She will be loved
Once again, thank you all who have reviewed and stayed with me in this story, I really appreciate it, now onto the fic
Dearka sat by himself at a table in a coffeehouse sipping a mocha cappuccino, wishing he could be sharing it with Miriallia. How could she even think of going for another man after their time together, HOW? These thoughts went through his head, leaving him to see in an almost red haze. 'She can pretend all she wants, I'll make her mine no matter what, I saw her first and I will not let some punk like Yamato get in my way' he thought to himself. Finishing his drink, he left some change on the table and punched open the door to the café. "Enjoy her while you can Yamato, for very soon, she'll be mine again" Dearka muttered to himself.
Milly" walked out of her English classroom and began to look around for any signs of Kira, he had invited her out to lunch, and she hoped that he didn't forget his promise. She also wanted to know what he meant by him looking up to her.
"Milly! Over here!" Milly turned around to see Kira motioning for her to come over and join him. She happily jogged over and embraced him. "How long have you been waiting here for me?" Milly asked as she ran her hands through Kira's unruly brown hair.
"By my watch I'd say at least half an hour" Kira replied. "That long?" Milly said, surprised. "Hey I finished up early, with all that studying I did I went through the questions like nothing" Kira said confidently. "Hmm I knew you'd do good". She said as she hugged him. "You must be my good luck charm" Kira said with a smile as he kissed Milly on the cheek. "Kira, about what you said earlier, about looking up to me, what were you talking about exactly?" Milly asked. "Oh, okay I'll let you know on the way. We're close to the park, so I'll fill you in." Kira explained.
"Do you think the orphans will be alright?" the man asked. "They'll be alright, some of them have even gotten old enough and independent enough to take our place, and Markino can help them if any trouble comes up" the young woman replied. She then picked up a communicator and turned on the volume. "Colony Demos this is the space shuttle Irvine and we are requesting permission to dock" the voice asked. A few minutes passed and a voice responded. "Space shuttle Irvine this is control and you are cleared for entry" a voice replied. "Well that was easy enough" the man replied. "Yes, now to go through security and we can begin our vacation" the woman said. "Yup, you excited as us?" the man asked looking back into the rear area of the shuttle. She just smiled, knowing soon that she would be reunited wit her love.
Kira and Milly walked down a path in the park located off campus. They had come here before on a few dates and always found it to be a beautiful place to relax. Kira had really surprised her when he invited her to a picnic a few weeks back. That had been one of her favorite times with Kira, just a nice, spring afternoon with him in the park, such a wonderful memory. Now however was a time for an answer to a question that Kira had popped to her this morning. "Kira, will you tell me what you meant by looking up to me? I mean I'm nothing special; I'm not as pretty or as popular as Fllay was, or a princess like Lacus, nor am I coordinator who can pilot an MS like you and the others can, so why am I so special?" she asked of her boyfriend.
"You don't give yourself enough credit Milly." Kira explained. He cupped her cheek comfortingly and rubbed his thumb against it. "I look up to you because you could have taken a life out there, just like I did, but you didn't. You stopped yourself from killing Elthman, and you stopped Fllay from doing it too, you could have been as worse as I was, or anyone else out there that was killing everyone but you didn't take that path, that's why I look up to you Milly, you're better than me any day because you managed to hold onto your beliefs and values" Kira explained.
When he was done, Milly was near tears at what Kira said. He loved her for not killing Dearka; he respected and admired her for not taking another person's life. Milly threw her arms around his neck. She felt like the weight of the world was lifted off of her shoulders. She had done the right thing by letting him live, and they both knew it.
"I have…a confession to make as well," Milly admitted. "You do?" Kira asked. Milly nodded her head at this. Kira lead her over to a nearby bench and she sat down, while he crouched down beside her. Her hand rested in his. "Back when you first came to the colony, I admit that I developed a kind of crush on you too, it started when I stood up for you when everyone was picking on you for being a coordinator. But I knew how you felt about Fllay at the time so I thought it was best if I didn't say anything, and then I started seeing Tolle so I kind of forgot about my feelings for you, but these past few months have really reminded me of why I fell in love with you all those years ago." Milly explained, squeezing Kira's hand a little tighter.
When she was done, it felt like Kira's mind was blown away. He was glad to have Milly as a friend but he never knew that all those years ago she liked him, probably as much as she did now, but he was too blinded by his crush on Fllay to notice. He felt like a real fool at this point. All this time a great girl like Milly was in love with him and he never noticed because he was too hung up over a girl who never got interested in him until the war started up. Well that was going to change; he was going to treat Milly like a queen, starting now.
