Cagalli sat at her desk staring down at the peace of paper in front of her with the utmost concentration. The look on her face was one of a serious nature. She seemed very frustrated by what was in front of her and looked like she was about ready to snap.
It was then that the inevitable happened. "What the hell is all of this supposed to mean?" she yelled to no one in specific as she tried yet failed to figure out what she was supposed to do on her homework. 'Stupid homework, taking away all of my precious time,' Cagalli thought angrily looking at the paper and hoping that it would burst into flames at any moment.
As is she felt eyes upon her, Cagalli turned her head towards the open door to her room where both Athrun and Kira were staring her with weird glances because they had heard her rather loud outburst. She laughed in an embarrassed way and turned her attention back to her homework.
"Having problem there Cagalli?" Athrun asked as him and Kira came walking into the room. Both of them took one of the sides next to her and stared down at the paper. "You know this is pretty easy. If you want, I could give you a hand," Athrun suggested.
"Easy my ass. It may be easy for you two since you are some of the smartest in the school. For most of us normal people, it is difficult," Cagalli muttered under her breath even if she was sure that the two of them heard her.
"It is, here I will show you," Athrun said pulling up a chair right next to her while Kira left the room figuring that it would be pointless and that he would just have to finish what was left of his homework by himself. "It is just simple mathematics Cagalli. Here give me that," Athrun said grabbing the pencil out of Cagalli's hand before she could hand it over.
Cagalli just watched as Athrun went over the problem to her. By the time he was finished she was speechless. She just stared at the paper only blinking her eyes. If anything, she was a lot more confused about it than before.
Athrun placed the pencil down and rubbed his hand before he turned his attention back to Cagalli. "Do you get it now?" he asked staring at Cagalli's dumbfounded face as she just stared at the paper.
"Um… no, not really," she said with a small laugh as she scratched her face. She rubbed her head where a migraine was forming while leaning back in her chair. She was grateful for his help but she was still greatly confused by what she was trying to do.
Athrun sighed before he picked up the pencil again and once again started to explain how it is that she was supposed to do the problem but he spoke slower so that Cagalli would have more time to process the information that she was being given. "Do you get it now?" Athrun asked leaning back in his seat.
"I think I am starting to. Thanks for the help," Cagalli said as she attempted to do one on her own without Athrun's help. It was a lot easier thanks to his explanation. She managed to finish it and showed it to Athrun so that he could look it over.
"It is better but if I can make a suggestion. You might want to do this, instead of this," Athrun said changing one small part on the paper. He saw Cagalli give him a nod and he smiled at her slightly. "I had better get going now. My father will kill me if I get home late. I will talk to you later Cagalli," Athrun said before walking out of the room. He only gave Kira a quick goodbye before he left the house.
Kira sat there typing on his computer a report that wasn't supposed to be due for another two weeks. He would always try and get it done early so as to not work on it at the last moment and end up making more mistakes than he usually does.
"Hello there," a voice said from just in front of Kira. He looked up and saw that it was the redhead that had just transferred into their school the day before. "Hi there, my name is Fllay, who might you be?" Fllay asked to the stunned Kira because she was talking to him.
"Hello," Kira managed to say although he had some trouble with it. "M-my name is Kira," Kira said although he wasn't completely sure why it was that he was having trouble talking to this girl. He didn't have that much trouble talking to anyone before. He then saw Lacus coming in the distance and got up. He felt strange around Fllay. "Sorry, I have to go meet someone," Kira said walking away.
Fllay saw where he was walking and quickly grabbed his arm to stop his movement. "Wait! I wanted to talk to you a bit. You seem so much more interesting than the rest of the guys around here," Fllay said not letting go of his arm.
Kira was slightly nervous having this woman so close to him. "I… um… I can't at this moment but maybe we can talk a bit later, if that is ok with you," Kira said and he saw Fllay shaking her head yes. "Ok them… um… If you want I can take you out tonight around five, will that do?" Kira asked and she said yes before running away.
Kira was about to start walking away but an arm was thrown around him stopping him in his tracks. "Kira you dog you, did you just ask the new girl Fllay Allster out?" his friend Tolle Koenig said trying to tease his old friend a little because he had never heard Kira ever ask anyone out.
"Tolle, you're a pest. Did you know that?" Kira said shrugging off Tolle's arm. "Hey there Miriallia. How can you put up with this pest?" Kira said punching Tolle's arm lightly. He laughed when he just saw Miriallia or Milly for short, just shrugged her shoulder making Tolle's face drop.
Milly and Tolle had been going out for a few years. They cared deeply for each other. Milly cared deeply for Tolle and the same for Tolle to Milly. He wasn't the only one though, another person by the name of Dearka Elthman. He too had a big liking for Milly. Needless to say, Tolle and him didn't get along too well.
Tolle immediately locked Kira in a headlock which Kira easily escaped from. "Milly, did you just hear what Romeo did? He just asked Fllay Allster of all people on a date. I never knew you had it in you Kira. What about Lacus though?" Tolle said stepping away from Kira.
