Destiny of Love

Kira groaned and rolled over in his bed. He barely slept that night because he could only think about the idea of Lacus possibly being abused. It plagued his mind the entire night and he wished he could just fall asleep right then.

The door to his room was thrown open and Kira couldn’t help but groan even louder. ‘Why now?’ he mentally complain before throwing a pillow over his head to muffle the sounds of his and Cagalli’s maid trying to get him up for the day.

Myrna frowned when she saw that Kira was still in bed with obviously no intent on getting up. “Come on! Don’t you have an important meeting today?” she asked him but she received no response. “I guess I have to resort to drastic measures,” she said walking over to the bed and grabbed the blanket and pulled it, and Kira right off the bed. ‘Him and his sister are a little too lazy,’ she thought as she watched him peel himself off the floor.

Kira rubbed his head and turned his bloodshot eyes towards Myrna. “Was that really necessary?” he asked and Myrna just nodded her head. He groaned and pulled himself to his feet before throwing himself back onto the bed again. “I didn’t get any sleep last night. So will you please let me rest a little longer?” he begged her with a pitiful sounding whine.

“If I do that, than you’ll just sleep until noon,” she said with a serious look on her face. She took another look at him and noticed that he probably could use the rest. She just sighed and left the room. ‘Looks like I’ll have to make a few calls,’ she thought with a laugh since it happened several times before then.

Kira smiled in relief when the door to his room was closed. He closed his eyes and relaxed as much as he could in his bed. Yet with his troubled mind, even the most comfortable of beds made him feel like he was sleeping on a rock.

‘She did seem happy when we talked. Maybe I’m just thinking about this too much. I just need to forget about it. There’s a chance that what I’m wrong,’ he thought with a sigh before he finally felt his tired body start to relax and fall into the blissful feeling of sleep.

*****

Lacus was woken up that morning by a loud rapping on her door. She groaned and opened her eyes before she sat up on her bed very slowly. She looked towards the clock. A groan escaped her mouth when she saw that it when only about seven thirty. “Who could be here so early?” she asked herself as she stood up and walked to the door slowly.

To say that Lacus was surprised was an understatement. Cagalli was standing at the door with a smile on her face. For as long as she’d known Cagalli, she had never been a morning person and usually woke up closer to noon. “Cagalli?” Lacus asked in almost a squeak.

“Hey there Lacus. Nice room you got here,” Cagalli said admiring the design of the room. It was definitely better furnished than what the rest of the hotel rooms were. “I couldn’t sleep so I thought that I’d have you to join in my suffering. What do you say?” Cagalli asked with a laugh. She hated being awake this early in the morning but when she woke up she couldn’t get back to sleep.

“Um… sure. Just let me go get ready really quickly,” Lacus said while motioning Cagalli into the room. “I’ll only be a few minutes,” Lacus said as she walked into the bathroom and closed the door behind her.

Cagalli looked around the room and spotted what appeared to be a new dress carefully placed off to the side. “This must be what Kira bought her yesterday,” Cagalli said taking a good look at it. ‘This must’ve cost quite a bit of money,’ she thought before taking a seat on the messed up bed.

Just because she didn’t like to wear things like it, didn’t mean that she didn’t know what the value of something like that was. ‘You never buy Fllay stuff like this willingly, so why buy it for Lacus? I don’t think the reason you gave her is the real reason,’ she thought to herself but quickly gave up and fell back onto the comfortable bed.

Lacus came out of the bathroom a few minutes later completely dress and just trying to get the last bit of water out of her hair. “Sorry to keep you waiting. I was sleeping when you came by,” she explained before grabbing a brush and started to work on her hair. “What did you have in mind for today?” Lacus questioned while putting down the brush when she felt her hair looked fine.

Cagalli sat up on the bed reluctantly because she felt that the bed was so comfortable that she could’ve fallen asleep on it. “Nothing in specific. I just wanted to get out and have some fun by ourselves like we used to do in high school,” Cagalli said with a shrug of her shoulders.

