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Chapter 21 – Silence

After the incident in the park, everyone brought Kititsa back to the ship. They buried the tiger in the forest where she had been killed. Once they boarded the ship, Kititsa went to her room and started to cry again. Not even Nataru was able to calm her down.

"Kititsa, try to calm down. It's not that sad," Nataru explained. Kititsa glared at him.

"Not important! It is to me. Why should you care, you don't even care about me!" she yelled angrily.

"That's not true Kititsa! I love you more than anything in the world!" Nataru exclaimed. Kititsa froze and then sighed.

"I'm sorry, but I don't feel the same way about you. Our date was just for fun. It wasn't serious like you're thinking," she replied. Kititsa stood up from her bed and walked out of the room, leaving Nataru staring in shock at the spot where she had been moments ago.

Cagalli sat on her bed, thinking about what had happened. Athrun had just left the room to find something to munch on.

'I wonder how she'll manage without Maki, 'she thought when she remembered what happened to her friend. Cagalli sighed. Someone opened the door and slowly stepped in.

"What's wrong?" a voice said. Cagalli looked up and saw Kititsa smiling at her.

"Oh Kititsa! It's you. I thought that you were Athrun," she replied. Kititsa sat down on the chair next to Cagalli's bed. Her eyes were extremely red from all the crying she had done over Maki.

"I'm glad that you're well enough to walk around," Cagalli stated.

"There was an unexpected event that happened in my room and I had to leave for awhile. Do you mind if I hand around here for a while?" Kititsa asked. Cagalli nodded her head and closely examined her friend.

"What happened?" she asked.

"Nataru came in and declared his undying devotion to me," she stated calmly. Cagalli gasped.

"What did you say to him?" she asked.

"That I didn't feel the same way, which is perfectly true," Kititsa responded. Cagalli didn't understand what Kititsa was saying.

"I don't understand. You went out on a date with him and you were blushing too," she complained.

"I was embarrassed. I like someone different that already likes someone else, so I tried to like someone else. It didn't word out too well. I don't love Nataru," Kititsa answered. Cagalli nodded and sighed.

"Then you shouldn't have gotten into a relationship if you didn't care for him in that way. Who's this person that you like? You can tell me," Cagalli begged.

"It's…" Kititsa began. Cagalli's eyes widened in fear and she cut the other off.

"I'll get really angry if you say Athrun," she warned.

"It's not him," Kititsa replied.

"Is it Kira?"

"No."

"Dearka?"

"No."

"Is it Yzak?" Cagalli joked. She smiled at her friend and saw that she hadn't answered. Kititsa hesitated a bit before answering.

"Um…yes," she stated calmly.

"Oh my god! No, that's impossible. You can't like that jerk!" Cagalli exclaimed.

"Don't worry, Tilla can have him all to herself. They look like a much better couple," Kititsa told her friend, and then she grinned at her. "Besides, he is a jerk, but I wouldn't change it for the world," she added. Suddenly they heard something fall to the ground outside of the room. Kititsa opened the door and saw Athrun gawking at her. She immediately grabbed his hand and pulled him into the room.

"What did you hear Zala?" Kititsa commanded.

"Everything…" Athrun stammered nervously.

"If you tell anyone about this then Cagalli will have to find herself a new husband. I don't care what the circumstances are, but if you have to keep this secret," Kititsa threatened. "Is that clear Zala?"

Athrun gulped and quickly nodded his head. Kititsa seemed really angry and he didn't want to provoke her. He could hear Cagalli laughing in the background.

"Good, now be a good boy and clean up the mess you made outside the room," she stated as she let go of the frightened boy, who immediately ran off to do what he was told.

"Do you think he'll stay quiet?" Cagalli asked.

"I hope so or else he's in big trouble. If he does talk then I'll have to go home," Kititsa murmured unhappily.

"He'll stay quiet if he knows what's good for him," Cagalli stated. They both nodded and started to laugh at the thought of torturing Athrun.

Kira and Lacus were in the cafeteria, enjoying a homemade meal prepared by Lacus.

"This is really good," Kira stated as he ate the nicely cooked meal. "It's food fit for a king."

"I'm glad you like it," she answered happily. Suddenly one of her Haro's jumped onto her lap.

"Haro! Haro!" it exclaimed.

"Good Morning Mr. Haro," Lacus greeted the pink bouncing ball. It stopped moving and looked at her with its black eyes, and then it started to bounce around the room again.

"Lacus Clyne. Lacus Clyne," it kept on saying. It spotted Kira and charged at him. Kira blocked the attack and pushed the mechanical ball away. "Kira, Lacus, Kira, Lacus," it chanted.

"Why on earth did Athrun make these things? They're really annoying," Kira complained. This comment made Lacus giggle.

"I think they're cute," Lacus replied.

"Well, I don't. There's always one around. I can never have a moment alone," he complained. Lacus continued to laugh and grabbed the pink bouncing ball, then she turned off a switch and the pink ball stopped moving.

"That thing has an off switch!" Kira explained.

"Of course. Sometimes I even get annoyed of them, so I asked Athrun to tell me how to turn them off for a while. He told me about this switch, which I'm very happy to have found," she explained.

"That's useful information," he answered. Kira smiled at his girlfriend and turned his attention back t his meal. At that exact moment, Athrun ran into the room. His face was completely red out of embarrassment.

"What's wrong?" Kira asked.

"I can't tell you, besides she'll kill me if I tell you," Athrun stated breathlessly. Kira didn't even bother to ask for an explanation. He turned back to Lacus and then started to eat again. Kira was about to stick his fork into his mouth when the combat alarm on the ship started to ring.

"Can't anyone just leave me alone so I can eat in peace?" Kira complained as he ran towards his Gundam, Athrun following closely behind him.

That's all for this chapter. My Internet isn't working properly so I'm typing to keep myself busy.

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