The Reunion
Chapter 14
The Truth
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed/ Seed Destiny
AN: last chapter was the shortest chap but it has the most number of reviews.., thanks guys...^^
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PS:the whole chap is a flashback
Everybody was having fun. Most of the students were dancing with the loud music being played by the disc jockey. There were some who just enjoyed watching them while eating and the rest were busy chatting with their friends.
A pink haired lady entered the room. She surveyed the surrounding looking for a certain boy. When she spotted him, she quickly walked towards his direction. He was sitting alone on their table since his friends were busy dancing with their partners.
"Hi handsome", she whispered in his ears surprising the bluenette guy.
"La... Lacus?".
"Can we talked privately?", she asked seductively. Athrun agreed with her thinking that the girl was Lacus. The girl led him to the rooftop.
"What are we doing here, Lacus?", he asked. He felt that there was something different with Lacus that night and as a good friend, he wanted to know if she had any problem or what.
Without any warning, the pink haired lady attacked his lips.
"LACUS! ATHRUN!", Athrun heard a familiar voice called. He instantly pushed the girl away from him and turned to look at the owner of the voice who happened to be his best friend, Kira. He was fuming in anger.
"Athrun, you bastard!", he growled as he launched a punch towards Athrun but he was able to dodge it.
"Wait Kira, let me explain", Athrun said. He made a few steps backward when Kira showed no sign of listening to his explanation.
"I trusted you Athrun, because you are my best friend. How could you do this to me?", Kira yelled. Athrun had never seen him got mad like that. He was always calm and composed.
Kira kept on throwing punches at him but he managed to avoid them all until he was pushed at the edge of the rooftop. One wrong step and he surely would fall from the eight storey building. But Kira did not stop attacking him so he flipped over to the right side. Unfortunately, Kira lost his balance and fell off the rooftop.
"Kira!", he cried the ran towards the edge of the rooftop and tried to reach him but it was too late. Kira had fallen in quite a long distance from them. Athrun remained still with his widened orbs as he watched his best friend fell. Tears started flowing out of his emerald eyes. It was his fault. He killed Kira. He killed his best friend. There was no way that Kira would survive after hitting the ground.
"I didn't mean it! I didn't mean it! I didn't mean it! I didn't mean it!", he kept on repeating that phrase as he placed both of his hands on his head like he had gotten crazy while kneeling on the floor.
The pink haired lady finally recovered from the shock after witnessing Kira's death. She slowly walked towards Athrun.
"A... Athrun", she called in a very low voice as she placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't touch me!", he snapped. "It's your fault! If it wasn't for you, Kira will still be alive!", he hissed at the terrified girl.
"I... I'm sorry", she said softy as she cried with him. "It wasn't my intention to kill anyone", she tried to defend herself.
"Get lost", he yelled angrily.
"I know you're mad but nobody should see us here", she replied.
"Why? You want to run away from your crime?", he asked.
"Do you want her to know that you are involved in this?", she asked as if challenging him. It made him frozen on his spot. There was no way that he wanted Cagalli to see him as a murderer. "And what if your parent found about it? Do you think they will be happy?", she continued.
"But it wasn't my fault!", he retorted but he was also convincing himself that it wasn't his fault that Kira died.
"Do you really think that they wouldn't blame you for it?", she asked. Athrun bowed his head hiding his eyes with his bangs. Then he turned around and walked quietly towards the door. The pink haired girl followed him.
"Who are you?", Athrun asked when they were already at the stairs leading to the grand hall.
"I'm Lacus, duh", she replied agitatedly. Athrun eyed him angrily. "Fine, I'm Meer, Lacus' cousin", she finally admitted then they resumed walking. Athrun proceeded to the men's room. Luckily for him, there was nobody there at the moment. He turned the faucet on and washed his face then turned it off at once. He stared at his reflection in the mirror while droplets of water were trickling from his face. As much as he wanted to check on Kira, he couldn't. They might interrogate him and he wouldn't know what to answer if they would ask why he was there.
'Damn it', he curse in his mind. He was mad at himself. He was the reason why Kira died but he didn't want to pay for his sin. He didn't know what to do if Cagalli finds out about it and leave him. He didn't know how to live if she would lose her. His friends, they would also be mad at him, especially Lacus.
He got his handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his face. He wore a poker face and let out a heavy sigh before returning to the party area.
"Athrun, where have you been?", Dearka asked as he draped an arm on Miriallia's shoulders. Miriallia gave him a dirty look then pinched his hand as she removed his hand off her.
"Ouch, that hurts", he said as he rubbed his hand.
"Serves you right", Miriallia replied as she crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"So Athrun, where have you been?", Shiho asked bringing back the previous topic.
"In the restroom", he answered casually. He already sat on his seat.
"Have you seen Kira?", Lacus asked worriedly. All this time, she thought that they were together. She came in late since her evil cousin locked her up in the bathroom. She was lucky enough that one of her maids entered her room.
"Sorry Lacus, but I haven't seen him", he replied with an apologetic smile even though deep inside, he was panicking. He didn't know how long he could maintain his façade. "Let's go look for him", he suggested.
"Students, teachers, May I have your attention, please", the principal of the school suddenly walked up the stage. "Thank you", he said when he find all eyes were on him. "We need to end this promenade now but no one is allowed to go home yet", he announced earning a lot of reactions from the crowd. Then a bunch of policemen entered the hall intensifying the commotion in the room. "Just this night, one of our students was found dead outside, the policemen here will ask you some questions before you leave". Then the interrogation started which lasted for three hours. Everyone had they own story of what they did during the party.
After that, all of the students left the place while Kira's friends went to the hospital where Kira was brought to. All of them were crying as they stared at the lifeless body of their friend which was now in the morgue. It was already getting late so the parents of the students arrived at the hospital to fetch their children.
The car Athrun and his father were riding arrived at their home. Once inside the house, Lenore greeted them and hugged her son.
"What happened?", she asked.
"Kira died, mother!", Athrun said as he cried on his mother. "It was my fault!".
"Tell me what happened", his mother said. She had no idea why her son was saying that it was his fault. His father was also surprised. Athrun narrated them what happened and his father Patrick was not happy about it.
"Go to your room", he ordered angrily. Athrun rushed to his room at once. His father is strict and he was afraid of him now that he told him about Kira's death.
"Patrick, it was not Athrun's fault", his mother tried to argue with him.
"But he was still involved with it. He won't be in jail because he is still a minor but the government will take him from us if they finds out", he said. "He will not leave the house without permission from me. Now that the classes in his school are suspended, there is no reason for him to go out", he firmly said.
"But isn't that too much? ", Lenore asked.
"He should not tell anyone about it and if anyone opens up that topic to him, he might confess what he knows", he replied.
"But Patrick...".
"Lenore, I'm doing this to protect our son. Please do not argue with my decision", he said ending the conversation.