“Sure, sounds like fun. Just give me a second,” Lacus said walking over to the phone to call room service. “Yes room service, I’d like for you deliver several of you best alcoholic drinks to room five hundred and six,” Lacus said before she hung up the phone and turned to Cagalli. “What?” she asked when she saw Cagalli staring at her like she had two heads.

Cagalli laughed really loud and fell back onto the bed. “I said have fun, not get drunk,” Cagalli teased before sitting up figuring that Lacus had some sort of reason for ordering all that alcohol.

“It’s not for us. I have to stay with my bodyguard because my husband tends to get jealous. He didn’t want to leave the hotel for the rest of the week. So I made a deal with him. I’d give him all the alcohol he could want in exchange for him letting me go out by myself for the rest of the week,” Lacus explained while grabbing her things.

“I see. Never thought you’d be so sneaky,” Cagalli continued to tease as she stood up and followed after Lacus but saw the sundress again. “Is this the dress that Kira got for you yesterday?” she felt like she had to ask.

“Yes, I told him that’d buy it by myself but he just insisted and bought it for me anyways. It was really nice of him though,” Lacus said admiring the sundress. She couldn’t help but like it more for that reason.

Cagalli nodded her head and the two of them walked out of the room. “I’ve never known Kira to buy things for anyone so willingly. He’s had a girlfriend for nearly two years now and he’s always hesitant to buy things for her. I think that it’s probably because she demands that he buy her really expensive things though,” she said when they got into the elevator.

“I’m sure he was just being nice to me because I’m your friend,” Lacus said but couldn’t help but wonder if his reasons were really the reason. “Where’s Kira and Athrun?” she asked since the last few times she’d seen Cagalli, one or both of them were there.

“I told you that it would be a girl’s day out. Besides, Athrun had a meeting to go to and Kira isn’t feeling too good today. He’s been working a lot lately. He’s had little time to rest before I came down,” Cagalli said as they got out of the elevator and made their way out of the hotel.

“Well, if you see him, tell him that I hope he feels better,” Lacus said as the two of them got into Kira’s car, which Cagalli was borrowing, and drove off. “So where are we going exactly?” Lacus asked since she didn’t know much about this place.

Cagalli shrugged her shoulders without taking her eyes off the road. “I don’t know. There are many things to do around here. There are malls, the beach, and many others. Why don’t you decide?” she asked while taking a turn onto another street.

Lacus thought about it but still had no idea what it was that she wanted to do. “I still don’t know this place very well. Why don’t you make a few suggestions,” Lacus recommended with a smile.

Cagalli thought about it for a few seconds before an idea came to her mind. “How about the beach? It’s a beautiful day out today. What do you say?” she asked making the necessary turns in that direction before Lacus even had a chance to make her choice.

Lacus hand came up and she subconsciously started to rub her arm. The pain was nearly gone and the bruising had gone down but it was still visible enough for everyone to see. “I don’t know. I mean, I don’t exactly have a swimsuit on me at the moment,” Lacus said trying to think a logical reason to get out of it before anyone could notice her bruise.

Cagalli groaned before a thought hit her. “Nonsense! We’ll just pick up some new ones. Come on! It’ll be great!” Cagalli said not stopping her venture to head to the beach. She was here on vacation as well.

‘Think fast or else everyone will see it!’ Lacus thought as she really tried to think of some reason. “I don’t really feel up to it today. How about we go later in the week?” Lacus suggested hoping the bruising would’ve gone down enough so that it wouldn’t be easily noticeable.

Cagalli groaned and turned the car away from the beach. “Fine! Have it your way!” she said in anger but anyone could tell that she wasn’t really angry. If she was, than problems were sure to follow. “Maybe we should just go see a movie,” Cagalli suggested and this time she saw, out of the corner of her eyes, Lacus nod her head.

