I'm back and I hope I will stay alive after. Ahehehehe. Another semester is here and I pray for the best that I will graduate this year!!! Woohoo! God, I love you!
Oh and… Thanks for the reviews! I love you guys so much!
Celle666 – uhm… Your name number kinda creep me out… but what the heck, I'm just so glad you loved the chap. oohh… yes, the much-awaited KISS. I would love to do that already. I promise this will be oozing with fluffiness. (That sounded so teenybopper isn't it?)
Hagumi – Oh Hagumi-chan! Yea, Knowing Athrun, It'll probably take years for him to ask her out. Hahaha! This is his big break, exactly what Mr. Edwards-cupid mode told him. I promise the movie night won't be disappointing.
Kathya- Yes, special paint and removers… you gotta love them. Now, if only Athrun can remove other than paint.. Oops! Perverted thoughts must be resisted! Hehehehe
Kitty-Kat90013820 – Correction, totally evil-genius of a professor. Hahaha! Mr. Edwards is a cute old goat ;
Asucaga30 – dood, salamat at nagustuhan mo ng sobra, hindi lang yun kinilig ka pa! Wai, am so happy now. It's okay with me even if you send reviews chapter per chapter. Haahaha!!!!! Astig un. ;
meow meow- You're the first one to mention something about the emphasis of Athrun's shirt on Cagalli's body. Gotta love ya for that. Yes, we all love the way Cagalli's smell and skin rubs on Athrun's shirt. Hehehe Thanks!
Now for your reading pleasure: an update.
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The Art of Love – chapter 12
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Recap:
After a few minutes, Cagalli emerged from the bathroom wearing Athrun's old clothes. "This thing actually fits." Cagalli smiled at him. Athrun blushed. "Well, I wore that in my college days… I guess I did grow up a bit."
Cagalli eyed him. "Oh, you sure did." "Pardon?" Athrun came. "Nothing. What's that?" Cagalli pointed at the food container in front of the young man.
"Oh this? Choco pops and some other chips. I plan on having a movie night tonight." Athrun chuckled. "Sounds cool. On your own?" Cagalli asked, Athrun nodded. Cagalli eyed the chips and the large screen TV. "Cool." She whispered. She haven't had a single movie night ever since she went to work and stayed with her brother. She got an idea.
"Can I join?" She bravely asked. "What?" Athrun stammered. "I said can I watch movies with you?" Cagalli took the remote. Athrun could not believe what he was hearing, Cagalli, actually asking him if she could watch some movies with him. Of course he would say yes.
"Sure. Why not? It'll be fun." Athrun smiled. "Great!" Cagalli sat down and turned on the TV. Athrun sat down as well and opened the choco pop package. This will be one heck of a night.
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Movie night
"I know you want me, you just don't want to say it." The young man crept near the slim young lady. "Well… I do okay? It's just
that..." The young woman blushed. They both looked at each other intently as the young man finally slipped his hands around her
tiny body. "I love you… I'm so absolutely crazy about you." "I…" The young woman slid her hands around the guy's neck as they savored each other's taste, their lips in a fierce lip-lock.
"Oh SHI--!!" Cagalli let out a small scream.
"What, What happened?!" Athrun backed out a bit and looked at the blonde girl beside him.
""Sorry… I didn't mean to startle you. I bit my lip when I was munching on these." Cagalli smiled and showed to him a bowl of popcorn. "Here… Drink some of these so you won't taste the blood much." Athrun handed to her a can of soda and went back to what they were watching.
"Hey." Cagalli came and Athrun looked at his side again. "Yes?"
"Why don't we change movies? I mean… this romantic stuff is killing me… And they look like they will soon grope each other." Cagalli pointed at the screen. "Are you sure that thing isn't x-rated or something?"
Athrun's mouth opened. "Wha—of course not! Yeah, it does seem kinda boring." He let out a blush. What was he saying? A minute ago he was practically daydreaming that it was him and Cagalli doing those lip-locking scenes. But then he shook his head and cursed himself. How could he go on thinking something perverted about her like that, Shame on him…?
Athrun stood up and ran a hand through his hair. He looked around for good dvds in his cabinet. Cagalli eyed him. Who would have thought that she would get to see Athrun in his usual home clothes? His shirt draped carefully to his beautiful body not to mention his sexy ruffled hair and his silly grin. Cagalli shook her head; she was practically drooling over him! Shameful! She looked away as she nervously chucked some popcorn in her mouth.
Athrun looked over at Cagalli to ask her what movie she wanted. But instead of doing so, he found herself gazing at her lovely figure and thinking about how miserable he is for actually feeling like this towards her but kind of awkward at the same time.
"Darn it Athrun, you can't go on like this… Sure, she's the same Cagalli as before… but you can't actually barge into her life like that! Not to mention she is your best friends twin. A TWIN for gosh sakes! It makes everything so messed up!" Athrun debated in his thoughts. "But then again, if you really do like her, why don't you just tell her? It's not like you love her right? Like and Love is different. Okay, now I'm confused."
"Hey Athrun." Cagalli tapped his shoulder. Athrun jumped back and held on to his chest. "Whoa, you should lessen your coffee intake, you're jumpy and all." Cagalli chuckled and sat beside him on the floor. "What the heck is taking you so long? It's just picking up a darn movie."
Athrun's eyes widened as he looked at her. She smelled so heavenly and the way Athrun's green shirt clung to her is indeed turning him on. But he won't actually go on telling that. He looked at his sweatpants tied with a belt on her waist to keep it from falling. Athrun gulped and looked back at the cabinet. "I…I don't know what kind of movies you like." He finally said.
