Gundam Seed Destiny Fan Fiction / Gundam SEED Fan Fiction ❯ Light of the Heart ❯ one moment ( Chapter 7 )

The daycare was already crowded with many happy children who were running all over the place with bright smiles on their faces. This brought Kira a smile on his own as well as a chuckle as he led Midori towards the door.

 

All of a sudden, Midori suddenly took off into the building leaving Kira behind. “Don't run Midori!” he yelled after her but she ignored him and continued to run. It was obvious that she was excited about seeing Lacus once again after the long weekend since she wasn't with Kira and Lacus on their forced date.

 

Walking into the door a few seconds after Midori, Kira was met with a strange sight when he saw that neither Lacus or Alice were in the main room waiting for parents to come in like one of them usually did.

 

He walked over and signed Midori in before walking to the back room to see if Lacus was even in. He told himself that he would take a chance and ask her out the next time he saw her and he planned to actually do that.

 

He walked into the room and immediately saw Midori pouting about something and knew that Lacus was definitely not there yet. When he looked around he only saw Alice doing whatever she could in her old age to keep all the children in line.

 

Alice turned and looked at Kira before a smile crossed her face. “Good morning Mr. Yamato. If you are looking for Lacus then I'm sorry but I gave her the day off today. The poor dear has been working way too much lately,” she said with a sigh.

 

“Oh no, I wasn't looking for her,” Kira lied quickly after her statement. “I was just wondering why there was no one out there like usual. Didn't want to take the chance of leaving Midori here without anyone to look after her,” he said in a teasing voice which caused Alice to laugh.

 

“Terribly sorry about that. I simply couldn't leave the children alone or they'd end up making a huge mess. Last time we left them alone for a few minutes it ended up taking several days to get it cleaned up,” she said and chuckled when she saw the young man before her flinch.

 

“Well then sorry to bother you and I'll let you get back to work,” Kira said as he walked over towards Midori. “Sweetie, please behave for Ms. Alice for today, okay?” he requested looking at her softly.

 

Midori pouted since Lacus wasn't there that day like she usually was. She didn't like this place nearly as much if Lacus wasn't there. “I don't want to stay here!” she said putting on the stubborn attitude she had when she found out she would be coming here for the first time before she even met Lacus.

 

`What have you done to my daughter Lacus?' Kira thought with a chuckle as he kneeled down in front of Midori. “Unfortunately neither of us have a choice. I have an important thing to do at work and I simply can't take you with me,” Kira said preferring not to go into detail since he knew Midori wouldn't understand anyways.

 

Kira smiled at her and ruffled her hair before he stood up. He felt her try and attach herself to his leg but he quickly moved out of the way with a small chuckle. “Behave yourself and I'll be back in a few hours,” he said quickly leaving before Midori had a chance to catch him.

 

Kira got into his car and pulled out of the parking lot before heading to his work. `Looks like I'll have to ask her tomorrow. I sure don't seem to be having any luck when it comes to dating,' he thought with a sigh.

 

*****

 

Lacus sighed as she flipped through the channels on her TV. She wasn't really interested in any of the shows that were on but she found that she had nothing better to do. Since she was given the day off against her will she couldn't find a single thing to do and it bored her greatly.

 

`Now I remember why I don't like taking days off,' she thought with a yawn while leaning back in her seat. `At least if I had gone to work I would be able to see him,' she continued to think with a sigh thinking about the violet eyed man who had been haunting her thoughts since the last time she saw him.

 

There no denying that she was attracted to the man of her thoughts. In just the few times that she had seen him she had fallen for him. She wouldn't say love but she definitely did like him and kinda wished that they could be together. `What am I thinking, he's not even interested,' she thought with a groan.

 

In order to take her mind off of things, Lacus looked around the house trying to find some work to do. She simply groaned again when she remembered that she had already done most of the cleaning in her boredom earlier that day. `I really need a life outside work,' she thought with a small chuckle.

 

One thought of a possible solution came to Lacus's mind. `If I was with Kira, I'm sure I wouldn't be bored,' she thought before shaking her head. `I can't think like that. He doesn't want to date and I don't plan to force him,' she thought as she sunk into the couch.

