I'm sorry for the delay with this chapter.
I actually had it finished at the begin of January, which was about the same time my PC decide to go completely haywire. Meaning that I suddenly couldn't turn the dumb thing on anylonger. And with all the problems I have been having with it over the years I quickly decide to buy a new one.
Which I'm sure you all know can be more then just a little expensive, and I didn't really have a whole lot of cash lying around after Christmas. So it took me quite a while to scrape the money together.
But anyway I hope you guys like this chapter! Let me know what you think.
Chapter 39
It had not been long since, Kira and Dearka had told Cagalli what they had said to Athrun yesterday. But saying that the blond woman had been grateful for their aid, in telling her fiancée about her pregnancy, was to say it mildly a serious understatement.
The first thing she had done when they had mention it to her, was to scream out that they where both idiots then throw a full can of soda after them.
Fortunately both of them had been fast enough on their feet to get away. Before the tin projectile could actually hit them, which had instantly resulted in Cagalli yelling out for the two of them to get back and accept their punishment. Not that any of the teens, had been dumb enough to do that. They had just kept on running with her chasing them around all over the Archangel.
And to make matters even worth, it wasn't just Cagalli that was hunting for them now, when Mayu had discover what was going on, she had immediately volunteered to help Cagalli out. And not wanting to miss a chance to teach her boyfriend a lesson or two, Miriallia had of course joined in too.
And knowing how utterly merciless and dangerous, the three foes chasing after them could be. The two pilots had made the decision to find a place to hide, at least until things calm down a bit.
Which was the reason why, Kira was now sitting in absolute silence, underneath one of the tables down in the mess hall, while his only ally in this mess was hiding out under another one, far to the left of him.
"Man talk about being cranky, how long do you think this is going to take Kira? She has been chasing us the last couple hours now. And this whole hid and seek thing is really starting to get old" Dearka complained. Just as he tried to stretch both of his legs, they where frankly starting to hurt quite a bit, after being stuck under this stupid table for so long.
Taking a short glance over at his fellow pilot from his hiding place. The male Yamato let out a small sound, which was most likely a combination between a laugh and a grunt, which did make it kinda obvious to Dearka, that the Freedom's pilot was just as bored and frustrated with this as he was.
"You know as well as I Dearka, that once Cagalli first gets angry she can keep it up for hours without slowing down at all. And she has been trying to find just the right excuse to beat up a few of the male gender. Apparently all of us are to blame for Athrun getting her pregnant!" Kira said in a unhappy tone. Just as he gave the closed seat a tiny kick, to get out a bit of the deep frustration he was feelin, over the mess his best 'friend' had brought him in. He really didn't get why it was Dearka and him that had to suffer, when all of this was mostly Athrun's and her own fault.
But as much as Kira would frankly like to ask, his short tempered sister about that. He was pretty certain that the only thing she would do, was shout out a couple of loud courses, then once more start chasing him around the ship.
And he honestly felt like he had gotten more then enough exercise today. He seriously did not want a repeat of the extremely hasty and overly exhausting sightseeing trip of the Archangel, which his 'kind' and 'loving' sister had forced him and Dearka out on, when they had given her the joyous news about them telling Athrun about the pregnancy.
Hearing his friend say those words to him, Dearka too let out a sound of unhappiness. "Ahhhhh damn it! What a bother, I just can't believe, that she freaked out like that, we where after all just trying to do her a favour. If I had know this was going to be the result, I would have made sure to be on the other side of the Archangel when you told her!" The man complained, properly a bit louder then he should, they where after all trying to hide down there.
Looking a bit at him. Kira too wondered if they could have found a better way, to tell Cagalli what they had done. Yet in the end he highly doubt that no matter what they had told her, she would still have react like this. It wasn't like she was trying all that hard, to keep it a secret, that she had been out after male blood the last few days.
And now that the two of them had clearly made a mistake in her eyes. She was most likely going to use it to her advantage, as long as she could, hopefully she would tire out eventually. He really didn't want to spend the next many days staying cooped up under this table.
"Well if you want to, you can just leave Dearka. But not to be spoilsport in anyway, I will strongly advise against it. With all of the mood swings she has been having recently, there really is no way of knowing, what kind of punishment she has in mind. But no matter what she is planing, I can say without lying, that there is no way in hell I want to try it out!" The Freedom pilot said, while looking up at the table above him.
