az: Okay... Having ventured into another Gundam world, I wanted to write off some pieces close to a collection of omakes. And if any of u guys wondered about my other Gundam-related fic, I'll try to update once I got the inspiration to continue...

[EDIT 2011] - Because occasionally I'll start noticing people start reading my old stuffs. Damn.


Honey Crackers

Athrun

Written by Izzu

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A sweet guy. Kind, handsome, especially with that shoulder-length hair and emerald eyes, any girl in this universe would fall head over heels at the sight of this beautiful creature. A charming lad, with his soft and sweet demeanor and charisma that enhanced his leadership qualities. One cannott help but be drawn towards him. A brave warrior, fighting to protect the peace and the people he cared... even by the fact that he had defected from ZAFT, the people from PLANT still regards him as a legend.

Yet, to have the gift to capture the hearts of any girl as he wishes, not many could delve into his mind any deeper than was possible. Save some of the closest of friends and one other...,that seemed to succeed on winning his heart. How sweet was it that she was to be the one... his match in heaven.

Athrun scratched his head in annoyance as he turned back towards Kira, who had been lying on his bed and had been staring at him for a very LONG time. "Kira! Get out of my room! It's annoying... why are you staring at me like that?", cried Athrun half-petrified as Kira kept snickering under his breath.

"Maa, but the war had already ended—like last two weeks ago. And here you're working on... argh! It's not even supposed to be your work! Take it easy for a little while... take a load off," replied the other as Athrun shrugged him off.

"Cagalli had her hands full with Orb's recovery program and yet there's still a lot of other things needed to be done! She was pushing herself too much... you can't expect me to do nothing? Even if right now I was only by her side as her bodyguard."

Kira abruptly sat up and stopped him. "I understand. I appreciate what you did for Cagalli. But, you shouldn't be forcing yourself to tackle everything right this moment. You don't want Cagalli to push herself too hard...but you shouldn't do that to yourself either—!", said Kira as he shrugged.

A smile crept to his face as Athrun glanced at him.

"Thanks for your concerns...", he said and remembered what was it he intended to say. "Hey, but... back to just now. What's with the staring? It's... starting to freak me out," cried Athrun as Kira chuckled again. "And there you are! Laughing again... did I do something weird? Or wrong?"

Kira chortled as he shook his head. "No, I was just wondering...", he said cheekily.

"About what?", cried Athrun in alarm.

Kira's body shook with glee as he tried to suppress his merriment. It was so easy to rattle his friend nowadays. "Nothing... nothing!", he said as he continued to laugh again.

Annoyed at the constant taunting, Athrun lunged towards Kira to demand his explanation. "Stop laughing! What's wrong with you?"

Kira grinned. "I was just wondering what is it that Cagalli loved about you—", said Kira as Athrun's cheeks begun to flush. Pillows plowed into his face as Kira dodged several other attacks from Athrun.

"Kira! You silly idiot!", he cried, red-faced as he chased him out of the room...

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The girls laughed merrily as they watched the kids play around with the many Haro and Torii. Lacus smiled as Torii flew and hopped onto her shoulder. She turned towards Cagalli.

"—so, how's work with Orb?"

Cagalli sighed as she shrugged. "It's fine. If only some other people could also take a break from everything..."

Lacus cocked her head at her. "Athrun?"

Cagalli nodded. "He seemed to take it as his responsibility to help out, even if no one knows about it. You know the circumstances, with ZAFT and everything. It's tricky. I told him that he don't have to do so much, if my work was too much to handle I could call for some more people to help me out. Still, he was so stubborn... even when I told him he should also take a break from everything—", she explained as suddenly Lacus started to chuckle. Cagalli frowned as Lacus cocked her head towards the two lads.

"I guess you don't need to worry so much about that. Kira had seen to it, that Athrun takes some break—", she chuckled again.

"Huh?", Cagalli gasped as she turned around. Sure enough, at some distance, Athrun and Kira had started running around in circles as they shouted at each other. Cagalli gasped as Lacus grabbed her along to chase after the two boys.

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"Admit it, Athrun! You're so cute! I never knew that your taste was like that!", cried Kira in glee as Athrun side-stepped him and managed to grab him.

"So...?", he cried furiously, "What's wrong about me liking—"

"Liking what?", asked Cagalli suddenly as both boys turned their attention towards the girls. Athrun's cheeks burned at the sight of Cagalli in front of them. Both him and Kira straightened up as Kira grinned at him. Athrun glanced around nervously as he tried to avert from looking at Cagalli's face.

He shrugged. "Err. I mean, what's wrong... about me, err... liking—", Athrun leered towards Kira as he started rolling over the ground, trying to supress his glee. He stuttered again as Cagalli continued staring at him, waiting for an explanation. Athrun cast a glance sideways as he caught sight of a small flowerbed.

Athrun grinned nervously at her as he blurted out the word. "Flowers! I was talking about flowers—", said Athrun nervously as his face went scarlet. Kira snorted alongside Lacus, seeing Athrun's face turning a deeped shade of red.

He grinned as he got back on his feet. "Actually, I was teasing him about—" Kira started to say as Athrun covered his mouth. He smiled nervously at the girls as he glared towards Kira.

Both girls looked at them strangely as Athrun started whispering things to Kira. Cagalli frowned as she noticed Kira cringing over something.

"Hey... Kira, what's wrong?"

Athrun turned towards her abruptly as Kira took the chance to escape. Before Cagalli could ask, suddenly Kira started hollering on why Cagalli had fallen for someone like Athrun.

Naturally, that started the two siblings on a race across the island. Amused over everything, Lacus chuckled softly before looking down to see a deflated Athrun.

"Please don't tease me on this... Lacus."


az: Revising this after so long out of fandom.