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I didn't expect I'll come up with the next chapter this fast. ()


CHAPTER 3: The Chase

("This heels are killing me, whoever invented shoes with heels should be tortured over and over again") she said to herself as she made a round check on the production floor. Today, she was assigned by her boss to check on all the agents and their equipment, they'll be having a client visit anytime of the month.

("why the heck are we ladies required to wear this stuff. When I become the manager, first policy I'll revise is the dress code ")

"Ms Attha" a calm but firm voice called to her that made her stiffened.

"yes boss?"

"Bring this to the infirmary and have them sign it. Also, tell them that I need the latest Annual Physical Examination (APE) result asap." he handed her the folders and turned to leave.


She walked down the aisles and finally reached the Infirmary. The door slid open and she found a guy who was bending over a file box.

"where the heck did he put those files" the person was whining some other words that he can only understand.

"umm, excuse me?" she stood infront of the clinic's desk.

"found it!" the black haired guy jumped up hitting his head on the open file cabinet above him.

"Ouch!"

"Are you ok?" Cagalli was actually holding her laughunder her breath.

"I'm ok, this sort of things really happen" he turned to face Cagalli, and both were surprised to each other.

"Oh, Cagalli, how's it going?" he was massaging the hump on his head. He really banged his head hard on the cabinet.

"I didn't expect to see you here Shinn. I thought you were in the technical account? Don't tell me your ditching some files from the company's clinic?" she said in a teasing manner.

"umm about that.." taking his seat, "its part true and part not, I was once a part of the technical account, and got switched here as the company's nurse coz of my course in college."

"really?" she doubted him at the way he said it, "anyways, lets get to business, my boss sent you this documents to have you sign it." he handed him the folders

"woah! This is a lot"

"you've got a problem with that?" she glared at him sharply.

"o-ofcourse not" he chuckled sheepishly with a sweatdrop

Shinn browsed through the other documents, "This might take awhile, mind if you wait for it? Or would you like me to bring it over your office after I'm done?"

"Take all the time you need and I'll wait, my boss needs that immediately anyway.

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15 minutes had already passed, Shinn was silent reading all the documents then signing them one by one, Cagalli was looking at him as he signed.

"y'know, its not really nice to stare at people" Shinn looked up to her from the papers he's reading and gave her a grin.

Cagalli blushed, "who sez' I'm staring at you? I'm just checking whether your signing the right page or not!" she said defensively.

"Is that true?" he raised an eyebrow with his killer smile.

"What's that suppose to mean!?"

"Then why are you flushing?" he took her amber eyes in contact with his.

"neh?" ("What the heck is this? His using his reverse psychology with me")

"tell me"

She doesn't know why but she cant come up with any excuse, thank god that after 2 mins of staring a patient came in to ask for a medicine. She excuses herself to the restroom.

"ahaha, she looks cute when she blushes" Shinn thought to himself.

(" that jerk! My brother also has that way of pulling things out of me, that reverse psychopathetic method. Hmph!") she washed her face with the cold water. She can feel the fading heat from her cheeks.

She was about to wipe her face with her handkerchief, as she pulled it out, she had two handkerchiefs at hand. The other one was her red hanky and the other one was the white handkerchief, that's a bit murky. It was the one that Alex handed to her. It reminded her of his emerald eyes.

She looked at herself in the mirror

("I'm not that bad") she turned to look at her figure.

("What the hell am I doing?!") she punched the tile wall and stomped herself back to the infirmary.

She slammed Shinn's desk with her hands, "Are you done yet?" and glared at him,

"Yep, here you go" she snatched the files from him.

"this better be right"

"of course it is.." he told her with a sweatdrop.

"Alright, next thing, I need the results of the APE of the account"

"Sure, Just give me 5 mins to download it all up in this disk."

"just do it"

Shinn knew that he had already drained out all the patience in the blond, so he made no attempt to say anything as he was downloading the files. But out of curiosity he scanned for Attha's APE results to check her profile..

"I didn't know that she's just 18, just 2 years difference eh. Hmm what else.." He peeked at the corner of his eyes to see if Cagalli was looking, she was busy checking the folders he handed her. He continued to read the results. "what the..." his eyes widened on what he read, then he looked at Cagalli with sympathetic eyes.

"What??"

"Do you get tired easily?"

"No, are you done yet or what?"

"She seems ok" he saw that the download was already complete, he pulled the disk off and handed it to her.

"here you go" she snatched it again from his hand.

"If one of the files are wrong, I'll whack your head off" she stepped out the door to leave, then Shinn called out to her

"Hey Cags, whenever you feel tired, don't hesitate to drop by here"

("Whats wrong with this guy? Being so sincere all of sudden") she looked at him and felt he was worried.

"yeah, right, whatever" she muttered as she walked back to her office.


Cagalli was able to finish work early, she was then allowed by La Flaga to go home. Since it was just around 7AM, and cabs are scarce, she decided to walk a few blocks to catch a ride home. She passed by a bakery and bought some bread for breakfast. She was to turn to a corner when someone clashed to her.

("Why do I always end up being bumped. ")

"Am I that small for you not to see??" she said angrily to the person right in front of her. She was more surprised when she opened her eyes and saw who it was.

"Alex?"

"Cagalli?" he was trying to catch his breath, he was like running away from something, or perhaps, someone..

"you bloody idiot!" she started choking him while shaking his head.

"this is the freakin' second time-" he covered her mouth before she finished. He's face was serious. He looked at the corner he came from and started to stand up.

"Let's go" he helped her up.

"Where the hell are you taking me?" she was about to ungrip Alex' hand clasping to her wrist when she saw a group of bulky men running their direction. "There he is! Dont let him get away!!"

"What the-"

"come'on" he pulled Cagalli and they started running all across the town. They finally lost the bulky men when they hid on a dark alley. Both were gasping for breath. Cagalli held on her knees for support.

"I think we lost them" he peeked through the corners of the wall

"Hey Cagalli, I'm sorry I put you through this, I-"

--Thug!


ummm... I think I just drained by brain out... ()

Reviews, comments and suggestions are very much welcome. The juices are still flowing so i think I'll be able to come up with chapter 4 by later or tomorrow.