At The Hands of Fate

Summary: Cagalli's never been to school before, then her parents died and her guardian decides to send her to school. She then meets new friend and new enemies. Will she survive school life? AxC, KxL.

A/N: As promised! From me to you...At The Hands of Fate chapter 4. I would like to thank all those who reviewed my story...you guys are my inspiration...

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Chapter 4: Oh Kira!

School Cafeteria

"We have to do something. We have to help Lacus!"

"And how are we supposed to do that, Milly, break Kira and Cagalli up?" Yzak asks looking bored.

The four of them, Miriallia, Dearka, Shiho and Yzak were sitting at the cafeteria, it would just be the four of them now, since Lacus would be spending more time at the Student's Council's office, explaining that she has lots of work to do for the upcoming festival, but they knew better, she was just avoiding Kira. Kira on the other hand would be eating his lunch with them but would leave early to look for Cagalli. Athrun, well without Kira, it would be a miracle if Athrun could eat with them, with all his fangirls waiting for him at the cafeteria's entrance. But little did they know, that Athrun spends his lunch breaks at the rooftop with Cagalli, eversince he found her there.

"Break them up? We don't even know if they're officially a couple?"

"Well duh? Use your brain Dearka. Not a couple? Taking a girl home everyday and following her like shadow all the time does not count as a couple?" Shiho rolls her eyes at him, stating the obvious facts.

"Why don't we use Athrun?" All heads turn to Yzak. "Well, Athrun likes Cagalli. I've seen the way he's been looking at Kira and Cagalli, he's also been depressed lately." Three heads nods in agreement. "We could ask Athrun to wooe Cagalli away from Kira."

"No way Yzak. Athrun would never do that. It would probably tempting... but Athrun would never do anything to hurt Kira. If Kira was happy with Cagalli, then he's happy, eventhough he's in love with the girl" Milly explains with a sad voice.

"Hmph! He doesn't look happy to me." Yzak comments

The four of them fell silent. Nobody said a word. All of them knew Milly was right. All four of them sat in silence, thinking. Yzak suddenly stood up. "We'd better go or we'll be late. Let's leave it as is for now." All four of them sighed and stood up.

Math Class

Everyone was surprised when the principal walked in their classroom. He sat down on the teacher's chair and propped his feet on the teacher's table. He grins at the shocked faces in front of him. He noticed that Cagalli was in this class, his grin widens. He picks up a book and was about to speak when a hand was raised.

"What is it Miss Athha?" Mwu asks her with a bored expression o his face, trying to look cool, he doesn't even bother to look up from the book to see who it was, 'coz he was definitely sure it was Cagalli.

"Excuse me sir, but, are you going to teach us math?" Cagalli asks him with suspicion in her voice.

Mwu scowls at her question 'Is she doubting my intelligence?' He looks up at Cagalli, scowl still visible in his face. "Yes Miss Athha, I will be substituting for Mr. Hatori, for the meantime. I assure you that I am capable of teaching math."

Cagalli gulps and sits back down. She has been struggling on this subject and now Mwu will be teaching it. She lied to him when he asked her on how she was doing with her classes and she told him that it was no problem. He'll find out soon!

"Cagalli, are you okay? You look pale." Athrun asks behind her. All he got was a nod from her.

Mwu started his lessons for the day and Cagalli has never paid more attention in class than she is doing now. But no matter how attentive she may be, she still couldn't get what he was saying, everything was a blur, and Cagalli was relieved when class ended. Her head ached from all that thinking, so she bolted out of the classroom to find a quiet and solitude place. After finding one, behind the school building, Cagalli leans herself on the building wall and massages her aching temple.

Cagalli notices Lacus from a distance...crying. Cagalli peels herself from the wall, head still aching and approaches Lacus.

Lacus couldn't take it anymore. She asked Kira earlier if he could come by her house later and help her with some math problems, actually, she didn't need help, it was just an excuse so she could spend time with him, she missed him very much.

