A/N: Finally, I updated. Sorry if I got so slow, because I’m really busy today… especially for school. Okay, this chapter will be less boring… I promise. And it is dedicated to everyone who loves the druggies and Azrael!

WARNING: This chapter may contain some violence and character bashings. Supporters of the Astray girls are not recommended to read this.

DISCLAIMER: I don’t own Gundam Seed or anything in the story…

Another Day Off

Chapter 2: Love and War

Traffic always makes Orga angry. “Oh, damn it! We can’t just stay here and wait!” Orga whined.

Azrael looked towards the window and saw another way which has only few cars traveling on it. “That means we’ll be taking the long yet faster way…” Azrael said.

“What do you mean??” Clotho asked.

Orga gasped as he saw the other way. “You mean… that way?” Orga asked pointing the other way Azrael just saw.

Azrael smiled and nodded his head. “Yep.”

“Very well, then… LET’S GO!!” Orga said, steering the wheel and making the limo move towards the other way.

“Only a few people use this way because it’s long and it has accident-prone areas since it’s nearby the seashore.” Azrael said.

Clotho smiled and looked towards the seashore. “The sea sure looks pretty… especially during summer.”

The limo continued moving so fast in the smooth road. Shani started humming his favorite music but then suddenly…

SCREECH!!

Orga stopped the car as he saw three girls who wear the same thing blocking the car’s way. One has ugly, gold, short curly hair, the other one with pink glasses has medium-length blue hair and the third one has short, brown hair.

Shani gasped and made a deadly glare at the three.

Orga opened the car’s panel window and showed a handsome yet angry glare. “What the fuck do you want, triplets?” Orga asked.

The blue-haired girl made those annoying puppy-dog-eyes. “Oh, you boys are so handsome! We need your help!”

Shani opens the window and hissed. “Get out of our way!” Shani said.

“We still have to go to ORB!” Clotho shouted.

The golden-haired annoying girl who looks the ugliest among the trio of girls crossed her hands. “Please we also need to go there! We can’t just find a taxi!”

“It’s because you triplets LOOK SO UGLY AND STUPID… so the TAXI boys HATE you!” Clotho teased.

Azrael raised an eyebrow. “I’m sorry, young ladies but this limo can only accommodate—“

Suddenly, Orga got really angry as in to the highest level and switches on the engine again. “That is IT!”

The limo moved forward, hitting the three girls in the process. The trio of girls screamed in the pain from the impact. Orga moved forward, making a hit-and-run to kill the girls. Blood scattered around the ground, but not the limo because Orga switched on the sprinklers. Fortunately, nobody saw that incident or else the four of them will be in jail.

Clotho opened his side’s window and showed his head outside. He faced the back and saw the corpses of the three girls lying in the pool of blood. Clotho laughed like a hyena and stuck out his tongue jokingly.

“HAHA! TAKE THAT, BITCHES!” Clotho shouted loudly towards the poor trio’s corpses.

Azrael’s huge sweat dropped. He grabbed Clotho towards him and gently wrapped his arms around him. “Clotho, stop it. Please… mind your manners. And you three really did not act like a gentleman a while ago to those girls. That is such a bad example for a true man.” Azrael said, pushing the switch to close all the car’s windows.

Clotho can feel his heartbeat getting harder and harder as Azrael held him tight on his arms. He blushed really hard, so he trembled like a cell phone.

Azrael’s eyes widened and carefully released Clotho from his arms. Clotho faced towards him and showed his blushing cute face.

“Muruta-sama… why do you have to hug me like that? Do men have to do that?!” Clotho asked.

Azrael smirked and patted Clotho’s head, making Clotho’s blush redder. “Men hug people, men or women… when necessary. I did that to calm you down, my dear.” Azrael said.

Orga continued driving and just showed a big smile, half-laughing to Clotho. Shani just giggled softly.

Clotho faced away towards Azrael and used his hand to put Azrael’s hand away from his head. “Hmph. It’s just that… it is so gay and I find it annoying!” Clotho said.

Azrael chuckled. “Maybe you’re just denying the fact that you LIKED my sweet embrace to you…” Azrael said jokingly.

Clotho can feel more sweat flowing down from his forehead as Azrael placed his head nearer to Clotho’s face.

“No, I don’t! A man like me will never—“

“Clotho, how can you call yourself a man when you treated those girls like that?” Muruta asked, cutting Clotho’s dialogue.

“Only gentleman treat girls nicely like knights and not all men are gentlemen!” Clotho argued.

Azrael sighed. “Well, you have a point but… I know deep in your heart, you liked the way I hugged you.” Azrael said.

