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. I also don't own McDonald's which has a very short role in this chapter.
"Snowflake"
At the Seyman mansion…
"How dare that bitch insult me like that!" Yuuna whined to himself in his room.
"Just they wait!"
"I'll get what I friggin' want!"
"And all it'll take me is a phone call, they won't even know it's coming!"
Yuuna laughed evilly in his room with a phone on his hand.
Downstairs, the maid's glared daggers at the ceiling on top them, they could here Yuuna's friggin' laughs.
"Just you wait my dear…" Yuuna thought evilly as he continued to laugh evilly.
Athrun and Cagalli were eating somewhere in ORB on a bench.
"It's actually bean along time since I went to buy something or ate something from McDonalds" Athrun honestly said.
"Same here" Cagalli replied "It had all been five star restaurants because of work. I guess Stellar is right"
"Yeah, right about what?" Athrun asked.
"That I'm workaholic" Cagalli said looking down.
"Don't feel bad" Athrun said to cheer Cagalli up "You're not the only one, Athha!"
Cagalli smiled at Athrun "But, now that I think of it. Stellar is also right"
"Hmmm?" Athrun looked at Cagalli.
"That I should actually have some fun" Cagalli laughed sadly "That I shouldn't overstress myself into work, like mother…"
"Cagalli…?" Athrun asked in concern, "Are those tears?"
"Mother went crazy because of too much work…" Cagalli whispered as tears were forming on her eyes "She was in coma for a few months then… then…"
Tears fell from Cagalli's drip by drip then it flowed out uncontrollably.
"Then… She… She died…" Cagalli sobbed. "Father… Had passed away ever since I was young… then mother died…"
Cagalli placed her hands on her face and cried more.
"Cagalli… I'm sorry…" Athrun said as he pulled Cagalli into a FRIENDLY hug.
Cagalli cried on Athrun's chest, Athrun hushed Cagalli. Hearing Cagalli sob, made him recall his past.
His father's assassination and his mother's death. His father died because he was assassinated during one meeting when Athrun was still young. His mother died on a plane bombing, Athrun was still grieving over his father's death when his mother had died.
Tears also fell from Athrun's eyes as he recalled everything perfectly. It was just too painful to bear.
Meanwhile, at the Athha residence, Myrna was walking at the halls when she suddenly heard a crack sound. She turned her head to face the family picture; a crack was in the middle of the frame.
Myrna gasped and ran to the other maids.
At the Zala residence, Shin and Stellar stopped there to see if Athrun was there. But they didn't find Athrun there, Stellar sat on the couch at the living room waiting for Shin to come back from his room.
Then she suddenly heard a crack, and Shin came.
"What's wrong, Stellar?" Shin asked as he saw a worried expression on her face.
"I heard a crack noise, I don't know where it came from" Stellar said as she walked over to Shin "But I'm sure it's near."
Shin held Stellar protectively in his arms and he looked around. And by the piano he saw his family picture having a crack on the middle of the frame.
"What the!" Shin exclaimed.
"What's going on?" Stellar asked as she held on to Shin.
"It's a pretty old frame, nothing to worry about. I'll just replace that" Shin said.
"Okay…" Stellar said "Dad, mom, why do I feel uneasy? What's happening?"
"Mother, what's going on? Father, why is it like this? Today is very unusual, lots of mishaps are happening today. I feel as if something is wrong with Athrun. Should I look for him? Please give me a sign, mother, father" Shin thought.
"No, Athrun! Cagalli!" A stranger said worriedly somewhere in ORB.
Athrun and Cagalli were walking around and talked about other stuff so that they may forget about their past.
It was already around five in the afternoon when Cagalli suggested that they would go home.
They walked back to Athrun's motorcycle as they talked about unimportant things. As Athrun handed Cagalli a helmet, a red head called him. An along with the red head was a female with short magenta hair and a blonde haired man.
"Meyrin?" Athrun asked surprisingly.
"HI!" Meyrin greeted "I told you it was Athrun, Luna!"
"Hi, Athrun!" Lunamaria greeted "It's lucky seeing you here,"
"Hey, there, Luna" Athrun said.
Lunamaria and Meyrin stared at Athrun as if saying 'who's-that-girl-beside-you-is-she-your-girlffriend-and-your-finally-found-true-love'.
"Oh, and this is Cagalli Yula Athha" Athrun said as he smiled "She's Shin's fiancé's older sister, Cagalli, meet the Hawke sisters. Lunamaria and Meyrin."
