Something Extra
Both Kira and Lacus we're enjoying each other's company along with the fresh air and the pleasant breeze that was tangled up in the cherry blossoms. The wind carried the flowery scent and poignant perfume of the roses, which soothingly passed by their sitting forms.
"What a beautiful day, don't you think so Kira?"
"Yeah...I have to agree." He said wrapping an arm around Lacus's shoulders.
"Kira who's that? Down there...isn't that Miriallia? And who is she with, I can't seem to tell."
Both looked at the distant couple, both walking up the pathway. It seemed both we're quarrelling. Miriallia walking ahead of Dearka, and the blonde waved his arms in the air in frustration.
"That's Dearka, yeah that's him alright." Kira concurred with himself.
As the feuding couple approached them they heard bits and pieces of the argument.
"I was kidding-" "It wasn't funny!" "I said I was sorry" "What are you ten? You still said it-" "You can't be mad at me all day." "Watch me."
They were both relentless and as Miriallia walked faster Dearka sighed hopelessly and followed, apologizing repeatedly. Both were enveloped in their own world and occurrences that neither had noticed the staring glances they were receiving from the Representative's brother and his companion. When the two finally realized that Kira and Lacus's fixation was straight on them they simmered down. Both smiling shyly.
"Uh, hey Kira, Lacus." Miriallia began, elbowing Dearka to refrain from coming any closer to her; he flinched, forcing a smile through clenched teeth.
"Enjoying the day?" Kira asked cheerfully.
"Yes" said one and "No" said the other simultaneously.
"What? You're not enjoying yourself, what my company bothers you too, should I be more open or what was it you said, that I should live a little...Hmph...Jerk!" Miriallia barked at the young tanned blonde at her side. Dearka simply stared at her outburst in 'public'.
"You guys alright? Kira asked, obviously very lightly taken by the feuding auburn haired girl.
"We're great, just great; Dearka here thinks I'm nothing but a manic depressive person who should live a little! As if! Who the hell is he to tell me that!"
"Only your boyfriend..." Dearka mumbled to himself.
Miriallia heard him quite well and shot her head back at him staring at him a little surprised.
"Dearka..." her features softened.
"Look Miriallia I only meant to say that I don't want you to be sad anymore, that I'm here and I promise I won't go away."
"Don't promise me that! Don't promise me that you won't go away..." Miriallia choked out sadly.
"Okay, I won't promise but I'm here now...so do you forgive me?" he said making the latter question more soft spoken.
"Yeah...I guess I overreacted." She said lightly taking a hold of her suitor's hand.
"No kidding-" Dearka started,she narrowed her eyes at him, "I mean that's fine!" he bounced back, grinning widely.
Kira and Lacus stared dumbfounded as the once feuding couple walked away hand in hand down the path, without one word to either he or Lacus.
"SHIHO!"
Both Kira and Lacus almost jumped out of their skins.(That's how loud the echo was) "What the-"
Down by one of the Orb beaches not very far from the Attha Estate…
"Shiho damn it come back here with that damn beach ball! You can't claim it as a win! I didn't even throw it, the waves carried it into my own goal!
"No Yzak. You lost, so come to terms with it." she winked as she hugged the beach ball tightly to her, flashing a devious grin.
"Listen here woman! I'll demote your sorry ass!" he said making sure to validate his high rank as he stomped wildly in the water,forcing the water to splash everywhere as he approached her, his face screwed up in a wild fury. Shiho winced, and ran for it, leaping in the knee high water trying to outrun her commander. "Yzak think about what you're going to do, just accept that you lost to a girl!"
"GARH!" he growled, for a moment Shiho thought he was going to lunge at her, but instead he dived under the depths of the water.
"Uh…oh…"she said. And before she could prepare her self something had grabbed her ankle and forced her entire body under the water. Her arms wailing losing grip of the beach ball, she then gasped her last breath above water and then with a splash she was under.
She felt the strong grip from her ankle go to her leg and up to her torso. Strong arms crept up behind her back pulling her into the suffocating mass, as it entered her nose and stung at her eyes. Yzak Jule was a marked man, the minute she was out of this water she would pounce at him and swear revenge. Shiho was triggered into overdrive soldier mode and started kicking her feet and struggling upwards, she needed air, badly. She kicked as hard as she could, but the strong arms wouldn't let her go. A strange sensation entered her body, she was feeling weak, and her body panicked…everything was getting dark. She needed to calm down…play around with this…make him sorry…very sorry.
Yzak was enjoying himself terribly he had her locked in his strong embrace and she struggled like a wild child, her eyes shut tight, she looked so feminine in her cute little two-pieced bathing suit, he thought. She looked like a woman, not his subordinate and fellow crew member but a woman. They had somewhat acknowledged each others interest for one anotherbut reserved it mostly to themselves. Rarely were they public about the relationship, due to professional circumstance her being under his command and all it wouldn't be fitting at this moment. Suddenly the forceful struggle in his arms had died down…
Surging his head out of water he brought her up quickly in one swift movement. "Shiho! Talk to me! Is she breathing!" he carried her quickly to shore, putting her gently on the sand. His mind ticked wildly, hating himself for letting this happen to her, cursing himself for being so childish about such stupid things. He was an idiot, he thought. His mind buzzed and bending his head over hers he brought his mouth to hers and started performing CPR on her unconscious form. Everything was so mechanical he didn't even know how many times or if he was counting right. A strange occurrence made Yzak open his eyes, in utter surprise, he felt her lips under his twitch and without actually returning the obvious gesture, he felt her plant soft subtle kisses on his lips. Quickly he pulled away as he felt her bubbling laughter escape her lips.
