Gundam SEED Fan Fiction / Gundam Seed Destiny Fan Fiction ❯ Undying Love ❯ the meeting ( Chapter 1 )

His life was perfect; at least that was what everyone said. He was filthy rich being the son of Ulen Hibiki, he had a very wealthy woman for a fiancé, and he got just about everything he could've ever wanted in his life. `So why am I so miserable?' Kira asked himself as he laid himself as he laid upon his bed contemplating his life.

 

As far as Kira was concerned, he hated his life. Being given everything wasn't all that it was cracked up to be. He hated his father, he hated his money, he hated just about everything. In his twenty two years of life he never wanted any of it.

 

His father was one of the most demanding men that Kira had ever encountered. Since his birth, Ulen had been carefully grooming Kira into his successor. As a result Kira was never given any options in his life.

 

Kira eventually started to feel a bit of resentment towards his father. This became so much that Kira even changed his name so that he would stop being associated with that man in public. Instead of being Kira Hibiki, he took on his mother maiden name of Yamato.

 

His mother and sister were the only members of his family that Kira actually liked. Sure, he and his twin sister Cagalli argued a lot but otherwise they were really close and always seemed to know when there was something wrong with the other. She always seemed to disappear at a whim and Kira never had any idea where she went to in those times. His father didn't care though. He was always putting his focus on turning Kira into what he wanted him to be.

 

His mother Via Hibiki was the gentlest woman that Kira had ever met. For the first few years of his life she was always there to protect him. Sadly she died when Kira was eight. She was the whole reason Kira was the way that he is today though and not the way that his father had envisioned him to be.

 

He was even told who he could and couldn't be friends with and was forced to obey. Athrun Zala was his best friend. Kira was actually glad that he had Athrun around. The guy was very level headed and always gave help to Kira when it was needed. This friendship was really only allowed though because Athrun was the son of Patrick Zala who also happened to be very rich.

 

Kira had very few other friends and a majority of them really only were around him for his money. He only had like two or three other real friends and he really hated that fact. `The saying is true, money can't buy you friends,' he thought bitterly as he sat up and finally got off the bed.

 

The sound of his cell phone ringing caught his ears. He looked at it and realized that it was his fiancée Fllay Allster. He scowled a bit at this. His father had arranged the marriage years ago and Kira found himself being forced to go through with it. The truth was that he didn't like Fllay all that much. He found her to be a bit of a stuck up bitch who was too obsessed with her appearance.

 

Choosing to ignore his cell phone, Kira turned it off. He then heard the sound of a horn honking in front of his house and sighed. `There they are,' he thought grabbing his coat before he walked out the door. His real friends had decided for his last night of freedom that they would all go out. Kira had yet to figure out just where it was that they were planning to take him.

 

*****

 

Looking in a mirror, a pink haired woman sighed sadly as her dim expressionless eyes looked herself over body. Everyone always told her just how beautiful she was but as far as she was concerned, whether it was true or not, was that it caused her nothing but trouble since the day she was born.

 

Lacus Matthews was a young woman who from a very young age was groomed for a profession that she absolutely despised, a stripper. She wasn't very cooperative but she was never given a choice. It made her skin crawl at the idea that every once in a while she was forced to show her body to men who only looked at her with lustful eyes.

 

Her father Aaron Matthews owned a popular strip joint and had trained Lacus for years so that she would be ready to work in it when she was old enough. He didn't care that she hated the job; she was just a means to make him money.

 

Probably Lacus's only relief about the situation was that she wasn't the type who had to constantly perform. She was the type who her father saved so that she'd only have to perform for those who were willing to pay enough money to have her privately. It was also for those who had enough money for her meaning they had to be rich. It wasn't much of a relief but to her it at least meant that she didn't have to do what she hated most every day.

 

On the days that she didn't have to work she was placed behind the bar. Doing that alone also brought a lot of guys in if only to have them be able to look at her as they bought more and more alcohol.

 

One more relief for her was that her coworkers were at least nice to her. Everyone but her father actually cared for Lacus's well being and saw that she was miserable with her job. Unfortunately they couldn't do anything to help her for fear that they would be hurt by their boss since he had such a short attitude.

