A/N: hey guys! Ahm here i'am again! Sorry for not being able to update for a very long time! After reading all your reviews I decided to start writing again! Thanks for liking my story and thanks for reading! Hope you'll like it!
Like what I always say, I DON'T OWN GUNDAM SEED AND GUNDAM SEED DESTINY!
Chapter 4: "that was unexpected"
"Cagalli, Cagalli! Wake up!" ...no response... "Cagalli Come on! Wake up already" ...no response... "Cagalli! I said wake up!" still no response " Cagalli!"
" What the fuck is it Kira! It's 5:00 in the morning for God's sake! It's too early for school!" Cagalli shouted as she sat up in her bed. Cagalli hates it when Kira nags her early in the morning.
"Wake up already! Have you forgotten?" kira stood up from cagalli's bed to open the curtain.
"forgotten what?" cagalli asked as she looked at kira with her hands covering her eyes to prevent the sun light.
" what Lacus said!"
"what did she say?" in an instant cagalli remembered about her previous conversation with Lacus. " oh my god! That!"
"yes! That one!" kira said with an obviously look on his face. " Lacus is already downstairs waiting for you. She packed a lot of dresses."
"oh no!" cagalli said with a i don't believe it look on her face.
"I'm going to call her now." And with that, kira walked out of the door.
"ugh! This is so not happening!" cagalli said as she put her head on her palms.
Suddenly the door flew open as a certain pink haired girl came bursting in with a cheerful look on her face. "Good morning Cagalli" she said in a high pitch voice as she threw her a hug as if they haven't seen each other for years.
"morning Lacus." Cagalli said lazily.
"come on! Get up already! I'm excited to see you in a dress! Oohh! You're gonna look absolutely beautiful!" Lacus said cheerfully as she drags cagalli out of bed.
"hey lacus!"
"hmm?"
"can we not do this? I mean we're only going to school like what we normally do. So why dress up?" cagalli said hoping to convince Lacus. "Normal clothes will do just fine." She added.
" yes your right." Cagalli's face lit up when she heard Lacus "but isn't it better to look nicer!"cagalli's expression changed immediately. Too bad for her, Lacus is determined.
"urgh.. " Cagalli said as she marched to her bathroom.
"Ok! Let's start! Let's see what kind of clothes you have in your closet."
As soon as cagalli heard the word "closet" her feet stopped marching closet? Fuck! "No don't open my closet!" cagalli ran as fast as she can to stop lacus from opening her closet. But she was too late.
As soon as Lacus opened cagalli's closet, her eyes widened in disbelief. Lacus was totally amused when she saw cagalli's clothes and shoes. "oh my god cagalli! I didn't know you have such fashion sense!" she said as she moved closer to her closet. "look at this dress! It's beautiful! Have you worn this? It looks brand new!"
"hmm.. nope. And FYI I never bought those clothes. Some of those are from my father, some are gifts. Hm. I remember wearing some of it once or twice. I barely wear those. Only on special occasions like social gatherings or reunion with my friends."
"are you crazy it's such a waste! Here! wear this one!" Lacus picked out a beautiful white dress that reaches up to the knee with a belt at the middle to emphasize her curve. (it gives a "sweet girl" character.)
"hmm. that's a little..."
"too white?"
"yeah... well I might end up messing it up."
"fine" Lacus then picked another dress "how about this one?"
"but."
"no more buts. Go on and take a bath we're gonna be late... oh! And pair it with these shoes!"
"urgh.. Fine.. I really can't compete with your stubbornness"
"well that's me!" Lacus pushed cagalli into the bathroom with a big grin on her face.
while waiting for cagalli to finish taking a bath. Lacus decided to go downstairs "Cagalli I'll wait for you downstairs ok?"
"ok!"
