I'm sorry this chapter took so long my old computer went up in smoke shortly after I put up the last chapter.
And it took me a while to get together enough cash to get a replacement
Chapter 37
The married couple was still following Andrew Waltfeld down the Eternals halls, finally after a few minutes of deep silence the Desert Tiger stop by a door.
Where the first thing Kira and Lacus noticed was the words bridal sweet written on the door with big red letters, and a small heart with an arrow through it, both before any of the teens could get out some kind of comment, to that Andy turned around and gave them both a big smile.
"Here we are, I made sure there is everything a couple of newly-weds needs are inside this room" the man said in a tone.
That made both Kira and Lacus take a small somewhat worried glance over at each other, before they once again turned their attention back towards the smirking one eyed man, just as he reached out and gave the button beside the door a light push, which made the door to the room swing open.
After that he turned around and gave them both a small grin. "Please come in Mr and Mrs Yamato, I really hope that you find everything to your liking" Andy said not bothering at all to hide the fact that he was joking around.
Kira and Lacus however didn't say anything they just took yet another glance in to each other eyes, before they followed Andrew Waltfeld's out stretched hand in to the room.
The very first thing they notice, when they stepped through the door was the bed, there was just as much room in it as both of them had wanted.
But that wasn't really what caught their attention, everything on the bed had one single colour it was pink, the cover, the three pillows and even the lamp that was standing beside the bed had almost the exact same pink as Lacus' hair.
Finally after looking at it a bit more they turned around and looked back at the man that was still standing behind them, doing his best to look innocence.
"So what do you think, don't you like it?" Andy asked trying to sounded, like he didn't already knew the answer.
Kira just let out a small sigh, as he turned his head and again took a short look back at the bed. "Ok I do like pink, especially because it reminds me of the person I love the most, but if the two of us are going to sleep in that bed, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to find Lacus, because she would most likely disappear completely once she get in to that bed" Kira said, looking somewhat sceptical at the man.
Andy however just got a disappointed expression, as he looked away from Kira and over at Lacus. "You don't feel the same way, do you Lacus?" The man asked in a hopeful tone.
Lacus just rolled her eyes a single time at the man, as she too let out a small sigh. "I'm really sorry Mr Waltfeld, but I have to agree with Kira on this, I have always love pink and I properly always will. But I love it even more when Kira and I wakes up in the morning and just lay there hugging for about a half hour. And it would kinda ruin the mood a bit, if Kire wasn't able to find me half asleep, between that big pink cover and those three pink pillows" Lacus said sounding just a bit wishful, obviously already looking forward to the next time they would be doing that.
Desert Tiger continued looking somewhat disappointed at the two teenagers. "Ok so no pink bed clothes, there are some plain white once just under the bed, I also put a small television and dvd in here. I know there is nothing to see on it out here, but I left a few of my favorite movies for you to see and if you don't like them, I also made sure that there was an anime series or two, so there should be enough things for you to do if you get bored" the man said while taking a small look around the room to make sure that everything they need was in here.
He somehow want to make this like a small honeymoon for the young couple, he kinda had that feeling that the very last thing Siegel Clyne wished for, right before he was killed.
Was to see his daughter and Kira being happy together, and as long as he was alive, he was going to try his very best to make certain that small wish came through, no matter what it took.
But as he stood there watching the two of them exploring their new room, and looking through the dvds he had left for them, with Birdy sitting on Kira's left shoulder and Haro jumping around just behind them. He could feel a small smile ran over his lips, and he was almost completely sure that if Mr Clyne had seen them together at this very moment, he would properly be smiling even more, then Andy himself was right now.
It was just about that time that a happy voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Hmm I didn't think that one was going to be there, I haven't seen that anime series in a very long time" Lacus said, as she turned the dvd cover over to take a look at the back, where she immediately began reading the words that was standing there, when she was done with that she slowly lift her head and looked over at Kira.
"Do you want to see this together with me, once we get the time?" Lacus asked in a hopeful tone, while giving Kira the most cute look possible, she truly want to see this anime either with Kira's arm around her or laying together in the bed seeing it.
Kira however just smiled a bit at her, as he slowly reached out to softly caress her right cheek, while looking straight in to her blue eyes.
"Of course I want to see it together with you Lacus, we can began as soon as we got the room to our self" Kira told her, as he took the dvd out of her hand to take a look at what he had just volunteer to see.
"Hmm I never seen that one before, is it any good?" He asked sounding a bit curious, as he looked up from the cover and back in to in to her two glowing orbs.
