Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed/Destiny and any character(s) in this fiction except their child/children. (n.n)
Author's note: Finally an update after a year and few months of silence...Forgive me. My grammar's still bad though so please bear with me... Hehehehehe... Anyway, on to the story!
Note: italic words – thinking/character's thought
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SPINNING A DREAM
Part 9: At Athrun's Residence
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The sun was just about to set down when Athrun, Cagalli and Rie reached their destination, Athrun's house. Athrun got out of the car and opened the door for the blonds sitting at the back. Rie got out first and she quickly ran to the front door of the residence and then to the fountain nearby. Athrun smiled at her behaviour and watched her for a while before walking towards the older blonde's direction.
"Your house's big, Athrun," Cagalli said as she stood up in front of the mansion, eyes examining the building in front of her.
"Well, it'll be that way when you live with two other people," Athrun replied when he stood up next to the blonde woman.
"Two more people?" Cagalli looked at him.
"Yeah. Lacus and Leon."
"A woman and a child? Why don't you told me before that you're already married, Athrun?" Cagalli asked, looking down at her daughter who was tugging her sleeve.
Athrun blushed. "W...What? No. I'm not married yet."
"Oh? Then who's the father of that Leon you've said?" Cagalli asked again.
Athrun paused. He stared at the blond woman besides him. Cagalli was still staring at him, waiting for him to answer her question. Athrun was still hesitating whether to tell Cagalli the truth about Leon's father or not.
"Well, let's go inside. I'm sure that Lacus are waiting to meet you," Athrun smiled and walked ahead of Cagalli and Rie.
Athrun decided that he's not going to tell Cagalli the fact that her older brother is the father of Leon since he knew that it's not the right time to discuss such thing with her and because he had promised Lacus not to tell anyone about it. Cagalli raised an eyebrow, wondering why Athrun didn't reply to her question but made no attempt to ask again. She stood up, taking Rie's right hand and followed the man in front of her. When the three people reached the door, Athrun press the intercom and said something. A couple of seconds later, a voice was heard on the other line of the intercom.
"Okay. I'll be right there, Athrun," the voice said before Athrun ended the talk.
Cagalli was sure that the person who's answering the intercom was the woman living with Athrun and she somehow feeling a little nervous meeting her. The door swung open and a pink-haired woman at Cagalli's age appeared behind it.
"I've been waiting for you to come," she said with a smile to the standing blue-haired man. "Come on in. Leon is waiting for you inside.
"Thanks," Athrun replied her. "Sorry to make you waiting though."
The pink-haired woman shook her head. "No, no. It's okay," she said and moved to the side to provide way to her guests to enter.
Cagalli stared in awe at the pink-haired woman. She was confused at the fact that the beautiful woman in front of her is not Athrun's wife. She seemed to be a gentle and nice person, Cagalli thought to herself. I think that she'll be a perfect wife for any man. The pink-haired woman slowly closed the door after her all her guests entered the house.
"Please," she said as she walked pass by Cagalli and her daughter. "Make yourself at home."
"Thank you," Cagalli replied her with a smile. "By the way, you are?"
"Oh, I forgot to introduce you to her," Athrun spoke out suddenly. "This is Lacus Clyne, my best friend and housemate."
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Cagalli," Lacus said as she offered a hand.
Cagalli shaked hands with Lacus. "The pleasure is mine, Miss Lacus...Wait. How did you know my name?"
Lacus was startled at her question. She had forgotten that Cagalli has no longer remember her and their friendship because of the accident. Athrun was trying to cover her but Lacus snapped him.
"Oh! That's because Athrun's told me about you before," she answered. "He said that he'll be coming with home with a woman and her name is Cagalli Yula Athha, the representative of Orb."
"I see," Cagalli replied and switched her look to Athrun. Athrun nodded, a sign saying that what Lacus say is true, although it is only a made-up reason. "Well then, where-"
"Papa Athrun!" a voice cuts Cagalli's words.
All heads turned to the owner of the voice. A brown-haired boy was running down the stairs and quickly hugged Athrun.
"You've come back!" the boy said cheerfully, excited that his 'father' has finally come home. "Welcome home, Papa!"
Athrun smiled at the child and hugged him back. "I'm home, Leon. Are you being a good kid while I'm gone?"
Leon nodded his head. "Of course! Just now I helped Mama baking cookies!"
"Good," Athrun replied him, patting his head. "That's my boy."
Cagalli watched the scene in front of her. Well, this boy must be Leon, she thought. Is it just my imagination or was he really looked like Kira despite his blue eyes? Nah. I'm just thinking too much. Kira have never told me before that he has a child.
"Leon, come here," Lacus called the brown-haired boy.
Leon nodded and walked towards his mother, eyes staring at Rie who was hiding behind Cagalli's legs. He wondered who was the girl and why does his father brought her here.
"This is my son, Leon," Lacus introduced him to both Cagalli and Rie. "Leon, say hello to Aunt Cagalli and Rie."
"Hello," Leon greeted the blonds and eyes staring at Rie again. "My name's Leon and I'm six years old."
