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Not All Pretend

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed or Gundam Seed Destiny. This story idea is based off the idea of "matchmaking" and when the two that are put together don't really like each other. This is an Alternative Universe but granted their personalities will still be there.

Note: I do not own the song sang by Peggy Lee.

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Chapter Eight

Athrun was waiting patiently at the arrival area of his fiancée. He had embraced the title more than he had before, he was anxiously waiting for Cagalli's arrival and it was noticeable by his friends. There had been brief rumors that Cagalli had been with another men, he knew Cagalli was faithful to him but jealously was always creeping up into his mind. Of course they would have arguments in their phone conversations and what other devices that they used. It was so obvious they were in love and they would never admit it. Athrun stood there more or less fidgeting waiting for Cagalli to come out from those doors.

His friends all shook their heads; he had bought yellow roses for her, a rather large bouquet at that. He had spoken to Cagalli almost every waking moment of the day through communications devices. Yzak wondered how his friend got any work done, Dearka just shook his head, Kira sighed and their female counter parts just all laugh. They watched as people began departing from the ship and entered the gravity areas.

"What do you think he will do," Lacus asked her friends.

"He wouldn't get drunk," Dearka whined. Miriallia glared at him, "What is wrong with that? The man was missing his fiancée and now after six long weeks of seeing her on the screen he will now see her in person!"

"Yeah, why didn't Yzak ever buy me roses," Shiho complained and Yzak began to sweat.

"Kira hasn't done anything like that for me either," It was Kira's turn as they backed away from their wife and fiancés.

"I know, and why is Athrun the one getting the flowers and treating Cagalli like a princess," Miriallia whined and all three looked over at them.

"Hey look, Cagalli is coming out of the door," Kira pointed and they quickly turned around. Cagalli was indeed coming out and ran straight into Athrun's arms. Athrun picked her up in his arms and twirled her around. He put her down and kissed her openly in front of everyone. He then handed her the bouquet and she accepted it warmly. He wrapped his arms around her waist as they approached their friends.

"Don't think you guys are off the hook," Miriallia said with a dirty look. Everyone looked at her in surprise as Athrun approached with Cagalli. "Welcome back, Cagalli."

"Hey guys," Cagalli said with a huge smile. "Did you miss me?"

"Actually yes," Dearka answered wrapping an arm around Miriallia. "Having to entertain a very boring Athrun is not what we all call fun. It was as if he was a zombie and oh yeah, he was so damn jealous he almost jumped on a shuttle to go see you."

"Hey," Athrun playfully punched his friend. "I wasn't that bad."

"No, you were worse," Yzak said and caused everyone to burst into laughter. Of course the cameras were every where. "So when are they going to leave you guys alone? Didn't they have enough with that stupid sex tape?"

"Did you watch it or something," Athrun asked with a smirk on his face and Yzak gave him a dirty look.

"In your dreams Zala," Yzak muttered and Cagalli took Athrun's attention away from Yzak, which he was grateful.

"Athrun," Cagalli called to him softly. "What are we going to do tonight?"

Athrun looked down at her, "Well all of us are going to go out for dinner to celebrate you coming back after six weeks of being away."

"What kind of food," Cagalli asked as she leaned into Athrun.

"Whatever my beauty wishes," Athrun said with a warm voice. "Anything you are craving for?"

"Chinese," Cagalli said with a warm smile and Athrun directed her to their car. Athrun froze for a moment and realized, it was ok to say "theirs". He smiled as she smiled up at him, of course their friends followed after them. "Oh, wait can we go somewhere with a lounge?"

"Sure," Athrun smiled. "Whatever my princess wishes, it shall be."

"Shut up!" Cagalli said with a huge smile that reached her eyes. The couple quickly made their way to a local lounge restaurant that allowed the customers to sing if they so desired. Their friends had a hard time figuring out where the couple was going, but ended up finding the place. They walked in after their friends as they got a huge table for the four couples that sat there. They began ordering their food and Lacus had ordered a large amount of food.

"Lacus isn't that a little too much for you," Cagalli asked in concern.

Lacus smiled, "Cagalli, I'm about three months pregnant. So I hope I can eat enough for two."

"WOW!" Cagalli exclaimed as did the other couples there. "Congratulations!"

