Authors note: I don't own Mars the planet or the manga or claims to its history.
Kira leaned against the railing watching the racers pratice, closing her eyes as the wind passes by her. Grinning Kira waks off towards the drink machine, it is a hot day. Taking off her jacket and letting down her hair, she orders a drink. Akitaka walks up behind her, "Actually can you make that two iced teas and two beans buns. My treat, Kira." Blinking in surprise Kira put her wallet away and takes the items.
"Thanks Akitaka, I can pay you back if you want." He shakes his head, then takes a seat waiting for Kira. "I want to ask your something, do you love Rei?" The question makes Kira blink in surprise and then look away shyly. "What do you mean by love, everyone has a different meaning." Akitaka grins and then looks her in the eyes, "Do you love him?"
Looking up she gulps, love was such a foreign word to her. "Of course I love him but saying it out loud would sound so officail. How much do I really love him, is it jus superficail or do I really love him." Kira slouches and tries to b doubt. "Tha...ats such a silly question...of course I..I...I love him. Well, I think i do but what if I'm wrong. Do you think I am using him for protection? Am I just as bad as all the other girls who want him?" Kira's eyes go wide and she gets up and starts to walk to the parking lot.
Akitaka looks after in distress, getting up and following her. Kira sits on curb and starts to cry, how could you not know if you love someone. You've slept with him, doesn't that mean something but then again guys sleep with girls they don't love all the time. Akitaka stops, taking in a deep breath and then sits next to her. "Akitaka I don't know if I love, I can't tell anymore. I don't want to use him." Smiling softly, "Kira do you want the best for him? Do you worry about him constently, fear that won't return to you? And most of all is he someone you can spend the rest of your life with?"
Kira looks up, wiping tears from her eyes, "I do want the best for him, then I start to wonder am I the best for him. I do fear for his safety but I can't tell him that, it would mean that he would get to do what he truely loves. Of course I want to raise a family with him and grow old in a cozy house with him. Not that I have thought about it much." The answer became even more clear, "You love him more then you know, you need to stop doubting yourself. Do you know how much he worries about, the fear that you will be taken from him is deep set in his heart. I think lossing you would finally kill him."
"Rei worries about me that much, I know that he fears lossing me but that much." Looking up suddenly, "I didn't know he carried that much, I get the feeling that he can't tell me that though. He doesn't want to make me worry..."
"Yeah, now your getting it. Just because you don't feel like you will explode with emotion all the time or go googly eyed every time you see each other doesn't mean you don't love him. It just means that relationship is maturing. Talk to him, tell him how you feel, if you are scared of something he is doing tell him." The resolve came back to her face, "I wonder what I should make for dinner, what do you want."
Kira gets up, "I am going to go check on Rei, see how he is doing." It hadn't occured to her yet that what Rei truly loves is her, "If you just knew how much he would give up to protect you, even racing. I better get back before the woman I love worries about. Funny how things come back around."
Rei hugs Kira tightly and kisses her nose, " Kira, we are going to diner tonight. I have something I want to give you. Its important, the most important thing I will ever do."
Author: Now what could be so important, lets think...