When she asked him, she thought she saw his eyes light up, but then he looked away and told her that he would be taking Cagalli home. What he said after, smashed her heart into pieces..."Why don't you ask Athrun to help you. Athrun's pretty good in math. He's driving you home everyday right? So it'll be convenient for all of us." He then smiled at her, like he was really happy about it.

"Lacus? Are you all right?"

Lacus spins around as she heard someone call out her name. She was shocked to see a very concerned Cagalli there.

"Are you okay? Why are you crying? Tell me who made you cry and I'll beat that person up for you." Cagalli shows her fist to Lacus, ready for a fight. Lacus would have laughed at Cagalli's pose, if only she wasn't hurting so much. She wipes her tears and smiles at Cagalli "Don't worry about it Cagalli, I'm okay now. Ooops! I gotta be at the Student Council's office for a meeting. Thanks though. Bye."

Lacus waves at Cagalli and runs to the Student Council's office. She closes the door behind her and burst into tears. She just couldn't hate her. Cagalli looked so sincere when she asked if she was okay. Feeling rather tired, she sits on one of the chairs, folds her hands on the table and rests her head on them. She closes her eyes and saw Kira's face. Tears threatened to spill again, but she held them back. After a few minutes, she fell asleep. She was dreaming of Kira. He was there with her, holding her in his arms, stroking her hair, calling her name.

"Ummm Kira..." Lacus mumbles

"Lacus wake up."

'Hmmmm... Kira's voice seems so real. I miss him so much!'

"Lacus wake up. It's me Kira."

Lacus' eyes slowly opens and Kira was right there in front of her. She smiles to him, thinking that it was still a dream. She could still feel Kira stroking her hair.

"Mmmmm Kira."

"Yes Lacus, It's me Kira."

Lacus eyes grew huge when she realized that it was not a dream anymore. It was the real Kira! She lifted her head to focus her vision, blinking twice, thrice, yup, it's really him. Lacus blushes as she realized how close Kira's face was with her's.

"Kira, what are you doing here?"

Kira smiles at her, the smile that never fails to turn her knees into jellies, good thing she was sitting down.

"I'm here because Cagalli told me that you were crying."

At the mention of Cagalli's name, Lacus' heart sank.

"Come on Lacus, tell me what's wrong. I want to help you."

"Thanks but I'm fine, really." Seeing the stubborn look on Kira, which she always found so adorable, she continues by telling him a lie instead.

"I was just frustrated that's all. Sigh. With the school festival coming up, I've been so busy lately, plus I have to cope with tons of schoolwork. Sigh."

Kira smiles at her again and squats in front of her. Holding both her hands in his, he looks at her, as if searching. Lacus couldn't help but blush at his touch and his gaze. Then Kira stands up letting go of just one hand "Come on I better get you home. And get some schoolwork done."

"Huh?' Lacus could only stare at Kira.

Kira blushes a bit. Still not letting go of her hand, he pulls her up and drags her out of the room. "I'm taking you home, help you with that math problem, then I want you to get some rest." He stops walking and looks at Lacus, eyes softly caressing her face.

"But I thoght you were taking Cagalli home?" A confused and blushing Lacus asks after Kira as he continues to walk, dragging Lacus towards his car.

Kira releases a small laugh. "Cagalli would hit me if she found out that I left you. Don't worry, I told her to ask Athrun to take her home." He opens the car door for her and ushers her in.

Lacus had never been so happy. She was in Kira's car again. Inhaling the all too familiar scent of his car, a mixture of his cologne and the air freshener. She touches the dashboard, then the leather seat beside her. She missed being in his car, sitting beside him. She smiles at Kira as he sits beside her and starts the engine.

That's it! End of Chapter 4. Hope you guys enjoyed it.

A Kira and Lacus moment at last...that's to all the KxL fans... hehehe.

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