Chapter Two: The Sadness Will Go Little By Little, If Only You Let Me In.
Zala Mansion, Morning.
Athrun woke up when he felt a ray of sunlight on his face. He slowly opens his jade eye, then he looks down and smile at the sight. His lover peacefully asleep on his bare strong chest, since last night they both had some late night activities as marriage couple. He slowly brings his hand on her bare waist and lock. He doesn't want the person that he cherishes to go away from his life ever. He continues staring at his lovely wife, he can't believe that he will marry this blonde fierce girl that he hate at first sight. She is so annoying in his definition. He sniffs her blonde hair and smile at it.
Flashback In 12 Years Ago.
Athha Resident, Everning.
Cagalli is in her bed, still thinking what to reply the guy that asking her to be his slave for a week while listening to the music on the radio. She roughly ruffled her blonde hair, what the hell that blue hair dude thinks of her to be his slave? It is his fault to begin with; he said something that he should not, that is why she slapped the blue hair dude. Is just self-defend in her defend. She slowly brings her right palm closer to her amber to look again at the number that blue hair dude wrote in. She just let short sigh, then she hears something interesting from the DJ radio that she currently listening at.
"I just had a very interesting conversation with one of our callers. She just broke-up with her long-time boyfriend, the reason that they broke-up is that, they both lack of communication and understanding. My first reaction what in hell that they both, in the relationship at first place? Well, people do say that lovers are blind, is that true statement that we can still use it in the modest era? Well, I not here to argue about it, is just that nowadays couple seeks for one night stand. So where is the love? Maybe that is why I still single; since I am very commitment girl, and I don't believe sex before marry. All my females' friend saying that I don't enjoy the life. Well, I don't want my life to be meaningless with all the casual lifestyle, I want a happy relationship, and that we will be together until Death do us part. But in the process, we will fight and arguing about the thing that we might not see eye to eye. It's only I love my relationship so much that I willing to protect it with only him. You know what dear listening, people do say that arguing will bring the couple much closer and the love will be increasing. That's what I want in my life, in the future if it's not now. So my advice to the caller is that you better let the guy go. It doesn't mean that you can't believe in love ever again, it's just that he is not the one for you. There must be your destiny out there, you just need to hang on and pray of it. Most importantly wait and be patient, he will come around someday. Just keep on faith." End the DJ radio with her long speak, and then she plays the song which is Cagalli favorite, Utada Hikaru Sakura Drop.
She slowly gets up from her single bed and reaches her yellow phone on the bedside of her left. She flips open the phone and dial the number that she wish that she not intend to call, but she really want help the dude even its mean that she will be the guy slave for a week. She brings the phone to her right ear. It is ringing, she took a very deep breath. She prays that the other line will not say something stupid!
"Hello!" Said the other line, which Cagalli kind of scared to reply back, but after a long silence she brings herself.
"Hey, is Cagalli if you can remember." Said Cagalli in low.
There were a long silence before the guy reply back,"the one that I asked to be my slave for a week, right? Sorry I don't know your name, but now I know. So what is your answer missy?" Asked the guy infirm.
Cagalli clutched her fist when she heard the guy call her to be his slave, can't he be more gentleman for once? No wonder that girl left him. No manner.
"Hello Missy! Are you still on the line?" Asked the guy which cause Cagalli snap out of reality.
"Yes, I am still online. Yes, I agree to be your slave, but in one condition. Are you up for it?" Asked Cagalli in determining.
"Fine! What is it, don't say something stupid, I have no time to play." Reply the guy in an irritated tone.
Cagalli just rolled her amber, like in hell that she wanted to be his slave,"listen careful, Mr, even I am your slave, but you cannot do anything inappropriate at me. In my definition of inappropriate is that don't treat me such of a geisha or any sort of it." Said Cagalli.
"Fine! As you know, you way out from my league." Reply the guy then he just ends the conversation.
All Cagalli can hear is the death line tone, which irritated her the most. She just slammed the yellow phone at the end of her bed. She just stares at the phone while cursing it. She can't believe it that the guy that is as handsome as him have attitude that she really want to rip it off. After a while, her phone ring, it is not a call tone it is the message tones that the phone playing. She crawls to the end of her bed and reach for the phone. She flips it open and read the message that she just received. She read the sender, it is for the blue hair dude. She slowly read the message.
"Listen to me carefully missy, I don't know you and you don't know me that well, and lastly that we both hate each other very deeply. So cut the chase, I want you to come to my house on Saturday morning, around 8am bring along your spare clothes with you. Here is my address. I will wait for you and I hope that you the kind of person that will never break the promise. Good night."