Lacus just nodded eagerly a few times. "Yes I think it's very fun and romantic, there really isn't as much fighting in it, as some people might hope, but I think that it would be a very good thing for us, with everything that has been going on the last few days" Lacus explained, while finally standing back up, where she slowly took another look around the room.
But the only place in the chamber they hadn't explored yet, was the small door at the side of the room, but if Lacus had to guess, she would say that it was the bathroom, at least she hoped it was.
"What's in there Mr Waltfeld?" The girl asked as she pointed over at the door. Andy took a small glance in that direction she was pointing, seeing what it was that she want to know about he again looked back at the pink hair girl, where he gave her a small smile.
"That's a small shower room, there is only just enough space for a single person in there, but at the very least you wouldn't have to use the big shower room, like the rest of the crew" Andy said, as he jumped over and open the door to the small shower, to show them just how little room was in there.
But as he did that, the two of them immediately saw a green package standing on the floor at the entrance to the room.
"Ohh and I also put in a small present in there for you, once I'm gone the two of you can open it whenever you feel like it" Andy explained as he again looked back at the married couple, trying hard to hide that big grin he had on his face.
But unfortunately he really didn't have much luck with that, and it truly made both of the teenagers feel a slightly bit nervous when they thought about what could be in the package, to make the man grin like that.
He did however not give them much time to think about it before he once again jumped away from the bathroom and land directly in front of Kira where he lift his hand like he want something. "What is it Mr Waltfeld?" The boy asked obviously confused about what the commander of the Eternal wanted now.
Andy just raised his right eyebrow, looking at the brown hair teen like he was crazy. "Don't I at least get a tip for taking you and Lacus here?" Andy asked in a expecting tone.
While taking a short glance down at his hand, before he again looked straight back at Kira, still having that expression on his face that show that he was still somewhat counting on getting some money for this.
Kira blinked a few times, as he stood there looking at the Andy Waltfeld's hand, trying to come up with an excuse for not having any money, finally he got a determined look in his eyes, as he took a small glance back at Lacus where he smiled a bit at her, before he once again looked back at the man.
"I'm sorry Mr Waltfeld, but I left my wallet over on the Archangel, so I have to owe you the money, until I get the chance to get it back" Kira told him, doing his best to make it seem like this was the honest truth.
"Ahhh man, and me who was saving up to buy that completely overpriced new coffee machine, I saw the last time I was down on earth, now I will never get enough money to get it!" he grumbled loudly, with a truly sad look on his face, it actually looked like he was just about ready to drop down on the floor and cry any minute.
But as he continued yelling and complaining about not getting a tip.
Lacus and Kira was looking at each other, both of them wondering just how much money Waltfeld was expecting Kira to give him.
And how something as trivial as a normal coffee machine, could be so expensive that he needed to complaining this loudly about not getting his tip. It was only after he had been sulking around for almost five minutes none stop, that he was out of breath.
So after getting some much needed air down in to his lungs, he gave the two of them a big happy smile, while he quickly told them that they didn't have to worry about the tip, and that he already had one of those coffee machine, he had just been talking about, so after enjoying their confused expression for a few seconds, he again began talking.
"Well now that we got all that out of the way, I better getting going, I'm almost sure I will see the two of you later" he said still with that big dumb grin on his face, as he quickly turned around and he made his way over to the door, leaving the room before any of the teens could get out any kind of answer.
None of the two teenagers said anything for a very long time, as they stood there blinking a few times at the man's almost completely loony behaviour.
Finally after a few short minutes Kira shook his head a few times, as he slowly removed his eyes from the now closed door, and looked over at Lacus, where he saw that she too had a somewhat confused and doubtful expression on her face, as she tried to figure out how a grown man could act so goofy.
"Sometimes I really think he drinks way to much of his own coffee" Kira mumbled loudly, which made Lacus looked over at him where she immediately gave him a small nod as reply.
"You are right Kira, maybe the next time we see him we should ask him to go over to caffeine free coffee" Lacus said, as she walked over to the still opened bathroom door, where she bent down and picked up the interesting green package, then walked over and placed it on their new bed.
After looking at it for a bit, she again turned her attention back towards the only other person that was in the room.
"Come over here Kira, lets hurry and open this, I really wants to see what's inside it!" Lacus said, just before she jumped up on the bed and got comfortable right beside the package, the expression she had on her face, clearly showed that she was trying hard to guess what could be hidden underneath the green gift-wrapping paper.
Seeing how his wife was behaving right now. Kira couldn't help but smile a bit, she just looked so cute with that curious look in both of her two eyes.
But truth be told he too was looking forward to see the contents of the package, so after watching her a bit more he jumped away from the floor and flew over and land beside her on the bed, where she immediately looked away from the gift, and up in to his eyes.
