Disconnected

Together We Stand

Lacus looked out from their hotel at the city of lights. At night, the city rose into the sky, full of light shows and diamond lights. Like clouds. Kira was sitting inside on the couch, writing diligently and yet, ever peaceful. She knew he was writing his book and it meant a lot to him so she left him be. To read a book of their journey together, through his eyes and his heart.

To think they'd been in Paris for two days already. Tomorrow was their last day and they headed home tomorrow too. On top of that, Lacus had not received anymore poems. She'd thought it was Kira, but then why hadn't he written a poem about their days in Paris?

– –

Their last day in Paris, Kira took Lacus to a large building meant for one thing. Ice skating.

"But Kira, I don't think I'm any good."

"Me either." Kira laughed. They were getting their skates and strapping them on. Lacus was still anxious as they made their way to the ice, slightly wobbly.

Kira stepped onto the ice and smiled when he managed to stand upright. He smiled back at Lacus and held his hand out for her. Lacus put one foot on the ice and then stood on both feet. However, when she tried to move, she wobbled and grabbed on to the nearest thing. Kira just happened to be a bit closer than the wall.

With a soft scream and a grunt, the two had ended up in a heap on the ice. They slipped a bit but managed to untangle themselves.

"I'm so sorry, Kira." Lacus frowned. She was worried she'd hurt Kira at the same time she was upset because she couldn't even stand up.

Kira began to laugh and then winced, letting out an 'ow'. However, he started laughing again, like he'd been told a great joke or something. Lacus found it contagious, as she found herself laughing along side him.

The laughter died off as they stood and tried again, but both moods had been visibly lightened. Ice skating wasn't easy but they soon got to the point where they didn't need to skate so close to the wall.

Lacus smiled brightly and it made Kira happy. This trip was to give them some alone time and to relax. Kira never felt happier than seeing that bright smile on her face. Everything he was doing was making her happy and that made him proud to do it.

– –

Taking the shuttle home that night was the down time for rest. But Lacus couldn't sleep, she was constantly reordering these poems she'd gotten in her head. What order had the letters come in?

Looking over at Kira, she found him sleeping, as he had been doing for most of the trip. He seemed really worn out from that day. Lacus brushed some hair from his face and he smiled as though he knew she were doing it.

About 10 minutes later, they arrived at the port. However, before Lacus could wake Kira, the flight attendant approached her.

"Excuse me, Miss Clyne. I was told to give this to you as soon as you arrived." she smiled, cast a glance at Kira, and then left.

Lacus felt slightly... jealous? That look the attendant gave Kira was almost fond and it did, in fact, make Lacus jealous. Trying to push away the thoughts, she opened the letter.

'One for the prepping,

One for the show.

One will protect you

Wherever you go.

In the air.

Under the sea.

Your smiling face

Amazes me.'

Lacus gasped. Another poem? It made her blush a bit and she smiled at it. Signed with an 'e', it had easily blown her thoughts away from the other letters in the signatures.

"Mmm.." a mumbled came from next to her. "Lacus?" Kira asked, sitting him and rubbing his eyes. "Have we docked?" he asked sleepily.

"Oh! Yes! Yes we have!" Lacus giggled, folding the letter and putting it with the other two in her bag. Kira tried to look but she just giggled and made a 'sshh. It's a secret' motion with her finger to her lips.

– – –

"Welcome back, Lacus. How was your vacation?" Mwu asked, walking up to the girl as soon as she stepped into his area of business.

"It's was great, thank you." Lacus smiled.

"You should take Miss Murrue on a vacation." Kira added, popping out of nowhere behind Lacus, before Mwu could say anything.

"W-what?" Mwu asked, coughing.

"Hey, I'm not the one who stuttered." Kira replied, standing beside Lacus, arm around her, book in the other hand. Lacus tried to hide her laughter over the situation.

"I think vacations are bad for you, Kira. You came back with an attitude." Mwu joked a bit, blushing a bit.

Kira shrugged. In truth, he was just feeling hyper today and this was one way of showing it. He laughed lightly and kissed Lacus on the cheek.

"I'm going to sit down over there. If you need me, just shout." he nodded and walked to sit against the wall like he had done at most of Lacus' concerts. It was good for hiding and he found the cold wall to be comfortable in some ways.

Perhaps it was the memory of sitting on such a wall and finding the girl of his dreams. Hiding behind a wall like this and discovering his sister. Light was shed onto how he could fit into this crazy world by a wall like this. Maybe that was why he liked it.

He pulled a pencil out of NOWHERE and began to write. When he got in this state, he only seemed to notice someone if their hair was bubble gum pink.

Lacus explained things to Mwu and laughed a bit when she ended up bringing up Murrue and he stuttered a bit again.

"Miss Clyne." Lacus heard someone softly call her from the side. When she looked for who it was, she spotted Shani leaning against a wall just behind stage curtains, hidden from Kira's view.

