Until We Meet Again, My Mulberry
by Rusyda
Chapter 1 - Pinky Promise
*DISCLAIMER:
All characters from Gundam SEED series belong to SUNRISE.
All characters are just fictional not relatable with any real life people or even incidents. If do, it's just a coincidence.
The characters' speech and actions do NOT represent the ideals and personality of its original author or owner and merely act with intentions for the plot engine.
This fanfiction is more to OC x Canon as the main. Be noted the other ships might be the side ones.
*TW for chapter 1: There will be slightly a picture of s3lf h4rm su1c1d3 attempt. However, I'll try my best not to go over details of the scene.*
"What a beautiful starry night view here we get, Shinn," I express. Here I am standing next to a man with dark chestnut hair in color, wearing his red casual shirt along with his khaki sleeveless hoodie long pants at the beach side. As I am standing besides him, both of my eyes seem to be locked tightly in the night sky as I feel amazed how beautiful it can be with the stars wandering, twinkling so bright in the sky.
Aren't they all just like diamonds adorning the sky?
Guess I am not alone in enjoying the beauty of this night with a million of stars shinning bright in the sky as I noticed his sight also seems to lock onto the sky too, seeing all the sky diamonds dancing in the sky. As cold as the night breeze comes to greet us both gently, my lips are etched with a smile, softly I am pulling his left arm and putting it in my arms. He just smiles looking at me embracing him in our moments together.
"Still, you're the most beautiful star in my life, Rusy." I just find myself in reddish face as soon as I feel the heat on my face increase suddenly. No, it is definitely not because of his sweet words he expressed to me just now. It is because I feel... I feel like... I feel like my body is getting pulled closer to him. With the sight of him still remain enjoying the view, he directly says, "You are the one who's shining the brightest."
"T-The brightest one?" I ask him in disbelief what is he saying now. Despite starting to feel cold because of the night breeze greeting us again, the heat on my face - it is getting more intensely increased as I am seeing him smirking intentionally, putting his hand at my waist as he trying to pull me close in his warm arms. Gentle but firm hug as how firm his love towards me. That is what I can explain his embracing hug currently. "I couldn't imagine if our first meeting didn't happen. I could've been left from this world."
Ah, yeah!
I still remember about our first meeting. Our first meeting at the memorial park was our starting point. It was a bright shiny sun rising to shine along with the glacial breeze in the morning during I saw him there. I was like usual, doing my habits of having some morning walks there as I was still new resident in ORB. Of course I need to get used with the streets and all those things or else, I would find myself in trouble in my way back home.
The moment - my first time moment of seeing him was at the memorial park where there was a monument built in remembering those who lost their dearest people in the previous wars and that would be included mine too. Yes, I already lost the whole family in the previous war but, that is not the main story. Sometimes I just don't get it. The conflict between Naturals and Coordinators still has no end. Even until now, the conflict is still there. Not that much like the previous but still, the conflict is still there.
Back to our first meeting at the memorial park, I was not that much far from where was he standing. I saw a young man with dark chestnut hair in color who was probably in the same age as mine bowing his head, looking down straight to the monument with something in his hand. I noticed his grip in holding that thing seemed high likely to be tighter and more tighter. Suddenly I sensed something saddened him inside. Only by looking at his action was already enough to convince me that he was still upset on his lost. However, I couldn't confirm yet who could they be that he lost. Disclaimer: I am not a witch who can see through on someone's past or future.
I couldn't help myself other than keep observing him and what he was up to do. Then, my eyes quickly caught into something on him.
No, definitely not the interesting part.
Nor with that something of him.
As I watched him keeping something in his pocket, my eyes opened widely in scared. Anxiously standing there, looking at what was he up to. My whole body started to feel chills but it was totally not usual morning chills breezes. It was something else. I began to guess something bad would happen.
He was about to do something, confirmed!
"Maayu, Stellar, Luna, I... I am sorry. I couldn't make it so, ..."
I saw him pulled out something. I walked slowly approaching him and as expected, it was something he up to. Yes, he was standing here, pulling out the guns that he brought along from his jacket. As soon as I realized that was a gun - a loaded gun - he took out of his pocket, I felt like my body moved automatically, like I was asked to stop him. The rush feeling inside made my body moved faster.
