Gundam SEED Fan Fiction / Gundam Seed Destiny Fan Fiction ❯ Destiny of Love ❯ hope ( Chapter 12 )

Leaning against the doorway to the room, Lacus couldn't help but smile at the sight of Kira and their son. Yet at the same time it brought a bit of sadness with it. `This is the way that I want it to be but can it? Can it really ever be just the three of us without Trent?' she asked herself.

 

While watching the two, Lacus couldn't help but admire the two of them. `They truly do look like a father and his son unlike Trent who only sees Shiro as an heir. Kira deserves so much. Much more than I can give him right now,' she thought sadly while looking towards the ground.

 

Looking up, Kira noticed Lacus standing in the doorway and gave her a sad smile. “I've always liked the idea of growing up and someday having a family of my own. It's wonderful to know that I have a son but at the same time it hurts,” he told her before looking at their child.

 

Lacus knew that it was her fault. “I'm so sorry Kira!” she said trying her best to hold back her tears. Walking up behind his chair, she wrapped her arms around his neck. “Believe me when I say that I never wanted things to turn out like this,” she said burying her face in the back of his neck.

 

Kira felt his neck moisten at the feel of her tears. He couldn't help but feel bad for her. He could tell that she must've been through so much now that he actually got to talk to her. There was one question on his mind that he needed to know though. “What happened Lacus? Why couldn't you have at least have told me about my son?” he asked softly looking down at the sleeping child in his arms.

 

“I tried to. So many times I tried to find a way to get word to you. Trent was keeping too close an eye on us. This was mainly because I tried to run away when I found out I was pregnant. I couldn't stand the idea of raising your child with that man,” she said wishing that she was able to get away. “He caught me and the worst thing about it was that he knew. The doctor I went to called him and told him everything. Since that day he'd be within ten feet of me when I did anything. I was never alone so I couldn't call you to tell you the truth, he listened to every conversation I had and read any bit of mail I sent out before it could go,” she said with pain lacing into her voice.

 

The more and more she said, the worse and worse Kira felt about his actions the other night. “I don't think I can say it enough times to ever make up for it but I am sorry. You went through so much pain and not just for last night. I can't believe I forgot to use protection. I know much better than that. Then you got pregnant and had to go through so much,” Kira said not sure if he was glad or sad about forgetting about it. It gave him such an adorable son from such a beautiful woman.

 

Stepping around the chair, Lacus kneeled down and caressed her son's cheek before doing the same with Kira. “You weren't the only one at fault Kira. I never wanted to have his child so I secretly took birth control since I knew he would never even consider using any kind of protection willingly. I got careless that week though and you suffered because of it. I'm the one who should really be sorry,” she said before placing a soft kiss on his cheek.

 

“We both have so many regrets about what happened that week,” Kira muttered looking at his son before looking into Lacus's eyes. He saw her shake her head no and he grew confused. “What do you mean Lacus?” he asked softly.

 

“You said we have regrets about what happened but that isn't true. I don't regret what happened between us. I regret not being able to give you what you should have but that's it. Shiro means everything to me. I love you and him more than anything. If things had turned out differently then I wouldn't have him and that scares me,” she said trying to be as honest as possible.

 

“Lacus,” Kira muttered feeling really touched by her words. `After everything that happened, after everything I did to her she doesn't regret having my child? I wonder how I could've been so lucky as to find and fall in love with such a wonderful woman like her,' he thought smiling at her. “I love you Lacus, I really do and I am sorry,” he continued to repeat.

 

“Quit saying that!” she said in a raised voice that startled him. “Quit saying that you're sorry Kira. I realize now that you didn't mean it and that you just weren't acting like yourself. So please quit berating yourself over this any longer!” she chastised him but with a soft expression on her face.

 

Kira could see just how honest she was being with him and it made his heart long for her love even more. “If that's what you want,” he said before noticing that her face took on a bit of a grimace. “Is something wrong Lacus?” he asked in a worried tone.

 

Cursing herself, Lacus stood up and smiled at him. “It's nothing Kira,” she said even though she knew that it was a lie. The position she was in was putting a lot of pressure on her stomach and with the bruise it just made it hurt a lot worse than it normally did.

