Disclaimer : I dont own Gundam seed or any of its characters...
This is my first fanfic here, hope you guys enjoy it
Reviews are very much welcome, Im putting a test to my writing capabilities so comments and suggestions are warmly accepted.
note: (" ") cagalli's thoughts
CHAPTER 1: The Butterfly
("How did it all happen?" )
A blond girl was sitting by the window, staring at the dark skies as rain poured out.
("Why is it suppose to be us? There are lots of rich people out there who can fully afford the medicines, but why us??" ) she asked herself once again and sighed.
Flashback (3 years ago)
"Cagalli!!" a brunette shouted as she runs down to the blond who have just arrived
"Morning Mir"
"Hey Cags! How bout if we hang out at the mall later after school?" Mir sited excitedly, still trying to catch her breath
"Huh?Again? We were just there the other day" Cagalli whined as she puts her stuff inside the locker, getting some book for the first class
"There's a new cake shop there! Everyones talking about it" Mir shows her the flyer
"oh, i see" she took the flyer from Mir as they both headed down their room.
"Golden Sweets? Looks... umm... good" not really sure what seems to be interesting in the colorful flyer that looks so ordinary. It was advertising pastries, cakes and other sweet delicacies.
"GOOD?! What do you mean by 'GOOD' Excuse me Ms. Cagalli Yula Attha but the correct word is BRILLIANT!.." she started to lecture the blond girl. ("here she goes again")
"For your information, Golden Sweets have already been spreading treasure to all sweets fans for 40 years now.." her eyes twinkling at Cagalli
"And the fact that they're the number 1 sweet shop in Europe, it is a big pleasure to have them put a branch here in our country! And take note! Its in the Mall just a few blocks from school!"
Cagalli just stared at her blankly, she too likes confectionery products, but she's not addicted as Mir is.
"I promised myself when i was young that I'll go all over the globe to taste every dessert that each country has. My journey starts here Cags! Before I tour the world, I need to start here in our country. I will never forgive myself if I skip just one shop. So you, as my bestfriend, need to come with me in my expedition later. Ok Cagalli?" showing puppy eyes to Cagalli which she know her bestfriend cant resist
"But-" she was interrupted when their teacher entered the room and everybody stood up to greet her.
"I wont take no as an answer" Mir whispered to her with a wink and returned to her desk.
Cagalli smiled to herself, her bestfriend was the first person she met in highschool. They were like sisters sharing each others cheers, troubles and secrets. She knows that beyond her dream of exploring the world to taste all the sweets, is a hope that she'll survive 2nd stage Leukemia.
The class went by when someone knocked at the door,
Their teacher answered the door, and there they saw the principal catching his breath. They whispered against each other then the teacher gave Cagalli a worried look.
"Alright.." that was the only word they heard from the conversation of the two.
"Ms Attha, please get your things and follow the Mr. Rau" there was sympathy in her voice.
She got confused, she wasnt the rule breaker type. There were only 2 instances that she was called to the Principals room; that is when she fought with boys in gradeschool for bullying Mir, and the other for punching Yuna for his unbearable courting. She did not do any other transgressions thereafter.
"I wonder what I did this time" she exclaimed to herself
But there was something in the eyes of her teacher that made her uneasy.
As she was to follow Rau waiting outside the room, her teacher gave her a soft pat at shoulders,
"I'm sorry.."
"Ms Attha?" she was taken out of her trance by the loud thunder.
"Are you alright Ms. Attha? You look pale" the female nurse puts her hand on the forehead of Cagalli.
"I'm fine, is there something I can help you with?"
"Im done checking Mr Attha, you can go home now and take a rest" she smiled
"Nah, I'm off to work, any improvement?" she looked at her father in bed. He has been confined for more than 2 years. He had this selective disorder called Multiple Sclerosis, the cause was unknown, resulting to an unknown cure. It was a disease that affects the nerves of its victims, causing delusion, mental weakening, inability to speak, and at the final phase, total paralysis.
The nurse just looked down.
"I see" She hates to see her father in that situation. Her father who was once soaring strong now lies on his bed like a dried pulp. She could clearly remember, how her father was before, and how this sickness deteriorated the life out of him.
"There's my little butterfly!" thats what he used to call her
She went beside her fathers bed and held his hand. Stopping the tears in her eyes.
"I'm going dad, I might get busted by my boss if I get in late" she smiled weakly at her father.
There was no reaction from him, he was just staring at the ceiling. She kissed him at the forehead and left the room.
She rode a cab to her office, still feeling the stabbing pain in her heart.
