C h a p t e r o n e
The pink haired sighed, sitting in her hospital bed, bored. Her friend, former fiancé Athrun Zala had just left. She was pretty lonely but Athrun did keep his promise to visit her whenever she had to go to the hospital.
"Miss Lacus… I'm sorry but you'll have to get your blood tests re-done, we need more of it so we can try and find a cure for this…" The nurse said reluctantly.
Lacus smiled, "that's alright… I'd be glad to help, since there's some patients in this hospital with worse conditions than mine… I want to do the best I can to help them…"
The nurse smiled gently, "you have a kind heart," she said, then pulled out a needle. Lacus hated those pointy things. She closed her eyes gently when she felt the needle pierce her fair skin, and winced slightly when she felt blood being sucked out of her veins.
"There… All finished! Thank you, Miss Lacus," the woman said and left the room.
The pink haired sighed, looking to the bed beside hers and saw a young girl, probably the same age as her, laying down on her back as she usually had been every time Lacus saw her. Dark coloring outlined the poor girl's eyes, and she needed an oxygen mask to be able to breathe.
Lacus' eyes softened, the girl had the same disease as her, but she had it far more worse. She was blonde, and Lacus wondered what her eyes looked like, she had never seen them before. She heard people calling around, and talking about her, her name was Stellar.
Sometimes, the girl's heart would give out, so they needed to rush to her aid. Sometimes, she would have nightmares and would call out for 'Neo' and tears would come from her eyes and she would scream, "no! I don't want to die! This place is scary…!" Then she would pass out.
The pink haired sighed, she wanted to help Stellar more than she wanted her own life to be saved. She stretched, looking out the window beside her, and saw that it was a beautiful day. She longed to go out, but knew that she had to get more tests done.
She was the only patient in the entire hospital who had the right condition for testing, the other patients wouldn't help the doctors at all in their research.
"Miss Lacus?"
Lacus turned to the door and saw the nurse once more, she smiled, "yes?"
"You have a visitor, Cagalli Yula Athha is here to see you."
Lacus nodded, then saw the blonde tomboy appear from behind the door, the nurse leaving just as soon as she appeared.
"Hey Lacus! How have you been?"
"Pretty well, the pain comes and goes, but it's fine now, I'm just here to do some testing, that's all."
Cagalli nodded, "that's good to hear, when are you allowed out?"
Lacus sighed, "not any time soon… But I'll call you as soon as I am permitted ok?"
The blonde nodded, "alright."
"Neo… Neo… Save… Stellar…" The girl from the bed beside Lacus' murmured in her unconscious state.
Cagalli blinked, "what's up with that girl? She looks really sick…" she said, feeling sorry for her. Lacus looked away, "Stellar… she has the same disease as I do apparently, and I have never seen her when she wasn't unconscious, except for when she's panicking, but I'm not sure if that counts…"
The blonde nodded, "yeah… Poor girl…" She tried to make the mood of the conversation lighter, "so! Athrun and I are going to throw a party for you when you're discharged from the hospital!"
Lacus smiled, "oh, there's no need for that."
"But we insist! We all miss you! ….And we are having that party whether you like it or not!" She said stubbornly with a stern look on her face.
The pink haired laughed, "alright, alright."
"Oh! And you'll get to meet my brother! He's moving here soon so I'd like you to meet him!"
"You mean that Kira guy you're always talking about?"
Cagalli nodded, "yeah, he claims he's the older twin, but there's just no way."
Lacus laughed, "yeah… I guess."
The ember eyed grinned, "well, see you later, Lacus, I don't want to wear you out right now… Bye!"
Lacus waved as Cagalli left the room, the smile fading. She loved all her friends, but she hoped that she would make it from this disease to be able to spend the rest of her life with them.
A slight breeze came through the window, and Lacus sighed, feeling it wash through her hair lightly.
