Gundam SEED Fan Fiction / Gundam Seed Destiny Fan Fiction ❯ Destiny of Love ❯ party ( Chapter 13 )

`Not once but twice I had to watch her walk out of my life and go back to that bastard!' Kira thought while staring up at the ceiling. `This time I not only lost my love but my son to him as well!' he continued to think before slamming his fist down on the mattress.

 

It had been three weeks since the wedding. Three weeks since he'd seen his love or his son. It's been a week since Athrun and Cagalli returned from the honeymoon looking happy with one another.

 

The house has been empty since then. Cagalli was living with Athrun now since she was his wife. Kira couldn't help but feel envious of the two of them for being able to be together like that. Free to love and not have to worry about anyone else getting between the two of them.

 

Things were moving slowly in Siegel's investigation. He'd call to tell Kira if there was any progress but that happened only once since it started. The stuff wasn't even worth it because there was no way it would get Trent out of the way.

 

Siegel was now the only way Kira could get any information about Lacus. Though he was unable to see Lacus in person, Siegel took to telling him what he could from the few conversations he had with Lacus in the past few weeks. As long as Siegel said that she was ok then Kira found that he was able to keep from going insane.

 

`Oh how I wish to hear your beautiful voice and see your beautiful face again,' he thought before hearing the sound of someone ringing the doorbell. He sat up and threw his legs over the bed before standing up completely.

 

Kira threw on a pair of pants and a shirt before heading out of his room. He'd really just woken up after having such a wonderful dream that included him, Lacus, and their son. He loved having those dreams because it was the closest he could get to being near Lacus right then.

 

Opening the door, he found himself face to face with his sister and brother-in-law. “Oh hey,” he said smiling at the two of them. “What are the two of you doing here so early?” he asked before stepping out of the way to let the two of them into the house.

 

“Maybe you should redefine your definition of early since it's nearly noon,” Cagalli said with a hint of amusement as she pointed to a clock hanging just behind Kira. “I take it you just woke up since you didn't know the time,” she said and laughed when Kira just nodded his head.

 

Shrugging his shoulders, Kira led them towards the kitchen so he could make a quick something to eat. “So I like to sleep in on my days off. You used to be much worse than that,” he said making Cagalli blush. `Plus I get to see Lacus in my dreams while I sleep which is always a bonus,' he mentally said to himself. “So what brings the two of you here?” he decided to ask again.

 

“I don't know what you mean. Can't your older sister come and visit you once in a while? I've got to make sure my little brother isn't starving himself,” she said and grew annoyed when Kira just snorted at the older sister and little brother part. “Got a problem?!” she asked holding up her fist.

 

Placing a hand on his wife's shoulder, Athrun somehow managed to get her to calm down. “Now, Now Cagalli. We didn't come here to pick a fight,” he said and she just nodded. “To be truthful we came here because of a bit of a business issue,” he continued before taking a seat at the table.

 

Taking out some bread and the peanut butter and jelly, Kira continued to listen. “I see, so what can be the problem if you need me to come to me about it?” he asked without turning around to look at Athrun.

 

Taking a deep breathe, Athrun prepared to explain everything to him. “Well Siegel Clyne is holding this business party a week from now. Many of the biggest businessmen will be there,” he said and Kira nodded his head. “He also wants us there,” he said and Kira just nodded his head.

 

“Sounds fine with me,” Kira said finishing up his sandwich and started to put the supplies away. `This is good, I might be able to talk to him about everything in person now,' he thought with a sigh of relief. “I don't see why you needed to come in person to tell me about this,” Kira couldn't help but say.

 

Sighing, Athrun decided to just get to the main reason. “The thing is that Trent Peters is going to be there with Lacus and their son. He knows how much the two of you despise each other so he wanted it to be brought up with you beforehand,” Athrun said looking forward to seeing Lacus but not Trent.

 

Kira may not have shown it but this really made him happy. He'd be able to actually see and talk to Lacus. “Well, tell Siegel that Trent had better at least keep his mouth shut,” Kira said with a grin. There was no way that he was going to miss a chance to see Lacus.

 

“With any luck he'll ignore us. This is going to be a big event. The perfect time for people like us to try and get on the good side of other companies if there should be possible future projects between the two. Even Trent would need to be on his best behavior or else he'll miss opportunities,” Athrun said and Kira nodded his head in agreement.