 

The sound of the phone ringing was a nice distraction since it managed to break Lacus out of her thoughts. Looking at the caller ID, Lacus didn't recognize the number and she hesitated to pick it up fearing it was another one of those guys planning to propose to her. `What if it's Kira calling to propose?' her mind teased before Lacus quickly shook her head to get rid of such thoughts. She really wanted to know what it was about Kira Yamato that made her keep thinking such strange thoughts.

 

After a short bit of hesitation, Lacus took a chance and picked up the phone. “Hello, this is Lacus Clyne speaking,” she said politely into the receiver and waited for a response from the other side.

 

“Hey there, this is Cagalli,” the person on the other end said and Lacus's eyes widened when she realized that it was Kira's sister and Athrun's wife that was on the other side of the line.

 

“Why hello Mrs. Cagalli… I mean Cagalli,” she said remembering that Cagalli didn't like to have her name said that way. “And what may I ask has you calling me this afternoon?” she asked since it was already noon.

 

“Well I said I would be calling didn't I?” Cagalli responded which Lacus nodded to remembering what the woman had said in the car. “I was wondering if you were busy or not. We didn't get a good chance to talk on Saturday so I was hoping we could get together. I really want to get to know you,” she continued sounding happy.

 

“Why I would love to. I would really like to know more about you as well,” Lacus said figuring it would be nice to get to know Kira's sister and Athrun's wife. “Where would you like to meet?” she asked and Cagalli gave her a place. “Oh I know that place. I can be there in about thirty minutes if that's ok with you,” Lacus suggested.

 

“That sounds fine,” Cagalli responded since that was about the same amount of time that it would take her to get there as well. She chose the place mostly because it was near Kira's office and that was also where he usually went for lunch. She'd show up but conveniently disappear if Kira was to show up. People told her she didn't know when to stop and she had to admit that they were right. “I'll see you then,” she said before she hung up the phone.

 

“She doesn't know when to stop,” Lacus said with a chuckle since she knew that it was pretty much right next to Kira's office. It really didn't bug her much though. She actually hoped that he might turn up so she would go no matter what Cagalli planned to do.

 

*****

 

Lacus managed to get to the small café first. She had to admit that it was a very nice place to be. While she was waiting for the other woman to show up she ordered some tea and then just relaxed.

 

While she was waiting she found her eyes darting in the direction of Kira's office. It was barely even a block away and stood out since it was a rather tall building. Just seeing the place made Lacus wonder what Kira was doing at that moment.

 

It was another five minutes before Cagalli finally showed up. “I see you decided to show up this time,” Lacus teased with a small laugh as Cagalli walked over and took a seat across from Lacus.

 

Cagalli laughed in embarrassment as she adjusted herself in her seat to get comfortable. “Do you really think that I would pull off the same trick twice?” she asked although it was kinda the same in a way. She was just hoping that Kira planned to come here that day like he usually did. It was obvious by the look on Lacus's face that the other woman suspected something but Cagalli was wondering just why it was that she wasn't doing anything about it.

 

“How would I know? This is really the first time I actually get to talk to you,” Lacus responded ignoring the time in the car since it wasn't exactly much of a conversation and didn't tell her much of anything about Kira's sister.

 

“I guess so,” Cagalli said laughing a little. “You know, I can see why they like you so much,” Cagalli continued while examining Lacus closely. When she saw Lacus's curious eyes she decided to explain. “You're beautiful, seem polite to a fault, and very kind. It's no wonder why Midori and my little brother are so enamored with you,” Cagalli said with a laugh.

 

Lacus felt herself blush at what Cagalli said. “Please, you give me way too much credit,” Lacus responded modestly. “I'm not beautiful and I can be rather selfish at time,” she said even though anyone who knew her would have agreed with Cagalli.

 

“And modest too,” Cagalli said with a chuckle making Lacus blush even more. “You're so different from all those gold-diggers that are always after Kira. I don't think I'd mind if you dated him,” she continued which made Lacus blush even more if it was possible.

 

Lacus couldn't remember a time when she had ever blushed as much as she did right then. Here was the sister of the man she couldn't get off her mind and she was giving her permission to date Kira. “Don't say stuff like that! He doesn't even want to date!” Lacus yelled louder than she meant to in her embarrassment.