Seriously not happy with the knowledge that it was not safe to leave just yet. The Murasame pilot again let out a deep displeased growling sound. "Athrun is so going to pay for this, once he gets back here. All of this is his fault!" Dearka said. Already considering, how much payback Athrun would have to go through, the next time they saw him, or when he decided that he had gotten enough of hanging out with Zaft.
One thing was definitely certain, it was going to take a very long time, for their blue haired buddy, to make up for all of this suffering and trouble, he had brought upon them. As much as the former Buster pilot, liked experience new things, playing hide and seek under a table, while completely pissed of pregnant woman who was searching all over the place for them, wasn't really the most enjoyable moment in his life.
Truth be told there was a whole bunch of stuff he would rather do. Then sit around in here and wait, for the female Grim Reaper to find them. Especially since he knew, that it would only be a matter of time before she was bound to discover their little hiding place, and that was honestly not something he was looking forward to, he just hoped that his lovely girlfriend would step in, and protect him if Cagalli got to violent.
Yet as he was thinking about all of that. Kira had another subject making it's way through his mind, mainly what kind of terrible vengeance, they where going to inflict on Athrun once he regain his senses.
But other then a nice ice cold bucket of water or two, he really didn't have many ideas. It could not be denied that he wasn't as good a prankster as Mayu. So perhaps it would be a wise idea, to ask the eleven-year-old girl for advise, once Cagalli was finally done on her warpath.
It would shock him quite a bit, if the girl hadn't thought of someway to annoy Athrun. And if she didn't have a plan for anything now, he was sure that it wouldn't take her long to get one. She was after all extremely good at finding just to right thing, to get on other people's nerves.
Something which she showed quite frequently, whenever she was out to prank Mr Murdoch, it was actually a bit incredible that she was still able to find new ways to bug the Archangel's chief engineer.
So if they asked her about it, she was properly more then able, to come up with a few ways, to bother his future brother-in-law. And while those thought was making their way through his mind, he once more turned his attention back towards Dearka and was just about to ask him if he wanted to get in on this too. Yet just as he got his mouth open. They both suddenly heard a familiar female voice heading in their direction, which was more then enough to make him, squeeze his mouth shut again.
Just as his sister's lovely voice call, out and asked, where those two morons was hiding, and that they better come out and show themselves, so they could each get the punishment, they so rightly deserve.
Hearing her yell out something like that. Kira took a small glance away from the door and over at Dearka, where he instantly noticed that the other pilot was ready to get out of there in a hurry, if there was a need for it.
And even true it was properly a very wise idea, to make their withdrawal from this place without resisting the girls.
The chance of them getting safely away without any kind of injury, was somewhat slim. Seeing as there was only one way in and out of the mess hall. So if any of the girls noticed that they where hiding out in there, they would most definitely have to think on their feet, to find a way to get out of there without ending up in Cagalli's evil grasp. Whatever the blond girl had in mind as punishment for them telling Athrun about the pregnancy, one would most certainly have to be a bit of a masochist to look forward to it.
It was just about that time, when Kira saw his fellow pilot send him a small signal, which made it completely clear to him, that if the girls got any closer, then they should move over to the entrance so they would run the risk of being trap in there.
Being under a table like this, certainly didn't mean that they where as well hidden, as the Blitz had been, when it had it's Mirage Colloid activated. And knowing what kind of danger they where facing. The male Yamato nodded a single time in agreement.
Just before the two pilots, slowly made their way over to the entrance. Each of them ready to run of full speed, at the first sign of Cagalli Yula Athha, and her two wicked companies.
Fortunately it did not take very long, before the voices of the three women slowly disappeared in the distance. Quite obviously heading in the direction of the Archangel's bridge. Apparently the small female army believed, that the two men was hiding out up there.
Yet before they disappeared completely, each of them heard Mayu's voice shout out, that if they weren't down in the hangar. Then the bridge would properly the best place for those two to hide, it wasn't like there was a whole lot of of people up there that could give them away.
After that both pilots stood there quietly, each of them slightly expecting that this was some sort of trap. Yet after a couple of tense minutes, Dearka slowly turned his attention over towards his friend.
"If they already have looked for us down in the hangar, it really would be the best place for us to go right now. I kinda doubt, that they would bother to search for us down there again, anytime soon" The former Buster pilot said, while taking a quick look out in to the hall, for the three women. But they where not anywhere to be seen.
