Highschool Drama

By Rosegirl18


Chapter 15: Unending Pain

A silence settled within the trio of Shinn, Lunamaria, and Mayu, slowly processing what had happened.

"Shinn!" Mayu finally shrieked, getting hold of Shinn's wrists. "You – you…"

He didn't respond, looking blindly at the touch. Lunamaria walked up to him and touched his shoulder. She then started to shake him, but he didn't give a sign that he was affected in any way.

Mayu started to sob quietly, sniffling childishly.

"Get a hold of yourself!" Lunamaria cried, addressing both the siblings.

Mayu turned to her tearfully, and Shinn didn't acknowledge both at all, only staring down at his wrists.

"Shinn," Lunamaria started, attempting to say something. But before she could, Shinn's eyes closed and he fell to the floor, losing consciousness.

"Oh my goodness!" Mayu shrieked, running to the floor. "What's happening?"

"C-calm down," Lunamaria burst out, her heart beating rapidly from the uncalled for shock. "H-he's…"

"Let's take him to the hospital."

"Yes, I was going to say that, of course."


"Lack of nutrition." The doctor said, saying it to them calmly. "Has he been starving?"

"Um…I suppose," Mayu said, under the heavy stares from Lunamaria and the doctor. "Well, he's been locked in his room for approximately a month."

The doctor clicked his tongue disapprovingly. "Whatever caused that to happen?"

"Long story," Mayu whispered.

Lunamaria started questioning the doctor, now that the scare had worn off. "What about water? He couldn't possibly had lasted this long without water."

The doctor shrugged. "Maybe he drank out the washroom tap in his room."

"He was sane enough to do that?"

"Who knows? I wasn't with the lad in his room."

Shinn lied still on the hospital bed, wanting his dream to continue. Stellar was calling to him. She wanted to talk with him. But these lights were blocking his way. And the voices that were far too loud…

"Shinn? Oh my, Lunamaria! He's stirring!"

Mayu?

"What? He's waking up?"

Lunamaria?

Shinn opened his eyes reluctantly, being met with the glaring lights of the room. Almost immediately, he was greeted with the weight of Mayu on him as she hugged him.

"M-Mayu…"

"I can't believe it!" Mayu sobbed, "Shinn, I thought you were really going to kill yourself!"

Lunamaria finally let out a breath of relief. Shinn had actually come back into civilization again.


The manager clucked, disapprovingly but not overly so, as he knew exactly who these two young men standing before him were. "Please make sure to tell them not to do this again," he told them, "As you can see, this is a peaceful environment enjoyed by our hospitalized patients and their traumatizing family members."

"I'm sorry," apologized Athrun, "We'll tell them."

As Kira and Athrun turned their backs, the manager shook his head one more time, muttering under his breath, "Rich little teenagers…"

The two reached Kira's room slowly, still absorbing what they assumed to have happened.

"I'm going," stated Kira, "Did you bring your car?"

"Yeah," Athrun said, not forcing him to stay in the blank hospital any longer. "Cagalli never had the key, so I'm sure it's there."

"So they walked back, huh?" Kira said quietly. "They're being real problems."

"We'll catch up to them," Athrun handed his friend his jacket, because he was wearing only hospital clothes. "Let's go."

As they expected, the car was in the parking lot, and they promptly got on it, intent on catching up to Cagalli and Lacus. And maybe, even Fllay.

The silence was deafening in the car. Athrun and Kira had no problem with silence when they were together, but today's situation was different. They had a purpose that seemed to go nowhere. Athrun turned on the radio.

"…And now I'll be talking about the new rapist at large, down at the Plants Square, there has been an enormous commotion. He has got by police after three widely reported rape attacks, especially near the upper side of the city, near a high school named Heliopolis High…"

Athrun switched off the radio. Kira had gone cold. "Athrun… what if…"

"Don't think about it, Kira. The girls can't have reached our school yet. Even if you've ran most of the way, it's practically impossible." Athrun reassured Kira, not looking up from his driving. "Besides, your sister is a tough person to attack. Even Lacus excels in self defense."

