Gundam SEED Fan Fiction / Gundam Seed Destiny Fan Fiction ❯ Destiny of Love ❯ their love ( Chapter 9 )

An ever growing bulge was what Lacus saw every morning that she got up. It was the proof of her love for Kira but also a sign of her imprisonment by Trent. Yet despite that, she saw it as the one good thing that ever happened in her life besides meeting and falling in love with Kira.

 

Going into her fifth month, she was really starting to show. That is if you saw past the fact that she wore baggier clothes. There were dark circles under her eyes now since any sleep she got had been very uncomfortable.

 

Things had changed since she found out she was pregnant. She was no longer being hit but she knew the real reason, he didn't want to take the chance of hurting the baby. He never once suspected that the child was never his. Yet that didn't stop him from keeping his eyes on her at every possible moment during the day.

 

The pain was becoming great to Lacus. She never managed to talk to Kira about this. With Trent hovering over her ever second of the day, she couldn't get any privacy. She still didn't want him to find out and do anything to Kira or her child. She couldn't ask Eileen for help either because she knew if she mentioned it that he'd probably overhear. She also didn't want Kira to hear about this from anyone but herself. She knew he deserved that much from her especially since she knew he wouldn't even be able to raise his own child like she wished he could. She just wished she knew of a safe way to tell him.

 

“What are you doing?” Trent asked in an annoyed voice as he walked into the room she was in. It was one that she set herself for the baby. He just grew even more pissed off when she didn't respond. “Damn it woman! You're really starting to piss me off with this attitude you got!” he yelled angrily at her.

 

Ignoring him, Lacus stood up and walked out of the room knowing that he wasn't going to do anything. She was well aware that he'd make up for this after she had the baby but she didn't care as long as Kira's child was safe.

 

She knew she'd give anything to be able to talk to him. To let him know that she was alright and that she was going to be having his baby but she just knew it was impossible. `He probably hates me now,' she thought feeling herself sadden.

 

The thought of him hating her was too much to bear. She hoped that it wasn't like that but she knew that even if he didn't that he probably would when he found out what was going on, the reason why she couldn't come back to him.

 

The pain that she felt because of this was only matched by her aggravation with Trent. She just couldn't stand his arrogance or selfishness. He was making plans without even letting her have a say in the matter.

 

Probably the worst thing that he was trying to do was name the child after himself. `What an ego,' Lacus thought with a sigh. `There's no way that I'll let Kira's child be named after that jerk! How do I keep him from doing that though? He'll probably use force to make it be his way,' she thought walking outside and took a seat on a small bench behind the mansion.

 

Placing a hand on her bulging stomach and a small smile formed on her face. `You one of the few god things I have in my life. I promise you that you won't have to grow up with that man as a father forever. Hopefully someday you'll be able to be with your real father,' she thought before looking up at the clear blue sky.

 

*****

 

Kira yawned as he stepped out of the airport. He looked up at the clear blue sky and couldn't help the smile that crossed his face. “Sure took a long time. It's nice here though not quite as nice as back home,” he muttered to himself before heading to look for a taxi.

 

“I'd better get this business deal done quickly so I can get back home,” Kira said as a taxi pulled up in front of him. He climbed in and told the taxi where he needed to go before the car took off.

 

Kira was only supposed to be there a day or two for business purposes. He just found that he didn't have the enthusiasm right then. “Why couldn't Athrun have gone instead?” he couldn't help but ask himself as he watched the scenery pass by on his way to the hotel.

 

`Let's see, I'll be staying the night tonight. Tomorrow I'll head to the meeting first thing in the morning and then catch an immediate flight back afterwards,' he thought going over the plans that had been discussed between him and Athrun before he left for the airport.

 

A flash of pink came before his eyes and Kira thought he saw Lacus for a moment. Rubbing his eyes, he looked again but didn't see anything. `Who am I kidding? I highly doubt that she's here,' he thought with an annoyed sigh while turning his head away from the window.

 

Kira had long given up the hope that she might come back. `It's been five months when she said she'd only be two. She hasn't called me or sent me anything. She's not coming back and I have to face that. It was all just one big mistake,' he thought a bit bitterly.

 

Kira wanted nothing more than to be able to hate her for leaving him like that but he knew that was impossible. He hated how she wouldn't even call or talk to him, he hated how she broke her promise, but he knew that he could never hate her. His heart still longed for her but he knew better than that now.

 

Without realizing it, the taxi came to a stop. He was so deep in thought that he didn't notice it until the taxi driver yelled back at him. “Hey! We're here! Are you getting off or not because I have a job to do!” the driver said looking a little annoyed.

 

“Oh!” Kira said looking around before noticing that they were indeed in front of the hotel. “Thanks,” he said handing the man some cash. “Keep the change!” Kira said grabbing his suitcase before the cab driver drove off.

 

Looking up at the giant place, Kira couldn't help but be impressed with how it looked. It was tall being around twenty to thirty stories. It gave off a feel of elegance and comfort. He now knew why it was considered the best this town had.

 

After checking in, Kira headed up to his room. No sooner was he in the room did he fall onto the bed and close his eyes. `I had to wake up early so I didn't get much sleep last nigh,' he thought snuggling into the pillow.