 

Yet as the years went by things continued to get worse for the poor woman. Her father seemed to be coming up with more new ways to use her to make money and that continually scared Lacus. She was afraid that he would one day sell her body for a hefty sum of money.

 

If there was one thing that Lacus always dreamed about it was the idea that someday she would find a man that she could love and that he would be able to take her out of this place. She did everything she could to save herself for that one person even if she had a vague idea that it was possible that the man would never come. She was afraid that her father would sell her to a man for sex and that her dream would be worthless then.

 

`If that man is out there, then please come and save me. I don't think I can take working here much longer. I want to leave, I want to be free,' she thought trying to keep a strong face despite how much she was screaming on the inside.

 

Lacus then hardened herself for tonight. As much as she hated it she was given another job. Normally she would do whatever she could to get out of it but there was nothing that she could do this time. `Please let this night end as quickly and as painfully as possible,' she thought shivering at the thought of who it would be this time.

 

*****

 

The place that Kira had been dragged to was a strip joint from what Kira could tell as the five of them pulled up in front of the place. The place seemed to make no effort to hide itself from the public.

 

Stepping out of the car, Kira just stood there before Dearka came up behind him and kept pushing him until he was through the front door. The bouncer only looked at the five of them for a second before realizing who they were exactly. Then they just went right back to what they were doing before.

 

The room they walked into was dimly lit in most places since most of the lights were focused upon the stage where there was currently a woman performing at that exact moment. The rest of the room was filled with tables and chairs which were already almost completely packed with guys who were getting drunk or were already drunk but all were pretty rowdy either way.

 

As his friends led him to some tables in the front of the room, Kira looked around but immediately his eyes fell upon a woman that was working at a bar. To say that she was beautiful was an understatement. Yet almost as soon as he saw her an older man approached and said some things before she walked away from the bar and through a door off to the side. It was at this time that his friends came to a stop at a table and the five of them took a seat. They just sat there and watched the current performer as she did her show and then walked off the stage.

 

It was a night that all of his good friends had planned for him, although most of the planning was done by Athrun since he was Kira's best man. Though Kira had tried with every fiber of his being to avoid coming he was literally forced to go by any means necessary. Kira, Athrun, Dearka, Yzak, and Nicol were seated near the front stage right next to the bar. The seats they had gotten were one of the best in the entire strip joint since they were right in front of the stage.

 

“…This is so wrong” Kira said quietly looking away from the stage. Kira had always been a well respected person, he had never done anything that made people think badly of him it was just the way he had always been. Well, it was more like he had no other choice. Since the day Kira had entered school he had been busy doing everything his father had asked of him. Yet he always tried to be the kind person that his mother had always wanted to be before she died. “I can't believe I got pulled into this mess…”

 

Nicol was in the same situation as Kira. He was also not the type of person that would come to a strip joint, but he came because it was for Kira even though Kira didn't really want to come. Dearka on the other hand was really enjoying it, it had been too long since he last been here. Dearka had remembered that this specific strip joint had a supper hot, super sexy stripper but it's clearly stated that she's extremely expensive and very over priced. You can't judge her appearance because she doesn't advertise herself like the other strippers since she doesn't perform normally.

 

While Kira had his head down in embarrassment, Yzak had spoken silently so that Athrun could hear him. The loud music helped Yzak speak without Kira hearing a word of what they were saying. “…So what time did you and Dearka book his appointment?” Yzak asked.

 

Athrun turned his head to face Yzak. “It's at 11:00, so we got about 1 minute to grab Kira and force him into the room, Dearka knows exactly which door number it is so just follow his lead,” Athrun said back. Once Yzak had gotten his answer he went over to Nicol and told him about their plans.

 

After a bit the waitress stripper had come over and was ready to take everyone's orders. The waitress froze when she saw Kira's eyes glance at her. Right off the bat she had blushed like crazy which wasn't normal for her. `He's pretty hot; he must be the one that Lacus has an appointment with… what a lucky girl,' she thought with a frown as some of the guys examined her outfit. The waitresses all wore an extremely short black skirt with a comfortable tank top that showed a lot of cleavage.