“I know the perfect movie. It came out recently and I’ve been wanting to see it but haven’t had the time,” Lacus said happily as she watched the scenery pass. She saw Cagalli looking at her warily but she just smiled back. “It’s not just a romance. I’m sure there are things in it that you’ll like,” Lacus reassured Cagalli since she wasn’t the type that was too into romantic stuff.

Cagalli thought about it for a second before she sighed and nodded her head. “Fine,” she said and headed to the closest movie theater that she could remember. ‘I’d rather be going to the beach,’ she thought with another sigh.

*****

Lacus and Cagalli sat down at a table in the food court of the mall. “Looks like it will still be a while before the first showing today. Wish there was something we could do in the meantime,” she said since they’d already gone to many of the stores there.

“They’re just having some troubles with the projector. I’m sure that it won’t take as long as they said it would,” Lacus said optimistically while taking a look at her watch. It was already nearly noon now. “The time sure seems to fly by really quickly,” Lacus said before taking a sip of the drink that she’d bought.

Cagalli sat back in her seat. “Yeah I guess so. I must admit that it does look an interesting movie,” she said thinking about a small summary she’d seen when they’d gone into the movie theater.

Lacus nodded while taking another sip of her drink. She looked up and notice someone walking a short ways away from them. “Oh! Hello Athrun!” she called out catching the attention of the blue haired man.

“Huh?” Athrun mumbled as he looked around and saw the two girls sitting at a table looking at them. “Oh hey. What are the two of you up to?” he asked walking over to the table and took a seat in-between Lacus and Cagalli.

“We were planning to see a movie but their having projector problems. What about you? I thought that you had an important meeting today,” Cagalli said picking up a French fry and threw it into her mouth.

“We finished up early. Kira’s still resting. Can’t say I really blame him either. We’ve been having problems that keep causing us to wake up in the middle of the night,” Athrun explained before stealing one of Cagalli’s French fries much to her annoyance.

“Not to mention Fllay’s calls at around three a.m. at night,” Cagalli put in and Athrun groaned before he nodded as well. “It’s a painful combination when those two are put together,” Cagalli said knowing that she was woken up the past few nights by that woman calling.

Lacus just sat there watching the two of them and wondering just who it was that they were talking about. She just decided to ask before she became even more confused. “Um… who’s Fllay?” she asked when the two of them finally stopped talking to each other.

Cagalli looked towards Lacus and remembered that Lacus had the pleasure of never having had to meet the women. “She’s Kira’s bitch of a girlfriend. Snobby, stuck-up, money hungry, and we’re pretty sure she’s not as faithful to Kira as she says she is,” she explained while her hands clenched into fists on her lap.

Lacus was surprised that Cagalli had nothing good to say about the woman. “Is there anything good about her?” she asked and frowned when the two of them shook their head no. “Kira doesn’t seem like the type of person to go for people like that,” Lacus said remembering how Kira was really kind and generous to her.

“That’s because she acts like an angel in front of him. We know she’s only after him for his money but he refuses to see it no matter how many times we try to tell him,” Athrun explained not looking very pleased at the topic of conversation. “I’d say you’re lucky to have never met her,” Athrun said stealing another fry.

“Hey! Get your own!” Cagalli yelled and playfully slapped Athrun’s arm while she pulled her fries a little further away from him. “Believe us, the less you’re around her the better. She gets really jealous if any other woman is around Kira, even if that person is family like me,” Cagalli said finished up the fries and threw them in the trash.

Lacus couldn’t help but feel sorry for Kira from what she’d heard of Fllay. “Point taken,” Lacus said before the three of them stood up. “What are you going to do Athrun?” she asked while the three of them started to walk around.

Athrun stopped to look at something through a window for a second before he turned back towards them and made his reply. “Well, I was planning to go to the beach but I changed my mind. Mind if I join the two of you?” he asked and the only confirmation was a slight nod from Cagalli.