 

Kira knew that he would definitely be able to get a good nights sleep now. Things had gotten much better in the past few months but Fllay still seemed to turn up at the most inopportune times. `Luckily she's not even in the same country as me. Time to get some rest,' he thought with a smile before falling asleep.

 

*****

 

“Damn it! Keep up woman!” Trent yelled behind him as he literally dragged Lacus around the building. “I'm going to be late for my meeting if you don't hurry up!” he yelled behind him as he tightly clenched his hand around Lacus's wrists.

 

Trent would've preferred to just leave her behind but he felt that wasn't an option. He was becoming very paranoid when it came to the thought of leave her alone. Like she might screw up and cost him the life of his heir. Or else that she might try to run away like he'd caught her trying to do.

 

Lacus winced in pain as he pulled her wrist. She was doing her best to keep up but it was difficult since he was walking at a very fast pace. “Maybe if you'd slowed down a bit I'd be able to keep up!” she yelled back at him only to have his grip around her wrist tighten even more causing her to wince in pain again but she kept her mouth shut.

 

“Don't argue with me woman!” Trent growled under his breath and then slowed down when he saw someone coming to make it look like he was a good husband. “Just keep your mouth shut during this. I don't want you to screw up this potential deal,” he growled at her since he knew he'd have to beat out Kira and Athrun in order to get it.

 

Lacus just stared at the ground silently. She knew she'd get in trouble if she said the wrong thing right then. Unfortunately because she was looking at the ground she didn't notice Trent walking faster again when no one was in sight. This ended up causing her to stumbled and nearly fall.

 

“A ferocious growl escaped Trent's throat at the and he pulled her arm rather hard. He heard her gasp in pain and watched and she flew forward a bit. `Damn wench needs to learn her place!' he thought with a look of amusement.

 

After being pulled roughly forward, Lacus just stumbled some more and ended up flying in front of Trent only to come crashing into another man as he came walking around a corner. She went crashing to the ground with a bang and just laid there for several minutes as she tried to focus her eyes. She could hear her husband yelling but that was about it. She got the feeling her husband was mad at her as well so she was almost afraid of what she would see if she looked up.

 

A voice echoed in her ears very suddenly and her body froze up when she heard the voice crystal clear. `No, it can't be,' she thought as her body started to tremble a bit. `Not like this.'

 

*****

 

`I forgot how much I hate these things,' Kira thought crawling out of a huge building after what seemed like several days since he went in even though it was only for two or three hours. `Now I just have to head back, pick up my stuff, and catch the next flight out of here,' he thought with a sigh of relief.

 

Looking ahead of him, Kira was about to turn before something came flying out of nowhere. His eyes widened in surprise as the two of them collided and he was sent straight to the ground. “Ouch, my head!” Kira winced as he got off of the floor.

 

“Damn it Yamato! Watch where the hell you're going! You could've hurt my wife!” Trent yelled out as he approached Kira with a menacing look on his face. He was more concerned about his heir than he was with Lacus. He knew he was the one at fault but he'd be damned if he was to admit that in front of anyone. He'd rather have others take the blame for his screw ups.

 

Kira's eyes widened at his last second. `Hurt his wife?' he questioned to himself afraid to look. `Lacus is here?' he kept asking himself as his body froze up. `Why is she here?' he questioned himself once again.

 

Somehow his head managed to turn and his eyes widened as beautiful flowing pink hair was seen lying all over the place. `It is her,' he thought as his heart started to speed up at just the sight of her.

 

It was then that he saw brilliant blue eyes open and the startled look that they took on at the sight of him. His eyes glanced over her and then noticed that her shirt had been pushed up a bit. It wasn't high enough to show her breasts but it did go high enough for him to see her bulge of a stomach.

 

The feel of his heart crumbling in his chest was all that was on Kira's mind. It all made sense to him now. `So she's having that bastard's child?' he asked himself as he felt himself growing angry on the inside.

 

Lacus saw just about every emotion flashing through Kira's eyes. Anger, sadness, confusion, despair, betrayal; they were all present as he looked at her and knew that she was pregnant. `No, it's not like that,' Lacus thought somehow unable to get the words out. `It's yours Kira! It's not his, it's yours!' she thought but was only able to stare at him desperately wishing she could say that words that she'd really wanted to say to him for a while.

 

Trent growled as he came up and pulled Lacus roughly to her feet while pulling her shirt down. He didn't want anyone else to see something that what his. “Let's go,” he said angrily pulling Lacus in the direction of the office.

 

Kira just watched as she left his life once again. This time however, he knew it would be permanent. `How could this happen? Couldn't she have at least told me about this? Instead she makes me find out like this?!' he thought finding himself growing a bit bitter about it.

 

Angrily, Kira turned around and ran towards the elevator. He didn't want to remain there; he didn't want to see Lacus again. He knew it would just hurt him more if he did. She was with her husband, she was having that man's child, and Kira could do nothing about it.

