C h a p t e r o n e
"And yet this creep..!" The girl shrieked, "what is this scum bag doing here?!?" She screamed, tears pouring from her eyes.
Those words echoed in his mind over and over again. She had almost killed him, and all he said was a few things about her dead boyfriend.
"Why are you crying? Is it because your good for nothing boyfriend died and left you?" He said, a smirk grazing his lips.
Thinking back on it, he was still pretty harsh. Scratch that thought, VERY harsh. It was still the past, about two years ago, and he still remembered it freshly.
His roommate, Yzak, was muttering nonsense in his sleep, and he wondered if Yzak ever loved anyone. Maybe Shiho? Or that Fllay Allster girl that arrived on their ship before?
Dearka sighed, Miriallia probably still hated him. The last time he saw her, she didn't even glance back and wave, she was still not over her anger towards him. He remembered her last words though.
"Dearka! Go away! Just… leave me alone!" She cried, sobbing in the corner, clutching a small frame in her hands.
Dearka blinked, advancing, walking towards her, "why are you crying, Miriallia?"
The girl just cried harder, and in an instant, the blonde and pulled the sobbing girl in his arms, holding her gently, yet firmly. She was surprised at first, and he knew she was about to question it, but instead said something that surprised him instead.
"It's my anniversary… Tolle… It's our anniversary…" she cried, burying her face in his chest, her tears soaking his shirt.
Dearka just held her closer, "shh… it's okay, but you know what? He's probably here… right now, watching over you."
Miriallia's tears had stopped flowing, and she looked at him, "y-you… really think so?"
The blonde smiled, "I know so, he loves you and wouldn't leave you alone and your special day."
Even after that special moment, she had stopped crying and even thanked him, she was still angry at him. He didn't know why, and didn't bother asking, for he knew she would probably slap him or something.
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The brunette stepped out of the shower, feeling cold air hit her body like a shock wave. She let out a small shiver, then looked in the mirror as she wrapped a towel around her body.
Her eyes softened as memories came back to her as they usually did.
Lost Signal…
That is what the screen had said the exact moment Tolle's sky grasper had been destroyed. The exact moment he died.
The phone rang, so she left the bathroom, walking around in a towel as she answered it.
"Hello?"
'Miriallia! C'mon! The party is later on and you have to help us decorate!'
She sighed, "alright, Lacus. I'll be there in about ten minutes."
'You better be! Even Stellar is here and she has a hard time waking up early!'
"Alright, Alright," she laughed, then hung up.
Getting dressed into her orange dress she used to love and wear all the time, she combed her hair neatly and glanced at the picture of her and Tolle once more before heading out the door.
Lacus' mansion was near her house, so she didn't bother driving, and took some extra decorating ribbons just in case Lacus forgot like she always did when she was pressured about preparing a big bash.
The Clyne mansion was the biggest around. It had a huge flower bed, that surrounded it, a pool at the back, and lots more things to entertain herself with. That's why everyone always came to her parties, and even begged to get an invitation.
"Hi ….Lacus! …I'm …here!" Miriallia said, panting, the front door was REALLY far away from the front gates.
Lacus shrieked from up the flight of the stairs, "Miriallia! Finally! You won't believe it! I forgot the decoration ribbons again!"
The brunet was already looking through her bag, then pulled them out, handing them to the pink haired girl, "here, I knew you would."
"Oh thank you Mir! You're a life saver!"
Miriallia looked away, 'I wish I would have been for Tolle…' She hid her sadness, and forced a smile, "so, who else is coming?"
"Oh I don't remember… A lot of people from the war though, this is more of a party to them, congrats on the war being over kind of thing." The pink haired replied, inspecting the silk ribbons that Miriallia had just handed to her, then gave them to a maid, ordering her to put them up someplace.
She nodded, then saw Stellar wearing a maid outfit, which looked really cute on her and she was practicing how to carry a tray with items on it. She balanced very well for the first time.
"H-hey! I'm doing it!" She cried as the tray balanced perfectly, the glass cups on it staying perfectly still.
"Good for you, Stellar," Miriallia complimented, smiling. The blonde saw Miriallia, "hi Mir! Stellar is glad Mir could come!"
"I'm glad you could come too, Stellar," she replied. She and Stellar had gotten closer, and Miriallia acted like the girls older sister, they always looked out for each other and she always felt responsible for Stellar.
"Is Shinn coming too?" The girl asked, and Miriallia shrugged, "not sure, you like him… don't you?"
Immediately, the younger girls face turned red, "w-well… I.."
The brunet laughed, "it's alright, you've said enough."
Stellar got back to work, and Miriallia looked around the house to see what she could do to fix things up much more around here. There were a lot of pictures of all of them around as well, and she paused when she saw the picture of her and Tolle hanging up on the wall. It was huge, and Kira had probably gotten a hold of it to give to Lacus.
