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And once again, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!


Chapter 4: Aching heart

"Oh Kira…" muttered Cagalli outside his room as tears began to stream down her face. "What can I do to possible help you…" she whispered.

Suddenly, the phone rang throughout the house. Cagalli stumbled down the stairs slowly almost as if she knew it was bad news. Who could it possibly be?

"Hello? Cagalli speaking." she said cautiously into the telephone.

"Hey Cagalli, it's Lacus here. Is Kira around?" Lacus said quietly on the other end.

"What do you want to talk to him about?" Cagalli replied with a slightly harsh voice.

"I just need to talk to him about something." Lacus said with a rather timid voice.

Cagalli was about to reply, but she suddenly remembered the state that Kira was in. She felt a slight tinge of anger at Lacus and that was when she got an idea. Although it was a little mean, she just couldn't resist the urge to lie.

"Well ok but Kira is in his room confirming the time he booked at Eternal restaurant."

"What! Why did he book at the Eternal restaurant?"

"He said something about going there with the person he asked to the prom."

Lacus's heart dropped at hearing what Cagalli just said. He was going to bring me there for dinner before the prom? What have I done? Lacus suddenly realised how selfish she was. Kira secretly planned all this and all she was worried about was whether Dean would go with her to the prom.

Eternal restaurant was one of the most expensive restaurants if not the most expensive. Getting a reservation at that restaurant was almost unaffordable to many. Cagalli overheard Kira making a reservation there one night and couldn't help but wonder who he was taking there. Now that she knew he had asked Lacus out, she felt even more tears form at her eye. The pain that Kira must have been feeling must be ten times greater than hers.

"Anyways… may I talk to him now?" Lacus said in a much softer voice.

"…Sure." Cagalli replied hesitantly.

She once again made her way upstairs to where Kira's room was. The room was quiet except for a few sniffles every now and then. She knocked on the door a couple of times and gently opened the door. Kira lay deathly silent on his bed, it was as if the body was there, but the soul wasn't.

"Kira. Lacus is on the phone right now, she wants to talk to you." Cagalli said in a soothing manner.

At the mere mention of Lacus, Kira could feel his eyes begin to water once more. Although he willed himself to stop, his body just disobeyed as if he had lost control all together. He slowly got up into a sitting position and motioned for Cagalli to hand over the phone. He took a deep breath and began.

"Hey… Lacus. Whats up?" Kira tried in the most cheerful voice he could muster.

Lacus wasn't fooled by the act and knew that something was wrong. She knew what it was she wanted to tell him but she just couldn't bring herself to say it. Completely torn between which sides to take, she stayed silent.

"Sorry Lacus, I…I just realised that I have something to do ….tomorrow night. I was… just about to call you that I couldn't go to the prom with you tomorrow." Kira managed to stutter out much to Cagalli's horror.

Lacus felt a bit relieved hearing Kira say that. She was just about to respond when she realised something was wrong. Not only was he talking really weird, but also wasn't he just making plans for the dinner tomorrow night? Something definitely wasn't right and she just couldn't resist the urge to find out.

"Kira, you aren't fooling anyone with your act. If you really were busy tomorrow night, then why did you make a reservation at Eternal restaurant?" Lacus muttered into the phone.

Kira was shocked by her words. How did she know that I made reservations at that restaurant? "Well it is because…. I ….." he began before he was interrupted by the pink princess again.

"It is ok Kira, please don't try to hide anything from me. Tell me the truth," She said in a comforting manner.

"Well, today at school… I… saw you… ASK DEAN OUT!" Kira shouted sadly into the phone. "I heard you say that I wouldn't mind if you didn't go with me. It hurt Lacus, it hurt a lot…"

Lacus felt like she died a little on the inside. How could she be so ignorant to Kira's feelings? How could she do this to the person who had always been by her side? When she asked Dean out, all she wanted in her mind was for him to accept. Truth be told, Lacus had always saw Kira as a brother and thought Kira saw her as a sister. Little did she know that was wrong, dead wrong.

"But I'll be ok, and don't worry about the dinner plans. Haha, just make sure you have fun with Dean! The prom is quite exciting after all you know?" Kira said cheerfully. Why do I sound do happy? At least one of us can be happy, I feel jealous towards Dean. He really is a lucky guy.

"But Kira…"

"Haha, you really don't need to worry. I don't have anything to wear for the prom anyway." Kira said while looking at the tuxedo that lay neatly in front of him. "Just be sure to tell me all about it ok?" And with that he hung up on the phone as he suddenly felt a wave of tiredness wash over him causing him to once again lie on the bed again.

Cagalli, who had listened to the whole entire conversation, couldn't stand the pain that the young brunette was putting himself through. "Kira, be honest with me. Do you love Lacus?"

"I love her a lot, so much that it hurts every second I am away from her. I want to escape from this nightmare but I cannot run away because my heart belongs to Lacus. It has belonged to her for nearly two years now. I am hurting a lot right now Cagalli, please…please make it all go away. Save me…" Kira said as tears once again escaped his eyes.

Cagalli stood there in shock as Kira basically just poured out all his feelings and emotions. She couldn't stand the state he was in. She quickly pulled Kira up and embraced him tightly, tears now falling down her face. The twins cried together in each other's arms for a long time.

"Kira…you are coming with me and Athrun to the prom tomorrow"

"Please don't make me, I don't think I can stand it."

"Kira, you are coming."


Author's notes: So there we have it, the end of chapter 4! Sorry it was yet again another depressing chapter. None the less, I hope you guys enjoyed it. So Thanks for reading everyone so again, please review, I really enjoy reading what you guys have to say. Until next time! Peace guys!

To natsumexmikan43vr: Sorry I know it was a bit sad. Aw thanks haha glad you enjoy this story. Once again thanks for your review, really keeps me motivated to keep writing :)

To cyberdemon and ekl: Well firstly thanks to both of you for the comments. Like I said earlier, it really gave a bit to think about. I totally understand and agree with both your comments in that Lacus seemed a bit OOC in the previous chapter. But I hope that you two understand that Lacus sees Kira as sort of more like a brother (at this point anyway) and also she was blinded by her crush towards Dean. Since I already wrote this chapter before I read the comments, I couldn't really change anything. Once again, thanks for the review you two :)

To guest: Thanks a lot. Really appreciate it :)