Author's Note : I'm sorry that it took a very long time for me to updating, things going crazy with college, and I was sick for several weeks, that caused me to take a lot of rest and don't do anything except, college-sleep-eat-drinks-eat my medicine and etc. So this is the next chapter, it's almost close to the ending. And I want to apologize to royal dragon, I'm a person that quite repels the technology, in other words I don't know how to answered 'ur review directly, I'm hoping that it's okay to answered it here, well, the war are just some kind complement, but yes it has an important role to advancing the story, it's between every nation in this world, it takes place in Asia Pacific, and in this chapter you might getting a better explanation. The gundam here are something invented by the nation on where Cagalli and Kira belongs to, but as the time goes on, other nation seems to known it secrets and rebuild it into a better gundam. Fiuhh… Anyway, please enjoy this chapter!
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Our Hearts in Future…
~Treasure Guidance to Love~
It's 4 a.m in the morning. Kira still so sleepy, but something is bothering him, caused him awake. He reached his right side of his bed, but found nothing there. He's finally sat on his bed, look around and caught his sister figure stood still infront of the mirror.
They're 30 now. They got their dream jobs, their happy family, their sweet innocent child, and their perfect affair. Though their busy, they always spent one night together every once in a week. Today it's the time, and it happened to be their birthday.
Kira, grabbed the blanket and tide it on his waist, then walked at her. "Happy birthday.." he whispered while hugged her from behind. Cagalli gasped to his touch, she's in thought until the moment he embraced her.
"Happy birthday," she said and held both his brother-slash-husband arms on her chest.
"I'm getting all hot again, how about round five?" Kira trailed her neck with kisses, her thin sleep robe, her long beautiful hair, and her sweet scent has made him horny again.
She chuckled. "That's enough, we have to get going," she smiles weakly.
"Something's wrong?" Kira realized that she was concerned about something.
"Nothing.." Cagalli shook her head.
"Yeah smurf, something's wrong. Come on, look at me!" Kira kiss her hair, then turn her forcedly to face him. Their looking into each other face's right now. The room is quite dark, but nothing can't hide themselves from each other.
"Oh, I hate you!" suddenly, Cagalli get emotional and looked to another direction on that room.
"What?" Kira laughed and cupped her face to face him again.
"You know, about the differences of man and woman aging. You turn into that hot gorgeous man around thirty, while I'm getting closer to—oh! Just look at this wrinkles, it's getting lot!" she exploded.
Kira laughed. "It's normal smurf, and by the way, you only have three!"
"Great! The man I loved the most had been count it!"
"Or pay attention to you every time. And by the way, you should feel lucky because you still look extra ordinary outstanding on this age!"
"That's too over," Cagalli laughed.
"But it's true," Kira exclaimed. "Take a look at me, so you can see how beautiful you are," Kira caress her cheek. She finally has look at his face again. Well, he does turn onto a thirty hottie, and she doesn't found herself surprise about that, she's already know that he will change onto one of them. "Age with me Cagalli, age with me…" he smiled.
"At least I still have you," she kissed his knuckles.
"That's my wife. Come here!" Kira hugged her tenderly, and Cagalli back hugged him happily. She was so lucky to have him until now. "Let's tuck you to bed, princess," Kira has suddenly lift her from the floor to his embrace, caused her shock and burst out laugh.
"I think round five its fine with me," Cagalli whispered on his ears while he carries her to their bed for twice time on that day.
Well, I must say that they're doing well for all these years. Live the normal life, honored job, and a lovely family. But life, is never perfect, if it's beautiful—then it's a fairytale, but if it's a mess—that's the reality.
It's going well, and perfect, until in a one fine day… The scandal has been found.
"Opsy, daisy, good morning!" Cagalli greeted her husband at their dining room that morning. It's still early, but something told her to wake up, and surprisingly, she found Athrun had wake to. Waiting for her on the chair at the edge of the table. He has no expression on his face, only cold, there's nothing on the table infront of him, except a magazine. It's actually a magazine for politician, the article mainly about the politician social life, political issue, and other political info.
"What do you think about this?" he asked coldly without releasing his sight from his wife, but Cagalli knew, it was the magazine he meant to.
"What? Is it about the new policy? It finally published?" Cagalli tied up her hair by walking to his side. "I have a meeting at ten, do you—"
"Maybe it will delay or canceled," Athrun cut her words.
"What?" she stopped next to him and stared at him confusedly. Athrun only looked at the magazine, at the page which he already opened before, so she looked at that to. Her eyes widen when she saw the main headline.
It's about her. About whom she is, who is the country best ambassador, even her family background included, her beloved and honored father's name even have one paragraph to be told. About how she's doing her jobs well in all these years, her education background. And about her affair with a mysterious man, included her picture with Kira when they have a holiday at Bahama one year ago, wearing they swimsuit and looked extremely amused, and the other picture in different places, which of course she didn't mention to Athrun, and though she mention, Kira and her faces are not supposed to looked like that, with the happy expression and intimate pose.
"Speechless?" Athrun asked her suddenly.
She dropped the magazine and looked at him with her watery eyes. "No, this wasn't like it looked like.."
"Then what it looked like! You didn't even tell me about this vacation! I never recall you tell me that you're going to some place in this magazine!" Athrun suddenly stood up with a very angry expression on his face.