After a few minutes went down wearing a brown dress that reaches up to her knees with a lace in her waist line to emphasize her curves and plits at the very bottom of her dress, she partnered it with a pair of elegant brown high hills. She wore a pair of cute earrings; her hair is combed neatly making it look more elegant. (if you want to see how she looks like please refer to my profile. I'll post the picture that I referred to)
"Wow! Cagalli! You look fabulous! It really suits you! You're pretty!" Lacus exclaimed as she approached cagalli.
"yeah. Whatever." Cagalli said irritatingly. "still I'm not used to wearing clothes like this! I only wear dresses on special occasions." cagalli said rolling her eyes.
"hey! Don't say that! You look fabulous in those clothes! right Kira?" Lacus said as she looked at kira.
"yeah. But it's kind of weird seeing cagalli in a dress." Kira said looking at cagalli questioningly.
"And what do you mean by that?" Cagalli said giving kira a deadly glare.
"nothing! Nothing! Well anyway we better get going coz FYI we're gonna be late for school" Kira said trying to divert the conversation for the sake of his life.
"Oh right! Then let's get going!" Lacus exclaimed with a cheerful smile on her face. But by the time she diverted her glance to cagalli her smile turned into a questioning look. "uhmm. Cagalli."
"what?"
"don't you think that there's still something wrong with your outfit?"
"why?" cagalli asked as she looked at her clothes. "what's wrong?"
"uhm. You're wearing a dress but you're bringing a backpack? Don't you think it's kind of imbalance?" she said pointing at cagalli's bag.
"well it would be inconvenient for me to bring a shoulder bag since I have a lot of things to bring." She said looking at cagalli.
"oh. But hmm.. let's see I think I saw a bag that would go perfectly with your dress." Lacus immediately went up to cagalli's room, to look for the bag. " here it is! She shouted from her room as she walks down with an elegant shoulder bag in her hands. "i'm sure all your things would fit in here. Come on transfer your things." Lacus helped cagalli transfer her things.
"ugh! I can't believe I'm actually doing this." Cagalli groaned while transferring her things. "you know what lacus. Your really persuasive."
"haha! Yes I'am! I can be really persuasive when I want to! And besides I was really looking forward in seeing you in a dress." She said flashing cagalli a bright smile. "let's go!" and with that she walked out of the door.
"ugh. She's unbelievable." Cagalli groaned as she followed her.
- AT THE SCHOOL –
As soon as Cagalli entered the school gate everyone's eyes was fixated at her. She could hear the students whispering. The male students keeps on pushing each other while whispering hey that's the new student right? She's looks more gorgeous in a dress or she's beautiful, she looks like an angel, I want her to be my girl, she's fascinating. Things like that. While the female students are whispering she's pretty, her dress suits her, she's elegant, I want to look like her, I envy her. Every students greeted her and complemented her. For sure every girl that gets this kind of attention would definitely feel good about themselves. But not Cagalli. The more she gets attention, the more she gets irritated and cautious.
"I really don't like this kind of attention." She whispered to Lacus. "it's really... hi... awkward." Lacus just laughed at her. By the time they reached the group Kira and Lacus immediately approached their friends.
"Hey guys! Good morning!" they said in unision.
"morning!" dearka greeted them.
"where's cagalli?" miriallia suddenly asked
"yeah where is she?" shiho asked while looked around hoping to seen a certain brunette.
"woah! Is it just me or is cagalli really wearing a dress?" Dearka looked at cagalli in disbelief.
"where? Oh my god! Cagalli is that you?" miriallia couldn't believe what she's been seeing.
"yes it's me. Unfortunately." Cagalli said in an irritated voice.
"Wow! You really did dressed up nicely! Would you mind going out on a date with me? Dearka asked in a teasing manner.
"I'm not open for jokes right now Dearka." Cagalli shot back in a deadly tone.
"ok! Chill." Dearka immediately backs away.
"But honestly speaking Cagalli, you really look nice. It suits you perfectly" Nicol complimented Cagalli.
