Monday Morning
Well here's the latest chapter, I hope you enjoy and in this one it's Kira's turn to go through the loneliness. I own none of these characters, I'm only using them. Now on with the fic.
The alarm clock blared away in the apartment on fourth street on Deimos. A lone hand landed on it rather harshly. The hand belonged to Kira Yamato. Kira hit the alarm clock's off switch and as he rolled over, he then noticed the empty spot he rolled into. It was the spot Milly occupied, but since her collapse she had remained at the hospital for quite some time, and it was beginning to take it's toll on him. Rolling out of bed, Kira selected his usual business clothes and stepped into the shower.
The loneliness was sometimes, too much for him to take. Every morning was the same, wake up alone, come home alone. No loving wife or a home cooked meal to see you at the door, just an empty apartment. During the war and even before it Kira never thought twice about being a coordinator and the results it brought with him. Now however, his very genes felt like a weight on his shoulders, they were what was killing his beloved wife and maybe even his children. Kira turned the shower off he dried off and cleared off his mirror, looking on he saw that his face was still wet from the water of his eyes.
Finishing off breakfast, consisting of cold cereal, Kira placed the bowl in the dishwasher and before taking off to the bus stop he walked into a room that Cagalli had helped him put together. It was the twin's nursery, consisting of the second bedroom that Kira never had any use for in his apartment. Walking over, Kira looked down at the crib meant for the girl and looked over the light pink blankets and small pillows everywhere. She'd be sleeping in comfort that's for sure Kira had once spoke to Cagalli. Walking over to the boy's crib, it had a similar setup to the girl's, save for the color motif of light blue. Kira also found himself looking over at the recently installed changing table that Cagalli had helped him with. He wasn't looking forward to those experiences by any stretch of the imagination but wouldn't run away from it and leave it to Milly. Being parents was a team effort and he wasn't about to let his wife do all the work.
Stepping out of the nursery, Kira turned off the light and gave it one last look before heading out. Hoping it would soon be filled with the cries and laughter of his newborn children.
Arriving at work, Kira slipped his briefcase on his desk and removed a couple of folders he needed for research. He had just turned on his computer when what felt like the shadow of doom had fallen over his cubicle. It was Rumbergh. "Hheeyyy Kira look weeee maayy neeeed you tooo come in on Saturday to taake over a shift sooo iifff yooouu could juust show up then that'd bee great" Rumbergh said leisurely slipping back from Kira's cubicle and sipping from his favorite coffee mug. "Ohh annd a we may wind up docking your pay for running out of here like you did last week so ahh better luck next time" Rumbergh said turning back to Kira.
"But sir that was a family crisis, my wife collapsed and I needed to get over there to see what happened, she could have..." Kira was unable to finish as Rumbergh stopped to speak again. "Weelll maayybe you should go and file a complaint then so whhyy don't you get started on those reports okkay?" Rumbergh said walking back to his office. Kira, after hearing this did nothing but stand there and fume.
Walking back over to his cubicle, Kira was stopped by Peggy, Rumbergh's secretary. "Ohh rough day, sounds like somebody has a case of the mondays" Peggy spoke in a very annoying and chipper tone of voice.
Kira just smiled as best he could, saying something, anything said to her was grounds to get fired. Walking back to his cubicle, Kira tried to drown himself in his work in an attempt to forget about Rumbergh's threat to dock his pay. Looking over at the clock, it read eleven o'clock, with quitting time arriving at four, too long for Kira's tastes. Getting up from his chair, Kira walked to the men's bathroom. Inside the bathroom, he threw some cold water on his face in an attempt to calm down. The idea of running off and getting the Freedom Gundam and utterly destroying the building was really beginning to sound like a good idea to him, along with Rumbergh's beloved vintage Porsche. But then he reminded himself that Milly, and the twins needed to eat and money was to be made.
Cagalli had suggested more than once that she would be there to lend money when needed but every time Kira turned her down. He and Milly were in this together, and he would prove to his family that he could provide for them without any handouts.
Kira had finally finished up work, but not before looking at some of his fellow coworkers Samir and Michael looking like the weight of the world had fallen on their shoulders. 'Wonder what their problem is?' Kira thought to himself as he slid his badge through the slot and walked out to the bus terminal. Taking a seat, Kira began to think of considering other places to work. Initech was quickly beginning to burden him too much with Rumbergh's constant badgering him to work on weekends and causing him to miss time with his family.