 

“I love the idea but when has that man ever been one to keep his mouth shut?” Kira asked with a hint of amusement in his voice. “I guess we can hope for the best though. Maybe just having Siegel around will keep him quiet since he's been working for a partnership between the two companies for years,” he said before mentally continuing. `Maybe that will be opportunity I need to talk to Lacus,' he thought mentally jumping for joy.

 

Kira knew the risk that him and Lacus were going to go through to see each other then. With Trent there, they'd need to be extremely careful just to be able to talk to each other but Kira felt it was a risk worth taking if he could see his love and his son again.

 

Getting tired of being left out of the conversation, Cagalli decided to butt in. “So Kira, you never did tell us what's got you back to normal all of a sudden,” she said looking at him with a piercing stare as if trying to look into his mind to find the answers herself.

 

A million excuses were going through Kira's head. He couldn't tell them the truth until they got Trent out of the way. The less people that knew, the less chance that Trent would find out about the two of them. Siegel also thought that would be best for the time being. “Don't know what you're talking about,” Kira said deciding to just play stupid about the entire thing.

 

Cagalli sent a glare in his direction. “Don't give me that. You've been pissed off about something for months and then you suddenly turn into your old self. Now you are going to tell me the reason for it right not before I beat the crap out of you!” she said hating that she didn't know what was happening. She had every intention of going through with her threat if he didn't listen to her.

 

Sighing, Kira took a great interest on a spot on the wall. “Things were put right again,” he said not even looking at the two of them. He already knew that they were confused and that it was clearly showing on their faces without having to look at the two of them.

 

Turning towards Athrun and Cagalli with a big smile, Kira decided to change the subject before they could question him more. “So tell me, how`s married life suiting the two of you?” he asked while also taking notice of the glare Cagalli was sending him since she knew what he was doing. “Any chance of children in the future?” he couldn't help but ask.

 

Cagalli turned a bit red at the question. “How the hell should I know? I never actually thought about having kids and you know that. I always thought you'd be the one to have a kid first,” she said not even looking at him as she tried to calm her face down. She also couldn't help but wonder that. She wouldn't mind it if it was with Athrun.

 

`Already did!' Kira thought with a fond smile as he remembered his son. He still found it kind of strange knowing that he had a kid of his own. He loved the fact that it was with Lacus. “Who knows, maybe you already are. You are married now,” he said and laughed at the increasing blush on Cagalli's face.

 

“Oh shut up!” Cagalli yelled at him but that didn't stop his laughing. She looked around to find something to hit him with but found that there wasn't anything useful to her. “What about you? When are you going to find a good woman and settle down?” she asked as she grabbed a glass of water. She made sure to put an emphasis on the word good. She didn't want him going out with another woman like Fllay.

 

“Who's to say that I haven't already found someone?” Kira asked and laughed again when Cagalli started to cough while drinking her water. “Who knows, maybe I already have a beautiful woman who gave birth to my child,” he said wondering how Cagalli would react. He only said it because he knew she wouldn't believe it.

 

Cagalli was pretty much rolling on the floor with laughter. “You've barely been out of the house in months, how can that be when you were with Fllay before then?” she asked before a horrible thought appeared in her head. She immediately got off the ground and looked at Kira intently. “Don't tell me you had a kid with Fllay!”

 

This time it was Kira's turn to chock on the water that he was drinking. “No way! We broke up months ago and I have no intention of getting back together with her no matter how much she begs me!” he said and saw Cagalli breath a sigh of relief.

 

It was silent in the room after that before Cagalli started to laugh a bit. “Then I don't see how it is possible. Looks like I'll be the first this time as well,” she said and grew annoyed when Kira just nonchalantly shrugged his shoulders.

 

“Whatever,” Kira said knowing that what she said wouldn't be the case either way. He had a wonderful son and a beautiful girlfriend. It would only be a matter of time before the three of them would be the family that they should be.

 

*****

 

Sitting behind his home desk, Trent couldn't help but smirk at the thought of the upcoming party that Siegel Clyne was holding. He knew that it would be the perfect time to impress Siegel and all the other important businessmen in order to expand his business and make it an even bigger success than even the company Kira and Athrun owned.