"He's my brother.. That's what we do.." Cagalli tried to lie.
"Ah, so you usually kissing, and have secret get away in some tropical island with your twin!"
"It's not that Athrun, please.."
"You know what? I don't care for him! But I do care about you! About your family name and your career! The press will know in a moment, and I suggest before the gossip spread, you ought to have a press conference with what ever reasonable excuse you'll give them!" Athrun looked frustrated, he pulled his own hair.
"I'm sorry.." Cagalli cried.
Athrun eyes shut closed. "So you admit it?" he asked with a very low voice. Cagalli said nothing, she just sobbed. "What about Mwu, what about… Just—worry about yourself," he sighed, open his eyes, and leave her be.
"What's wrong dad? Why are we at auntie Cagalli's office?" asked Frey Alster, Kira and Lacus's second child, she's four now. Kira's brought him here from school.
"I have to talk about something with her," Kira smiled and caress her red hair.
"Can we play again together? Then we buy some popsicles on the way home?" Frey asked with a very wide smile on her face.
Kira smiles weaken. "I'm afraid we can't," he touched her cheek.
Meanwhile, Cagalli were already at the embassy office, she's now walking to her room with her son Mwu La Flaga beside her, and her advisers around her. Blabbering, chirping, about what all they want.
"Mr. Yamato already at your office. You have to talk about the right decisions with him. Or our hard work all these years are just a waste of time. I suggest you go with…"
"But first I need to ask something, directly to you. Are you insane to cheat with your own twin brother!"
"Don't you realize what trouble you have caused?"
"What about your father! I served him and now I serve you. But how could you…?"
"I suggest we send Mr. Yamato to Pacific Ocean for a mission."
Cagalli was about to yell shut up, when suddenly Lacus appear from the conference room. Walk straight to her while she cried, and slap Cagalli in her right cheek. "That deserve you, bitch!" she screamed.
"Mrs. Clyne, we asked you to wait on that room," one of the advisers scolded her. And the other reached her and prevented her from attacking Cagalli again.
"Let go off me!" Lacus rebelled. The advisers who hold her with one security helping them, has finally managed to drag her again to the conference room. She yelled about how nasty and bitchy Cagalli is, until another adviser has to kneel and covered Mwu ears.
"Shall we?" asked the other adviser when the door closed.
"I'll go alone from here. With Mwu only," Cagalli said to them. The fifth adviser said nothing.
"Make the right choise. Mrs. Yulla Atha," finally, one of them gave her a slight nod.
Cagalli bowed to them, then she reached Mwu fingers, and they walk together on the corridor which leads to her office. "She looked extremely mad. I never see her like that. Usually she was so kind and gentle," Mwu mumbled. "Is it your fault? I mean, I don't want to see any of you fight. But if you were, then someone have to loose and apologize," he's only ten, but he extremely clever and sensitive.
"You're right," Cagalli smiled at him weakly. She took a deep breath, and then opened her office door. Kira stood up when she waltz in. She was closing the door behind her when Frey ran happily at her and hugged her.
"Well, aren't this very sweet lil' lady," Cagalli giggled and caress her hair.
"Can we play? Daddy said we couldn't… But I know you will say yes!" Frey laughed and asked her with all her spirits today. Kira watched them with his warm gaze. He wished if just their family like these.
Cagalli's sight softens. "Mwu," he glanced at Mwu.
"Hai," the boy answered.
"Can you take Frey to the balcony and play with her. I need to speak with uncle Kira," asked Cagalli.
"Of course," Mwu nodded happily. "Come on Frey," then he walked to that little girl, embrace her, and carry her to the balcony outside.
"Be careful. Watch your sister," Kira added while watching them.
"Yes uncle," said Mwu.
"Tough day, huh?" then he walked to Cagalli, hug her, and try to kiss her lip. But she converted it from lips to cheek.
"There are kids around," she said slowly while Kira pulled back.
Kira pay attention to her closely, he knew she lied. "Having decisions already?" he guessed.
She said nothing. "What do you think?" she asked with a very small voice.
"We should run together," he answered quickly.
"And leave our kids behind?" Cagalli looked straightly mad.
"No, we bring them. We start a family again with them, everything from scratch. Just them and us, just you and me," Kira hold her arms. "I said from the beginning. I dare to take all the risk, take all of them so that I can be with you without pretending. I'll protect you, and our kids. I always love you Cagalli. I will always. It's you who haven't loved me that far," then he cupped her face and lock his amethyst with her amber eyes.
Well there ain't no luck in these loaded dice
But baby if you give me just one more try
We can pack up our old dreams and our old lives
We'll find a place where the sun still shines.
"It wasn't that!" Cagalli escaped from him.
"Then why can't you agree with me already? Why can't you take the risk? I offered you my life but you still rejected it!"
"What about our parents pride!" they started yelling to each other.
"I'm sure if we're not born from them either we will still meet. I will found you. And I'm sure they want us to be happy! Do you really want to give up that easily? Twenty years for nothing!"
"That's just an excuse. What about our people? I already negotiate so much, for the sake of our country! If we leave like this, what will other nation will think about our nation!" Cagalli yelled. Kira frowned. Cagalli surprised, he can't object her?
Kira laughed sarcastically. "I admit that this rumor is classified to another country," he said. "But if you choose our land, you'll loose me this time. We can't have them both on one times," tears starts folded in his eyes.
