Gundam SEED: Bikes and Burgers, Pans and Brooms
By: hikariluvshirayuki
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam SEED…
A/N: This chapter brought to you Kira-less and full of Fllay and Meyrin. I don't know whether you like it or not. Any comments are appreciated.
Chapter 10: Seeing Reds…
One fine morning in Hawke's sisters' house…
"Sis, I'm being with Athrun again." Meyrin put down her glass of water, adding a dramatic effect to her statement.
Luna choked on her instant noodle. Panic was in the house.
Several minutes later…
"Are you sure about this? Then, how about Kira?" The purple head furrowed her brow while wiping her mouth.
"I'm going to tell him today. We're over." The younger sibling spoke in monotone.
"Hey, take your time, Mey. Isn't it a bit too rushed? Why don't you give Kira another chance?"
Meyrin picked off her handphone. "No, I have decided already. ONE week is UP. I waited for another 3 days since he last called me. Nothing happened." She dialed a number. "I'm going to call him." The redhead gestured her sister to go away.
Luna went towards the kitchen. "There goes my lunch…I guess I have to eat again."
Somewhere in Heliopolis, inside the compound of some wealthy businessman, a teenage maid was sweeping a porch, looking very lifeless.
Sometimes, she gave out a quick sigh and stopped for a while, gazing forlornly at the empty space.
At one time, she tucked a strand of red hair behind her ear and smiled to herself. After that, she giggled for no reason. Then, her face turned sour. Ever going to mental asylum, anyone?
With one last sigh, Fllay started sweeping again, still feeling unenergetic. Suddenly, she gave out an ear-splitting shriek.
Something blunt poked her bottom…
The girl, flushed with anger and embarrassment quickly turned her body to meet the culprit. It was none other than…
"Ogre..." Her petite body trembled. She tightened her grip on her broom until her hands turned white.
"Yo…" The 'ogre' grinned, complete with the victory sign.
The fiery bombshell answered back with one swift blow using her trusty broom…
Afterwards, the scarlet head went inside the mansion to clean up the windows in the main hall after she finished sweeping the porch.
"Hey, I heard someone shrieked just now. Do you know who it was?" Aisha was busy mopping the marble floor.
"It's me. Nothing to worry much, it's just a damn bug. I swatted it already." The crimson-haired girl took out a cloth and sprayed detergent on one of the window panes.
If I meet him again, surely he will apologize to me. It was a mistake…he stressed out at that time…
Fllay wiped the window glass until it became spotless and shiny.
I can't go on like this…It's hurting me…
Then, she went for the next window panes and repeated the same process.
I thought and thought last night…She had failed…I might succeed…I still believe that Kira is a nice guy…
All those work done, the young maid moved on to her next task.
I have to do something to this…this…this weird feeling of mine…
She walked at a steady pace, face looking ahead.
Tonight, I will go to Mwu's place…Determination burned in the gray eyes.
Meanwhile…
"Hey, wake up bastard…" Shani casually kicked the lifeless Orga.
No reaction, no reply…
Kira's house, afternoon…
"Kira, Kira! Are you inside?" Meyrin yelled from the outside. No answers. She pouted.
"Where did he go? When I called, he didn't answer. Even his sister is gone!" Then, she dialed another number.
"This is the voicemail box for the number XXX-XXXXXX…"
"That's strange. Dearka never switch off his handphone…" Meyrin dialed again, this time Tolle's number.
"This is the voicemail box for the number XXX-XXXXXX…"
"Where is everybody!?" She yelled in frustration. "Now, Mwu-san is the only one who knows where Kira is."
Then, it dawned on her. "I don't know where his house, though." She slowly left Kira's front yard.
"Tonight I will stop at his burger place…"
Clyne's mansion, 10 pm…
"Going out to buy burgers, Fllay?" The azure-haired woman folded her arms.
"Yes…" Her junior replied in a sing-song manner while combing her fiery hair.
"Is it for those two?" Aisha sat on her bed.
"No, I wanted one for myself." Fllay put a lipstick on her lips. Then, she puckered it.
At the same time, Aisha looked at her as if she never seen Fllay before. "Hey, is a trip to that place a special occasion?"
"Why are you saying like that?" The redhead craned her neck towards the mirror, checking whether everything is all right.
"You wore a lipstick, which before this you always wear a lip gloss. You let your hair loose, which before this you always tied it up with what ever style. You put a makeup, which you never put one since the first time I met you. And finally, you wore that…that…that pink satin dress! This is weird, Miss Allster!"
"So why not today?" Fllay pivoted to meet the head maid. She swished around, admiring herself and then stopped, giggling happily. "Well, I got to go, Aisha sempai!" The junior maid bent over towards her senior and kissed her right cheek.
