Attharun! Yay! Sadly, I have no more cake...But! I do have some cookies I baked myself! Here! -hands her chocolate cookies with chocolate chips, italian style- They're really good too! -eats some herself-
Chapter 5 - Dinner?
"Isn't it odd...How when you least expect it...something good happens?
Yet when you expect it...bad things happen? And sometimes, those switch...
The line I had drawn to separate friend and foe...smeared...
What is a good thing...and what is bad?"
The door to the brig opened and Athrun sat up from his bed as two pairs of feet began walking down and into view. One was Sai, from earlier. The other was a light-brunette who was whistling.
"Tolle, cut it out." Sai said softly yet sternly. Tolle stopped whistling.
"Hello again...Mr. Argyle!" Lacus greeted happily. He blushed.
"Hi...Ms. Clyne..." she giggled at his nervous tone. He then thrust a dress at her through the bars "Please put this on!" he said politely, yet quickly, then retreated back to Tolle's side. Tolle smiled.
"What's this?" she asked.
"The captain wants you to have dinner with him but feels you might want some new clothes. The ones you are wearing now will be washed." Sai explained in an almost military manner, apparently still nervous. He blinked and nudged Tolle in the side.
"Huh? Oh...alright." he walked over to Athrun and held out the clothes to him. Athrun scowled.
"I don't need new clothes. Mine are fine." he whispered darkly. Tolle smirked.
"Yes, but they're also wet." he commented. Athrun blinked. They were right...
Athrun glared at them but took the clothes anyway. Tolle smirked again, laughed, and walked back over to Sai.
"We'll be back in a little bit...when you're done changing." Sai nodded and both boys left.
They came back in about 10 minutes to see that both royals had been clothed in Kira's choice outfits.
Athrun wore a white, long sleeved shirt. It's sleeves were a beautiful blue, with white wrists and collar. There were no 'cuffs', it was just...white...His pants were the same color as the sleeves of his shirt and he had a white belt. Kira had even thrown in a deep blue neckband to complete the look. His shoes were the same as what he would usually wear in 'fancy' clothing.
Lacus wore a long, purple skirt with a white, sleeveless shirt. The sleeves started a little below her shoulders and extended to her wrists, where they 'flailed.' The ends of the sleeves were purple. What looked like another whole skirt was over top of the long one. This one was a slightly lighter purple, the same color as the ends of her sleeves, and was about as long as a mini-skirt. (Lacus's outfit from the show, if you need a picture)
Tolle whistled as Sai stared in awe, blushed, and his glasses fell slightly off his face. Lacus giggled and Athrun rolled his eyes. Tolle stepped on Sai's foot as he headed to Athrun's cell, effectively waking Sai up. Said red head yelped and held his foot in the air as he glared at the brunette.
"Hey, we have somewhere to be. There's no time for you to be daydreaming." Tolle laughed, unlocking the cell and entering it. He picked up Athrun's other clothes, then nudged said boy lightly to make him exit the cell. Sai did the same, but he took Lacus's hand and lead her out.
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Tolle knocked when they reached a nice, large wooden door. Athrun really didn't want to see Kira right now, but Lacus seemed ecstatic. A voice Athrun knew to belong to the blonde haired man, ushered them in and the door was opened.
The room was much like Kira's quarters. It seemed fancy, but if you actually looked, it wasn't. The table was hand-carved but plain, a simple white cloth with light blue designs covered it. Each chair was decoratively carved, with a comfy looking cushion in each seat. Athrun looked up from the table, finely set for a dinner of 6, when he heard someone clear their throat.
It had been Mwu. Kira wasn't present, neither were the guests the 5th and 6th seats were for. Mwu was dressed in his fine 2nd mate's clothes. Which made Athrun blink.
'Second Mate? I thought he'd be the first...it can't be any of the other morons we've met...' Athrun thought almost bitterly.
"The captain will be joining us momentarily. And...hopefully...so will the other two." Mwu informed them. "Go ahead and sit down."
Athrun sat in the seat to the right of where Kira would sit and Lacus sat next to him. Of course...they didn't really have a choice where they sat, Tolle and Sai sat them in their seats...
