Gundam SEED Fan Fiction / Gundam Seed Destiny Fan Fiction ❯ Destiny of Love ❯ confusion ( Chapter 3 )

Lacus couldn't help but admire how peaceful it was that night. “For a city that is busy during the day, it sure is quiet at night,” she muttered looking up at the sky and towards the full moon.

 

“It's just the way it's always been here,” Kira said from a few feet in front of her. “I guess that it would be much more peaceful here than where you come from though,” he said stopping and looking towards the full moon as well. “Sure is big tonight,” he said before sighing and continued to walk ahead of them.

 

“Yeah,” Lacus said before it fell into silence. For some reason, Lacus felt the need to keep talking to Kira. To got to know him better. `I'm just trying to get to know a close friend's family,' she tried to reason with herself. “So Mr. Yamato, is there anyone special in your life?” she asked with a smile.

 

“I told you to just call me Kira,” he said with a chuckle yet not looking towards him. “To answer your question, I do have a girlfriend but she is out of town at the moment,” he said but that didn't seem to stop the odd sense of jealousy he felt at the idea of Lacus being married.

 

“Well than she must be a great woman,” Lacus said with a smile. “You seem like a very good person. I see anyone with you being a good person as well,” she continued to say with a bright smile on her face.

 

“Your husband must be just the same if he has someone like you,” Kira said not noticing Lacus flinch at what he said. “It's been a while since I've seen a woman as kind as you,” he said turning towards her. It was then that he finally noticed her uneasiness. “Lacus?” he questioned while taking a step towards her. “Is something wrong?” he couldn't help but ask.

 

Lacus stared towards the ground as she continued walking. “No, everything's just fine,” she said looking up at him with that fake smile. “Listen, My hotel is just up ahead, you can head back if you want,” she said before turning and started to walk again.

 

Kira shook his head and continued after her. “I don't think that would be wise,” Kira said but she just walked a little faster. “Hey wait up!” he yelled running after her and grabbed her arm a little harder than he meant to. Even then he didn't grab her all that hard. Cagalli expected him to make sure she got there safely. He would make sure that he did it.

 

Lacus let out a gasp of pain when he clutched her injured arm. It was hurting enough as it was even if she was good at hiding her pain from others. She knew it was an accident and that he didn't mean to hurt her. Yet it didn't stop her arm from hurting as much as it did.

 

Kira heard the gasp of pain and saw what she was feeling through her eyes. He immediately let go of her arm and took a few steps back. `What did I do? I didn't grab her arm that tightly, did I?' he asked himself while looking towards her cautiously. She was holding her arm while looking like she was trying to force back her tears.

 

Kira took a chance and took a few steps forwards towards her. “Is something wrong with your arm Lacus?” he asked cautiously but was surprised when she just backed away from him quickly.

 

Lacus forced a smile as she looked at him. “You didn't do anything wrong. Please don't worry about me. I can make it the rest of the way by myself,” she said as she turned around and ran as fast as she could.

 

Kira was slightly shocked and didn't know why he wasn't following after her to make sure that she got to her hotel just fine. “What… was that about?” he asked himself before finally getting a hold of himself and running after her.

 

`She's faster than I thought,' he thought since by the time he found her, she was already running into the lobby of her hotel. `At least I know she got here safely,' he thought while turning around and started to walk back to his place.

 

*****

 

Lacus sighed in relief when she stepped into her room. She rubbed her arm trying to sooth the pain to the best of her ability. `That was close. No one is supposed to know about what Trent does to me,' she thought falling onto her bed.

 

She stared up at the ceiling for a while before sitting up. Se rolled her sleeve up to take a look at her wound and cringed at the sight. If she thought the bruising was bad before, it was several times worse right then. It was a pretty dark shade of purple. `Great, now it looks just as bad as it feels,' she thought while rolling down her sleeve.

 

`I hope that he didn't realize what that was about,' she thought while she stared up towards the ceiling once again. `If Trent realizes that someone almost found out, I don't think I'll have enough bandages to cover everything up,' she thought while carefully rubbing her arm to soothe it.

