Chapter 2 Closer…Just Maybe

Disclaimer: Yeah, so everyone knows that I do not own Pilot Candidate or anything of relation to Pilot Candidate except this fanfic.

Ikhny sat in the observatory gazing at the stars. Her thoughts were on what had happened this past year. A couple of months after leaving the G.O.A to train she received a letter from Azuma informing her that her parents and little sister were killed when their colony was attacked by victims. Over the year, Ikhny kept trying to convince herself that she was alive for a reason and that someone needed her.

A tear rolled down her face as she heard the door open behind her. She turned around to see who it was.

Hiead spotted Ikhny sitting next to the window. She had a sad look on her face and was looking directly at him.

"Allecto." He said without a hint of emotion in his voice.

"Sorry, I just came in here to think. I finished the repairs on the Ingrid like you asked." She replied.

After saying that, she just turned back to the stars. She didn't mind Hiead's presence, for some reason he comforted her. To her, he was the one thing she could count on being the same. Whether he was in good mood or a bad mood, he was always just Hiead.

Once Hiead realized that she was not going to leave, he turned and was about to walk out the door.

"Hiead, wait." Ikhny said in a low voice.

He stopped and turned around to face her.

"Could you come here for a moment?" she asked

He didn't know what to do. He could just ignore her and walk out the room or he could see what she had wanted. He walked towards her because curiosity got the better of him, and he was bored.

"Do you see that star?" she asked

Hiead looked at the direction she was staring and saw a bright yellow star, that out shined all the others stars next to it.

"Yes." He began to wonder what was going on with his repairer.

"You can't see it but if you were to head straight for that star, you would find the colony my family and I used to live on."

He just stood in silence. Her face got even sadder as she looked at it. This was way too emotional he thought.

"Hiead, what do you plan to do after your time as a pilot is over?"

Hiead had never really thought about it. In his mind, he would be a pilot forever. Maybe he could teach the new candidates he thought, he really didn't have anywhere else to go.

"Why would I tell you something like that?"

She ignored his statement and pulled her knees to her chest. She knew he was just as confused about his future as she was.

"I don't know either, what could I possibly do?" asked Ikhny

Why was she so upset? Hiead thought. She would probably just go back to the colony to be with her family. She doesn't know what it feels like to be me. Alone. Hated. When she left her family would probably throw her a big party to welcome her back. When I leave I'll probably become a wanderer, like I was before I came to the G.O.A. Azuma wouldn't let me stay. He'll probably be happy to get rid of me. All I know how to do is kill people. I've been killing people ever since I was a kid. It's who I am. Everybody will recognize me solely for killing people.

"Lunch is about to start. We'd better go." She said as she got up and headed for the door. Hiead watched her go still wondering what was going on with her. After she was out of the room he began to follow her.

On the way to the cafeteria, Ikhny bumped into Cullen. The boy looked rather pleased to see her, while Ikhny still had an impartial look on her face.

"Ikhny, hello."

"Hello, Cullen. It's nice to see you again."

"You too…I was wondering, would you like to eat lunch with me today?" he asked. He asked her this as if had already knew the answer. He rarely smiled but when he did it was always at her.

"Actually, I'm already eating lunch with someone."

The smile was immediately replaced with a frown. After a few seconds, his grey eyes left Ikhny's brown ones and were staring directly at a set of crimson ones.

Hiead looked at the boy for only a second before entering the cafeteria. Cullen turned back to Ikhny and noticed that she was staring after this boy.

"Is this the guy you're eating lunch with?"

"Yes, I'm his repairer." She said

"So there's nothing going on between the two of you?"

Ikhny soon got the hint that this guy actually liked her. No one had ever shown interest in her before so she just caught on a little late.

"Umm…it was nice talking to you but I'm really hungry." She turned on her heel and she could feel the heat on her face. She was blushing furiously. After getting her tray of food, she went and sat down by Hiead.

Hiead looked up and was staring at her like she had gone out of her mind. No one sat with him during lunch! Not that anyone had ever offered before, but he was certain that everyone knew that his table was off limits.

"What are you doing?" he sounded annoyed.

"Umm…is it okay if I ate lunch with you today?"

"Why aren't you with Enna and his tribe of losers?" still annoyed

"I just don't really feel like being around them right now."

This confused him even more. What on Zion was going on that made his repairer stop hanging around her friends? He glanced over at Zero's table and the brunette boy had the purple haired boy in a head lock and was proceeding to pour ice down his back. Hiead rolled his eyes and could understand why someone would want to be away from that crowd but he knew something more was going on.

Just then a boy with jet black hair and grey eyes came and sat down at his table next to the small brunette girl.

"So Ikhny…you never answered my question." Said Cullen ignoring Hiead's presence.

"Could we talk about this later, maybe." She said in almost a whisper.

The boy leaned in close to Ikhny until they were only inches apart. Ikhny had a terrified looked on her face because one she had never been kissed before especially by a guy she didn't know and two she could feel the anger radiating from Hiead as he stared at the two. Cullen sensed Hiead's ex beginning to rise and turned to the boy. Cullen's face was still a mask of indifference. He was not intimidated by Hiead. The two boys just sat glaring at one another until Cullen got up and left the table.

Ikhny sighed. That was close. She was certain Cullen was going to say something wrong to Hiead causing him to lose all his good judgment. She turned and looked at Hiead who was glared at her for a second and got up from the table and left. She looked after him.

Hiead?

Yep another Chapter and more to come. Got lots of homework so next chapter will probably come during the weekend. Review!!!

Bebe XOXO