"Just pick one." Cagalli smiled at him. Athrun nodded and looked back at his collection.
"This." He showed the cd to Cagalli. "Looks good enough. Now, let's go and continue with our movie night." Cagalli stood up taking Athrun's hand. She slouched down at the sofa taking Athrun with her. "Hey Athrun… we should do this more often." Cagalli chomped off some more popcorn and titled her head to face Athrun. Athrun did the same and nodded. "Sure. Just like our drawing sessions eh"
Cagalli blushed hard. He just had to go and remind her about that! Okay, so… she was attracted to him, who the hell cares? Oh, her. "Y-yeah… but this will be more fun because you won't go sitting around looking stiff." Cagalli laughed off her blush and chucked some more popcorn in her mouth. Athrun laughed too and shoved his hand at Cagalli's popcorn bowl.
"Hey! No fair, get your own!" Cagalli yelled and moved the bowl away from Athrun's grasp. Athrun felt challenged, he snickered and gave Cagalli a raised eyebrow and continued to pursue the bowl.
"hey, Athrun stop it. Get your own I mean it!" Cagalli chuckled as she raised the bowl over her head. "Come on, I made that… You can't just go on hogging it to yourself." Athrun continued as he leaned closer to her. "No way." Cagalli smiled and teased Athrun by putting some more popcorn in her mouth. The movie was ignored by now as the two decided to play with the bowl of popcorn for awhile.
"If that's the case then I guess I don't have any choice but to do this." Athrun tackled Cagalli and held on to the bowl of popcorn. The popcorn was now all over the place and the two giggled like there's no tomorrow. Athrun tickled Cagalli and quickly detached the bowl from her hand.
"A-Athrun… S-stop i-it!! G-God, A-athrun stop!" Cagalli giggled as Athrun took pleasure in pinning her down and finally conquering the said bowl. "I will if you promise to share." Athrun pouted and continued tickling Cagalli at her sides. "N-NO W-WAY!" Cagalli grinned but was pinned down even more to the carpeted floor. "Alright, Alright!!!" The amber-eyed girl surrendered.
Athrun stopped. Both were panting furiously. "That wasn't fair!" Cagalli pouted and threw bits of popcorn on Athrun's face. The blue-haired young man chuckled. "Well at least I got you to share."
They both stopped and realized their positions. Athrun was on top of Cagalli and he was pinning her down.
"Uh… Could I stand up now? And the movie…" Cagalli blushed furiously as she slowly pointed at the TV screen. Athrun jumped back and blushed hard too. "I-I'm sorry…. " He tried to avert her gave and fumbled down again. "Hey, watch it!" Cagalli yelled as she saw Athrun coming down at her.
A loud thud was heard as Athrun came falling on top of Cagalli again. He shifted a bit but instead, bumped his head on the center table and the said head bounced a bit back, making Athrun and Cagalli's lips touch slightly.
Both eyes widened in surprise and quickly averted each others gaze.
"I-I.." Athrun decided he should get up now or Cagalli might bite his head off, but again ramming his head on the center table. He gave out a loud yelp and held on to his now bruised head. Cagalli stood up, forgetting the incident for awhile and quickly making her way to the kitchen to get some ice.
"God, are you okay? Quick, put this over the bump." She hurriedly placed the ice bag on Athrun's head and carefully led him to the sofa. "See, I told you to stop; now look at you." Cagalli kept on ranting but it was clear to Athrun that she is trying hard to avoid his gaze and is blushing furiously. He can't blame her, that incident made him blush like mad too.
He rested his head on the pillow and thought: "Why in the world do they always have to have awkward situations that don't seem to help at all?" He sighed and thought again: "I better fix this or it might get worst."
He then looked at Cagalli and held on to her hand. "Hey Cagalli."
Cagalli jumped a bit as she felt Athrun's hand holding on to hers. She slowly looked at Athrun and tried her best not to burst with embarrassment. "Y-yeah?"
"Look… About what happened earlier… I'm sorry… I hope you won't get mad about it." Athrun blushed a bit but tried hard for it not to continue. Cagalli smiled softly at him and gripped on to his hand. "It's okay. It was an accident."
Both let go of their hands and again focused on the movie playing in front of them. Cagalli slowly placed the popcorn bowl between them.
"I will share." She came without looking at Athrun. Athrun on the other hand, looked at the blonde's side.
"But swear that you won't do that tackling and tickling ever again." Cagalli continued as a blush crept up on her face and she hid it with a pillow. Athrun chuckled.
"Yes. I swear." He looked at the TV. "But promise me, this isn't the last time were doing this okay? And that from now on, we are going to be close friends."
Cagalli looked at him and he looked back with his most pleasant smile ever.
"Sure. I promise." Cagalli smiled and nodded.
The couple went on watching movies for the remainder of the night. And Athrun can't help but think that even though he felt that everything is different now for them, he knew that there is always a chance of starting again even if as friends. And perhaps… maybe… eventually, things will go perfectly fine for the both of them.
Who knows? Let Fate turn its wheel.
And let over protective brother worry about his life for awhile for he has a lot to worry about the day after.
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I hope you guys liked this chap. Wai. ; I wanted to mix some childish attitudes/sides in their path of knowing themselves better. Because it makes everything cuter when they actually show their silliness to each other, this is basically an into on how their closeness will evolve, from being strangers, to being awkward with each other and having the chance to be brave enough and show each others feelings. Hope you like it guys.. PLEASE REVIEW!. And yes, Kira will definitely blow up soon. we'll see…we'll see..