Chapter 2 is finally up. I can update sooner now, I'm not so lazy anymore. I'm thinking of something interesting to happen in this chapter. There will be this tiny twist in the story. BTW, Cagalli and Kira don't know they're siblings.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Gundam SEED or Destiny for that matter.

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Chapter 2 – Trapped

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Recaps:

"Do you have coffee around here?" she asked

"Yes, we do. Why?"

"Coffee is a must in journalism." Cagalli winked.

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Cagalli gulped down the remaining drops of coffee from the cup, and chucked down another donut. She noticed Athrun staring at her in an odd way. She waved a hand in front of his face. Athrun blinked. He rubbed the back of his head, still looking at Cagalli with slight confusion.

"What are you staring at?" she demanded.

"It's just that, how can a girl like you eat 10 donuts and a cup of coffee and stay fit?" Athrun asked pointing a finger at the empty box of donuts.

"Are you implying that I am an unhealthy eater? Or I should get fat?" she brought out a fist and glared at Athrun.

"No, I didn't mean it like that! I thought it was a bit, strange." Athrun apologized.

"Strange? Strange? So, you think I'm strange?" she kept her focus on Athrun.

"Yes. I mean NO! Cagalli, just have another donut…." He sighed. Athrun brought out another box from a cabinet and handed it to Cagalli.

"Yum!" Cagalli snatched it from his hands and munched on a donut.

Athrun couldn't help but stare. 'First, she gets mad and nearly punches me in the face. Now, she's happily eating a donut. I don't get this girl. But I can't help but smile.'

Athrun smiled at Cagalli. Cagalli turned to see Athrun staring again. Her mouth was covered with bits and crumbs of the sugary pastry.

"I just find it cute when you do that. You have crumbs all over your face by the way."

He chuckled softly. Athrun handed Cagalli a napkin and wiped away the markings on her cheeks. Cagalli froze and looked towards the floor. She fiddled with her fingers for awhile. 'Cute, huh?'

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Kira walked into Miriallia's apartment and knocked on her door. He opened the door and looked inside. "Hey, Mir! You home?" he called out.

"Wait a minute Kira!" Miriallia stepped out of her bedroom. She was fully dressed, her camera in her hands. She handed Kira a file case and pointed at it with a serious expression.

"What is this for? But more importantly, why did you call me?" Kira asked. He looked down and opened the envelope. Pictures of a pretty pink haired woman were kept inside, with a few printed files and guidelines.

"Well, I have lots of work to do. I was called if I could attend a photo shoot for a certain girl, you may have heard about her before. Lacus Clyne? She's well known in PLANTS. She's right here in ORB, I was hired but I can't make it, I have another deadline to worry about. So, I'm leaving it up to you." Miriallia smiled.

Kira, worked at the same place as Cagalli. To him, Cagalli was just a really good friend. They worked in the same place. Except, he was working as a photographer not a journalist. Miriallia was the assistant chief in photography. He wasn't expecting another job until next week.

"So, when does this shoot start?" Kira asked.

"Actually, this afternoon sorry for the short notice though." Miriallia apologized.

"This afternoon!" Kira gasped.

"Uh-huh. At 2PM. Problem?"

"I'm supposed to meet Cagalli at that time, she'll kill me for sure." He began to stutter. Everyone knew how Cagalli acted when pissed off.

"Calm down Kira. Cagalli was assigned to interview someone for the whole afternoon. Jean informed me about the whole thing. You need not worry." She put her hand on Kira's shoulder.

"That's good. Where will the photo shoot be?"

"They gave me an address, I'll just let them know that someone else will be taking the job. Besides, I know you'll do well. I'm sure you'll have fun, Lacus Clyne is a wonderful person!" she said happily. "Too bad I can't take on the job." She pouted playfully.

"Run off now before I change my mind. You might say she's a pretty lady." She winked and pushed Kira out of her apartment. "See ya!" she called out before closing the door behind him.

"B-but, you didn't give me the address yet." He wailed.

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Kira walked down the street and pouted. "Mir didn't even bother to tell me where the darn place is." He muttered. Kira opened the envelope and started to browse through the papers and pictures. He stared at the photo, the person was supposed to be Lacus Clyne.

'She sure is pretty….' Kira thought to himself smiling.

Kira felt a hand touch his shoulder. He jumped in surprise and turned around. He came across a young pink haired girl, about the same age as Cagalli. She had her hair up to her waist, she wore a sweet smile. Kira blinked and looked at the picture he was holding and examined the lady. They looked exactly the same.

"Excuse me, I think I've gotten myself lost. I'm not really familiar with the streets here in ORB. I've only recently visited. By any chance, can you help?" She asked.

"By any chance, are you Lacus Clyne? But, yes. I would be glad to help you miss." Kira tried to sound polite.

"Yes, I'm Lacus Clyne. I'm glad to meet you." She greeted.

"Well, I'm supposed to be your photographer for you photo shoot today. Problem is, I don't have the address." He laughed nervously. Kira thought he sounded like an idiot. You're supposed to go somewhere, but you don't know where that somewhere is.

"I believe it is somewhere near 34th street. I don't know where that is though." She laughed at her absent minded self.

"I know where that is, I can take you there." Kira said in relief. It was chance that allowed him to meet the person he was supposed to take pictures of. He grabbed her hand and dragged her to the direction of 34th street.

"Come on!"

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Cagalli yawned and pat her stomach. "I think I ate a little more than I needed." She smiled. 2 boxes of donuts left empty on the kitchen table.

"You ate too much! You call 25 donuts a little more than expected?" he stared at Cagalli in disbelief and shook his head in defeat. There was no use stopping this blonde when she was eating. He swiped the 2 boxes from the table and threw them into the trash can.

"So, what's your point?"

