Chapter Summary from chapter 8: Milly escapes to her parent's place, only to meet up with Dearka once again. After dodging a question from Miriallia, they go to the bookstore, only for Dearka to fight off a kidnapping attempt, but Miriallia loses consciousness before she can see Dearka handle the fight. When she comes too, she realizes that Dearka saved him, and she brings him down by mentioning Tolle. For the moment, Miriallia has agreed to become a couple with Dearka, but she doesn't love him like she does with Tolle. Will a specific event make Miriallia utter those three words Dearka has been waiting to hear for all this time?
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PS: After looking at the end of the chapter, I edited it so the story would still remain PG-13, so I deleted the scene all together.
PPS: Those asking who the detective is, I didn't give him a name because...I didn't feel he would be a recurring character. He's just one of many people who are looking for the Orb Demon.
But if you want a name, I did base him on Detective Lunge from the anime "Monster," so the detective in my story shall be called Lunge. He's also my favorite character in "Monster", 2nd only to Otto Hecker, also from "Monster"
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-2 weeks later- -Outside of the bathroom-
Dearka's POV
2 weeks...it's been 2 weeks since Milly said that she would be my girlfriend!
I asked her today to go with one of my maids to help get dressed for the upcoming occasion!
When she came back hours later, she immediately ran to the bathroom to put everything on.
I'm so happy and yet...so sad.
I'm happy that she's dating me, but I can't help but feel she's still thinking about Tolle.
Sometimes I regret actually telling Milly that I love...
"Dearka?" asked Milly as she lightly pounded through the door.
"What is it Milly?"
"Could you...help me?" shyly said Milly as she opened the door.
When I saw Milly...wow...
She wore a sleeveless navy blue dress that went down to her knees. On the sides of her dress had tiny slits for easier movement. The dress didn't cover the top of her chest and the straps of her dress were tied in very elegant knots, like a ribbon I suppose.
She also wore matching open-toed heels and her toenails were painted in a rose colored with a hint of sparkles.
Then she turned around, I noticed that the dress was backless as well.
"Could you...zip me up?"
I'm so glad that Milly can't see how red my face was when I zipped up her dress.
"Hmm...Dearka...why do I have to dress up?" asked Milly as she turned around to face me, noticing how red my face was.
After a moment of getting my face back to its tan color, I spoke up.
"I just...didn't want to go...dateless this time,"
"Oh yeah...there's a lot of people that were from the Klein Faction are coming here?"
"Not just them, but important people as well?"
"People like who?" asked Milly with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh...the usual. Politicians, businessmen, old buddies...and some other people. Don't worry about it Milly, just leave all the talking to me if you're scared,"
"I'm not scared!"
"Your legs are trembling...your beautiful legs," said as I gawked at her.
"It's not nice to stare," sarcastically remarked Milly, hiding, albeit failing, her legs with her hands.
"Well...they're nice to look at. Perhaps they're even more nice to feel...ow!" yelled as Milly swatted my hands away.
"Well...your dressed like a gentleman...you could...act like one too," said Milly as she noticed I was dressed up as well.
I wore a formal ZAFT uniform. It's like my regular uniform, but with gold linings, and I didn't have to wear a hat, so I just sprayed some hair gel and combed my hair back.
My hair feels so...aerodynamic right now.
Speaking of hair...
"Did you do something to your hair?" said as I reached to touch her recently done hair.
"I...went to a hair stylist and an hour later, my hair was straightened down. Do you like it?"
"Like it? I'm in love again...want to hug before we go meet the guests?" said as I reached out for her.
When she embraced me back, I lowered my head meet hers.
I smelled her hair...I think I smell strawberry...
This must be the first time I ever loved the smell of a fruit.
A few moments into the embrace, I thought to myself to make this moment truly special.
I lowered my mouth close to her ear and silently muttered:
"I love you," said as I held her closer.
I felt Milly shudder when I said that, and she moved back to a wall with a sorrowful expression.
I guess Milly is still thinking of Tolle, even though she said she'd be my girlfriend. Guess some things can't change...
After an uncomfortable minute of silence, she broke the tension.
"We...should get going. You don't want to disappoint the guests, eh?" stammered Milly as she slowly offered her hand in an elegant manner.
As I grabbed her hand and walked to the entrance of the mansion, I couldn't help but think the night would be anything but a dull one.
-Front of the mansion-
Before the party started, we...well I spoke with many people, Milly just looked at the ground and hid behind me.
Then I met my best friend, Yzak...with Ezaria, his mother.
