I am seriously lacking in motivation for proofreading lately. I love writing, but I hate the proofreading part. I apologize for any mistakes, I was half asleep and had one to many things on my mind. Homework, fic, homework, work, spring break in 2 weeks, DDR, homework, work...the usuall.
Thanks for reading. Pleasereview!
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed or Seed Destiny (if I did, Iprobably would be really rich and would be able to pay off my student loans)
"How is he Ellanor?" Miriallia asked.
Doctor Ellanor Frakes pulled back the bandages on his eye, and sighed, moving down to inspect his ribs. He had shattered one of his ribs on the right sid, and the first night he had gone into surgery to have it fixed. His hand was getting better, but was still heavily bandaged.
"He's better, but still wounded." she said, "He is a Coordinator though, right?"
Miriallia nodded.
"Fast healing, that's something I wish all my patients had." she leaned over, "Mr. Elthman, can you hear me!" she called.
"Please don't shout. My ears are just fine." Dearka winced.
"Ooh, sorry." the middle-age woman smiled, "You'll be all better in no time. Rest well, don't bother Mir too much."
"Yes, mame, thank you."
"No thanks needed." she smiled, "It's been a while since I had such a good-looking patient. I'm jealous for Miriallia, you're quite the looker."
Dearka blushed, "Oh...I don't think I'm that great..."
"Well-" Ellanor patted him on the shoulder, "-rest well, Elthman. Mirillia, come with me."
She nodded and followed the woman to the door.
"Let him up if he wants to get up. Surprisingly enough, his legs are just fine so he should get a little exercise. Too much more time on your cooking and he'll get fat."
Miriallia laughed, "Thanks for your help."
"No prob. Call me if you need anything." she left.
Miriallia turned. Dearka was already up. He reached for the shirt on the chair.
"Here, let me." she smiled, taking the white shirt, she helped him into it, buttoning it down his chest.
"So where are we exactly?"
"On the east asian continent, in a refugee camp. I've been hiding out here doing my photo shoots." she said, "When we head back to Orb in two weeks, we'll take you with us. You're unit will probably be happy to have you back. Don't worry, one of my assisstents sent word to Orb that we recovered you."
"Yeah?" he then sighed, "Two weeks? Yzak is going to kill me..."
"How about a tour? You feel up to to it?"
"Sure." he nodded, getting up.
They strolled through the small town, watching the children playing and the people working. Dearka smiled to himself, he loved simple life. If he had his way, he would drop everything right now and leave ZAFT to be a farmer or something. He then chuckled to himself.
"What?" Mir smiled.
"Oh, nothing." he shook his head, "So is this ZAFT or OMNI territory?"
"Neutral." she said, "Techinically Orb, but both sides use this area for a camp. Say, are you hungry?"
Dearka watched her, for a second he did not say anything. It was hard, standing there with her, walking around, and not being able to do anything about it. He loved her more then anything, but if he told her, she would just do the same thing she always did.
She would run away.
He was exhausted. Too exhausted from running after her, and he did not have much energy left any more.
"Yeah, I guess that I am."
Dearka watched her walk ahead of him, looking up at the sky. He smiled a sad smile. Part of him wished that he had not met her here, that he really did die in the mobile suit instead of being rescued. He had already tried to set this part of his past behind him.
Miriallia smiled brightly at him.
"Thanks for coming on a walk with me, Dearka."
Oh god...he thought to himself...this girl has cursed me...
Rey lay on his back in the darkened room, staring at the ceiling. It would be the third day that he had been in Orb. A few things had been resolved, but there were still other things on his mind.
Athrun had decided that Rey would stay on the Kamaitachi, and that they would take over the Special Ops force. In 2 weeks they would launch back into space to join the Eternal in retrieving the Orb princess. The Kamaitachi would also be transporting General Yamato and his Strike Freedom, as well as the young captain of the Eternal, Lacus Clyne. Rey, personally, had never met the real Lacus Clyne. He never really felt as interested in her as other people were.
His mind strayed back to the discussion Athrun had with him briefly that afternoon. Orb had sent news to Shinn and Luna that Rey was alive, and Rey would go to meet Shinn and Lunamaria tommorrow. He really was not quite sure how he was going to go about it. It would be a surprise to them. Luna would probably burst into tears and cry all over him, while Shin would berate him for dying and upsetting Lunamaria. He loved his friends like they were his brother and sister, but that did not mean they were not predictable.
It was dark outside.
Rey sat up, slipping on a shirt. He had only been dressed in a pair of pajama pants and was trying to work up the motivation to go to bed, but there was just to much on his mind. Then, he remembered something he remembered seeing as he entered into the mansion.
There was a piano in the 2nd floor palor.
Grabbing his robe, he walked quietly down the hallway. Everyone else was asleep, and not wanting to wake anyone, he was glad that 2nd floor palor did not have any residential areas on it. Opening the french doors to the palor, he sat gingerly down at the piano, and began to play.
Suzuka opened her eyes.
The soft, haunting melody was floating into her ears from the floor below. As tired as she was, she could not help but be intranced by it. Sliding out of bed, she left her room.
Rey continued to play. There were a few things he was glad that he could still remember from when Twlight re-cloned him. Playing the piano was probably at the top of the list. It was something he could do that not many other people could, and something that belonged to him.
He looked up briefly to see the red-haired girl standing in the doorway, a blanket wrapped around her shoulders.
