Chapter 2: Her Situation
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Lacus groggily turned off her alarm clock as she let the light of day slowly wake her up. Her sapphire eyes narrowed at her clock as she read it say 7:00 a.m. She was early again she thought unsure of what she should feel. For some reason a part of her was nudging her to feel hopeful today but the better part of her knew that she shouldn't expect anything today. Not wanting to dwell on it any further, she took her clothes for the day and went to her bathroom.

It didn't take long before Lacus was already finished with her bath and she was already heading down the stairs wearing a yellow tank top, denim shorts and a pair of sandals. She was berating herself for having that strange hopeful feeling in her again. She knew it wouldn't do her any good.

Lacus walked into the kitchen and instantly she felt a wave of disappointment wash over her when she saw a note on the table. She let out a dry laugh. Why did she have to feel so disappointed? It wasn't like she wasn't used to this yet. With a sigh, the pink-haired girl made her way towards the table and took the note to read it.

Something came up and I have to leave immediately. Sorry, make it up to you next time. Your breakfast is on the table. It should still be warm.

Love, Daddy

It was always like this for as far as she could remember. Siegel would always be barely home because of his business making Lacus always feel alone. During the times he was home though, he was always locked up in his room doing work so it was if he wasn't there all the same. And lately, Siegel had been absent from breakfast as well resulting in him barely having enough time to pay attention to Lacus.

Lacus broke off from her thoughts and crumpled the note then she grabbed her breakfast and left it in the sink and went to school ignoring her grumbling stomach.

The way to school was dull and nothing unusual happened much so Lacus got to school without any trouble. Still, that fact didn't stop her from being in a bad mood because of her father's absence. She got inside her classroom and went to her seat. She was about listen to her ipod when she felt a presence looming over her. Lacus looked up and was a bit surprised to see Kira. For a moment the two stared at each other until Lacus decided to break the silence by speaking.

"What?" She asked.

"Listen, I'll get to the point. I want you to stay away from my sister." Kira said glaring daggers at her.

"Sister?"

"Yeah, you know. My sister. Blonde hair, amber eyes…you met her recently."

"Oh...her." Lacus said smiling mischievously, making sure Kira didn't notice it. "So she's your sister?" When Kira didn't respond, Lacus continued. "Anyway, no. Your sister seems interesting…it might be fun to hang out with her." This earned her a glare from Kira. "Her name was…uh…Cagalli, right?"

The brunette slammed his hands on her table and leaned dangerously close towards her. "You really don't want to hang out with her." Lacus could feel the threat in Kira's voice however, instead of fear she only felt the thrill of a challenge.

"Oh, I think I do…what're you going to do about it?" Lacus raised an eyebrow when she noticed Kira smirking.

"I dunno…maybe this." And with that Kira closed the gap between their lips, delighting in the fact that everyone's attention was focused on him and Lacus.


A/N: I was trying to update this weekly but my laptop's got a virus and stupid Avira won't do anything to help. I'm having trouble with MS word because of that so updates may take longer depending on when I get my laptop fixed.