Stealing His Heart

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed or Gundam Seed Destiny. Louie(the inn's/restaurant owner) I made him up sooo... I practically own him hehehehe.The Freedom?hmmm...

A/N: Soooo sorry for updating soooo long. I've been busy and I was focusing on updating At the Hands of Fate. Thanks sooo much for the reviews.A bit of OOCnes in the characters.

Anyway... here's chapter 3... from me to you

Chapter 3: The Princess and the Bodyguard

Kira Yamato was stacking boxes at the back of the restaurant, the next day. He was trying to avoid Athrun the whole morning. 'Jeeez! Athrun could be so paranoid sometimes. It's not as if I like Cagalli the way he thinks! He can't blame me for looking at Cagalli, I mean, she looks totally hot with her uniform. Sigh. I'm just a guy after all!'

Just then, his thoughts were interrupted, as he hears a very beautiful voice singing a very sad song. Curious, he looks for the source, and found himself looking up to a pink-haired goddess, looking outside her window.

Kira was speechless. He was mesmerized, both by her beauty and voice. He wanted to call out to her but he didn't want to interrupt her singing. He just stood there, mouth slightly open, gazing adoringly at the goddess before him. 'I think I'm in love!' Just then, the girl, still singing, looks down at Kira. Kira's eyes widens, as he was caught red-handed staring at her. The girl smiles at him. Kira's heart did a sommersault, and he panicks... 'What should I do? Smile Back? Call out to her? Ask her name?' But before Kira could decide on what to do, a blonde guy suddenly appears on the window, pulls the girl away and closes the window. Kira's heart sank. 'She's gone!' Then it hits him. Kira grins with hope. The girl was staying at the same inn they were staying.

Inside the Restaurant

"Miriallia!" Louie, the owner of the inn/restaurant shouts from the kitchen. "Could you please take these upstairs to room number 4." Louie instructs Mir, handing her 2 trays of food.

(A/N: Louie is 35 years old. Dark Brown Hair with light brown eyes, fair skinned and looks a bit young for his age.)

"You expect me to carry these upstairs by myself?" Mir complains eying the two traysfull of food.

"But I need Cagalli in the restaurant. Why don't you just bring one up, then return for the otheroh Kira!" Louie calls Kira as he saw him enter the restaurant. "Could you please help Miriallia carry these trays upstairs."

Kira just nods and picks up one tray, while Mir takes the other.

"Hey what's wrong with you?" Mir asks Kira, taking note of his dazed expression.

"Huh? Oh! I think I'm in love." Kira replies still with a dazed look.

"In love? Are you Oh we're here." Mir stops in front of room number 4 and knocks.

The door opens a crack. A guy with blonde hair peeps out. "What do you want?"

Miriallia's eyes widens as she recognizes the guy. "You!" She kicks the door, catching the guy off guard, wide open. She storms inside, places the tray on top of the table and faces the guy again, now with anger in her eyes. "How dare you treat me the way you did yesterday!" Miriallia exclaims pointing a finger at the guy.

"Mir!"

"Dearka!"

Kira and Lacus calls out at the same time. Both just realized each other's presence. Both blushed as they stared at each other, forgetting each other's companions inside the room.

Kira's POV

'It's her! It's her! I'm standing in front of her right now. Be still my heart! Ask her her name you idiot!' But nothing came out from his mouth. Kira just stood there, paralyzed on the spot. 'Wow! She's more beautiful at a closer range.' Kira continues to stare at Lacus, tray still in hand.

Lacus's POV

'It's him! It's the boy I saw earlier. He's so cute! He's blushing! He looks even cuter. Why is he staring at me like that? Oh God! He's making me blush even more.' Lacus blushes at Kira's gaze. But just like Kira, Lacus stares at Kira too.

Normal POV

"What the hell did I do to you?"Dearka asks, half shouting at the girl, who was glaring at him. He then remembers the open door. He pulls Kira inside and closes it. He looks at the girl in front of him. 'I met her yesterday and I can't remember? Impossible!' Dearka looks at Miriallia from head to foot, liking what he was seeing. He exhales a slow whistle.

"You must have mistaken me for someone else miss. I definitely would have remembered meeting a beautiful girl like you." Dearka explains, eyes still on her.

Miriallia blushes at Dearks's gaze and words. But she regains her composure, remembering why she was angry at him in the first place. She plants both hands on her hips and glares at Dearka. "Listen here you dolt! How dare you flirt with me when you treated me like a kid yesterday. You didn't even apologoze when you bumped into me." Miriallia tells Dearka through gritted teeth. 'The nerve!'

'Huh? Bumped into her? Kid? That was her?!' Dearka remembers the incident yesterday. He was kind of in a hurry, and besides, it was dark then. 'Wow! She's got good eyesight and memory.' "So sorry sweetheart. I was kind of in a hurry, and besides, it was dark. If I saw you clearly, I would definitely have not treated you the way I did yesterday."

