My Sweetest Heart for You
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of Gundam Seed/Gundam Seed Destiny. I am not compensated in any way for my work.
A/N: I've been reading fan fiction on this site for a while and I thought I would give it a shot.
Any additional comments and reviews would be appreciated and are encouraged.
Chapter 2 – "Thus the contemplation for those aching hearts that sought out love has begun…"
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As dawn slowly approached on a brightening sky, beams of warm sunlight shot out from behind a veil of clouds to shimmer down in their magnificence upon the earth below calling out for another day of new life to begin.
Small wisps of wind blew across the countryside like whispers, their gentle brush riding up against the closed blinds of a small house overlooking the ocean from far above; inside a pink haired girl was nestled soundly within the comforts of her bed, her figure enclosed within silky pink sheets with her head resting comfortably on a fluffy white pillow. Her lips took in small breaths with her chest raising up and down, her visage a true angelic vision to behold in its exquisite beauty.
As time slowly passed onward, Lacus' eyes began to flutter open with her small figure rising out of the bed as the baby blue depths rose completely; her hands coming up to lightly rub against them to rid some of the sleep from her sight.
"My, is it morning already?" she said softly to herself; a hint of fatigue still evident in her voice from last night's excitement.
Lacus slipped out from under her comforter; the long tresses of her silky nightgown leaving the bare of her back open.
Walking over towards her window, she opened up the blinds as a flowing amount of breathtaking sunlight bathed her room in an almost ethereal glow.
"…" Lacus' eyes widened for a moment as her figure was enshrined in its refreshing warmth, small shivers running down her body from the feeling.
Lacus faintly smiled as she walked outside her door and descended the stairway through the hallway.
Small specks of ash and burnt wood still lingered in the air as Lacus passed by her living room where the boy still slept as soundly and as quietly as a new born baby. Lacus' eyes softened for a moment with each breath he took while she gazed in on his slumbering body. 'Good… he's still sleeping'
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Humming sweetly to herself, Lacus began preparing breakfast for herself and her young visitor; the sweet smell of freshly made sausages and waffles filling the air.
'I really hope he likes it, it's been such a long time since I've cooked for two' she thought to herself as she smiled some; a faint tint of pink staining her cheeks.
As she was finishing up, a series of strange sounds shot out from the direction of the living room. Lacus rose her head up in confusion as she turned around hurrying out of the kitchen. Raising a hand up to her mouth in shock, Lacus' eyes widened at the shock of seeing the boy gone from his bed and her door having been forced wide open.
'Oh no, he hasn't gone out in his condition has he!' Lacus thought before she ran outside, not finding herself but a few steps out before she saw him lying out before her on the rocky ground, a ragged looked on his face, his brilliant amethyst eyes full of a deep fear.
Lacus didn't say anything standing there while gentle blue locked with violet. 'He's afraid…' she thought.
Drawing in a soft breath, Lacus folded her hands neatly over the front of her chest while she slowly approached him with a beautiful smile exuding an aura of serene gentleness from her body.
"You shouldn't be going outside in your condition; you're still very weak you know…" Lacus whispered before she leaned herself casually down by his side. Leaning her head down so she could face him directly, Lacus' visage could only be described by failing words as that of an angel.
"By the way, this is the first time we're meeting face to face though isn't it? Allow me to properly introduce myself. My name is Lacus Clyne and what's yours may I ask?"
"…"
A few giggles escaped Lacus' lips; her head tilting some "Hmm?"
The boy stayed silent for a moment more, his eyes glancing over the girl curiously before he shook his head "I… I don't know"
"You don't know? That's certainly very strange; don't you remember your name?"
Lowering his head some, the boy spoke very quietly "No… I don't remember my name. I can't remember anything at all"
"Oh my… that's awful. Hmm…" Firmly clasping her hands together, Lacus stood upright as she leaned down and gazed intently at him with an exuberant expression on her face "I know! How would you like to have some breakfast? I'm sure that would make you feel better"
'Who is this girl?' "Um… yeah, sure… breakfast sounds nice I guess" he said, nodding his head very slowly.
Smiling brightly at his answer, Lacus grasped his hands quickly helping him up as she led him back into the house with a renewed vigor.
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His hands crossed politely over his lap, the boy swallowed some as he stared down at the plate laid out before him. "Um… Ms. Lacus, is this really mine?"