‘The beach?’ Lacus asked herself taking a quick look at Cagalli who seemed to try to avoid her gaze at all cost. Lacus got the exact answer she was looking for. ‘No wonder she really wanted to go today,’ Lacus thought with a smile but decided against saying anything to Cagalli about it.

“It was suppose do to be a girl’s day out but I guess that you can come anyways. Things were getting rather boring anyways. More company might be nice,” Cagalli said with a yawn.

The three of them walked outside for some fresh air. The sun was shining bright up in the cloudless sky. A gentle breeze blew past the three of them which felt really refreshing. The three of them were surprised to see Kira walking towards them.

“Kira!” Cagalli yelled and the three of them ran up to him. “Shouldn’t you be resting? Myrna said that you weren’t looking too good this morning,’ she said looking at him as if trying to figure out for herself whether he should be up right then or not.

Kira just smiled at the three of them. “I’m feeling fine. Those few hours of sleep were plenty,” he said although the rest of them could tell that he was tired as well. “I just needed some fresh air,” he said to make them stop worrying about him. ‘And to get away from the phone,’ he thought since that was what woke him up in the first place.

“You sure you’re feeling ok?” Athrun asked just to make sure. He saw Kira nod and decided to just leave it at that. He’d make sure to keep on eye on him just to make sure that nothing bad happened. He knew that Kira didn’t get as much sleep as he said. He just hoped that Kira wouldn’t get sick from a lack of sleep.

“We’re going to go see a movie. Since Athrun’s coming, you might as well come along as well,” Cagalli said as the four of them just took to walking around for a little while. “By the way, how’d you get here since I took your car earlier?” Cagalli asked looking at him curiously when the three of them decided to head back inside.

“I took the bus,” Kira said simply before a long yawn came out of his mouth. He took a look towards Lacus and studied her. He wanted to find out the truth about what he thought of instead of just jumping to conclusions. He didn’t want to upset her though by asking her if it was true or not.

Lacus felt someone’s eyes on her and turned to see Kira looking at her curiously. “Is something the matter Kira?” she asked but he just shook his head no. Lacus just shrugged it off after that and continued to follow behind her two oldest friends into the movie theater.

About an hour later, the three of them walked into the movie theater and took their seats. Cagalli and Athrun sat next to each other, Kira sat next to his sister and Lacus sat in the seat next to Kira.

It wasn’t long before the movie started. Only one person in the group of four was really paying attention to the movie. Athrun and Cagalli seemed to find each other a bit more interesting and Kira fell asleep shortly into the movie. They just decided to let him sleep since they figured it would be easier for him that way.

‘If you’re going to kiss her, just do it already,’ Lacus thought when she took a quick look two her two oldest friends. Just about anyone could tell they were trying to hold themselves back. Lacus couldn’t figure out why. ‘Maybe they each expect the other to make the first move,’ she thought before turning her eyes back to the movie.

“I can push them. With their proximity, it would look like an accident,” Kira suggested quietly which startled Lacus since she thought he was asleep. “They’ve been like this for the longest time,’ he said shaking his head with a sigh.

“You’d think after all this time that they’d finally get the guts to get together,” Lacus said taking another look at the two before looking back towards the screen. As far as Lacus could tell, the two of them were unaware of the conversation Kira and her were having about them.

It was pretty silent after that. Lacus just watched the movie and decided to give Athrun and Cagalli some peace by not getting into what they weren’t doing. She found the movie rather interesting since she was always a sucker for romantic type movies. She could remember a time when she watched these all the time. She tried to place herself in the female role. ‘It’ll never be that simple,’ she thought with a frown but quickly replaced it with a smile before anyone could notice.

Lacus suddenly paled a bit when an all too familiar scenario played upon the screen. The main woman’s husband got angry and started to beat his wife. It was too familiar to Lacus and she started to shake quite a bit. “I’ll be right back,” Lacus muttered when she stood up and walked quickly to the doors to the lobby of the theater.

