Wow...someone was paying attention when I said how many chapters there were! -happy-
Chapter 10 - To Free Me
Athrun woke up the next day, ready to kill Marmen and tear down Letlights. But he had a fever and Lacus wouldn't let him out bed, let alone the house. At the moment, Cagalli was sitting with him.
His head was turned to the right, facing the wall and fully ignoring the blonde girl. She had sat there patiently for around 10 minutes before she started to get angry.
"So..." she began. "Lacus tells me you're in love with my brother."
Athrun's head snapped to look at her and she inwardly smirked at her victory.
"Your what?" he asked.
"Brother." she sighed. "Kira is my brother's name, and he matches Lacus's description of 'circus boy.'" Cagalli explained.
"Oh yea..." Athrun looked to the wall again. "He...told me about that..." his eyes closed.
"Huh? Who told you what?" Cagalli asked in true confusion.
"We need to get him out of there." Athrun said softly, ignoring her question. "I need to go back for him."
'I promised him I would...' he thought sadly.
"We'll talk about that later." Cagalli almost cooed, remembering how she spoke when Kira had a fever once.
"No!" Athrun's harsh answer startled her out of her reverie. "They're hurting him. I've...I've seen the wounds..." he whispered in a pained voice. "He can't speak...But his eyes have told me so much..."
Cagalli felt anger boil up inside of her at the mention of 'wounds.'
"I pushed him when he needed a friend the most...I pushed him away..." Athrun knew he was crying, but he also knew that Cagalli didn't know.
"I said..." Cagalli whispered angrily. "We'll talk about that later." her voice softened then. "You sleep now."
The blonde girl blinked repeatedly when she realized he was already sleeping softly.
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"Cagalli...Where are we going?" Lacus asked as they walked down the street and away from her house. "Athrun's still sleeping and I-"
"Shh. We're going to go save Kira." Cagalli said harshly. Lacus felt herself jump.
"But Athrun-"
"Isn't coming." Cagalli finished. Lacus hesitated. "It'll be like a good surprise, for when he feels better." she smiled and Lacus did too.
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A brunette boy paused in his sweeping, as Scott yet again had a problem with it, to look behind him and to his left. He heard the sound again and quirked an eyebrow. His dead eyes only recognized one of the two girls that were 'sneaking' around.
Lacus, the one he recognized from before, paused and gasped when she saw him. The blonde froze at the sight of him. He was suddenly embraced, but he didn't react. The pink haired girl seemed scared yet again by his eyes and lack of responsiveness.
"Come on. Let's go." the blonde released him and grabbed his wrist. His eyes narrowed and Lacus thought his hair seemed a shade lighter than before.
He ripped his arm back from her and took a step back, his hair returned to being a chocolate brown. Cagalli seemed surprised by this.
"You...you don't recognize me?" she asked in a strained whisper. "You don't trust me?"
Lacus's eyes widened with the realization that Kira would not come with them. He didn't trust them enough. But there was no time to gain it now! She strode forward determinedly; Cagalli was too sad to be surprised and Kira glared at her. His glare got angrier when she took hold of his hands.
"You don't trust us, but you trust Athrun, right?" she asked softly.
She was surprised when Kira's eyes faded back to a dark purple with light in them. It dawned on her that he was hanging on for every word.
"Athrun's waiting for you. He wanted to come, but he has a fever and-" she was cut off when Kira grabbed their hands and took off around the tents.
"What are you doing?"
It was Scott, the man Cagalli had yelled at. She glared at him.
"Go away."
Everyone turned to Kira, Scott's eyes wider than both girls'.
"You...you spoke!" he gasped, moments before Kira's foot came in contact with his head. He went flying backwards into the tent he'd just left.
'The first person who ever hit me.' he thought bitterly before turning to the girls.
"Let's go...Please?" they seemed surprised by his 'asking permission' tone, but nodded anyway.
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"What do you mean, 'take down Letlights'?" the officer asked in confusion.
"That's exactly what I meant!" Cagalli fumed. "They kidnaped and tortured my little brother!"
"Really? Looks fine to me." he looked to Kira, wearing a Letlights custodian outfit. "Wow, you're the kid, the star of the show!" Kira looked away in embarrassment. "Why would they hurt you?"
