Brightest

here's the latest chapter, hope you like it, I do not own any of the characters, now onto the fic

Kira reached for the door and opened it, knowing full well who was waiting for him on the other side. Looking back at him was Milly, the very girl he cursed for hurting how he did.

Milly looking the very same that she did when she was on her dinner date with Elthman. "Hi" Kira said weakly. "Hi" Milly said, sounding unsure.

"Do you want to come in?" Kira asked, hoping she would come in and talk. On rubber legs, Milly took her first step back into the apartment.

Walking past Kira, she looked and saw that she was still in the same spot that Kira and Lacus were in when she found them on that day.

Hoping to ease the tension and let them go into a comfort zone, Kira opted to try and compliment her. "You look nice" Kira said, hoping to at least help her relax.

This only made Milly turn away further, saying stupid pick up lines at a time like this, he was no different than Dearka.

"You must be tired, let me get you something to eat" Kira said as he walked over to the fridge, hoping this would help. Looking over, he saw Milly seated on the couch, looking over at him, with her sad eyes. Kira turned back to the fridge, not finding anything.

"Sorry I haven't been able to go to the grocery store for awhile" 'what with me being arrested' Kira thought after completing his statement.

Looking over, he could see that she hadn't changed at all, and still looked uncomfortable.

"Milly, I…" unable to find any words to say, Kira leaned back against the dinner table and sighed in frustration. He wanted so badly to let things go back to the way they once were, to just forget everything but he knew that it would be nearly impossible with the way things had gone in the past few days.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Kira said as he lowered his head in shame, knowing it wouldn't do much good, 'God why does this have to be so hard?' Kira thought to himself. "You expected this to be easy after how things have gone do you, you idiot?" A voice said suddenly out of nowhere.

"Who said that?" Kira said out loud.

"Who said what?" Milly asked, looking at Kira oddly.

"I thought I heard a voice" Kira replied. Growing frustrated, Milly spoke up.

"Look Kira I didn't come here to play around so could you stop goofing off?", Milly asked, sounding frustrated.

"I'm fine I just need to, clear my head" Kira said. "Just stay here I'll be right back" Kira said as he walked into the bathroom.

Walking into the bathroom, Kira splashed some water onto his face, hoping to calm his nerves "Get a grip Kira, you're just nervous and hearing things, that's all" Kira said, hoping to ease himself before he started going crazy.

"Oh so that's all it is, you're just hearing things, geez and here I thought we were friends" the voice called out again. Knowing now that he wasn't going crazy, now that he was sure he had definitely heard the voice again, Kira looked around the room, and saw something that left him gasping for breath. It was Tolle Koenig, Milly's boyfriend who was killed during the war, standing right in front of him. "Hey Kira, I think it's time you and I had a talk" was Tolle's only reply as he walked toward Kira.

"What is he doing in there?" Milly asked, a slight anger starting to ebb into her voice. "I should have never come back here, this is ridiculous" Milly said getting frustrated and heading for the door.

"Oh so you're just going to give up? Then why don't you just go back to that blonde asshole? I'm sure you'll have a much better time there the second time around"

Milly's grip on the door handle loosened when she heard these words. She knew she heard them, every last syllable, asking her as to why she was ready to walk away.

"It looks like I have your attention, good because you and I have a bit to talk about." There it was again, this time it seemed like it wanted to speak to her.

Looking behind her, Milly looked and saw none other than Fllay Alster, the emotional young girl that Kira once loved and was killed during the war.

That very girl was walking straight towards Milly with a determined look on her face.

Kira had only had one experience with the supernatural in his life. It was during the war, when Fllay's ghost had came to him. Now he was face to face with Tolle Koenig and was even talking to him. "Tolle, what are you doing here?" Kira asked, frightened at the ghost in front of him.

"Talking some sense into you since I can't beat it into you" Tolle replied.

"I've been watching how your relationship with Milly's been over the past week and I must say you do suck as a boyfriend" Tolle said again, folding his arms in front of his chest. "You had a great thing going and here you go and cheat on her with that ZAFT princess? What the hell is wrong with you?"

Kira had been silent up until this point but decided to speak up. "I didn't know. I still loved Lacus she helped me out a lot during the war when I was feeling awful" Kira said.

"What did Milly do for you? Was she just there for the hell of it? Just so you could take her because I was dead? You even let her almost become Elthman's sex toy, why didn't you do something?"

'He almost…' Kira thought as his knuckles tightened around the sink counter at the thought of what Dearka almost did to her

"It's all on your head Kira, you chased her away and into his arms, you did all of this just because you wanted to love the princess more than Milly, all because…" Tolle was unable to finish with Kira's sudden outburst.