Lacus giggled, nodding her head to him while she sat down at the opposite end of the table "Of course silly, who else do you think it'd be for? And I'd like it if you'd call me Lacus"
"Oh, okay…" A calmer, more serene expression appeared on the boy's expression as he picked up a fork and began taking his fill. Not even halfway through her meal, Lacus looked on in surprise as he'd already finished up his breakfast without even leaving the smallest scrap remaining. "My… you must've really been hungry. It's not really surprising considering you were floating out there for who knows how long"
"…" "Oh! I'm really sorry… I didn't mean to say anything like that. It's just…" Lacus said before her words grew fainter until they were barely above a whisper.
Wiping his face off with a napkin, the boy chuckled while he put his fork down "It's alright, I'm sure you didn't mean it. I am grateful for the food by the way, it was very delicious"
Lacus felt her face heat up with her young visitor's face smiling so very brightly at her. "… Thank you"
Dreamily looking upon the amethyst eyed boy, Lacus' blue eyes softening with a faint aura of sadness exuding from her small frame 'It must be so hard for him… not being able to remember anything about himself at all, but he's still acting like nothing had happened at all. Even if he can't remember anything, he's a sweet boy'
"Oh, I just thought of something! Since you're not able to remember your name right now, do you think it'd be alright if we came up with a new one, just until your memory comes back?" she said, swinging her legs underneath the table.
"Um… sure, thanks" Nodding some, the boy lowered his head; a strange sense of nostalgia running through his body at Lacus' heart warming affections.
'She's really kind to me, she hasn't even known me for more than day and yet she's already done so much for me. She's letting me into her home and treating me like family.' Slowly raising his head, he looked Lacus over while she finished up with her breakfast. 'I really don't know where I came from or what's going on…but I'm glad she's the one who found me'
Tilting her head, Lacus leaned over the table and poked the boy's head lightly.
He raised his head some more at the feel of her gentle prodding, his violet eyes widening for a heat stricken minute at the misgiving opportunity with Lacus' silky nightgown having dripped over her shoulders to near reveal the entirety of her blossoming chest for his eyes to drink in.
Time seemed to slow down for a minute with the boy's heart beating faster and faster. A rush of blood flowed through the entirety of his body while his face flushed an unhealthy shade of red.
"…" As the shock of it finally overcame him, he unconsciously slipped off his chair and crashed headfirst onto the floor below with a faint groan escaping his lips.
Quickly standing himself up with his face still flushing a deep shade of red, he backed up against the counter with his mouth hanging wide open… trying to utter some sort of apology "I um…. I didn't mean to I mean… I'm so so sorry"
Shifting her head back and forth, Lacus' hands clasped up against her soft cheeks while she rested herself on the table by her elbows. She softly chuckled; her unaffected composure giving some sense of reassurance to him from his near heart attack.
"You know what? I think I may have come up with a nice name for you. What do you think of 'Kira'?"
"Kira…" he spoke to himself out loud, finding the name to his liking. He nodded his head 'Mhmm… I really like it"
"Very well, Kira it is then" Lacus said, standing up and slowly walking over to him until she was mere inches away. The slight pressure of Lacus' figure so near to him causing Kira to swallow deeply, this feeling a bit too familiar…
"Um Lacus… what're you doing?" Kira asked nervously.
Smiling gently towards him, Lacus enveloped Kira in a soft hug with her arms encircling themselves around his waist. Bringing herself closer into the gentle warmth; her open lips leaned towards his ear to whisper soft words "It's very nice to meet you Kira…"
Kira's amethyst eyes widened at the feel of her warm body pressed up so very closely against him. His expression relaxed after a moment, his arms coming up to return her gift as his hands wound themselves around the slim of her waist to embrace her back. "It's nice to meet you too Lacus" Kira spoke as tenderly as he could.
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"What did you say Lacus?" Kira asked. Had he heard her right?
Shifting herself over on the couch so she was closer to him, Lacus leaned in until her face was just a few inches away from Kira's. "I asked if you wanted to go down to the beach. It really is a nice day out Kira… please?"
"Yeah, but…" Kira hadn't even gotten another word out before a pouty look on Lacus' face that was all but irresistibly cute had him completely surrendering to her.
'I just can't say no to her…' Kira thought to himself, sighing as he nodded his head in defeat.
"Really? You're the best Kira!" Lacus said, throwing herself on top of him to embrace him in a tight hug.
Kira laughed nervously with the heat rushing to his face again. He was getting that feeling… how could one girl he'd just met have such a power over him already? Maybe he'd never understand.
"Don't you think we should get changed first? You're still in your nightgown and I'm…" Suddenly aware that he was still dressed in nothing but a silky pair of black boxers, Kira slid back in embarrassment.
