Chapter 13 Take A Breather
A/N Ok, I hope this chapter is enjoyable, there's nothing about Shinji here, thank goodness, it's basically about the couples. Anyway, sorry for the long update about the last chapter, really had not much time, enjoy!
"That evil bastard, he seemed to have poked them all over their arms!" said Miriallia, examining Andrea's arms, and checking her legs for any more markings or scars.
"To think we entrusted them to his care," hissed Athrun regretfully through gritted teeth, as he watched Cagalli soothe a petrified Aaron.
"Well, look on the bright side, they're safely back with us, and the markings will fade away with time. It's far better than facing certain death, it would've brought only more grief and pain if one of us were to perish." said Lacus knowingly, feeding Akira some breast milk from a milk bottle.
"I'm really sorry, you may not understand why I'm saying this, but indirectly I am the cause of all this." murmured Kyo softly, twirling Ezann's baby soft hair between her fingers.
"DADDY!" screeched Ezann, when she saw the platinum blonde walk across her and Kyo.
However, the sound of Yzak's baby daughter acknowledging him for the first time, brought no sense of joy or surprise to the platinum blonde. He just turned and stood his ground, looking at his daughter outstretch her arms in his direction.
Kyo's eyesbrows furrowed for a moment before she took a few steps toward Yzak to pass Ezann to him, but with each step Kyo took forward, Yzak took one back.
Realising that placing her daughter on the floor was the only solution, Kyo gently settled Ezann on the parquet floor and backed away slowly, not taking her gaze off her daughter.
Yzak stepped forward, and brought Ezann into his arms before walking off with her. The baby girl giggled and laughed in delight as she played with her father's spiked up hair.
Ever since Ezann had become old enough to reach out on her own, she had always found Yzak's hair extremely amusing. For some reason, she just enjoyed playing with the rows and rows of spikes.
Kyo could only look at her beloved husband walk off without saying a word to her, even though she had tried to ask him something.
"I'm going to try and put Andrea to bed, she looks exhausted from her ordeal." said Miriallia, kissing her daughter tenderly on the forehead, as she walked off, Dearka trailing along behind.
Aaron was twisting and squirming about in discomfort as he was drenched in his own sweat. Cagalli unbuttoned the front of his shirt, to keep him cool.
"Boy, he sure looks uncomfortable," said Kira, smiling toward his nephew, who was still squirming about in his mother's arms.
"Yeah, he's going into the tub later, don't worry. The only thing that really bothers me is whether we'll be able get him INTO the tub at all. Ever since he was born, he seemed to have am everlasting hate for water." remarked Athrun, pinching his son's cheek playfully.
"Hah, a hate for water, eh? Just like his mother," retorted Kira, remembering that Cagalli had the inability to swim.
"Whatever, baby brother." teased Cagalli, rolling her eyes at the brunette boy who pouted bluntly.
"I may be younger than you, but only by a few minutes! And I'm certainly not a baby anymore! If I was I'd be in the Guiness Book Of Records!" exclaimed Kira, pursing his lips and looking at Cagalli, clearly annoyed.
"Why is that?" asked Kyo curiously, making the others realise that she was still in their midst.
"Because I'd be a baby having a baby," replied Kira lamely, looking down at Akira, who seemed to be dozing off in Lacus's arms.
"That's lame, Kira," replied Athrun, shaking his head and smiling widely.
"Yeah, I know that. But it's fact," said Kira knowingly, brushing a few strands of his brown hair out of his eyes and face.
Aaron gave a loud screech in protest as he squirmed about, his clothes getting all twisted around him.
"Ok, I think we'd better get this baby into the tub, and get him all freshened up." said Cagalli, bring Aaron into an upright position into her arms and hurrying off to her bedroom bathroom to prepare the bath water.
Kyo stayed in the living room with Lacus and Kira, having a little chit-chat.
"Akira's a splitting image of Kira, if you ask me. He's just got Lacus's skin tone and eye colour. Otherwise, the resemblance is almost uncanny." commented Kyo, sitting down beside Lacus, who smiled down at her sleepy baby.
"You'd better take care of yourself, you're just a month away from birth." advised Lacus, touching Kyo's stomach, which was rather rounded already, and it was very obvious that Kyo was pregnant.