 

Kira had some serious suspicions. He could tell that she was lying and that it wasn't nothing. “He hit you again, didn't he?” he asked looking her over for any injuries but he didn't see anything. “What happened Lacus? There's no use lying to me,” he said looking her over once more to see if he missed anything.

 

Figuring it was best to just tell him the truth, Lacus decided to come clean. “Yes, he did,” she said bringing her hand up to hold her bruised stomach. “He wanted to name Shiro after himself but I refused to let that happen. I also knew that he wanted to turn Shiro into a miniature him. I knew he was going to beat me up in front of Shiro hoping to pass his twisted ways onto our son,” she said looking angry at herself.

 

It was several minutes before Lacus started to talk again. “Since I came home from the hospital, I've kept Shiro on me twenty four seven. I knew he wouldn't hit me while I had Shiro on me. Don't think that I was using him as a shield though. I was doing what I could to make sure that Shiro didn't have to witness such violence. My worst nightmare is having your son grow up to be like Trent,” she told him as her body shook at the mere thought of it.

 

Kira found her words touching his heart even more than before. “You did so much… to protect our son. I wasn't wrong about falling in love with you. You're everything I thought you were and more,” Kira said wanting nothing more than to embrace her but didn't because he still had Shiro in his arms.

 

Blushing at the compliment, Lacus took to looking at the ground. “Thank you but it's what any good mother would do for her child,” she said standing up straight. “Kira, there's something you need to understand,” she said not taking her eyes off the floor.

 

Looking up from his son, Kira looked at Lacus with confusion. “If it has to do with Trent and your predicament then I'm sure we can think of something to get you out of it,” he said since he wanted to make sure that they were someday going to be the family that they should be.

 

Hesitation came to Lacus's voice and she found it hard to speak. It was several moment later that she finally found her voice and spoke what was on her mind. “It's not just that Kira. Please understand something. If I was ever given a choice between our son and our love, I will pick out son. He needs me so much more than you do right now. I'll never abandon him for anything. Without him I could probably find a way to escape but I know that I would forever be plagued by that decision even if I was with you,” she said finding it hard to choose between the two.

 

Much to Lacus's surprise, Kira just smiled at her words. “I knew I should've expecting something like that from you. It's what made me fall in love with you. I know I can never force you to abandon our son. I knew you could never do it even when I didn't know it was my own son. I just hope that someday you won't ever have to make that decision,” he said before they both heard a knock at the door.

 

A frown crossed Lacus's face. “That's probably my father. He wanted to take Shiro for the night since he said I looked like I wasn't getting much sleep. I just couldn't say no since he is Shiro's grandfather,” Lacus said looking at Kira with sympathy since he didn't get as much time with his son as she knew he wished.

 

Kira had to admit that her father was right. Lacus did look like she hadn't slept in several days. “I guess it's only fair that your father gets to spend time with Shiro too,” he said although he was rather reluctant to depart with his son so soon after learning that pleasant fact.

 

Taking Shiro in her arms once again, Lacus started to head to the door. “It'll be best if you just stay hidden and don't make a sound until he leaves,” she told Kira who just nodded and hid from the sight of the door.

 

As expected, Siegel was waiting at the door with a smile. “Hello father,” Lacus said handing her son over to him. Also as expected, the child started to get fussy though it didn't seem quite as bad as the last time. `Maybe he just wanted to see his real father before he let anyone else hold him,' she thought with a smile.

 

“How's my grandson?” he asked with a soft smile towards Shiro. “Do you have his supplies?” he asked his daughter. She seemed to just remember about them before running into the other room to grab them.

 

In the few moments that Lacus was gone, Siegel heard a noise from inside the room. “Hello?” he asked looking around but didn't see anything. He took a few steps in to have a look but was stopped when Lacus came walking back into the room with a diaper bag.

 

To tell the truth, Lacus was in a bit of a hurry to get him to leave. She also heard Kira and she worried that her father would see him. That would cause quite a scene that Lacus didn't think she'd be ready for. “Here you go,” Lacus said handing the bag over to her father. “I'm getting rather tired now so I guess I will see you tomorrow,” she said a bit nervously.

