CHAPTER 7: Confession
At the Kouga village
Athrun has booked a table and sitting nervously, waiting for Cagalli to arrive. He actually decided not to wear anything special in the end; hence he wore his normal home clothes. He was staring onto the table, wondering what to say to Cagalli when she entered the shop, wearing nothing special either but her shinobi clothes.
"Sorry for being late" Cagalli apologized as she sits down across the table, opposite him "There's a lot of problems at the Shinobi School and I have to help out since no one else is willing to do so"
"That's fine, Cagalli" Athrun said as he passed her the menu
As Cagalli was looking through the menu, Athrun was nervous and tried to think what he should tell her later. Cagalli placed her order before realizing about Athrun.
"So, what's so special about today that you have to meet me for dinner?"
"Well, er … you see … I …" Athrun was stumbling over his words.
Cagalli looked at him, frowning and at the same time, wondering why he has been acting so strange lately.
"Well, if you're not ready to say it, then we'll leave it to some other time"
"Er … sure" Athrun felt half relieved and half disappointed.
"About Kira, he's a totally different person now, ever since he went off to find that girl" Cagalli told Athrun as she rested her head on her right palm.
"Yes I agree. He seems really serious about her"
"I've never seen my brother like this before, Athrun"
"It's ok Cagalli; I guess he would fall for a girl sooner or later"
"Why do you think so?"
"Many girls had chased him since we started studying the ways of a ninja and he had not agreed to a single girl for a date yet. I guessed that he would somehow fall for one of them sooner or later."
"But he didn't! And to make things worse, she's our enemy!"
"If he really loves her, I guess that doesn't matter"
"Why don't we go and ask him later, Athrun?"
"Haha, hopefully we won't get a punch from him when we do"
As Athrun and Cagalli had their meal, Kira was at home, sitting at his balcony staring into the night sky as his pet bird, Tori flew around his house and landed on his right shoulder. He held up his left hand and Tori hopped onto the top of his hand. He looked at Tori and thought of an idea. He stood up and went to his desk, took out a piece of parchment and writes a message. He then tied the message to Tori's left leg and Tori hopped back onto his hand, looking at him.
"Tori, I'm depending on you now"
He walked over to the balcony and looked as Tori flew out into the night sky.
At the Iga village
Lacus was sitting at her dressing table in her room after dinner, looking into her reflection in the mirror.
Kira … I wonder how are you doing back in your village …
She was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Lacus? Are you there? I was just wondering if Stellar and I may talk to you"
"I'm fine, please come in"
Shinn and Stellar entered her room and took a seat on her sofa.
"Stellar heard everything from Shinn about Lacus" Stellar told Lacus "Stellar swears to keep it a secret too"
"Thanks a lot, Stellar" Lacus smiled.
"So I think it's about time you tell us what actually happened between you both during your capture"
Lacus looked at Shinn, stunned. Stellar gave Shinn a sight hit on his lap with her left hand.
"Shinn cannot force Lacus to say if Lacus don't want to. Or else Stellar will consider that as bullying"
Lacus broke out into a small laugh while Shinn gave Stellar a kind of look as if he was going to say "Come on Stellar …" But in the end, he said something else.
"If Lacus doesn't want to say it, I won't force her either"
When Lacus wanted to reply to them, a tiny green bird flew into her room and landed onto her dressing table. Lacus walked over to the dressing table and noticed that there was a letter, written on its leg. She untied the letter and opened it up. She was partially surprised, after realizing that the letter was from Kira.
Hi there, Lacus.
I guess that you may already know who I really am after reading this but just in case it falls into the wrong hands, I won't reveal my name. This delivery bird is my pet, Tori, and I just wanted to make sure that you're well and alright.
Just in case you're wondering, I'm fine. The punishment I received is pretty light, so don't you worry, all I've got to do was to clean the training hall for two weeks.
See you!
From, someone you know
Lacus smiled as she read the letter, while Shinn and Stellar tried to peek at the content of the letter.
"Er … Shinn, Stellar … would you please excuse me for a moment?"
Shinn and Stellar looked at each other and agreed. After they left the room, Lacus took out a new parchment from her study table and began to write another letter to Kira as Tori flew around the room.
Dear Kira,
I've received your letter. I'm really glad that you're ok and the punishment is not too bad, but isn't cleaning the training hall for two weeks really tough? Everything's fine in this village so don't you worry about me as well.
Miss you!
Songstress
Lacus tied the paper onto Tori's right leg and it took off into the night sky once again. At the meantime, Shinn and Stellar were sitting at the living room of Lacus' house.
"That must be from that boy she loves, right Shinn?"
"I guess so, since she's not willing to let us read it"
Stellar broke out into a small laugh when Lacus opened the door.
"Sorry about just now, so shall we continue from where we left off?"
"Er …" Shinn do not know what to say when Stellar interrupted him.
"Stellar just remembered something, Shinn and Stellar got to go. Sorry Lacus"
"Oh, if you're busy, I won't hold you guys up"
"Er … ya"
"Lacus must be tired, so Lacus do not have to send Shinn and Stellar out"
Stellar pushed Shinn out of the house and made their way out to the streets.
"What's that all about Stellar?"
"Shinn don't know? Shinn is bad when it comes to girls"
"Really?"
"But Stellar still likes Shinn"
Stellar smiles at him and they hold hands, making their way home together.
The next morning at the Iga village
Lacus was at the washroom cleaning herself up when a ninja came knocking onto her room door.