Cagalli again curse the phone, is that the way the guy will treat her in a week? Her anger slowly fades away when she remembers his sad jade. He really loves the girl that he had been together for two years, now he just lonely. She remembers when her mother died because of a car accident, all she can see that her father really fragile. She doesn't know who the guy that she loves so much can be so weak. He used to be very lovely and strong father, which she looks up at. She just ten, she didn't know what to do with her father. How to cure the guy that meant a lot in her life. After a while her father becoming heavy drinker, but he never raises his hand at her, but it breaks her heart slowly. When she was eleven, she went to counselling to seek for help. When she gathers the information from her counselling teacher and internet, she braves herself to confront her father. Even she scared what he might do, but she doesn't care. All she wants is him to be the man that she respects so much in her life. The first step that she took was, throw away all his alcohols. One night when her father wanted to get his alcohols, he can't find one. He keeps on searching it until Cagalli told him that she had thrown all of the alcohols away, which cause Uzumi slap her hard. She knows that will come soon or later, she just bear the pain in her left cheek, she went closer to her father, that she used to adore so much, but now all she can see is that he is in mess that she need to bring her father in the reality so that they both can be a family again. She went closer to her father while saying the things that she had been kept in her heart, even she promised herself to not to cry in front of her father, but the pain so great that she can't bear anymore. She keeps on crying while saying the thing that she always wanted to let it out. Uzumi can't stand seeing his only daughter cry because what he had done after his wife dead. Him so much depressed that he doesn't know how to channel it, all he know just keep on drinking and abandon her. Assume without hesitated, went to hug his only daughter tightly while crying, which Cagalli hug her father back. Since that day Uzumi went to grief counselling, and he tries his best to be the father that he used to be for his only daughter.
If she can do it to her father, she has a faith that she can make it to that dude. That is her vow to help the dude, even she knows that she doesn't like it much. She just slammed her body on her single bed and drift into peaceful slumber.
Zala Mansion, Next Morning.
Cagalli stared at the house for a very long time, and then shift her amber at the phone that the dude had sent to her, his address. She really can't believe it, the dude really super rich. His house is not any ordinary house, is like a castle in her definition. Without any further she presses the intercom. After a few minutes she saw a lady's face on the intercom camera, the lady asks her in polite," yes miss, can I help you?"
"Well, I am not sure myself, but may I know if I am in the correct place since I think that I am a little bit loss. Is this Zala resident?" Asked Cagalli while press the button on the intercom so that the lady in her late thirties can hear her.
"Well, yes miss. May I know who are you miss?"
"My name is Cagalli. I am supposed to see…" Cagalli stop right there when she notices that she didn't know the dude name, on his message that he gave a night before the dude only instructed her if she get lost just ask anyone by the name Zala. She never once asked his name.
"Oh, yes. Young master told me earlier that he has a guest that coming by today. Please hold for a while miss, I will let you in." Replied the lady which Cagalli gladly heard, but after this she need ask the dude for his name.
After a while the giant brown gate open for her to enter, she slowly walks into the castle. The scenery is so beautiful and calm, but at the same time Cagalli can feel the sadness. She doesn't know why she has the feeling that even the scenery so beautiful to enjoy, but it has its own sorrow behind it. Cagalli tracks stop when her amber notice the lovely small garden that full with blue roses, she smile at it. She went to it, without her intention to, but her feet just drag her to go there. She doesn't dare to pluck the roses, but she slowly touches the surface, it is so soft. Then she bent down and smell on it, the smell so incredible sweet. She smiles at herself, then she heard the footsteps that approach her, she stand up and turn to see who is it.
"Don't be afraid miss. I just notice that you were here when I open the front door. You must be Miss Cagalli. While, I am Mana, the head maid here. So I notice that you like the blue roses here. Madam Zala who's the one plants those. She really likes blue, since her only son hair color resembles those roses." Said the lady who the one answered the intercom earlier.
"Yea, I really love those roses, since blue roses very hard to take care of and also they really picky about the soil that need to use to plant them. I really amaze how Madam Zala can take care of them very elegant way, if I must say." Replied Cagalli while looking at the roses. She really loves any type of flowers, they really will make her clam.
"Yes, you were right, but right now I am the one who took care of them since Madam long gone." Said the lady in sad.
Cagalli just stare at her for a while," I am sorry to hear that, but I guess she will thank you for look after the one that precious to her." Replied Cagalli while showing her apologies gesture to the lady.
"I just hope that Master and Young Master can see the same. Well miss enough about it, I bet the young master will be eager to meet you. Please follow me."
"I don't sure if he eager to meet me." Said Cagalli in low.
Indoor Basketball Court.
"Please come in miss." Said the lady while open the door to where the dude currently at.
Cagalli come in the place, she saw the dude currently in basketball practice.
"He sure heats up about the tournament. No wonder my school will lose every time plays against them, with their captain surely like a crazy robot." Thought Cagalli of herself.
"Please wait here for a while miss." Said the lady while walking to the dude direction, Cagalli just watch her retreat.
Athrun stops his practice when he saw Mana approach him. He went to her while carry the basketball on his arm.
"Young master, your friend is here." Said Mana while pointed Athrun to where Cagalli stand on.
Athrun just looks at the direction that Mana had pointed in. He just instructed her to close to him, "Thank you Mana. You may go now. We will be fine on our own." Said Athrun while waiting Cagalli comes to him. Mana just bows and goes to do her errands.
Athrun just stares at her when she approaches him, Cagalli felt uncomfortable with the way that he stares at her.
"What are you staring at!" Yelled Cagalli at the dude.
Athrun just looks into her amber, "Do you know how to play the basketball?" Asked the dude while spin the basketball ball on his index finger.
