A/N: A fic in dedication of Christmas and New Year. Have fun reading! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, mina!
Disclaimer: I won't be writing fics if I owned Gundam Seed/Destiny, I'd be making more sequels to the anime focusing on Athrun and Cagalli.
"Snowflake"
Both brothers on the ride home were silent, dead silent. Shin turned on the radio to make the whole ride less tense, but Athrun immediately turned it off… Angrily.
"Shin, what you did today was… Unbearable!" Athrun told Shin angrily, he was almost yelling.
"Look, I didn't know that bloody hell was gonna happen!" Shin argued back.
"You have to think damn straight next time!" Athrun gripped the steering wheel "What if something far more fucking worse happened than that!"
"…" Shin crossed is arms and had a pissed off expression on his face.
"It was a damn good thing that Cagalli only fainted because she was tired already!" Athrun yelled, he was driving a bit faster "What if it was something else more critical than that! Huh? What the bloody hell are you gonna do about it!"
"Did you even think of what would happen when you chose that damn dare?" Athrun didn't look at Shin and Shin didn't look at Athrun "If you're gonna pull another fucking absurd thing like that—"
"Look! I'm fucking sorry okay!" Shin yelled "I didn't mean that to happen! It was just for fucking fun! Don't you get it? Fun!"
"Fun? Why must it always be fun and games for you?" Athrun yelled back "Not everything in this world is all about fun!"
They finally arrived at the Zala mansion, Athrun stopped the car but either of them decided to go out yet.
"Before you left to go to school at Copernicus you were all about fun!" Shin yelled "I used to idolize you because of that! But ever since you came back yesterday, you were so different! It seems that the big bro that I lived with and idolized never existed! You were so stuck up for this damn family business! It's December for God's sake! Live up a little! Not everything in this world should be dull and boring like how you're living your Bloody fucking life now!"
Then Shin went out of the car and banged the door really hard and loud. Athrun stayed silent, alone in the car trying to register what Shin just yelled at him.
"Shin idolizes me?" Athrun said to himself. "Because I was fun?"
"Was I ever fun?"
It took a few more minutes for Athrun to actually digest to mind that both he and Shin both did a big no-no today.
Athrun went out of the car and headed straight to Shin's room to apologize.
Knock! Knock!
"Who's that?" Sin asked from inside of his room.
"Who else, duffus!" Athrun replied in a mocking voice "It's Athrun, your stupid no good fucking idiotic bastard of a brother"
"What's wrong with big bro now" Shin thought as he walked to his door slowly and opened the door.
He saw Athrun carrying a small plate with one green moldy slice of pizza.
"What's up with the food?" Shin asked.
"I brought you some dinner in case you got hungry" Athrun said sadly imitating Nani's voice from the Lilo and Stitch Movie.
"I'm not your stupid totally younger sib who actually falls for tat Lilo and Stitch stunt, okay" Shin said staring at the pizza oddly.
"Hey, I came here to apologize!" Athrun joked "I brought pizza that I personally made"
"Wait!" Shin interrupted Athrun "You made it yourself? You don't cook! Even if you're twenty five!"
"I had it PERSONALLY made" Athrun joked "Does that make a difference?"
"When?" Shin asked.
"Hmmm, I think two days before I left years ago" Athrun said looking up at the ceiling "Yup, definitely two days before! I found it in my room, seems no one cleaned my room ever since I left. I find this delicious pizza and I thought 'why not give it to Shin, he loves pizzas!' So I came here to bring this to you as a sign of a truce"
Shin laughed at his bro, he was acting all dumb and stupid. Soon, Athrun joined Shin in laughing.
"So how's that for an apology, duffus?" Athrun teased Shin.
"The only way a big brother like Athrun Zala could think of?" Shin joked "Forgivable"
The two started laughing again. It was already around twelve fifty four when the two went to sleep.
Athrun's alarm clock rang around four am, Athrun got up and woke Shin up.
"It's still four! I still need rest, bastard!" Shin cursed as Athrun shook him.