Where he could easily tell that she was just about ready to scratch, of the green paper any minute now.
"Just go ahead and open it Lacus!" Kira said in a gentle tone that immediately made Lacus grab on to the paper and ripped it away from the cardboard box, that it was wrapped around, and it really didn't take her long before every single piece of gift-wrap was laying on the floor just next to the bed.
"What do you think that's inside it?" Lacus quickly asked, as she looked up from the brown box that was now standing between them, and in to Kira's purple eyes.
But they only had contact for a few minor seconds, then she hurried looked away again, and reached out to open the box, it wasn't much later before they both could see everything that was inside the box.
Lacus was of course the first one to take something out from the box, seeing as she had been the one most eager to find out what was inside it. "Two bags of candy" the girl said, as she opened one of them and took a small piece, then offered Kira a piece too, after both teens had each chewed down whatever unhealthy thing they had just put in their mouth, it was Kira's turn to find something in the box.
"Even more dvds, like we didn't have enough of them already" the boy said as he placed the new stack on the bed, while taking a brief glance over at the movies Mr Waltfeld had given them early, wondering if they would ever have enough time to see even half of all those dvds, but as the brown hair teen was thinking about that.
Lacus had found something else in the box. "I wonder what this is, it looks like a dress or something" the girl said sounding a somewhat confused, as she continued letting her eyes ran over the white and pink clothes in her hands.
"Why do you think he is giving us something like this, it really doesn't look like a normal dress the skirt is way to short, there is no way I'll walk around in this" the pink hair girl said in a determined tone, and with a slightly angry look on her face.
Kira however could only nodded a few times in understanding, he really didn't want other people to see Lacus in that dress. But even with those thoughts running through his head, he still couldn't help but try and figure out what the idea with the dress was.
A small part of him was completely sure that Lacus would look very beautiful in it, but as he sat there think about that he suddenly notice a small piece of paper down in the box, seeing that he quickly reached in there and pulled it out, where he immediately began reading the few words on it.
"Please have a lot of fun with this little nurse uniform!' that's all it says, the only thing else on the paper is a big smiling face" Kira explained, while taking a quick look over at Lacus, before he turned the paper over to see if there was anything on the back.
But as he was doing that Lacus had finally realize the whole idea with the clothes, and she could feel both of her cheeks get completely red, as she thought about just how Kira would react in seeing her in that uniform.
But she was way to embarrassed, to even considered trying it on right now.
So after a few small minutes where she did her best to get rid of the blush that was covering almost her entire face, she slowly placed the uniform back down in to the box, while looking straight in to Kira's eyes where she could easily tell that he too knew what Andrew Waltfeld had thought they should use the uniform for.
It was only when she closed the lid on the brown cardboard box, that Kira reached out and gently took her left hand, where he immediately gave it a soft squeeze, getting her downward eyes to once again look back up at him, where he could see by the slightly red glow on her face that she was still feeling very embarrassed about the whole thing.
"Do you want to see that anime series you where talking about before?" Kira asked hoping to get her thoughts away from the costume in the box.
Lacus just looked at him for a bit then, she gave him a small nod while standing up from the bed.
"That would be nice Kira, but I have to get out of this space suit first and I could really use a quick shower" Lacus said think about how uncomfortable it was having this suit on, when you didn't really need it.
She had no problem at all understanding why it was necessary when you had to go out fighting, and she knew that it could perhaps save Kira's life someday, but that of course didn't mean she had to like walking around in this, when she was not inside the Freedom with Kira.
Hearing that Kira immediately took a quick look down at himself, she was right if they want to relax for a few hours, they both need to get out of their space suits.
"Why don't you go ahead and take the first shower Lacus, then while you are doing that, I will chance the bedclothes over to those white once that Mr Waltfeld said was under the bed" Kira said smiling a bit at her.
Happy with Kira's suggestion Lacus hurried moved in a gave him a small hug, before she turned around and began making her way over towards their new bathroom making sure to unzip the suit, while Kira was still watching her.
But she really didn't give him the chance to see anything, before she disappeared in to the bathroom where she quickly shut the door behind her, as she let the suit drop the rest of the way down to the floor, then moved over and turned on the hot water in the shower.
Hearing the water start, Kira slowly shook his head a few time, trying not to think about the small glint he had just caught of his wife's naked back, but that was easier said then done.
Finally after a few minute he somehow succeed in getting his thoughts at least a bit away from her and over on what he was suppose to do, but even as he bent down to find the things he need from under the bed, he still couldn't help but take a short glance over at the bathroom door, where he could hear Lacus cheerful voice sing her favorite song.
