They grew up next door from each other on the edge of the city. They lived where orchards, fields, and forest were. Their names were Kira Yamato and Lacus Clyne. Since they were little they played together, they shared their laughs, their sorrows, triumphs and defeats. The two were inseparable day-in and day-out, the two were happy.
Years passed, both were now in their mid-twenties and the last time they saw each other was nearly two years ago. Lacus sat on her couch as she looked through a bride magazine when suddenly a knock could be heard on her door. She got up with the magazine in hand and opened the door.
"Kira?" she asked, her eyes lit up
Kira smiled "Hey"
"Still in the military, I see"
Kira nodded, he was dressed in an Orb Admiral uniform, his hair was messy as always.
"What do you have there?" he said reaching for the magazine in Lacus' hand.
"I'm getting married Kira," Lacus said as she handed Kira the magazine
Kira smiled "I know that" he started browsing through the magazine
"My present to your husband-to-be is going to be a smiling bride"
He pointed to some of the women in the magazine "Like her, her and her"
"You know him?" Lacus asked
"Your mom told me," he said
"You'd like him"
"Maybe"
"Why are you here anyway?" Lacus asked staring at him
"I came to see you of course," Kira said handing back the magazine
"Why?" Lacus asked stunned
"Because I love you" he turned "Now let's go for a walk".
"You can't just confess to me out of the blue! Especially one week before a wedding!" Lacus yelled waving her arms around frantically.
"Let's go for a walk," Kira said
"No" she replied
"It's better to walk it off, now come on," he said as he started walking
Lacus sighed but ultimately decided to join him. They walked until they finally got onto a path that travelled under the trees.
It was a beautiful autumn day, the leaves were a beautiful and vibrant shade of red, yellow and orange. Many of the trees that lined the path were barren, its leaves gently falling from the branches they grew on, many being delicately whisked across the beaten path the two friends walked.
"Why did you confess to me?" Lacus asked
"Because I love you"
"Again? How did you expect me to react?" she asked
Kira shrugged "I don't know"
"Did you expect me to run into your arms?" she asked
"Maybe," he said
Lacus cried "Kira!"
They continued to walk for some time, they walked until Lacus calmed down.
"Will you come to the wedding?" she asked
Kira shook his head "I doubt it"
"Why?" she asked
"I'll be gone for 8 months," he said
"When are you leaving?" she asked
"We start moving out tomorrow" he replied
"Do you love him?" he asked
"Well of course I do! I wouldn't be marrying him if I didn't"
"What do you like about him?" Kira asked
Lacus sighed "There are many, many things I like about him; and many, many things that are bad but that doesn't matter!"
"Then do you love me?"
"If I did, then you would know. Girls are not good at hiding how they feel"
Kira turned towards the flustered Lacus and stared at her. Lacus was right, she didn't hide them well, so Kira did what he had to do, he kissed her.
"You're being really hard on me right now" she yelled only after Kira let her go
Kira frowned slightly "You didn't like it?"
Lacus blushed "I thought it was sweet, but you shouldn't have done that!"
"So what now?"
"We shake hands," Lacus said holding her hand out
"Alright," he said
"Why are you agreeing with me?" she asked
"Tell me why I shouldn't" he replied
Lacus was about to cry, Kira noticed that and did what he had to do. He kissed her because she wanted it.
"Now, let's continue walking," he said
"No," Lacus said, but she ended up following after Kira anyway because he was already on his way. The two walked until they came upon an orchard, Kira sat under one of the trees.
"Come sit down," he said
"I don't want to sit next to you" she replied
"Just sit down," Kira said
Lacus did but she sat 5 meters away
"Close your eyes, think about your husband-to-be," Kira said
"Oh I will" she replied closing her eyes
Slowly but surely, Lacus fell asleep. When she woke up the shadows pointed to the east.
"It's getting late," Lacus said rubbing her eyes
She looked over to Kira and saw him asleep, she inched her way to him and gently shook him.
Kira's eyes slowly opened "Hello"
"Hi" she replied
"Love you," he said
"I know" she replied
"Too late?" he asked
Lacus nodded "Too late"
Kira stood up and dusted himself off
"Very nice walk," he said
"Yeah it was"
"We part here?" Kira asked
Lacus nodded "Next time we'll see each other will be in 8 months?"
He nodded "Hopefully"
"Good luck," Lacus said as a concern expression worked its way onto her face.
"Marry me Lacus," he asked
"I'm sorry" he replied
Kira only smiled "Well then, here's my gift from me to you. Show me your hand"
Sticking her hand out in front of her, Lacus asked "What is it"
Kira dug around in his pocket before he pulled it out, clenched in his fist.
He lowered his hand onto hers "Here, my present to you" moving his hand away revealed a worn, beaten silver ring.
Lacus immediately recognized the ring "Why are you giving this back to me, this was my gift to you"
"I know" he replied
Kira stuck his hands into his pockets "And I'm giving it back"
"Why," she asked
"Because this is where we part ways" he replied before he turned and started walking away.
Lacus watched as his figure got smaller and smaller. She wanted him to stop, turn and say her name so she would have no choice but to run to him, but he never did.
Knowing now that her childhood friend left her side, Lacus clenched the ring with both hands and brought it to her chest "He's gone" she said to herself.
"Did you just want to know if I loved you?" she asked herself out loud, hoping that he would hear.
But he never did.
She thought for a second, he wouldn't have done the things he did, just out of the blue without reason. Finally, a realization hit Lacus never once did she say she loved him as a friend or family. Tears fell from her cheeks, she missed her chance to truly tell him how she felt. Now and forever, that feeling will forever be pushed away and denied existence.
True is, she wasn't happy with where she was in life. The likelihood of her parents telling Kira the truth behind her marriage probably never came to light. But Kira knew, he knew something was up and this was his last chance to find out if she were really happy.
But she blew it, and instead of being happy with her best friend, one last time, she pushed him away and denied his and her own feelings; all for a marriage she was not happy about.
"I didn't even get to say goodbye to you" she cried before running home in tears.
The night was long for Lacus, she cried and cried. "If only I didn't lie to myself, I would have ran after you" she cried to herself. Eventually, she cried herself to sleep, no longer being able to endure the emotional pain she subjected herself to.
When she woke up the next morning, she was even more of a wreck.
"What am I going to do now?" she asked herself.
I kissed Kira
"Kira's leaving today" she whispered quietly allowing the words to sink in "He's leaving today!" she cried.
She quickly got changed and called Kira's mother.
"Hi Lacus?" she asked
"Ms. Yamato!" she replied
"What is it dear?"
"When Kira's leaving?" she asked
"He's leaving at 10:00 am"
Lacus glanced at the clock on the wall "I have 30 minutes"
"Thank you" she replied before hanging up.
She had one last precious opportunity and she wasn't going to let it go to waste.
Hi everyone!
I have returned, nice to meet you all. I was looking through my concepts I had written up years ago and I came across this one. As I haven't worked on my stories for a long time (due to writer's block), I will slowly be easing my way back into the whole process.
What will that mean for my other ongoing stories? WELL. I am still working on them - slowly. I will be publishing the chapters whenever I finish them or if I feel satisfied with them.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY
- OOCentral