"Why would we do that silly? We're going into the water anyway and I've got some an extra suit somewhere that you can use."
Lacus stood up quickly and hurried into a nearby room. Just a few moments later she walked out with a few towels hanging over her arm and a bag clasped in between her fingertips.
Kira blinked at how excited Lacus was about a simply trip to the beach 'She's really looking forward to this.'
"Huh?" 'Come to think of it, Lacus is the only one I've seen living here… I wonder why. Doesn't she have any family or friends?"
"Are you ready Kira?" Lacus asked, her eyes set on Kira who looked like he was off in another world. "Oh, right. Sorry about that Lacus, let's get going!"
"Yeah!" Lacus said, her beautiful expression growing much brighter with that in mind. "Come on, let's go!" she said, grabbing Kira by the hand and running with him out the door not even bothering to lock it behind them.
Chuckling nervously, Kira followed quickly behind Lacus so she wouldn't get too far ahead of him. "There's no need to hurry, the beach isn't going anywhere…"
"Yes I know, but it's just been so long since I've had someone to go with, so I don't want to miss a single moment of today. I just know it's going to be great." "…" Kira smiled, running up beside her 'till they'd gotten all the way down right to the seashore.
As soon as the shoreline came into sight, Lacus hurried ahead to set out the towels and her bag out on the sandy ground; afterwards she walked up to where the waves where meeting with the earth so that the water came up to where she could feel the cool water on her feet.
Lacus took a deep breath of the gentle sea breeze that brushed through the long strands of pink hair that cascaded down her bare back.
Clasping a few loose strands of her hair within her gentle palms, Lacus twirled them slowly as her eyes stared dreamily out unto the unending ocean that seemed to stretch for an eternity upon the horizon. 'I always feel so happy when I can come here, but… being here with Kira… it…' From out of the corner of her eyes, small crystalline tears began falling slowly down her cheeks.
"Do we really have to go Daddy?" a young Lacus asked with a whimper and that all too familiar pouty look coming into view.
Chuckling, a brightly haired man leaned down and patted her on the head while nodding his head. "I'm afraid so. I'll tell you what though; someday we can come back here and spend as much time as you want. How does that sound?"
With the sun dipping back in the sky, reflections of burning sunlight reflected off the water and shimmered in sparkling essence upon Lacus' face, her smile as wide as he'd ever seen it.
"Thank you Daddy!" she cried, leaping into his arms to give him a tight hug.
Patting her lightly on the back, he carefully set her back down and lightly clasped her hand "Come on now, we don't want your mother to worry… she chewed me out good the last time I kept you up past your bedtime."
Giggling, Lacus nodded her head and began walking home with her father.
"…Lacus, are you okay?" Kira asked while walking up behind her.
"Oh, no it's nothing." She said while raising a hand up to wipe away the tears from her eyes. Lacus put a smile on her face and quickly turned around towards Kira. "We should get changed now though shouldn't we?"
"Yep. Oh and Lacus…mmm" Lacus silenced him with a finger to his lips while she gave Kira a wiry grin, walking past him "No peeking now"
"I wouldn't do..." Hushing Kira once again with another finger to his lips, Lacus gave Kira a serene expression, smiling the same way she always did. "I know you wouldn't do it either" Lacus spoke as she whisked past him and picked up the bag she'd set earlier down on the towel, walking in behind a nearby rock formation to change.
Humming quietly to herself, Lacus grasped tightly at the bottom of her nightgown and pulled it over her head leaving her bare body open to the cool feel of the ocean breeze. Folding up her gown she placed it down by her feet and reached into the bag to pull out a pink two-piece swimsuit.
Lacus' beautiful figure fit snuggly into the swimsuit; it flattered her accentuating curves and flat stomach for a truly breathtaking sight. Wrapped her arms around herself, she twirled around… humming to herself sweetly. 'I know we've only just met, but I really hope he likes me…'
Ceasing her thoughts, she slowly snuck out from behind the rocks tip toeing behind Kira and slipped her hands around his eyes. Kira's body stiffened for a moment before an angel's sweet laughter had him relaxed again.
Kira placed his palms over hers, holding them in place for a quite moment between them. Kira gently ran his fingertips over her hands softly, the feel of her soft skin an exquisite sensation to him.
Lacus slowly closed the baby blue depths of hers as she leaned into his back, slipping her hands away from his eyes and lowering them to wrap around his waist.
