It's a ShinnStellar Thing

It was a simple trick, really. (This is where you all breathe a sigh of relief) All Auel had to do was lean really close to Stellar and look passionate about it. The hardest bit for him was to stay that way when he saw Shinn's face when he was "kissing" Stellar.

"Auel, you B!" Shinn yelled (he hadn't gotten used to the thought that Stellar didn't care about bad words).

"Oh, Shinn, hello. Your girlfriend is a great kisser," Auel said nonchalantly, as if it happened everyday, which it nearly does.

"How dare you! Just because you're too weird to get a girlfriend of your own, that doesn't mean you have to hit on someone else's. Can't you at least try to be normal, even if it's a little hard!" Shinn yelled.

"Come on, Stellar," Shinn said and he dragged Stellar out of the living room while Stellar was picking at a piece of dirt that had landed on her hand and wouldn't go away.

"Why is Shinn mad at Auel?" Stellar asked innocently, still mesmerized by the bit of dirt.

"Because!" Shinn reasoned (I say that when I have a really stupid reason for something but I'm too ashamed to say it. But it works, you know.).

"Because?" Stellar asked, she aced her conjunctions quiz and knew because had to have something on the other end.

"Because, don't you know what Auel did to you?" Shinn asked, exasperated.

"Auel? Auel leaned really close to Stellar and looked like he was eating a really bad lemon," Stellar said and she made a scrunched up face as if she were the one eating the really bad lemon. I dare say she does a good job at making ate-a-bad-lemon faces.

"So, he didn't do anything to you?" Shinn asked disbelievingly. This was the second time this week Auel managed to tick him off. The other occasion involved a towel and some missing underwear but that's a different story.

Stellar shook her head then went back to the piece of dirt that was still stuck on her hand.

Shinn stopped in front of the bathroom sink where he told Stellar to get that bit of dirt off her hand (finally!). She washed her hands and the two of them remained silent for a while until a question that was nagging Shinn for the short while they were talking finally got the better of him.

"Stellar?" he said while she was playing with the soap.

"Yes, Shinn?" she took her attention from the soap to look at him.

"If ever Auel kissed you, would you like it?" he asked.

Stellar took some time to put this into consideration while the soap was dripping down her elbows.

"Stellar, the soap!" Shinn alerted her and brought her back to reality.

"Oops."

She rinsed and then dried her hands but the dirt was still there. It occurred to her that it might've been permanent marker and she told herself to get the alcohol later.

"Well?" Shinn said impatiently, he was getting tired of this whole dirt-that-won't-come-off affair.

"Hmmm…Auel is nice to Stellar too and Stellar likes Auel a lot. But no matter how nice Auel is, Stellar likes Shinn more," she said simply.

"Really?"

Stellar nodded her approval and she held Shinn's hand with her now mostly clean hand. Shinn grabbed hold of her waist and kissed Stellar while he held her close to him never letting go of her hand.

(The author would like to apologize for her sucki-ness at things like this.)

"I love you, Stellar," Shinn said when they parted.

"I love you too, Shinn," she said and then she smiled at him.

Now, you'd think it ends here but remember, the day hasn't ended yet and Auel has more tricks up his sleeves. At that moment, a bucket of water was being carefully aimed at them…

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam.

Author's note: more to come and remember to review and include there any suggestions or complaints or whatever surprises you want them to have courtesy of Auel dearest.