"Shani?" she asked, walking over. "How have you been?" she smiled.

"Lacus, I need to talk to you." the green haired boy ignored the question.

"Oh, Okay." Lacus shrugged.

– – –

Shani took Lacus away so that they were out of earshot of everyone and out of eyesight.

"Okay, I wanted to apologize." Shani finally spoke.

"For what?" Lacus was as oblivious as ever.

"For what!? Are you stupid? I've been trying to rip you and your boyfriend bodyguard apart ever since the party!" Shani barely stopped his voice from screaming.

Lacus, even if she were stupid, couldn't mix that up with anything. She looked at him as though her question would be answered without being spoken.

"But why?" she didn't understand why anyone would do that.

"You old boss told me too." Shani confessed, hating that he had to be all nice to a girl he didn't even like.

"Michael?" Lacus asked. She hadn't heard from him since the day she fired him for making her leave Kira, among other things.

"Yea, if that's what you want to call him. Right now, he calls himself my 'father'." Shani ruffled his hair and Lacus gasped. "Yea I know! Why would any sane man do all this just to get back at some pop idol's boyfriend? He apparently blames Kira for all his bad luck. But the guy deals in the black market and with hackers and everything!"

Lacus tried to speak but Shani interrupted her.

"And he's not even my real father!" Shani yelled. "Do you know how messed up a kid would be if HE raised them?!"

Lacus backed away from him as he began to ramble about how he was just an adopted weapon for Rau and how 'that man' didn't care a lick about him. Lacus was getting a bit scared by Shani when she felt, rather than saw, an arm wrap around her from behind. She almost gasped but saw who it was and calmed down.

When Shani stopped ranting, he took a few deep breaths and calmed down.

"Sorry. I guess I got carried away. Anyway, I never liked you. I don't like anyone. I dissd you behind your back and beat up your boyfriend, so I guess you should hate me. Either way, getting this off my chest will make life easier for me so there you have it."

Shani looked over at Lacus and gasped. When had he gotten there?! Shani glared.

"Yamato." he growled. The next thing he knew was the floor. He held his cheek where Kira had just punched him.

"Maybe you've learned something, then." Kira replied, taking Lacus's hand and leading her back to the others.

"How did you know where I was?" Lacus asked.

"I saw you leave... and then I followed my nose." he tapped it. Oh! That's right! Lacus was wearing a type of perfume today because she walked past a perfume stand and couldn't help herself. Lacus smiled and leaning into Kira when they stopped walking.

"Thank you, Kira." she whispered.

"Don't you know? I'll always be here for you." the brunette wrapped his arms around Lacus and she couldn't help but feel as though she'd heard that somewhere before.

– – – –

Although it's been a while since we've seen them, Athrun and Cagalli were doing quite well. Both were very busy with filming, since Cagalli got the lead role. Athrun didn't do anything to convince the directors to choose her.. -cough-.

So far, Cagalli was making a good action hero and dramatic actress. The director once told her that he could actually 'feel her jealousy, hatred, and sadness' when her character saw another girl kissing Athrun's character. Cagalli convinced him it was all skill and Athrun nervously laughed in the background.

At this point, the movie was coming along great and they were taking a break from shooting for only a day.

"Athrun, there's some mail from the acting agency. It must be for you." Cagalli handed him the letter and he thanked her.

As Cagalli went to the kitchen to get something to eat, Athrun opened the letter. However, he seemed confused.

"Cagalli, this is for you." he informed her, walking into the kitchen and handing it to her. "You're already being offered another role."

Cagalli's face lit up and Athrun smiled. She was ecstatic. She was being offered to audition for the role of a teenage rock star wannabe. This was the main heroine of the movie. She was also offered to play a small role of a librarian who gets killed in a new upcoming horror movie. At least her character would survive half of the movie.

"Sounds like fun." she laughed.

– – –

"How did it go?" Athrun asked when Cagalli came home from all her auditions. She shrugged.

"The rock star one wanna be role seems booked. I think I got it. The librarian was okay but after that they made me audition for about 4 other roles in the same movie and at the end, I was so tired of it I nearly hit the main character." the blonde sighed.

"Well, welcome to showbiz." Athrun couldn't help but chuckle at her obvious displeasure.

"You're horrible." she groaned, shrugging off her jacket and finally hanging it up. "Anyway, I'm going to bed."

"Early bedtime, but good night." he received a kiss on the forehead and then she was gone into the bedroom. 'Hm. Forehead's not so bad...'

Athrun shrugged and smiled. He picked up the book he'd been reading before she came in. It wasn't all that good, actually. But it was the story his new movie was merely based off of. He wanted to read the original storyline... before they jazzed it up for the fans.

– – –

Reb: If only all guys were like Kira. -le sigh-