Yoz! I can't believe it's chapter 10 already! so fast!:)

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Gundam SEED--not mine--so--don't sue

Inspired(not so much) by the Shakespearen play - Twelfth Night or (more) Hana Kimi or (a lot more but now lesser)She's the man all jumble together:)

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The next two matches went almost effortlessly to ZAFT. Cagalli was riding on a volleyball high, when she was playing for ZAFT she felt invincible, the feeling was very different from what she felt when she played for Emirates, sure she felt great playing for Emirates with her friends playing alongside her, but it never really gave her the rush of knowing that the opponents were intimidated simply because you were wearing the ZAFT jersey. Everyone respects ZAFT and their top-notch volleyball team.

The only shadow over the victories of the two matches for Cagalli was the mystery of how Kira knew about her identity as a girl. It haunted her before class, in-between class, after class, during practices…But still she could not solve the mystery. It was eating at her and since she could not openly voice her frustrations, she ended up complaining to her friends about how two weeks were so long and that Kira should not have accepted the exchange trip when the volleyball team needed him more. Athrun was especially quite peeved about her sudden obsession with Kira, wondering if Kira did something to hoodwink Caleb. Furthermore after finding out that Kira knew her secret, she became rather paranoid, wondering if there anyone else who knew her secret. Thus these two weeks were rather hellish for her, so she couldn't be happier when the two weeks were drawing to a close.

"Caleb, what do you think?"

"Huh?" Cagalli asked a bit blur as she looked at her friends.

"Weren't you listening? You've been spacing out quite a bit these two weeks. Dearka was asking your opinion on having a surprise welcome back party for Kira," Yzak said frowning.

Cagalli smiled sheepishly, she had been spacing out. Whenever she was not doing anything she would be thinking about Kira and going through her memories for anything she missed. Therefore it earned her quite a few odd stares and reprimands from teachers and her friends.

"Sorry, a Surprise Welcome back party? Kira's only gone for two weeks," Cagalli said, raising her eyebrows.

"Two weeks, two months, pish. It's just numbers, we should still welcome him back," Dearka replied seriously.

"Is this another of your elaborate scheme to throw a party?" Yzak said rolling his eyes.

"Yzak! I am shocked! I, Dearka Elsman am more than just a party boy," Dearka said shaking his head as Yzak snorted.

"I think it's a good idea," Athrun piped in.

"You see? Even our great captain is seeing things my way. So the party would be this Saturday at Kira's place since we can't have a party on campus something about disrupting the tranquility of the compound. As if. Now if you all would excuse me, I got a party to plan," Dearka said as he bowed and walked away.

A party Cagalli mused. Hm…maybe in all the chaos and noise of the party I could drag him away to demand answers from him.

On the day of Kira's Surprise Party, the volleyball team went early to Kira's house to help set up for the party. Mr Yamato smiled as he let the boys in. Kira's house was a rather comfortable two-storey residence for a family of four. Mrs Yamato was away on a holiday with her sister while Kira's younger brother, Ren, was away in a boarding school. It was not as big as Cagalli's house but had a certain homely feel to it that her house lacked. She always felt her house was missing something.

The plan was for Mr Yamato to call Kira to come back on the pretence of having dinner and then they will all surprise him when Kira walked through the door. Simple.

"I think it's really nice of you boys to throw this party for Kira," Mr Yamato said as he smiled at the boys coming through his door.

"We're just glad he's back sir," Athrun replied smiling.

Mr Yamato nodded, as Cagalli passed him, he gave a small frown.

"You look very familiar, have I seen you somewhere before?" he asked.

Cagalli blinked at him, she was pretty sure that she had not met Mr Yamato before. "No, I don't think so sir. I just transferred to ZAFT this semester, I used to study in Emirates," she said politely.

Mr Yamato nodded as he gave a hesitant smile. "Oh I see, but still I think I've seen you somewhere before," he replied as he continued to look at Cagalli searching for any signs as to where he had seen her before.

Cagalli smiled back as she walked on, feeling slightly uneasy. Although she was more than certain that she had not seen Mr Yamato before, it wouldn't hurt to keep her distance from him in case he remembered her as Cagalli. Better be safe than sorry.

The team quickly got to work, decorating the place with balloons, streamers and a huge rainbow banner that screamed, 'WELCOME BACK KIRA!' hanging on a wall facing the main door so it would be the first thing that Kira would see when he walked in. The food was well not party food, it fact it looked more like a health club buffet - salads, sandwiches and other sort of low-fat and MSG-free food. There were no pizzas, sodas or chips! Well there were chips but it was those kind of health chips – not potato chips but vegetable chips. Who the hell ever heard of a high school party without junk food to stuff yourself silly until you throw up? Athrun had objected vehemently to junk food saying that eating all those party food two days before their match against Heliopolis Secondary was like suicide. The boys accepted however grudgingly, since the captain's words were final and also they didn't want to put themselves at a disadvantage during the match.

