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Somewhere Out There

Chapter 3: A Thousand Miles

He looked at the dark brown color of his coffee while holding tightly the white cup. The pink-haired girl was sitting beside him, doing the same thing. He wanted to talk to her but believing that maybe he did something wrong made him stop, 'Where's birdie when I need him?' he thought; as he remembered in leaving birdie in his new home. She, too, wanted to talk to him. It seemed like they walked a thousand miles away from eachother only to return once again.

Kira called her name, in time that she called his. They blushed when it happened. He asked how she was in time that she also asked him the same question. They blushed again and turned away their gazes from eachother. His heart was beating fast and he could never explain why. Maybe it was because she was more beautiful right now; she was taller and not to mention sexier!

Kira tried to erase all those things away from his dirty mind and tried to talk to her; but what would he ask? Probably he would ask her who the boy is or why was Albert about to kiss her- no; he wanted to know the real reason why she left.

"Lac- I mean Lynette..." he called. The beautiful maiden only giggled when she saw him confused as to what he should call her. "Please Kira; call me Lacus... for old time's sake," she pleaded; her voice was still the angelic one he used to hear. She observed him and saw that he had grown mature but he was still the handsome Kira she knew back then. He still had that messy brown hair; and that tan complexion. The violet shade of his eyes still can catch her attention and anyone else's; especially girls- women. His small, weak smile was still there too and it all concluded one thing- he had finally moved on. Maybe he had finally gotten over the lives he had lost in the last war; maybe he had finally seen the better things in life... maybe he's already married to Fllay and has more than 2 kids!

'Shut the thinking Lacus!' she scolded herself.

Lacus tried to think properly and not to totally jerk out in front of the handsome man. He was looking at her with those sincere eyes; no wonder she fell for him- once upon a stupid time! He looked almost like an actor minus the acting career! For what seemed like forever staring at each other's eyes, Kira heard the child groan but then went back to sleep.

"Thank you for finding him," she said while looking at Daniel sleep in peace. Kira grinned, "I didn't try finding him... how about thanking me for accidentally finding him?" he joked as Lacus giggled to it. He missed her laughter and somehow tried to recall his last days with her 10 years ago. They were friends back then and he recalled promising her he would never leave her while he was in love with Fllay. You can call that love infatuation but he did love the bitch!

The child moved again and almost seemed to wake up. Kira and Lacus stood up and went to the child's bedside to look at him. On that moment, a question sprouted inside Kira's mind, "He must be an important person to you because you really went in the rain just to find him. Is he an orph...?" he stopped when he saw a picture on the bedside table; it was Lacus, Daniel and a certain blonde man. The man was carrying Daniel on his shoulders while Lacus embraced the man and they smiled happily under the many cherry blossoms that grew. Conclusions begin to fill his mind and somehow what he had expected came true. She noticed his sudden pause and wanted to explain everything- but for what?

"He's my..." she paused for a moment when he looked at her with confused eyes.

"...he's my son Kira..." she continued. She saw him widening his eyes a bit and she saw how he wanted to hide the surprised look on his handsome face. His eyes traveled down her body for proof of what she said and then saw a silver wedding ring on her finger. Reality really sucks doesn't it? But why should he care; why should he be affected by such words? She would be surprised of he didn't care. He was, after all, her friend; yet she would be more surprised if he'd care, they are after all just friends... right? He turned away from her to look at her son. He looked at the picture again and was a bit touched. He saw how happy she was with her husband. So then who was Albert who almost kissed her?

"Albert was Allan's brother," she said; answering his question without even thinking she did. Kira felt relief inside of him- at least she didn't end up with the bastard who took his seat just to be beside Lacus. Yet why did they call her Lynette?

"When I moved to the PLANT's years ago; Andy and I changed our names. He adopted me so I was named Lynette Evans..." she said; again answering his question without even noticing she did. Kira grinned; he thinks she has this mind-reading powers so she can read other people minds! She might not have this kind of power, but she can read someone mind just by looking in their eyes- seems like Lacus never really changed.

"You haven't changed one bit Lacus..." he whispered; so as to not wake up Daniel and interrupt their reunion. She flinched but then later accepted that fact. "You've changed, Kira..." she replied, her eyes facing the ground. Kira stunned and was a bit confused but then he smiled. He did change- a lot! He was more mature, more stable and more handsome now than before when war took pieces from his soul. Maybe he regained new pieces now or maybe he's just trying to find that one piece left.

He faced the window of the room and smiled, "Did I really change that badly?" he wondered. She chuckled silently but he heard it anyway. "No... You're still the handsome Kira I know," she giggled. Kira blushed even more when he heard this; now she was more honest than the usual! He turned away from her gaze to look at Daniel; her sense of humor has increased.