"Well, I guess we can call you Aunt Cagalli now," Kira said with a proud smile.

"What about your dress," Cagalli asked. "Will you have the baby by then?"

Lacus laughed, "If not, then I'll wear another dress. No big deal, the ceremony is for our family and friends."

"Wow, she's the first out of us to get pregnant!" Shiho said raising her glass of water. "I think it is time for a celebration."

Cagalli smiled and then Lacus gave her a look, "Since Cagalli didn't sing for us at the end of the gathering, I think this is over due. Get up there and sing while we wait for our dinner!"

"What," Cagalli asked stunned. "I don't even have a guitar."

"Hey you don't need it," Kira told her with a smile. "Besides, Auntie Cagalli needs to sing for her nephew or niece."

"Guys…"

"Yeah, I want a preview," Shiho said with a smile. "I always hear you on the guitar and I never get to hear you actually sing."

"I want to see what you can sing up," Miriallia told her with a huge smile.

Athrun whispered in her ear, "Go for it, beautiful." That was the encouragement she needed as she stepped onto stage where the musicians were waiting for her. They clapped at her stepping onto the stage and she smiled at the microphone and got a little nervous. She never really sang but for her family and now everyone that was a stranger would now hear her. But Athrun smiled at her and that was enough.

"Can you play Fever in the key of G," Cagalli requested. And the piano began playing as the drummer began clicking the beats to the song and the bass player also joined into the groove as Cagalli began to sing. She was not the voice like Lacus, who was the soft ballad singer and pop princess. She was a jazz and blues girl alright with a little touch of swing.

Neverknowhowmuch I loveyou

neverknowhowmuch I care
Whenyouputyourarmsaround me

, I get a feverthat's so hard to bear
Yougive me fever - whenyoukiss me,

feverwhenyouhold me tight
Fever - in themorning

Feverallthroughthenight

Everyone was clapping along to the beat as Cagalli was slowly getting into the song. She moved her shoulders to the beat and the others at the table were impressed.

"I didn't know she could sing," Dearka asked as he looked over at his other friends.

Yzak shrugged, "I guess Zala gets a woman of many hidden talents."

"So why can't we get women like that," Dearka winked and Miriallia pouted as Shiho elbowed Yzak.


Sunlights up thedaytime

moonlights up thenight
I
light up whenyoucall my name

andyouknowI'mgonnatreatyouright
Yougive me fever - whenyoukiss me,

Feverwhenyouhold me tight

"Don't be jealous Yzak," Athrun said to his friend but his eyes never left Cagalli's. She had not only him mesmerized but the whole audience around them. There was something about the way she moved, and he couldn't help but wonder...if she still wanted that guitar at that one store. He smirked; he would get it for her sooner or later.

Fever - in thethemorning

Feverallthroughthenight.
Everybody'sgotthefever

that is somethingyouallknow
Feverisn'tsuch a newthing

Feverstartedlongago

"Well, it seems you and Cagalli will make wonderful music together," Lacus said with a smile. "She is always looking for new inspiration to write music. Maybe a reason to sing."

"Yeah, wouldn't it be nice if some of our guys could give us the same reason," Shiho winked as the other three men just groaned.

"Man, Athrun you need to stop setting the bar so high for the rest of us," Dearka groaned.

RomeolovedJulietJulietshefeltthesame
When he puthisarmsaroundher, he said "Juliebabyyou're my flame"
Thougivestfeverwhen we kissethfeverwiththyflamingyouth
Fever - I'mafirefeveryea I burnforsooth.
CaptainSmithandPocahontashad a verymadaffair
WhenherDaddytried to killhimshesaid "Daddy-O don'tyoudare"
He
give me fever - withhiskissesfeverwhen he holds me tight

"COME ON HUNNY SING IT!" One man shouted and Athrun glared at him from his seat.

"Calm down Athrun, her eyes are only on you," Lacus said with a smirk and Athrun turned back to see it was true. She was looking straight at him and it made his heart flutter. He smiled up at her as she began to finish up the song.