Thinking briefly about what Dearka had just suggest. Kira had little trouble understanding the logic in his words. "Ok you are properly right Dearka. So lets not waste anymore time standing around here, it would most likely be best, if we got down to the hangar, before they can finish checking out the bridge for us!" The brown haired man said. Seriously wondering, what in the world the three girls was up to now. But as long as there was no sign of them, they should be relativity safe.
So after each of them had taken one extra look around the halls. They began making their way down to the ship's hangar, each of them still somewhat worried, that this was some kind of trap, which the women had put together to corner them down there.
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Yet as the two pilots was seeking refugee down with all the mechanics.
The three women hunting for them, was getting closer and closer to the bridge. Once there Miriallia reached out and opened the door, which pretty much immediately made her blond ally race in to the room, in the hopes of finding their targets in there.
Unfortunately there was no sign of them in there, but that did not mean that her loud yet swift entrance didn't have an effect on somebody. The captain of the ship who had been sitting alone up there, until now gave a small leap in her seat as she dropped her book on the floor.
And after using a second or two to get over the minor scare short temper girl had just given her. Murrue slowly reached down and picked up her book. Then looked over at the Orb Chief Representative with a slightly puzzled expression on her face. As she felt a somewhat annoyed, that she had been interrupted, just after she had reached one of the more exciting parts of the book.
"The three of you really don't have enough to do, if you have the time to run around and scare people like that" She said to them. Before taking a small look between the three girls, honestly wondering what they where up to. Her daughter had after all, been corn as the Archangel's first prankster queen. So it would not really have surprised her overly much. If she had been the one to enter the bridge, in the extreme noisy manner Cagalli had just done.
So to say it middly Cagalli's actions just now did frankly confuse Murrue Ramius quite a bit. She knew the blond princess well enough to know, that the only once she would usually played pranks on. Was the people who had somehow succeed, in pissing her of in someway. And as far as Murrue knew she was not one of them.
But it was the last of the girls, that was the biggest mystery in all of this. Miriallia was simply far to mature, to do something like that, the only person the brown haired girl pretty much liked to tease, was Dearka. So that of course could only mean, that in some way or another. The blond Murasame pilot was involved in this.
The big question now was however, what foolish thing he had done this time, to actually piss all three of them off like this.
"Now, would one of you mind telling me what this is about? It's pretty clear, that the three of you, where expecting to find somebody else up here" Murrue said in a scolding tone.
Which did remind Mayu slightly about the tone of voice, her mother would usually only take, whenever she had done something really bad, and she wanted her to tell the honest truth about it. Like that time, when she had blow up a whole dozen of eggs, in their microwave back home. That truly had been funny as hell until her mom had gotten home and discover what she had done.
What had happened after that, had not been nearly as amusing, as the experiments she had conducted with the kitchen appliances. Apparently her mother did not want her to be a scientist, like aunty Erica. Not that she had ever seen the brown haired woman, actually mess around with microwave oven like she had done. She just kinda figured, that every great mind had to start of somewhere.
And it honestly hadn't hurt, that seeing the eggs explode one after another had been very entertaining, and pretty much the only person in the house, who hadn't found it at least just a bit funny, had been her mother.
Everybody else had given the whole thing a small laugh or two.
Especially big brother Dearka and grandpa Waltfeld, had talked about her little experiment for quite a while after. Much to her mother's big annoyance, she had not wanted those two idiots encouraging her, to do something like that again.
Yet when Mayu had seen, how much time it had taken to clean the microwave, she had quietly promise herself, not to make those kind of experiments again anytime soon. But that certainly didn't mean, she couldn't find other ways to cause trouble for the people around her.
She did however not get long to think about that, before they all heard Cagalli let out a deep breath, as she stood there looking down at the floor, with an unreadable expression covering her face.
"Well the reason why we are up here, is because we where kinda hoping, that Kira and Dearka would be here. There is a matter or two, that I would seriously like to discourse with those two morons!" She said. And without even realizing it, she made a light cracking sound with her left hand, which made it kinda obvious to the three other women, that this was quite serious.
Hearing her say all of that. Murrue roll her eyes a single time, as she sigh loudly. "Ok what in the world did they do now? If it's just something minor that can be result with them giving you an apology, then I would really prefer that you handle the entire affair like that Cagalli. I do not want the whole crew in an all out prank war. It's not like we don't already have somebody to liven things up around here!" She said.
Before taking a short glance over at her daughter, who tried her best to look innocent, and like she had no idea about, what her mother was talking about. And seeing her behave like that, only served to make Murrue sigh loudly one more time.
