Storyline – Dreams are not always as they seem. Meyrin is a smart girl. She studies hard, and gets great grades. But what happens when a new boy shows up in town? And in some weird way, he shows resemblance to her sister's so-called boyfriend. Who is this guy really, and is he saving or ruining her life?
Disclaimer – I don't own Gundam SEED or Gundam SEED Destiny
Warning – There are some weird couples, and since I want to keep this story as real life as possible, there tends to be a lot of swearing and suggestive scenes. Please do not read if you are under thirteen or squeamish.
Note – This story does not have any OCs, despite what you may think. If you want to know more, read the story. Not a one shot. AU story, takes place 2010, so I could add some new technology…hehe.
Dreams Are Kind, Life Is HarshChapter One – A Strange Stranger
Meyrin picked up her textbook. The school day was ending, and class was over. She had to be home early today. The guy her sister had met at her soccer camp was coming over for dinner. Her sister was so obsessed, and wanted everything to be perfect. According to her sister, the guy's name was Hiro, and had navy blue hair and brown eyes. He was Lunamaria's age, and the best player on the team. Luna had fallen for him, but she had told Meyrin he said he thought she was cute. Meyrin sighed. Her sister was always the one with the boy in her room. Meyrin was always the one with the book in her hand.
"Hey Meyrin!" Miriallia Haww called to her. Although they were two grades apart, these two girls had become friends in their geometric math class. Meyrin was so good at math, she had advanced two grades. That was her reward for studying non-stop. "Are you busy tonight?" Miri asked her.
Meyrin nodded. "Yeah. My sister is bringing home some guy to dinner. Apparently she met him in camp over the summer. He lives across the city." Meyrin explained.
"Really? When did Luna meet him?"
"Sometime in July."
"But it's September."
"So?" Meyrin asked, confused.
"So, that means your sister has held a crush for two whole months! That is weird. That also beats her six-week crush on Athrun Zala." Miriallia laughed. "This is weird."
Meyrin smiled. "I guess."
"Well, then, I guess I'll see you tomorrow." Miriallia waved as she left. Today was Wednesday, and it was the second week of school. Meyrin opened her locker and grabbed the rest of her books. Then she grabbed her backpack and left.
As Meyrin walked down the street, she grumbled. She had missed the school bus, and she didn't know when the city bus came around. Walking to her house wasn't super far, only about two kilometres. It would take nearly an hour, but it wasn't that bad. Then it started raining. Okay, it wasn't bad in good weather. Oh man. I'm going to have to take a shower when I get home, or Luna will kill me. Meyrin continued walking down the street, but then the rain started to come down even harder. It was becoming hard to see. Meyrin tried to find shelter, but all she could see was rain. And hardly that. Her eyes couldn't open very wide, or rain would get in them. Then someone tapped her shoulder.
"Ahhh!" Meyrin screamed and whirled around, frightened. The guy behind her jumped a little at her reaction, then looked at her frightened face. "Who are you?" Meyrin asked, suspicious. She could hardly make out his face. He seemed to have dark hair, wet like hers, and a face. That was all she could tell.
"That's not important right now. Come on, let's get to shelter first." He answered her.
"But…I can't see anything."
"Let me." The boy said. He grabbed Meyrin's arm, and pulled her to the left.
Meyrin didn't trust him. "Let go of me!" she screamed at him, and tore her arm from him, and ran in the opposite direction. She heard the boy call after her, yelling something she couldn't comprehend. Then, bright lights blinded her eyes, and she heard someone running. Before she knew it, a body hurled itself at her, and she fell on the street. Then she was splashed with water as a car came past.
"You're an idiot! You just ran into the street! You were about to be run over! They can't see you in this rain! Now do you trust me?" her saver retorted at her. It was the boy from before.
Meyrin's eyes were closed, and tears began to mix with the rain on her face. Then she started shaking. The boy groaned, and muttered something to himself. Then he put an arm around Meyrin's shoulders, and hoisted her up. The he began walking. Before she knew it, Meyrin was in the shelter of a bus stop.
The boy pulled off his jacket, and put it around Meyrin's shivering body. Then he glared at her. "Next time someone helps you, accept." He grumbled at her.
Meyrin nodded her head slightly. Then she looked at the boy. "Who are you?" Now that she could see clearly, she looked at him. He indeed had black hair, longer than most boys. He had strangely coloured eyes. They were red. He didn't look older than her, at least not too much.
The boy sighed. "My name's Shinn Asuka. I just moved here, and when I went out for a walk, it started to rain, and I saw you. Who are you?"