 

`That is if everything is successful. That will be difficult with how much of a disobedient wench Lacus is. With an heir to the Clyne fortune, as well as my own, it will only be a matter of time before I manage to take control of that company and make my own the most powerful one in the world,' he thought smirking at the idea as he signed a few papers which were laid out in front of him.

 

`The only problem I see now is that that whore is turning my heir into a weakling. It's only a matter of time before I get rid of her and take everything she owns for myself. I just need a few more weeks and then everything will be perfect,' he thought with a laugh before setting his pen down on the polished wooden desk.

 

A knock was heard on the door and Trent opened it and walked out of the room. “There you are,” he said to the man he had keeping an eye on Lacus while he was gone. “I need to leave for a few hours. You're to keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn't try anything. You can use force if you need to,” he said and the man just nodded his head as Trent walked down the hall.

 

Trent was about to walk by a room before he came to a stop. Looking into the brightly lit room, he saw Lacus inside with Shiro. She was feeding him at that moment and it annoyed Trent that she was doing everything herself. It would be so much easier on him if she would just stand back and let the maids take care of the boy. That way she wouldn't be able to spread her meaningless sentiment onto his heir.

 

Walking into the room, he noticed that Lacus held onto his heir a little tighter a little tighter. He scowled at the sight as he approached her. “Leave that to the maids and just get away from him!” he ordered in a deep tone wanting to get her away from his heir immediately.

 

Holding Shiro as close to her as possible, Lacus tried her best to ignore the man before he but found that it wasn't working like she wished. “I am a mother. I have every right to be able to take care of my child the way I like,” Lacus said stubbornly without even looking at him.

 

Before Lacus could even react, Trent reached out and grabbed the child from her arms. “You need to understand exactly who is in charge here,” he said handing the screaming baby to one of his own personal maids.

 

“Give Shiro back to me!” Lacus yelled trying to get to her baby but Trent got in the way and was effectively keeping her from getting to the retreating maid and her son. “You know you won't be able to keep me from him for long! So give him back!” she yelled only to be slapped hard.

 

“You are in no position to make demands. You need to learn your place around here!” he said grabbing a hold of her throat cutting off any air to her lungs. He saw her claw at his arms to try and make him let go but he just laughed. He wasn't sure why he didn't just do all of this before now.

 

Feeling herself slowly slip unconscious, Lacus doubled her efforts to break free. She could feel her world starting to turn black and the last thing she remembered was hearing Eileen yelling her name as she fell to the floor.

 

*****

 

Sitting straight up in bed, Lacus breathed a sigh of relief to see that she was still alive and wasn't chocked to death. She knew that even though he hated her, he still needed her and that he also wouldn't think of killing her himself.

 

“W-where's Shiro?” she yelled looking around frantically for her son only to feel herself being pushed back down onto the bed. Looking up she saw Eileen looking at her with sympathetic eyes. “Where's my baby?!” she asked still a bit frantic.

 

“Calm down Lacus,” Eileen ordered the young mother. She was glad that Lacus had finally regained consciousness and didn't want Lacus to push herself. “He's fine, I got him back after Trent left,” she said looking towards the small crib in the corner of the room.

 

Looking in that direction as well, Lacus breathed a sigh of relief to see her son resting peacefully in the crib. The baby had calmed down around Eileen these past few weeks and the elder woman was becoming a bigger help in taking care of him.

 

“I'm so glad you are ok. I was scared when I saw him chocking you and then suddenly let your limp body fall to the ground. I was afraid that he might have killed you. If only I could've gotten there a few seconds earlier than I could've done something,” she said sounding regretful. She got to the room just as Trent released Lacus's neck so she couldn't do anything to help Lacus.

 

Ignoring Eileen's protests, Lacus sat up in her bed. She felt a little bit dizzy for a few seconds before it passed. “H-how long have I been out?” she asked before realizing just how raspy sounding her normally beautiful voice was.

 

“A few hours. You should definitely rest more though. Trent left a little while ago. So you should take this opportunity to get more sleep,” she said attempting and failing to get Lacus to lie down again.

 

“How could I have been so careless? Not only did I fail to protect my son, I also couldn't stop Trent. I thought he wouldn't try anything as long as I held onto Shiro,” Lacus as her face took on a pained expression.

 

Placing a comforting hand on Lacus's shoulders, Eileen did her best to give Lacus a comforting smile. “I doubt that there was much that you could do,” she said before embracing Lacus in a tight hug. `I just hope that your father can find something soon before any serious damage is done,' she thought with a frown.