Cagalli looked worry when she saw her friend go running out of the theater. “What’s wrong with her?” she asked since she didn’t see the scene that played on the scene. She was preoccupied at the time.

Kira did see the scene though. To him, it was all the confirmation he needed to know that she probably was abused by her husband. “I don’t know,” he lied knowing that it was Lacus’s choice to say something or not. He planned to talk to her about it. “I’ll be right back,” he said and walked calmly out of the theater.

Walking out of the theater, Kira saw Lacus just standing off to the side trying to calm herself down. He hesitantly walked up to her but didn’t say anything for a few minutes. The silence became a little too much and he decided to just get to the point. “He beats you, doesn’t he?” he questioned and watched as Lacus paled some more.

Lacus did her best to remain calm in that moment. She didn’t want Kira to get involved in the mess she got herself in. “I- I don’t know what you’re talking about,” she lied but cursed herself for not speaking very clearly when she said this.

Kira didn’t believe her one bit because he could tell that she was lying. “You’re pretty bad at lying, just like Cagalli. You’re bruise, your husband’s reputation, how you freaked out during that scene. It all makes a lot of sense,” Kira said before taking a seat next to her.

Lacus shook her head wildly trying to disagree with everything that Kira was saying to her. “Please don’t make up accusations like that because I don’t really appreciate it!” Lacus said trying to hold back the tears that were threatening to come out from the moment she left.

Kira sighed knowing she was just being stubborn about not admitting the truth. “There’s no use in lying since I already know the truth. I won’t tell anyone though but only because I think you’re the one that needs to do that,’ Kira said looking at those blue eyes of hers.

“I’m not lying!” Lacus yelled before the tears finally started to fall down her face. “I’m not,” she said the last part a bit too softly. She wondered why Kira didn’t just drop the subject. She didn’t want to talk about it.

Kira didn’t know what possessed him but he grabbed Lacus and pulled her into a tight embrace. He just reasoned with himself afterwards that is was because he didn’t like seeing people in that much pain. He knew she didn’t want to talk about it but he knew she was also hurting inside because of it. “It’s going to be ok,” he said softly.

Lacus wasn’t sure why she wasn’t struggling to get out of the Kira’s embrace. ‘Something about this just feels… right,’ she thought while she just cried into his chest. “Why? Why does it have to be like this?” she finally admitted knowing that Kira knew too much to believe her lies.

Kira remembered that one when he wasn’t feelings good his sister once did this for him. He felt better afterwards and figured that it might help Lacus as well. ‘Why does this feel so right?’ he asked himself before shaking the thoughts out of his head. ‘No matter what situation Lacus is in, I still have Fllay,’ he thought but it didn’t sound right to him.

Kira released Lacus when she finally stopped crying. “I’m pretty sure you don’t want to go back into the theater to finish that movie,” he said and she just nodded her head. “I’ll go with you, those two need some time alone anyways,” he said and Lacus hesitantly nodded her head before they walked off.

The two of them walked outside the mall and were silent for the most part. Both were confused by many things. Lacus took a seat on a bench and Kira went off to get them something to eat and drink since both of them were hungry.

Kira came back a few minutes later and held out what Lacus ordered. “Here,” he said and she took it quietly. “Care to talk it? You’ll find that I’m a good listener,” Kira said when he took the seat that was next to her.

Lacus stared down at her food and shook her head no. “I’d really prefer not to,” she muttered and saw him just nod his head. “But at the same time I feel that I need to talk about,” she continued to say before she took a bite out of her food.

Kira remained silent but he was listening. He wasn’t sure whether she was actually going to talk about it or not. ‘At least she’s not denying it anymore,’ he thought while taking a bite of his own food.