 

“You said he doesn't want to, does that mean you do?” Cagalli asked which effectively shut Lacus up and brought the blush completely back full force. “You do, don't you?!” Cagalli said with a hearty laugh.

 

“Um… well… you see…” Lacus stuttered but couldn't find the words to deny what Cagalli said so instead of saying anything she simply nodded her head in embarrassment. In a way she hated admitting that since Kira wasn't exactly interested in dating and she didn't want to force to him.

 

Much to Lacus's surprise, Cagalli didn't say anything. She simply just smiled. “There's nothing wrong with that. I can tell that the two of you could be a good couple. You're definitely better than his last girlfriend Fllay,” Cagalli said and immediately noticed Lacus flinch at the name. “I take it by your reaction that you all too familiar with her,” Cagalli said with a grimace.

 

“Yeah, I do. She's been trying to take over my father's company by any means necessary since he died and won't stop even when I tell her no,” Lacus explain since she didn't have any intention of letting the company that her father worked so hard on to fall into the hands of a woman like her. She was everything Siegel Clyne was not. The type of person he would not want to be put in charge of anything that belonged to him.

 

“That woman frustrates me beyond words. She used Kira for years and wouldn't support him in the least when Midori came since it interfered with her plans. I'm thinking of buying a rocket and shooting her into the sun. Care to join me?” she asked with a grin despite how angry she had been a few seconds ago.

 

Lacus chuckled at the fact that Cagalli almost seemed serious about that plan. “You're such a funny person Cagalli,” Lacus said and Cagalli nodded her head before the two of them just started to talk about anything.

 

*****

 

Kira stretched as he walked out of the building of his company. “I'm so hungry,” he muttered as he felt a nice breeze pass over his face. He then started to walk towards the café that he usually went to for lunch as his stomach growled.

 

The café wasn't particularly crowded this time of the day. That was something that Kira liked most about the place. It was small, quiet, and comfortable. This made it easy to eat in peace compared to if he was to go to some other restaurant nearby.

 

As he walked towards his usual seat, Kira immediately noticed that it was already occupied. He knew there had to be two people there but from his angle he could only see one of them. As he got closer he noticed that one of them was none other than his twin sister Cagalli. “Cagalli? You should've told me you'd be stopping by here,” he said before the second person came into view and he paled several shades when he saw that Lacus was there.

 

Cagalli saw her brother's reaction and mentally grinned. “Oh hey Kira, I was just trying to get to know Lacus a bit more. I figured that she would like the food here so we came here. Didn't know you'd be coming though,” she said keeping her composure.

 

Kira glared at her. `She knows I come here every day when I go to work. Did she think today would be any different? I know for a fact that she intentionally did this again. She just won't give up!' he thought with a groan.

 

`Think of it like this. You wanted to see Lacus anyways. Now's your chance to ask her out,' his brain teased as Kira slowly took a seat. He then took a look at Lacus who was looking down at her lap avoiding her eyes.

 

After several moments silence, Lacus looked at Kira and smiled at him. “Hello Kira… it's nice to see you again,” she said shyly to the man who she couldn't get off her mind. She expected that Kira would come but she found that she was completely ill-prepared for it.

 

“Um… hey,” Kira replied nervously as he searched his mind for anything that he could possibly say to her. His plan was useless as long as Cagalli was around but he expected her to excuse herself shortly. He just didn't know what to say until then.

 

“Why don't you join us Kira?” Cagalli interrupted their thoughts because the tension was getting to her. “Since you're already here I think that it will be fun with the three of us just talking,” she continued with a grin.

 

`Three? You're going to be gone in a few minutes anyways,' Kira thought but kept his mouth shut since it would be able to work to his advantage anyways. `I'm so worried though. I haven't done this sort of thing in years,' he thought wondering how exactly he was going to do this.

 

Kira immediately ordered his food since the two women had already ordered theirs and then just sat back and relaxed. There was small conversation between the three of them but he was surprised when Cagalli didn't just leave at the first opportunity.

