Her eyes widened in shock, the scene before her was too unbearable. She was about to break. The strong Cagalli Yula Attha wasn't so strong anymore. Her heart was crying out. She tried to smile but her lips quivered, she wanted to be happy but her voice began to crack. She kept strong she wouldn't look weak in front of any one, she stood still with an unreadable expression on her face. "So your Lacus Clyne?" a brunette boy asked Mia Campbell who was hugging Athrun's arm tightly. "Yes sir, and you must know my fiancé, Athrun Zala" she politely answered. The word fiancé echoed through Cagalli's mind, jealousy ran through her body. She looked at Athrun, he didn't look uneasy but comfortable "Nice too meet you Miss Clyne" Cagalli greeted and forced forced a smile. "Yes nice to meet you too, Miss Attha" Mia innocently smiled "You jerk" Cagalli thought "Ah… Mi- Lacus.. I'm talking to my friends can you excuse us?" Athrun requested the girl beside him who nodded in response and kissed him on the cheek and went back to her ping zaku. "So she's the imposter?" Kira asked, Athrun nooded "Why would PLANTs make an imposter?" Cagalli joined the conversation, her voice more shaky than before, but before Athrun can answer Kira cutted in "There up tp no good!" he clenched his fist "No Kira!" Athrun countered "Then what?" Kira was starting a fight "Stop!" Cagalli interrupted the two men "Let's go Kira!" she said. But before they started to climb down "Hey Athrun!" Cagalli called with a smile she ran to himand gave him a kiss on the cheek, took his palm and carefully placed the ring he gave her on his palm "I bet your fiancé would be happy" she whispered and climbed down with Kira. Athrun was standing there stumped, then suddenly Mia hugged him from behind complementing the ring on his palm. When Kira and Cagalli boarded Archangel, everyone was curious "What happened?" Captain Ramius asked as she approached Cagalli "Nothing much… only that Athrun went back to Zaft and gladly found a fiancé" she sarcasticly answered then she heard a few gasps "Cagalli your ring?" Lacus asked "I.. I.. gave it back to him.." she answered and dropped down to her knees, Lacus knelt beside her and Cagalli started to cry on the pink songstress' shoulder.
Athruns POV
Tonight I kept struggling against my thoughts, how Cagalli could do this to him and that she can still smile after she saw Mia. I feel lost and that my heart has been shattered into million pieces yet all I think is Cagalli… her honest smiles and hearty laughs that fills me. Have I really have hurt her that much? We both struggle for peace yet we will again point guns at each other.. Can I take more of this? I'm not sure.
END
The blue haired coordinator woke up and sighed and turned to check the clock but his eyes fell on the ring that he gave Cagalli, the scarlet stone shone its beautiful color against the dim light in his room, he winced, remembering memories, he was interrupted when he heard a female voice throught his room in Minerva "Um… Commander Zala would you want to eat with us?" the feamale voice asked which belonged to Lunamaria Hawke "Ah… in a while" he answered and shook his head and wore his red uniform. He joined Shinn, Lunamaria and Meyrin for simple breakfast in Minerva. "Commander? Are you all right?" Luna asked and sat down beside Athrun who slightly shook his head and quickly shook his head. "Minerva crew!" Captain Talia called "the repaires got delayed so I grant you another day of freedom" the captain announced "Yey!" Meyrin cheered.