A slight frown escaped his lips, "No; I have changed and I regret that it took so long," he blurted out. She was dumbfounded at what he said. She was also thinking the same thing. She may have loved him still but a part of her wanted to slap him on the face because it took this long for him to finally move on! If only she could have waited fro him then maybe he could've seen her love for him; and maybe he could've realized that he did love her.

But just like what the old people would say, 'Past is Past'. She sighed. She didn't want to ask him about what happened to him and Fllay; whether they ended up together or (she wished) maybe they parted. The silence was getting the best of them so she really needed to ask him the question now!

"So how are you and Fllay doing?" she asked abruptly which took him to a surprise. She waited for his reply but found him silent for the rest of the minutes. She was sure that he heard her ask that question but then maybe it just went to the other end of his ear.

She was about to ask the question again but heard him snort weakly. He sighed deeply and faced her, "I haven't seen Fllay for about 8 years now..." he simply said. She was shocked and her eyes widened a bit. Damn him! Does he mean that Lacus left him for nothing? Does he mean that what she did to set him free didn't work? Does he mean that what she wanted the most was after all finally hers- a long time ago? Is she telling him that she shouldn't have left him? Damn the bastard; if only he knew how she felt those days! She wanted to shout at him, she wanted to slap him on the face and most especially, she wanted to just fly to his arms and cry! If the bastard only felt what she felt then maybe all was well. Kira Yamato- a complete bastard and jerk at the age of 16!

"I see..." were the only words that came out of her mouth. There were no words to describe the pain. She thought it had subsided; she thought she did not love him anymore... but just the sight of his sad eyes, everything came back. Love really sticks like a bubble gum.

"Why did you leave her?" Lacus asked, out of curiosity. Kira didn't want to talk about it. For some reason, it did hurt him to remember. He placed everything on the line just for the bitch and then she just betrayed him! 'I wonder what the bitch did to him...' Lacus thought, feeling so angry at Fllay or whatever might have hurt dear Kira.

He smiled sadly, "I think what I gave to her was not enough... yeah- that was it." His voice was hoarse and weak when he said this. Whatever happened, it was not Kira's fault. She sighed deeply, the chance was there but neither of them accepted it. Now what has fate got in store for the both of them?

The child finally fluttered his eyes and they opened slightly; somehow breaking the sad moment between these two people. Damn, if only they knew what was supposed to happen!

"Daniel?" Lacus called, as she brushed away his blonde messy hair from the boy's face. The boy finally had the strength to open his eyes and when he saw her mother he called out her name sweetly, "Lynette, is that you?" he asked. Lacus nodded; tears now pouring down her blue eyes. Kira was a bit amused at what the boy called his mother.

"Lacus, why doesn't he call you mom or mother?" Kira asked curiously as he watched the boy sit up in bed. Lacus just looked at him; her expression saddened when she heard the question. The boy has now gained enough strength and looked at his mother. He smiled and Lacus smiled back. When the child looked sideways to see who was beside his very beautiful mother his happy expression turned into range.

A bolt of energy entered his body and he was on full bar! "Who are you!?" Daniel screamed at Kira in anger. Kira was sent back at his very rude expression. The boy's violet and violent eyes flash out to Kira. "Lynette who is this guy?!" Daniel asked, pointing his finger at Kira who was now dumbfounded, 'What the hell is this kid talking about?' he thought. "Uncle Albert should not call you; he should not come here! You know I hate him... you always don't believe anything I say!" exclaimed Daniel, struggling himself out of bed

Lacus held Daniel in her arms and tried to calm him down which he did. Daniel looked at Kira again with those angered eyes, "Is he another one of your boyfriends again?!" he abruptly said. Kira and Lacus were taken back by what the boy concluded. They have problems- really big understanding problems!

"No...Your mom is not my girlfriend!" Kira blurted, tying to defend himself from the ranging child. The child still gave him that horrid look but was now calmed by Lacus' embrace. When Lacus pulled away she saw Daniel looking at her- crying. "I told you that I don't want anyone to replace my father even if he is dead!" exclaimed Daniel which brought Kira to a great shock. The words: 'I don't want anyone to replace my father even if he is dead' repeated in his mind. Lacus flinched and smiled weakly at her son, "Daniel, I already broke up with your Uncle Albert. I'm not replacing your dad... I promise and Kira's not my boyfriend..." Lacus cried; tears flowing down her eyes. Daniel saw the sincerity in his mother's eyes so he was convinced. "Promise me you won't do that or else I'll run away from home and never come back again!" vowed Daniel who was also crying. Lacus only smiled and embraced the boy tightly in her arms. Daniel felt his mother's warmth and melted into it, embracing his mother back. Kira could hear Lacus sob and feel pain stab right through his heart.