Cagalli shocked, but her face is quickly backed to normal. "Then I have no choice," she wanted to look normal, but her tears just fall down freely on her cheek. "I always love you. And I hope someday you'll understand," a small sob escaped from her throat.
Kira tears have fallen to. "I wouldn't understand," he shook his head. "But yeah, I will always belongs to you smurf. I hope you're happy for your decision, because I will continue my life for your sake and our country," then he smiled, lean again at her, and kiss her forehead. She held another sob as hard as she could. "Frey," Kira erased his tears harshly and called his daughter.
Frey and Mwu run in with their fingers intertwine. "Papa, why'd you cry…?" asked Frey worriedly.
"It's nothing darling," Kira smiled and lifted her from the floor. Mwu glanced to his mother and found her cried to. "Well then, good bye Mrs. Yulla Atha," Kira bowed to Cagalli while hugging Frey. "Take a very good care of your mum," he stood and caresses Mwu hair harshly.
"Yes… uncle," answered Mwu confusedly. They looked into each other eyes, and when Kira turn around to the door. Mwu's eyes met with his cousins. Frey looked sad and lost, and he knew so did he.
The door closed, and Cagalli fall onto the floor. Cry as hard as she can. Mwu approached her and hugged her tightly.
Now your pictures that you left behind
Are just memories of a different life
Some that made us laugh
Some that made us cry
One that made you have to say good bye.
"It's okay mum… It's okay," he whispered as he caressing her mother hair. "You still have me," he added.
A half an hour later, Cagalli walked to the conference hall herself with confidence. She doesn't asked one of her adviser to represent her. Mwu accompany beside her. His face looked so sure and straight.
"Kira Yamato, the man on the newspaper and magazine, are a pilot for the navy, and he's nothing more, than my twin brother and my best friend. Our parents divorced since our junior high year, we were so close before then, but even more close after that. We shared a really tight bond, especially after our parents died in tragic, not in romantic ways. But I admit, sometimes we're a bit over to show our affection. Like there is no limit to express it. Well, we have our own reason for do that to, the first is, because we don't have anyone we can really trust except us, because we feel so alone because we have lost our parents, and the second is, because Kira is a gun ship pilot, and he'll go to the pacific war which will happened shortly. I'm so afraid that I lost him, so that does it. I hope the media and the other would not make this rumor spread wider, and created another issue. We're apologized for the problem we cause."
Cagalli broadcast on television ended as she bowed to the audience. Kira wore his sunglasses, leaved the town square, and head back to his car. Frey were busily singing, she's following the song from the radio on the kids chanel.
"Are we really leaving?" she asked innocently when Kira sat next to him.
"Yes darling, we'll go get your mother and brother. Then we're movin," Kira smiled weakly.
"Auntie Cagalli and Mwu, can they come with us?" she asked full of hope.
Kira shook his head. "I'm afraid we can't meet them again," he caressed her cheek sadly, and then turned on the car.
10 years Later:
"Pull back the troops! Tell them to get out from there!" Cagalli barged to the council room.
"Mrs. Yulla Atha? How could she get in?" the guests questioning, because Cagalli is not invited, and she's not one of them anymore. She lost her identity after Kira left her, so she lost her concentration about two years after that, then the council decide that she's not capable anymore. They still gave her a seat on the parlement, but it's mere a useless seat, she can't do something from there. Though she tried, no one in the council believes her anymore. When the war exploded in pacific, she can do nothing to prevent it from spread further.
"Cagalli, what are you doing here? Go back to your party, it's your birthday, Mwu has everything prepared at home," Athrun walked shyly at her, grabbed her arms, and whispered.
"How could you do that!" Cagalli pushed his arms harshly.
"Do what?" Athrun looked confused.
"Like I don't know that you're going to use the base as a bait and let every single soul died in there because the nuclear! You knew nuclear is forbidden, but you lower yourself to used thousand of humans who worked for you and loyal to their country to die there without knowing that!" Cagalli yelled angrily, she pointed them one by one.
Athrun faces changed. "For God sake, I don't know about any of this, I swear!" he looked Cagalli in her eyes with extremely confused. "Is this true? That we're going to launched this inhuman act in a few hours, just because we can't accept loose!" then he turned to the council and looked definitely furious.
The council said nothing. They're just looking them with their so uncared sight.
"You're absent last week Zala. This is a very necessary decision, it's based from the protocol. We're not doing it on purpose, or just because we afraid that we're going to loose," said one of the council.
"What are you talking about? There is no such protocol!" Athrun protested.
"You might want to read this again," a man approached him, and showed him something.
"But before that, we're going to sanitize this room from the unexpected guests. Security!" A council lady called the guards, and told them to brought Cagalli out of here.
"You can't do this! Hey! I'm Cagalli Yulla Atha, and on my fathers name and humanity I have the rights to be here!" she rebelled from the guards grabbed.
"Hey, easy!" Athrun yelled to the guards, "Just calm, Cagalli, we're not going to make mistake," then he smiled forcedly to Cagalli.
"You're making one, now!" she screamed.
"Look who's talking ladies and gentleman! Look who's making inhumane mistakes on the past few years, and now she sue us!" a man laughed and pointed at her.
"Hey!" Cagalli protested.