Kyo sighed, before feeling her stomach, and grinning as she felt the baby respond to her.
"Yeah, rest assured I will. And even if Yzak will never love me the way he used to, I can't just leave this baby. I'm it's mother, I have a duty to fulfil." answered Kyo, grinning gently up at the pink-headed mother.
"But not to forget, you have Ezann to look after as well." reminded Kira smartly, waiting for an answer from Kyo.
"That's what worries me. If I'm going to have to stay with Shinji, I might have to let Ezann go with Yzak. However, I don't know if Yzak will be able to handle her by himself, and I will miss her as well, I guess." replied the redheaded expectant mother.
"Kyo, you know you have our support all the way, and if it's your decision to stay here with Shinji, so be it. After all, we are grateful that you're doing this for us, though we really hope you'll return to us one day." reassured Kira, nodding firmly at Kyo, who smiled in thanks.
"Seeing you pine for Yzak day after day, it really makes me feel as though I cana ctually feel your pain and anxiety. You love him so dearly and uyet, he still refuses to give in." sighed Lacus, looking down at her feet.
"It's alright, I will always love him no matter what, and even though he's not by my side, it's ok, I'll live." replied Kyo, trying to sound strong, although she knew that on the inside, her heart was crumbling.
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"Oh goodness! Why won't he just let us put him in the water!" asked Cagalli, trying to pry her naked son away from her body as she struggled to place him in the tub of warm water.
"Now, now, Aaron. If you don't hurry up, the water's going to turn cold, which means it'll be an even more unpleasant experience." warned Athrun knowingly, trying to help Cagalli with his son.
"Oh, shut up with all your warnings! It's not like he understands you or anything!" bellowed Cagalli, struggling with a brawling Aaron.
"Why not?" said Athrun, pouting at Cagalli, who was on the brink of losing her patience.
Finally with a loud "YEAAARGH!" the blonde mother gave a hard tug, and dunked her son inside the tub of water.
You might think that the young couple had finally managed to get their son to take a bath, but Cagalli's action had only made matters worse.
The baby boy started kicking his legs wildly, spraying water all over the walls and even at his parents. Within seconds, Athrun was wet down his front, and Cagalli's hair seemed to be dripping wet.
Finally, after what seemed like ages, the baby boy finally stopped his wild frenzy, and turned to stare up at his parents, who were drenched from head to toe.
The blue-haired baby burst out laughing, at the sight before him.
"Very funny, Aaron!" yelled Cagalli, her eyes wide with fury, and her teeth clenched.
Athrun placed a hand on her shoulder, in order to help her restore her serenity and peace of mind.
"That's the spirit, my boy, give your parents a bath when we're trying to give YOU one." said Athrun, pushing back his wet fringe.
Cagalli took a loofa sponge and threw it at Aaron's head, making the giggling boy lose his balance and toppled backwards into the water.
Since the water was soapy, Cagalli decided it was just as good as a bath, and took her squirming son out of the tub, before wrapping him in a bathrobe and bringing him out for changing.
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Yzak played with Ezann as he sat in the living room balcony, watching the sun set beyond the horizon. The sun looked like an egg yolk, which made Yzak's mouth water when he thought of dinner.
Ezann was getting tired and she was leaning on Yzak's chest, and looked like she was going to just fall asleep and start snoozing away.
Yzak moved a little, making the baby girl stare up at him once more.
The platinum blonde shook his head violently and blinked his eyes twice and looek down at Ezann once more. For a moment, he had seen Kyo instead of Ezann, and had almost gotten a shock.
However, Yzak had to admit that Ezann did resemble Kyo in one way or another. Her hair, the way she looked at him, they were all the same as the way Kyo did.
Yzak caught himself in the midst of smiling to himself for no right reaosn, and quickly snapped out of his thoughts, and returned his attention to his daughter who was dozing off on his lap.
Yzak gave his daughter a soft kiss on the head, before leaning back on the chair and closing his eyes as well.
A/N Ok, I've made a final decision, this fanfic will end with Chapter 15. Sad to say this fic's coming to an end, but I appreciate all reviews submitted and really hope I will learn to write better in future fics. Pls review!