"Thank you for coming here with me today Kira." Lacus whispered softly to him, his body's gentle strength like an intoxicating wine to her body… she felt she couldn't get enough. "I'm happy I'm here with you too." Kira said, carefully unclasping Lacus' hands from his waist as he went over behind the rocks to change himself.
Slipping out of his black silk boxers, Kira reached into the bag and pulled out a pair of onyx black swimming trunks that fit tightly around his hips making them a near perfect fit.
Kira hurried out from behind the rocks and ran out towards the water. Suddenly he stopped when he noticed that Lacus wasn't anywhere around. Kira looked around for her, but… it was like she'd just vanished into thin air. 'I don't understand… she was just here, where could she have gone?'
Stepping a few feet inwards of the water's rising levels, Kira ran a hand through the long strands of his brunette hair. 'I sure hope nothing happened to her…'
From the depths of the water a shadow crept closer and closer to Kira, with an all too familiar wave of pink hair was trailing on top of the foamy white waves.
As the pink-haired 'shark' drew closer and closer to Kira, Lacus went for her chance and leaped out of the water and dived straight for him with a confident smirk on her lips.
Just as she was about to make contact, Kira suddenly turned around with surprisingly faster reflexes and clutched Lacus around her waist with a triumphant smile on his face. "And here's your reward" Kira whispered to her before flipping to the side as he pulled her down underneath the water with him.
After a few minutes Lacus emerged from the water gasping for air, her long strands of hair strewn freely about her body. Kira came up beside her a few minutes later, laughing quietly with a satisfied expression on his face. "That sure was close, you almost had me there"
"Yeah… almost!" Lacus turned around smacking her hand against the water to send a wave of water splashing directly into Kira. "Ah!"
Kira fell back some, floating with the water, his eyes blurry from Lacus' surprise attack. Just as he began standing up again, the pink haired beauty was on top of him and pulling him underwater again.
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Kira dragged himself up into the sandy ground; his hand clasped a fist full of sand. Turning himself over on his back, he gasped for breath as his chest heaved in and out.
"…Okay Lacus, you win… I give up"
"Are you sure?"
"Definitely, you're too much for me…"
Giggling softly, Lacus fell down quietly by Kira's side. Closing her eyes, she gave in a deep breath and leaned onto Kira's chest.
"I really enjoyed today a lot Lacus" Kira whispered to Lacus, bringing his hand up to rest upon the silky smooth skin of her back to nudge her closer onto him. "I can't thank you enough. You made my first day here… the first day I can remember so incredible"
"I should be the one thanking you Kira, it meant so much to me too" Lacus whispered under the softness of her breath to Kira, indulging in his invitation to nuzzle herself closer into Kira's embrace.
"It's starting to get dark out though, we should probably head back"
Lacus whimpered, snuggling herself closer into the warmth of Kira's arms "I don't want to go back…"
Kira sat up and gently stroked the long locks of Lacus' pink hair, his expression a gentle smile as reflections of the setting sun basked them in its enveloping warmth.
"I know… I wish this day didn't have to end either." Kira said softly, continuing to take pleasure in feeling the soft silky strands; Lacus' soft coos of pleasure filling his heart with deep, satisfying warmth.
"I'll make you a promise… we'll come back here one day and we won't ever leave until you want to. We can stay here as long as you want, even if the moon rises and the sun sets a thousand times over" Kira said as he smiled"
"…Wh…What did you just say?" Lacus said her voice barely above a whisper. Her eyes were widening, tears the color of crystal forming in the blue depths of her eyes.
Kira felt Lacus starting to shake in his arms; his eyes softened with concern. 'What did I say…?'
Lacus tightly placed her hands on Kira's shoulders, pressing him down onto the ground as she leaned closely above him with her face mere inches away from his. "…" Kira lay speechless beneath her… it was that look on Lacus' face. She'd looked the life had seeped out of her, her eyes near completely expressionless.
"We are going to come back here someday Kira… you have to promise me that again. Please… you can't ever promise me something like that without doing it…"
"…I promise Lacus" Kira said; he could only stare up into her face as though someone had stricken her terribly before she collapsed down into his chest without saying a single word.
Kira just held her for as long as it would take before he felt her calm down, not pressuring something that had… no, words failed to describe the feelings he'd felt just then.
With only their expressions to guide their actions, Kira and Lacus solemnly headed back to her house. Kira held his arm around Lacus' shoulder the whole way for the absolute fear of what had still transpired seemingly moments ago to his mind and heart. She needed him to keep himself close to her as well, she… she just couldn't not have his warmth for her body and heart, not right now…
As soon as they'd gotten back, Lacus said she'd start preparing dinner and went into the kitchen; it wasn't long before differently scented aromas and sweet scents filled the house.