"She really does sounds amazing" the boy mumble, as he began chancing the bedding, still enjoying the singing from the other room, truly happy to know that she was in such a good mood now.
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While Kira and Lacus was getting ready to have a nice time together in their new room.
Dearka was laying on his bed over on the Archangel resting his head on his pillow, while looking up at the ceiling with a small frown on his face, as he tried his best to come up with an idea, that could help him solve all of those feelings he had for Miriallia, it was not like he could just stop being in-love with her.
It didn't really work that way, but he knew that he had to do something about it, he had to find someway to get those feelings under at least a little control.
He couldn't keep thinking about her like this, it was really becoming such a serious problem for him, so much that even when they where out fighting for their lives she would suddenly without warning enter his mind, which could be really dangerous both for himself, and all of his comrades he was fighting so hard together with.
They could get seriously hurt if he didn't have all of his attention on the battle.
But unfortunately as he laid there thinking about all of that, the door to the room was suddenly open, at first he thought it was Nicol that was coming back from whatever he had been doing, but instead it was two girls one with blonde hair and another one with blue hair and a pair of glasses.
"Are you completely sure this was where Mayura told us Nicol's room was?" Juri asked while looking over at Asagi not even noticing that there was someone else in the room.
Asagi however had seen that Dearka was on one of the bed looking at both of them with a confused expression on his face.
"What are you doing in here Dearka? We thought this was Nicol's room" the blonde girl said while taking a look around the room, before she once again turned her attention back towards the Buster pilot who was now sitting up on his bed looking between the two girls.
Finally after a few seconds he let out a small breath. "This is Nicol's room, but it's my room too, now will you please tell me what the two of you are doing in here?"
The boy asked obviously still confused about their present in here.
He seriously didn't want to talk with them right now, he was suppose to find someway to deal with the whole Miriallia thing, not spend time with two other girls.
Juri smiled a bit at him as she put a big paper bag she had been carrying down on the floor.
"The last time we talked with Nicol over on the Kusanagi, he suggest that we had a small game night, where we just played a few games and had some fun for a few hours, and us girls thought it would be so much more fun to do that over here on the Archangel, since we haven't been over here much" Juri explained, as she began emptying the back on the floor, where Dearka could see a few sodas and so much candy that it was filling up a great deal of the floor.
"Do you want to join us Dearka? The more the merry" Asagi said, as she placed a few board games over on Nicol's bed, and sat down beside them.
Dearka didn't say anything, as he sat there watching the two girls, there was no way he was getting mixed up in this, he want a place where he could be alone with his thoughts, that way he could think in peace, and he knew for certain that staying here wouldn't do him any good.
But as he stood up from his bed, a small part of him was actually a bit annoyed that Nicol hadn't mention anything about this early.
"No I'm not really in the mood to play games right now, but thank you for asking" he said, as he jumped over Juri and over towards the door, just as it once again flew open where Nicol and Mayura stepped in to the room.
"Hey Dearka where are you going?" Nicol asked, smiling a bit at his roommate, before he took a look around the room, he couldn't help but be a bit surprised at all the candy that was laying on the floor.
The girls did say they would bring something to snack on, but he was not expecting this much, one thing was completely certain if they tried to eat even half of that they would get a really good stomach ache tomorrow, but hopefully it wouldn't really matter, since all three ships should be safe at the junkyard, they where heading towards.
Still glaring a bit at the green hair teen, Dearka slowly reached down and picked up a pack of gum from the floor, where he immediately took a single piece chewing it a few times, as he thought about how he should answer Nicol.
A tiny part of him really did want to complain to the other boy about this whole game night, but in the end he decided that it wasn't really worth the effort.
It was not like Nicol had done this, as a way to annoy him, he did it because he was good friends with those three girls, and he want to spend some time with them.
"I was just going out for a small walk, I don't want to get in you guys way" he said, and was about to open the door again, when suddenly a hand was placed on his right shoulder making him take another look back at his green hair friend.
"You don't have to leave Dearka, you are more then welcome to stay here and play a few games with us" Nicol said, as all three girls nodded yes in agreement.
Smiling a bit at all four of them Dearka slowly shook his head. "I'm sorry Nicol, but to tell you the truth I much rather be alone right now, I got a few things I need to work out on my own, I'm sure you already know what it is" the Buster pilot said in a serious tone, as he removed a few blond bangs that was covering his eyes.
After that he saw Nicol give him a single nod in understanding, seeing that his friend knew why he didn't want to stay, he quickly turned around and left the room, before any of the girl could say anything else to him.