Fever - I'mhisMissus, Oh daddywon'tyoutreathimright.
Nowyou'velistened to my storyhere'sthepoint I havemade:
Chickswereborn to giveyoufever, be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade
Theygiveyoufever - whenyoukissthemfever if youliveandlearn
Fever - tillyousizzlewhat a lovelyway to burn.
What a lovelyway to burn.
What a lovelyway to burn

Cagalli bowed as the applauded roar and she took her seat right next to Athrun. Cagalli smiled and Athrun gave her a sweet kiss at her temple, "You were great."

"You think so," Cagalli asked with a cute smile on her lips.

"I know so," Athrun replied.

"See why aren't you as sweet as Athrun," Miriallia asked Dearka. Cagalli and Athrun turned to look at their friends.

"Oh come on, just because mister deprived was without his woman for about six weeks doesn't mean I have to act all idiotic like him," Dearka defended himself. "Not my fault he does things to make sure he can get laid later."

"DEARKA!" Miriallia playfully hit his arm.

"What it's no secret on what they do in the bedroom, it's posted everywhere still," Dearka shrugged.

"Yeah speaking of which," Shiho said with a curt smile. "What were you two doing, I mean we had to clean up a lot of broken pieces of furniture in your apartment."

"Yeah, what did you two do, get into a huge fight or something," Yzak asked with an arched eyebrow as the couple began to blush recalling that time. "Or were you two experimenting with something."

"Yzak," Shiho stepped on his food and got him to wince in pain.

"What?" Yzak asked her with a scowl on his face. "What was that for?"

"Guys, thanks," Athrun said simply. "Anyway looks like our order is finally coming to the table."

Dinner was served as the friends ate happily in each other's presence. They talked of the simple things and of course the wedding. Lacus will be singing the first song with Cagalli playing the guitar for the first bride and groom dance. The of course the subject had to switch over to Athrun and Cagalli.

"So have you two decided on a wedding date yet," Lacus asked and causing Athrun and Cagalli to freeze completely.

"Yes, after all it would leave you two the last to be married," Shiho said with a huge smile, knowing that she had an upper hand of what was going on. "So what season will be looking forward to your eventual day?"

"I…um, we," Athrun stuttered and Cagalli would break it.

"We haven't decided, we are still waiting to see if this works out," Cagalli covered but then Athrun would be the one the change it.

"Oh I see," Miriallia said with a smile. "I guess we just have to wait to see what will become of you two."

"Either a fall or spring wedding, but of course after all of you have gotten hitched and returned from your honeymoons will we be able to decide which month," Athrun said with a huge smile causing Cagalli to go into shock. Well almost but not quite, she looked up at him in surprise.

Shiho was more shocked than Cagalli, after what she had told her earlier before her trip…this was a new turn of events. She then had a smile curl up on her lips and watched the couple in great interest; it would seem as if there are new cards coming up into this game of love for this couple. Was Athrun really interested in getting married?

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"Shiho stop fidgeting," Lacus instructed as she was putting her hair up. "I need to get this veil on you before you get up."

"I can't help it," Shiho pouted. "This is it, I mean…I'm actually getting married!"

"Well, at least Yzak won't get teased from his subordinates about screwing his fiancée in his office, but his wife," Miriallia winked and Shiho tossed a small pillow at her friend's face. "What?"

"Shut up," Shiho blushed. "It's not my fault he can't control himself when we are together and alone late at night in his office. Besides, I'm not like you and keeping Dearka away until the moment is right…"

"Better than trying to get Cagalli down stairs when she and Athrun are going at it," Miriallia said with an arched eyebrow. "Speaking of which, where is that girl?"

"With Athrun," Lacus said simply. "They had run off into a rather large closet for extra activities before the wedding."

"Those two are like rabbits, the only thing they haven't done is pop out kids," Shiho said as her nervous anxiety was beginning to wear off. "I mean, dang he hasn't been able to keep his hands off of her and Cagalli is being the same way."

"Well Cagalli has been at his offices and lets just say the secretary told me that she has to wear ear plugs," Lacus winked and two women began to laugh.

"You have to be kidding me," Shiho said in utter disbelief. "Isn't his secretary Lunamaria?"

"Yeah, Shin's girlfriend," Miriallia answered. "Poor Luna, she must have night mares, she told me once she walked in on them kissing very passionately on his desk."

"Oh my," Shiho said with a mock shocked expression. "You know, for two people who couldn't stand each other are having a really good time in banging each other."