"What are you getting at?" Asked Cagalli.
"Don't answer the question by the question, missy." Said the dude while stares at her chest.
Cagalli who saw where the dude stared at, she covers her chest while glare at him dangerously,"PERVERT! Stop looking at my chest. My eye is here, not down there. Be a gentleman, can you?" Said Cagalli in high tone while showing the dude when the eye were in her free hand.
"Gentleman you said? What other one you called me? Let me rethink, oh yes pervert. If you must know missy my gentleman's long time gone and for pervert, what can I said I am a guy after all, go by nature that we as guys like the dirty thing. In case you don't know why not I teach you something that you will never learn in school." Said the guy while purposely rubs his index finger on Cagalli chest.
Cagalli push the guy hard, which the dude stumbles a little bit, but he not fall since he can balanced himself, then he smirk at her,"don't worry missy, you so way my league and also your chest so small for my appetite, I am sure those chests will never satisfy my needs. I wish your chest is D cups." Said the dude with the stupid smirk still on his face.
"What! You super pervert…" before Cagalli can finish her sentence the dude throws the ball at her which she safely catches it.
"So you do know how to catch the ball, in that case I can assume that you do know how to play basketball. So here is my rule, whoever can score the ball on the opponent ring first can ask the opponent a question. Anything can be asked, since we both will be stuck for a week we need to know each other, so that we will know a little bit about us." Said the dude while asks Cagalli to the center of the basketball court that he already on.
Cagalli walks into the center, "you who the one wanted me to be your slave for a week, which I did not ask for. If you don't remember correctly." Said Cagalli while tossing the ball up high into the air, which the dude caught the ball first and went to score his ball into Cagalli ring. Cagalli thought that he will not notice that she toss the ball up onto the air by surprise, so that she has a leverage, but man she so dead wrong. The dude eye like super vision, he can see her tactic, she tries to overrun him, but man the dude so fast so end up she can't block him at all. The dude scores his first point, so he can ask her first question.
" What you do for fun?" Asked the dude while throws the ball at her.
Cagalli stared at the dude while thinking, if that's his first question.
"missy, I asked you a question which in return you need answered it. Do you want me to repeat the question?" Asked the dude while looking at her dangerously.
Cagalli bums the ball on the floor before answer the dude, and then spin it on her index finger,"I love gardening. That's what I do for fun."
Athrun stares at her,"that boring, not fun at all, no wonder you all alone." Replied the dude, which Cagalli boiled in anger.
She throws the ball on the floor and she went closer to the dude, she grabs the dude collar which the dude did not find her any frightening at all, "listen to me Mr, we both dislike each other, so cut the chase. If you found my definition' fun' is the way in your dirty mind's imagination, I am sorry. I am not the kind that you are looking for, I love gardening. That is all I can do for fun, since I have anger management issues, the only thing that can keep me clam is by gardening. I can channel my black aura on in. Are we clear now?" Asked Cagalli while looking into his jade dangerous.
The guy pushes her hand off his collar and went to pick the ball and toss it to her,"second round. You can make your move first." Said the dude while waiting for her in the center.
Cagalli bums the ball and went to the central court, she looks at the dude and smirk at her. His left is his weak point, she just continue bums the ball which cause the dude irritating at her action, which cause him came at her right side, which Cagalli know her planed will work out, she went to his left and run to his ring and score her first point, which the dude can't overrun her, he just smiles at her.
The ball rolled on the floor, while Cagalli turn her heel to the dude with her victory smile. She walks in his direction while extending her right hand, "hi my name is Cagalli Yula Athha. You can call me Cagalli. You are?" Asked Cagalli to the dude, since she can ask a question whenever she score the point.
The dude just watches her in confuse,"you really don't know who I am, missy?" Said the dude to her.
"Well, yes, we aren't going to the same school and I just know you when my friend Stellar drags me to see you and your girlfriend back then fighting. Other than that, I don't know your name, so will you answer my question, Mr?"Replied Cagalli to the dude which her hand still extended to him.
The dude looks really fiery when she brings out his ex-girlfriend, he just walks to the ball and yell at her,"is Athrun Zala. Call me Athrun. Third round."
Cagalli didn't said a word, when she realized that she said something that she should not. She just went to the center and watches the dude moves very dearly. Athrun just bums the ball, he looks at his opponents move, Cagalli just stood there patient which cause the dude really piss. How come the girl can be so patient? Cagalli saw him in space out, she went to him and snatch the ball from him and went to his ring to score her second point, which she did it. Athrun just watches her score her point. Cagalli pick up the ball while thinking what to ask him. She turns around to face him, "I don't know what to ask you, can I keep it for future use. Maybe I will ask you then."Asked Cagalli while giving the ball to him, which he take it from her.
Athrun think for a while and he just nods, "fourth round." Said Athrun while walking to the center of the court, while Cagalli follow from behind.
Athrun bums the ball and he really don't want lose to this girl just yet. He admits that she quite good at the sport, he watches the blonde tactics for a while then he smirk at him. She didn't guard on her right that well, he plays dumb at her on her left. She tries to block Athrun on her left, but Athrun left feet drag him to the right which keep Cagalli off guard. Athrun bums the ball which Cagalli try her best to overrun him on his left, but Athrun speed too great for her which end up him scores his second point.