Kira on the other hand, said he'd wanted to stand outside for a moment and watch the sunset; he'd asked if she wanted to watch it with him. Lacus' expression brightened at his offer, and happily said she'd do it if he could just wait a moment.
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Shaking his head lightly, Kira's long brunette hair swung carelessly over his face as the strands fell loosely over his eyes.
Staring outwards to as far as the eye could see… Kira looked upon the glorious ocean with a content feeling resting in his heart as the soothing effect that the foamy white waters brushing against the seashore had on his soul.
'What is going on here…? So many things are happening so fast, I just don't understand…'
Sighing softly to himself, Kira's thoughts fell back on what Lacus had told him about the time when she'd found him yesterday.
'If I was really floating out in the middle of the ocean, what was I doing there? Am I even supposed to be alive?'
'…Is there even anything waiting for me from where I came from?"
He stood there for an indeterminable amount of time; his unconscious thoughts slowly falling back to a different time and place…
Heavy droplets of rain poured down in their sadness upon a land that ran thick with the blood of its people, all the cries that had been present in its wake were now extinguished.
Through all that was silent; swords, plates of armor, and the disembodied organs of those brave souls who had given their lives in the 'attempt' were strewn out as far as the eye could bare to taken in. Crimson red fluid gushed out like the rainfall itself… evident that a single truth that pierced the darkness of the night sky that loomed over… this was not a battle, it was a massacre.
The black clouds that reared themselves overhead in a sky that was overcast by a completely dark moon shone down in cycling waves of moonlight that gave off an eerie sense of tragedy and despair.
Yet amongst all of this heartfelt sorrow two figures still stood amongst it all, their interlocking gazes shone neither forgiveness nor mercy towards one another. Still, only one had the courage to speak.
…and his words were as one with the arena which surrounded them.
"Yes…it was you; this was all your doing"
"…"
"All of this is but another stepping stone in the revelation to which your true nature lies"
"…"
"It is for the sake of destroying our 'mother' that all of these sacrifices were necessary, can't you see that boy?"
"…"
A feverishly dark smirk shone upon his lips; the crimson shining through from his eyes met in essence with a building aura burning brighter and brighter about his frame.
"Murderer…"
"Kira?"
Kira shot up his head in shock and surprise, beads of sweat running coolly down his forehead as he breathed in deeply from the traumatic vision that had intruded into his mind like a phantom.
Lacus stood silently behind Kira; her attire now a casual white silk dress with tints of pink edging around the trim. The long sleeves near covered her arms as they clasped loosely behind her back.
"Are you alright…? I just wanted to come out and tell you that dinner was ready…" she asked.
Kira couldn't answer her, his eyes held a void of sadness and anxiety that could not be contemplated nor wished upon to anyone else… Lacus knew at the moment he couldn't have been farther from happiness than anyone else.
Through it all Kira still managed a faint smile he felt Lacus near him, he presence was comforting to him and helped to drive away the darkness that threatened to consume his soul in the void of his own insecurity.
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In the short time that they'd been outside, the sky was beginning to darken once again with a drizzle of raindrops falling down on Kira and Lacus whose words had ceased once more.
Amethyst eyes interlocked with shimmering blue in a realm where their feelings conveyed along something indescribable to one another.
Walking up behind him; Lacus leaned her head into Kira's back with her hands grasping the fabric of his shirt. "Please take me inside Kira…"
Kira turned around towards her and nodded his head. Gently taking Lacus' hands in his own, he led her back into the house.
Lacus sat down on the couch having Kira sit closely next to her. Leaning her head against his shoulder, Lacus closed her eyes, having Kira next to her comforting her now in a time where everything else did not.
"I don't like the rain Kira…"
"Neither do I…"
Lacus stayed with Kira through the night with her smaller body nuzzled closely into his chest, drinking in his comforting warmth and the gentle strength flowed from him.
Even as night descended and the storms began raging outside, Lacus and Kira slept comfortably in each other's arms. With dawn's approach new challenges would appear; but for now… the stars granted them a peaceful night's rest with each other by their side.
The next chapter's coming up soon with more Kira and Lacus moments, plus a mysterious new character making hisappearance too.
I hope you liked my revision of this chapter. 'Till next time, I'll promise I'll keep it up and see you all soon.