AN: An updated version of the original oneshot. More updates to come to transform this into a fourshot.

Time of Day

Sunset

The wind slowly brushed the grass, whipping Athrun's black jacket. His midnight blue hair was gently blown back and forth across his face as the wind eased. Whenever he could, Athrun escaped from all the pressures of ZAFT and came here to this spot. Night had begun to overtake the day and the sun slowly slipped under the horizon. Athrun's deep, emerald eyes gazed towards the setting sun as twilight approached. On the hillside, he lay with his back pressing against the tall grass and his arms tucked behind his head. "This is my favorite time of the day," he noted.

A small shadow crept up from behind him. He instantly felt himself tense, until he realized who it was. A small smile appeared on his face, brightening his handsome features. "Isn't it a little late for you to be out Cagalli?"

"I could say the same thing to you! What're you doing out here? It's practically dark outside and you're just sitting here," Cagalli shot back fiercely. "You're probably going to catch a cold if you stay out here."

"Speak for yourself, why're you wearing such a light dress at this hour?" He was shocked to see her in a white dress that hugged her curves and stopped right above her knees.

"Shut up!" Cagalli growled. "I wear a dress once in my life and you just have to tease me for it."

"I wasn't teasing at all," Athrun said innocently. "Besides, I think it looks great on you. You should wear it more often."

Cagalli promptly blushed and looked away. "Just forget the dress. We should go back before you get sick."

Athrun chuckled softly. "I didn't know you cared so much Cagalli," he said teasingly. "Is that why you came all the way out here? Just to see me?"

The blush on Cagalli's face deepened. "NO, it's just that…that…if you get sick, I'm going to have to take care of you. And I'm not spending all day sitting next to your bed and listening to you moan in agony," she said quickly.

He gently whispered in her ear, "It doesn't have to be in agony, you know. While you're there, we might as well…"

"Stop Athrun!" Cagalli quickly interrupted. Her face flushed again as she tried to change the subject. "L-Let's go Athrun. It's s-starting to get really dark. We should be h-heading back to the house."

"Are you really that eager to go back to your mountain of work?"

"Of course not, I'd rather be in bed with a book and a cup of hot chocolate or something," she mumbled.

"By 'or something', I guess that I can assume it means being in bed with-"

"You can't assume anything, Athrun!" she said hurriedly as she started to walk back.

But Athrun grabbed her wrist and firmly pulled her into his arms. He clutched her waist close and tenderly placed a chaste kiss on her lips. "Why do you torture me like this Cagalli?" Athrun asked pleadingly.

"I'M the one torturing YOU? I think it's the other way around Athrun," she replied playfully as his warm breath touched the skin of her neck. The feeling was agonizing. It completely mesmerized her.

"You have no idea how wrong you are," he said, smirking as he breathed in deeply. The scent of her hair was almost intoxicating. It was sweet, but light and not overpowering.

"Kira and Lacus will think we're doing something if-," Cagalli was cut off as Athrun lip's claimed hers, and she lost herself in his deep emerald green eyes. Athrun gradually pulled her body deeper against his. Cagalli threaded her finger through his silky raven locks as she deepened their kiss.

Athrun pulled back and broke their embrace. "Look whose eager now," he said with a sly smile. Cagalli responded by tackling him to the ground. Her laughter rang across the hillside as they fell and rolled down the hill together.

When they finally reached the bottom, they lay on their backs, realizing that the sun had set long ago. The stars gently twinkled above them, and the moon bathed them with its light, giving off a soft glow. "We should do this more often," Cagalli sighed.

"What? Make-out?" Athrun said innocently.

"NO!" Color filled Cagalli's cheeks before she replied, "You're always so busy with ZAFT and Orb's government is always so demanding of me. I miss the times when we could just be with each other whenever we wanted."

"Well I'm here right now. And in case you missed it, we just spent a couple hours-"

"I know what we did!" Cagalli snapped. "Why are you always so damn forward with me?"