She got up from her bed, no way is she going to waste such a perfect day, she'd only step out for awhile, so that they wouldn't get mad at her.
She slipped into clothes that seemed suitable to wear outside of the hospital, her pink sundress. Walking out of the hospital and looking towards the ground as if she were just a visitor, Lacus stepped out the doors with happy relief.
'Well… they can't blame me for wanting to go outside… Look at the day! Besides, they should get better security, I wonder if they found that note on my bed yet… Oh well!'
She walked around, the sun's rays warming her pale skin, and the comfortable breeze blowing her pink locks slightly with it. She decided to go to the beach, which wasn't so far away, and it appeared to have nobody really on it, she was just going to be by herself.
Lacus sat down on the sand comfortably, closing her eyes as the ocean air surrounded her. She laid down on her back, staring up at the blue sky, looking at the puffy, white clouds.
"Well, what's a pretty young lady doing here by herself?" She heard a raspy voice call.
She sat up, seeing a man staring at her with a smile on his lips. Not one to be warming up to, mind you. She smiled, "oh, just relaxing, and you?"
"Women hunting… but there appears to be only you on the beach, hmm?"
Lacus felt weird vibes coming from this man, and had the instinct to jump up, and run as far away as she could from him, but instead, calmly standing on her feet.
"I see… Well, it's been nice talking to you, and good luck on your… women hunting," she said as kindly as she could, then began to walk away. As she had hoped wouldn't happen, a hand grabbed her wrist roughly.
"Let go of me! What are you doing!" She shouted, struggling against him.
The man's grip tightened, "hehe… you look like fun…" he whispered.
Lacus screamed, trying to pull her arms away from his grasp. Her eyes widened when she felt that familiar pain fill her entire body. Her limbs gave out and she cried out in pain, tears streaming down her cheeks.
The man stepped away from her trembling form, seeing another boy running towards Lacus, "I… I didn't do it!" He ran way after shouting that, leaving Lacus alone.
The pink haired clutched her head, "that pain…! Make it go away!" She screamed, not noticing a figure crouched down in front of her and holding her shoulders to steady her.
"Are you alright? Miss?"
Lacus winced, "it hurts…" she murmured, then suddenly felt the pain fade away as quickly as it came. She opened her wet eyes, looking up at the figure in front of her, wincing slightly every time a new wave of pain hit her.
"Are … Are you alright, Miss?" The boy asked. Lacus didn't know what to say. Was she alright? She couldn't tell the boy she was out of the hospital right now without permission, "y-yeah… I'm fine… I… guess that man … hurt me somewhere…" she murmured.
Only when she looked at him a second time she noticed his features. He had brown, slightly spiked hair, naturally spiked probably. He had also amethyst eyes and a nicely tanned body. She found herself blushing when she realized she had been staring.
"May I check? I want to make sure you're alright… you seemed hurt pretty badly…" he said with such concern that it surprised her.
"No no… It's alright, really, I'll be fine. I'll ask my Mother to help me," she lied, knowing full well that her mother had passed away several years ago.
"Alright…" he helped her to her feet, brushing her off gently, "you sure you're going to be alright?"
She nodded, "thank you … I am grateful of your concern."
The boy smiled, "no problem… by the way, my name is Kira… and your name is..?" She recognized that name, but had no idea where she heard it, she tried thinking about whoever she knew owned the name 'Kira' ... but realized she knew nobody with that name.
"Lacus."
Kira smiled at her, "nice name, sounds lovely."
She smiled gently, "yours too."
"Well, I'd better be getting on my way now, and miss?"
She looked at him, "yes?"
"Please don't walk around by yourself, it's very dangerous around here," he said. She nodded in response, smiling, "thank you, Kira."
The two went their separate ways, and Lacus made her way back to the hospital, hoping that the nurse wouldn't be mad at her.
Lacus turned, looking over her shoulder, wondering if she'd ever see that boy again. She hoped she would.
'Only time will tell…'