"Thanks Nicol"
"Wow I didn't know that even Devils can turn into an angel once in a while." Cagalli turned around to see the owner of the voice.
"Well it's much better than someone who is stuck forever in hell Yzak!" cagalli shot back.
"tch! Whatever, you should change your attitude next."
"why? Scared of losing sarcasm war against me? huh yzak?
"me, scared? Huh! You wish." Yzak shot back in an arrogant tone.
"hey! It's been a while since I've seen you in a dress!" Auel suddenly butt in the conversation.
"yeah! Which brings back memories" Shinn looked at Auel and laughed
"hey you two! Don't even..." but before Cagalli could finish her sentence Shinn cut her off.
"when was that? Hmm.. I think it was around..."
"I recommend you start writing your last will and testament if you really want to continue your story telling." Cagalli gave Shinn an icy glare. "I told you that not a single soul should know about this."
"oh. Don't cha worry Cags, these guys have no soul" Shinn said absentmindedly
"WHAT?" everyone said in unision.
"ok ok.. i'm just kidding guys..."
"hah! You better be. Coz your gonna lose your soul if not." Yzak said in a deadly tone.
"now there goes the famous line of Yzak. A.k.a. Satan" Shiho said sarcastically
"what's that witch?"
"want me to repeat it?"
"ok you two stop! You're going to start an endless conversation of sarcasm again. Geez." Milly said trying to stop the two from starting one hell of a conversation again.
"Wow! I was thinking why I got ignored by most of the students. Now I know why."
"morning Athrun!" Lacus greeted cheerfully.
"morning Lacus! Morning pri..." but before Athrun could finish his greetings a deadly glare suddenly stopped him.
"if you want to see yourself 62 feet under the ground, then you are most welcomed to finish your sentence." Cagalli immediately interrupted Athrun with a cold and most deadly glare she had ever given to anyone.
"urgh. No thanks." Athrun immediately backed off not wanting to be buried alive.
"good" and with that cagalli turned around "let's go. We're gonna be late for class." Cagalli said to the rest of the gang in a cold, icy tone. All that the group could do is just sweat drop on cagalli's cold attitude.
"She's really is irritated. She's more scary when she's irritated" Dearka said to kira.
"yeah. But somehow I've gotten immune to it."
"wow! I really admire you kira." Dearka said while tapping kira's back.
Kira immediately shoved off Dearka's hand "shut up Dearka!" Dearka just looked at kira while he's marching to his class and then immediately followed. So did the rest of the gang.
- AT THE CLASSROOM -
By the time Cagalli entered the classroom everyone looked at her and started whispering to each other. Cagalli walked straight to her seat without looking at anybody.
"this is really pissing me off" she whispered.
"hey pri..." before athrun could finish his sentence cagalli immediately interrupted him.
"Athrun don't say that word or I swear to God!.." she said in very very deadly tone.
"ok ok! Chill!" athrun said tryng to calm down cagalli. "I only want to ask you a question"
"what?"
"why do you hate me so much? I haven't done anything wrong to you."
"Come to think of it, I don't know either. My blood just boils whenever I see you." Cagalli stopped for a second. "or maybe it's because your such a jerk with an extreme level of confidence that's why I hate you" and with that she gave athrun a smirk. Athrun didn't know what to say. All he could was just smirk. Then suddenly the teacher came in everyone went back to their respective seats.
"ok class! Today we're gonna do something different. This activity is called "ask me". Each one of you will ask questions to your partners, to know more about each other. This is essential to help you improve your partnership since you'll be partners for the whole year. So start asking questions to your partners now." All the student started facing their partners, including Athrun and Cagalli.
"this is just great!" cagalli whispered in an irritated tone.
"ok. I'll ask the first."
"be my guest" cagalli replied in a sarcastic tone.
"tell me the truth. Is there a chance that you would like me?"
"absolutely none."
"what do you hate the most?"
