Alright, this is Chapter 3. Hope you enjoy! Please rxr…I do not own Gundam Seed/Destiny.

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I know it'll never happen, not again…

Kimi no sugata ha boku ni nite iru

Onaji sekai wo miteru kimi ga iru koto de

Saigou ni kokoro nakusu koto mo naku

Boku wo suki de irareru

Boku ha kimi ni ikasareteru

It's time to let go… to move on…

Chapter 3: Confession

At the beach

"When are you going back to PLANTs?" Miriallia asked softly while she stopped her strolling and turned back to look at Dearka.

"Arh…Next Tuesday, I'll be taking the shuttle at 8pm. Is there any problem?" Dearka walked closer to her and grabbed her arm by the wrist.

"Oh, no problem…, so will you come… back again…?" her voice trembled as she tried to pull her arm away of his grip.

"Miriallia…" he turned her over to face him as she flinched under his touch, "are..you alright…?"

"I'm… all right…yeah…, don't worry…" she whispered, not daring to face him as tears wet her cheeks.

He was startled by her sobs as he watched her. She was the first girl he fell deeply for and it was love at the first sight, none of the girls could make him such a fool in love, he was sure she was the first one and also the last one, he swore to protect her, to stay by her side forever although he understands that she may not accept him due to the fact that he killed her boyfriend, Tolle. After all, she still couldn't forget him…

Flashback

It was two months after the first war. That day, it was raining quite heavily, he went to the graveyard to pay his respects to those who died in the war.

In the midst of the pearly raindrops, he thought he saw her kneeling before a beautiful grave which was surrounded by many colourful flowers. The sweet scent of the flowers cascades through the still air.

Disbelieving, he approached he figure slowly and saw Miriallia kneeling before the tombstone craved with the words: Beloved son, Tolle Koenig (deceased on C.E. 71.4.15), crying miserably.

The rain fell harshly on her small form and the wind whipped at her brunette hair.

"Where… are you? Why… did you leave… me? WHY? WHY? I am… scared, scared… of being left… behind, being alone….how could you leave me alone….I miss… you…Tolle…." She moaned, leaning against the tombstone. Her heart hurts as though it had been ripped apart alive.

Watching her crumpled form, he felt sad and helpless. He wanted to hold her in his arms, comfort her and bring her out of this misery but he did not dare approached her as he understand he was the one who caused her such pain.

Dearka stood at a distance from her. Closing his eyes, he felt a cold, lonely tear slip down his cheek. Taking a last glance at her, he left the graveyard, his cloak billowing behind him.

The rain continued to fall with no indication of stopping…

End of flashback

His hands caressed her tear-stained cheeks, wiping her tears off her cheeks with the back of his hand as he pulled her chin up, forcing her to face him, he promised, "I'll be back…for you." Her orbs widened at his words, she gazed at him, knowing that he will keep his promise. He pulled her into his embrace, feeling her warmth under his arms. After a while, he pulled away slowly as he pressed his lips firmly against hers, sharing their first kiss. Miriallia was shocked at the sudden contact but soon her arms snaked at Dearka's neck while he pulled her closer to him, pressing his body against hers lightly.

"I'm sorry for what I did but I'd promise I never leave you alone… again…, I… love you…" he whispered into her ears. "I love you too..." she mimicked. His heart skipped a beat when he heard her words. He is grateful that she accepted him despite the fact that he had hurt her. He gazed at her longingly as he murmured a soft 'Thank you'.

The wind blew gently across the beach as though sending its blessing to the couple.

"Cagalli…" Kira started, standing behind her, he saw her weeping. He knew she did not want him to know that she was weeping thus he kept quiet about it.

Cagalli wiped away her tears harshly. She did not want Kira to know that she was crying. Turning back to face him, she forced a smile, "Oh, Kira, is anything wrong?"

"No, it's just that it's starting to get cold out here so I thought I should get you back to the orphanage. Anyway, it's also quite late, I think it's time for you to go home and rest, you really look like a ghost with that big eye bags of yours." He replied, placing his arms on her shoulders.

"Ahmm…ya, it's late, let's go." She murmured and they trudged back to the orphanage.

At the Orphanage

"Hmh…Kira, you brought Cagalli back?" Kisaka asked seeing them walking back.

"Yeh, it's getting late too, Kisaka, could you send Cagalli back home?" Kira brought Cagalli to Kisaka.

"Sure, I'll take care of her." Kisaka answered.

"Bye," Cagalli got her documents and trudged towards the door with Kisaka following behind her.

"Be careful on the way." Lacus opened the door for Cagalli.

"Take care of yourself." Kira reminded her.

"Cagalli, can we discuss about the defense armory of Orb with you tomorrow since the project would be starting soon." Mwu questioned, hugging Murrue in his arms.

"Sure, I have an appointment tomorrow so can you meet me at my office at 4pm tomorrow?" Cagalli replied.

"Alright." Murrue answered definitely.

"Bye, Cagalli!" Miriallia bid goodbye.

"Bye!"

At Cagalli's bedroom

Cagalli laid on the bed, staring at the ceiling, it's already 3am but she still couldn't get to sleep thus she decided to read up on her document instead.

She trudged to her desk as her handphone rang.

Who will be calling at such a time?

"Cagalli Yula Attha here. May I know who this is?" she picked up the phone.

"…."there was a moment of silence from the other end of the call.

"Yes? Who this is?" she asked but only silence replied her.

"HELLO?? WHO THE HELL THIS IS??" Fustrated, Cagalli screamed at the caller, trying to get a reply but still no answer from the caller.

"THIS IS STUPID! JUST TELL ME, WHO THIS ASSHOLE IS??" still no reply, Cagalli shut her phone angrily, resisting the urge to threw the phone on the ground.

"ARGH…" she switched off her handphone and walked off to her desk to do her work.

At the other end of the call

"You're still the same…Cagalli…"

I guess you should have knew who the mysterious caller is…Hmm…I'll reveal it in the next chapter. Well, this chapter is not much, it focuses mainly on DxM. Hmm…so how is this chapter? Please rxr!! I would take a long time to update the next chapter so wait till next time! Thanks!! Sorry for the late update! Maybe 3-4 more chapters to go, I'll wanna end this fiction earlier than I plan.

Darkzlord

Posted on: 4/4/07