"Yeah, you're right." Kira replied, although still nervous. He could feel the roar of the car as Athrun increased the speed.


"I hate you! I hate you!" Fllay repeated over and over as she continued to run at full speed to no destination. Lacus Clyne, Cagalli Yula Attha, they were all people who were out to bring her down, to take Kira away. "Damn it!" She screamed, physically unable to run any more. Her shoes had become ruined, and her feet were bleeding. She fell to her knees, trying to catch her breath.

"I…won't…let…her…!"

Thump, thump, thump.

Fllay looked up, suddenly afraid. She then realized that she was at the back of the school, and was slightly relieved by the familiar image. Then she remembered what had made her look up.

Footsteps.

They were getting closer to her, with its heavy, dangerous sound. Fllay could hear her heart start to beat rapidly.

What the hell are you worried about, Fllay Allster? It's probably just the janitor or something.

But he wasn't the janitor, or something else. The predator grabbed her and put his hand over her mouth, and like that, the inheritor of the Allster fortune was carried off into the depths of darkness.


12:03 pm.

Lacus and Cagalli had reached the Attha residence. They sat collapsed on the cream-colored couch in the main living room.

"Cagalli?" Mayu emerged out of the hallway, wearing a surprisingly pleasing expression. "And Lacus, too."

"Hi, Mayu," Cagalli said. "Looks like you're having a good day today."

Unexpectedly, the younger girl burst into emotional tears. "Yes, I am," she said, "You won't believe this, but Shinn woke up today."

Both girls sat up, stunned. "Are you serious?"

Mayu nodded. "Lunamaria forced him out, but he collapsed out of hunger, so we had to take him to the hospital, where he got some pills and stuff and returned home. Lunamaria went home about an hour ago."

"Is that so…" Lacus said. "That's good to hear." Continuously, she reminded herself that Stellar's death was not Shinn's fault. In fact, Shinn was the one who had made Stellar feel the happiest.

Mayu realized what the disheveled shape the pair were in, and asked them why.

Cagalli gave her a half smile. "We got involved in a…" Bitchfight.

"…an elevating discussion." Lacus finished. "Say, is it alright if I stay over here for the night?"

"S-sure, I'm positive that Father and Mother won't mind at all." Mayu replied, slightly overtaken by the unusual behavior of her upperclassmen. "If you guys want to visit Shinn at any time, we'll be in his room."

"Alright Mayu, thanks." Cagalli said. She and Lacus climbed up the marble stairs that led to the twins' rooms.

Once in Cagalli's room, they sat down in the white chairs that matched the intricate coffee table in the middle of the room. Cagalli took out a cake from the room's private kitchen and asked Lacus if she wanted tea. Lacus accepted.

And then they went into their discussion.

"Fllay will likely try to make our lives miserable after that fight," Cagalli said seriously. "With her current inheritance and crazed state of mind, there's no doubt that the next few days – months even – won't be a picnic party."

"Yes, I understand that," Lacus said. "What I did was rash."

"There's no reason to feel regretful, Lacus," Cagalli reassured her, "It needed to happen, especially since Kira got into that accident…"

A ringing interrupted their conversation. Cagalli took out her cellphone and answered. "Athrun? Where are you right now? How's Kira?"

"Kira is awake," Athrun said.

"Thank goodness." Lacus let out a breath.

"What were you guys doing down at the café?" Athrun continued. The two girls stiffened. "Is Lacus alright?"

"Y-Yes," Cagalli stammered, "She's fine. She's with me right now in my room. Let's meet up."

"Alright, Kira's with me right now. We're passing by Plants Square, so we'll be there in ten minutes."

"Okay."

"And Cagalli – be safe, okay? I heard there was… a rapist on the loose."

"Don't worry about it," Cagalli smiled. She hung up.

They stayed still for a while. "I guess we'll have some explaining to do." Lacus stated.

"Yeah. But it was all for the best, right?"