He mentally slapped himself. She tricked him.
"Did I scare the Great Yzak Jule?" she said sitting up and smirking at him, glaring at him triumphantly.
Yzak felt a strange build of emotion surgein him, an almost overjoyed, panicked feeling. As she looked at him, smiled at him, talked to him, he felt relieved that she was really alive and safe. Grabbing her shoulders he buried her in his arms, crashing her face into his built chest.
"Don't ever do something like that again..." he murmured almost angrily, into her wet hair.
Shiho was dazed and confused and without protesting she snuggled closer to his bare chest, feeling his warmth and being grateful for his concern. 'He really does care..." she thought smiling to herself, closing her eyes and taking in the sweet moment.
"Hey guys. Watcha doing?"
Both Yzak and Shiho froze. Standing up quickly and breaking the short lived embrace, both brushed themselves off of the lingering sand and turned around to face the intruder.
"Zala…" Yzak hissed.
Athrun smiled at Yzak and Shiho. Cagalli ran up from behind him. "Who'd you find Athrun…oh, Yzak right? And you must be Shiho, Hi! I hope you're both enjoying your stay."
"Athrun, Representative Attha." Shiho said greeting them politely, nudging Yzak as she bowed. "Oh very much, Orb is such a beautiful place, don't you think so Yzak?" she said, bringing her self up to a normal stature.
Yzak snarled.
"I don't believe the saying 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks' it's only a matter of time before," Cagalli began deviously motioning her hand towards Yzak, looking amusingly at Shiho, "he bends and breaks. It all has to do with the Master you know."
"Say WHAT? Are you comparing me to a dog!" he barked hotly at the blonde. Shiho giggled.
"What if I am?" Cagalli challenged.
Before either couple noticed it, Yzak and Cagalli were having a relentless showdown of insults. Shiho and Athrun just stared blankly at their counterparts.
"You think they'll give up?" Shiho asked, doodling in the sand. Sighing loudly as she heard Yzak yell out another 'SAY WHAT?'
"Knowing Cagalli, she won't give in and knowing Yzak he won't allow himself to give in…we'll be here until morning." He said staring at Cagalli as she waved her arms and smirked at Yzak's lame attempt of insulting her.
"Should we butt in?" Shiho said.
"Not if you have a death wish." Athrun said walking away.
"We can't leave them here fighting like this." she said looking back at Athrun's disappearing form. "Sure we can." He said lastly, before stopping in front a hot-dog stand.
Shiho sighed annoyingly glancing once more at the two in front of her fighting.
"Yzak Jule you are being childish, stop it right now! This is more then embarassing I mean..."she began to speak under her breath. "people. are. staring. at. us. So...Cut.It.Out.Now..."
"Huh? Shiho, I don't speak robot, why the hell are you talking like that? You're making yourself look like an idiot." Yzak bluntly rebuked.
Shiho was starting to see red, her blood bubbling, how can this person be so...so STUPID. She should of just walked away and joined Athrun at the hot-dog stand. Instead of talking reason to two bull-headed children such as Cagalli and Yzak. "Forget it, I'm off." she sighed out, she started to walk up to the hot-dog stand where Athrun was enthralled in his all-dressed hot-dog, until she heard a slight hint of a truce being made between Yzak and Cagalli.
"You know all this bickering has made me hungry." Cagalli said.
"Me too. Well Athha you put up a good fight, but I'm famished. It's on me." Yzak said, Cagalli agreed with a simple nod. Shiho could not help but look at them both as if both had grown two heads. Were they not the same duo that was at eachother's throat not even a moment ago. She shook her head and sighed, slumping her shoulders. They were hopeless.
"So Shiho, you joining us?"
"Sure thing, Representative." she said curtly.
"Please call me Cagalli."
Shiho nodded shyly. "Alright, Cagalli, I'd love to join you both."
So the three hunger-striken trio set out to join their fellow blue haired coordinator. Cruelly Cagalli snatched Athrun's unfinished hot-dog and shoved it in her mouth in one mouth full. Athrun, according to Yzak had almost teared up because of it. Shiho didn't have a moments peace as Yzakwas pestering her, still nagging about how he had been the correct winner, how the waves had carried the beach ball to his end, how it must be seen as a foul.What a day, what a long day it had been. But soon enough everyone had made it to the beach, both Dearka and Miriallia had come to the beach, and yet again were arguing once more this time on who should get the back of the canoe, Kira and Lacus sadly didn't join the group, they preferred to lay low after all they'd seen. Everything went smoothly...whatever smoothly was...
Author's Note: Can I even call it that…Chapter 4? Or maybe just an Extra Chapter…wtf…does that even exist. Ok this is just the silliest chapter/extra chap wtv it is…I was in a giddy mood and I don't know what I was thinking but I dragged Yzak and Shiho into it, because I like this pairing. A little Dearka/Milly in there too. Oh the silliness, lol. Review please, lol. Laterz