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Previously on Seeds of Time: Chance

And there was a light brush of their lips, a chaste kiss. Feelings of the past came back; it felt like it was just yesterday. For the both of them, maybe it was something that they needed for the many things left unsaid, questions left unanswered. It's true; actions do speak louder than words. It lasted for a few moments more until someone had the right timing for interruption.

"Mommy?"

Seeds of Time

Tender Feelings of Attachment

"Mommy?"

In a dimly lit room, a little boy called out looking for his mother. He stood up from the bed he shared with his mother and little sister.

The former lovers were suddenly taken aback at what they just did. They were both embarrassed and Lacus pulled away from Kira. The ex-Freedom pilot just lowered down his head and put his hands on the pockets of his pants.

"Andrei, oh my!" she exclaimed rushing to where her son is leaving her companion remained sitting on the couch at the terrace.

"Mommy!" Andrei ran to Lacus and wrapped his arms on her.

"Don't worry, mommy's here. What's wrong, dear?" Lacus kneeled down to level her son's height and responded with embrace to calm him down.

The youngster pouted that it made his mother chuckle, "I'm thirsty. I want to drink some water. But I'm afraid to go out alone."

Lacus broke away from Andrei and capped her right hand over his right cheek, "Just stay here and I'll get you a glass of water. Watch over Alice, okay?"

He tightened his clasp to his mother like holding for his dear life, "I want to go with you, Mom. Don't leave me here, please."

The pink-head frowned a little, "We can't just leave little Alice here alone. Who's going to watch over her? What if she suddenly cries and no one's here?"

The sleeping baby stirred and cried because of an empty stomach, "Whaaahhh!"

Just as what Lacus supposed, the baby did cry. She hurried to Alice and gave her milk. The baby instinctively sucked on the milk bottle that her mother has given her and silenced.

Kira while overhearing the former conversation between the mother and son, he walked in to the room and volunteered to help them out.

"I'll go with Andrei," Kira presented himself.

"Mommy, who is he?" Andrei was puzzled on Kira's sudden appearance.

Lacus completely forgot that Kira's still in their room. "I'm sorry, I left you suddenly."

Kira simply smiled, "Nah, I don't really mind. And I'm sorry too for what happened a while ago," at this, both of them blushed.

"Don't worry about it," she said.

She then gently pulled her baby and swayed to put it back to sleep. She spoke softly to introduce Kira to her son, "Andrei, this is Kira Yamato, he's…" How am I going to call him? Lacus, does it really matter? He's your friend, right? Lacus thought to herself and finally articulated, "a friend of mine." I don't know if that went out right.

A friend of mine. Kira felt his heart ached. Of course, he's just Lacus' friend and Lacus can't tell her son that he is her ex-lover or stuff. That would just confuse the child.

"Nice to meet you, Andrei," Kira smiled.

"Me too," the little boy responded.

"Now let's go get you something to drink," Kira escorted Andrei to the door.

"Come back soon, okay?" Lacus said before they went out.

Both Kira and Andrei turned back to face her. Upon turning back, Lacus watched their gentle faces and she realized something. They do look very similar. She then smiled at Kira and her chibi-Kira.

They both grinned at their loved one. "Yes mommy," Andrei guaranteed his mother and they left.

"Here you go," Kira handed Andrei a glass of water.

"Thank you Mr. Yamato," the kid expressed his gratitude with courtesy.

"Kira's fine," he smiled at the child.

"Okay," Andrei nodded and puts the glass on the counter. "Mommy might start to worry now. Let's go back to my room, Uncle Kira."

"Alright," Kira agreed. Andrei is a good, kind and courteous child. No need to wonder, he maybe got his traits from Lacus. Before I was afraid to meet her child but… why do I feel like I've known Andrei for a long time already?

Kira noticed that the lad was somehow sleepy so he offered to give him a piggy back ride. "Come on, hop in. I'll carry you to your room."

Andrei jiggled in glee and accepted Kira's help. As they were on their way back, Andrei wanted to doze off but his curiosity about Kira wouldn't let him so asked, "How did you and mommy become friends?"

Kira was bewildered for he didn't expect such questions from Lacus' son. He frowned a little but it's good that Andrei can't notice it because the kid was on his back. Kira shifted to a lighter mood and said, "Well you see, during the war I was forced to join in the military. Your mother was a famous pop singer of the PLANTS back then. We met in an odd way when I rescued a life pod that she was in. She was very kind and so we became friends," he then smiled at the memory.

"So you were a military pilot before, Uncle Kira. Wow, that's cool," Andrei was impressed by what Kira had told him. "I wanted to be a soldier when I grow up."

The ex-Freedom pilot was stunned by Andrei's sudden expression. "I don't know about that, but it's hard. And I'm sure your mother won't let you join," Kira explained remembering the past he had endured. He followed, "Don't you want to be like your father?"

"I don't want to be like Daddy," Andrei replied. He did not want to be like his dad, Ty Wyndham. He really wanted to serve in the military one day but he realized that his mother might be disheartened if he'll tell her of his ambition. "Okay, I won't let her know about it. I don't want to see her sad."

"You can still do other things that will make your mommy proud," Kira advised Andrei and he said like what a father would counsel his son.

On their way back, they happened to see a large mirror on the end of the hallway. As they reached the end of the straight path, they watched their image reflected back to them.

"Uncle Kira, you somehow look like Daddy, only that he had a fairer skin than yours. Hmm… why is that?"

"I even don't know, Andrei," Kira examined closely their faces. Andrei seemed like me when I was little. Perhaps, it's just a coincidence. He said that his dad and I looked the same.

Kira followed, "Is that so? I never thought there's someone similar to my physical appearance. But right now, I have to say that you looked like me when I was young."

Andrei stared at the mirror again, "Really? It's a small world after all. So I guess I'll be a handsome man like you when I grow up?"

The older brown head chuckled, "I guess so since you're like me."

Both of them threw themselves in fits of laughter. Kira turned to the right of the hallway that leads to their destination, "I think we're taking too much time."

When they have reached Lacus' room, Kira knelt down and released Andrei slowly. The little boy appreciated Kira's company and said, "Thank you, Uncle Kira. You were a good person and I had fun talking with you. Good night," Andrei bowed down for politeness.

He remained kneeling and then hugged the child and kissed him in his forehead, "Good night, Andrei." This gave confusion to Andrei but he was really touched when Kira gave him a warm embrace. Kira then knocked on the door and motioned Andrei to get inside. Lacus opened the door and told her son to go to sleep. She remained on the doorway and faced Kira who also still there.

"Thank you for accompanying Andrei. Good night, Kira," Lacus turned her back on him when Kira suddenly held her right hand.

Kira smiled as Lacus was stunned by his sudden actions. "Andrei's a good kid… I must say that you raised him pretty well…" he continued, "you are a good mother… I'm proud of you…. Good night, Lacus," he kissed her on the cheek and went off.

Lacus blushed. She touched her cheek where Kira left a kiss. "Thank you. Good night Kira Yamato," she said softly and went back to her room.

A.U. to the readers:

I know you might be confused why my story wasn't here for the past days. But I'm sorry for that. Anyways, I've done a some revisions for the prologue and I hope it had better changes. Thanks for reading and please don't forget to review for this chapter. Until next update!