A/N Thanks for the reviews, really appreciate them. I'm not going to tell how this is going to end, you will have to read on to find out.  and about Meyrin being too young for Athrun – Athrun is 18 , Meyrin is 16 (17 in 4 days in my story :P ) so I don't see much problems there. Hope my grammar is not too terrible and that you all enjoy my story.

DISCLAIMER : I don't own anything from GS/GSD

Flashback

"Why are we doing this again, Lacus "? Kira was sitting near the window of space shuttle that was heading for ORB. Lacus had decided to take one month vacation from her Chairman's duties. Normally such a thing was not allowed, but since she was still only 18 year old council members agreed she does need some rest. Kira was initially worried about that some things might get out of hand while they would be gone.

Some members of council, despite all Lacus efforts, still held grudge towards Naturals. Kira was worried that something could happen that would have negative impact on PLANTs relationship with Earth, but Lacus had found a perfect substitute for her – Yzak Joule. Much to everyone's surprise the former radical had joined the Clyne faction.

But that didn't affect his personality. He was still angry and cocky most of the time. Former elite Red pilot of ZAFT and merciless killer in battle – not many wanted to clash swords with this guy. Kira had to admit it was good to know that Yzak was left in charge – he was feared by everyone. It was unlikely anyone would try anyone to upset him.

Lacus giggled and looking at Kira with innocent look on her face. "Doing what, Kira? " she asked with her eyes sparkling. She was teasing him, and he knew it.

"You know very well what I'm talking about, Lacus. Why are we visiting without telling about our arrival ?" Lacus giggled again with mischievous look in her eyes.

Ever since they had decided to go to ORB during their vacation she had told him not to inform their friends. "I want to surprise them". Kira raised an eyebrow. "Or do you think Cagali wont let us stay because of that, Kira ?"

She was playing around and looked so childish. She hadn't looked so relaxed for a long time, and Kira decided that it's a good thing, so he let Lacus have her way.

And so they ended up standing on Cagali's doorstep later that day. "Maybe we should call ? It's pretty late after all." Lacus wasn't going to do that.

"Why, Kira?" she had that mischievous look again. "afraid she might be asleep ? If we are going to wake her with a phone call might as well wake her with a doorbell. Why are you so worried, Kira ? you are her brother so this must be your house as well."

Kira lowered his head. "I'm not even sure if I can be called that … after all I was created in an artificial womb as an experiment." Lacus looked at Him with worry in her eyes and all excitement gone from her pretty face. Lately Kira had started to remember things about the war and his past, and she didn't like it. It made her feel upset. She placed her hand on Kira's cheek.

"Kira ?" He raised his eyes and their gaze met for a moment, and then Kira suddenly snapped back to normal.

"I'm sorry, Lacus. Please don't mind me. I'm fine, don't worry about it." He added when he saw worry in her eyes. Lacus decided to let it slip and nodded, smile returning on her face.

"now then" She reached out and pushed the doorbell button.

In a few moments door opened revealing owner of the mansion, dressed in her evening gown. Lacus started to giggle and Kira couldn't help but smile at expression on her sister's face. "you…how… what are you doing here ?"

End of flashback

Cagali stood there for few seconds before being able to act. Then she jumped forward and hugged Lacus, who squealed at the sudden actions by the blonde princess but returned the hug. "i'm happy to see you too, Cagali. Kira couldn't help but grin, It was not often that his sister would display such emotions.

Cagali turned her attention to the brunette. "And what are you smiling about, little bro ?" She punched him lightly in the arm.

"Little?" he asked with surprise in his voice. This always seemed to irritate her.

"of course ! There is no doubt that i'm the oldest twin. She exclaimed while putting on an important look on her face.

"Mind if we come in?" despite it being a summer this was turning out to be a cold evening, mostly because of the sharp winds that blew from the ocean. "we can talk inside you know."

"of course , come in, I hope you will be staying here for your visit" she paused for a second "wait a minute.. why are you here without telling me first … and why are you here ?"

"Lacus wanted to make this a surprise, so she told me not to call" Kira explained while shutting the door behind him. Lacus happily nodded, obviously happy that her surprise worked. Cagali showed them to their rooms.