 

Cagalli laughed at something Lacus said. `As much as I would like to leave, it would be far too easy for Kira to escape this time. I do have another idea though,' she thought as their food was brought to them and the three started to eat.

 

Much to Kira's surprise, Cagalli actually stayed there the entire time. He didn't know what he found more annoying, the fact that she tricked him and Lacus into the same place again or the fact that she wouldn't leave when he wanted her to.

 

“As great as this has been I better get going. Kira, do you mind walking her to her car? I have to go and speak to Athrun really quickly,” she said since Lacus told her she was parked several blocks away since there were absolutely no free parking spaces nearby. She had the exact same problem when she first got there. Before either of the other two could speak, Cagalli was already out the door leaving behind some cash for her part of the bill.

 

Lacus turned towards Kira and smiled and him. “That's really not necessary for you to do Kira. I am perfectly capable of going there by myself,” Lacus said since she really didn't want to have to trouble Kira too much since she was sure that he had to get back to work anyways.

 

“I wouldn't mind walking you there. Besides, there was something that I wanted to talk to you about anyways,” he said feeling his heart start to beat hard in anticipation. He was glad when she nodded her head and the two of them made their way out of the café and headed in the direction of her car.

 

`Oh what should I do? What should I say?' Lacus pondered as the two of them just walked in silence. `He mentioned he wanted to talk to me about something but he isn't saying anything,' she thought looking towards Kira who looked like he was deep in his thoughts.

 

`Alright, just turn towards her and ask her out like you wanted to,' Kira mind taunted him but he found that it was a lot harder to think it than to actually do it. He'd really only gone out with one person in his life and she asked him out in the first place. Sure there were a few other smaller dates afterwards but he never actually liked any of those women like he does Lacus. It was more an attempt at finding Midori a mother and pretty much all of them were set up in the first place. Yet when put in a position to ask someone he really liked out, he found that it was very difficult.

 

Not a word had been said by the time that the two of them had reached Lacus's car. This confused Lacus since Kira said he wanted to talk about something. “Wasn't there… something you wanted to talk to me about?” she asked the violet eyed man standing in front of her as she stood next to the driver's side door.

 

“Talk?” Kira said in a voice that came out all choked up. “Oh yeah,” he said in a slightly calmer voice but it still held a sense of fear behind it. “Um… well… you see,” he said struggling to find the right words. “Well… you know Lacus… despite how things started, I had a good time on Saturday,” he started looking for anything to say that wouldn't make him sound stupid.

 

“Is that it? Well I must admit that I had a fun time with you as well Kira,” Lacus said even though she got the feeling that it wasn't what he actually wanted to talk to her about. “Is there… something else you want to talk about because I don't think it's just that,” she said giving him a comforting smile.

 

`Oh quit being such a wimp,' Kira's brain taunted him so Kira just decided to get to the point and get it over with. “Well… you see… oh I'm no good at this,” he groaned running a hand through his hair. He heard Lacus giggle and it somehow had a calming effect on him. “I had a really good time and I was wondering if you would like to go out with me,” he said before releasing a sigh at getting that off his chest.

 

Lacus just stood there shocked. She simply couldn't believe what she had just heard from him. Her face immediately heated up in a blush and a small smile graced her face. “You mean… as a date?” she questioned since she didn't want to get her hopes up because she knew that he wasn't interested before. She couldn't help but wonder exactly what changed.

 

“Um… yeah,” Kira said with a small blush crossing his gave as well. “But if you don't want to than I can completely understand!” he said in a panicky way since he was really nervous as to how she would answer.

 

Lacus felt her heart beating rapidly within her chest. Never had she felt this way when I guy asked her out before. Yet she knew that unlike those other guys, Kira held no ulterior motive other than that he truly wanted to go out with her. “I would like that,” she said looking directly into his eyes.

 

“Really?” Kira asked brightly not believing what he was hearing. When he saw Lacus nod her head he felt like leaping for joy but held himself back. “That's great. Are you free Wednesday?” he asked trying to get a date.

 

“Wednesday, Wednesday,” Lacus said trying to think over all the things that she had to do that week. She realized that she had pretty much nothing outside of work. `I have no life,' she thought holding back her chuckling. “I'm free then,” she said already wondering what she would wear.