 

Putting the bag over his shoulder, Siegel couldn't help but voice the suspicions he was having about that noise. “What was that noise Lacus? Is someone else here?” he asked looking around the room trying to pinpoint the source of the noise.

 

Millions of excuses were going through Lacus's mind about what she was supposed to say to him. “What do you mean? Who else could possibly be here?” she asked though her voice was a little unsteady with how nervous she was about her father finding Kira.

 

With one more quite look around the room without finding anyone, Siegel thought he might've just been hearing things. “I guess you're right,” he said turning around to leave. “Be sure to get some sleep before you collapse,” he told her in a worried tone.

 

Relief spread through Lacus's body thinking knowing that he wouldn't find Kira. Then her blood ran cold when a loud sneeze echoed through the room. `Oh no,' she thought when she saw her father come to a stop and turned around.

 

Thinking quickly, Lacus started to go into a bit of a coughing fit. She stopped a few seconds later to see her father staring at her suspiciously. “What? Am I not allowed to cough?” she asked with a sheepish smile and a bit of nervous laughter in her voice.

 

“No… you're allowed to cough. But that was a sneeze I heard in the room,” he said and noticed as Lacus visibly paled a bit. He knew she was keeping something from him now. “What is going on Lacus? Who is in there and why are you hiding them from me?” he asked in a low voice.

 

Lacus knew that it would be pointless to lie to her father. “Do you want the whole story or would you rather settle for the cliff notes?” she asked with a tone of defeat in her voice. She was thinking too fast a second ago and made the mistake putting on the wrong act.

 

Taking a few steps forwards, Siegel stood in the doorway. “Whoever is in there, come out! I know you're in there!” he yelled into the room and heard a sigh of frustration as someone stepped out of their hiding spot in a corner that he was unable to see before then.

 

Siegel's eyes widened when he saw that it was Kira Yamato that was the one hiding in the room. “Kira?! What are you doing in here?” he asked finding it a little shocking to see the young man standing there.

 

Sighing Lacus walked into the room. “Why don't you have a seat? Let me just get changed into something more comfortable. We'll talk then,” she said heading into the connecting room before closing the door behind her.

 

Kira and Siegel took a seat with Siegel still carrying Shiro. Kira kept his eyes to the ground not sure how he was going to be able to talk to the older man about this. He knew Siegel was a good person but he wasn't sure how he would react to something as big as this.

 

Silence ran through the room for several minutes before Lacus finally came out of the room. This time she was wearing a simple t-shirt and a pair of sweat pants. It was less extravagant than the dress she was just wearing but happened to be much more comfortable to wear.

 

“Would either of you like some tea?” she asked and saw both of them nod their head. She knew Kira really did it to prolong the conversation that they would eventually have to have. Lacus felt the same way.

 

Lacus came back a few more minutes later carrying a small tray with the cup of hot tea. She placed two of the cups in front of her father and Kira and kept the third one for herself before she took a seat at the small table.

 

It was silent between the three of them for a few minutes. Siegel finally got tired of waiting for an answer so he decided to speak up first. “Now will one of you please explain to me what is going on? Why was Kira in your room? Why is it that you felt the need to hide this from me?” he asked looking between the two of them.

 

Neither of them could seem to find the ability to talk at that moment. So it was about a minute later before Lacus decided to speak. “About Kira… I'm in love with him,” she said softly but it was loud enough for her father to hear.

 

“What are you saying Lacus? You're already married so how can you love him?” he asked although for some reason he seemed a little too calm about it for their liking. “Is there something that I'm missing?” he continued to ask the two of them.

 

“Why don't you show him the truth about your marriage Lacus?” Kira asked her softly and noticed that she looked rather reluctant. “I think it's a little too late to be hiding it from him,” he said figuring that this might be best for the both of them. `He might be able to help us,' Kira thought with a bit of hope.

 

Siegel turned his eyes away from Kira and towards his daughter. He had a really bad feeling in the pit of his stomach. “Show me what?” he asked looking at her as she stared at the ground as if it were the most interesting thing in the world.

 

Lacus's hand was unconsciously rubbing her side over her bruise. Slowly though, her hand went to the bottom of her shirt. She pulled it up so that it only showed her stomach. The sight of the ugly purple bruise was revealed to the eyes of her love and her father.

