Under One Roof
Freyris
a/n: Hello! Thank you guys for the wonderful reviews~ First things first, I know the plot may sound a little cliche and perhaps familiar...but I'll try to put in my own orignality in it. XD a=and I may exaggerate a few things here and there but that's what makes everything more amusing. I hope you guys like this chapter. I might as well tell everyone that Kira and Cagalli here aren't blood related but I do have some pla今ns for them in the near future |D AND CHILDREN PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO REPEAT A YEAR. LOL
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN GUNDAM SEED/DESTINY
"Mother!" Cagalli slammed their front door open and found her mother sipping coffee calmly at their dinning room as if nothing has happened.
"Good morning, sweetheart"She greeted her with a her usual smile and her daughter could only grow more annoyed.
The blonde slammed her hands on the table and frowned at her mother. "what the hell is this?" She asked pointing at her silver ring that seemed to fit her finger tightly.
"A ring?"Her mother replied, looking as innocent as ever.
"Mom, don't play dumb with me" Cagalli groaned and sat down beside her. "Why am I not in my house? Why is that asshole saying we got married and more importantly I can't get this ring out of my finger!" She said showing her mother who snug the ring was on her finger. Cagalli started to hyperventilate and Via started fanning her.
"Relax child...and this asshole...is Athrun am I right?"she asked as she got up and handed her a glass of water.
Cagalli nodded and slowly drank the glass of water. "How do you even know him? Have you met him?Are you plotting something?"
Via sighed and patted her blonde's top. "One a time dear." She smiled. "Let's just call them up and we'll talk about this properly.
"Them?"The blonde's head tilted to the side confused.
"-did I get everything right?"Athrun arched a brow at their parents seated across them and tried to comprehend everything they had just heard from both his and Cagalli's parents. The adults nodded their head as Athrun had repeatedly stated the whole situation to them as if he was reciting a poem he had memorized. His seatmate on the other hand had gone frozen from all the facts he had stated earlier.
An hour after Cagalli had stormed in their house, Athrun, together with his parents, Leonore and Patrick Zala arrived and settled down in Via's living room together with a lawyer. In front of the two children laid on the table was an agreement.
An engagement and wedding agreement signed by both of their parents giving them their full blessings and stated at the agreement is that upon reaching the legal age of 18 the two of them must be wed and leave a separate home from both of their parents. Yesterday, they were transferred by their parents to their house and left them there to ...well hopefully get more acquainted.
"is...this some kind of joke?"Cagalli snapped as she finally caught up with them. "I will get my own lawyer and find loopholes in this stupid piece of paper!"
"Darling, there aren't any loopholes there. It's full proof" Athrun's mother, Leonore said as she smiled at Cagalli. "All it needs now is a signature from the both of you"
"But! But!"
"Cagalli, this is for your own good. No buts" Via pressed on. "I can't live forever to be with you, sweetheart" She faked a cough and looked at her with teary eyes. "I want to make sure somebody looks after you when the time comes."
"What do you mean?"The blonde's eyes narrowed. She stood up and knelt in front of her mother. "Are you sick or something?" She asked worriedly.
Via coughed again and nodded her head. "So please, do it for me Cagalli. Do it for you mom."
"Mom, I..I can't marry someone...I don't like"Cagalli cried. She held her mother's hand and begged her. "not that I have any intentions of getting married in the first place anyway" she muttered softly and looked at her mother.
Cagalli's mother faked another cough and their audience remained silent letting them have their moment. "Please, sweetheart."She begged her daughter. "For me, please?" She coughed louder startling the blonde in panic.
When Via calmed down, her daughter was already deep in thought and weighing the pros and cons of this agreement. She read through the papers repeatedly and sighed. "If I sign here...will you try and get better and live until your a hundred years old?"
Via nodded and coughed again. "I'll make it a hundred and one if you'd like" She teased and continued to cough.
"Wait!...So you're signing it?" Athrun blinked several times and stared at Cagalli who was holding a pen. She pursed her lips and played with the pen on her hand for a few seconds.
The blonde remained silent and hesitantly nodded her head. Her weakness was her mother and as long as her mother is at stake at any circumstances she was always willing to give up her own happiness for her mother. That's how Cagalli is. Family is first.
Lenore sighed and handed Athrun a pen. "Do it for us as well, Athrun"
"What you're sick too?" he groaned and stared at his parents. Lenore gave him a wink and he grabbed the pen from her.
"It's for you own sake as well son."Patrick, his father added and put an arm around Lenore and coughed. "You'll benefit from this too."
