by PrettyGothGirl
All Disclaimers Apply
Summary: Rikku gets a taste of jealousy and she doesn't like it.
A/N: Ahem, Matrix Reloaded. Awesome scene. I was going to add a kissing scene on the end and then couldn't think of a good
reason. LOL Oh well
The woman approached them. She was tall with the type of beauty that made Rikku nervous. She leaned closer to Gippal and put her face in his neck watching her. The woman's eyes flicked between them as Gippal shifted his weight towards Rikku. The woman smiled flashing straight white teeth between dark red lips.
It was the smile that made Rikku remember her. She was the girlfriend of one of the men they were trying to cultivate. She'd never been given a name beyond sweetheart or darling. 'Darling' tilted her head and let her ice blonde hair slide over her bare shoulders. She stepped into their personal space and raised her eyebrow. "You seek information," Darling leaned closer to Gippal, "about hovers."
Rikku tightened her grip.
Gippal smirked. "Yeah, hovers, lots of them."
She clicked her teeth. "Follow me."
Gippal looked at her and raised his eyebrow. Rikku shrugged a shoulder. She didn't like it but it was the first seemingly solid source of information they'd been given. They followed Darling to the men's restroom.
"Get out." Darling snapped at those inside. Their eyes widened and they scrambled out the door. Gippal turned to her and kept his hand on Rikku's back. Darling grimaced and peered into a mirror. "Men can be fickle. So longing for something new and untried they think we don't notice when they take it." She spun on her heel and stared at Rikku. "Of course, you wouldn't understand this. It has never happened to you." She pointed at Gippal. "He is faithful and devoted or so it seems for now."
Rikku stiffened and tossed her hair. "He hasn't strayed if that is what you are talking about."
"Hmph. Yet. Men as a whole are disgusting."
"But you'll take him back." Gippal stroked Rikku's back.
"I always do, because I need him." She snorted. "More than he needs me or so he thinks. But we are here to talk about information, not about men." She lowered her voice talking more to herself than them. "He betrays me and so what does it matter if I betray him." She lifted her chin. "I require payment."
"All right."
Darling looked Gippal dead in the eye. "I want you to kiss me like you kiss her."
Rikku stiffened and gasped. "Fryd?"
"He loved me once. He," she nodded at Gippal, "loves you and you love him. Anyone who cares to look can see it and I want to taste love again, even for a moment."
Rikku closed her mouth and pressed her lips together. No. No, and a thousand times no. Her stomach knotted and she swallowed several times. Sweat formed in her palms and she couldn't look at Gippal. She didn't want him kissing anyone but her even when she wasn't sure of what he meant to her and what they were doing she didn't want him kissing any other girl, especially not the way he kissed her.
But they needed this. They needed this information. They wouldn't be able to proceed without it. Emotionally, she hated the thought. Logically she knew this was the only way. She looked up. Gippal was watching her. She inhaled and nodded. Gippal reached up and stroked her cheek. Her eyes closed and she leaned into it. The rough calluses on the tips of his fingers gently brushed her skin. It disappeared and so did his warmth. She opened her eyes. He'd taken a step away from her and faced Darling.
Rikku's jaw clenched as Gippal touched Darling's hips, he tilted his head down and kissed her gently. Rikku bit her tongue to keep from crying out. He brought his head up and stepped away.
Darling stared at him for a moment. "I don't think so."
Gippal's eye widened and he licked his lips. Darling turned and started to leave. "Wait." He said. "One more chance."
Rikku started and forced her hands to stay at her side.
Darling turned. "One more chance, but-"
Gippal closed his eyes. His muscles turned rigid as he steeled himself. He inhaled sharply and opened his eyes. "All right."
He hovered over Darlings mouth for a few seconds, before closing the distance. Rikku bit her lip as Gippal slid his hands into Darlings hair, pulling her head back. He parted Darlings lips with his tongue and invaded her mouth. Rikku clenched her fists at her side. She had to swallow repeatedly and her nails dug into her palms. Darling's eyes closed and Gippal used a hand on the small of her back to bring her closer so that their hips touched. Rikku panted, her heart pounding and her field of vision narrowing. She knew it was only a few minutes, but the kiss seemed to go on forever.
Gippal broke it, stepping back slowly and letting Darling go, using the side of his hand to brush her cheek and a lock of hair back. Darling's eyes opened and she smiled. She looked over at Rikku by turning her head. "Yes, he loves you very much."
Rikku smiled fighting the muscles in her face. She wanted to smash Darling's face in, see that dark red lipstick mix with bright red blood. Gippal moved back another step.
Darling lowered her eyelashes. "There is a man who calls himself Yoorvin. He owns a few of the newer clubs in the district. He deals in hovers and is making himself filthy rich. He is the one you want to talk to." She half smiled. "It was an experience."
Gippal waited until Darling walked out the door before he went over to the sink and spit. He turned on the water refusing to look at himself in the mirror. He cupped his hands under it and put it in his mouth, swishing and spitting before scrubbing at his mouth.
Rikku licked her lips. "Gippal?" She slowly unclenched her fists. Shit, was he angry at her? He could have said no, but he knew as well as her that they needed that information. Shit, shit, what had she asked him to do?
He straightened up and used the mirror to look at her. "Let's go." He grabbed her hand and tugged her out of the bathroom and out the backdoor into a narrow alley. He stopped, grabbed her hips and pressed her against the wall. She stared at him, eyes widening. His eyes were dark and he gazed at her intently. She shivered at the heat in them. His mouth hovered a few millimeters above hers. "It wasn't like kissing you at all." He murmured and nipped her bottom lip.
Rikku relaxed, grinned and squirmed against him. "How so?" She wrapped her arms around his neck.
"She was too tall." He pressed a hot kiss against her lips. "She didn't smell like peaches and taste like cinnamon." He grabbed her hips to keep her from wiggling. "And she was like an icicle."
Rikku laughed, for some reason the icicle comment was suddenly extremely funny. "Good."
"Good?"
"Because you're never kissing her again." She deliberately missed his mouth to kiss the side of it.
"Thank the sands."
"Or anyone else."
"Good." He inhaled deeply. "I'm sorry." He said. She didn't say anything and he stroked her stomach. "For- for not getting it right the first time and forcing you to see me do that twice."
Her stomach twisted again. "I-" She inhaled and played with his earring. "I didn't like it. I don't like seeing you with anyone else."
"You got jealous." He smirked.
Her eyes flashed. "Yes and if you ever kiss anyone else again I'll- I'll-"
"Kill them?"
"Exactly, but in a really nasty manner." She nodded. "Then I'll kill you."
He snickered and pressed his forehead into her neck. He turned his head and pressed a kiss against it. "I'll make sure it won't happen then." He looked up and met her eyes. His smirk turned into a smile. "And besides, I want to kiss you in ways I'll never kiss her."
Rikku blinked and then her mind caught up with him. She flushed, but her legs tightened around him and she moaned in the back of her throat. "Dirty jackass."
He laughed. "You're the one with the dirty mind." He leaned closer. "Let me show you what I mean."
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