A/N: So, Rose Lovett had commented about my writing style on another fic of mine. So, I want to follow the advice I'd been given (thank you!):

- The setting is at Orb. Maybe I'll come up with city name as I like if I need it, just maybe.

- You know it's from 3rd person point of view, except the prologue, it's Athruns

- About description, I'm not really good at it, but I'll try to improve. You can remind me if my lack of description is troubling you.

And about KiraLacus date, maybe I'll write the outtake, just tell me if you want it.

No AsuCaga moment, yet (sorry).

Next chapter they'll meet again, so be patient and enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam SEED/Destiny


Chapter 3

June 13th 2010

"Who was that girl!"

"She was my old friend, that's all!"

"Then why did she walked out from our room!"

"That's not your—"

"Don't you dare to say that it's not my business! I'm your wife, for crying out loud!"

"My wife? You go to work from 7 am to 8 pm, don't even have a second for your son, for your husband!"

"I earn money for my family! And remember that my I do a better job than you, my paycheck is bigger."

"Stop that!"

"No, you stop and listen—"

"No, you SHUT UP!" He grabbed the lamp on the night stand and hit his wife's head a few times with it. The calendar dates were crossed before 12th.

Stop that! He is your wife!

"STOP! You're hurting—Aargh!"

"I'll make you shut the hell up!" He kept on hitting her. Her blood was everywhere, even on his face and shirt.

Please, make me awake! Why can't I move a single muscle!

"PLEASE!"

"Oh, yeah. Beg for it to stop, scream for help, no one will hear you!"

"Mommy, Daddy?

NO! Don't look there!

"Ian? I've made your mommy gone away. She won't be bothering us again." He said in crazy tone.

"Daddy you kill her…"

"No, don't be afraid, son. It's okay." He stood, walking to the door. Ian was already running. He saw a baseball bat.

He ran to his son.

"No, daddy…" Ian whimpered.

Stay away from that child!

"Now, don't you want to join your mommy?" He sickly smiled.

"No, please…"Ian was crying now. His father raised his bat and swung it—

"NOOO!"

Athrun panted. He was sweating more than usual. Two murders, two deaths.

Ian's frightened face was swirling on his mind, he couldn't push it away. And he was just a child, an innocent child who doesn't know anything about adult's complicated world.

"WHY CAN'T IT JUST STOP? I'M SICK OF THIS ALL!" he screamed to no one. His hands were pulling his hair in frustration, anger and sadness.

"Why can't I help those people?" Athrun said in lower voice. He shut his eyes tightly, and began sobbing. His fists were covering his teary eyes.

It was June 13th.


"I'm sorry. If you didn't want to, why did you come here with me then?"

"I think I just want to get away from my nightmare last night." Athrun answered, seeing many cute things in pink on that gift shop was actually making him nauseous.

Not that he was always nauseous when he met Lacus.

But this shop is just so… girly, with pink everywhere. But he had decided to indulge himself from the nightmare last night. He shuddered as he remembered it.

Kira sat on the bench Athrun was sitting on. "Want to talk about it?"

"You don't want to know." Athrun hung his head, eyes closed.

"I'm sorry."

"Don't be." Athrun rubbed his face. "Have you found the gift for her?"

"Not yet. But maybe we should…"

"No, go. You shouldn't waste our time here without buying anything for Lacus." Athrun said. His problem was not a burden he wanted to share with his best friend. "You haven't told me about your date that night. How was it?" Athrun tried to smile. He felt good, that he had helped his best friend to a date he always wanted, with Lacus.

"I can't talk about my date while you're suffering because of your vision." Kira refused.

"Humor me, then."

"I can't. You deserve happiness like what I felt that night. And I can't tell you anything unless you find your own happiness."

"Happiness is something I won't ever befriend with. I'm cursed. I can't be free from it as long as I shall live. Maybe I'll see my own death on my next—"

"Stop, please. Stop talking about that." Kira pleaded. "Athrun, just try. Two weeks of happy days with a girl."

"And my nightmare will haunt every day of those two weeks and I can't even enjoy it, and then it will end in less than two weeks. No, Kira."

"Athrun, don't be paranoid. You can't lose hope. Everybody deserves happiness."