 

“…Well, well, well. What do we have hear? You're a very cute waitress. Can I get you're name?” Dearka said, making the red head blush at his complement. She tried hard not to blush and speak with confidence, but every time she tried she would see the brunette with violet eyes and it made her heart skip a couple beats. Something about his presence gave her a very warm feeling.

 

“…Meyrin,” the red head answered giving a bright smile. “Which one of you is Kira?” Meyrin asked, looking at each of them. She assumed it was the brunette since he looked like he was the most uncomfortable. Everyone immediately pointed to Kira. Kira of course was quite shocked at how she knew his name. “If you'll come right this way you're room is ready,” she said looking at him flirtatiously.

 

Kira looked at her in confusion wondering what she meant but found out a second later when Dearka screamed, “Now!” which signaled the four of them to grab Kira. Meyrin looked at them in shock at first but shrugged it off, something like this happens every now and then. Kira tried to fight back but he knew it was all useless, Kira was being completely over powered by his friends. He had a feeling they would try something like this. “Nicol grab his arm tighter, he'll escape if we don't all work together!” Dearka instructed causing Kira to wonder just what they were up to.

 

Meyrin arrived at the door to the very VIP room, Meyrin opened it and Kira was tossed by all four of his close friends into the room. “Kira, relax. I'm sure you'll enjoy it more then anything. You have an hour or two to be with her, I've spent a lot of money on this so you better enjoy it!” Athrun commented as the door was slammed shut. Kira ran to the door but his friends had dead bolted it with their strength. Meyrin just laughed of how Kira's friends had treated him.

 

After turning around Kira observed the room. It was dark; the only light there was the famous black lights of a strip joint. The light shinning on Kira made his white shirt glow. Kira noticed the temperature change and immediately took off his coat and placed it on the couch in the middle of the room. `I can't believe they did this to me, I mean they know I'm not the type of guy that likes this kind of stuff. So why did they have to put me though all this?' Kira thought as he reluctantly took a seat and just waited. He hoped that since the room was empty the stripper might have just forgotten, but just then another door that he didn't notice opened.

 

Turning around, Kira was left speechless when he noticed that it was the girl that he'd seen at the bar earlier. This time he managed to get a much better look at the beauty before him. She was medium height with long wavy pink hair. He looked into her downcast eyes and saw baby blue eyes yet he couldn't help but notice how sad they looked.

 

Then suddenly the woman before him looked at him with a big smile on her face. Yet something about it seemed off to Kira. “Greetings Mr. Yamato. My name is Lacus and I'm here to give you a private performance tonight,” she said in a way that somehow seemed rehearsed.

 

`So her name is as beautiful as she is,' Kira thought as he looked her over. Her body was covered by a silky purple robe so he couldn't tell much about her figure but he had a feeling that he'd end up seeing it shortly. Yet he could tell that she must've had a great figure to go with her beautiful face and gentle voice.

 

Kira suddenly started to feel a bit excited and nervous but that all changed when he looked into Lacus's eyes and saw nothing but sadness and regret deep within them. Even as she started to dance, even as she stripped off her robe leaving her in nothing but a sexy lingerie, Kira could only keep looking into her eyes.

 

`Please let him be satisfied quickly so I can leave quickly,' Lacus pleaded but tried to keep up her façade as she seductively danced around Kira. There was something weird though. All the other times in which she had been forced to do this she always felt weird with the way that those guys would look at her body. Yet she could tell that Kira wasn't looking at her in that way. It was more like he was looking into her eyes, or even into her soul.

 

Something in Kira knew that he couldn't let this continue. It was a pain in his heart that he kept feeling every time that he kept looking into her haunting eyes. “Please stop,” he said which he knew shocked the woman before him as she stopped her dance and stared at him. “You don't have to do this if you don't want to,” Kira said as he stood up grabbing his coat before throwing it over her shoulders to cover her up.

