Disconnected
Yzak
Reb: This chapter revolves more around Yzak... if you cant tell.
Lacus set the 'e' poem in her desk drawer and paused as her hand was about to come out. The letters. She remembered her plan to figure out what they all meant but she didn't have the time. She had a major concert coming up. To be broadcast to all of Earth and colonies. This would be one of those concerts that became a movie before she became a mere memory in music.
"L-Lacus?" an anxious knock came on her door.
"Kira?" she quickly closed the drawer and opened her door. "Yes?"
"I know I'm your bodyguard but.. Could you protect me for the day?" he asked, an almost puppy dog pout on his face. Lacus smiled.
"Of course I'll protect you. But Kira... why do you need protection?" she asked.
"Kira!" a happy, yet confused voice sounded from down the hall. Kira's eyes widened and he ducked into Lacus's room, under her arm. He hid behind the door as a man came into view.
"Ah! Miss Clyne, it's nice to see you. We haven't seen each other since your autumn concert, yes?"
"Of course, Mr. Yamato. I'm sorry. I went on vacation." she smiled and bowed slightly in apology.
"No apology needed. However, have you seen my son?" he asked, completely business like when other people were around.
"You mean Kira? I sure hope I've seen him. He lives here." she giggled. Ulen laughed lightly and then cleared his throat.
"Well if you see him can you let me know?" he asked, very politely.
"Of course." Lacus nodded and waved slightly as Ulen continued his search. When he'd turned the corner she looked over her shoulder. "Oh." she smiled.
"Thanks." Kira smiled.
"You can't run from him forever." Lacus seemed both disappointed and entertained. She walked back in her room.
"I know, but all he ever wants to talk about is how 'as a coordinator I should...' yadda yadda. You'd think he wants me to take over the world." At this thought, Kira stopped. "You don't think that's running through his head, do you?"
"Of course not." Lacus giggled. "He may be excited but he's not a leader... at least, not of a world."
The singer vanished into her bathroom to change her clothes for the day. Kira stood idly by and looked around the room. The desk drawer was open slightly and he saw a corner of paper sticking out. It caught his attention because he had nothing to do.
He barely glanced at the papers in the drawer before closing it neatly. He could hear Lacus coming out of the bathroom and she probably didn't want him snooping around her private things.
'S-t-r' Kira smiled.
– – – –
(insert an Yzak side story. lol)
Yzak sighed and decided to take a walk around the block. Lacus was practicing and Kira was oogling. However romantic that was, he was feeling stifled. Athrun Zala married Cagalli Yula Athha. Dearka married that Miriallia chick. Pretty soon Kira would probably marry Lacus. Just as Kira felt out of place in this world, Yzak felt out of his area.
Was it because he was the only one without a someone? Maybe he should find a girlfriend. Well Flay would probably take him back.
'Yzak, don't even GO there!' he shook his head furiously. There was no way he was going to go groveling back to that female dog.
Yzak walked around the corner that would be his last turn before getting back. However the next thing he knew was someone had bumped into him and fallen down.
"Um.. Are you okay?" he asked the person who was now rubbing their back because they'd fallen on their butt.
It was a young woman with medium length black hair. She was wearing a green, long sleeved shirt and slightly torn blue jeans. However, they weren't those overly shredded cat toy jeans most people wore. She grumbled and shot a light glare at Yzak as though blaming him.
Something caught her eyes and she stood up, bowing her head slightly.
"I'm sorry. It was my fault." Something told Yzak this sweet side was being half forced.
"If you want to yell at me, just do it." he seemed to be glaring only because that was the look his face fell into. The brunette blinked and then looked Yzak in the eyes. Her eyes were a startling deep green.
"You... want me to yell at you?" she asked, skeptical.
"No! Of course not! Who would want to be yelled at? But pretending to be respectful is even more annoying than if you're rude!" Yzak growled lightly at the end, now slightly annoyed. He put his hands in his pockets and scoffed, walking past her.
"Yzak Joule!" Yzak turned when he heard his name called and saw it was the girl still standing where she had been. She smiled but it seemed slightly challenging. "I'll hopefully see you soon, so my name is Susume Naegino. Got it?"
