The Heart Doesn't Lie
Disclaimer: Once upon a time there was a company that own these wonderful shows known as Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny, but sadly these shows were not owned by the author of this story. The author could only hope and wish that she owned these shows, but alas it was not meant to be. (Sorry these disclaimers get kind of boring after a while. Maybe it's just me, but they just scream out to you 'play with me'.) I also do not own the movie Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift.
Chapter 8
Shinn laid in bed contemplating the previous evening. He had had trouble sleeping the night before, there was just so much running through his mind. He did not understand why he had blushed. He was pretty sure Athrun had not noticed it and for that he was glad. He tried to replay in his mind what had happened to cause him to blush.
First had been the statement that Athrun would cook him dinner. That seemed innocent enough, so why blush. Did the thought of Athrun cooking dinner for his sake and no one else, although Athrun had eaten too, cause it.
Second: When Athrun had come into the room when he was looking at the pictures. He had made a comment and Athrun had heard. He must have been blushing because Athrun had walked in the room right after he had thought those things about him being cute when he was little.
Third and fourth: When Athrun had thanked him while holding his arm. Then the smile. That beautiful, warm smile. ( Shinn did not fail to realize that he was doing it again. What he just thought about Athrun's smile.) Those had made him blush too. But that was not all, they made his heart pound fast.
'This is not right. This should not be happening. We are both guys.' The way Athrun had treated him last night made it seem like Athrun thought of him as a girl. 'I'm not a girl.' Shinn was getting angry. Angry at Athrun for treating him that way, and angry at himself for feeling these things. And most importantly maybe, angry that he had liked the way Athrun had treated him. Athrun had made him feel like he was special to him, and he had liked it. 'Do I want to be special to him?'
'I can't have feelings for him. Even if I do it is not going to do me any good. Athrun was just being Athrun last night. It didn't mean anything. Whatever feelings I might have for him he would never return. Athrun likes girls, I know who his ex-girlfriend is. Lacus and him were together for a couple of years before they broke up. She is beautiful, kind, soft-spoken, everything I am not.'
'This is all because I thought he looked cute when he was little. Athrun's not cute anymore. He is handsome. Everything about him is handsome. His blue-black hair, his striking green eyes, his fair skin, his build...Ugh...I have got to stop this. Get your mind off of him Shinn. You do not like him that way. You don't. He is just a friend, that's it, nothing more, nor do I want anything more.'
"That's right. Stellar is the one I like. I already said that to Rey. She is the one I want." Shinn said to himself smiling, remembering the beautiful, kind blonde. "I'll call her and see if she wants to go to the movies with me today since she missed the festival."
Shinn called Stellar who agree to go to the movies with him. She asked if they could meet early because she had something she needed to talk to him about. Shinn was happy to do that.
"This is going to be a good day." He said after hanging up the phone. "Going out with the girl I like, I can tell her how I feel about her."
Shinn then started getting ready for his day date with the girl he likes.
Gil opened the door after seeing who was there he quickly glanced around before letting his guest in.
"I did not expect you to come visit today. Please have a seat." Gil stated as he pointed with his hand to one of the chairs.
"It has been awhile since we last had a chance to really talk. How have you been?" Gil asked Rey who had yet to say anything.
Rey had not really come for small talk. He wanted to figure out his feelings for the man sitting in front of him. He was not sure how exactly he was suppose to do that. Since he did not know he might as well go alone with the small talk.
"I have been fine and you?"
"Fine as well."
"How is Talia? Are things going well with her?"
"Talia is fine too. Are things going well? I do not really know." Gil hesitated after this for a moment. "She does not seem to be very happy right now. She would like to get married and start a family and I am not sure I want that."
Rey knew the things Gil was saying to him was only because it was him he was talking to. Gil also has a close friendship with Rau, the drama teacher at the academy, and he is the only other person that might hear these kinds of things from Gil.
"You are not sure? So you might want that."
Gil looked at Rey for a while. He looked like he was deep in thought about something.
"What about you? What do you want for the future?" Gil surprised him with these questions. Rey did not understand why Gil would suddenly ask him this.
"What do I want?"
"Do you want a wife and kids someday." Gil asked him watching him closely.
"I have never thought about it before." Rey answered him truthfully.
"Your parents both died when you were little. After that you were moved around some, until Rau started taking care of you and you moved in with him. You have never really had a real family. Do you not want a real family? Someone to call your own, someone who is always there for you, and someone you can love."