"Right." Lacus confirmed.

And they waited, unmoving from their places until the two boys showed up.


"What were you thinking?" Athrun lectured as soon as he sat down. "You know what might happen… with that girl like that. And you say she ran out? To where?"

"How are we supposed to know?" Cagalli countered. "It needed to happen!"

Athrun sighed. "But there could have been other ways…"

Cagalli mirrored his action. "How? Lacus did the right thing. She did it for Kira. You and I know her as best as anyone, Athrun. Have you ever seen her look for trouble?"

Kira stayed quiet, avoiding the looks that everyone at the table was throwing at him. Athrun's worried ones, Cagalli's accusing ones, and Lacus's nervous looks.

She's guilty, he realized, she thinks she made me unhappy…

"I think it was necessary," Kira spoke up suddenly, cutting all reasoning that Cagalli and Athrun were trying to talk into one another.

"K-Kira…?" Athrun asked tentatively, "Are you serious?"

"It was my fault," Kira said. "I brought everyone to this. This event is all at my expense."

"That's wrong, Kira!" Lacus finally exclaimed, "It was my fault. I shouldn't have pushed Fllay that far."

Kira shook his head. "I'm sorry Lacus. I was really going to break up with her. And now…"

Cagalli let out a disapproving noise, "We'll have to find her. At this time of night, she might get herself into some trouble that'll get us and her into some immense trouble."

Athrun agreed. "Just now, on the radio, I heard some news about a dangerous criminal…Kira and I were pretty worried about that."

"We could always make the police force strengthen the security." Cagalli suggested. "With the influence of Athrun, me and Kira, and Lacus, we'd have more than enough to make the police sweat."

"That's true," Lacus said. "Shall we try it?"

"Okay, call them." Kira consented.

Lacus called the station, and first asked them if they had captured the rapist yet.

"Well, no…" the receiver replied. The person seemed to be nervous.

"The Attha, Zala, and Clyne family were wondering if the security around there would be a bit strengthened around the Plants Square area."

"The thing is…"

The three watched as Lacus turned pale.

"What's the matter?" Kira asked immediately. Lacus clicked off the phone, shaking.

"They've gotten another victim…"

Her companions froze.

"…And? Anything else?" Cagalli finally asked, dreading the possible answer. They had walked past Plants Square. They had walked past Heliopolis High. They had walked past every place that the rapist could have been. But Fllay had run out before them by about ten minutes. Could it be that the reason they weren't attacked was because… the rapist was already preoccupied?

"R-red hair." Lacus managed to choke out. "They said that… the victim had red hair, but she's still an… unidentified…"

"Stop!" Kira yelled. He stood up, shaking. "I-I'll go. I'll go and identify her."

"That's preposterous!" Cagalli cried. "I won't let you."

"Neither will I," Athrun agreed.

Lacus looked around frantically, trying to calm down herself so that she could calm down everyone else.

"I'm going." Kira went to his room to dress, and left the three as they were until they heard footsteps going down the stairs.

"Ah, Kira! Did you hear that Shinn…"

"Sorry Mayu, no time for that now."

"B-but…"

And Kira left all of them and left in his car, to face something the most fearsome event in his life. And already, he felt his feelings swirling around his chest, and the preparation for a hole that would appear in his heart to haunt him forever.

Back in Cagalli's room, the two finally sat down, dazed and stunned. Their eyes were blank, trying to find a reason within themselves.

"Oh my," Lacus said quietly, "I killed her. I killed Fllay."

Cagalli and Athrun stayed silent. They could see her crumble, but they couldn't do anything. The pink-haired girl sank to her knees, starting to cry silently. Anguish filled all their hearts, realizing that she had never been one to cry before.

"It'll be okay," Cagalli said, going down on her knees and wrapping her friend in her arms. "Everything will work out…as long as we keep each other close."

And they found relief in her words, although the doubt was in the air – would they be able to stay together with all that was threatening to keep them apart?