"It's true! You think we don't know why you come here! You just want to save one from the thousand souls in pacific!"
"That's not true!"
"Yes it's true, even your husband know it's true! Drag her out of here!" the man shouted angrily.
"Then in Gods name, I may have made a mistake, but I will stop this useless war for the sake of every living soul in this world! And I swear that all of you in this council will be punished for the crime you caused in this war! Remember this always after you make every wrong decision!" the council just pursed their lips, just laughed because she just bluffing. But some years later they're regret it.
Cagalli thought was right. The pacific explode, but that doesn't make the war over. It's getting worse for vengeance. Cagalli party canceled. Mwu and her are now watching the television on their living room. Cagalli wiped her tears, not only for her brother Kira, but for almost one million souls who died there.
"Mum," Mwu caress her shoulder. "I'm sorry," he said.
"It's okay," Cagalli nodded.
"How could father let this happen? See, you shouldn't go there by yourself, you should've took me with you," he looked her mother with sympathy.
"What can you do? You're only twenty. You haven't even finish your degree," Cagalli laughed.
"I can beat the guards," Mwu joked. They both laughed lightly. "I'll go with you mum," he said seriously when things settled once again.
"What?"
"You said you will gather power once again. You can't do this alone. You need a bodyguard. And after all, I have the same frame like you. I want to stop this war, I want no misery ever again. You were right, kill just because your friends get killed, then be killed, we can't attained peace like this," Mwu answered surely.
Cagalli looked back to her son's eyes. They always look so sure and kindhearted, like Athrun's. "Thank you," she hugged him. "Then we're partner now," she joked when she let him go. He grinned happily.
Then there they are, gathered they own power. Cagalli called the people who still care, about the sake of their own family, friends, the people they loved, and more importantly care for the humanity. She's not depending to the government anymore, she started an independent movement, she even lost her previous department, and her family reputation that very loyal to serve this country, only for this movement, she really started it from scratch. Critics flowed from everywhere, media, another organization, even the government, their striking her past, mostly about her scandal with Kira, but then she never really bothers it, the people will see the truth, she thoughts. Mwu and his fiancé joined her after their finished their degree, she get's even stronger when her son on her side, it's already been two years since the movement started. And with her and the movement efforts for another five years, she finally gained a soft power to joined many forums in the world, that discuss about how to bring peace. Many trials for murdering her, even her family member had begun since the seventh year she started the movement, until she achieved her goal. On the tenth year-though she and her husband still live in one roof but go separated ways and respect others privacy, Athrun finally joined the movement and left the government, he also loose his job and his reputation, but he managed to survived with his family and his friend support who has a same frame as he. At first, both sides just ignore him, brand him as a follower and a chicken (because one of his ex-partner told the media about the last threat of his wives on the meeting room), but he succeed to denied all that and reveal his strong will for peace.
"I have only one reason to join this movement, I want to acclaimed peace, then I made up my mind to join with people who have the same frame," was his answered when the media interviewed him at the day he kicked out from his office.
It's a really long way to make peace come true. Even from the eleventh until the fifteenth year, the war get worse, any pilot could ride a gundam now, it's not a classified for the coordinator anymore. Until on the 17th year, the tragedy of Bloody Valentine happened, the people who don't care at first are now force to care, the sympathy, the humanity inside them begin to rise. So then the people ignore the government and a massive movement for stopping war happened on the entire world.
"For all big people out there! The representative of a nation or whatever-until when you will discuss what is wrong and what is right! Who is wrong and who is right! We don't take shit about them! All we want just stop the war and bring peace here! Retrieve our freedom, and respect the others!" Mwu stated in one of his oration that coincidently broadcast in almost every part on this whole world. His words welcomed on a huge cheer by the other people who joined the movement right now, and burn, raised the heat for another people out there. Finally, though not entirely-almost-still in process-but sure, peace has attained at the 20th years after Cagalli started the movement.
All sides that been involved to started this war apologized and surrender themselves. Now it's up to each Country to decide what best for it, are they going to punish the war criminals as heavy as they could, or they have another ways.
"… For the victim out there, for the survivor and their family, I know that it's not easy to forgive, it's also not easy to forgot, and it was so normal if you want to know the truth that made you suffers. But, what is truth by the way? It's definitely different with revenge…" It's one of the Cagalli's international speeches infront all nation, and due to her words, many beautiful things happened after the wars, though almost every people still haunted by misery, guilt, fear, and vengeance. Each country has finally gave appropriate punishment for the war villains, no more no less, and many victims and survivors could let it go in the end, they can see the light pass the darkness, the only thing they sue are the truth.
And as she stated twenty years ago, all people in the council room, the people who committed the first bomb explosion in Asia Pacific and sustained the wars for at least last twenty years, has finally surrender themselves and put in jail for fifteen years. Even Athrun got his punishment for three years in jail.
So, that three years has finally passed, and things almost back to normal for Cagalli. She still worked as a volunteer for maintaining the peace though, but no one tries to kill her anymore, and well, the war has over. She lived a normal life with her family, has a nice home and environment. Athrun built this house twenty years ago, and Mwu renovate it two years ago. Not a very big house, there's only two floor, but it's pretty large, open in summer, warm in winter, and comfy in all season, plus, it has a perfect security due to the past.
So there she is now, cooking with Mwu's wife Milliaria, while waiting that man arrival.