Orga and Shani started laughing loudly. The car stopped, since they are already in the parking space in ORB’s shopping mall.

Clotho growled and faced away towards Azrael. “Stop teasing me, Muruta-sama… I certainly did not love the way you hugged me. Jeez, it’s disgusting!” Clotho said, opening the side door and going outside. Azrael went out next to him and closed the door.

Orga and Shani went out from the car. Orga used the remote to lock the whole car. “Safety and Security first!” Orga said.

Shani smiled and went towards Orga. Orga faced towards Azrael. “So what shall we do now?” Orga asked.

Azrael grabbed Clotho’s hand, making Clotho growl and blush again. “We should split into groups. You and Shani shall go shopping together while Clotho and I will go together.” Azrael said.

“WHAT?! But how can we go home if we got separated?!” Clotho asked.

Orga rolled his eyes. “Well, duh… we can meet in one place in a specific time. Use your common sense, gay twerp.” Orga said.

“I TOLD YOU I AM NOT GAY!!” Clotho shouted. Azrael covered Clotho’s mouth to make him quiet.

“It’s already 10 am. That means we’ll meet here in the parking area at exactly 3 pm. We’ll be shopping for 5 hours.” Azrael said.

Since Clotho’s mouth is covered by Azrael’s hand, they can’t clearly hear his loud whine, “5 HOURS?! NO WAY!” but instead they hear… “Mmmm mmph? Mmmmm MMMPH!!”

Orga nodded his head and grabbed Shani’s hand. “Let’s go…” Orga said.

“Okay.” Shani replied as both of them went away from Azrael and Clotho.

Azrael smirked. “So we’ll see you later then…” He said towards the two as they went away too.

ORB’s mall looks so new and so refined. Orga and Shani are so amazed. They never got into malls like this before.

“Wow… It’s so… spacious…” Orga said.

Shani smiled. “Let’s go to the music store.” Shani said, pointing towards a store with a lot of CDs inside.

“Oh, Okay.” Orga relied, dragging Shani towards the Music store.

The happy duo came inside the store and heard some beautiful Modern Music. Shani smiled and went towards the display of CDS in the “Techno” section. Orga walked towards him. “Shani, wait!”

Shani looked around and saw a young man with orange, medium-length, wavy hair a few steps away from him, looking at him. “Huh?” Shani asked.

The young man went towards him and waved his hand. “Hi, I never saw you before in this store. I am the shopkeeper of this shop, Heine Westenfluss. You can ask me anything if you have a problem in shopping or if you want to play a CD.” He said happily.

Shani just showed an emotionless glare and nodded his head.

Orga smiled and glared at Heine. “Oh, Okay, mister. Thanks. It’s nice to meet you.” Orga said.

Heine saw more customers coming and went towards the entrance to entertain them.

Shani smiled and grabbed a CD with the label “Techno Dance Music” on it. Orga looked towards the CD and raised an eyebrow. “So Shani… do you like Techno music?” Orga asked. Orga does not really like Techno; He prefers Classical music that relaxes the mind.

Shani smiled and nodded his head. “Yes, pretty music…” Shani said.

Orga sighed. “Oh… so do you dance with that music?” Orga asked.

“Yes, but I don’t have time to.” Shani replied, returning the CD back to its place.

“How come?” Orga asked.

“Sir hates Techno. He forbids me to dance. He said: ‘just listen to music, not dance because it is disturbing’.” Shani said.

Orga sighed and pats Shani’s head. “Oh, I see. That’s why the Azrael mansion seems so quiet. But, Shani, may you please dance here?” Orga asked.

“But Orga, how can I dance if the music is not techno?” Shani asked.

Orga faced towards Heine and waved his hand. Heine went towards them and asked, “May I help you, sir?” Heine asked.

Orga smiled and grabbed the CD Shani likes. “May you please play this?” Orga asked, handing over to Heine the Techno CD.

Heine grabs the CD and went towards the CD player. “Playing: Techno Dance Music.” Heine said towards the microphone. The CD started playing, making Shani show a rare smile. The other people inside the store cheered with joy.

Orga raised an eyebrow. He really disliked Techno. He thought it is disturbing and noisy, but that’s what Shani likes.

Shani giggled and started dancing. He sways his body and moved his arms as he dances with the music.

Orga can feel his cheeks burning. He never saw Shani dancing like this before. Shani has been always quiet, listening to his music player and work for that Sir Azrael.

People went towards Shani and started cheering for him. Shani did not stop, he just continued dancing.

Orga cried tears of joy and clapped his hands for his beloved Shani.

Heine went towards him and pats his shoulder. Orga wiped off his tears and faced towards Heine. “Your Friend is really good at dancing.” He said.