Cagalli bent down while her hands hold on her knees and catch her breath. She loves playing sports, but she only plays with the kids at the park not teenagers. She has never represented herself to school sports event, since she doesn't really like mingles with her schoolmates. Even she needs mingles with her schoolmates, she only plays during PE.
Athrun gives her water bottle, which catch Cagalli attention. She took the water bottle from the dude hand and uncap but before she drink it, she look at the dude,"what you want to ask?"
"Drink first, then only I will ask you."
Cagalli drink her water and then cap back the water bottle. She waits him to ask her any question.
Athrun bums the ball and then pick it up. He looks at her, "how many people in your family?"
Cagalli stares at his jade, "it's just me and my dad."
Athrun wanted to ask her more, but he can't since the rule is he only can ask her one question after he scored.
Cagalli watches his behavior, which she knows that he wanted to know her family background. She walks at his direction. "You know what I am tired playing ball with you. Why not we call a day, and we sit here on the floor and I willing to tell all about my family. Come here, sit beside me, Athrun. That is your name right, and you allow me to call you that right?" Said Cagalli who already took her sit on the floor. She stares at him, waiting for him to take his seat beside her.
Athrun just watches her, then he did as she told him to do earlier.
Cagalli turn her face at him, then smile at him, "well my mother died when I was ten, car accident. Since then I have been living with my father, he really nice guy which I love him with all my heart. I will be lying if I said that we, having perfect family, but we were not when my mother died. My father was completely different, he becomes alcoholic, it took him four years to recover. I am happy that my father trying his best to becoming a lovely father for me again. I really thankful to God that He listens to my praying every day." Finished Cagalli, she looks at him. He doesn't look really pleasing at all. He quickly get up, and went to the exit of indoor basketball. Which cause Cagalli a little bit confused, she gets up and try to catch his speed.
Cagalli grab his hand, which he roughly let go of her grip. Cagalli really piss with what he done for her. She overrun him and get hold of his shoulders and yell at him,"well, I don't know what's wrong with you Athrun! I just tell you about my family, is there anything that I wrongly said, I am sorry, but you can't just go like that without telling me what I had done wrong at you!."
Athrun stares at her amber, Cagalli saw a pool of tears in his jade. Cagalli softer her voice, "what's wrong Athrun? Just tell me."
"Why is God never protecting my mother? Why God is never once replied to my prayers? Is that He doesn't like me as His server? If there I did wrong in my previous life that make Him to treat me as I am now?" Said Athrun while turn his body so that the girl will not seeing that he fighting to not let the tears running freely, he don't want to show to his slave that he is weak, which he is not.
Cagalli look at his back, she knows that he devastated that he has no one to hear out his deep sorrow out loud. After all, guys born to keep all their feeling inside, but there is a way that they can let it all out. Cagalli smile at herself when she thinks something that will make that dude smile or let the burden that he carried out be a little bit light.
Cagalli get hold of his shoulder,"are you up for some exercise?" Smile Cagalli widely.
Athrun at first confused what in hell that she thinks that they having exercised in the middle of noon. He turns to face the girl with mixers feeling. Cagalli still keep on smiling, "you will have so much, I bet that you will ask more after the first trial. Just trust me, after all I just your slave for a week, what might I do for you within a week? Kidnapping you and asking your father some ransom money? Don't make a joke, I don't need money to live, I can live without them. All you need is believe that you can do it and there is nothing impossible for you to do it. But first I think that you need to get some clean clothes; with all that sweat that you currently wearing I sure that no one dare to come any closer to you, even you really is a handsome boy. In my definition pretty boy, even I am not that pretty. Just do as I told you, will you?" Said Cagalli while pushing the dude exit the indoor basketball court, which his head maid saw it and she went approach them.
"Is there anything wrong, young master?" Asked the head maid with worried on her face.
Before Athrun can reply back Cagalli right hand cover his mouth to stop him to say anything stupid in front of his maid,"there nothing wrong, is just that Athrun wanted to have some fresh air. He keeps on saying that he gets enough with all the life that he having now, so he asks me to go out to breathe again. So, since he's really that lazy to walk by himself I need to push him out from this indoor basketball court to assist him to his room to get some clear clothes so that we can get fresh air to breathe on." Said Cagalli with innocent face on her, which Athrun found that she is irritating him.
Mana who just heard what the girl told her, she almost wanted to cry. That is very true that her young master rarely goes out, all he does is go to his father's general hospital and living here like he were in a cage that don't have any freedom.
"That is okay miss, let me bring him to his room so that he can get fresh air to breath on right after I ask him to wear something clean and nice, and you miss I saw that you bring a duffle bag with you, so I guess that you brought extra clothes to change. Just go to guess room to change yourself. The guess room is on your third left." Replied Mana while assisting Athrun to his room.
Cagalli just smile, she knows that she will have so much fun with that blue hair dude. She skips happily get her stuff and proceed to the guess room to get some clean clothes.