Yzak wore a formal council uniform. It was the same as his regular uniform, but with gold linings.
Ezaria wore a silver colored dress that went down to her ankles. She also wore earrings that had rubies encased in them.
"Hey Yzak, I thought you weren't coming this time," greeted as I shook his mother's hand.
"Yzakkie didn't want to come, but I insisted he should come. It's not healthy to get cooped up working at the ZAFT Council all the time. It's not healthy," said Ezaria as she noticed someone behind me.
"Now, who's this pretty thing behind you? Come out, I won't bite," said his mom as she went behind me and introduced herself to Milly.
"Oh look, Dearka's got a girlfriend..."
Oh I know what she'll say next.
"...How come you haven't gotten a girlfriend yet, Yzakkie?"
"Hey, that reminds me, how come you didn't go with your secretary?" said as I saw Yzak tremble at what I said.
"Oh...you're dating Eileen? How come you didn't tell me about her? She's pretty nice looking," asked as she confronted my best friend.
"Mom!" exclaimed Yzak as he fought a losing battle against his mother.
"Oh, why don't we leave these two alone and tell me more about Eileen?" asked Ezaria as she grabbed Yzak's hand and headed towards the mansion.
I caught a glimpse of Yzak's face before he left. He had a "You are so dead for telling mom about my girlfriend" look.
After that I felt Milly's fingers clutch even tighter to my arm.
"Milly, it's okay, you don't have to talk if you don't want to," said as I turned to face Milly, who was really anxious and frantically panting.
I could feel her breathes through my uniform.
"Hey Milly, let's get inside to the mansion so I can make you feel better, ok?"
All I got was a frantic nod and an even tighter clutching of my arm.
As we walked back to the mansion, I couldn't help but notice something...
"Hey Milly?"
I only heard the uncomfortable silence.
"Come on Milly, say something," said as I grabbed her shoulders and looked at her eyes.
Milly attempted a few times, but all that came out was squeaks and gasps.
Out of solutions, I nudged her chin upwards and placed my lips on hers.
A second later, Milly pushed away from me and shook her head rapidly.
"What is it Milly? Was it something I did?"
Milly continued to shake her head.
"Was it...something I said?" asked, hoping she would continue to shake her head.
But she nodded at that question. I felt like a needle had pierced my heart.
I told her earlier that I loved her. It wasn't some recording, but I said it to her...right then and there.
"Oh...I see. But lets try to have a fun time okay? Tonight should be a fun time for you," said as I grabbed her hand and walked towards the dining hall, where most of the guests should be.
-Dining Hall-
As we sat down at our table, I noticed Yzak sat down at the table across from me, giving me a cold stare as I poured wine into a glass.
"Why did you tell her about Eileen! You know what happens when my mom hears about a girlfriend!"
"Sorry...I must have forgotten..." said in mock innocence.
Oh...but I knew all too well. Ezaria was the type who always looked for girls he thinks would make a cute couple with Yzak. This was the first time that Yzak found a girl by himself.
"Yzak, why don't you be proud that you have a girlfriend? I know I am," said as I sipped the wine and felt the bubbles tickle my nose.
"Then where is she?" asked Yzak, his eyes looking to the right of me, where Milly is right now.
"Yzak, are you blind? She's right..." said as I noticed that all this time Milly wasn't at the table.
"Excuse me...I got to go," said as I left the table and began searching around the place for Milly.
-3nd floor balcony-
-20 minutes later-
Miriallia's POVToo much. This is too much.
Even Tolle didn't say he loved me until we had a few dates together. But Dearka hasn't even gone on one date with me, and all of a sudden, he proclaims that he loves me.
As I pondered on, I suddenly realized that I wasn't alone.
It must be Dearka coming to find me.
As I turned around, I saw it wasn't Dearka, but it was...
"Well, I thought I'd never see you here,"
"S...Sai?" muttered out, as I was still shocked.
"What's the matter, it's not like we haven't met before," said Sai as he straightens his tuxedo.
After a few moments went by, I decided to make amends with my friend. Without Tolle or Kuzzey, he was the only one I could talk to on the ArchAngel Bridge near the end of the war.
"Hey...Sai...sorry about what I said about Fray..."
"Don't worry about it," calmly said Sai.
"Eh?"
"It was a long time ago. I'm not breaking a friendship over some conversation,"
"Then how come you never talked to me at the orphanage whenever you came?"