"What is it he needs to work out Nicol?" Asagi asked from where she was sitting on his bed.
Nicol didn't answer her, he just smile a bit as he walked over and sat down beside Mayura who was already busy looking through the board games to find the one she want to play most, but he hadn't been sitting there for long before Juri asked what was going on.
"It's not really important you two, now who wants to play Risk?" He asked hoping to get their attention away from the whole Dearka thing, he had after all promised his friend that he would not say anything about him being in-love with Miriallie to anybody else, and Nicol was completely determined to keep that promise no matter what.
The girls didn't really say much, as the sat there watching him set up the piece for the game.
"Nicol the three of us really wants to know!" Mayura said in a sweet tone while reaching down for his hand, where she immediately gave it a small squeeze, that of course made him lifted his eyes away from the game board and back up at her, where the first thing he saw was a pair of cute puppy dogs eyes, that just made him laugh slightly.
"I'm sorry you three, but I promised Dearka not to tell, and I really don't want to break that promise, I'm sure that the three of you, have some secrets between you, that you don't want me to know about" Nicol said in a very serious tone, while looking over all three girls, where he could see that they where all taking a few small glance at each other.
Before all three of them finally let out a big sigh, and got down on the floor beside him getting ready to play the game.
And it didn't really take all that long, before each of them had chosen a colour and was so far away in the game, that they had mostly forgotten the entire thing with Dearka, and was now truly enjoying acting like normal teenagers, that was not involved in a deadly war, other then the one on the old game board, that was spread out between them.
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Elsewhere on the Archangel, Dearka was slowly making his way down through the ships halls, with a slightly thoughtful look on his face.
He hadn't been flying around for long before he saw a few of the other crew members coming towards him, but after taking a short look at both of them, he quickly realize that he did not know any of their names, so he didn't have to be worried about being caught up in a conversation with them.
They each just gave him a small nod as greeting, as they past each other, something he was more then happy to return, so once they where out of sight, he could again concentrate on his own thoughts, about a certain brown hair girl.
But as he was flying around like that, with no real destination in mind, he suddenly notice that he was getting really close to the mess hall.
Which made him realize that he hadn't gotten anything to drink since before the last battle, and that he was actually very thirsty, so after thinking a bit about it, he decide that he would go there to get something to drink.
It did not take him long before he reached the mess hall, where he immediately notice that the only other person in there beside himself, was Miriallie's friend with the glasses.
He was sitting by one of the tables writing on a small piece of paper with a somewhat strange look on his face.
Which told Dearka that no matter what he was working on it was very hard, and even with all the thoughts about Miriallie running through his head, he couldn't help but be a bit curious about what was being sketch down on the paper, it really did look important for the other boy.
So after getting a can of juice from the machine in there he walked over behind Sai, waiting a few seconds for the boy to take a small break, he really didn't have to wait long before Sai removed the pen from the paper and was just about to read what was standing on it.
"Hey Sai what are you working on there?" Dearka asked loudly, getting a short scream from the teen in front of him.
It only took Sai a small minute to get over the minor shock the unknown person behind him had just given him, so after placing both his pen and glasses on the table, he quickly turned around, where the first thing he saw was Dearka with a tiny smile on his face, it was obvious that the Buster pilot found his reaction at least a bit funny.
"I'm sorry about that Sai, I didn't mean to scare you" Dearka explained, while taking a big sip of his juice, enjoying the taste as it ran down his throat.
Sai just looked at him a bit longer, before he let out a small breath. "It's all right Dearka, I just didn't see you there, I should have been paying more attention to the things around me" Sai said, while taking a brief glance back at his letter, clearly wanting to continue writing on it.
But there was no way he could do that with another person looking over his shoulder, he couldn't really concentrate when someone was doing that, he need at least a little peace and quiet to get the words just the exact way he want.
"So want are you working so hard on?" Dearka asked again, while emptying the rest of the contents of the can down in to his mouth, still not looking away from the other boy.
Sai didn't really say anything at first he just sat there a few seconds looking at the former Zaft pilot, thinking hard about if he actually want to tell him what the letter really was, but finally after a minute or two he made up his mind, it couldn't really hurt that Dearka knew what the letter was, most other people on the Archangel knew he had someone special back in Orb.
"It's a love letter for my fiancée" he said in a very serious tone as he took yet another glance at the white paper.
Hearing that Dearka blinked a few times, as he too took a glance at the paper, not that he could see what was written on it.
"I didn't know you had someone like that down on earth" the Buster pilot said, clearly a bit surprise at what he had just been told, he hadn't really expected that the letter Sai was working so intently on was that important, he just figured that it had something to do with the ship, like how much food and supplies they had gotten from the ReHome.