"What the…" The maid Fllay, no, the Princess Fllay already left the room, though.
Fllay Allster walked happily down the street. Her head bobbed along the way, like a child on her way to the carnival.
However, deep in her heart, the fear remained.
What are you thinking, Fllay!? Kira is no monster! You have to banish this demon in your heart forever!
To comfort the turmoil in her heart, she giggled to herself when she thought what will happen if she got there later. Mwu-san surely gave out whistles. But Fllay didn't want the blonde's attention…
Moments later…
"Where are they?" Her heart sank low. The burger stall was closed. No lights, no sounds, no Mwu, no Kira…
But, instead, a girl stood in front of the supposedly open-for-business stall. She turned, noticing Fllay who approached her from behind.
"They are closed today. I don't know why." Disappointment was evident from the tone of that girl's voice. Fllay could feel it.
"Guess I have to turn back, then. Goodbye." She had the 'oh-well-there-is-nothing-I-can-do' tone as well.
"Goodbye. Please take care." The girl waved Fllay farewell.
This was no fairytale. The red princess' wish was not fulfilled. Where is fairy godmother when I needed her? The feeling of tightness to her throat and eyes came again. Ironically, her arms and legs felt relaxed.
Oh, Kira…because of you, I think I'm getting used to this feeling again. I thought I already left it long time ago…
As she was already half-way to Clyne's mansion, suddenly a voice calling her broke the reverie of hers.
"Miss, please wait!" It was the girl Fllay met earlier.
"What happened?" The cherry head asked the girl, who was still panting and huffing.
"Miss, I…I don't want to bother you but…can you please accompany me to the playground near this area? I asked…my boyfriend to fetch me there." The younger looking girl breathed heavily.
"I won't mind." Fllay smiled warmly. "Let's go, then."
"Thank you, Miss." Suddenly, the girl stopped. "Wait; how rude I am! I forgot to introduce myself!"
She extended her hand towards Fllay while grinning widely.
"I'm Meyrin."
"I'm Fllay. Nice to meet you, Meyrin."
Even though it was a friendly start, the two red princesses walked towards the playground; in complete silence. Fllay was bad at starting conversation with strangers and so was Meyrin. The air was tense; both were unwilling to fill in the void of silence…
When they got there, finally Fllay broke the ice.
"Say, Meyrin-san, I think I met you before." She examined the other scarlet-haired girl.
"Maybe you're mistaken me for someone else, Fllay-san." She paused. "Just call me Meyrin. No need to be so formal. But can I call you 'Fllay onee-chan'? You looked older than me." Then, she flashed an ear-to-ear smile.
The older girl laughed. "So, I'm Fllay onee-chan, then." Meyrin nodded with a grin. After that, both of them made themselves comfortable on the swings.
"Where do you live, Meyrin?"
"North. Not far from Grand Lake Township."
Fllay raised her eyebrow in astonishment. "That's quite a distance from here!"
"That won't be a problem since my boyfriend got a car."
The maid chuckled. "You're lucky. I don't have one." She turned her gaze towards the heavens.
"Boyfriend or a car?"
"I meant boyfriend, of course."
The other red-coloured hair girl beside Fllay smiled weakly. Am I that lucky?
"I don't know Mwu-san's burgers and hot dogs that famous. People like you came down all the way from the other sector to the south just to buy those from him!"
Meyrin put a hand on her mouth, giggling. "I came here not for that reason, Fllay onee-chan. You knew Mwu-san, too?"
"I'm one of his regular here." She flashed a V-sign. "Actually, tonight…"
Drums were rolling in the Allster girl's chest.
"…I wanted to meet Kira, his helper."
Somehow, the air felt colder than before. Silence reigned for a few minutes.
"You knew Kira, too?" The other girl's eyes narrowed. Meyrin noticed Fllay's bashful reaction to his name. It was obvious, even though the surrounding was quite dim.
"Of course, he's my…" Her blush went redder. "…friend."
"Now I know the reason why…" Meyrin's head hung low.
"What did you know, Meyrin?" Fllay asked the redhead amiably.
"Shut up, bitch!" Her shriek startled the older girl. Meyrin immediately got off from the swing and distanced herself from the puzzled Fllay. "You're the one!"
"Meyrin, I don't understand what you are saying…" The maid could not finish her sentence. A slap had landed on her left cheek. She winced from the stinging pain.
"You're the one who caused Kira to neglect me…" She gave another slap, this time Fllay's right cheek.
"That's why he changed so much!" Now, Meyrin tugged Fllay's crimson coloured hair, hard. The 19 years old screamed in pain.
"Meyrin…please, wait. I'm innocent!" Her pleas were answered with a slap to her head. "Aaah…please, don't!"
