She Runs Away

Well here's the fourth chapter in my new series, I hope you enjoy, now onto the fic.

Kira stood there, stunned at what just happened. Lacus Clyne, the former princess of ZAFT had just burst through the doors and embraced him. Kira never thought he'd see her again, he thought she'd remained on Earth with Athrun, Cagalli and the orphans. But here she was with her arms around his neck, hugging him like there was no tomorrow.

"It's been so long Kira; I've missed you so much!" Lacus said, expressing tears of joy. "Uhh, hi Lacus, longtime no see" Kira said, unsure as to just how to greet his new guest, and onetime love interest. "Is something wrong Kira?" Lacus enquired.

It was at this time that Milly began to stir from her sleep. Rising from the couch, Milly stretched out and saw her beau with another woman's arms around him.

"I'm sorry Kira, am I interrupting something?" Milly enquired, wrapping her arms around her chest. "Wha, uh I" Kira stuttered, looking for the words that would get him out of this situation. "Lacus what a surprise, I'm sure you've met my girlfriend Miriallia" Kira said as he dislodged himself from Lacus' grip. "We've met, although we've never had a chance to actually sit down and talk." Lacus strolled over to Milly. Upon observing this scene, Kira could see the tension in the air, and the potential for a catfight between two very important women in his life. One his current love interest, the other his former love interest, and he wanted neither to get hurt.

"I remember now, you were one of the two people who helped me to escape back to the Zaft military." Lacus said as she smiled to Milly. Milly was for the most part unsure as to how to react to this. The girl was just a second ago seen with her arms around her boyfriend's neck, she might be back here to sink her hooks back into him.

"I would like to offer my thanks to you for helping me return safely without harming me" Lacus said, extending her hand in an act of thanks. Milly looked at her hand and was apprehensive at first, but something Kira said to her once made her change her mind. "I remember hearing about how you saved Kira by hooking him up to one of the PLANTS to save his life after we thought that he was gone, I want to thank you for saving his life, that means a lot to me" Milly said, grasping Lacus' hand and shaking it.

Kira may not have known much about the way a woman's mind works, but he knew that if this went on any longer, then a catfight was sure to break out between the two women. "Well Lacus we'd love to stay and talk but we have to get ready for our classes so why don't you just stop by later on?" Kira asked as he ushered Lacus towards the door to his apartment.

"Oh but Kira I have nowhere to stay, I cam here on my own." Lacus replied as she braced herself against the entryway. "What?" Kira asked. "I came here on my own on a one-way trip from a spaceport on Earth. Athrun and Cagalli chose to stay behind to look after the orphans with Markino" Lacus finished explaining.

Kira began to mull this over; this was hard to imagine Lacus coming here all by herself. Still she was a friend and he did feel obliged to help her out.

"Look, just stay here while we go to our classes, we'll be home later and we can sort this out then" Kira stated as he lead Lacus to a chair, "Milly, I'll let you take the bathroom first" Kira announced. "Actually Kira I'll let you take the bathroom first" Milly said, in a voice that would deny an argument from her boyfriend. Kira seeing that he wasn't entitled to stating his opinion, headed off to his room to get a fresh change of clothes.

Milly watched as he walked out and looked around the living room. She looked at the couch that she and Kira shared; the kitchen they cooked each cooked each other breakfast. She then turned her eyes to the mirror on a nearby wall and saw her reflection in the orange dress that Kira saved for her.

All of the history they had accumulated in these past few months, would it all go away with the arrival of this intruder? She knew it was wrong to think that of Lacus. But the truth was, Milly was scared. Kira was the one who had given her back the hope that she lost when Tolle was taken, and now it looked like Lacus was here to take him away from her, from within she prayed with all of her might that she and Kira would be together after all of this.

Milly watched as Kira returned from the bathroom, clothed in a red cotton T-shirt and some blue jeans. "It's all yours Milly". There wasn't much emotion in his voice as he said this. It was just stated and nothing more. Milly walked past him, her bag of fresh clothes in hand.

