Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam SEED/ Destiny

This has been on my mind for months and I finally put it on paper or Microsoft Word, anyway.

The Proposal

Every man's dilemma: proposing to a woman

Cagalli sat in the backseat of Athrun's car, glaring at Kira because 1) he's riding shotgun and 2) it's because of his clumsiness, not mention, dumbness and excessive idiocy that she's wearing a miniskirt.

Emphasis on 'miniskirt', by the way.

Why then, did she have to wear something as torturous and degrading as a miniskirt? Let's go a few hours back when everything was perfect in Cagalli's morning. That is, until stupid Kira called with the news.

It was Cagalli's day off and she meant for that day to be spent with Athrun. They had already started a few hours earlier, if you know what I mean, and when both woke up the next day, they began the supposedly 'perfect' day by fooling around.

And then the phone call came.

"Hello?" Cagalli answered the phone with Athrun tickling her. "Haha! Stop it, Athrun! I'm on the phone!"

"What the hell is Athrun doing to you?" Kira's steely voice came through the other line.

"Nothing, haha!" Cagalli couldn't stop laughing. "Damn it!"

"Whatever," Kira sighed. "Anyway, you guys know what today is, right?"

"Yeah," Cagalli's tone became a bit more serious. "Today's the day."

"Well, not yet," Kira answered. "I still need to buy the thing that I'm supposed to propose with."

"You what?" Cagalli's eyes widened and Athrun let go of her almost immediately. "What do you mean by that? I thought you've already bought it!"

"Yeah, well," Kira's response sounded sheepish.

"What the hell, Kira!" Cagalli said angrily. "We've already got everything planned!"

"I should've told you guys about this yesterday but Lacus was kind of suspicious or something…"

"Damn it," Cagalli gave a sharp intake of breath. "So what? You're going to postpone it?"

"Well, I was kind of thinking…" Kira trailed.

"What exactly were you thinking of, Kira?" Cagalli narrowed her eyes even though she very much knew he couldn't see her expression.

"Well, I was wondering whether I could borrow Athrun?" Kira asked. "And then maybe, you could take Lacus out shopping?"

"What?" Cagalli demanded. "Are you freaking serious? This is my only day off and I had already planned everything out!"

"Oh, come on!" Kira pleaded. "It's Lacus' birthday! At least do it for her! Milly's out of town and wouldn't be returning till tonight and you're her only friend here who's a girl and…well, please? Please humor her? Just this once?"

"Fine," Cagalli answered grudgingly. "But remember, I'm doing this for Lacus and not for you."

"Alright, alright," Kira answered hurriedly. "I owe you big time. Lacus and I will be at your place by noon."

And Cagalli slammed the phone down.

"What did Kira say?" Athrun asked cautiously.

"Change of plans," Cagalli sighed. "Get dressed. You'll be helping Kira find a ring while I take Lacus out shopping."

"You're not serious?" Athrun said incredulously. "I thought Kira had everything under control already?"

"Yeah, so did I," Cagalli answered. "Come on, let's get this over with."

And that's why Cagalli had to endure the pain of wearing a miniskirt and to display the fact she was wearing one to everyone.

Great.

Athrun pulled up in front of a café adjacent to the mall. "Here we are."

"We'll have brunch here and then we'll leave you guys here," Kira said.

"Alright," Lacus answered cheerfully and Cagalli rolled her eyes.

Lacus went out of the car with Kira while Athrun opened the door on Cagalli's side for his frowning girlfriend.

"Come on, put a smile on your face," Athrun coaxed. "We're going to need a good cover for Kira."

Cagalli grumbled, "That guy owes me big time for making me wear a skirt."

"Don't worry," Athrun said. "I don't like it just as much as you do."

Cagalli got out of the car, giving Athrun a weird look, "Why?"

"Well," Athrun said slowly. "Men will be staring…"

"Jealous?" Cagalli had an evil glint in her eye. "I'm so going to enjoy this. Let me take advantage of this moment." And she purposely swayed her hips, getting the attention of a lot of men.

Athrun growled, "Do that again and I'll make sure you'll be the last thing those bastards will see."

Cagalli laughed and patted Athrun's cheek. "Don't worry. I'm for you and will only be for you no matter what," She said in his ear and pecked him on a spot near his ear.

Athrun smiled, "That's what I thought you'd say."

Brunch was over in just a little over an hour. Cagalli accompanied Athrun and Kira as they head towards the car while Lacus went to the washroom.

Cagalli pursed her lips and crossed her arms, "Kira, I'm telling you, if you screw this up further, I'll definitely kick your ass."

"I won't screw it up!" Kira said back defiantly.

"You already did!" Cagalli retorted.

"It's only delayed…" Kira reasoned. "No, it's not even delayed because the time of the proposal is still the same; I just bought the ring on a later date."

"Whatever," Cagalli rolled her eyes.

"Call us if you need anything, alright?" Athrun offered while Kira leaned against the car, a bit irritated.

"Sure," Cagalli smiled a little before tiptoeing and pressing her lips onto Athrun's.

Kira rolled his eyes this time and his jaw hardened.

Athrun returned back the kiss with as much passion that Cagalli was giving, not minding that they were in public and that Kira would probably kill him later.

They parted, with Cagalli giving off a satisfied smile. She pecked Athrun on the cheek for one last time.

Athrun chuckled and whispered into her ear, "I think you've tortured Kira quite enough."

"Is that why you think I kissed you?" Cagalli pouted. "I'm hurt."

"Well, one of the reasons," Athrun grinned.

"And anyway, I think I've tortured Kira not quite enough yet," Cagalli smirked mischievously. "It's payback time."

"You'll get your chance, Cagalli," Athrun shrugged before getting into the driver's seat after a pissed off Kira took the passenger's seat.

Cagalli smiled widely at Kira who, once again rolled his eyes. His sister waved animatedly as the car disappeared into the highway.

Once the mall complex was out of sight, Kira glared at Athrun, "I can't believe you've got the nerve to do that and in front of me too!"

"Pardon?"

"You freaking made out with Cagalli! And in public too!" Kira growled.

"One, Cagalli and I didn't make out, just kissed," Athrun pointed out. "And second, why can't I kiss my girlfriend goodbye in front of you?"

"Because, Athrun Zala, I had already generously let you in the forbidden territory and this is how you pay me back?" Kira told him.

"And may I ask what forbidden territory you're talking about?" Athrun raised an eyebrow, not really sure what kind of language Kira was speaking.

Kira rolled his eyes once again before answering, "Everyone knows that you can't date your best friend's sister."

"Ah," Athrun nodded in comprehension. "Well then, Kira, I owe you my thanks for letting me be with your sister."

Kira grumbled as he knew that Athrun was making fun of him.

Bet you guys were expecting that Athrun was the one who's going to propose, huh?

Well, anyway, even though this is actually Kira's proposal, it's mainly Asucaga...you'll see why.

So, I hope you guys liked this but I'm not sure when I can update...this may turn out to be a two-shot or three-shot...depends on my mood.

Thank you for reading and please review! They are very much appreciated!