 

“Great, how about I pick you up around… seven thirty? That should give you plenty of time to finish up work, go home, and get ready,” he suggested and Lacus nodded as he turned to leave but Lacus quickly stopped him.

 

Taking out a piece of paper, Lacus wrote down her address and gave it to Kira. “Here's my address, don't be late,” she said with a smile as Kira took it. “I guess I will see you then,” Lacus said as she got into her car. She wanted to spend a little more time with Kira but she knew that he had to get back to work.

 

“I guess I will see you tomorrow if you go to work. If I don't see you then I'll see you Wednesday,” Kira said and Lacus nodded as she slowly pulled there car away and then drove off leaving Kira alone.

 

Kira smiled as he slowly turned around and started to head towards his office. `A date for Wednesday. To think, just a few weeks ago I wasn't the least bit interested in dating,' he thought with a laugh as he continued on already planning where he was going to take her on Wednesday.

 

*****

 

“What?!” Cagalli screamed at something that her husband told her. It was expected, but it was very shocking. “Kira is going on a date with Lacus?!” she continued to scream in shock.

 

“That's what he told me when he asked me to take Midori for tonight. I found it quite shocking that it happened a lot faster than I expected,” Athrun told his wife the day of Kira's and Lacus's date while he was getting ready to go to work.

 

“How dare he! I do whatever I can to set those two up and he doesn't even bother to tell me that him and Lacus are going on a date!” she screamed as she slammed her hands on the table. “And I'm his own sister!”

 

“Yeah, the one that continued to trick him any way possible. He's bounds to try and get you back for all of those tricks,” Athrun stated but Cagalli didn't even appear to have heard him. “I better get going, I'll see you later,” he said giving her a quick peck on the cheek before heading towards the door as quickly as possible since he didn't want to be caught in the explosion that he knew was about to happen because of this sibling quarrel. `Forgive me Cagalli, Kira gave me no choice,' he thought praying for his soul once Cagalli got her hands on him. Though he had to admit that he kinda liked what Kira was forcing him to do.

 

Cagalli sighed as she slumped in her chair. `There's no way I'm going to let Kira get away with not telling me about this,' she thought as she stood up and went to go and take a shower planning to go and give Kira a piece of her mind once she got done.

 

It was at least thirty minutes later before Cagalli came walking out of the bathroom dressed in only a towel. She walked towards her drawers and opened them only to be confused when she saw that the one she opened was completely empty. “Is it laundry day?” she asked herself before she went to the next one.

 

One after another Cagalli opened the drawers only to find that each and everyone of them was completely empty. “What the hell is going on?!” she said angrily when she realized that all but her underwear drawer were empty.

 

Her next target was the closet. She opened it up and her eyes widened when she noticed that everything had been completely cleared out there as well. There was one exception though and it made Cagalli's blood boil. “Oh hell no! Kira!” she screamed even though she knew that he couldn't hear her.

 

*****

 

Kira was in his office looking over some documents when he heard the sound of his door being forced open. He looked up and smiled when his sister came walking into the room looking angrier than he had ever seen her before. “My Cagalli, you sure look nice,” he said innocently as he admired the dress that she was wearing.

 

“You little bastard! You could show a little gratitude since I got you a date with Lacus but instead you force me to wear the one thing I hate more than anything!” she screamed indicating with her hands the green dress that Kira had left behind.

 

“You didn't get me a date, I asked Lacus myself. All you did was trick us into being alone. Call this… punishment for interfering in our lives,” Kira said with a grin as he leaned back in his seat. “I'll be sure to give you back your clothes once my date with Lacus is over,” he said meaning that she'd have to wear that dress all day. He then went back to the papers that were in front of him. “By the way, don't try buying any more. I called all nearby clothing stores and told them not to sell you anything,” he told her using the same trick she used on him and Lacus. He wasn't letting her get out of her punishment so easily.

 

Cagalli growled but did nothing since she knew she would only get in trouble for it. Instead she turned around and stormed out of the room. There was one more person that she planned to confront though. She knew that Kira couldn't possibly have taken all those clothes without her noticing. `He had to have had help!' she thought as she went towards her husband's office. She intended to make his death just as painful as Kira's.