In Athrun Room.
Athrun just watches his maid searching something nice for him to wear in his closet, "Mana, why you make yourself trouble to find a clothes for me to wear? Is not that I have a date with that moron girl. She despises me the most."
Mana no bother to look at him, she replies to his while still searching in his closet, "well young master, I just so happy that you will go out with some nice people. Is not in my place to say that all your friends are bad, is just that you not really mingles them really much. You went outside with a group of people that you keep on distance. The only time that you went outside with a plus one, is when you have dates with Miss Campbell. That also not went very well when you came back home less than an hour. I just can feel that this girl will bring some happiness in your life." Said Mana while give him the clothes that he will wear for him to go outside with that blonde girl.
Athrun lazily snatches the clothes from her hand and before he went to change them, he give Mana a look that show "I don't care."
Mana just smile at herself, she just knows that her young master will be happy that he used to be.
Cagalli waited that "Young Master" at their magnified garden. She just can't help to smell the aroma of that lovely rose, she just loves flowers, she just smiles at herself without knowing that "Young Master" were watching her. He has that disgusting expression on his face, he just don't like outsiders to near at his mother's favorite hobby, he walks to her direction, Cagalli feel something block the sunlight, she looks up to see very angry expression of that "Young Master", she for the first time feel all the coldness all over her spines. Athrun just forcibly grabs her arm and drag her outside of his mansion. Cagalli winced at the pain of his drag, he has a very strong grip. Cagalli try many times to free herself from his grip, but not valid.
"Hey Idiot, let go of me! You hurt me! Let go Idiot! ! !" Cried Cagalli at the pain.
Athrun stops his tracks and let go of his grip, Cagalli rub her pain off, but before she could Athrun grab her shoulders and let her face him.
"I don't know you that well! I don't like outsider to touch thing that reminds me dearly to my mother. I tell you this one and only time! Stay away from my mansion garden, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!" Said Athrun, Cagalli got surprise, especially with his jade eye, his eye full of rage. Cagalli swallow a lump in her throat, she just nodded. She doesn't dare to see through his eye, it is damn scary. Athrun slowly let go his grip, "good. Now where are we going?"
Cagalli still in shock, she needs some time to reply his question, "l-lets go to the park." Stutter Cagalli.
Athrun frowned at her reply, he waits the blonde to lead the way, when he sees the blonde in froze state, that's when he gets pissed. She the one who asked him to take strolls, when he don't want. He rather stay at his mansion and practice his slam duck tactics than wasted his time to go to park with his slave. Athrun smirks when he remembers that blonde is his slave.
"You know what, you just my slave right? You not the one who can order me around. I don't want to go to the park! I have something in my mind that you can entertain me as my slave. Said Athrun in husking tone. Cagalli got a surprise, she looks up to meet his glints jade, she just feel not right with his offered, but before she can respond to him. Athrun drags her arm again to the place that he has in his dirty mind.
Cagalli pray that he doesn't think to do anything bad on her, what she got herself into. Cagalli amber gets winded when she realizes where she is.
Athrun get go of her arm and went to the counter to get their gears.
"Baseball range?" Puzzled Cagalli. She though that navy hair guy will drag her to somewhere that hormone teenagers went to release their love or fun, but inside her heart, she silently prays thanks to God, because that blue hair dude did not bring her to somewhere that she will regret for life.
"Snap from your day dreaming moron." Said Athrun while tosses the baseball gears to her and went to one of the practice areas. She got really pissed when he called her a moron, but again, she also called him an idiot. Its sound fair to her. Cagalli went inside the practice range that's located beside him. "What are we doing here?" Asked Cagalli while watching him closely.
Athrun put his glove on when he answers his slave," we are here to play baseball genius!"
Cagalli still has that confused look all over her face which that navy hair guy caught it, his smirk at him. He walks near her face, but that block by the fence that separate between them, he talks husking at her, "well you my slave and I like play any kinds of sport. Every time I can hit a ball I can ask you something personal, or dirty." He said in a low when he said that dirty word, then he walked away from her. He really enjoys himself.
Cagalli who is dumbly at first, then her mind process everything that horny guy had told her," y-y-you pervert! Stutter Cagalli at his absurd to know her personal detail, it's not his place to know her private stuff.
Athrun just smile at her while adjusting his helmet, "round one moron" scream Athrun at the blonde who still have that blushing on her checks which he found it pretty. Athrun shakes his thought away.
"What he is thinking?" He asks himself it just not like him at all. This girl is nothing to him mere his slave that's all but why he found that she is pretty. Athrun became unaware of the ball that was ready to hit by.
"Athrun look out for that ball!" Cried Cagalli, Athrun who is still preoccupied with his though, did not have a chance to avoid the ball that directly hit his head. He felt that his world became darkness.
Cagalli who is shocked at what happened scream and run towards Athrun, she became worried every minute that she tried to call out his name, but not respond. Even she hates the guy so much, but it is her nature kind human kick in when she saw that his in dangers.
