It was 12:00 the same day when a maid knocked on Cagalli's door.
Quickly Kira moved apart from Cagalli and went to answer the door.
The maid seeing Kira was not suprised and asked, "another bad dream sir?" Kira looked at her with a sigh, "as always."
The maid didn't suspect a thing, as nobody did.
She told Kira the guests would be arriving soon and to please get dressed for a dinner party, she also informed them tonight's ball theme was, greetings from the carribeans.
Kira thanked the maid and closed the door.
Looking over at his sister, smiling as he was taking in her beautiful face.
He felt a slight laugh come up to his throat as he remembered they were twins.
He had to admit they did look alike, except for his purple eyes and brown hair, and her with her amber eyes, and dirty blonde hair.
He walked over and placed a hand on her cheek, "Wake up Cagalli it's time to get dressed, the guests will be here soon."
She snuggled against his hand leaving Kira in a grin, "Okay Kira I'm up."
Later that Day, The Guests Arrive Lets say around 2:00
Kira was dressed in dark brown suit pants, and a brown polo with navy trim, while Cagalli was in a navy blue dress which ended at her knees with a brown ribbon around the waist.
The two stood on a balcony that overlooked the entrance to their mansion, examining all the guests.
Kira sensed Cagalli's discomfort and grasped her hand in his.
Kira looked away from Cagalli to see a girl with pink hair, Kira already determined not to get too close to any guest felt his heart harden, but she certainly was beautiful.
Next to her was a boy with blue hair, Kira noticed the two must be aquaintances as they had shared a car.
He looked over to see Cagalli was looking at the boy with blue hair with slight interest, Kira felt a tug at his heart but ignored it, Cagalli never took interest in anyone.
Kira whispered to Cagalli that it was time to greet their guests in the sun room.
She nodded and the two departed down the stairs to the sun room, named for its excellent ability to catch all of the sun's rays and illuminate the room.
The two were seated in their thrones at the end of the room, next to them a row of maids.
One by one their guests came, then were led off by a maid to their room.
When the pink haired girl came up Kira sat up, the greeter introduced her as Lacus Klyne, an excellent singer and daughter of Siegal Kylne, from the north PLANT kingdom.
After hearing this Cagalli looked up,"so this is Lacus Klyne, the one my father told me would be best suited for Kira", putting her thoughts away she looked over the pink princess, deciding there was no way this girl could take Kira from her.
She looked away until she saw the boy with blue hair, the one with beautiful green eyes.
She had noticed them even from the balcony, how his one look pierced into her, as if he knew everything about her.
The blue haired boy, was introduced as Athuran Zara, excellent military experience, Patrick Zala's only son, from the south PLANT kingdom.
Athuran Zala, and Lacus Klyne, the two heirs to the PLANT kingdom, PLANT separated by south and north.
After excusing all their guests Kira and Cagalli headed off to the dinner room, where they waited for their guests to one by one come down.
The guests had been told to freshen up and come straight down for dinner, for it was now 6:00.
Dinner would have been more pleasant if Kira and Cagalli weren't the only ones with no previous friendships.
It seemed while the two had been locked up, the rest of the galaxy had been off making aquaintances.
It only made the two need each other more, constantly looking at each other during dinner with looks of hunger for more than food.
Athuran noticed something no one else bothered to see, how close the twins were, the looks they gave each other, like lovers.
Cagalli noticed Athuran's gaze and looked up to challenge him, he gave her a wink, as she looked away.
She felt her cheeks heat up and announced that they would have one hour before the ball began, then her and Kira excused themselves.
Everyone rose with excitement, and Athuran followed the two, it seemed the two had their own private wing.
He was stopped by a guard telling him that the west wing was off limits for everyone even the king, only the twins and their maids were ever allowed.
Athuran nodded his head to show the guard his understanding and went off to prepare for the ball.
8:00 in the Moon Room, aka, Ball Room.
It had beautiful chandeliers and a glass roof made to let the moons light fall upon the room.
Cagalli was wearing a short skirt, and a tube top covered by seashells.
She wore no shoes and had done her hair messily as if to show she had just come back from the beach, it worked.
She looked over to Kira who wore beach shorts, with a vest also covered in sea shells.
It appeared that everyone had dressed up in more formal clothing, such as dresses and suits, and their interpretation of beachy came from floral prints or seashell necklaces.
Although they were royalty Kira and Cagalli hated to dress in formal wear, worse of all they hated to spend all night apart.
The music started and Cagalli felt alone as Lacus Klyne had pulled Kira onto the dance floor.
Gosh she is beautiful Cagalli thought, she's so angelic, she felt her eyes tear up as she knew someday herself and Kira would be apart.
Someday Kira would marry and rule Orb, and she would be left in their west wing as he moved into the master room with his wife.
Everyone was dancing and Cagalli was there all alone until a certain blue haired boy extended an arm in front of her face.
She looked up with teary eyes as she was pulled up to the dance floor.
He took her into his arms elegantly leading her across the floor.
They danced like freshly whipped cream, gliding.
She felt warm in his embrace and willingly let him hold her.
Athuran thought he had never seen a more gorgeous person than the princess.
Her eyes were more than amber, they were fierce and submissive, dark and light all at the same time.
They all soon had lost track of the time.
Two hours had gone by and Cagalli noticed Kira was still dancing with Lacus.
She felt a hand lead her gaze from Kira to a pair of mezmerizing green eyes.
She wrapped her arms tighter around him as she always did with Kira, hoping to find some sort of comfort.
She leaned her head on his shoulder and her gripped around her waist, taking in her scent.
The ball ended as everyone was invited to take a walk through the gardens before surrenduring to sleep.
Athuran still had his arm draped around Cagalli, as he saw Lacus lead Kira off into the gardens.
He smiled knowing Lacus would charm that boy out of his wits, then looked down at Cagalli, he saw her worried face and followed the others into the garden.
Cagalli looked up at him for what seemed like the first time and whispered," i'll show you my secret garden."
She walked off into the dark motioning for Athuran to follow.
When they got to their destination Cagalli stared at Athuran she felt so warm with him, almost like how it was with Kira.
She quickly dismissed that idea no one would ever take the place of Kira, but at the same time she couldn't deny how he seemed to know her feelings, like only Kira could, this made her confused but she let it go as she stared at the moon's soft glow.
Meanwhile ...
In Kira's own garden he was showing Lacus all his roses.
One's he had personally planted and tended for.
He told Lacus all of Cagalli's favorite flowers and that she didn't know about this garden.
How it was hidden so he could suprise her when she was mad or not feeling well.
Lacus knew from the first instant she dragged Kira onto the dance floor that he loved his sister dearly.
Only she didn't expect him to love her this much, but she didn't think about it too much, her father had already talked to her and said she was most likely going to be the one Kira married.
She had been told by her father that Uzumi Attha wished Kira to choose her but she had wanted to keep it a secret from Kira that they were to be wed, because she wanted Kira to love her first.
With this empowerment she stepped forwards to Kira and on her tiptoes kissed him, he looked down at her and kissed her back.
He didn't know what this meant but she tasted so good, just like his favorite fruit strawberries.
AuthorNote: arigatou! i loved the reviews haha ). Gosh i have this like semi-plan for where the story will go but it's so hard to transition relationships! and i feel like its happening toooo fast! (. haha anywho heres another chapter hoped you liked it! Next Chapter: about Cagalli's feelings on Kira and Lacus & i guess more i'm writing is just now! I hope it turns out scandelous! ). +HUGS+