 

A hand flew to Siegel's mouth at the sight of this. “Oh Lacus,” he gasped with wide eyes. “Trent did this to you?” he asked and she just slowly nodded her head unable to look at either of the other two. Anyone else probably would've said I told you so but Siegel wasn't that type of man especially since his daughter needed him right then.

 

“It's been like this since the start of my marriage. He beat me over the simplest things like if I wouldn't sleep with him or if he did something wrong then he'd put the blame on me. Hardly a week could go by without him finding some excuse to try and beat me into submission. He wanted nothing more than to turn me into an obedient housewife that would serve his every whim. To be his sexual slave,” she explained as many of the beating came back to her mind.

 

Standing up, Siegel walked over to his daughter and gathered her in his arms. “I'm so sorry!” he said holding her tightly. His daughter was his pride and joy. To see her hurt like this just made his heart hurt so badly.

 

“What are you sorry for? It's not like you're the one that did it. You were right from the beginning and I realized that when it was too late. I'm the one that should be sorry!” she said crying into him wishing that the years could go back and that she could fix the mistake she made by listening to her father.

 

“No!” Siegel said sternly making Lacus flinch slightly. “It's in the past Lacus,” he said releasing her and taking his seat once again. “What about you Kira? What else do you have to do in all of this?” he asked looking at Kira rather suspiciously which made the younger man squirm around a bit.

 

Saving Kira the time of explaining, Lacus decided to do it for him. “He was there for me when I needed someone. He happened to figure out what was going on by himself. In a way I was happy because I had someone to talk to about it all even if Trent had threatened me many times about telling anyone. I was always so scared what would happen if I told anyone before then,” she started to explain while twiddling her thumbs on her lap.

 

It was several moments later before she continued. “I found this comfort in him that I haven't had in a long time. We barely knew each other but we ended up falling in love anyways. I guess I really didn't know what falling in love really meant before then,” she said giving a hollow laugh.

 

Without even being told, Siegel he had a feeling he knew what was happening. “Then Shiro is Kira's son, isn't he?” he asked and Lacus just silently nodded her head. Siegel sighed and ran a hand through his hair at all this new information. He had to admit that this put a lot more light on why Shiro didn't look like either Lacus or Trent.

 

“Last night you asked me what was wrong with me. I guess I'm not as good at hiding my feelings as well as I thought. Kira and I had gotten into an argument because of several misunderstandings,” she said and noticed that Kira's eyes saddened. “He wasn't aware that Shiro was his and it made him feel abandoned. I actually just told him the truth a few minutes ago. Then you came and we just weren't sure how you would take all this so I just had him hide until you left,” she finished explaining and looked at her father wondering what he thought of all of this.

 

Siegel just released another sigh as he took a sip of his tea. “So last night, when you asked me about helping you get a divorce. It was because of all this?” he asked feeling bad for not just deciding to help her in the first place.

 

“Although Kira and I weren't on the best of terms at the time, I just wanted to be free of Trent anyways. I wanted to be able to raise Shiro in a place where I knew he'd be loved. I just can't get that from Trent. I only stayed with Trent for the entire pregnancy because I was afraid that he might hurt my baby if I left. He doesn't know the truth right now but I know that he's bound to figure it out if I suddenly disappeared. I couldn't put either Kira or our son in danger like that!” Lacus said in a desperate sounding voice.

 

Finishing up his tea, Siegel took a good look between the two of them. “I was a bit surprised by all of this but I guess it wasn't completely unexpected,” he said and the two of them looked at him in confusion. “Do either of you remember how the two of you used to play together as kids?” he asked and both of their eyes bulged out at this information.

 

Lacus remembered pretty clearly about the kid that she played with as a child, especially since it was her first kiss. “So that was Kira?!” Lacus yelled out at her father with a rather excited look on her face.

 

“Yes. We used to know his parents pretty well. Yet because of your engagement to Athrun, we had to move away and separate the two of you. I'd say that was about fifteen years ago. Do you also remember Kira?” he asked looking at the violet eyed man sitting across from him.