 

`Just when I think I find something good in my life this has to happen,' he thought running into an elevator just before the door closed. `Why couldn't it have been me? Why couldn't it have been my child?' he thought not realizing that was just what it was.

 

*****

 

“Stupid bitch! You made a fool out of me in there!” Trent yelled at the woman sitting across from him in his limo as they drove back to their place. She wasn't looking at him and it looked like she wasn't taking any notice of him at all. He just grew more and more pissed off about there.

 

Lacus didn't even flinch as his hand came up. She knew he wouldn't do it. “Maybe if you hadn't thrown me like that than it wouldn't have happened,” she stated boldly. Right now she didn't care what he did to her. That was because the pain her heart was feeling because of what she'd seen in Kira's eyes was more painful than anything Trent could ever do to her.

 

A slap came to her cheek but she knew that was about all that he could do. Anything else he would normally do could put the child's life in danger. Lacus barely flinched at his hit. She figured he wouldn't try again though since if he didn't any harder or anymore, people would notice since it would probably bruise.

 

“You are really driving my patience woman! If you hadn't been so damn slow than this wouldn't have happened! I don't care about people like that Yamato but other people saw the incident and it made me look bad!” he hissed at her but she just rolled her eyes at him since it was normal for him to blame every little thing on her even when it was his fault.

 

Lacus wasn't in the mood to listen to his arrogance. Her thoughts were mainly on Kira so she just decided to stop listening to him for the moment. `That look in his eyes. He was hurt by this. I can't even do anything though. He was right in front of me and I couldn't even speak,' she thought as she placed her hand over her stomach. `Even if I could I know I wouldn't be able to do anything; not with Trent around anyways,' she thought wishing that he wasn't there so that she could tell Kira about everything.

 

`Because I couldn't say anything to him, I know he took it the wrong way. I don't blame him for being as hurt as he is. How would he act if he found out the truth though? Would he be hurt that I'm raising our child with another guy? Probably, it's not like I have much of a choice though,' she thought with a sigh as she looked out her window while rubbing her sore cheek.

 

“That's new, you're actually keeping your mouth shut for once,” Trent said with a smirk since he thought she was finally starting to listen to him. “You should do that more often, it's more suiting for you,” he said enjoying how he was insulting her.

 

A disgusted look crossed Lacus's face but she didn't reply. She didn't want anymore trouble for that one day. She had enough problems on her hands to have to deal with him. Problems like the idea going through her head that Kira probably hated her right then. `I wouldn't blame him,' she thought sadly.

 

*****

 

Cagalli took a sip of her soda as she stared at Athrun who was sitting across from her doing the same thing. He looked like he was debating something in his head and that got her curious. “Something on your mind? You've been looking like a zombie lately,” she teased him with a smirk.

 

“Huh?” Athrun asked snapping his head up to look at his girlfriend. “Um… no. Works just really got me really stressed,” he lied since he knew it was a lot more than that. “Hey, did you know Lacus is pregnant?” he questioned to get off the subject.

 

“No, she hardly talks to me. I've gotten only one or two calls from her since she left. She's always seems hesitant to talk about personal stuff. How did you find out about this?” she couldn't help but question since she wasn't aware of Athrun talking to Lacus at all.

 

“I happened to be talking to her father recently and he told me about it. Motherhood seems to fit her, doesn't it?” he asked and Cagalli nodded her head enthusiastically. “He mentions that she hasn't been too happy though. I wonder why,” Athrun said pondering it over in her head.

 

“No idea. I could tell that though from the few conversations I've had. She just seemed to lack the emotions that she usually has. I'm actually a bit worried,” Cagalli said and Athrun just nodded in response. “Oh well, I'm sure that she'll cheer up and that she'll get over it!” Cagalli said looking on the bright side.

 

“We can only hope so,” Athrun said but was stopped from saying anything. “Sounds like Kira's back. It's much earlier than I expected though,” he said standing up and walked out of the room until he saw an exhausted looking Kira. “You're early,” he said with a smile.

 

“I managed to find an earlier flight,” Kira said since he left nearly two hours earlier. `I just couldn't stay there any longer and risk running into her again,' he thought trying not to show his sadness in front of his best friend and his sister.

 

Cagalli just knew in her heart that there was something wrong. She could tell that Kira was trying to hold back his feelings so as to not have to show them what it was that he was really feeling. `Did something happen?' she asked herself as she studied her brother for any sort of clue but ended up not finding anything.

 

“If you need me, I'll be in my room taking a nap,” he said lugging his small suitcase to his room before pretty much slamming the door closed. He then fell to the floor with his back pressed against the door.

 

`This is just too much for me to handle,' he thought as his fist slammed into the ground. `Things weren't supposed to turn out like this. She was supposed to come back to me, not get pregnant with that bastard's child!' he thought angrily.

 

Standing up, Kira started to pace while trying to think of anything he could about this situation he was in. It was hurting him worse than anything ever had before. `I actually fell in love with her and then this happens!' he thought as his hand clenched into a fist at his side as frustration clearly showed on his face.

 

`Who am I angry with most though? I'm sure Lacus didn't mean to, though it doesn't make it any easier on me. I can't love her anymore because of this. That's what hurts the most,' he thought finally stopping his pacing and took a deep breathe while he ran a hand through his hair.

