A/N Sorry for not updating in a while, I'm so lazy! Sorrysorrysorry!
This chapter is a bit silly; Tidus is a bit well uhm...yeah like that. This chapter is sooo cute too, awwww!
It's a bit Al-Bhed in here too, but don't worry I've translated.
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy or the characters or anything; it all belongs to Square Enix. The song Photograph belongs to Nickelback.
Far Away
Chapter 5 Photograph
Look at this photograph
Everytime I do it makes me laugh
How did our eyes get so red
And what the hell is on Joey's head
Rikku's P.O.V
"I love you"
My mind froze; did he just say he loved me? Did he just kiss me? This must be a dream; no way this could be real.
Suddenly I saw the sky began to swirl before my eyes, and I tried to keep my balance, but I was to dizzy.
I prepared myself to hit the hard stone dock, but instead I felt two arms catch me, and I saw his ocean blue eyes stare deep in my eyes, before I gave in to the darkness.
I slowly opened my eyes, and blinked. The morning light was hidden behind thick curtains and found quickly out that I was lying in a hotel bed. I glanced over at the empty spot beside me,
"Hmm?" I mumbled.
I got up and...What I'm wearing a pyjamas? I looked down.
It was the pyjamas I bought yesterday, this time with my own money. It was a nice pyjamas, it reminded me of Tidus's clothes. It was dark blue knee high pants with the Zanarkand symbol on the bottom and a yellow and white halter neck top with the Zanarkand symbol on the chest.
The shops in Luca loved the Zanarkand symbol, even though they don't know what it means.
No one, other than me was here. Where is he?
Then something awful came over me, what if it all was a dream. What if he never came back, no! It can't be, no not now.
I sat down in the couch and hugged a pillow, I can't believe it all was a dream, the kiss, all. It was no sign of that anybody else had been here. How could this happen, Why do all good things come to an end?
I wonder if it's too late
Should i go back and try to graduate
Life's better now then it was back then
If I was them I wouldn't let me in
I went over to the little kitchen and made myself a cup of hot chocolate. I slowly made my way over to the big window and glanced out, watching the ocean. I sighed. So it all was just a dream. I knew it, to damn good to be true.
I was half way over to the couch, when I saw someone turn the door handle.
"Crap, Yunie don't find me now!" I said a bit hysterical.
It took me moments to realize that I was still in my pyjamas.
The door opened and I lost my cup of precious hot chocolate in the floor.
"Rikku, what's the problem?" Tidus said
I ran over to him and flung my arms around his neck.
"You're real, it thought it was a dream, I...I."
I was stopped by feeling the taste of Tidus's salty lips upon mine. I felt his hand go through my hair, and I deepened the kiss, biting his under lip and opened my mouth to let his tongue explore my mouth, our tongues twirling like they were dancing the sending.
We broke the kiss, and I looked up at Tidus.
He smiled at me, but then I felt really angry, just leaving like that. I slapped him across his face and I set up a delighted smirk.
"Hey, what's the big idea?" He said really confused with a red hand print in his face.
"You left me, remember?" I replied.
"I...I woke up 10 minutes ago and I didn't want to wake you up, so I just wandered around until I saw you in the window." He said, defending himself.
I just nodded and noticed he was staring at my clothes...uhm...pyjamas.
"Nice pyjamas" Tidus said with a big grin.
I tried to cover myself, but failed big time. I just sat up an innocent face, and smiled at him.
But then something came to my mind.
"How did I end up in pyjamas? You didn't...DID YOU UNDRESS ME? TIDUS, YOU PERV!" I yelled a bit hysterical.
His eyes were wide in shock and his mouth hanging down to the floor.
"No...Nonononono...Rikku I would never do that! I brought you to this hotel, and put you to bed. Remember you told me about the dresspheres? So I just found the pyjamas sphere, and you touched it, and then the whole room went white and you were changing to the pyjamas. So I just putted the cover over you and I went to sleep on the couch." He explained
"Oh...Sorry" I never really thought Tidus would do something like that, but you never know.
"It's okay, would have freaked out too" He said smirking.
"Heey, I didn't freak out!" I said poking his bare chest with my finger.
"No of course not" "Did you undress me? Tidus, you perv!" he said with a mockingly with a high pitched voice.
I just rolled my eyes and smiled at him.
"Well, I'm just going to get changed, don't go anywhere." I told him and went over to my room and closed the door.
Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye
When I came out of the room fully dressed, I saw a shirtless Tidus in the couch, studying a photograph and it was a bunch of photos on the floor.
"Good times, really" I heard him say.
I walked over to him and looked over his shoulder and saw he was looking at a photo I had taken three years ago.
Tidus, Yunie and me was smiling. Yunie with a real smile, not that fake smile she had to wear.
I saw him pick up a new photo from the floor, taken a year ago. It was after we defeated Vegnagun. It was a photograph of YRP and with Gippal and Baralai arguing in the back, and Holy Chocobo, Paine is smiling on this photo. If she knew had this, I would be dead, really dead.
"So that's Paine?" Tidus asked, pointing at the smiling Paine.
"Yeah, she's not usually like that" I laughed.
Tidus turned around and glanced at me
"I see you still wear your thong" He said with a big grin.
I just answered by hitting him with the couch pillow.
He grabbed my waist, and dragged me on the couch beside him.
I took up a new photo; it was me and Yuna singing after a music sphere in our Samurai dresspheres.
Tidus shuddered at the sight of me in a red coat, and a kantana in the background, I wonder why?
"Soo...Say, why are you shirtless?" I asked him, blushing like an idiot.
"What? I thought you loved my beauuutifull bodey" Referring to his tan chest and six-pack with his hands.
"Yeah" I said short, blushing even wilder.
"Took a quick shower" He answered my question.
We used to listen to the radio
And sing along with every song we know
We said someday we'd find out how it feels
To sing to more than just the steering wheel
We walked around in Luca hand in hand for a couple of hours, talking.
Then an old lady came walking against us, and stopped right in front of us.
"If it isn't the Guardian of High-Summoner Yuna, praise be to Yevon."
Yevon blah, who cares about Yevon. On Tidus's face expression, he seemed to think the same.
"Yes I'm..." I began... "No not you dear, I was talking to him." The old lady spoke.
"Yes I am the guardian, and this is my girlfriend Rikku. She was a guardian of Yuna too." Tidus told the old lady.
Heheh...Tidus's girlfriend, that's sound nice.
I snapped back to reality when I heard the old woman say.
"Oh, you're her, the Al-Bhed." The old lady said with a grimace.
Tidus looked angry when he answered the old lady.
"You got something against it, that my girlfriend, who saved the world twice is an Al-Bhed?"
The old lady was shocked; she didn't answer, just glared at me and started walking in the opposite direction.
"You know, I didn't save the world, it was Yunie both times." I hung my head and told him.
"Ok, but with Vegnagun it was you who started the Gullwings right? If you hadn't asked Yuna to join, it would have not been any YRP. Am I right?"
"Yeah, kinda." I told him.
"How come I was Yunie's guardian, and helped defeating Sin, and helped destroying Vegnagun, doesn't get recognised on the street. But you who's been dead for three years, get's worshiped like you're some smexy Greek god?" I asked, blushing wildly. "I wanna have a story too!" I complained
Tidus began laughing, and I soon joined him.
"Well it must be my natural charm." Tidus joked.
I hit his shoulder and ran forward, and he chased me trough the town until we came to a fountain, then we sat down on the edge and watched the people passing by.
"So, I'm your girlfriend?" I asked him
"I thought so, or don't you wanna be my girlfriend? He answered, fixing his wonderful eyes at me.
"Yes I do wanna be your girlfriend, but don't ever leave me again..." I trailed of.
"I promise." He said and took my hand.
"Good, cause if you do...I'll find you" I joked.
He smiled at me and stared up in the sky, as he was thanking someone up there.
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
"Look ice-cream!" I said a bit too loud, and pointed at an ice-cream cart on the other side of the fountain.
"Which flavour do you want? Tidus asked with a big smile.
"Uhm... I think I'll take Chocolate and Vanilla." I said with a big grin.
Tidus went out of sight, and I pulled up a photograph of Tidus. He was smiling at someone in the distance, who it was I could not tell. I wasn't the one who took this picture; neither do I know who took it. But under the photo I had scribbled.
"E fyhd du caa oui, pid E hajan lyh, fyjac bicr ic ybynd. Ykyeh, zicd y meddma suna tecdyhla." (I want to see you, but I never can, waves push us apart. Again, just a little more distance)
I sighed and putted the photo back in my pocket.
"Rikku! There she is, Rikku!"
