Chapter 3

Caution

Athrun was heading to Kira's new place; he wanted to see if it was as great as Kira said it was. "Seriously Kira, how did you do that? You didn't even get pushed back at all! It's like you weren't even trying."

"It was more about position then anything really. It really didn't have much to do with strength."

"Well anyways, what have you been doing? I thought you were living in Plant?" Kira said.

"Yeah, we moved here 3 months ago, I could have sworn I told you" Athrun said.

"Well maybe you did, I don't remember" Kira laughed.

"Why is that funny?" Athrun questioned. Kira looked at Athrun with a dull look "I don't know…"

Athrun began to laugh hysterically "Kira you haven't changed one bit"

"Same with you" Kira smiled.

They were walking down a path and an idea suddenly popped in Athrun's mine "Hey let's go to the mall and see if we can get some girl hunting in" Athrun suggested.

"We have done that in years, let's do it" Kira said overjoyed.

"There's a mall right down this street" Athrun said.

"Well then, let's get going"

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Lacus and Gwen were heading to Lacus' house, Marcus was with them but he was just walking them to Lacus' to make sure Lacus was safe.

"So Marcus you know if Kira, the guy who beat you, didn't change the prize for the little game you were playing he would have gotten a kiss from Lacus" Gwen said teasing Marcus.

"Shut up woman!" Marcus yelled. Lacus sighed "Why must you two always fight?"

"She started it" Marcus said.

"Whatever. So Lacus I heard Kira is really gifted, the college he's going to is paying for his tuition. I wonder how smart he really is…" Gwen said.

"Yeah I know he told me already" Lacus said smiling. Marcus turned around and confronted Lacus "When did you talk to him?" Marcus questioned.

"He's Lacus' childhood friend" Gwen stated. Marcus became furiously angry "Lacus I told you not to associate yourself with him!" Marcus yelled.

"And I told you to stop controlling me Markus!" Lacus yelled back.

"I'm not controlling you; I'm looking out for you!"

'No you're not! All you've ever done to me is try to control me, holding me close and toying me around like something you own! But you don't!" Lacus cried out, her hands shaking as her eyes began to water.

"I can't take it anymore…" she said, the tears now flowing freely from her baby blue eyes.

"Huh…?" Marcus mumbled "can't take what anymore?"

"I…I…" Lacus began to stutter not being able to talk. Lacus calmed down and put her head down "I don't want to be with you anymore."

"What?" Marcus said. Gwen was jumping for joy in her heart; she had been waiting forever for this day.

"Marcus, I never liked you. I only went out with you because I felt sorry for you. Stop controlling me, and get out of my life!" Lacus took a few steps in the opposite direction before she turned around and faced Marcus again "Oh and one more thing, learn how to kiss!" Lacus walked away, after awhile Gwen followed quickly behind.

"What just happened?" Marcus said to himself looking like an idiot, standing in one spot trying to register to his mind to what just happened.

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"Lacus wait up!" Gwen caught up with Lacus as she came to a slow, standing by her side.

"Gwen…"

"Lacus that was amazing, I have been waiting too long for you to say that!" Gwen said as she pulled Lacus into a tight hug.

"It feels good to finally get him off my shoulders" Lacus sighed happily.

"Me too, this calls for a celebration, let's go shopping" Gwen said with a big smile.

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"No not that one Kira!" Athrun said.

"Damn it Athrun, you're so picky" Kira laughed.

"Picky?" Athrun stated.

"I'm picky? That was a man!" Athrun yelled. Kira laughed hysterically.

"Relax, it was just a joke" Kira said.

"So Kira, see anyone you like?" Athrun asked.

"Nope, not yet"

Athrun walked alongside Kira for a few mins before something came to mind. "Kira, hold up a minute." "Huh?" Kira turned around. "What is it Athrun?"

'What do you think of Lacus?"

"Why?" Kira asked.

"I just want to know" Athrun asked. Kira paused for a while.

"She's very cute, no she's beautiful. She's talented, smart, great to hang around with, and she's also taken."

"I see" Athrun said. Kira turned his head to Athrun "What about you? Do you have anyone you like at school?" Kira asked

"As a matter of face yeah I do" Athrun said.

"Is that so? What's she like?" Kira questioned.

"She's pretty, she's athletic, and she's opened minded. Everything about her I like" Athrun said.

"Why haven't you asked her out yet?" Kira said.

"I'm not like you Kira, I'm not good at telling people my feelings" Athrun said.

"Well when do I get to meet her?" Kira asked.

"You'll see her tomorrow at fourth period" Athrun said.

"Alright, can't wait to see her" Kira smiled.

"Huh…Hey Kira doesn't try anything stupid!" Athrun said. Kira gave Athrun a big fat grin "Me? Try something stupid" Kira stopped while passing by and a clothing store, someone caught his attention.

"Kira what's wrong? Did you find someone you like?" Athrun asked. Athrun looked in the direction Kira was looking it.