 

Looking at the wall, Kira could almost see Trent's smirking face. `It's his fault! I just know it! He took her from me!' he thought angrily but punching the wall with more strength than he knew he had and sent his hand straight through it. `Then again, she was originally his wife,' he thought pulling his hand out of the newly created hole.

 

Looking at his hand, Kira saw that it was all bloody and that he was sure that there were several cracked or broken bones. The pain that was searing through his hand was proof enough of that.

 

A knock was heard on the door but Kira didn't do or say anything. He guessed that they must've heard the thump from when his hand collided with the way and came to see if everything was ok.

 

Without even bothering to knock, the door opened and Cagalli's head poked in. “What was that noise just now?” she asked looking around the room before noticing the hole in Kira's wall. “What happened?!” she asked in surprise before looking at Kira and noticing his bloody hand. “Kira! Your hand!” she yelled rushing in.

 

“I-I'm fine,” Kira said even though he knew it wasn't true. His hand was really hurting him but most of the pain he was feeling was from his heart instead. “I just got angry and took it out on the wall,” he said chuckling a bit.

 

“No you're not!” she yelled taking his hand and examining it. “Looks pretty bad. What happened to make you so angry that you'd do something like this?” she asked heading towards the bathroom to get a first aid kit. She knew she'd have to get him to a doctor but she'd get him patched up first.

 

“I… I lost something… something that was very precious to me,” Kira said since he knew it wasn't lying about it. Lacus was gone. She was probably the most precious thing he had in his life but he knew it was over between the two of them and could never be again.

 

Looking at her brother, Cagalli could see just how much pain he was in. “What was that precious thing you lost?” she asked hoping that he wouldn't say Fllay. She knew that wasn't the case though. If it was, he would've taken her back as his girlfriend by now.

 

“I'd rather not talk about it,” he said not wanting to have to discuss all the things him and Lacus had gone through together. Right now, he just wanted those to be his own special memories, ones that he didn't want to share with anyone.

 

Deciding to just let it drop, Cagalli started to help bandage up his hand. “I swear, I can't leave you alone for five minutes,” she teased being as delicate as she could so as to not hurt his hand anymore. “I guess it's a good thing I decided to move down here. You need someone to look after you,” she teased which just annoyed Kira.

 

“Freeloading down here if more like it,” Kira muttered but unfortunately Cagalli heard and slapped his injured hand which caused him to yell out in pain as Cagalli quickly finished and stood up. “What was that for?!”

 

“What?” Cagalli asked putting an innocent look on her face. “I'm taking you to see a doctor. You should definitely get that hand examined,” she said heading towards her room to get ready.

 

*****

 

Things just seemed to get tougher and tougher as time went on, especially for Lacus. The months passed and Lacus just knew that it wouldn't be long before she gave birth to Kira's child. It just made her worry though.

 

She knew she'd love it if the child turned out to look like Kira but that was also a very dangerous idea as well. She was sure that even Trent would put two and two together if it turned out like that.

 

Wrapping her arms around her very pregnant stomach, Lacus prayed that everything would turn out ok. She was pretty much in the last days of her pregnancy is she was to give birth on time and it really started to worry her. `I want you to be happy in this world but I know it won't be possible with Trent raising you,' she thought wishing that things had turned out differently.

 

Things had only gotten worse for her since she saw Kira that day four months ago. Trent was dictating her life for her. What she ate, when she slept, making sure that she didn't go anywhere without him. It was bad before then but he was twice as bad right now because he feared losing his heir.

 

`Even though it's not, he never thought of it as his child. He thinks of it as an heir and that's it. This child deserves a father that will be able to love it for who it is,' she thought as thoughts of Kira flashed through her mind. `The way I see it, Kira's the only one worthy of being its father. I don't think I'm worthy of being its mother with what I have put it through,' she thought sadly as she rubbed her stomach as a few tears started to fall from her eyes.

 

`All I can do for it right now is protect it and hope that Trent won't force it to grow up to be like him. I know that's what he's planning to do. I'll do everything I can to make sure that it turns out more like Kira,' she thought turning her head to look out the window.

 

The door to the room opened but Lacus didn't even look at Eileen came into the room. “How are you feeling Lacus? I mean it's getting pretty close to that time,” she said trying to be cheerful for Lacus since she only seemed to get more and more sad as the day came closer.

 

“Terrified,” was Lacus's honest response. She was terrified to go through with this without Kira being there. She wanted him to be there the day she gave birth but knew there was no way to contact him without Trent finding out.

 

“You never know, maybe things will turn out alright in the end,” Eileen said wrapping Lacus in a comforting embrace. “The way I see it, no matter what he does, as long as you're around the child will grow up just fine,” she said hoping it would comfort Lacus.

 

“I hope so,” Lacus responded while sadly looking at the floor. “Eileen? Can you please do me a huge favor?” she asked and the woman nodded her head. “First, Do you know where Trent is?” she felt like she had to ask before she got to her request. She didn't want him to end up overhearing her.