Athrun slowly opens her eye, he felt pain in his head. He tried to get up, but stop when he feel his hand intertwined with someone hand, he looks at the direction, he saw that blonde girl get hold of his hand with much love that his mother used to. Slowly his tears rolling to his cheek, he really misses his mother. The only reason why he confessed to Meer is because he wants to feel that love that his mother used to give him. The warm, the laughs, anything that can make him be safe. This blonde girl that he barely knows off, give what he had been searching for after his mother passed away. He quickly rubs away his tears when he heard footsteps coming his direction.
"Young master Athrun! Are you alright? Oh my, I really worried when Ms Cagalli called saying that you were in Hospital, I tried to call Master, but all the called went straight to voice mail." Said Mana, his head maid, Mana keep on mumbling about that he should be careful and so on, he clutches his free hand into a ball. His father never once in his entire life show any father figure that should be. Cagalli who is awake by the sound of Mana voice, rub her amber and look at Athrun who is still lying in the hospital bed looked really fierce. Cagalli let go her hand went near to him, "are you alright?" Asked Cagalli in worries.
No respond, "do you need anything?" Still nothing. Then she looks at Mana, "I think I better take my leave. I will see you again tomorrow Athrun, take care." With that Cagalli went outside Athrun room and went back house which quite far from here, she let sign. That means she need take two trains to get home, they're going one month's allowances.
Mana saw what happened, walk toward Athrun direction and let him get up a little bit and pat his pillow so that he be comfortable. Mana took a seat that previously occupied by Cagalli.
"Young Master, I know that you really mad Master but please don't let your anger toward Ms Cagalli, she has done nothing to you." Said Mana who's looking at Athrun dearly, she considers Athrun as her own.
Athrun just keeps on silence, "I think I better ask the doctor when you can be discharged." Said Mana, with that she exists the room.
Athrun brings his hand that had been touch by the blonde near to his nose, and smell it, "strawberry" without his realize him smile for the first time after his mother passed away, the genuine smile that only his mother and Mana had seen it.
Athrun who is smiling at the memories that he had with his wife, he never thought that he will have strong feelings towards the girl that became his slave for a week. He suddenly feels shivers, when his wife has purposely trailed his abs with her slender finger, she knows that is his weakness. Cagalli look up to meet her lovely husband's emerald eye that she admire at.
"Good morning dear" exclaimed Cagalli whose still trail her finger on Athrun abs, she loves to do that.
Athrun looks down to meet his beautiful wife, "honey can you stop doing that?" Asked Athrun.
"Doing what dear?"
Athrun smile at her and give her a you-know-what-I-meant look. Cagalli chuckled, then bring her lip to his so that they can share their morning passionate kiss. Athrun kisses her with his tongue inside her mouth. Cagalli do the same, Cagalli whose break the kiss when she felt a lack of oxygen. Cagalli look into his emerald eye, and wick at him. She covers her body with the blanket. She went to their attach bathroom, before she enters the bathroom her husband calling her out," Honey are you trying to make me fall sick, is cold here. You do know that I am fully naked here and you cover yourself with that blanket. You are being unfair here, honey, or you invited me to join your morning shower?"
Cagalli who heard her husband complaining, uncover her body and throw the blanket toward Athrun and stuck her tongue out before closed the bathroom door.
Athrun just smiles at her reaction, he gets up from queen size bed and pick up all the clothes that had been scattered all over the room, he throws Cagalli clothes to the laundry basket while his clothes, he wears it and went to his daughter's room, to check on her.
Cagalli feel refreshed after a hot shower, she looked herself in the mirror, and there she saw her body cover with Athrun love bites.
"Ahhhh…. Dear…. Please-give it more." Moaned Cagalli when Athrun bites her breast tip.
Athrun smirks at her request, and continue bites all over her body, he knows his wife weakness. She loves to be bitten.
Cagalli face blushing when she remembered last night activities that they share, she can't believe that she can be a slut when they both doing sex. Sex, how wonderful doing it with Athrun. She washes her face, she must stop thinking all that pervert stuff. She sees herself again in the mirror and saw that Athrun had given her love bite on her neck. She opens the drug cabinet and take out a plaster and put it on her neck that Athrun gave her last night. She doesn't want to hear or receive lustful eyes when she is out to carry her duty as a businesswoman. She remembers the first time she received a love bite from Athrun, she had been labelled as call girl that willingly doing sex with any kinds of guys at any times and anywhere. She clutches her both hands and hit on face basin.
"Yunna, you idiot" murmur her.
"Honey, are you done? Is everything fine? Asked Athrun while knocking the bathroom door, he gets worried when Cagalli still inside the bathroom. Cagalli snap out of her frustration, and walk toward the door and open it. There she saw very worried Athrun, she smiles at him and peck a kiss on his delicious lip. She walks to her wardrobe, Athrun followed her behind, he somehow feels that his wife hide something from him. Then he saw a plaster on her neck, his face heat up when he remembers that he gave his wife love bites, he should know better not to give her love bites on her neck. He walks closely with his wife, he hugs her from behind and let his head rest on her slim shoulder.
"I'm sorry honey, I should know better to not give that mark on your neck. I really am sorry." Said Athrun in low, he really regretted at his animal behavior. Cagalli had warned him many times, don't know give love bites on her neck, other than that, part she fine with it, but Athrun is too stubborn to realize what he has done while they doing sex.