Moments later, the door reopened to reveal Kira along with a blonde haired girl. Kira walked over, the girl following with a scowl, and smiled nervously at his 'friends.' Sai and Tolle were already gone.
"Hi guys." Kira greeted, Athrun was staring at his companion. Lacus smiled back.
"Kira." she said softly. "Who's-"
"Oh! Right." Kira stepped a bit out of the way so the blonde wasn't standing halfway behind him and cleared his throat. "This is my first mate!" he introduced.
'Ah...wait...a girl's his first mate?' Athrun frowned. The girl frowned at the captain.
"Heh. Her name is Cagalli and she's my...uh...sister." he blushed slightly as he said this and no one really knew why. Cagalli hit him over the head and Mwu winced.
"Why do you blush every time you introduce me huh? Do I embarrass you or something? Well! What is it?" she asked angrily. Any dreams Athrun may of had of the girl went 'poof!'
"Uh..." was all anyone could utter after her outburst.
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Dinner was proceeding nicely now that Cagalli had cooled down. The food had already been set out on the table and now they were enjoying the many types of fish and noodles Kira had cooked himself.
"Kira! I didn't know you could cook this well." Lacus complimented.
"Yep, he's always been good at things like that. I don't really know why. He knew a lot of stuff before I met him actually..." Mwu looked thoughtful and Lacus smiled.
"Bro's always been a bit of an airhead though." Cagalli countered, and the attention went to her. "He can't keep his hands off of shiny or sparkling things either. I mean, would it be too much to ask if he could wander the city alone without grabbing every shiny necklace he sees?" she stabbed her catfish angrily and everyone sweat-dropped.
Cagalli was sitting to Kira's left, Mwu next to her. The 6th guest would be sitting next to Mwu...if they ever got there.
"Hey, where's Elsman?" Mwu asked suddenly, looking at the seat next to him. Cagalli scoffed.
"He'd never show up to greet Kira's friends, you know that. He's just a lazy-" she was cutting her fish with such ferocity that Athrun and Lacus feared she would cut the plate in half soon.
Kira didn't seem upset about the plate, but more about what she was saying.
"-good for nothing, idiotic jerk with a bad sense of humor." she finished, picking up a piece of the very well cut up fish and popping it in her mouth.
"Ah, come on now. I'm not that bad, am I?" came a voice as the door opened. Kira brightened considerably.
"Dearka!" he said happily. "Guys, this is my third mate D-"
"Third?" Athrun asked suspiciously. "Aren't there only supposed to be...two mates?" Kira smiled, Dearka smiled brighter.
"See? That's what's so special about me! I am an exception to the rules!" he plopped down in his seat and held out a hand, over the table, at Athrun. "Dearka Elsman, at your service!"
"Elsman...that sounds familiar." Athrun muttered. Dearka, Kira, and Cagalli visibly flinched, then calmed when Athrun shrugged.
"Hm?" Mwu and Lacus blinked confusedly at them until Dearka suddenly asked for the ketchup to be passed to him and Cagalli angrily replied that they didn't have an ketchup on a pirate ship.
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Athrun was shown to Dearka's room and Lacus to Cagalli's. Dearka seemed ecstatic but Cagalli was silently fuming...
"So..." Athrun trailed off. He was to sleep on Dearka's bed as Dearka slept in a...hammock...that he was currently hanging up in the corner, seemingly happy as can be...scarily almost...
"Hm?" the tan blonde turned around. "So, you're Athrun right? Kira's mentioned you." he commented a bit dryly as he hopped into his hammock.
"Hm? He has?...Well, that's good...I guess..." the bluenette laid down on the bed, enjoyed the comfort of an actual bed bed and soon fell asleep. Dearka looked at him, eyes narrowed in thought.
"I meant...before he went to live with you..." the slightly older boy sighed and laid down to stare at the ceiling. He fell asleep with visions of a young brunette laughing and launching himself around a ship of menacing looking men thrice his age.
Ah-hah! And it's slowly coming out! Kira's past!
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