Oy this is a happy birthday contribute to my good friend Gee Hee, well yeah I typed up this chapter and put it out today to say have a great birthday and eat great food! Hahahaha, well that's what I do on my birthday! Another chapter here, it's getting harder and harder to come up with ideas but don't worry I'll keep at it. For all you Kira x Lacus fans mwahahahaha I'm afraid you're going to have to wait till I can get things established before you see too much action. Yet this is a Kira x Lacus fan fic, so I will be having well umm "fluffy" moments…. I think at least. Well get on to the story!
Famous
Chapter Seven: To be Famous
Within twenty minutes Athrun was driving his red convertible with Lacus, Kira, and Cagalli chatting like birds in the backseats. A huge blue van tailed after Athrun's car closely, in the driver's seat sat the desert tiger, Andrew Bartfeldt.
"I'm sorry," Lacus sighed looking at the van, "I can't go anywhere without my body guard, and well I thought Miriallia should get a break too." Lacus commented as Kira and Cagalli looked back at the short brown haired girl in the passenger seat of the blue van.
"It's all right," Kira reassured, "We don't want to put you in any danger."
"Yeah, nothing wrong with being safe," Cagalli added, "Unlike a little brother I know!" Kira sighed at Cagalli's comment.
"I am sorry to make you worry Cagalli," Kira apologized again watching his twin sister fold her arms and glare at him.
"You should be easy on Kira, it's not like he could help being carried away like that," Athrun said defending his friend while at the same time teasing him.
"Thanks Athrun," Kira said, a little sarcastic, but Cagalli just stuck out her tongue at the both of them and turned to Lacus.
"How's it like to be famous?" Cagalli asked the basic question all stars receive. And yet every time Lacus found it hard to answer, she paused thinking about it. Lacus looked up at the blond haired girl's excited face and then to her twin brother's blank face, she took a deep breathe and replied;
"I can't say really," Lacus stumbled trying to create words for the feeling she had deep inside, "It's almost as if you are in a wonderful place with many interesting things to see and experience. But once you try and take a step towards anything a cage drops and traps you in the media, the drama, and the countless fans wanting your autograph." Lacus couldn't believe herself. Here she was speaking her inner most thoughts to complete strangers she had just met a couple hours ago. Yet if felt good, no it felt great, Lacus felt relieved of the pressure and felt just like any ordinary person, free.
"I think I know how that feels a little…" Kira said after a couple minutes of silence, "Cagalli and I have a father who has a high rank in society. He is the owner of Earth Force, it's a business that connects computers to high powered satellites to get weather, photos, and lots of other things."
"But it's not like Earth Force is the only company that does this," Cagalli commented, "Athrun's father also has a company called ZAFT that does the exact same thing, the main difference is the users. ZAFT normally has high powered government officials as customers, while Earth Force customers are more like the average man and woman."
"Well there's been an on going battle between mine and Athrun's dad about who has the right over the satellites and which company is more important," Kira sighed as he related the story, "Sadly they've been to court plenty of times and lost millions to the other. So as of right now I am not supposed to see, talk, look, or hear from Athrun at all. That's why he had never met my sister before now." Lacus began to understand a little about the history between the Zala's and the Yamato's.
"Of course Kira and I thought the idea was ridiculous," Athrun added to the conversation, "But we can't have our fathers finding more reasons to hate each other more than they already do… so we were forced to see each other with coincidence or in secret. But I'm glad to have met you and your sister here today." Athrun said happily, "It's been a while since I have seen Kira so meeting him here along with Lacus and Cagalli must have been fate, just don't tell your dad."
"No worries my friend," Kira assured," I have no intention to."
"Me too!" Cagalli cheered after Kira, "It's not like he can tell us who we can and cannot be friends with!" Lacus smiled at Cagalli's determinations and fighting spirit, I'd like to get to know these people more, she thought.
"Were here," Athrun called out, shutting down the car. Lacus was first to get out then followed Cagalli and Kira. The songstress gasped at the restaurant as the colorful walls shined gold upon those who looked upon them. The golden walls were matched by a bright red door with an open sign crammed in the small window. The title of the little restaurant fit the image of it perfectly, a small sign above the door read Golden Wok in the same tone of red as the door.
"It may not look like much, but well the food is really good I assure you!" Kira said watching Lacus.
"Yeah their food is unlike anything you've had before, ah their Pon Pon Chicken is awesome, and their pork sticky buns, ahh they are to die for!" Cagalli said smacking her lips and rubbing her growling stomach. All three of them watched the blond haired girl with amusement as she looked pretty stupid rubbing her stomach and licking her lips.
"What!" Cagalli growled going red at the pairs of eyes starring at her with the suppressed laughter, "Well they are to die for…" Cagalli was fully red now as Kira and Athrun were hiccupping with suppressed laughter. SMACK! Cagalli stomped into the restaurant leaving behind two boys with hand prints on their faces. Lacus burst out laughing, this time at the boys who both starred after the vexed blond. The songstress followed Cagalli's lead and went inside the restaurant taking once glance at their faces before walking in. Kira and Athrun looked at each other before they quickly pursued the two girls, each rubbing the cheek that shined red.
