Light in the Darkness
A/n: I honestly...don't know how this story flows. I swear this story feels like its still full of loopholes . I don't even know right now whether this story would turn out angsty or dark. T3T) I've been hanging out too much in the AsuCaga FB Group and was able to meet a lot of readers and co-author/authoress. It's really fun there...and i end up hanging around there even though I'm at work lol. By the way, thank you for the reviews /heartspams
Everyone knows the drill~
"Are you sure about this? this is getting a little scary"
"Calm down. Nothing's going to happen to us. Trust me."
"But..."
"No buts Lacus."
"Are you sure he isn't a bad guy?"
"Lacus." She exhaled tiredly and looked at Lacus. " If he was the bad guy then why would he be beaten up and lying unconscious at the hallway?"she asked in a matter of fact tone.
"I dunno. Maybe he was escaping and was planning to hide here?" Lacus said tilting her head to the side as she attempted to make a reasonable excuse.
The blonde shook her head and tried not to laugh at her friends vivid imagination. She stared at the young man lying down on their sofa and wondered how he ended up in his current situation. Not to mention she found him near the door step of their apartment.
"Oh oh!" Lacus, Cagalli's room mate gasped and patted her by the shoulder. "He..He's coming into" She pointed at the blue haired young man who was slightly groaning. Feeling a little scared, Lacus hid behind Cagalli and watch him as he slowly regained his consciousness.
"W-where...am I?" He groaned as he tried to open his eyes and found his surroundings unfamiliar to him. The room was fully furnished with simple yet elegant looking furnitures, flowers displayed in almost every corner, the slight scent of cinnamon lingering in the room.
Cagalli looked at him slowly and scratched her cheek. "Um, you're in our apartment right now. We found you unconscious outside and you were wounded. Soo, we treated them." She said pointing at his arms and face.
He looked at his arms and touched his cheeks that were all covered with gauze and bandages. He inspected his arms and they were neatly dressed with gauze as well. He also noticed the set of wound care instruments and materials such as bandages and antiseptic solution cluttered on top of the table behind the pink haired woman. His gaze finally fell at the blonde who was giving him an quizzical look..
"Ugh, I appreciate the help but...you didn't have to-"
"We didn't have to help you?" She asked finishing his statement "Are you stupid? Do you think I could let a person not to mention a half bloody and beaten guy near our doorstep alone?"The blonde placed her hands on her hips and looked at the wounded blue haired young man slightly annoyed.
"Like I said. I appreciate the help and thought. But you didn't have to take care of me...especially I'm a stranger and both of you are women"
Cagalli throw her arms in the air out of frustration. "Boy, girl, woman, man, or whatever species you are from. Helping someone doesn't need to have a reason you idiot!" She said before walking out of the living room leaving him stunned by her words.
"Uh.."
Lacus, the pink haired woman suddenly giggled and looked at the stumped young man sitting on the couch. "Sorry about that. She usually doesn't loose her temper, you're probably an exception."
Athrun sighed and winced a little. His head throbbed so hard that he had to close his eyes and leaned back. He squinted his eyes and massaged his temple in hope that it would somehow relieve him from the pain.
"Do you need pain reliv-" Athrun waved his hands and refused her offer before she could even finish her question.
"I can manage miss. Thank you"
She looked at him unsure but nodded her head. "Oh! I know why don't you stay here for dinner? You haven't eaten right? Maybe that would help you feel better! Just feel at home and relax" She clapped her hands once and stood up without even hearing his answer.
He shook his head and took another deep breath as he scanned through the room. He found a notepad and pen beside the phone and quickly scribbled a Thank you on the paper before quietly leaving their apartment.
"By the way! I forgot to ask your...Huh?!" Lacus blinked several times and found their living room empty. "Where is he?!" She gasped as she ran out and open the door hoping to catch up with him but he was long gone.
"Look at him move around as if he wasn't beaten up last night" Cagalli crossed her arms on her chest and frowned. Her voice sound slightly annoyed which amused her colleague.
Miriallia snickered at how childish Cagalli could get. "Are you sure he is the same guy? Maybe you and Lacus were just dreaming?" She asked as they continued to gossip behind the counter while waiting for new customers.
The blonde waitress stared at the young man sitting on his usual spot with his usual order of bagel and coffee..except this time his usual flawless face was filled with wounds and purple-blue-black bruises. "Yeah, that's him. That's my decorated band aid stuck across his cheek." She said flatly.
"Seriously? Decorated bandaid? "Miriallia looked at her friend as she tried not to laugh. "Where did you get that?"
"It's a secret" She winked at her and continued with her work.
Her friend stationed at the cashier sighed and stared at their blue haired customer. "You know with despite all those bruises he still looks good."
"Hmm, don't know, don't care" Cagalli replied sounding uninterested as she started making a drink that one of their customers had requested for earlier. She reached for the wide coffee cup above her and filled it with a freshly brewed coffee.
The auburn hair cashier shook her head and stare at Cagalli as she continued to prepare the order. "Here we go again with that line. How are you suppose to find a boyfriend with that attitude?" Miriallia lightly scold her and wagged a finger at her.
Cagalli suddenly froze and stiffen at the question. Her eyes slightly widened but remained silent.