"My name is Meyrin Hawke. I was just walking home, 'cause I missed the bus."
"Hawke?" Shinn looked surprised. "Is that your last name?"
Meyrin nodded. "Why?"
Shinn opened his mouth to answer, but then closed it. "No reason." He muttered.
"What were you going to say?" Meyrin asked, curious.
Shinn didn't answer. "Please?" Meyrin begged.
"Nothing, okay?"
"You were going to say something."
"Fine. You're a bird." Shinn spun around to face her, laughing.
"Hey!" Meyrin was indignant.
"Happy now?"
Now it was Meyrin's turn to be silent. For some reason, she felt he was going to say something else, but he stopped.
"Where do you live?" Shinn asked suddenly.
Meyrin glanced at him suspiciously. "Why?" Was he a stalker?
Shinn shook his head. "That's not what I meant. It just looks like the rain isn't going to stop anytime. I know the bus schedules. I can help you get home."
Meyrin nodded, and told him her address. "But there's a problem."
Shinn looked up at her. "What?"
"Umm, well… I don't have any money." She admitted.
Shinn smiled. "No problem. I've got some." He held out four dollars in change.
"But that's only enough for two rides." Meyrin protested.
"Yeah, me…and you."
"I know, but I have no idea how to get to my house from the bus stop. If you show me, you can't get to your house!"
"It's okay, I can walk. My house is only down the street.
"Really? Well, okay, I guess."
"Come on, a bus is supposed to come soon." Shinn pilled her up, and true enough, a bus rolled in.
As they boarded, Meyrin nudged Shinn. "Aren't we supposed to pay?"
Shinn laughed. "You've never been on a city bus, have you?"
"Well, once when I was really small. My dad took me to a baseball game, and we took the bus. But that was downtown."
Shinn nodded. "Yeah, but on this bus, we pay when we leave."
"Oh. Meyrin blushed. Shinn sat down on an empty seat, and gestured for Meyrin to sit beside him. Meyrin was about to sit when the bus jolted forward. Meyrin fell down on Shinn's lap.
Shinn stared at the girl in his lap. Then he laughed. "The trick is to sit down as fast as you can, or at least grab a pole." He nodded in the direction of a pole just in front of them.
Meyrin flushed. "Sorry, I told you I haven't been on a bus for a long time, didn't I?"
"Well, I guess you did warn me." Shinn grinned at her.
Meyrin sat down. She looked down the bus. There weren't that many people on the bus, including her and Shinn, only about fifteen. The majority of them were teenagers, most likely from high school. Then there was a middle-aged man, probably home from work. There were also two elderly women, holding bags of groceries. Then a buzz was heard, and the elderly ladies got up. Then the bus screeched to a stop, and Meyrin screeched…and fell on the floor. Ouch. Must've hurt. Too bad Shinn was laughing uncontrollably. As well as the rest of the bus, even the driver.
"Ow." Meyrin got up, and blushed. As the bus started to move again, she reached for the pole, caught it, but the pole didn't help much. She fell down again, but this time beside a teenage boy. He looked down at Meyrin and smirked.
"Nice fall." He teased. "You really should think about taking gymnastics…wait, I meant stand-up comedy." Meyrin blushed, and crawled back to Shinn, and when she saw him trying unsuccessfully to can his laughing, she stuck her tongue out at him, and sat in a different seat.
After about ten minutes, the buzzer sounded, and some more people got off. Then Shinn got up, and sat down beside Meyrin, who turned her back on him.
"Why are you so mad?" he asked, clueless. Meyrin didn't answer him. Shinn smiled, and stuck his hand out, and placed it on her side, then started tickling her. Unfortunately for her, Meyrin was ticklish. She squirmed and giggled and finally managed to tell him to stop.
Then, Shinn gasped, and got up. He pulled on a wire that was all around the bus. A buzz was heard. "Our stop is next." He whispered to her. Meyrin looked out the window. The bus was nearing the new development, which was where she lived. The bus screeched to a stop, and Meyrin almost fell again, but was able to keep her balance. Shinn grabbed her arm, and went to the door. He paid, and then they both walked off. Also, the boy who Meyrin had landed on earlier got off as well. Meyrin and Shinn walked down the street.
"So, is your house the one in the corner?" Meyrin asked. The heavy rainfall had changed to a light drizzle.
"Yup. I'm going to live there with my sister and my parents."
"You have a sister? Is she younger or older than you?"
"Younger. Two years."
"Cool. Wait, what do you mean by 'going to live there'? Don't you already live there?"
