Yuna smirked. "Why don't we go to a Karaokee bar?"
Paine groaned. "Now that I won't do. Can't get me drunk enough for that."
Raven chuckled. "You really have a beautiful voice though Paine."
"She's right Paine you do."
"Oh poopie you heard Paine sing and I didn't." Rikku frowned
Paine leered at everyone then sighed. "Fine I'll go."
Yuna smiled and kissed Paine's cheek. "I told you at the Rave you owed me."
Paine sighed. "Ok Yuna."
Yuna smiled and everyone got ready and left for the bar. Yuna handed Paine a book and a slip of paper to write her song down on. "You have to sing at least one song tonight so sign up for one." Paine frowned and took the book and paper and looked through it and finally found a song and signed up for it. Yuna smiled. "So what did you sign up for?"
Paine smirked. "You'll see."
Rikku smirked and signed Yuna, Paine and herself up for Real Emotion and went and sat down giggleing. The KJ finally made it through his list of names and when he called Paine she sighed heavily and Yuna stood and walked up there with her. "I'll be your moral support."
Paine blushed. "Thanks really I'm nervous enough." Paine sighed once again as the music started and she closed her eyes and sang the song.
I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself
Cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did,
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way
To never let it get that far
Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt Because of you I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me Because of you I am afraid
I lose my way And it's not too long before you point it out I cannot cry Because you know that's weakness in your eyes I'm forced to fake A smile, a laugh everyday of my life My heart can't possibly break When it wasn't even whole to start with
Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt Because of you I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me Because of you I am afraid
I watched you die I heard you cry every night in your sleep I was so young You should have known better than to lean on me You never thought of anyone else You just saw your pain And now I cry in the middle of the night For the same damn thing
Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt Because of you I try my hardest just to forget everything Because of you I don't know how to let anyone else in Because of you I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty Because of you I am afraid
Because of you Because of you
Raven looked at her daughter and sighed. "I never knew she felt that way." Tears ran down Raven's cheek as she stared up at her daughter beging embrassed by Yuna. "Oh Paine I'm so very sorry."
Synde mopped up the tears with her thumb and kissed her lover's cheek softly. "Don't cry Raven you two have been to hell and back and maybe just maybe together you two can hearl the wounds of the past."
The next song was Real Emotion and Paine leered at Rikku but they all three sang the song. After that Yuna sang "My All." Paine decided to sing one other song.
These ghosts I keep inside Shards of glass in my veins Release me from myself, release From my duality
I face this as a soldier would But useless is my war The innocence that smiles today Tomorrow will be lying
Who is that really dies, when all the people look at me?
And I'm twisting my fingers in my hair
While a mirror reflects me
Now I'm digging to the bone All the painting Scratching at flesh, drives me mad To be alive and free
And the ghosts I keep inside myself
How do they see me?
While again I'm drowning
With my soul
You will save me?
Yuna looked at Paine and placed a hand on her warrior's left cheek and kissed her softly. "I love you my warrior and I will never let you go."
Rikku looked at Paine and frowned but walked over there. "I signed us up for a really cool song so lets go have a drink and get Paine drunk so she'll sing it with us." Rikku giggled.
Paine shook her head. "A drink sounds good lets go they're on me."
After a few shots of Valti Paine relaxed more and when Rikku's song came up Paine chased her up there. "You are so hurt Rikku there is no way in hell I'm gonna sing 'I'm too sexy' there isn't enough booze in Spira to get me drunk enough to sing that." Yuna gave Paine a pouty face and Paine growled. "You cheat Yuna, that is so not fair." Yuna stuck he bottom lip out. "Fine." Paine reluctently took the third mic and they sang the song and Yuna and Rikku danced sexy to it and it took all Paine had not to laugh at them.
Rikku jumped on Paine's back and laughed at the end of the song. "That was so fun lets sing another what do you say Yunie?"
"Its up to Paine."
"As long as you don't do anymore cheesy 80's stuff."
Rikku smiled and ran up and signed them up for 'Our Lips Are Sealed' and then went and sat back down and sipped her shot of Valti while Paine slung two more shots. "Dude Paine how can you do that?"
"Do what Rikku?"
"Sling Valti like that. Gipple can't even do that many in a row."
Paine smirked. "I have my methods."
Yuna just smiled. "I'm not surprised you can hold your liquor, I mean you fought with six broken ribs so."
Paine simply shrugged and sat down with her back against the wall. Yuna smiled and sat down with Paine so her back was against the leather clad girls chest. Yuna sighed softly and closed her eyes and sank into Paine. A faint smile fell on Paine's lips as she wrapped her arms around Yuna's slender toned waist. Rikku smiled at the two and Yuna blushed. "What Rikku?"
"Nothing Yunie I'm just glad that your happy and that even though Tidus came back you staid with Paine." The smile on Rikku's lips got wider as Yuna smiled.
Paine frowned slightly but didn't say anything to let either Yuna or Rikku know that what Rikku had said stung a bit. As the night went on the girls sang the last of their songs and left. That night Yuna could she the twinge of pain in her lover's crimson eyes and cuddled up as close to her as she could. "Hey Paine?"
"Yea Yuna?"
"I truely do love you. I ment it when I said I haven't ever felt like this even with Tidus."
"Why did you say that?"
"You can't hide that fact what Rikku said stung."
Paine kissed the top of Yuna's head and smiled softly. "Thanks Yuna."
Yuna drifted off to sleep happily in her lovers arms.