A/N: Sorry that my chapters were very short! When I typed it in Microsoft Word, it seemed longer because the space isn't wide as when I upload the chapter onto I'll try hard to make it longer!
Chapter 3: Past has nothing to do with the future
Lacus sat in her room, across a tall mirror and started blankly into it. She had flashbacks of Kira from now and then. Lacus remembered when she first met Kira on the Archangel, when he cried on her in hard times, and when he kissed her cheek promising he'd come back to her. A tear streamed down from her left eye as she thought about those moments.
"Why does it hurt so much?...This isn't the first time someone said those similar words to me….so why am I crying?..." Lacus asked herself mentally.
Then, she noticed someone ran her doorbell. Lacus stood up and wiped her tear on her sleeve and headed downstairs. She slowly reached the doorknob and twisted it open.
"Hey Lacus, we came to see how you were doing."
Lacus couldn't help but to smile at her companies. "Thank you Athrun….thank you Cagalli….why don't you come in?" she asked politely.
Athrun and Cagalli stepped inside and Lacus greeted them to take a seat on the chairs next to her balcony.
"Lacus, Athrun told me what happened…you know, between you and Kira…" Cagalli spoke out carefully.
Lacus sat from across the two couples and looked down at her hands. She then looked up at them putting up her happiest expression. "Would you like something to drink perhaps?" Lacus asked trying to change the subject.
Athrun sighed. "Lacus, we want to know, what exactly happened. Is there any way we can help?"
"Athrun, Cagalli, you two already have enough to worry about, Kira will be alright….and same goes for me…" Lacus spoke firmly.
"Please Lacus…help my brother….he's not alright…" Cagalli searched Lacus's expression.
"What can I ever do for him?...I don't know what Kira expects from me…he's the one who pushed himself away, and I don't want to drag myself to him when he did that to be away from me."
Athrun and Cagalli had no more to say when they looked at it from Lacus's point of view.
"We'd better get going….sorry for coming to your house without telling you Lacus…" Athrun said as he stood up with Cagalli. "But if you need us, just call ok?"
Lacus rose up from her chair. "Thank you so much…I know you only came here to help…but I think I'll have to deal with this myself. And I hope Kira will do the same…."
Athrun gave a faint smile and looked at Lacus. "You don't need to try so hard to look strong Lacus….you know that right?" he asked expecting for Lacus to smile back, but her smile was too small to see.
"I had no idea it showed that much….." Lacus replied back as all of them walked to the door. "It was so nice of both of you to visit me. Will you come again sometimes?"
Cagalli smiled. "Sure, we'd love to come by again Lacus. Next time, we'll stay longer." Athrun and Cagalli got into their car as Lacus waved at them goodbye.
Athrun took a glance at Cagalli while driving. "You ok?" he asked trying to focus on the road.
Cagalli sighed sadly. "Ever since the war was over, I noticed things weren't going too well for Kira and Lacus….and somehow, I was expecting for this to happen one day…."
Athrun stopped the car on the side of the beach. "Oh Athrun….it's hurting those two so much that I'm starting to think it would have been better off if they never met each other." Cagalli closed her eyes, but then felt a gentle touch on her hand.
"I'll try my best to do something for them…but right now, I think they'll need to sort things out themselves." Cagalli opened her eyes and looked at Athrun who was slightly smiling at her.
"I think so too…." She whispered out.
Meanwhile….
"Captain Ramius! W-what are you doing here on Earth?"
The former captain of the Archangel smiled. "It's been a while, hasn't it Kira? How have you been doing for the past year?" Murrue asked still smiling.
"I uh, I've been doing well. But I'm more curious to know about you."
"Well, I was ordered to bring the Archangel back to earth along with all the G-weapons. Wait, let me say that again. G-weapon, not weapons."
Kira blinked a few times in confusion. Murrue laughed. "ZGMF-X10A Freedom is all that is left, remember? So there was no need for it to stay in space."
Kira faced down looking a bit disappointed. "Something wrong Kira?" Murrue asked in confusion.
"Well…I'm sorry….I'm sorry that the Strike isn't here…." Kira slowly talked not wanting to look at her face. Murrue then knew what Kira was saying to her. She put a hand on his shoulder.
"No need to be sorry. And trust me, I think Mu would have said the same."
Kira looked up and saw a smile. "Murrue……" There was a bit of a silence then a question popped into Kira's head. "By the way, where are you keeping the Freedom right now?"
"Uh….I believe Erica has it right now. But I'm not one hundred percent sure."
"Mrs. Simmons has it?..." Then, Kira had a flashback when Lacus first handed him the Freedom.
"Murrue, I have somewhere to be right now….but I hope we'll keep in contact." Kira kind of rushed his sentence.
"Sure, it's been nice seeing you again Kira."
Kira smiled and took off. His heart raced as he drove to Lacus's house as fast as he could. He needed to see her badly. Then, Kira got out of his car and rang her doorbell.
No one answered. He lost his patience and knocked on the door hard. "Lacus!" Kira knew the door would be locked but tried twisting the doorknob anyways. But to his surprised, it opened.
Kira stepped inside and looked around. "Lacus, are you home?" Kira spoke out loudly as his voice echoed through the hall. There was no reply though out the silence. He walked up the stairs and noticed one of the room's door was half way open when the rest were closed.
Kira slowly made his way to that room. "Lacus?" he called out her name as he opened the door all the way.
His heart practically stopped at the terrible sight he saw. Lacus's body laid on the floor face down with blood almost all around her. There was a mirror that was shattered and the small sharp pieces lay beside her, mixing with the blood. Kira walked close to her and fell to his knees. He reached out his trembling hand to her, but her body seemed too fragile to touch.
"L….Lacus…." Kira carefully turned her around and brushed the hair out of her face. He couldn't tell where she was bleeding because it was all over her. Kira wiped away some of the blood on her pale cheek and picked the top part of her limp body into his arms.
"Lacus?" he waited for her to open her eyes but nothing happened. Kira brought his face close to hers and cried. "LACUS!"
A/N: Is it ok if I add some AxC moments? Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll try to make the next chapter LONGER! XD