"Oh, hi!" Cagalli smiled "Athrun told me about you two."
"Long time no see, Athha" The blonde man said.
"Rey!" Cagalli exclaimed.
"You know each other?" Luna asked.
"Yes, we've known each other since we were children." Rey said "I knew Cagalli because of her cousin, Kira. By the way, how is Kira doing now?"
"He's okay" Cagalli replied "He's living at the orphanage now with his wife, Lacus. He's taking of orphan's there"
"Always a kind heart" Rey muttered.
"Where's Auel?" Athrun asked, noticing Meyrin was alone.
"He's left at December Three" Rey replied "He's family is spending Christmas there."
"Meyrin is the third party now" Lunamaria added.
"Hey!" Meyrin yelled "I'm just right here standing you know!"
Then they laughed at Meyrin…
"Athrun, do you know what happened to Mia after you had her kicked out the school years ago?" Rey asked.
"No, why?" Athrun asked.
"She became a full time stripper already" Meyrin said as she grinned "No school would take her in, because of you."
"Should I feel bad?" Athrun asked dumbfounded.
Cagalli could only giggle at Athrun.
"We also found out that before she was working inside a bar and before you two had a friggin relationship, she was having other sexual intercourses with other men" Lunamaria added.
"You should not feel bad because she was only using you for money" Rey added quickly after Lunamaria had finished.
"Even if you told me to feel bad I wouldn't have felt bad, she was just a slut" Athrun said.
"Well, Cagalli and I should be goin—" Athrun was cut off by Cagalli.
"Why don't you guys follow us to my house, let's have dinner there" Cagalli suggested.
"Sure! Why not?" Lunamaria agreed "We'll just take Rey's car, we'll just be following"
"Great!" Cagalli smiled as she placed on the helmet.
Cagalli sat behind Athrun on the motorcycle.
"We'll see you there then" Athrun said.
Thirty minutes later, they had reached the Athha mansion. Stellar ran out of the door as she heard tires screeching outside the house. Shin and Myrna followed soon after. Stellar hugged Cagalli immediately and cried…
"You fool!" Stellar sobbed "You got me worried the whole day!"
Cagalli hugged Stellar back and apologized. After Cagalli apologize, they all went in the house. Myrna had already prepared dinner and so they went to eat dinner directly. While eating dinner…
"Athrun, I forgot to mention something to you" Shin suddenly said interrupting everyone.
"Hmm, what's that, Shin?" Athrun asked.
"Well, something strange happened today at home and here in um… here in your house, Cagalli" Shin said nervously, truth to be told, he was a bit frightened at what he had witnessed a few hours ago.
"Well, why are you so nervous, Shin?" Meyrin asked.
"I haven't seen you this nervous ever since you proposed to Stellar" Cagalli commented.
"Well, when we were at your house, Athrun, I heard this crack sound in the living room" Stellar said "Shin came and we looked around the living room to find what had caused the crack sound, ten we saw your family picture. It had a crack on the middle of the frame"
"And when we got here, Myrna told us that your family picture had a crack on the middle of the frame too" Shin added "And what's creepy is that it happened at the same time"
"C'mon, you can't be this superstitious are you?" Luna said sarcastically.
"I agree with Luna" Cagalli agreed "This doesn't mean anything but buying a new and better frame, right, Athrun?"
"Yeah, it as an old frame too" Athrun replied "Let it slip away, Shin. It was nothing"
"Honestly, Shin you are too superstitious" Rey added.
They decided to drop the topic off sand talked more about Christmas and New Year. After dinner, they had some fun time in the living room. They were having their own fun in the living as if they were again teens.
They also made a decision to spend Christmas with each other at the Zala mansion. And if possible, they'd invite as many close friends as possible.
Due to all the planning, they all stayed up late. It was already quarter to midnight when they stopped…
"I insist that all of you should spend the night here" Cagalli offered "It's already late, and you guys are tired"
"It's okay, Cagalli" Rey said "We can still manage going home"
"But we insist, Rey" Stellar protested, joining her sister "It's practically dawn, and we can't let the five of you stray around the city this late. It's dangerous even if it's Christmas"
"We don't want to be a burden, Stellar, Cagalli" Meyrin smiled nervously.
"We don't mind at all" Cagalli replied "It's actually beneficial for the five of you and for the both of us"
"This house gets boring and silent just having the maids, the butler, Cagalli and I" Stellar added "So, please?"