 

*****

 

Lacus stared at herself in a mirror looking over what she had put on for her date. There was no describing how nervous she was feeling about it. It was kinda her first date. Sure there were some with Athrun but she saw those as more a going out with a friend thing rather than going out on a date.

 

Looking at herself in the mirror, Lacus frowned thinking that it just didn't seem good enough. `What does he see in me to ask me on a date?' she thought with a frown as she smoothed out a few wrinkles and picked at some imaginary lint.

 

“Alright, I just need to calm down and take a few breathes,” she murmured as she took in a deep breathe and then exhaled. “Alright, how much time till he gets here? Five or ten minutes?” she asked herself as she looked at the clock and saw that there was still an hour left before he was supposed to come and pick her up. “What am I supposed to do now?” she asked herself as she walked into her living room and took a seat on her couch and just sat a few minutes before she started to get bored.

 

Grabbing the remote, Lacus pointed it at the TV and turned it on only to turn it off immediately when she saw that there was a press conference featuring Fllay Allster. `The less I have to see of her then better,' she thought with an annoyed look.

 

“Alright, how much time has passed?” Lacus asked herself impatiently while looking at the clock on to see that only ten minutes had passed. `This is going to be the longest hour I will ever have to wait,' she thought as she just sat in the quiet room hoping that Kira might turn up a bit early.

 

She just sat there for the next thirty minutes feeling like she was about to fall asleep out of boredom. “I shouldn't have gotten ready so early. Now there is nothing to do,” she murmured with a yawn.

 

After another ten minutes, Lacus sighed in relief when she heard the sound of a car pulling up to her house. “He's early,” she said with a smile even though she wished he came even earlier. “At least he's not the type of person who's late,” she continued as she walked towards the door to greet him.

 

When there was a knock on the door she eagerly opened it. She immediately blushed when she saw how handsome Kira looked right then. `Well, more than usual,' she thought blushing a little more but she managed to hide that fact from Kira. “I see you're early. Please come in,” she said politely stepping out of the way.

 

“Thank you. By the way, you look really nice,” Kira said making Lacus blush as he handed her some flowers he had picked out for her. He then took the time to look over the outfit that Lacus had chosen for the night. It was a violet casual dress that matched his eyes. He couldn't help but think about how lovely she looked and how well it fit her nice proportioned body.

 

“This is a nice place you have here. Very different from where I live. It seems very comfortable though,” he said looking over the nicely decorated living room that he stepped into soon after walking into the house.

 

“My father made it,” Lacus said brightly as she smelled the flowers. “When my mother was pregnant with me, he had this place built so that the three of us could live here happily together when I was born. Despite the fact that it's big and I live here by myself, it just holds too many memories for me to just sell it and get a smaller place,” she explained and saw Kira nod. “Let me just go put these into some water and we can get going,” she said and Kira nodded as she disappeared.

 

Lacus returned two minutes later carrying a vase with the flowers already in it. She then placed the flowers on a table and smiled before she turned to Kira. “Shall we go?” she asked and he nodded his head and the two headed out the door and towards his car. “So where are we going?” she asked eagerly.

 

Kira laughed when he realized that Lacus was just as impatient as he was to get this date going. “I know of a nice restaurant that we could go to. Not too formal but with some good food,” he explained and Lacus nodded. “After that is a surprise,” he said secretly which made Lacus pout. The two of them then got into Kira's car and drove away towards their first destination.

 

*****

 

A young red haired woman sighed as she finished up her work for the day. “This is so boring, I hate doing work,” she complained but knew that the money she got out of it made it very worthwhile.

 

She knew she could make several times that amount with the company owned by the Clyne's but it annoyed her that Lacus Clyne refused every one of her offers. “Then again, once I get Kira back I can still make even more with his company,” she said with a grin as she started to pack up so that she could head home.

 

Fllay was distracted from her task when there was a knock on the door. “What do you want?! I'm about to leave!” she yelled at the person on the other side of the door who opened the door and walked in.

 

A timid woman walked into the room and approached Fllay. “Excuse me Miss Allster. I heard some interesting news that I thought you would want to hear,” she said but immediately noticed that Fllay wasn't even listening. “It's about Kira Yamato,” she said which immediately caught Fllay's attention.

