Close to Your Heart
By Angelics-d
My very first Gundam Seed/Gundam Seed Destinyfic.(at last!)
Disclaimer: The characters from Gundam Seed/Gundam Seed Destiny are not mine. If it is.. The ending of Gundam Seed would be Kira and Athrun's marriage! XP :slap:
Pairings? Read this fic to know it :laugh:ran away before anyone throws things:
Summary: The war has ended, peace returns once more. It has been half a year after their last battle when someone confessed to the ultimate Coordinator.
Warnings: OOC-ness (hopefully slight, not sure though..:sweatdrop:), Shonen-ai (at least:grin:), bad grammar (english is not my mother language :sigh: )
Okay, shonen-ai is boy-love-boy things, so if you don't like it, you'd better not read this fic :smile sweetly: Because it's a waste of time if you protesting something that had been warned, isn't it?
AN: I finally got a title for this one, for the reasons, you got it on chapter 4. Anyway, if any of you got a comment, please leave a review. Or maybe you want to critisized this fic? Don't hesitate to click the review button also, because I'll be happy to take them all. It would help me to improve won't it :smile:
Okay, to the fic then. Happy Reading!
'blahblah'-- thoughts
.:Chapter 1 - The Confession:.
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"Wh-what did you say just now?"
"I love you."
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The brunette dug his face into the pillow, remembering what happened the day before. Oh, yes, our Kira Yamato is depressed and hadn't left his bed since yesterday afternoon, causing worries to his friends and family-especially his only sister. Kira closed his eyes, replaying the scene when he took a walk downtown..
---Flashback---
"Kira-san!" A cheerful chirping voice called the brunette. A black-haired teen who waved enthuastically caught the attention of his amethyst eyes. "Haven't seen you around so much!" Shinn Asuka said as he stopped in front of the older teen, panting slightly.
Kira smiled gently before he replied, "Well, got works to do."
After the so called war, Shinn had decided to stayed at ORB, helping to run the orphanage Kira and Lacus once used to take care, maybe it's the way he would like to pay back of what he had done in the past. Lacus and Cagalli had their hands full of political things to deal with. Kira himself, who decided to be the blonde's bodyguard, tried his best to help the ORB leader after he was sure Shinn could take over his job at the orphanage. Well, Mwu and Murrue, who're now husband and wife, were also helping them running the orphanage even though they live in their own house, so it didn't worry him much.
And Athrun.. The brunette shook his head at the thought of his best friend, making a pair of ruby eyes look at him in confusion. After saying it's alright, both teens walked side by side and had some random chat, from daily things to political ones. It's been months since they last met anyway.
"Where's Tori?" Shinn glanced around, trying to get a view of the green robotic bird. Kira laughed lightly as he saw the innocent face of his friend. Shinn definitely looks like a little kid now.
"I left him with Cagalli. She needs a friend to accompany her."
"So you're on your day off?" The brunette nodded. His amethyst eyes glowed in confusion when he saw the other teen's grin, but he didn't mind it.
"How's things with Lunamaria?" Kira asked the younger ex-pilot, who sighed a bit.
"We already broke up last week." The raven head shrugged a bit, hands behind his head. He and Lunamaria had been dating even before Shinn decided to stay at ORB. Eventually, they found out that their relationship was not going that well. "And she went back to PLANT last weekend." Shinn added.
"Oh, sorry to hear that.."
Shinn couldn't help to laugh when he saw the brunette apologized with a troubled-look on his face. "Don't worry about that Kira-san. I can go over it." Once again Kira smiled at him. And there's this comfortable silence until they reached the park.
"Want to take a bite?" The younger teen asked, pointing a crepe stall with his thumb. "It was pretty good you know."
"It won't hurt to try."
"Okay, just wait a minute!" Shinn rushed to the stall then, a hint of pink was on his cheek. Hey, wait a minute. Pink? On his cheek? Amethyst blinked few times as he look at the raven haired boy, who was ordering cheerfully. It didn't took long before the said boy came back with two crepes in his hands.
They enjoyed it with some chat in light subjects before Shinn hit a certain topic they hadn't talked about since they met.
"Have heard things about Athrun?" The brunette froze for a minute before he shook his head, making the other teen sighed. "That man is really something.." he mumbled and take another bite of his snack.
Athrun Zala had left to PLANT once again, tending to help things there. But the problem is, he never gave them any news about his well being, which concerned Kira a lot. Feeling the uneasiness from the older teen, Shinn patted Kira's shoulder. It was the thing the older boy found reassuring. But his mouth was a different thing..
"Why can't you just leave him be?"
"What?" Kira asked with a frown while the other boy munch the last piece of his crepe.
"He doesn't even give a damn to call or sent us emails." Shinn licked his fingers which got some syrup on it. "Why are you still waiting for him?"
Kira stayed silent for a moment before he replied, "Because, I'd like to.." Ruby eyes found themselves looking at the brunette frame. "I do believe he'll come back."