 

After Lacus came home from the wedding, Siegel told Eileen everything that he could about the plans that Lacus, Kira, and him had come up with. Eileen was happy to hear about that but she still worried about Lacus's safety in the meantime. Trent had become a bit more vicious towards Lacus the past few weeks and that just worried Eileen even more. She feared that he might actually do something to Lacus.

 

“I wish that there was something that I could do about it though!” Lacus said as she tried to force back her tears. “While everyone is helping me, all I can do is sit around here and wait!” she said in a hushed yell.

 

“You're wrong Lacus,” Eileen said in a comforting voice as she embraced Lacus a little tighter. “You have to protect your son at all costs. You put yourself in danger everyday to ensure that he lives a safe and happy life. That's something that I'm sure Siegel and Kira would give anything to help you with,” she said taking a hold of Lacus's shoulders and lightly pushed her far enough so that she could look into her eyes.

 

`She's right,' Lacus thought looking at the light blue bed sheets. “I know. I just wish there was more I could do. I can barely protect myself from that man. How can I properly protect my son when I can't stop him from doing what he likes?” she asked growing angry at herself for failing her son in those few moments.

 

Carefully pushing Lacus until she lied down again, Eileen covered her up and stood up. “You only need to think about protecting yourself and your son at the moment. Let them do the rest of the work,” she said as she started to walk towards the door. “Now get some rest. I'm sure Kira won't want to see you at that party next week with bags under your eyes,” she joked before stepping out of the room and locking it behind her.

 

Finding that she couldn't rest right then, Lacus just stared at the ceiling while carefully listening for any sounds coming from her son's crib. Lacus couldn't help but smile at the idea of the party.

 

`I'll be able to see Kira again. Sure Trent will be there but I know that he'll be too busy sucking up to other businessmen that he won't be able to keep track of me the whole night. I'd love to be able to just go someplace quiet and hold him in my arms all night,” she thought with a fond smile of that night after the wedding where he just held her tightly to him. Words weren't needed. Just being around each other was more than enough for the two of them.

 

*****

 

Sitting up in his bed quickly, Kira found himself drenched in a sweat. His breathing was rather heavy as he looked through the dark room praying to anything that he really was in his room and that what he saw in his dreams wasn't actually real.

 

“It was just a dream. It was just a dream. Pull yourself together Kira,” he told himself while trying to get himself under control. Pushing some hair out of his face, he couldn't help but remember every little detail that he'd seen in his dream.

 

He was in an unfamiliar place. It was huge but that wasn't what caught his attention in the dream. The thing that caught his attention was that the place was covered in blood. There were no people in sight, or that was what he thought until he finally took notice of someone else who happened to be behind him.

 

Kira was scared of what he was going to find yet his legs had a mind of their own as they walked in the direction of the figure. What he saw when he reached the figure horrified him. It was Lacus. Her body was cut up and badly bruised. She appeared to be alive at the moment because he heard her sobbing something that he was unable to understand.

 

Lacus had no reaction to his presence before her. Kira kneeled down and tried to look into her tear stained eyes. This worried him even more since he knew that Lacus wasn't one to cry very easily.

 

Reaching a hand out, his eyes widened when he found that it just went straight through Lacus. `What's going on?' he asked himself as he stood up looking around the place once again as if that would give him some answers he was looking for.

 

It was then that a faceless figure appeared out of nowhere. Kira's eyes widened when he noticed the knife that was in the guy's hand. Yet he found that not only couldn't he speak, but he also couldn't move.

 

Kira wanted nothing but to try and stop this unknown figure but he still couldn't do anything. He was forced to watch as the man raised the knife over his head and brought it down on Lacus.

 

Kira was in complete horror at the scene. Not even being able to close his eyes or turn away, he was forced to watch every little detail as the man continued to slash away at Lacus. If Kira thought there was a lot of blood before, there had to be several times more with what was happening.

 

Then it all ended. The man just walked away with the blood soaked knife still in hand. Lacus's lifeless form lay crumpled on the ground. What horrified Kira more was that he could barely even recognize her. Her beautiful pink hair was dyed red from being soaked in her blood. Her face and body were horribly mangled. They were slashed up because of the knife.

