Disclaimer: I own Gundam SEED? Are you kidding me? Of course I don't own it!

A/N – same as the last chapters format, italics are flashbacks and a line is a change in scene. Thank you for all your reviews, and I am proud to say that I have received my first ever flame! It made me so happy that I even wrote a nice reply at the bottom of the fic, which I got a bit carried away in my excitement. I may have also been a bit too rude. But ah well!

Short Moments

Athrun - Flashback

She pulled the hat down nervously, trying to get it to cover as much of her face as possible. Quickly she tried to shove her strands of blonde hair into the hat so that it wouldn't show. The park was filled with all sorts of people, the elderly, children, suspicious looking people... and couples. Her eyes darted from side to side in search of a certain someone as she still continued to try and hide her hair.

All her attempts in trying to hide her hair however, was rendered useless when someone from behind pulled off the hat. She quickly turned around to see that her hat was now sitting on top a head of blue. "Why'd you do that for?" she pouted.

"You're making yourself look more suspicious by trying to hide so much, Cagalli." Athrun smiled as he looked down at the girl who still looked at him angrily. It was their first official date since the end of the war. They had both been busy ever since, and now that they had finally had a day off, Athrun had decided to take Cagalli out on a date.

Cagalli grabbed the hat off his head and stuffed it back onto her own head. "I'm not suspicious."

"That is true. You're suspiciously noticeable in a large crowd." Cagalli glared at him once again. Athrun continued, "How do you think that I found you in such a large place filled with so many people? This isn't where we were supposed to meet anyways. We were supposed to meet outside the park, not inside."

Cagalli opened her mouth to snap back at him but found that she couldn't think of anything to say. Instead, she walked away from him saying, "You're psychic."

"Psychic?" Athrun laughed lightly, "It doesn't take a psychic to find you. The first thing I noticed in here was a young girl sitting all alone in the corner of the park, pulling her hat lower and lower onto her face, while furiously shoving her blonde hair into the hat for some unknown reason."

Once again Cagalli tried to yell back at him, but found that there was nothing for her to say. She continued walking away as Athrun followed her closely behind.

Athrun watched as Cagalli kept looking forward. He could tell that she was now purposely trying to ignore him. He sighed. For a first date, he was hoping that it would work out better. He knew that he shouldn't have teased her, but the way she was acting was just too inviting that he had to. The consequence of teasing Cagalli was having her ignore him.

He walked a bit quicker so that he now was walking side by side with Cagalli. Carefully he took her hand in his and held it gently, but firm enough that she couldn't pull away.

Cagalli felt his hand grab onto hers. She turned her head and ended up staring straight into Athrun's green eyes. His face held his soft smile as Cagalli felt her face flush and tried to pull her hand away. His hand was warm and comforting but Cagalli, being her stubborn self, didn't want to admit it. After a few attempts of trying to pry her hand away, she finally gave in knowing that it was impossible to separate their hands. Her face was still flushed. Even though she tried desperately to look anywhere except Athrun, she could still feel his eyes watching her. Also, his warm hand never let go of hers even once that whole day.

End of Flashback

Athrun noticed a flashing red light out of the corner of his eyes. He slid off the couch groggily and made his way towards it. Lazily he pushed the button on the answering machine.

"You have 2 messages."

"Hey Athrun!" Kira's voice came out of the speaker, "We- uh... I mean, I didn't think you would know that I was... uh... going to throw a surprise party for yo-, I mean for Cagalli! I-I mean throw... er... never mind that. I meant that we were going to hang out tomorrow. Maybe we should go over to Cagalli's..."

"Kira!" a voice hissed in the background.

"N-no, I, uh... Let's hang up today! I mean, hand on tomorrow!"

"Kira!!!" the voice hissed again. "It's hang out tomorrow! Can't you follow a script!"

"S-sorry... I mean, not to you Athrun! To, uh... nobody! Sorry to me! Well... anyways, let's hang out tomorrow. Not because I'm planning anything, just because I want to. I'm not planning anything to get you and Cagalli to get together or anyth-"

The message stopped. Athrun wasn't really surprised as to why it was cut short. He sighed but couldn't help a form a grateful smile. Kira screwed up big time during that one message. Now Athrun knew that Kira was planning to get him and Cagalli together again. But if he and Cagalli were to get together again, he would rather do it on his own. The last thing he ever wanted to do was pressure Cagalli into being with him, not like it would make a difference anyway. Athrun was suddenly snapped away violently from his thoughts.

"YOU IDIOT ATHRUN! WHY AREN'T YOU AT HOME!?!?"

"C-Cagalli!" he moved closer to the answering machine as he heard the familiar yell. Although there was nothing after that, Athrun continued to gawk at the machine in wonder. He stared at the phone for a few seconds making his decision. Quickly he snatched at his telephone and punched in Cagalli's number. He listened to the ringing, but nobody picked up. It was no surprise since it was already two in the morning. But Athrun sat stubbornly. He listened intently to the continuous ringing.

