Lunch proved to be quite a load for both people, mostly for Kira. He had just found out that his "supposed" sister, and lover, was pregnant with his child thanks to one night where they both confessed their undying love. Although, that was not the worst part. Now they were headed to get a DNA test, which would confirm if they were indeed siblings or not. Both had fears and high hopes about the outcome, but they knew that no matter what happened they would stay together.
Nearing the hospital, Cagalli grabbed a hold of Kira's hand as the doorway came into view. Sensing her nervousness, he squeezed her hand, as if to reassure her that he would be with her all the way. As they entered they headed toward the front desk to see where her doctor was. The counter woman quickly found him and they went their way. Encountering him in the hallway, he immediately went to work and came back a few minutes later.
"The results confirm that…" He stopped to check the results. The suspense was killing both as they stood their waiting for the worst to happen. It eventually became too much for Cagalli and she screamed for the doctor to hurry up.
"Oh sorry, the tests confirm that you both are not blood-related." He said as he took a step back from the girl's first outburst, and not wanting to be too close if she did something else. To his surprise, however, she immediately flung her arms around the boy next to her and pressed her lips to his. The kiss had lasted for about a minute before both pulled away to breath.
"Thank you, doctor! Thank you!" She said as she gave him a bear hug and took off with Kira in tow.
Once outside they began kissing again, and again, and again, and again, until they both felt like they had been underwater for hours. But nothing really mattered at this moment, because they had both had what they had always wanted, each other. They could now be together forever and nothing could stand in their way. Only one thing needed to be settled before moving on with their new lives.
"So how are we going to break the news to them?" Kira asked as he turned to Cagalli.
"I think right now we should focus on trying to tell them that it won't work out between us and them. If we just go in there and tell them that we're having a baby, then they'd never forgive us and would probably never trust us again. Let's just tell them how we feel and hope that they'll still want to be close with us. We can tell them the rest later when everything's on solid ground." She said as she turned to meet him.
"That's just what I was thinking. Let's go with that."
As they were walking, Cagalli suddenly couldn't hold in her thoughts and found herself speaking them silently, but still loud enough for Kira to hear. "We're finally going to be together." She said silently before closing her mouth and blushing.
"Yeah, it's gonna be nice." He said as he kissed her on the cheek, causing her face to go into an even deeper shade of red.
As they reached the parking lot, both shared one last passionate kiss before getting into their separate vehicles. On the way back to the apartment, Cagalli was concentrating on what she was going to tell Athrun that she did not feel the same feelings for him. Maybe, I can tell him tonight. That would probably be the best time. She thought as the building came into view.
Upon reaching the doorway, Athrun was already standing behind the door ready to embrace her. Cagalli did as normal and returned the hug, and afterwards began her way upstairs. The day flew by quickly and nightfall had already arrived. Now it was time for her to commence with the hardest task she would ever take.
"Athrun," she said and soon heard his footsteps coming up the stairs, "there's something that I need to tell you."
"What is it, Cagalli? Are you not feeling well again?" He said as he approached her near the bed.
"No, that's not it. We need to talk."
"About what?"
"It's about us. I'm afraid that I haven't been as honest with myself as I thought I was."
"What do you mean?" He said as his face showed a growing deal of worry.
"Athrun, I'm so sorry. I just…I'm so sorry." She whispered as she buried her face in her hands. It was a lot more difficult than she thought to tell him.
"What's going on? What are you talking about?" He took a seat next to her.
"Athrun, we've known each other for a long time now, but I'm afraid that I haven't been completely honest with both you and myself."
"Are you saying that you don't love me?" He said, turning his head away.
"No, I do love you, but only as a friend. I'm sorry that I haven't told you, but it has taken me some time to realize this and I thought that it would be better to tell you now then leading you on with a false relationship." She placed her hand on his cheek and turned him back to face her.
"So, is there someone else that you love?"
"Yes."
"It's Kira isn't it?"
"Yes, but how did you know?"
"I can see it in the way that you look at him and in the way that you talk and think about him. Ever since we first met, I always felt that you had feelings for him, but that you had to forget them after finding out that you were both siblings." Hearing this she decided that it was necessary to bring up the other events that had taken place.
"That's another thing that we need to discuss. Kira and I are not really brother and sister."
At this he grew slightly shocked. "You're not related?"
"No, we just found that out today at the hospital. The tests came back negative."
"So that was what the meeting was about today?" She turned her head slightly, as she was about to reveal the true reason.
"Partly, yes. But there is another reason that we met today. You see, I found out something extremely important."
"Like what?" He said expecting the worse.
"I found out that I'm pregnant with Kira's child, and have been for at least a month now." She turned her head to face him straight in the eyes.
To say that Athrun was beyond shocked was an understatement. In fact he had been holding back the urge to slap himself in the face, hoping that he would wake up and find out that this was some sort of bad dream. Although, he knew it to be real the moment he pinched himself. "So…let me get this straight. You just found out that Kira is not really your brother…and now…you found out that he is the father of your child. Does that about seem right?"