 

Kira was still stumped on the fact that he knew Lacus. “To tell the truth I have no idea what you're talking about. I can't remember fifteen years ago. I hit my head rather hard when I was twelve. Don't remember anything before then,” he admitted and Lacus's eyes saddened a bit but were quick to cheer up.

 

“I guess that's reasonable. But the two of you were almost inseparable. I remember how sad the two of you were when I told you that we had to move,” he said although he was completely unaware that Lacus gave her first kiss to Kira. She always kept that little detail as her own personal memory of the time.

 

“I guess what I'm saying is that I know I can trust her with you. I know the real you Kira. You're the type of person that would give up anything for her. I never saw that in Trent from the beginning,” he explained shocking the two of them.

 

Surprise was clearly shown on Lacus's face. Her father was basically giving his blessing to the two of them. Of course she knew that he meant that it would only apply once they got the whole Trent matter settled and over with.

 

Siegel was doing his best to think reasonably right now. Hearing what Trent had done to his daughter really infuriated him. “We should go to the police Lacus and you should tell them all that has happened,” he said sounding a bit more like an order than a suggestion.

 

“If only it were that easy. If it were I would've done it a long time ago,” Lacus said looking at the table. “He pays off a lot of police to make sure that he can't get in any sort of trouble. The only thing I would get is a beating since they would be sure to tell Trent about what happened,” she said as her hands clenched into fists at her side. She was so scared of that happening. That it would force her away from her son taking away the only protection he had around Trent.

 

“Then I'm afraid it's not going to be easy to help you,” he said seeing several different ways ruined because of this information. He could really only see one possible way but it would put his daughter and grandson in danger again. That was the last thing he wanted but he was seeing little choice in the matter.

 

“What we're going to need is something big on him. Something that even the police won't be able to ignore unless they too want to get in trouble,” he said but he wasn't sure if just beating Lacus up would be enough. It was enough to send him over the edge but he knew it wouldn't have the same effect on police that were being paid off.

 

“Then I'm sure we can find something,” Kira said looking to be in deep thought. “I've heard rumors about some of the things he's done but that isn't enough. There needs to be more proof in order to get him for it,” he said and Siegel nodded his head.

 

Siegel hadn't heard much on these rumors but he was sure that Kira would be able to fill him in on it later. “Either way we would need time to get the evidence needed. I believe you had the right idea before Lacus. I hate saying this but I think it would be best for you to go back to Trent for the time being,” he said startling all three of them.

 

Standing up, Kira slammed his hands down upon the table. “We're asking you for help and you're just telling her to go back there?!” he asked finding the idea of sending Lacus back to Trent sheer stupidity.

 

“Kira,” Lacus said softly still staring at one spot on the table. “Please calm down. I understand what my father is saying. I don't like the idea either though,” she said wanting to run away right now.

 

“But Lacus!” he said looking at her desperately. “If you go back there again then you'll only be submitting yourself and our son to sheer torture because of Trent! You're only going to get hurt even more and I can't be there to protect you!” he asked hoping that she would change her mind.

 

“Kira, please sit down and listen,” Siegel said softly although he was feeling the exact same way as Kira. “What do you think would happen if Lacus was to run away from Trent all of a sudden?” he asked and saw Kira's blank expression. “He'll probably hunt Lacus down and hurt her even worse than he would otherwise. We need to keep him from realizing anything,” he said with reluctance lacing through his voice.

 

Kira hated having to hear this even though he knew it was true. He hated Lacus being in a place he had no way to get protect her in. He hated it from the very start. Yet now he was being given little choice in the matter.

 

“If he was to find out about Shiro after she left than I have little doubt in my mind that he might even try to kill Lacus if he found her. He'll definitely find something that will show him that Shiro isn't his. If we can at least keep him appeased for a little while then we might be able to find what we need without him realizing what is going on until the last minute,” Siegel explaining knowing that all he had said could very possibly happen if they were to act irrationally at such a critical time.

 

“Well if she goes back and he finds out then she'll just be made into an easier target for him to get!” Kira yelled not wanting to have to see his love and his son disappear from his life again. Especially if it meant that they had to go back to that man that made all of their lives so miserable.

 

That was one thought that had been going through Siegel's mind since he first heard of what was happening. Yet he also knew that her fate would be a lot worse if she didn't go back. His daughter was in a pretty nasty situation that left her with one of two choices; get hurt by Trent now or get hurt by him later.