Cagalli had dozed off at some time that she didn't know. A light knock came at the door waking her. Her head shot up in realization that she had left herself completely defenceless that whole time. Slowly, she got up from her bed and picked up the gun that was in the drawer. She gulped as she made her way towards the door and moved her hand to the knob. But as her hand made contact with it, she felt it turn on its own. In her shock, Cagalli jumped back aiming her gun towards the door. Her breaths were short and sharp as she stared fixedly at the door. Cagalli felt her heart beating wildly as the door began to open. Before she knew it, there was a sharp pain on the back of her neck and everything faded to black.

After a countless amount of ringing, Athrun started to feel a bit discouraged. But he had decided that he had to talk to Cagalli, especially after she yelled at him. He had worried all his friends, he believed that his feelings on losing Cagalli would go unnoticed by those around him. But they all noticed, and were trying to help him in each their own ways. Kira and the others that were at his house were definitely plotting something. Dearka and Yzak had taken him out to have some fun in his life. Finally Athrun slammed down the phone and got up steadily, forgetting and leaving behind his half drunkenness. He left his apartment swiftly, and headed to his destination.

Cagalli – Flashback

She lay on her bed unable to get up. Her maids had also forbid her from getting up.

"Stupid fever..." she muttered.

She tried to get up once again but her arms felt too weak that it made her feel like it was pointless to even try. Stubbornly, she tried anyway, again and again. Sitting still in one spot for the whole day was enough to drive her crazy.

The maids came into the room to deliver Cagalli her lunch and medicine.

"It's your fault that you're in bed with that fever. If you had only worn your jacket like we told you to, you would be up and running about," said one of the maids.

Cagalli glared at the two maids. "Since when did I have or even wear pink frilly coats?"

"Your other jacket was being washed at the time."

"And so were my other four jackets?"

"Yes."

They helped Cagalli sit up on her bed so that she could eat, then left the room. "Liars." Cagalli said under her breath.

As Cagalli played with her food, Athrun popped through the door.

"How're you feeling?" he asked while sitting down beside her on the bed.

She took a deep breath and yelled into Athrun's ear as loud as the fever allowed her to. "I wanna hit somebody. I wanna scream. I wanna do anything except for sitting here in this stupid bed wasting my stupid life away because I get a stupid fever because I didn't wear a stupid jacket with stupid pink frills." Cagalli soon regretted doing that. She began to cough loudly, and caused her throat even more pain.

Athrun rubbed at his ears but looked amused at the same time. With a smile he picked up Cagalli's spoon and held it to her mouth. "Say AH."

"Ah? What are you doing Athrun?" she looked back and forth between the spoon and Athrun suspiciously. "Well? Answer me A-" she was cut short as the spoon was jammed into her mouth. "Mmph!"

Athrun laughed loudly as Cagalli swallowed the food. She was ready to kill. She tried to punch him on the arm but Athrun caught it easily. Too easily. "Are?"

Athrun smiled at her, "With a fever, I'm surprised you still have this much energy. You really are weird." He pushed her down on to the bed and tucked her in. "Sleep and make sure you're better in the morning." He jumped back onto the bed and stroked her hair.

"What are you doing? Don't you have to go back to work?" asked Cagalli.

"Just go to sleep. I want to make sure that you'll be alright first."

Cagalli didn't know when she fell asleep, but when she woke up Athrun had already left. She looked sadly at the spot that Athrun sat. "I should've stayed awake longer."

End of Flashback

Even though she was still unconscious Cagalli knew that her body was feeling unusually warm. She could feel that her face was flushed, and that she was feeling extremely weak. Slowly, she opened her eyes and saw the blurred figures of two men standing over her. They were saying something but it all sounded muffled.

Her head was pounding painfully as she realized that she was laying on the floor all bound up. Her hands were tied together behind her back, and her legs were tied to one end of the bed's leg. They hadn't taped or stuffed her mouth with anything, but even without it, Cagalli felt too weak to even say a word.

After a few more dizzying seconds, her hearing became less and less muffled. She realized now that the two men were arguing but she was unable to make out what was being said. They began to attack each other, finally ending in them each drawing their guns. The two men shot at each other, the sound rumbled in the room. One man fell dead onto the ground, his dark blood seeping into the carpet. The other man approached Cagalli slowly, his weapon set firmly and dangerously in his hand.

A/N – woohoo, chapter done! Most of it was a flashback, but ah well... It also kinda doesn't really make sense meh... I was also thinking, what is angst? My friend had told me that my story is like that, but I have no idea what it is since she couldn't explain it to me. Anybody mind telling me? I would really like to know what it is. Thanks!

