I've been punished by total blackout for 4 and a half 'straight' days. I wasn't able to update my in the future story. Instead, out of frustration, I made this fic in my notebook..

The results of having no computer, a total black out for 4 and a half days.. and oh.. Chocolates. (A must have for that sudden sugar craving)

Disclaimer: I don't own gundam seed/destiny.. and if I did, all asucaga fans will be overly happy and die happy. If this fic is somewhat akin to other fics/story etc, I did not do it purposely. Pure Coincidence perhaps or maybe you're also a chocolate addict like me. Hehe ;

The art of love – chapter 1

"Drawers, check. Hmmm.. New bed, check." Kira Yamato, stood inside his apartment and carefully placed check marks on each item that is present in his inventory.

"I guess that's that." He smile with a contented look as he closed his mini inventory and took out his cellphone dialing a few numbers before placing it beside his ear.

"Hey, it's me. Yeah.. I'm done with the.. ok.. see you then.. oh, and stay out of trouble." Kira chuckled as he slowly averted the earpiece from his ear.

"Fuck off KIRA!" The voice from the other line yelled. "Okay, Okay.. sorry.. see ya." With that, he turned off the receiver and placed his phone back in his pocket.

He scanned his well- furnished apartment that has just been molested by a round of boxes containing tons of clothes, things or he thought, junk. He took out his phone again and pressed the auto-dial button.

"Hello?" A feminine voice came from the other line.

"Hey Lacus, I just finished with my job here. Are you free? Maybe we can go and grab a bite or something." Kira smiled, he imagined Lacus' beautiful face as he made conversation with the said girl.

"Sure why not? Where?" Lacus agreed.

"Where are you? I'll just pick you up and we can decide on the way." Kira slid out from the apartment and locked it from the outside. He bid goodbye to Lacus and happily whistled as he left.

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The supermarket is not always jam-packed as it is during weekends. And at these times, a certain blue-haired young man enjoys re-stocking his food supply.

Athrun strolled down the aisle with a basket hanging on his left arm while grabbing some merchandise on the other. He surveyed each can before placing it in the basket and then looked again at his grocery list.

"Ooh.. last one on the list, my favorite choco pops." He smirked and went his way through the chocolate section.

"Ah! Only one left for me. " Athrun thought as a smile crept on his face, and caught sight of the choco pop sitting on the display counter alone.

He went out to reach for it, with an excitement to match that of a preschool going on his first fieldtrip.

As his hand came near the box, another hand also made it's way to it.

"—Wha.. " Athrun looked at the offending hand. :Let go of the box buster." The owner of the hand came.

Athrun frowned, "You let go, I came here first." He gripped on the box, but the other person did the same.

"You let go. Why? Does this thing have your name on it?" The person spoke. And Athrun began to glance at him/her.

It did not take a second for Athrun to actually detail out what he observed of the girl. Yes, the person was a girl.

First off, she had golden tresses that reach up to just above her shoulders. And to match those golden locks is that beautiful and fiery amber orbs that made him shiver a bit. She was wearing a plain white shirt that clung perfectly to her curves and cough chest couch part. To match the shirt, were jeans that sort of lost its color due to excessive washing. She had on a pair of brown slippers and was also carrying a huge backpack.

"No, but you see, I was just about to get it." Athrun sighed as he finally snapped back to reality.

"And so did I. Now let go of the box before I dismember you body and throw it in a gutter." The girl grumbled, clearly stating that she would kill for 'chocolate pops'.

"No way, I came all the way here for this." Athrun gripped on the box again, this time tighter than before.

"I don't care if you came from God-knows-where.. Now let go and I swear I am not kidding about the dismembering and gutter part." The girl growled again and tugged harder on the box.

The two then tugged and pulled the poor box while arguing on who gets to keep it.

"Okay, look, let's just settle this…" Athrun stopped. A ring was heard and a curse from the girl followed.

"Enough of this! Here! The box is yours!" The girl slammed the box on Athrun's chest and then went away as she talked to her cell phone muttering words like: "Yeah, yeah on my way.. some creep just barged into me and.."

Athrun stood there holding the now battered up box. He looked at it and sighed, "Weird girl but quite interesting."

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"I'm here with my girlfriend Lacus at your favorite restaurant." Kira chuckled. "Cagalli just fought over a box of chocolate pops again." He clasped the mouthpiece as he winked at Lacus. Lacus giggled and then took a piece of her sandwich and bit on it demurely.

"Why won't you join us? You know, so that way we can go back together and I'll help you unpack." Kira smiled.

"I don't know.. I just came from work and I'm not that presentable… You know, since this will officially be the first time I get to see your girlfriend." Cagalli chomped off some of the banana crepe she got for she did not have any luck with the chocolates.

Cagalli didn't hear KIra for awhile but instead, heard a few muffled words and then he comes again.