As she again turned her puzzled gaze back towards Cagalli. Now just waiting for the young woman, to give her some kind of response.
It did however take more then a few long minutes, before the blond teen finally moved her attention away from the floor, and back towards the captain. Yet even after doing that, she still didn't say anything.
And one look at her face, was all that was needed for most people to figure out, that she had a lot on her mind right now. And just as Murrue was begin to doubt that she would get, any kind of answer from the Orb princess.
Cagalli slowly opened her mouth and started speaking in a far away tone. "Those two idiots, told Athrun something yesterday, that I really wanted to tell him. So now I need to find them, so I can properly thank them" She growled out, as she again made a small threatening gesture, with her hands.
Still not totally getting what this was about, the Archangel's captain raised her left eyebrow slightly.
"I see, but if it's not to much to ask Cagalli, would you mind telling us what exactly they said that was so bad? That makes you act like you are planing on beating both of them half to death" Murrue said, while looking directly in to the girl's eyes.
Again looking down at the floor. Cagalli once more used a few minutes, to think about a response, yet in the end she made the decision, that it was properly best that Murrue knew about what was going on.
"Well the thing is...they said that...Well actually...they told him I was pregnant!" The girl shout out loudly, giving Murrue and even larger shock then when she had first enter the bridge.
Completely and utterly taken back by Cagalli's words. The twenty-eight-year-old woman leaned back in her chair and looked up at the girl, with her eyes almost as big as dinner plates, and her mouth hanging fully open in disbelief.
And just seeing the expression she had on her face, made it pretty clear, that she wasn't totally sure, that she had actually heard the girl right. "Please don't take this in a negative way Cagalli, but please tell me you are kidding! Now isn't really the best of time for a child to be brought in to this world. There is just no way of telling how long this war is going to last!" Murrue finally said. Not once taking her eyes away from the Orb Chief Representative, that was obviously a bit unhappy with her words.
But just as Murrue was starting to think, that the teen was going to shout something about her being mistaken, and that everything was going to be all right, she let out a deep sigh instead.
"It's true Murrue, I really am pregnant. I stole three pregnancy test from the infirmary yesterday, and they all came up positive. I realize better then all of you that now is far from a good time for something like this. But there is nothing I can do about it, and even if there was. I would never agree to it. I have never liked the idea of abortion, so I'm going to keep the kid no matter what!" The blond haired girl said in a determined tone.
Just before she began playing with her engagement ring, which was a sign that she missed the person who had given it to her a lot at the moment. Not that anybody up there could blame her for that.
Yet while she was doing that, Murrue used the time to go over everything, the blond woman had just told them. And even true she did not really show it at first, deep inside she was generally happy for both Athrun and Cagalli.
"I'm not in anyway saying that the two of you shouldn't keep the child Cagalli. I just want you to realize how big a responsibility that is laying in front of you. We are in the middle of a war. Which we have pretty much no idea about when will end, and that's definitely not going to make raising a child any easier. Yet you can be sure Cagalli, that I'll do everything I can to help you out, and I'm sure that the rest of the crew will do the same!" Murrue said.
Then slowly stood up from her seat, where she gently pulled the confused eighteen-year-old woman in to a gentle hug, which finally allowed Cagalli, to let go of the deep stress and frustration she had been feeling the last many days.
And it was only shortly after, when the girl let out a big sob, as she stood there crying softly in to the older woman's shoulder.
Ever since the whole throwing up thing had started a few weeks ago, she had just been so confused about what she was suppose to do now.
So there was just no way, that the girl could deny, how relieved she felt to know, that the people who cared about her, wanted to give her their support, and help her through all of this. It was just so nice to hear, that she did not have to handle all of this on her own.
It was just about the same time, when she felt somebody place a hand on her left shoulder, which made her turn around, and look back at the person standing behind her, where she saw Miriallia.
"I know that I for one, is really looking forward to see you and Athrun's child! I'm sure that the two of you are going to be wonderful parents. And you do know that the reason why, Kira and Dearka told you future husband about the pregnancy, was because they where both hoping, that it would help him make up his mind about coming back!" The brown haired girl said, while thinking back to everything Dearka had told her yesterday when they got in to their bed.
But she didn't stay silence for long before she again continued talking. "Dearka has told me twice already, that he is really looking forward becoming an uncle, so that he can play with the kid" Miriallia said. As she thought back to how cute, he had been when he told her that. Seeing as Dearka himself could be quite childish at times, he was quite good at keeping children entertain.
