Honey Crackers

Snow White and the kebab face

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"And after a long search, the prince reached the top of the mountain... as he saw Snow White lying peacefully asleep in the glass coffin. Surrounded by seven grieving little dwarves, the prince gasped at the beauty which was the fair princess...'" Huh?

"Come on prince! Please wake our princess from her deep sleep!", came a familiar voice nearby. And a resounding chuckle seemed to surround him as people started to laugh.

"Okay! Wait up... I'm doing it! Be patient..."Wait! That sounded like...

And then came the sensation. Oh... nice. That was good... felt so real. I mean... let this not be a dream...

Wait... wha-?

Athrun frantically opened his eyes, just as Cagalli pulled away from the kiss. And the clapping started... as well as the laughter. Cagalli grinned as she high-fived at Kira. She winked at some of the orphans. "See... what did I tell you about that? It works!", she cried as the kids cheered.

Athrun quickly got up to find that he was covered in laces and all sorts of plastic flowers. The sofa he had slept on had somehow transformed into a frilly bed. Kira grinned as he bowed before him.

"How's that wake up call? Good? Nice...?", teased Kira as Athrun felt his cheeks burned. Kira shifted aside as he saw that Cagalli had also gone red in the face. She stomped towards him and smack Kira flat as she cried.

"You idiot! That was the last time I EVER took the role of the prince!", she said as Kira chuckled merrily. She grinned too, as she glanced towards Athrun.

"How are you...? Princess Snow White?", asked Cagalli as Kira and the others started to snort and laugh. Athrun blushed again as he took Cagalli's hand and stood up.

"Cagalli-", Athrun groaned aloud as Cagalli kissed him on the cheeks as an apology. "If I was asleep, you guys should have just woke me up!"

"Aww... we're so sorry... Group hug!", teased Kira again as he and Cagalli hugged him. The orphans too joined in as Kira let him go.

He walked to Lacus's side as the songstress chuckled. "Kira... you shouldn't-", she whispered as the two eyed each other merrily.

"Come on... let's get going. At this rate, we're never going to arrive at the zoo," said Kira as they walked out of the living room. The orphans cheered as Cagalli joined the couple.

"Come on... let's go! Athrun... you better hurry up or we're going to leave you behind!", hollered Cagalli as some of the orphans joined her.

"Yes... Athrun. Hurry up!', cried Iori as he dashed to the car. "Yeah... or we are not giving Snow White our treats!", cried Mika as the girls ran towards Kira, Lacus and Cagalli's direction. Athrun flushed as he chased after the little girls. He laughed as he caught Mika in his arm.

"Who was the Snow White now?", he teased back as he got to his car and placed Mika with the other kids in the back seat. Kira nodded at him from the other car as both left the compounds...

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The teens laughed as they entered the house. The kids joined them as they've chatted about all the fun they had at the zoo and were greeted by a sweet smell of roast lamb. The kids ran towards the dining table as Murrue Ramius and Andrew Bartfield had finished setting up the table.

Cory eyed the peculiar cuisine curiously as Andy walked up to him. "This is called the kebab. It's one of the common food from Arabian desert! You put in this sauce-", explained Andy as Cagalli saw them and hurried to intercept-

Kira slapped his forehead hard as he sighed exasperatedly. "Oh no... we're having kebab, today?-!", he sighed as Athrun and Lacus looked at him in wonder.

"What is it... Kira?", asked Athrun as Kira excused himself to get to Cagalli as she and Andy were about to engage in another kebab war.

"No. you should put the chilli sauce here-", argued Cagalli as Andrew protested.

"No... haven't I said it before? Not putting the mayonnaise on the kebab is an outrage to the dish!", cried the older man as Murrue chuckled at their antics. The kids also laughed as Athrun and Lacus looked at them, puzzled.

"No-!" Cagalli and Andrew stopped bickering as Kira pushed them away, snatching both the chilli and mayonnaise from the two. He sighed heavily as he placed the sauces on the table. He glanced towards Cory and grinned.

"I'm sorry... Cory," he said as he slowly poured a little of the mayo sauce on one side of the kebab, to the delight of Andrew and the horror of Cagalli. But then, he didn't stop there. On another side of the kebab, he poured some chilli sauce on it and folded it together. This time, it was Andy who was crying aloud as Cagalli jumped in victory.

Kira gave the kebab to Cory as the kid ate it. The boy grinned as he cried aloud. "Waa... it tasted so good! Yummy!", the boy said happily as the others joined in and made their own kebab. Andrew and Cagalli stared at the others in wonder as Kira made his own.

"Was it alright... mixing the two together?", exclaimed both of them as Kira silently chomped on his kebab. He swallowed a mouthful as he replied.

"Of course... since I've unfortunately eaten one before. I just don't want another victim to receive the same thing as I ate last time...", said Kira as he swiftly walked away.

Lacus stopped eating as she watched Kira sitting far away from them. "What- what happened between you three?", she asked as Andy shrugged.

"Nah... it was last time when these two dropped in Banadiya to eat. Ordered kebabs... and Cagalli and I, sort of argued like just now. Things got a little... umm, messy-"

"Oh yeah-! A little...", hollered Kira, grumpily from where he was as Murrue and the others chuckled. They somehow could guess what happened-

"And... aha... the sauce and mayo poured on Kira's kebab was too much...", said Cagalli nervously as she peered towards Kira. Athrun chuckled as Kira finished eating and started walking out.

But, Andy would never allow him to go until he had his fill, eh? I mean... he prepared a lot!

"Wa-it a minute, over there! Kira... You're not going anywhere with just one serving of kebab!", cried Andrew cheekily as he went after him with another kebab. Kira turned to his horror and fled as Andrew chased him out of the house. Cagalli, Lacus, Athrun and Murrue gazed at each other in amazement as they heard Kira's scream from outside-

"No... stop!-! Get away from me!-!"

"Ahaha... you can't escape the KEBAB monster-!"

Cagalli rolled her eyes as Athrun scratched his head...

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And they all laughed as both Coordinators returned with Andrew holding Kira firmly, and Kira reluctantly bit into the almost meshed kebab. Cagalli giggled as she stared at Kira's sauce-covered face. Embarrassed, he quickly dashed towards her and stuffed another kebab into her mouth as both started to fight again.

And Athrun and Lacus shook their heads as they watched the twins, amused...