"So" she looked at them with evil grin on her face. "you lovebirds need one room, right ?" Kira and Lacus blushed slightly.

"No"

"Yes"

was the answers Cagali received. She looked to the pink haired princess who had said yes, then to her brother who had said no.

"Huh ? so what's it going to be?"

"I guess we will take two rooms if that is what Kira wants" Lacus sadly said while lowering her head. Cagali shot an evil glance at Kira, that made him feel uneasy. After showing them their rooms Cagali left Kira to unpack and left for kitchen with Lacus.

Her supper was cold already, but she decided she wasn't hungry so she placed it in the fridge. She prepared some tea and sat besides Lacus handing her a cup of tea.

"Thank you" Lacus took the cup and took a sip of the tea. Cagali wanted to learn the reason behind their visit, but decided to do it later and use the opportunity while Kira wasn't here.

"So, Lacus, mind telling me how things are going between you and my little bro ?" Lacus sighed. She was expecting this question.

"He's really nice and sweet to me, he's a real gentleman. He's always protecting me and is concerned about me. He's a very good friend." She took another sip of the tea. Cagali looked at Lacus with observing eye

"But you want him to be more than just a friend, right ?" Lacus silently nodded and quietly continued

"I like him very much, you know that, Cagali. But I don't know how he feels about me… i'm not sure if he feels the same way. It seems that maybe… maybe he doesn't want to be anything more than a friend to me. And lately he has started to think about the past again… about war… "

Cagali didn't like one bit of what she heard. "Don't worry, ill talk to my little bro and beat some sense in to that thick head of his" She looked at Lacus who looked worried and sad. It didn't suit her at all. "Try to cheer up, Lacus, i'm sure things will work out. And besides, Kira will be down here soon, you don't want to let him see yourself like this, do you ?"

"Thank you, Cagali" Lacus took in a deep breath and took another sip of the tea. Cagali noted that she looked a lot better already. Kira came in the kitchen few moments later and sat down at the table and Cagali handed him his coup of tea. She asked the reason behind their visit and Kira told about the vacation and that they wanted to see how their friends are doing.

"I'm surprised they let you go without an army of bodyguards" Kira smiled back at her

"It's not like they didn't try. We were arguing that we didn't want any, but they insisted. Yzak seemed to be extra grumpy that day , and that means something, considering that he's always very grumpy. He slammed his fist on the desk and yelled that if Lacus doesn't want any bodyguards that there will be no bodyguards." Lacus let out a small laugh.

Kira continued "Yzak said that he's responsible for security of Lacus and that if someone doesn't like anything they must talk to him. Needless to say that none wanted to try to convince him" Cagali burst out laughing. She sure liked Yzak's attitude. "So that's why we are here" Kira finished his story.

"Aww, how cute of my little brother to come and visit me" Cagali teased. Kira frowned.

"So, where is Athrun ? He can't be asleep already". Cagali sighed

"Athrun's not here. He's at his own house." Kira looked at Cagali with suspicious glare.

"I thought you two were living together"

Cagali shook her head "what makes you think that, Kira ? Sure, we are close and we might get back together soon, but at the moment he's living in his house together with Meyrin Hawke".

Kira widened his eyes in surprise. Lacus, however, didn't look surprised at all. "You mean that red haired girl from ZAFT ? Why is he with her and not you ?" He sounded a bit angry. Cagali didn't like it. She didn't like it when he was being the overprotective brother. She was ironing things out with Athrun and she certainly didn't need comments from Kira who didn't know anything, since neither she nor Athrun didn't bother to tell him anything.

"Look, Kira, she is simply living there. Athrun told me she didn't have anywhere else to go since she decided to leave ZAFT and he offered her a place to stay. Don't tell me you have forgotten that she helped a great deal when Athrun was wounded o Archangel ?"

Kira looked shocked at his sister's response. Of all things he didn't expect her to be so content with fact that Athrun was living with another girl. Lacus didn't feel like listening to this chatter, plus she was tired.