"you"
"what do you like the most?"
"you not being around"
"what do you fear the most?"
"being stuck with you"
"what is your greatest wish?"
"getting rid of you"
"what place do you love most?"
"anywhere far from you"
"what food do you like most?"
"why the hell should I tell you?"
"what would you say to me if I were to leave tomorrow?"
"Good Riddance! I hope you don't come back."
"will you miss me?"
"not a chance."
"what would you want to say to me right now?"
"get lost jerk."
All of cagalli's answer was about how to get rid of Athrun. Athrun gave up asking questions since he don't get a proper answer from cagalli.
*sigh* "ok it's your turn to ask questions now" he said looking at cagalli ready to answer her questions.
"why are you such a jerk?"
"you're the only one who thinks that."
"how could I get rid of you?"
"you'll never get rid of me"
"don't you have anything better to do aside from bugging me?"
"nope. Because all I want is to be near you everyday"
cagalli suddenly raised her hands " Sensei!"
"what is it cagalli?"
"can I change my partner?"
"why would you want to change your partner cagalli?"
"because with my partner right now, i don't think team work is possible."
"sorry miss cagalli but I made it clear during the first day of class that you are not allowed to change your partner."
"then how about I kill him instead?"
"Miss HIBIKI..." the teacher was already getting pissed off.
"Fine. Whatever." Cagalli looked at Athrun and warned him. " DON'T TALK TO ME"
"ahm. Sure." And with that their conversation ended.
- AT THE LOCKER AREA -
Cagalli was putting her things in her locker when she realized that something was missing. Yes, there was something missing. She hasn't seen Athrun since their homeroom. Where could that jerk be? She thought "oh well! At least my world is peaceful!" she said as she closed her locker. "but. Could it be because of what I said?" paused "no it can't be." " but what if?" Cagalli's thoughts were suddenly cut off by the voice behind her. "but what if what cagalli?" Cagalli slowly turned around to see the owner of the voice.
"seriously Cagalli. Why are you talking to yourself? You'll look crazy. Get a hold of yourself."
"whatever kira."
"well anyway, let's go to the cafeteria. I'm starving already."
"sure thing" why be bothered by it anyway?
- AT THE CAFETERIA -
"Hey! Where's Athrun? I haven't seen him around." Dearka suddenly asked out of nowhere.
"yeah me too." Shinn added
"well maybe he wants to be alone today since today is.. you know.. the day..." kira said with you-know-what-it-is face.
"oh yeah! Your right" said Dearka
"why? What is there today?" Cagalli suddenly felt curious.
"well. Only Athrun can answer that question" Kira said before taking one full spoon of lasagne.
"yeah men, we don't have the right to tell anyone."
"ahm. Ok"
...
"Damn that teacher! Asking me to run an errand for him! Tsk! I hate that teacher." Cagalli kept on cursing while walking along the hallway.
-flashback-
"Miss Hibiki!"
"yes Mr Rau?"
"where's you assignment?"
Oh damn I forgot! "well you see sir I left it at home. And... but I promise I'll bring it to you first thing in the morning tomorrow!"
"well I'm sorry Miss Hibiki. I don't accept excuses. I believe that every mistake comes with a punishment. Could you go to the science lab and get the book the work book there instead of only answering 1 question I'll giving you an additional of two more problems. Due tomorrow"
"But..." Cagalli tried reasoning out
"I don't take no for an answer, unless you want to fail on my subject?"
"no sir. I'll get it now." There's nothing that Cagalli could do.
-end of flashback-
"argh! I really hate that creepy teacher!" while Cagalli was walking along the hallway she suddenly heard a song. Someone was playing a piano. (kiss the rain by yiruma) It was a beautiful but very sad melody. It was full of sadness. What's this? It feels really sad. It hurts. It feels like the person playing is full of pain. Cagalli searched for the source of the sad melody. It's coming from the music room. Cagalli slowly peeked to the room and to her surprise the person playing the piano was.