"Have I done anything wrong?" Lacus queried. "No Lacus, it' just a shock seeing you here again all of a sudden" Kira said to the princess of ZAFT, but as he said these words, two parts of him were screaming different words at him. One side was screaming how wrong he was for saying this, while another wasn't, and he was torn on which side to listen to.

In the shower Milly slowly ran her hands through her hair, her eyes remaining closed, afraid to be opened. If she were to open her eyes, she was afraid of what she would see. Would it be Kira still standing out there waiting for her, or would it be him in her arms. She wrapped her own arms around her chest as this thought passed through her mind. It chilled her to no end. Still she couldn't and wouldn't hide from this fate.

Turning off the shower and running a towel through her hair, she looked in the mirror and felt that her eyes were still wet, and she knew why.

It was shortly afterwards that she and Kira were walking from his apartment to the bus top. They soon blended in with the crowd that was also waiting there. Kira's hand was interlocked with Milly's, but he felt no grip on it. He looked at Milly and saw the sadness slowly developing in her eyes. He wished that he could do something about how she felt, but at the moment he knew that she wouldn't feel at ease until Lacus was gone, and she had the assurance that he wouldn't leave her.

"What time does your class start?" Kira asked. "It starts at 12" Milly responded. "I'll walk you to it" Kira replied. "That's okay" Milly said as the bus came to a halt at the university. She and Kira attended. Kira felt his hand become loosened from Milly's and she became lost in the crowd as she left the bus. Kira hurried after her, trying to keep up with her, it already felt like he was beginning to lose her enough as it is, he didn't want her to be gone even more.

Running from the steps he caught up to her and saw her walking down the sidewalk to her classroom. He managed to catch up to her and put his hand on her shoulder. "Milly could please just…" he didn't get a chance to finish as she leaned into his chest and wrapped her arms around his chest. Instinctively he returned to gesture. He soon felt warmness in his chest as her eyes began to water. "Kira, (sob) please just promise me this, that you won't leave me" Milly said through her choked voice, ebbing with tears. Kira's hold on her tightened and he brought his lips to her forehead, and soon rested his own on top of her head, taking in the scent of her hair, scented with her favorite tropical shampoo. "I promise Milly, I won't ever leave you" Kira said as he slowly began to rub her back.

Milly began to relax at this. He promised her, and to her that meant a lot. Slowly she dislodged herself from him. And looked him in his eyes and let her lips travel to his. "Thank you". She said as she turned and walked toward the building to her left. "Will you come over tonight?" Kira asked. "I'll think about it" Milly said as she turned and left, disappearing into the building. Kira turned and walked on to his own destination, and hoped that things between he and Milly would be better, but after tonight, it would take some time for her to heal.

It was sometime later that Milly had gotten out of her classes that as she was walking by a car pulled up to her. Milly recognized it as one of the taxis that were in use in the colony. "Hey, are you Miriallia Haw?" asked a blonde girl from within the cab. "Yes, who are you?" Milly enquired. "Oh wait you're that one girl from the desert that helped us out on the archangel, Cagalli wasn't it?" Milly asked again.

"That's right, you wouldn't happen to know where my brother is at this point." Cagalli asked again. "Sorry, I can't help you there" Milly said "You sure? You're all he talks about" a man with dark blue hair said as he leaned over the blonde girl's shoulder. At this Milly's eyes suddenly widened. Looking back at her was the same man who ended Tolle's life, the man who cut his head off with his mobile suit's shield. The man was Athrun Zala, a childhood friend of Kira's, but not someone that Milly would find herself forgiving anytime soon. Milly slowly backed away and started to power-walk away from the cab.

Cagalli got out of the car and ran after Milly, placing her hands on her shoulders. "I guess I can expect that from you after what's happened but we just want to see Kira, and we want to know where Lacus is" Cagalli said calmly, all the while starring Milly in the eyes, "Lacus? What do you mean? She told us she came here by herself". Milly explained. "That's what she said?" Cagalli asked surprised at what she had just heard come from the brown haired girl's lips.

