For a Moment

Author's Note: Okay, this has been something that's been bothering me for a while. I've had this major attack of ideas for DearkaxMilly fics, but I can't seem to write a story for them! screams I woke up one morning and realized, "hey, I'll just do each scene and make that all a story!" So here I am, trying to do this. I've had some trouble with writing recently, and I've been into reading more than anything. But I promise to try and write more! I just have to get off chat. ;) Well, please R&R! Thanks bunches!

Unspoken words

This takes place during episode 33, well right after the too-short scenes between D&M. I only have the subtitled version, so the words might differ for the actual episode part, but just deal. ;) I also have the manga, so I'm going with both.

Tolle…Tolle is dead! Why is he still alive?

"Who would have thought I'd hit the bull's eye…" Dearka rolled over on his cot, trying to block out the voices.

There's no room in this world for coordinators. Coordinators don't even deserve to be alive!

"Damn it…" Dearka whispered, and turned over to look at the ceiling, mentally going through programming the Buster to get his mind off the events that had just happened in the infirmary.

No… I'm not…like you.

Miriallia quietly walked down the aisle, and hid behind the divider between the second and third cell. Her heart was pounding. What am I doing here? She wondered.

She looked around the corner, and found him awake. He suddenly sat up, and she turned to leave.

"Wait!" he called.

She turned around, and he looked away.

That Coordinator who killed Tolle!

"Well…" he hesitated, trying to find the right words. "Your boyfriend…where was he…" He stopped, unable to say what he wanted to ask.

She looked down. "He was piloting the Sky Grasper. On the island… when you guys attacked…"

"Sky Grasper?" Dearka asked. He had heard of it, but wasn't quite sure what it was.

"A fighter… blue and white…" Hold it in… Milly thought. I can't cry… not in front of him again.

He nodded his understanding, and lay back on his cot. "It wasn't me."

She looked at him, studying this strange young man. Is that…relief…? Why would he care?

"What's wrong?" he asked. "If you came to kill me, you can kill me." He stopped himself from adding if that'll make you happy.

She looked at him, almost as if she had heard his unspoken words. "I… don't want to kill you," she admitted. "I don't really know why I came down here," she sighed.

Could she have been thinking about me as much as I've been thinking about her? Dearka wondered.

"Well, I…" "I guess…" They both began to talk at the same moment.

Milly gave a half-hearted laugh. "You first."

Dearka nodded. "If you insist. I want to know, why don't you want to kill me? You didn't hesitate before…" he grimaced as his head throbbed.

A concerned look flitted across her face, butsoon her normal expression returned. "I guess I realized that killing you wouldn't help anything." She sighed and leaned against the wall next to his cell. "I'm beginning to realize that I… well, I guess I'm glad…" she looked away from him, unable to say the words or face him with her feelings.

"That you didn't kill me?" asked a voice next to her.

She gasped, surprised to find him right next to her, separated only by the bars of his cell.

"Sorry," he said, leaning against the wall on his side.

Am I really that scary? Milly's memory replayed the words he had spoken earlier. She looked down, studying the ground. "No… I'm sorry," she whispered. When he said nothing, she began to run her hand along the bars, feeling the cold metal against her knuckles.

Suddenly she was stopped by something on her hand, and when she looked at her hand, she realized that he had put his around hers. She looked up to his face, her aqua eyes meeting his amethyst ones.

"I owe you now, you know," he told her. "I made you angry, and yet you still saved my life. I owe you a lot, and I'll find someway to repay you. I promise."

"I…uh…" she stuttered, then suddenly found the unspoken words. "Thank you." Then she smiled a half-smile. "But I still don't know your name."

He removed his hand from hers and stepped back from the bars. "Dearka Elthman," he bowed. "Might I know the name of my savior?" he asked, looking up at her from his bow.

She smiled, the first true smile that had crossed her face since Tolle's death. "Maybe I should keep you guessing," she teased, but at the disappointed look on his face, she couldn't help but give in. "Miriallia Haww," she told him.

Miriallia, he thought. A beautiful name. Suits her well. "Well, thank you Miriallia."

She turned bright red, and turned away from him. "I think I need to go. I really shouldn't have come down here, much less left my room." What is it about him that makes me feel so…strange? She felt him nod.

"Okay then. Later Miriallia."

"Bye Dearka." She turned and ran, hardly able to handle it anymore. There was something that was bothering her, but she just couldn't put a name to it. She ran out the door, and around the corner, but she didn't get far. She stopped and leaned against the wall, breathing hard, but not from the run. What is it about him? Why DID I protect him? Why do I care what his name is? What's wrong with me? The thoughts just wouldn't stop. She took a deep breath and headed for her room. Maybe a shower will calm me down. I just need to do something.

Dearka sighed as she ran out, away from him.

"Miriallia…" he whispered. He turned and sat down on his cot. "She came to see me… but why? What's going on?" He wondered aloud. He put his hands to his head, but the sudden pain on the left side of his head made him cringe. "Ow..." he muttered. Sighing, he lay down and tried to go to sleep. Maybe now the voices will stop… Or maybe the unspoken words will finally find a voice.

Ally: Well, finally! I've had that idea for a while, and it feels REALLY good to get it out. I hope you all like it, and please R&R!

Sai: Hey, where was I during all this?

Ally: You're another story Sai-kun! But I promise to do more for you and Kali! turns to audience Yep! I'm also a big SaixOC fan! And I have ideas for that too… might make this a couples' story collection… but we'll see how it turns out.

A BIG THANK YOU to Johnny for getting me these few episodes of GS and for getting me hooked on the series in the first place. Well, for telling me more about it after I stayed up those first few nights watching it. Well, shout-out to all my friends! And I'll c y'all later! SAYONARA BABY!