My head shot upward and I saw Yuna's face in the distance.
"Ur Lnyb!"( Oh Crap!) I squeaked.
Yuna came sprinting in her long skirt against me; I felt like getting up and run in the opposite direction. Instead I just stood up and waited for her to come with a big smile on my face, because now that Tidus is back I actually feel happy and hyper again, like the other half of my heart is back.
"Rikku, oh my, I've been so worried about you!" Yuna said, gasping for air.
"Take it easy Yunie, I'm alright." I said to calm her down, it didn't work though.
"How dare you disappear on us like that? We we're worrying sick, if something happened to you Rikku I would not know what to do." Yuna said with a strong voice.
"You sound just like my mom, when she lived." I mumbled.
I soon saw that Yuna had brought half of Bevelle here, Baralai with a more guards that I could count. Then Paine, Gippal, Lulu, Wakka and little Vidina came from the same direction that Yuna came from.
I miss that town
I miss the faces
You can't erase
You can't replace it
I miss it now
I can't believe it
So hard to stay
Too hard to leave it
"H...Hiya guys!" I stuttered nervous.
They just sent me glares like, why they had to look for me at all.
Now was Gippal and Baralai arguing again, is it possible to find two persons who argue more?
"Rikku. Paine and Lulu are my bridesmaids. Would you like to be my Maid of honour?" Yuna asked with an innocence voice.
"Of course I wanna be your Maid of honour Yunie!" I said excited and jumped up and down in a little victory dance.
But then I stopped when I thought about Tidus, who no one knew was back and was buying ice-cream to his new girlfriend. And the thing is, I can't imagine my self without Tidus, not after he came back...and I believe he came back for me. But who knows, maybe he just came back, not for anyone, just came back.
"Hehehehehe" I let out a little hysterical laugh. I shuddered, owie, I really don't wanna be here when they find out, and neither would Tidus wanna be her, when Yuna goes into mega-destruction-even-worse-then-sin-cause-you-left-me-mode!
The others looked curious at my nervous face.
I prayed to Yevon that Tidus was waiting by the ice-cream cart for me.
"C...Can I bring a date?" I asked innocence.
"Oh...you've found someone Rikku! That's great; sure can you bring him to the wedding! Did you meet him here? Was that why you left?" Yuna asked, over happy.
"Uhm...Yeah I did meet him here. I've liked him for about three years now," I prayed even harder that Tidus stayed where he was. "But I didn't think I would meet him here." I finished and saw Yuna's hopeful smile.
I just smiled innocence, and hoped that Yuna was finished with her questions.
"So what's his name, Cid's girl?" Gippal asked.
I would surely killed him, if isn't so many thing had happened at one time.
First Yuna gasped when Tidus came and said:
"I wonder how that old Yevon supporter, took it that you're my girlfriend Rikku?"
Then Baralai and Gippal stopped arguing, and Baralai, Gippal and Paine shouted, at the same time;
"Shuyin!!"
Then Lulu gasped and Wakka almost lost Vidina in the ground.
Tidus dropped the ice-cream in the ground, surprised.
I had to jump in front of Tidus, so they didn't shoot him, but the Bevelle guards still pointed the guns on him. Then Tidus grabbed me, so I faced him. And I got a weird Lenne and Shuyin flashback; when Shuyin and Lenne where in front of Vegnagun and they got shot by the guards.
I could see Tidus's expression just said 'What the hell is going on?'
The only thing I said was.
"Ur Lnyb!"
If I could I relive those days
I know the one thing that would never change
A/N The last line, means Oh Crap, I mention it earlier in the chapter too.
What a cute chappy, I think is cute. Hihihihi!
Oh...Tikku fluff, yay.
And yes Tidus IS A SMEXY GREEK GOD! Go Rikku for that awesome quote!
I couldn't stop myself writing the Shuyin & Lenne part xD
And the Pyjamas dressphere, I didn't know Rikku had that xD
'I want to see you, but I never can, waves push us apart. Again, just a little more distance' That's from the song Final Distance by Utada Hikaru, incredible song, makes me cry every time. Final Distance switches between Japanese and English; it's a song worth checking out.
You guys might wait sometime for the next chapter; it's a LOT of tests on school ahead, because it's soon summer. Yay summer! Water, the sea, yay!
One last thing, if anyone is confused about the new clothes, just message me and I'll link you the page where my drawings of them are.
R&R Please!