"The salad's ready!" said Millie while she put the fork which she used to mix the vegetables.
"You always made a fresh salad," Cagalli glanced to the bowl on one of the kitchen table. She's not young anymore, you can see her wrinkles clearly, and all her hair covered in white. She still very healthy though, a grandma that full with energy, her smiles still very beautiful, her eyes always look lively, and though her hair are white now, sometimes you can still see the golden glimpse of hers. She still very pretty for an old woman and everyone who see her will know that she used to be prettier when she's younger.
"Thank you. How about your pizza, need a hand mum?" Millie walked towards her.
"Everything is under control. I already placed the chips too," Cagalli clapped her hands happily. She turned, and found Millie gently smiled at her. However, her daughter in law smiles right now seems rather different, she even has a glassy eyes.
"Something's wrong dear?" asked Cagalli worriedly.
"Nothing…" Millie chuckled and shook her head. "It's just, I wish my parents were here to. We can eat pizza and watching movies with the entire family…" she wiped her tears.
Cagalli gave her a symphatic smiled. "You've through a lot," she felt guilty. Millie's parents died five years ago due to the trial murder for Cagalli and her family, so in the other hand, it probably her fault, or at least she has role in it. "I'm very sorry. If it wasn't for me, they probably still here…"
"No," Millie leaned to the kitchen table. "If it wasn't for you, we may not gained peace as quick as right now," she smiled again. Cagalli still looked sad. "Even a survivor who already lost his entire family, one of his foot and arms, can finally forgive and let it go, so why can't I? It's not like my parents or any other lives are not important, it's very precious… But then you taught and show us that there are other values that we have to respect and thankful. You taught me to see things that I couldn't see," Millie played her finger and looked down. "I know you've through a lot too, but you stood still," then she lifted her head. "Such a wonderful woman and a great mother anyone could have," and walked at her again to hugged her.
Cagalli chuckled. "You know, at first I thought that I wouldn't be a good mother, that I'm not a mom material… even Mwu matured on his own, but now I relieved to hear this," she caress her daughter in law hair softly. "And I'm sure you are a good wife and a good mother too, I know that your parents were so proud to have a lovely daughter like you," Cagalli gave a brief kiss on her forehead.
"Mom, grandma! We're home!" suddenly, the front door opened, and Yzak, their son and their grandson get in with Mwu followed behind him. "It's damn freezing outside!" both he and his father shake their body to fell off the snow, and hang their coat next to the main door.
Cagalli and Millie stop hugging, wiped the rest of their tears and laughed. "Yzak! What have I said about using the curse word including damn!" yelled Mille from the kitchen.
"Ooops! I forgot," Yzak chuckled and gave her an innocent smiled. "But it does damn freezing!" then he said that on purpose with a very mock expression on his face.
"Come here you!" Millie grinned and chased him when he started to run.
"Nonono-nope, stop! Give your husband a kiss first!" Mwu gripped Millie's waist on his way to the kitchen and rolled her into his arms. The woman laughed lightly and gave a brief kiss on his cheek, then continued chasing their son.
"Has peace ever come to our house?" Cagalli threw the mop in her hand to the dishwasher.
"Yea', but I know you enjoyed it," Mwu gave her a kiss on her forehead. "Here, something to freshen the kitchen," then he handed the white orchid bouquet that he bought on his way back home.
"Hmm, pretty," Cagalli received the bouquet, looked at it and smelled it.
"Yzak chose it."
"He did? Huh, I worried about the boy. He attracted to white color so much, despite his silver hair."
"But you loved white," Mwu putted another groceries on the table and get it out one by one.
"Last week he gave me a pair of white underwear. He said it will make me prettier infront of his grandpa," Cagalli took one apple from refrigerator.
"He did? How?" Mwu stopped his work and jawdropped.
"What, how he get the underwear or how the way he think?" Cagalli bit her apple.
"Both of them," Mwu's expression indicates that he still shock.
"Got it from e-bay perhaps—bah! How should I know! He's your son!" the old woman lifted her shoulder and walked out the kitchen.
"Go ahead and sit with Yzak, Mwu and I will bring the food," she passed Millie on her way to the living room.
"What movie?" asked Cagalli while she huffed herself on the sofa infront of the TV. She watched her grandson preparing the DVD player.
"Umm, a beautiful mind," Yzak turned for a while and smiled at her.
"So it's about you," Cagalli back smiled wisely.
"No! You're to flattered grandma! I like a girl on my age," Yzak chuckled.
"But you do have a beautiful mind," Cagalli pursed her lips.
"Yea, yea, whatever," Yzak gave up. "My friend said that this is very inspiring movie, it has lot of aspect in it like love, friendship, life, science, even humanity," then he joined his grandma on the sofa. Though he's only still thirteen, he was very bright like his father used to, very matures for someone on his age, but still very loved to play, opened, friendly, and very kindhearted. Now the movie is ready, they just have to wait til Mwu and Millie gets here to play it.
"I can't wait to watch," Cagalli looked at the TV screen.
"By the way, grandpa said hi to you. Have you visited him?" Yzak leaned on her shoulder. Despite all the fact I mention before on his description, he still a boy.
"U huh, this morning. I'll visit him again tomorrow. Will you come with me?"
