Chapter 5 : Connections of the Heart
"Kira?" Mir shook Kira awake.
He lifted his head up from Lacus.
"Huh?" He said groggily.
He was a mess, his hair was all messed up, his clothes were all wrinkled, dark circles appeared under his eyes…
"I got an idea. What about mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and CPR? Try that, it's only been a few minutes…" Miriallia said hoping Kira would try it.
"Okay." Kira said as he touched his lips to Lacus' cold lips and blew hard.
A minute went by…..
………
………..
Which soon turned into 5 minutes…
Tears fell down Kira's face again.
"It's no use…"
"No, you didn't try CPR yet! You can't give up just like that!!!" Mir yelled as she hit Kira with a friendly whack on the arm.
Mir almost couldn't bring herself to look at Lacus. Kira was in so much pain, she thought of a song she heard before, "Bleeding on the inside, Crying on the out."
She saw a sad expression come over Kira's face, but it was as if something ached at him…
"Fine…" Kira said as he clasped his hands together and put them on top of Lacus' stomach.
He gave one hard push.
He felt her hand move a little.
"Huh?" Mir was confused.
"She moved!" Kira pushed hard again.
Her arms moved.
He pushed his hardest this time.
"ERRRGH!!!" He grunted as he held onto his last string of hope for Lacus.
Lacus jolted and sat upright and coughed up a lot of seawater.
Kira couldn't believe his eyes….
"LACUS!!!!!" He said as he embraced Lacus and patted her back.
She kept coughing.
"Ki—Kira?" She weakly said as she looked up with wide eyes.
He smiled as that string of hope transformed into something that binds his soul, to Lacus' soul.
She struggled to stand up.
Kira helped her.
"Thank you…." Lacus said with her voice quivering.
"Oh your welcome, but I think you mostly stood up on your own." Kira said.
"No…
I mean…Thank you, for saving me, for bringing me back to life…for……..being you. I..I…lo—" Lacus smiled.
"Oh! Which reminds me…" He interrupted, and brought Lacus to a spot where the sun still shined even though it was setting.
He reached in his pocket…
And took out the blue velvet box.
"Lacus….." Kira firmly said.
He rubbed the soft,warm velvet…
Here it goes…
"Oh my…." Lacus said as she tried to hold back her tears. She swallowed the lump in her throat and began breathing heavily
"Will you….marry me?" Kira finally asked as he opened the box.
Say yes……say yes!
"Of course I will…" Lacus said as she burst out in tears of joy.
"Really?" Kira said as he took her face in his hands. Her warm skin made him feel so happy.
She nodded.
He touched his lips with hers.
He passionately kissed her…
He slipped the ring onto Lacus' ring finger.
-flash!- Mir took a beautiful picture of Lacus' expression with the sun setting in the background and Kira smiling.
Lacus put her hand over her mouth.
"Oh Kira! It's gorgeous!" She said as she held it up in front of her.
Mir smiled, she left through the small one-person opening in the back of the bay by the rocks. She knew it was the right time for her to leave. She dreamed of the day she would be engaged to the perfect man…
Kira and Lacus kissed again.
They got up and held hands.
"Kira?"
"Yeah Lacus?"
"I'm…..glad I met you…" She said as she kissed Kira on the cheek.
"WOOHOO!!!! Yeah!"
Kira and Lacus looked up at the pier in front of them.
They both laughed.
All their friends were up there, Athrun, who was holding Lacus' Haro, Cagalli, Dearka, and Mir.
Mir must've called them up…
Mir winked at him and Lacus.
They smiled back.
Everyone was clapping.
"Comon, Sh, do it already!!!" Mir whispered to the others.
All their friends gave big grins.
Kira and Lacus looked at each other. They were confused.
"What's going on?" Lacus asked Kira.
He tapped Lacus' shoulder, "Look up!"
They laughed.
They were throwing down roses and cherry blossoms.
"Kiss her! Kiss her!" They all chanted.
Athrun put his arm around Cagalli. Dearka smiled at Mir.
Kira picked Lacus up and cradled her in his arms,
And he kissed her.
He gave the biggest smile ever.
He had done it,
He couldn't believe it,
Yes, Kira Yamato, had proposed to the girl he loved from the moment he saw her….
Lacus Clyne.
"Lacus Yamato….Miss Yamato…Mrs. Yamato…….." Lacus said as she dreamed of her future.
"I like the sound of that…"