Chapter 8 (Hesitation)
Freedom9217: I've been kind of lazy these days so I didn't write too often. Anyways, hope you like it.
Eternal high
Yzak and Dearka are at their lockers when Luna and Meyrin walked past them, Yzak didn't have much to say considering he was still angry from the day before, and so is Luna. Meyrin greeted them and started talking to Dearka; then she noticed Yzak and Luna's strange behavior.
"What's with them?" Meyrin asked Dearka.
"They had an argument yesterday, it's kind of childish." Dearka answered.
"Luna doesn't always argue with people, it must be Yzak's fault." Meyrin said, fighting on her sister's side.
"No, Yzak didn't do anything Luna is the one who started it." As Yzak's best friend, Dearka has to defend him.
They argue for a while, until Yzak suddenly told them to be quiet which shocked all of them.
"We're late for class." Yzak said calmly; dragging Dearka along with him.
Luna made a small grunt then walked to class, nearby the classroom; she got into a conversation with Lacus and Cagall. Then the big mouth Meyrin told Lacus and Cagalli all about Luna's encounter with Yzak a moment ago. Lacus felt surprised because Yzak doesn't usually talk with girls instead he always fights with the boys. Cagalli found it normal since Yzak is a total hothead.
Luna felt somewhat disturbing when Lacus and Cagalli are making comments about her and Yzak. She had struggled not to punch the lights out of Meyrin when her big mouth told Lacus and Cagalli about the incident.
Is not that Luna likes Yzak or anything, is just that when talking with Yzak, Luna feels kind of shy and weird, which puzzled her greatly. She has been dealing with all kinds of boys ever since she was young, even her ex-boyfriend Orga turned out to be a total jerk, she could not figure out why she can't talk to Yzak like a normal person.
The bell ring, and all student rushed towards their classrooms, Lacus sits by the window thinking about after school when she has to return to the place where Cagalli calls it "the room of the evil girl." which is Lacus' dorm room with Flay.
After school
Lacus walks towards the "The room of the evil girl" where she feels nervous and scared. For some strange reason, Flay hasn't been here for days, Lacus has thought that maybe Flay isn't here again, but when she entered the room, Flay was waiting patiently for her.
"So Clyne, I've had some important business to attend to, so I've let you off the hook for a few days, but now I'm back and ready to continue our conversation." Flay said.
As Lacus entered the room, Flay closed the door behind her. She approached Lacus and stared at her deviously.
"As I said last time, I want you to stay away from Kira."
"No, I can't…."
"Kira is my boyfriend, he always likes me the best!"
"But, Allster….."
"Shut up! Stay away from him!"
It's no use trying to explain to Flay, she would never understand how Lacus feels. Lacus silenced herself and looked away to hind the nervousness. She tried to run out of the room but Flay quickly grabbed her arm and slammed her to the wall.
"Not so fast Clyne, you're not leaving until you promise to stay away from Kira!"
"But….."
Tears stormed out of Lacus' eyes, she felt so helpless; how she wished that Cagalli was here.
"Didn't you hear me, Clyne? Promise that you'll stay away from Kira!"
Lacus didn't answer; instead she turned and looked away from the red hair girl. That only annoyed Flay more. She gripped Lacus' neck hard and started choking her. Lacus had a hard time breathing, and begged Flay to stop, but Flay was a stubborn girl and refuses to listen. Lacus was running out of air and Flay could very well see that, she felt afraid and let go. Lacus coughed while falling to the floor, she rubbed her neck to ease the pain and glance at Flay with plead eyes.
Flay and Lacus heard Cagalli and Kira talking while coming towards the room, Flay felt nervous not because of Cagalli but because of Kira. She glances at Lacus with forced eyes telling her to acknowledge her wish. Then she quickly left the room and saw Kira and Cagalli.
Cagalli and Kira were talking happily until Flay appeared. Cagalli's eyes bore the same expression as their last encounter, that was unexpected, and she immediately smelled a rat. Feeling concerned for her friend, she run into the room and found Lacus sitting on the floor. Cagalli felt angry and turned to Flay but Flay has already left, she wanted to chase the red hair girl, but to hell with her, Lacus was more important.
"Lacus, what did she do to you?" Cagalli asked kneeling down.
Lacus looks up to her friend with teary eyes, she buried herself on Cagalli's lap crying endlessly.
