A/N: I do not own Gundam SEED Destiny. The quotes in here are directly from the series itself, not words I've written.

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Am I getting through to you, Kira? You hardly speak anymore. Your eyes used to sparkle like amethyst, but they're so dull when I look at you. I wonder…did the war do this? Or am I the cause of it? I only wish you'd give me an answer.

"Kira… Remember what I asked you? That time we were both here on Orb?"

We've been together for so long. I thought the war was making us stronger. We fought against each other, and you even killed friends of mine, but on Orb we rejoined forces and we pulled ourselves together. You knew what you were doing; you had all the answers. Now you won't even look me in the eye when I'm sitting in the car beside you, asking you for help.

"I asked you, what should we really be fighting against? And how were we supposed to do it?"

I thought I knew. But you taught me differently. You showed me that our real enemy was war itself. I want you to be right. I want to pull through this on my own; I don't want another war to start, don't want to drag you down next to me. But I need to know. What are we fighting for?

"Then you said… We'd look for the answer to that question… together."

Is it my fault that you've become this silent angel, this entity formed by heartbreak and loss? Did fighting me destroy you? Or was it fighting by my side to end a war that hurled you over the brink? Maybe it was the loss of the home you and Lacus had worked so hard to create, the one you used to forget about life and the cost of living.

Please, Kira… I need you to speak to me. I need you to tell me that everything is okay. Tell me Patrick Zala was wrong. Tell me I'm traveling in the right direction. I don't want to make any more mistakes. I can't help but wonder… Will you join me and fight again, or are you lost in your whirlpool of grief forever? I wish we could talk. I can't just stand by and do nothing.

"But… I still haven't found the answer."

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A/N: Well, there it is. My first little drabble after watching Destiny. I'm only on episode 8 (so no spoilers for me, please!) but I felt after watching that part that I had to write something, whether it made much sense or not. The moment evoked so much emotion. I don't know if SEED Destiny will bring out more fanfiction, since I tend to cling to my original ZAFT boys, but we'll see.

And for the record, how is it Athrun always ends up driving the sexiest cars?