"Wake up!" Athrun yelled at his ear.
"I want my sleep! Get away you friggin' bastard!" Then Shin threw a pillow at Athrun.
Athrun cursed on how cranky Shin is when it's 'wake up' time. After three minutes of thinking, Athrun tried waking Shin up again.
"Stellar's outside waiting for you, duffus!" Athrun whispered quietly on Shin's ear.
And immediately Sin bolted up, fully awake.
"Where!" Shin asked.
"No where, stupid!" Athrun laughed.
"Why you!" Shin glared at Athrun.
"Get up, and take a bath!" Athrun instructed.
"Why?" Shin asked as he yawned.
"Cause were going to church!" Athrun replied.
"This early why? It's not even a Sunday" Shin complained.
"It's sixteenth of December, stupid!" Athrun bonked his brother on the head.
"Oh! I forgot!" Shin mentally slapped himself "I'll get ready in fifteen, don't worry!"
Then Athrun went out of the room to get ready as well. Thirty minutes later, Athrun and Shin walked to the church since it wasn't really far from their mansion.
They reached the church on time and luckily too, since from their walk to the church from their mansion, Shin walked sleepily, it was amazing that they reached the church on time.
After the mass, many people exited the church. Athrun talked to the priest a bit together with Shin, Athrun was actually close with the priest. They were friends since third year high school.
"Well, my brother and I should be heading home, Nicol" Athrun told the green haired priest "I'll see you tomorrow then, bye!"
Then Athrun and Shin walked out of the church, the sun was up and a morning breeze swept passed them. Then suddenly, Shin stopped.
"What's wrong?" Athrun asked Shin worriedly.
"Stellar's here! I can smell her perfume!" Shin said happily.
"Urgh!" Athrun slapped himself on the head.
"Shin!" A blonde called cheerfully from behind, running towards Shin to give him a big hug.
Shin hugged the blonde back and smiled at her.
"Good morning, Stellar" Shin greeted and Stellar replied with a smile.
"Good morning to you too, Shin!" Stellar said cheerfully with a smile. "Oh, good morning too, Athrun"
"Good morning, Stellar" Athrun greeted back. "So, how's Cagalli doing?"
"She's fine! She was just too tired last night because of this nightmare from the other night" Stellar replied "Don't worry! Right now, she's on the phone with this guy"
Athrun felt as if a gun shot him straight right on the heart bull eyes as Stellar finished.
"Cagalli… with a guy?" Athrun asked sadly himself.
Then suddenly Cagalli came talking angrily at her innocent phone.
"Stupid! That's not how it's supposed to be done!" Cagalli yelled "Urgh! Just ask Hannah about it if you don't know! Okay, bye! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year."
Cagalli placed her pone in her pocket and crossed her arms then pouted.
"Stupid employees…" Cagalli murmured.
"AH! Good thing it was only her stupid employees!" Athrun laughed in his head.
"Shhh!" Stellar scolded "Don't ever curse Cagalli! And don't get mad! It's Christmas for goodness graciousness!"
"Fine, sorry!" Cagalli said sarcastically.
"Oh, and Cagalli," Athrun said making Cagalli and Stellar face him "Shin has something to say to you."
"Wha?" Shin asked as he looked at his brother, Athrun forcefully pushed Shin forward a few steps. "Oh…"
"Hmmm?" All Cagalli and Stellar could do was stare.
"Um, Cagalli, I'm really sorry for that stupid dare last night!" Shin shivered as he apologized to Cagalli "I really didn't mean for that thing to happen! I'm totally sorry! I promise I so won't do it ever again!"
Cagalli blinked a few times and suddenly smiled, then giggled then laughed. Stellar joined in a few seconds later, laughing together with her sister.
"What?" Shin asked himself "What're you laughing at?"
"Cagalli really looks cute when she laughs…" Athrun thought dreamily "She has a nice laugh too"
Soon, Athrun joined in the laughter leaving a confused and soon to be a pissed off Shin to be ignored.
