Striking Freedom [Open]

[jesushasagundam]

Kira was thoroughly exhausted from the week's training with the Rogues, but rather than going to his quarters to hop into bed, he almost always went down to the hangar where his Strike Freedom stood, armor inert.

The young pilot stood there for a long while, looking up at the mobile suit in contemplation. They'd been hard at work tuning them up so that they'd be able to fight on the same level as their X-Wing counterparts and soon would be physically overhauling them to increase their output. This was what they'd have to rely on for their survival... for their strength.

He was rather lost in thought, which probably made for a perfect opportunity for someone to come along and snap him out of it.

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They were probably her idea come to think of it.

[jesushasagundam]

"We don't have a choice," Kira said, his expression fading again as thinking about the battle brought something else to mind.

"There... was a transport full of people trying to escape the planet. I don't know if they tried to run for it or if it was a mistake, but... we tried to protect them. That's where Shinn was almost killed."

"We weren't able to." The words hang on his mind, not only for the specific failure but for how it reminded him of other times he'd failed in the past.

pfft the buckles preceed Lacus, you know.

[fields-ofhope.livejournal.com]

Without another word, she wraps him in a warm embrace. She knew how hard and how personally he takes such things.

"Kira..." It's okay. We'll figure it out.

...she made him wear more of them.

[jesushasagundam]

Kira returns the embrace automatically, tucking his chin on top of her head. It immediately sets him more at ease to have her here in his arms like this, warm and soft... but he can't shake the guilt that weighs on his shoulders there. Maybe he could have done something more, and the people on that transport would still be alive.

He closes his eyes. Lacus wouldn't want him to regret things like this, would she?

Yeah, for the lulz!

[fields-ofhope.livejournal.com]

No, Lacus would not want him to regret things. He tried his best; she didn't doubt that for a moment. For now, she'll just hold him for as long as he needs.

I still think she's a secret bondage queen

[jesushasagundam]

It was easy to forget that, for all they'd lost, they still had more than many people. He still had her, and that wasn't something he should let himself forget.

He pulled her in just a bit tighter. "Lacus... have you been all right?"

*gets the whip*

[fields-ofhope.livejournal.com]

"I've been just fine." Although...

"I want to help." Maybe not piloting, but somehow.

Lacus "Whips 'n Chains" Clyne

[jesushasagundam]

"I can understand that," Kira nodded. Who wouldn't want to help? Though the thought of her in a mobile suit... still gave him an unpleasant knot in his stomach. "Have you talked to the General? You have so many skills that I know they'd be glad to have."

*preens* And she sings, too!

[fields-ofhope.livejournal.com]

"Not yet, but I was planning on it. I wonder if they are in need of anything specific."

She thinks for a moment, and then Pink bounces up, sputtering and somehow that helps settle it. "Perhaps assisting with radio communications and other technical aspects of the missions."

The night ain't so quiet when she's around!

[jesushasagundam]

Kira looks over at the little Haro as it bounces into the air, and can't help but smile at the toy's antics. Lacus' suggestion set his heart more at ease. "That's a good idea! You already have experience with that on the Archangel and Eternal, so... that's more than any of us have."

In more ways than one, hm~?

[fields-ofhope.livejournal.com]

"I hope the General will see it the same way. We all must do our part." She wanted to avoid any other place ending up like that poor planet.

She sings a different song then :3

[jesushasagundam]

"Mm, we all do." Kira's quiet for a moment, and he can tell that he and Lacus are thinking the same thing. "Nobody's going to win this just on their own."

And so does he, I'd imagine!

[fields-ofhope.livejournal.com]

"That's right." So no need to take it all on yourself, Kira. The look she gives him says that clearly enough.