Arriving home, Kira sat his briefcase down and grabbed a few things to show Milly. She hadn't been there in person when they had put together the nursery so he took photos of it for her to see when it was completed. Grabbing the photos, Kira walked out the door and continued onto the bus terminal. the ride was relatively quiet and Kira was almost ready to doze off when a noise awoke him. The noise was coming from his cellphone. Pulling it out of his pocket Kira answered and wasn't surprised when he heard Cagalli on the other end. "Hey sis, what's up?" Kira answered. "Are you headed over to the hospital? I'd like to go with you" Cagalli said on the other line. "Yeah I should be there in about five minutes" Kira replied. "OK, I'll see you there" Cagalli said hanging up.
Kira rrived at the hospital and took the familiar route back to Milly's hospital room. Seeing her once again asleep, Kira took a seat on the bench outside of her hospital room. Hearing the sound of another prescence approaching he looked and saw Cagalli take a seat next to him. "How's she doing?" Cagalli asked. "She's doing okay from what I've heard. The doctor's have her on a type of drug that makes her sleep most of the day so she doesn't do anything to over exert herself." Kira explained. "So it's been like this for awhile?" Cagalli asked. "Yeah, everytime I come here I take a seat out here and make sure that I'm the first person she sees when she wakes up" Kira said to his sister.
Looking over at her brother, Cagalli took in how devoted he was to his wife. He truly did love her, and the feeling must have been mutual. "I'm going to go get some coffee, you want something?" Cagalli said rising from her seat. "No, I'm okay I'll just sit here and wait" Kira replied never taking his eyes away from Milly as she slept. Cagalli left to go down to the vending machines, leaving Kira alone.
An hour had passed, Cagalli had sat by Kira finishing her drink and excusing herself to go to the bathroom. It was during this that Kira was joined by another familiar face. "Hey pal, how's it going?" Looking over, Kira saw that it was Athrun this time. "About as good as could be expected" Kira responded. Athrun looked on at Milly still sleeping soundly. "She says she's been having nightmares after Elthman's last encounter, it's one of the reasons they put her on that drug, as a means of relieving stress" Kira said. "We haven't been able to locate Dearka, he must be laying low to avoid capture" Athrun said. "Whatever punishment he gets is too good for him" Kira said with a cold look on his face. Hoping to change the subject less Kira suddenly become too hostile to talk to, Athrun spoke up again.
"So have you and Milly started choosing names for the kids?" Athrun asked. "We've tossed a couple names out here and there but nothing concrete yet" Kira said. "I'm gonna head out, I'll talk to you later okay buddy?" Athrun said patting Kira on the shoulder. Kira only nodded his head as he heard his friend walk away, his eyes trained on Milly's sleeping form.
Hours passed by as Kira waited for his wife to awaken. Nothing changed except for Kira's posture and the occasional bathroom breaks. The sun which had a prominent place on the horizon when Kira had arrived was now close to slipping away and being replaced by the moon. Kira had just finished cracking his neck for what felt like the umpteenth time when someone else had taken a seat next to him. Looking over, Kira recognized the white hair and stiff posture immediately as being that of Yzak Jule. "Hello Yamato" Yzak said keeping his eyes trained forward. "Hello yourself" Kira said also keeping his eyes trained forward. Yzak leaned back to get more comfortable in contrast to Kira's straight forward position with his elbows resting on his knees. "So did they say how long she'd be in there?" Yzak asked. "If this were a regular birth she'd be out of there in three more months, but I dunno, she's giving birth to Coordinator twins so it may be a different case altogether" Kira sighed. "So why were you in there with Athrun anyways, from what I've heard you two don't exactly hang out with each other that much.
Yzak stiffened at first at the thought of revealing his reasons for being there, but relented seeing as how no good excuses came to mind. "The woman who was beside your wife in the room was my wife, she's also expecting our first child" Yzak said calmly. "Seriously?" Kira asked of the white haired ZAFT soldier beside him. "Yes, she is, we're told it's supposed to be a girl" Yzak said opening his eyes and looking towards Milly's direction. "Well congratulations Yzak. Is she doing okay? I mean..." Kira asked. "She was only in for drowsiness and an upset stomach nothing major. The doctor's prescribed some medication and she was home once yesterday rolled around" Yzak explained in near perfect composure befitting a soldier.
"So she isn't a natural then? She won't be experiencing any types of problems?" Kira enquired. Looking over, Yzak replied to the man sitting beside him. "No, she's a full blooded coordinator, and while I mean your wife no disrespect Yamato, I don't think I could ever bring myself down to marrying one of the naturals, my pride wouldn't allow it" Yzak said. "I see" Kira said, silently holding his tongue at what Yzak had said. "Still, my wife more or less ordered me down to the hospital to check up on your wife. She was furious at what had happened and demanded I go see if she was okay as soon as I had some time. She said she'd come herself but was ordered by her physician to keep off her feet for awhile" Yzak explained. "I see, so has she had you running around getting her strange foods?" Kira asked with a smirk on his face.