 

Lacus was rather shocked with what he was doing. Most of the guys she was forced to perform for could only complain when it was time to stop. Yet here was a man who was telling her to stop when she hadn't even gotten started yet. “I-I don't know what you mean Mr. Yamato. This is my job. So you should just enjoy yourself,” she said knowing her father would get angry if he didn't get his money and that was something that she didn't want to happen.

 

“Can we please… maybe just talk or something? To tell the truth I didn't want to do this. I can tell that you're the same way. You obviously don't want to have to strip for a guy you don't know. Your smile says one thing but your eyes obviously say something completely different,” Kira said as he took a seat again and leaned back on the couch and stared up at the ceiling for a while.

 

Lacus found herself blushing a bit at her words. `How did he know? No one's ever seen that about me before unless I told them myself,' she thought wondering why he was doing this. Most guys begged her to perform for them and he was asking her not to and instead wanted to just talk. “Um… I guess so,” Lacus said feeling weird about just talking with someone but very relieved at the same time.

 

“Thank you,” Kira whispered smiling towards her as she took a seat across from him on a different seat. “You have a very beautiful smile, I can tell that it would be even more beautiful if you were actually happy,” he said and smiled at the blush that he saw cross her face.

 

“T-thank you,” Lacus said feeling really flattered. People have told her that she had a beautiful smile before but no one had ever bothered to look beyond that and see the pain that she felt behind it. “Why did you… want me to stop?” she asked trying to find the real reason behind it.

 

“Because you're unhappy and I didn't like that. If you didn't want to do that then you shouldn't be forced to. My friends chose this for me without telling me just because I'm getting married. You had to force yourself to do this just because my friends thought I might like it,” he said looking at her sadly.

 

“I-I see,” she said feeling her heart pounding in her chest. She didn't understand what was going on; she had never felt like this before. `He's so different from the guys that I'm used to hanging around,' she thought as she blushed a little. “Congratulations. I'm sure you and your wife will be happy together. She's a lucky woman,” Lacus said with a smile.

 

“We won't be,” he said which stunned Lacus again. “Tell me something Miss. Lacus. Why is it that you chose this kind of profession? Is it for yourself or is it for someone else?” he asked though he had a good feeling that he already knew what the answer would be.

 

“It's for… my father,” Lacus said and saw Kira look at her questioningly. “My mother died giving birth to me and he was the only one that raised me and not in a way that I like. He taught me to dance this way when I was young and forced me to start working here when I was old enough. I was never even given a choice. I can't choose how I want my life to be like,” Lacus said wondering how it went from discussions of his marriage to this.

 

“I guess you and I are more alike than I thought. I have been engaged twice in my life apparently. Both times were before I even had the ability to speak. One was before I was even born. My father dictates my life. Who I should marry, what school I should go to, what I should learn, even who I'm allowed to be friends with. When one thing fails he just moves right on to the next ensuring that he would benefit from how I live my life without once considering that I may not want this,” Kira explained with a cold emotionless laugh.

 

Lacus couldn't believe that there was someone who actually understood the type of things that she went through. “So you don't want to get married to this woman?” she found herself asking.

 

“No. At one time I actually thought I might like her but then found out about the true her. She's not the type of woman to marry and she's not the type of woman I want to marry. Yet in a few days I'll be bound to her by law without once being able to try and find someone I can actually love,” Kira said spilling his heart somehow glad that he had someone outside the normal people in his life to listen to his pain.

 

Just hearing of his pains made Lacus realize all the things that she was forced to miss out on as well. She went to school as was expected of her but she was never able to have any friends because of her father. She was not allowed to date because her father said it would ruin his plans for money. He even planned to sell off her first time to someone who was willing to pay the outrageous amount that he actually had in mind. It was worse for Lacus since there were people that were actually interested. It scared her that her father might actually agree one of these days.

 

“Have you… ever just wanted to run away? Go to someplace far away, away from everyone you know and just start your own life?” Kira asked about the idea that he had so many times in the past but had never been able to act out on. He knew he would never be able to make it far before his father found him and dragged him back.