Then, suddenly, a man grabbed Kira's wrist and led him out from the room. The man closed the door and grinned at Kira, "Hey kid, it's been years since we haven' seen eachother!" exclaimed the old man. Kira's eyes widened as he realized who the man was.

Suddenly, he felt someone bump into him again so he turned around and wanted to apologized- he took the blame as usual. When he was about to apologize, his mouth was silenced at what he saw- "Mr. Waltfelt?" he asked confusingly. The man was also shocked to see Kira. It was like they've known eachother.

"Mr. - Mr. Waltfelt?!" Kira exclaimed in great surprise. Andy had changed so much! A few of his hair turned white and he had this brown mustache! "I think it's bad if you stayed in there especially in the child's condition," Andy explained as he led Kira near a bench and they sat down.

Kira was about to speak but was stopped at the signal of Andy's hand that told him to stop first. "Before you ask me a lot of question, I need to tell you the basics. When Lacus, DaCosta and I decided to move up to the PLANT's, I adopted her as my daughter. We changed our names and I was named Amber Evans. DaCosta didn't want to change his name so I made him my personal assistant...

"Lacus got married to a man named Allan Sanders 8 years ago and, as you see, they had a son..." Andy explained and got Kira all confused.

Kira sat silently for a moment and tried to manifest on what he just heard and had known. "Why isn't Daniel calling her mom or mother?" Kira asked confusingly, wondering why that was so.

Andy sighed heavily, "2 years ago, the family went to a park to enjoy... it was spring that time..." Kira gasped as he remembered the picture he had just seen moments ago. There were cherry blossoms in that picture... so maybe...

"It rained that night and they were on earth in this city. The family went running for cover; and it happened. Allan was shot from a man inside a car; don't really know much of the details since Lacus never wanted to talk about it again. He died while carrying Daniel on his shoulders... so Daniel saw how his father died..." Andy continued as he recalled that night 2 years ago; feeling so disgusted with himself. "Who wanted Allan dead?" Kira asked curiously. Andy smirked, "The investigation is still going on, and the police still haven't tracked down the killer or the mastermind," replied Andy.

Kira clenched his fists, "So, why does Daniel hate Albert that much?" Kira asked again. Andy grinned, "I don't know... he never tells me why," Andy sighed as his heart felt like crushing itself. Kira fell quiet again, trying to put the pieces together for Lacus. She was suffering; she has a very confused child and now she's torn apart by her own decisions in life!

Minutes had passed and the door to Daniel's room opened, revealing a very pained Lacus; her eyes very teary and her heart almost breaking into pieces- but she was still smiling weakly.

"Dad..." she called out; referring to Andy, "can you watch over Daniel... he's sleeping and I need to get something down stairs," she pleaded, her voice filled with sadness and Kira could feel her heart sink.

When Andy nodded, Lacus ran away from them-crying.

"Lacus..." Kira watched her as she ran towards the intersection hallway to use the elevator. Kira didn't know what to do. A part of him wanted to run for it and grab her. Another part of him wanted to just leave her be. But as he remembered her letter,

Trust me, if I only had the guts to face you then I will. I would tell you the real reason why I left- if only I had the guts to tell you. Sadly, I don't have that kind of courage- I don't have the heart to hurt you.

Kira figured that now is the right time to know what her real reason is. Without wasting more time he ran for her, like what Andy had expected him to do. When he reached the elevator door, he saw Lacus looking at her. When he was about to enter, the doors close and he saw that lacus wasn't going down, she was going up; but where up? Kira gasped in discomfort, "No... Lacus..." he whispered worriedly.

He ran to where the stairs were and decided to just climb his way up. If he knew where she was going then it would be a miracle! If he did not know where she was going, then he had to find her- a part of him said so.

He was in the fifth floor and climbed to the sixth, the seventh, the eighth and he did not hear his instincts to stop; so he kept going until he reached the 12th floor- the last floor. Kira hit himself with his palm in disbelief, "man! I over did it again!" he scolded! He sighed, maybe he didn't know where she was heading- what kind of friend was he anyway.

He sat on one of the steps of the stairs and clenched his hair, "why am I acting this way?" he desperately asked himself out aloud! "Why should I even care? No... I should care- she always did..." he concluded but he knew it would be too late. Wherever she is... she must be crying and she's not a fool to kill herself. The thought eased Kira a bit so he just decided to tour around the 12th floor of the hospital.

The hallways were darker and there were not much nurses coming here. Some rooms were empty, "I guess this is an extra floor for special purposes..." he whispered as he continued to observe the hallway. In front of him was a stairway leading somewhere to the roof of the hospital. He grew curios, 'maybe she went up here...nah... why would she?'

By his own instincts, he climbed it and he found himself in a roof garden. He was a bit amazed at how big and how beautiful it was. It had many flowers especially roses. On the edges were railing to keep someone from falling off- safety first!