I walked faster and faster and it ended up with I ran approaching him. Despite the trembling inside of me made it up, I still insisted myself to keep approaching him as he attempted to put that loaded gun onto his head. My right hand was in the air as I kept running to him and screaming loudly. Wholeheartedly? Yes, I screamed that wholeheartedly.
"Don't do that, you idiot!" I quickly held his right hand holding that gun and with no hesitation at all, I just simply threw away of that loaded gun as far as I could as I was extremely aware how dangerous my action could be. My left hand quickly dragged his left arm, leading both of us away from that loaded gun which is it could be harmful to us.
"What were you thinking of!? Are you out of mind? Do you think of killing yourself would solve the problem!?" Again, with no hesitation at all, I did something that I should not do at all. What's weird about it was why I should lash out my anger to somebody I ever barely know him? Why should I care about him?
"Why did you even care about me if I..." He stopped muttering as he even started to give his sight on me directly. It was awkward and yet funny scenario between us as I began to have my hunch that he was stunned looking at me. Unconsciously, it would cost my flustered face then. "Never mind. You will never understand."
"Me? I'll never understand you? We both barely know each other, aren't we!?" His words really triggered my anger back. However, I would try my best not to let myself soar in the anger.
"Hey, you little kiddo! Listen here carefully. Because we barely know each other, it's you are the one would never understand me!"
"What did you call me? Kiddo?" Ah, really! Did he need to call me kiddo? Was it because he judged me based on my height? Come on! My age already passed over the legal age of 18 in the whole world generally.
"Well, your height is kind of..." He smirked looking at me, obviously he was on purpose in teasing me. Oh! I already get his meaning. "Anyways, let's start over again. Thank you for slapping me into reality, cutie kiddo."
I signed heavily as I already gave in with the given nickname by someone I barely knowing him. For a person who I was just meeting for the first time and I barely knowing him, he was quite brave there giving me that such nickname. While getting up from our seat, we both were patting our clothes ensuring there was not too much dusts attached.
"Don't mention it. Excuse me, I would like to ask you something but, is it really okay for you?" I asked and my eyes looked at his red eyes directly, waiting for his answer.
"Sure. What is it?"
"Did you lose your beloved ones in the previous war before? I... I'm sorry if the question is..." I hung my head a little bit down as I felt guilty for asking that. It is not something that people would be that open to tell the strangers about what happened previously.
"It's fine. It is already in past. The feeling is mutual. I totally can get it." I turned around, facing the built-in monument. Then, my sight locked on the monument. Accompanied by the sound of seagulls, we both were in silence moment for a minute. I could sense his red eyes were currently locked on me but it was no longer that normal sight. The sight of him was more to show his concern.
"I'm sorry but did you lose your family too?"
"Yes, I lost them all. My parents and siblings - all of them are already dead. Anyways, what's your name?"
"Shinn. Just call me Shinn. And you?"
"The name is Rusyda. Actually mine is quite long but Rusyda is for the short one so, you may call me Rusyda then."
"You seem like you are still new in ORB. I never see your face before." How fast his mood changed. He was too straight away trying to get know about me and yet he seemed like he's trying to get away from the consequences of calling me kiddo. Somehow, I was kind of fond it.
"Yes, I'm kind of new to this place." After our first meeting at the memorial park, we met each other once again but as a team. Now, we both decide to work on our respective agencies. He is currently still working for Compass and I am currently working for an private intelligence and investigation agency named as ELITE.
Not forget to mention that we both are actually married parents of three beautiful sons. I don't really care about the differences between both of us being Naturals and Coordinators. Despite the conflict among Naturals and Coordinators is still out there, it doesn't prohibit us at all to live as one. To me, the differences between us, Natural and Coordinator is like a bridge that bringing us to another side of world we never have the chance to learn understand each other.
As we two are still at the beach side, enjoying each other's company with the following night breezes softly touched us again, I just smile after hearing his words. For real, I have no clue at all why so sudden my body acted like that. It felt like I moved automatically. "Well, anyone can be in your shoes, In. You lost them before. You were just..."