"Oh, it's Lacus and Gwen" Athrun said.

"Yeah, should we go say hi?" Kira asked.

"Sure why not. Wait actually, Markus might be around" Athrun said looking around.

"Yo! Athrun that girl is hot" Kira said.

"Who?" Athrun asked

"The cashier" Kira pointed

Athrun laughed "Kira she looks like she's in her 30's"

"I didn't say I was going to go talk to her" Kira said.

Kira and Athrun walked in the clothing store, a couple of inches into the store Kira and Athrun got stopped by a bunch of freshmen girls. They were flirting with Athrun a lot, the situation was hard for Kira not to laugh.

Lacus noticed Kira and Athrun "Lacus does this shirt make me look fat?" Gwen said.

"Kira and Athrun are at the entrance" Lacus said not noticing Gwen's question.

"Kira and Athrun?" Gwen looked towards the entrance.

"Yeah it's them, but there talking to some freshmen girls" Gwen said.

'Damn it how am I going to get out of this' Athrun thought to himself.

"Sorry girls, but if you excuse me I have to be somewhere" Athrun said trying to say anything to get out of it.

"Ok, we'll see you at school tomorrow by Kira, Athrun" a girl winked.

"That girl definitely has a thing for you Athrun" Kira smiled.

"Kira, Athrun what are you doing in a women's clothing store, trying to spy on some freshmen girls" Gwen said teasingly.

"It was Athrun's idea" Kira pointed. Athrun smacked Kira on the head "Don't pin this on me now!" Athrun yelled.

"You guys know each other?" Lacus asked.

"Yeah, we grew up in the same neighborhood" Kira said.

"Really? So do you know Athrun from before too?" Gwen said looking at Lacus.

"No…"

"Athrun moved to my area right after Lacus left" Kira said.

"Oh I see" Gwen said

"Well what were you going to do in a clothing store anyways?" Gwen asked

"We saw you guys and we were going to say hi" Athrun said. Kira found it hard to look at Lacus directly without blushing.

'What's going on? I didn't act like this before…'

'I've got to get out of this' Kira said mentally.

Kira kept his cool and spoke up "Alright, I got to get back. Need to get my things unpacked" Kira said.

"Well then let's go then" Athrun said.

"Do you want some help Kira?" Lacus asked. The words said by Lacus echoed in Kira's head.

'Damn it, I can't be rude, or can I?' Kira thought to himself.

Kira decided to be nice about it.

"It's ok Lacus, I don't want to trouble you" Kira said politely.

"No, it's no trouble at all" Lacus smiled.

'Was there… something different about her? No, but she looks so beautiful when she smiles like that' Kira said mentally, a small smile forming on his face.

Gwen thought that since she just broke it off with Marcus she should try forgetting about him fast. Mentally she was smiling broadly as she thought of the perfect way to be alone with Kira.

"Well it's getting late, I got a lot of work to do" Gwen said. Lacus looked at Gwen; she already knew what she was thinking.

"G…Gwen"

"Later guys" Gwen ran off in the opposite direction.

"Well, shall we go?" Lacus said.

"Y…Yeah let's go" Kira blushed. Athrun caught onto Gwen's action and thought of following.

"Yeah I need to get going actually, my dad is waiting for me" Athrun said walking off.

"Athrun I thought you were…" Kira said.

"Bye!" Athrun shouted

'Athrun What are you doing, damn it what am I going to do now…?' Kira thought to himself.

"Kira what's wrong?" Lacus asked.

"N…Nothing" Kira said nervously.

"You're sweating, are you not feeling well?" Lacus asked.

"I'm fine, are you sure you're okay with coming?" Kira asked. 'That's the second time he's asked me that' Lacus thought mentally as she was getting the impression that Kira didn't want her around.

"I can go if you don't want me around Kira" Lacus said.

"No, no it's not that I just, never mind let's go" Kira smiled.

"Umm…okay" Lacus said as she blushed a bit at the thought of being alone with Kira in his new house.

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Lacus gasped for air once she saw the inside of Kira's home "Is this the right house Kira?" Lacus said.

"Yeah I know it's a little…" Kira stopped speaking as Lacus excitingly observed the whole area.

"Kira you're so lucky!" Lacus said.

"I wish I lived on my own" Lacus said. Kira was starring at Lacus from behind, unable to take his eyes off of her for even a minute. Lacus could sense Kira was starring at her, she couldn't help but blush a little. Lacus decided to face Kira "What's wrong Kira?" Lacus asked.

'Oh damn it! I didn't even notice, I've gotta make an excuse quick!" Kira thought to himself.

"Actually, I was just thinking about that time I fell from the tree when we were kids" Kira smiled.

'Nice cover up' Kira thought.

"You scared me that day, I still remember that like it was yesterday" Lacus smiled.

"Lacus what happened to you? One day you just disappeared" Kira asked.