It was fairly obvious that their parents were both faking their illness whatsoever and trying to pull their legs. Athrun was able to see through their amateur acting and decided to join the bandwagon just for the fun, Cagalli however was just too gullible. Well, she could figure it out soon enough but it would always take her time. Cagalli hesitantly signed her name on the papers and he followed suit. As he finished he sighed and looked at his parents who both had a smug look on their faces.
"There, are you guys happy now?"He asked, slightly annoyed.
"EXTREMELY. Now we can go with the wedding procession!"Via clapped her hands and Cagalli gaped at her.
"WEDDING PROCESSION!?"
It was small wedding that took place in the backyard of Via's house. The couple, namely Athrun and Cagalli suspiciously looked at their parents as they eagerly prepared everything up. The garden was already set up and a few minor add ons were placed on the right places. Almost everything was already prepared as if their parents had anticipated everything.
"You know what? I think we were had it. I can't believe this!" She said to the person standing beside her and turned around. Finally, Cagalli figured everything out. She watched Via nearly skip hop around the garden with a pure smile and the same goes for Leonore as they clip orange flowers the white curtains properly on their own back yard. " That's it. I'm going out."
"Wait a minute! You can't do that! "Athrun grabbed her wrist before she could even take a step further out of their garden. "I can't have a run away bride" He smirked.
Cagalli rolled her eyes and tried to pry his hands off her."Not my problem"
Athrun sighed and grabbed her other hand. "I thought you were doing this for your mom?" He asked he motioned to Via who was giggling with Leonore and noticed how happy their mothers were. When Cagalli didn't answer he smiled. He hit the jackpot. He realized her soft spot was her mother. Cagalli snatched her wrist from his grasp and glared at him.
Soon, their small ceremony started which only composed of their parents, the groom and the bride, two close family friend, one from Cagalli's and one from Athrun's side, they also served as witnesses and the lawyer.
Cagalli was forced to wear a petite white tube cocktail dress complete with the something old and something blue tradition contributed each by Via and Lenore and since she nearly threw her white stilettos out the window her mother resolved to giving her a white ballet flats with a ribbon on top of it. Athrun on the other hand was wearing a simple black tux and was already waiting with the pastor.
The sequence was a little mixed up since the rings were already stuck on their ring fingers and the marriage contract has already signed. Nevertheless, they pushed through with the vows and while the ceremony was ongoing the two stage mothers engaged themselves in a little conversation and smiled eagerly as their children got married.
"I never thought we had to go to an extent for this kind of wedding."Lenore sighed. "If only my son didn't fool around when he was a bit younger I could have easily arranged him on a blind date with your daughter. She's just adorable!"
"Me too. I party blame myself and my ex husband for her tomboyish behavior now. She used to love wearing dresses when she was younger. When Uzumi left, she took up the role of the one who would protect and be strong for her family. She started acting boyish and would look after me more than herself."Via replied as she stared at Cagalli who tried to push Athrun's face away when the pastor announced the kiss.
Lenore smiled and stared at her daughter-in-law "I think it's admirable though, Via. Athrun never had the sense of standing up for others, rather he would leave it to others to clean up the mess he did. All he did is fool around with girls and he should have been in college by now if it weren't for his foolish behavior back at the start of high school. He wasted so much time."
"Maybe pairing them up would help them change don't you think?"Via suggested hopefully. "Your son that can't even settle down properly and my daughter who is as strict as a father under one roof."She chuckled. "I'd like to see the outcome of that. Maybe they could change one another."
"That sounds rather interesting"Lenore smiled as she looked at her daughter-in-law cringe as Athrun kissed her on the forehead. "I'd like to see the outcome as well" She giggled as Cagalli immediately pushed Athrun away and punched him on the face.
"I want four grandchildren, darling" Lenore grabbed Cagalli's hands and beamed at her.
Instantly, Cagalli turned red and stuttered. "M-Mrs. Zala, that's too m-much."
"Nonsense, child! The more the merrier. I could almost imagine miniature Athrun and Cagalli's running around already" She giggled.
"M-mrs Zala...that's just-"
"Mum" She said with a huge grin on her face. "Since we're practically family now just call me Mum and don't hesitate to ask me anything. "She said as gave Cagalli a tight hug. "I've always wanted a pretty daughter and now I finally have one. Thank you Cagalli"
Hesitantly, she nodded at the blue haired woman "O-okay. M-mum" She blushed in embarrassment and pursed her lips. She was acting like a school girl and Via could only secretly smile as she watched her from kitchen thinking that maybe her wedding would help melt Cagalli's heart. Knowing her she would have probably despised all men. Maybe.
