Patience grew thin with time,
Does love grew thin with time?
Athrun inhaled the fresh air deeply as if he did not have enough oxygen supply for one whole month. He wouldn't say that it's wrong though, he was all cooped up in his office for a month without much free time of himself to rest and only have his paperwork to be his companion. Yzak and Dearka were nice enough to drop by once in awhile to check on his condition.
"Trying to inhale enough amount of fresh air to last you another month?" Athrun exhaled slowly and turned to give his best friend a knowing grin. Kira rested his hand on Athrun's shoulder and give him a small pat.
"Lacus is worried you know. She said you have been exerting yourself." Kira said knowingly, his purple eyes stare back into his emerald eyes, as if telling him to spit out the truth.
"Don't worry. I'm not."
"You always say that."
"Kira…do you still think of her?" Athrun's voice sounded so distant that it somehow hurt Kira to see his best friend in this condition. Lacus that was standing behind them too, saddened. Kira held out his hand and she rested hers on his.
"Yes. We still think of her. She's doing her best now…give her time."
Kira had follow Lacus to PLANT not long after she was appointed as the mediator between Earth and Plant, though reluctant to leave his twin sister alone in Orb. However, she was consistently urging him that she is very well capable of taking care of herself and there is no need to worry about her. She even goes to the extent of flying him there with a Gundam if he still refuses to go.
Athrun too, followed suit not long after Kira's departure. He was elected as the Chairman of PLANT by the council and after much persuading from PLANT that he accepted the offer. And Cagalli did nothing else but to persuade him to accept that position, saying something a Princess would say about it's their duty to protect the peace they fought for.
"Let's do our very best to protect the peace Athrun."
Even though accepting the offer means he will be leaving her. He will reside in PLANT doing his job as the Chairman and she will remain at Orb to protect her own country. Their only communication is through the screen and it was always about official matter. There is no "How are you Athrun?" or "Are you doing well there?" It has always been Chairman Zala this and Chairman Zala that.
"Cagalli…are you sure?"
He asked her before when she first supported that he should return to PLANT and her answer came back expectedly like how a representative of a country should be but not how the Cagalli he knew would give.
"Remember what I said before Athrun? What we should do, what we can do is the same for everyone. You and I have things that we should and can do."
And that was the last time he had seen her in person. Their next meeting is restricted by a monitor screen and a distance of a space. The chilling wind that blew so hard woke him up from his thoughts. Kira and Lacus already left and were seated in the living room with their son, Siegel.
"Seven years had been too long."
Maybe it is time for him to let go.
Author's Note: Blame my assignment for making me write stories. I wrote once and it's not enough. I came out with another and thus the third one. It's obviously not complete if it is a continuous story but if it is a one-shot, then it's unfortunately a bad ending.
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