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Trowa...

Trowa Barton watched as Katherine Bloom performed yet another somersault and was caught by a tall guy waiting for her at the other side of the trapeze. The crowd roared and applauded the performers with their finale.

All except one.

His eyes were fixed directly on how the man was holding her waist and grew sharper when he kissed her lips. Trowa stood up and made his way outside the huge tent. He went backstage and found the group congratulating each other for the success of the show. Hidden in the shadows beside the lion cage, he watched the group broke up and went their own way, leaving behind Katherine and the man. The way the man wrapped his arms around her shoulder felt not right.

After a few moments, he decided to make his presence known. "Congratulations," he stated calmly.

Katherine still smiling looked back at Trowa without breaking free from the man beside her. "Oh, Trowa, there you are. Thank you.

By the way, meet Marco. He's a new recruit and a fast learner, I might say. We made a great pair, didn't we?" She turned her head towards Marco, flattening her free hand on his stomach and flashing him a smile.

"Nice to meet you, pal," the guy introduced as Marco greeted back, disentangling his arm from Katherine and offering a handshake.

Trowa eyed his extended hand for a while before giving his own. He merely nodded in return then broke free.

"Listen," Katherine began, noticing Trowa's indifference. "We're going to grab a quick dinner. Why don't you join us?"

They made a plan already, Trowa thought.

Is he angry because I made plans with Marco? Katherine thought.

There is no reason for me to stay any longer.

Or is it jealousy I am seeing?

"No, thanks. I came here to tell you that I could not make it to dinner. I still have a round-up check to do at the base," Trowa stated impassively.

"Oh, I see," Katherine said, rather disappointed but quickly hid her emotion with a smile towards the man beside her. "So, shall we go?"

That's it, duty always comes first with him. Let him have a date with his duty.

The pair passed him towards the opening of the tent. Katherine suddenly stopped before going out and looked back at Trowa standing motionless. "By the way, Trowa," she began, hiding her disappointment in a sweet voice. "We will be leaving for another performance at the L2 colony two days from now. I'll send you a postcard. Enjoy."

With that, Katherine left with the man on her side, still clinging to him.

Trowa, on the other hand, recovered and went out too after they were gone, into the darkness towards his stallion.

That's it, she found somebody. I don't care. Let her have a date with the guy.

But why am I feeling this way?

I feel like there's a gap in my life all of a sudden.

Trowa thought of his inner turmoil all the way to the castle of the Cinq Kingdom, where he served as the Commanding General of the defense force. As soon as he entered the command center, one of the ranking soldiers met him and handed him the reports. "Sir, I thought you wouldn't be back so soon."

"The person I was supposed to meet had a prior engagement," Trowa replied offhandedly.

And that person was kissed by a man in front of hundreds of people.

"I'm sorry, sir, but I gave out the order to deploy the soldiers towards the northern territories of Sumaria. The surprise attacks of the rebels were too much for their defense and they needed backup soon. They were caught off-guard that their defenses was easily broken through."

"Good decision, lieutenant. Have our troops ready and we'll back them up further. Have my mobile suit ready. Commander Mirialdo Peacecraft knows about this?"

"No, sir."

"No need to alarm him when we could handle the situation."

"Yes, sir," the lieutenant saluted and turned away towards the mobile suit hangar.

Trowa went towards the control room. It was a wonder for him how he was deeply troubled with Katherine's actions at the fair. Nothing and no one had ever affected him on a battle before and he was certainly not going to start now. There was a battle going on and the culprit was still unknown. Any distraction was not tolerable.

And Katherine is one of them.

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