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He gripped the stirring wheel tightly. Kira stepped on the gas pedal and blindly turned the sharp corner. His hands and feet knew where to go. His mind was elsewhere.

Flashback

"Kira! You have to come quick!"


"Why, Athrun? What's the matter?"

"It's Lacus. Cagalli and I had just arrived and she isn't here."

"Well, maybe she's out." He suggested, convinced it was nothing.

"No, Kira. You don't understand. She…She left a note."

"Well then, what does it say?"

"Do you really want to hear this over the phone? You have to come and read this for yourself…"

End Flashback

His head was racing faster than his car. Ever turn he had to make reminded him of how he could be too late.

'How stupid could she be?' He thought. 'How stupid could I have been?"

When he finally arrived, the children came out rushing to him. They came shouting cheerful greetings of "Big brother Kira! It's Kira!" The little ones were shocked and heartbroken she he pushed passed them and ran to the nearby cliff.

At the highest point, he found the songstress. She was lying on her back, eyes closed and tearstained, blood still oozing out of her wrists fast.

Athrun and Cagalli arrived only moments earlier. They had to assure the old lady running the orphanage and the children that "big brother Kira's" behavior was because of stress. The lady told them that Lady Lacus had visited earlier this morning but that she too acted strange and they hadn't seen her since.

The two newcomers found Kira at the edge of the cliff, cradling the songstress' no longer breathing body.

"Kira…" Athrun placed his hand on his friend's shoulder, lost for any better words.

"It's not too late." Cagalli observed, holding back sobs. "The cut's still fresh and…" her efforts to stop the tears were being overpowered. She touched her friend's neck. "Yes, she still has a faint pulse." She looked over at her other friend, who was in pieces beside her body. "We can still save her, Kira but we need to bring her help now."

Too broken to move, Kira just sat and starred as Athrun took Lacus from his arms and carried her down the mountain. His sister guided him down the mountain behind her husband and friend.

The caretakers had to shield the children's eyes as the party of four came down, one of them being a half dead body still dripping fresh blood.

Flashback

"Well then, who is it?" the pink haired songstress pleaded before her ex-fiancé.

They were at the engagement part but they were away from all the excitement. She, Athrun, Sai and Cagalli had locked themselves in a sitting room to finally speak about this very pressing matters.

"The thing is, Lacus…" Sai stuttered

"We didn't come to tell you what he's been doing. I think that's for him to say." Athrun continued for him. "We just wanted to reassure you for the meantime."

"Reassure me of what?! I already know her name! It's Fiona! I know, he said her name. He called me her name. Who is she, Athrun? Who is she?" Lacus was in tears, practically kneeling on the floor.

"No. Lacus. No. It's not." Sai continued to stutter.

"He's not cheating." Athrun said firmly.

"And you expect me to belief that?!" The songstress yelled before storming out of the room.

End of Flashback

"She's already lost a lot of blood but we can replace it. We treat the artery she cut but when she wakes up, I'm afraid they'll still be some complications." The doctor informed them grimly in the waiting room outside the OR.

"What? What kind of complications?" Kira pressed.

"Her suicide attempt seemed to have been fueled by an extreme level of depression, sir. What has this girl been through to bring to such a bad state?"

None of them answered.

"Whatever it is, I advise you to keep her away from it or deal with it as soon as possible. This is very serious."

Athrun kept his head low while Cagalli just looked at her twin brother who simply just nodded.

"But—will she get better?" He inquired.

"That all depends on her and the circumstances, I'm afraid." The doctor told them grimly. "I can prescribe her proper medication and recommend a good psychologist once she's awake and we've observed her. The rest is up to how she takes it."

With that, he headed back towards the emergency room, leaving the three alone.

"Kira, I don't want to point fingers but—" Cagalli started.

"Then don't." The brunette snapped.

But that didn't stop her. "You should have told her what you were up to. If you really weren't doing anything wrong, there wasn't a need to keep it a secret. Maybe she wouldn't have worried herself so much."

"I only wanted it to be a secret." He defended.

"Things like that weren't meant to be surprises, Kira."

"I thought she'd be happy for me."

"She probably would have been, if you hadn't acted so—"

"Incriminating." Athrun finished for her. The blue haired coordinator had been silent since they arrived at the hospital, until now.

" I never doubted you loved her." The Justice pilot went on. "but I do admit eve I was suspicious. You called her 'Fiona' for goodness sake! What was she supposed to think?! What were we supposed to believe?!"

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry already! I never meant for anything like this." The brunette sobbed.

"We know you didn't." his sister comforted him, putting a hand on his back.

Lacus was transferred to a private room. Sai and the others rushed over as soon as they heard. Kira had a lot of explaining to do that day.

A it was getting late, They started to leave one by one. Athrun and Cagalli were the last to bid him goodbye.

Kira was left alone it the white washed room sitting by the unconscious songstress' bedside. Both their eyes were tear stained but hers weren't open.

"I'm so sorry Lacus." He whispered. "I just wanted to be together as a family. I know if you would meet them, you'd make a wonderful mother."

He fell asleep sitting down, his head rested on her lap and his hand tightly clasped around hers.