 

It was then that Kira finally managed to wake up with a terrified yell. It wasn't the first time that he had these sort of dreams. He'd had them many times since the wedding. It was his worst fear playing before his eyes. This one was much worse than all the rest though. It just continued to feed his fear that something might eventually happen to Lacus should he leave her where she was.

 

Trying to push the horrible memory into the back of his head, Kira looked at the alarm clock. He saw that it was barely five in the morning. “ Not like I'm going to be getting anymore sleep,” he said to himself throwing the blanket off of him and got out of bed.

 

`Well, I'll be able to see her in a few hours and then I can put my fear that she's been seriously hurt to rest,' he thought since it was finally the day of the big party that Siegel was putting on.

 

This had been his routine for nearly a month. On nights that he had good dreams about Lacus, he'd sleep in. On nights like tonight he'd wake up too early for his liking and never be able to get back to sleep. He knew that all he needed was for Lacus to be near him again and only then would those horrible nightmares go away for a while.

 

Throwing on a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt, Kira headed out of his room and towards the kitchen. “I need some coffee,” he said to himself. He didn't really like the taste but he came to start drinking it quite a bit since Lacus left him for the first time nearly a year ago.

 

`That's right. Next month will make it a year since I first met Lacus,' he thought smiling fondly at the memory of that wonderful week spent together and blushed a little at the memory of the night they conceived their son. It was the only time that the two ever had sex and it would be something he would never forget.

 

Walking down the stairs, Kira's nose was assaulted with a smell and he was extremely confused. `Why the hell is someone here at five in the morning?' he asked himself although he had a really strong suspicion that he knew exactly who it was that was here.

 

His suspicions were confirmed when he saw that it was Fllay in the kitchen with one of her servants making putting together a breakfast. `She really doesn't know when to give up!' he thought growing a bit irritated that she was started to bug him this early in the morning. “What are you doing here at this hour of the morning?” he asked wishing that she'd just leave and give him a break.

 

Turning towards Kira, Fllay faked a look of surprise. “What are you doing up Kira? I was going to surprise you by making you some breakfast. I thought we might be able to eat it together,” she said giving him a seductive look.

 

Feeling his eye twitch a bit, Kira took a deep breathe to help calm his nerves. “Fllay I am not really in the mood to play this game with you again. What did I tell you the last time that we talked?” he asked hoping that she'd get the point and just leave.

 

“But Kira, I went to all the trouble of making you breakfast and you aren't even grateful?” she asked putting on a pout that always had Kira begging for forgiveness. “And after all the love and work I put into it,” she said looking like she was on the verge of crying.

 

“Work huh?” Kira asked in a rather monotonous tone while looking towards Fllay's servant who was the only person that was doing any sort of work. “Look, I'm really not in the mood for your games Fllay,” he said turning around to go for a long walk and hope that she was gone by the time that he got back.

 

“What games are you talking about Kira? I'm doing everything I can to show just how much I want you back. We were perfect together. I still don't see why you don't want to get back together. We were happy until you suddenly decided to leave me,” she said looking really desperate.

 

“I wasn't,” Kira said sitting down on the bottom step of his stairs to put his shoes on. Before he knew it he felt himself forced to lay against the steps with Fllay straddling his waist looking at him with an all too familiar look.

 

“Come on now Kira. Do you honestly thinking that you can find someone who can pleasure you the way I can?” she asked quickly grabbing his hands and putting them on her chest to try and prove her point.

 

Pulling his hands away rather roughly, Kira grabbed a hold of Fllay and flipped them over. He was really in no mood to be pissed off anymore today. What Fllay was doing to him now was just working on the last bit of restraint.

 

“Oh so you want to be the one in control huh?” she asked seductively as she wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned up in an attempt to kiss him. `I got you,' she thought really liking how Kira was acting right then. She thought that he finally gave in before he roughly pulled away from her.

 

“Listen! I am no longer interested Fllay! If you want to know the truth then fine! I am in love with someone else! I love her with everything I am! I love her much more than I ever loved you!” he said getting up while wiping his hands because of what she made him do.

 

Kira had been trying to be as kind about this to her as he could but was just going too far. He hoped that she would finally give up and just let him live his life in peace with the one that he truly loved.

