The New Seeds
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Chapter 2: Silver ring
"They're just so adorable, Lacus!" Cagalli never got tired of repeating that sentence. She giggled and rocked the little boy back and forth in her arms, "He looks a lot like Kira... well except for his hair and eye color." She played with the baby's little hands as it opens and closes while the child tries to grab hold of Cagalli's finger.
Kira was dumbfounded by what he just witnessed, his eyes were wide open with shock, his jaw dropped with no words coming out, and his face was pale white.
What the heck? Is she really Cagalli?
"Look, he got your nose and your mouth and your cute face, he looks pretty much like you, Kira. He's soooo CUTE!" Cagalli added while playing at the child's nose.
CUTE? That means...I'm cute? Hearing it from Cagalli makes my hair stand!
Kira almost dropped his drink after seeing this kind of side of his twin sister. A chill ran down his spine and felt a cold feeling engulfing his whole body. Now Athrun was in the same state as his best friend, shocked. Kira walked a bit closer to Arthun, close enough for him to hear what he's gonna say.
"Hey, Athrun..." Kira called to the guy beside him carefully. "...what the heck happened to the tomboyish princess of Orb? What have you done to her?"
"Wha--? Don't ask me... I haven't done anything to her yet." Athrun quietly answered back.
"Hey! What are you two whispering about?" Cagalli shot them a glare suspicious of their dodgy act.
"Nothing." both said in unison.
Cagalli raised her eyebrow, knowing that they're talking about something weird again. But eventually ignored them and turned her attention back to the child she's holding.
"Hey there, mini-Kira. It's auntie Cagalli. Can you say Cagalli? Ca-ga-lliiiiiiii…" she playfully talked to the baby with pursed lips.
"Uhhh...Cagalli, the kid's three days old. You don't seriously expect him to talk, do ya?" Athrun commented, smirking. He and Cagalli were visiting Kira and Lacus' room, they're temporarily staying at Orb at the Attha's residence to settle some of their business. And Athrun had been the only one not busy at the moment and Cagalli had dragged him with her to see the twins yet again.
"Well, you never know," Cagalli pouted.
Lacus giggled as she held her daughter close for her to feed. "Well, Kira and I decided to make them both Coordinators, so we modified their genes a bit."
"I see...I just hope that the twins doesn't get Kira's "slacker gene". Athrun smirked.
"What the--? What's that supposed to mean? I'm not a slacker!" Kira defended himself.
"Oh really? Then why do I have to do all of your assignments in microrobotics back when we were kids, huh?" Athrun folded his arms across his chest, an insolent smile etched on his face.
"Well, that's...its just that I don't like that class, that's all!" Kira pouted like a little kid.
Their daughter suddenly woke up in Lacus' arms because of all the noise stirring up in the room, the little baby girl looked up at her mother.
"Oh! She's awake! Doesn't she just have the most adorable brown eyes!" Cagalli peeked beyond the baby's pink sheet wrapping her little body.
Lacus, who was sitting next to Cagalli in the couch, glanced over at her daughter curiously, "Strange… I thought babies usually cry when they wake up. She's just so quiet… Too quiet, almost," she continued to nurse her.
"As Kira's her dad, I don't really find that so strange," Athrun muttered, then grinned, "You know, Kira's the shy quiet type of guy. I can't just imagine Kira changing diapers…"
"Oh, I think I'll take care of those," Lacus laughed, "For now."
"Ummm...Do I really have to do that, Lacus?" Kira asked.
"Of course you have to, Kira." she answered with a smile. "As well as feeding the twins, bathing and doing their laundry." she added.
"Great. Just great," Kira put a hand to his forehead, glancing sideways at the twins. Everybody in the room laughed. Imagine, the legendary pilot of the ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom changing stinky-icky baby diapers.
Kira sighed and went over to sit down next to Lacus.
"Don't worry, Kira. I know that you'll do fine. You're gonna be a great daddy." Lacus gave him a cheerful smile.
"Thanks, Lacus" Kira sighed again and looked down at the floor.
I promise. I'll be a good father to them...He glanced at their children and brought a smile across his face.
Athrun cleared his throat, "So, like… Have you guys thought of their names yet?" he asked, in a rather successful attempt at changing the subject.
Kira almost seemed surprised, as if the thought of the twins needing their names hadn't occurred to him before now. Lacus, however, looked thoughtfully down at the child, "I've been thinking about a few names…," she admitted.
"Let's hear 'em!" Cagalli said enthusiastically, still playing with the little boy.