"Cagali, if you will excuse me I would like to go to sleep, i'm exhausted from the trip and work I had to do in last few months.

Cagali nodded. "Sure, see you tomorrow, Lacus." Lacus smiled at her and Kira, then stood up and left the kitchen, leaving the two siblings alone. After a brief moment of silence Kira spoke up.

"Cagali, don't you care that Athrun is with another girl ?" Cagali felt an urge to throw something heavy at her brother. He was saying it almost like Athrun was sleeping with Meyrin. Athrun had told her that they were not even dating and she had no reason not to believe that. Since nothing expendable was in the reach she chose to sigh instead and looked at Kira with tired look.

"Kira, stop making assumptions, this is not like you at all. She is just living there, she is not going out with Athrun."

"and how do you know that ?" Kira's voice held a hefty amount of anger. Cagali was starting to get angry as well. It wasn't like Kira at all to bug her about her personal life.

She raised a tone in her voice "Athrun told me so. Are you saying to me that you consider him a liar?" She knew very well that hell would freeze over the day Athrun Zala would start lying. And she knew that Kira knows that as well. "And besides, what do you want me to do about it ? Go over there and throw here out and drag Athrun with me ?"

"And why not ?" Kira snapped, slamming his fist against table almost yelling. Now Cagali was really confused, which could be seen on her face. This wasn't like Kira at all, and she was started to feel that if there is someone she would like thrown out it would be him.

Much to Kira's surprise (and to her own) she stood up and slapped Kira across his face. "What the hell is wrong with you, Kira ?" She yelled at him. Looks like that did the trick and Kira snapped back to reality, there was no more anger in his eyes.

"I'm …i'm sorry, Cagali…i…didn't mean to…" he was mumbling while rubbing his red cheek. "Cagali still looked angry.

"I think you should go get some rest, Kira" she firmly said.

"Cagali, i… " he started again but was interrupted by his sister.

"Now, Kira. Don't make me regret I let you stay here." Kira decided it's best to comply.

"Sorry" he quietly said while retreating from the kitchen and going up to his room. Kira himself couldn't understand what had gotten in to him and caused him to start yelling. He sighed. Maybe he also needed some rest as well.

Cagali sat back on the chair looking mighty pissed. What a day. I argue with Athrun in the morning, then go over some unpleasant discussions with the council, I didn't get to eat my supper, Lacus and Kira show up from nowhere and I get in to a fight with my bro after finally meeting him after 6 months about matters that don't concern him. Sheesh.

"maybe I should get some sleep too. Things always look better in the morning" She mumbled while lifting herself up from the chair and moving forwards her room.

Sun shined trough the window, slowly creeping towards the girls face. "Mhmm…" The red haired girl turned to other side but it didn't help. She was awake. Meyrin sat up in her bed and stretched like a cat while yawning. Morning already ? She stood up and stretched again. She hated mornings like this. She was definitely not a morning person.

And since her rooms windows were located in the East wall, sun always shined in there very early during summer. Athrun had asked her why doesn't she sleep longer if she felt so sleepy in mornings. When she had told him about the sun he immediately had offered her to swhich rooms with him. His was on the North side.

She had declined immediately. Last thing she wanted was to be any kind of burden to him. Meyrin thought she was a burden enough by simply staying in Athrun's house. Speaking of Athrun, he didn't come back home yesterday. She was slightly worried, but Athrun definitely could take care of himself , so she didn't let that bother her for too long.

Maybe he came back during night. Anyway, her head felt too heavy to be used for thinking. She decided to go take a cold shower. Not that she liked it one bit, but it helped her to wake up. She opened her room door and , still yawning, stepped outside, but bumped in to something.

She opened her eyes and looked at the blue haired boy she had bumped in to. Apparently Athrun was passing her room when she was walking out and she just had not to look where she was going. "Athrun... i'm sorry, i…". Athrun looked at her and smiled a warm smile.

"What are you apologizing for, Meyrin." Then he quickly turned away.