"What's everyone laughing about!" Shin asked waving his hands up and down.
Soon the laughter died down and Shin sulked…
"Awww" Stellar said pinching Shin's cheek "You look so cute, like a baby!"
Then they laughed all over again. Shin sulked some more…
"Sure, you're forgiven, Shin!" Cagalli laughed as she patted Sin hardly on the back. "If you treat Stellar and I to breakfast!"
"WHAT!" Shin asked surprisingly, then Shin looked at Athrun with the I-need-money-let-me-borrow-some-money-and-I'll-never-pay-you-back look.
"Hey, use your own money, Shin!" Athrun laughed "It was your fault!"
And the laughter went louder and louder.
"WOULD YOU THREE PLEASE SHUT UP?" Shin yelled.
Then they suddenly turned quiet.
"Fine! Cagalli!" Shin said "I'll treat you and Stellar to breakfast!"
Then Athrun cleared his throat.
Shin cursed under his breath "Together with Athrun, AND I will use my OWN money! Happy!"
Athrun clapped his hands "Very good, you learn faster now. You deserve a treat"
Then Athrun patted Shin on the head as if he was a human-sized dog.
"Quit it!" Shin said pushing Athrun's hand off his head "I'm not your dog! Justice is at home!"
Then they all laughed again at Shin. Sin couldn't do anything anymore, and all he could do was slap himself on the head.
"Hey, wait!" Stellar said and all was quiet "Who is Justice?"
"Athrun's stupid golden retriever that always plays!" Shin mocked.
"Justice isn't stupid!" Athrun argued "He's just playful!"
"He is!" Shin argued.
"He isn't"
"He is!"
"He isn't!"
"He is!"
"He isn't!"
"He is!"
"He is!"
"He isn't!"
"See! You said so yourself!" Athrun pointed his finger at Shin "Justice ain't stupid! And it came from your mouth! Just a few seconds ago!"
"Oy, stop you two!" Stellar giggled.
Then the two bickering brothers stopped.
"Let's just get on with it, Shin!" Cagalli said "Let's eat! And its Shin's treat!"
"YAY!" They cheered.
"Why don't we take the car?" Athrun asked "Our house isn't far from here, let's just walk there"
"Okay!" Stellar said while Cagalli nodded in agreement.
Then the four of them walked together going to the Zala mansion. As they walked they didn't know that a certain someone was eavesdropping on their conversation a while ago.
"I have this feeling that wonderful things would happen to those two" A green haired man said to his blonde friend.
"Oh, really?" His companion asked "How?"
"I just don't know, Dearka" The green haired man said "But it'll take them some time for them to reach that part of their lives, the past is troubling them."
"Hey, stop joking around, Nicol" Dearka said patting his friend on the back "You know that these feeling's of yours never comes true"
"Whatever you say, Dearka" Nicol said sighing. "Good luck, bud"
The four reached the Zala mansion thirty minutes later, picked a car to ride and went to a restaurant to eat.
"So, where do you ladies want to go eat?" Shin asked. Shin was the one driving the car since Cagalli loved to torture Shin in anyway possible.
"What do you think, Stellar?" Cagalli asked Stellar from behind.
Sin was driving and Stellar told Cagalli that she'd be sitting at the back with Athrun. (EhemehemMOREehemLIKEehemFORCEDehemHERehemTOehemehem)
"How about at the Archangel's?" Stellar answered. "You now, that place that Ms. Murrue owns?"
"Oh, that place!" Cagalli said "Sure! Why not there, Shin might even get discount there"
Then they all started to laugh at Shin again.
"Hey! I have lots of money you know!" Shin said hotly "I saved a lot! So you don't need to worry!"
Stellar was still busy giggling while Shin was sulking so both didn't hear what the two were talking at the back.
"GREAT then!" Cagalli cheered "Cause Stellar and I are really hungry! Hey, why don't we invite some friends?"
"You know, that'd be fun!" Athrun said to Cagalli "The more the merrier, right? And Shin did say he had tons of money!"