Cagalli smiled at him. "Hello Leon. It's nice to meet you," she said and looked down to her daughter who was hiding behind her. "Come on out, Rie. It'll be rude to Leon if you don't reply him."
"Umm...," Rie stuttered and slowly moved forward to faced Leon. "M... My name's Sheriena but... but you can call me Rie..."
"What's the matter, Rie?" Cagalli asked, concerned when her daughter was not behaving as usual as she used to be. "Are you sick?"
"Haha! I guessed that she's just feeling a little shy meeting a handsome boy, right Rie?" Athrun laughed.
Rie's face went red like a ripe strawberry. "N... No! I was just...I was just...," she tried to explained but was cut off by an offered hand of Leon.
"Do you want to go upstairs to play?" he asked her with a smile. "Mama bought me a new game yesterday and it's really fun! There's even a 2-player mode for both of us to play!"
Rie stared at the hand for a while before turning his head to Athrun, Lacus and lastly to her mother. Cagalli just smiled and nodded, a gesture telling her that she allowed her to go. Rie smiled and turned to Leon, face still blushing a little.
"Okay!" she said and took the boy's hand. "I'll go with you."
Leon's smile grew wider and led the blond-haired girl to the living room upstairs. Athrun, Cagalli and Lacus watched them as climbed the stairs until they're gone from their eyes.
"Well, I wonder what's gotten into Rie just now," Cagalli spoke out. "She's just fine this morning and when we're having lunch. She had never acted such way before."
Athrun grinned. "I think that she's just shy meeting such a cute and handsome boy, thanks to his parents."
"You've already mention that before, you know," Cagalli laughed a little. "If that's true though I must say I'm happy to know what type of boy she likes."
"She's still young 17 years for that kind of relationship," Athrun's eyebrows narrowed.
"So you mean that she's supposed to fall in love only when she's 23 years old?" Cagalli teased him. "Come on now, Athrun."
"Uh... Not really 23 years old but...," Athrun replied and shrugged while Cagalli kept on laughing at him.
Lacus on the other side was staring at Cagalli without the blonde's notice. It looked like she's getting very well with Athrun, she thought. I guess all matter now is the prefect time to tell Cagalli about her past with him and who exactly Athrun is to her. Lacus smiled alone when she saw how close the couple is to each other.
"Well then, Miss Cagalli," Lacus said after taking a quick look to the clock hanging on the wall in front of her. "You must be tired after a long journey from ORB and today's meeting. I'll show you your room so you can rest while I prepare dinner."
Cagalli shook her head. "No. It's okay. I've rest a little during lunch and the walk at the park today. I'll help you prepare dinner."
"Oh, you don't have to do that," Lacus replied her. "You should rest more."
"I'm fine. Really. There's no need to worry about me," the blonde told the other woman.
"But..."
"Lacus, you should've just let her help you," Athrun cuts in. "You know that it's not easy to made her changed her mind so easy after she have made a decision of what to do, right?"
Cagalli turned to Athrun. What? How can she know that? Cagalli thought. I just meet her today and barely know about her so it's just right that she didn't know anything about me except my name and my position as a representative for the country of ORB.
Lacus chuckled. "Oh, right. I forgot about that. Pardon me, Miss Cagalli. Are you sure that you're okay?"
"Yeah. I'm fine," Cagalli nodded and try to ignore the urge of asking either Athrun or Lacus what did they mean about Athrun's previous statement.
"Very well then," the pink-haired woman said. "Come with me. I'll show you the way to the kitchen."
"And I'm going to bring these bags upstairs to your room, Cagalli," Athrun added as he picked up the blonde and her daughter's bags. "I'll show you your room after dinner."
"Okay," Cagalli replied shortly. "By the way Lacus," Cagalli said as she followed the other woman. "Can you drop the formal call?"
"Hm? What do you mean?" Lacus asked.
"Please, just call me 'Cagalli' and not 'Miss Cagalli'."
"Why? I can't address a high-ranked person like you in such a manner."
"It makes me felt weird when a friend address me as 'Miss'. It's like there's a wall between our friendship."
Lacus paused from walking and turned to face the blonde-haired woman. "Are you saying that I'm one of your friend?"
"Of course!" Cagalli nodded. "The moment you told me your name and we shaked hands, you're already my friend!"
Lacus kept on silent and this makes Cagalli confused. "Or... Was it just my naïve fantasy that we're already friends?"
"No... Of course not," Lacus shook her head. "In fact, I'm happy that you consider me as a friend, Miss Cagalli."
"It's Cagalli," Cagalli grinned as they continued their walk to the kitchen.
Lacus smiled at her. I'm glad that that she considered us friends now, she thought to herself. I can feel that we can be best friends like before again after this.
To be continued...
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Author's note: End of part 9. (n.n) I hope you like that.
P/S: I heard that Athrun is not with Cagalli. Is that true? Please NO! AsuCaga is the best pairing in GS/D!!! Oh. Don't mistake me. I like KiraCaga, ShinCaga, YzakCaga, AuelCaga, KiraLac, ShinStell, ReyLuna, YzakShiho and DearMiri too but AsuCaga is the top! XD