"Forget it. Let's just go somewhere where I can't smell the aroma of donuts."

"You're no fun." She stuck her tongue, in a teasing way.

"What's fun about eating over 25 donuts in one sitting!"

"Donuts bring happiness. They are food for the soul." She simply stated.

"I can't argue with you can I?" he shrugged.

"Bingo! Box head gets a point!" she smirked.

"Why am I always box head to you?" he argued.

"Minus one point, arguing is a penalty." Cagalli chuckled.

"Hmph. Minus 10 respect points." He frowned.

"Respect points? How much do I have left?" she demanded.

"8. I don't plan to make it any higher than it is today." He put on an evil grin.

Cagalli counted, 8 + 10 18. "I only had 18 points to begin with?"

"Yes."

"What did you say!"

"Yes. Only 18. Live with it."

"Why you! You're just an excuse for a box head, jerk!" she tackled Athrun to the ground. She grabbed his collar and began to shake him up and down.

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Kira and Lacus arrived at the photo shoot. Lacus was in the dressing room, supposedly, she was supposed to take pictures for a magazine featuring some of her songs, lifestyle. She was pretty famous in PLANTS, but they decided to shoot them in ORB instead.

Kira knocked on the dressing room door. No answer.

"Lacus? I'm coming in." he squeezed the door knob and slowly opened it with caution. Who knows what a girl might be doing in there.

Kira's eyes widened. He saw Lacus in her panties. He caught a slight glimpse before he covered his eyes. If this was Cagalli, he'd be beaten up and sent to the hospital. This was the best few seconds of his life.

"AH! Lacus!" Kira covered his eyes with his over sized camera.

"Kira? What are you doing?" she was in her underwear.

"Ack, sorry. I thought you were dressed." Kira continued to cover his eyes.

"I'll be going now." He said nervously.

Lacus smiled and laughed at his clumsiness.

Kira scurried out of the room and shut the door quickly. He sat down and leaned on the door's wooden frame. He took deep breaths and blushed slightly. He saw a girl in underwear, how cool is that? Kira shook his head. 'It's bad to see girls in underwear, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad!' he kept repeating in his head. But it was a once in a lifetime experience right?

Suddenly, the door opened and Kira stumbled unto the ground. Lacus opened the door and stared blankly at Kira. "Oops, sorry." She apologized.

Kira looked up at Lacus, starry eyed. She wore a pink floral dress which was cut off at the knee, her usual golden clips, golden sandals which had straps at the back and a pink charm bracelet on her right wrist. Kira noticed she held a pink mechanic ball. He pointed at it.

"Hey, Lacus. What is that?" he questioned.

"Oh, this is a Haro. His name is Mr. Pink." She let go of it and it began to hover around Kira's head. It kept on beeping and saying : "You saw!" "You saw!" Kira thought that it was talking about the incident earlier. He sighed and held on to the Haro, handing it back to Lacus.

"Ignore, Pink." She giggled.

Kira stood up and straightened himself. "Let's go shoot, that way we'll be done sooner." He took Lacus' hand and proceeded through the door.

Kira took a few snapshots of Lacus posing in different ways. He had to admit, she was a great person. He loved her personality. He glanced at his watch, the shoot had ended sooner than expected. He thought he should meet Cagalli now since he had some free time.

Lacus walked over to Kira and held Mr. Pink.

"Do you mind if you come with me? I have to meet someone today." Lacus asked.

"Eh? Who might that be?"

"A friend of mine. Let's go there now." She pulled Kira along.

"Wait, before we take off, who is this person?" Kira let go.

"Athrun Zala." She smiled.

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Cagalli continued to torture Athrun on the kitchen floor. Athrun was at the bottom, and Cagalli was on top. "Had enough yet?" she grinned.

"My, my. What do we have here." Came a voice from the other room.

"Mother?" Athrun gasped.

"What are you two doing? I hope it's nothing nasty." Lenore smiled.

"Mrs. Zala! No! We're doing nothing like that." Cagalli said.

Cagalli quickly got off Athrun after Lenore's comment. She straightened herself up and brushed off the dirt from her clothes. She eyed Athrun with a glare and pulled him up.

Athrun gasped for air. Cagalli didn't look it but she can strangle you and send you to the hospital or worse. His eyebrows closed in and he looked at Cagalli. He caught his breath and stood up, grabbing Cagalli's hand.

"Was I too heavy for you? Or was it just the donuts?" she smirked.

"Forget it, I should walk you out Cagalli. It's getting late and we've done more than an interview. Not to mention the tackling and the donuts." He mumbled the last sentence softly. Cagalli eyed him suspiciously. He shook his head and led her out the mansion.

"Er, sorry about a while ago. But, only 18 points? Come on…" she pouted.

"At least you're not the box head."

"Ah, well. Thanks box head." Cagalli smiled and pat him on the back.

"I'll open the gates for you." Athrun offered.

"Thanks." She said in a soft tone.

Athrun deactivated the security code and put his hand on the lock. He tried to turn it open, but it wouldn't budge. "What's wrong with this thing?" He tried kicking the gates. The security system went down and the gates refused to move.

"Uh-oh." He gulped.

"What?"

"It's stuck. The gates won't budge an inch." He laughed nervously.

"That means…." Cagalli's eyes widened.

"You." Athrun looked at Cagalli.

"And I." Cagalli looked at Athrun

"Stuck?" Athrun questioned.

Cagalli moaned.

"Together." Athrun continued.

"Trapped." They said in unison.

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Haha, they're trapped in the mansion! A little short, but I think it'll do. I added AC then shifted to KL and so on.

Next chapter, since no one can enter the Zala Mansion, Cagalli and Athrun are left alone, then Kira and Lacus are left alone as well. They'll have both their special moments. Yay! I don't know how yet….. –sigh-

Review please!