A/N: Please, be gentle with me. It's my first final fantasy x-2 story so take it easy.Also, the thing about guys who go to clubs in not my belief. It's just made up for the story so don't ge etting angry for no reason. After all, this story is fiction.

Rikku stood silently outside of Djose temple with Gippal at her side. She had always dreamed of this but now that it's happened, it didn't feel as great as it should have. They were waiting patiently for a hover to come by and pick them up. The hover's were now working as a taxi service. Rikku noticed Gippal staring at all the guys hanging around outside of Djose temple, and she wondered why.

"Gippal?" She said gently.

"What?" He replied as he continued to look around.

"See any you like?" She tried to keep the mood humorous so that she wouldn't have to think about what had happened inside the temple.

"WHAT!" Gippal head suddenly whipped around and he was facing her.

"Well you were looking at them so closely, I was sure you were trying to decided which one you would rather date." Gippal glared at her.

"I'm not into guys."

"Prove it." Befoer she could stop them, the words were out of her mouth. She squashed the urge to cover her mouth with her hand and used all of her strength to look up at Gippal's face. She watched as his muscular body tensed up and for one scary moment, she thought he was going to tell her that he was indeed gay.He couldn't do that to her. She loved him and if he was gay she'd never have a chance. She already had to compete with most of the Al Bhed women in Spira. Suddenly, he raised his hand and brushed his knuckles across her cheek. Rikku let her eyes flutter down so she wouldn't have to see the intensity in Gippal's eye. It made her hope things were there when they really weren't.

"I like girls Rikku." Gippal whispered. Rikku felt the sof tbrush of his warm breath on her cheeks. She forced herself to look back at him and their eyes locked. Gippal leaned closer to her, his amazing lips only an inch away from hers. All she had to do to feels those lips was move her face just a bit.

"Are you guys waiting for a hover?" Gippal jerked his head up to see who intruded on their moment. It was a young Al Bhed guy who stood just in fornt of him and Rikku. The fool was smiling.

"Uh, yeah." Gippal replied. Rikku quickly walked towards the hover and the guy followed to help her out.

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When the guy took her hand, Gippal nearly lost it. You wish buddy! He thought as he sprinted forward and grabbed Rikku's hand. She looked up at him with a surprised look and something else in those deep green eyes, but she smiled as he helped her into the hover. Gippal noticed the drivers cold look when he used his body to block Rikku's from his view. Damn, he was getting protective of her already. He climbed in next to Rikku and felt that she was still upset about what happened. That was understandable, he guessed but it was only Brother she lost.

"Everything will be ok, hun." He said as he reached over and touched her cheek.

"I'm fine." She lied as she turned her gaze towards the moving scenery. Gippal took her chin in his hand then, and forced her to look at him.

"Don't try to hide yourself from me Rikku. I know you better then anyone else and I know that you're not fine." Rikku's eyes instantly filled with tears and he regreted forcing the subject. When the tears finally spilled over her lashes, he gently picked her up and placed her in his lap, letting her cry into his chest. "Shhh! It's ok. Everything will be fine. You'll see." He tried to soothe her, stroking her hair as he spoke. The hover suddenly jolted and Gippal looked up to find the driver watching them. Idiot. Who would have loved to gloat but, for the first time in his life, he was happier making sure Rikku was ok. "Brother will get over it, you know. You're their family, and family never leaves their own behind, no matter how angry they are.

"Really?" Rikku looked at him with such hope and trust in her eyes that his heart did a summersault. Damn, these emotions.

"Brother loves you even if he doesn't always show it." Gippal smiled down at Rikku and wished that he could take away all her pain. He wanted to hurt Brother for doing this to her. She lifted the corner of her mouth in a pathetic attempt of a smile. He desperately wanted to see her smile again. See her face light up like it use to. "Let's go to a club." He suggested hoping it would raise her spirits. Normally he wasn't a club guy, guys who go to clubs are either desperate or rapists, but if it cheered Rikku up...

"YEAH!" Rikku immediately cried out. His little party animal. By this time, they had arrived at the Moonflow. Recently, houses were beginning to be built along the Moonflow and it was now were the rich and important live. Gippal had had one built for him. It faced the water and was close to the dock where you can get a Shoopuf. He had his room in Djose temple but that wasno good when he wanted get away from work or invite a lady over after dinner. The hover finally stopped in front of his house, complete with a small spiral fence. "Oh, Gippal..." Rikku breathed. He just smiled at her pleasure, at the amazement in her eyes. He pulled out hid wallet and payed the sneering driver.

"That's not enough." The driver said coldly. Clearly the area wasn't influencing him to watch his mouth.

"How much is it then?" Gippal asked sweetly.

"300 gil." He knew it didn't cost that much since he had ridden hover's to his place many times before but he was willing to play along. That is, until he saw the driver smile appreciatively when Rikku bent over to open the fence door.

"Here!" Gippal shoved the money in the drivers face. "I'm not paying you to look at her." The driver just laughed and called out to Rikku,

"Bye beautiful. Maybe I'll see you around." Rikku, as innocent as she was, straightened up and waved to him. Gippal strode over to her side and pressed the little button that made the gate swing open.

"Oh!" She jumped back in surprise, right into his arms. "Sorry."

"No problem. Do you want me to show you around the inside?"

"Yes, please." She nodded eagerly as she walked inside behind Gippal. Her jaw nearly dropped when they were completely inside.

"What do you think?" Gippal asked. Rikku just looked around the bungalow in surprise. She had never known that a guy could have so many clothes. There was clothing everywhere, on the couch, the floor, the kitchen table, even drapped over the tv.

"It's, uh, nice." Rikku stammered.

"But..."

"Well, it's ind of messy." Really messy.

"I know. I'm just too busy to clean or hire a maid so it kind of just builds up. Anyway, here's the bathroom." Gippal opened the door and , miraculously, it was the only room that was clean. He continued to move down the hall.

"Here's the beroom." God help the man. She had no idea where the bed was. Everything was covered in clothing.

"Uh, so what time do you want me to report to Bikanel to work?" Rikku tried to take the subjet off his extremely messy house.

"Whenever. Later on. Go get ready for the club right now." She nodded and headed to his bathroom, the one clean room. Why is she going into the bathroom? Gippal wondered. She's using her dress sphere so it's not like I'll see anything. What kind of a pervert does she think I am? Does she think I'm some sort of uncontrolable, horny animal? The sudden image of her naked flash into his mind to mock him, making hi immediately hard. That only happened because I was thinking about her changing. Gippal reassured himself. It's not like I'm desperate for her or anything. Rikku flung the door open and walked out of his bathroom wearing her songstress outfit and a little make up. Gippal looked her up and down and knew that the guys at the club would be thinkingthe same thing he was thinking right now. Drag her off to my bed. "Was that skirt always that short?" He asked.

"Of course, silly." She smiled as she spun around for him. "What do you think?" I think I shoukd stop standing here, grab you, and drag you into my bedroom which is just a couple feet behind you and make you mine. He couldn't tell her that though, so instead he said,

"Shouldn't you be wearing more?" Rikku looked at him funnily/

"Shouldn't you not be acting like my father and brother?" Gippal lowered his eyes at her comment. She was right, of course. "Well, let's get going." Rikku grabbed his hand and quickly dragged him out the door, barely giving him time to close the door, definitely not giving him time to change his mind. It was going to be a long night.