And thanks for reviewing to...

Keirin-Sama – don't worry, I also don't like all those dolls like Barbie and Ken. Especially Barbie, really what the heck is she? She's a doctor, a nurse, a veterinarian, a babysitter, and what ever else a person could think of. OMG she's everything! Freakiness!

Miriallia Elthman – does the black out have anything to do with Ken? Maybe, maybe not. You'll find out next chapter, hopefully, if I don't go off course again.

PreciousRose – I don't know, I think that the song is sung by Cagalli's voice actress... hmm... ah well, I wanna hear Athrun sing, but his voice actor never ever ever ever sings!

Kichi-chan – cool! Go Athrun and Cagalli! You guys own the world! Woohoo!

Blue Savage – Perverted thoughts!!! (starts singing) hehe, I know you're just joking! (giggles evilly)

Lomiothiel-YzaknNicol fangirl – it is so much easier to just copy and paste your name. Blackmail is the way of life! Yup yup... Anywayz, Cagalli and Athrun belong together, so basically... cough...

Cookie6 – I love Athrun and Cagalli as a pair as well! They're just perfect!

Princess Paine of Darkness – it's also so much easier to copy and paste your name as well. Have no fear, I'm Athrun and Cagalli obsessed, so they will definitely, without a doubt, absolutely... can't think of anymore synonyms... end up together! If I give them a sad ending, I'll jump off a cliff.

black-thief – cute? Really? Ok, if you say so! (smiles happily)

stacey – thanks to you too! (gives ZAFT salute as well)

cherrisakura – Yes! Cagalli belongs to Athrun! I like the way you think!

and thank you to all those that read this fic, whether you like it or not! And if I missed anybody I say thanks to you to.

And finally, to...

Amethyst Stars – I hope you don't mind, but I'm a very sarcastic person. I love going against people and whatever they say, I find it rather fun actually.

So, basically, wow! I feel so honoured to have my first flame! I just have a few things to say if you are actually reading this. However, if you really hated this fic that much, you probably wouldn't unless you come back to flame me some more.

What kind of fic is this? It's a fic about Athrun and Cagalli obviously!

When you wrote "you people" who are you referring to? Me and who else? If you meant the other reviewers, I would prefer it if you didn't insult them. Go ahead and flame me all you want. I could really care less. And if you meant other people who write things similar to what I write, then all I can say is "open you mind cause yours is closed.

Nothing is ever impossible, especially when you are writing". Open your mind a bit, don't ever say that an event is impossible. Cause you never know, anything can happen in life. And when a person writes something, it can be whatever the hell they want it to be. An imagination is limited only if the person thinks that it is limited.

Now, flirtatious blond tomboys and pink haired prostitutes. Hmm... so basically you just mean Cagalli and Lacus? About Cagalli, let me just ask, is there anything wrong with flirting with the man that you love? Really, is that really so wrong? Is she supposed to be hard assed and not give a damn about Athrun? Cause that'll be just so sad. Poor Athrun.

And for Lacus, since when did I make her into a prostitute? If it's in there, then even I

didn't know about it either! Woah! I really don't remember making her and Kira screw each other because Lacus was a prostitute.

And uh... I don't know if it's just the way I phrase things, or the way you interpret them, but where did I ever put that Cagalli and Lacus go around sleeping with every guy they meet? Am I somehow making them out to be sluts or something?

And I have realized that you have a great obsession with Yzak. He is one of my favourite characters, although you probably like him a lot more then I do. I actually never knew that Yzak hated the world, and I find it great that you hate me. Would you be flattered if I told you that I hate you too? Congratulations, you are the first person in my whole life to ever say that they hate me! Feel proud! And I also believe that it is very possible for Yzak to get drunk. And yes I do know that he considers Athrun as his rival. But that doesn't mean that they can't become good friends does it? It is so very possible for these two to be friends.

Now to finish this off, I do know that I am disgustingly pathetic, but more you than me. I won't delete this freaky thing, so unfortunately, you just got to put up with it. Also, I'm already lost, where in the world am I? Oh yes, and one more thing. I happened to notice that the day that you registered with as Amethyst Stars, is also the same day that I received your review. You also have no fics of your own, no favourite stories or authors. And I don't believe that you have left a review for any other fic in the Gundam SEED section. If you did, I wonder if it was also a flame. Is it possible that the reason you registered with was to flame me? Cause if it was, I feel so very honoured that you would take your own time to do that.

Thank you and have a wonderful day.

PS. If you ever write a fic of your own for Gundam SEED, I will be more than thrilled to see how it turns out. Will it be everything that mine isn't, or will it be proof of you being a hypocritical idiot? Or maybe you don't have an imagination so you can't even write anything. Or maybe you can write so amazingly well. Who knows. To each their own.