 

`I don't care about myself though. Trent might hurt Kira just to keep him quiet. Kira is a good person; I don't want him to get hurt because of me. I don't want anyone to get hurt because of me,' she thought with a sigh before getting up to get changed. She then crawled into bed and fell asleep.

 

*****

 

Lacus did the same thing the next morning. She ordered a lot of alcohol to be delivered to her bodyguard's room. She intended to do this every day until the end of her vacation. She wasn't going to waste it by being forced to stay inside the entire week. It was just too beautiful out to do such a thing.

 

She intended to do what she could to avoid Kira. She didn't want to be around him and have to answer any questions about what happened the night before. She could only hope that he hadn't told Cagalli about it or she'd be getting questions from her as well.

 

Lacus checked over her arm and saw that the bruising was lighter but was still there all the same. “I'm just going to have to hope that no one else notices it until the bruising goes down.

 

Lacus could still remember how it happened. She thought it was for a rather petty reason as well. He had to make sure that everything went his way. That he had his meals at a certain time, that he had her when he wanted, and that she was just a common housewife to him. It had to be his way or else she got punished.

 

It really started the night before when she refused to have sex with him. He hurt her but not as badly as he did the next morning. He made another attempt at it but when she refused again he punched her in the stomach. During the hitting, she lost balance and collided with a table. The collision was what caused the bruise because she hit it with her arm.

 

He was the type of husband that thought a wife was meant to only serve the husband. To be more of his servant rather than his wife. That his word was final and that she didn't have any sort of decision in the matter.

 

She'd regretted her decision to marry him very quickly. She should've seen him for what he really was from the start. She had some bad feelings but she always ignored them. He was kind, charming, and a decent guy until they were married. The worst part was that she fell for his charm despite her original misgivings.

 

Lacus sighed as she hid her arm and grabbed her purse. She wouldn't let the past get to her this week. `I'm free for the time being. I'll take advantage of that before I have to go back to my prison,' she thought as she left her room and eventually the hotel.

 

*****

 

“What was up with you last night?' Cagalli asked when she first saw Kira the next morning. “You seemed in a daze a lot of the night,” she said looking into his eyes questioningly. “Does it have anything to do with Lacus?” she continued asking.

 

“W-what are you talking about? I was acting just as I always have. Why would I act different around someone I hardly know?” Kira asked fidgeting under the intense stare of Cagalli.

 

“Oh don't give me that Kira. I saw you staring at her through the night. There was a reason I brought up her marriage. I didn't want you to do anything stupid without realizing it. You have a tendency to do that,” she said giving him an accusing glare which he flinched at.

 

Kira felt nervous under Cagalli's glare. It was something even the most strong willed of people couldn't help but feel nervous about. His sister was a tough woman and it wasn't wise to get on her nerves. “I… don't know what you mean Cagalli. I have Fllay, remember?” he asked while scratching the back of his head.

 

“I wonder what she would say if she knew you were ogling another woman,” Cagalli said suddenly having a smirk. She never liked Fllay much anyways. She thought the woman was a real bitch. She also suspected that she wasn't being loyal to Kira but she didn't dare voice her opinions without proof.

 

Kira seemed to visibly pale at the mention of this. “Don't you dare! I wasn't doing anything of the sort!” he continued to deny even though he knew it was true. Lacus was one of the most beautiful women he'd ever seen, it wasn't his fault he couldn't stop staring.

 

Cagalli felt like she should just say it anyways just to get rid of the bitch. The problem was that she knew that Kira probably wouldn't talk to her afterwards. “Fine, fine. You take thing way too seriously Kira,” Cagalli said with a grin. “So tell me, what did you think of her?” she couldn't help but ask.

 

Kira just rolled his eyes. “She… seemed like a nice person. What am I supposed to say about someone I hardly know?” he asked and Cagalli just shrugged her shoulders. “I have to go. I'll talk to you later,” Kira said before turning and walking out of his house.