"Great, I have nothing to do tomorrow! Let's accompany him all day!"
Athrun has been hospitalized from three months since he left the jail. It's about three weeks ago.
"Ok, we're ready!" Millie hands full with foods and drinks, and so does her husband. "Yzak, move your butt a bit, give mom place to sit," she added while walking next to her son. The good son obeyed.
"You and I are going to talk after this!" Mwu pointed at him while sitting next to Cagalli.
"O ow… Are you…?" Yzak glanced suspiciously to Cagalli. The grandma only winked at him.
"You're in some problem young man," Mwu said for sure.
"Quit it already, just watch the movie," Cagalli embraced both of them, make them stopped.
So, in one hour forward, they all enjoyed the movie. It is inspiring like Yzak said, but then come this part which made Cagalli froze. It's the part where the main character's wife, Alicia, did not leave her husband despite all things that already happened. All of them teary, even Millie cried. But only Cagalli who left her seat and walked upstairs.
"What's wrong with grandma?" Yzak asked confusedly.
"It's alright, you keep watching. I'll go get her," Mwu also stood up and gave his family a calming smile. He walked upstairs and looking for his mom in each room. He finally found her in her own room. She sat on her bed, looking outside the window with empty stares. A small smile appeared on his face, and he leaned to the door side, watching her.
"I feel so guilty," Cagalli mumbled. "Perhaps I shouldn't have left him…"
Mwu said nothing. "If you didn't, was it possible that all we've been through can still being happening? Like our movement, our family now, and the entire event," he finally asked.
"I don't know…" Cagalli answered. "I just loved him. I still love him…" tears began to fold in her eyes.
Mwu walked to her bed, and finally joined her. "I understand how you feel, I missed him to," he said.
Cagalli chuckled. "I'm so lucky to have a kid that so full of surprise."
"What~" Mwu asked her with a teased smiled.
"Remember when you still a kid? You have a gift, to understand things with only one look. You're so sensitive to everything around you. Including me and your father, or he and I…" Cagalli explained. "And yet, you never blamed me for what I'm feeling until now… I was so afraid, that I can't be a good mother for you…"
Mwu reached her hands. "But you are a good mother for me, and a good wife for father…" he kissed her palms. "Why should I blame you? Deep in my heart, I know that you loved father very much. But you loved him much more than father. And I love them both. I love you too," then he looked at that amber eyes with very deep.
Cagalli doesn't know what to say. Personally, she feels that she's not a good mother, it's all because of Mwu, he's a good son, that's why this family still survived. "I miss him so much, I don't even know if he still alive or not…" she cried in silence, and leaned herself in her son's shoulder.
"There will be chance mom… I know how strong your heart for him. Sooner or later, you'll meet him again," Mwu embraced her gently and assure her with a very soft voice.
"He's going soon my lady. We're so sorry that we can't do more for him," the doctor touched her shoulder. It's already the next afternoon, and Cagalli received a very surprising called from the hospital at a very right time when Yzak and her get ready to see Athrun.
Cagalli frowned. "How long…?"
The doctor sighed. "I can't tell for sure, but, thirty minutes is maximal…" he told her.
Cagalli sighed in disbelief. "Thank you," she nodded slowly.
"Call us if you need anything," said the doctor for the last time before she finally leaved him to see Yzak who is sit at the waiting chair not far from them.
"Mom and dad will be here soon. I already called them," Yzak informed her. Cagalli frowned. "Grandma, is everything okay…?" Yzak stood up and held her hand.
"Yes darling…" Cagalli snapped it out. "Let's go see grandpa…" she gave a slight squeeze on his palms.
They were in Athrun's room one minute later. He was so pale, and weak. He even needed sometimes to opened his eyes and realized that he have some visitors. He happily welcomed Yzak and Cagalli, and Cagalli let him chat with Yzak for a moment. After a while and when she realizes that Athrun gets weaker, she asked Yzak to leave the room first.
"Mwu raised him well," he whispered when Yzak closed the door and Cagalli sit besides him.
"Millie helped him, a lot," Cagalli reached his hand and grabbed it.
"He always did well… He finished his studied without guidance, a man who has a strong principal, has a beautiful wife and nice family…" he closed his eyes.
"Well, we raised him…" Cagalli smiled
"No… You did, I only get some part. I never really been there for him, especially after the scandal…" he opened his eyes again.
"At least you gave him financial support for his study," Cagalli joked.
Athrun laughed. "That's still not worth to call as a father," he said it afterwards.
"You think too much… He loves you…" Cagalli squeeze his hands.
"Good then… I'm afraid in my sufficient time right now, he can tell it to me directly, but that's not even possible…" he smiled widely.
"Why?" Cagalli asked.
"Because I can feel it… I will leave soon…"
"You don't—"
"Listen to me my wife… I want too, apologize," for the first time, Cagalli saw lives in Athrun's eyes again.
"I'm the one who have to apologize… I caused you these. I was supposed to stop you when you go to the county and asked punishment for your crime…"
"So you did realize that it is a crime…?"
"It was a crime, and it was atoned after what you did after past these years…" Cagalli said for sure.