 

Without even saying another word, Kira left the house leaving a furious Fllay just lying on his stairs. Fllay just couldn't believe what she heard. `No one has ever chosen another woman over me!' she thought furiously as she got to her feet running out after Kira but he was already gone by the time she got outside.

 

All that was left on Fllay's face was a look of pure anger. `Well then, it looks like I have to get rid of this other woman before Kira will be mine again! I'll have him begging me to take him back afterwards!' she thought knowing how much he feared being alone. She'd just have to play that to her advantage to get him back. Yelling out to her servant, she headed towards her car ready to leave to give Kira time to cool off before she made her move again.

 

*****

 

With a sigh, Eileen stood up and frowned a bit towards Lacus. “Yep, he's got a fever so it looks like he won't be able to go with you later tonight,” Eileen said to Lacus who frowned at the news that was presented to her.

 

Looking towards her son, Lacus couldn't help but feel bad. This was a chance for Kira to be with her and their son for a little while and now she couldn't bring Shiro with her because of a fever that he happened to get. “Maybe I should skip tonight and stay with Shiro,” she thought feeling her son's rather warm forehead.

 

“Do you honestly think that Trent will let you? Without his `heir' he needs to have you play the trophy wife to impress some of the people. After all the trouble of taking both of you to ORB for this huge event, I know he's not going to let you get out of it that easily,” she said and Lacus nodded her head knowing that it was the truth. “What about Kira? Are you just going to forget about seeing him?” Eileen asked making Lacus frown more. Since Trent was out for a little, the two didn't have to worry about him overhearing their conversation.

 

“Of course not! I just don't want to leave my son with these servants while he's sick. It's just the opportunity that I know that Trent will be looking for,” she said and this time Eileen nodded in acknowledgement.

 

Thinking quickly, Eileen put a big smile on her face. “Don't worry about that Lacus. I'll stay here and look after him. You deserve to go there and see Kira,” she said and Lacus looked up at her with a bright smile on her face.

 

“Do you mean it?” Lacus asked feeling relieved to know that her son would be in good hands. “But I thought you wanted to go there as well,” she continued looking down at her son who was doing his best to get some sleep.

 

“I did but I find this to be much more important. Since you can't stay even if you wanted to then I guess I'm the next best thing. So go to him and be happy,” she said and couldn't help but smile at the look of happiness that crossed Lacus's face at the idea of seeing Kira.

 

Lacus knew she shouldn't be this happy while her son was sick but she couldn't help but feel happy at the idea of seeing Kira. She knew that her son was in very good hands though so she knew that she didn't have to worry about him.

 

“Now you better go and get ready. You don't want to keep Kira waiting for long and Trent should be back shortly. We don't need to make him angrier than he usually is at the moment,” she said and Lacus nodded before starting to rush to her room to get herself ready for Kira. “By the way Lacus, better not forget to take it,” Eileen said with a hint of laughter in her voice.

 

Looking at Eileen in confusion, it took a few moments before it dawned on Lacus just what she meant. Her face turned bright red at the implication. “But… I…” she said unable to find the words she was looking for. She was just really embarrassed by what Eileen was saying.

 

Laughter came from Eileen. This just made Lacus even more confused. “I know what it is like to be in love. You two were separated for months. I bet the only thing stopping you last time was that you were still healing from giving birth,” she teased making Lacus blush an even brighter at the fact that it was true. “Better be careful or you'll give Shiro a brother or sister. You'll have no way to explain it to Trent either,” she said becoming very serious at the last part.

 

Without saying a word, Lacus walked out of the room with her face beat red. She never said it but she also had similar thoughts earlier that day. It wasn't like she meant to have sex with Kira so soon after first meeting him. Her feelings for him just made her do things that she wouldn't normally do. Not that she was complaining though. She loved every moment she had with Kira.

 

Lacus knew that she wouldn't mind if they did do it. Trent would probably be too busy to notice if she disappeared. It was her old home so she knew of many places that they could go to just be by themselves whether they do it or not and not have to worry about being found.

 

`Can I really take such a risk with Trent so close?' she asked herself since she wasn't really sure just how much time she could get with him talking to all the big businessmen. He would eventually notice that she was missing and come to look for her. She knew the answers though. She loved Kira so much that it was a risk that she was more than willing to take no matter what they did.

 

*****

 

Growling in aggravation, Kira undid his tie for what seemed to be the thousandth time. `It's never been this difficult before,' he thought but knew that the reason was because he wanted to look his best for Lacus.