"She told me that she came all the way to the colony on her own and you two stayed on earth" Milly explained. Cagalli soon felt her fist tighten at the sound of this. Lacus had some nerve lying about all of this; they had wanted to surprise Kira, ALL of them, but she went and lied about this. "I see, well if you'll just show us the way to your apartment, we'll go and collect her from you" Cagalli said, trying to hold in her anger. "Just have the cab driver follow me, Kira's apartment isn't too far away from here. "We could give you a ride," Cagalli suggested.

Milly however turned around at this. "I think I'll walk," she said with her eyes closed and her face forward. Cagalli sighed at this and walked back to the cab. "Driver, follow her" Cagalli said to the driver. Athrun looked back at her, silent until he spoke. "Did I say something?" he asked. "No, no this is something she needs to get over on her own," Cagalli said as she squeezed Athrun's hand.

Kira walked through the door of his apartment, hoping to see Milly when he did, but unfortunately she was nowhere to be found. This whole encounter with Lacus had really put her on edge, and he couldn't blame her, she and Kira had been close during the war, and apparently she still felt the same way.

Kira sat back on the couch, hoping to relax with some television, so he reached for the remote, when his hand ran across something else. He saw that it was Lacus' own smooth hand. Looking up he saw her smile back at him. She soon wrapped her arms around his neck. She knew she was right when she would be reunited with her beloved.

Kira, slowly, and unsurely let his hands wrap around her waste as well. "I'm so glad I could see you again Kira". Lacus said through tears as her grip on Kira's neck tightened. Kira felt this, and spoke.

" I'm glad to see you again too Lacus. How are the orphans on earth?" Kira asked. "Their fine, they often ask about you when I tell them how brave you were in your battles to protect all the others and me" she said "well that's nice, I just hope you didn't tell them I went around destroying everything and taking people's lives" Kira said as he dislodged himself from Lacus' grip. "Kira, what you did out there was for the safety and protection of everyone in the colonies, and on earth. If you hadn't done anything than Rau would have activated the GENESIS and killed off everyone. You saved a lot of people Kira, don't ever believe that you didn't." Lacus replied. Kira looked at Lacus, and felt relieved as she said this. He embraced her as the words came to him, slowly she looked up at him, and closed her eyes, and leaned forward. Kira had no idea what was coming over him, just that out of instinct, he needed to respond, and he did by kissing Lacus.

Kira continued uninterrupted until he heard the door open, and looking back at him, was Milly. Her hands held in front of her face and tears streaming down her face. Her prayers had gone unanswered, her hope taken, and she was left with only one option, she ran, ran as far away as she could.

Kira started out after her, running as fast as he could to keep up with her, but the darkness and bright lights kept him from finding her, and before he could keep looking, she was gone. Collapsing on the ground, he soon saw pairs of feet surrounding him, looking up; he saw Lacus, Athrun and Cagalli crowding around him. Lacus lowered a blanket to Kira's shoulders, and then speaking to him. "Kira, let's go home" she said, slowly leading Kira back to his apartment. Kira looked back, hoping to catch a glimpse of Milly, but she had quickly disappeared in the night, and out of his life. Kira, felt the tears building in his eyes, and listened as he berated himself for what he had done.

Milly ran for what seemed like hours, finally sinking down to her knees, wrapping her arms around herself, and letting her tears fall from her eyes, how could he? How could he betray her like that? HOW! She continued to cry until she felt a hand fall on her shoulder. Looking over, she saw it was the hand of Dearka Elthman. "Milly, what are you doing out here, shouldn't you be home?" he asked the brown haired girl. "I don't have anywhere to go back to" she said in a choked up voice. "Come on, I'll take you home" he said as he slipped an arm around her shoulders. Even with someone keeping her warm, her eyes still shed the tears of loss, and asked the question: why?

This was a very difficult chapter for me to write, breaking up my favorite pairing, well, RR