Chapter One

In the days of Kira's disappearance, everyone pitched in as they all tried to look for the missing brunette. They looked high and low, they searched each area of the city and took the time to knock on everybody's door to see if they saw him. But to no avail.

They went to the countryside and scoured around, they went to all the parks and festivals and they put up missing person posters on poles that stood high around the city. For one whole month they searched for him, midway through that month they officially filed a missing person's report and the search intensified.

Lacus' once beautiful, light and vibrant blue eyes were now dull and lifeless. The once well-kept Lacus Clyne now looked like a trainwreck, she had bags underneath her eyes, her hair was all over the place and her overall appearance just about degraded.

Lacus was the one who took the disappearance the worst. She'd stay up long nights just thinking about where Kira could have ran off to and why she didn't come to his aid sooner. For many nights she cried and her father was helpless, he couldn't do anything. It got so bad that Lacus even stopped coming to school on some occasions, she absolutely hated stepping onto school grounds, it was the place that made Kira want to run away but she knew she had to press on in-order to pursue the career she wanted for herself.

She hated seeing everyone who had picked on Kira, Lacus hated walking past memories she had made with him in the halls, by their lockers, in their classes and by the big willow tree that stood outside in the yard. All the countless days and afternoons the two spent together underneath that tree, talking about how their days went and their hopes and dreams for the future.

The pink haired girl never realized how much of a presence Kira was in her life, him being there for her made her feel loved. He knew what to say and what to do to cheer her up, Kira was her best friend. She felt a fire within her reignite, something she tried to hide for many years because she was scared to face the truth. One morning she lazily stumbled into her washroom, looked at herself in the mirror and with all the confidence in the world exclaimed "I love him".

The week after she confessed her love for Kira in mirror, Lacus walked into school with her fingers crossed as she hoped that today would be the day that Kira would be there. She wandered through the hallways. as she searched every part of the school for him when suddenly the bell went, she let out a deep sigh and quickly made her way to class. Upon stepping inside her classroom, she scanned the room in hopes that she would see Kira's figure in the room with her, Lacus' eyes suddenly widened when she saw Kira sitting down at his desk all fine as if nothing happened, she blinked a few times, making sure it all wasn't just a dream. Seeing that his figure did not want to disappear, she knew it was real and immediately she ran towards him, pushed herself into his arms and started to cry softly.

"Don't ever do that again Kira Yamato!" she cried as tears rolled down her cheeks.

Kira stared at her with shock written across his face as he tried to find the words to say. Soon people started pouring into class and towards their seats, all of them catching a glance at the scene that unfolded before their eyes.

"Lacus people are-"

The flustered pink haired girl quickly brought herself up onto his lap and captured his lips with hers as she gave it all she had. Kira's eyes widened as he tried to register everything, he didn't know what was happening, or what had gotten into his friend, but one thing was for sure he liked it and it felt right. Eventually he gave in and started to kiss back too. 'ooohs' and 'awes' started to echo through the hallway and the classroom, one of the people watching from the outside was the school's jock Chris Fitzgerald who had a crush on Lacus.

"What is that geek doing?!" he yelled trying to make himself heard, fortunately his scream was covered by the second bell signalling everyone to get to class before school started.

"I'll teach Kira not to take what isn't his" Chris said furiously as he stomped his way towards his homeroom.

Kira and Lacus pulled away, both were out of breath, they sat there their eyes locked. A clash of colour began to take place, amethyst eyes met with crystal blue eyes as they dueled an intimate fight. The two smiled at each other "Lacus" Kira said faintly.

"Alright class please take your seats!" said the teacher entering the room. Lacus quickly hopped off Kira's lap and rushed to her chair.