Cagalli resting her body against his, "is okay, dear, I already covered it with plaster. But I still impress that over these years you still manage to give me a lot of love bites, which you know that I love it so much." Smile Cagalli.
Athrun who heard her answer, smile and turn her so that she can face him. He gives his wife another passionate kiss, Cagalli accept the kiss, without her conscious the towel that covered her body drop to the floor. Athrun took it as an opportunity and bite her breast tip, which Cagalli moan. Athrun smirks at his masterpiece. Cagalli face became redder than a tomato, Athrun kisses her check and pick up the towel, wrap his wife's slim body.
"I will get Arina ready, so that you can get ready honey." Whisper Athrun in Cagalli ear in husking voice, again, she is blushing. She really needs to stop blushing, they have been married for five damn years.
Athrun Marcy Hospital, Afternoon.
Athrun currently goes through his schedule for next week, he just remembers that he need to be in the US for three days of talk to the University students, how to do the bypass using electronic tools.
"That mean I will be away from Caglli for three long days." Thought Athrun of himself. He really feel not right to be away from his family. He just feels something bad will be happen when he will be away. It's just his intuition, he let short sigh.
"What's wrong Athrun? Is just not like you to sigh, unless you slept with a whore and Cagalli kicked you out of your own mansion that you, I mean your two bare hands build that mansion," smirk his friend Dearka, gynecologist doctor. He is good with women, no wonder he is number one gynecologist in his hospital, but sometimes he can be full of annoying in his stupid joke.
Athrun just narrowed his blue eyebrows and stared dangerously at his friend,"what made you think that I slept with a whore, when I madly in love with my wife? Unless you my friend jealous that I'm married, when we should be together." Reply Athrun in husky voice.
"ATHRUN! That story long time ago, by the way, I thought you were a girl, well you can't blame me, you really looked like a girl and you still are." Smirk Dearka when he knows he push a right button.
"You really want dance with that old song with me my friend?" Grinned Athrun at his childhood friend.
Duke puts his both hands up in the air, as a gesture of surrender,"fine, I give up, then why you sigh?" Asked Dearka while taking his seat in front of him.
Athrun just pushes the paper across him, " well, I will be away for three days, it's not like I never be apart from my family, but this time I just feel that something bad encounter will be happening when I away. I just can't rid this feeling away." Reply Athrun while thinking, what possibly will be happen when he is gone.
Dearka just studies the paper that Athrun passed to him, and look at him," Athrun my friend, I can look after your family if you want to?" Offered Dearka, he considers his childhood friend as his own family. Even he is pervert, but when it come with safety of his family, he will be dead serious.
Athrun look at his friend, he knows that Dearka not talk nonsense when he offered himself to look after his family when he away, him smile at his friend and nodded.
"At the same time, I can peek when your lovely wife takes a shower. Oh man, you really lucky bastard, that Cagalli even she is feisty lady, but she does have lovely body." Grinned Dearka while gesture both of his hands over his chest up and down to show, that Cagalli does have very large breasts.
Athrun twitches with anger, get up from his chair, and near Dearka smack hard on his dirty head. Dearka wick at the pain that his friend sends to him.
"Don't you dare near my wife when she in the bathroom, change her clothes or anything that will make you jump on her like a horny wolf! GET IT!" With that Athrun exit his office and go entertain his patient's rather hearing Dearka stupid talk.
Cagalli's Garden, Everning
Cagalli visited her garden, which is six acres full of varieties types of flowers. She more preferred plants her own flowers and sell them to her customers rather than outsource. He plants those flowers with love, she wants channel all her love to her customers. Some of flowers, with a special request from her customer that she can't fulfilled, then only she will outsource. She looked at her wrist watch, show it's time for her to fetch Arina from nursery school. She only sends Arina to nursery three times a week, she still needs mingles around with her own age rather with her at the florist shop. Cagalli more prefer her by her side, so that she can watch her 24/7, but still Arina still a child who need be friends with kids that same age as her.
Talia Nursery, Everning
Cagalli smile widely when she saw her daughter running toward her happily, she bent herself down and catch her by her arms and carry her up.
"Do you have fun my love?" Ask Cagalli while walking to the supermarket to buy dinner supply with Arina on her arm.
"Yes, mommy. Ms Murrue taught us to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, but her voice not sweet like your mommy. I more prefer your voice that her, then we learn to draw a house. I try very hard to draw our house mommy, but it's not nice." Said Arina in a low voice.
Cagalli smile at her," love, it's ok, even its not nice I still will put in at the refrigerator door, to show your daddy how talent you're. I'm sure that daddy will be happy that you try your hardest to draw our house, let me tell you a secret, I'm also not really good in drawing, I'm sure yours much way better than I am. Later show me, ok love?" Said Cagalli to her only daughter.
Arina looked up with sparkle eye, and nodded happily.
Arina happily licks the cherry ice-cream cone that her mother bought for her. Cagalli just smile at her daughter's behavior while holding her hand on her right and on her left are the plastic bags that contained grocery.
