Note: Set a few years after FFX-2. Paine lives by herself, Rikku lives on the airship and Yuna and Tidus have settled down. Want to know more? You gotta read it. This will be only my second story submitted to so if you think it sucks, give me some pointers to help me out, please? Setting: Macalania Woods. Paine slept soundlessly, tossing and turning in her sleep, clad only in a sports bra and a black thong. Day would break soon and she would awake at the same time as she did everyday, just as the sun peeped up over the clouds, as if wondering to rise or sleep in. After a few minutes of musing the sun finally rose and with it Paine rose as well. She sat up slowly and looked around at the small log cabin she had built for herself on the outskirts of the Macalania Woods. Why she chose this place was unknown to anyone, even somewhat to herself. It possibly had something to do with the fact of the matter that she wanted to live alone. Alone with her thoughts and her dreams. The feeling of waking up with someone else there holding you was a feeling that, before you know it, it was gone..and the "someone else" was gone with it. She rubbed her eyes slowly before pushing herself off of her makeshift bed, make of logs and tree bark. She was used to the cold so it didn't bother her. Her nipples did indeed harden in the cold but that was normal. What wasn't as you would say "normal" was the fact that everytime she stole a glance at Rikku, her nipples hardened as well and her knees got weak, her throat dry and her "center" became moist. She had often daydreamed about her and Rikku on dates. They would be holding hands and smiling at each other...then..as they were about to kiss, she would always shake her head and break herself out of the daydream. It was a daydream that she felt impossible so she chose to try to avoid daydreaming about it. She had once made a slip and told Rikku about her feelings for her. That was the reason Rikku lived on the airship and Paine lived alone. Rikku blew up at her and even slugged her, hard enough to make her topple over like a sack of bricks. The look in Rikku's eyes had spoke volumes upon volumes. Hatred, disgust, more hatred and disgust, oh yeah, did I mention hatred and disgust? I didn't? Well, hatred and disgust. Rikku had then, pretended to be herself in front of Yuna, but after Yuna left, it was a different story. She avoided Paine like the plague and played mean tricks on her, like, tying her sword on the tip of the Celsius, pouring slow drying super glue into Paine's shampoo and body wash, as well as her feminine wash. That one had been the worse and the most painful. No pun intended. Awhile back, before the group had separated, Rikku had sent Paine on a wild goose chase, claiming that Yuna was in grave danger, mentioning that Shuyin and Seymour had both been brought back from the Farplane and had both viciously attacked Yuna when they had wandered into the Macalania Woods. Paine had rushed to where Rikku had supposedly last seen Yuna, her sword drawn as she looked about, seeing hide nor hair of Yuna, as she was about to respond she felt a searing pain in her back and turned to see Rikku with her daggers drawn deep inside of her back. Paine gritted her teeth and fell forward unto the ground, blacking out immediately. When she awoke she saw herself cover from head to toe in her own blood and had gathered enough energy to cast a cure spell on herself. Though it was not enough to mend her wounds completely, it would stop the blood flow. Paine had limped to a clearing of the woods and promptly passed out again, due to sheer exhaustion. As she awoke, she felt almost back to normal and was able to cast a full-cure spell on herself. In the days and weeks that followed, she worked hard at creating a place for herself in the woods. It wasn't the best but...it would do until she decided to return to civilization and find a decent place to stay. She stretched her arms over her head and cracked her neck and sat back down on her bed. Even with what Rikku had done to her, she still loved her. Though as hard as she tried to hide it, she still knew that deep in her heart, there was always a place with Rikku's name on it. She sighed and closed her eyes. "Rikku...E muja oui..."
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