 

It was quiet after that as everyone tried to digest all that they could in order to come up with a suitable solution to the problem. No one wanted Lacus to go back to Trent but they didn't see any safer choices either.

 

The sound of Shiro crying once again brought all of them out of their thoughts. Lacus just stood up and took the baby from her father and started to rock him in her arms. “What other way is there? There's no escape from this place since there's probably around fifty people watching this place. Trent did that to prevent me from getting away,” she said and Kira just hung his head. “If only I had gone with you last time than this all could've been avoided,” she said hanging her head in shame of her poor decision.

 

Lifting his head up, Kira looked at Lacus. “I don't care if it's fifty or a thousand people out there! I'll do what I can to make sure that I get you and our son out of here!” he said not even caring for his safety at that moment.

 

“And then what? You go out there and get yourself killed? You're only human Kira and you have no weapons to protect yourself with,” Lacus said knowing that it would be difficult for even the best of fighters. To her, freedom meant nothing if Kira wasn't there to enjoy it with their son. Without even realizing it, a tear escaped and fell down her face at the mere thought of losing Kira.

 

Looking at his daughter, Siegel saw this and was shocked. He'd seen his daughter allow her mask of happiness to fall at times by accident but he never thought he'd see her cry so easily like that. `What they have really is true love. I've never seen anyone risk so much just to be with one another. When it comes to Kira, Lacus can't easily hide how she really feels. Then with Kira he'd be willing to go through as many people as possible to ensure her safety even at the cost of his own life,' he thought admiring the two younger people across from him. `That why I know that I can really trust him with my daughter when the time comes,' he thought keeping a serious face.

 

“I felt so useless last time. I couldn't do anything to stop you from going and it only caused you more pain,” Kira said in a low whisper. “I don't want to make that same mistake again. I don't want to put either of you in danger,” he said looking at her pleadingly.

 

“I really appreciate your concern Kira. It really means a lot to me. I feel so weak not being able to stop him from doing what he wants. Even if I can buy you and my father some time, then I think this will all be for the best. I promise you that I will come back to you safely though and that I'll have our son with me as well,” Lacus responded with a tone of finality.

 

Looking into her eyes, Kira knew that she wasn't going to just change her mind. “I just can't leave you to him anymore. It just hurts so much,” he said as his shoulders shook just to suppress his tears.

 

Figuring that the two of them might want to be left alone, Siegel stood up. “I'm going to head back to my room. We can talk about this some more tomorrow. I would still like to take Shiro for the night though. I hope I can trust the two of you to behave yourselves though,” he said seriously since he knew that Lacus still wasn't completely healed after giving birth since it's really only been a month since then.

 

Grateful for the opportunity to have some time alone with Kira, Lacus just nodded her head. “Thank you,” she said handing Shiro over to her father after he finally stopped his crying. He was asleep for the time being and she hoped that he would stay that way for her father's sake.

 

Turning around, Siegel left the room leaving the two of them alone. Lacus then turned towards Kira and frowned at his defeated posture. “I'm really sorry that it has to be this way Kira. I know that my father will do what he can as fast as he can though,” she said walking over to him and caressed his cheek with her soft hands.

 

Without saying a word, Kira reached out and grabbed her waist. With a slight squeal on her part, he pulled her down so that she sat on his lap. He knew she still needed time to heal so he wasn't planning to try anything. Yet right now, he wanted to keep her as close as he possibly could.

 

Sighing in content, Lacus wrapped her arms around him and rested her head on his shoulder. “I'm willing to take this risk Kira if it meant that it would be possible for us to eventually be like this everyday,” she told him before kissing his cheek and then resting her head on his shoulder once again.

 

“I want us to be like this everyday as well but I just wish there was another way,” he said holding onto her a little tighter. He was so scared that something would happen to her and that he'd never be able to see her again.

 

Letting off a small yawn, Lacus's eyes started to close. “I'm tired. Can you please stay with me tonight? I don't think I'll be able to sleep otherwise,” she said and was glad when he nodded his head and carried her towards her bedroom bridal style.