"Whatever." Yzak turned back and kept walking. He heard her make an approving noise before her footsteps vanished into the distance. There he paused. He tapped the name tag he was wearing and scrunched up his nose. "Weirdo." he grumbled, his previous thoughts gone.
– – – –
Kira smiled and clapped. Lacus looked over and blushed. She'd messed up one note but Kira looked as bright as ever. It was the song she wrote for him.
"Nearly perfect." Mwu nodded, walking over. "I have no doubts that this will be your biggest concert ... ever."
"Never say ever, Mwu-san. You'll jinx her." Kira scolded jokingly. Mwu acted hurt.
"I'd never!" he gasped dramatically. Then he cleared his throat to stop their laughter. "Back on subject, Lacus I want you to rest your vocal chords as much as possible the day before... but do your warm ups, okay?" he gave her a 'thumbs up' smile.
"Yes sir." Lacus nodded, bowing lightly before Mwu winked at Kira and walked away. Kira looked away from Lacus when she tried to give him a 'what was that about?' stare.
– – –
Yzak paused in his walking and looked over his shoulder. He was just about to back into the building where Lacus's concert was going to be held but he kept feeling eyes on his back and swore he was being followed by...
We he looked back he caught sight of a wisp of black hair.
'...her.' he finished his thoughts. 'Why is she following me?'
Deciding to test her, Yzak turned on heel and walked across the street to the café. He ordered and sat down. He tapped his finger on the outdoor table and wondered where she could be hiding. He glanced over the surroundings and then closed his eyes.
The waiter came over and set down two drinks. There was a rustle and he laughed once.
"You gonna get out here or stay in the bushes?" he asked. There was silence in which Yzak took a sip of his drink. Susume stood from the bushes and sat down.
"You waiting for someone?" she asked, eyeing the other drink.
"Nope." Yzak replied cooly, leaning on one elbow.
"Then what's with the extra drink? You need that much coffee?" she reached forward to poke the cup.
"That's yours." Yzak leaned back in his seat, taking another swig of his drink and watching her shocked face.
They sat in silence while they both drank what was ordered and Yzak couldn't help but wonder why she'd followed him. She was probably wondering how he'd known she was there.
"Why were you following me?" he finally asked. Susume poked her drink.
"Well, you do work for Lacus Clyne, right?" she asked, pointing at the name tag. It just had the symbol for Lacus's record company on it but then again, Lacus had a concert in two days so it must have been obvious.
"Maybe."
"Then you must know Kira!" Susume beamed. Yzak grumbled lowly. He tried to hide his discontent. She was just a Kira flunky?
"Ya I know him. He's head of heels for Lacus so you haven't got a chance, understand?" Yzak stood up, setting the money for the drinks on the table.
"Wait! You don't understand!" Susume followed him out. "I'm not interested in dating Kira at all!"
"What?" well that was a first.
"He's not my type, actually. Too sweet. Like candy... oh! Anyway, I want to see Kira because I knew him in middle school and I want to help him out anyway I can."
"Um..." Yzak pulled out his cell phone and it began to ring. "Kira, there's a girl here who says she knows you..."
– – – –
Kira smiled. Lacus walked up and handed him one of two bottles of water. They were both leaning on the wall.
"Who is this girl again?" Lacus asked, still not quite sure.
"Oh. She was my friend in middle school. She's a bit of a tomboy. Actually, she's more like a normal boy than I am sometimes. Anyway, the old lady who used to live next door to me in Heliopolis was her grandmother." Kira explained.
Lacus made a 'hm..' noise while staring at the floor. She scuffed the floor a bit and seemed to find it very interesting. Kira laughed once and smiled.
"Don't worry Lacus. We never even had crushes on each other. You're the only girl for me." he smiled again when she blushed and looked up at him.
"Wow, so this is it?" Susume's voice drifted over.
"Ya, so don't touch anything." Yzak warned. Soon the two came into view and Susume spotted Kira. She smiled and instantly ran to give him a hug.