 

Eileen took on a pondering look for a few seconds before it came to her. “Last I remember he was busy in his study. He looked pretty busy though so I don't think he'll be out for a while,” she said looking at Lacus curiously.

 

Feeling that it was safe for now, Lacus thought she'd give it a try. “I have some friends by the name of Cagalli and Athrun, do you think you can call them and see if they can be here with me for this? Oh, and tell Cagalli that her brother is welcome to come if he wants to,” she thought hoping that it didn't sound too suspicious. “I'd really feel much better if I had people I know there,” she continued putting on a small smile.

 

Eileen just smiled and nodded her head. “Of course. They are your friends so I'm sure that they'd be more than willing to come. Why don't you ask them yourself though?” she couldn't help but wonder.

 

“Athrun is a boy. If I ask him and Trent hears he'll overreact like usual. I just don't want any trouble right now. So can you please secretly call them for me?” she asked thinking it would be a good idea. She then wrote the numbers on a piece of paper and held them out to Eileen

 

Eileen didn't even think before she just nodded her head. “I have to head over to your father's place anyways. I'll just make the calls from there,” she said taking the paper from Lacus's hand and put it in her pocket.

 

A relieved smile crossed Lacus's face. She stood up from her chair and started to head towards the door but suddenly froze. `Oh no!' she thought as her hand immediately came up to her stomach. `Not now!'

 

Eileen noticed that something was wrong and cautiously approached Lacus. “Lacus? Is something wrong? Are you ok?” she asked placing a gentle hand upon Lacus's shoulder.

 

“I… I think my water just broke,” Lacus said feeling herself growing much more terrified. It was early and she wasn't sure if Kira would even be able to get there before then. She wasn't due for another week anyways.

 

“Now?!” Eileen said in surprise looking around for something that could help Lacus. “Hang on! I'll go call the hospital!” she yelled running out of the room and nearly crashing into Trent in the process. `Damn! I missed him!' she thought willing to take the pain if she could inflict some on him.

 

A smirk crossed Trent's face when he realized what was going on. “It's about damn time. I was starting to get impatient,” he said staring down out Lacus who was sitting on her knees with only one hand to prop her up while the other was clutching onto her stomach.

 

Beautiful blue eyes turned towards him with a rather vicious look to them that anyone could tell was unsuited for the normal personality of the usually very kind hearted and forgiving woman that they belonged to.

 

`It's because of you! It's because of you that Kira might not be able to see the birth of his own child!' she thought glaring angrily at the man. `You don't even deserve to consider yourself a father!' she thought growing even angrier as a few tears managed to escape her eyes.

 

“What the hell are you crying about? You should consider yourself lucky that you get to have my heir. I could've chosen anyone but it's you that's going to have it,” he said with a smirk despite the constant glare that was coming his way by Lacus.

 

He knew he didn't choose her, he chose her money. This child was heir to both fortunes. Since the child was heir to both his and the Clyne fortunes, he'd have better access to it since Lacus would never give it to him normally.

 

`I'm lucky to be having Kira's child. It'd be a curse to have to have yours,' Lacus thought turning her sad eyes towards the ground. `I want you to be here Kira. I want you to be here for the birth of your child,' she thought as a few more tears escaped her eyes.

 

*****

 

Flipping through the channels was pretty much the only thing that Kira could find that was interesting to do. He felt like he was missing something important but he tried his best to push such feelings into the back of his mind like he'd been doing for a while now.

 

The sound of the phone ringing caught his ears. He was about to stand up to answer it but Cagalli beat him to it and answered the phone. “Hello?” he heard her say and watched as her eyes widened in surprise about something. “You sure?” she asked sounded rather excited. “Alright, thanks. Bye,” she said hanging up the phone only to pick it up again and call a different number before leaving the room.

 

It was a few minutes later that she hung up the phone after saying goodbye to whoever it was that she called. Kira had to admit that he was really confused as to what was going on. Cagalli didn't usually get this excited over little things. “What's going on?”

 

A broad grin crossed Cagalli's face at the question. “I just got a call saying that Lacus was having her baby and that she wanted everyone to be there with her,” she said so happily that she didn't notice the really pained look that crossed Kira's face.

 

“So what!” Kira grumbled angrily as he sat back and stared at the television. He'd been trying his best to drive that thought out of his mind and now he had Cagalli to thank for putting it back in there. He hated the idea of Lacus having another man's child. The thing he hated more was that she decided to stay with him though.

 

“Wow, you sure seem to have a pretty nasty attitude today,” Cagalli responded dryly. “She wants Athrun and me to come and she said you're welcome to come as well,” she said knowing that Kira was her only way to get there quick enough. He had the resources to get them something to get there quickly.

 

`Is Lacus trying to rub it in my face or something? I have no reason to be there,' he thought resting his head on the back of the couch before he turned it to look at Cagalli. “Forget it, I don't feel like going,” he said stubbornly.

 

Cagalli could feel her eye tick in annoyance. “Yeah well I do and you're my only way to get there quick enough since Athrun's out of town! He's already been told of it and is heading there now and expects me to be there!” Cagalli yelled at her brother planning on forcing him to go if she had to.