Meyrin was kinda lost. Did I do anything to upset him ?He said it was ok, so why did he turn away…

"Um, Meyrin…" He sounded kinda nervous. Meyrin looked down and suddenly she understood. She was still wearing only her bra and panties. She quickly retreated to her room, closing the door behind her.

Athrun stood outside with his face as red as a boiled lobster. "Uh…Meyrin, i'm sorry…I dint mean to…. Sorry" He quickly walked away from her room, trying to get himself together.

After his face had returned to its original color he sighed. What a morning. Not that he had anything against it… a picture of previous Meyrin again flooded his mind and his face again gained a shade of pink. Have some decency, Zala he said to himself.

After realizing that standing here and trying to forget it while thinking about it at the same time was having very limited success he decided to go do something. He shook his head and headed downstairs to listen to some news.

Meyrin sat on the floor in her room, back laid against the door, face about the same color as Athrun's. Boy, Meyrin. Of all the things you have to run in to Athrun while being almost naked. After a moment she stood up. Well, at least now she could have a normal shower instead of a cold one – this incident had awoken her completely.

What she noticed strange was the fact that she didn't feel too embarrassed. She had always been very shy around boys. She never even had gone on a date with one, although many had asked her. Yet somehow she didn't feel too bad about Athrun seeing her in the situation he did.

She loved Athrun. She knew that. She had fallen for him the moment he set his foot on Minerva's deck. Yet she could never tell him. Athrun was Cagali's. She was content by simply living beside him. She would never try to interfere with his and Cagali's relationship. She didn't want to be any kind of trouble to him.

She sighed at herself. You are pathetic, Meyrin Hawke. She said to herself. She loved him so much. Yet she never dared to tell him. He belonged to someone else. And what could possibly someone like Athrun – rich, handsome, a legendary war hero and elite pilot, yet at the same time gentle and caring, a perfect gentleman, possibly see in her ?

Athrun was like a dream to her – a perfect man. A dream that she wanted more than anything else. If he would love her she would die from happiness. But, he didn't. And she didn't expect it either. She didn't expect someone like Athrun to love a simple girl like her. She was just happy to love him and being able to see him every day. You truly are pathetic, Meyrin Hawke.

She opened her door and stuck out her head. After confirming that this time she wouldn't bump in to a certain some one she proceeded to Bathroom. After that she got dressed and went down to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. She had been doing so for past 4 months.

In the beginning Athrun didn't want to let her – he was a pretty good cook himself and he didn't want Meyrin to have some obligations. Meyrin, off course, thought she was being even more of a burden and had practically beg Athrun to allow her to cook their food.

She had to do double the amount of begging before he allowed her to clean the house. She felt extremely bad about living in his house and not doing anything. She even wanted to pay him rent in the beginning. Athrun of course had answered that it would be the end of the world when he would allow her to do that.

Not like she had much money anyway, the main reason she couldn't stay in the hotel any longer. Her previous job in ZAFT didn't pay much, and now she didn't have a job. She tried to find one, but Athrun had told her to stop worrying about such things and that she can live here as long as she wants.

So in the end she ended up cleaning the house, biggest mess being her own room, since Athrun was very tidy. And cooking. Athrun wouldn't let her do anything more, although she felt like she should.

Meyrin went down stairs and in to the kitchen. Athrun was already there, baking pancakes. Meyrin felt sad inside, since she thought she was being a burden again. Not that anything in Athrun's mind even remotely associated Meyrin as a burden, but she really thought she was.

He heard her enter, looked away from her and said in a silent voice. "Meyrin…look, i'm sorry about what happened upstairs…I dint mean to…you know…" Meyrin felt heat rising in her cheeks.

"Don't say that, Athrun-kun, I didn't mean to bump in to you, it was my fault, I wasn't looking where I was going.."

Is she really that worried about running in to me ? Does she really think I will get angry for that ? Athrun let out a small chuckle, which confused Meyrin. "Meyrin, please stop apologizing for everything. Do I really look that angry ?" He smiled at her. He looked as far from angry as they come.