"I apologize if I woke you." he spoke, not pausing a second in his playing, "I-"
"It's alright." Suzuka smiled, "I'm enjoying it. Don't stop."
He nodded and looked back at the keys. Hearing his fingers flying across the keys, Suzuka walked into the room and sat on the floor, her back against the piano bench he was sitting on. He tensed slightly as she leaned her head against his back, completely entranced by the melodic tune he was playing.
"Suzuka-san?" he said, glad that he had his back to her. His cheeks were bright red.
No reply.
"Suzuka?"
She had fallen asleep. Rey smiled, it was much later then he had noticed. He closed the piano, and stood up, walking around to the sleeping girl. He could not leave her on the floor.
Gathering up the blanket around her, he gently picked her up in his arms. She was feather light as he carried her out of the room, shutting the doors with his foot. He walked up the stairs, seeing the open door to one of the guest rooms, he assumed it was hers, seeing her uniform drapped on the sofa across from the bed. He entered her room, and closed the door with his foot.
Setting her in the bed, he pulled the covers around her. His face was just inches away from hers. She groaned, opening her eyes slightly.
"I was...listening to that..."
"It is late, Suzuka-san." he said, "You need sleep."
"So do you."
"I'm going to bed."
"Good."
He stared at her a moment, and as he was about to turn away, he felt her hands lay on the sides of his face, her fingers running threw his blonde hair.
"Rey?"
"Y...Yes?" he whispered, sitting on the edge of the bed, and holding himself over her with his arms to keep from falling on her.
She kissed his lips. For second he did not think she had actully done it until he felt her kiss him once more. He was not aware for how long they had held it till he pulled away far enough to speak to her.
"Suzuka-san..."
"Suzuka is fine, Rey." she murmured, "Stay."
"What?"
She smiled up at his wide eyes. Letting him up, he sat on the edge of the bed a moment, and then she watched as he stood up, taking off his robe and drapping it on the sofa. Leaving his slippers on the other side of the bed, he climbed in on the other side. Laying on his side, he stared at her in her darkness. Her green eyes seemed to glow in the dark.
"Now we're even." she smiled.
He blushed as she rolled over and curled up in his arms, she promptly fell asleep. Rey stared at her as they lay there, not sure how long he stared at her before he drifted off himself.
"SHINN! GET YOUR BUTT UP NOW!"
Shinn made a face, and groaned as the door opened. Lunamaria stood in the hallway, still in her pajamas, staring at the messy black hair sticking out of their bed. She walked across the room, and hopped in the empty spot next to him.
"Shinn, you have work in three hours."
"Good. That means another two and half hours of sleep."
"You lazy...get up now." she said, "You promised to drive me to work today."
"Promise nothin..." he murmured, "...sleep must..."
"That's what you get for staying up so late." she pouted, "You're always too tired."
Shinn pushed the covers off, flinching slightly at the bright sunlight coming into the room. The bright-eyed girl smiled down at him as he stared back up at her. He could not help but grin. Shinn could never deny the fact that he never grew tired waking up to a beautiful woman every morning.
"Breakfest?"
"It's ready." she said, "Come down and eat, hm?"
"Ah."
She got up and bounded out of the room. Lunamaria was a morning person. Shinn was not.
He dragged out of bed, pulling off all his clothes, he stepped in the shower. Getting out and dressed again, he walked down the stairs. Lunamaria was standing at the stove finishing their breakfest, humming softly to herself. Shinn walked over to her, wrapping his arms around her.
"Good morning, love." she said, "Sleep well?"
"Splendidly."
She titled her head back and kissed him, then reached over to the plate on the counter and shoved a piece of bacon in his mouth.
"Caridad-san called yesterday. She wants us to eat dinner with them after work."
"Ah, Luna..."
"I told them yes." she said, "Just because the children hang all over you, that is not a reason to not visit those people. They have been very kind to us."
"Yeah, yeah." it was the same old discussion as he munched on the bacon in mouth.
"Shinn..."
"Yes, we'll go. I can't pass up those meals."
"That better not be a comment about how I cook."
"I think you cook fine."
"Fine, huh?" she smirked at him.
Shinn chuckled, "It gets better every time. I'm used to-"
"SHINN!"
He laughed, running out of the kitchen as she tried to kick him. The phone rang, and Lunamaria turned off the stove, walking around the table to the phone.
"Luna here." she spoke.
"Ah, Lunamaria, long time no see."
"Athurn-san." Luna smiled, "Are you coming to Caridad-san's beachouse tonight for dinner?"
"I am." he said, "There will be two new guests."
"New guests?"
There was a silence on the phone. Lunamaria heard Athrun's words, but she was too shocked to answer back.
"Luna?" Shinn looked at her around the corner. After so many years of being together, they could read each other's minds. Shinn could sense when something was wrong with her. Seeing the tears in her eyes as she spoke a few quiet words and then hung up the phone, he was alarmed, "Luna? What's wrong, what-"
"Shinn...that was Athrun-san."
"Yeah?" Shinn frowned, "What did he say?"
She looked up at him, silent for a moment, she said,
"Rey is alive, and he's in Orb."
Yay! Another chapter done. Thanks for being so patient as I get my life in order. Now I think I'm going to return to downloading Victorian Romance Emma comics and falling asleep on my keyboard. For some reason I always see Dearka as Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice and Miriallia as Elizabeth Bennett.
Must study for test...
Arigato
Lilith