Sai however didn't notice Dearka's surprised expression, he was already far away in his own thoughts about the person he was writing the letter too, and even true Dearka had no trouble seeing that, he just had one last question he need to ask the other boy about.
"You miss her don't you?" He asked in a thoughtful tone, as the picture Miriallie's smiling face ran through his mind.
Those few words immediately snapped Sai back out of his deep thoughts.
"Yeah I do, a lot actually, I haven't seen her for such a very long time, and I really want more time together with her, so I can show and tell her just how I feel" Sai said, smiling a bit about everything he want to experience with the girl, that was waiting for him back home on the small green and blue planet, they had left so long ago.
Thinking a few seconds about the other boys words and seeing the big smile on his face, when he talked about his fiancée, had really helped Dearka finally make up his mind about what he was going to do about his feelings for Miriallie.
"Hmm I have to go now Sai, thank you for helping me realize what I have to do" Dearka said in a far away tone, as he slowly turned around and flew of out of the mess hall, leaving the other boy to wonder what exactly he had done to help Dearka out, but seeing that the Buster pilot was already far away Sai made the decision that he could always ask him about it later, right now he had a letter to write.
At the same time not far away Dearka was flying as fast as possible towards Miriallie's room with a determined expression on his face.
He had to talk with her about all of this, he had to tell her how he really felt, that was the only way he could solve this, it really was the only possible solution.
He just hoped that she wouldn't end up hating him for this, that thought alone almost made him chance his mind about telling her, but he quickly shook it away before he could think to much about it.
Soon after he arrived at his location, but when he got there, his determined look had been somewhat replaced by a nervous one.
So it took him a few minutes to get his nerves up to give the door in front of him a small yet hard knock, not much later the door to the room was open and he saw Miriallie standing there in a light blue night gown and with her hair down, she really did look beautiful right now.
"Ohhh hello Dearka, what a nice surprise, I didn't expect to see you today" she told him in a sweet tone, while giving him a caring smile.
That just served to make Dearka feel all that more nervous, he really didn't want this to be the last time he would see her pretty smile.
It would just hurt so much if she didn't want to stay friends with him after this, finally after swallowing loudly a single time, he slowly removed his eyes from the floor and looked back up at the girl.
"Mir can we please sit down for a bit? I have something important I really needs to tell you" the boy said just loud enough for the girl to hear it.
Miriallie just looked at him for a bit, wondering why he was suddenly so jumpy and nervous, it really didn't seem like him, it was kinda unnatural in it's own way, she liked it much better when he was talking with his usually confident tone, for some reason when he did that, she felt like everything would be all right, no matter how much trouble they where in.
So after standing there just watching him for a few seconds more, she took a single step aside to show him that he was welcome to enter her room.
"Please come in and sit down Dearka" she said, using a slightly concerned tone, she couldn't help but be a little worried about him, when he was behaving like this.
Dearka however just nodded a single time, as he jumped up from the floor and flew in to her room, with the girl following closely behind him.
Once inside a deep silence hang between them, as they just stood there looking at each other for a very long time.
It was only when Miriallie told him to sit down one more time, that he gave a small somewhat clumsy jump and immediately dropped down in the one chair that was in there, while the girl slowly moved over and tried to get at least a little comfortable on her bed.
"So what is it you want to talk about?" The girl asked while looking over at Dearka that was now looking more nervous then ever before, it was just like he had lost the ability to be relax in her presence, and that was further proven by the way he kept opening and closing his mouth, it actually seemed a bit like he couldn't even talk properly any longer.
They continued sitting quietly like that for a few very long minutes, until Miriallie slowly reached over and took his right hand, in a gentle grip where she immediately gave it a soft squeeze, making him once again look over at her.
"Please tell me what's bothering you so much Dearka, I never seen you act this way before, and to tell you the truth, it actually frightens me a bit" the girl explained still not letting go of his hand.
Hearing that Dearka couldn't help but give his low lips a very hard bit, trying his best to calm down just a bit. "I'm sorry Mir, it's just that I have never tried anything like this before, and I can't help but be a bit scared that you will hate me for what, I'm about to tell you" Dearka said, while slowly pulling his hand away from her soft grip.
But as he tried to do that, the girl quickly reached up and once again caught his hand, holding on to it even more tightly now then before.
"Dearka I promise that no matter what you are trying to tell me, I will never hate you for it, unless it have something to do with you going back to Zaft" Miriallie said while looking straight in to his eyes, seeing him visibly relax at her sweet words, she really hoped that this wasn't bad news, he had seemed so distance and far away the last few days, almost like he was avoiding her.
