Me so hungry, also... its 5am in the morning. 5:02 now. Just finished Editing. Exams this upcoming week. Ahhh what am I doing...Here's your chap! (nothing to sayyyyy haha) Enjoy!

Old Day's

Chapter Ten

Athrun sighed as he glanced down at his watch. The blonde was late once again. He'd called her earlier in the week after coming across a memo about a new study being offered at the hospital, immediately remembering her reason for coming back to town in the first place. It was a promising trial for Parkinson's. After looking into a bit of it himself, it was a good shot to say the least. Entering its final phase of study, there was one last round of trials needed. It was worth a shot to mention it to Cagalli, being her friend and his area of expertise. Of course there was always the off chance of getting a placebo in such a trial but it was better than doing nothing.

After calling her, she jumped at the opportunity. Promising to be in the next day to apply and get the recommendation in order to be considered for the trial. Unfortunately that was three days ago, as she had stopped by the apartment later that day to apologize. Apparently something had come up that prevented her from coming in that day. She didn't quite say as she was in a rush to get back home herself, but promised would be in today at 2pm.

He sighed as he glanced over at the clock, any time now would be great. Hopefully today wouldn't be another no show. The cut off for applying was rather soon and there wasn't much time to keep rescheduling.

"Athrun!" he spun around to see the blonde making her ways towards him, looking rather flustered and tired. Behind her he could see her father, having met him before. He too was looking rather disgruntled. He raised an eyebrow as if to ask what had happened. To which she shook her head as if to say now is not the time. He'd have to remember to ask later.

"Hey" he said, standing to greet them. "Hello Mr. Athha" giving a small smile, it was a while since he'd seen him last. Even though it was at least a good five years, he looked the same as ever.

"Uzumi is fine Athrun" he said in a tsking matter, returning the smile. The blonde sighed in exasperation beside him, glancing down at her watch. Probably having to get back to work soon herself as it was the mid afternoon on a weekday.

"I told you I could handle this myself" Uzumi said, noticing the blonde impatience.

"Its fine, I took the afternoon off" Cagalli said, glancing back to Athrun for what to do next. Although even with that, the sooner she could get back to work the better.

"Here, I'll get started on the paper work" motioning for the two of them to follow, leading them to an examination room for some privacy. The blonde immediately took a seat in the far corner, burying herself in her phone. Probably responding to the various work e-mails. Pulling out a small folder he handed the small stack of papers to Uzumi.

"These are just commitment forms, should you be accepted. Monthly hospital visits over a year span" Athrun said pointing to various areas of interest on the paper. "Sign on the last page"

"Do you have a pen?" The elder Athha said, quickly reading the papers himself as Athrun fumbled around to find a writing utensil.

"Here you go sir" leaning over to hand it to him.

"You make me sound old man" he said with a chuckle. No matter how many times he told him not to, Athrun always addressed him so formally without fail, not that it was intentional. It was more of a bad habit, being brought up to always address people with respect.

There was a loud clack as the pen hit the ground causing everyone to look up to see what had happen. Athrun eyes fell on Uzumi's hand which was erratically shaking. He immediately snapped it shut into a fist as if to hide the rebellious limb. Much like the blonde he wasn't happy with the new found vulnerability that his condition caused. It was almost a weakness for someone that was so refined in self control. There was a long silence that followed.

"Sorry" Uzumi muttered in agitation. It was maddening to lose control over your own body. Let alone the thought of it never going away once it started showing, only getting worse from that point on was frustrating.

"No need to apologize" Athrun said as he grabbed the pen off the ground for him, quickly handing it back to him. Luckily for him the tremble resided, allowing him finish signing the papers. The blonde could be seen off in the corner, worry tugging at her every feature at the small event. Afterwards when they were done it was time to move on to the examination. "I'll go grab the doctor and be right back" the blue haired man said as he stood up, quickly exiting the room. Within a few minutes, he returned, a tall medium length blonde haired man in tow.

"Hi Mr. Athha, I'm Dr. Creuset and I'll be doing your evaluation today" He said extending a hand towards him. Giving a brisk hand shake before flipping open his chart, giving it a quick scan. "Athrun, if we can get some privacy. I'll let you know when we are done" He nodded, immediately leaving the room. Knowing all too well that he wasn't to be near for the examination. The blonde following closely behind as he made his way back to the nurses' station to fill in his patients charts for the day.

"You can stay with him you know" Athrun said, flipping open one of the charts. Crueset only wanted him out of the room because he didn't like being crowded.

"Its fine, he doesn't like being watched over. It's better to just leave him be. It was hard enough to get him here" she said, sighing as she leaned across the counter. "It was the reason we missed the first time, he said he was fine didn't want to go. So unreasonable"

"Sounds like you" he said with a laugh, remembering the time she was hospitalized and saying she 'was fine'. Even though she was right there was no way of knowing without the tests.