"Umm, yeah. It's complicated. My parents and sister are out of town right now. I'm there by myself."
"You're allowed? To stay home overnight by yourself?"
Shinn nodded. "Yeah. My parents trust me. Well, here's your house."
Meyrin looked up. "Yeah." Then she glanced at her watch. It was missing. "Oh no."
Shinn looked at her, confused. "What's up?"
"My watch is gone. It's a gift, and now I lost it."
Shinn looked nervous. "Um…you remember when you almost got ran over by that car?" Meyrin nodded. "Well, it ran over your watch a bit. I picked it up, and it's…" Shinn pulled her shattered watch out of his pocket. "I was going to fix it, and then slip it in your backpack, but you found out." Shinn looked embarrassed.
Meyrin stared at Shinn. He was so nice. "Um, thanks. It's okay, I can bring it to a jeweller or something."
Shinn nodded. "Yeah, I know. But my dad taught me a lot about fixing stuff like this. He's a mechanic, and since my mother always broke her necklaces and watches and stuff, he had experience with fixing them, and taught me. He said it'd be handy when I got married." Shinn blushed as he realized what he had just said. So did Meyrin.
"Anyways…are you going to school?"
Shinn nodded. "I guess."
"I'll see you then."
"Wait, how do you know I'm going to be at the same school as you?"
Meyrin gave him a weird look. "There's only one school around for a twelve kilometre radius. Where else would you go?"
Shinn nodded. "Yeah. See you tomorrow." As Meyrin disappeared into her house, Shinn sighed. "But I wouldn't count on it." He muttered to himself quietly.
Meyrin closed the door behind her. In an instant, Luna was beside her. "He's coming in two hours! Where the hell have you been? You're soaking wet! You need to take a shower, and wash your hair, and get dressed…"
"…And do my homework." Meyrin added.
Lunamaria stared at her. "Like that's important." She scoffed. Then she grabbed Meyrin's arm and dragged her upstairs to her room. Luna propped her closet door open, and took out two fancy tops, one midnight blue and long-sleeved, and one light pink and short-sleeved. Then she pulled put a pair of light blue pants, and a magenta skirt. "Help me choose. I can't decide if I should wear the blue outfit or the pink one."
Meyrin sighed. Then she studied both outfits. The pink was very pretty, but the blue looked better on her sister. "The blue one." She said decisively.
Lunamaria sighed. "Okay. What are you going to wear?" she asked. Meyrin shrugged. "Come, on, pick something, please. I'll help you."
Meyrin shook her head. "That's okay, I can find something by myself." Knowing Luna, she would probably criticize everything, and Meyrin would end up wearing some of the clothes she hated… and she hated those particular clothes for two reasons. One, they were her present from Lunamaria. Second, they were light pink. Meyrin didn't think pink was a colour she liked to wear but Luna always protested, saying it was her colour. Whatever that meant.
Luna sighed again. "Too bad. Knowing you, you might show up in sweats. But take a shower first, okay?"
Meyrin nodded. Like I have a choice. She thought. She trudged to her room, and grabbed some clean underwear, and a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. Then she walked to the bathroom she and her sister shared. In fact, this bathroom joined their rooms together, so if you wanted to go to the washroom, you had to lock two doors. Meyrin locked the doors, and then pulled off her school uniform. Her uniform consisted of gray pants and either white or navy blue shirts. Their school had skirts banned. For many good reasons. One, girls pulled up their skirts way too high, or cut them. Second, skirts made boys want to tie their shoes when standing next to a girl, or stand at the end of the staircase, looking up with their pals. A third reason was that girls sometimes went commando, and that wasn't a pretty sight on a windy day. Meyrin was rather glad. She liked skirts, but before, if a girl didn't wear a skirt, other girls either assumed she was lez or she was a tomboy. Anyways, what did it matter? Meyrin walked into the shower, and turned on the water. While she was showering, she remembered Shinn. He was nice. Lots of guys were nice, but Shinn seemed different. Maybe it was after he tried to help her, and she ran away, he still saved her life, and then paid for her ticket on the bus, and then offered to fix her watch? Most likely. Also, his eyes were the strangest colour, but there was also something about them that made her trust him. And that was why Meyrin liked him. That strange stranger.
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Author's Notes
Please review if you liked this story or if you have anything to say about it. I wanted to say this I am sorry to all the readers od the story Gundam SEED Reversed, but right now it is on long-term hiatus. I will have to decide if I want to continue it, or if I want to rewrite it. The story kind of drags on a bit. That's all. Please review!