("Life is so unfair") and she felt her warm tears flow down her cheeks.
In Plantz Contact Center..
She arrived in her office before 9:00 PM, Cagalli started her computer and checked her emails. ("Great! Im stuck again with lots of paperworks") she said to herself annoyed. And started with her work.
("Grr.. If I was only able to finish college i wont be stuck here doing all these tiresome work. ")
After graduating Highschool, she started to look for jobs that doesn't have that much requirements. At her age, 17, she knows that there are only a few slots that she might fit in. She was forced to not take college because of their present state. Her father's hospitalization bills are already supported by his insurance. Her mom's mini store is not earning much to support the whole family, and their running low in cash. She cant afford to see her younger brother and sister to stop in schooling, she knew she had to do something.
Cagalli was able to pass in Plantz Contact Center, biggest Call center in the country. They accept undergraduate employees as long as they are able to provide good customer service. She was once an agent and was immediately promoted to an officer position, as the site manager's assistant. She was so thankful that she's not going to take calls anymore, she can no longer take exerting extra effort to be 'kind' to all those callers who know nothing but complain. Her new job was mainly to assist her boss in petty paperworks. Though they're small jobs, they come in copies of 50-100.
("For crying out loud, 300 copies for a 50 page document?! And submit them within the day??You gotta be kidding me".) She went to the Copy room to do the chore,
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("God, am I dead yet?" )
done with photocopying, she tried to carry all 300 folders on her arms, surprisingly as she was about to exit the room, the door slid open and another person collided to her. She fell down bottom flat. Scattering all her papers around the room.
"owww" they both exclaimed
"What the-! Cant you even say excuse me?!" She shouted furiously to the black haired guy who fell flat as her.
"Im sorry, are you ok?" the guy who bumped to her stood up and offered out his hand to help her, she was about to give him a glare that ended up as a stare when she noticed how beautiful his ruby eyes were.
"no actually, my fault, I was talking to him" she got out of her daze when she heard a a voice behind the ruby eyed guy. There stood a man with long blond hair and blue eyes, he was smiling sheepishly at the two.
"No thanks, I can help myself up" she said annoyed and brushed off the helping hand.
"Argh!! great! Everything's messed up and I'll have to recheck them again page by page! Thanks to you two" she whined to the two and started to pick up her papers.
"dont worry we'll help" the two started picking up the papers and arranged them in order. Afterwards, they helped Cagalli to bring all the documents to her office. Cagalli did not utter a word to them the whole period.
"Hey" black haired guy finally manage to say after the 20 minutes silent treatment from the fiery blond
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"My name is Shinn, and my friend here is Rey, were from the technical account. How about you?"
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"I think we really ruined out her mood" Rey whispered to Shinn with a smirk
"Yeah I guess" Shinn just sighed. He looked at her back as she walked, almost like stomping "not very ladylike,sweatdrop " he thought to himself.
They've reach the front door of Cagalli's office, she entered the code on the keylock and it slid open.
"Wow" Rey was astonished by the neatness of her office, "so your the Secretary of the Site manager in the Operations Department" he takes a good look around and puts the pile on her side desk.
"There! All done." Shinn placed her documents on her desk."Nice office"
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Cagalli took her sit and started rechecking the documents.
"Leave" Cagalli said sternly without taking a look at them.
"Sheesh..she doesn't have to be that rude, it was an accident" Shinn said to himself scratching the back of his head and walked towards the door..
"You could atleast say thank you" Rey said sarcastically while heading to the door. "We didn't intend to bump you on the way. I and Shinn were talking about something. You shouldn't be really mad at such a small thing, besides we helped you out carry your stuff till your office-" Shinn noticed that the face of Cagalli darkened, her eyes twitching on every word of Rey."Uh-oh this is bad" he pulled his friend out the door. There was a loud thud after the door closed behind them.
"What was that?" the curious Rey took a peek at the door and found himself hit by a flying canister.
"I SAID LEAVE!!" Shinn heard her shout from the other side..
"Is..she really a 'she'?" Rey felt his forehead sore with his hand.
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("I cant believe it! Those darn freakin' idiots completely ruined my entire day! ") she held up her fingers to her temple and takes a deep breath.
There was beep in her computer from her instant messenger. She takes another deep breath as she sees its from her boss.
LaFlaga (1:31 :12 AM): Attha,
La Flaga (1:32:01 AM): I need those documents nice and neat by 3:00 AM
("Great..") sighing to herself. ("Time to work Cags!") she composes herself on her desk.
Attha (1:32:23 AM): noted boss