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[owlmoose]

I so do not have time for this but I am totally unable to resist it. :) So I will make time. Ganked from muggy_mountain and hinikuish.

Pick one of my stories and write a deleted scene or drabble based on or inspired by it. Post it here and I'll do the same for you. Have fun and spread the fandom love!

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SURPRISE FIC ATTACK!

[bottle-of-shine.livejournal.com]

"The cake is pretty good," Rikku said. The delicate white material of her dress wasn't stained yet, but Paine thought it wouldn't be long at the rate she was tearing through the buffet. "She was pretty, wasn't she?"

Paine looked toward the beach where the villagers had strung lights in a haphazard circle to create a lit dance floor for later that evening. Yuna and Tidus were swinging each other around to a fast tune from the band near the cliff. "Yeah, it was a nice ceremony." She frowned. "Well, except when Vidana—"

Rikku winced. "I didn't leave them out on purpose."

"I'm sure having a two year old wear your underwear on his head during a wedding is fine." Paine wasn't paying attention any longer—she had seen who she had been waiting for.

Rikku was silent beside her. "I wondered if he was going to haul you away immediately." She popped the rest of the cake she held into her mouth. "Guess he at least let you hang around a little while. This is really it."

Paine looked away, down to the sand. "We had a good run, Rikku." Of all of them, Rikku was the most upset about the end of the Gullwings—and it wasn't even truly the end, to Paine's eye. "You told me just three weeks ago you didn't mind Leblanc that much anymore."

Rikku wrinkled her nose. "Yeah well, it's not the same! You're going to go off and make spheres; Yunie's going to do whatever it is married people do. It's not really the Gullwings without you guys, even Buddy says so."

Paine was surprised at that, but shrugged it off. "Things change."

Rikku sighed and nudged Paine to the right with her shoulder. "Go on, he's waiting on you." She winked at Paine, and Paine smiled at the crumbs still on her lips—Rikku would always be Rikku. "Don't be too grumpy all the time, okay? Having a boyfriend is supposed to make you happy." Paine rolled her eyes as she walked away—Rikku would never be convinced Nooj made her happy.

He didn't watch her approach, his eyes on Yuna and Tidus, now pressed closed, not even bothering to dance anymore, even though the music was still upbeat. Paine thought she understood that feeling. "Is it time?"

Nooj's glasses caught the setting sun. "Whenever you're ready." He sounded happy, and Paine had been waiting a long time to hear it in his voice, just like that, happy just because he could be.

She reached out and linked their fingers, pleased when he squeezed back. "Let's go home," she said.

Re: SURPRISE FIC ATTACK!

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

And again with the sweet but oh-so-true feeling Paine/Nooj fic. :D You have a feel for this theme, definitely, and I'm loving it. Thank you. :)

I think my favorite part is how Rikku doesn't understand that Paine can be happy in her own quiet way; it's not how Rikku would show happiness, but she's happy all the same, and then you show that same contentment in Nooj. I also like how Paine thinks that it's not really the "end" of the Gullwings -- they can still have adventures, even though it won't be the same as living together on the ship all the time. There's too much all-or-nothing in post-game fic, I think -- either YuRiPa are all traveling around Spira as a unit or they barely speak to one another. I think there's a middle ground, that no enough people explore in fic.

Anyway. Enough blathering. :) Thank you thank you thank you. Again.