And she had even suggest to him once in the past, that if he ever got tired of being a mechanic, he should go help out at reverend Malchio's place. Seeing as all of the kids there, pretty much loved him, because of his nutty behaviour. And to tell the honest truth, she kinda liked it too. It was just so cute when he was either playing soccer with them or just plain tag.
Yet in the end, it didn't really matter all that much what kind of game they played. Both him and the kids always end up having a good time, whenever he was around to act, like a nutty cartoon character, that had just escaped from it's show.
She did however not get long to think about, how sweet her boyfriend was, whenever they visited reverend Malchio, when suddenly Cagalli's loud voice brought her happy thoughts, to an end.
"Well no offense to you or Dearka, but your boyfriend is a much bigger idiot, then usual when he is around kids!" The blond woman said
Feeling somewhat uncertain about the idea, of having the former pilot of the Buster around her kid to much. She honestly didn't want her son or daughter, to grew up and behave, almost exactly like Dearka.
And a small part of her highly doubt, that she would be able to handle raising a kid like that.
Yet as all of those, somewhat frightening and unpleasant thoughts, was making their way through her mind. Miriallia's next few words, did help calm her down quite a bit.
"Yeah, I know that he can be somewhat of a fool from time to time. But he is my fool, and you definitely can't deny Cagalli, that he is just about perfect for the whole crazy and funny uncle role. For some reason I always felt like, every child should have at least one of those!" She said, with a small smile on her face.
Thinking briefly about that. Cagalli couldn't help but smile a bit too. "I guess you are right Mir. But I do wonder what Kira thinks, about all of this, he hasn't really said much about it yet!" The blond woman said. Not even realizing that she had been after her brother quite a bit recently, which kinda made it impossible, for him to really show, how he felt about the whole matter.
Seeing the slightly disappointed look in Cagalli' eyes, the brown haired teenage, gave her friend's shoulder a light squeeze.
"Each of us here knows, how far Kira will go to protect the people her care about. And according to what Dearka told me when they got back yesterday, he is quite angry at Athrun, and is acting much more like an over protective big brother then usual!" Miriallia said.
While briefly trying to image, how it had looked, when Kira had hurl the Freedom's shield, right in to the side of the red mobile suit, which she had only seen a couple of times now.
But before she could give it much thought, Cagalli let out a loud unhappy growling sound. "I am happy, that he is worried about me, but he shouldn't be going around behaving like an over protective big brother, he is after all the youngish one of us!" She said angrily, before crossing both of her arms, in front of her chest in a deeply displeased manner.
Yet even while doing that, she could not hide the small smile on her face, it really was nice to know that her brother was looking out for her. "I have been kinda mean to both him and Dearka too the last few days, so I better make sure to give them an apology the next time I see them" the girl said, obviously ashamed of her wicked behave the last few days.
But neither Murrue or Miriallia had the chance to say anything to that, before the youngish person up there cut in to the conversation, asking the one question she had been wondering about, since she heard a few minutes ago that big sister Cagalli was pregnant.
"So what are you going to name it big sis? What about Misa or Sayako?" She asked loudly, obviously expecting the child to be a girl, not that it could be told at this present moment in time.
But one look at the expression Mayu had on her face, was pretty much all Cagalli need, to tell that the eleven-year-old, was overly excited about this, and was really looking forward to help take care of the baby.
Which really made Cagalli feel warm inside, she truly was delighted to know, that the little girl that she consider, as a younger sister was so excited and eager, to help out, once the baby was born.
"I do kinda like the name Sayako, but I haven't really given it much thought yet Mayu, and you never know if it's going to be a boy!" She said, then reached over and gently rubbed Mayu's short brown hair.
Realizing that Cagalli was perhaps right about it being a boy, Mayu got a somewhat displeased look in her eyes.
"Yeah well I want a little sister, you can always get a boy the next time!" The girl said, actually making it sound like to Cagalli, that Athrun and her, was going to have an entire army of kids, and that they where going to have all of them, at exactly the same time.
And that wasn't really a pleasant thought in Cagalli's mind. She had never tried giving birth before, but from what she had heard it was suppose to hurt like hell, which wasn't really something, she was looking forward to with great expectation.
Fortunately she still had a lot of time, to try and get use to the idea.