 

“All the time,” Lacus murmured sadly as she looked down at her lap while pulling the coat a little tighter around her. “I don't want this life. All I can do is wait for the day that someone will come and save me. All I want is to be free,” she said before feeling Kira place his hand gently over hers. This caused her to blush a deep red as she looked up and stared into his amethyst eyes.

 

“I'm sure you will,” he said giving her a gentle smile that showed not even the least bit of deceit behind it. “You have hope unlike me. Once I get married to Fllay then that's the end of my freedom. I have no power to fight against my father's wishes for me to marry Fllay. He'll go to any lengths to make sure that the wedding goes on as planned and nothing that I do can seem to stop him,” Kira said staring sadly at the floor.

 

Lacus really felt her heart go out to Kira right then. “I hope that you'll find some happiness as well. Who knows, maybe you'll find that you'll actually be happy in your marriage,” she said giving him a smile as her gave her another one back. The two of them just seemed to talk about anything they could for the next hour.

 

Suddenly Lacus saw Kira stand up and walk over to the door to find that it was finally unlocked. “A-are you leaving Mr. Yamato?” she asked feeling a dread over the fact that she might not see him again.

 

“Please just call me Kira… Lacus,” he said and saw her blush but happily nod her head in agreement. “My time's up so I guess I have no choice. Thanks for listening to me though. It was nice having someone new to talk to about this,” he said as he prepared to open the door completely and leave.

 

“Um… wait!” she called out to him making him stop and turn towards her. She was blushing and looking nervous about something. “I want… to talk to you more. Do you think maybe we can meet someplace later?” she asked knowing it was a bad idea with her father and the fact that he was getting married but she felt this close connection with Kira. It was something she hadn't felt before and she wanted to figure out just what it was. Until then she didn't want to let this end quite yet.

 

Kira was rather shocked with what she was asking him. Yet he found himself nodding quickly kinda glad that she asked. He knew going out with a stripper of all people wouldn't be very proper for someone of his status. Yet he knew that beyond that Lacus had a heart of gold so it wasn't something that he minded doing even if it might cause problems for them later. “Um… sure,” he said feeling a bit flustered which confused him since he hardly knew this woman before him.

 

Lacus felt a happiness she hadn't felt before when he said those words. “I need to go home for a little but there's this café a few blocks from here. It's open all night so can you meet me there?” she asked a bit nervously since this would be the first time that she ever went out alone with a guy. She was disappointed since he was getting married but somehow elated that he didn't want to marry the woman.

 

What Lacus didn't tell Kira was that she'd first have to escape her escort before she'd be allowed to go and see him. Her father was afraid that she'd do something and lose his greatest bargaining chip for money. So he made the decision to have one of his bouncers follow her around whenever she was out of the club.

 

“Sure,” Kira said with a slight blush crossing his face. Then Lacus wrote down the directions on a piece of paper. He then stuffed it in his pocket and turned towards the door once again. “I guess… I'll see you later,” he said grabbing the coat she was handing back. Just as Kira was about to leave Lacus grabbed hold of Kira's arm.

 

Kira turned his head only to find himself blushing madly at how close her face was to his. Lacus moved in closer and left a very sweet, yet gentle kiss on his cheek. Kira felt his heart racing a mile per second; he couldn't seem to understand why this girl was making him feel this way but it would only seem natural since Kira had never fallen in love before. “…Thank you,” she whispered, “I'll be there.” With that, Kira silently walked out of the room and shut the door gently behind him.

 

Once the door was close Kira leaned his back against it. Kira placed his left hand over his heart and clenched his shirt tightly; his heart seemed to be racing faster and faster. `What's with me, I've never felt this way before…' Kira stood there for a minute or so before he decided to walk back towards the table where his friends were seated.

 

“So how'd it go?” Dearka asked him with a grin which made Kira blush a bit which was all that Dearka needed. “What a lucky guy you are. That girl you got is freaking hot and very expensive to get. I always wanted to try her but I would never be allowed to be given that much money for just a stripper. I had to get Athrun to help me arrange your surprise,” he said with a laugh as he drank down the beer that was in front of him.

