- Forever With You -
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters that belonged to the anime series Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny.
Author's note: The story takes place few years after the Bloody Valentine War.
Pairings: common couple pairings but mainly on Yzak x Shiho. Enjoy!
There's a little spoiler, some grammar mistakes and stuffs… Hope you guys won't mind.
Thank You So Much for the reviews. I'll work harder to write better chapters in the near future to come…
- Chapter 24: The Coming –
- In Shiho's quarter (in Voltaire) -
"Oh gosh… Look at the time! I have less than 2 hours to prepare for the ball." Shiho gasped as she came out of her bathroom. "Don't worry." She heard a voice from the direction of her bed and soon realized that voice belongs to Miranda. As she turns around, her prediction was right. "Miranda? How did you get in?" Shiho asked, brushing her long hair. "Well, the door wasn't lock. So I decided to pop in to see if you're still here." Miranda explained. "Oh I see. By the way, are you already for the ball?" Shiho asked.
"Ya, I'm all set. Just need to put on some light make-ups and the gown and I'm off to the ball with…" Miranda replied but was interrupted. "With who? Who's the lucky guy who dates you to the ball? Tell me, Miranda!" Shiho asked with wide, excited looking eyes. "Chill Shiho... It's only Travis, the red elite guy with hazel-brown spiky hair. And it's not really a date for your information." Miranda defended.
"Oh really? If the rumors were right, I think Travis has a crush on you." Shiho pointed out playfully. "Don't be ridiculous, Shiho. I'm new and today is my first day here. Even though both Travis and Tracy are my guides around this ship, I hardly talk to Travis but only to Tracy." Miranda noted. "Who knows? But there's a thing called love at first sight." Shiho insisted.
"Whatever. Don't you think you should start preparing for the ball? Or else you'll be late. By the way, Yzak hates people who are late." Miranda reminded, about to leave the room. "Try that on me and he will get it BIG time…" Shiho said with a smirk on her fair porcelain-like face. "Wow, looks like someone got Yzak all wrapped up nicely around the fingers." Miranda smirked back, resulting the both of them to burst out in laughter.
'You're one funny person, Miranda.' Shiho thought to herself as she took out her gown from the cardboard in her quarter.
- In Yzak's office -
"Dearka, how come you're still here? Don't you need to go fetch or accompany your wife?" Yzak asked his buddy whose looking some reports on his table. "Nope, about an hour later. Milly told me to go fetch her an hour or later before the ball starts, so she could prepare without me in the way. But I seriously don't get what she means by that." Dearka shrugged, looking at Yzak for answer. "It's obvious that you will get in her way in some ways or another. That's why she doesn't you around." Yzak pointed out, staring at his computer with Dearka arching an eyebrow at him.
"Whatever the case is. Yzak, don't you need to get prepare as well?" Dearka asked flatly, looking around the room for his buddy's tuxedo or suit. "I don't really need that much time to get ready like what ladies do. I just need to shower, then put on my tux and I'm done." Yzak replied, standing up and headed towards his cardboard taking out his tux.
"I totally agree with you. Ladies really take a long time getting ready for any occasion especially major events like a ball." Dearka admitted, shaking his head in memory of how long Miriallia take just to get dress up for the previous ball. "I think that applies only to some ladies only. I don't think Shiho need THAT much time to get ready and dress up." Yzak said, leaning back on his armchair.
"Hard to say that now, Yzak. You'll know how long she will take to dress up when the both of you are together much longer." Dearka advised, twitching his index finger side to side. "You sure sounds expert in this." Yzak replied, eyeing his friend. "I am because I'm a married man." Dearka noted flatly while Yzak rolled his eyes, shaking his head.
"By the way, Yzak pal. When are you planning to propose to Shiho?" Dearka asked leaning forward with interest shining in his amethyst eyes. "You sounded very excited, but I hate to disappoint you, my friend. It wouldn't be soon." Yzak replied monotonously. "Why not?" Dearka snapped eyeing his best friend with saucer-wide eyes. "Shiho and I have been together only for about six months. Don't you think six months is a little too fast to hop into marriage?" Yzak snapped back in a less violent way compared to his usual snapping.
