A/N: Phew! Finally made it past the JLPT! Yeah! Did not mug much though…hope I can pass or I'll be really sad… Hey ppl, anyone learning Japanese or took JLPT, say hey! Well, on to the chap then…

Chapter 14: Misunderstandings and Doubts

Dearka stood rooted to the spot. His heart seemed to stop beating.

The echoes of the last word he uttered slowly faded the silence crept slowly into the room.

"Milly…you…" Dearka uttered, his gaze fixed on the image of Miriallia pinning Auel on the bed.

"No…Dearka, its not what you think, I was…was," Miriallia fumbled for a way to explain the situation to the red-faced Dearka as she scrabbled to get up.

Greeted with the same shock as Dearka, Auel bolted up immediately. He knew of Dearka's temper as he stood up slowly, his heart pounding with fear.

"Dearka, its not like that, I…she…Milly was just giving me tuition and-" Auel tried to explain as he stumbled on his words.

Dearka's heart raged with fire. He wanted very much to find the anger, the strength that he once had to punch Auel but he could not.

All he found was a sense of lost…a sense of emptiness. The shock was simply too great for Dearka handle.

"Milly…Auel," Dearka uttered as he tried to summon the strength to lift his fist to deliver a blow to the bastard's face.

However, the strength seemed to surge to his feet as he found himself tearing away from the room.

"WAIT! Dearka!" Miriallia called out, as she pushed Auel out of the way and ran after Dearka.

Sprinting, Dearka hurtled past the corridor as he ran downstairs. His feet took him across the field, past the principal's office, as he finally stumbled onto the ground.

Collapsing, he bent over as he felt a sharp pain surge through his ribs. He did not believe this…

How could Miriallia betray him, after they had gone through so much together? Why did she have to do this?

The promises they made to each other…did they mean nothing at all? Why did he have to witness such a cruel scene?

Burying his face in his palms, Dearka finally released. The tears, tears of sorrow, of disappointment descended slowly.

The sky darkened as clouds crept menacingly over the horizon. No sooner, raindrops pelted from the sky.

Dearka felt the rain pelting against his cheeks. Raising his hand, he smoothed his cheek, as he felt the tingling feeling of the rain and his tears.

This jolted the memory of the first kiss Miriallia planted on his cheek. The day at the hospital… the innocence they once shared…

"Miriallia…" Dearka cried out as he felt pain surging through his heart. Slowly, his fingers clasped together as he broke down.

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Dawn broke as Miriallia woke up in her bed. She recalled what had happened last night…

She had ran after Dearka downstairs but had lost sight of him as it began to pour.

Still, she looked around hoping to find Dearka, to explain things to him, that it was not what he thought to be.

However, she could not find him anywhere as she finally gave up after one hour before deciding to return to her room.

Auel had left, as she tore to the phone and dialed Dearka's number but there was no answer.

Exhausted completely after the day's happenings, she collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep at once.

The sunlight filtered in through the windows as Miriallia sat up immediately. Her clock showed that she was late, as she rushed to change and grab her schoolbag.

"Dearka, you must wait for me," Miriallia uttered as she resolved to explain to Dearka during break time.

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Kira whistled as he walked to class, swinging his schoolbag from side to side, the memory of the previous night's events fresh in his mind.

He had finally accomplished his goal. His weeks of practice had paid off. It was a long time since he had set this goal and yesterday, he had finally did it.

Grinning, he walked on, as he rubbed his hands in glee, as he turned around the corner.

Abruptly, he crashed right into someone as he felt himself tumbling onto the ground the next moment.

Picking himself up, he rubbed his shoulder, which had absorbed the impact of the crash on the ground.

Looking forward, he saw a familiar face doing the same as his glance met his.

"Kira," Athrun hissed with rage. He still could not forget how Kira had caused his beloved Cagalli to lose her sight.

"Well. Athrun," Kira began, his eyes staring right into Athrun's fierce gaze.

"You better screw off before my fists get your face!" Athrun spat right into Kira's face.

Wiping the saliva off his cheek in slow motion, Kira suppressed his anger and hatred as he tilted his head and looked smugly at his enemy.

"Say, Athrun, what if…" Kira paused as he let out a cackle, "What if your beloved Cagalli bedded someone else?"

"WHAT!" Athrun grabbed hold of Kira's collar as he pulled Kira to him. His left fist hung in the air threateningly.

"I was just saying what if, ya don't need to get so worked up," Kira laughed as he wrenched Athrun's arms off his collar.

"Well, there will never be a what if, cause she loves me only, you mind your words Kira!" Athrun warned as glared at Kira.

"Well, well" Kira began again as he raised his eyebrows and walked towards Athrun, "if I were you, I won't be too sure of that."

With that, he laughed, turned round and sauntered off, leaving Athrun standing there, his feet glued on the ground.

What did Kira mean by his words? Athrun thought. There seemed to be an internal struggle in his heart as he absorbed his words.

Kira is just jealous and trying to drive a wedge between Cagalli and you, Athrun told himself.

However, a part of him still shifted with discomfort as he fought to erase those words from his memory.

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Lacus held her books in her arms. Her bag swung loosely over her shoulder as she walked off as the bell rang for recess.

As she walked, she walked past her "former" dormitory block. Glancing up, she remembered Cagalli was there.

"Maybe I should visit her, after all I have nothing to do now," Lacus muttered to herself as she walked upstairs.

Knocking lightly on her door, she waited as Cagalli opened the door.

"Hi Cagalli, how are you doing?" Lacus greeted as she held her hand.

"Lacus! Don't you have to go for classes?" Cagalli recognized Lacus's voice as she gestured for Lacus to enter.

"Well, its recess and I happened to past by here, so I thought I might pay you a visit," Lacus explained as she helped Cagalli sit down.

"Thanks, you wanna glass?" Cagalli asked as she raised the cup of water in her hand.

"No. Thanks," Lacus said, "So how are you getting on with Athrun and Kira helping you around?"

"Kira?" Cagalli spat out suddenly as she heard his name being mentioned, "Who said anything about Kira helping me?"

"Well..," Lacus began as she shifted uncomfortably. She remembered that Kira had said that he would help Cagalli around, didn't he?

"I thought he might have been wanting to make up to you since the er…incident," Lacus lied as she decided not to voice her qualms.

"No…, I guess it was partly my fault, I lost control of myself when he wanted to visit me at the hospital," Cagalli began as she shook her head.

"I was mad at him, mad at him for causing me to lose my sight, but it was my fault that he was driven to that state, he shouldn't be blamed entirely," Cagalli continued.

"Well, I guess since my outburst that day, he had been too afraid to visit me," Cagalli finally ended.

"How can this be?" Lacus muttered lightly as a deep frown set on her face.

"What? I beg your pardon?" Cagalli questioned, failing to catch what Lacus had said.

"Oh, er…nothing, well, its almost time, I'll get going then, take care Cagalli," Lacus said as Cagalli walked her out of the room.

Did that mean that Kira was lying? Sighing, Lacus walked back to her class.

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Miriallia rushed out of the class as she ran to Dearka's class, hoping to catch him before he went off.

She saw him on the other end of the walkway, as she rushed to catch up with Dearka, to explain things to him.

"Dearka!" Miriallia called out as she tore forward.

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A/N: Well, this marks the end to this chap! If you got any comments or suggestions or just some feelings or predictions you want to express or let me read about, no matter how weird they are, please voice them…I love them all the same!