Rey finally understood his feelings for Gil. What Gil had said had been the truth for the most part. Rau was his real family as far as he was concerned. In Gil he was looking to extend that family. He had known Gil for so long that, like Rau, he had come to see him like a father. Gil and Rau had always been there for him, just like the family Gil was talking about. That must be why he was not fond of Talia, he was afraid of her taking one of his fathers away from him.
Rey felt that now that he finally knew this, now that he finally understood he would be able to move on. He could finally start thinking about his own future the way other people his age did. Think about things like meeting that special someone. Whether or not he liked a certain girl, like Shinn was thinking. He had thought such things to be unimportant before. He could not understand why everyone always made such a big fuss over liking someone or over dating. But he could understand know. Rey felt that with that one statement and question made by Gil, he was able to grow up some.
Rey smiled at Gil, "Thank you. I found out what I came here to find out. I'm sure everything will work out for the best with Talia. I really should go know." Rey got up and headed for the door. He did not look back, if he had he would have seen the smile on Gil's face.
Lacus sat down at the table in the small coffee shop. Heine was already there when she arrived. At dinner the night before he had asked her out for coffee today. She had reluctantly agreed. They were just friends after all and this was just a friendly meeting he had assured her.
She had told Milly on the way home because she knew that Milly liked Heine. If Milly had said she minded Lacus meeting him she was going to call and cancel. Milly had told her it was okay, to have a good time. Lacus had been somewhat surprised.
"I'm sorry I'm late."
"You are not late, I was early. You are right on time." Heine told her standing up to pull her chair out for her then push it back in.
"Thank you." Lacus knew that Heine was a gentleman. Everyone knew it.
The waitress came over and they both placed their orders. She smiled at them kindly and walked away telling them she would return shortly with their coffee.
They chatted casually for a little while and the talk came around to their friends.
"Your friend, Milly" Heine started Lacus was hoping he was going to say something to indicate that he liked her, instead he continued with, "Dearka really likes her. I know it is probably hard for her to believe given his history with girls, but it is the truth."
Lacus felt the urge to tell him 'but she likes you' but she could not do that. She said the next best thing she could think of.
"What do you think of Milly?"
It was clear Heine had not been expecting that question.
"I think she is a good person. She is smart, kind, honest, dependable, does not seemed to take crap from anyone, and she is pretty. She is a special girl." Heine answered her truthfully.
"The way you describe her makes it sound like you have feelings for her."
Heine was once again surprised by what Lacus had said. Did he? He couldn't have feelings for her. Dearka did. A guy was not suppose to have feelings for the girl his friend likes. It was impossible.
"No, I don't have those kinds of feelings for her." Heine told Lacus, but he wasn't sure if it was the truth. Even if he did he could not do anything about it. He could not tell Dearka to leave her alone because he wanted her. That might ruin his friendship with Dearka and he did not want to do that.
Shinn arrived at the meeting spot a little late. One of his neighbors had stopped him to ask about his parents. When he got there Stellar was already waiting. She smiled when she saw him, not looking upset at all. He told her he was sorry and she said it was alright she had not been there long.
"You said there was something you wanted to tell me?" Shinn asked. With this Stellar's smile left her face.
"Yes, first off I would like to say that I like you. I have liked you for a while now. That is why I asked you to the festival. But that day my parents told me we would be moving. That was why I canceled on you. They wanted me to stay home so we could talk. My father received a transfer and we will be moving to another part of Orb soon. I will be changing schools as well."
Shinn was speechless. Had he been too late? He wanted Stellar as his girlfriend but a long distance relationship. Could he handle that? He could try. She would still be living in Orb so it wasn't like they could not still see each other just not as often.
"When are you moving?"
"End of next week."
Shinn was quiet for a moment, thinking. "Stellar, I was planning on telling you today that I like you. That I would like for you to be my girlfriend. Even though your are moving I still want that. Would you be my girlfriend?"
"Is that really okay? We won't be able to spend that much time together."
"We can see each other some, and we can talk on the phone. Yes, it is okay with me. I really want this." Shinn answered her.
Stellar smiled again, "I want that too. Yes, I will be your girlfriend. Let's go see our movie now."
Shinn smiled and grabbed hold of her hand. Maybe it was a little fast but the time he would get to see her would be limited so he did not want to waste the time they had together.
Cagalli had agreed to meet up with Miguel to go see a movie they both wanted to see. She had agreed because it was a movie that Lacus and Milly did not want to see and she did not want to go by herself. That would be boring.