"I see that your husband still like to bite on your lovely neck, sunshine. You really act like a slut, when that Zala around. Why not you act such that when you around me?" Said the voice in a seductive way.
Cagalli who's heard the voice, recognize who is belong to. She stood still with her amber winded in surprise.
The voice came closer to her, and lick her right ear, her grocery chatter on the ground.
"See, what you had done with the grocery that you just bought sunshine, you're clumsy. That's what I like about you." Said the voice in her ear in hunky.
Arena saw her mommy in a frightening state, just hold her grip tightly to let her mommy know that she was here with her, there nothing to be afraid with. Cagalli realize that her daughter there with her, she composed her sanity and face the man.
"Yunna, stopping all the nonsense, I'm married woman and I will never be yours!" Said Cagalli almost yell, but she knows if she yells loudly she will be centre of crowds, that the last thing she wanted.
Yunna just smirk at her out ranges and close the gap that Cagalli had been distanced," you will be mine. That's a promise, you just watch and enjoy the plan that I has made for us to be together again." With that, he walks away from her.
Cagalli amber, once again widened with shaking, "what will he do to her family, or worst to her lovers, Athrun?" A lot of things play into her mind. She scared that she will lose something that precious to her. She can't let that happen, she loves Athrun and Arina, she can't imagine how her life will be like if she lose both of them in her life, she looks at Arina who is watching her mommy in sad expression, Cagalli bent down and hug her daughter tightly and repeatedly saying that her love and will protect her with all her heart.
Arina confused why does her mommy say that to her, she just hugs her mommy back and saying that she love her too as much as she loves daddy.
Zala Resident, Evening
"Arina, honey can you promise mommy that you will never say anything that happened today to your daddy." Said Cagalli while bent down to reach her daughter height level with her picky out to seal the promised with her daughter. Arina doesn't know why her mommy doesn't want her daddy know what that horrible man done with her mommy, but her mommy looked so sad when she asked her to promise to not let her daddy know about it. She doesn't want her mommy sad, so she seal her picky with her mommy.
"Good girl, that's why I love you so much. Thank you, love. Let's get in, and prepare dinner before your daddy came back from a long day in hospital." Smile Cagalli at her daughter and let her in first then herself.
"Arina, dear, what kind of story you want me to read as your bedtime story?" Ask Athrun at his daughter before he tuck her in and call a night.
"Daddy can you just sing me Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with me?" Plead Arina to her daddy.
Athrun smile at her and sit beside her daughter and play with her hair while singing. Little Arina yawn, without her realization she sleeps talking to her daddy," daddy…. You must protect mommy, there a bad guy that always disturbs her…." Then she sleeps for good.
Athrun stares at his daughter hard, while thinking why his daughter said those things to him. He just pushes the thought aside, he kisses her forehead and proceed to his bedroom.
There he saw Cagalli changing her nightgown, he smile at his wife. How lovely she is. He is indeed a lucky bastard to have her as queen of his heart. He went closer to her and hug her from behind, and resting his chin on her shoulder.
"You look nice on those sexy nightgown, are we going to have late night activities again tonight honey?" Smile Athrun at the thought to have a quality moment with his lovers.
Cagalli hold his hand that he hug and rested her body against him, "you really want another child, my dear?" Said Cagalli while closed her amber to capture the moment.
"Well, honey, I want to spend my time with you before I am going to US." Reply Athrun in low, Cagalli amber shook open wide and let go of Athrun hug and turn her body to face him, to see any sigh that he is joking.
"You not joking." Said Cagalli in sad expression, she looks down which to Athrun its odd behavior.
He put his thumb on Cagalli chin and bring her beautiful face up to face him. His facial softener and smile at his wife, "honey, it's only for three days, there nothing to be worried at. Dearka promised me that he will look after you both, even he something can be an idiot horny wolf, but he a man with words, Mirillia will looked babysitter him when he is here to look after you both. Please don't be sad honey.
Cagalli shook her head and look into her husband's jade eye hard, "please dear, be careful. Please promise me that you will be extra careful! Be alert all the time, even you think there're nothing to be worried, please don't take it lightly. Please, I don't want to lose you in my life." Said Cagalli with tears in her amber.
"Honey, is something bad happened today? Is there something that I should know, but you don't want me to know? Don't we both vowed that we will share anything, no secret." Said Athrun while caressed her cheek.
Caglli can't bring herself to tell her husband the truth, she just says, "nothing, I just watched the news that is not really safe to be in US right now. That makes me a little emotion.
Athrun just chuckled and bring his lip against her, which Cagalli accepted it. She kisses her husband like there is not tomorrow for both of them.
Athrun carries his wife bridal, style, and put her into the bed, and kiss her collarbone which Cagalli moan while his magic fingers play her pussy.
"Athrun, don't let me go. I want you tonight." Said Cagallli in a husky voice.
Athrun stops what he is doing at looked at his wife, his wife's cheek blushing madly, her eye softer, and her pussy really wet when he touch a while ago.
"She really horny." Smirk Athrun.
He near his lip against her and they shared a passionate kiss. Cagalli ruffled his midnight hair, and her kiss depend on him.
TBC…