"Sorry to disturb, Ms Lacus, but Yunna's here and he said that he's here to bring you out for breakfast"
"Oh no" Lacus thought.
"Please tell him that I'll be there in a few minutes"
Lacus changed her clothes before heading to her living room to see Yunna sitting on the sofa. His arm was still wrapped up with bandages. He brought her to a nearby shop and ordered some food. Lacus kept quiet most of the time, thinking about Kira, when Yunna suddenly touched her hand and she removed her hand from his. Yunna looked at her and thinks that it's best if he changes the topic.
"I heard that the food here is really good and it's worth a try, since it just started business recently"
Lacus nodded her head and looked up to the bright morning sky. "Why do I get the feeling that today's going to be a bad day?"
Shinn and Stellar were passing by the shop and saw Yunna and Lacus having breakfast together, without catching their attention.
"Stellar can tell that Lacus hates Yunna" Stellar told Shinn with a frown on her face.
"Ya and that idiot sitting opposite her don't even realize it himself. Come to think of it, when I first heard that Yunna was qualified as a Chunin during dinner time, I also threw my food up"
Stellar nods with agreement. "Stellar doesn't like Yunna also. Only a dumb girl would fall for him"
Shinn looked at her, surprised. That was the first time he heard Stellar talked like this.
"Let's go Stellar" Shinn told her "We're about to be late for duty"
At the Kouga village
Athrun was going after Kira, who was walking at a really fast speed.
"Kira, I'm sorry for being a busybody but I feel that you should at least tell me what's going on between you and that pink-haired princess"
Kira stopped in his tracks before Athrun continued.
"Just tell me would you? I won't tell anyone as your best friend"
"Alright, alright!" Kira walked into the open field near the training hall and sat on a bench beneath a tree. "There's nothing to say about us anyways!"
"That means you like her?" Athrun asked.
"So what if I am?"
"This is not a really good idea you know, since she's suppose to be an enemy"
"I know that … but I can't stop feeling that … somehow … I need to have her by my side … I feel as if I cannot go on without her"
Athrun nodded his head with understanding.
"I just knew that some day you would fall in love, since many girls from our village chased you and you rejected them"
Kira laughed at him. "That may be true, but you're already in love since our school days aren't you? With some one whom I'm close to"
Athrun looked away, blushing. "I'm not!"
Kira smiled at his best friend and looked up into the sky.
"Relax Athrun. I knew all along that you liked my sister. It's just that she doesn't know about it"
Athrun turned back to look at Kira, feeling that it's time to change the subject.
"So how are you two keeping in touch? That pink-haired princess"
"Her name's Lacus and I guess for now we could just talk by letter. Tori's doing all the work for me"
"How long do you plan to keep your relationship with her a secret? Sooner or later, someone from either village is going to find out"
"Ya, I guess we're going to keep it a secret till that day comes"
At the Iga village
Lacus returned home from breakfast and when she entered her house, one of the maids went up to her.
"Lacus-sama, your friends, Shinn and Stellar are waiting for you upstairs"
"Thank you"
Lacus made her way up to her room and saw Shinn and Stellar reading some sort of parchment on her dressing table. She panicked and snatched the parchments out of their hands, returning them back to the drawer of her dressing table.
"I guess it's about time you tell us about him" Shinn said slyly.
"You guys read everything?" Lacus was in shock.
"Stellar and Shinn read the message" Stellar replied in a sorry voice "But as Lacus' best friends, Shinn and Stellar wants to know about Lacus' boyfriend"
"And we could also tell since the beginning that you hated Yunna" Shinn smiled.
Lacus calmed down and feels that it's about time to tell them the truth.
"Ok" She took a deep breath and continued the story, explaining everything to them, about how she first saw Kira, when Kira protected her from some thieves and when Kira first kissed her.
When she concluded the story, Shinn and Stellar were staring at her dumbfounded.
"That's … … really romantic" Shinn broke the silence.
"Stellar feels that way too"
"I know that I shouldn't have done something like that as a princess, but somehow, I feel warmth whenever I'm with him"
Shinn and Stellar smiled at Lacus.
"It's alright Lacus, as long as you're happy being with him, we won't object"
Stellar nodded "Stellar can tell Lacus likes Kira a lot. Shinn and Stellar will be happy when Lacus is happy"
"So when are you guys going to meet again?" Shinn asked.
Lacus looked him, as if she wasn't expecting such a question.
"Well … I haven't thought of it yet …"
"Stellar is sure that Lacus missed Kira and cannot last long without Kira by Lacus' side. The same thing goes when Stellar is separated with Shinn" Stellar smiled.
Shinn blushed "Stop it, Stellar. You're making me feel embarrassed!"
"But Stellar is speaking the truth! Shinn and Stellar can arrange for Lacus to meet Kira if Lacus wants to"
Lacus felt pleased when she heard that.
"You mean it?"
"Yes, Shinn and Stellar can watch Lacus' back when Lacus spends some time with Kira"
Shinn looked at her, feeling that there's nothing he could say that would change Stellar's mind.
"Sure, of course!"
"Thanks a lot you guys!" Lacus felt that her spirit has lightened when she knew that she would meet Kira once again soon.
Sorry for taking such a long time. My exams are finally over and I took a few days to get the next part of the story out of my mind. The reviews are great, thanks to all those who gave me comments, I really appreciate them. Anyways, I hope that you readers won't get put off by my bad use of English, since my English standard is not so good. Hopefully everyone can understand what I'm trying to say in the story ...