"Innocent? You fibber. All lies!" The furious young girl gave out another round of slap. "You stole away his heart, made him neglected me, made him go rough with me. Before this, he was a gentleman…" Meyrin released Fllay's hair but she violently pushed her to the ground. "But, you ruined everything!"
Fllay couldn't take the punishment anymore. She defiantly stood up again. This kind of wrong accusation must not be left unanswered.
"Look, I'm not the one who stole his heart!"
"Lie! Lie! All lies!" Both of Meyrin's hands were on her ears. As if she'd heard something terrible, something not meant for her.
"Listen, you brat!" Fllay forcefully tore away Meyrin's hands from her ears. "I don't know what happened to both of you now but I did ask him to make peace with you when you two fought over his new bike!"
Meyrin struggled to escape from Fllay's grasp but unable to do so. "So, you're with him all these times…You have destroyed the palace that we painstakingly built together for one year. You're a thief! A devil! A slut!"
"Meyrin, I'm not…" Suddenly, the older woman felt bitter in her mouth. The guilt she tasted even bitter than the bitterest bitter gourd.
Finally, the younger woman broke free from the maid's weakened clutches. She attempted to slap Fllay again but the latter managed to catch it.
"All right, Meyrin." She slowly let go the other girl's hand. "Honestly, I was going to…I was going to make him mine…take him away from his girlfriend." Fllay was flushed, more because of the guilt.
The other girl just smirked. "You're a bitch after all. I was right." She lifted her hands towards the Heavens. "God, she's a real bitch!" Then, Meyrin shot an icy glare.
Fllay instinctively averted her gaze. She felt awfully guilty. Her secret desire was being told to none other than Kira's girlfriend herself.
"Take him, whore. I was going to dump him anyway."
"What did you say?" The older scarlet head silver eyes bulged. "Why?!"
"He's useless. Just as you. You're taking a discarded piece of trash called Kira Yamato…" The sneer was venomous.
"Watch out your mouth, girl! Kira was the kindest man I ever met!" The young maid retorted. She thought the other redhead would lash out again at her but the salvos from the other end didn't come.
"I have to agree on that, too…" Bittersweet smile was on Meyrin's lips. Tears began to run down through her pale cheeks. "Nevertheless, you'd ruined everything!" The 18 years old spat out in disgust.
Fllay, still wanted to defend herself, immediately took Meyrin's hands. "No, I'm not the reason why he neglected you! We're just friends!"
Just then, someone honked at them, startling them both. The younger redhead pulled her hands quickly from Fllay's.
"Mynew boyfriend is already here." The 18 years old girl hissed fiercely. Both of them locked in staring mode. If looks could kill, Fllay should be dead by now. The other girl got a much more blood thirst in her gaze.
It was the younger girl who blinked first. She closed her eyes and slowly opened it again. Then, it narrowed.
"Hey, Kira is yours now. I already gave my permission."
"Spare me jokes, Meyrin…There is no way he will accept me like this…" Her grey eyes were hidden by the fringes of her red hair.
"Hoh?" The vowel in the middle was purposely lengthened. "Do you think this is a soap opera or something? Obviously, I'm not the villain here."
With that, she walked away from the older woman. All of a sudden, Meyrin halted her steps. She turned.
"Take care of him…" Her tears renewed, flowed faster than ever. "If you meet Kira, tell him…" It was the most difficult words that the Hawke girl ever said. "…don't search for me anymore…"
Fllay shut the bathroom's door behind her gently. Now, she could drop her façade…
The red princess broke down and cried, cried and cried. Her face buried in her hands; her body slumped into the corner of the wall.
"You're the one who caused Kira to neglect me…"
"Meyrin…Meyrin…I'm not…" Eyes reddened, make-up all smudged, face became blotchy.
Kira could not possibly fall in love with her.
Wait, Meyrin kept accusing her as the one who stole Kira's heart.
Fllay gasped, realization hit her.
"You're a bitch after all…"
If Kira did fall for her, then she was at fault…
She'd ruined the other girl's dream and happiness.
"God, she's a real bitch!"
Still, Fllay could not fight it. The fondness she felt towards him came like an unwanted stranger but she welcomed it with open arms; even though he did that to her. Last night, she fought a war with herself; leave Kira alone or take him away as hers and hers only. Yes, everybody knew which side won that 'war' the night before.
Her heart ached for him. Ached for his attention, ached for his gentle touch, ached for his love…
Tears came streaming down, non-stop. She felt very, very filthy…
Meyrin was right…I'm a bitch…
She slowly got up, opened the bathroom mirror-cum-medicine cabinet with agony, fumbled through the stuffs there and finally took out a sharp scissor.
Goodbye Kira…You deserve a better woman…