!"

Well off the Celsius, Rikku waved goodbye to the airship till she couldn't see it anymore. When it were out of sight, Rikku took her backpack, which contained a tent, food and a few dressspheres, just in case (You never know when a fiend decides to attack you.), and started to walk down the road towards the machine faction.

After a good twenty minutes walk Rikku stood in front of the gate to Djose Temple, not that it was called that anymore. Now it was the Machine Faction. Where he was the boss. Gippal. Rikku could've gotten there in ten minutes or so from the Moonflow, but her legs refuses to go faster. 'Maybe this isn't such a good idea…' Rikku wasn't really sure if she wanted to see him or not. She knew that her feelings towards him were still there, but what if his wasn't…? Rikku wasn't sure if her heart could survive if it was broken one more time. 'Okay! I gotta do this! If not, I'm going to regret it for my whole life. I mean, it's not like want to ask him to marry me, I just want to tell him how I feel. Or… maybe I should just pay him a visit…? No feeling sharing… Oh my Yevon! Why does love have to be so complicated?!'

"Hey, Cid's girl!" Rikku recognized that voice everywhere. Gippal.

"Uhm… Hiya!" Rikku put on a big smile.

"What are you doing here? And where is the two other girls? Yuna and that Paine chick, wasn't it?" Gippal asked, while he looked around after Yuna and Paine.

"Well, I had a day off, and were going to see the moonlillies," Rikku started to explain. "And since the Machine Faction is on the way, I thought I could pay you a visit. And, I'm all by myself! I'm a big girl now, y'know." When she said the last sentence, she hit him softly in his arm.

"Yeah, but in my eye, you will always be Cid's little girl." When he said that, Rikku could feel that her heart ached. Was that the way he looked at her? Just as her father's daughter? The little Albhed princess? But, that was not what she wanted to be… Rikku wanted to be his girlfriend, his lover and maybe after a few years, his wife.

She wanted them to be a couple. Like they were once.

"I am, aren't I?" Rikku said a little sad. 'Only Cid's girl in his eyes.' She added up in her head. "So, do you guys need any help here?" Rikku quickly changed the subject. The little bit of courage she had inside her on the way, were completely gone now, and Gippal would never hear her feelings. Rikku put on one of her fake smiles, and hoped that Gippal hadn't become a mind reader the past two years.

Gippal looked kinda thoughtful, for a moment. "Yeah, I think I could need your help for something!"

4 hours later

Rikku were sweating. 'I really hope I get some gil for this! I mean, hellooo, I'm been sorting machine parts for four hours, with out one single break! Is Gippal trying to kill his employees?! And someone should buy an air conditioner or something. It's boiling hot in here!'

"Hey, Rik!" someone called. Rikku turned around, wondering who it was that gave her this new nickname. To Rikku's surprise, it was Gippal. 'That's like the first time ever he have called me something else then Cid's girl...' Rikku thought.

"Hi, Gippie!" Rikku answered him as he came closer to her. If he continued to call her other names then her real name, Rikku, she would start to call him names other then his own.

"You done a really good job here, sorting out the parts!" Gippal said to her patting her on the head. Rikku just took a step to the side, making him pat the air.

"I'm not a pet, like that dog you had. I want a real reward, not biscuit or treat or something like that!" Rikku said, and showed her a opened hand, where he could put the gil. "Oh, I thought you liked biscuits. Well, I don't have any other rewards for you at the moment. If you come back later I can have something ready for you!"

Rikku just rolled her eyes at him. "It's okay, your just going to forget it anyway. But, I gotta go, I really want to see the moonlillies now! Soo, bye." She said and gave him a big hug. "It was nice seeing you again, Cid's girl."

Rikku let go. "I still got a name. And it's Rikku. R-I-K-K-U! Read it, spell it, speak it, learn it! And it was nice seeing you again too, Gippie!" With that she took her backpack on her back and started to go towards the Moonflow again. "And by the way, I love you…" She added in a whisper when she knew he wasn't hearing.