"I've bought so much strawberry ice cream and jars of pickles that I may never go back to the frozen foods section ever again" Yzak said with a ghost of a smile forming on his face. "I know the feeling. For Milly it was pancakes and olives along with bannanas and pickles" Kira said smirking back to the memories. "Those kids of ours are going to have some strange appetites" Kira mused. "Yes, yes they are" Yzak said softly. Kira felt the edges of his mouth lift up slightly, allowing him to feel a little better with the ice now officially broken. "Well I better get going and give June the good news" Yzak said rising from his chair. "Yzak..." Kira said. He was ready to speak some words and almost didn't when he remembered just who he was talking to. For days on end during the war this man had hunted him down and held a serious grudge over him, but for now he was greatful for all that this man standing in front of him had done. "Thank you for stopping by today" Kira said, his voice filled with honesty. "You're welcome, Kira" Yzak said, turning away and walking towards the elevator.
Watching him leave, Kira looked back at Milly's room, and saw her hand slowly slide off of her stomach. Rising from his bench, Kira saw Cagalli returning to his place. "Sorry I met up with Athrun and lost track of time" Cagalli said. "Milly's just waking up" Kira said edging his way past Cagalli and proceeded to go inside of his wife's room.Walking in, Kira saw Milly lean up and stretch her arms out, and then let her eyes drift over to her husband and her sister in law. "Hey, have you two been waiting long?" Milly asked as she leaned back into bed. "I've been here since quitting time at the office sweetie" Kira said stroking Milly's cheek. "Sorry for making you wait" Milly said letting her arms find their way around Kira's neck. Embracing her back, Kira spoke: "Some things are worth waiting for" Kira said letting his lips slightly brush against Milly's ear.
Letting go, Milly spoke up after remembering something that had slipped her mind before. "Kira, before all this mess, with Elthman and the nightmares, I never got to tell you something that's happened with the babies" Milly admitted. "What's happened sweetheart, is anything wrong?" Kira asked. "No, quite the opposite honey, just the other day I felt one of the babies kick" Milly said with a smile forming on her face a one of her hands drifted down to her belly, rubbing it softly. "That's great sweetheart" Kira said placing his hand on his wife's. Milly's eyes suddenly burst open in surprise. "Oh Kira, there it is, one of them's kicking!" Milly said. "Really Honey?" Kira said. to confirm her words, Milly placed Kira's hand on her stomach. "Oh wow you were right one of them is" Kira said with a bright smile growing on his features.
Cagalli watched as her brother and his wife became overjoyed at the feeling of their unborn children moving around for the first time. But deep inside she too wanted to be a part of this moment. "Hey Cagalli" Kira called out to his sister. "Oh, yes" She said coming out of her stupor. "Would you like to feel too, It's okay you're family too" Kira said from his place by Milly's stomach. Walking forward nervously, Cagalli put her hand on Milly's stomach and felt the edges of her mouth grow up into the shape of a smile. She felt them kicking and moving around in there within Milly's stomach, and it brought much joy to her to know that her neice or Nephew was right beneath her and maybe even reaching out to her.
Kira looked up from where he was to see tears forming in his wife's eyes. "Is everything alright honey?" Kira asked. "It's just everything, everybody's here, the whole family is here together, it just has me a little emotional that's all" Milly said as she wiped away a tear out of her eye. "We'll always be here for each other Milly, that's what family is for" Cagalli said. "we're not in this alone Milly, you've got everyone cheering for you, and we'll all be waiting for you when this is over with, and you and the babies come home" Kira said. "Thank you sweetie, you don't know how much that means to hear that." Milly said grasping her hand around Kira's a little tighter. "Well I better get going, I'll tel athrun things are going well, take care, sis" Cagalli said as she embraced Milly and left. "Sis?" Milly said slightly amused. "Guess you're starting to grow on her" Kira said. "Oh I almost forgot, I brought these with me" Kira said reaching into his jacket pocket for the envelope he had brought with him. "These are the photos of the nursery that Cagalli and I put together for the twins. They aren't as good as the photos as you take but I think they work okay if I do say so myself" Kira said handing the photos over to Milly. "Oh these are wonderful, I love the baby-clock wallpaper you set up around the ceiling, and the cribs are nicely done as well. you did a great job sweetie, I just wish I could have been there to help with it myself" Milly said wistfully. "Don't worry, you'll be there soon enough, we'll be together soon" Kira said.
Looking into his eyes, Milly felt her spirits rise at his voice. "Hmmm, I can't wait honey" Milly said as she leaned in and kissed him. together husband and wife sat together enjoying each other's company and talked of what was to come for the both of them.
Well that's it for this chapter, I hope you enjoyed it, now please Read and Review.