Chapter 10: Brothers

Disclaimer: Me no ownage. Is it just me, or does Shinn end up with Kira in every way of every fic I write??? Just wondering, and also, this fic is starting to sound an awful lot like the Blood of Love. Hmmm….

Kira stayed with Shinn that night, knowing that his little brother would have nightmares. They didn't want anyone to know that they were brothers because of Shinn's father. If he knew that Shinn was alive he'd kill the poor boy.

They kept up their charade of Shinn being a rebellious teenager in the hopes that no one would notice how alike they were. Athrun always thought that something was going on between them, heck, everyone thought they were gay together, but never did they think they were actually brothers…who cared for each other more than normal brothers did.

So everyone was shocked when Kira broke the news to them that morning in the tavern. Shinn refused to leave the room and Yzak was made to apologize to them both and ordered to guard the ship for the rest of their stay.

Cagalli, however, already knew.

"I could tell from the way you two acted. And honestly, did ye think I wouldn't know me own brother?" she asked and hugged Shinn tightly.

"Oh lad, the world is a cruel place for you." She said and brushed his cheek. He smiled at her.

Kira had a protective arm around him and Cagalli was sitting beside him, stroking his cheek and hugging him.

Athrun was leaning against the wall, feeling awkward and betrayed. He couldn't believe his own best friend wouldn't tell him he had a brother!

Kira saw Athrun's expression and sighed. He got up and motioned for Athrun to follow him.

They walked down the street as the sun shone down on them brightly, making Kira's skin glow and Athrun's blue hair shine.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you before. It's just…he's in danger, now more than ever. I never wanted to tell anyone, really, I was being over-protective of him, I know." Kira said and stopped. Athrun stopped ahead of him and turned to face him.

"Please forgive me, Athrun. I don't want to lose my best friend." Kira said.

Athrun looked out at the ocean, and then at Kira, at his eyes, actually. They reminded him of the sea, or the sunset, they were always so close, they told each other everything, but since Kira's mother died Kira grew distant and more protective of Shinn.

"I forgive you Kira, that's what friends do. But I want you to do something for me." Athrun replied and took a few steps closer.

"Anything." Kira said.

Athrun put his hands on his friend's shoulders. "Promise me you'll let me take care of him, and you'll let me help you." He said.

Kira nodded. "Of course." He replied and smiled. They both did as they laughed and walked side-by-side toward a small shop.

Shinn was walking down the hall of the Inn, on his way to the tavern to get some lunch, when he saw Luna.

"Good afternoon, sir." She said and smiled, blushing slightly when he smiled back. "Good afternoon to you too. I'm really glad you're letting us stay here for free, you really don't have to do that." He told her.

"'Tis no problem. Thank your mum for helping this Island flourish. If it weren't for her, well, I prolly wouldn't be here. I'm so sad that she's gone, she was ever so nice." Luna said.

"Yeah, I barely even knew her. She set me to live with some friends of hers, and then Kira comes sayin' she's dead." He said and shook his head.

"I shouldn't have brought it up, I'm sorry." Luna said. "No, it's okay. Don't apologize." He told her and they smiled and blushed at each other.

"Hey hey! There's my main man chatting up a lady! The surprises just keep comin' don' they!?" Mwu asked as he and Dearka came walking toward them.

Shinn scowled at him as Luna blushed some more and ducked her head before going past Shinn. He gave her a sheepish look and they brushed against each other, making them blush even more.

"Ooo, you know what Dearka?" Mwu asked with a mischievous look on his face.

"What?" Dearka asked, getting the same look. Shinn regarded them warily.

"I think we should tell Cap'n Kira, he should know that his little brother is flirting with girls again." Mwu said and grinned widely.

Shinn gasped, "Hey!" he yelled as they ran away. He growled and ran after them. "Get back here! Mwu!" Shinn called as he raced after them.

However, he ran into a girl on the way and accidentally touched her boob. (You know who this is)

"I-I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you, are you okay?" he asked and helped her up. At first he thought it was Cagalli, because she had blonde hair, but her eyes were magenta, not amber.

The girl giggled. "Stellar is okay. Stellar thinks you're cute." She said. Shinn looked confused.

"Who's Stellar?" he asked. "Stellar is Stellar, who are you?" she asked and smiled sweetly. "Uh, Shinn." He replied and she giggled and hugged him.

He was surprised and patted her lightly on the back.

"See! He's doing it again! Shinn you little scoundrel you!" Mwu called while Dearka whistled. Shinn's face turned as red as his eyes as he let go of Stellar and glared at Mwu, but then tensed as he saw Kira there, shaking his head. Athrun was laughing with the others.

"Who are they? Why did they call you scoundrel?" Stellar asked. "Uh, well, er," he stammered.

"Because he's a scoundrel, chatting up all the ladies, you make me so proud. Look Dearka, our little Shinn is growing up so fast." Mwu said and mock-sniffed. Shinn scowled at him as Kira clapped him on the shoulder.