"So what do you think, Shin?" Athrun asked.
"About what?" Sin asked.
"About inviting friends over for breakfast" Athrun replied.
"NO!" Shin and Stellar shouted together as the car pulled to a sudden halt.
"Why?" Cagalli asked "You're that broke?"
"NO! I'm not broke!" Shin panicked "It's well… You see… Um…"
"They still might be asleep! And it's Christmas they might be on vacation or something!" Stellar said covering for Shin "So, why don't the four of us just eat together? Still it would be fun since we know that Ms. Murrue is there and maybe Ms. Talia too! Or maybe Mr. Mu and Mr. Andrew too! It's been ages since we last saw them! SO why not?"
"Okay! Good! Let's go, Shin!" Stellar replied to her self quickly and Shin drove quickly.
Stellar and Shin sighed in relief together.
"That's was close!" Shin and Stellar thought "It almost ruined the get Athrun and Cagalli together plan B!"
"What's wrong with Stellar?" Cagalli thought "She's not acting like her self"
"What the friggin' hell is wrong with Shin!" Athrun thought "The boy almost damaged MY car! My precious car! And he said he was the life of the party! He doesn't want any of our friends over, could he be that broke? Oh, man, this really embarrassing!"
Once they finally reached Archangel, they were met by Murrue.
"Good morning, Cagalli, Shin, Stellar!" Murrue greeted them "Oh, who's this man?"
"Good morning, Ms. Murrue!" Shin greeted "This is my older brother, Athrun Zala. He just came back here a few days ago"
"Well, ain't that nice? Nice to meet you, Athrun!" Murrue greeted.
"Same here, Ms. Murrue!" Athrun replied.
Murrue stared at the four oddly and suddenly smirked.
"So are you and Cagalli together?" Murrue asked out of the blue.
"Wha! Hell no!" Cagalli replied quickly, her cheeks were stained with a light shade of pink.
"We're just friends!" Athrun added.
"Oh, that's too bad. You two make a perfect couple" Murrue replied sadly "Well, come on in, guys!"
Then they followed Murrue inside the restaurant. Murrue led them to the best seats in restaurant and even called Mu to be their waiter for the day.
Shin of course sat beside Stellar. And across them, was Cagalli seated beside Athrun. To Shin and Stellar, they were totally happy. I mean what could go wrong right?
"If you need anything or if you have complaints about your waiter just call me" Murrue informed before she left them with Mu.
"So, what'll it be?" Mu asked.
"Four of everything on the menu!" Cagalli replied quickly.
"WHAT!" Shin, Athrun, Stellar and Mu exclaimed.
"Hey, you sure you can finish all that, Cagalli?" Mu asked.
"Yeah! Just get us four of everything!" Cagalli smiled.
"Okay then, suit yourself" Mu said before going to the kitchen.
"Are you bloody crazy?" Shin asked, he going insane.
"No of course no!" Cagalli replied.
"Then why the hell did you order four of everything?" Shin asked.
"If we can't finish it, we give it to the orphan's!" Cagalli answered.
"Oh!" Shin said calming down "Why didn't you say so in the first place?"
"Because I thought you weren't that dumb" Cagalli mocked "But I guess you really are."
Meanwhile at the kitchen…
"They ordered what!" Murrue exclaimed.
"They ordered four of everything, so get to work people!" Mu joked.
"This not the time for jokes, La Flaga!" Andrew said.
"Fine! Cagalli just ordered four of everything." Mu said a bit serious this time.
"Is she that hungry?" Talia asked.
"Maybe! Hey, I'm only their waiter" Mu replied.
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it" Murrue said calmly "So, Mu, Abbey and Delia, you three will be outside tending to the customers. While Andrew, Aisha, Talia, Natarle, the other's and I will cook. Got that?"
Forty minutes later, Abbey and Delia came with a trolley each filled with food.
"How much as four of everything? Why didn't I just bring Athrun's credit card!" Shin complained to himself in his mind.