"Why didn't she hit you as hard as me?" Kira complained to his injured friend who's hand print was defiantly less red that his own.
"I dunno," Athrun chuckled looking at Kira who was glaring at him. The trouble makers soon reached the girls at the register of the little restaurant.
"A table for six please," Lacus asked politely at the waiter standing near the register.
"Six huh, are the other two coming?" The man asked, he didn't look older than Lacus but his voice was deep and rich.
"No they're here," Lacus replied quickly as Miriallia and Andrew walked in the door meeting up with the party.
"Well all right then, this way…" He trailed off bringing them to a table for six, "I'm Dearka, and I'll be your waiter tonight, or well today whatever you want to look at it." Dearka said as all of them were sitting down, Lacus chose to sit next to Kira and Cagalli still angry at Kira sat as far away as she could. Athrun decided it was alright to sit next to Cagalli, she wasn't going to bite… right…? After everyone was seated Dearka went through his daily routine of listing the specials and passing out menus to everyone.
"Oy, I'll be back in a couple minutes so you can decide what you would like…" he trailed off in a dead tone, I need a real job… he thought.
"What do I want…" Lacus said out loud looking over to Kira who was opening a menu.
"You know their pon pon chicken really is to die for," Kira chuckled a little. Lacus smiled at Kira's comment and looked over to Cagalli across the table to see her reaction, but Cagalli wasn't paying attention. She was too busy fighting a certain blue haired boy over which glass was hers. It seemed that for a table of six there was only five glasses, so when it came down to Cagalli or Athrun a few tempers flared.
"This is my glass, go ask that blond haired guy for another!" Cagalli's voice yelled out.
"What your glass? It was next to my plate so that makes it my glass," Athrun barked back. Kira and Lacus were now looking at them, along with every one else in the restaurant. Athrun and Cagalli started to notice the silence and quite arguing for a minute to see many pairs of eyes starring at them.
"What are you looking at?" Cagalli snarled at a couple near by who had their eyes on them for a while. They instantly looked down on their plates with everyone else in the restaurant hearing Cagalli's dangerous growl. The awkward silence that followed made Cagalli and Athrun even more embarrassed as they too looked down at their plates watching their reflection go red.
"So… where is this pon pon chicken," Lacus coughed breaking the silence looking at her menu with confusion.
"Oh you won't find it in the chicken section, it's at the very front of the menu see in the chief's choice," Kira explained leaning next to Lacus and pointed out where the chief's choices were. Lacus felt Kira's shoulders brush her own as he leaned in to show her, the songstress held her breath a little. It was touch that always caught one off guard, the one that was always sudden and surprising. That's just what Lacus felt, but it wasn't a bad feeling, it was more of a gentle but surprising feeling.
Kira on the other hand was blushing a deep cherry red, he quickly coughed and leaned back into his chair trying to hide his face. No body noticed to Kira's surprise, everyone at the table seemed to be into some conversation or another. A wave of relief went over Kira, he knew if he was caught, there would be no end to the constant teasing he would have had to endure.
"Are you ready to order?" the blond haired waiter called out surprising everyone at the table with his presence, "No?"
"Ah I think we are," Lacus replied, looking around seeing nods from each person," well then I'll go first, I would like one order of pon pon chicken please."
"Ok pon pon chicken huh, I guess you must be local, no body outside the town would know the value of that dish," Dearka said slyly, the look in his eye made Lacus wonder if he knew who she was under her intense make up and clothing, "And you?" Dearka mentioned to Kira starring at him.
"Oh I would like an order of Pork sticky bun's please," Kira said as politely as he could, watching Dearka glare at him.
"Oh it's my turn isn't it," Miriallia said since everyone was looking at her, "Umm I would like the chicken chow fun, but be easy on the oil ok?"
"Easy on the oil," Dearka muttered so he would remember.
"What is there a problem with that?" Miriallia challenged glaring at the boy.
"I'll just try and tell the chief, he doesn't like custom orders though," Dearka admitted, the chief didn't like to be bossed around, so there weren't many custom plates.
"It's not a custom order I just want less oil that's all," Miriallia said like there was no problem, meanwhile Dearka was starting to get angry. Who does she think she is, he thought, She can't just order Yzak and me around…
"I'll see what I can do," he said biting his tongue to hold back from his boiling anger.
"I'd like the Teriyaki beef," Andrew ordered quickly, as a trained body guard he knew the signals people give off when they are on the edge of reason, this waiter seemed to be dangling over it a little.
"Let's see, I would like the pon pon chicken as well," Cagalli requested after Andrew did, she growled at Kira and Athrun snickering at her.
"And I will go with the lemon chicken, and a glass for water…" Athrun said finishing the deal, Dearka nodded before he left to deliver the orders to the chief.
"Lemon chicken ewww that's gross," Cagalli spat, still a little angry at Athrun.
"I'm sorry it's not to die for my queen," Athrun shot back while Cagalli grew red from anger, she stuck her tongue out at the rude boy and looked away ignoring him.
Who in the world does he think he his? Cagalli's head screamed, well whoever I don't like him at all!
I just keep producing long chapters OO I'm going to scramble my brain one day… Anyways tell me what you think about this chapter boring, good, cheese, stupid, tell me what you think and REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!
