Never alone
Freyris
A/n: I might not be able to update next week since it's exam week. So I had to rush this chapter and just to make sure I update on time. XD Anyway, I'll be hiding now because there will still be AsuMey convos here but some good stuffs will happen in the near future~ :D I hope you like this chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own GUNDAM SEED/DESTINY, Sunrise, Bandai.
"Why do I have to come along?" The blue haired man groaned as he slipped on his shirt. He stared long at the tons paper works and reports due on his table and glanced back at the clock on his wall.
He heard a giggle from the door and turned to see the two ladies of the house, Cathleen and Meyrin standing hand in hand looking at him like he was an idiot.
"Daddy Hurry up!" Cathleen said entering the room wearing her sportswear. She grabbed his hands and pulled him out of his room. Athrun looked at Meyrin who giggled back at him.
"Now, now Athrun" Meyrin smiled and ushered them out of the house. "Let her have fun once in a while."
"But the paper works"
"Athrun Zala, are you choosing paper works over your daughter's family sports day at school?"Meyrin put her hands on her hips and looked at him disappointed.
Cathleen looked up to her father and pouted. "Daddy, I can't believe you!" She sobbed and pretended to she got hurt.
When did his daughter learn how to act? Is that what she learns at school? She blinked several times as if she was going to cry and her lower lip protruded to a pout. He looked down at Cathleen and saw her golden brown eyes looking at him, begging. She almost looked like-
"Oh no! We should really be going now!" Meyrin suddenly gasped and interrupted his thoughts. She gathered Cathleen's things from the couch and pulled her daughter with her. "Let's go?" She looked back at Athrun and waited for his response.
Athrun sighed in defeat and fixed his collar. "All right."
"Yey!" Cathleen's face suddenly turned bright and smiled.
"Yes, Aiden. I will catch up. Don't worry."
"You promise mommy?"
"Of course I promise. I never break my promise sweetie. Be there in an hour. alright?"
Aiden nodded and looked up at his Uncle and Aunt. A small frown crossed his innocent angelic face. He stared at his Mama Lacus' pink cellphone and leaned back on his seat drawing a deep breath and clasp his hand on his lap like a good boy.
"What did you mother say Aiden?" Lacus looked back on the passenger seat as she reached for her cellphone.
"Mommy said she'll catch up" He mumbled, feeling a little disappointed.
Kira observed his nephew on the rear view mirror. He seldom sees the boy frown. In fact, he could actually count the times he looked down. Aiden was never the type of child who would look so sad. Of course he cries. A lot. But he was a child who's always full of smiles. A frown on his nephew's face looked so unfamiliar to Kira. Like it's not Aiden when his smile is turned upside down.
"Cheer up sport. Me and your Mama Lacus are here." Kira said as he stirred the wheel "Besides, if your mommy says she'll catch up. She will" His uncle said reassuring him. Hoping it would help Aiden brighten up.
"But Mommy will miss our dance performance"
"Ohh…" Lacus place a hand on her mouth and gasped softly. "Aiden, Your mommy wants to come so bad today with you. You know that. But her boss won't let her go. " Lacus tried to explain to the small child. "How about I take a video of you dancing and we can show it to Cagalli later when she arrives"
The young boy looked down and sighed. He mutely nodded his head and fiddled with his hands.
"Crazy, Moody pregnant chief" Cagali muttered under her breath as she filed in the last of the manuscript she had to edit.
She glanced at her wrist watch and cursed. "Shit" She was three hours late for the family event at her son's school. So much for the one hour she promised. She slapped her forehead and threw in a few paper works in her bag and rushed to the school.
"Daddy get in the sack hurry!" Cathleen yelled as she hopped in the green sack.
Athrun scratched his head and followed his daughter's orders. The next game was sack race. Two members of each family would race to the other end and eat the bread on the table and run back to the starting line.
" I won't lose to you Aiden" Cathleen yelled grinning ear to ear at her classmate.
Aiden scowled at her and then smiled. "We won't too!" He yelled back looking up at Kira who propped his thumb up, giving him an approving hand gesture.
Lacus watched by the side line and cheered for her husband and nephew. She lifted her camera up and started snapping photos of them and when they heard the gun sound, each of the family started raced against each other.
Aiden giggled as they reached the finish line first but Athrun and Cathleen weren't far behind.
Kira and Aiden gobbled down the bread in seconds and dashed back at the starting line. The small child jumped up and down as they won the first spot followed by another family then Cathleen and her dad. Aiden grinned at his uncle and high five-d each other happily. Aiden liked to be always first. He received his award from his teacher while Kira went to Lacus.
Cathleen pouted and crossed her hands on her chest. Athrun chuckled and patted her head. "Now, now, don't be a sore loser princess" He kissed her forehead and approached Aiden.
"Well done there" He smiled and congratulated Aiden.
The young boy looked up and eyes grew wide. "Ah! You'e the guy with mommy at the store!" he screamed out loudly instantly making Kira's turn to their direction.
Athrun chuckled and nodded his head.
"Can I help you with anything?" Kira approached Aiden and looked up at Athrun. "Aiden what were you saying earlier?"
Before Aiden could even speak, Athrun did. "Oh, I ran into him and his mother I think? A few days back right?" He smiled at Aiden. The young boy nodded his head.
"Are you a friend of mommy?"
He looked at Kira for a second and shook his head lightly. "N-No. I accidentally bumped into your mother when I was going in the grocery. That's all" He lied.