"Everybody but me." No, Kira didn't believe that Athrun was an exception for that. His best friend had suffered enough, and fate owned him happiness. And he would do anything for his best friend.

"That's it. I'll call Lacus tonight." Kira stood up.

"For what?" Athrun asked, bewildered. He never mentioned about Lacus' friend.

"Her friend, Cagalli is single. Lacus will introduce her to us next Thursday."

"You're not going to play matchmaker, are you?" Athrun narrowed his eyes at Kira.

"What can I say? You did that to me. Now, I'll pay you for it." Kira went to search a gift for Lacus again. "Isn't it good? My best friend is dating my girlfriend's best friend."

Athrun sighed. He did not play matchmaker, he just encouraged his best friend to make a move because he was sure they like each other. He was not sure with this girl Kira and Lacus was about to introduce him to. She would end up reacting like he had always predicted a girl would. None would have a reaction like this:

My boyfriend can see people's death! It's cool, huh?

Yeah, right, Athrun snorted.

A small fluffy thing suddenly landed on his lap.

He took it, and turned his head. A little girl—about 4 years old— was trying to get off from her daddy's shoulders. Then, she ran to Athrun and faced him with her cute little dimples and pig tails hair.

"I'm sorry, but that's my teddy bear."

Athrun smiled. "I'm sorry then. It landed to my lap and I just thought of taking it home with me."

"Noo! That's mine. Give it back to me!" She whined, and Athrun chuckled.

"Here, it's yours after all." Athrun gave the teddy to the girl.

"Thank you!" The girl took it and walked back to her father.

He watched the girl talking to her father about her teddy. Athrun gazed at them in jealousy. He never thought about it, but it seemed nice to have a wife and a child; a cute little bundle of joy who was loving you and entertain you with his or her every move and development and beautiful wife who always understands you, no matter what.

Since when did he get all that sappy? Athrun shook his head to clear it.

"I've found it. Let's go." Kira called.

"All right."

"By the way, have I thanked you for giving Lacus my number and warned me before she called?"

"Yes, you've just have." Athrun smirked.

A little girl passed a table with a calendar on it, June 16th.

She went to the balcony, and placed her teddy on top of a blanket that was placed on the cloister.

"Now, what are we going to do, Mr. Teddy?" the little girl asked.

Oh, no. Please, not this little girl.

A hard wind suddenly blew the teddy, making it unsteady. The little girl was shielding her hair. And then, the teddy was fallen by the wind.

"Mr. Teddy!" the girl reached her hand for her doll. The teddy fell.

She tried to climb the blanket, and saw her teddy on the ground.

She pouted, her teddy was dirty now. She would have to wash it.

The wind blew again. The blanket was sliding from the cloister while the girl was still clutching it.

Noo! Somebody, please save her!

"Aaah!"


June 16th 2010

"Damn it!"

Athrun hit the dashboard of his Corvette, frustrated. He had been searching for the little girl's apartment, trying to find her before it was too late.

And here he was, slumping on his car's driver seat, still not knowing where she lives.

There was nothing I could do if I stay here, he thought. He started his car again, trying to find the apartment.

After a few minutes, Athrun was getting more and more worried because the sun was higher now just like what he saw on his nightmare.

He drove slowly, looked around trough his car's window. When he found an apartment with ivory paint, he stopped. It looked exactly like the one on his dream.

He stopped his car and got out. As he approached the apartment he saw a brown little thing on a cloister.

"No!" He ran to the apartment immediately. As he arrived there, the girl was on top of the blanket, and her teddy was on the ground. Athrun picked it up.

He looked up to the girl. "Stay there! I'll pick it up for you.

He saw the girl nodded. He exhaled in relief, and then walked to the front of the apartment to give back the doll.

But then, he heard the voice he had tried to prevent.

The little girl's scream.


I saw an anime long ago. When I wrote this, I remembered about a little boy putting his blanket on the cloister, and it fell. The little boy was alright, though. It just came to my mind and I use it, I don't know if it makes sense to you or not. I couldn't think of another way to 'kill' the little girl. (I'm mean, I know : p)

I was doing a research for my presentation tomorrow, so I thought might post this chapter as well.