"Thanks!" Stellar said as Abbey and Delia finished setting all the food on their table.
AS they ate, some customers went in and out. They took their time there talking and eating. And once the group was full, they had to place the food into lots of doggy bags.
As they waited for their change on their table, a customer with purple (ugly, stupid, horrible, unexplainable since it was that hideous) hair, he was wearing dark sunglasses (as if, it didn't even look cool on him! It's better suited for ATHRUN). And behind him were two men in black, his bodyguards some of the customers thought.
"Good morning, sir" Abbey greeted him as the purple haired guy sat on one of the tables. "What would you like to order?"
"I would want some—" he cut himself off as he overheard laughter.
"Won't any of you help me carry all these?" Shin asked complaining.
"Oh no, we wont." Cagalli mocked "You have to carry all of those until we reach the car, Shin!"
"But—" Sin was cut off by Athrun.
"No buts, you got a lot of people worried last night, Sin. This is your punishment" Athrun teased his brother.
"Fine! But this will be the last time I follow orders from the both of you!" Shin said glaring at Athrun and Cagalli. Stellar was merely giggling at them.
"Hey, sis," Stellar called.
"What?" Cagalli replied.
"Pick one from these three straws" Stellar instructed.
Dumbfounded, Cagalli picked one an on the tip of the straw was red paint.
"Huh?" Cagalli looked at Stellar confusedly.
"Oh! You picked the red one!" Stellar said happily.
"And what does that mean?" Cagalli asked, her sister was acting all kiddy again.
"It means a guy should place his arm around your waist!" Stellar said smiling. "Since Shin is tied up, Athrun has to place his arm around your waist until we reach the car!"
Cagalli blushed a bit, there was certainly something going on. Stellar and Shin were up on something.
"So? Do it now!" Shin demanded playfully. "Or else, I'll expose your secret, Athrun!"
Athrun cleared his throat.
"C'mon don't be shy you two" Stellar said as she pulled Athrun's arm and placed on Cagalli's waist.
Cagalli stiffened and Athrun too. This was too much, they even barely knew each other!
"If the press were to see this I'd be doomed! My friggin' face would be one the front page!" Cagalli ranted on her head.
Then suddenly, Stellar tickled the both of them and they laughed breaking from the ehem, position that they were just in.
The purple haired man got up and approached them; Cagalli saw him and was the first to stop laughing. Anger was written all over her face.
Stellar and Athrun noticed that Cagalli had stopped so they stopped also and saw the purple haired man.
"It's been a long time hasn't it, Cagalli?" The purple haired man said as he offered his hand for a shake.
But Cagalli slapped it away "I told you before to never show your bloody face in front of me ever again, Seyman!"
"But, hunny bunny" the purple haired friggin prick said "That was a thing of the past, let's start over"
"Shut the fuck up, Yuuna!" The Cagalli punched Yuuna on his face, harder this time than the last time she'd punch him.
Then Cagalli went out of the restaurant and ran somewhere, not even she knows where. She didn't want any of her friends seeing her in this mood especially when it's nearing Christmas.
TO BE CONTINUED…
A/N: That was the sixth chapter of my X-mas fic! Hope you liked it! So read and review! And before I forget to mention, I won't update unless I get another seven (7) reviews. Thanks for the reviews, okay? Keep it coming!
I just wanna thank everyone again for the reviews that ya'll have given/complimented about this fic! Oh, God! Thank you so MUCH! I just can't get enough of them! I mean more than 70 reviews and it's still on the sixth chapter, I'm so happy! (Cries happily)
Oh, and sorry if I ended it this way. I have little on my mind since I just heard big gigantic news for next school year. It's kinda hitting me off hard. But I'll try making chapter seven better. All I'm sure of is that Yuuna will get his butt kicked by sweet and innocent Stellar.
Please also read and review my other fics: Maybe, Don't Leave Me Alone, Vampires, Jokes and Harmony, Deadly Love, and Only Friends.