"Daddddyy" Their conversation was cut short when Cathleen ran towards them and stuck her tongue out at Aiden.
"Cathleen, behave yourself." Athrun chided her and smiled at Kira and his nephew.
The young girl pursed her lips and looked down. Kira laughed at her gesture and stretched his hand towards the Cathleen. "You did well too, Cathleen" He smiled at her.
Cathleen looked up and shook Kira's hand shyly. Kira smiled at Athrun and shook his hand as well. "Congratulations on winning"
"You as well"
The sun was at its peak when Cagalli arrived. She carried a bag of packed lunch for Aiden, Kira, Lacus and herself hoping she was just in time for the lunch break. Upon entering the school campus she saw Meyrin and Cathleen talking together.
"I hope Grandaddy isn't angry at Daddy" The young child voice softly echoed in the lobby.
"No, your Grandfather won't scold your daddy" Meyrin assured the child and brushed her hair lightly.
"Meyrin!" She called out. Cagalli jogged towards them and greeted them.
"Oh, Hi Cagalli. I thought you were with Aiden" Meyrin turned around and smiled at her friend.
The blonde shook her head and sighed "I had a few stuffs to deal with at work earlier. What did I miss?"
Cathleen observed the blonde lady her mother was talking to and remembered she was Cagalli, Aiden's mother. She decided to butt in and join in the adult's conversation. "You missed our dance performance, we played a lot of games and Aiden won in sack race with his Uncle, Miss Cagalli"
"There she said it" Meyrin giggled looking at Cathleen with a smile.
"Oh great" Cagalli lightly hit her forehead feeling a little remorseful that she missed all of them.
Suddenly, curiosity crawled in young Cathleen's oh so great mind and she tug Cagalli's shirt lightly. "Miss Cagalli can I ask a question?"
"Sure"
"Why is Aiden with his Uncle and not his daddy"
"CATHLEEN!"Meyrin eyes widened and looked at her daughter ready to scold her. "I'm so sorry Cagalli… Cathleen!"
Cagalli laughed lightly. "It's fine." She pinched Cathleen's nose lightly "Curious child aren't you?" She smiled and knelt in front of her, meeting her by the eyes. She noted how the child had a set of beautiful golden brown eyes. Must have gotten it from her father she thought. "Well, Aiden...doesn't have a father anymore."
"Oh…" Cathleen mouth formed an "O" and pursed her lips. "Sorry for asking "
She shook her head and patted Cathleen's head. "It's okay, sweetie." She stood up on her feet and glanced at the open field behind her "Well I need to find Aiden and my brother. They might be hungry now" She turned a heel and frowned a little leaving Meyrin and Cathleen alone.
The thing she hated answering the most was Aiden's father whereabouts or her past or anything relatively close to it. She had long buried everything and didn't like relieving the past. It didn't bother her that much as much as before but she didn't like talking about it either.
"Mommy!" the young midnight haired boy stood up from the small picnic blanket Lacus had laid under the tree and ran towards Cagalli. "Look!" He showed her a gold medal hung around his neck. His childish grin spread across his face.
"I'm so proud of you baby" Cagalli kissed his forehead and hugged him tight. "I brought you guys lunch!"
Lacus clasped her hands in delight and thanked Cagalli. All four of them continued to enjoyed their lunch under a tree together while not too far from them a pair of deep set of green eyes observed them silently.
"Why is Aiden with his Uncle and not his daddy"
"Well, Aiden...doesn't have a father anymore"
"-un?"
"Athrun!"
"Athrun!"
"Huh? What?" Athrun gazed back at his family and apologized softly. "Sorry…"
"You're spacing out again." Meyrin sighed for the nth time and handed him his cup of juice "Can you forget about work even for just today?" She motioned at Cathleen who was frowning at her father.
"Sorry, there's just a few things bothering me" he mumbled and watch Cathleen eat Meyrin's home made lunch.
"And here's Aiden's class dancing" Lacus chirped and handed Cagalli her camera.
The blonde place down her lunch box and grabbed the camera. Thrilled Cagalli played the video and watch her son dance. It wasn't exactly a dance routine like hip hop or anything rather it was sort of like an aerobic dance routine. Aiden was holding up two small dumbbells in each hand and taking light steps with the music.
Cagalli smiled as Lacus focused the video on Aiden as he continued to move along the music and perfectly perform the number. The whole number he was smiling and grinning, completely enjoying what he was doing. After watching the video, she browsed through the pictures of Lacus and Kira with Aiden, Aiden playing kickball and Kira and Aiden falling in line to grab their sack.
Her eyes widened when she saw the photo of Kira and Aiden inside the sack, hopping and smiling. Behind them was familiar blue haired man riding in a similar sack as her twin and son was. He was looking down on his side. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to see who he was with since Kira was covering half of the picture.
She pursed her lips and returned the camera back to Lacus without a word. The photo was a solid evidence that the man who broke her heart was back in town. With a family of his own. And by that thought itself, it felt like it was starting to break her yet again.
Done! Ohoo, now that Cagalli knows Athrun's back for good I wonder what's going to happen to their lives lol. Probably this is where everything starts to move more drastically or should I say after this chapter I'll try to move on a faster pace or something maybe...XD
Tell me what do you think of today's chapter guys. So please do drop a comment just below this note.I'll be waiting.
Freyris
Edited: March 30,2020 - Freyris