Paring: Kira x Athrun (Yaoi)

Disclaimer: Absolutely nothing whatsoever of GSD belongs to me.

Notes: It took me long enough, but I've managed to come up with another chapter. I'm putting as much effort into this as I can manage... There's probably only going to be one more short chapter to round this part of the story up. Come on, please do review!

Summary: Kira and Athrun discuss about some things about their future.

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Gundam Seed Destiny: A New Future

CHAPTER 14: Arrangements

"Yesterday was a fun and meaningful day, wasn't it?" Athrun asked Kira the next morning after they had finished their breakfast. The others had gone out for a walk, but the two of them had decided to stay behind and talk.

"Yeah" The brown-haired coordinator agreed. "It was nice to see Murrue and the rest of them after so long. Furthermore, our conversations made me think of many things as well."

"What sort of things?"

"Things regarding our relationship."

"What? Thinking about backing out already?" Athrun asked teasingly in response to Kira's answer.

"Of course not," Kira laughed. "Why would I want to back out of the relationship when I've got such a great boyfriend?"

"Flatterer." Athrun remarked, patting the smaller teen on the head. "So what were you thinking about then, Kira?"

"I was thinking about the next steps to take." The other teen replied. "This holiday is ending after all, and we've got to continue with our normal lives – working, studying and such. How we're going to fit our relationship into everything."

"Well," Athrun started. "It's lucky that we've already made plans to move into the same house after this holiday had ended didn't we?"

"I had totally forgotten about that!" Kira replied, looking a little surprised. "That's such a great coincidence."

"It was probably fate, Kira." His boyfriend remarked, grinning. "Or maybe it was Cagalli, being sneaky again with her plans about us."

"No way that my sister had anything to do with this one." Kira shook his head.

"How would you know?"

"I just think so." Kira insisted. He knew that Athrun was only joking about the 'Cagalli being involved' point, but he did not want to even think about the possibility. With all that had happened the past few weeks, he was not quite sure how much his sister had actually known about things, and how involved the girl had gotten.

"Let's just keep it at fate then." Athrun replied, looking reassuringly at his companion, who nodded.

"Anyway," Athrun spoke up after a moment of silence. "I just remembered that we had decided to share the house with Shinn too, is that going to be a problem?"

"Shinn? I don't think that there'll be much of a problem." Answered Kira. "Why should there be any problem?"

"Well," Athrun stated. "We're in a relationship, and we would be doing many things together, like sleeping together, for example."

Kira blushed at that. "Your point is?"

"My point is that Shinn might feel uncomfortable being with us." Athrun replied.

"I don't think Shinn will feel that way," The brown-haired teen said, shaking his head slightly. "But I think we can discuss it with him before we start all the moving. Let's make sure of everything before we start living together."

"Alright then, we can ask him later."

And so they did just that. Shinn had blushed a little when he was asked, but said that everything would be fine.

"Of course I'll be fine staying with the both of you. You're my friends after all." The dark-haired boy had said.

Cagalli and Lacus, who happened to be with the younger coordinator when the two boys had asked Shinn the questions, exchanged grins with each other.

The way they smiled made Athrun wonder a little, but his mind could not figure out what the girls might had been up to with their secretive smiles.

Talk then went on to other matters, and the boy decided to just dismiss it as a 'girl thing'.

That evening after dinner, Athrun and Kira found themselves left alone once more as the girls took Shinn out shopping.

"Did you see the look on Shinn's face when Luna told him that he was to go shopping with the lot of them?" The blue-haired coordinator laughed.

"Yeah." Kira agreed. "He looked so horrified about it. But you do know that the whole thing was Cagalli's idea, don't you."

The other boy nodded.

"She's becoming a little too obvious in her quest to let the two of us be alone together." Kira added.

"But you like being left alone with me, don't you?" Athrun asked, putting one arm around Kira's shoulders as they sat on the balcony under the clear night sky, looking at the stars.

"Of course I do," Kira replied, turning to face his companion. "But I think she hoping that leaving us alone like that would make us do 'things' together."

"Ah." Athrun blushed as he thought about what the 'things' were. "But you know we will be doing that in the future, Kira, so don't worry too much about it now."

"I know that." Kira muttered as he moved his hand over and clasped Athrun's. "But I keep thinking that Cagalli…"

"Don't think too much about your sister." Athrun interrupted, his voice becoming as soft as Kira's. "She's just being a concerned sibling. She would probably leave you alone soon enough. What we do will be our decision, and our decision alone"

"Alright."

The two of them lapsed into silence then, both absorbed in their own thoughts about the future that was to come.

To be continued...

Note: Well, this part of the story is going to end soon - Their holidays are ending after all. I may attempt a sequel if I come up with ideas or if I have the time to do so.

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