Title: Leaves Fall
Genres: Angst/Romance/General
Pairings- Kira/Fllay, Kira/Lacus, Kira/Cagalli (if you wish to see it that way), Kira/Meer (if you wish to see it that way)
Additional Characters: Lacus, Cagalli, Meer, Fllay
Rating: K+
Words: 704
Summary: When Autumn comes he watches the leaves fall. He watches them all until only one remains. He would protect that one, the one that holds his hopes and is his secure place, until the day he died.
When Autumn comes he watches the leaves change colors and then fall. First was the orangish red, at the sight he bit his lip, holding back his tears. The next was orange, and again he bit his lip regret filling his body. The leaves continued to fall but one remained, one single yellow leaf stayed in place and he smiled slightly, hope and thankfulness filling him and washing away the pain.
That night he dreamt of the first leave to fall, the orangish-red-haired girl that he had first fallen for, Fllay. He dreamt how she was kidnapped, how he thought her dead and how he felt when he found that she was still alive. And then the tears came, hot uncontrolled tears at the thought of her, being right there in front of him yet he couldn't save her. Not even when she was so close to him he couldn't do a thing. He watched, again and again in his mind's eye as the safety pod was blown from inside to out and he remembered what he thought to surely be a dream, naked Fllay standing in front of him and apologizing.
The next night he dreamt of the red-haired faux singer that had tried to become his fiancé. She admired Lacus and she had hated her but he was certain that she meant no harm. Not at the end at least. He remembered how he had first encountered the girl and how he had felt about her. He had been angry; to think that someone could ever try to copy Lacus and to throw everything that Lacus wasn't into her face! But then he had forgiven her the moment that Lacus had, though he doubted that Lacus had ever been mad in the first place. He watched as he had with Fllay as the bullet ripped through her, a bullet that was meant for Lacus. He watched as she crumbled and died, no tears came but regret filled him, leaving him shaking when he awoke.
The third night he dreamt of the Representative of Orb, Cagalli. He remembered the day that she had comforted him on the deck of the Archangel on Earth and then had brushed it off as nothing. She had slapped him as he had done her and then they found out the unbelievable. They were twins, brother and sister, flesh and blood, he hadn't really given it much thought at first but he could tell that she did. And that she had been cut like a double edged knife, her father had been killed and her brother found. She had collapsed into his arms, tears shaking her frame and he had been glad that he had been there for her. Cagalli was who he fought for now, and he was certain that that would never change. He smiled in his sleep.
The morning after his dream of Cagalli he went outside to the tree that held the single leaf, the only tree left with leaves on it. The leaf wasn't very high up so it was easy for him to pull it from the tree.
Kira Yamato stood staring at the leaf. All others that he had cared for had met an untimely death, Cagalli was the only one left.
The only one left for him to protect, he swore to himself that he would not let her nor his fiancé die.
Don't own and don't sue... otherwise... I'll just let you think what you wish not to happen. Mwahahahaha! lol
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