"Fine, we'll stay" Luna giggled "It'll be fun! It'll just be like we're having our second childhood!"
Then the four girls giggled. Then Cagalli and Stellar showed tem to their rooms.
The following morning, they all went to church together. After going to church, Nicol had a short chat with Rey.
"Rey, how has it been lately?" Nicol asked.
"Fine as usual, why do you ask, Nicol?" Rey replied.
"Noting" Nicol answered plainly.
"Tell me, what're you hiding, Amalfi?" Rey asked in a dangerous tone, threatening Nicol, just to let him spill.
"Something's just bothering me ever since three days ago" Nicol replied "I've been having dreams, but all was a blur. And I believe it's all about Athrun"
"Nicol, you aren't gay, are you?" Rey asked out of the blue.
Nicol gasped "Of course no! It's just that I'm concerned as a friend"
"Well, I'll see what I can do" Rey said "And I'm believing you this time, Nicol, the last time I didn't nearly lost me Luna"
"Thanks, Rey" Nicol said as he watched Rey approach Athrun and the others.
"Looks like we'd better be off, Cagalli" Luna said "It was nice meeting you guys; we'll see each other on Christmas!"
The Hawke sisters and Rey waved goodbye to them as they entered Rey's car. Cagalli and the other three waved back at them smiling.
Meanwhile, at the Seyman mansion…
"Good, I'm very pleased to hear that" Yuuna said to te person he was talking on the phone "But are you sure that's what was really written on the contract?"
"Yes, Mr. Seyman" the man on the phone replied "It's clearly written here"
"Okay, have you mailed her the copy already?" Yuuna asked evilly.
"Yes, Sir" The man replied.
"Good!" Yuuna hung up and smirked evilly to himself.
"You're going to be mine, Cagalli! And nothing's gonna stop that!" Yuuna thought evilly.
Athrun and Shin were driving home; they had just dropped Cagalli and Stellar off. And for the whole trip back home, Shin teased Athrun.
"It's true anyways, Athrun!" Shin said "Face it, you've completely changed after meeting her"
"Really?" Athrun asked, still not believing a word Shin said.
"Yes, I thought you were back to your old self but no you weren't!" Shin said "You became better! You were so concerned and all, you even freaked out yesterday after breakfast."
"I guess I was" Athrun replied "But it doesn't mean anything"
"Wrong! You are in love with her, Athrun!" Shin mocked "And I believe she does too"
"Quit joking! So I may have fallen in love with her" Athrun confessed "But I don't believe she has the same feelings for yours truly"
"Well, believe what you want to believe" Shin replied "All I'm saying is true, brother dear."
"Whatever, Shin!" Athrun patted Shin on his head.
"So, when are you gonna make your move on her?" Shin asked.
"I don't know"
"Then how about a bet, then?"
"Sure!"
"Then, I bet that when you confess your love for her tomorrow, she'd happily say yes and be in a relationship with you."
"Fine then!"
"That also means you'd be confessing your love for her tomorrow" Shin smirked.
"A bet is a bet, Brother"
"Good then!" Shin smiled triumphantly.
When Cagalli and Stellar reached home, Myrna handed Cagalli a brown envelope. Cagalli, out of curiosity, opened the envelope addressed to her. What she found was a few papers, it looked like a contract. Cagalli read, and as she read, her eyes went wide and her blood boiled inside.
"Cagalli…?" Stellar wondered as she saw Cagalli's facial; expression.
"SHIT!" Cagalli yelled angrily "SHIT! SHIT! SSSSHHHHIIIITTTT!" Cagalli threw the papers off her table angrily.
"Cagalli, what's wrong!" Stellar immediately went to her side.
"How could he…" Cagalli murmured as she sank on her chair.
Stellar, knowing that Cagalli won't tell her anything yet, she picked up the paper that Cagalli was reading. Her eyes went wide in shock as she read through the paper.
As she finished reading, she felt sorry for Cagalli and gave her a sisterly hug.
"Don't worry, Cagalli" Stellar comforted "You can pull through this… Don't worry, we still have a bit of time…"
"Why…" Cagalli sobbed and hugged Stellar.
TO BE CONTINUED…
A/N: That was the eighth 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!
Please also read and review my other fics: Maybe, Don't Leave Me Alone, Vampires, Jokes and Harmony, Deadly Love, and Only Friends.