"I promise you I won't hurt you. I'll be the one to protect"
"I know you will"
"Wait! What are you doing?! STOP IT!"
"Cagalli?"
Miriallia blinked a few times when she noticed her friend didn't throw a snappy remark back at her "Cagalli? Hey, are you alright?"
"Cagalli!?"
Breaking herself from her trance, she quickly pulled out a small smile at looked back at Miriallia. "W-what are you saying. I don't have time for boyfriends or whatever. I'm trying to make a living right now, remember?" She said pointing at her gingham patterned uniform.
"Oh yeah, independent woman here. I forgot" Miriallia sighed and gave up on Cagalli for a while as a few customers started to lined up in front of the cashier. Immediately. she started taking up their order and punching them in the small machine.
Her body began to shiver and instinctively her arms were wrapped around her self. Cagalli tried to breath in and out. Her insides flipped and turned. She bit her lower lip and tried to calm herself down. Her memories flashed like pictures in fast forward and it only scared her.
"Cagalli. Cagalli!"
"W-what?"
"Are you alright?" Miriallia looked at her friend worriedly. She placed a hand on her forehead and checked her temperature. "Are you sick? Should I ask Abby to switch places with you?"
"N-no. It's okay. I'm assigned here at the bar today anyway. I'm fine" Cagalli weakly smiled and gently pushed Miriallia's hand away from her forehead. "Two Cappuccino Lattes right?"
"Y-yeah" Her auburn friend nodded her head lightly and gazed at her worriedly.
"You know it's not nice to keep the food waiting. They'll be angry at you"
"Huh?"
"You know it's not nice to keep the food waiting. They'll be angry at you" She grinned and rested her elbows up on the table and stared at him, amused.
"Sab?!"
"Who?"she arched a brow at him " Hey, did you loose your ability to read when you got beaten up? The name's Cagalli" The blonde said, pointing at her name tag where the 'Hi I'm Cagalli! ' was printed on it.
Athrun blinked several times and stared at her. It wasn't Sab. It was the blonde waitress who happened to help him last night when he was unconscious on the ground.
"It's rude to stare mister, especially if you're staring at the wrong place" Cagalli's eyes narrowed noticing he wasn't staring at her face rather at her name tag pinned on her chest.
He shook his head and couldn't help smiled a little to himself. "Sorry about that miss." He said as he finally reached for his cold bagel and ripped a portion of it. He looked back at her and found her looking back at him, he raised a brow at her and leaned back on his seat. "What?"he inquired. "Do you want one?" He asked offering the portion on his hand to her.
"Aren't you suppose to say something Mister?"She asked putting a hand on her waist and ignoring his offer for the bagel. Last night annoyed her especially when he left their apartment without properly saying goodbye to her or either Lacus. It was just plain rude of him to leave a note on the table especially when Lacus offered him dinner as well.
"No I don't think I have anything to say to you Miss. And I believe that harassing the customer here isn't allowed. Am I right?" He said throwing a brief smirk at her as he sort of quoted what she had said yesterday back at her.
"Why youu-"
"Cagalli! We need a hand here you know!" One of her co-workers yelled back at the bar.
The blonde frowned at Athrun and quickly turned around. "Alright coming!"
"Miss Cagalli, Aurelia's gone!"
"W-what?! Aurelia is missing?" Lacus immediately did a head count of the children she brought along with her for a little trip to the city. She was a teacher in a orphanage by the beach and today was their mini field trip. Lacus brought the children to different parts of the city for a little tour and let them visit different parks where they took a lot of picture. The older orphan she brought along to assist her looked around for the missing child and started to panic.
"I can't find her anywhere Miss Lacus"
"Seven." She gasped. One was definitely missing. "Mary. hold the kids while I have to call Aunt Caridad." She said in panic. Noticing Lacus wasn't paying much attention to them the children started running around her and playing tag. "C-children calm down!"
Losing a child in a city was a big problem and what makes it worst it that the missing child was somewhat...special.
Meanwhile, as Athrun was heading back to his apartment carrying his files in his arms he found a small figure down at the floor with her knees bent up and her head resting on it. His eyes tried to focus itself at what seemed like a child and sighed.
He walked towards the small child and squat in front of her. "What are you doing here, Auie?"
The small girl looked up and threw her hands at him, hugging him tightly causing him to stumble back a little and loose his balance. "W-what's wrong?" He asked the child as he soothed her back.
She shook her head and pressed her face on his chest. Athrun felt her small body tremble and his shirt slightly getting damp. She was crying. "Auie" His voice softened and patted the small girls head.
Don't you think Auie is a cute namee? Although it sounds weird when you pronounce it since its like "AWEE" lol. Anyway, hey ho...update's are a little slower than usual now since I kinda have work right now. Yes I am finally a working woman... for now. and as I said I'm still thinking on how to make this plot a little more better. I kinda wanted to add action here (yeah something I've never done yet) so lol I don't know how but omg... i hope I can do it. And yeah I've decided to created a few new characters so I hope you guys don't mind aaand aand... yeah a lot of things are still questionable and confusing but everything will be cleared up as the story progresses. Don't worry~
Tell me guys what you think of this chapter~ I'll be waiting~
Freyris