"I owe you that, honey. For saving my life," he expressed that to me as he pinched my nose. I chuckle a bit and then I see his smirk. A naughty smirk of him - I can see that clearly. "You gave me family too. Much bigger than what I had previously. Don't you plan to add more, my sweetie mulberry?"
"SHINN, YOU-!" I have no doubt, just go straight with some slaps pinches on his left arm to shoulder. I can guess it! Does he really need to go with that route!? Oh, God! Please. I just need our moment without any kind of that thing.
"Wh- What? Isn't it true at all? Don't you want to have a big family of ours, Rusy?"
Seeing his mischievous smirk irritated me so much. I take so deep breath and exhale it as I try to hold myself from landing a punch on him now. Yeah, I am holding my grudge against him at this point. I can't stop giving him the bombastic side eye of mine as I extremely... Urgh!
"What a cutie kiddo here! The kiddo is trying to massage me with these adorable slaps and punches of hers."
"SHUT UP!" Man, can he stop trying to tease me already? "I am truly sick of this side of yours, Shinn. You keep teasing me like nothing at all! I hate that side of you. I HATE YOU, SHINN!"
"Well. We'll see. You can't hate me forever, Rusy. Never."
"Just wait at home soon!"
"Go ahead and try me, you silly kiddo." Shinn is already giggling happily there, watching me in disagreement face. "You are cute when you're mad, Rusyda. How fast time flies by now. I owe you a lot. I feel like I'm back to my old self before the war. You are truly my guidance."
"Shinn..." I can feel the warmth. The warmth of his body as soon as I realized I am currently in his arm, him embracing me in his arm from my back. The warmth that I kinda miss it during I used to stay in my origin country - now, I can feel it again. I can gain it once again. "The way you looking at me..."
"Is it too out of line?" asked Shinn, full of concern but not longer after that, he added, "Never think it more than what I say, Rusyda. You guided me since the day we met at the memorial park. The moment I saw you that time - I feel like I finally figured out my life purposes."
"Shinn..."
"You are my everything now, Rusyda. You gave me all I needed - hopes, desires, dreams, guidance and a family. I can't thank you enough." The hug is getting tighter and yet warmer than before. I just let myself close my eyes, embracing the hug while we are able to have our private moment before we are getting our hands full for our duty soon. "Are you really sure that you will be fine with that kind of ring?"
"It's fine. Usually the cheapest gift is the most priceless gift after all." I just smile. "No worry on that. I'll keep it safely around me."
"Not just about the ring too, actually. Honestly, I'm worried about you too. Will you be fine when you're up to your mission? Are you okay with me, who's always be outstation for his mission?"
"What? What's the kind of your questions really is?" I give him small laugh of mine. "I'll be fine. You don't have to worry about me, Shinny. Ever since we're married, I already trust you. I already acknowledged your current duty and accepted this reality as a whole. We both know each other, right?"
"Yeah, I know that but, that's not what I meant, honey."
"I know what you mean, Shinn. I know." I turn myself around, facing him in opposite way. I take both of his hands and I hold them so much dearly as I start to feel his concern on me. "Listen here, my Shinny. I'd rather have you concentrate on your mission than worrying about us here. We're fine here, Shinn. Our sons and I are doing just fine. Just continue protecting our future in your own way."
"Shinn, if my safety is the thing you worried about, I'd like to ask you trust me. Like I trust you doing your job."
"Rusyda, I... I am just..."
"Afraid of losing me? The reality is you won't. Neither of us will lose easily. Hmm... How about this?"
"About what?"
"How about we make our own pinky promise?"
"Wh- What? Are you kidding?"
"I don't, Shinny. I want both of us promise on these two things."
"Two things?"
"Yeah, promise me with these two things. First, I want us to put our trust in each other during either of us is sent off for missions. Not just trust, but along with our future hopes, dreams and prayers. The most important thing is our prayers."
"Alright. Then, the second thing?"
"The second thing is I want us promise that we'll get in touch once for two or three days during one of us is off to mission. Deal?"
"Deal."
*A/N: Finally I made for a first chapter! This is my 1st time publishing on FF net. Hopefully those who's reading won't mind at all about OC x Canon thing. It's quite long for a chapter 1.
I'll try my best to get more consistent in writing this.