Orga smiled. “I never knew that up to now. I always thought he is really quiet and shy…” Orga said.

Heine smiled. “So that’s his secret talent then.” He said.

Orga went towards Shani and hugged him tight. Shani gaped and hugged him back. “Huh?”

“Oh, Shani! You are so great! I love you! I love you!!” Orga said proudly.

People made aloud “AWWWWWW” and clapped their hands.

Shani smiled happily. “Thank you very much, Orga…”

Clotho grabbed Azrael’s arm as they walk. People are looking at them suspiciously.

“To the Arcade!” Clotho shouted proudly.

Azrael raised an eyebrow and slaps his own forehead. “No we’re not! We’ll be going to the Men’s section in the Department store!”

“ARCAAAADE!!” Clotho started whining.

“Men’s Section!”

“Arcade!”

“Men’s Section!!”

“Arcade!!”

“MEN’S SECTION!”

“ARCAAAAAAAAADE!!” Clotho finally shouted so loud, making Azrael stop walking.

“Oh, fine… we’ll be going to that Ar-whatever that is. Erm, I mean Ar-cade.” Azrael said.

Clotho released his arms from Azrael and jumped with joy. “Yay!! We’re going to the Arcade! We’re going to the Arcade! We’re going to the Arcade! We’re going to the Arcade! We’re going to—“

Azrael grabbed covered Clotho’s mouth to shut him up. “Fine, fine. We’ll be going.” Azrael said, grabbing Clotho’s hand to continue their walk.

After a few minutes, Azrael and Clotho finally arrived at the Arcade.

“YAY! WE’RE HERE!!” Clotho cheered with joy.

Azrael continued holding Clotho’s hand to stop him from running away. “So, Clotho. May I please… uh… p-play with you?” Azrael asked.

Clotho quickly nodded his head. Suddenly, he felt that he’s blushing again. What the heck?! He just agreed that Azrael will play with him! NO! He didn’t do it on purpose! It’s an accident… or it isn’t?

“Oh, that’s good. I’ll be the one who will pay the tokens anyway… and I haven’t been in this place yet…” Azrael said.

Clotho smiled and faced towards him. “Oh… well, LET’S PLAY!” Clotho said childishly.

Azrael blushed a bit and went inside with Clotho.

They saw a brown-haired young man with orange goggles on his head on the cashier. “Buy the tokens here!” He said.

“So how much are the tokens?” Azrael asked, grabbing his blue wallet from his pocket.

The young man smiled. “The tokens cost 50 cents each. How many tokens do you want?”

Azrael nodded his head and faced towards Clotho. “How about buying 10 tokens for the two of us?” Clotho said.

“Well, that means I’ll be buying 20 tokens.” Azrael said.

The young man gets 20 tokens from the cash register and handed them to Clotho. “Okay. That will be 10 bucks.” He said.

Azrael grabbed 10 bucks from his wallet. The young man gets the money and placed it inside the cash register.

“Enjoy playing!” The young man said.

Clotho handed Azrael 10 tokens. “So, let’s play games and whoever receives the most wins shall decide where we should eat lunch!” Clotho said.

Azrael smirked. “How about challenging me to versus games? I would love that, dear…” He said.

Clotho showed an angry glare to him. “Fine… that would be easy! And… STOP CALLING ME DEAR!” Clotho said furiously.

Azrael chuckled and grabbed Clotho’s hand. “Oh, you can never give me orders for I am your master, dear. So what game shall we play?” He said.

“Urrgh… Damn orders. Shitty orders… As usual, I will follow your orders, you old man!” Clotho teased.

Azrael covered Clotho’s mouth. “Watch your mouth, Clotho, my dear. I am only thirty-one years old and I look so young.” He said, stroking his hands around his own face.

Clotho grabbed Azrael’s hands off his mouth. ‘Hmph. Stupid gay master. Stupid gay comrades. Stupid gayness.’ He thought, making faces.

Azrael placed his hand on Clotho’s shoulder, making the redhead blush again. “So what shall we play, Clotho? You’re in charge this time…”

Clotho felt his heartbeat getting faster and harder as Muruta went in font of him and drew his face nearer to his. “Uh… we’ll be playing… er, that game!” Clotho pointed on a certain shooting game that is similar to his game in his Great WonderSwan XXX.

Azrael smirked. That game is just like the game Clotho had. That shooting game, which has versus version at this arcade… The game requires 2 tokens. Clotho went towards the game and placed two tokens on it. Azrael followed him and does the same.

“I’ll be Red Team while you’ll be the Blue team. Let us see who shall win in this war… Hehe… I’ll beat you in less than a minute.” Clotho said, proudly as he pushed the START button.