 

“I'm not holding you back. You're free to go if you want but I just don't want to go. So just leave me alone about it!” Kira yelled standing up and heading towards his room. He suddenly fell hard to the floor when Cagalli took his legs out from under him. “Ouch! What was that for?”

 

“Because you're being a jerk! You seemed to get along with Lacus just fine when she came down her that time!” Cagalli yelled with fire burning in her eyes. “She wants to have friends wither right now! So you are going whether you like it or not!” she yelled angrily really making him start to sweat.

 

Taking Kira in a headlock, Cagalli started to drag him to his room. “You are going so get ready! I'll be back in a few minutes and if you're not even trying to pack than you'll really be in for it!” Cagalli continued to yell and held up her fist to help make her point clear to Kira. She then turned and stormed out of the room before Kira could get another word in.

 

Going was the last thing that Kira wanted to do but he also knew that Cagalli would definitely go through with her threat if he didn't listen to her. `I don't want to go and see his child. I'd rather be there seeing her happy with my own. That's not possible now though,' he thought sadly.

 

Looking at the area where a hole in the wall had once been, Kira thought the idea was appeasing right then. `Maybe if I break my hand again I won't be able to go,' he thought but then figured that Cagalli would fix him up and then force him to go anyways without seeing a doctor saying he'll see one when they get there. `I definitely wouldn't put it passed her to do such a thing.'

 

Cagalli came back a few minutes later and saw that Kira was ready but didn't look very enthusiastic. “Man, lighten up!” she said grabbing his arm and pulled him out the door. “Athrun found us a plane that leaves in an hour. Hopefully we'll be able to get there before it's over,” she said throwing him into the passenger's seat.

 

Gulping in fear, Kira immediately took hold of the door. When Cagalli's in a hurry she could get reckless and she'd usually drive trice the speed limit. Worse thing is that everyone ignores her so she thinks she can get away with it.

 

Kira just remained silent until they got to the airport and breathed a sigh of relief that they made it alive with Cagalli's reckless driving. It wasn't long after that that they were on the plane and heading towards Lacus.

 

*****

 

Trent couldn't help but feel annoyed. First he'd been kicked out of the delivery room being called a disturbance by the nurses and doctors. Then Athrun, a man he hated, suddenly shows up. He knew of Lacus's past relationship with Athrun but it didn't stop him from hating Athrun's guts. It actually just made him hate Athrun even more because of it. He didn't like any men near Lacus because he felt it was a threat to his fortune should she get involved with them He felt like she wouldn't though.

 

`Damn woman got me kicked out here because she couldn't keep her mouth shut like she's supposed to!' he thought angrily pacing back and forth wondering why it was taking so damn long.

 

The sounds of the doors opening brought his attention to them but his anger only increased when he saw Kira Yamato and a woman he'd only seen in some pictures with Lacus before. “What the hell are you doing here Yamato? You don't belong here!” he yelled letting out his frustration.

 

“My sister forced me to be here. Believe me, if I had a choice I wouldn't be here in the first place,” Kira said taking a seat on the other end of the room. He didn't even speak as he went through the thoughts that had been plaguing him since he left the house a few hours before.

 

Ignoring Kira's attitude, Cagalli walked up to Athrun while also ignoring Trent. “So how's she doing? Is everything going alright? How long has she been in there?” she asked concerned but there was also a bit of excitement to her voice.

 

“It's going smoothly so far. She's been in there for at least eight hours now,” Athrun said looking towards a set of double doors. He then looked at Trent with an annoyed look. “He was kicked out about an hour ago because he was being a nuisance to the nurses and Lacus,” he said annoyed but there was also a hint of amusement when he talked about it.

 

Cagalli nodded and took a seat. Almost immediately she found a pair of cold brown eyes glaring at her, Athrun, and Kira. `So that's her husband? Doesn't seem like someone Lacus would usually go for. He seems mean and she usually likes nicer men,' Cagalli thought studying the man but eventually gave up.

 

After the first hour, Cagalli got impatient and stood up and walked over to a window. The sky was darkening quick as night came. She was tired from the nearly seven hour flight but she refused to sleep until she could see Lacus and the baby. She was glad that she was able to get there before Lacus had it though.

 

An hour passed, and then another and everyone were really starting to get antsy. Cagalli never was one for patience so it annoyed her probably the second most. She was constantly pacing and kept asking the doctors about what was happening with Lacus at least twelve times and hour.

 

Trent was being more annoying than being annoyed even though he was that as well. This drove just about everyone insane. He kept mumbling about Lacus being too slow and he wanted his heir right then.

 

`I don't think I've ever heard him use the word son or daughter even once,' Kira thought staring at the man who took Lacus from him. `He calls the child an heir and nothing more,' he thought growing angry at the man which wasn't really hard since the man could make a monk go mad with anger.

 

Finally, after what seemed like days, a doctor finally came out with a smile on his face. He looked around and saw Trent and then the other three in the room. “Are you all here for Mrs. Clyne?” he asked and they all shook their heads. “Well everything went perfectly. She just gave birth to a healthy baby boy.”