 

Cagalli sighed when she saw him leave. “It's too bad each of them has someone else. They would've made a good couple,” she said remembering how once she had a plan to pair them up.

 

Cagalli knew Kira almost her whole life but wasn't aware that he was her brother for most of it. Even when she didn't know she always saw him as a brother figure. She knew that Lacus was just the same as Kira when they first met. She made plans to pair the two of them up someday but she couldn't keep them in one place for long enough to do so. Kira lived far away and Lacus traveled a lot with her father.

 

Cagalli knew it was impossible. Lacus wasn't one to break promises like that of a marriage vow and Fllay had Kira wrapped around her fingers. It would be pointless for her to even try. “Oh well, I can only hope I can get him away from Fllay someday,” she said before heading to her room.

 

Cagalli reached the stairs when she was interrupted by a knock on the door. She growled in annoyance as she walked over to the door and opened it. She was shocked to see who was standing there. “A-Athrun?” she questioned rubbing her eyes.

 

“Cagalli?” he asked just as surprised as she was. “I didn't know you were coming down for a visit. When did you get here?” he asked while walking through the door when Cagalli moved out of the way.

 

Cagalli silently walked into the kitchen and got them a drink before answering his question. It was only when she walked back into the room that she answered his question. “Just yesterday. I heard you were out of town for a meeting though,” she said as both of them took a seat on the couch.

 

Athrun nodded his head. “I was supposed to but it ended up being canceled,” he explained and Cagalli just nodded her head. “I wonder why Kira didn't mention that you were coming down for a visit,” Athrun pondered out loud.

 

“It was short notice. You might've already left by the time I told Kira about it,” Cagalli said as she relaxed in her seat. “Lacus is here as well,” Cagalli said which surprised Athrun even more. “She's here on vacation. I actually ran into her at the airport yesterday,” she said staring up at the ceiling.

 

Athrun shook his head with a smile. “What a coincidence. I haven't seen her for years. How's she doing? Is she the same as she's always been?” Athrun asked curious as to how his ex-fiancée was doing.

 

The two of them were promised to each other by their parents before they were born. The two of them didn't really like the idea and had the arrangement broken. They just could never see themselves being married to one another no matter how close of friends they were.

 

Cagalli sighed as she leaned back further. “She seems the same as always but I just don't know. There's something different about her that I just can't put my finger on,” she explained before sitting up straight. “Apparently she got married a few years ago,” she said as faced towards Athrun.

 

Athrun's eyes widened but he shook it off. He had to admit that he was curious about this man that Lacus had chosen to be her husband. “What's he like, who is he?” he questioned while looking deep into Cagalli's eyes.

 

Cagalli thought it over but she knew that she couldn't really answer his question. All she really knew was the guy's name. “I don't really know. Lacus wouldn't say much about him. Only that his name was Trent Peters,” she said and immediately heard Athrun gasp. “What's wrong?”

 

Athrun sighed and prepared to explain to Cagalli who the guy actually was. Athrun knew a lot about him because the business him and Kira ran was big rivals with the guy. “I never knew of two people that were so completely different. The guy is supposed to be demanding and ruthless. But that's just in business. I don't know what he's actually like in private.”

 

“That's interesting,” she said although it made her suspicious as to why Lacus wouldn't talk about him much. `Could he be the same way in private?' she asked herself before shaking her head. `Nah, Lacus has better judgment in people than that,' she thought putting on a smile. “I was just about to go and see her, care to come?” she asked with a smile.

 

Athrun nodded his head. “Sure,” he said as he stood up. He watched as Cagalli ran off to get changed. She appeared a few minutes later and the two of them left the house and got into Athrun's sports car.

 

*****

 

Kira walked down the same street that he met up with Lacus the day before. He didn't voice his worries about Lacus to Cagalli. He wasn't sure what it was that actually happened. He had to admit that he was very curious.