"I guess we just have to wait and see what it's going to be. But never mind that now, lets go down and get something to eat. I'm really hungry, after running around all over the Archangel, after those two imbeciles" She said, just as her stomach let out a loud growling sound, that could clearly be heard all over the bridge.
Not really finding the need to object to Cagalli suggestion, about getting some food down in to their tummies, the four women began slowly making, their way over to the door.
Which meant that it did not take long, before the light was turn off, and the bridge was completely silence and empty, for human activities.
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It was many hours later.
When Kira was laying on his and Lacus bed, looking straight up at the ceiling. With Lacus and even Haro gone, the room did feel kinda empty and lonely right now.
The only other sign of life in there, was Birdy who was sitting all by himself on the back of the seat, Kira would usually use, whenever he had some work that needed to be done on his laptop.
Unfortunately he didn't really have anything to do right now. Which meant that the young man, was actually slightly bored at the moment, to be honest it was only now that Lacus was so far away, that he realized just how use he had gotten to having her around.
Usually at this late hour, she would be laying right beside him either reading or already fast asleep, and he realized that it was definitely going to take him some time to once more get use to sleeping by himself.
"I didn't actually think, that I had gotten so addicted, to having her beside me at night!" He thought out loud. Just before he slowly reached out to pink up, the small black remote to the television.
And without even bothering to move his head from the pillow, he turned on the device, which instantly started talking in the background, not that he was paying much attention to it.
But he did realize after a moment or two, that it was some kind of talk show, where two so call experts was discoursing quite loudly, when the war was going to end.
And not really wanting to hear them argue like that. He hurried pressed the mute button a single time, then throw the remote down on the bed, making sure that it was still in his reach, if he felt like changing the canal.
Yet even with the TV flashing swiftly through one picture after another in the background. It did not take long, before both his tired eyes fell shut, and he drifted off in to a peaceful slumber.
He did however not get a whole lot of time in dreamland, before somebody knocked quite loudly on the door, which almost instantly pull him back out of his slumber and made him sit up half way on the bed, where he quickly took a look around the room, with an utterly bewildered expression on his face.
Obvious having no idea about what had interrupted his sleep, and it was only when the person outside, again knocked on the door to his room. That he finally realized to his big annoyance, what was going on.
It had taken him quite some time, to fall asleep this evening, and he could honestly say that he would much rather have continued with that activity. Then being forced to have a long conversation with whoever was out there.
But even as he sat there, slightly hoping that the person who had disturb his sleep, would just go away, there was yet another hard knock on the metal door, this time even louder then before. Which was enough to make, the tired mobile suit pilot grumble out a few courses. Apparently the noisy individual, who was clearly having a lot of fun, pretending that his door, was a drum of some kind, wasn't planing to leave anytime soon.
And when he heard a fourth knock, he could not help but let out a deep displeased sound, before he opened his mouth and asked who was out there, frankly hoping that by answering the door, he hadn't doom himself for an hour long discussion, with his somewhat unwanted visitor.
And he felt even more displeased and uncertain, about the situation once he heard, his sister's voice from the other side of the door. "It's me Kira! Can I please come in so we can talk for a bit?" She asked in a kind tone.
But even true it was a bit of a relief for him, that she did not sound mad anymore. He still wasn't totally sure that he actually believed, that talking was the only thing on her mind.
He honestly did not feel up to taking yet another one, of his short tempered sister's extremely exhausting exercises trips around the Archangel, if there was anyway he could avoid it. One of those pair day, was definitely more then enough for him.
Yet when she asked one more time, if it was all right for her to come in. He let out a long breath, while wondering if his reply to the question, was going to backfire on him, and give Cagalli the long awaited opportunity to get even with him, for telling Athrun that she was pregnant.
"Ok do come in sis, but please don't start anything I'm totally exhaust" he said, while trying to keep back the enormous loud yawn, which had been treating to leave his mouth, the last couple of seconds.
But as he was concentrating on that, the door to the room flew open, and his sister stepped inside. Where he pretty much instantly noticed the overly cranky glare she had in both of her eyes.
That alone made him regret slightly that actually told her voluntarily to come in. But just as he was about ready to leap up full speed, from his comfortable location on the bed, and try and find someway past the blond girl and out of the room.
The look in her eyes soften more then a bit, and she let out a light giggle.
"Heh heh...That was fun! You should have seen the look on your face!" She said in a tone, that made it completely obvious to the worn out Coordinator, that she was in a good mood right now.