 

“Yeesh! You really are hopeless Kira,” Cagalli muttered since her and Athrun came by earlier that day and had been staying there since then so that the three of them would go to the party all together. she got up and tried to help Kira with getting the stupid thing tied.

 

It wasn't very long before Cagalli was growling in annoyance. `I forgot! I suck at tying them as well!' she thought before turning around. “What am I, you're maid? Do it yourself!” she growled refusing to admit that she wasn't able to get it right either.

 

Kira saw right through Cagalli's act. “You can't do it either, can you?” he asked finding it funny how she grew annoyed at his teasing. Instead of waiting for an answer, Kira just turned around and started to toy with the thing that was starting to become the bane of his existence.

 

Sighing in annoyance at the twins antics, Athrun stood up. “Look, it doesn't need to be absolutely perfect Kira. Just tie it the best you can so that we can get going or we'll never get there tonight,” he said wondering what was up with his friend. Kira never had this much trouble with a tie before then.

 

`Easy for you to say,' Kira thought but just did the best he could so that they could get there. The faster he could get there, the more time he would be able to be with Lacus. “Well then, let's go,” he said putting on a bright smile as he started to walk towards the door.

 

Both Athrun and Cagalli looked at Kira as if he'd grown a second head. They just knew that something was up because this was rather odd behavior for the young man that the two of them have known for years. The Kira they knew didn't make such a fuss about the way he was dressed or looked so delighted to go to one of these business parties. As far as they were aware, he was always bored out of his mind at them and always wanted to just not go or leave as soon as he could.

 

Looking at each other, they both saw the same confusion in each other's eyes. “That was weird,” they said at the same time before laughing. The two of them then walked out of the room after Kira.

 

By the time that they got into the limo, Cagalli was back to her grouchy self. She was able to forget about the fact that she was wearing a dress with how funny her brother had been acting the entire day.

 

While Kira and Athrun were wearing nice formal suits, Cagalli was wearing a light green dress. The dress went all the way down to her feet. It was modest in the chest area and didn't have any sleeves. It was just held up by some fabric that went around her neck.

 

Looking towards his sister, Kira couldn't help but laugh. “No need to look so angry Cagalli. There's nothing wrong with actually looking like a girl once in a while,” he said with a laugh before ducking under a punch that she threw his way before being restrained by Athrun.

 

Doing her best to calm down, Cagalli looked at Kira and finally asked the question that had been on both her and Athrun's minds. “Why the hell are you so happy exactly? I thought that you hated going to these things just as much as I do!” she said staring at him with a gaze that made Kira think she was trying to see into his mind.

 

Shrugging his shoulders was the only thing that Kira could think of doing. He was going to be spending the next few hours with Lacus and he didn't want his sister to know and get on his back about it. Cagalli sometimes didn't know when to shut up and with Trent being around it was important that she didn't know.

 

Knowing that he once again wasn't going to answer her question like always, Cagalli grunted and crossed her hands over her chest as the limo pulled up to a huge mansion. Cagalli couldn't help but gap at the size of the place. She was even more amazed by the size of the yard. It seemed to stretch along endlessly from the main gate to the mansion.

 

Though Lacus never lived there, Siegel happened to live in ORB for several years. He moved there shortly after Lacus left for college and has lived there alone ever since then. When Lacus visited, he was away on business so she never got the chance to see her father then.

 

The limo came to a stop and the driver got out and opened the door for the occupants. The three stepped out of the limo and into the chilly night air. Kira was the last one to step out of the limo. He looked at the big mansion and wondered if Lacus was already there.

 

“You wouldn't think that someone living alone would have such a large and luxurious mansion,” Cagalli said causing the other two to nod their heads. All were amazed at the size even if two of them had been there before.

 

The three of them walked up to the front door which was opened allowing the three of them to come in. They immediately took notice of how elegant than inside of the house was as well. It was definitely something to be expected from one of the richest families in the world but still awing even with the knowledge.

 

ORB was a very prosperous country. So it was only natural to make it the choice area for businesses. Many of the biggest names from ORB were there as well as many more people from all around the world. People whose paychecks were probably more than normal people would see in their entire life.

