Author's Note: Hello all! Thank you everyone who left a review. To those who weren't able to, I'm sorry but I didn't realize Anonymous Reviews were Disabled. After posting the story I was afraid this might happen so I looked around for a few days but I couldn't find out where to check. Anyway, when I finally found it, I Enabled it so it shouldn't be a problem. By the way, I plan to update weekly with about 1500 words a chapter so please be patient. x.x'

Koyou: About Cagalli having green eyes, I always thought they looked brown but I wasn't positive so I just went by what SeedGenesis said.

Rosegirl18: Thanks for the C2 suggestion but yeah I already knew about it. By the way, I love 'Highschool Drama!' and 'Broken Heart'. I'll just try my best to ignore the AthrunCagalli romance. o.o"

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Seed, though I think that's going to change soon. -Shoulders slump in denial.-

Wandering Hearts

Archangel

Exiting the hospital bay and heading for his room, one agitated Kira Yamato sighed at his luck. He had been stuck in that hospital bed for nearly a week just for some minor bruises and a relatively small gash on his right forearm. Though as he thought back at the past several days, he couldn't help but smile. At one time or another, all of his friends managed to stop by to wish him well. Cagalli and Lacus in particular came everyday to take care of him. Shifting his thoughts to the two, he couldn't help but scratch his head in confusion as he recalled their strange behavior. Although he relished the time the two spent taking care of him or simply keeping him company, it seemed like any time he focused his attention on one of them, he'd find himself the target of a sad or angry look from the other, only to have the look replaced by a smile when he turned to them.

Grasping his head and shaking it momentarily, he was able to pull himself out of any further thoughts though at the cost of a mild headache. Er, this is what I get for trying to understand women. Rubbing his head and sighing, he blushed when he noticed two female crew members giggling at him as they headed in his direction. Looking down in embarrassment and to avoid their gaze, he was relieved when they passed him and were nearly out of earshot before he heard a whispered "He's so cute!". If possible, his blush deepened before he managed to shrug it off.

As Kira resumed his journey to his room, he soon approached an entrance that he recognized as one leading to the Mobile Suit hangar. With nothing better to do in his room, he decided to take a detour as he made his way towards the hangar to check up on his Gundam. With a slight hiss and release of air, the entrance doors parted ways in response to his presence. Upon entering, Kira gasped when he saw the condition of his Freedom standing in the distance.

Being too far away to examine it closely, Kira slowly drifted across the catwalk towards the wreckage. Passing only a few technicians on the way, he soon reached the Freedom with little hassle and his eyes quickly surveyed the damage it had sustained. Although he wasn't surprised to find it so heavily damaged, he still frowned at what was left of the body. Truth be told, it wasn't a whole body anymore. Although a lot of the dents and burned areas were merely superficial damage, it was still missing at least half of it's limbs and the ones that were left were more than a little scathed from it's last battle with the Providence. Examining his own injuries and then looking back at the Freedom's, he smiled gratefully before mumbling a quiet "Thank you...". I'll make sure you're restored back to normal.

As several minutes passed, he continued to stare at the Gundam almost affectionately until the slight movement of yellow caught his eye. Turning to the object, he was happy to find Cagalli standing before her Strike Rouge a few mobile suits away. From the look of concentration adorned on her face and the clipboard she was quickly scribbling on, it seemed she was doing a damage check up as well. Kicking off the ground to accelerate, he made his way towards her.

To Kira's surprise, as he shortened the gap between them she still hadn't noticed him. For some reason only God would know, he had the sudden urge to scare her. Do I really want to risk being sent back to the hospital so soon...? To his displeasure, he found himself moving more stealthily as the gap between them shortened to a few feet. Maybe that last battle with the Providence caused some brain damage too... Oh well. Drifting behind Cagalli, he was relieved to find she still hadn't noticed him yet and was busy writing on the clipboard. Moving so he stood only a few inches behind her, he lowered his head so that it was level with hers before gently whispering "Cagalli" into her right ear.

In the hangar, everyone who was near jumped at the shriek that echoed throughout the room before turning to the source. Upon finding a blonde girl who they assumed was responsible, nearly everyone cringed at the angry "KIRA!" shout that was followed. Turning to her companion, most snickered as they noticed him smiling sheepishly with a slight grin on his face at the blonde. Those who were snickering soon bursted out into laughter as they watched the grin on the boy's face fade to one of utter fear and then shock and pain as the blonde drove a not so gentle right punch into his stomach. To their displeasure, the blonde then looked around the hangar and glared at them before an even angrier "GET BACK TO WORK!" followed. Startled by the shout, everyone instantly turned back to their work for fear of receiving the same punishment as the poor boy.

Pain. Boy did he feel pain. She's too strong for my own good... Continuing to clutch his stomach and moaning quietly, he was alarmed to find the cause of his pain suddenly lifting his chin up to look at her. As the last remnants of her angry expression vanished, she smiled at him teasingly as she said "I didn't hit you that hard. Besides, I already warned you not to do that." Sweatdropping at her first comment, he was about to reply when he was suddenly pulled into a warm embrace as a pair of slender arms circled around his back. Blushing from such an open show of affection, Cagalli buried her head into his chest in an attempt to hide her now brightly glowing red cheeks before quietly asking "How are you feeling?"

To Kira's surprise, he found himself returning Cagalli's hug before he could think otherwise. Kira blushed and was relieved when she decided to rest her head against his chest rather than looking at him. Steadying his voice in an effort to stay calm he responded, "Pretty well. The doctor just released me less than an hour ago."

As both their blushes began to fade, Cagalli decided to take the opportunity to look up at him sternly before saying, "What are you doing here? You should get some more rest. Have you even eaten yet?" To her disappointment, he removed his right hand from around her to reach up and scratch the back of his head sheepishly. Fortunately however, he soon placed it back around her. Almost blushing at the thought, she managed to fight off the heat in her cheeks before he could notice.

Looking back at the Freedom that stood in the distance, Kira nervously replied, "Eh no I haven't eaten yet. I was just heading back to my room though when I decided to check up on the Freedom." Though he already had a good idea why, he turned back to her before asking, "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be helping Lacus and the others with the peace negotiations?"

Shrugging in his embrace, she wore a bored expression at the mention of the peace negotiations. "Same as you, I'm here to check the damage the Strike Rouge suffered in the last battle. As for the peace negotiations, I'm not really needed. We just have to basically make sure ZAFT and the Earth Alliance remain calm and clear headed so that there'll be a fair treaty. Anyway since I haven't eaten either, why don't we grab some lunch?" Nodding in response, the two released each other from the hug as they turned in the opposite direction that Kira entered.

As they moved forward Cagalli blushed when Kira's hand reached over to grasp her own. From the corner of her eye she glanced at their intertwined hands and then his face. From the oblivious expression he wore she doubted Kira was even aware of what he had just done. What surprised her the most though was that she hoped he wouldn't notice and luckily he didn't.

Mentally, she thought What's wrong with me? Why am I so glad he didn't notice? To her dismay, a voice inside her mind responded Because then he'd move his hand. Unable to deal with her conflicting thoughts, she just cleared her mind and settled for enjoying the warm feel of his hand. From the command center that overlooked the hangar two people, who had been watching the whole scene unfold, frowned deeply.

On the verge of tears though managing to hold it back, a beautiful maiden of pink hair and azure eyes clenched her fists in determination as she thought Kira...I won't lose you...

Her companion, a boy of the same age as she with blue hair and emerald eyes continued to frown as he thought Cagalli...? Kira...what are you doing...