 

Placing her carefully on the bed, Kira stripped down to his boxers, since he didn't want to sleep in the tuxedo he was wearing, and crawled in next to her. Wrapping his arm around her waist again, he felt her lean into his embrace and it wasn't long before the two of them happily fell asleep in each other's arms.

 

*****

 

It was Lacus that woke up first the next morning. She just laid there staring at Kira's peaceful face for most of the morning. Her hand lightly came up to caress it but his eyes opened in the middle of it. “Sorry if I woke you,” she said before giving him a small kiss.

 

“If that is my wake up then you can wake me up whenever you want,” he said giving her a peck on the lips before pulling away. “I say we should just stay here all day,” he said holding onto her tightly so that she couldn't escape him. If he was going to be forced away from her again then he'll make the best of it.

 

“What about Athrun and Cagalli? I wanted to go see them off before they left for their honeymoon,” Lacus said giving him a pout that she hoped that he wouldn't be able to resist. Her prayers were answered when he gave a groan of frustration. “Thank you Kira!” she said kissing his cheek.

 

When she tried to stand up, she found that she was unable to move. “Oh come on Kira!” she said giving him a playfully shove when she saw the grin that was plastered onto his face.

 

“Just because you can go doesn't mean that I don't plan on letting you go,” he said before he started to place light kisses upon her neck. `Just got to make sure that I don't take it too far,' he thought being spurred on by the moans she was releasing. “Sure you want to go?” he asked with confidence in his voice.

 

“Y… yes,” she said although both her and Kira could hear the slight hesitation in her voice. Lacus knew she had to escape soon or she'd lose all her resolve to go and see her two friends off. Especially since she didn't know when she'd be able to see them again.

 

Burying his face in her neck again, Kira asked his next question. “What will you do if I don't plan to let you go?” he asked laying a few more kisses on his neck to make the point that he'd make her beg to never let her off the bed again.

 

“If you don't… I'll make you… sleep in your room tonight,” she said through her moans. She was very surprised when she was suddenly let go. Turning to face Kira, she saw a rather sour look on his face and couldn't help but giggle. “Oh come on Kira. Don't be like that,” she said kissing his cheek before she scurried off to get changed.

 

“How can you threaten me with something like that?” Kira responded before blushing slightly when he noticed that she was changing right in front of him. He couldn't help but notice that her body was just as he remembered it except for the bruise that was clear on her stomach. Any weight she put on while she was pregnant seemed to be non-existent now.

 

Feeling his groin tighten up a bit, Kira groaned. `I wonder if I'll be able to make it through the day,' he thought before shaking off the thoughts swimming in his head. `No, it's still too early after she gave birth to your son,' his mind berated him as he ran a hand through his hair.

 

A blush came to Lacus's face as well at the feel of his eyes on her. Yet she really didn't mind it as long as it was Kira who was watching her. “Come on, go to your room and get changed,” she ordered him as he got out of bed and started to put his clothes back on.

 

This time it was Lacus's turn to stare at him. Dirty thoughts ran though her head as she looked over her love. `Down girl!' she berated herself turning away from him as the blush on her face continued to grow.

 

When he was fully dressed, Kira walked over and wrapped his arms around her. Seeing her like that just a few seconds ago brought a few questions to his mind. “Forgive me for asking this but in the last few months has he ever tried to force you?” he asked knowing that there was a good chance since it happened in the past to Lacus.

 

Lacus could tell her was concerned about her answer. “No. Luckily he was the type of person that thought he might hurt his `heir' if he did anything. So luckily I've been able to avoid it. Last time I had sex was with you so you don't need to feel worried,” she said before giving a kiss that showed all the love that she held for him that she couldn't show for several months.

 

Kira was left stunned from the kiss as he stumbled towards the door when they broke apart. He left the room and could barely walk straight while heading through the halls. If anyone had seen him, they'd think that he was probably drunk. `Drunk off her love,' he couldn't help but think.

 

He walked into his room and stepped out of it a few minutes later dressed in a pair of casual pants and a nice silk button up short sleeved shirt. He just headed towards the place where Lacus was heading since he knew she had already left her room and went to say goodbye to her friends.