"I'm sorry, Athrun-kun, I didn't mean that…"

Athrun sighed. "please stop apologizing Meyrin, you are saying that as if you have done something bad. And please don't call me Athrun-kun. It makes me feel old or like we would be total strangers. There is no reason to be so uptight around me"

Meyrin wanted to apologize again, but stopped in time. I really am uptight, aren't I ? Encouraged by Athrun's words she simply nodded and said. "Ok, Athrun, thank you"

I wish she would stop thanking me for everything, it makes me feel uptight.

"Breakfast is ready" He claimed. He carried a plate of pancakes to the table and held her seat while she sat down. He is just too good for me. They ate the pancakes in silence. After they were done Athrun proceeded to wash the dishes, but was stopped by Meyrin.

"Meyrin ?" he asked as the red haired girl jumped between him and the kitchen sink.

"Athrun (she almost added kun but remembered not to in the last moment), you already made the breakfast, which was my job. The least I can do is clean up"

Athrun sighed Why does she always want to find some 'job' to do? But he didn't want to argue since he know how long it takes to talk her out of doing something, so he just nodded, told her thank you and went out of the kitchen.

He didn't have anything planned for today. He had nothing better to do, so might as well mess around with his bike. It was a sports bike, which, thanks to Athrun's modifications, already was probably the fastest one in the world. But he still wanted to see how far he could upgrade it.

Then his cell phone rang. He looked at the display to see whose calling and was quite surprised at the caller. Cagali

"Um.. yes, Cagali ?" Lame answer, and he knew it.

"Hi, Athrun. I was wondering if you could come over to my place in the evening ? Say, at 7pm ? " It wasn't unusual for them to meet. Unusual was the fact that she called him.

"Um, sure. I don't have any plans today, so ill come" "Thanks, Athrun….i love you" With that she hang up.

Athrun was a little confused about that, but didn't let it bother him. He had lots of time till evening, so he resumed to his previous activity. Meyrin was done washing the dishes and proceeded to clean the house.

Later that day Athrun was done with his bike (ok, he was far from done, but he wanted to wash up and get ready for his visit later in the evening.) and Meyrin was in the kitchen making a dinner. She was a fantastic cook and anything she made tasted godly to Athrun, who hadn't had much chance to eat good food during his military days.

Suddenly the TV Athrun was watching turned off. What the ? He tried to turn it on, but no luck. A bit confused he walked in to the kitchen to find just as confused Meyrin who was standing in front of the now un-operational electric range.

"A…Athrun ?" Meyrin looked at the blue haired Coordinator.

"Looks like the power is gone" He sighed, then went over to the radio and turned it on. Luckily this thing runs on batteries. He set it to the emergency announcement channel.

'we apologize for the inconvenience, but due to a breakdown in the main power generator living blocks A – F will be left without power for about 15 hours. We are sorry for any trouble this has caused and we assure you that we are working to fix this problem as fast as possible……… I repeat' Athrun turned the Radio off.

Figures. Oh well, no point getting upset about it. He looked at Meyrin who looked kinda unhappy. "What's the matter. Meyrin ?" She looked at Athrun and said with discontent

"I couldn't finish cooking the dinner, now we won't be able to have a normal dinner – we will have to settle with some sandwiches. I..i hope its ok with you, Athrun ?"

Why does she always worry about me ? And why does she sound guilty about it ? It's not like its her fault. Not that I would blame her even if it were. And I have eaten plenty of stuff worse than sandwiches. Hm… but this doesn't mean we cant have a normal dinner.

"Meyrin ?" he asked while looking her in the eyes.

"Yes?".

"Would you like to go out to eat ?" Meyrin felt like blushing. Come on, Meyrin, stop thinking like that. It's not like he's asking you out on a date or anything. He's just offering you to go to get some dinner because the house is without power.

"Thank you, Athrun. i... i would love to" she nervously stated. Athrun didn't notice it. "Ill just go change my clothes" Athrun nodded

"Ill just wait here then" She appeared soon wearing her white trousers and white shirt with red Jumper. She really looked good in those casual clothes.

But now that I think of it, its not like she has many outfits. She only has this one and the other one she usually wears around the house – the pink shirt with short, black skirt and black tights. Maybe I should get her a dress for her birthday. I'm sure she would love that.

