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sorry for super late upload DX (5 months hiatus XD)

"So… What are you doing?" Cagalli's voice was heard and Shinn turned to look at her approaching figure. "Doing what you told us to do…" Shinn looked at his list as he answered Cagalli with a smile. "What I gave you guys wasn't so hard. Why did it take you so long?" She leaned forward and turned her head to gaze at Shinn. The ruby-eyed ZAFT ace blushed upon looking at the ORB princess' face.

"Well, uh… you see… I admired the Akatsuki's cockpit! Yeah, that's it!" Nervousness hit Shinn. He couldn't think of any other reason. He didn't even know why he had to say that to Cagalli.

"But the cockpit isn't anything special… It's like any other cockpit…" Cagalli was confused but she let him go. "Have you finished reprogramming the OS?"

"Yeah. It was easier to finish than any other item on the list." He said as he went through the list again.

Fidgeting, the blonde princess blushed as she invited Shinn for dinner. "Is it okay if we… uh… go out for… di-di-di-dinner…?"

"Ah! Di-dinner? Ju-just the t-two of u-us…?" Now Shinn was fidgeting as well. The two former enemies were now embarrassed with each other. They didn't talk for a while due to the sudden awkwardness in the air. Shinn thought that maybe Cagalli was only trying to be nice. Did she really mean to invite only him for dinner? What about Athrun and Kira? His thoughts were cut by Cagalli's voice.

"Maybe I-I should invite Kira and A-Athrun too…? I'm not sure though…" The once fierce Lioness transformed into a cute little kitten, or so Shinn thought. " Well, it's up to you if you want to… uhm… invite them…" Shinn said as he scratched his head.

"Let's go then!"

Meanwhile, Kira Yamato has finished packing his things and was headed to Cagalli's office. As he was making his way to her office, he met with Athrun and Akihiko.

"Hey guys… Where are you going?"

The two males stopped walking at the moment they saw Kira. Hearing his best friend's question, he answered. "You see, we both went to Cagalli's office but she wasn't there. I was about to give her back this list since I finished it." Athrun held the list up to show Kira. The amethyst-eyed Coordinator then looked at Akihiko. "I just went out for a while. When I came back she was gone." He replied Kira's questioning gaze.

"Oh… Then why don't we look for her?"

"Good idea."

So, Kira, Athrun and Akihiko went together to look for Cagalli. They approached the young lady in B uniform and asked her if she has seen Cagalli. The lady shook her head, indicating that she did not see her. They asked around a little more until a random guy told them that she went through the back door. Finally hearing some good news, they rushed to the back door and searched for her there. The only problem was, she wasn't there.

Kira spotted an engineer by the hangar and asked if he saw her. "Well, I saw Lady Cagalli with a black-haired lad. They left the area an hour ago."

Based on the engineer's testimony, they have concluded that she was with Shinn. They're now freaked out more than ever. "How in the world did they get along…? Maybe because birds of the same feather flock together…?" Athrun answered his own question as Akihiko and Kira nodded. Akihiko took his phone from his pocket and dialed Cagalli's number.

"Dude, you didn't tell me you have her number." Kira wasn't a bit amazed. "I sort of forgot that I have her number…" Akihiko scratched his head and bowed slightly. "It's fine… I had no idea you had your phone with you. I left mine at my room." Kira apologized. Athrun followed suit. "Mine was in our room…." Akihiko being the only one who could call her shrugged his shoulders and put the phone beside his ear.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Ring! Ring! Ring!

After a few tries, Akihiko gave up. Cagalli wasn't answering her phone and this made the three males worried. Kira suggested that maybe her phone was on silent and that she's back at the mansion. They agreed to go to the mansion in hopes of finding her there. Upon arriving at the Athha Mansion, Kira immediately asked one of the maids if they have seen Cagalli.

"Sorry, Master Kira… She hasn't been here since this morning… oh, but she did call a few minutes and told Anna to tell you that she's at a restaurant called Tulip's Kiss…"

"Who's Anna?" Athrun asked. Akihiko butted in and told him that Anna is a maid at the mansion. Athrun nodded, but was put to a halt when he said the restaurant's name in his head. "Wait… Tulip's Kiss? That sounds like a love ho—"

The Ultimate Coordinator's glare pierced through Athrun and he felt it. Really felt it. "Uhm… Anyway, I want to know how we can go there." Akihiko's move woke the Freedom and Justice pilot back from their glaring battle and they were also curious about it. The maid they were talking to, Bianca, sketched for them a map going to the restaurant. As soon as she finished, they rushed to Kira's car and rode to the restaurant.

Meanwhile, as Kira's party was looking for Cagalli, Shinn and the Princess were already seated at a round table with six seats. They were waiting for their orders to be served as well as waiting for Kira, Athrun and Akihiko. Shinn and Cagalli were both looking at the pink cell phone that Shinn was always carrying. They viewed the Images folder where various pictures from the past were saved.

"Hahaha! Woooow… you were so cute when you were five years old!" Cagalli giggled and was turning pink from the cuteness overload she was experiencing. She didn't know she was so affected by cuteness.

"St-stop it! My mom put that picture there from the c-c-computer because I-I was fooling around with my s-sister and that was her comeback…" A red faced Shinn Asuka was embarrassed that she had to see that. The blonde just laughed, happy that she got to spend some time with the person who hated her.