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Chapter 25 – Moving on

A few weeks had passed since the attack near the fountain. Since that day, Yzak had been extremely quiet. He never insulted anyone anymore, not even to comment about Kititsa's stupidity. He wandered around the ship halls with absolutely no expression on his face. Kititsa looked at him sadly and took all of her courage to talk to him.

"Yzak, can I talk to you?" she asked him as he walked by her. He stopped and turned around to face her. Yzak didn't reply immediately, but he nodded quietly after awhile. He didn't even exactly talk, but it was an improvement. They walked into Yzak's room and quietly closed the door. Yzak sat on the bed and Kititsa sat on a chair near him.

"Yzak, I know this might sound cruel, but you have to stop mopping around. Tilla would be upset if her lover were to acting this way. You're usually full of energy and sarcasm," Kititsa explained.

Yzak didn't say anything.

"Look, she taught you many things like how to love and how to actually show emotions, but you have to move on. It's going to kill you if you just stay here and silently grieve," she added. Yzak sighed and gazed at her with his ice blue eyes.

"I know," he replied softly. This comment made Kititsa's eyes widen.

"But…" she stammered.

"I've just been moving at my own pace. Before she died, Tilla said that I shouldn't let her memory keep me from falling in love again. I'm not going to mop around and be sad over her," Yzak explained. It was Kititsa's turn to remain silent. She just stared at him with a worried gaze.

"But you loved her so much," Kititsa said.

"I still do," he said simply, "But her last wish was for me to fall in love again, so I won't look down on it." Then he smiled at her for the first time in days, Kititsa blushed and immediately stood up from her chair. She ran out of the room and slammed the door shut behind her.

Cagalli slowly stepped out of the room and walked towards Athrun's room. He hadn't visited her today, so she was wondering were he had gone. She was thankful that he had finally let her walk alone out of her room. She was about to open the door to Athrun's room when someone ran into her. Cagalli gasped as she fell to the floor. Her old wound started to hurt a bit, but not enough to make her scream in pain. Cagalli looked up at the person above her from her spot on the floor. Kititsa was standing over her, looking like she was about to cry.

"What's wrong?" Cagalli asked.

"He said that he was going to move on. Why is he just saying that like it doesn't mean anything to him? It's not fair! How can he be so strong on the inside?" Kititsa exclaimed as her eyes began to fill up with tears. The door to Athrun's room suddenly opened and Athrun looked at the two of them.

"I was wondering why there was so much noise outside my room," he stated. Athrun helped Cagalli get back to her feet and ushered her into his room. Kititsa followed them since she had nothing else to do. Once they were all seated, Cagalli tried to answer Kititsa's question.

"He's not completely over what happened. Yzak loved Tilla more than anything. Why wouldn't he be sad?" she said.

"But…" Kititsa complained.

"Being sad and distraught would only get into his way. Tilla told him not to be sad; she said that it pains her to see him cry like a child. By moving on, he's telling Tilla that he will do her the favour she asked of him before she died. She wanted him to fall in love again. Yzak might be moving on too fast, but it's better than seeing him mopping around," Athrun explained as he finally understood what they were talking about. Kititsa nodded and wiped her eyes with her sleeve.

"I understand," she murmured. Then she finally smiled. Kititsa stood up from the chair she was sitting in and walked out of the room. Cagalli sighed and looked at her husband. He smiled at her.

"I'm glad that she's feeling better. Kititsa was so sad all the time," Athrun stated. Cagalli nodded her head in agreement and sat down beside her husband.

"So, why did you come to see me?" he asked.

"You didn't come to see me this morning. I was worried and came to see you," she told him.

"Oh…about that…I guess I forgot…Sorry about that. I decided to take a walk around the ship, but I ran into Kira and we had a little chat to make up for the time we were separated during the war," Athrun explained.

"He still has the robotic bird that you gave him," Cagalli said.

"You mean Birdy?" he told her.

"Yes, that's it! Birdy! He's such a cute little bird," Cagalli exclaimed.

"Does Kira have it with him? I haven't seen it in a while," Athrun asked. Cagalli was about to say something, but another voice cut her off.

"Birdy!" someone yelled at the other side of the door.

"Come back here Birdy!" someone else shouted. The door to Athrun's room opened and a green bird flew into the room. It landed onto Athrun's shoulder. Kira ran into the room after it.

"I guess that answers my question," Athrun murmured as the green robotic bird started to chirp in his ear.

"Sorry about that Athrun. I finally had time to open my suitcase and when I did, Birdy flew out and quickly exited the room. He's just a little stowaway. I was worried about it's safety so I wanted to leave it at home. Sorry," Kira stated as he tried to catch his breath. Birdy chirped another time and started to peck at Athrun's head.

"Ouch! That hurts!" Athrun complained.

"Sorry. He doesn't usually do that. I guess it's just been so long that Birdy missed you a lot," Kira explained. Cagalli glared at the bird and tried to swat it away with her hand, but Birdy dodged her angry assault and flew off Athrun's shoulder.

"Leave my husband alone!" she screamed unhappily.

Birdy flew around in circle near the ceiling and continued to chirp happily.

"Birdy! Birdy! Birdy!" it repeated over and over again. This greatly annoyed all the people in the room.

"Stop it!" Kira yelled when he couldn't stand the chirping anymore. Birdy went quiet and peacefully landed on Kira's shoulder. It didn't say another word after that.

"I'll leave now," he stated calmly as he quickly ran out of the room. Cagalli and Athrun looked at each other curiously.

"Um… What were we talking about again?" she asked.

"I don't remember," he stated in exasperation.

It's short, but at least it's better than nothing. To those who still read this story, I sorry for the long absence. Just bare with me a little longer because the story is almost done. Just a little more and it will be over.

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