"I'm just trying to help" she retorted, yawning in the process. Her actions were far from appreciated from her father's view. He didn't want to admit that he was sick, although ignoring it simply wouldn't make it go away.

"I'm sure he appreciates it" Athrun consoled, scribbling furiously down on clipboard in his hand. It was always hard to adjust to such news, there was no telling how one would react after hearing that.

"By the way, how come you didn't just do the examination? Thought you were a Fancy pants doctor… or do you just do the grunt work" teasing him out of boredom, being unable to find anything in the surroundings to preoccupy her.

"Conflict of interest. These trials are picky when it comes to having a bias. They don't want anything that can potentially skew the results" he said bordely, picking up another chart.

"Ah, I see. Thanks for telling me about it to begin with" she said, brushing a stray hair from her vision. It was a nice opportunity and she was thankful for it, even if it was a chance at best.

"Anything new with girly" Cagalli said, once again yawning. They hadn't gotten a chance earlier in the week to get together, the blonde having quite the busy week herself, having to reschedule around bringing her father in. It was no wonder why she kept yawning, probably exhausted from work. "She give you hell for me stopping by?" referring to a few nights ago. She'd stopped by for a few minutes, apologizing for not making the appointment earlier in the day. Over course if she had a more reliable way of reaching him, she wouldn't have to personally show up.

"Not a word" he said grimly. Meyrin had completely resigned herself, not complaining about anything. Probably too worried about upsetting him and blowing her chance at working things out. Although to him things were still as foreign as it could get, his conscious not being the least bit forgiving of her no matter how much he tried. A giant rift was there and there was no chance of it going away anytime soon. He sighed at the thought, it was unfortunate. Hopefully it would pass with time.

"I see, give it time" Cagalli encouraged, noticing the less that optimistic expression. Even she knew how important trust was for him, having seen it happen years ago when his father abused his trust. It didn't end all that well. "You doing anything Friday night?" changing the subject back to a happier note.

"No, off the rest of the week after I get off tomorrow morning" he said, resuming filling in the various charts. After working so much the week before, he was given a considerably lighter workload. Being a quiet week in general for a hospital, just a few cases here and there.

"Interested in going to a hockey game? Client gave me two tickets and the boyfriend could care less about going. He's not into sports" she said, pulling out her phone. No doubt checking the time as she was probably due back to work soon..

"You sure? Your making plans and you look like you're going to drop dead any minute" pointing out her rather worn down appearance. It was surprising she didn't want to get some rest. Although the offer was tempting, he loved hockey and so did she. It would certainly make for a fun night.

"What's that suppose to mean" glaring at him for the insult. Her father was just as stubborn as her, and it wasn't easy getting him to go against him once he decided on something. It was a tiring task to make him change his mind. Luckily she got him here this time, unlike before. He laughed as she got defensive.

"I'll go" he said, shaking his head at her behavior. Always so childish and hotheaded. It'd be nice to get out somewhere where Meyrin wouldn't haunt him for his approval. He just needed a little bit of space to heal up. The hostile feelings hopefully being temporary.

"Here, I'll give you the ticket in case I run a bit late. Since someone is still stuck in the damn 1990's without a damn cell and is impossible to reach" rolling her eyes at the thought, you'd think they cost an arm and a leg by the way he avoided getting such a simple tool. It would take away the annoyance of stopping by unannounced both at work and the apartment whenever she needed to reach him.

"You kids planning a date or something here?" came the deep voice of Uzumi from behind them, having seen them laugh back and forth as he approached. Even managing to catch the last bit of their conversation.

"Dad, I have a boyfriend" she said, furrowing her brow at the remark. His attempt at humor going unnoticed by her.

"Ah the one I haven't met yet" he said with a chuckle, slapping Athrun on the back as if to encourage him. "You know I can't for the life of me figure out why you two never went out together, even once" Athrun watched the blonde shake her head at her father's statement. He always liked Athrun, he never missed a chance to play match maker.

"Should have had you checked for dementia" the blonde mumbled with a huff. If only he knew of the half of it. It was merely something not to be, as it was decided on years ago. Athrun merely laughed at the light hearted conversation, continuing in his work.

"Here you go" the blonde said, handing him the ticket. "I'll see you then, okay? I have to run and get back to work"

"No problem, seeya then" he said, waving the ticket like a taunting reward. It was a good bit of fun he was now looking forward to, a nice change from the usual.

"And Athrun, thanks again" the blonde said, flashing a big smile as she disappeared down the hallway.

5:18AM asss I give it one last read. Ducks, Candy, Walrus, Apples. Another 'within a week' update for the next chapter. Expect anything, could be out tomorrow night for all I know. Please Review/ Critique

Also, anyone else find behaviours out of 'wack' or inconsistent, and is it flowing smoothly in terms of dialogue. Much needed opinions required. Thanks!