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jaebility"Nothing to be frightened of."
"I feel better now." Rikku’s voice was muffled but he could still make out her words, "You smell nice. Feel good, too. Kinda like cookies, you know? Awesomely warm cookies that just came out of the oven. Mmm," she fairly purred.
Auron’s back straightened and he shot back to attention. He pulled her off him as if she were a leach and held her up in the air and away from him. "What?"
The girl looked as surprised as he was. Her already enormous eyes were huge and the swirls were hypnotic in the flashes of lightening. When she gathered her wits she pushed out her lower lip and folded her arms across her petite chest. "Come on, I was just hugging you. Don’t look so shocked. There’s nothing wrong with some physical contact every now and again. You’re such a stuck-up prude. You're as bad as Yunie sometimes, actually, and damn can she get annoying. Not that I don't love her - she's awesome and way cooler than me. But anyway, she's getting hitched to this guy, right? And so I try to explain the birds and then bees because people should just know these things and then she practically burst into tears. And I hadn't even gotten past the kissing part."
"What do you know about these things?" Just how had the conversation gotten this far?
"I know lots of interesting stuff. I seen things... Things that no sane person should ever have to see. Like a naked Guado. See, Brother had this magazine - nevermind. Let's not go there." Rikku blushed and stared at him for a moment before wiggling out of his grasp. She tumbled onto the bed and stood up, hands on her hips and nose high in the air. "Besdies, it's not like I was born yesterday. As a matter of fact, I was born years ago. I've got a good sixteen years of experience behind me," she announced with a proud grin. "And don't you forget it."
He sighed, feeling older and greyer than ever before. What was he doing, blaming a teenager for his actions? She wasn’t capable of making decisions like he was. He should have left the room the minute she stepped into it. "Exactly. You’re sixteen years old and you don’t know what you want."
"I know what I want," she sniffed, "I know exactly what I want."
"What is it, then?"
"Er," her resolve left her and she played with the edge of her shirt instead of answering. "Well, it doesn’t matter." Looking up she poked a finger into his chest and jabbed him as she continued to talk. "And I don’t what got you into such a tizzy; all I wanted to do was get some sleep! You’ve got nothing to worry about, trust me. You’re my traveling companion, and that’s all. Me sleeping in here is just like me sleeping in Lulu’s room or Yuna’s room or even Tidus’ room. Not like I want to sleep with Tidus. A hundred gil says that he drools. Now, are you going to stand there and grumble or are you going to be mature and go to bed?"
She was accusing him of being immature? Slack jawed; Auron couldn’t find the words to express his jumbled feelings and settled instead for actions. He practically fell back into his bed, boots still on, and shook his head, disgusted with himself. She had made a point – the relationship between them was that of mutual dependence in regards to safety. By denying to share a sleeping space with her, he acknowledged that there was something else other than a professional bond between them. She had beaten him, and with logic, no less! He had been the one to get emotional, not her. "Damn."
Rikku, for her part, looked as happy as a moogle. Pleased to have had Auron bend to her demands, she patted him on the head as if he were a dog. "See? And you didn’t burst into flames or anything. Sometimes you just need to suck it up and give in." Rikku pulled the covers up again and closed her eyes. "At first I thought that you’d refuse on account of my race but I guess that I was wrong. I’m glad that you don’t dislike me for being an Al Bhed."
"No," Auron agreed, "For a completely differently reason."
It took a second for Rikku to digest the insult but when it hit home she made up for lost time by bonking him on the noggin with her pillow. She was all fire now, sitting up on her knees with her feathery weapon in hand, her eyes bright as sacred emeralds and hair whirling around her face. "You jerk!" She smacked him again, pillow landing satisfyingly in his face before it flew across the room. "You big, inconsiderate jerk!"
Rikku didn’t let the loss of her weapon slow her down however and with a curse in Al Bhed she tackled Auron. It was completely in vain; Rikku was like a fly trying to do battle with a horse. Auron caught her small fists and held them back with ease and, instead of looking injured by the attack, his lips actually quirked a smile. He sat up, spilling her from atop his chest to his lap.
"Yeah, okay, so you've won this round. But I always come back with a vengence. I'm just amazing like that. I'm like bam! totally in your face with an awesome attack." Rikku paused long enough to pant a few desperate breaths. "You think just because you're tall and have a big-ass sword that you're the leader of the group and can get away with murder. You got lucky, pal, so don't let it go to your head."
She climbed off and collapsed in the pile of blankets. "I'll still battle you for this bed," she said at last, "Loser has to sleep on the ground."
"Or you could just return to your room," he suggested in a voice that made it sound more like a demand than a helpful proposal.
"No dice," she said with a sigh, "I don't want to wake Yunie up and I'll bet you another hundred gil that Wakka's trying to sneak into Lulu's bed so I definately don't wanna go to her room. And I already told you about Tidus."
"I'll try my luck."
"Wait, no, Aur-"
"I feel better now." Rikku’s voice was muffled but he could still make out her words, "You smell nice. Feel good, too. Kinda like cookies, you know? Awesomely warm cookies that just came out of the oven. Mmm," she fairly purred.
Auron’s back straightened and he shot back to attention. He pulled her off him as if she were a leach and held her up in the air and away from him. "What?"