But once she heard him let out a deep heavy sigh, she knew that he was going to tell her everything now. "Mir the thing is.....I.....I....." he stopped and just sat there looking at her a bit more before he again open his mouth.
"Miriallie I love you" He called out so fast, that she actually had a little difficulty understanding what he had just said, but one look in to his eyes was more then enough to tell her everything she need to know.
And even true it was quite a big shock for her, she could help but feel her heart speed up down in her chest, it truly made her feel happy to know that he was having those kinda of feelings for her, but as she tried her best to come up with some kind of answer for him, another person enter her mind, someone she still loved and missed deeply, and she knew right then and there, just what she had to do.
With that she slowly leaned forward and wrapped both of her arms around him, pulling the boy in to a tight hug.
"Dearka please don't misunderstand, I do care very much about you, I almost felt like I was going to die, when I thought that you where dead after what happened back at the Mendel colony, but the thing is Dearka I don't think I'm quite ready yet to get a new boyfriend" the girl explained, as a very big sob ran through her entire body.
Which finally made her realize that she was actually crying softly, up against his shoulder.
"It's not like I'm asking you to wait around until I am ready, a big part of me still miss Tolle a lot, and it really wouldn't be fair to ask you to wait, but one thing I have been thinking a lot about the last few days is how he would feel about this, and I know for certain that he would want me to be happy no matter what, so if I get just a bit more time I would love to be your girlfriend at some point in the future, just not now" Miriallie told him, as she slowly backed away from the hug they had been in this entire time.
Once again taking a look in to Dearka's purple eyes, where she could see a few tears running down his cheeks.
"At least he and I had a few more things in common then just being in-love with you" Dearka told her, as he slowly reached up and used a couple of fingers to remove a few of the tears, that was still on her lovely face, but as he continued rubbing her face like that the girl softly asked him what he meant by that.
"I want you to be happy too Miriallie, even if you say that you want nothing to do with me, and you end up dating someone else, but for now I will wait until you feel like you are ready, so take as much time as you need" he said, as he carefully leaned in a placed a small gentle kiss on her left cheek, actually succeeding in getting a small blush to ran over both of her cheeks.
Hearing those sweet words, Miriallie couldn't help but hug the boy one more time. "Thank you Dearka, you always make me so happy" she mumbled in to his ear.
While feeling both of his hands running softly up and down her back a few times, but they didn't stay in that hug for long, before they slowly moved away from each other, both of them smiling a bit as they sat there thinking about what had just happened between them, it was only when Miriallie forced back a yawn that Dearka realized just how late it was getting and how tired she actually was.
"I better get going Mir, I can't stay the whole night in here" he said while standing up from the chair he had been sitting on this whole time, getting ready to leave the room, when the girl suddenly took his hand again, making him look back at her one more time.
"Good night Dearka, I will see you tomorrow" she told him in a sweet tone, as she moved in a placed a small kiss on his cheek.
Smiling a bit at her, once she pulled away from him, Dearka open his mouth to say one last thing to her. "Count on it Mir, you have sweet dreams now" he said while he slowly turned around and left the room, with the girl looking after him until the door flew shut behind him.
"He is always so kind to me" the girl mutter, as she slowly laid down on her bed, rubbing her head against her soft pillow, enjoying how nice it felt against her face.
But while doing that she couldn't help, but think about the person that had just told her that he loved her and that he was going to wait around until she was ready to date again.
And what made her feel even closer to the boy, was the whole thing about him wanting her to be happy.
Even if it was with someone else, that alone was more then enough to make her realize just how much he actually did love her, unfortunately she didn't have much time to think about him, before she slowly began drifting of in to a deep peaceful slumber, still with that small yet happy smile on her face.
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And while Miriallie was asleep and Dearka was searching for a place where he could spend the night without other people playing games.
Athrun was sitting inside the Duel Rouge working on the OS, one thing he had quickly realize once he got inside his girlfriends mobile suit was that it was not just the targeting that need some work, a lot of other small things that need a little finer adjustment, before the Duel could be used properly again.
"Damn it, I seriously didn't think that it would be so many problems with this machine!" the blue hair teen mutter in a slightly annoyed tone.
It was actually becoming more and more obvious, that this mobile suit had been put back together in a big hurry, which meant that he truly had his work cut out for him, there was just so many insignificance things that need to be put just right, before he was completely sure that his girlfriend was as safe as possible inside this machine.
There was no way he would let Cagalli go out fighting in the Duel if it wasn't working properly, just one smaller mistake could be fatal if they end up in a truly serious battle.