"Dearka told me, that one time Meyrin walked into Athrun's office at the headquarters to put some paper work on his desk," Miriallia said as Lacus and Shiho were very interested in the story. "Meyrin walked into the office and heard noises but didn't think much of it, but when she looked at the couch…she got a little show and ran out of the room completely embarrassed. But apparently they didn't even notice her."

"So both of the Hawke sisters have been scared for life," Shiho said with a huge smirk on his lips. Just as Shiho said that Cagalli walked in, her hair was a huge mess but the dress still looked enacted. "Speak of the devil, how was he?"

"What?" Cagalli turned bright red.

"You know Athrun, is he still as good as that time you were stuck on that space colony," Shiho asked slyly and the other woman were greatly interested.

"I…I…don't know what you are talking about," Cagalli stuttered.

"Cut the crap, did he rock your world? Did he make you scream? How many times did he make want more?" Shiho kept on asking as Cagalli continued to turn extremely bright red.

"Oh man, he must have been good if she can't keep her hands off of him," Miriallia teased.

Lacus laughed, "I wonder what Kira will say if he knew that his best friend was sleeping with his sister and then some."

"OK! HE WAS GREAT! HAPPY! THE SEX IS unbelievably awesome! He makes me come more than twice," Cagalli shouted and covered her mouth. And the girls all squealed in delight. "He's even better than that week!" She pointed at Shiho and she clapped in joy. Lacus had finished fixing up Shiho's hair and went over to Cagalli and pushed her to sit down.

"YAHOO! Girl, give me details!" Shiho encouraged and Cagalli was stunned. "Oh come on, what does he do…maybe I can get Yzak to do it!"

"I so will not," Cagalli said flushed. "Ow!"

"Tell Athrun not to mess with your hair," Lacus teased. "I wonder how Athrun looks right now?"

"That man has pretty boy hair," Cagalli crossed her arms over her chest. "It always falls back into place."

"So you admit he was good," Shiho pushed.

Cagalli rolled her eyes, "Yes."

"What about that little number we bought, did you wear it?"

"What little number," Miriallia asked with an arched eyebrow.

"Yes, it worked in my favor," Cagalli said with a blush. Shiho just squealed in delight. "What is with you?"

"Hey honey, your sex life looks a lot better than ours, well Miriallia doesn't count…she doesn't let Dearka please her as much as the rest of us," Shiho said with a wink. "Besides, we know Kira is somewhat good, after all she is pregnant."

"SHIHO!" Lacus exclaimed in surprised eyes.

"What?" Shiho said with a smile.

"I for one don't need to know about that fact of my brother," Cagalli said in a flat tone.

"For your four-one-one," Miriallia began. "Dearka gets more than you think. We just don't do it in very public places, we like the beach scene much more." The girls all looked over at her in surprise. "And a lot of other romantic places where people can't hear us!"

"So you have been lying to us the whole time," Shiho said with her eyes nearly bugging out of her sockets. "Oh girl, details, details! We so need to have girl nights out where we can talk trash about our men."

"Who is going on her honeymoon right after the reception," Lacus reminded her. "Might I also kindly add, for six months. So you two will have quite enough time to make babies!"

"Hey!" Shiho countered with a mock pout and the laughter filled the room again.

Meanwhile….

"Did you really have to bang her again," Yzak asked with his arms crossed. "Can't you keep it in your pants long enough to be behaved for my wedding?"

"I didn't need to hear that," Kira rubbed his temples. "I don't need to know what is going on between him and my sister."

"Hey you might not, but I want to know details. I mean, Athrun and Yzak seem to be the two men out of us that have the balls to do it out in such public areas," Dearka said with a smirk. "I mean, him and Cagalli have already scarred the Hawke sisters in their sexual activities in his office just this past week."

"You didn't," Yzak said in shock.

"You're not the only one Yzak," Athrun said flatly. "She came into the office dressed in a simple coat and takes it off and well…had her way with me."

"She seduced," Dearka asked skeptical. "I think you saw, you liked, and you took!"

"Can we get away from the fact Athrun just had sex with my twin sister in a closet with all of our things in it," Kira said with a sigh and the guys all looked in shock at the realization.

"You better had not gotten anything on our things," Yzak pointed his finger at Athrun. "I don't need you spilling on any of our stuff in there."

