category: Gundam SEED
disclaimer: I don't own it.
TWENTY-SIX.
"Don't worry, I'm sure it'll work!" Cagalli rummaged through her blazer pocket hastily and fished out an old business card. She quickly ripped it in two and passed one half and a pencil to Kira.
"Just write down a color, any color. I'll write whatever I think you chose, and then we'll compare."
"What exactly is this supposed to test?" Kira hesitantly turned his back to her so she couldn't peek over his shoulder.
"It'll prove that we have a twin sense!" Cagalli seemed entirely too excited for her own good. "Watch, watch!"
"Honestly, Cagalli, I don't think any of us can read the other's mind." Kira received a sharp jab in his side for his trouble and bent over to scrawl down a color without any further comments.
"All right, give me yours. We'll compare." Cagalli stretched out her hand expectantly.
She snatched the slip of paper from him eagerly but her face fell when she read it. "What do you mean, brown? No one likes brown!"
Kira leaned over to see what she had written. "Orange? Cagalli, why would I ever choose orange? I can't think of any connections I have to that color."
Cagalli glanced desperately one more time at both halves of the card in her hand before throwing them up in the air angrily. "You don't have any to brown, either. Anyway, that was a fluke. Let's try again!"
The next three tries failed as well. Finally, Cagalli crumpled up all the papers and tossed them neatly into a nearby trashcan. "I guess that means colors aren't our thing." She stood up and brushed off her clothes. "Let's go, Kira. Someone will have my head if I'm late for today's cabinet meeting."
Kira thought that was the end of the matter. But three days later, he received a frantic call from Cagalli at almost midnight. He shot up straight in bed.
"What's wrong, Cagalli? Are you all right?"
"Kira!" He heard his sister's heavy breathing from the other side. "Let's try it with numbers!"
notes: This is a rewrite of the same prompt. If any of you remember the old version, it was dreadful. Sorry for that! I'm not that happy with this either, but I was downright miserable while I left the old one up. Hopefully you all enjoyed this a bit better. And it's like two updates in one day, because I just put up phase 27 as well. Hooray!
NEXT PHASE: Early in their recovery period, Cagalli glances up from her papers at Athrun and asks forlornly, "Would you cry if I died?"