As Fate Would Have It

Disclaimer: Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny are not my property; I do not own them or anything affiliated with the series.

Author's Note: This originally started off as an one-shot, but I kept thinking up silly ideas related to the original chapter so this has now turned into a collection of drabbles, all within the same universe. No real storyline, just bits and pieces of their relationship. c:

"Hello?" Cagalli froze in horror at the voice that came through her phone. Instead of the melodic and soft voice of Lacus Clyne that she had been expecting, a deeper, baritone voice greeted her instead. The thought of Lacus with a manly voice was not a very reassuring one either.

'Oh crap.' She quickly hung up the phone, face warm enough to fry an egg from her silly mistake. Taking a quick glance at the number she had just accidentally dialed and hung up on, she realized her error; a 2 instead of the 5 and a 9 instead of the 3 of her friend's number.

'Cagalli Hibiki', she thought to herself, 'you are an idiot'. She didn't even say sorry! However, she couldn't help but think about the man's voice that she had heard. It was smooth, those two syllables clear and articulate. There was confidence behind every consonant and vowel, and she wondered what the person behind that voice looked like.

She shook her head, feeling ridiculous for thinking about such things. The blonde redialed her friend's number, jabbing furiously at the 5 and 3 she had missed earlier.

2 WEEKS LATER

She was in a rush and desperately needed to get a hold of her brother, but that moron was refusing to pick his darn phone up. She dialed a certain pink-haired princess' number instead, knowing that the chances that Lacus knew where that prick was were pretty close to 100%.

As soon as she heard the click, she immediately babbled, "Hey do you know where Kira is? That asshole isn't picking up and I really need his help, I forgot my keys at home and I really need a ride to the doc—"

"Um, who is this?"

That voice again. She stifled her groan of embarrassment and this time, managed to squeak out a hurried apology before hanging up. She mentally slapped herself, grumbling something about the failures of modern technology.

'He has a really nice voice though,' she stared down at her phone, even more curious about the poor person she kept misdialing.

Her phone suddenly rang, startling her out her thoughts. Noting the caller ID, she picked up and growled, "Kira. Pick me up at the Justice Building. Now."

1 WEEK AFTER INCIDENT #2

By this point, usually twice is enough… or, so she thought.

With Kira and Lacus' wedding coming up so soon, and being the maid of honor, it required a lot of preparation on her part. It also didn't help that Kira was her younger twin, so obviously she was responsible for this and that and all the things. Right now, she needed to pick her bridesmaid dress up—except she conveniently forgot the location of the bridal shop.

She quickly typed out Lacus' number, once again missed two numbers, and texted:

"Hey, where's that bridal store again? I forgot to copy it down before I left."

She waited a few minutes before a ting notified her of a response. She glanced down, dread slowly overcoming her cheerful mood.

"You seem to have a habit of forgetting things. I'm afraid I can't tell you where that bridal store is, though."

Her frustrated scream alarmed the poor passersby around her.

Apparently, twice was not enough.

4 DAYS AFTER INCIDENT #3

At this point, any normal person would just put Lacus' number on speed dial or something, but unfortunately, such conveniences were lost on a certain blonde.

The wedding was a mere three days away, now. Miriallia had asked to crash at her place, which she enthusiastically consented to. That led to her buying groceries to last for the next couple of days. It wouldn't do for the maid of honour and one of the bridesmaids to resort to eating out the last few days before the wedding.

She pursed her lips, wondering if she should maybe invite Lacus over for dinner. Soon, the pink-haired lady would be off on her honeymoon with her brother; maybe it was time to monopolize her before she flew off.

And once again, she misdialed.

Fate was really quite cruel to her.

"Hey," she greeted as soon as the connecting click sounded. Patience was definitely not one of her virtues. "Do you want to join Miri and I for dinner tonight at my place? Since you'll be off all lovey-dovey with Kira in a couple of days, you should spend some time with us girls!"

There was a moment's pause. "Well, I wouldn't mind, except I don't plan on being lovey-dovey with Kira, ever, nor am I a girl, so I'm guessing this invitation isn't for me, is it?"

She let out a terrified squawk. "Um… sorry. Wrong number."