 

“Whatever,” Kira said as he took his seat. He didn't watch the performers or drink the beer that was placed in front of him. All he could think about was the woman he had just talked to and how they had plans to see one another later. `Lacus, what is it that's so different about her?' he thought as he just closed his eyes and relaxed hoping that they would leave soon so he could go meet with Lacus.

 

*****

 

Lacus wrapped the robe around her body once again and walked through the back door and was immediately confronted by her father and bodyguard, though it seemed more like babysitter, by the name of Andrew Waltfeld. He was a decent and funny guy. Lacus actually saw him as being closer to a father than the man who raised her.

 

“Well how did it go?” her father asked her as he looked down on her with cold unfeeling eyes. He knew how much she hated it yet he didn't care. As long as he was making money off her he would continue to use her.

 

“Just fine,” Lacus said in a way as to not let on that they had just talked. He would get ideas and that wasn't something that she needed right then. “Look, I'm not feeling too well right now so I'm going to get changed and go home since my job is done,” Lacus said as she walked into the dressing room and came out fully dressed a few minutes later. “Let's go Mr. Waltfeld,” she said and he nodded as they walked out the door and made the trek back to her place.

 

The walk back was slow and quiet, but somehow for the first time Andrew had noticed a glow on Lacus' face, it wasn't something that he would normally find Lacus doing especially right after giving a lap dance for a full hour. “Is there something on your mind Lacus? I haven't ever seen you look so happy in all the years that I have looked after you,” Andrew said trying to figure out the mystery on his own.

 

“…It's nothing really… well” Lacus was hesitant to ask but she felt like she had to talk to someone about this so she asked Andrew a question about a certain someone. If there was one person she trusted with all of her heart it was definitely Andrew. “…You're a smart guy, what have you heard of Kira Yamato?”

 

Andrew looked at Lacus for a second then looked up into the night skies. Information had been his things and it just so happened that he had quite a lot of info on Kira Yamato. “Kira Yamato, he was named Kira Hibiki before but had it changed to his mother's maiden name to distance himself from his father. There are a lot of people that know the truth and there are a lot of people that don't know anything. After all, no one knows what he really looks like. Besides that what I've heard about him were nothing but good things. He's known for his high IQ, he's graduated from high school and university with the highest scores in his class' and he's inheriting his fathers business once that's done from what I heard.” Andrew raised his head trying to gather more info from what he remembered about Kira Yamato, “also heard he's really athletic, good natured too. This is only what I've heard about him, I can't really say much more because I don't personally know him. Was there a reason why you asked about him?” Andrew looked over at Lacus trying to understand how Kira came into her mind.

 

Lacus didn't say much more, but for some reason she felt her heart begin to race. “I see,” she whispered. Lacus had asked Kira to meet her near her house but she had no idea how it was going to work out since she was pretty much being watched twenty-four-seven. But given her relationship with Andrew she felt as though he would help her meet Kira. “…Could you do me this one favor?” she asked.

 

Andrew took a few steps and just suddenly stopped. He looked over at Lacus and wondered what exactly was going through her mind. Lacus had never once asked Andrew for a favor and now out of nowhere she wants something from him? “Sure, anything,” he replied.

 

“…I… ahh, sorry never mind” Lacus stopped herself before she put Andrew in a position that risked his job. Lacus could never put someone in that position, it just wasn't her. Lacus just shook it off like nothing. Andrew looked at her but it was only natural that Lacus would keep herself bottled up inside, she never opened herself up before and there was no reason for her to start now. If Lacus wanted to meet Kira she would have to take matters into her own hands. There was nothing but silence now, there was nothing else left to say. Andrew could see that Lacus looked nervous about something but he couldn't figure out what it was.

 

“You're father isn't coming home tonight. He's spending the night in a hotel with some woman but you're not supposed to know that.” Andrew didn't know why he said that, maybe he felt compelled to fill the silence, whatever it was it seemed to make Lacus feel more at ease. Andrew knew how much she disliked her father.