Shinn looked at himself, running his fingers against the wounds that he had inflicted on himself during his month-long withdrawal in his room. "I can't feel anything…" he said.

Mayu smiled at him despite his words. "Don't worry Shinn, you'll get over this. I'm sure."

Shinn nodded reluctantly. He really hadn't felt anything, and he still couldn't. From the moment that he woke up from the hospital, his eyes had been rudely wrenched open, but he still couldn't find it within himself why he was like this.

"But the doctor says you were kept alive because you probably drank out of the tap in your room's washroom," Mayu continued with her positive attitude. "I was so glad to hear that – you still must have felt enough to keep yourself alive."

Shinn shook his head. "Stellar told me to," he said. "She made me drink the water."

Mayu was confused when she heard his reply. "Stellar? What are you talking about, Shinn?"

"She was with me," he insisted. "Always, she appeared at the same time and made me drink, and sleep."

"You can't die, Shinn. If you do, Stellar will be sad."

"But Stellar, if I die, I can be with you forever."

She gave him a radiant smile, just like she always had. "But Shinn, Stellar loves Shinn, so if you die, Shinn's loved ones will be sad."

Shinn looked down, unable to say anything. He wanted to die. He wanted to be with Stellar.

"What about Mayu, Shinn?" Stellar asked. "And Lunamaria, Rey, Athrun, Kira, Cagalli, and your uncle and aunt? They will all be very sad. Stellar does not have the right to take you away from everyone."

"But – "

"Don't make this happen to yourself, Shinn." She picked up his lifeless and bleeding arm and cradled it, stroking it with her glowing hands. "Now go to sleep, Shinn. Stellar will sing you a song."

And then he obeyed, drifting off to a few moments of serenity, hearing her beautiful voice.

Shinn blinked back tears, realizing that he really could never see her again, or at least not for a long time.

"I…don't really understand what happened, but I'm sure Stellar's happy that you're alive like this, Shinn. Remember, the reason she is gone now is because she wanted you to fulfill your dreams. She traded her dream for yours."

"Shinn!"

That last cry made Shinn blink again, to finally wake. "I understand, Stellar, I'll go on… for you."

Mayu smiled at her brother, realizing that he was finally accepting what was happening. Happy with just this moment to be with her brother again, she forgot about all the other strange things that had been happening today.

Such as Cagalli, Lacus, Athrun, and Kira all suddenly going up to Cagalli's room and talking for a long time, then Kira going out absentmindedly, or focused too much on one subject.

"Say, Shinn, want to go catch a movie with Lunamaria, Rey, and everyone?"

Shinn looked up, thinking about the results. "Alright…" he said after a slight hesitation. "It's about time I matured a bit."

"Great! I heard that Aquamarine is coming out."

"No."

"What? You don't even know what kind of movie that is!"

"It sounds like a chick flick."

"Alright then, how about The DaVinci Code? It's still on."

"What? It came out already?"

"Yeah, while you were in your room."

And the siblings started to advance on in life again, oblivious of the other problem that was starting right after many was being solved, or seemed to be solving.


A/N: MWA HA HA Another early release, everyone. The thing is, I got so encouraged by all your reviews that I was so productive these past two weeks

Nowadays I've been discouraged by school, so I feel somewhat dazed. I can't keep myself together either, since it's summer now, and my birthday's coming up this Sunday (June 18th), Yay! On the 17th fellow fanfiction author and my Jap 9 classmate, Makino114 will go to the mall, so I'm looking forward to this weekend. Makino114 writes many Bleach fanfictions, so go and check them out! And even her KiraxLacus oneshot! Again, thank you so much for all your support everyone. I smile so wide that my cheeks hurt every time I read each of your comments. Also, I'll be gone for a month and I half starting July 14th, so I'll update on the 13th again and return with another chapter at the end of my trip on August 16th. I'm going to Korea, by the way. My grandma has brain cancer :(

GO GO KOREA YAY FIFA 2006! (Sorry, I just had to put that in there… you know how us Koreans are so devoted to cheering XD)