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Author's note: Thank you for the reviews, guys! Here's part five. Happy reading!

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SPINNING A DREAM

Part five: Emerald Orbs

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Athrun sat down, exhausted from running. He woke up late this morning. Probably because of the tiring flight from PLANT, he thought. He ogled to his watch, not noticing a certain brown haired man walking towards him.

"Good morning, Athrun," Kira's voice startled the raven haired man.

Athrun rose up from his seat.

"Sorry I'm late," he bit out.

Kira shook his head.

"No, it's okay. I knew that you will come anyway."

"So, the interview's over?" Athrun asked.

"What interview?"

"The one advertised on the paper you gave me yesterday."

Kira chuckled.

"Oh, that……Actually, there was no interview running today," he answered.

Athrun frowned.

"But that paper…….."

"I made it myself. For you," Kira replied.

Athrun's frown deepened. Kira chuckled again.

"Come, I'll take you to her," he said, fully aware that Athrun had no idea about he tricking him.

"What's the meaning of these?" Athrun managed to asked, though he still didn't understand what on earth was going on now.

Kira turned to him.

"What? You don't want the job?"

Athrun shook his head.

"No, it's just…….What were you planning to do anyway?"

Kira smiled.

"I'm helping both of you," he answered simply.

"Helping both of us?"

Kira nodded.

"You see, I've told you before that Cagalli were involved in an accident and lost her memory, right? It took times for me to helped her remembered that I'm her brother, and I'm going to do the same thing for you."

Athrun gave him a puzzled look.

"I mean, I'm going to help her getting her memory back. I'm going to make her remember about you. About how you two met and fall in love with each other. Of course, I'm not going to do it alone, for you're going to help me."

"But why?" Athrun asked, began to understand what Kira had in his mind. "Why were you doing this?"

Kira smiled again.

"It's because of Rie," he answered him. "I didn't want her to live in an incomplete family, where her father was not there to care for her. I didn't wanted her to be sad every time she saw another kids strolling around with their mother and father beside them, laughing and chatting like a real family should be and by the fact that she didn't have her father around to play with her."

"But Kira, you were her father," Athrun responded. "She called you 'Papa'."

"But that didn't change the fact that I'm not her real father, Athrun," Kira replied. "I'm just her uncle."

Athrun looked saddened. Kira tapped his shoulder.

"Don't bother about it, Athrun," he said to his best friend. "You still have the chance to get closer to her, and also to Cagalli. That's why I asked you to be Cagalli's bodyguard. With that, you can spend more times with her and Rie."

"But what about you?" the raven haired man asked. "What were you going to do if I become her bodyguard? You're going to lose your job."

Kira grinned.

"What? You think I didn't make any plan before I asked you to come here?"

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"Mama, I'm hungry," Rie squeaked, while staring at her mother that was facing her computer.

"Rie, you have to wait for Papa Kira to come," Cagalli replied, still not moving from facing the monitor. "Mama's busy right now."

"But he's late!" Rie muttered, leaning against the chair she'd been standing on.

Rie stared at her mother. She sighed as she knew that her mother didn't pay any attention to what she had said. Rie always felt lonely, for her mother was always busy with her works and meetings that Cagalli had to attend. Sometimes, she didn't have a chance to see her for days and the only person that accompany her were Kira. That's why she and Kira have a close relationship, just like father and daughter.

Kira were the one who took her out for shopping and to play. If he's also busy, Rie usually stayed at the mansion, accompany only by her dolls and the maids. She knew the fact that Kira wasn't her real father, but they have a close relationship, and Kira didn't mind her calling him 'Papa'. Rie always wondered how it feels to have her real father around her. She sometimes found that a pang of jealously hit her every time she saw or heard her friends in school bragged about their father, of how they shared happy moments together when they're going out for a camping trip, fishing or celebrating their birthday. It's not that her Papa Kira hasn't done all that, but Rie wanted to experience those moments with her real father.

"I wonder where my real papa is now?" she thought to herself.

Rie always wished to see her father, for her Papa Kira told her once that her father were still alive. She listened with interest when Kira told her the story of her father, when Kira met him again at the battlefield, how they fought side by side and many more. Kira also told her that her father was an excellent man, and he trusted him with his life.

"I hope I'll get a chance to see him soon," Rie smiled, remembering Kira's word last night that her father had returned home to ORB to see her and her mother.

Suddenly, soft knocks was heard. The door swung open and Kira appeared from behind. Rie smiled, jumping off the chair and ran towards him.

"Papa Kira!" she cheered. "Why were you late?"

Kira smiled at the blonde haired girl.

"I'm sorry, Rie. Papa got some work to do. Where's mama?"

"I'm here, Kira," Cagalli waved her left hand, head still facing the monitor. "Rie said that she's hungry. Could you take her out for a lunch? Oh, don't bother about me. I wanted to finish my work first."

Kira stared with frustration at Cagalli. He walked towards her table and turned the monitor off. Cagalli were shocked by his action.

"Enough, Cagalli," he said, pulling her up and to Rie. "You're going with Rie."

"But I…….."

"Besides, I have something to tell you," Kira cuts her words. "Athrun, come in."

Rie noticed a figure of a raven haired man entered her mother's office. She recognized that it was the same raven haired man she met yesterday at the cafeteria.

"Cagalli, this is Athrun Zala, your new bodyguard," Kira said to her sister.

Rie stared at the man in front of her and her mother.

"He has a pair of beautiful emerald eyes," was the first thought that came across her mind. "Just like mine….."

To be continue……

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Author's note: Hope you like that. I'm sorry for my bad grammar. T-T Shinn don't appear in this part, but he willfor the next part. XD

P/S: Darn! My exam's getting near! T-T