Significant Other

Chapter Two – Don't mess with Kave

As they approached the classroom Athrun spotted Yzak and Dearka having a rather loud argument.

"No! That's final! I'm not paying off your debt!" Dearka blinked.

"I said I'd pay you back!"

"I wasn't born yesterday Dearka! The reason why you're in debt is because you never-" Yzak cut himself off. "Oh hey Athrun. Kira you look horrible." Kira sighed.

"Thanks guys." Dearka turned to his friend.

"Don't change the topic."

"I'm not!"

"Yes you did-" Dearka looked at them as though suddenly remembering something. "Keep your head up, Kave's in a horrific mood today." Yzak nodded seriously before frowning.

"We think it's because his father recently married some whore." Kira blinked.

"You shouldn't say things like that about other people." Yzak stared at him as though he had grown another head.

"You're kidding right? Kira, that bastard broke your arm."

"He apologized afterwards." Dearka closed his eyes.

"That's because it was either that or he did forty hours of community service."

"Even if it wasn't sincere he still decided to apologize."

"God to think you know martial arts." Dearka groaned. Yzak gave him a very curious look.

"If you're not going to use it to defend yourself why the hell did you spend your time learning it?"

"It looked like fun." Yzak smacked himself.

"Oh my head." Athrun smiled.

"So Dearka, still haven't paid off your debt."

"No. No I have not. But Yzak here kindly offered to pinch in. Didn't ja?"

"Why the hell did you bring that up again?" Yzak growled. "Listen Kira you tell Opal, me or…" He glanced at Dearka but then snorted. "Or Athrun if Kave's on your ass. The last think you need right now is an injury." Dearka glared at him.

"Hey!"

"Is that concern Yzak?" Athrun asked with a grin and Yzak blinked, narrowing his eyes in a very deadly glare.

"Something wrong about that?"

"You know Kira I'd be glad to help you out if need be." Yzak waved Dearka's comment aside.

"He'd lose in a pillow fight with a bunch of girls. Don't count him in with anything that requires effort, strength or intelligence."

"I beat you in that race the other day."

"Listen Asshole! You tripped me! I would have won."

"That's a lie and you know it." Kira sighed, walking by them and entering the classroom. Athrun heard a shout and turned seeing Nicol making his way over with a very flushed face.

"I missed the bus." He explained.

"Don't tell me you ran the whole way here?"

"Yeah." The second bell rang and they made their way in the classroom. They were written down on the attendance sheet as being late even though they'd been standing outside the classroom door for the last three minutes.


Kira glanced at Nicol as he took a seat beside him, breathing hard.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine…" Nicol took a deep breath looking at him. "You however look like you've been…" Another deep breath. "Through the ringer."

"You're not having a heart attack are you?" Nicol laughed.

"I had to run the whole way here from my house is all." Kira's eyebrows rose.

"Don't you live way over on Angel road?"

"Yeah."

"That's quite the run."

"It is isn't it?" Athrun took a seat on his other side, looking slightly aggravated. Kira would hazard a guess it was because of Kave.


Lacus slowly approached the group of girls. She was slightly intimidated about how they would think of her and she never really was the athletic type to begin with so she could already see them laughing. The teacher smiled at her and beckoned her over.

"Don't be shy child…" Lacus walked in front of them all and the teacher wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "Listen up! This is Lacus Clyne! She's just recently moved here and I want you all to giver her a warm welcome to this class and school." Everyone nodded and the teacher blew her whistle, shouting at them to line up. She got behind a girl with blonde hair, who quickly turned and smiled at her.

"Hi I'm Cagalli. That girl over there is Milly." Milly waved as she went through a large black bag of equipment, no doubt looking for something.

"I'm Lacus it's a pleasure to meet you Cagalli."


"Aiiiiiiieeeee!" A girl who went by the name of Stellar had to dive out of the way as the ball rocketed towards her. They were supposed to be playing baseball but it was taking her such a long time just to hit it.