Lacus sighed and just decided to tell him about it. ‘He already knows the truth, so there’s no point in denying it,’ she thought and took a deep breath. “I met him when I was in my third year of college. He seemed kind then but I always had a weird feeling about him that wasn’t good. Yet I ignored my instinct and fell for the charm he put off. I married him after I graduated. People always said I was smart, which is why I graduated from college when I was much younger than the rest of the people that graduated with me. Now I realize that I was just a fool,” she said with expressionless eyes.

“Don’t say that. I’m sure that if you’d known what he was like that you wouldn’t have gone out with him in the first place. There are a lot of people like that. You followed your heart even if it was misguided,” Kira said wondering where these words were coming from; he’d never really talked like that before.

“I guess so,” Lacus said suddenly feeling better with his words. “It was only after I married him that I started to realize what he was really like. He wanted a trophy wife, not one he could love. He saw me as a servant to him. If I disobeyed him, I’d be punished,” she said with a sigh remembering all the times he’d hit her because she’d done something he didn’t like.

Kira never liked guys like that. He’d always thought that they were the scum of all humans. “Why don’t you just get a divorce? It’s obvious that you aren’t happy about your marriage. Is it because you think he’ll take everything you have in the divorce?” he asked figuring that was logical.

Lacus shook her head. “My father made the two of us sign a prenup before we got married. We keep what is ours and take nothing from the other,” Lacus explained and Kira just nodded his head. “The truth is that I’m scared. He beats me when he’s just a little angry. Just imagine what it’s like if I even mention the idea of a divorce. He’ll be furious since he only has access to my money as long as he’s married to me. I think he knows that,” she said releasing another sigh.

Kira couldn’t help but flinch at the mere mention of it. It wasn’t a pleasant picture that came to mind. ‘I’d probably feel the same way as her if I was put in such a position,’ he thought wishing he could help her in some way. “Why not go to the police?” he asked her curiously.

Lacus just shook her head again. “He pays off a lot of people to keep him out of trouble. They won’t do anything even if I tried and it would only get me in trouble with him,” she said while caressing her bruised arm.

Kira noticed and carefully took her arm and rolled up the sleeves to look at it. “How’d this really happen?” he asked wondering just how bad it really was when she first got it. It wasn’t pretty looking but it did look like it was much worse.

She carefully pulled her arm away and rolled down the sleeve before anyone else could see it. “I refused him something he really wanted,” she said figuring that Kira got the idea. “He hit me and I lost balance and hit my arm against a table. So technically I wasn’t lying, I just omitted most of the truth,” she explained before lifting her head and looked towards the sky.

The more he heard, the more he felt bad for her. “Why not ask someone friendly for help? There’s always Athrun and Cagalli. I’d help you if you asked me to,” Kira said looking at her with sympathy.

“I just don’t want to get them involved. I wouldn’t put it past Trent to hurt or kill anyone who knows in order to keep his secrets just that. It would’ve been so much simpler if you hadn’t figured it out on your own,” she said and looked at him with sympathy.

Kira guessed he understood her reasoning a bit. He looked at her form and felt a pain in his heart for her. “That’s something that no one should have to go through,” he muttered placing a hand on her shoulder. He felt her relax under his touch and couldn’t help but smile.

Lacus looked up and Kira with eyes that were brimming with tears. “They all warned me and yet I didn’t listen to them. I should have!” she said before being pulled in to Kira’s embrace once more. ‘Why couldn’t I have found someone like him before I met Trent?’ she asked herself and started to cry into his chest once more.

Lacus pulled away from him since she figured that she looked a bit foolish. “Sorry, I’m not usually like this,” she said while wiping the tears away from her eyes. “I always tried to avoid crying because I didn’t want to give him the satisfaction of knowing just how hurt I really was. Not just physically but emotionally,” she explained in a tired voice.

“I don’t see anything wrong with crying,” Kira said wiping the tears away from her eyes. She looked up at him with those beautiful blue eyes of hers and he seemed to become entranced.