 

“Kira you say?” she asked and the woman nodded her head. Inside her head she was already coming up with her own ideas of what it might. “Maybe he's here and wants to take me back. Of course there's no way that I could refuse,' she thought with a grin. “So what is it?!” she asked in a stern voice.

 

The woman flinched knowing that Fllay wasn't going to be too happy with the news. “Um… apparently he's going on a date with someone,” she said and watched as she could almost see steam coming out of Fllay's ears.

 

“WHAT?!” Fllay screamed. She had sent someone that day to find Kira while she worked so that she could go and see him when she got out. She never expected to hear this of all things though. She knew though that this must've been the woman that took the look of love out of Kira's eyes that Fllay always wanted to see. “Who?” she asked in a deep and angry voice.

 

The woman flinched again since she knew that Fllay was going to get even angrier at the news. “Um… it's Lacus Clyne,” she said and watched as Fllay pretty much exploded with anger. Much to her relief though Fllay just grabbed her things and stormed past the woman very quickly.

 

`There's no way. It has to be a lie. I will go talk to Kira and get the truth out of him. There's no way he'd betray me by going out with another woman. The two of us are meant to be and that's the way I'll make sure it stays!' she thought angrily as she ran to her car intending to find Kira as soon as possible.

 

*****

 

Dinner had been absolutely delightful in Lacus's opinion. The restaurant that they were at was a small cozy place. The food was wonderful and the person she was with made it even better.

 

Kira took a bite of his food and stared at Lacus as she happily munched on her own. “Sorry that I haven't said much. To tell the truth, I have no idea what to talk about,” he said since they've only spoken a few words since they got there.

 

“It's alright Kira. Better few words are said than you rattling on about yourself,” she said with a small giggle which made Kira chuckle as well. She had seen stuff like that a few too many times on TV and was glad that Kira wasn't one of those conceited types. In fact, he seemed rather shy most of the time.

 

“There's not much to say about myself anyways. I graduated from college when I was sixteen, got my first and only girlfriend shortly after that, took over my biological father's company when I was eighteen, and then had a child with another woman. You probably know all of that already though. I'd rather know more about you,” Kira said looking very interested. “Like, when did you start working at the preschool?” he asked staring at her intently.

 

“I started there three two years ago when I graduated from college. My father expected me to go into business and take over for him when I graduated but that simply wasn't the kind of thing I dreamed of doing. It was expected of me but I chose to make my own life,” Lacus explained and Kira nodded. She then turned the focus on him. “So Kira, how did you and Fllay start going out? You two are polar opposites so I find it a bit weird. You don't have to answer if you don't want to and I'm sorry if I what I asked is rude,” she said looking embarrassed if she really was being rude. She was simply too curious and wanted to know just how Kira got in that mess.

 

Kira chuckled at her question. “It's not a problem. I realize that it was a mistake to begin with. I had been attracted to her for a while but it seemed like she never took notice of me because I was… not rich at the time. Shortly before I graduated from college she suddenly came up to me and asked me out. It seemed too good to be true at the time. We were together for three years. Yet after the second year we had a fight and you know what happened,” he said and Lacus nodded her head. “We broke up after Midori came into the picture and she has pursued me ever since. She couldn't accept Midori though no matter how much she tried to lie about it. So I simply could never take her back. She told me when Midori was born that I had to choose between her or Midori and that's what made me ultimately break up with her. To ask such a thing of me was just too much,” he said knowing that he was saying more than she had asked for but for some reason he wanted her to know.

 

“How sad. She tried to make you abandon your own child. That's something completely despicable!” Lacus said angrily as her hands clutched into fists. “Well I'm glad you didn't. She's such a sweet child,” she said with a smile. `And she let me meet you,' she continued in thought.

 

Kira couldn't help but smile. Lacus just seemed to perfect to him. She was willing to accept not only him but Midori as well. `It would be nice if I could have her as my girlfriend. She's so different from Fllay and I really like that,' he thought smiling even more.

 

When the check came, Kira immediately paid for it and the two of them left the restaurant with bright smiles on their faces. They were about to head towards Kira's car when he saw Lacus looking around as if looking for something. “Is something the matter Lacus?” he asked looking where she was looking but he didn't see anything.