"Okay," Lacus mused, looking over at Kira. Simply assuming he didn't have any suggestions, she started listing the names, "At first, I thought about something to match my name and Kira's… Like Kiara and Leon… or even Kain and Lenne. But I didn't think those quite fit to such little angels."
"So, I started to think about our parents' names. Caridad could be turned into Carrie or Haruma could be Harumi… Then there's Seigel, of course, but…," she wrinkled her nose.
This could take all day…Kira thought to himself.
Lacus smiled softly still and glanced over at the young man sitting next to her, "I don't know… Kira, what do you think?"
"I'm not good with names. But what about Rie and Souichirou?" Kira suggested.
"Rie and Souichirou?" Athrun shrugged, "That's kind of nice…"
"You're going to call them Rie and Souichirou?" Cagalli smiled, "I like it!"
"Rie and Souichirou," Lacus tasted the name, "Rie Clyne Yamato…" she looked at her daughter in her arms.
"And Souichirou Clyne Yamato." then to their son into Cagalli's arms.
"Clyne? Kira, don't tell me you still haven't-" Athrun suddenly got punched rather hard in the side by Cagalli. He yelped and coughed, stumbling a bit backwards.
"Oops! Sorry!" Cagalli patted him on the shoulder, "There was a big bug on you. So I kinda removed it before it could do anything… you'd regret, you know?"
Athrun glared at her, rubbing his side, but he didn't say anything. Lacus watched them both oddly, "What?"
Kira just shook his head. Cagalli tugged on Athrun's arm, "Here." she stood up and gave Kira the little boy. "C'mon, we gotta go. You promised to help me prepare for the Orb's Festival, remember?"
Athrun blinked, "Hey! I thought that wasn't for another… 6 months or so!"
"Well, I'm pulling it off a little early… You know, to celebrate Rie and Souichi. Come now," she continued to pull him towards the door. Athrun rolled his eyes, then shot Kira a look and mouthed 'chicken' to him, before leaving the room along with Cagalli.
Lacus giggled, "They're so sweet."
"Whatever," Kira murmured.
"Kira… is there something on your mind?"
Apart from the fact that I'm going to kill Athrun for calling me 'chicken'
Well… all right then.
"Well… actually, yes."
"Really? Okay, I'm all ears." Lacus teased, giggling again.
"Okay. Look, seems like the twins are asleep… Why don't we put them in their bed? There's something I… need to tell you."
Might as well get it over with…
Lacus blinked, both confused and curious now. She nodded and they both carried their children over to the baby bed, then turned towards Kira again, "What is it then?"
Kira sighed softly and rose, walking over to her. He spent a few seconds trying to figure out what to say before putting his hand in his pocket and pulling something out… a small black ring box, he then handed it over to Lacus.
"Take it..." Kira said, but Lacus hesitated at first, confused with what kind of act is this, but eventually took it from his hand.
"What is this all about, Kira?" she asked as she looked at the box in her hand and then looked back at Kira and met his gaze.
"If you open it, you'll find a silver ring that looked exactly like the one you gave me. Only that, I've put a little diamond on it." he looked away from her grey eyes, his face was all red. Then, he reached out with his other hand to grab one of Lacus' hands, and slipped the silver ring onto her finger.
Staring at the ring with wide eyes, Lacus couldn't believe what was happening. For a moment, she thought Kira was joking – then again, he never joked like this before. Looking up at his face again, she noticed his frown and normally plain expression had been replaced by a questioning, almost pleading look.
"Will you…?" he asked. He didn't need to say more.
That was about as romantic as Kira could get, but in Lacus' eyes, it was just perfect. She smiled widely and threw herself at him, almost throwing him off balance, "Oh, Kira, I thought you'd never ask!"
He seemed to be caught a bit off guard. "Well, you know I'm not really good at stuffs like this." He scratched his head, his face was now as red as a tomato, and felt like an idiot like Athrun.
"I guess, the ring says it all..." Kira seems like he's hyperventilating. "C-can I melt now?"
Lacus giggled and hugged Kira tighter. "Aaawww...c'mon on now, Kira. Stop being such a wimp." he teased again.
"I'm not a wimp...I'm just nervous" Kira slowly smiled and started to say something. But Lacus suddenly pulled away and playfully slapped his shoulder, "Evil you! I was worried that you'll never gonna ask me that. Pfft," she giggled and took off his necklace around Kira's neck, picking off the original silver ring.
Quickly, she put the ring onto his finger where it belonged, then held his hand with both of hers.
"Well, will you?" Kira asked again. She looked up into his eyes – she wasn't laughing anymore.
"There's nothing I want more," she whispered, and reached up to kiss him.
End of Chapter 2