The girl looked as surprised as he was. Her already enormous eyes were huge and the swirls were hypnotic in the flashes of lightening. When she gathered her wits she pushed out her lower lip and folded her arms across her petite chest. "Come on, I was just hugging you. Don’t look so shocked. There’s nothing wrong with some physical contact every now and again. You’re such a stuck-up prude. You're as bad as Yunie sometimes, actually, and damn can she get annoying. Not that I don't love her - she's awesome and way cooler than me. But anyway, she's getting hitched to this guy, right? And so I try to explain the birds and then bees because people should just know these things and then she practically burst into tears. And I hadn't even gotten past the kissing part."
"What do you know about these things?" Just how had the conversation gotten this far?
"I know lots of interesting stuff. I seen things... Things that no sane person should ever have to see. Like a naked Guado. See, Brother had this magazine - nevermind. Let's not go there." Rikku blushed and stared at him for a moment before wiggling out of his grasp. She tumbled onto the bed and stood up, hands on her hips and nose high in the air. "Besdies, it's not like I was born yesterday. As a matter of fact, I was born years ago. I've got a good sixteen years of experience behind me," she announced with a proud grin. "And don't you forget it."
He sighed, feeling older and greyer than ever before. What was he doing, blaming a teenager for his actions? She wasn’t capable of making decisions like he was. He should have left the room the minute she stepped into it. "Exactly. You’re sixteen years old and you don’t know what you want."
"I know what I want," she sniffed, "I know exactly what I want."
"What is it, then?"
"Er," her resolve left her and she played with the edge of her shirt instead of answering. "Well, it doesn’t matter." Looking up she poked a finger into his chest and jabbed him as she continued to talk. "And I don’t what got you into such a tizzy; all I wanted to do was get some sleep! You’ve got nothing to worry about, trust me. You’re my traveling companion, and that’s all. Me sleeping in here is just like me sleeping in Lulu’s room or Yuna’s room or even Tidus’ room. Not like I want to sleep with Tidus. A hundred gil says that he drools. Now, are you going to stand there and grumble or are you going to be mature and go to bed?"
She was accusing him of being immature? Slack jawed; Auron couldn’t find the words to express his jumbled feelings and settled instead for actions. He practically fell back into his bed, boots still on, and shook his head, disgusted with himself. She had made a point – the relationship between them was that of mutual dependence in regards to safety. By denying to share a sleeping space with her, he acknowledged that there was something else other than a professional bond between them. She had beaten him, and with logic, no less! He had been the one to get emotional, not her. "Damn."
Rikku, for her part, looked as happy as a moogle. Pleased to have had Auron bend to her demands, she patted him on the head as if he were a dog. "See? And you didn’t burst into flames or anything. Sometimes you just need to suck it up and give in." Rikku pulled the covers up again and closed her eyes. "At first I thought that you’d refuse on account of my race but I guess that I was wrong. I’m glad that you don’t dislike me for being an Al Bhed."
"No," Auron agreed, "For a completely differently reason."
It took a second for Rikku to digest the insult but when it hit home she made up for lost time by bonking him on the noggin with her pillow. She was all fire now, sitting up on her knees with her feathery weapon in hand, her eyes bright as sacred emeralds and hair whirling around her face. "You jerk!" She smacked him again, pillow landing satisfyingly in his face before it flew across the room. "You big, inconsiderate jerk!"
Rikku didn’t let the loss of her weapon slow her down however and with a curse in Al Bhed she tackled Auron. It was completely in vain; Rikku was like a fly trying to do battle with a horse. Auron caught her small fists and held them back with ease and, instead of looking injured by the attack, his lips actually quirked a smile. He sat up, spilling her from atop his chest to his lap.
"Yeah, okay, so you've won this round. But I always come back with a vengence. I'm just amazing like that. I'm like bam! totally in your face with an awesome attack." Rikku paused long enough to pant a few desperate breaths. "You think just because you're tall and have a big-ass sword that you're the leader of the group and can get away with murder. You got lucky, pal, so don't let it go to your head."
She climbed off and collapsed in the pile of blankets. "I'll still battle you for this bed," she said at last, "Loser has to sleep on the ground."
"Or you could just return to your room," he suggested in a voice that made it sound more like a demand than a helpful proposal.
"No dice," she said with a sigh, "I don't want to wake Yunie up and I'll bet you another hundred gil that Wakka's trying to sneak into Lulu's bed so I definately don't wanna go to her room. And I already told you about Tidus."
"I'll try my luck."
"Wait, no, Aur-"
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WONDERFUL
Date: 2006-07-17 12:59 pm (UTC)Do continue, please? *offers cookies*
Re: WONDERFUL
Date: 2006-07-17 10:29 pm (UTC)This is actually a edit of an old story of mine over at FanFiction.Net called "Sweet Bedtimes (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1274387/1/)" - I'm attempting to make it less out-of-character.
Re: WONDERFUL
Date: 2006-07-19 12:48 pm (UTC)Re: WONDERFUL
Date: 2006-08-04 01:34 pm (UTC)Actually, I'm never happy with the way I write him and I'm always worried that he's out of character, so it's nice to hear that someone likes him. :)