"Athrun, what are you smiling about ?".

"Mmm ? Oh, its nothing, I just remembered something".

"Oh, ok. I'm ready to go". Athrun nodded and stood up.

"Do you mind if we walk instead of driving ? The place I have in mind is only in 10 minute walk from here and traffic is awful during these hours.

Meyrin shook her head. "Not at all, Athrun". It didn't matter to her how or where they went, as long as it would be with him. Athrun noticed she had her hair straight, instead of the usual two pigtails. It looks good on her.

"Shall we ?" Athrun asked while opening the door and holding it open. Meyrin quickly nodded and rushed out of the house, Athrun followed her and locked the door behind them.

They were walking for about 10 minutes now in complete silence. Athrun was caught by his memories of past and simply walked automatically towards his destination, blank expression on his face.

Meyrin was walking one step behind him. She always seemed to do so, whenever they went together somewhere. Which wasn't often. She wanted to walk beside him. Just walk beside him holding his hand. But she didn't know if Athrun wanted her to walk beside him. People could mistake them for a couple. And that they were not.

Meyrin Shook her head, trying to chase away the unhappy thoughts. It was like always – she stood somewhere behind him, admiring him from afar. Just like always. She was happy just to be able to love him and to watch him. He had touched her one time – in the fake Lacus concert in Gibraltar, when someone bumped in to her, she had been pushed in to Athrun.

Then he had placed his arm around her waist and guided her out of the crowd. She wished he would do that again. To feel him touching her… You really are pathetic, Meyrin Hawke. She heard that inner voice for the third time this day. And she couldn't help but agree.

"Here we are" Meyrin shook of her load of thoughts and took a look at where Athrun had brought her. She felt like her jaw would drop to the floor, her eyes widened in astonishment.

They stood in front of a large glass building, which was very high and occupied a large part of the small park in which it was located. This was the most famous high-class restaurant in ORB. But she could never afford to eat there.

"Athrun…" she started while blushing from embarrassment and turning her head away"you know…i…I can't afford to eat in such place…i..". Athrun couldn't help but feel bad. Sometimes he simply used to forget about these issues. It was easy to forget when money was not an issue. He couldn't help but feel bad how he made her feel.

But one thing he knew – Is she really thinking I expect her to pay for her dinner ? Give me a break. What kind of man would that make me ? Certainly not one he would ever want to be, and certainly a man he wasn't.

"Meyrin" he quietly said while looking in her eyes. She stopped talking and looked back at him. "I'm sorry if I have made you feel uncomfortable, it was never my intention. As was never my intention to ask you to pay for anything. Do you really think that low of me ? You have done more than enough for me, Meyrin. More than anyone has ever done for me, please… allow me to show at least some gratitude"

Meyrin felt tears gathering in her eyes. She shook her head and wiped her eyes with her hands, to stop tears from forming. "Athrun…i… everything I did for you… I did because I wanted to…I ..you …you don't have to pay me back…i… "

"Meyrin !" Again she was stopped by Athrun's voice. "Meyrin, i'm not doing this to pay back if that is what you are thinking. I'm also doing this because I want to. So please… stop thinking such thoughts, Meyrin."

Meyrin couldn't believe how happy these words made her feel. Maybe...if he isn't doing this to thank me for helping him escape that ZAFT base … then maybe… maybe he doesn't see me as a burden to him… "

Athrun saw a weak smile appear on her face and he took that as a good sign. "So, shall we ?" he extended his hand in direction of the restaurant. Meyrin just nodded and they went inside. Athrun could have sworn he had seen Lacus on the street further away. But quickly disbanded that thought. Lacus was on PLANT so there is no way she could be here.

Meyrin couldn't remember when was the last time she had eaten such tasty food. At first she almost fainted from the prices in the menu. She would probably be broke just by eating once here.

At first she ordered a very little dish and a tiny piece of salad. But after Athrun told her that he would be unhappy if she wouldn't order everything she really would like, she gave in and tried everything she wanted.