"Really?" The older ex-pilot turned his head to see the younger one's face. "But then why do you look like this?" he asked, making Kira frowned deeper. "Why do you look so desperate? So sad?" The brunette hang his head down, let his bangs covered his eyes. The black haired boy bit his lower lip at the image.
"I don't like to see you like this. I'd like you to be happy, Kira-san."
"Thank you, Shinn. But I'm okay."
"How can you be okay…?" Shinn pulled the older boy's shoulder, making them looking face to face. "..with those look on your eyes, you're not okay, Kira-san.."
Kira shook his head, avoiding eye contact with those piercing ruby eyes. "No, Shinn.. stop it."
"I won't." The younger boy countered with a hard tone. He's actually famous with his stubbornness, Kira knew it. Once the former Minerva cru set his mind, he won't change it easily. So, instead continuing the stupid argument-in Kira's opinion- the brunette decided to shut his mouth until Shinn satisfied with his babbling. But what came from the younger boy's mouth even shocking him.
"I love you Kira-san.." The amethyst blinked…. Blinked again.. and again. The ultimate coordinator needed a few seconds to get that clicked into his mind.
"Wh-what did you say just now?" He asked, but failed to hide his shock. He'd like to think he heard it wrong.
"I love you."
Kira froze at those words. He never expected Shinn to love him, even in his dreams. He opened and closed his mouth, couldn't find the exact words to react to those staring ruby.
"I really love you, Kira-san. And it's heartbreaking to see you like this." The raven-haired boy said because the brunette didn't say anything. "I'd like to see your eyes filled with warmth again.."
"Shinn, since when did you know.. that you love me?" Finally his words found its' way through his mouth.
"About one month when I fully realized it. But maybe two or three months because I fell for you before I realized it.." When the ruby-eyed boy saw the older teen widened his eyes, he continued, "Yeah, that's before I broke up with Luna. We already talked about it for weeks. That's when she also realized that she didn't really love me. When I said that I love you, she didn't mind, even she said she'll support us. I'm kind of glad for that actually."
Now Kira really found himself in loss for words. He brought his hand to rub his now aching temple. He had never had such a headache since.. maybe since the war ended.
Shinn put his hand on the brunette's cheek, making their eyes met. When the raven head leaned forward, Kira automatically turned his head away. His heart still couldn't accept it yet, and the younger boy knew that so he sighed.
"Well, I.. I'll be waiting then, Kira-san." Kira's amethyst eyes cast their gaze to the raven haired boy, who was smiling bitterly. That smile didn't last long as he started to say, "But I didn't lie. I truly love you and I'll protect you at any cost."
Then the younger teen stood up stretching his body. "Well, I gotta go back to the orphanage now. Today's pretty fun, Kira-san. I'll see you again, hopefully pretty soon." With a grin on his face, Shinn waved and made his way home, leaving the stunning Kira with his half finished crepe in his hand.
---End of Flashback---
Kira sighed. 'Athrun, I wish you're here..' But the brunette didn't even know how to contact his blue-haired friend. So he decided to sank his head into the pillow and sleep, didn't realized a pair of amber watching his form.
Slowly Cagalli closed the door to his brother room without a sound, not wanting him to realized her presence. She quickly made her way to where her-actually her brother's- visitors were waiting.
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"You told him?" A hint of disbelief was clear in the brunette's voice. Shinn just nod at her without taking away his gaze from his cup-which seems so interesting for his ruby eyes. Miriallia sighed in defeat. She came here to asked if the raven head knew something about her friend's strange behavior. She didn't expected to get this news and the boy in front of him was as stone-head as ever.
"I can't stand it." Finally came a reply from the said teen. "He looks so.. so unhappy."
"And exhausted." The freelance photographer added. "He has been working to his fullest for Cagalli-sama. But I had never seen him so furious like this you, know?"
Shinn automatically clutched his cup tighter. "I want to protect him. Is that wrong?" The boy protested, glaring at Miriallia, who sipped her coffee casually.
"I don't think it is.." The black haired teen smirked in satisfaction, but he pouted again as sapphire-eyed girl continued "..but you know who he gave his heart to, don't you?"
"Yeah." Shinn replied shortly and gulped his own coffee. "But! If that person is not being by his side, more over, making him worried like that, it's nonsense!" The ex-Archangel cru slapped her hand lightly on her forehead, this boy was too much for her to handle. "Whatever you said, I'll be by his side until that man made up his mind for sure!" Just how she wished Lacus would be here to handle this stubborn ex-gundam pilot.
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"Are you sure you okay?" Cagalli asked his brother, who nodded at her. Tori stood at her shoulder, tilted it's head as it looks at it's master.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Sorry to worry you, Cagalli." Kira said with a forced smile. But the frown on his sister's face interpreted that she didn't think so.
"I think you'd better get another day off." The brunette opened his mouth to protest, but the ORB leader put her finger on his lips. "You look depressed. You should take a day off and relaxed." His robotic friend also began to chirped. "Look, Tori might also think so." His sister added. Kira couldn't find a word to argue her, so he just nodded.
