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Bachelor's Quest
Quest 3
"Excuse me?" Cagalli asked Athrun once more, made sure that her hearing was right.
"I said, I have some business for you, for both of us."
"And that is?" asked Cagalli as she raised her eyebrows and crossed her arms in front of her chest.
Athrun looked around to see if there's someone there would hear them, but he saw no one near them. He walked closer to her, which she felt unease with, and whispered to her ear.
"I'm not sure it's quite safe here, as you remember who I am, right?" He winked his eye to Cagalli. That wink could make any girl fell for except that wouldn't affect on Cagalli, who already hate a person like him.
"Yeah, the son of one of the richest person in the world, right?" Cagalli murmured with a mocking tone.
"To know that you hate me yet you remembered that far, is impressing me, Cagalli." Athrun smirked as he put his hand on his chin and the other one hold the elbow. Cagalli growled and somehow blushed slightly, but it was too fast for Athrun to notice that.
Cagalli took out the key from her pocket, but before she opened the door, she looked to Athrun once more and said, "5 minutes and no more." It was with a threaten voice and a shot of glares from her which replied by a chuckle from Athrun.
Athrun went inside and saw her flat. It was not so small, yet not too large but enough for a person to live. Cagalli's flat was divided into 3, the kitchen and the dining room joined into one, the bathroom was outside next to her bedroom and the last was the living room, where Cagalli pleased Athrun to sit and where both of them could talk. The wall was all painted with white. Everything about that place was plain, it was really not a teenager style, there were not any posters nor collection of something. He soon noticed that there were stack of books on the shelf next to her bedroom, but he didn't see anything that was so interesting. The living room, where he was right now, just had two sofas, one he was sitting on and the other was where Cagalli sat on. There was also a TV, but it's not something that too expensive. It was just a small one also with the DVD player.
However, there's something that made Athrun interested. How she could get money to pay this kind of flat? Didn't she have some debts to pay? If she had the money to pay the rent for this flat, why she had so many debts?
"Wondering why I could get this flat at the first place?" asked Cagalli as she noticed that Athrun was scanning through her flat and his face looked there were so many questions in it. Athrun looked back to her and smiled.
"Yeah..you can say so." He said with a smirk and stared at those amber eyes to find the truth.
"Well, this apartment actually belongs to my uncle, but since he doesn't use this apartment anymore, so he gave it to me. Now, it was mine. About the rent, my uncle is really generous and rich enough to pay the apartment and his too. So, I don't have any worry about the rent. In addition, this whole apartment, not just mine is all belong to him." Athrun smiled to that statement and he pulled himself on the sofa so he was leaning on it. He then noticed that there was no picture of her with her parents or something closed to it.
"Mind to tell me where your parents are?" he asked with a guilty tone and slowly, afraid that it might hurt her in one way.
Cagalli's face turned sad, she looked down for a moment then stared to him, "I…is this your business? Didn't you just know want to offer me some kind of business? Is this one connected with that? Should I answer that?" She was trembling and shivering when those questions went out from her mouth. She seemed so weak to Athrun's view. She looked like just being stabbed by a sharp knife and wasn't able to recover.
"I'm sorry, it..it's just the question show up in my mind." He said slowly not to hurt her anymore.
"My parents…I know nothing about them. I don't even know if they exist or not. What
I heard from my uncle is that they were both died in accident when I was just infant, so I know nothing about them."
"This uncle of you, who is him?"
It was a long silence before Cagalli answered with a sigh, "I'm afraid I can't tell you more than that. So, now why don't you tell me about your intention of coming here? You sure are not just want to know about me right?"
Athrun put himself front to face Cagalli more clearly. "Yeah, you remind me about my first intention." Athrun sighed and took a deep breath, "I want you to be my temporary girlfriend for 6 months or more."
She raised her eyebrows and looked closely. She was sure that what she heard just now was no mistake, but she was confused. Of all many beautiful women surround him, why he chose her? Moreover, didn't he notice how much she hated him? 'Ah maybe he is playing with me. It's just like in the movie, he made a bet of me with his friends to just make fun of me.'
"So?" he asked her because she didn't look like she wanted to answer that offer.
"Hahaha…it's funny Athrun Zala, but unfortunately I won't be trapped by that offer."
"I'm not trapping you, besides you haven't heard any of my offers yet."
"Fine, I'll listen." Cagalli said reluctantly as she leaned back to the sofa.
So, Athrun told her about what he had planned, about the engagement thing and about her being his girlfriend for a moment, perhaps 6 months or more. Cagalli looked serious about that offer, but then she said again, "No, and that's final."
Athrun who was just now looked happy because he was sure that she would accept that offer turned to shock version because he never expected she would reject that offer. He, Athrun Zala, never once in his life took No as an answer. It was the first time for him to get this feeling, rejected, and felt competed.
"Well, if you wonder why. First, about my debts, thanks to your offer, but my – my parents actually- debts all have been paid by my so called uncle. Besides, even so, I won't accept that offer. Two, I can't imagine me hanging out with you! It'll be like hell. Third, what makes you think that this relationship can make your parents change their mind? Moreover, if they really like me, don't you think they want me to be your fiancé and hell even your wife, which is totally out of my mind and I can't even imagine that." She screamed out her mind to reality and stood up to make it sounds even more. He, on the other hand, stood up too and explained once more to Cagalli even though what she said seemed to be true –and it was true.
