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Chapter Three
Amethyst eyes opened and wandered around the room when Kira awoke. ‘Oh that’s right…I forgot I’m not on the Archangel.’ He looked down to see not only himself, but also Athrun, naked. Athrun was curled up, resting his head on the older boy’s chest, sleeping. Kira shifted a bit, trying to remember what caused them to end up in this awkward position. The recollections of the night before began to come back into Kira’s mind. Shocked at what he did, Kira sat up abruptly, accidentally waking up the boy next to him.
“Mmm…wha…? Good morning, Kira.” Athrun said sleepily with a smile. Kira smiled back and got up to put back on his clothes. Athrun sat up and stared, “Is something wrong?” Kira looked behind him with a smile. “No, nothing is wrong…only…I’m just wondering about everyone back on the Archangel…” The sadness was clear in his tone, Athrun noticed this. From what it seemed, Kira wanted to go back to the Archangel rather than stay here with him. He didn’t want to lose him again. “Kira…why don’t you stay here? This is where you belong, with other coordinators.” Kira looked back at him with sadness in his eyes. As he zipped up the zipper on the front of his blue and white suit, he turned to face the boy. “Athrun…I…can’t…There are people on that ship that I promised to protect. Besides, I don’t want to be part of this war.” The blue haired boy moved over to one of the small dressers and took out one of his red and black Zaft uniforms. As he began to get dressed, he looked over at Kira, who was staring at the floor. Athrun turned around and directed his intense gaze towards the other boy. “You don’t realize what’s going on, do you?”
Amethyst pools stared into the captivating green eyes of the other boy. He walked closer to the Zaft soldier and stood in front of him. “Going on? What’s going on?” Kira’s face showed sheer curiosity for what his friend was asking him. He didn’t know there was anything going on. He stepped a bit closer. “Athrun…what do you mean?” Athrun finished putting on the red coat and stared deeply into Kira’s eyes. “How can you be so naïve!? The naturals are just using you for their own personal gain. You are nothing, but a weapon to them. They only worry about you because without you and the Strike, they have already lost this war!” Athrun’s face and voice were dripping with bitterness when he said that. His normally warm eyes that he showed when he looked at Kira had turned to ice. The way he was looking at the boy seemed to make Kira feel as if he was shrinking.
“That’s not true! My friends are on that ship!” Kira’s features growing immensely sharp and bitter. He narrowed his eyes, giving Athrun a cold glare. “Friends? How can you be friends with naturals? Kira! Don’t you realize, I want you to be safe! I want to protect you! I want to…be with you.” The blue haired boy walked up to Kira and embraced him tightly. The other boy rested his head on younger one’s shoulder, as he wrapped his arms around him. Tears beginning to stream down his face and he buried his eyes into the other’s shoulder. Athrun rested a hand on the back of Kira’s head, as if to cradle him. “I’m sorry Athrun…but I have to go back…”
“Kira…” A sigh escaped from Athrun’s lips as he looked up at the ceiling. When he looked back down at the boy in his arms, he pulled back and smiled softly. Athrun planted a soft, loving kiss on Kira’s lips and nodded to show his understanding. After pulling away from Kira, Athrun walked towards the door. “I’m going to make sure there are no people to see this, alright? I want you to go down to where the Strike is and get it ready for launch. When I give the signal, leave Kira. Do you understand?” Athrun’s eyes had a determined, but sad look to them. When Kira gave the nod, the Zaft soldier left to walk down where the Strike was held. Aside from a few crew workers, there were no people guarding it. Going up to the nearest one, he asked for them all to leave immediately. When the garage was empty, Athrun went back to his room to get Kira.
“Go to your mobile suit, and get it ready. Afterwards launch out of here.” Athrun’s voice was urgent, and commanding. Kira looked at him with concern before embracing him one last time. “But…what will happen to you?” Kira tightened his embrace. “I don’t want anything bad to happen to you, Athrun…” Athrun pulled away and looked into his eyes. “Don’t worry, I’ll be fine. Go Kira!”
As soon as he was told, Kira hurried down the corridor and into the Strike. After a few moments of preparing, the Strike launched into space and away. Alarms went off, and Athrun walked over to his desk and picked up the picture of him and Kira and smiled. “Enemies once more…”
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