Author's Note: Well, this is the Epilogue!!! I love you guys for reviewing this fic! Although it did not exactly reach a hundred, I still appreciate you guys for reading this fiction. Thanks!
Epilogue
"Rikku?! Where are you?" Rexus looked around the Moonflow, trying to search for her girlfriend who has deliberately torturing him by playing hide and seek.
"Guess who?" A pair of hands struggled to cover his eyes and Rexus smiled, asking himself, whoever would even dare play a game like that on someone who's obviously MUCH taller than they are. "Rikku, you're too small to fully cover my eyes you know." He answered.
Rikku finally gave up and removed her hands. When he turned around, he saw Rikku pouting like a child with her arms crossed on her chest. "You're no fun..." She said, making Rexus think how cute she is whenever she pouts like that. Rexus just chuckled at the thought. Rikku always have been beautiful...
Just then, Tobli's caravan pulled in and the little midget jumped and clumsily flumped on the ground. "Well, howdy-hi-dee-ho to both of you! Especially to you, Gullwing!" Tobli greeted making Rexus stare at him in a freaked-out manner. "Hi Tobli!" Rikku greeted the midget. "You look busy..." She pointed out the caravan that was stuffed by boxes and stuff. "Well, yesiree! I am busy, busy, busy! You see I'm planning another concert and I'm wondering if the Gullwings would be oh so kind to perform a spectacular performance in it again!"
"No!" Paine's voice suddenly shouted from the communicator. "Come on, Paine!" It was Yuna with Tidus' voice backing her up. "We would love to be in it, Tobli... Right Rikku?"
"Yup-yup!" The bouncy Al Bhed jumped, waving her hands on the air in agreement.
"Oh goody-goody! Well! I best get back to work, work, work now!" Tobli said, rushing back to talk with his assistant Hypello.
"Gee... I'm very thrilled..." Paine commented sarcastically. "Aww!" Rikku said, "It'll be great! Come on Paine!"
"I'd rather use the Mascot Dressphere..." Paine added.
Rexus chuckled, "I think the mascot dressphere is kinda cute..." He said, trying his best to lighten up Paine's mood though he doubt it will do much help.
"Great..." Paine began, "You can have it..." She never seems to run out of comments like that. Rexus was beginning to wonder if it's her natural talent... bundled up with her killer-like features that almost scared him to death when she was totally irritated by Brother's nonsense rantings.
"Paine!!?" Yuna and Rikku exclaimed at the same time.
After their exclamation died out, Rikku and Riley heard whispers in the communicator with a sudden burst of giggle from Buddy, Yuna, Aeris and Shinra. "Hey! What's going on in there?" Rikku asked in wonder. "What? Rikku? I can't hear you!" Aeris said, the audio of her voice suddenly became distorted and the transmission ended with a click.
"Huh?" Rikku said, looking up at the sky where the Celsius was. "That's funny..." She added, scratching her head in wonder.
"What is?" Rexus asked. "I thought that the comm. was fixed by Aeris long ago..." Rikku wondered turning around to face the handsome knight that was right behind her.
"Forget about them for a while." Rex said, wrapping one arm around her shoulders. "I heard Tobli mention earlier that he's wondering if the Gullwings would be kind to perform on his show again?" He asked, emphasizing the last word.
"Don't tell me that you didn't watch Yunapalooza?" Rikku asked in her most disappointed tone.
Rexus thought for a moment. "Hmm..." He was obviously deep in his thoughts as Rikku hopefully stared at him, "ah... I think I remember that one." He grinned, making Rikku smile widely. "How could I forget the event where I first laid my eyes on the first woman who ever captured my heart?"
Rikku's smile dissolved, transforming into a frown as she walked away from him. "Oh..." Rex said, the boyish grin still wide on his face, "She's got blonde hair, green Al Bhed eyes, petit frame and she dresses less than what she should really wear..." Rikku stopped walking. Her lips formed a small smile. "She's the High Summoner's cousin and guardian... good friends with a sarcastic warrior- I believe her name is Paine, a member of the Gullwings AND..." Rexus' grin became a faint smile of appreciation. "She's standing right in front me..."
Rikku turned around returning the smile that he was giving her. "As lovely as the first time I've ever seen her..." Rexus continued.