 

`Her arm seemed pretty badly hurt. I wonder what happened,' he thought while remembering the look of pain that crossed her face. `I didn't grab her that tightly. So why did it hurt her so much?' he thought before he stopped in front of the store that he first talked to Lacus in front of the previous day.

 

He looked in the window and saw the same baby blue sundress that Lacus had been looking at when he first saw her. He couldn't help but think of what it would look like if it was on her. `It would look amazing on her,' he thought with a smile.

 

Kira shook his head of the thoughts. `This is stupid. Cagalli is right, she's married and I have Fllay,' he thought as he turned to leave but he looked back at it. `Fllay could never pull off wearing that the way Lacus could,' he thought before shaking his head wildly once again.

 

`Lacus will be gone in a week. There's no real point of thinking about her. Everything will go back to the way it was,' he thought as he turned to walk away again but he couldn't seem to go. `Why am I thinking about it that much?' he thought getting angry at himself.

 

Without thinking, he swung around really quickly and ran right into someone. `I seem to be doing this a lot lately,' he thought without looking at the person. “Sorry,” he muttered picking himself off the floor. It was only then that he realized that it was Lacus who he ran into. “We've got to stop running into each other like this,” he said without really thinking.

 

Lacus blushed slightly and took the hand he offered her to get to her feet. “Is something wrong Kira? You seemed to be pretty deep in thought,” she spoke what was on her mind.

 

Lacus was just walking to the store because she really liked the sundress and wanted to get it for when the bruising on her arm went down enough so that it wouldn't be visible. It was then that she saw him deep in thought. No sooner did she see that than he turned around quickly and ran straight into her.

 

“Um no… not really,” Kira said with an embarrassed look about being caught so deep in his thoughts about her. `Good thing she didn't know what I was thinking about,' he thought with a sigh of relief.

 

Kira shook off his embarrassment and put a bright smile upon his face. “What are you doing here?” he asked but then realized that it sounded stupid. `She was really interested in that sundress yesterday. She was probably thinking of buying it,' he thought feeling stupid for asking it.

 

Lacus just smiled and was glad that he hadn't brought up the little incident from the day before. “Oh nothing much, just looking around. I was also thinking of getting that sundress,” she said confirming Kira's suspicions.

 

“I see,” Kira muttered. “I'm really sorry that I keep running into you like that. I guess I did space out for a moment,” he said with a laugh. “How about I buy that dress for you to make up for it,” he said and then wondered why he suddenly offered that.

 

`Because you think she'd look really beautiful in that dress and wish that you could see her in it,' his mind taunted him making him blush slightly. Yet for some reason he wasn't really disagreeing.

 

“Oh no! You don't need to do that for me!” Lacus said quickly although she felt really flattered that he would do such a thing for her. “I thank you but I'll buy it with my own money,” she said with a smile as she prepared to walk into the store.

 

Kira stepped in front of her. “You're right; I don't need to do it… I want to buy it for you,” he said with a laugh. `Why am I so eager to buy this for her? There's nothing really in it for me. It's not like anything can happen between us,' he mentally pondered but just couldn't seem to figure it out.

 

Before Lacus even had a chance to respond, Kira ran into the store. “Hey! Wait!” she yelled after him but he didn't respond. She ran into the store a few moments later but he was already buying. “I told you that you didn't need to,” she said with a frown. She didn't really want him to waste his money on her.

 

Kira just smiled and held the bag out to her. “And I told you that I wanted to buy it for you. I don't see anything wrong in just wanting to do something nice for someone every once in a while.”

 

“Well there isn't anything wrong with it but I didn't want to really make you waste your money on me,” she said just staring at the bag. It was the pushed lightly into her. Lacus couldn't help the smile that crossed her face at just the idea that he wanted to get it for her. “Thank you,” she finally said looking straight into his violet eyes.

 

“It's nothing,” he said giving her a smirk. “Is your arm feeling better?” he asked deciding not to go to deep in thought about it. He somehow had a feeling that there was more to the bruise than she would let on about it.