She walked to the front door, opened it and pleased him to go, "5 minutes and just now was more than it, yet I still let you. Now, since you've finished offering, it's best for you to go now. It's late now and unsafe for you, even tough I know you are driving." Athrun walked to the front door reluctantly and before he went to his car, he looked back once more with a sad and infuriated face. Cagalli saw him until he got into his car and before Athrun got into his car, he looked up to stare at Cagalli once more and then left.
"Hmm…I hope he doesn't have any crazy idea that will involve me anymore." With then she walked inside to her room and locked the door.
However, what she wished wasn't going to be true, because Athrun had many crazy ideas and needed someone as crazy as this idea and he knew the perfect person to share with, Dearkka Elthman.
15 minutes later he was in front of Elthman's residence and knocked the door. Soon, the maid came and opened the door.
"Ah, Mr. Zala. Mr. Elthman is in his room now with Mr. Attha. Please come inside." 'Kira? What is he doing at Dearkka's house at this late?' thought Athrun. Athrun came inside and thanked the maid and quickly ran upstairs to Dearkka's room. He knew where exactly it was because it was usual for him to go to his house. He knocked the door before came in. "Come in." Dearkka's voice heard through the door. Athrun opened the door slowly and saw Dearkka was lying on his bed and Kira was sitting on the floor playing play station and holding the joystick.
"Wow, seems like my house look like a night club. Maybe, I should tell my parents to make one." Dearkka said jokingly. Kira just chuckled hearing that statement. Athrun walked slowly into the room and sat on the bed in front of Dearkka's feet. Kira glance to Athrun which made him lost the race, so, he stopped playing and looked to Athrun, who was so sad.
"What's wrong? You look like just having a great nightmare or maybe a sad one. Something's wrong?" asked Kira. Athrun took a deep breath before answering that question.
"Remember what we were talking this afternoon?" asked Athrun.
"Yeah, of course…about you and Cagalli dating together right?" asked Kira. "Speaking of that, so what's her answer?"
"That is exactly what I'm going to tell." Dearkka quickly made himself stood on the bed and hugged the pillow. "She rejected my offer. In addition, her debts all have being paid, thanks to her so called uncle."
"Aww…so, do you have any idea right now?" asked Kira.
"Sure, but I want to know if you think it's good or not." Athrun smirked to both of them. "If she doesn't want to be my girlfriend, fine. It makes me have a new idea."
"Which is?" asked Dearkka as he raised his eyebrow to that statement.
"I'll make her mine and I'll tell my parents that she is my true love and because she isn't interested in me that made me became who I am right now."
"Sounds fun…so, do you have any plans to go on with?" asked Kira again to clarify that idea of his very friend.
"Well, that's why I came here to ask for your help and to share this idea. What do you think?" asked Athrun to his friends.
"I think this one much better than before Athrun, tough there's some more other things that needed to be discussed. How about tomorrow? Same time same place?" asked Dearkka.
"Good idea, Elthman. I should call Joule then." He wanted to reach his cell phone but Dearkka interrupted, "No need, Zala. He needs to go to check one of his family corporations, don't you remember?"
"Ah yes, now you mention it. Then, why not now we discuss it?" suggested Athrun.
"Nah, Athrun. It's already midnight, and I need to go to sleep now. You know how I be if I don't have enough time to sleep, right?" Dearkka raised both of his eyebrows and took the blanket and covered himself with it. "Kira was about to go home when suddenly you came, so it's better for both of you to go home now, or you want to stay here. I don't have any problem at all."
Just a moment after he said that, his snore was heard in the entire room. Athrun and Kira chuckled looking at their friend slept very peacefully. "I can't sleep if he is snoring like that." Kira said as he stood up and went to the door followed by Athrun.
"Yeah, me too. Why don't we go home right now?"
"Good idea. Bye, Dearkka. Have a nice dream. God bless you." Kira said when he walked out from Dearkka's room. Athrun also bid Dearkka a good night and then closed the door slowly so it won't wake Dearkka even though Athrun thought he won't be awake by just this small sound. Athrun and Kira decided to go back to their home now on their own. Kira using his black bMw and Athrun with his black benz to their house.
Driving to his home, Athrun's mind was filled of the idea of avoiding the engagement that was going to be arranged by his parents. He was smiling thinking of his ideas that was going to work out. Both of them, Cagalli and Athrun, hadn't known what would face them in the future.
Lenore and Patrick were in their room, not sleeping yet because they haven't tired. "I like that blonde girl just now, Patrick." Lenore was reading the book when suddenly she remembered about Cagalli, whom she met at the restaurant. Patrick, who was watching the television turned his head to his wife and asked who that girl was.
"The one we just met at the restaurant." Lenore said with a smile.
"Ah, that girl. She is unique to my opinion. She is different with those girls around Athrun, I think." He turned his head back to the television and continued to watch the TV show.
"I think she can change Athrun's mind about marriage, what do you think?"
"Whatever it's good for my son, I'll do it." Patrick said with a smile. Lenore smiled softly and continued her reading.
to be continued…
So, how's that it?? Wow, 5 pages for this chapter, I can't believe it n,n
Ehem…Cagalli rejected Athrun's offer because she no longer had debts to pay. The question is who is exactly Cagalli's uncle? Well, we'll just have to wait.
And wow, Cagalli surely made a good impression to Athrun's parents that made them like her so much.
So, how would Athrun do about that engagement that soon to come?
Hmm…we'll just have to wait then
See you later, if it's possible, see you soon xP
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