She sighed, then saw one with Kira, Athrun, and Dearka. She remembered him well, and also remembered how she felt towards him.
Anger.
Hate.
Frustration.
Then… eventually attachment.
Miriallia remembered that Dearka would always comfort her when she would burst out crying or when she became depressed. But then, she would easily get angered by him. At their first meeting, he had said some bad things about Tolle, and they still pissed her off, but he had said sorry about them.
Sometimes, he would mock her if she would talk about memories with Tolle, probably a cover up for him, and she would end up punching him or something.
The last time she saw him was when the war ended and the two were forced on moving their separate ways. She knew he had been watching her departure, and then, when he turned to go to his destination, was when she turned and watched him.
Miriallia missed him, but missed Tolle a greater amount and had forgotten him.
'Will Dearka come to the party tonight?'
She began to dust the furniture, Lacus screaming at her to do make things look perfect. She had always laughed at how Lacus got when it was party time, it would always be so different of her.
She also remembered when Dearka had chased after her when she overheard some crew members talking about Tolle's death and said this:
'I didn't kill him! I don't know who did… but I didn't! Really! Please don't cry…"
Miriallia had even begun to hate coordinators when Dearka first arrived onto the Archangel, but then realized that she would've ended up just like Fllay. The red head was only using Kira at the time, but Miriallia knew she did, deep down inside, had feelings for the brown haired.
She was confused and consumed by grief of her father's death, that it took over her true feelings. The brunet didn't want that.
"Miriallia! Lacus wants to see you!" She heard Stellar call.
"Alright!" She shouted back, then walked towards where she heard Stellar's voice. Lacus had been tapping her foot impatiently.
"Finally! Took you long enough!" She said, then held out a package, "mix the drinks!" She ordered, a stern look on her face.
"Lacus! Please remember your stress!" Her maid called.
The pink haired nodded, "oh… Right!" She turned back to Miriallia, "mix the drinks… please?"
The brunette laughed, "okay, Lacus."
She took the package, then went to the large kitchen, getting out five big bowls and some soda, mixing the powder in the packages with water then adding soda to make punch.
"Hey Lacus! We're here!" She heard a masculine voice call.
"Kira!"
Miriallia heard the sound of running then the ruffle of two bodies being glomped together. Lacus had just run into Kira's arms.
"Haha okay, Lacus, need me to help you with anything?"
"Yeah, try and help Cagalli, she's organizing the backyard to make it look spectacular!"
"Alright," the brunet passed by the kitchen, then saw Miriallia, "oh, hey Mir, how have you been?"
"Pretty good… I've been busy with photography but not as busy I can be if I get a full time job… how about you? Still into computers?"
Kira laughed, "yeah! I work at EA games, I'm their manager, man… one sweet job and I LOVE it!"
Miriallia laughed, "oh, you're such a geek…"
Kira stuck his tongue out, "oh shut up."
The brown haired left, probably to the garden where Cagalli was, and Miriallia was once again, alone. She put the large bowls into the fridge, then filled the ice trays with water so there would be ice later on when she took the punch out.
"Hey Lacus… is the enemy going to come? I mean like… the Earth Alliance?" Miriallia heard Cagalli ask, then walked out of the kitchen.
Stellar tensed at that, and Lacus noticed, "Cagalli!" She scolded, "that's no way to talk like that! The war is long gone and there is no such enemy anymore!"
The blonde smiled nervously, "yeah… hehe… sorry."
"Oh and to answer your question, I don't know, probably. Stellar might've invited them."
The other blonde grinned, "Neo, Sting, Auel, Shani, Clotho, and Orga are coming!"
Cagalli rolled her eyes, "I hope they aren't asses…" She muttered.
"No! They're Extended's just like me!" She smiled happily.
Miriallia smiled, "they must be really nice," she said. The blonde smiled, and the two continued to get to work, seeing Lacus' stern expression.
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"Feh… Why do we have to go anyway?" Yzak shouted, feeling really irritated he looked through his clothes to find something suitable to wear.
"Fllay will be there," Dearka stated simply, and the argument was done.
Shiho apparently wasn't Yzak's type, she was much too quiet. Dearka had no idea who he actually liked though, not Miriallia, no way. Besides, he hasn't seen her in a really long time, she might've lost her babe appearance.
"Eww Dearka… You look like a freak in that outfit!" The silver haired commented.
"Yeah, yeah, thanks for that," he said sarcastically.
And with that, the two headed off towards the Clyne mansion, wondering who was going to be there and what would happen.
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"Well! The party is going to be fantastic! You guys did an amazing job!" Lacus complimented, "and now, hurry and get prepared yourselves, the party will start in ten minutes!"
Miriallia sighed, taking out the dress she was going to wear, then heading for the bathroom to change.
'I wonder what will happen tonight…'
