A/N: hey! on behalf of my friend Rin, thanks for the reviews! o-kay. i'm sorry to disappoint you, but Rin gave me a super-de-duperly, infuriatingly short chapter. excuse her. she's got exams on monday. so she's panicking and can't write well (according to her). but it's rightly so she should be studying. xD so this chapter is really quite like nothing. i'm warning you first so you can flame me before reading.

Disclaimer: same as previous.

Indelible: Sweater

Cagalli was starring at the sky which was filled with myriad of luminous stars. She was still thinking.

"Cagalli?"

Not giving a response, Cagalli was still gazing upon the sky, not realizing that someone was calling her name.

"Cagalli?"

A woman tapped her hand on Cagalli's shoulder.

Cagalli gave a shrug and turned her back around.

"Mrs. Harada? Why…. Why are you here? You gave me a shock!"

"Oh sorry. I just remembered that I left my wallet inside the shop. What are you doing here?"

"I'm…."

"Are you worried about your sweater?"

"Y…yes… actually…. I want to give it to this person tomorrow…"

"Tomorrow? Oh! You're afraid that you may not finish it in time?"

Cagalli looked at her, hesitating. Then, she nodded.

"Well, don't worry. Why don't you come in for a while?"

Cagalli followed her. She felt warmer now. She was relieved to since there was someone to talk to.

"Have a cup of coffee…"

"Oh, arigatou.."

"So, why don't you go home and finish it? I believe you will do a great job."

"No, because… he is there too…"

"Huh? You mean you live together?"

"Well, with others too."

"oh, so you are trying to avoid him?"

"uh-huh…"

"That's not the right thing to do…."

"Well, I'm just… scared that he may not take my gift…"

"In that case, believe me. If he loves you, he will treasure it. Undoubtedly."

"But… but… Can I stay here for one night?"

"huh? You mean I lock you inside here?"

"Yup! Please! Please, Mrs. Harada… I want to finish this…"

Mrs. Harada was unsure about this. But then again, she could not do anything much to help her.

"Okay, but I will go back here to unlock you at 6 am. After that, you have to go home. Deal?"

"yes!"

After taking her wallet, Mrs. Harada locked the door of the shop. Of course, before that she said good-bye to Cagalli. So, right now, in the shop, Cagalli was alone.

That's right. If he loves me, he will accept this, right?

Cagalli left out a sigh, but looking determined. She started to continue her sewing. As she sewed, she chanted softly a prayer.

God, please help me. Please guide me as I sew this sweater. I really hope he will like it. I hope he can understand. I hope he will accept it though it is impeccable. I need your blessings. I need your strength.

Amen

With that, she ended her prayer.

Time sure went fast. She had sewed for two hours.

Come on. A bit more.

She was exhausted. Her eyes were so heavy such that they could barely open. She tried to withstand her exhaustion, but to no avail. She still had much of the sweater to be done. Eventually, exhaustion won her determination to continue.

Rin: ARGH! It's been stressful nowadays. I am dead tired. I never went home at 1.50 for about, like 3 months. This is insane! And exams are coming! It's next week , I'm totally not ready yet. I've not been revising coz there's this practical assessment plus a hyper-duper stupid lame project. Anyway…. Sorry!

I promise I will update this story soon, after the exams of course which is the third week of May.

Thanks. Please give some comments.

Nyo

p.s. gomen… I know this was a boring chapter…