Azrael smirked and started the game too. “You can have my eight tokens, dear. I am sure you will regret saying those…” He said.

Clotho chuckled as he grabbed the eight tokens from him. He has already sixteen tokens and he has eight chances to defeat him, while Azrael has only a chance to beat him.

The game involves two different sides: Red and Blue. Both sides have ten space ships and whoever defeats all enemies shall win.

“Okay… Let’s start!” Clotho said.

Azrael replied nothing and started pushing those buttons.

“Hah! A game addict will never lose to an old man like you!” Clotho teased again as he started pushing those buttons to attack.

“Hmph. We’ll see about that.”

Both of their forces are shooting at each other. Some ships exploded already, and after a few minutes…

“BOOM!”

“Blue Team Wins” The game announced.

“Continue? (Insert two tokens)” The screen asked to Clotho.

“WHAT THE FUCK?! You cheater! You memorized the codes to beat me, eh? I… I will obliterate you…” Clotho got really angry as he puts all the eight tokens to make him have eight chances to defeat Azrael.

“No, I don’t cheat. I don’t even know how… Haha… Maybe you’re too angry at me. Please Relax, my dear…” Azrael said.

Clotho started pushing the buttons, making the red team attack again. The blue team started attacking. Clotho has still seven forces left while Azrael had only one force in the game.

After 10 minutes…

“BOOM!”

“Blue Team Wins” The game announced.

“Send out 1 more force(s)?” The screen asked to Clotho again. Clotho has only one force left since he lost seven times already.

Clotho selected “YES” and started playing again. Azrael only lost five ships. Wow, Clotho is sooooo angry at him.

“WHY YOU?! I’ll BEAT YOU THIS TIME!! HAAAAH… ELIMINAAAATE!” He shouted like a crazy psycho. People started staring at him.

Azrael looked towards Clotho and showed a handsome smile. “Relax, Relax, Relax… It’s just a game…” He said.

Both of them started playing again…

And then suddenly,

“BOOM!”

“Blue Team Wins” The game announced.

Clotho’s eyes widened in shock. Azrael’s team has only one ship left and he can’t even beat it?!

“WHAT THE FUCK?!” Clotho shouted.

Azrael smirked and went towards him. “Haha. I win. I gave you all OUR tokens so we have no tokens left…” He said.

Clotho felt his blood rising, his hands turning into fists. “You… cheater!”

Azrael chuckled. “I told you already that I don’t know how to cheat in games like these. And please, It’s just a game. You’re getting too hard on yourself that’s why you lost… just like me at last year’s war…” He said.

Clotho tried to hit Azrael with his fist, but Azrael grabbed his hand to stop him from doing so. Clotho gasped as Azrael hugged him really tight. Clotho blushed really hard as if his face is a ripe tomato. Not again! Muruta-sama is HUGGING HIM AGAIN!

“Please stop getting so angry. It’s not even real. I’m sure you fight better than me in a real war… Calm down, my dear… We shall now eat. I know we are both hungry…” Azrael said with a calm voice.

Clotho can feel tears starting flowing down from his eyes, remembering last year’s war. He became too hard on himself… he did not even think of his comrades… he just thought of nothing but himself and victory…

Azrael loosened his grip to him and looked towards the people who are staring at them for minutes. “What are you looking at, gossip shits?” Azrael asked.

The people got frightened at him and went away from them. Azrael released Clotho from his arms. “So let us go then. I win so I shall decide where we shall eat. We shall be eating in a fancy restaurant.” Azrael said, grabbing Clotho’s hand.

“Uh, okay…” Clotho can’t stop blushing! What the heck is wrong with him? Why is he feeling so warm and fuzzy especially when he knew they will be eating in a fancy restaurant… only the two of them? Ugh… are they really shopping or is it something else?

TO BE CONTINUED…

A/N: Wow, this chapter is waaay longer than the first one. Hehe… so how was it? Sorry for the OOC-ness… haha… I hope to finish the third chapter as soon as I can! Whew! School is so getting me busy! Please review if you want, but please do not give negative criticisms or flames or else The Astray Girls and Lacus will be burned and The Raider will pop out of nowhere to eliminate you! NYAHAHAHA!

If you ask me why I bashed the Astray girls...it has a simple answer: I HATE them! I hate them for looking so generic and stealing the druggies' spotlights!

I just included Heine because I really like him and he needs attention too… anyway; try to guess who that guy in the arcade’s cashier is. Clue: He is not from the anime.

So that’s it for now! Thank you for reading!

Good day to everyone and Love you all!

gives druggie-shaped candies LOL

Aya