Who's your Rikku?!

        he jumps, slightly, caught off guard. it’s         a moment before he wrinkles his nose         and waves his arms, swatting her off.                  “ whoa, I – I’m sure you could have come up                    with some OTHER way to show affection… “

     laughs spills from her lips, joyous & not at all      dissuaded despite his less than spectacular      reaction. rikku one, hiro none!

                     “Oh! I know just the thing!” 

       there’s a light that sparks in his eyes at her        words. there’s adventure imminent and that’s        enough to get him worked up. while he can’t        quite match her enthusiasm, there’s still a        buzzing that ripples through him, finally        manifesting in the enormous GRIN that         consumes his entire face.                                                           “ airship? “               its that one word that works him up even more. the               prospect of travelling high above the world, seeing               the entirety of what lay below… even just the thought               exhilarated him.                                        “ lead the way, what’re we waitin for? “

        “Awhh, you’re gonna love it, promise!”

                                    there’s only a fraction of a second’s hesitation                                     before she takes hold of the genius’ hand,                                     giving him a reassuring grin before taking off.                                     agile & quick though may be, she didn’t dare                                     go any faster than the boy at her side, never                                     once going too fast nor too slow, laughing the                                     entire way. she babbles about many a topic &                                     she wonders if he even knows what she’s                                     talking about.

              it’s something she has to remember to               ask him about, later.

                                                     but not now, for excitement fuels her words &                                                     actions & barely accounts for any reply, if at                                                     all. it isn’t until the gleaming beauty of her                                                     airship comes into view a few moments later                                                     does she pause for breath, letting hiro’s hand                                                     go & twirling about.

                   “Hiro! Hiro, Hiro, Hiro, Hiro!”

     she doesn’t wait for a reaction, doesn’t wait      for him to respond to her calls, no, she simply      rushes toward the fourteen year old & wraps      him up into a hug, spinning as she speaks.

⌈❇⌋—He simply stared at her as she laughed, wondering what she found so funny because he had been so serious about the boob comment too. Oh well. The little lady was full of surprises.

           He, was a jumpy puppy himself, was rocking on the balls of his feet as he was spoken to. "Yes. I was looking at all that candy, wondering which ones I should eat." His left hand pointed over at the window… but that was strange. Shiva had been standing close enough for his hand to have touched the glass but… nothing was there.

                      ———Oh no!

           His head quickly snapped back to see his beautiful candy store, destroyed in that firey blast. "NOOO!" Pure despair rung through his voice as he choked back a sob,

       —"My candy.." 

            "----oopsies."

that...was not going to go over well. & sure enough, just as he began to wail, the store owner came running back, dismayed, & the young al bhed felt even worse. if this got back to yuna ( or worse, paine ), she had a feeling a lecture would be getting off easy.

but attempting to quell both this stranger & the store owner was more complicated than she thought, the poor girl hesitantly going from one male to the other in a few shuffling steps in between before she finally threw her hands up, sighed, & reimbursed the man for the candies that were destroyed. it wasn't as if she was lacking in any gil, really, & it was kind of her fault in the first place.

once the owner had left, she turned her attention back to the silver-haired stranger & squatted down next to him. she poked his shoulder, head tilted off to the side. 

           There was a little lady running towards him and all Shiva could think the whole time was about her boobs and how much they were jiggling when she did that. "Yer boobs jiggle." His eyes blinked with curiosity, "They’re all.. jiggly… Like jello."Such an innocent stare he had given her, hopefully she would not feel too offended he had decided to comment on her lady parts.

           Never having much of that notion we call personal space - Shiva didn’t even flinch when his was invaded.

       —"What were ya doing with all those pretty colors? Ya trying to attack me or something?" His eyes narrowed as his lips drew into a pout, wondering why he always had to draw in a fight. Why couldn’t the world just let him enjoy his candy drooling in peace?

she blinked once, twice, then a third, before his words fully processed & she laughed, full & boisterous. if it hadn't been for that spark of innocent commentary in his eye, she would have broken his nose for that comment alone. she wasn't one to take such perverse comments & allow them to slide, after all. 

but -- jello? seriously? she couldn't stop giggling.

what a funny guy she found.

               "No, no. I was practicing something. I really didn't mean to."

she waved her hands as she spoke; a bundle of energy that constantly needed to move was she. if it wasn't her hands, then she was swaying on the balls of her feet, to & fro.

           'The ever changing hues of reds & oranges & yellows dancing' in the star glass container was beautiful - it made his mouth water as he stared into the window of the candy shop. So many candies to choose one and the sweet tooth in his mouth was aching with delight. Ahh the pain of cavities was more than welcome at the moment.

           A cry drew his attention as his head snapped up and turned to see another rainbow of colors beautifully hurling towards him. More candy? Wait… wait- fuck this was getting hot. Shiva’s head quickly snapped to the side as the flames barely singed the tips of his white hair. Pouting a bit to himself, he was quite disappointed it wasn’t candy.

       —"Who’s interrupting my date?" I have a lovely lady on the other side of the glass waiting on me. 

      "Sorry, sorry!"

disabling Black Mage & switching back to her Thief as she ran, the blonde was more than relieved to see that her spell hadn't actually burned anyone. she really should start listening to paine when it came to these things----but to be fair, she didn't think that would actually happen.

she skidded to a halt, automatically reaching forward & gently clasping the tips of his hair. satisfied for the most part, she retracted her fingers, giving the stranger an apologetic smile.

         "You're okay, right?"

a small grin played at the corners of her lips as emerald irises took in the ever changing hues of reds & oranges & yellows dancing in the palm of her hand. she had already mastered the Black Mage dressphere, but she’d come to learn that even when mastered, one could always learn something new—which was partially the reason why she was trying to handle the magic with her hand instead of relying solely on her staff. it was also the reason why said fire was now hurtling out of control—right toward someone.

Crap, crap, crap!

              "Watch out—!"

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      ❝  Oh        that ?  ❞

             ❝   That was [ earthbending ] ! ❞