 

“I-It's fine,” Lacus said hesitantly and decided to just throw some reasonable excuse so that he wouldn't get any ideas about what really happened. “I accidentally hit it against a table when I tripped over something lying in the middle of the floor yesterday,” she said thinking it sounded reasonable. She also knew that at least half of it was true because she did hit it against a table.

 

“Ouch! That sounds pretty painful,” Kira cringed a bit while saying this. “Can I have a look at it? If it was hurting you as much as it was than you should probably get some medical attention,” he said while looking at her with a worried look.

 

“No!” Lacus said a little too quickly. It was bad enough that Kira knew that she was hurt. She didn't feel like letting anyone else know. Someone else might actually figure out what really happened. “I mean that it's feeling a lot better right now,” she said though it was a lie since it still hurt by just touching it.

 

Kira was hesitant but just decided to let her have her way for the moment. “Ok then,” he said putting on a smile to lighten the mood a little. He thought it seemed a little too gloomy. “Where you heading to now?” he couldn't help but ask.

 

“I was actually just about to go and meet Cagalli again. You're welcoming to join us today as well. It will be my treat. Allow it to be my thanks for buying me this,” she said holding up the bag.

 

Kira smile brightly at the gesture. “Sure thing. I have time to kill anyways,” he said as the two of them started to walk together before an expensive looking car pulled up next to them to reveal Athrun and Cagalli. “Athrun!? What are you doing back so soon?” he asked surprised to see his best friend there.

 

“Like I told Cagalli, the meeting got canceled so I just came back early,” he said before turning his gaze towards Lacus. “Hey there Lacus. It's good to see you again,” he said with a bright smile while him and Cagalli got out of the car.

 

“Athrun!” Lacus said happily as she wrapped her old friend in a hug. “It's so good to see you. This has been quite a vacation seeing you and Cagalli again. How've you been?” she asked in an excited voice.

 

Athrun laughed as he gave her a hug back. “I've been just fine since then. You seem to be doing well yourself. Heard you got married. Congratulations!” he said with a bright smile. `Can't exactly say I'm too happy about who she got married to,' he thought since he never really liked Trent Peters.

 

Lacus once again felt rather uneasy to talk about her husband. She was trying to get away and forget about her husband and his abusive habits. Not to keep thinking about them every time someone brought him up. “Thank you Athrun. Have you and Cagalli started dating yet?” she asked and laughed when she saw both of them blush. She forgot to ask Cagalli about that the day before so she decided to ask right then. She thought it would be better to ask the two of them right now anyways.

 

“W-we live in two different countries,” he said looking towards Cagalli who nodded her head slowly. “No, sorry to disappoint you but we aren't,” he said not noticing the disappointed look on Cagalli's face.

 

“Better hurry or she'll find someone else,” Lacus quickly whispered to Athrun just loud enough for him and no one else to hear. “Well, why don't we all go and get something to eat?” she asked with a bright smile.

 

“Sounds good to me,” Cagalli said as the four of them got into the car. She sat in the front seat with Athrun as Lacus and Kira got into the back seat.

 

She looked in the rearview mirror and couldn't help but think how cute the two of them looked together. She knew that if the two of them didn't have someone else than she would be trying to get them together. “By the way, what are the two of you doing together?” she asked giving her brother an inquisitive look since she warned him earlier not to get too attached to Lacus.

 

“We ran into each other… again,” Kira said figuring that Cagalli got what he was saying. “After that we just got to talking. I don't see anything wrong with that,” he said also remembering their earlier conversation.

 

“If I didn't know any better, I'd say the two of you were falling for each other,” Cagalli joked around but saw the questioning look on Athrun. “They keep running into each other… literally. First at the airport when he came to pick me up and then apparently it happened today as well,” she said and Athrun laughed as well.

 

Cagalli looked back and laughed when she saw their flushed faces. “I was just kidding. No need to get so flustered. I mean what could happen when the two of you have someone else?” she asked but didn't notice the disappointed looks that crossed each of their faces. “I think it's fine that the two you get along,” she said before thinking, `As long as it doesn't go any further than friendship. I don't want either of you being disappointed if things don't turn out happily.'