"Athrun?" she whispered quietly. She wanted to ignore it but somehow she can't she don't know why. She looked at his face and unusually it was full of "sadness and pain" she whispered again. She couldn't move her legs even if she wants to. She couldn't shift her gaze even if she wants to. She just couldn't stop looking at him, his face that's full of sadness and pain. It's weird, it seems like I can feel his pain through his music. It makes want to cry. It's sad, It hurts. Suddenly her thoughts were interrupted when Athrun stopped playing. She quickly hid behind the door. She was about to leave when she heard Athrun speak.
"if you want to listen you can just come in" normally she would get mad and walk away but this time it was different she didn't feel pissed or irritated at all, instead she felt sad. Maybe it's because she still feels sad because of the music. Or maybe, it's because the way he said it is different. Maybe it's different from the usual Athrun Zala that she knows. Instead of walking away she just came in and looked at him. She just stood there and looks at him. She looked at his eyes. It was sad and full of pain. Not the usual Athrun Zala.
"This song." She started "it's beautiful" her heart was throbbing as the words come out of her mouth. She came closer and sat at a chair in front of the piano.
"unfortunately this is the only piece I know." He looked at Cagalli and then shifted his gaze back into the piano "and this is the only piece I'll ever want to know." He slowly touched the piano. "coz this is the only piece that that person ever thought me.. I'll never want to forget this song." A moment of silence passed. "well anyway..." before Athrun could finish, he was cut off by Cagalli.
"It's beautiful but it's sad. It's very...sad" those words just came out of her mouth out of nowhere. "It seems like you're in deep pain and suffering"
Athrun was stricken by Cagalli's words. He never thought that Cagalli would see through him by just listening to his music. "Wow. You've completely seen right through me...I've been completely discovered" ... "my mom taught me that"
"where is she"
"she left a long time ago. To be in a place where can never go."
"I'm sorry.."
"it's ok"
"Is this the real Athrun Zala?"
"Hah. Yep! I'm the real one!" a small smile curved from his lips "completely uncool right?"
"no, it's much more better than the jerk Athrun Zala that I know." And with that she smiled at him. The first unsarcastic smile she had ever given to Athrun.
"hah. This is the first time you have smiled to me without being sarcastic at all."
"well that's because this is the first time that you weren't a jerk to me."
"well, you have a point there." They looked at each other then laughed.
"well then, it's nice to meet you Mr, Real Athrun Zala! How about a hand shakes?"
"Is it just me or your really being nice to me?"
"well FYI I'm a nice person. I'm just not nice around you. So do you want to be friends or not?" she said while raising an eyebrow at Athrun.
" ok friends."
Cagalli's heart started beating wildly when Athrun took her hands so she quickly pulled her hands. "ahm. Well I gotta go coz ahm. I have to get the book that Mr. Rau asked from me."
"ahm. Ok" Athrun looked at Cagalli with a questioning face.
"ok bye." She was about to run out when Athrun spoke once again.
"but we're friends now right?"
She then turned around and smiled at him. "yes we are"
"thanks." He then smiled at her.
Cagalli's face started to paint bright red so she quickly ran out for him not to notice. What was that? She then shook her head I must be crazy.
-ATHRUN'S POV-
Athrun just looked at the piano; complete unsure of what had just happened. "well. It's not bad to be exposed sometimes." the He poked the piano keys a little. "that was the first time. She's really amusing. She always surprises me. At least now... I don't have to pretend cool." He smiled then, "I wish this is the start"
-END OF CHAPTER-
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So how was it? It took me a long time to finish this because my damn laptop broke down. Well I'm still hoping that you liked it! Comments pls!
BTW the piano song that I used is entitled Kiss On the Rain by Yiruma. It's a really good piece. I used that when i competed on a piano competition but unfortunately I only got 2nd place T_T