[July 15, 2007] [Final Fantasy X] Speech

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Title: Speech
Day/Theme: July 15/Me talk pretty one day.
Series: Final Fantasy X
Character/Pairing: Kimahri/Rikku
Rating: G
Word Count: 217
Warning: Fluff!

Cross-posted to rosehiptea.



When Rikku was tired, she tended to ask questions. Sometimes they were questions that she would have left unasked if her mind were more coherent.

"Kimahri, why don't you ever use pronouns? I mean, you never say 'I' or 'you', just 'Kimahri' or 'Tidus.'"

Kimahri looked at her in silence for a moment, and she thought he wasn't going to answer at all.

"Ronso language use only names. Name is essence of Ronso."

He turned his head away slightly. "Not same in Spiran, but Kimahri not speak Spiran well. Kimahri know."

Rikku felt terrible. Tired ramblings were not excusable if they hurt someone's feelings.

"I wasn't making fun of you. You can speak however you like. I'd never make fun of... Kimahri. I promise."

"Rikku ec jano payidevim," he replied in a low, tentative voice she had never heard him use before.

Her eyes flew open in shock. "That was Al Bhed! And ... you think I'm very beautiful?" She couldn't quite believe he had learned to say it, or that he had said it to her.

Then he did something else unexpected. He reached over and brushed the pad of one finger over her cheek. "Kimahri not make fun of Rikku either."