Despite Kira's house not being the most ideal place for a party since it couldn't accommodate a lot of people, Dearka was still able to put together a respectable guest list – All the volleyball boys and classmates but strictly no fan girls, to allow the boys to relax and enjoy themselves without worrying about half-crazed girls throwing themselves at them.

"Hey Caleb,"

Cagalli turned to the sound of the voice. "Oh hi Lacus," she smiled as she put down a platter of sandwiches.

"I think it's going to be a great party," Lacus said cheerfully.

Cagalli laughed. "A great party? Is it even a party? I mean look at our food? It looked more like a girly tea party for those snobbish airheads than a rocking high school bash!"

Lacus giggled before hesitating as if debating with herself to say what she wants to say.

"Caleb, there's something that I want to tell you," she finally said.

Cagalli looked at her quizzically.

Lacus shifted her weight from one foot to the other. Cagalli had never seen Lacus so flustered. She smiled to encourage the pink-headed girl; she seemed to draw courage from the smile.

"It's…um about Athrun,"

Cagalli felt the smile on her face froze, as her insides churned. Was Lacus going to admit her feelings for Athrun?

"What about him," Cagalli said testily. She wasn't sure if she wanted to hear the answer.

"You know I went on a date with him a couple of weeks ago and then he wouldn't stop erm…"

"Yes I know," Cagalli interrupted, she really did not want to hear that word. She also didn't like where this conversation was going.

"It's just that I realized while on the date with him I actually like someone else. I couldn't see Athrun that way, so I left him in the middle of our date. I felt so horrible about it that I apologized for my awful behaviour; I don't know what came over me that day. But I told him that I just want to be friends, I didn't dare tell him who the person was though he did ask-"

"Lacus, what are you trying to say?" Cagalli cut in, it wasn't like Lacus to be babbling and Cagalli was getting a bit impatient.

Lacus flushed as she cleared her throat.

"I-I guess what I'm trying to say is that I like-"

"He's here!" A voice cried out, drowning out Lacus's voice. Cagalli didn't catch the last bit.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?!" Cagalli practically shouted over the noise of people scrambling for places to hide and they were bumping into Cagalli and Lacus.

Lacus repeated what she said, but the noise was still too loud to hear her, Cagalli could only see her mouth moving.

"Lacus, I can't hear you, we'll continue this later. Right now we got to hide!" Cagalli said loudly.

Lacus looked embarrassed and slightly put out, but nevertheless she cracked a smile.

The lights went out, plunging the room into darkness. A couple of people were "Shh.."-ing loudly and unbelievably, the house went graveyard silent, except for the occasionally burst of giggles which was immediately squashed by a collective "Shh!" Everyone held their breath as they waited in eager anticipation for the guest-of-honor. They heard a click before the door opened and a shadow walked in and closed the door behind him. The guests waited with batted breath for Kira to switch on the lights. When the lights came on, a loud chorus of "SURPRISE!" erupted as Kira jumped up in shock, his amethyst eyes widening with astonishment as he took a moment to take in the happy faces and the decorations, before beaming and laughing as everyone gathered around Kira, some slapping his back, hugging him or shaking his hand. "Haha…thanks! Oh man! I didn't expect it…" Kira was saying over and over again. He was ecstatic that his friends had thrown him a party in his honor.

"Hey, when are you going to ask him?" Shinn said in Cagalli's ear as he came up beside her. The party was in full swing as Cagalli leaned casually beside the table of food. She gave a small jump when Shinn talked into her ear.

"Geez Shinn! You scared me! I don't know, I mean look! He's always surrounded by people," Cagalli said over the music blasting from the speakers. After Shinn has found out Cagalli's secret, he'd been really nice to her, though not that nice since it would raise suspicions on their relationship. Cagalli figured that it would be better to keep the relationship they had before than to come up with a story on how they turned from foes to friends. It would save both of them a lot of trouble since Cagalli wasn't exactly popular with Shinn's friends after she sort of pummeled them and vice versa on her side.

"I can help, but you need to find a quiet place to talk to him," Shinn said as he leaned against the wall trying to look passive. Cagalli nodded as she glanced around and noticed the staircase leading to the second floor. The living room and the dining room was partition by a wall, the staircase was on the other side of the wall, so that if Cagalli was to climb up the stairs, no one would be able to see her since majority was in the living room and not the dining room.

"Upstairs," she said as Shinn inclined his head ever so slightly as he walked towards Kira. Cagalli walked in the opposite direction to the stairs when she felt a tug on her shirt. She whirled around and saw Lacus.

"Lacus?" Cagalli asked surprised.

