Disclaimer: I only own the stuff I have in my room and not Gundam Seed.

a/n: Okay, time to answer some unanswered questions. First, about the "Summers" being Kira's surname in the summary, I changed it on purpose at the last minute. And about him not being "Shawn La Flaga", well, Mwu made the name "Shawn Frost" up for him, so there. Anyway, enjoy chapter 3!

Chapter 3: It's hard to forget

December 5 CE 77 1:08 pm

Athrun Zala was currently in PLANT, sitting on one of the park benches, staring at the sky. Lacus was down in ORB for a month because some hotshot company owner from Germany wanted Clyne Enterprises to promote their latest product, whatever it was.

A frown crossed Athrun's face as he surveyed his surroundings again. The park would always bring back memories. Like the time when Kira and Athrun met at age 3, in the sandbox. The time when Athrun cried because there was sand on his diapers, and finally, the time when Cagalli broke up with him. Sure it didn't happen in the park, but for some reason, he'd always remember her.

"Cagalli…" Athrun muttered with a small sigh. The wind whipped his raven hair. "I haven't seen you for two years, but my feelings for you are still the same."

Still the same.


1:10 pm

"I've never met this 'Shawn Frost' person before," Siegel Clyne said. "I know Mwu La Flaga, but I never knew he had a son."

"But that's because Chairman Frost was adopted, sir," Siegel's assistant (more like slave because of all the work he had to do), answered.

"Father, I think we should schedule a meeting with Munchausen electronics," Lacus said. "They can promote our company in exchange for us advertising their new products."

"Yes, I agree. Lacus, I think you should be the one who will lead the negotiations with them," her father suggested.

"Me? Why?"

"Lacus and Chairman Frost are of the same age, correct?" Siegel asked his assistant, who nodded.

"Yes. Twenty-two years old."

"You'll both get along fine," Siegel said encouragingly.

"Okay, Father. I'll do it. I'll head the negotiations," Lacus said with a warm smile, wanting to please her parent.

"Chairman Frost seems to have a striking resemblance to Kira Yamato," the assistant remarked. "He was your boyfriend before, right, Director Clyne?"

Her reaction was instantaneous. Lacus looked away and bit her lip. "I… I don't want to talk about that, if you don't mind me saying so," she said, her voice just above a whisper.

Siegel gave his assistant a don't-you-dare-say-something-like-that-again glare before he said, "You may leave now."

Wordlessly, the assistant left.


1:15 pm

Cagalli Yula Attha was sitting on a big black chair behind her big oak desk with a big stack of papers in front of her. She was done signing most of them, and now she was bored.

She missed Athrun terribly, though she never told anyone about it. Why would she? Athrun Zala was a married man. It wasn't right for her to even think of him.

Then, as if her right hand had a mind of its own, Cagalli dialed Athrun's mobile phone number.


1:15 pm

Meanwhile, Athrun had walked home and was lying on his bed. He was browsing through his contacts' numbers when he saw a name: Cagalli.

He pressed the call button.

"The line is busy right now."

"Damn," Athrun muttered.


"The line is busy right now."

"Shit," Cagalli cursed.


Athrun tried to call again, but the line was still busy.

Is she doing this on purpose? He thought.

"Figures," he said aloud. "She obviously hates me."


1:16 pm

Cagalli almost jumped in surprise when her phone rang. She took a deep breath.

Please let it be you, Athrun, please let it be you, she thought as she picked up her phone and answered.

"Representative Attha?" It wasn't Athrun. It was Kisaka.

"Yes?" Cagalli said, though she really wanted to punch the 'end call' button.

"It's about your father, Cagalli," Kisaka said grimly. "Someone took a shot at him while he was having a Council meeting."

"W-What? I-Is he…"

"No, he's alive, but he's lost a lot of blood."

"Um, Kisaka, where… where is he?" Cagalli asked as she sobbed silently, tears endlessly flowing out of her amber eyes.

"Saint Lazarus Medical Center."

She hung up. She tried to convince herself that her father, Lord Uzumi, was going to be okay. But she wasn't really good at doing that.

Cagalli decided to get to that hospital. So she stood up, took her coat, and left the room.


December 6 CE 77 3:10 am

Shawn Frost was tossing and turning in his sleep. Almost every night he was like that. Dreaming. Dreaming of people he couldn't possibly know.

Shawn was walking along the sidewalk that day, his hands on his pockets, seemingly deep in thought. This was his thirteen-year old self.

His eyes were fixed on the ground. His attention was caught by a bright yellow colored clip, which was shaped like two crescent moons put together. He picked it up and looked at it some more.

Then he saw a girl with pink hair walk towards him.

"You found it," the girl said, smiling at Shawn. "Thank you so much."

"Um, no problem," Shawn said, staring at the girl as she fastened the clip to her hair.

"By the way, I'm Lacus Clyne," she said, extending her hand.

"Kira. Kira Yamato," Shawn heard himself say, as he thought, Kira? Who's Kira?

They both withdrew their hands and walked at a normal pace, all the while talking about their lives.

Shawn found her enjoyable. He knew they'd be good friends.


3: 12 am

"Chairman Frost seems to have a striking resemblance to Kira Yamato."

She thought she had gotten over him. She thought she would have an otherwise normal life without him. But Lacus knew she was wrong. She was wrong.

So wrong.

If Shawn Frost did look like Kira, then Lacus didn't want to see him. She didn't want to be reminded about that night. The night when Kira fell off that bridge.

Lacus sat on a big wooden chair facing her bedroom window and looked at the cloudless sky.

How was she going to get over him now? Was it even going to be possible, with the appearance of a person who looked exactly like Kira?


a/n: Was it okay? Or was it just plain confusing? Tell me what you think okay? By the way, if you don't know, Munchausen is German for "a tall story full of exaggerations told to impress people." Well, I'm gone. I think I'll go have an evening snack.