"What about Lacus? What does she have to do about this? Weren't you just talking about Fllay?" Kira asked confused and he ended up missing the quick glances that Tolle and Miriallia gave to each other.
'Kira can't be serious, can he? He is one of the smartest people in the school yet is probably the only one that doesn't know about Lacus' feelings towards him,' Miriallia said staring at her clueless friend. She wasn't going to tell him though, that was Lacus's job.
Tolle opened his mouth about to tell Kira but it was quickly covered by Miriallia's hand and she dragged him away before he could mention anything. "Forget about it, Tolle's just being stupid," Milly said before walking out of view.
When they were out of sight, Tolle shook Miriallia's hand off of him and turned towards her. "Why did you do that?" he asked giving her a confused glance but she just gave him a stern glare in return.
"It is not our job to tell Kira about Lacus. That is Lacus, and Lacus alone that has to tell him. That is if she ever does. By the way, don't mention to her anything that has happened before we came over," Milly said in a hushed voice.
"Mention to me about what?" Lacus said from behind them causing them both to stiffen slightly and turn towards her with goofy smiles on their faces. "What is it that you don't want to mention to me about?" Lacus asked looking at the both of them curiously. She noticed Tolle almost open his mouth before Milly stomped on his foot. He screamed in pain instead.
"Nothing, nothing at all. We weren't trying to keep anything from we, were we Tolle?" Milly asked and he merely nodded his hand holding his foot in pain. "See? You must have heard us wrong. By the way, Kira was looking for you earlier," Milly said hoping to change the conversation.
"Yeah," Tolle said standing on his foot. They knew he saw her and was trying to walk over to her before Fllay stopped him by trying to talk to him. "By the way, if you see him, tell him that the teacher wanted to talk to him," Tolle said before he grabbed Milly's hand before walking away.
"That was weird," Lacus said to herself as she watched the two of them walking away hand in hand. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around to see Kira standing there. "Oh, hello there Kira. You took me by surprise there," Lacus said putting on a smile to her face.
"Where were Tolle and Miriallia going in such a hurry?" Kira asked looking in the direction he had seen them go a minute before. "Never mind. Where were you, I waited for you at our usual spot but you didn't show up, I saw you coming," Kira asked while the two of them walked down the halls towards their class.
"Oh, yeah sorry about that. I ran into Cagalli and you also seemed to be having a conversation with Fllay as well. What were the two of you talking about anyways?" Lacus asked curiously looking Kira in the eyes.
"Nothing much," Kira said with a shrug of his shoulders. "She just wanted to get to know me. I'm taking her out tonight so that we could get to know each other," Kira said but didn't notice Lacus's sad eyes when he mentioned it. He did notice the sound of growling however from behind them.
Kira turned around just in time to see both Cagalli and Athrun duck back behind the corner trying not to get caught by Kira. "What exactly are the two of you doing?" Kira asked making the two of them come out from around the corner looking slightly embarrassed about getting caught.
"Oh… um… nothing really. We were just trying to catch up to the two of you," Cagalli said but all that she received in return was a suspicious glance from Kira. It made her feel a little bit uncomfortable.
"Then why were you hiding?" Kira asked them raising an eyebrow in confusion. "If you guys wanted to talk then all you had to do is come up to us," Kira stated still confused by their actions.
Cagalli suddenly spotted something in the distance and her eyes widened. "Ad much as I would like to talk at this moment, I am afraid that I must leave quickly," Cagalli said before rushing off down the halls at full speed.
All three of them watched this in confusion. They looked where Cagalli was looking before. They immediately understood what she was nervous about. It was a certain purple haired man by the name of Yuuna Seylan. That guy gave all of them the creeps. He treated the three of them like freaks but he expected Cagalli to like him.
"Excuse me, I will go and catch her before he does," Athrun said before running in the same direction as Cagalli leaving Kira and Lacus alone in the hall just watching the two of them run away.
"Those two are weird," Kira muttered to himself as he watched them running away. He shrugged his shoulders and him and Lacus continued walking through the halls towards their class.
"Oh! Kira, Tolle told me to tell you that the teacher was trying to look for you. Apparently he was trying to talk to you about something," Lacus said suddenly remembering her conversation with Tolle and Miriallia. She also guessed that Kira's date with Fllay was what they were trying to keep from her as well.
"Oh great. I am starting to think I am smarter than the teachers because they are always asking me for help when they are in trouble with something," Kira said with a groan. It wasn't the first time and he was sure that it wasn't the last.
The two of them walked into the classroom. Lacus went to her seat while Kira walked over to the teacher and a discussion started between the two of them. When they were finished Kira turned around with a sigh and walked towards his desk by Lacus.
Fllay came into the room more confident than anyone they had ever known. She took a quick look at Kira. Instead of taking the seat assigned to her, Fllay took a seat on the other side of Kira. She gave him a slight seductive look that made Kira feel a bit nervous.
Lacus saw the look but didn't say anything; she just looked towards the front of the classroom where their teacher was. She just couldn't seem to concentrate on anything right them. It was definitely originating from all the attention Fllay was giving to Kira and it made it worse that he was just giving her as much in return.
