I Love Everything About You Chapter 1
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Nicol thinks about Amarante when he infiltrates an Earth Forces base

It's so beautiful here, Amarante would have loved to be here. I wish we had more time to spend together, Nicol thought as his pace slowed to a stop.

"Are you chickening out? If you are, all cowards should return to the ship," Yzak smartly remarked. Nicol quickly caught up with Yzak and the others. He was day-dreaming of her constantly partially driving him insane.

"Nicol and I will take the west half of the base so Dearka and Yzak take the East side," Athrun ordered. Yzak and Dearka walked away from Nicol and Athrun who walked in the opposite direction.

I wonder what Amarante's up to. I wonder if she's on Earth. I hope she hasn't been in a lot of battles, if she has I hope she's not hurt, Nicol thought before he hit the pole in front of him.

"Are you alright Nicol?" Athrun asked helping him up.

"I'm fine," Nicol answered rubbing the sore area on his head.

"What's with you lately? You've been distracted constantly," Athrun worried.

"I'm sorry Sir, I'll work on it sir," Nicol said formally. Amarante would have laughed at me if she saw this, Nicol thought blocking out what Athrun was saying.

"Like right now Nicol. Is something bothering you?" Athrun asked when Nicol came back to Earth.

"I've been thinking about Amarante a lot lately. I miss her so much," Nicol sighed. He looked up to the sky hoping to be given a sign of good luck.

"You miss her that much?" Athrun asked pushing Nicol out of the way from hitting another pole.

"Yes, is it that surprising?" Nicol said with a sickening feeling.

Athrun laughed, "It is that surprising. I've never seen you so love sick." Athrun was trying to make Nicol laugh but that didn't work.

"I miss her smile, the way she'd laugh or giggle if I said something stupid, I miss the way she'd make fun of Yzak or Dearka making us all laugh," Nicol said softly.

"I'm sorry that you feel that way," Athrun said patting Nicol's shoulder. They walked in silence then after. Nicol looked around for his lover more than the "legged ship." She wasn't that hard to miss: Amarante had dark skin, her hair was red with the ends of her hair being pink. Surprisingly her hair naturally grew that way. It was funny when people would ask her about it. She would get so defensive about it, Nicol thought chuckling to himself.

"Do you see it?" Athrun asked discreetly.

"Amarante?" Nicol asked.

"No the Archangel," Athrun said becoming a little annoyed with the love sick Nicol.

"Sorry about asking about Amarante. No I haven't seen the vessel yet," Nicol said trying to get back on Athrun's good side.

"Nicol, can you think about the mission more than Amarante right now?" Athrun asked politely.

Nicol closed his eyes before looking at Athrun seriously, "I'm trying really hard, Athrun, but I feel like she's in pain right now. I don't know why but when ever she's in a great amount of trouble it's like I can sense it."

"How do you feel, when this occurs?" Athrun asked curiously.

"It's like a burning feeling in my chest and I can't stop thinking of her," Nicol said.

"So that's why you went to the infirmary in the middle of the night," Athrun thought out loud.

"Yes sometimes it gets that bad. I don't know why though," Nicol said.

"Hey Nicol, why don't we check out that hangar," Athrun said to get Nicol's mind off his pain. They walked to it causing Nicol's chest pain to worsen with each step. Nicol placed a hand on his chest trying to remain calm and normal looking.

"This is the one you wanted to look at right?" he choked out.

"Are you feeling okay Nicol?" Athrun asked standing in front of him. Nicol didn't answer walking around him. Athrun grabbed his shoulder firmly.

"I'll be fine," Nicol said weakly with a confident smile. They heard arguing the closer Athrun and Nicol got to the hangar. There was a female voice and a male voice.

"Arguing?" Athrun whispered as they peered through the door. They peered through the door to see a man and someone tied up.

"Is it an interrogation?" Nicol whispered to Athrun.

"Hey what are you guys doing?" Someone asked behind Athrun and Nicol.

"We're lost," Athrun lied quickly turning to him.

The man laughed, "You don't have to lie to see the interrogation of the woman. It's quite popular here. She always keeps herself from screaming by reciting her love for her boyfriend or she inflicts pain on herself." The man pushed the two boys inside seeing that the tied up figure on the wall was Amarante.

Yes I sometimes like inflicting pain on people…I don't do it often though.