Fandom: Gundam Seed
Title: Sleeping Sometimes Ruins
Theme: #25 Tokyo Babylon
Pairing/Characters: Miriallia Haww/ Yzak Juole
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer/claimer: I do not own Gundam Seed or any related characters
Summary: They had known each other quite well, even were friends. But they couldn't handle the morning after a drunken night.

Her hair fell over her shoulders and she stared at him, grinning somewhat foolishly. Then she turned away and returned sipping on her coffee. "When's Dearka going to be here?" From that simple question, it was clear that she was uncomfortable being in his presence.

"Soon," the silver-haired teen told her. In truth, he could not believe that it had been over two years since he had last seen her. And it probably would have been many more had not Dearka insisted on them getting together for coffee while they were all in Tokyo for Kira and Lacus's wedding. But, it was really no wonder that they never communicated or saw each other.

They had actually first really met in Tokyo. That was back when he was seventeen, nearly three years ago. They talked. He thought she was nice. Maybe even a little bit too good for his friend. But he never said a word. Slowly, over time, he became friends with the Natural girl. It wasn't very hard. She was nice, quiet, but expressed her opinions freely and hit him when he said something rude or against Naturals. He had never expected the night nearly six months after they had met.

They were back in Tokyo, this time sightseeing, instead of there on political business. She was drunk. He acted drunk. They had sex. And it wasn't bad sex, either, as he would have expected from such a soft girl. But after that something happened. They drifted apart… slowly as to not cause suspicion, but it happened nonetheless. And now they were thrown together again, thanks to Dearka. Instead of acting as uncomfortable as he obviously was, she remained cool and calm, trying to make conversation despite the fact that he was resisting.

There was that smile again. He wondered vaguely if she could turn it off and on at will. It wouldn't surprise him any. "So what happened," she asked him, finally looking away, "To us."

He paused, taken by surprise by her bluntness before shrugging, "We had sex. We shouldn't have. It ruined our friendship."

The smile that had lit up the coffee house drifted off of her face, "I never thought that we shouldn't have done it…" Her voice got higher as she talked, "I always thought we just handled it the wrong way afterwards."

There was a few seconds pause before he said, "We're too different for it to have been good."

Miriallia only smiled mysteriously and looked around, spotting Dearka, "This place is like paradise, isn't it?"

He was about to ask her what she meant, but when Dearka joined them, he got cut off. Now he only sat and watched the two interact, wondering what she had meant.

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And it didn't take long. Later that night, for reasons beyond his control, he found himself in her bed. There had never been a single word between them to suggest what they would do later, but somehow he had known to follow her home. She only smiled and allowed her finger to trail up his chest, "This is paradise. And paradise is always lost." She gave him a smile before turning over to fall asleep. For a few seconds he watched her before doing the same. Only years later would he have wondered what would have happened if he had stayed to wait for her to wake up in the morning.