Her face was red like a tomato as she shuffled down to her desk. Her body heated up with every step she took, her heart kept pounding. She brought her fingers up to her lips and lightly brushed it "So soft" Lacus mumbled as a smile crept onto her pink lips. When she found her way to her chair, she buried her face into her arm and mumbled "I can't believe I kissed Kira"

"I can't believe I did that" Kira said in despair, he was almost certain that Chris was one of the people watching himself and Lacus make out and the thought of Chris coming after him because of that could quickly become reality if Kira didn't escape.

"I would like to start off by welcoming back Kira Yamato" the teacher said smiling. Kira faintly smiled.

"Alright class, we'll be continuing with the projects please get into your groups, Yamato join Tom and Lacus please"

Kira immediately got up "Yes sir!" before walking over to Lacus' desk.

The teacher smiled "If you have any concerns please ask" he said before walking over to his table that was off to the side of the classroom, he pulling out a newspaper and began to read as he let the class work.

"H-Hi" Kira said nervously sitting beside Lacus, she only smiled. The pink haired girl reached forward and grabbed his hand so that she could hold it in hers. She fixed her posture before resting her head on Kira's shoulder.

"You know Chris is going to eat you alive, he saw you two making out" Tom said whispering, Tom's concern made Kira chuckle. "You know what? I honestly don't care anymore" the boy felt Lacus freeze, he reassuringly squeezed her hand. Lacus smiled and moved closer to Kira.

"I guess we should get to working" Tom suggested
Lacus nodded in agreement, and soon Tom and Lacus started working on the project leaving Kira to watch from behind. While the two worked away, Kira sat still while his mind raced with different encounters that could happen between himself and Chris. He was so wrapped up in his thought that he didn't hear the bell go off. Lifting his head from this newspaper his homeroom teacher looked up and saw that the only person in a chair was Kira, he sighed and yelled "Clyne, please wake up Kira!"

Lacus nodded and walked towards the brunette, she knelt down and lightly tapped his shoulder "Kira? It's time to go to second period" she said softly.

He turned towards her with a blank stare in his eyes, it was obvious that Kira was distressed. Lacus placed her hands on his "It's okay meet me by my locker after second period" she said trying to reassure him, he only nodded. Lacus grabbed his hand and led him out of class, "See you soon" she said quickly kissing Kira on the cheek before heading to her second period class. Kira watched her for a little while and waited until she disappeared into her class and out of his site.

"I don't know about you, but I'm not going to second period" he said before turning to the opposite direction to walk out of the school building.

DURING SECOND PERIOD

"No Yamato again" said Mr. Tambo marking Kira as absent.

Chris smirked "Shows him right"

Tom frowned before saying to himself "I should tell Lacus" he quickly pulled out his phone to text her 'Chris is giving that vibe' and almost immediately he got a text back 'Thanks Tommy'

"Tom put the phone away!" yelled Mr. Tambo, Tom lowered his head "Sorry sir"


Lacus sat in her assigned spot, beside the big rectangular window that had a perfect view of outside. She began to lightly tap her pen against the wooden desk, her head resting on her hand all while it was being supported by her elbow she had propped up onto the table. Her gazes were fixated outside, she stared at the small grey clouds that floated slowly through the blue summer sky.

She had forgotten where she was at that moment, her mind still replaying the kissing she had done with Kira in homeroom just one hour before. "Oh Kira" she mumbled to herself "I love him" she whispered. She was too deep into her own thoughts that the feeling of her phone vibrating on the desk woke her up from her trance. She looked down and read the text 'Chris is giving that vibe'.

Almost immediately, Lacus picked up her phone and sent a text back 'Thanks Tommy'. Her heart started to pound once again, scared of what Chris might do. Lacus knew she had to get to Kira before Chris did, even if that meant her having to run. She lifted herself so that she was now hovering slightly over her seat and leaned onto the windowsill. From where she sat Lacus had a clear view of the willow tree that Kira always sat under whenever he didn't want to go to class.

She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him underneath it "phew" she mumbled as she lowered herself down back onto the seat. She knew she had time, and she was very thankful for that.