"Yzak, time doesn't matter much. Is how deep you feel towards that personwhich makes you think whether you want to spentthe yourrest of your life with that person." Dearka explained. "But… I don't know… It's just that I want to know more about her in person." Yzak replied. "Excuse me dude, you've already slept with her for countless number of times. And you still don't know much about her?" Dearka said, sounding rather ridiculous. "Don't exaggerate, Dearka. I don't sleep with her THAT much!" Yzak barked. "Are you sure, Yzak? Don't think I don't know that you do ask her to come over to your room to spend her off-duty time with you. And that often happen quite regularly, mind you." Dearka revealed with a smirk while Yzak stared at his friend in surprise. "Just don't let a nice girl like Shiho slipped away. There's many guys out there want a share of Shiho as well, you know. Or enemies since she's a well-known soldier, enemies that have been defeated by Shiho will definitely want her as well." Dearka noted while Yzak nodded in agreement.
- An hour later -
"I'm coming!" Shiho shouted across her room as she rushed to get the door. Much to her surprise, it was Yzak in his tux. "Come on in, handsome." Shiho invited. As the door slide shut, Shiho went back to her table, looking for something. At the meantime, Yzak was admiring Shiho with her long hair flowing down till her waist like a curtain. She was in the gown with a light shade of make-up. It was obvious that Shiho had applied a thin layer of foundation. Besides the foundation, she put on some pinkish-violet eye shadow and mascara which brightens up her eyes. Yzak just couldn't take his eyes off her. She was breath-taking beautiful in his eyes at that moment. However, Yzak still don't understand what Shiho was doing.
"What are you looking for?" He asked, walking towards her. "I'm looking for the necklace." Shiho said as she fumbled through her drawers. "Necklace? What necklace?" Yzak asked, getting more confused. "The necklace I just bought. I'm planning to match it with the pendant you gave it to me for Christmas." Shiho explained. "Let me help." Yzak said standing up walking towards her clothes cabinet and began to search for it.
"Oh great. It's here I found it." Shiho announced with a sigh of relief. It was a very thin chain much like a choker. Shiho carefully slip in the pendant and was about to put it on when Yzak stepped in. "Let me put it on for you." Shiho pass the necklace to him and stood in front of him. She lifted up her hair a little so that Yzak could put on the necklace for her.
Once done, Yzak look into the mirror and admire Shiho's beauty. "You look stunning." Yzak said softly, wrapping his hands around Shiho's petite waist. "You're not bad yourself." Shiho replied as she placed her hands on top Yzak's. With a blink of an eye, Yzak spun Shiho around facing him. Shiho was surprised at the sudden action but she was soon lost in her lover's cobalt blue eyes as he was looking into her purplish eyes.
Yzak tilted Shiho's chin and draws her closer towards him with his eyes still locked onto hers. She was so close to him that Yzak could feel the warm breath of hers. Yzak couldn't resist the temptation of those glossy pink lips any longer. He leaned his head forward and closed the distance between Shiho's luring lips and his. In response, Shiho wrapped her arms around Yzak's neck and kisses him back.
No sooner, the kiss they both shared became frenzy and wild. Shiho moaned as Yzak pressed his lips hard against hers. Time flies when both of them enjoyed themselves. Moments later, Yzak pulled away from Shiho though the distance between them was of littledifference. "Yzak…" Shiho whispered as she tries to catch her breath after the intoxicating kiss. Yzak leaned his forehead onto Shiho's and looked into her eyes once more.
"Don't ever leave me, Shiho. Promise?" Yzak asked as he felt something was going to happen and that Shiho will be leaving him. "I won't Yzak, not even in a million years' time." Shiho assured, giving a quick pecked on Yzak's lips. "Because I love you too much to let you leave me." Yzak confess, embracing Shiho lovingly in his arms. "I know. I love you, Yzak. I really do." Shiho replied, hugging him as she's drawn to the warm of his body. "I love you too." Yzak admitted.
-End of Chapter 24-
Author's note: Firstly, I want to apologize for the late update… I'm sure you guys know what the reason is... I'm very sorry to keep you guys waiting… Nevertheless, I hope you guys have enjoyed this chapter. Let me explain that Miss White is a made up character by me because in this story, most of the mishap Shiho is going to face will be directly or indirectly cause by her since she sees Shiho as her rival in love. I will try my best to upload the next chapter as soon as possible. Please bear with me guys… Oh yes! Before I forget, if there's any an enquiry or confusion in the story or in any chapters, please feel free to check it with me in the reviews.
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