 

A grin crossed Trent's face. `Good it's a male heir. That makes things better for me,' he thought standing up. “Let me go see them,” he ordered trying to sound polite but everyone knew it was just a façade.

 

“Of course since you're the father,” the doctor said with a smile that also looked a bit annoyed. He wasn't pleased with how Trent was acting earlier that day. He then turned to the rest of them. “I'm afraid that I'm going to have to ask the rest of you to wait out here a little longer before you can see her,” he said before turning around and leading Trent through the doors.

 

“Great! An even longer wait!” Cagalli yelled out in frustration as she took her seat again. “I hope that they don't keep us waiting long because I really want to see the Lacus and the baby,” she grumbled as she stared at the door waiting for it to open and reveal the doctor telling them that they could go in.

 

*****

 

Lacus couldn't help but smile at the adorable bundle that was in her arms. This was the thing she wanted all her life, to be able to hold a child of her own in her arms some day. She was sad that Kira wasn't in there for it but just looking at the child made her feel so much better.

 

The baby's eyelids opened slightly and the same blue eyes as her own stared back at her. She loved Kira's violet eyes but she was thankful for this. If they were violet, she'd have no excuse for Trent as to why they were that way and he would probably find out the truth.

 

`Wow! So this is what it feels like. I wish I could share this moment with Kira,' she thought letting her smile falter for a second before putting the smile back on as she carefully took one of the child small and delicate hands into her own.

 

From what she could see, there were small tufts of brown hair on the baby's head. She knew she could probably come up with an excuse for that so it wouldn't as much of a problem for her.

 

The doctor came back into the room followed by Trent and Lacus's frown came back to her at full force. She didn't want him there to ruin this perfect moment she was having with her son. She didn't say anything as he approached her and stared down at the child with a smirk.

 

“Looks like me, though he seems to have gained my father's hair, and unfortunately your eyes,” he said with a grimace after seeing the child's blue eyes through half opened eyelids.

 

Lacus was glad that he came to his own conclusions about the hair but couldn't help but loose her patience at the rest of his comments. `How arrogant. I think he looks just like his real father but I'll let Trent think what he wants for right now,' she thought trying her best not to pay attention to him.

 

Reaching out, he took the baby from Lacus's arms without asking. Almost immediately the baby burst out into a fit of crying. Lacus immediately took her child back and rocked it a little as it sobbing gradually died down until there was nothing left of it.

 

“It's ok sweetheart,” she whispered to the small child not even caring about how angry Trent was getting because of what she did. She was only concerned about making her son happy even at her future expense.

 

With a smile, the doctor approached the two of them. “So then, have the two of you thought of a name for the baby yet?” he asked while looking over a small clipboard that he was holding in his hands.

 

“Of course!” Trent stated proudly. Lacus was almost afraid of what she was about to hear since she knew what he wanted. “We're going to name him after me, Trent!” he said sticking his chest out proudly as he just inflated his ego even more.

 

The doctor looked like he was about to write it down but Lacus interrupted. “No we aren't,” she said in a soft voice but it was just loud enough for the doctor to hear it. “We're not naming him after you,” she said in a stern voice. She refused to allow Kira's child to be named after Trent.

 

“What?!” Trent growled out as he turned his head to furiously look at Lacus. “What do you mean by that dear?! I thought we agreed that he would be named after me!” he said although he knew it was a lie but he knew that Lacus would understand the threat he was secretly lacing into his voice.

 

“You assume too much! I never agreed to that at all. You chose it without even giving me a choice. I am not going to name my son after you!” she said keeping her voice as strong as possible. She knew it would be the ultimate insult to Kira if she named his child after a man he hates.

 

Trent glared at Lacus and the defiance she was showing him by not letting him have his way. He swore that he was going to have to really beat the idea of always agreeing with him once she healed up. “We are naming him after me and that's final!” she said nearly yelling.

 

“No!” Lacus yelled a little louder than she meant to. She heard her baby started to whimper and immediately started to sooth it with sweet words. “No matter what you say I am not going to change my mind!” she said in a slightly lower voice.

 

“Now listen here! It is not up to you to make this decision. This is my decision and you will listen to it!” he yelled as the child started to cry once again. “I am not going to continue arguing with you about this since this is my decision!” he yelled but Lacus wasn't listening as she tried to sooth her child's unease. “Damn it woman! Listen to me when I talk to you!” he yelled at the top of his lungs.

 

“Now sir! I'm going to have to ask you to calm down or I will be forced to have to make you leave. This woman doesn't need to get so worked up in her currently weakened state!” the doctor butted in when he knew things were starting to get out of control.

 

“You!” Trent yelled turning his anger on the poor doctor. “Shut the hell up and stay out of this! This is between my wife and I and I don't appreciate you butting into it!” he yelled pointing his finger into the man's face.

 

“Security!” the doctor yelled into a speaker. He didn't want to upset either Lacus or the baby since they both needed rest. It was clear that that wasn't going to happen as long as this man was there.

 

Two men came in and took Trent by both his arms and dragged him out of the room kicking and screaming. The doctor then turned towards Lacus with a smile. “I'm sorry you had to go through that just now. I really hate guys like that,” he said but noticed that she was more focused on her child than on anything else. “So what will you name him?” he asked deciding to give her the option since she's the only one to keep things civil during the argument.

