The Heart Doesn't Lie

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

Note: There are some parts where I may be considered bashing certain characters (ex. Fllay, personally I did not care for her but I know she wasn't so bad at the end when she figured out she was in the wrong), but at this point I do not intend to outright bash any character into the ground. Except for maybe one but that won't be till later although I may change my mind but only if I feel it is better for story reasons.

Chapter 2

Kusanagi Academy was a madhouse. That was the only way it could be described today. The Halloween Festival was tonight and the whole school was rushing around trying to make sure everything was perfect. The games were being set up in the gym and the lunch room. The haunted house, which was actually a haunted hallway, was nearing completion. Desks were set up outside each classroom to hand out candy and other treats. There would be a cake walk in the library.

Some of the classrooms would be selling food or drinks, others would be free of activity. There were tables set up at all the main entrances to sell tickets to play the games. Students and teachers would take turns working the games and handing out candy. Although the festival was mainly for younger children the students wanted to be able to enjoy their hard work as well.

"A few more hours and my work is done." Athrun told Kira as they toured around checking everything.

"What about clean-up tomorrow? Don't you have to be here for that?" Kira asked.

"No. Heine said since I worked so hard on set-up he would take supervise take-down. So I don't need to be here. He said that he talked Sting into helping so it should not take to long."

"I'm sure Sting would be happy to help destroy things. So what are you doing tomorrow then?"

"I don't have any plans. I don't want to make any plans. It will be a plan free day."

Kira laughed, "I guess I can't blame you. You have been dealing with plans for the last three weeks."

"Why do those two always have to be together?" Fllay Allster asked her best friends Lunamarie Hawke and Mia Campbell. The two she was talking about were Athrun and Kira.

"They are best friends and best friends spend a lot of time together, unless they have boyfriends or girlfriends. That is why we are always together too." Luna told her agitated friend.

"I know that, but it makes it hard to approach them like that. I really wanted to ask Kira to walk around with me tonight, but I can't with Athrun around him all the time." Fllay said.

"Well you better do it quick before Lacus ask him. I overheard her earlier saying she was going to ask him today because she did not want to wait until tonight and miss her chance." Mia told them. "Which reminds me I need to hurry up and ask Athrun. Luna are you going to ask anyone?"

"I was thinking of asking Shinn" answered Luna.

"Shinn? You mean Shinn Asuka? Isn't he a year younger than us? Why him?" asked Fllay.

"Yes, but so what. What does age matter. Would you prefer I ask your precious Kira, who you would consider the right age me?" asked Luna somewhat angrily.

"Don't you dare! Kira is mine!" Fllay snapped back at her.

"Luna just ask who you want. I agree it does not matter that he is younger than you. There is nothing that says you can only date older guys. If Athrun was younger than me I would still want to date him." Mia said.

"Whatever, just stay away from Kira and we will be fine." Fllay told Luna.

"Don't worry. I'm not interested in Kira. I just said that because you griped about Shinn. You don't have to be so mean about it."

"Let's just finish so that we can go ask them before it is too late." Mia told them both.

Mia sometimes wondered why the three of them were best friends. Luna and Fllay argued a lot and she was the one that always had to patch things up between them. 'Maybe I should find new friends' she thought. It was just a thought though. She had no intentions of leaving her two best friends. The three of them had been together for a long time. They had a lot of fun together and knew almost everything about each other. Maybe that was why Luna and Fllay argued so much. They both knew how far they could go without really hurting the other and they hardly ever had arguments that were big.

The three proceeded to finish their duties so that they could go find their crushes.

Luna quickly found Shinn in the gym.

"Hi Shinn. Could I talk to you for a minute?"

Shinn looked up from the floor where he was putting down tape for a game.

"Oh, hey Luna. Sure, what do you need?"

Luna hesitated. She has known Shinn for a long time. He used to be close friends with her little sister, Meyrin, but for some reason, she's not sure of, Shinn stopped hanging around with Meyrin. It has only been since then that Lina figured out that she misses having him around. That she likes him.

"If you don't already have plans with someone else, would you walk around with me tonight?"

Shinn looked at her with a questioning look that was quickly replaced with an apologetic one.

"Sorry, Stellar asked me a couple of days ago to go around with her tonight. Plus my little sister is coming and will be with me too."

"Your sister? Can't see walk around on her own?"

"Not according to my parents. They are way overprotective when it comes to Mayu."

"I see, I understand. Maybe some other time. I'll see you later Shinn. Bye." Luna said in a hurry before Shinn had a chance to see she was upset by the news that he was going to be with Stellar. Luna knew Stellar too. She was one of Meyrin's best friend. Stellar is nice and all but she always seems a little out of it. 'Wonder if Fllay and Mia had any luck. If not then I guess we can all walk around together.' Luna thought on her way to find her friends.

When Luna came across her friends she found that they both had better luck than she had. Athrun had told Mia that he could walk around with her for a little while because he still had things he would have to do during the festival. Kira said okay, he did not have plans already.

'Looks like I will have to find someone else to walk around with then.' Luna sadly thought. She was happy for her friends, she just did not look forward to being alone tonight. Especially when she knew Shinn would be with Stellar.

TBC