"Foul!" The teacher yelled and Lacus sighed. At least she had hit it that time.

"Come on Lacus swing into the ball!"

"No! Don't do that." Milly yelled. "Get your hands closer together on the bat."

"Spread your legs apart a bit more!" Luna shouted from behind the batting cage.

"Concentrate!" Shouted Meyrin. She laughed.

"Girls one at a time. I'm flattered you're trying to help me but…"

"Pay attention!" Cagalli screamed and she turned, swinging. It was quite a satisfying feeling hitting the ball and Lacus blinked, surprised as she saw it fly above everyone's heads.

"I hit it." She said amazed. She then gasped as she saw where it was going to land. A girl with red hair was talking with a boy, laughing merrily. She heard Cagalli gasp, running from behind the batting cage to her side.

"This is too good to be true. It's just too good."

"She's going to get hurt." Lacus whispered putting a hand over her mouth. The ball descended and even though it was quite the distance between them she heard it collide. She winced and was going to go to her side when a couple dozen girls were suddenly surrounding her.

"Wow! Lacus! That was beautiful!"

"Luna! Get the Camera!"

"I couldn't have planned it better!" She didn't understand what was so wonderful. Someone had gotten hurt because of her.

"Lacus. I'll explain later." Cagalli whispered and she nodded sadly.


A spare block laid conveniently in the middle of the day for both Cagalli and Lacus, much to their surprise. Since Lacus didn't know anybody Cagalli had offered to hang out with her and show her around the school. After doing so they had gone outside and currently sat on the steps that led to the entrance of their school.

"What's the matter?" Cagalli asked when she noticed that Lacus was silent.

"I hurt that poor girl and didn't apologize. I have to go find her."

"Nah. That was just Flay. She deserves what she got. Hell, I wish it knocked her teeth out."

"Cagalli!" Lacus gasped. "That's not a very nice thing to say."

"After what Flay put my brother through I have every right to be mean."

"You have a brother?"

"We're twins." Cagalli closed her eyes for a moment. "I'm the older one though."

"That must be nice having a sibling."

"Yeah. He's quite the guy. Unfortunately his nature allows for other people to take advantage of him often. Like Flay did." Lacus tilted her head, giving her a questioning look. "They went out for awhile but all Flay wanted out of it were the gifts, attention and money. She cheated on him, gave nothing in return and when he got sick she dumped him cause he couldn't find the strength to go out with her every night."

"I still feel bad for hurting her."

"You sound a lot like my brother when you say things like that. He's kind but to a fault. He's always being hurt or picked on. And for the last couple weeks or so he's been really sick. When we were in elementary school together all he had for a friend was Athrun. Then he moved away…" Lacus gave her a sad look. "That's the reason why we moved here actually… Athrun goes to this school. When our father died we got a lot of money so we could actually afford a house around here."

"What about your mother?"

"Never knew her." Lacus looked at her hands.

"So you two are alone?"

"Pretty much. But we manage."

"So you're happy here?"

"Yeah. But unfortunately a kid named Kave goes here as well and for some reason he despises Kira. He actually managed to break his arm last year." Lacus looked at her, alarmed.

"Pardon?"

"Kira wasn't angry or anything. In fact he forgave Kave when he was forced to make an apology. Even though it wasn't sincere… But ever since that incident a lot of people who knew Kira were angered and since then they're always looking out for him." Lacus smiled.

"He sounds very kind." Cagalli nodded

"Yeah. He is."

Suddenly, the fire alarm in the school went off and Lacus looked at her.

"That sounds different from the other bell."

"That's the fire alarm. It's probably just a fire drill." Lacus clapped her hands together, suddenly excited.

"Lets join in."


Another chapter done! Please R&R. This story is getting a bit easier for me! YEP! Thanks for the reviews! They helped me get on track. A special thanks to my editor.