Athrun laughed. "My dear Cagalli… One of the reason I loves you is because of this, because you always can see the bright side beyond the sufferer and the miseries. But no one my dear, no one can know for sure if they already forgiven or not, it's the same case like if you don't know that you perhaps can be wrong. Only God knows, and I'm afraid of him. That's why I tried my best to atone what I did, because I know that someday, this day will come. Don't feel guilty, besides, you always visited me everyday when I'm still in jail," he explained as best as he could with his condition
Cagalli said nothing. "I want to apologize too… About Kira…" she mumbled.
"I forgive you," Athrun nodded. Cagalli looked at him in disbelief. "And I hope you can forgive me too…"
"… What is it?"
"You see, it was me, who separated you from the man you truly loved…" Athrun confessed.
"What do you mean? The media busted us, that was why it revealed…" Cagalli laughed confusedly.
"The media revealed it, because it was me, who revealed it to them…" Athrun nodded, Cagalli's eyes widen. "I knew it since we married. That there was something different between you and your brother. I have some assumption, a very dangerous assumption, and at first I don't want to spy you, but then I did. I sent men to collect data about you both, and the result was so beyond what I already assumpted. I was controlled by my rage back then, I didn't even want to clarified it with you. All I knew was, I only wanted him to get away from you, from our family. And so I did it…" he stopped here.
Cagalli realized that he wants some kind of permission from her to continue his story, but she frowned. She can't belief that Athrun did all these! It was him that separated her from Kira! She's getting emotional, and her feelings started to war. Thank God, experience always taught her about merciful, she even remembered her last conversation with Mwu. Athrun has suddenly coughed very hard, and Cagalli's mind has finally harmonized, she helped her husband for a moment, to return him at stabile state.
"Go on," she said with a very low voice after Athrun seems better.
Athrun gave her a guilt smiled. "But after that, a big hole started shaping in my heart. When he's gone, the situation didn't get any better. You, who were my main reason to rid him—though still seemed normal and happy, I know that you're in so much pain. After that you tried to apologize to me by always be by my side, but I know it wasn't you, even your love for me, it's not even there anymore, it's all gone. It made me angry, but I never showed it, but I did do something about it. Everytime I see Mwu, I see your brother…. I knew his my son, but I knew he was so closed with him to and practically loved him as the second father… So I abandoned him, I don't act like how a father should be… And I'm… very… sorry for that…" then he proceeded. His voice is getting weaker, and his eyes started unfocused.
"Athrun! Darling, stayed with me!" one drop of tear has fall to Cagalli's cheek, not because now she knows the truth, but because she know how much this man loved her until now.
"Until now…" Athrun whispered, Cagalli know that there's still some parts for that sentence, but it somehow stopped.
"What, what?" she stood up and cupped his face to face her. She was supposed to ask him to rest, but she knows that he'll be leaving soon, so she helped him to reveal anything he wants to say.
"I still tried to find him… But the result is zero… I can't find him anywhere…" Athrun woke from his temporary stupefied, and looked to her eyes.
"Why did you do that? You were supposed to rest…" Cagalli cries getting harder.
Athrun raised one of his arms as best as he can and put it on her cheek, wiped her tears away with his shaken palm. "It's because I love you…" he smiled gently.
"Father!" the door suddenly slammed, and Mwu ran in.
"Mwu…?" Athrun was looking for him though Mwu already besides him too.
"I'm here," said the man by reaching his hand.
"Ah, there you are. You made it, I thought I'll be gone before I see you," Athrun gave a slight smile when he finally can see his face.
"I never let you down, do I?" Mwu laughed lightly. Tears are folded in his eyes.
"You never did," so did Athrun. He looked at the two people he loved the most, and they're both looking at him, hand in hand, and tighter their grip with love. "I'm sorry…" Athrun whispered. Tears falling on his cheek. "I'm so sorry if I ever hurt you. I love you both, more than you can imagine," he cried. And Cagalli and Mwu knew better that it wasn't a lied.
"We love you too, I love you father," Mwu tried the best as he could to not cried.
"I love you, I love you so much… Thank you, thank you for all the precious time in the world that you've given to me, thank you for your kindness, thank you for your forgiveness, and thank you for your love," Cagalli cried and hugged her husband.
"Kiss me…" pleaded Athrun, he lifted her face and stopped crying. "With all your heart that you meant for me…" then he smiled and said it very gently. His face suddenly looked glow.
Cagalli bit her lip to avoid cry harder. She smiled and leaned to him. At first she wants to meant that kissed for Kira, but at the second thought, he loved this man too, at least for staying with her on the difficult times, supporting her when she sad, forgiving her mistake, and for everything. So like what Athrun asked before, she did kiss him very deep. The first real kiss, the real kiss she meant for him, and when Athrun return the kiss, she can feel his affection for her from there.
She finally broke the kiss after a minute, she pulled herself away for few inches, and opened her eyes. At first she thought that Athrun was sleeping, he looked very peaceful, and his old lips shaped a light smile.
"He's gone," until Mwu's voice has finally awaked her.
Cagalli couldn't say anything, she just watched for some minutes. Recording every inch of his face, his wrinkles, his eye lashes, his nose, his lips… Then she remembered the first time they meet.
"Umh, hi!" a good-looking man stood next at her when she busily read her books alone, in the University garden when she studied in German. One of his hands hid behind his back.
"Yes?" Cagalli eyed him suspiciously.
The man smiled. "Can I sit?" he asked shyly, his cheek blushed.
