Hey guys Thanks for all the reviews! In honor for having 20+ reviews, I wrote this chapter. I've been wondering lately about raising the rating of this fic to M. If anyone has any comments about this, tell me right away. Well, enjoy the update, I know I enjoyed writing it. Maybe after another 20 reviews, I'll write another chapter for the fans -
Note: there's a warning for this chapter. It's not a lemon, but a couple more lines and I could have made it one
Oh, and before I forget to say something, I've been getting a lot of reivews from people asking "When is enter name here going to show up?" Just so you all know, I have this story mapped out, and everyone will be in it eventually. So if you're favorite pairing hasn't appeared yet, don't get discouraged, it will be there. (And some other pairs that you probably have never thought of.)
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed or Seed Destiny
Athrun walked out of conference, shaking the hands of the Emirs and bidding them a good day. It was something he had seen Cagali do many times before him, and continuing with the ritual helped ease their pain of loosing their princess. Though it did not helpAthrun himselfmuch.
He always kept details on the search for his wife top secret, and they were able to live with that. Cagali's safe return was all that mattered, there was no dispute over his methods or how long it was taking him. Till her return, he was treated as the leader of Orb, and was given all the respect that he deserved. At first it was hard on them trying to accept Athrun as their leader, but they eventually warmed up to him.
Mana was standing in the hallway, waiting for him to enter the study like always and offer him his afternoon tea. Ever since Cagali's absence, Mana had made it her personal duty to take care of Athrun like he was her own son. She would always bring him tea after a meeting, and would nag him if he did not drink it. Mana also got on his case if he forgot to eat, or if he would stay up to late...in a way she was like his mother. But from what Athrun was used to, he did not mind her nagging at all.
"Good evening Mana-san."
"Good evening, Lord Zala." she smiled, setting his tea on his desk, "Hard day?"
He sighed, and ran his hands over his face, "No kidding."
"Well, honey, drink your tea and you'll feel better."
Athrun smiled, and took the cup, drinking it. She was right, it did make him feel better.
"Is there anything else, my lord?"
"No, nothing, thank you." he stopped, "You don't have to call me by such formalities all the time."
"Yes sir, have a good night." Mana chuckled.
She left.
Athrun glanced over at the picture on his desk of the wedding. Cagali had her arms wrapped around his neck tight, putting up a peace sign with one of her hands. He was carrying her on his back. After complaining so much about having sore feet, he had heafted her onto his back and was carrying her to the table when Lacus had taken the picture. It was his favorite.
It had been a while since he had been home.
Athrun closed his laptop, and shoved it into his bag, throwing it on his shoulder. Pulling his jacket out of the closet, he shut the door. He would do the work at the house tonight. Besides, it had been a long time since he had seen everyone.
Leaving the building unoticed, he got into his car and left the estate.
"Honestly, how long must you work on that?" an impatient voice floated from the kitchen.
"I need to finish it for Murrue-san in time for the uploading next week." Kira said, "I design all the OS systems, or have you forgotten?"
"I did not." Lacus walked out of the kitchen, drying her hands on the apron. She had just finished the dishes, and it was late, "Are all the children in bed?"
"Yes." he said, "At first, they wouldn't sleep until I told them a story."
"So what did you tell them?"
He smiled, leaning back into the chair, his hands behind his head.
"The story of a lonely knight meeting a beautiful princess." he said, "How he was alone and sad, and she warmed his soul."
"Kira..."
"And about how after the war, they lived together, and they were both happy and peaceful." he said, "That they protected each other."
She was standing in front of him now, smiling brightly back at him.
"Lacus, all the children are asleep."
"Yes, Kira, you already told me-"
She yelped as his arms snaked foreward and he pulled her into his lap, her legs stradling his waist. Kira stared up at her, his hands moving slowly up her sides to her shoulders.
"Lacus." he whispered, "We're alone for once."
"For once." she smiled at him.
He kissed her, feeling her arms wrap about his neck. Kira reached up and untied her hair that was pulled back in a poneytail, running his fingers through her soft hair. He froze as he felt her unbutton the buttons on his collar.
"Lacus..."
"We're alone, remember?"
Kira sat still, kissing her face as she unbuttoned his shirt. She could feel his breath speed up as his arms tighted around her lifting her out of the chair, he carried her to the other side of the house away from the east wing where the children slept, to the west side of the house where their rooms were. They lived in his mother's house in Orb. It was a large mansion, still housing the Strike Freedom and Justice in the depths of the underground base.
He pushed the door open with his feet, and shut it. Dumping her on the bed, he began to undress her, kissing every inch of exposed skin that he could.
"Kira?"
He opened his eyes, staring at the direction of the whisper in the dark. She was laying on his bare chest, still fiddling with the sheets. Kira could not help but stare at her. She was beautiful.