"See Shinn, I told you ye couldn't hold to that vow." He whispered in his ear and chuckled wildly as Shinn's face heated up even more. Stellar giggled. "Shinn changes color!" she said.

"Kira!" he gasped. They were all laughing and Shinn glared at his older brother until he stopped. "Alright lads, get out of here or I'll keelhaul you both! Shame on you! Shoo!" Kira said and Mwu and Dearka ran away while still laughing.

"I'm sorry lad, I couldn't help it. So first you flirt with Luna, and who's this now?" he asked and turned to Stellar.

She giggled. "Stellar thinks you're both funny." She said. "Uh, I think her name is Stellar." Shinn said.

"Well, it's nice to meet you, Stellar." Kira told her and smiled. She giggled again and then two boys around the same age as Kira came out of the small shop they were by.

"Oi, what are you doing talking to Stellar!?" one of them asked. He had blue hair, lighter than Athrun's, almost pale-gray.

"Uh, I accidentally bumped into her and she started talking to me." Shinn said and gave them a sheepish look.

"Are you her boyfriend?" Kira asked.

"Tch, no, we're her brothers, and you'd best stay away from her if ye know what's good for ya! We don't want any blokes messing with our Stellar!" the other one said, he had lighter, greenish hair (I hope I'm getting them right, it's Sting and Auel).

"We weren't hurting her, we were just talking." Kira said defensively.

Stellar giggled. "Stellar is fine, Stellar likes them." She said and looked at Shinn who smiled at her in return. Kira watched them as Sting grumbled, "C'mon Stellar, we told ye to stick with us." and drag her away.

"See, I could be like that instead of giving you so much freedom." Kira mused.

"If you treated me like that I'd knock you upside the head." Shinn told him with a stern look. Kira laughed loudly and then walked away toward the tavern.

"C'mon Shinn, let's eat some lunch, I'm starving." He called with his hands behind his head. Shinn rolled his eyes and ran to catch up to him before eventually smiling and looking back.

"Do you think she really liked me?" he asked. Kira smiled. "Yeah, and what's this I hear about you chatting up Lunamaria? Trying to suck up eh? I never would've thought it from me own dear brother." He said and shook his head sadly.

"Oh come off it! I wasn't sucking up! We was merely talking, 'tis all. She seems rather nice too. She sure was blushing madly." Shinn said.

"Just like you?" Kira asked and chuckled again at Shinn's expression. "Shove off!" he said and scowled again.

"Oh relax Shinn, I didn't mean nothin' by it, you know that. I was only messing with ye lad." Kira said.

Shinn sighed. "I know, I know." he said.

"I'm glad you're finally talking to the ladies again lad. I was really getting worried about you there." Kira told him.

"What about you? I don't see you talking with any ladies besides our dear sis." Shinn said with a smirk.

"I talk with Lacus." Kira said.

"Oh really? She's a right fine lass though, isn't she? I think she might even like ye." Shinn told him.

"Wot? No, rubbish. How could she ever like me? I'm a bloody pirate!" Kira said and stopped, looking troubled.

Shinn frowned. "I like you." He said. Kira gave him a weird look. "Not like that you bloke! I don't see why you think nobody likes you, Kira, what with the ladies all swoonin' over ya the other day. I think ye should talk with Lacus some more, flirt if ye have to, I know you can!" he said.

"Well I think ye should mind ye own business." Kira said as he walked on.

"Oh don't get mad at me! Wot, you can get away with teasing me but I can't even say a girl likes you?" Shinn asked.

Kira sighed. "That doesn't sound fair, I know, and I'm sorry. I was just trying t' lighten things up, ya know? I'm a right git I am." He said.

"No you're not. You're a brother, that's what brothers do. Now I demand that you flirt with Lacus or I'll tell her you like her!" Shinn said and smirked.

"Wot!? No you won't! I'll tell Luna you like her!" Kira responded. Shinn shrugged. "At least I'm not afraid to admit it." He said, still smirking.

"I'm not afraid! I'm just not sure if she likes me back!" Kira confessed. They were right outside the tavern.

"Well then, talk to her. You'll never know unless ye try, Kira-kun." Shinn said and went inside.

Kira sighed and went in after him. Most everyone was already there; Athrun, Cagalli, Lacus, Nicol, Mwu, Dearka, and Rey were seated.

Yzak was eating on the ship alone. Serves him right. The git.

Shinn's smirk faltered when he saw Rey, and he was careful to avoid his gaze as he sat next to his sister and watched as Kira sat next to Lacus.

Athrun watched their reactions to each other, but Shinn simply ignored the blonde youth across from him.

Rey sighed and had a sad expression on his usually expressionless face. Mwu and Dearka were cracking jokes and laughing while Cagalli tickled Shinn and teased him about flirting with other girls.

Kira and Lacus were glancing at each other and blushing, and Athrun couldn't help but to smile at them. They looked so cute together. He actually saw Kira slide his hand underneath the table and take her hand in his. They both blushed again but smiled at each other.

