Cagalli and Athrun walked silently together along the beach, the sun shining brightly orange on them, the breathtaking sunset reflecting off the gently sloping sand. Cagalli broke the silence with a laugh, grabbing Athrun's hand to pull him forward. She stopped suddenly, kneeling down on the wet sand. Athrun knelt beside her, following her gaze to a few meters away, where a tiny red crab crawled through the sand. He laughed with her as he watched Cagalli delightedly watch the crab, thinking back to their first meeting. Cagalli in her underwear……
"Athrun?" Cagalli said, looking curiously at Athrun, who was staring at her, dreamy-eyed.
Athrun shook himself back to reality, grinning sheepishly. Taking her hand, he helped her back to her feet, and they continued their walk along the beach. Brilliant red and yellow had been added to the bright burning mix of colours in the sunset, making Cagalli's eyes an even fiercer amber.
The pair walked in comfortable silence for about five minutes before Cagalli slipped suddenly on the wet sand, falling to the ground and bringing Athrun down with her.
Dazed, Cagalli half sat up, looking around her. A pair of emerald eyes stared at her, wreathed by tussled midnight blue hair. She met them with her own burning gaze.
Athrun moved closer to her, kissing her softly and passionately. Then he moved back, only inches from her face, staring again into her eyes. She looked slightly startled for a moment, then Cagalli smiled roguishly back at him, rolling over into his arms, wet sand sticking to her, and she kissed him back.
Laying there together, the last rays of bright sunlight valiantly shining for the lovers on the beach, Cagalli and Athrun lay in each other's passionate embrace, time passing quickly, like lazy summer days.
"Isn't it a little late to be out on the beach?" A voice called through the darkness. Cagalli and Athrun jumped to their feet, quickly dusting sand from their cloths, hair and skin.
Arch ran into view, illuminating them with her flashlight. She grinned at them in the dark, her blue eyes laughing. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything."
Cagalli and Athrun looked at each other. Bending down to the ground, they each grabbed a wad of mud, flinging them together at the intruder.
Arch wiped a glob of mud from one eye, as the couple in front of her laughed, turning to run as Arch picked up her own ball of mud, attempting to hit either of the two retreating figures. Too late! They'd run to their beach house, giggling, and shut the door.
Arch sighed, attempting to brush more mud out of her blonde hair.
"Kira, Lacus, and now Cagalli and Athrun. My hit list." Arche said, giggling as she walked back into the darkness, her footsteps echoing out over the water, fading to nothingness.