"Lacus always said that you were sleeping in your room, so I didn't disturb you,"
"So I could have just gone out and the fight between us was over? Well, that was a waste,"
As we continued talking, a girl with long blonde hair snuck up to Sai and placed her arms around his on, they're playing our song at the dining hall," said the girl as she snuggled her face in Sai's back.
"Ok, ok...just let me finish up with my friend," said Sai as got out of her hold and walked towards me.
"I don't have a lot of time left, but let me ask you a question. Got a boyfriend yet?"
"Well...umm...yes, but I don't know if I...,"
Where is he going with this?
"Give him a chance...in fact he might be better than Tolle. Well, see ya," said Sai as he walked away towards his girlfriend.
Feeling outrage at his words, I gathered my strength and yelled:
"Tolle was your friend too!"
All I got was a simple wave from Sai as he walked with his girlfriend.
Needing something to look at, I gazed up at the stars...
Funny, I couldn't see the stars when I lived in Heliopolis. Now down here on Earth, I could look at this spectacular sight.
Sure, I could have looked at the stars when I was at the Orphanage, but...I don't know why I never did look up at night.
Being lost in thought, I didn't notice someone sneak up at me. Then I felt a small peck on my cheek to bring me back to my senses.
When I finally came to, I turned around to see Dearka, who was delighted to find me.
"Hey there Dearka," said as I stood next to him.
"Milly...why did you leave?" asked Dearka as he held and caressed my hands.
My hands...felt nice being rubbed by Dearka.
"I just wanted...to think by myself for a while. I'm done now, so let's go back...Dekkie,"
"All right then Milly, but don't leave okay? I don't want to be playing hide and seek in a middle of a celebration," said Dekkie as he escorted me to the stairs and walked down to the dining hall, where the party is.
I think I'll give him a chance after all. So for now, no thoughts about Tolle!
-Dining hall-
The celebration has got to be the best time I've had since I was with...oh wait, no thoughts about him!
I got to see some of my old friends there.
I saw Cagalli and Athrun spooning each other at their table not far from ours. I didn't want to disturb them, since they look so great together.
I also saw Sai and his girlfriend feed each other chocolate cake. Sai, being a klutz sometimes, missed her mouth by a little and got some of the icing on her cheek. She simply laughed it off and wiped the icing with her finger and dabbing it on Sai's glasses. I didn't disturb them because there was a high chance that I might get my new dress ruined.
I didn't see Kira. He must still be with the EA military. Same with Murrue, I didn't see her at all.
Yzak danced the night with his mother, while some single men were asking Ezaria for a dance....and her number.
The best thing of the night was that Dearka taught me how to dance to a slow song.
At first I was uneasy when Dearka danced with me on a couple of songs, but after like 4 songs I got used to dancing.
At the last song, I was too tired to dance anymore, so I snuggled my head against his chest and let him guide me.
When the celebration was finally over, we said good-bye to our friends and watched them leave the mansion.
While Dearka was still saying good-bye to the guests, I snuck up to the balcony again to gather my thoughts.
-3rd floor balcony-
-20 minutes later-
I looked down to see an illuminated pool, which was quite large and deep.
I looked as each wave and ripple complemented each other.
As I observe everything in the pool, I felt a cool breeze tickle the hairs on the back of my neck, so I decided to go inside until I felt a jacket cover my bare shoulders...a ZAFT jacket.
"Dearka!" exclaimed as I warmed myself up.
"Orb can be incredibly cold at night, so don't go outside at night without a jacket,"
"T...thanks...Dekkie," said as I snuggled myself against his chest.
As we stood out on the balcony, Dearka nudged my chin upwards with his thumb and firmly placed his lips on mine.
This time...I didn't fight it. In fact, when Dearka stopped, I moved my body out of his jacket, letting it drop to the floor and grabbed the sides of his head and kissed him back.
Then I felt another cold breeze on my back, but I didn't care. I had my Dekkie to keep me warm.
This was the first time I kissed him and not once think about...him.
When I finally stopped my kiss, I saw Dearka jumped over the balcony rails.
"Dearka!" screamed as I peered over the railing.
Then I heard a very comforting sound.
SPLASH.
The balcony looked over a pool, but since I didn't know the place real well, I thought Dearka was jumping to his death.
But Dearka was just jumping into the large and deep pool, which at night was illuminated a light blue color.
As Dearka was splashing water around, he looked up at me.
"Hey, Milly! Come down, the water feels nice,"
So I took off my heels and tried to get over the railings.
I wasn't able to so I walked down with my heels in my hand and walked to the pool.
I saw Dearka was still splashing water around and then he swam towards me.