"I guess you can only blame yourself. I mean it is pretty much your fault," he shrugged.

"And why is that?" Cagalli rolled over him, pinning down Athrun's shoulders.

"You're just too irresistible," Athrun said with a teasing glint in his eyes. Cagalli's golden amber eyes met his as she tried to kiss him, but he playfully turned away.

"Now you're just teasing with me," Cagalli pouted.

"You know you love it," he smirked. Athrun's lips brushed her cheek as he rose up, leaning into her. And then he kissed Cagalli the way he had been dying to since last month. There was nothing chaste about this kiss; it was filled with heated passion and a gentle roughness that left both of them grasping for more.

They finally broke apart, out of breath and feeling chilly as the evening's breeze brushed by. "We should go. Kira might kill me if he thinks I've been doing anything to you," admitted Athrun.

Cagalli laughed before she caressed his cheek, teasing him. "You just want to go back because it's almost time for dinner, and I'm sure you just can't wait for dessert".

A smile began to curve onto Athrun's lips, when rain suddenly began to drizzle. "I think that I would be right to assume that you didn't bring an umbrella?" Athrun asked with a smirk as he got up.

"Come on," Cagalli said ignoring him. "Now we really have to go, or we'll both get completely soaked."

"I have to admit," Athrun said while barely stifling his laughter, "you definitely picked a great day to wear white."

Cagalli looked down and was filled with horror once she remembered her white dress. As the rain began to pour down harder, more and more of her dress slowly turned transparent. She swiftly wrapped her hands around her chest and bent down to cover up her undergarments. However, Athrun reached over and put his jacket around her. Cagalli could feel that it was still warm from his body. She breathed in deeply, inhaling the smell that was him, which made her blood rush.

Athrun took her by the hand and quickly led her across the hillside and back towards their house. "I can't believe you want to go home once you have a chance to see me undressed!" Cagalli laughed as they ran.

"Sorry, but I'm the only one who gets to undress you," Athrun said with a sly smile.

The second they got back to the house, Kira was already waiting for them behind the door. "Where the hell have you two been…?" he demanded.

Both Athrun and Cagalli just smiled sheepishly. "ATHRUN! What have you been doing to my sister?" Kira shouted.

"I haven't done anything…yet," Athrun quietly added.

"What was that?" Kira squinted suspiciously.

"Nothing!," Athrun looked away, unable to meet his glare.

"Well, if the both of you are done arguing, I'm going to go take a nice long shower," Cagalli said dismissively.

She turned and walked into Athrun's bathroom. A moment later, water could be heard splashing against the shower tiles. Athrun smiled at Kira one last time and went to his room to change out of his wet clothes.

After a while, the sound of water hitting the tiles stopped. Athrun was wearing a pair of dark jeans and was still rummaging around for a shirt. The bathroom door opened as steam flooded out. Athrun turned around and saw Cagalli wrapped in only a towel.

"Athrun!" Cagalli jumped in surprise. "What are you doing in here?"

"Ummmm, changing in dry clothes?" Athrun replied, unable to keep his eyes off her. He slowly took a few steps toward her.

"Why don't you put a shirt," Cagalli said quickly.

Athrun took another step towards her, wrapping his hands around Cagalli's waist. Pulling her closer, he whispered, "Are you sure you don't like what you see? Do you feel a little nervous?"

"Maybe, aren't you?" Cagalli smiled as she let the towel slip. "I'm not wearing anything underneath this towel, so don't get any ideas." With that, she turned away. "Besides, I have a meeting in the morning and I want to get some sleep."

"I'm afraid I have to warn you," Athrun said deviously. "If you sleep with me tonight, you might be late for your meeting."

Facing Athrun once more, Cagalli placed her hands on his chest. "Then we better get started early," she said with a coy smile.

It's been a while. Please R&R and look forward to some updates.