"I know! I know I did wrong and I know it's my fault. But I want to make amends, I want her back. Because for these past few days I've been nothing but miserable, not even Lacus could make me feel better, only Milly's been able to, and I want her to come back, but it's so hard" Kira said.

"No one said this was going to be easy Kira. If you want her back you have to convince yourself of how much you want her, how much you really care for her. Can you do that?" Tolle asked unfolding his arms.

Milly could have swore she heard voices emanating from the bathroom, but at the moment she knew she saw standing Fllay in front of her, and wanting to talk.

"Now we need to talk. First, you need to stop moping. So things were bad for you, that doesn't mean you should just give up and complain. You're stronger than that Milly" Fllay said, hoping to get a reaction from her former comrade of the Archangel.

"This hasn't been easy for me Fllay; I've had to deal with losing Tolle, Kira cheating on me and now Dearka…touching me" Milly said wrapping her arms around herself at the thought of the memory returning.

"But despite it all what did Kira give to you while you were together?" Fllay asked.

Milly looked at her strangely at first, but thought her answer over and it came to her. "He gave me back, the hope that I lost, that I lost with Tolle, he gave it all back to me but he…" she said but soon was interrupted.

"He cheated on you, I know but after you left without even trying to work things out he was living in hell with you gone. He tried to move on but he couldn't, he missed you too much and cared too much about you to be able to. That's why he went out and got drunk because he couldn't stand the sight of seeing you with that asshole" Fllay explained to the girl in front of her.

"So that's why he did that" Milly whispered to herself, taking in everything she heard,surprised and happy to here that Kira still loved her, enough to make a fool out of himself.

"So are you going to give up, or are you going to give him another chance?" Fllay asked. "I don't know, how do I know he won't try this again? He could still be in love with Lacus" Milly replied.

"You have to trust that he won't, you have to put your faith in him again, and know that he loves you even more now, but you'll never know that if you don't try again and just keep doubting him and yourself" Fllay explained.

"So, are you ready to admit? Are you ready to start thinking about how you really feel for her?" Tolle asked Kira. "I'm ready, I'm ready to go and tell her" Kira said as he placed his hand on the doorknob. "Kira...please take care of her for me, I really miss her and I trust you'll do the right thing" Tolle said, a slight tear in his eyes. "I'll make you proud, and I will be good to her, I promise" opening the door, Tolle watched as Kira walked out, but not before looking at Milly one more time, and shedding one final tear. "Goodbye Milly, I'll always love you" Tolle whispered before fading away.

"We never did get to talk like this very often on the Archangel did we milly?" Fllay asked. "No, we didn't, but I'm starting to wish we had, maybe we could have saved each other alot of grief" Milly said wistfully. "One thing we both have in common, is that we both love that idiot, the one that fought his own people to protect us" Fllay added. "Yeah, we really do" Milly said agreeing with Fllay. "I, have to be going now, but please give him another chance and protect him for me" Fllay asked. "I will, and take care" Milly replied. Fllay smiled at this and watched as the door opened and Kira walked out. Smiling one last time as she faded away, but not before whispering one last goodbye.

Kira opened the door, and saw Milly standing there, and the sad look in her eyes was gradually diminishing. Neither of them knew who took the first step, just that they were getting closer and closer to each other. Before either of them knew it, they were both locked in a tight embrace. Kira felt his insides go numb and his eyes close and well up with tears. He was holding her again, he was holding her the girl who helped him along and made him feel better and alive. "I've missed you so much" Kira said in a shaky voice. "I've missed you too" Milly replied, her grip tightening on Kira.

Leaning down, Kira let his lips rest on her forehead, and then to her eyelids, and finally her lips. The kiss was soft and Kira soon let her rest her head on his shoulder. "I've missed being able to do that with you too" Kira admitted. He felt the sides of her face move and change to that of a smile, this alllowed him to breath a sigh of relief, knowing she was somewhat happy again.

He let his hands roam about her back in a carressing motion when she let out a yawn. "Sorry, guess I haven't gotten much sleep in the past few days" Milly admitted.

"Come on, I know a place where you can sleep" Kira said picking her legs up and carrying her into his bedroom. Kira placed her on his bed and let her rest her head on his pillow. "You can sleep here, we'll talk more later when you're well rested" Kira said to her. He turned to leave when he heard her speak. "You don't have to let me sleep alone, you can sleep beside me if you want, I mean this is your bed" Milly stated.

"Are you sure you can trust me?" Kira said kneeling beside her. "I'm going to try again, if that means anything to you" Milly asked. At this, Kira smiled. "Yeah it does, it does" he replied. Walking over to the other side of the bed, Kira lay across from Milly. Looking over, he saw her turn back to him and smile. Pulling the covers over them, Kira leaned over and kissed her, then letting sleep overtake them both.

Well, that's the latest chapter, and probably one of my favorite ones. Please R&R