 

“Shiro,” she said with a smile directed towards her son. “What do you think of that?” she asked her child who seemed to give a small smile. “Then I guess that will be your name from now on,” she said smiling fondly at the young baby.

 

“Some friends of yours are here waiting to be let in. Would you like me to let them in?” he asked and saw her eagerly nod her head. “Ok then, I'll be right back,” he said turning to leave the room.

 

Lacus couldn't help but wonder if Kira was with them. She knew that Cagalli and Athrun would definitely come but she guessed that she couldn't blame Kira if he didn't. He thought it was someone else's. `I would probably be the same way. I'd be reluctant to come to see someone I'm in love with have a child with another person,' she thought sadly as she cradled the infant.

 

A familiar head of blonde hair looked into the room before smiling brightly. Lacus was really happy to see her here. “Hello Cagalli,” Lacus said taking her eyes of her beautiful baby boy for a few moments.

 

“Hey there!” Cagalli said happily walking into the room with Athrun following shortly behind her. “So this is the little guy huh?” she asked looking at the little boy but couldn't help but think that it looked familiar. `If I didn't know any better I'd say it looked like Kira,' she thought with a hint of amusement but didn't see how it was possible. “He's adorable and best part is that he doesn't look much like his father,” she said staring into the baby's blue eyes.

 

`I think he does. I just hope that Trent doesn't realize that,' she thought softly stroking her baby's cheek. She looked around the room but frowned when she saw that Kira wasn't there with them.

 

As if sensing that something was wrong, Athrun looked at her face and saw the frown. “Is something the matter Lacus? I thought you'd be happier now that you have a baby of your own,” he said looking at her with a worried stare.

 

“I-It's nothing,” she said although it was clear to everyone else that she was disappointed about something. `Did he even hear about it?' she couldn't help but wonder but was afraid to ask them about it.

 

“If you say so,” Athrun muttered as if weary of what it was that was truly going on inside her mind. `I wonder where Kira went,' he thought looking out the door but didn't see his best friend. `I wonder why he was so resistant to come here in the first place. He got along fine with Lacus before,' he thought before shrugging his shoulders and took a seat.

 

“Can I hold him?” Cagalli asked and Lacus smiled and carefully handed to baby over. Almost immediately a small whimper escaped from the baby's mouth but it wasn't nearly as bad as with Trent. It was pretty clear that he preferred his mother's arms and not someone else's.

 

While Cagalli was trying to calm down the boy, Lacus took notice of something else. “Oh my goodness, Cagalli, is that what I think it is?” Lacus asked when she spotted a beautiful diamond ring on Cagalli's finger.

 

Cagalli's face instantly turned red and she couldn't look at Lacus as she nodded her head. “Uh… yeah. Athrun proposed just recently. We haven't really had a chance to tell even Kira yet,” she said looking a bit embarrassed.

 

The sound of Kira's name made Lacus's heart hurt. “That's wonderful! Congratulations you two! I'm very happy for the both of you. I hope the two of you will be happy together,” Lacus said putting on a bright smile.

 

“Oh yeah! That reminds me. I want you to be there as my maid of honor,” Cagalli said shocking Lacus but making her feel really happy. It also brought with it a bit of disappointment. She wasn't sure if she'd be able to get away from Trent long enough to go to it. She figured that she'd just take the risk. “I'd love to!” she said happily.

 

“Great! There's no way I'm letting you out of this now. I'll drag you down there if you don't come,” she said causing Lacus to help. She then handed the baby back to Lacus since she wasn't having any luck getting it to stop whimpering.

 

Just like before, the baby stopped making any noises as soon as he was back in his mother's arms. “You're definitely meant to be a mother if you're able to do that so easily,” Athrun commented upon seeing how good she was with the baby.

 

“I guess,” Lacus said smiling at her baby. `Then again, a good mother wouldn't want her child to have to grow up with that man,' she thought managing to keep a smile on her face.

 

Nobody knew it but Kira was just standing outside the door just out a view at that moment. He listened in to what everyone was saying and it just hurt him more and more with what he heard. They all sounded so happy.

 

`As expected, Athrun and Cagalli are getting married. I'm sure they're going to be happy. Lacus has her baby so I know she's going to be happy. Why am I the only one that can't seem to find any sort of happiness?' he thought turning and walked away from the door just as a nurse came and walked into it. He knew there was no way he could face Lacus right then.

 

Kira saw the nurse walk out carrying the baby and didn't know why but he followed after them. She headed into the nursery and it was there that Kira got a good look at the kid that Lacus chose over him.

 

“So you're her son. You're lucky to have someone like her when I couldn't,” he mumbled to himself looking at the small kid who looked like he was looking back at Kira with his blue eyes. `At least her doesn't look like that guy,' Kira couldn't help but think with a slight chuckle.

 

Turning around, Kira headed towards the exit. He didn't want to be there anymore. He just wanted to get the hotel and rest. His mind and body were tired and heavy from the long and painful day he had.