"Yes, about just now. I meant to say that…" Lacus began. Cagalli eyes scanned the living room and spotted amidst all the dancing people - Kira and Shinn. Shinn was whispering something to Kira as Kira looked at him dumbfounded but he nodded and excused himself from his friends and walked or rather squeezed his way through the crowd.

Shit…I need to get up there before him, Cagalli thought urgently.

"I'm sorry, but can we continue this later. I need to go somewhere," Cagalli interrupted her for the third time that day. Cagalli hastily shook off her hand, barely registering the shock and troubled look on Lacus's face. She thronged her way through the crowd and sprinted up the stairs. To her relief, Kira had not arrived yet. She looked around her; the second floor had a common area before leading to the different rooms. There was door to the right of her, two doors to her left and another door in front of her. On the walls there were pictures of Kira and his family. He looked really adorable when he was young she thought as she smiled.

"Caleb?"

Cagalli twisted around as she saw Kira looking at her bewildered. "What are you doing up here?" he asked as he stood in front of her.

Cagalli opened her mouth to answer but nothing came out, she had Kira right where she wanted and she was having a mental block, all the questions that she wanted to ask flew out of her brain faster than birds after hearing a gunshot.

Kira raised his eyebrows as Cagalli stared foolishly at him before saying,

"How did you know?" she blurted out.

Kira looked perplexed. "Know what?"

"That I'm a girl," she responded.

Kira was stunned, how did she found out? Before becoming uncomfortable.

"Erm…at the hospital. The nurse said that you were a girl…" he said slowly, he wasn't sure how to phrase the other part without making him sound like a pervert.

"And you believe her?" Cagalli asked dubiously. "C'mon Kira, I don't think you would believe her that easily."

"Um…of course not. I mean I don't believe everything without proof…" he said feeling a bit indignant.

"And what was your proof?" she inquired.

"M-My proof?" Kira swallowed. He was panicking; he had a really bad feeling that she wouldn't take to his proof well. "Um…my proof," he repeated trying to stall, his eyes unconsciously looking at Cagalli's chest. Cagalli, who was still looking at him, saw his eyes staring at something on her. Confused, she glanced down before looking at the stuttering boy. Then it struck her – Kira's proof.

Her face went fire-engine red.

"Oh…Oh…you…Oh my god…" Cagalli faltered as she took in quick short breaths.

"Kira…" she seethed, she wasn't too pleased at the revelation.

Kira gulped as he blushed horribly as well. He was mortified at being found out.

"I-I'm sorry! It-It was the only thing I could think of, I'm-I'm sorry!" Kira said blubbering helplessly under Cagalli's furious amber eyes.

"You-You," Cagalli said outraged. She raised a hand to slap him and was about to bring it down when Kira seized her hand.

"Sh…listen," he said as his eyes narrowed.

"If you think you could get out-thffwws" Kira's other hand clamped over her mouth before she could finished. She glared at Kira but then her ears picked up something. It sounded like footsteps…coming…coming up the stairs!

"C'mon," Kira said hurriedly as he pulled Cagalli to the door in front of them. Cagalli didn't protested since they could not be found on the second floor after Mr Yamato had specifically told them that the second floor was out of bounds. They would be in trouble if anyone found them here.

The room was pitch-black when Kira closed the door; it took a while for Cagalli's eyes to adjust to darkness. Both of them pressed their ears against the door, straining to hear a sound.

"By the way, what's your real name?" Kira asked curiously.

"Cagalli," Cagalli whispered back. "Shh…I think the person is coming this way."

She was right. The footsteps were coming closer and closer.

"Of all the four rooms, you had to pick this one," Cagalli hissed irritably. She received a light thud on her head. She turned her head to glare at Kira while rubbing the place he hit her on her head.

"Shit, I think it's my Dad, we got to hide," Kira whispered, he grabbed Cagalli and dragged her further inside the room. Cagalli could just make out the faint outlines of furniture with the weak moonlight coming through the window; it looks as if they were in a study room. Kira led her behind a couch as both of them sat behind it. Cagalli was still holding Kira's hand, her heart thumping as she squeezed Kira's hand. Kira squeezed back as if to reassure her. Both of them held their breath when they heard the door opened before light flooded the room. Cagalli blinked rapidly, her eyes hurting slightly from the sudden brightness.

Cagalli's heart was in her throat as she sat rigid on the carpeted floor, afraid of making any movements. She was thankful because of their hiding spot which was between the couch and the blank wall with a space enough for one person to walk through, she was pretty confident that Mr Yamato or whoever it was would not be able to find them unless they wanted to admire the single vase to the extreme left of her in the corner of the room. Other than that, there was no reason for them to be discovered. However, the fact did nothing to soothe her nerves, because the person was still less than fifteen feet from their hiding place.