"Why the hell didn't I asked Kira to help out with this, he is just so much better at working on an OS then I am!" Athrun mutter still using the same annoyed tone as before, while trying best to figure out how he should fix this next problem.
It was just about the same time that Cagalli stuck her head in to the cockpit. "How is it going Athrun?" She asked curious, as she gave him the can of soda she had just gotten from the Kusanagis mess hall.
Athrun didn't say much as he took the can from her, where he immediately open it and took a small sip of the liquid inside of the can, then took another look at all the things that need work.
It really did seem somewhat unrealistic right now, but after a few hours of work he was sure that he could solve most of the problems, the rest they properly need either Kira's or Erica's help for.
"This are going to take much longer then I expect Cagalli, but I seriously can't believe that Simmons and Kisaka let you go out in this machine" Athrun said looking up from the controls and in to Cagalli's eyes, but when he did that she immediately turned her head away clearly trying to avoid getting direct eye contact with him.
Seeing that he couldn't help but let out a small sigh, as he reached out and pulled the blonde girl down on to his lap.
Then began working on the things that in his eyes most important of all the small problems. "Please don't do something like that again Cagalli, it's even more reckless then going out fighting with a wound in ones stomach!" Athrun said referring to what Mu had done in the last battle.
But seeing that guilty look she had in her eyes he slowly removed his hands away from the controls, and put them around the girl hugging her tightly, while breathing in the sweet scent of her soft blond hair.
"You are not angry at me?" Cagalli asked from where she was sitting on his lap, slightly enjoying the feeling of being in his arms, it was only when he stopped hugging her, that she turned around a bit to see what he was going to do now, but he just start working on the OS again, keeping all of his attention on that, he hadn't done that for long, before he let out a small sigh and let his hand fall back around the girl.
"I love you Cagalli, and I really don't want to lose you, so please don't do anything like that ever again ok?" Athrun asked looking straight in to her eyes, where he saw her give a small nod in agreement, to what he had just asked of her, after that both of them where pretty quiet, as blue hair teenager again began working on the Duel's completely messed up OS.
Cagalli didn't say much, as she sat there watching Athrun work on the Duel Rouge.
She was still feeling a little guilty about going out in a mobile suit that she already known was not ready for combat yet, but she had just been so damn eager to try out her own mobile suit, that she had ignored both Erica and Kisaka telling her to stay on the ship.
And that big scolding she had gotten from both of them hadn't really been a pleasant experience, but Athrun actually manage to make her feel a bit more guilty about her little number then the two grown-ups had done.
But while thinking about all of that, and listening to Athrun's fingers hitting the keyboard in front of them, another thought suddenly enter her mind, and it didn't take long before a small smile ran over her lips.
"Hey Athrun, that thing about making out in a mobile suits cockpit, do you think that would be fun?" She asked in a sweet tone, that made Athrun missed the next few keys, while turning all of his attention away from the Duels control panel and down at the grin girl on his lap.
Seeing that Athrun couldn't help but roll his eyes a single time as he gave her the same kind of smile back. "Now that you mention it, that might actually be fun to try out" he told her with a slightly thoughtful look on his face, as he slowly bent down and pressed his lips gentle against hers.
Getting her to moan softly while she moved around just a bit trying to get in to a better position on his lap, once she succeed with that, she immediately wrapped both of her hands around his neck trying to pull him just a little closer.
Sensing that the girl in his arms wanted an even deep kiss, Athrun gently maneuvered her forward in the cockpit, so she end up laying half way on the mobile suits control panel, where he immediately ran his tongue over her lips, obviously asking permission to enter her mouth.
Cagalli just moan a deeply in delight, as she slowly opened her mouth just a tiny bit and let the top of her tongue ran over Athrun's, but as he tried to get her tongue in to a playful duel, she quickly withdraw her tongue and shut her mouth again.
Which made the boy to realize that the blonde girl was trying to tease him by not allowing him entrance to her mouth.
Thinking a few seconds about what he should do, Athrun carefully let one of his hands slide away from her waist, and up to her flat stomach, where he gently began tickling her soft skin, making her giggle slightly in to the kiss.
Something Athrun was quick to take advantage of, by thrusting his tongue slowly in to her laughing mouth, where he didn't hesitate a second in giving her tongue a small playful push, that alone immediately got a reaction out of Cagalli, she gave a soft moan and tighten her grip around Athrun's neck, and it wasn't much after that before their tongue wrestling with each other in a truly delightful way, that both of the two teenagers couldn't help but enjoy a lot.
Needless to say no more work was done on the gundam that evening, the young couple was so far away in their making out, that they didn't really give the mobile suit a second thought.
To be continued.