Disclaimer: Don't own Gundam Seed, or any of the characters. Also, this contains SHOUNEN-AI and implications of YAOI. Don't like, don't read.

Shounen-ai; KiraxAthrun; this is the sequel to 'Learning Curve'.

It's supposed to take place a little while afterwards: days or months, you make the call.

NEWS!

I'm starting a Gundam Seed fanfiction archive! Submissions are welcome; I'm trying to get as many people as I can! Both yaoi and het will be accepted so if you write for either and would like to a) spread and circulate your work and/or b) store it in whatever order you'd like (I've noticed series getting split up and confused on ffnet a lot) then come see me! At the moment, the site's all set up but there aren't any fics up (not even mine; I haven't had time to transfer them to webpages yet) but I've also got a forum, list of challenges, and updates for interaction; even if you don't want to join, come say hi!

I'm also starting a personal website to let people get to know me better and to put all my scenes/drabbles/rants (tiny crossovers and scenes from stories that didn't quite get off the ground from various fandoms, GS included), WIPs, and finished stuff. Unfortunately, that one's taking a little bit more time than the archive. XD

Come visit me! The GS site is www. freewebs. com/hziz and my personal site (with lots of tidbits from bunches of series that never made it to ffnet) is www. freewebs. com/darkling59 . (remove the spaces and cut/paste the links)

I'm probably going to be updating more regularly and with better edited chapters on my sites; ffnet has been screwing up what I send them.

At the moment, I'm having one massive update of all eight of my active stories (two YGO, one Slayers, one Surface, four GS) and possibly a revamp of my POTC one-shot in honor of the second movie (which was awesome). All in honor of my new website and the end of the summer!

Er…yeah.

Oh, and I'm changing my offsite screenname. While I will remain darkling59 on ffnet, my writing name on gaia will be hziz and on my website will probably alternate between the two.

Same goes for if you want to chat or just say hi, pm me at hziz. My other account (darkling59) is still active but it isn't where my fan fiction is being posted. And my avatar is the wrong gender.

This is the last installment of my Gundam Seed 'Conversations' mini series. People didn't like the last chapter very much and this is the last pairing I'm really a proponent of (well, besides Nicol pairings but he's dead in this timeline so he can't be involved XD)

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"Twos?"

"One."

"Thanks. Fives?"

"Dammit; three."

"Heheheh; that's one set. Tens?"

"Nope, go on."

"Your turn."

"Okay. Threes?"

"Two."

"Thanks…Athrun?"

"Yeah?"

"This is pathetic."

"What do you mean?"

"It's Saturday night and we're home doing this."

"I thought you wanted to spend some time together."

Hurt.

"I do! But not like this."

"Oh? How then?"

"Well, there is this new place down the road…"

Curiosity.

"New place?"

"Yep! We should go there!"

"I-I don't know…"

Blush

"What! Why not!"

"It's just…well…I've never…"

Incredulousness.

"Never?"

"Well, there wasn't really any time. I mean, I was a ZAFT officer and…"

"Excuses, excuses! Both Dearka and Yzak have done it before!"

"Yeah, but they're them."

"Eh….alright; you've got a point."

"So…back to…"

"Oh no; if you've never done it, I'm gonna teach you to do it."

Embarrassment.

"You really don't…"

"Athrun, you're my best friend; yes I do."

"Well…okay."

"Good. First you put one hand on me like this."

Deep blush.

"Okay. Then?"

"You put your other hand like…oooooohh…just like that."

"Heh." Smirk. "Alright. Then I do this?"

"Hmmmm…yeah…"

"I think I get it."

Vague disappointment.

"Alright…erm…why aren't you letting go?"

Blush.

"S-sorry."

"No, it's f-fine."

"So…this place. Have you ever been there before?"

"No, but Yzak and Dearka say it's fun."

"You spoke to Yzak and Dearka?"

"And Yzak only threatened me three times!"

"Throughout the conversation or in the first sentence?"

"Heheh, throughout the conversation."

"Improvement!"

"Yep! Well, I'm going to go change into something more…suitable."

"Alright. Can we stop at my place so I can change as well?"

"Sure. It's on the way after all and you can't exactly go as you are now."

"Right."

Short silence.

"Hey Kira?"

"Yeah?"

"Next time, let's skip the card game and go straight to the dance club."

Snicker.

"Works for me."

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End.

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Funnier than the last chapter, I think; and I sort of brought it full circle from the first chapter of Learning Curve.

Although I did get inspiration for it at a horribly inopportune time. (during a blackout/brownout which occurred after dark because of the day heat 114 degrees; I wrote by candle light for half of it, flashlight for the other half)

Who can guess what card game they're playing at the beginning? What's funny (in a sort of morbid, cry yourself to sleep sense) is that this sounds like something I'd get stuck doing. -.-

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Ya like?

If so, review. I doubt I'll put any more installments up but if enough people are interested, you never know. –shrug-

Seeya later.

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Thanks for reviewing:

Maryam Khanoom

Black Magician Girl3

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