A/N: Sorry it takes me long to add chapters but i don't have the internet so bare with me
Memories
Rikku woke up in an unfamiliar bed. It was much larger then hers was and not as comfortable. She looked around at the mess and remember where she was. Gippal's house. She slowly got up from the bed and realized why she was so uncomfortable. Her songstress dress sphere was still equipped. She put the whole sphere on the side table and stood in her bra and panties. Now, what exactly had woken her up?
GRRRRRRRRRRR! There it is. Her stomach, man she was starving. Rikku gingerly picked her way across the messy room, trying her hardest not to fall or stub her toe. When she finally got to the kitchen, she got all the necessities she needed to make one huge sandwich. As she munched on her sandwich, she looked into the living room and saw Gippal laying on his pullout couch. Sleeping peacefully, he didn't look so arrogant or demanding. He look almost angelic. Almost. If it wasn't for his scarred, damaged eye. She put her plate away and went over to him, pressing a kiss to that eye. She could still remember clearly the day it happened.
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Flashback
This all happened when Rikku was 15 and Gippal was 16. He was Rikku first boyfriend and this was their first date
"Come on Rikku! Hurry up! I want you to see the secret, new machina we've been building." Rikku giggled and ran after the new love of her life. Gippal was definitely the cutest Al Bhed boy and he was her boyfriend. Not only that, but he was taking her on their first date. He helped her down a huge step that led to the laboratory of home.
"I'm coming Gippal! Wait for me." She reached out and he took her hand, making Rikku blush deeply. He tugged her arm until she was at his side.
"This is it. Isn't she beautiful?" Gippal pointed to a small machina that had long arms which could electrocute. "She will help protect us from anyone trying to attack because she can stay outside in the desert."
"Wow!" Rikku smiled, pretending she cared about the machina Gippal just showed her but she was actually more interested in Gippal himself. Gippal reached down to the side of it and flipped the on the switch. The machina rumbled to life.
"I helped build her myself." Gippal said proudly as he patted the machina's head. Suddenly, the machina started shaking unsteadily.
"Gippal…" Rikku asked getting scared. "What's wrong with it?"
"Nothing. Don't worry, it's only a prototype so it's still working out it's own glitches. She'll steady in a second." The machina didn't steady though. It just started shaking more and more and, because her trust in Gippal, she stayed with him, telling him how great he was instead of making him take her out of there. The machina suddenly exploded, sending Rikku flying backwards, away from Gippal.
"GIPPAL!" Rikku screamed. Hoping that he would hear her and come get her. Instead there wasn't a sound. She crawled across the debris on the floor until she got to his side. He was laying near where the machina had exploded. She gently rolled him over to ask if he was ok but ended up screaming instead. A piece of metal was sticking out from the skin of his eye lid. "HELP! PLEASE, SOMEBODY HELP US! HE'S DYING!"
End of flashback
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The home medical unit had taken Gippal and removed his eye. It now looked like his eye was just closed. The only difference was the pale white scar tissue that covered it instead his normal, sun bronzed skin. Ever since then he wore the patch. He didn't even show her his eye until her 16th birthday. He told her that she was the only one he could trust enough to show. As far as she knew, she was still the only one who has ever seen his eye, besides those who operated on it of course. It hurt her to think that he trusted another woman enough to show her his eye.
"Oh Gippal." Rikku whispered as she put her arms about his neck and laid beside him, pulling him close. "I'm sorry. I should have known it wasn't safe to play around with a prototype machina. You were just trying to impress me. I should have stopped you." Suddenly, his arm snaked around her waist and pulled her closer to his body.
"Rikku…" He murmured into her hair. Rikku laid still against his hard chest, unsure if what she should do. He saved her the difficulty of figuring out though, when he tugged her body under the covers and fit her flush against his body. She immediately felt how hard he was everywhere and knew she should go back to her bed like a good girl, but instead, she tightened her hold on him and drifted off to sleep.
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Gippal tried not to groan out loud as a soft, warm body shifted against his. Man, that was great dream, Gippal thought as he laid in the after glow of it. He opened his eye and nearly died when he saw who was beside him. Rikku was that soft, warm body. Damn it. The real Rikku, not his dream Rikku. She was pressed up against him with her arms wrapped around his waist. He needed a way to get out of the bed but he couldn't do it without waking her, so he had to tough it up, pray she couldn't feel his body's reaction to her nearness, and just lay back. Since he had nothing else to do, he found himself staring at her. Her hair framed her pretty face like halo, and if he continued to follow her hair downwards, which he did, he found that it laid on her small, perfect breasts. They rose and fell with each breath she took. They looked like they were the perfect fit for his hands and he was eager to test that theory out. But she was asleep, he couldn't do anything to her while she was sleeping. As if to goad him on, she opened her eyes and peered up at him.
"Good morning Gippal." She murmured thickly, her voice still sleepy. Is this how she is every morning? If she was like this every morning, he wanted to wake up with her every morning. She took her hands away from his body and ran them through her tangle hair. "I need to take a shower." Her voice brought his eyes to her sweet mouth. He remembered the way that it felt the first time he kissed her.
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Flashback
"Where are you taking me Gippal?" Rikku asked as he pulled her down a hallway that she had never seen before. He kept tugging her along until they got to a door.
"This is where I go to be alone." He told her as he pushed open the door. The room was practically empty except for a desk, swivel chair and a couch. He led her over to the couch and pulled her down beside him. Rikku was suddenly very nervous. What was he going to do? He gently took her hand in his and looked into her eyes for a minute. Then he leaned closer just a bit and she kind followed what he was doing. Soon, his lips were pressed gently to hers. The kiss was so sweet that Rikku thought she may cry. Then it changed. It became more urgent on his part and she wasn't so sure what to do anymore. He was increasing the pressure of their mouths. When he pressed his tongue to her sealed lips, she was so shocked that she jumped back.
"What are you doing?" Rikku asked indignantly. She wasn't sure how she was suppose to react to all this.
"Kissing you." Gippal said matter of factly. "Why did you jump back?" Rikku was going have to tell him the truth.
"Because, I…um, I have never…"
"You've never been kissed before?" Gippal raised his eyebrow.
"SO! Maybe I just never wanted to. It's not because no one asked me, I just wasn't in the mood before." She immediately put her defenses up, preparing to leave. He took her hand and pulled her back towards him.
"Let me teach you. Please." Gippal said softly as he stroked her hair.
"Well, since you said please-" He cut off the rest with his mouth.
End of flashback
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After that day Gippal had brought her to his secret hideout almost everyday to give her practice. Now, the thought of her using the skills he taught her on someone else made his heart clench painfully.
"Gippal! Spira to Gippal, come in Gippal. Rikku needs a clean towel for her shower." Rikku said as she poked his ribs. He tried to hide his laugh, not wanting her to know that he was still ticklish there.
"They're hanging above the toilet. There's a clean robe hanging on the door if you want too." She wrapped herself in a sheet from the bed and headed towards the bathroom, stumbling on the way over the mess. "I should really clean this place up." Gippal muttered as he stretched out on his pullout.