 

This party Siegel was putting on wasn't for Kira and Lacus. He'd been planning this event for months before he found out about his daughter's relationship with Kira. This party was a chance for Siegel to expand his influence. He just realized that it could also be a chance for Kira and Lacus to spend a few hours together. So he tried to make a few arrangements to the party to let that happen.

 

“Kinda makes you feel nervous with all these big shots here,” Athrun said and the twins nodded in agreement when they saw people whose businesses were far older and much more successful than their own.

 

Looking around the room, Kira searched for any signs that Lacus was there. He could only groan when he didn't see any sign of her or their child. He couldn't help but brighten up a bit when he saw Siegel though. `Maybe he knows where Lacus is!' Kira thought smiling brightly.

 

The three of them walked towards Siegel to say hello. It wasn't until they were right next to him that Siegel finally noticed that they were here. “Hello there you three,” he said giving the three of them a friendly smile.

 

Athrun immediately stepped forward and shook hands with Siegel. “This place is as impressive as ever. You sure did an excellent job setting it up,” he said which just got him a nod in return.

 

The four of them talked for a little bit before Athrun and Cagalli walked off to have a chat with a few other familiar faces. This left Siegel and Kira alone. “So is she here?” Kira asked in a hushed voice so that no one would be able to overhear what he was saying.

 

It was silent for a few seconds as Siegel looked around the room. “Not yet. Unfortunately Shiro has a bit of a fever so she's not going to be able to bring him along. She'll be here though. I doubt Trent will let her out of it,” Siegel said when he was sure that no one was listening in on their conversation.

 

Kira knew that it meant that he wouldn't be seeing his son that night. He had to admit that he was really disappointed at this fact. `I haven't seen him in a month and now it's going to be even longer than that,' he thought with an annoyed sigh. `At least I'll still be able to see Lacus.'

 

“Don't worry too much about it Kira,” Siegel said and Kira slowly nodded his head. “A woman close to our family is looking after him. She's the woman that pretty much raised Lacus as her own when Lacus's mother died. He'll be in safe hands as long as she's there,” he said with a small smile.

 

Hearing that definitely made Kira feel a lot better about the safety of his son. `She helped raise Lacus. I know I'd be able to trust my son with someone who raised such a wonderful woman,' he thought and released a sigh of relief. “That's good to hear,” he muttered with a smile.

 

“There is a bit of a problem that I forgot to mention Kira,” he said since he only remembered it earlier that day when the guests started to arrive. He took a deep breathe and got ready to tell him what was going on. “George Allster and his daughter Fllay are here.”

 

A grimace spread across Kira's face at the mention of his ex-girlfriend. He knew he should've expected to see the two of them. Her father was very rich and was well known for trying to flaunt his money around. His company was in close contact with Kira's and Athrun's. That was the reason he met and started to go out with Fllay in the first place.

 

The incident earlier that day was still fresh on his mind and he really didn't feel like dealing with her right then. He knew that she would eventually find him though. `How will I be able to avoid her enough to find Lacus?' he asked himself as several different scenario's went through he head but he felt like most of those would probably be useless.

 

“I'm sorry to have to put this on you Kira. I forgot that they were going to be coming. They were invited several months ago before I had any idea what was going on between you and Lacus,” he said giving Kira a sympathetic look since he knew how Fllay had been doing everything to get Kira back since he first broke up with her.

 

“It's not your fault. You did what you felt was needed at the time. How were you supposed to know that all of this was going to happen?” Kira asked not expecting an answer. “I guess I'll just have to avoid her the rest of the night,” he continued with a sigh of annoyance knowing that this would be one crazy night.

 

Looking around the room, Kira couldn't help but fear that any second she would suddenly appear to cause him problems like she had been for several months. `I just don't get why it is that she isn't giving up. I've made it clear to her many times that I'm no longer interested in her,' he thought before turning back to Siegel when he didn't see any sign of the red haired woman.

 

Turning his head, Siegel couldn't help but let a smile cross his face. “Looks like she's here,” he told Kira making the younger man turn his head towards the doors. It was just in time to see the young pink haired woman come walking through the door with Trent walking right next to her.

 

Kira was angered to see that woman he loved in the arms of his worst enemy. He was glad to see that Lacus didn't like it just as much as him. Kira tried to ignore it as he focused on Lacus. He knew it would be hard to get with her with her husband and Fllay being there. `This is going to be one crazy night.'