"Kira, it's been so long!" she smiled. "Ah! Miss Clyne, my name is Susume Naegino. It's an honor to meet you."
"Please, call me Lacus. And It's a pleasure to meet you too. I don't get to meet a lot of Kira's friends." Lacus curtsied a bit.
"Yep. She's completely the girl of your dreams, Kira." Susume whispered this but because everyone was so close, everyone heard. Lacus blushed.
"Hey, you...!" Yzak started.
"What?" Susume looked at Yzak and the silver haired teen faltered, settling down. Lacus and Kira blinked and stared in awe. How'd she do that?
"K-Keep your voice down." he half muttered. Susume smiled.
"Like you?"
"Yzak, could you help me find Mr. Mwu? I need to ask about Mr. Creuset." Lacus smiled. Yzak seemed frozen for three milliseconds behind he nodded.
"Of course, Mr. Clyne." Yzak nodded and walked away with Lacus. Susume watched them go with a smile.
"Youlikehim." Kira sang quickly and quietly. Susume looked at him with a 'what?!' look. Kira just laughed.
– – –
Lacus rejoined them later and they were now stopped to eat a late lunch. Lacus and Kira sat beside each other on one side while Susume sat across the table.
"Sorry about the short notice. I guess it must seem like I popped out of nowhere for no reason." (I bet you're all thinking that too. )
"It's no problem." Lacus spoke before Kira could. "While you're here, you can help Kira with his book. I haven't had time to help him but he always finds time to help me." she smiled and Kira blushed.
"I-It's my job..." he stuttered weakly. It was his job to help Lacus for practice and concerts but that didn't count for all the times he helped her at home or around elsewhere.
"Kira!" Kira looked behind them and saw Mwu standing there with Murrue and Miriallia. Hm? It was weird to see Mir without Dearka. He felt a hand on his shoulder and Lacus nodded. Kira nodded back and got up to go see what was wrong.
The girls sat in silence for a moment.
"Soooo... You reeally like Kira, hm?" Susume seemed to just be saying a statement she'd heard elsewhere.
"Oh yes. I care very deeply for him." Lacus smiled and nodded.
"Well then why don't you marry him?" Susume asked, leaning on the table.
"W-What?" Lacus blushed a deep red, flustered and caught off guard. Susume grinned.
"Kira will probably never get the courage to ask you in person. He's too shy so it might be up to you to move the conversation in that direction. You don't have to ask him, just... nudge him into asking you." Susume winked.
"I-I don't know... I.."
"Everything okay? You look red, Lacus." Kira came over suddenly and Lacus jumped.
"Everything's fine." she smiled, trying to force her blush down.
"Ah..Oh, Susume! Mwu says you'll have to leave soon but you can come back some other time." he said sadly.
"That's okay." Susume stood up and smiled. "I have to go anyway. I'll keep in touch. Here's my new cell phone, by the way." she handed him a piece of paper.
Susume walked away and then turned back just at the door. She waved to Kira and Lacus. She looked surprised suddenly and then Kira was tapped on the shoulder. The brunette turned and gasped loudly, finding his father there.
"Hey, dad." he greeted nervously.
"Kira, I know I must be annoying you so I came to talk civilized. Like a father and son should."
"Uh.. O-okay." Kira nodded and was dragged off by his father. Lacus smiled before being called away to go over the list of songs some more. However, Susume was still there, looking a bit surprised.
Her eyes were locked with crystal blue orbs. She smiled at Yzak, who was leaning on the wall in the back. He was caught off guard by such a natural and genuine smile and that made her laugh.
'Good bye, Yzak Joule.' she mouthed before waving and leaving the building.
Reb: Some of you may notice Susume is actually a character I made up for a completely different story with Yzak before. That story has a few more chaps done than I've posted but anyway.. I changed her hair color for this story. In my other story 'The World I Thought I Knew', Susume looked more like Cagalli, and in this one she's got black hair and green eyes. However, she has the same basic personality. I'm going to try and keep bringing her in so she doesnt seem like a useless character. -smile-