"You never run out of flattering comments, do you?" She grinned and turned around walking towards the Shoopuf way ahead of him to hide her overwhelmed expression. "Well..." Rexus said nodding at the Hypello to let them in, "You have countless of admirable traits..." He grinned as he entered the Shoopuf. "For a monkey..."
Rikku pouted and steam came out of her ears. Even after some time of being his girlfriend, he still hasn't given up on teasing her... especially the monkey comment. "Meanie!" She pushed him, trying to pin him down on the seat but unfortunately...
SPLASH!!!!
The push was a little rough...
"REX!!!!" Rikku shouted worryingly. Her face paled when Rexus fell from the Shoopuf and a thousand excuses rush through her mind. She didn't mean to push him off the shoopuf... it was an accident!
A very clumsy accident.
"Ish everything okay?" The Hypello waved his hands up and looked at Rikku.
She was deciding on jumping in ti see if he was okay but Rexus immediately emerged up, sparing her from getting totally wet. "And..." He coughed and wiped his face with his hand, "you were saying that I'm mean?"
When Rexus finally climbed up again in the Shoopuf, he noticed that Rikku was looking rather pale and horrified. "Why..." Rexus smirked, "I never knew you cared..."
She pouted and sat down beside him, "My conscience will eat me alive!" She stopped and looked down on the ground. "It was an accident... I was only planning to pin you down to sit." She explained.
Rex just chuckled and planted a kiss on her temple. "Thanks for your concern..."
"Don't mention it..." She smiled as she noticed him slipping a ring on her finger. "Just so to prove that I love you so much... I'd gladly jump down from Fayth Scar just to prove it for you..." he said.
"Well, if you do then you'll spoil all your hard work..." She said. Looking down on the ground, a bit embarrassed.
"Well?" He asked again, smiling at her to hide his nervousness. Despite the fact that he's confident enough to propose to her, there's still a single doubt that maybe she isn't ready to accept a committment... based on the experience that she had a couple of years ago.
"What?" Rikku added innocently.
"Will you marry me? Or will I jump off Fayth Scar first?" He asked, lacing his fingers with hers.
She grinned at him and gave Rexus a hug, not minding if he's soaking wet. "Yes..." She finally answered and made the first move to claim his lips this time. It was none like the others that they've shared...
It was different.
The sudden loud cheering of the Celsius crew disrupted the moment. "What the-?! Hey!? I thought the link was cut off!!!" Rexus exclaimed in frustration and embarrassment.
"Oh I am such a good actress!" Rexus could imagine Aeris grinning at the moment while she was saying that. He knew that there was something wrong about the distortion since he was sure that they fixed in properly without any complications.
"Yeah... you deserve an award..." Her brother replied sarcastically, making a mental note to torture tease Aeris. When Rexus looked down on Rikku, she was beet red. "Your face look like a ripe tomato..." He said, finding something really amusing at the moment.
"All of you are mean!!!!" She pouted. She just can't believe that Yuna and the others would do that to her. "Sorry Rikku... We just... can't stop ourselves!" Yuna said, chuckling.
"Hey!" Aeris shouted, "Bro! You better change your clothes! You fell in right?"
Rikku's face was really red at the moment, in fact, Rex believes that if it was possible, it would even turn redder. He managed to chuckle at this but a sudden chill on his spine stopped it.
"Are you alright?" Rikku asked. She was beginning to worry again when she notice him shivering. "Yeah... I'm fi-!!" Before Rexus could even finish his sentence, he let out a sneeze, making everyone shut up. "You're a mess..." Paine commented. Obviously, they're looking at the screen from the Celsius.
"You better change..." Rikku said, sounding concerned. "Hey guys! Instead of eavesdropping out there, would you pick us up immediately? I think Rex is gonna get sick if he doesn't change his clothes." She ranted, making an effort to keep him a little warm for a while.
"It's your fault anyway... you pushed him." Paine added. The mockery and amusement in her voice was evident since she almost laughed at her own words. "Geez," Buddy's voice came in, "What a way to make a proposal, huh?" He said, making Rex look at Rikku.
"Well," Rexus smiled calmly, wrapping his arm around Rikku's shoulders, "I'd rather choose to get myself soaked up than to regret everything I did when you are gone..."
And no one would definitely exchange this moment for the world...
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Author's Note: Well... it's done folks! I hope you liked everything that I've written in this fiction! Read and review before you leave, okay!? Until Next time! Ciao!!!! :)