"Is there anything outside you're looking for Miss. Clyne?" asked the teacher who looked at her

Lacus shook her head "No ma'am"

The teacher only nodded and continued on with her lesson she had planned for the class.

"I hope I can get to him before Chris does"

LUNCH HOUR

When second period ended, Lacus quickly grabbed her things and ran towards her locker. As she got closer and closer to her locker she saw Kira there leaning against it.

"Thank goodness" Lacus said as she reached her locker, she quickly nudged Kira away "Move please" the pink haired girl demanded quickly dialing her combo, she threw her stuff in, grabbed her lunch and slammed the locker door shut. She turned towards Kira and grabbed his hand before leading him towards the exit to the building.

"Hey, why the rush?" Kira asked trying to keep pace with Lacus
"It's bec-" suddenly Lacus heard a large thud behind her, she turned and saw Kira on the floor with Chris standing over him.
"What are you doing geek!" Chris yelled, his hand crunched together forming two fists.
"Kira! Are you-"

Kira smiled at Lacus "Don't worry about me" he slowly got himself up and dusted himself off
"Oh me? I was just-" he was silenced when Chris punched him square in the face

"Stay away from her" Chris said angrily before turning his attention to Lacus "Let's go"

Filled with built up emotion, Kira quickly threw a punch of his own at Chris. Chris immediately grabbed Kira by the collar as the two started throwing punches at each other. Soon a large crowd started to form surrounding the two as they all started chanting "fight, fight fight!"

"Who knew someone the likes of you can fight" Chris said slowly getting up

"It's time for me to finish you" he said charging at Kira who leaned up against a locker

Kira smiled before someone stepped in front of him, it was Lacus. Frightened Kira quickly grabbed Lacus and pushed her to the side. Just in the intime too because just seconds after Chris' missed and punched the locker behind the tired brunette.

"Lacus are you okay?!" Kira said worryingly, she nodded.

"Yamato, Fitzgerald! Office now!" the two Vice Principals said as they and a couple of the teachers escorted the two to the front office.

As they walked towards the office, the intense atmosphere that surrounded the two fighters died down and the feeling of regret took over. A line of teachers separated the two students, their arms were held out just in case they decided to take a charge at each other. A scrawny kid standing up to a person who had a large build, better yet Kira was still able to put up a fight even though he didn't look like he was physically capable.

"I can't believe I lost to a nerd" grunted Chris

"You're weaker than I thought" Kira teased

"Why you-"

"Enough" boomed the Principal

The two boys bowed their heads in shame as they continued on their trek to the office. Finally reaching the office the two boys were directed to the Principal's office where they were instructed to sit on different chairs on opposite sides of the room, their gazes were fixated on the Principal who slowly made his way to his desk. The two boys knew that their fates were now in the hands of him.

"I've had enough of both of you" he yelled out, his voice echoing throughout the office "I don't care who started it, but seeing as you're both seniors I expected better"

The Principal's daunting eyes scanned the room as they tried to read the body languages of the two boys.

"You both will be paying for the damages you've caused and you both will be suspended for one week"

Chris rose his finger in protest "But sir!"

The Principal immediately shushed him "Chris you will only come to school in the mornings and you Kira will come only for the afternoons" he pointed to the door "Now get out of my office." One after the other the two students were led out of the officer and to the front exit where they had to wait for their parents to pick them up. Later that day Lacus and everyone in the school learned that both Chris and Kira were suspended for one week.


Hey everyone! FUNBUMGUM here, I will be uploading a new chapter to my story Fragile Heart: The Suffering Soul once a month, on the first day of every month! This will probably be the only story I will be updating on a regular basis, all my other stories will be updated whenever I get a chance to. I've also been in a grove to re-do some of my major stories too. So if you see some of my bigger stories being taken off do not panic! HOWEVER, if I don't want to remove a certain story I will be updating the chapters instead!

P.S This will be happening over the course of this year! Stay tuned for more!

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