For a Moment… Chapter 4: Heart's Trust
AN: Now I said that none of these chapters will connect, but I might be lying. I'm not really sure if you'll notice, or even care, but there's a few little things that just beg to be put in at times. And another thing, I have another DxM fic coming soon. I have the first chapter almost done, and the rest is outlined (the first time I've done that!) and it should be up real soon. Keep an eye out for "One Week" inspired slightly by the song by Barenaked Ladies. Now that's all, so please, R&R!
The bell rang, and Miriallia was one of the first people out of her class, and out of the school. Today she was finally getting to meet with Kira and Cagalli since the end of the war.
It's been way too long. She thought to herself.
She hurried to her apartment to get cleaned up and ready, and when she got there, she was surprised to see that she had a message on her answering machine. She shrugged it off, knowing she didn't have enough time to worry about that now. She changed clothes and redid her makeup, and in minutes she was headed towards the palace of ORB.
Her taxi stopped, and she was greeted by the blonde-haired princess herself.
"Miriallia!" Cagalli cried, running to hug her friend.
"Hey Cagalli!" Miriallia called. "It's been a long time, hasn't it?" she asked.
"Too long!" Cagalli answered. She brought Miriallia inside. "Kira's been staying with me for a few days, and we've been anxious to see you again."
"Me too," Miriallia agreed. As they entered the lounge, Miriallia spotted a familiar brown-haired Coordinator. "Kira!" she cried, running over to hug her friend who had been through so much. She had as well, but she knew the war had been hard on him. Killing when he didn't want to, and fighting his own best friend. Life had been unfair to Kira Yamato, but fortunately, the time of torture had come to an end.
Kira stood up to catch Miriallia as she leapt at him. Next to her friend, Miriallia spotted the one time pilot of the Gundam Aegis, and later the Justice Gundam, son of the former High Councilor, Athrun Zala. Miriallia couldn't say that she held a grudge against him for killing Tolle, but they're relationship had always been a little rough around the edges.
"Hey Athrun," Miriallia greeted him as well, managing to be quite friendly, probably due to the fact that she hadn't seen any of them in months, and the relief was more than the regret.
"Hey, Miriallia. It's been a while," said Athrun, holding out his hand, which she shook.
"Yes, it has," she agreed. She looked around, "Is this everyone we're expecting?"
Cagalli nodded. "Yeah," she said, somewhat sadly. "Everyone else was busy or I couldn't get a hold of. Sai had work to do, but he might show up sometime. Lacus was busy at PLANT. Yzak is working with the High Council of ZAFT, and I couldn't get a hold of Dearka or Captain Ramius."
Miriallia nodded. "Sounds like those guys," she grinned. "We'll just have to have fun without them, right?" She gave Cagalli one of those mischievous looks that make guys and parents go "Oh, no."
Cagalli laughed. "Exactly!"
Several hours, and many games later, the four decided to retire for the night, and Cagalli invited Miriallia to stay there.
"Come on, Milly. Please stay!" Cagalli was doing her best to convince her friend to stay the night.
"Okay, okay. Sure, I'll stay." Miriallia finally gave in. "Just so long as we have pancakes in the morning," she told Cagalli who laughed.
"Of course! That's what I was planning on having anyways. I wanted to make breakfast, and it's one of the few things I can cook on my own."
Miriallia laughed. "That's so typical of you. Good thing you're a princess. You'd make an awful housewife!"
As they headed towards Miriallia's room, the two burst into laughter. Athrun and Kira were farther down the hall, but they still turned around, wondering what was tickling the two girls.
"Yeah. It's a good thing Athrun can cook," Cagalli told her. "He's the one teaching me." She grinned. "It's actually a lot of fun!"
"You two are getting along really well, aren't you?" Miriallia asked.
"Yeah. I'm really glad I met him. It's the only good thing that I can find about the war itself. But I can't say the effects are anything but good. Have you seen the schools?" When Milly shook her head, Cagalli went on. "We started with some of the middle and high schools, and began blending Coordinators and Naturals together. With that success, we moved on to some of the elementary schools as well, and things have been going great." Cagalli looked at Miriallia, who was staring at the ground. "What are you thinking about?"
Miriallia looked up, startled out of her thoughts. "Oh… nothing… well…" She looked around, checking to make sure the guys were out of earshot. She spotted them already down the hall, headed to their rooms, and she took a deep breath. "I haven't heard from Dearka since the war ended and we all went our separate ways. I never thought that I'd wonder this much about where he was…" She turned slightly red.
Cagalli laughed and put an arm around Miriallia's shoulders. "Come on Milly. Just admit it already. If not to me, then to yourself. You like Dearka. A lot. But what is it that's really bothering you?" she asked.
"Well, I guess," Miriallia sighed. "I guess it's because I feel that I should still be mourning Tolle. And… I don't want to love someone if it's only a rebound." Finally, it was out. Her worst fears. She wished they would disappear, but hated herself for wishing that.
Cagalli gave her friend a massive hug. "You really shouldn't worry. Tolle would want you to move on. He really loved you, and he'd want you to live a happy life, not waste away mourning for him. And about Dearka being a rebound," Cagalli made a half-laugh, half-snort sound. "If you like him, then go with it. You just have to trust your own heart. It's really hard to believe that you never saw it. Can't you tell that he likes you too?"
Miriallia blushed. "Well, yeah, I guess, but…"
Cagalli cut her off. "I don't want to hear any 'but's about it. He likes you, you like him. Now don't make me play match-maker and drag you two together." Cagalli stopped walking. "Here's your room. You can stay as long as you like. Now I don't want you to worry about anything, so just get some sleep, and I'll see you in the morning for breakfast. Okay?"
Miriallia smiled and nodded. "Okay. Thanks Cagalli." She gave her friend a hug and entered her room.
Cagalli waved as she turned to go to her own room.
About an hour later, Miriallia was lying in bed, staring at the ceiling. Cagalli's words played over and over in her head, periodically interrupted by Dearka's. Miriallia shook her head.
Dearka… I DO miss you. Where are you? When will we meet again?
Thoughts like these repeated themselves in her head until eventually sleep took her.
Ally: These seem to be going a lot better than I expected! Maybe it's the new way of writing.
Sai: Maybe it's the fresh mountain air.
Dearka: Maybe it's just that you've finally beaten that stupid writer's block.
Ally: -laughs- Who knows? But I'm really enjoying this. "Thank you"s go out to Johnny (of course! I love you!), Angel of Dreams (Thanks again!), Super Greek (I'm glad you liked the scene thing), and Queen of Twilight (Thanks for mentioning TKoH, I'm working on it!) and to all others who have reviewed. Now, the rest of you! -points to audience- Yes, you. Please, R&R! Thanks!
Another note: If you see some of the AN stuff is odd, it's cuz some of it was written this summer while I was on vacation and I'm only putting it up now. This is the last of the stuff I wrote on vacation, I think, so that's the end of the wierd Author's notes. Thanks for everything everyone! -waves-