Cagalli shook a little before running over to Kira and ripping his shirt fully off. Kira winced a bit and the cop gasped. Cagalli was even surprised. Bruises covered bruises and scars covered scars covered scars!
"Um..." Cagalli gave him a look. "I'll go file that report now. Wait here."
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An hour, 6 evidence pictures, and 1 autograph later, Lacus, Cagalli, and Kira made their way back to the house. Hopefully, by this time tomorrow, Letlight's scandal would be all over the news. Athrun's eyes opened. Sunlight beamed in from his windows. (It's the next day)
He turned his head and gasped, shooting up in bed. Was he in the dreamscape? But this was his room!
"Kira?" he asked in a whisper, afraid the other boy would suddenly disappear.
Kira gave him a big smile. Athrun suddenly leaned forward.
"Good morning Sleepyhead." Cagalli greeted when she walked in, 5 minutes later. She blinked.
Kira was blushing and twiddling his thumbs. Athrun wasn't looking at her.
"Do I...want to know what just happened?" she asked, not waiting for an answer before leaving.
When Cagalli's footsteps died away, Kira fell out of his chair and on to the floor. Athrun quickly helped him up and set him on the bed before answering an unspoken question.
"I'm gay."
Kira's eyebrows knitted together as he tried to remember what Athrun had told him.
Guy + Girl - Straight; Accepted
Girl + Girl - Lesbian/Gay; Kind Of Accepted
Guy + Guy - Faggot/Gay; Kind Of Accepted hates my equals signs...)
'That means...If Athrun likes me...then...'
Kira's eyes widened and his face turned red as a tomato. Steam popped off the top of his head.
"Kira! Athrun! It's on!" Cagalli yelled loudly from the next room.
Kira blinked and smiled. Athrun gave him a confused look and Kira dragged him into the living room. They both plopped onto the couch just as a tape evidence was played on the news. They'd missed the into, but oh well.
"Excuse me, Marmen P. right? Owner of Letlights?" a reporter like man asked. Marmen gave him a belittling smile.
"Yes?"
"Is it true that you beat the number one star of Letlights?" Marmen's face fell.
"That's absurd." he claimed sadly as Scott walked up next to him, a purple mark on his forehead.
"Then, these pictures are not of Kira Yamato?" he asked, handing Marmen the 'evidence' pictures the officer had taken. Marmen took them and his eyes widened.
"My star was kidnaped yesterday." Marmen said stiffly, handing the pictures back.
"Yea! It was those two!" Scott pointed to Lacus and Cagalli in the last picture, which the reporter showed to the screen. He looked questioning.
"You're telling me that his twin sister and her friend kidnaped him?"
Cagalli laughed at the look on Marmen's face.
"He kicked me in the head!" Scott yelled suddenly, pointing to his wound.
"Well, with the treatment it seems you've been giving him...I think that one kick is less than what you deserve."
The announcer came back on. The evidence pictures of Kira from different angles, showing the many bruises and scars on his upper body, were playing on a small screen to the left of the reporter's head.
"It has been found that the fire of the High Life Hotel from 10 years ago was on the twins' 6th birthday. They are also the only two who survived. It has been estimated, as Kira can no longer speak freely, that that was about when the abuse began. Further investigation and interrogation is going on as we speak, but the entire Letlight's crew has been taken in and Marmen Prezoski is now behind bars. This is only a little act and we pray for Kira's happy future."
Kira smiled, a embarrassed blush on his face, as Lacus and Cagalli cheered. Athrun put a hesitant hand on his shoulder. Kira turned his head to look at him. The girls left to make celebrations cookies or something...Lacus's idea.
"Congratulations." Athrun whispered nervously. Kira blinked.
He leaned in and up a bit, kissing Athrun full on the lips. The feelings from Christmas returned 10 fold. He pulled away and smiled at the dumbfounded look on Athrun's face.
"Congratulations." Kira echoed, and laughed.
Athrun melted.
FIN
Out : And complete! Well?
O.C. 1 : Awesomeness as awesome as awesomeness can get!
O.C. #2 : The sequel will be up as soon as we get around to writing it...Well, we wrote...but it's one of the last scenes and wouldn't be of much use to anyone...