Years ago, he found himself remembering back when he was still a student at the science university at Heliopolis. Thinking about it now, he was a geek, the teacher's pet. His greatest concern back then were Pearl Systems, writing a better OS for his laptop, and completely mastering binary code. Being an advancedCoordiantor, those things were not hard for him. Girls were not the main thing on his mind if he was working.
Back then, he would have never been able tosee himself having just slept with such a beautiful woman. Let alone the most popular diva from PLANT, and the commander of the Eternal. Then again, he had done a lot of things.
"Yes?" he asked.
They were both completely calm now. Memories of only a few hours ago were still fresh in his mind, and part of it tormented him. She seemed to feel the same way, as he could tell from the question she asked.
"I'm not your first, am I..."
It was not really a question, it was a statement of sorts.
"No."
Lacus was quiet for a while, and then she smiled.
"That explains a lot." she said, "Why it crushed you so horribly in that war at Jachin Due. Fley-san...when she died, you died with her."
Kira froze a moment. He always underestimated Lacus and her obersvational skills. She knew him too well that he could never hide things from her, no matter how hard he tried. This was actually something that he was always worried about. Would it upset her to know that he was once in love with Fley? Would that bother her even though now he loved-
"Listen to me, I will only say this once." he rolled over on top of her, laying his hands on her face.
"Kira-"
"I love you." he said, "I love you with all my soul. Do you understand me?"
Lacus stared at him a few more moments and nodded.
"I love you too, Kira."
He smiled, leaning down to kiss her. Everytime he looked at her, and she smiled at him, spoke to him, touched him...he wanted her all over again. She wrapped her legs around his waist as he pulled her as close to him as he could.
"I'm sorry I brought it up..." she whispered as he kissed her lips, trailing his mouth down her neck, "...it must have distrubed you..."
"Not at all." he smiled, "I was worried that you thought-"
As he was about to do what he was thinking, there was a knock on the front door. Any normal ears probably would not have heard it, but Kira did, and the person knocking knew that Kira would hear it. Only a handfull of people would know that: Athrun, Mwu, Murrue, or Commander Bartfeild. It was probably Athrun, though.
He sighed, looking at the angel in front of him.
She smiled at him.
"You're exhausted." he whispered, "Go to sleep, I will return shortly."
She nodded, and pulling the covers over herself, fell asleep.
Kira pulled on his shorts, and then his pajama pants, and left the room. He jogged down the stairs, heading to the front door. Seeing who it was outside, he opened it.
"Athrun."
"I'm sorry to disturb you, Kira." Athrun walked in as Kira shut the door behind him, "Don't mind me, I just needed to get out of the palace."
"No, no problem." Kira said, "This is your home too, after all. Your room is still here. Mother wanted to leave it the way it originally was. Said something about someone who was married would understand."
"Sounds like Caridad-san." Athrun smiled, hanging up his coat in the closet.
"Yeah, well...then she made some comment about me settling down. Right in front of Lacus too, it was really embaressing."
Athrun laughed.
"I'll head over there." Athrun pulled off his shoes, "Thanks."
"Don't mention it."
Athrun stopped in the hallway, and then smirked.
"What?" Kira raised an eyebrow.
"That's a rather bright, red hicky you have on her neck, Kira." Athrun snickered.
Kira blushed, "God...shut up! It's not my fault!"
Athrun chuckled, heading down the hall to his room. As he reached the end of the hall, he opened the door and shut it. It was his and Cagali's room when they were married. Her clothes were still strewn about the place. Caridad had left it as such, probably figuring that Athrun would want to clean it up himself, and he did. Picking up his wife's clothes, he folded them and set them aside. Putting his things on the big bed, he flipped on the tv quietly, watching late night talk shows.
It was times like these that he did not feel like a leader.
He could still smell her scent in the air, it was driving him insane. Pulling out his laptop, he began to type furiously.
Tommorrow, he would begin to take her back and pay Chairman Trent back for taking her.
Trent would know what it meant to challenge a Zala.
He opened his eyes, staring at the ceiling fan on the simple, sheet-rock ceiling.
There was a soft humming in the kitchen, and looking to the side he watched her move about the kitchen for a good 10 minutes before she turned and noticed that he was awake. She stood up straight, and walked over to him. Opening her mouth to speak, she jumped as he grabbed ahold of her hand.
Half of his face was wrapped in bandages, his other hand was thickly bound as well, and other parts of his injured body. It was a miracle he was alive at all, even by his standards.
"Dearka." Miriallia sat on the edge of his bed, "Dearka, are you alright? You gave us quite a scare."
Dearka stared at her as she brushed the loose blonde hair from his eyes. The gel had worn off long ago and was now laying wildly about his face.
"Don't stop singing." he whispered, "I liked it."
Okay, another chapters finished. I hope you all enjoyed it. The next update will be this friday. So be ready for it, thanks all for reading!
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