 

“Actually, would you mind if we go somewhere nearby. I know you had plans but I promise that it won't take too long,” she explained with almost a pleading look on her face which made Kira just about melt.

 

“I don't mind. Though I said it was a secret it was just the movies. I'm not very good at this whole dating thing. Plus I would actually rather talk to you for a little longer. I can't exactly do that in a movie theater,” he said which Lacus giggled to.

 

“Then come on,” she said grabbing his hand with her own. She then started to pull him in a direction that she hadn't been in for several years. “It's not too far,” she said as she walked at a brisk pace.

 

Kira easily walked at her pace and couldn't help but laugh at her eagerness. “Where exactly are you taking me?” he asked before he saw a small park that they were approaching at fats speed.

 

“My father used to take me here when I was younger,” Lacus explained and Kira nodded knowing that it must hold some sentimental memories to Lacus. “I just want to take a quick look at it and then we can get back to the date,” she said happily as she came to a stop in the middle of the park.

 

Kira looked around and couldn't help but smile. The place was really beautiful. The moon shined brightly down through the trees. Kira became stunned when he looked at Lacus bathed in the moon's light. Her already stunning features seemed to be magnified by the light. He simply couldn't take his eyes off of her.

 

The two of them started to walk slowly through the park. Lacus was looking around excitedly but Kira could only seem to look at Lacus. He swore right then that he had never seen anyone as beautiful as her before.

 

Lacus was still walking when she suddenly felt Kira come to a stop. She was about to turn around to ask him what was wrong when she suddenly felt herself get pulled into his embrace. “K-Kira?!” she asked in a startled was but she greatly enjoyed his embrace.

 

“I…” Kira started but couldn't finish when he saw Lacus turn around in his arms. He simply lost himself looking into her eyes. Never in his life had he felt such a connection with anyone just by talking with them.

 

Lacus blushed at the intensity in Kira's eyes. At that moment she wanted nothing more than to just kiss him. Slowly though she saw him lean his head closer to her. Her eyes slowly closed and she leaned up.

 

Kira felt like he was possessed. He seemed to have no control over his body. `Then again, I want this,” he thought as he leaned down just a little more and he felt a slight brush of her lips on his own. He hesitated for a second before he leaned in fully and their lips connected for the very first time.

 

*****

 

As much as Fllay hated running, she knew she had no choice. She had to stop this travesty that Kira had gotten himself into before anything bad happened to ruin her plans even more. This made her speed up in the direction that she was told he headed in.

 

`What's so great about nature?' she silently asked herself as she wondered through the park that Kira and Lacus were supposed to be in. `Kira's always been so obsessed with nature but what good does it even do. It can't give me the comforts I want,' she thought as she came to an opening and came to a stop.

 

Fllay eyes widened when she saw the one thing that was never supposed to happen. There was Kira standing there with a woman that wasn't her in his embrace and the two of them were kissing one another without a single care in the world.

 

Taking a step backwards, Fllay felt her hands clenching into fists. As much as she wanted to stop them she knew that it could worsen things on her part and push Kira even further away from her. She had no choice but to hope that nothing would become of this. She swore that Kira would still be hers no matter what.

 

`How dare she!' she thought angrily looking at Lacus. `You had better hope that this is nothing but a small fling little girl! Because if it's not, you will wish that you had never been born!' she thought before disappearing before the two of them even noticed that she was there.

 

*****

 

The kiss was so gentle to Lacus. It was unlike anything she had ever felt in her life. It was passionate and yet soft and sensual at the same time. The simple touch made her want even more of it.

 

Very slowly the two of them parted from their first kiss. Each was blushing a deep red. “Wow!” Lacus murmured as her hand came up and touched her lips with a fond smile. “You're a good kisser,” she said even though she didn't really have anyone to compare it to. Sure there was Athrun but there was never any feeling on either side when they were forced to kiss.

 

“Same for you,” Kira said before he leaned down again and took her lips once more which she was more than eager to reciprocate. The two of them just stayed in that position for a while with neither of them willing to break away from that one moment that they were in.