"I'm sorry I ignored you all those years ago, Milly, but I'm going to make up for it, I promise" Kira said. "Oh, and how would you plan to do that?" she said with a grin. "Well first we can go get that lunch. Second you can head on over to my place tonight for a home cooked meal of "Chicken Alfredo" and a small salad" Kira said with a confident grin on his features. Milly's eyes lit up at the sound of Kira's offer and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I told you I'd cook your favorites" Kira was suddenly glad he'd listened to Tolle brag about where he took Milly out on a Valentine's date. The others, consisting of Sai, Kuzzey and himself all listened to what they did on Valentine's Day. Kira and Kuzzey had done nothing, leaving them both to be depressed when they had to sit through Tolle's bragging about how much she liked it and how well their make out session had gone. Kira thought he'd never stop talking.
Kira was now grateful that he didn't. 'Thanks Tolle, I owe you one buddy' Kira thought to himself. "Come on, let's get that lunch, I know a great little café just around the corner, oh and don't worry, it's on me" Kira said as he took Milly's hand they walked off towards their destination.
"Finally, I thought we'd never get out of customs, damn searches" the man muttered. "Well it's over so you can relax now." A woman said as she patted his hand. "I'm going to go take a shower, that should help me calm down a bit," he said as he headed towards the small bathroom located near the entrance. "I'm going to go out for awhile, I want to see what this colony has to offer" another girl announced. She turned the knob and headed out the door. "Athrun!" the other girl shouted out the name of her male companion. "Yeah Cagalli what is it?" Athrun responded. "Do you think we did the right thing by coming back here?" Cagalli asked, rubbing her arm with her free one. "What're you talking about, we all agreed that we wanted to see Kira again". Athrun responded.
"I know but I'm concerned about Lacus, you know how much she cares for him"
Cagalli said, with a hint of worry in her voice. "You mean she might try something right?" he replied. "Yeah, and Kira was just getting settled in with that new girlfriend of his, the one that…" Cagalli said until she was interrupted. "I'd really rather not think about her at the moment" Athrun said, suddenly becoming uncomfortable thinking about her, and how he had hurt her. Picking up on this, Cagalli came into the bathroom and hugged her boyfriend. "I'm sorry I brought it up, I know you still feel bad for it" she said. Athrun responded by kissing the top of her head and holding her a little closer. "So do you think she'll try anything if she sees him?" Athrun queried. "I really hope not, I wanted this visit to not have any problems" Cagalli said.
Kira smiled as he watched his girlfriend sip back a glass of non-alcoholic wine. The dinner was fantastic; Milly had loved every bite, including the ones he fed to her. "This is the last one between us, now who gets it?" Kira asked to no one in particular. "Me" Milly chirped raising her hand. "Going once, going twice, sold to the lovely young lady in front of me!" Kira said in a mock auctioneer voice. He spooned the last piece of Alfredo sauce covered Chicken to Milly and kissed her as she swallowed it down, licking off some remnants of sauce as he moved back. "Kira this dinner has been terrific, I never knew you could cook so well." Milly said to her loving boyfriend who was doing a pretty good job of spoiling her rotten. "Well when it comes to you Milly, nothing's too good." Kira said as he gathered up the plates and glasses from the carpeted floor, and over to the sink. "Oh, and lest I forget, I have a gift for you" Kira said on his way to the kitchen. "You do?" Milly asked. "Yup, if you'll just be a little more patient I'll go and retrieve it" Kira said as he ran some water over the dishes and glasses and placed them into the dishwasher, then excused himself. Milly leaned back and listened to the soft and romantic music Kira selected for the evening. It was perfect, not too loud, and not too soft. Sometimes she wondered if there was something he couldn't do.
Said boyfriend returned with a white box and an orange bow. "Okay, what'd you get me?" she asked, hugging her legs to her chest. "Open it and see" Kira said as he sat and joined her on the floor. Milly pulled back the ribbon and removed it from the box, and lifted the top of it to reveal, something very close to her. It was the same orange dress she wore on the day that she and everyone else got involved in the war. "Oh Kira, you saved it." Milly said, so close to tears. "Well try it on, see if it still fits" Kira urged. Milly ran to Kira's bedroom and quickly changed. When she returned, she was decked out in the very Dress that Kira had given her as a gift. She twirled around like a dancer, allowing the dress to lightly flair out around her and rise slightly. Kira was almost reminded of when Lacus first appeared, and how his nose almost bled when she came out of the shuttle. Milly stopped her little dance and looked down at Kira, her eyes were truly shedding tears of joy now. "Kira, thank you" she said. Kira stood up and embraced her hands, and leaned in and kissed Milly slowly, and sensually. He felt her hands slowly slip around his waist, he followed suit and pressed her closer to him. They fell back on the couch still kissing each other.
Kira awoke to the sound of knocking on his door. He really didn't want to get up. His classes today started late, and so did Milly's. They could spend the whole day asleep on the couch if they wanted to, and that was exactly what he wanted to do, sleep on the couch with his lady. Still he didn't want to be rude so he dislodged himself from Milly
And walked over to the door and opened it. Who Kira saw doing the knocking was someone he wasn't prepared to meet, he almost didn't want to see her again, but she was back again. "Kira! Oh Kira! It's been so long" the look of shock was all over Kira Yamato's face, as Lacus Clyne embraced him.
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