 

Athrun was silent up until that point before looking into the rearview mirror at his former fiancée. “What do you have there Lacus?” Athrun questioned seeing the bag in her arms that he felt he must've missed earlier.

 

“Oh it's a sundress that I wanted to get. Kira offered to buy it for me as an apology for running into me. I said he didn't need to but he just insisted and did it anyways,' she said looking at Kira who looked a little flustered.

 

“Is that so?” Cagalli question looking towards Kira who just nodded her head. She somehow just knew that even though they barely knew each other, Kira was starting to like Lacus a lot. Cagalli couldn't even remember when he willingly bought Fllay any gifts like that. Fllay usually had to force Kira to buy things for her. `Don't get too attached Kira,' she mentally pleaded with her brother even though she knew he couldn't hear her.

 

*****

 

Long after the sun had set on the horizon, the four of them finally decided that they better head back. Lacus couldn't help but enjoy the day with her two old friends and the man that was quickly becoming a good friend.

 

Lacus stepped out of the car before turning around to face her friends. “Thanks for the wonderful day. I'll talk to all of you later,” she said while grabbing her bag. She then turned around and rushed into the expensive looking hotel.

 

Lacus quickly rushed up to her room. Just as she was about to reach it she stopped in front of the door to her bodyguard's room. She could hear him in an obvious drunken state and couldn't help but roll her eyes before she ran to her room and went inside.

 

Setting the bag carefully on the bed, Lacus pulled the baby blue sundress out of the bag and couldn't help the smile that crossed her face. Even though she was against it, she still thought that it was very sweet of Kira to go out of his way to get this for her even if she didn't ask.

 

Lacus striped off her clothes of pulled the sundress over her head. She turned towards the mirror and smiled at what she saw. It would've looked great if it wasn't for the bandages that were on her arm.

 

Just looking at her in the sundress made her think of Kira and a true smile just crossed her face. She quickly shook it off and pulled off the dress. “Snap out of it. What good can it do to think about such things?” she asked herself while she pulled on something to sleep in.

 

Lacus got into bed but took another look at the dress which was carefully placed off to the side. That same smile came back and she didn't try to stop it before she pulled the blankets over herself.

 

*****

 

Kira leaned back in the seat staring up at the sky while the scenery passed by on the way back to his home. He couldn't help but think of Lacus and what she would look like in the dress he bought for her.

 

“You sure seemed awful friendly with Lacus,” Athrun mentioned while taking a quick look through the rearview mirror and then back at the road. “I wouldn't suggest trying anything Kira,” Athrun said with a frown remembering what Cagalli mentioned to him earlier that day.

 

“Yeah, yeah. I already got this lecture from Cagalli earlier so I don't need it again,” Kira replied which earned him a quick glare from Cagalli. “I was just trying to be friendly since she's a friend to both of you,” he lied since he knew that it was for another reason.

 

“Yeah well Cagalli is right,” he said earning him a bright smile from Cagalli. “…for once,” he continued which earned him a glare from the woman that he couldn't help but laugh at. “Kira, are you aware of just who it is that she's married to?” he questioned.

 

Kira thought back to all the previous conversation he'd had with Lacus and couldn't remember her even talking about her husband all that much. “Not really. She never really wanted to talk about him,” he explained with confusion as to why she wouldn't.

 

Athrun frowned wondering why Lacus wouldn't talk about the guy at all. “Well whether she does or doesn't talk about him, it would be better for you to know before you do something foolish. It's Trent Peters,” Athrun said and knew that Kira realized what he was getting at immediately. “We don't need to make more of an enemy out of him than we already have.”

 

Kira's eyes widened at the mention of the name. It wasn't exactly who he was that made Kira worry but the rumors that Kira heard about him. How he was a domineering man who had little mercy for anyone. Kira remembered the wound on Lacus's arm and how she refused to let anyone see it when it was obviously hurting her. He couldn't help but put the two ideas together. `Could he be abusing her?'