Chapter 7

Boys and Girls

"So Luu…" Athrun was dangling off of Lunamaria now, they were sitting on a sofa and of course he had his spiked drink in hand. "You let Shinn call you 'Luu' right? I mean why does he do that?"

"I really couldn't say…"

"Well, you know what I think…?" Athrun asked as he poked her in the cheek.

"What's that?" she replied in a very dry tone.

"I think that Shinn Asuka wants to sniff your panties…and that's just being real ya'know?"

At that instance Lunamaria was up on her feet. "Athrun Zala! I don't know what the hell you're thinking, but I'm not going to let you talk to me like you're some kind of letch, you're not like this Athrun, so stop it." She pleaded.

"Idiot."

Lunamaria turned around to see Cagalli Yamato, who was wearing a navy tee and jeans, "H-Hey!" Lunamaria laughed nervously. "Well I was just leaving now so…" but Cagalli just ignored Lunamaria and took a seat next to Athrun.

"Come on Athrun, Kira went to go get something to calm you down, he'll be back soon." Cagalli said gently as she stroked his head.

"I love you…." Athrun said just looking into her eyes, and Cagalli just buried her head into his chest.

Lunamaria just stood watching completely dumbfounded. "I-I don't understand…" she began.

"He's drunk, not crazy, and we'd like some time alone if you don't mind." Cagalli replied.

"Oh, um…sorry." Lunamaria smiled nervously and then turned around to leave the two alone. "Shinn's probably still with Lacus…maybe Stellar is free to talk to…"

"You look hot!" Fllay exclaimed as she viewed Meyrin would had finally come out of her room. It was obviously 'wonder-bra-night' for her, she was wearing a pink tank that was almost as long as a dress and had lace on the bottom, and (of course) a micro mini skirt and pink bangles on her right wrist.

"Thanks." Meyrin squealed as she greeted Fllay with a high five.

"Come on, I officially can't trust your 'big sis' with my boyfriend ever again." Fllay declared.

"What happened?" Meyrin asked as if Fllay hadn't referred to Lacus at all with that last remark.

"I came to that party dressed to kill and as soon as I get there I see Cagalli, Athrun, Lacus and Kira all in their bathing suits, apparently he invited them to his house before hand and didn't think of inviting me, they said they 'lost track of time' and all this other bull crap." Fllay explained.

"What did you do about it?" Meyrin asked as she opened the front door of her house and they started towards Fllay's red convertible.

Fllay walked around the convertible to get into the driver's seat. "I got his attention, and so of course Lacus just ran away with Cagalli and Athrun like she usually does." They both laughed. "I wish I could just make Lacus understand that Kira isn't her little puppy dog anymore who follows her around because he's madly in love with her…he's mine now." They both laughed again and the fire red bullet took off down the street.

Lacus had finally dried her tears and Shinn kept a very supportive arm around her as they walked down the stairs and back into the party. They were shot a million glances as they walked by everyone, but of course they didn't care. "So she doesn't like me…and I'm okay with this! But…she is LACUS FREAKING CYLNE! As long as we're cool, then I'm okay with this, we've become so close after just one conversation…one really melodramatic conversation, Lacus didn't seem like herself at all…" Shinn's thoughts paused as he looked down on the beautiful pink princess. "Maybe…maybe what I just saw was the real Lacus Cylne…I never would've guessed that she had that much animosity built up inside, she always seems so poised and ladylike on the outside…"

"Shinn?" Lacus looked up at him.

"Y-Yeah? She actually called me by my first name! I'm on a first name basis with Lacus Cylne! YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

"I'm gonna go look for Kira, why don't you go look for Lunamaria?" she suggested with a smile.

"Well last I saw she went off with Athrun, and since he's become her new best friend, I don't really know if she wants to be found." Shinn replied.

"Okay then, come with me, Kira just adores you, and now so do I." she said and then led him by the hand to the kitchen area where she thought Kira would be….

Kira and Stellar left the grocery store with even the cashiers staring at them, and like the perfect gentlemen, Kira carried all the bags…this brought even more attention to the duo. "Oh, I feel so worthless, why'd you ask me to come with you if you don't even need me for anything?" Stellar playfully pouted.

"I just wanted your company ma'dam." Kira replied, adding a bit of a bow at the end, which made Stellar laugh, and everyone the walked by came to the same consensus…they were doin' it.

"No really, why?"

"Well you're one of Shinn's friends." Kira began as he popped the back of his parents Range Rover open, "And I said to myself, 'Kira, you don't know that girl, and she's always with Shinn, if you consider Shinn to be one of you best friends, then why are you not trying to get to know his friends?'."

Stellar giggled again as Kira began putting the four bags they left with inside, "You consider that geek to be one of your 'best friends'?" Stellar asked.

Kira just looked at Stellar, looked at her hoodie, which had the word 'Geek' plastered on the front, "I really don't think that you of all people should be calling anyone a geek right now." Kira said with a laughed as he and Stellar pulled down the back door to the Range Rover.

"So, do you approve?" Stellar asked as she and Kira parted ways to get into the monstrous SUV.

Kira looked at her through the windows, he was just smiling, then he unlocked the doors and they got in. "You're kind of rough around the edges, but the fact that you have a huge rack makes up for that so…" Stellar just laughed hysterically.

"Are you serious Kira?" she asked with tears in her eyes and Kira nodded instantly and began to laugh himself as he started the car. "Ya'know what? I never would've guessed you were such a funny guy, you always seem so poised and soft spoken, but still strong around everyone else."

"That's because they don't know me…all of my real friends know that this is the real me…take it or leave it…" Kira said as he shot Stellar a momentary glance (he is driving ya'know).

"I approve…" she smiled as they drove back under the twilight sky.