"Come on Milly, what are you waiting for?"
So I squatted close to the pool and said:
"I just don't want to get my clothes wet,"
But I really didn't care about my clothes. I just wanted to egg him on.
And it worked. Dearka grabbed my arm and pulled me into the pool.
When I got to the surface again, I playfully splashed water in his face. He did the same to me.
We both laughed at each other as we splashed water at each other.
Soon after, Dearka got out of the pool and offered his hand.
"Let's get inside Milly, don't want to get pneumonia," said Dearka as he grabbed my hand and we went up to his...I mean our room and got some towels to dry ourselves off in the bathroom.
I got to the bathroom first, so I dried myself with a towel and put on my pajamas, which consisted of the ZAFT jacket, he gave me all those years ago.
I sat on the edge of the bed, waiting for Dearka to be done with his change of clothes, which were now blue pajamas instead of those briefs.
When he was done, he walked up towards me with a confused expression.
"Milly? What is it?"
Dearka's POV"I have something to confess...I've been lying to you," said Milly as she looked at the floor, with glimpses of tears forming around her eyes.
I walked over to her and sat next to her on the bed.
"Lying to me?" asked as I put an arm around her shoulders.
"Back then, I told you that we could be a couple...but then I just said that so you would stop,"
"Stop?"
"The kissing, the hugging...I just didn't want it anymore. But tonight...when you said you loved me, I realized that it wasn't a recording that said those words...it was you,"
Then Milly looked up and gave me a kiss on the cheek and continued on.
"I guess...when you said those words...I actually began...to miss the hugs and kisses you gave me,"
When she said that, she wrapped her arms around my neck and inched herself closer towards me.
When she was close, she tilted her head and whispered into my ear:
"I love you too."
Score one for Dekkie! Oh yes!
Feeling ecstatic after what she said, I kissed her and wrapped my hands around her body.
We then fell on the bed, with our lips still interlocked.
After what seemed like blissful eternity, Milly broke the kiss and spoke with a tear on her cheek.
"Don't die on me. If you do, I'll never forgive myself," said Milly as she looked at me dreamily with her beautiful blue eyes.
Die? I don't plan to.
"I promised that we will not die. Not by the Orb Demon. Not by anything. I swear my life on it...however..." said with a small devilish grin on my face.
"However...what?"
"Something of yours will die tonight...grrr," whispered as I nipped on her ear.
Understanding what I said, Milly giggled and let out the cutest sigh I have ever heard.
Milly slowly began to unbutton my pajama top, so in return I slowly pulled down the zipper on the uniform top she was wearing. Since it was previously my uniform, I knew where all the zippers and buckles were.
Soon after, the only thing that separated us was the blanket, but that didn't separate us for long.
That night was the night that Milly and I both consummated our love for each other throughout most of the night. It was also our first times too. It was great to finally release myself in her.
When we were finally exhausted, I laid on my side of the bed and pulled the blanket to cover Milly's now asleep body and my own body as well.
As I looked at Milly, I couldn't help but give her one last kiss before I dropped my head on the pillow and closed my eyes, and my dreams of a future...with Milly.
I won't die on you, I promise.
-Outside the bedroom door-
(Just before the...lovely act began)
Normal POV"Hush...I can hear what that girlfriend of his is saying," whispered a waiter as he pressed his ear against the door.
Moments later...
"Well...what did she say?" quietly asked a maid.
"Oh yeah, she just said she loves him back," replied the waiter.
Then he looked at the date on his digital watch.
"Okay...who got 16 days on the bet?"
Then many of Dearka's soldiers had a depressed expression, indicating that they didn't guess the right number of days till Miriallia Haww confessed her love to the commander.
"Oh yeah! I guessed the right day...so how much do I get for winning?" asked the overly excited maid.
"Our weeks pay," gloomily said the peeping waiter as he dropped his week's pay into an empty fishbowl and walked away in a depressed manner.
Then the rest of the soldiers dressed in various uniforms deposited their pay into the fishbowl, all walking away gloomily.
There must be over 100,000 credits in here!, thought the now happy maid.
Then she looked at the door where the commander is.
Good Job Commander, we're all rooting for you. Thought the maid as she walked away from the door and attended to her nightly duties.
After all this, Miriallia has finally declared her love for Dearka as well. But did you think the story was over? NO! There's still the Orb Demon fiasco to deal with!
Stay tuned for the next chapter, which I haven't thought of yet. So the next chapter will be a list of Fanfics I plan to do, which includes the next Miriallia x Dearka pairing!
Stay tuned!