"We can make it six if you want, mother. Six little bouncing baby boys and girls." A voice said from behind Cagalli and a hand immediately fell on her waist surprising the blonde. "And we can already start making one later " He smirked as he leaned closer to Cagalli. "Right? Mrs. Za-yeowch!" He screamed in pain and pulled back his throbbing hands. Cagalli's hands were like steel when she pinched him.
"Get your hands off me, buster"She warned him. "Not just because we got married you could do as you please" She crossed her arms on her chest.
"Do as I please?" A smile formed across his lips and winked at her. "I like the sound of that"
Cagalli rolled her eyes and stomped on his feet. "That's it. I can't stand being with this person any longer. I'm going to sleep in my room!" She said as she stormed out of the living room, mid-way her mother stopped her and helped her calm down.
On their first night as a wedding couple, just a few hours after their so called "Wedding procession", their parents kicked them out of their respective houses and dropped them off at their new home. Yes, exactly the same house they were in when they woke up. Everything was the same the way they left it earlier that day.
The living room was thrashed due to Cagalli's short temperedness when it comes to Athrun. They had a little fight much to Athrun's amusement earlier that day.
"So does mean this is our honeymoon?" He kidded as he closed the door behind him and drop their luggage down on the hallway. The blonde who entered before him stopped dead on her track and looked at him, horrified. Athrun gave her an innocent smile as he untie his bow and loosened his buttons down to his chest. "Right, Cagalli?"
Cagalli stepped back a little and immediately her hands were covering her clothed body. "T-Touch me and I'll make sure you won't be able to have children ever!" Cagalli hissed at him.
Athrun chuckled and raised his hands as if he was about to surrender. "Relax, I was kidding. I still have plans for a family sheesh"
Silently, they walked up to the bed room and the blonde frowned at the single bed fixated in the middle of the room. The sheets was hanging on the side and a pillow was lying on the ground. It looked just as it was when they left. "I'm not sharing the bed with you"
"What?" Athrun looked at her and put a hand on his hip. " Aren't married couples suppose to share the bed together?"
"I would" Cagalli stepped in the room and opened the lights, finally brightening the room up. "But not with you"
"But I want to sleep on the bed too"
"Sorry, Dibs on it first"
"You can't do that!"
"I can when I say I can"she crossed her hands on her chest and stared at him stubbornly.
Athrun messed his hair and stared back at Cagalli. What was wrong with her? She was just so difficult..and stubborn. He had known her through Kira and Lacus but he had never started a full blown conversation with her because she always this scowl on her face. Although, he had heard from Kira and a few others how kind and gentle she is to everyone, he was an exception. She looked like she was going to eat him alive whenever he tries talks to her. He looked like he was hated by her at first glance. Ever since then he learned to distance himself from her especially whenever she was in a foul mood and minimize his teasing comments to a minimal. She looked like the type of person who would breath fire at you.
But what made her interesting to him was, she was never attracted to him. She never looked his way unlike all the other girls. She had a different personality from the rest of the female population at their school. He had attempted to get her attention when they first met. Maybe the winks and smiles would melt her invisible barrier but everything failed. He would always end up getting slapped or punched or both. She was one tough little girl. She was unique but he did not dare to try his luck again after he received a few slaps from her. She was just really scary at times but whenever she smiles, He couldn't help but smile and admire how beautiful she is despite her tomboyish character at the end of the day he always thought she was still a girl. Well, not that he has feeling for her, rather she just amuses him.
"Can we just settle this with rock, paper, scissors?" Athrun sighed. Cagalli thought about it for a second and nodded her head.
"Fine, loser gets to sleep on the living room then." She said and they played, shaking their hands as they sang Rock, paper, scissors.
Scissors and Paper.
Cagalli stared at her open palm and groaned. She had paper and Athrun had his two fingers stretched and parted wide like a scissors. He lifted it up to his face and waved it as if he was giving her a peace sign. "Losers gets to sleep on the living room right?"He grinned widely as he watched Cagalli roll her eyes and sigh heavily.
"Fine!" The blonde admitted defeat and collected a pillow from the bed and the blanket. "But I'm taking these! I don't want to catch a cold."She frowned and stomped her way down to the living room.
"Then you can share the bed with me instead!"Athrun shouted at the top of the stair case looking at the back of the blonde."I don't have any blankets!"
"Over my dead body!"Cagalli shouted back. "And use the bed sheet covers instead or whatever!"
Athrun sighed and shook his head. "This is going to be a long night" He said to himself and launched himself towards the king size bed. He decided to keep the bed room door open just to make sure he could hear Cagalli in case she decides to make run away but all he could hear was her, watching television and laughing along whatever she was watching and when she was done he shouted a goodnight only to get silence as a reply.
LOL so how was this chapter. I promise there will be more AsuCaga bonding and banters... it will be a lot more fun. /heartspams.
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