"Lacus said it's okay. She's much comfortable with you being you own self." Kira assured. "Okay.. Okay.." Cagalli sighed and then chuckled a bit. " wait for me."

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Athrun held on to his now discarded box of chocolate pops. He just devoured the whole thing awhile ago as he drove on his way home. He made a few stops here and there after the trip to the supermarket. Suddenly, his cell phone bellowed and he quickly pulled it up from his pocket.

"Yeah?" He quickly answered.

"It's me." The other person spoke.

"yeah I know it's you.. what is it?" Athrun chuckled. The guy on the other line was none other than his best friend, Kira Yamato.

"Listen, Kira and I are out for lunch wanna join us?" Kira happily gleamed.

"Well I don't know.. " Athrun hesitated. He looked at the choco pops box again and restrained a burp.

"Come on Athrun.. You've been busy for days now.. Just sit with us for a minute and you won't regret it." Kira pleaded.

"Alright, Alright.. Where to? "

"Same place. Meet you there. Kira chuckled as he finally clicked on his receiver as Athrun did the same. The Blue-haired young man then redirected his car to where the location is.

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Cagalli ran a comb through her golden tresses, it was a bit messy but stylish nonetheless. She wasn't the girly type anyways, so a little brushing before she presents herself to her brother's girlfriend should do the trick. She pocketed the mini comb and then sighed as she pushed open the door to the restaurant.

"Hey Kira.. I didn't know you had sister." Lacus chirped as Kira helped himself with his own food. The brown haired boy smiled back at her. "well, it's really a long story. You see, our parents separated back then months after we both turned one year. Mom took me in, and Dad took her. Thus our differences in the family name."

"I sorry.. That's really sad.. you know being separated with her. " Lacus held on to Kira's hand, gripping it tightly. "Not really, we have been keeping in touch since then.. And mom and dad occasionally schedule us to meet and spend a week with each other. " Kira assured Lacus that he was okay so she could wipe that worried look on her face.

"Must be hard.. but you two will get to spend much more time together from now on. "Lacus' face lightened up. "Yeah.. since we both have come in our independent and legal age, we decided to spend it together." Kira smile and looked around to see if either Cagalli or Athrun has arrived.

Kira spotted a young girl with golden locks and fiery amber eyes looking around for familiar faces. Kira's face lift up and then he turned to Lacus.

"She's here. " Kira pointed to her sister before catching her attention. Lacus almost squealed in delight. "Oh my Kira.. I'm so excited." She continued as she felt her heart pound. Of course, who wouldn't be excited to meet your boyfriend's TWIN sister?

"Cagalli hey.. glad you could come." Kira offered his sister a seat after giving her a warm embrace. "Well I couldn't possibly pass up on this one." Cagalli chuckled.

"By the way, this is Lacus.. and you know? She is very excited to see you." Kira snickered and pointed at the pinl-haired girl who stood up and reached out her hand to Cagalli. "Hi. It's such a pleasure to meet you." Lacus smiled sweetly while Cagalli took her hand and let out a: "Pleased to meet you too."

"You finally did something right for once. I mean.. with the girl.: Cagalli chuckled as she looked at Kira who blushed furiously. Lacus giggled too, she knew what Cagalli meant and it pertains to Kira's ex-girlfriend. But she won't let Kira know that she too disagreed with Flay.

They finally sat down and ordered some beverages and food for Cagalli. "So, Cagalli… how's work?" Kira asked as he took a huge bite from his pasta. "Same old.. It's rather tiring.. but hey, it pays." Cagalli also chomped off some of her tuna sandwich. "You're still working there?" Kira spat out. Cagalli looked at him and Lacus was taken aback.

"Yeah so? What am I supposed to do and where am I supposed to work if I leave there?" Cagalli snorted. "I mean sure, you just got here and finding work is not as easy as counting 1,2 and 3.. but for gosh sakes Cagalli, a lot of companies can take you. You don't have to waste your talents in a freaking diner." Kira huffed as he regained his composure.. well, sort of.

"Ahem.. I'm sorry to interrupt but I can't seem to put my finger on whatever you are talking about." Lacus smiled and had a little tint of pink on her cheeks. "See! Now you made her uncomfortable!" Cagalli glared at his twin brother and pointed at Lacus. Kira blushed.

"Well Lacus, this sister of mine is a very talented aritist. She's taking her Masterals that's why she works to pay her tuition." Kira said flatly. "I don't see anything wrong." Lacus looked at her boyfriend then forked some of her pasta. "See? Cagalli pointed an accusing finger at her brother.

"That's where the problem comes in." Kira scoffed. "She insistently rubs her butt to work in that demanding diner instead of working her talents in a company."