"Don't worry," Athrun said as he ran his fingers through his hair. "Six weeks of not having your fiancée around will do that to you."

"I don't want to even imagine six weeks without Mir," Dearka said with smirk. "I would go insane."

"Don't remind me," Yzak said with his arms crossed. "You two are moving up to the PLANTs, which means more I have to put up with you. At least our honeymoon is for six months."

"Yeah, you earned that time off and so has Shiho," Kira said with a smile. "It'll be good for you to get away from everyone else."

"Tell me about it, at least I don't have to worry about Athrun and Cagalli acting like rabbits," Yzak said and got a pillow thrown in his face. "What?"

"Hey at least we all don't have sex in the office," Dearka said with a smirk. "I've heard you and Shiho, and boy does she have you whipped."

"I don't think so," Yzak replied and then they heard a knock at the door.

"It's time…are you ready?"

"Here we go!" Dearka said with a huge smile on his lips as he pulled his friend out of the room.

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Athrun was lying in his bed reading a book when he heard the bath water being to pour into the tub. He stood up and went over to the bathroom to see Cagalli step into the tub. He put his book to the side and stripped down and got in after her. Cagalli turned her head to see Athrun and leaned against his chest. They let the water consume them and the warmth mixed with their body heat just relax their muscles. The bubbles continued to grow in number as Cagalli then shut the water off once it had reached a certain point.

"How are you feeling," Athrun whispered into her ear.

"Sore after all of that dancing we did at the reception," Cagalli replied as Athrun began massaging her shoulders. "Hmmmm, that feels nice."

Athrun smirked, "Well Shiho and Yzak will be gone for six months, just means Dearka has more work to do until Yzak returns, especially since Yzak dropped that promotion on him."

Cagalli giggled, "Awww, well at least Mir will be up here with him; hopefully none of that office ordeal will occur."

"Why, want a repeat for ourselves," Athrun teased and got splashed with water. Athrun chuckled and continue to massage away the kinks in her body. "Well in another six to seven months we have two more weddings to attend to. And by then Lacus should have delivered the baby."

"I hope so," Cagalli moaned as he began kissing her neck. "Say…Athrun?"

"Hmmm?"

"What if I told you I was pregnant," Athrun stopped his administrations and sat up as Cagalli turned around to face him.

"Are you," Athrun asked in shock.

"Well, I've skipped twice," Cagalli told him. "While I was on the Junis Seven project I kept on throwing everything I ate up."

"We can go to a clinic if you want," Athrun told her. "Or I can examine you at the hospital."

Cagalli pressed her cheek on his shoulder, "If I am pregnant, I want to keep the baby."

Athrun wrapped his arms around her, "Of course, we are going to keep the baby, our baby." Cagalli smiled as she held onto Athrun tighter. "Do you want to get married?"

"What do you mean," Cagalli asked as she looked up at him.

"Well for one, your father will more than likely kill me if you are pregnant and we were not married, "Athrun said simply and shrugged. "Two…our baby should have both parents there. I know we went into his as a way of getting back at our parents, but this is important for the baby."

Cagalli's smile dropped, she felt an ache in her heart. He hadn't said he loved her or anything, this was for the baby. She sighed, should she agree to it? She felt heart broken that he would do this to just please his father and to make sure the baby had a stable home, but would it really be stable? After all on her end, though she wont' say it out loud…was in love with him, but he didn't feel the same way. It made her want to cry but she wouldn't, she would wait till she knew if she was pregnant.

"Well, lets see if I'm pregnant first, then we can decide," Cagalli said softly and Athrun agreed as they sat there in the tub. Both lost in their own thoughts, but little did Cagalli know. Athrun was finding any excuse to keep her as his; he didn't want any other man to have her. He wanted to make sure his Cagalli…was forever his. Of course he wouldn't admit it out loud, but he knew in his heart this felt perfect and didn't want to change it at all.

The two would finish their bath and sleep peacefully in each other's arms. Cagalli went to a woman's clinic in the morning with Athrun accompanying her. She was sitting on the examining table and Athrun was standing next to her with his arm around her shoulder. They were waiting for the doctor to come back into the room to tell them the results.

"I'm nervous," Cagalli said aloud and Athrun kissed her cheek.

