The Heart Doesn't Lie

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny or any of the characters in this story

This is my first attempt at fanfic and it is not the one I had originally started writing, but an idea that came up when I was thinking about the other. This will be shounen-ai eventually which is boy love, so if you don't like that kind of thing maybe you should not read this story. Also this story is AU.

Chapter 1

Athrun Zala sighed as he sat down for probably the first time all day. The day had been a long one filled with a lot of running back and forth. Kusanagi Academy would be holding a Halloween Festival for all younger kids in the area. This is a festival that is held every year in order to let children celebrate Halloween with out having to go around door to door.

Somehow this year Athrun had been nominated to be the chairman of the festival committee, which basically meant a lot of hard, time consuming work for him. He still has not figured out exactly why he had accepted the position in the first place. Maybe it had something to do with all those pleading eyes that had been staring at him. Some of them had looked like they would burst into tears if he said no.

"I'm just too nice of a guy, too nice for my own good. To think I was defeated by the puppy dog looks." Athrun said to himself only to find out that he had been overheard.

"Are you just figuring that out Athrun? I could have told you that a long time ago. You really have to become immune to the puppy dog look, everyone knows it is your weakness." stated Kira Yamato, Athrun's best friend.

"What? My weakness? What are you talking about Kira? I don't have that kind of weakness." Athrun told him.

Kira laughed, "Yes you do. Like I said everyone knows it, except you it seems. People know that when you don't want to do something if they give you the puppy dog look you will eventually cave and agree."

"No way. That's not true and ...and what about you. You are the same way."

"So you admit it is true then, and I'm not the same way. Only certain people can effectively use that look on me. Not just about anyone like you." Kira corrected his friend.

"Certain people, huh? Am I one of those people?" Athrun asked him throwing him the puppy dog look to see what effect it would have on Kira.

Kira could not help but laughed again, ":Athrun you just look silly when you do it. You don't have the right personality to use it. Nobody would buy it, but you do not need it. People normally do what you ask of them. They like to help you out."

"And why is that? Why do people like to help me out?"

"Because you don't ask for help very often, but you are always giving it. Because you are a nice guy, too nice for your own good sometimes, as you have already said." Kira answered truthfully.

"I'm not always that nice, am I?" To Athrun the way Kira was talking made him sound like a pushover and he did not consider himself a pushover. So he liked helping others but that did not mean he always let people take advantage of him.

Kira looked over at Athrun with a small smirk on his face, he wanted to tease Athrun a little more, "if you weren't then you never would have had to play the part of Snow White when our class did that play, what has it been now, 7 years ago."

"You don't have to remind me about that. Playing the role of a girl just because the class believed I fit the part better than any of the girls in our class." Athrun stated with a trace of annoyance in his voice. That was really not a good memory for him. After the play the whole school had treated him like he was a princess and he had not like it at all.

"Well Snow White was suppose to have dark hair and fair skin. You fit that description completely. No one else did." Kira said, chuckling softly.

"She was also a female which I am not." Athrun stated a bit harsher than he had intended. Kira looked at him with concern. "Sorry, I'm just a little tired. This festival work is really wearing me out. I didn't mean to yell at you, especially for something that happened so long ago. It's not like it was your idea and if I remember correctly you didn't exactly get the role you wanted either. Right? Prince."

"Your memory is too good as well, but without my kiss you would still be sleeping in an invisible glass case." Athrun was not the only one who had been teased after the play. Since Kira had the role of the prince who had to awaken Snow white with his kiss he had to hear many comments about kissing a boy afterwards. He had not actually meant to kiss him, he was just going to make it look like he did. He told the wardrobe people his cape was to long but they insisted it was just perfect and he ended up tripping on it. Which is how it came to be that he actually kissed Athrun. For the rest of the school year they had been refered to as Prince and Princess or even worse The Royal Couple, which made them both mad because were not a couple. Nor were they royalty.

"I wanted to play Dopey by the way." Kira told him. When he saw that Athrun was giving him a strange look he added, "because he seemed like the most fun."

"Okay, if you say so."

"So how are the plans for the festival coming along?" Kira asked, really wanting to change the subject.

"Alright I suppose, although I'm ready for it to be done and over with. The festival is only a couple of days away and there is still work to be done." Athrun stated with a sigh.

Kira knew Athrun had been working very hard on everything ever since he had been selected to be the festival chairman three weeks ago. Athrun really was the perfect person for the job. He was good with those little details that others tend to overlook.

Athrun was not the only one working hard. Kusanagi Academy's Halloween Festival is famous around here. A lot of students always pitched in and helped out. They were always trying to make it better than the previous years. Students had to prepare decorations, costumes, games, prizes, and there was the haunted house. Kira had been working all week on building the props for the games.

"Well are you ready to call it a day so we can leave? I'm hungry and thought we could go get something to eat." Kira asked his best friend.

Athrun thought for a moment before replying, "Yeah let's go. I'm hungry too."

The two friends walked out of the room unaware that two anger eyes were watching them.

TBC

That is it for the first chapter. Please R&R. In case I need to say it I do not own Snow White either.