Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed or Gundam Seed Destiny

A/N: Sorry if it took me a bit longer to update this time, but i wasn't feeling that great this morning when i woke up.

To Strike01: Yes, I received your email of the link and I thank you once again for it. bows head P

Chapter 3: Business Meetings

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Kira groaned as he shifted in his bead and took out his hand and slammed it against his alarm clock to silence it. He moaned as he tossed and turn, attempting to fall asleep again, but failed to do so and sat up while rubbing the sleepiness out of his eyes.

He yawned and stretched out his arms lazily, it was quite evident that Kira was not a morning person. After being satisfied with his morning stretches, he took a glance at his clock and wasn't surprised on the fact that he was going to be late at the meeting with Athrun.

The night before, Kira and Athrun agreed to meet at the exact same park in order to discuss about the pictures Kira took and they both would decide which pictures would be more suitable for the article. They agreed that they would be meeting at the park at exactly 9:00am, it was 8:51am at the moment.

Kira quickly got out of bed and slammed his feet against his apartment floor, a bit more than he intended to. He then heard a voice from below him with a few poking sounds and realized that the old lady downstairs was poking her ceiling with a broomstick telling him to be quiet.

Kira laughed and scratched the back of his head as he shouted his apologies and went to brush his teeth. After his teeth being brushed, Kira gathered his things; he grabbed an empty suitcase and gathered all the photos in the darkroom, not noticing that he also grabbed the full-sized picture of the girl. He placed the photos inside the suitcase as well as a new roll of film. He then quickly strapped the camera to his neck and headed out the door.

Kira headed towards the street and started to walk to the park, but his attention was turned towards the blue sky. It was a beautiful sunny day and there were a few clouds in the sky. The clouds were blocking some of the sunlight and the sun's rays went through any holes between the clouds. It looked like as if heaven was shiny upon the city.

As Kira had finally reached the park, he headed towards the fountain where he was supposed to meet Athrun. He took a quick glance at his watch and found out that he was ten minutes late, he increased his pace and approached the fountain where his partner and best friend was sitting.

Athrun smiled at him and said in a teasing voice, "Late again Yamato? Maybe I should fire you now." He chuckled after saying that and Kira just simply laughed with him.

"Maybe I should report that you like to leave messages to people that you can't attend their meetings way after the time the meetings were supposed to start!" Kira retaliated while pointing at his partner's face.

Athrun laughed at his friend's comment and raised his hand in defeat. He then apologized to Kira about the whole never coming to the park and only leaving a message at your home phone thing, hoping that Kira would accept his apology.

Kira, proud that he was able to win over Athrun, sat on the fountain next to him while settling his camera on lap and taking all his pictures out from his suitcase to show it to his partner and best friend.

He handed every single picture he brought to Athrun and didn't notice there was a full sheet of photo paper within the pile. Athrun was shocked on how many pictures Kira took on just the park, but realized that it was because Kira didn't know exactly what Athrun was looking for in the pictures.

Athrun patted his friend at the back showing his appreciation for his hard work. He scanned through the various pictures and liked most of them.

"Heh Kira, all these pictures are great, but I think I'll use the pictures you took of the entire park and with the fountain." Athrun told his friend who was gazing at the sky while playing with the water in the fountain with his right hand.

All Kira did was smile and nodded his head, telling him that he also agreed that those were one of the best he took.

Athrun took a glance at the small pile of pictures which he had not seen yet, he glanced a few of them and stopped at the picture with the family.

"This picture is very nice Kira; it gives me a small warmth in my heart, making me want to start my own family like that." Athrun admitted.

"Yeah, it's a great picture. If you're not using it Athrun, maybe I can give this picture to the family in it if I ever meet them again, it would be great for them to have it." Kira replied.

Athrun nodded his head and handed Kira the picture of the family, Kira took it and placed it in a small pocket within his suitcase.

Thinking that their discussion on the different pictures was over, Athrun was surprised to see that there was a full-sized picture of a girl with long hair. He noticed the family behind her and also the fountain where the water sparkled all around her. He looked at the picture for a few more seconds and turned to his partner, only finding that his best friend was starring at the fountain.

Kira was too focused on the fountain instead of Athrun, he just couldn't help but feel his eyes attracted to the sparkling fountain, for it was much too beautiful to ignore. Just by starring at the fountain and feeling the water between his fingers reminds him of her. The pink-haired girl who innocently walked between him and his objective, but kindly enough to apologize for her mistake with her sweet voice, he knew that he could've just stayed there forever thinking about her, but something broke his thoughts.

He felt someone poking his side and realized it was Athrun. Kira grunted on the fact that Athrun broke his train of thoughts turned to his partner only to see his friend hold up the picture of the girl in front of his face and started mocking him.

"Oh hi Kira, how are you today? Want a kiss?" Athrun mocked in a high voice and then started to put the picture closer to Kira. Surprised, Kira almost fell into the fountain, but maintained his balance and snatched the picture out of Athrun's grasp.

Kira quickly placed the large picture inside his suitcase and shut it tight. He glared at Athrun for his stupid actions and all Athrun could do was laugh while pointing at Kira's face.

"So, who's the girl in the picture? Hmm Kira-boy?" Athrun laughed.

"It's no one got that?" Kira shouted, but could feel the heat rising to his face.

"Yeah, yeah sure, Kira." Was all Athrun could say, "are you hungry? Need me to treat you to some lunch?"

Kira was extremely happy his friend offered and gave him an evil grin. "How about taking me to a very expensive restaurant where I can order everything and eat what I can and pack the rest home?" Kira suggested, but Athrun just sighed and shook his head. "Fine," Kira agreed, "just buy me one of those hotdogs, they're the best around here."

"If you say so," Athrun answered, "and how about after we're done we go to the track and hit the go karts?"

Kira smiled and nodded, agreeing with his partner's proposal. 'Just because I'm having a bad day doesn't mean I'll lose to Athrun in a round of go karts' Kira thought while he followed Athrun to the hotdog stand.

Kira and Athrun headed towards the go kart entrance and paid the familiar old man their fees for entering. They both rounded up their helmets and sat into their usual go karts.

The go karts were built in a very simplistic way; there were obviously four wheels in each corner and a steering wheel in front of the driver seat. There was a long space on both sides of the go kart for the driver to put their legs in and there were pedals on each side. The right pedal was the accelerator and the left pedal was the brake, but in case of sticky situations, if you hold the brake and tap the accelerator, it would cause the go kart to back up.

Kira wore a blue helmet and was sitting in a go kart that was painted black with long streaks that was painted cobalt from the front, moving diagonally to the back. Athrun wore a red helmet and his go kart was also black, but had dark red streaks.

Kira and Athrun drove their go karts to the starting line and each were anxious for the start of the race. The two friends had participated in many races between the two and so far, the score was tied at 25 wins each. This race would determine who would be the more skilled driver for the time being until the next race, but for now, both were waiting impatiently for the light to turn green, signalling them to start.

Both Kira and Athrun gave a thumbs up to the old man to start the race, the old man saw their approval and pressed a button at the back of the starting lights. As soon as the button was pressed, the light had turned green and both Kira and Athrun had sped up the track.

Ha, wasn't a great ending to the chapter, but oh well. I'll should be update tomorrow and Kira would DEFINTELY meet Lacus in the next chapter. I promise!