"Everything will be alight," Athrun assured her. "What is meant to be will be."

The doctor entered the room with a smile on her face, "Well, I'm please to announce that you are roughly six to eight weeks pregnant. Congratulations."

Cagalli was stunned but glowing and as was Athrun, "Thank you. Is there anything we need to know before we leave?"

"Well, Miss Athha's body is fragile than most women I have seen, mostly due to the mixed DNA which is also causing us trouble to predicting how far along she is. I would suggest a lot of rest for her especially when the baby starts developing more. Very little stress as possible and of course to remain healthy," the Doctor said with a smile. "I will give you some books on how to help you with your pregnancy and of course in ways that your fiancée will be able to help as well."

"Thank you," Cagalli said the doctor handed her some books.

"Just remember, your chances of a miscarriage are higher than most women due to the mixed physiology you have in your body, when I say no stress and be careful, I mean it."

"Yes and thank you," Cagalli said as Athrun ushered her out the door. He took the books from her and carried it for him. They began walking to his car waiting for them outside; he helped her into her seat as he went around to his. "So what now?"

"I guess we could go get married," Athrun said with a huge smile.

"Now?" Cagalli asked shocked, "What about a ceremony and everything?"

"We could always have a ceremony later," Athrun took her left hand and placed a kiss. "Only if you want to…" Cagalli nodded, "There is a judge nearby who can do it for us today."

"Alright, let's go." Athrun heard Cagalli's answer and drove off the office. Sometimes being the chairman's son had its advantages. They had arrived and gotten their license of marriage in no time flat. Cagalli added Zala to her last name, which meant she had to go and filled out paper work to show that she was now married and all those things. They were going to keep quiet about their marriage until the time was right to tell their family and friends. It was even more secrets from their friends but it was something they shared just for each other. The judge had agreed to keep their union a secret; they already had enough trouble with the media that is. They knew they were out there somewhere, and more than likely it would be posted up in the news somewhere, but if they didn't know for sure then they can't say it's one-hundred percent accurate.

They had arrived at the house and were sitting down to eat lunch with Athrun's parents. Lenore saw how Athrun was tending to Cagalli and she of course was arguing about it but didn't' do much to fight back about it. She just let Athrun cater to her in any way it pleased him to do so. Patrick saw this and began to wonder, it was a good thing he had today off or he would be lost by dinner time.

"What do you think is going on, between those two?" Lenore asked with suspicion in her eyes.

Patrick shrugged, "You tell me. I wonder if Cagalli might be pregnant."

"What?" Lenore said in shock and the young couple turned their heads towards her. "It's nothing, your father just telling me something rather shocking." The two then went on their business and Lenore turned to her husband, "How can she be pregnant? I mean, can she even get pregnant? After all that's not how us coordinators do it up here…"

"Athrun was born from you," Patrick added. "You gave birth to him, if you remember correctly."

Lenore was stumped, "Ok fine, but the question is can Cagalli?"

"You can ask her now since lunch is served," Patrick said as he went over to the table. Lenore followed after him and saw Athrun pull out Cagalli's chair, which was normal anyway but he held her hand the whole way. Athrun then took his seat and Lenore wanted to know what was going on, this was even way too sweet for her taste.

"Ok, what is going on between you two," Lenore asked abruptly.

"Lenore," Patrick said in a stern tone, he had hopes for a more subtle approach but guess not.

"I have to know, they have been acting abnormally sweet since they came back from wherever they've been," Lenore said out loud. "I heard on the news that you went to a hospital, is one of you dying?"

"No mother," Athrun told her with a smile on his lips. "No one is dying."

"See, nothing wrong," Patrick said as he began to eat his lunch.

"Should we tell them," Cagalli asked and Athrun shrugged.

"It's up to you," Athrun kissed her cheek. "We won't be able to keep it to ourselves for much longer."

Cagalli nodded, "You're right. Lenore, Patrick, I'm pregnant."

All you could hear was both parents dropping their forks and whatever else in their hands to the table. Silence filled the air of the Zala mansion as well as the other people in that worked there. Everything in their hands dropped and eyes were glued to the young couple.

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Well I know many of you are happy since Cagalli is pregnant! Hehehe, well hope you enjoyed and hope to hear from you!