"I don't want to be a corporate slave. Besides, I'm a freelance artist. I get offers now and then and I have my own time, except of course when I am working in the diner." She chomped yet another piece of her sandwich devouring it to the last drop er.. piece. "And besides, this time get to save up some money at work since I'm going to live with you now."

"I insisted on you staying with me so you would quit the diner biz and get a decent job. Plus, you're not getting anywhere with such a low pay and a rent to lash out the cash for that matter." Kira said in as-a-matter-of-factly voice.

"And for that, I thank you my dear brother." Cagalli flew a mocking kiss to her brother as to which Lacus found amusing as she chuckled at it.

"You two are so hilariously cute." Lacus giggled again.

"Let's just enjoy this lunch and quit being a naggie. You sound an awful lot like father." Cagalli patted Kira's back and then her cell phone went off. "Oops.. gotta answer it. It's Millie.. for awhile." Cagalli stood up and headed for the restroom.

Lacus loked up at Kira and he smiled back at her. "I could never, ever win against her." Kira chuckled and then he suddenly realized that they almost forgot about someone. "What's taking Athrun so long by the way?"

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Athrun hated it when he had to go and search for a parking space. The only thing inconvenient about having your own car is looking for parking spaces, other than filling it up with expensive gas.

He finally sighed in relief as he found a space and sped up to it, resulting to some angry curses form the one he just stole it from. He then carefully arranged himself at the restaurant mirror and then pushed his way in it.

The place was not crowded; it was okay in terms of the number of people. He quickly looked for two familiar heads who, he thought was already waiting for him eons ago.

And he did spot them by the way.

"Kira, Lacus, Sorry I'm late… had to find a parking space." He greeted the couple. Now the trio was united, they were of course the very best of friends back in high school or even way back than that. They shared things and even experiences but who would have thought that they don't know much about one of them mainly Kira, as having a sister, and a twin at that.

"It's okay were rather kind of busy.. entertained if you ask me." Lacus giggled. "eh? With what?" Athrun sat down. He glanced at the chair next to him and saw a backpack. Strange, he thought, that backpack seemed familiar.

"Oh,… with Kira's sister, you should have seen them bicker at each other, it's so cute." Lacus chirped and Kira squirmed with self consciousness.

Athrun gave about a second or so t process in his mind what Lacus had just said. "Kira's sister.. Oh, Kira's si…." His eyes widened and then he suddenly lunged forward at Kira.

"You have a sister! Since when!" Athrun sounded surprised as well as demanding for answers. They have been best friends ever since, the three of them, how come Kira never mentioned this?

"Uhm.. yeah.. twin sister actually.. I kinda forgot that part when I introduced myself. Hehe.. Silly me." Kira chuckled nervously and ruffled his hair. "Kira has a tendency to seclude information." Lacus evilly glared at him. "For all we know, he could have been a playboy posing as a good boy next door." Lacus suppressed a laugh, she liked teasing Kira. And maybe that is why she was amused with Cagalli, she also have a knack on teasing him.

"Look, it's not an issue anymore. Since now you know, the only thing to do is meet her." Kira sweat dropped and chucked some of his pasta into his mouth. "So where is she?" Athrun eagerly asked.

"She just needed to use the restroom. Come to think of it, she's taking quite a long time." Kira scanned the place for his missing-in-action sister.

3 minutes came……………………

"Should I go and check up on her?" Lacus offered as she noticed the uneasiness that Kira was now projecting. "Uh.. no.. maybe she just had a long talk with that Millie." He grinned then took a nervous glance at the restroom side.

"Are you sure you have a sister?" Athrun raised an eyebrow and suppressed a chuckle. "I do! And the heck she is taking quite a long time!" Kira glared at Athrun who then raised both his hands as if surrendering and not anymore get into 'worried' Kira's nerves. "I'll go check. I'm going to use the lavatory anyway." Athrun stood up and headed for the restroom.

Okay.. that was stupid.. Why would he even offer to check up on her? He can't possibly barge in the girl's comfort room! Athrun sighed; he didn't know what to say to her when she comes out, since he didn't know what she looks like. In case he would actually ask every girl that would come out: "Hey, hello, are you Kira's sister?"

HELL NO! TOTALLY HUMILIATING!

In any case, he waited and waited but his bladder told him otherwise.

A! Heck!

He burst inside the mean's lavatory. As soon as he went inside, Cagalli finally went outside, still on her cell phone then bidding goodbye to Millie, she hurriedly went back to Kira and Lacus' table.

Talk about perfect timing.

Ah! Hope you liked that one. Please review, and tell me what you think. So I could go on in the next chapter. Some notes if you don't mind: Cagalli is taking her masterals in Art. Masteral is like Secondary study at the same course one graduates from.. it's like studying the same thing again only in a higher level meaning you're mastering the course. Some of my professors take this up to heighten their knowledge in the said field.