Luna came around to see how they were and smiled at Shinn who smiled slyly at her in return, making her blush.

Rey glared at her and stabbed at his food, not eating. Nicol kept looking over at the brown-haired girl he saw the night before.

"Ya know lad, ye should really talk with her." Athrun whispered to him. "I dunno Athrun, what if she doesn't like me?" Nicol asked, looking worried and shy.

"Why wouldn't she? You're plenty handsome, you're nice, you love music, and you have curly hair, what's not to love?" Athrun asked and chuckled at Nicol's expression.

Shinn glanced over at Rey and saw that he was glaring at him, and looked back down at his food, picking at it. He saw Kira and Lacus smiling at each other and saw Kira's hand holding hers and smiled.

He saw Dearka and Mwu whistle and stare after some of the waitresses and chuckled, he saw Nicol glance at the brown-haired girl (Milly, if you haven't guessed it by now), and saw Athrun flirting with Cagalli.

He frowned. Rey seemed intent on making Shinn fall for him and no one else. The red-eyed boy chanced another glance in his former best friend's direction and saw him still glaring and stabbing at his food.

Shinn scowled at him and turned to give another seductive smile to Luna, who almost tripped.

He glanced again at Rey who crossed his arms and was giving Shinn a look of pure hatred. Shinn turned the seductive smile on him and shrugged, as if to say, "I'm a guy who likes women, sucks for you lad, wahaha!"

Rey abruptly got up and stalked off toward his room at the Inn, Kira watched him go and turned back to see Shinn shrug and eat.

The rest of the day was…boring, really. Rey kept sending Shinn either angry or sad glances and Mwu and Dearka were on a roll with teasing. They visited Yzak and ran off the ship laughing their butts off while Yzak threw stuff at them over the side.

Kira sat on the beach with Lacus and they flirted, basically, and smiled, blushed, giggled, you know, the normal thing.

Nicol finally talked to Milly and they laughed and blushed while Meyrin stared at Mwu longingly.

Luna flirted with Shinn, which made Rey even angrier, and then Shinn went out searching for Stellar, but couldn't find her anywhere.

Dinner was much the same as lunch except everyone was being friendlier to their opposite sex partners, if you get my drift…

Shinn reassured Kira that he was fine to sleep alone that night and crawled into his bed, moaning at the comfort of it.

However, Rey was standing outside his door, waiting until he fell asleep. Shinn closed his eyes and pretended to be sleeping as Rey crept inside.

He stood over Shinn and looked as if he were trying to decide whether to kill him or kiss him, both very different but the same in a way.

Finally Shinn couldn't stand it and opened his eyes. "Rey? What are you doing?" he asked. Rey stiffened and mumbled something before turning to leave.

"Wait!" Shinn said as he grabbed the other boy's wrist. In a second he pulled Rey onto the bed and flipped him over and was kissing him.

Now, a lot of you are going, "What the freak!? Why is he kissing him? What's going on!?" but just calm down, sit back, and relax.

When Shinn stopped kissing him Rey looked stunned yet relieved.

"See, nothing." Shinn said. "What?" Rey asked. "I feel nothing for you Rey, you're just a friend to me, but if you keep trying to make me like you then we won't even be friends." Shinn told him and got up.

Rey got up as well and eyed Shinn as if thinking of ways to overpower him. Then he sighed. "I felt something though." He muttered.

"Yeah, lust; now go find yourself a girl." Shinn told him. Rey bit his lip.

"Just one more kiss?" he pleaded. Shinn sighed but kissed him again, and this time Rey flipped him so that he was on top and ran his hands all over Shinn eagerly because he knew it would be the first and last chance he ever got.

When he finally drew away Shinn glared at him and grabbed his hands that were still feeling him up.

"Sorry, couldn't help it." Rey said but didn't look sorry at all. Shinn half-smirked. "Go on you." He said. "Can't I stay? I won't do anything, I promise." Rey asked.

"No Rey, just go." Shinn told him. Rey pouted. "But Shinn, what if you have nightmares? You never objected to letting me hold you then." Rey said with a smirk as Shinn blushed.

"That was before I knew you liked me like that!" Shinn said and tried to push Rey away. "I'll tell Kira." Rey threatened. Shinn scowled but stopped pushing him. Rey smiled and laid down next to him, putting his arm around the younger boy and cuddling up to him.

"This is the last time, Rey, I mean it." Shinn told him. "That's fine Shinn." He said and kissed his neck. He smiled when Shinn shuddered and let his thoughts and fantasies carry him away as he ran his hands over Shinn's body again.

Shinn didn't try to stop him, thinking that if he just let Rey have his fun then he would be happy and stop glaring at him and might actually back off.

But will it work?

-Author's Note: Ooo uh uh! Hahaha, kinda weird I know, but who cares, right? Tell me what you think, seriously, I feel like the biggest perv in the world! I'M SO ASHAMED! (Hides in a corner)-