Suddenly, as if possessed, Kira leaned down slightly just as she came up and their lips met in a gentle kiss. They were at war with themselves, their bodies and hearts were at war with their logic. Neither could seem to will their bodies to separate from what should be forbidden between them.

‘What am I doing?’ they each asked themselves but still fell prey to the strange feeling that was going on between them. It was something that either of them could really control or understand but they liked it.

It was like that few several moments before they finally broke apart. Both of them rather afraid and embarrassed to look at the other. Both felt a bit ashamed that they enjoyed something even though they each had another person that they were with. ‘What happened?’ they ach questioned to themselves.

“I- I’m sorry,” Lacus muttered turning away from Kira. “I’ll just take a bus back to my hotel. Please tell Cagalli I’m sorry for me,” she said before she walked away as quickly as she could manage before another incident like that could occur.

Kira groaned and fell back down onto the bench. ‘How could things get so out of hand like that?’ he questioned to himself while rubbing his forehead. ‘I’ve barely known her three days and this happened. How could I have done this to Fllay?’ he asked staring at the sky through his fingers. ‘What is it about Lacus Clyne? Why does she have this effect on me?’ he continued to question to himself.

Hearing footsteps approach him, Kira looked up and saw Athrun and Cagalli walking towards them. Kira took notice, before they separated, that they were holding hands at the time. ‘It’s so simple for them,’ he thought before standing up to face his sister and best friend.

Cagalli looked around but didn’t see Lacus around. “Where’s Lacus? I thought that the two of you were here together since you left about the same time,” she said looking towards her brother and noticed how upset he looked. “Something wrong?” she questioned in a worried tone.

Kira sighed and put a smile on his face. “Of course not! We just got bored of the movie and left and figured we’d just leave the two of you alone. She then said she had something urgent to do all of a sudden and asked me to tell you that she’s sorry before she left,” he said deciding to only go with half the truth. He wanted to act as normally as possible just so that he could forget about the mess he was currently in.

“I see. Strange since she was the one to want to see the movie in the first place. Also, what the hell do you mean by leaving the two of us alone?!” she nearly yelled. She saw Kira grin and then ran away as quickly as he could manage. “Get back here you coward!”

*****

Lacus collapsed on her bed and buried her face in the pillows before screaming as loudly as she could into them. She let out all the pain and frustration that she’d been feeling that day, which happened to be a lot more than she expected.

She just couldn’t figure out why she did what she did. She’d seen shows and movies about women that were unfaithful to their husbands or lovers. She never thought that she would ever be like that. “How could I do that?” she asked herself when she finished her screaming.

She placed a hand over her heart and felt how it was beating rapidly. “It’s been like this since I left. Why is it doing this? I barely even know Kira,” she mumbled to herself quietly.

Tears fell from her eyes the more she thought about what had just occurred between her and her best friend’s brother. ‘That was so wrong but felt so right. Even so, even though Trent isn’t what I meant to marry, I’m still bound to him by law. He won’t let me escape even if I wanted to. I can’t let myself fall victim to such a moment ever again, even if Kira is the type of person I could see myself falling for,’ she thought before she stood up and walked to the hotel window.

Even though she didn’t want to, Lacus just kept recalling those few moments when his lips were on her own. Her hand reached up and touched her lips. She then just shook her head to get rid of the thoughts.

Lacus immediately grew worried when thoughts of her husband came to her mind. She was sure that he wouldn’t think twice about either putting her in the hospital or killing her if he found out about what she did with Kira. She just knew that it would be even worse than that for Kira.

Lacus groaned and started pacing thinking more about what would happen if he ever found out. ‘I pray that he never learns about this for Kira’s sake. He’s a good person that doesn’t deserve such a fate,’ she thought and started to feel a little suffocated by the room.

Lacus walked over and grabbed her purse before heading to the door. “I need to take a walk. I just hope that I don’t run into any of them. I don’t think I can talk to them right now,” she said before walking out of her room.