A.N:
A yuri fanfiction capturing Yuna and Rikku from Final Fantasy X. I wrote this a month ago but got bored of it. I hope you all like this!
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So, for Yuna's birthday, Rikku would usually create a machina bot of some kind. However, this time around, Rikku decided to get creative. Lulu gave her magic classes in the past, often during the time Rikku taught kids how to create machina. A waterga spell worked for the gel, and a blizzaga spell worked as a sealing agent around the gel. Rikku discovered different plants around Besaid, and so, without even knowing what this plant could do, Rikku used a type of lily to meld into the gel. It was a pink lily flower decorated with crimson thorns. The flower as well as the magical spells had created an orb that appeared to be the size of Rikku's hand. Heck, Rikku didn't even know this orb contained any power to it at all. Currently, Rikku's magic was rusty, unlike Lulu's.
"Hey, Yunie!" Rikku approached the brunette, hands held behind her back. Emerald orbs looked into those blue and green hues, and Rikku pulled a grin. "I've got a gift for ya!" Rikku exclaimed, soon revealing a cyan orb just resting in the palm of her hand. "Surprise! It's a bath bomb!"
Admittedly, Yuna was a bit down from what happened at the end of her adventure. Sure, they saved Spira from the neverending cycle of Sin, but they lost a few dear friends in the process. She was notable not nearly as bright as she was before, though she seemed to get a bit more excited whenever Rikku was around. Maybe it was the energy; maybe it was just because she didn't want her friend to worry. Yuna perked up a bit, eyeing the gift in Rikku's hand.
"What is it?" Yuna checked, giving Rikku her full attention. "A gift for-" Before she could even finish, she observed her display. Truthfully, with Rikku's antics, Yuna was expecting something a bit more...machine-y? "A bath bomb? What does it do?"
"I dunno!" Rikku answered.
Giving a noticeable shrug, Rikku took Yuna's hand, and plopped the bath bomb into the palm. Rikku giggled, grinning widely from ear-to-ear when Yuna questioned what it could do. Green eyes cast their gaze down onto the bath bomb in Yuna's hand, inspecting the pink flower deep at the core that seemed blurred by the frost.
"Lulu taught me how to make these kinda things...and you know...I have no idea how to use magic. It's something new to me!" Rikku put, and quite honestly, it probably wasn't a good idea to discuss what the fuzzy bomb could do. "I know I gave you that machina last year, but I wanted to give you something...else ths year. Try it out, Yunie!"
"You...don't know?" Yuna was perplexed, looking at the orb. It did look very pretty, like something Shiva would drop. "But aren't bombs supposed to...explode? Am I supposed to put it in the bath?" Yuna was a bit weary that she was being handed something with 'bomb' in the name by Rikku. "Well, I guess...you wanna come with me?"
"To keep you safe?" Rikku questioned, scratching the side of her face mousily with an index finger.
"Yes, that."
"Well, sure. You're supposed to put the bath bomb in the water!" Rikku exclaimed, now jumping up on the spot, swinging her arms out at the same time as if she was a jumping starfish at this point. "And then, it'll explode! Because the bath bomb was made with magic; it could...it could do something! Like, turn you into a mermaid or something!" Rikku quipped, probably a bad joke about Yuna's unknown swimming abilities. "Yeah, it'll make things happen!"
Yuna let out a nervous sigh. Rikku sure wasn't helping, but did she really make this? Even if Lulu was present, Yuna was very worried this was going to go bad. She gestured Rikku.
"Can I bathe on Brother's ship? I love the warm water," stated Yuna. She gave Rikku a kind, sweet smile at her remark about the warm baths. It also helped that the bath was big enough for two on the ship.
"Yeah, let's go!" Rikku squead, and then soon held onto Yuna's free hand. "I love the warm baths, too! I have a dress sphere I love to use for those baths, too, if you remember my cute yellow onepiece! We can compare boob sizes, too!"
Rikku NEVER helped, but the Al Bhed was good for giving the brunette all the support she needed, like on the pilgrimage! Rikku pulled Yuna along the deck above the Besaid water, pulling her along to the Celsius ship that was thankfully in view. Brother loved Yuna as much as Rikku did, which was probably why he always parked at Besaid often.
"Also, I don't know if Paine is on the ship...or she could be hanging out with Gippal or Nooj...who knows," exclaimed Rikku, sounding a little rushed at this point. "I'm super excited! I wonder what this bath bomb will do, Yunie. I wanna see the results so bad!"
"C-compare boob sizes!? Rikku!" Yuna spat, turning beat red in the face.
Yuna was so close to start scolding Rikku for her wild ideas, even if she often tended to go along with them. As Rikku rambled on and on, Yuna greeted Brother and everyone like she always did when she boarded the Celsius airship. Yuna always found Brother's determination to learn her language admirable. She paused, being practically pulled away.
"We'll see it, Rikku, we'll see it-!" Yuna reminded the other, as they were already headed towards the bathsm, even if she was incredibly nervous about the whole boob comparing idea. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad? "But Rikku, don't start doing things you shouldn't be doing," she mentioned.
"Rana fa yna!" Rikku exclaimed, excited. Sometimes, when Rikku was excited or nervous, she'd talk in her mother tongue instead of the language Yuna was most knowledgeable with. "Lusa rana!" she extended out a hand and eagerly grabbed Yuna's wrist, soon yanking the brunette along. "Oops-" Rikku realised, and then giggled, "I meant to say 'come here'!"
Here they go again.
Yuna couldn't help but smile everytime it happened. Seeing Rikku so excited, it was a bit contagious. How could she not laugh? She had to help bring her back in; if only for the sake of actually being able to understand her.
"Rikku; Rikku..." Yuna lightly pulled her arm a bit, as if trying to 'ground' Rikku.
Rikku leapt to the bath area, making a loud smack on the ground with her booties when she landed. Both hands started turning the taps, making the water pour into the bowl of the bath; both hot and cold. Pressing the button in between the taps, bubbles started to form in the water as it poured, creating a jacuzzi already.
"You remember my cute swimming cossie, Yunie?" Rikku questioned, "Wanna see it?"
Green and blue orbs watched the water start as she sat on the edge of the tub, watching the water fuzz while it poured. "Sure, let's see your dress sphere!" Yuna humoured, eagerly awaiting to see Rikku wearing her cossie while she still nervously moved the bath bomb in her palm. This bath bomb seemed...tame? In good taste?
At that answer, Rikku then pulled up a vivid yellow dress sphere, soon popping herself in her favourite yellow onepiece. This onepiece outlined her figure tastefully, capturing the small curve of Rikku's figure.
"It looks...good," Yuna murmured, sounding a little weak, as her mind was too preoccupied by this damn bath bomb.
"Gee, thanks a bunch! I'm super-duper glad you think so, Yunie!" Rikku chimed, and then, she marched over to Yuna sitting at the edge of the jacuzzi. Both her index fingers poked at the corners of Yuna's lips, and then, without much effort, Rikku pulled this frown upward into a smile. "What's up, Yunie? There's a little storm cloud above your head."
Even though Rikku sounded like she was teasing half the time, she was usually the type to comfort Yuna whenever she was preoccupied or even down. Emerald hues dropped their gaze down to the clear cyan bath bomb sitting in Yuna's palms, watching it move in Yuna's hands.
"Is it this, Yunie?" Rikku questioned, tilting her head to one side while she gawped at Yuna. "Hmm...maybe I'll just have to MAKE you use it!"
