"HEY KID!" the shop owner yelled, his calls following a young boy down the street and around a corner. The boy stopped, breathing rapidly. He smiled, leaning back against the cold brick, green eyes glittering in the dim glow from behind the clouds. "I saw him go down there!" the shop owner bellowed, not too far away. The green-eyed boy stiffened and strained to hear for the soft crunch of footsteps on the rocky road by his hiding place. The racket from the market was loud and distracting and the boy had a hard time listening for the oncoming tread. When he heard the familiar crunch of a person near him, he darted further down the alley and made an immediate left, bursting into a busy crowd of midday shoppers.

"…and I told Mary not to bother!"

"Well that's good on ya honey, I don't think he would appreciate another one!" Two ladies chatted noisily as they passed the blue-haired teenager, giving him none but a first glance.

He sighed heavily, casually striding down the street in the midst of the crowd, invisible to on looking eyes. The teen gazed in wonder around the busy street, at cheerful shoppers and laughing children. 'How do they manage to look so happy?' he wondered, his gaze shifting to the dreary grey sky overhead.

"KIRA!" Duard roared from his study, summoning the small brunette.

"Y-yes?" Kira asked, poking his head into the room timidly.

The man was sitting behind his desk, pen in hand as he crouched over a stack of papers. "Get dinner started, I'll be ready to eat in about an hour," he informed Kira coolly, not looking up from his work. "And make sure to trim the fat… and don't spill the salt this time."

"A-alright." Kira stammered, quietly closing the door behind him. 'Who said I spilled it last time?' He headed into the kitchen and began pulling out ingredients, remembering the numerous dishes and stews he'd previously made for Duard. Kira set the ingredients down on the counter and turned the stove on. He then pulled out the cutting board and cleaver and began expertly chopping the vegetables.

Kira was standing beside a large ceramic stove, watching the glowing numbers on the clock count down; 2:21, 2:20, 2:19… He looked up quickly when he heard the doorbell ring and rushed over to the landing. Throwing the door open Kira flung his arms around the blue-haired boy in the doorframe. "ATHRUN! You're here!"

"Well, yeah… you invited me…" He looked around Kira's house, and smiled warmly. "Have you been cooking?"

Kira blushed lightly and glanced back at the kitchen. "Yeah, but you can't see what it is yet. It's a surprise."

"Alright, I promise…" Athrun laughed, grinning down at Kira, "When will it be ready?" he asked, peering around the smaller boy.

"Soon!" Kira chimed and turned on his heels, heading back towards the kitchen.

Athrun followed suit and sat down in a chair across from where Kira was standing. "Well it smells good!"

Kira beamed. "You think so?" Athrun nodded, causing Kira to blush again and stare intently at the numbers on the timer.

32, 31, 30… "Twenty seconds!" Kira announced, turning to look back at Athrun who was idly playing with a strand of midnight blue hair.

"Hm?" Athrun looked up. "Okay!"

Kira snickered. "Athrun, if you keep doing that you're gonna curl your hair into ringlets!" Athrun stopped abruptly. Kira giggled and turned back to the oven. "Five, four, three, two, one, annnnnd…" An annoying beeping sound rang through the air. "Done!" He bent down and opened the oven door, heat blasting him in the face. Kira coughed a few times and pulled on a pair of oven mitts. "Okay, close your eyes!" he said, glancing back at Athrun to make sure his eyes were closed.

"Yeah, I know!" Athrun laughed, placing his hands over his deep green eyes, "I can't see a thing."

"Good!" Kira turned back to the oven and withdrew a tray of colourful cookies. He smiled at his yummy-looking creations and did a little happy dance inside his head. He pulled one of the warm cookies off the tray and split it in half. He then turned to Athrun and leaned across the table towards his boyfriend. "Okay open your mouth!" he ordered. Athrun did as he was told. Kira smiled and stuck a piece of cookie into his mouth. "Now bite."

Athrun once again obeyed and bit down on the cookie. He smiled and lifted his hands from his eyes. "Wow! These are good!" he exclaimed, his mouth full of half chewed cookie.

Kira giggled, "Well it certainly isn't a pleasant view from here. Close your mouth!"

Athrun closed his mouth and finished eating the cookie. "Well it was good. I know I certainly can't cook like that," he grinned, leaning over, kissing the small brunette on the cheek. "Thanks!"

Kira blushed and looked up into Athrun's captivating green orbs. "I made them for you, so you'd better like them."

"I do," Athrun said and sat back down in his chair, smiling at Kira.

Kira smiled fondly at the cucumber and then blinked a couple times, coming out of his daydream. He looked around the kitchen and then across the table. No Athrun. Kira sighed sadly and went back to mincing the pungent onion, its strong aroma hardly the cause of the warm tears flowing down his cheeks.

The blue haired teen rushed through the crowd, pushing past some chatting shoppers as he darted and wove. Raindrops began to sprinkle the ground lightly as he ran, hitting him in the face.

"GET BACK HERE!" a man called, chasing after the boy, gun in hand.

"Just try and catch me!" he hollered back, darting once again out of sight behind the bustling crowd of people.

"Damn, how am I supposed to enforce the law in conditions like this?" the blonde cop swore under his breath, taking off after the boy. "Hey kid STOP!"

The blue-haired boy streaked down an empty street, turned a corner, and stopped in his tracks. "Oh crap…" He looked up at the tall stone wall blocking his escape.

"STOP! This is the authorities!" The man bellowed from down the street, pointing his gun at the boy. His curly blonde hair was sticking to his face from sweat and the now-pouring rain.

"Why would I do that?" he hollered back. "Just because you have a gun? Ooh I'm so scared!" he retorted, turning and beginning to scale the wall.

"Hey kid! Stop! That's private property!" the man shouted, running towards the boy.

"So?" he asked, hoisting himself onto the ledge of the thick stone fence. "I'm all the way up here now. Come and get me!"

The blonde muttered something inaudible and pointed his gun at the boy. "Come down right now, or I will shoot you," he ordered. The boy laughed and leaped off the other side of the fence. "Shit!" the man exclaimed. "That boy could get himself killed!

Kira gazed longingly out the window as he cleaned the last of the dishes he'd used. It had begun to rain a while ago and was now coming down in sheets. "Wow it's raining hard," Kira muttered to himself, examining the blurred background with disinterest. He blinked in surprise and leaned closer to the window. 'What was that?' he wondered, peering out through the rain. He could have sworn he had just seen a dark figure topple off the fence. 'It's probably nothing,' he told himself and went back to washing the dishes.

The boy groaned is discomfort as he clutched his ankle. He glanced down at it and cringed; it was swollen and red. 'That can't be good,' he told himself and proceeded to stand up. A quick burst of pain shot through his leg as he put pressure on it and he fell back to the ground. He swore silently under his breath and lifted his head to examine his surroundings. He looked to be in a dead garden. There were overgrown weeds and dead plants everywhere; some creeper vines already had begun to climb their way up the stone fence behind him. 'Where the hell did I land?' he asked himself, green eyes surveying the area suspiciously. The boy frowned and squinted, trying to make out a large, blurred shadow a few meters away from him. The rain was pouring so hard it was tough to make anything out. He frowned and attempted to stand up again, but fell to the ground once more in pain. 'Damn, where is this place?'

Yey so there U ppls go! I updated asap cuz I got some good reviews! Thankyou lilplayer and darkcrookiez02 for reading the story! Oh and could any of you guess who the police officer was? Lol I just threw him in there for the heck of it! So please review!

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