Kira nudged Cagalli as he made a hand signal for him to check on their situation. She nodded numbly as Kira crept to the edge of the couch to peer around it. It was indeed Mr Yamato and his back was facing Kira. He seemed to be absorbed in something as he stood in front of his desk. Kira quickly withdrew his head when Mr Yamato turned to walk behind his desk to sit in his swivel armchair. Kira crawled back to Cagalli and gave a small smile to reassure her. He was slightly alarmed at the paleness in her face. The poor girl was scared. He did not know what came over him but there was a sudden strong urge to comfort her, to take away the fear. So he wrapped his left arm around her shoulders and rubbed it in a comforting way. Cagalli looked a tad shock as she looked at him before smiling, her eyes grateful.

Ring!!

They both gave a slight jump, as their heartbeat quickened. Both sat frozen in their position, too scared to check whose phone was it.

"Hello?"

Both of them let out a simultaneous sigh of relief as they relaxed, before taking out their phones and switching it off. Better not take any chances. Kira withdrew his arm from Cagalli's shoulder to peek again. He saw his father peering over a few sheets of papers that looked like letters as he held a phone to his ear.

"Oh yes, I was expecting your call," Mr Yamato said, smiling tightly. Kira returned to his position beside Cagalli who was visibly much calmer.

"Kira's fine. He's doing great; in fact his friends are downstairs throwing him a welcome back party."

"Who is it?" Cagalli mouthed to Kira. Kira shrugged, he was just as clueless as her.

"I'm doing well too…yes I was about to reply your letter when you call…Oh? I see…then it's lucky you caught hold of me before I replied your letter…problems with the operations again? Ah…yes of course…Of course if there's anything I could help with…Sigh…you say that every time Uzumi. You don't need too, we're old friends and I did what I could then to help your family…"

Uzumi? Cagalli's ears perked up. Her father? She frowned as she continued to listen to the conversation intently.

"You know if you want to acknowledge Kira, I won't stop you. Both me and Mako love Kira tremendously and we only want him to be happy…"

Cagalli turned her head to Kira; his expression was stiff but his eyes. She could see the confusion in them. What was going on? She really wanted to snatch the phone away from Mr Yamato and demand an answer. But she did not, her mind was telling her to sit and listen.

"What about your daughter? Cagalli?..." Cagali's eyes widened at this.

"...Don't you think she had the right to meet her twin brother? They are after all siblings, Uzumi," Cagalli could hear the slight persuasion in Mr Yamato's voice. Yes Dad! I have the right the meet my twin! She wanted to scream out.

"Yes…yes…I know your reason Uzumi…but you have done a lot for Kira, I mean part of his ZAFT school fees was paid by you! Without you, we won't be able to give Kira the opportunity he now has…Sigh…it's your call Uzumi."

Cagalli didn't realize that she had been holding her breath; she had finally found her twin! It was Kira! But she dared not turn to see Kira's expression.

"Oh!...No… Sorry, it's just that I finally realize who Kira's friend reminded me of. Your daughter…Yes I know your daughter's in Emirates…hm…he did said that he was from Emirates, maybe students from Emirates all look alike…yes yes of course it couldn't be your daughter unless your daughter some how became a boy…"-chuckles-

Cagalli's eyes widened when she heard Mr Yamato saying that he recognized her. Maybe Mr Yamato attended one of those boring parties that her father sometimes made her go, that could explain how he recognized her since she didn't pay much attention to her father's friends preferring to stand by the buffet table instead.

"Ok then…I'll see you when you get back to Orb then…bye."

As Mr Yamato got off the phone, he let out a sigh; there was a slight creak as he leaned back on his armchair. There was pause before a louder creak and then footsteps before they heard the door opened. A small click as the lights went off before the room became dark again when Mr Yamato closed the door behind him.

Cagalli didn't realized how quiet the room was, it was then she understood why people said that silence is deafening because that was how it felt, the long and heavy silence that hung in air was petrifying and loud. She was at a loss, should she turned to Kira and sobbed that she'd finally found her twin? Or act as if she had never heard the conversation? She was afraid because she didn't know what Kira's reaction would be. What if he did not want to acknowledge her? What if he rejected the idea of them being twins? Or worse scoffed at it?

She knew that she could not put if off any longer, she turned to Kira who at the exact same time turned to face her. They stared at each other in the darkness; she could see the moonlight reflecting off in Kira's eyes. She saw in his eyes – hurt, confusion and lost. Feelings that she knew was mirroring in her own eyes. But amidst all that, there was a moment of clarity or comprehension. They knew that it was true, whatever Mr Yamato had said about them. There was no doubt about it. You can call it intuition, gut feeling heck you can even call it ESP. It didn't mattered, because they know that what was important then was a more pressing question.

What now?

OMG! (i can imagine my readers all wide-eyed after reading this chapter)

Ya i know it's cliche but then it wouldn't be a Twelfth Night/Hana Kimi fic w/o a lil' girl likes boy-who-is-really-a-girl action would it? :)

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