Cagalli pursed her lips and glanced across the garden. "Only if you buy me one of those," she pointed to the Ice cream shop she glanced before.
"Great!" the man seems glad. "Here," then he finally showed her his hid hands, a brownies sundae smiled at Cagalli. She laughed in disbelief. "I saw you before. Sitting here by yourself, reading books."
"That's because sometimes I prefer to be left alone."
"Oh. Um, not practically alone, this brownies sundae's always accompany you."
"Huh," she smirked. "So, umm—?" and touched the back of her hair.
"Athrun, Athrun Zala…"
"Oke, Athrun, do you want to sit?"
"Sure, here," Athrun gladly sat next to her and handing her the brownies sundae. "What is your name?" he asked.
Cagalli chuckled and put one spoon of the sundae to her mouth. "It's Cagalli, Cagalli Yulla Atha."
End of flash back. Then she remembered almost all time she had been through with him. "Good man," she whispered, leaned again and kissed his forehead.
She could hear Millie and Yzak cried from outside…
Three months later…
"Congratulations Mrs. Yulla Atha," a lot of people congrats her after the Nobel of peace awards on Sweden that morning.
"Very beautiful and meaningful speech, yet very simple…"
"Thank you," Cagalli welcomed them by Mwu on her side.
"Mr. Yulla Atha and Mr. Zala would be so proud," a woman's voice heard behind her, and when she faced her and want to thank her, her words stopped.
"Hi, do you remember me? Mwu?" the woman who spoke about her father and husband were looked at Cagalli first, then at Mwu. She seems in around last thirty, but her smiled, somehow Cagalli and Mwu seems recognized her.
"It can't be…" Mwu murmured. Everyone's looking at them now. "Frey—Frey Alster!" he yelled in shock.
"I'm glad that you recognize me, it's been a long time and—agh! Mwu! Put me down! We're not kids anymore!" she laughed happily, but then cut off mid-sentence because Mwu ran at her, hugged her, lifted her in his shoulder, and circling the hall.
"Baby, you can just call them as grandpa and uncle! Come here!" tears began to fold in Cagalli's eyes, she ran a little to Frey who's now down, and hugged her tightly.
"I don't wanna made a scene," Frey apologizing and cried in happiness, so does Mwu. Everyone doesn't seemed understand, but they laughed with them.
"I miss you so much! Look at you!" Cagalli off her arms and looked at her from head to toe. She is very beautiful, and very mature, yet very old, made Cagalli realize how much time has passed.
"Well, we skip elementary, jr high, senior high, and college… So, how is your work? Just how are you!" Mwu asked her gladly. The there of them wiped the tears and laughed again.
In a couple of minutes later, they already stroll in first floor balcony, outside the hall, where they out of sight from people, and can enojoy the garden and the lake view. Listened to Frey story, she's a lecture now in Princeton University, and during the war, their family should be out of sight because his father worked, that's why they never contacted them. Cagalli and Mwu didn't asked about the time before the war though, she's here now were lucky enough.
"I'm sorry for uncle Athrun," said Frey sadly.
"So, you did know the news from newspaper?" asked Mwu.
"Yes we did, and yes, we come to the funeral…" Frey answered with a light smiled.
"What?" Cagalli looked at her in disbelief.
"Actually only mother and I went there. Well, you were so busy, and we don't want to made a scene, so we keep ourselves low, but still it's very hard, mother cried all the funeral, even almost louder then you," she explained while looking to Cagalli's eyes.
"I see…" Cagalli gave her a small smiled and nodded in understandment. Then she looked down to the floor.
"What about your father? Is he alright?" as Mwu can read her mind, he asked Frey as her representative.
"Well," Frey stopped walking. Cagalli's heart beat gets louder and louder until she thought she'll have a heart attack. "He's fine," said Frey. Something fells off from Cagalli's, and it's like there's this huge balloon on her brain, but after what she heard from Frey, it finally exploded in relief. "Mother said if I met you here, she wants me to ask you to come by at our house. To visit her and dad," she added again and chuckled.
Tears have falling on Cagalli's cheek. Both son's and her niece's looked at her surprisingly. "So I still have a family after all…" she covered her mouth with her hands so the sob won't getting worse.
Mwu smiled gently and hugged his mother tightly. "Come here," he lured on of his hands to Frey who watched them in cherish. The women chuckled and quickly joined them. Mwu embraced them both, and they embrace each other.
Cagalli finally found how to find her missing treasure…
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So, that's for this chapter. There's humanity value I added in here, because I want each chapter has a meaning. Like, the first chapter was about their innocence, second chapter was their sin, third chapter was truly about their love and so on. I recommended you to watch Beautiful Mind which appear in this chapter, cause like Yzak said, it will opened your eyes and give you new perspective. When I wrote the last part, and when Cagalli's cried that her twin brother still alive, I almost cried too, because I know what is like, I can see the clear example from my mom and my uncle. My uncle was so sick, but my mom still patient and nurturing him because he's the only family she has in this world right now. Even sometimes, I can't understand why she still doing this, while we have almost nothing for him. But now I understand, it's another form of love. The love you have for your family. The lyrics still from Always by Bon Jovi. I think that's all, I'm sorry if I still bad on the war parts, I'll do better next time, thx for reading, and don't forget to review (please do!), wait for my next update, and I hope it will be here soon! C yaa!