"Hey" Miguel greeted her.
"Hi. Are you ready to go in?"
"Yeah, I already bought the tickets. Would you like something from the snack bar?" he asked her.
"Alright."
"Cagalli?" a familiar voice said.
She turned around to see Kira and Athrun walking towards her. Her eyes went wide. She had not told her brother she was going to the movies. He had not mention it to her either. Actually she had told him she was meeting up with Lacus. Now here he was he knew she had lied to him and Athrun was with his as well. She did not want Athrun to think she was dating Miguel. Not when she liked him.
"Kira! Hello what are you two doing here?"
"I'm going with, we came to see a movie." Kira answered her sarcastically. Well it was a stupid question. What else would they be doing here.
"Right." Cagalli did not know what to say. "So what movie did you come to see?"
"Tokyo Drift" Kira said.
"Us too." Miguel added joining the conversation.
'Us' Kira wondered but did not say anything out loud. He would ask his sister later how come she did not tell him she was dating Miguel.
Athrun just watched the conversation not adding anything. He knew what was on Kira's mind, why was Cagalli here with Miguel? Kira was her brother and brothers could be overprotective so Kira wasn't likely to understand that she could date who she wanted to.
"Aren't they from our school as well?" Miguel asked pointing to a couple who had just walked in holding hands. It was Shinn and Stellar. Shinn notice the group of people looking their way.
'Athrun' were his first thoughts. He noticed Athrun was with Kira and Cagalli. He was pretty sure that she liked Athrun, but he did not know if he liked her, and Kira and Athrun were very close. Suddenly
he felt an ache in his heart and he also felt jealous. He was not sure who he was jealous of though. Kira for being so close to Athrun. If they were that close Kira had to be special to Athrun. Maybe it was Cagalli who he was jealous of because Athrun might like her or there was a chance for her, unlike him who did not have a chance.
Then Shinn stopped himself. What was he doing? Why should he feel jealous? He had what he wanted, he had Stellar. Yes, he was with Stellar now. 'She's the one I like. Only her, not him.'
"If we are going to see the same movie why don't we sit together?"Kira said. He wanted to be able to keep an eye on his sister and Miguel.
"Sorry, but we are on a date." Shinn said a little harsh then he pulled Stellar away.
Athrun, surprised by Shinn's tone of voice, watched him walk away, concerned.
"I wonder what his problem is. There was no reason for him to harsh like that." Athrun stated.
"Who knows. Shinn is unpredictable at times." stated Kira. Cagalli nodded in agreement.
"Well shall we go in to see our movie then?" Miguel asked.
"Yeah." The other three answered.
Shinn and Stellar found seats in side the theater They had already been to the snack bar. Shinn felt a little irritated by the presence of the others here. He had not heard what movie they were seeing, but he hoped it was a different one than this one. He smiled a little when the lights started going out and the others were not in this particular theater The smile continued as the first preview played through.
The smile fell during the second preview. A small group of people, 4 to be exact, had walked in and sat a couple of rows in front of Stellar and him. Shinn could not really get mad at them, it was dark in the theater, they probably could not see him to be able to tell where he was sitting. But Shinn could see clear enough. From where he was sitting he had a good view of Athrun.
Throughout the movie Shinn tried to pay attention to the movie and only the movie. It was not working out so well for him though. As much as he tried to stop it, he could not keep his eyes from going to a certain someone in front of him. It's like they, his eyes, were drawn to him. He felt Stellar's hand on his and he looked over and smiled at her. With her hand in his he was able to watch the rest of the movie.
Jet had been driving around for a couple of hours now. He was new to this country and wanted to get a feel for it, find out where things were, before he started school tomorrow. He would be attending Kusanagi Academy with Shinn. So far Shinn was the only one he really knew that was close to his age, although Shinn was a couple years younger.
Jet drove by the movie theater He decided he would pull into the parking lot to see what was playing. A movie must have just ended a few minutes ago because there were a lot of people heading out. He saw a group that looked about his age. Two in particular caught his eye. He continued to watch this group for a little while.
"Interesting. This will be valuable information." As he said this a smile appeared on his face.
TBC
I really did not feel like making up the name of a fake movie so I used a real one. Also if Rey seemed to figure all that stuff out to quickly, well he is a smart guy. Actually I change my mind about what I wanted to do with him so I just ended the whole thing with Gil this way. Sorry if it is disappointing.
I also kind of make myself mad with how ooc Stellar is but I have already explained that. Jet will be making more appearance in the story.