Honestly, he felt his head was about to explode. The brunette decided to went to the beach after he changed his clothes to his usual black suit. He just loved to feel the breeze and the salty scent. It's somewhat relaxing.
'Athrun.. where are you now?' He asked himself mentally as he stood there, facing the endless sea. 'Why didn't you give us any news..?' He indeed worried sick about his best friend. The blue-haired man always concern Kira a lot. For him not giving any new, there must be some reasons. Or at least that's what the brunette thought to calm himself. He blinked his amethyst eyes as his vision slowly went blur.
Not far away, Mwu and Murrue, who were on their way to the orphanage after shopping, saw the dark suit figure standing there. "Isn't that Kira-kun?" Murrue asked his husband, who perked up and narrowed his eyes.
"Yes, it is. Kira!" The blond man called the former Freedom pilot. But the figure stayed still, making the couple quirked an eyebrow. "What's the matter with him?"
Before they got time to wonder more, the teen fell forward and hit the sands. The adults gasped in surprised and quickly approached the brunette.
"KIRA!"
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"Why don't you just go back already?"
"I'm not ready yet.."
"Even though I said that your dearly beloved one was hit by a certain man?"
"It can't be hel…..WHAAT!" It took just a few seconds before a flash of red darted out of the room. The blond just sighed as he saw his friend's antic. A platinum-haired teen, who that red flash passed by, stunned near the blond.
"What the hell is happening?"
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The brunette opened his eyes to find himself laying on a queen-sized bed. The room looks familiar to him, yet his mind couldn't recognized it. Kira ran a hand to his forehead, feeling a terrible headache hovering his mind. A sound of door being opened caught his attention.
"Already awake, Kira-san? How do you feel?" Amethyst turned to see a pair of ruby look at him with concern. The raven head was bringing a tray with a bowl of porridge and a glass of water.
"Where.. am I..?" Kira asked him weakly. His voice was hoarse. That's when he recognized that his clothes was changed to a plain white shirt and a pair of black trousers. After setting the tray on the side table, Shinn helped the older teen to sat up and offer him a glass of water.
"The orphanage." The ex-ZAFT replied when the brunette took a sip of water. "You fainted at the beach. Luckily Mwu-san spotted you and hurriedly brought you here.."
A weak "Mm.." was his answer, making Shinn frown in worry. Especially because the older teen was also suffering a fever. "You should eat before you sleep again. Even a little will do." When Kira turned down the offer, the other boy plead him with his rock-like-stubbornness. And to the others-who was listening outside the room- expectation, Shinn won the argument. Kira let the ruby-eyed boy to help him to eat then because the said boy was persuading to do so, saying that the brunette's body was too weak and might spill his food.
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Cagalli grumbled as she picked up the ringing phone. She already got pretty stressful with her job, added with her only brother's behavior that keeps nagging her mind, and now the rings made her headache worse. Tori jumped a few steps away from the phone when it saw Cagalli's hand hovering at the noisy thing.
But then it all went poof when a familiar voice greeted him at the other side of the line. "Murrue-san? Long time no see." She greeted the ex-commander warmly. "What's make you call? Eh? Kira? How's he?" The blonde couldn't hide her worries, but a few moments later she slumped into her chair, relaxed. "Oh, that's good. Okay, just let him rest there. He won't be able to relaxed here anyway. Okay, please take care of him. Yeah, I know.. Thanks."
The moment she hang up the phone, the door to his room slammed open, revealing a panting man in black jacket. It made Cagalli almost jumped out of her skin, but then her eyes widened when she realized who was standing there. Tori, which flew outside when the slam happened-I think it's just as surprised as Cagalli-, got back and landed on the princess' chair bar, chirping softly.
"Whe.. re.. is.. he..?" The man asked her between his gasps before she could say a word. But the cut words was not clear, making the blonde quirked an eyebrow in confusion.
"What?"
"Where's Kira?" The man asked again as he managed to steadied his breath.
"He's in the orphanage right now. By the way….." And there the man dashed in the speed of light through the hallway before the ORB princess could continue her speech. "Can't you just wait a second to answer my question?" She mumbled irritatedly, of course, she got no answer beside the chirping sound of the robotic bird since the said man already got in his car and drove to the orphanage. Hopefully he won't get an accident or a problem with policemen since he drove his car in a high speed, very high speed to be precise.
A/N: I made this chapter in just two days :jumping around: Well, it suddenly popped out of nowhere in my head so I quickly typed it before it's gone XD
Go go stubborn Shinn! I just love to see him that stubborn XD
I haven't decided who Kira would end up with.. With Shinn? With that mysterious man?(Bet you know who he is:grin:) Or maybe a threesome? XD :ran before anyone start to throw things at me:
Anyway, just leave your thoughts at the review. Thankies for reading :waves:
Angelics-d