"Yeah…"
"One question, Cagalli." He said. "When did all of this begin to happen in the first place? I mean, a month ago we were all fighting to prevent the war and everything was going smoothly between all four of us?"
"Well, it sort of just happened. I had still not gotten over my feelings for Kira and was so tormented by seeing him with Lacus that I told him how I felt. After that he told me that he felt the same way and…well, one thing led to another…" She finished with her voice becoming a whisper and her cheeks growing red.
Athrun just stood there with his head turned to the side trying to come to terms with everything being said. The silence eventually became too uncomfortable for Cagalli and she decided to speak. "Athrun, how do you feel taking in all of this?"
"Well, to tell you the truth I even stun myself. I mean, even after you've told me all of this I don't feel the slightest bit angry. I'm just a little confused as to what comes next."
"By now I'm guessing that Kira is already breaking the news to Lacus, so I can only imagine how she's taking this." Cagalli said.
"I think that she's probably feeling the same way that I am. But there's something that I need to tell you too, Cagalli. I never got over my feeling for Lacus either and she told me the same thing once when we were still on the Archangel."
Flashback
"Lacus, what did you want to talk to me about?" Athrun asked as he was pulled into her room. She had arranged for him to meet her before he had to leave to fight again. She motioned for him to sit on the bed with her and he complied.
Once there she began, "Athrun, I called you hear today because I needed to tell you something that I've kept hidden for a long while and I can no longer keep it inside. I still have feelings for you Athrun."
At this he just stared at her and finally decided to speak. "Lacus, what about Kira?"
"I do love Kira, but I don't think that I care about him as much as I do you. And I have also noticed…something…that's been happening these past few days," she said hesitantly.
"Like what, Lacus?" He asked.
"I can't be certain, but I have the feeling that something is about to change our lives after the war."
"Lacus, can I tell you something," Athrun asked as he made sure to get her attention, "I feel the same way as you do. You will always be someone important to me no matter what and I still have feelings for you, but Kira and Cagalli really love us and I don't want to have to make them feel worse that they already are right now."
End Flashback
"…and ever since then, I haven't changed my feeling for her. I kept them sealed away so that you two wouldn't be hurt, especially Kira. He's already suffered more than we have." He turned his gaze toward Cagalli and began to relax once she put her hand on his shoulder.
"I don't think that you should have to hide those feelings anymore. You deserve to be happy and I think that all of this happened for a reason." Just then, a car pulled up just outside and she noticed whose it was. Kira…that means that Lacus might be with him. She mentally said.
That's when a knock came at the door and they both stood up and hurried downstairs. Cagalli opened the door to reveal a slightly saddened, yet calm, Lacus and a relieved Kira. Meeting his eyes, Cagalli instantly turned red, and Kira began to chuckle a little as he noticed it.
As they came inside, they all made themselves comfortable on the two couches in the living room. Lacus sat with Athrun and Cagalli sat with Kira. After a moment of silence Kira decided to break the ice.
"I know that you both must be really confused after all that's happened, but I just want to say that all of this was never meant to hurt either of you. It just happened." Kira finished as his eyes went back and forth between his two friends.
"Kira, I know what you mean but it's still going to take some time to get used to this. I just want to say that I don't feel any sort of anger or contempt towards you or Cagalli." Athrun said as he looked back at his best friend to confirm what he had said.
"Thanks, Athrun. It means a lot."
Lacus took this as her chance to speak up, "I feel the same way as Athrun, and please know that this does not change how I feel towards any of you either." She looked at Cagalli, who smiled back.
Athrun looked at the clock, which read 12:30 p.m. Seeing this he decided to speak about the rest of this in the morning. Kira felt the same way and Cagalli decided that she would go with Kira back to his house, because they needed to do some talking as well. Lacus followed suit, only she decided to stay with Athrun.
Once they arrived at the house, they decide to have a talk before they got ready for bed. Kira quickly got drinks for both of them and sat down at the kitchen table across from Cagalli.
"A lot happened today." She said as she stared at the ceiling.
"Yeah, you can sure say that again, and to think that it all went so well. It's a miracle." He said.
"Yeah, I expected them to be at our throats, or at least kick us out. It was also astonishing to find out that all this time they secretly had deep feelings for each other." She sipped her drink once she finished.
"I do feel sorry for them that they had to keep it bottled up just to keep us happy. In a way, I feel that they are stronger people than us."
"I know what you mean, but I think that now they can at least feel free to express those surpressed feelings and finally be happy." She began to feel her stomach and didn't notice Kira got to do the same and finally get a look at his unborn child. He planted a kiss to her neck and then moved down to kiss her stomach. As he did this, she stood up and took his hand to lead him up to the bedroom.
Once there they began expressing their built-up emotions to on another. It was nothing lustful, but passionate kissing and the feeling of being together. Both felt comfortable about everything and were finally happy that they were able to sleep together in the same bed. They slept soundly with their hands intertwined.
End of chapter 2. How was it? Let me know. Thanks.