There were some trees but not as big as the trees you see in parks. In the middle of the garden was a cherry blossom tree. Since it was spring the blossoms are alive but they will still fall though. The entire garden was covered by the cherry blossoms pink petals as the wind carried them below the tall building.

He moved and looked around, enjoying the sight of the beautiful, mysterious garden on top of the hospital- quite a catch don't you think? As he was almost near the cherry blossom tree, he saw a very familiar figure- a crying figure. Kira was simply amazed at her beauty. Her pink hair matched the pink blossoms of the tree. Her slim body made her a beauty to behold; her white complexion shinning in the dark... but she embraced herself and she was crying.

Kira could not stop his heart from falling to the pit of his stomach as he saw her cry so silently. He couldn't take his eyes off of her solidarity. He ran this far just to find her and now here she is- a lost friend once upon a damn time ago when he had the chance to make her his. To make her his? Why the heck is he thinking like this?

Kira shook his head to erase the early things he had been thinking... he didn't want to surprise her but...

As he was so close to where she was, he slowly touched both her arms with his hands. She flinched when he touched her... as if they were new to her- the sensation. She gasped for a moment but then recognized the touch- "Kira?" she called and turned around as his purple eyes met her blue ones in a gaze like no other.

His eyes began to soar from the sight of her sad expression and hopeless face- Lacus Clyne... a hopeless person? I think not! She faced the ground to avoid his alluring eyes in hopes that he would just leave her! To her surprise... he did not- he never will. His right had slowly made its way to her face and tilted her head to face him, his breath touching her face, giving her a warm sensation. He locked his eyes unto hers and slowly smiled, "It's going to be okay..." he whispered; his breath giving her a funny feeling in her stomach.

When she heard him soothing her, more tears came out from her eyes as she forced her head down again. "I'm sorry if I got you all worried Kira... it's just that everything went so wrong- very wrong!" she cried, her tears flowing like there was no tomorrow.

Sure, Kira admitted to himself that he had comforted a lot of girls when they cried through the years of growth but he never felt this kind of feeling now. Sure he has loved many girls through the years, he earned a lot of friends too; but never did he feel so needed in his life- unlike now. He did after all fail her; he needed to make it up for her- ha had to!

He breathed deeply and tried to think of the next thing h had to do... to his surprise, his mind was empty! He can't just carelessly pull her into his arms... right? He heard her sob and it moved him. He never saw her like this before... well 10 years ago that is! What else can he say; change is the only constant thing in this world.

Kira could not bare it anymore and so he did the first thing that cam to his mind- he embraced her so tightly as his own tears made their way down his cheeks. He pressed her face closer to his heart and then took in her scent... letting it fill his entire being. Her body was shaking at his touch so he soothed it by caressing her back then pulled her closer. She calmed down a bit then melted in his arms.

It had been so long since he hadn't pulled her into his arms. She also missed it, being inside Kira's arms were like heaven and hell combined! It was like heaven because, after all, she did love him. It felt like hell because, even if time turns it all around, they can never be together- ever!

"Why did they have to take him away from me?" cried Lacus, as the vision of her husband appeared in her mind.

"Hurry Lynette, the rain is pouring fast!" cried Allan while holding his wife's hand as they ran towards the city for cover from the rain. As they ran, a certain black car stopped in front of them. They stopped in confusion while Daniel was cast a very big smile, "Gees daddy, I knew you would call a car for us!" exclaimed Daniel so happily! Allan's face was uncomfortable in meaning. He recognized the car and he knew who owned it. He was about to choke out the name but a shot was heard and it cam from the car.

Lynette's eyes widened in shock as she saw her husband fall dead on the ground, with Daniel trying to help him up. "NO DAD PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US!!!" cried Daniel. Lacus looked at the man who shot her husband and a grin escaped the man's mouth... and the black car strode off. Lacus was dumbfounded, she didn't know what to do but she just stood there watching Daniel helplessly trying to wake his father- tugging Allan's lifeless body...

She could see that his mouth was moving. It looked like he said something to Daniel that made him stop in shock... the people came rushing in for them; Lynette fainted as she could not bare the extreme shock that came over her. The only voice she heard was her son calling her name... "MOM!"

Lacus breathed deeply as the memory invaded her heart, piercing every side of her soul. Kira didn't know why she was acting like this but one thing is for sure- he needed to make her stop.

As the minutes passed of being in each other's arms, a voice called out from behind. Kira and Lacus quickly broke away from eachother as they realized who tried to call their attention- it was Albert.

"Lynette...what is that guy doing here?!" Albert exclaimed in great frustration. Kira and Lacus didn't answer nor did they move away from eachother.

"Albert I..."

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