 

Lacus continued to walk ahead. They reached the front door, unlocked it and entered her house. `During the dance, he realized how uncomfortable I was and made me stop. No one has ever done that, they've always pushed me to act more erotically, and he's not like those other guys. All he wanted to do for an hour was just talk. I've never met anyone like him, I want to see him.' Lacus just smiled to herself as she headed upstairs straight to her room. She couldn't wait, but all she had to do now was figure out a way to sneak out without Andrew noticing anything.

 

*****

 

It didn't take long for Kira and his friends to finally call it a night but Kira had said he had a lot of things to do before he got married. After Kira had been dropped off he quickly got changed and left to meet Lacus. Kira didn't know why but he felt really nervous for some reason.

 

Kira walked outside to his car. Just as he was about to enter his car he got a phone call. Kira took one look at his cell and saw that it was a call coming from Flay Alstar. Kira just ignored the call and entered his vehicle and took off.

 

After about 20 minutes of driving Kira reached the place Lacus talked about. He would have never thought that it would've been so simple to find. Kira walked in, it was kind of fancy looking. Kira looked around and there wasn't any sign of Lacus, so he just got a table for 2 and waited patiently for the pink haired beauty.

 

*****

 

Lacus was already dressed beautifully. She wore a nice long white sundress, it went down just below her thighs, and it went up to underneath her shoulders leaving her shoulders exposed. She then slipped a long black jacket on that went down just below her back. She slipped on a pair of white high heeled sandals. Lacus sprayed some perfume on her and began to move out of the house silently.

 

Lacus slowly progressed her way downstairs but once she saw Andrew she began to panic. His face was directly facing her direction but luckily for Lacus, Andrew was sound a sleep and snoring pretty loudly. Lacus had known Andrew long enough to understand that once he's asleep it's nearly impossible to awake him without giving him a strong shake. His snoring was getting louder and louder. Even though Lacus was sure he wouldn't awaken she did her best to be as silent as possible. It didn't take long till Lacus was safely out the door. She gently shut it behind her and began to walk to where she had asked Kira to meet with her.

 

Lacus was already late but she was really afraid to leave. But she wanted to meet with Kira more then anything else right now. `I can't believe I'm doing this… I've never tried to do such a thing like this before…'

 

As Lacus began to walk along the side walks she noticed that a lot of other men were starring at her. She felt a little scared, she had never walking by herself before now that she's alone she's beginning to realize that maybe it wasn't such a good idea. I mean the area she lived in wasn't exactly heaven, bad things happen all the time.

 

After about 10 minutes of walking, Lacus finally arrived at the Café. She was beginning to feel a little nervous at first, but she walked in ignoring any hesitation. As Lacus entered the café she could see almost everyone starring at her. After all Lacus was an insanely gorgeous woman it would be only natural for other men to look at her.

 

Once Kira saw who walked through the door his heart latterly began to race like crazy. Last time he saw her it was in a very darkened area, this time he could see the full effect of her beautiful body. His arms felt weak and his legs were going numb, for the first time in his life Kira had discovered what it was like to actually have strong feelings for a woman. `…There's no way… I mean I don't even know anything about her…'

 

While seeing Lacus in nothing but lingerie earlier made her look both sexy and beautiful, he couldn't help but think she looked better in what she was wearing now. While her new outfit wasn't quite as sexy as what she wore earlier, it seemed to give her a bit more of an innocent look and that was something that fit Lacus better.

 

Lacus looked at Kira and a light blush immediately crossed her face. She couldn't help think how handsome he looked in the clothes he must've just changed into. Kira was wearing a pair of jeans as well as a white button up shirt. A few of the top buttons were undone exposing a bit of his chest to her. “Um… hello,” she said nervously as she walked up to the table and came to a stop next to Kira.

 

“H-hello,” Kira said though his voice came out a little choked. “Y-you look very beautiful,” he muttered which earned him a small blush from Lacus. “Please, have a seat,” he said standing up before walking around the table. He then pulled Lacus's chair out for her and pushed it back in when she sat down.

 

“You're quite the gentleman,” she said with a smile as she watched him walk back to his seat. After he sat down a waiter came up to their table and gave them the menus. “Thank you,” Lacus told the waiter who nodded before he turned and walked back to the counter. This left the two of them alone. They both looked at each other and smiled as their date began.