Athrun couldn't understand how she could eat so much, but looks like she was happy for a change, and that was good enough for him. Then he remembered he had a meeting at Cagali's place at 7pm. He took a quick look at his watch. 6:10 pm. It took 20 minutes to get to Cagali's mansion from here.

He asked Meyrin if she wouldn't mind if they would stop by Cagali's house on their way back. Meyrin didn't mind at all, and Athrun was grateful for that.

On their way to Cagali's mansion they talked about few things. Nothing special or meaningful, just some small talk. Athrun laughed a few times as she told about few awkward situations she had in her academy. She still walked one step behind him though

For a moment Athrun thought if it was wise to bring Meyrin with him but he didn't have any choice at the moment.

"Athrun, you are a good friend" As much as these words hurt her she had to say them. She just felt like she had to.

"You too, Meyrin, you too" was Athrun's answer. She turned her head not to let Athrun see a single tear making its way down her cheek.

They stopped in front of Cagali's mansion gate. For the second time today Meyrin felt like her jaw would drop. To her it seemed more like a castle. The gigantic 'house' had two floors, each as big as a golf field. Immense garden was filled with fountains and statues and a maze of hedgerow.

She felt out of place here, just like in that restaurant. Athrun opened the gate and waited for Meyrin to pass trough it. They walked up to the door and Athrun pushed the door bell.

Some servant opened the door and guided them in. he asked the two guest to wait and went to inform Cagali.

She soon appeared, looking very not Cagali-like. She was wearing a green dress and her hair looked like they were finally tamed. Athrun had to admit she looked very beautiful.

Cagali was smiling, but her gaze darkened when she saw Meyrin standing there.

"Athrun" She hugged Athrun, who returned the gesture. After that She turned to Meyrin, who bowed and said.

"its good to see you , Cagali-sama" Cagali waved her hand in front of her.

"Please, just Cagali is fine. I hear all those titles all day long enough to get sick of them" Athrun couldn't help but chuckle. Cagali turned to Athrun. "Athrun… not to sound rude or anything… but why did you bring her ?" Athrun knew this was going to happen and he had prepared an answer long ago.

"You know about the power plant being damaged, right ?" Cagali nodded "Well, my house lost electricity and we couldn't prepare dinner, so we went out to eat. I had to come to see you, and I had no time to walk her home. I couldn't tell her to go home alone, that would be extremely rude."

Meyrin bowed her head "I'm sorry if I'm causing you trouble, I can leave…

" "No, Meyrin, stay". Meyrin stared in surprise

"Cagali ?" Cagali smiled at her.

She wasn't very fond of the fact that Athrun had brought her with him, but she had to agree that he acted correctly. Athrun was very gentle and a true gentleman, leaving a girl alone wouldn't be something he would do. And Cagali wouldn't like it if he would have done so either. More than bringing her with him.

"Meyrin, could you wait while and Athrun talk for a while? You can stay in the guestroom" Cagali pointed at a door just a few meters away. Meyrin nodded and went over to the room, while Cagali and Athrun walked to the room that was across the hall.

Athrun leaned forward and whispered in her ear "you are beautiful, Cagali" and gave her a peck on the cheek. She blushed red like tomato.

About two hours had passed and Meyrin started to get bored. She had quickly listed trough some magazines in the guestroom, watched TV a bit and now she was bored. She decided to look around the house a bit.

She walked forward the hallway looking at the various pictures at the walls. She had to admit the house was impressive as well as cozy. As she went forward she noticed that door to some room was not closed tightly, leaving a small gap. She thought she could hear crying from there.

She approached the door, thinking whether she should watch or not. Curiosity won and she leaded toward the gap.

Cagali was embraced by Athrun, and she was crying, while he was patting her hair. She lifted her tear filled eyes and looked in Athrun's.

"Athrun…would you…. Marry me ?"

"Yes"

Athrun leaned down and kissed her, while embracing her tightly.

A single tear found its way down Meyrin's beautiful face for the second time today

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Second chapter done, hope i'm not writing too horribly and I hope you are all enjoying this story. Please R&R, tips, comments, criticism all welcomed. Character bashing unwellcomed.