She hung up quickly, and headed straight for the meat aisle, too embarrassed to try and give it another go lest Fate decide three times was simply not enough.

THE DAY OF THE WEDDING

With only two hours before the wedding, Cagalli was surprised that the bride and groom hadn't showed up yet. Wasn't it customary for them to be here like, at least four hours ahead? The rehearsal yesterday had gone as planned, although the best man had been unable to attend ('really?' Cagalli had thought, frowning as Kira told her the news, 'he can't even spare a couple hours to attend this rehearsal? What if he screws it up?').

She frowned at the clock on the wall, deciding it'd probably be best if she checked up on the bride. You know, just making sure she didn't get cold feet or anything.

Fate must have been really desperate, or something, as Shiho and Yzak suddenly came in as she punched the numbers in, distracting her for a second. Quickly pressing 'call', she waited… and waited… and waited… for quite a few rings.

After what seemed an eternity, she finally heard that click she had been waiting for. "Where the heck are you? The wedding is in two hours!"

"Calm down, I'm here, I'm here—"

Wait.

That was his voice.

Wait.

Why did he respond like that—

Wait.

Why did she just hear that in person, behind her?

She spun around, eyes widening as they fell upon a blue-haired man, dressed in a very flattering black tuxedo. He had his phone wedged between his shoulder and head, and he stared right at her with beautifully emerald green eyes.

Cagalli gaped at him for a moment as he made his way towards her.

"I'm guessing the bride and groom are yet to show?" That voice. The one that had been haunting her for the past several weeks.

At this point, Fate would probably sigh with relief. Finally.

"W-who the hell are you?"

He raised an eyebrow, clearly amused by the situation, to her dismay. "I'm the guy you apparently can't stop calling."

She flushed. "I got that much, thank you very much. I mean, what the hell are you doing here?"

He gave her a dazzling smile. "My name's Athrun Zala, I'm Kira's best man."

Her mouth dropped further towards the floor.

"And you are…?"

He was really too handsome. Even though she wanted to slap him for all the embarrassment she had suffered because of him, there was no resisting that charming smile.

"Cagalli Hibiki," she finally replied, a small smile of her own tugging at her lips. "Maid of honour, and Kira's sister."

Athrun offered a hand, which she found herself taking. "Well, Cagalli," he murmured, his face suddenly much closer to hers, his voice dropping several tones lower. She shivered at the way he said her name, so purposefully and – dare she say it – seductively. "Let us get this wedding thing over with, shall we?"

Nope. She was not disappointed at all. She was definitely not expecting something along the lines of 'let's get a room and forget this damn wedding because I've been waiting far too long for this'.

Not at all. She just stomped on his foot and stormed off because her moron of a brother and his wife-to-be were still not here, and that was definitely his fault. That's all.

She caught the bouquet, much to her chagrin, and she tried very hard not to punch Athrun when he leaned in, whispering, "So, did you ever find that bridal store? Looks like we'll have to pay them a visit again soon."

Well, she tried not to anyways.

He sported the bruise that would last for the next several days like a champ, though.

8 MONTHS LATER

For the life of her, she couldn't remember if she had to take Lacus to the OB/GYN today, or if it was tomorrow. Cagalli had been incredibly excited by the fact she was going to be an aunt soon, and was doing her best to be supportive. She whipped out her phone and quickly dialed a number while still staring at her work laptop.

"Hello, Lacus? I can't remember, when are you going to the OB/GYN again?"

"It's tomorrow, and seriously, Cagalli? Again?"

She fought back a laugh. "Sorry, Athrun."

"It's been eight months," he sounded like he was pouting, although she knew he would deny it rather grumpily.

She giggled. "Well, I said sorry!" Her gaze fell on the picture of them sitting on her desk, radiant smiles on both their faces, each of them holding their phones in one hand. She couldn't help it as her grin widened. "And besides, maybe I did that on purpose this time."

Fate rolled its eyes. Yeah, right.

I'm sure this idea has been used before, but I really just wanted to write something cute because 'More Than Anything' is draining me with all the drama. XD

Thank you for reading! Let me know what you think?

Lavellia.