Miriallia smiles sarcastically "Just because I'm wearing a skirt now, you treat me differently." She slams her foot on Dearka's causing him to yelp in pain and hop on one foot, clutching the injured one.

"And don't you ever call me sweetheart again!" With that, she approaches Kira , who was still dazed and was still staring at Lacus, takes the tray from him, slams it on the bed, and drags him outside the room. Man was she pissed!

Kira was jolted out of his dazed state as he was dragged out of the room by Miriallia. "Wait! I don't even know her name!" Kira breaks free from Mir's grip and pokes his head back inside the room. "May I know your name?" He asks looking directly at Lacus.

"Lacus." Lacus answers, blushing.

Kira grins idiotically. "I'm Kira. Kira Yamato. Nice to meet you Lacus." Then he closes the door and heads back down, ignoring a confused Miriallia, with an idiotic smile on his face.

Lacus and Dearka

"What was that all about?" Dearka asks a blushing Lacus. In response, Lacus blushes deeper. "You like him don't you?" Dearka sighs as his question was answered as Lacus blushes even deeper.

"I'm sorry princess, but I need not remind you of the situation we are in. I don't want you to get hurt when the time comes for us to leave this town. It's for your own good. You have to understand." Dearka explains as he watched Lacus' face and nods silently at him. Then she turns her back to him and lies down on her bed, appetite lost.

Again, Dearka sighs. He knew this would not be easy but he had no choice. His loyalty lies with this pink-haired princess in front of him. He knew it was a crazy idea when she told him that she was running away. He knew it was suicide when he insisted that he should go with her. If the king found them...DEATH would be his punishment. Sigh. 'But I just couldn't let her go by herself. Princess Lacus has never been out of the palace, she would never survive. Sigh.' Dearka glances at Lacus and picks up the tray of food on his bed. 'Such a short life.' Dearka tells himself as he began to eat his food.

"Are you okay Kira?" Cagalli asks Kira. The four of them now seated on the table, eating dinner, as the restaurant was already closed.

"Yeah Kira. You've been acting weird the whole day." Athrun tells his friend peering at him curiously.

"I think I'm in love." Kira answers dazely, staring at his untouched food.

Athrun was surprised at his answer. 'In love? With whom? I haven't seen him talk to other girls lately. Heck! I barely saw him the whole day today!' Then he remembers what Mir said yesterday about Kira stealing glances at Cagalli. His heart crumples at the thought. 'Could it be Cagalli? Is he in love with Cagalli?' Athrun felt his chest tighten. He looks down on his plate, suddenly losing his appetite.

"So who's the lucky girl? Can we meet her?" Cagalli aska Kira excitedly, not noticing Athrun cringe at her question.

Kira smiles and looks at Cagalli. "Her name is..."

Athrun winces as Kira was about to reveal his love's name. 'I don't want to hear it!' Athrun covers his ears and stands up abruptly.

"Ahhhhhhh!"

"Lacus."

Kira blushingly reveals the name at the same time Athrun screams.

"Huh? Lacus? Who's Lacus?" Athrun asks his best friend, confusion clearly on his face.

"Are you okay Athrun?" Cagalli asks, looking at him worriedly.

"What's wrong with you? Why did you scream like that? Huh Athrun?" Miriallia demands, looking at him.

"Errrrr...hehehehe..." sweat drop on Athrun.

Kira suddenly burst out laughing. All three heads turn to him. He just realized why Athrun acted the way he did. 'He thought that I was in love with Cagalli! Hehehehe. Boy Athrun! You've fallen hard for her and you heven't realized it yet!' Kira grins evily. "I know the answer to your question Mir. Athrun thought that I had fallen in love with Cammmmm" Kira wasn't able to finish, Athrun's hand was now clamped over Kira's mouth, silencing him.

Both girls looks at Athrun, weirdly this time.

"Ahhhhh...hehehehehe..." sweat drop on Athrunagain.

Kira removes Athrun's hand from his mouth and laughs at his best friend. Athrun looked so uncomfortable, and he was blushing again. Kira stands up and drapes his arm around Athrun's shoulder. "Don't worry, I won't tell on you." He whispers into Athrun's ear. He then grins at the two girls. "It's a guy thing. You wouldn't understand"

Miriallia rolls her eyes at Cagalli..."Boys!"

Next day, Kira eagerly wakes up earlier than usual. He was excited to see Lacus again. He approaches Louie and volunteers to take Lacus' breakfast up to her room.

"What? You mean the couple staying at room number 4? But they already left. They left sometime last night, it was kind of weird. Actually, they just left the money on the table in their room. I didn't even know they were gone until early this morning. Weird huh?"

But Kira wasn't listening to what Louie was saying. 'Gone? Lacus? Gone?' Kira felt his heart break into tiny pieces as he slumped onto a nearby chair.

End of chapter 3

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