Kira, who's still confused about the whole thing blinked stupidly and called out to Cagalli while coming inside the room.
Lacus stopped crying at the sound of Kira's voice, she felt the urge to flee. She couldn't let Kira see her in her current state. Without saying a word she got up and dashed out of the room. Kira, who's still confused, saw Lacus running towards the other direction followed by Cagalli, he stood motionless; not knowing what's going on.
"Lacus wait!"
Lacus ignored Cagalli's urgent plea as she dashed down stairs, barely tripping; her vision blurry as tears streamed uncontrollably down her cheeks. She ran as she had never run before. Her feet pounded on the floor, and she stumbled as her shoulder connected hard with the wall as she rounded a corner in her haste to get away from Cagalli, from Kira, and from the world. All she wants is to be able to vanish for a while, to hind in some secret place where she would be able to gather her scattered thoughts and analyze her chaotic emotions.
Risking a glance over her shoulder, Lacus saw Cagalli quickly closing the distance between them. Finding the nearest exit, Lacus ran out of school without knowing her destination, nor did she care. She just wanted to get away, from Cagalli, from everyone. If loving Kira costs this many problems, perhaps it was time to stop it all.
She runs into the streets without caring that people were staring at them. She ran until Cagalli were nowhere in sight as she paused briefly to catch her breath. Suddenly a door of a store busted open as Cagalli runs through it.
Lacus dashed away looking desperately for a place where she could hind. She spotted a crowd of people; instinctually she run into them, hopefully that Cagalli will lose sight of her. Her plan worked, Cagalli ran through the crowd of people and directly to the other street. Lacus gaped in relax and walked home.
From across the street, underneath the canopy of trees, Flay watched with mild amusement at the domestic drama unfolding before her eyes.
"Well well well, looks like my threat worked perfectly, I really should congratulate myself." She muttered to herself, an unpleasant sneer curling her mouth.
Eventually, she straightened, and strutted across the street.
Kira is currently walking back to his dorm thinking about what happened, he had understand now after some time. He cursed himself for not realizing it sooner and worries about Lacus. Maybe deep down, he still harbors an interest towards Flay, perhaps that's why he lowered his guard down even when Flay were there. An interest or not, they are still finished, that's something Flay and himself have to deal with, plus he is sure now of his feelings towards Lacus and hopes to tell her how he feels.
Room 1 (Kira and Athrun's room)
Kira reached his dorm and turned the doorknob. Raveling Athrun watching the T.V. in the dark. Kira confusedly walked to his bed.
"Hey, Kira, where have you been?" Athrun asked.
"Just around," Kira answered quietly, not paying attention and wondering if he should tell Lacus how he feels.
Athrun knew there was something wrong with his friend but he decided not to say anything.
Athrun sat on the carpet, as he flipped through the channels in an attempt to find something watchable. News, sports, reruns - nothing seems interesting. He selected a channel at random; then Kira came and sit beside him.
"Athrun?" Kira asked after a lengthy silence. "Can I ask you something?" The grey sky dampened their moods.
Glancing over, Athrun watched as the dim light from the flat screen TV flickered over the brown hair boy's features.
"What is it?"
"It's kind of personal…" Kira faltered, hesitating if he should ask Athrun about Lacus.
"Personal?" Athrun asked, intrigued. Athrun wonders if Kira was having some kind of girl problems.
"Well, I was wondering if I should tell Lacus how I feel, you know, confess." Kira asked.
Athrun is quite surprised at the question, but he felt happy, after Kira and Flay broke up;Kira has always been by himself. He's happy for his friend.
"I think you should Kira." Athrun said smiling.
"But……I don't know if she likes me back." Kira said nervously.
"At lease you got to try, who knows." Athrun said, encouraging his friend.
"But….."
"Kira, you can't always hesitate, you have to decide your own future, if you like her, just tell her, even if she doesn't like you, at least you will know, at least you tried." Athrun said giving out a few wise words.
The words sink deeply in Kira's head, deep down, he knows that Athrun is right, but he just doesn't have the courage to do so. He's often shy around girls and he has never actually told a girl that he loves her. Even his relationship with Flay started when Flay confessed first.
He couldn't hind his feelings any longer, he knows that he loves Lacus more then anything else in the world, so he's decided to give it a try.
Well, I hope you like it, since school started; I won't be able to update that often anymore.