Something he was quite frankly very relieved about. It was reassuring for him to know, that there was no hostile intention behind his sister's visit, and that it was not necessary for him to leave the bed, to avoid whatever punishment, she had plan on giving him early today.
And knowing that there was no real danger at least for the moment. He moved back and once more rested his head on the pillow behind him. "So what are you doing here at this hour Cagalli?" He asked, trying hard not to show her how tired he really was right now.
Realizing that she had most likely woken him up, when she started beating down his door. Cagalli couldn't help feel slightly guilty, as she wonder if it was best to wait with the apology till tomorrow.
But in the end she decided that now that she had woken him up. She might as well just get it over and done with as quickly as possible, so she could leave and let him get back to sleep.
"I just want to say that I'm sorry, I have been a little mean to you, the last couple of days Kira. But with Athrun gone, and with me being pregnant. I can't even describe how stressed out I feel" she said, while getting comfortable at the foot of the bed, looking up at her brother, waiting a bit impatiently to hear what he had to say about her apology.
And even true Kira could not deny, that he was slightly tempt to say something sarcastic back, like her being a little mean was a serious understatement.
But now that she was finally back in a good mood. He did not think it would be a clever move on his part, to test just how thin her patient was right now. He truly did want to see Lacus again someday in the future.
"It's all right Cagalli, I'm sorry about telling him. I just wanted to help you guys out. But I guess that in the end, I did more far harm then good!" He said, with a guilty look in both of his purple eyes.
Just as he looked away from her and down in to his lap, thinking back to what his friend's reaction had been, when he had told him about the whole pregnancy thing.
Yet the only thing he knew for certain, after his little fight with the Saviour, was that Athrun was more then just a bit confused. Like he actually had no idea about how Cagalli had gotten pregnant in the first place.
Not that Kira was going to tell his sister about that, he might be completely and utterly piss off at Athrun right now. But he did not want to bring him in even more hot water, with Cagalli then he already was.
It was just about that time, when he felt Cagalli place a hand on his shoulder. "It's all right Kira, I would be lying if I said, that I wasn't still a bit angry at you two fools for interfering in our relationship, but you did do it with the best intention in mind. So I'll forgive both of you!" The young woman said, then stretch both of her arms up over her head, while letting out a loud yawn.
Which did make it kinda obvious that she was just as tired as he was. "Ok Cagalli, I promise not to stick my nose in you guys relationship again. But I still do feel a bit like beating the crap out of Athrun, the next time I see him. I just don't get why he can't come to his senses, after everything we told him about both Zaft's assassination attempt on Lacus, and you being pregnant!" He said in a displeased tone.
Hearing that Cagalli looked a bit thoughtful. "I guess you can beat him up a bit if that makes you feel better, just don't kill him Kira, there is no way he is getting out of helping with kid that easy!" She chuckled with a small wicked smirk on her face, as she stood up from the bed, and got ready to leave the room again, so her brother could go back to sleep.
Slightly surprise Kira too let out a small laugh. "I wasn't really planing on taking it that far Cagalli!" He explained to her, realizing that she was just joking around at the moment, which was actually a nice change from the angry mood, she had been in the last many days.
Still chuckling softly Cagalli stepped over to the door.
"That's good to hear Kira, I am planing on make him change the baby's diaper, the first five or six months after it's born!" The blond woman said, in a tone that made it kinda hard to tell, if she was actually serious.
But the entire thought about Athrun being forced, to do something like that, was more then enough, to make Kira laugh slightly again. "That's a very mean punishment sis. I'm kinda looking forward to see how you are going to convince him to do that" the Freedom pilot said.
Grinning slightly at him, Cagalli reached over and opened the door again.
"I haven't really thought of a way to do that yet Kira. But I'm sure, that there is something that could persuade him to do it. Now then I better get going I'm totally worn out, the only thing I really want to do right now is go to my room and sleep for a few hours!" She said.
Nodding a single time in understanding to that Kira laid his head back down on the pillow. "I see, I'll see you tomorrow sis!" He called out to her, as Cagalli gave him a big smile.
"Count on bro, good-night!" She said loudly, before she stepped out of the room, still with that big smile on her face. She really was happy, that things had work out like they had, and that she had been able to apologize to Kira.
Once gone the young man closed his purple eyes again, and it did not take very long, before he once more, slowly drifted off to sleep, still with the small television on in the background.
To be continued.