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Full Summary: They say amnesia is curable by a sharp blow in the head. But what if that sharp blow on the head is actually necessary for the heart. Especially when you don't have amnesia at all.

A/n: Guess who's back. Time Can't Heal is supposed to be the fic updated today but the new chapter got lost. Sorry.

Amnesia?

4

Good Grief

"And then, he practically told the whole world that he was Cagalli's lov—er, personal life!" Miriallia Haww related the story at the mall to her dear friends Lunamaria and Meyrin.

"No." Luna gaped in utter disbelief. "He didn't! It's just not Athrun-like."

Miriallia nodded her head firmly. "Believe me, I heard it with my own ears!" Lunamaria took a few seconds to get it in her nerves. Meyrin Hawke who had been listening in silent allowed an exhalation of breath.

"This is most…sudden! I mean you say he just met her through a delivery of flowers and now they're…they're. I need to sit down…"

"Mey, you're already sitting down." Lunamaria informed her sister. She knew how this was on Meyrin. Meyrin had a small crush on Athrun, so did Lunamaria but it was just a healthy crush. No stalking, eavesdropping, underwear stealing. Heck, come to think of it, it was more of an admiration than a crush.

"Athrun is like a brother!" Meyrin spouted off. "A kind and generous big brother I never had!"

"What's the connection?" Miriallia interred. Meyrin pulled and played with her pigtails in a sort of agitation. "It's just that—I don't think Athrun would ever do such a thing!"

Lunamaria made Meyrin give her attention, as she cleared her throat.

"Meyrin, let me place some facts there in your head. Athrun Zala is a drop-dead good-looking, hot-as-hell guy, or should I say man." She made a pause there then continued. "Cagalli Yula Athha is also hot. And she just so happens to be the apple in Athrun's eye."

"I wouldn't just say in his eye…" Mirillia sniggered, covering her mouth with her hand.

"Yes…well, point is. They're both adults…and anything can happen. They probably just got driven into a spur of the moment thing. Heck, I've read stories on the Internet of people who did the deed when they've only known each other for two minutes. Athrun is a big boy. He's not some teenager who has to be chaperoned or something."

Meyrin narrowed her eyes at the older Hawke. "You read stuff like that on the Internet?"

"I, well, I just browse around…"

"The mouse better not be sticky." Meyrin warned, trying to shake away the images of her sister browsing in those…those kinds of sites!

"Oh, hush, Meyrin! I'm not a teenager as well."

"Athrun Zala…and Dr. Athha?" Gilbert Durandal asked his personal secretary, Talia Gladys after she had told him something she overheard.

Talia gave an affirmative nod. "I overheard from the Hawke sisters and Miss Haww speaking of it in the washroom, I was in a stall, they didn't know I was there. Fact is, all three of them are good friends with Mr. Zala and I doubt they would speak malicious things of him."

"Well…this is truly," a smirk "interesting. Dr. Athha will make a great promotion for our company."

"And speaking of promotions?"

"Yes, the issue of Athrun's pending promotion. Well, we'll see in time he gets it."

Arthur Trine recalled all he had heard in the conversation of Durandal and Gladys to a few employees. Turned out, Durandal didn't properly place the receiver back after a business call from Arthur, and Talia had happened to come in and she had started conversing to Durandal about Athrun.

Because he had only been listening through the phone, he didn't really get all the details… still…

"Athrun Zala is given a promotion for screwing around with that doctor?"

"Humph. I wonder if I'll get a promotion if I sleep with Brad Dittch!" a frustrated and equally disgusted employee raised.

"That Zala is one lucky guy!" One hooted, feeling prideful to the male species.

"If you ask me, he would do so much better." One spoke out of jealousy.

So the whole ZAFT corporation building was buzzing around with this latest scoop. Some told more fabricated detailed version of the real story. Some told half-truth versions of the story. Some told a version were Athrun Zala and Dr. Athha had been keeping a secret relationship. Some told the exact words of Arthur Trine. Some even told a version where aliens abducted Athrun Zala. Go figure.

They told everyone they knew about this. Some even told the story to clients, who would come home and tell everyone they knew about this story.

Everything was spiraling out of control.

"And today's latest entertainment scoop: famous doctor, Cagalli Yula Athha, is said to be having an affair with Athrun Zala, who is said to become the vice president of ZAFT corporations. This couple isn't yet official and there are no accurate sources but there have been eyewitnesses that tell us that these two have been seen together in a public place and"—

"DAMN RIGHT NO ACCURATE SOURCES!!!" Cagalli Yula Athha exclaimed in violent reaction to this report. She had thrown a chair at the large screen plasma TV, but hell did she care!

Athrun Zala who was seated at the sofa in Cagalli's living room was cringing and shivering with great fear to all of this. His name. They had said his freaking name! For the love of God! His freaking name!

"Who the hell is Athrun Zala?!! I don't know him! I haven't even seen him! How can they put me in a love team with someone I don't know? A corporate clone for God's sake!!!" Cagalli shouted. "How dare they do this to me!!! I'd rather give medical services in the desert again than go out with a corporate clone!"

Athrun Zala mentally disagreed with her but he was too scared to tell her that the guy named Alex and who had 'amnesia' was none other than Athrun Zala himself. The name she was currently using with profanities.

After the mall, they had come back to the Penthouse to prepare for the party. That and so Cagalli could shout her head off at Alex after the whole Yuuna incident, which wasn't pretty. He remembered Cagalli calling him, or rather 'Alex', a disgusting pig, a pervert, ecchi, hentai and so on and so on…then she flicked on the TV and well…

"THEY CAN ALL JUST ROT IN HELL!!!"

"Maybe you should take a deep breath and"—

"Who do you think you are? A doctor? Well we don't need you because I already filled that position here if you didn't notice!"

She stomped up to her bedroom to scream more bloody murder. Athrun "a.k.a. Alex Dino" threw his head back and cursed.

"--This couple isn't yet official and there are no accurate sources but there have been eyewitnesses that tell us that these two have been seen together in a public place and many people mostly coming from ZAFT corporations have been buzzing about this issue. It wouldn't be right or sane for ZAFT to jeopardize their name for spreading bogus rumors of the Athha-Zala issue, so a question here: Has the audacious doctor really been seeing a corporate tie? We'll keep you updated when we learn more. This has been Fllay Allster. Keep your day a good one!"

"Holy…"

"…Hell."

Dearka Elsman and Yzak Jule looked at each other with equally shocked faces of what they had just heard. Kira Yamato who was standing behind the sofa where his guests were sitting on almost dropped the tray of refreshments. Holy hell indeed.

This was as almost controversial as the time when Britney Cheers broke up with Justin Lumberlake.

They weren't really shock of the affair because they knew before everyone else. What was really the shocker was that the whole affair thing was being broadcasted in nationwide TV or, considering this was a famous doctor, maybe even worldwide.