"Huh? Oh my mother passed away at that time. So I was sent here to live with my dad. It happened all so fast I didn't even have a chance to tell you" Lacus said.

"Oh…I'm sorry I didn't mean to…" Kira said 'Nice one Yamato… you really did it now'

"No…it's fine it was a long time ago" Lacus said.

There was an awkward silence for a while.

Kira decided to break the silence "I brought my childhood photo album with me, you're in most of the pictures" Kira said

"Really, can I see?" Lacus asked.

"Yeah it's in one of those boxes" Kira pointed to a pile of boxes. Lacus giggled "We might as well as unpack then" Lacus said

"Yeah I guess" Kira laughed

Kira and Lacus began to unpack all the boxes. 2 hours later they finished unpacking, the photo album was in the last box.

"Kira is this it?" Lacus asked showing it to Kira

"That's it" Kira said. Lacus sat down on the couch and opened the album, Kira sat next to her

Lacus' past memory flashed through her mind as the pictures rejuvenated her memory

"Kira, you know It's been so long, it's been too long, but I'm glad you're here now" Lacus buried her face onto Kira's shoulder "Kira…it's been thirteen years but, you're just as I remembered… I've missed you" Lacus let herself fall deeper into Kira's shoulder as her eyes began filling up with tears.

"L…Lacus, is something wrong?" Kira began to blush a deep shade of red. He slowly wrapped his arms around her slightly as he gave a smile.

"No, everything's perfect" Lacus said. Kira didn't move an inch; he just stood still and embraced Lacus. After a long silence Kira started to hear Lacus' breath get louder and louder, she'd fallen asleep right in his arms.

'She's sleeping…she must've been exhausted. She really does look like an angel even when she's asleep. ' Kira thought to himself. Kira let her rest against his shoulder as he carefully leaned his head against hers, his eyes slowly falling.

'I'll just stay like this for awhile… it feels… really good. But she has a boyfriend; I really shouldn't be doing this. So why…?' Kira couldn't get this situation out of his head, he thought so hard about it that he'd fallen asleep himself.

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"Marcus you look like hell what happen?" his friend Dan said.

"I don't know?" Marcus said.

"Huh? What do you mean you don't know you're knelt down on the ground" Dan said

Marcus slowly got up "Well I'll be fine, some guy thought he could steal my girl, I'll show him tomorrow!"

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"Lacus wake up" Kira said. Lacus' head began to move as her eyes began to open up. Lacus woke up, she could see what she was sleeping on. Lacus couldn't stop blushing.

"S…S…Sorry" Lacus said nervously, turning her head away so Kira couldn't see her face get red.

"Umm…sorry, but its eleven" Kira said

"What? Eleven o'clock! Sorry I didn't mean too, I have to go" Lacus blushed again.

"I'll walk you home" Kira suggested.

"No…it's ok I can manage" Lacus said.

"What kind of person would I be if I let a girl walk home by herself at this time?" Kira smiled "come on" Kira said.

"But Kira"

No matter what Lacus said it was useless, Kira was going no matter what. Kira and Lacus walked through the night to Lacus' place. They spent the time talking about all there little adventures when they were kids.

"So, Lacus how's Marcus?" Kira asked. Lacus was a little stunned, she didn't think Kira would ask such a question

"Why would I know?" Lacus said coldly.

"Sorry, did I say something to upset you?" Kira asked.

"Well, umm" Lacus struggled to get the words out.

"Lacus…"

"I broke up with him, I couldn't take it anymore" Lacus said

"Oh sorry to here that" Kira said calmly, trying to hide his inner happiness at hearing that. It made him want to break out and cry his praise to the heavens.

"You want to talk about it?" Kira asked.

"No, it's ok" Lacus smiled. "Well this is it" she said as they came up to Lacus' house.

"Wow, you're house isn't too far from mine" Kira said.

"Yeah I know, well…ummm" Lacus began to blush again

"Goodnight" Lacus said as she walked up to Kira and placed a kiss on his cheek. Kira was now blushing bright red

"Thanks for walking me home" Lacus blushed

"N…N…N…No, it's fine" Kira stuttered. Lacus could see Kira looked uneasy probably from the kiss

"Umm are you going to get into trouble?" Kira asked.

"No, my dad is out of town, so I'm by myself" Lacus said

"Well I'll see you tomorrow, Goodnight" Lacus said again. Lacus began to walk to her house.

"Goodnight…" Kira watched Lacus until she entered her home.

'Wow she broke up with her boyfriend… this is awesome! I knew that jerk didn't deserve someone as great as Lacus. What now though…? Do I want to make a move?' Kira said mentally walking to his house.

Lacus POV

I locked the door and jumped into my bed, I couldn't get Kira out of my head. He'd grown up to be so cute and handsome. He might even have feelings for me. I thought I saw him blushing a lot when we were at his house.

Kira…I'm worried Marcus might try something….

To Be Continued…