 

Lacus was there talking to Athrun and Cagalli who had their suitcases packed and ready to leave. They were to catch a plane that left in about two hours that would take them to Hawaii. They figured that they'd just say goodbye to everyone here instead of having everyone come down to the airport to see them off.

 

Noticing that Kira had arrived, both Athrun and Cagalli turned towards him and their eyes widened in surprise. “The world's coming to an end, isn't it?” was the first thing that came out of Cagalli's mouth.

 

Laughing slightly, Kira came to a stop in front of them. “Now why would you possibly say such a thing to your dear older brother?” he asked knowing that it would anger her. He barely managed to dodge a punch she sent his way after that. Of course having years of practice of it made it easy to predict and dodge.

 

“Watch it little brother!” she growled at him making sure to put a strong emphasis on the word little. “You're smiling though. You haven't done that in months. You were that way yesterday and now you're smiling all of a sudden. The world has to be coming to an end,” she said eyeing him suspiciously.

 

“Don't know what you're talking about. I've always been like this,” he said although he knew what she was talking about. He had been moody the last few months because Lacus wasn't with him. Now that they talked everything out, he found much more of a reason to be happy.

 

“Yeah well I still think that something is up,” she said continuing to glare at Kira before finally shrugging her shoulders. “Well we really need to be going,” she said giving Lacus a hug followed by Athrun. Then she gave Kira one while Athrun and him just decided to shake hands instead.

 

The two of them got into a limousine that was to drive them to the airport. With one last wave to all the people that came to see then off, the doors closed and the car started to move until it was out of sight.

 

Even after everyone left, Kira and Lacus just stood there and watched the place where the limousine was last seen. They then turned to each other and smiled before walking back into the building had in hand. They had the rest of the day and they intended to make the most of it.

 

*****

 

Trent Peters sat behind his desk looking rather impatient. He was looking at documents that were placed before them but it was clear that his mind wasn't quite on them like they should.

 

He was in such a deep thought that he didn't realize that his secretary was trying to talk to him. “Excuse me sir,” she said a little louder hoping that she wouldn't incur his wrath for disturbing him.

 

Startled out of his thoughts, the man glared up at the woman who backed up a few steps. “What is it? This better be important for you to disturb me like this!” he said standing up and took several steps towards the woman.

 

The woman was a bit scared as Trent got close to her. She knew then that he had more things in mind for her than to hurt her at that moment. “Um… there's a Rau Le Creuset,” she said not wanting to give into him like he'd made her do several times already.

 

Taking a step back, he smirked hearing the name of the man he'd been waiting to see. “Send him in and then leave!” he said and the woman nodded before she ran out of the room as fast as she could.

 

A few minutes later a blonde haired man who always wore a mask, due to a deformity he had since he was born, walked into the room. He was one of the higher ups of ZAFT enterprises which was run by Lacus's father.

 

“Glad you could make it,” he said shaking the man's hand before the two of them took a seat on different sides of the desk. “I have a bit of a business proposition for you,” he said with glee clearly showing on his face.

 

“What could a man like you need someone like me for?” Rau asked looking at the man curiously. He had a feeling he knew what it was but decided to just listen and hear the words come out of Trent's mouth.

 

“As you know I recently had an heir from Siegel Clyne's daughter, Lacus Clyne,” he said and Rau nodded his head in understanding. “That bitch has been polluting his head though and I fear he won't grow up to be strong like he should be. I fear that woman will end up making him weak with her disgusting good nature. I need something done about her,” he said looking Rau in the eye.

 

“Let me get this straight. You would like me to get rid of your wife for you?” he asked and Trent just nodded his head and Rau grinned. This was just the sort of opportunity that he'd been waiting for. “That shouldn't be a problem. What do you have in mind?”

 

“If something were to happen to her so soon after giving birth then people might suspect me. Wait a few months until I give you the signal and then do what you can to get rid of her. In return I will give you a lot of money for it,” he said holding a piece of paper to Rau.

 

Taking the card in his hand, Rau's eyes widened in delight at what he saw. “This is quite a bit of money that you're offering me,” he said with a grin. “Very well, I will give you a hand. I expect to hear what you have in mind over time. It wouldn't be wise to say it all at once though,” Rau said standing up. He shook Trent's hand before turning to walk out of the room. `Ignorant fool.'