CHAPTER 6
The cafeteria was sardine-packed when both girls arrived.
Cagalli frowned.
How will I line up in this never ending queue?
How am I going to buy something when the queue is so long, the food is insufficient, and here I am standing at the end of the line?
Cagalli turned to ask Lacus something but she's not behind her queuing to buy some lunch. In fact she's now dragging her out of the line.
Cagalli looked at her, confused.
Where is she taking me?
Lacus continued dragging Cagalli into the crowd, as she headed towards the corner of the cafeteria, a bit far from the crowd.
There, she saw a few tables with occupied by strangers, but a familiar brown locks and amethyst eyes were looking at her way.
Kira!
How she totally forgot about her little brother.
Lacus motioned her to seat between her and a pretty auburn-haired girl. The auburn-haired girl smiled warmly at her.
Kira placed a plate of chicken sandwich in front of Cagalli and handed a bowl of salad to Lacus.
"Thank you Kira. You remembered my favourite." Lacus said.
Cagalli eyed her twin who was blushing a bit.
Is there something between Kira and Lacus? Ha ha ha- now I have something to blackmail him with!
Lacus clapped her hands happily. "Everyone, this is Cagalli, our new classmate."
Wait, all of them are my classmates? I didn't notice them earlier. Oh, right, I was too busy staring at the wall to notice them.
Cagalli received a warm welcome, from everyone. Well, almost everyone, except a strange, frowning platinum-blonde haired boy.
"I'm Miriallia Haww," the auburn-haired girl beside me introduced herself. The blonde haired boy next to her waved, " Dearka Elthman, Miriallia's boyfriend."
"Dearka," Miriallia giggled and nudge Dearka's arm playfully.
Cagalli found herself blushing seeing the couple.
"Shiho Hahenfius," a girl with long, silky dark brown haired introduced herself.
A green-haired boy shook Cagalli's hand, " I'm Nicol Amarfi, and this is Yzak Jule," he gestured to the frowning boy.
"Hmmph" was his only reply.
What's this guy's problem anyway?
"Is that howyou treat a princess Yzak?" a voice scolded the frowning boy.
That voice seemed….familiar.
Cagalli turned around only to see the mysterious midnight blue haired stranger she met earlier.
"You!" Cagalli pointed out a finger at the boy.
"What are you doing here!" Cagalli questioned.
The stranger smiled gently, "Well, I do go to school here."
Cagalli found herself blushing.
"Eh? You guys knew each other?" Kira asked suddenly.
The stranger shook his head and looked at me innocently, "Well, actually-"
"Nope, never seen him before," Cagalli interrupted.
The stranger arched his eyebrow, looking at her amusingly.
There's no way I'm going to let him tell all my new friends that I was 'distracted' this morning. Especially, to Kira, or he'll tease me mercilessly at home for being to stubborn.
The stranger smiled again, "My mistake, actually I've never seen her before." He took a quick glance atCagalli before sitting next to Kira.
Why must he sit in front of me?
Again, he was smirking.
How I wish I could wipe the smirk out of his face!
"Well then Athrun, why don't you introduce yourself to Cagalli?"
Athrun? That's a nice name. Wh-? Aaargh! It's a horrible name!
However, his name seemed familiar…
"Athrun Zala, nice to finally meet you in person princess,"
His remarks made Cagalli blush
Wait, Athrun Zala?
As in THE Athrun Zala? Future chairman of PLANT?
This, this jerk?
"Princess? Is something wrong?" Athrun asked.
Cagalli shook her head, " No, everything's fine."
I'll make him pay for teasing me this morning about me getting lost. Hah! Me? Lost? As if! I was just 'distracted'!
I'll make him pay for nearly exposing my 'distractions' to my new friends.
I'll make him pay for nearly exposing my 'distractions' to Kira.
I'll make him pay for making me blush.
I'll make him pay for calling me princess.
In her mind, Cagalli was laughing evilly at her perfect plan, with Athrun, again looking at her interestedly.
"Kira?" Lacus voice stopped Cagalli's train of thoughts.
"Why don't you introduce yourself to Cagalli?" Lacus said, smiling.
Cagalli felt her heart stopped beating. Kira's face beamed happily.
How will they react?
"Actually," Kira started.
"We already knew each other," Kira continued.
Cagalli took a deep breath and smiled.
"Everyone, meet Cagalli Yula Attha, my twin sister," Kira finally said.
Cagalli heart leaped in happiness as the class ended for today.
That's it for today. I'm going straight back home and get rid of this damn miniskirt and high-heels.
She stuffed her textbooks in her sling bag and planned to ask Lacus if she could walk back home with her.
As she turned to ask Lacus, she found her, and practically everyone else in class in a rushing state.
"Lacus?"
The pink-haired princess smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry I can't walk back home with you today. I have something to attend to. I have a club meeting actually."
"Will you be fine by yourself?"
Cagalli smiled, "No problem Lacus. Maybe later we can walk back home together."
Lacus beamed happily, "That will be great!"
Lacus then dashed out, leaving Cagalli alone.
Well, at least I have my little brother with me.
However, Kira too was gone. Actually, everyone in class was gone.
Huh? Where is everybody going?
Then suddenly it strucked her. Mr Bartfeld had mentioned something about club activities.
I was supposed to go to the Beta Sector and join some clubs!
But….where is the Beta Sector anyway?
Cagalli walked to the end of the hallway, and found an elevator. She pushed the down button and waited.
What club should I join?
After the elevator door slid open,Cagalli didn't bother to look up as she was to busy pondering on what club she should join, and was completely oblivious of her surrounding until she bumped into something, or rather someone.
'I'm so sorry," Cagalli apologized to a magenta-haired girl.
She, and two other girls were getting out of the elevator when Cagalli accidentally bumped into her.
"No, it's alright," the girl replied kindly, and looked at Cagalli's face.
"Are you the new girl in class 3-A? THE Cagalli Yula Attha?" the red-haired girl beside the magenta-haired girl asked Cagalli excitedly.
"Yes, I am. And please, just call me Cagalli."
"Nice meeting you Cagalli, I'm Lunamaria Hawke, just call me Luna," the magenta-haired girl introduced herself.
"This is my sister Meyrin," she gestured at the red-haired girl.
No wonder they look so much alike.
"I'm Stellar Lousier." the blonde girl beside Lunamaria said.
Cagalli smiled at them. "Nice meeting all of you."
" I'm so sorry we were not able to greet you earlier. I was planning to stop by at your class and greet you after lunch break, but, well, our classes are totally far from each other," Lunamaria said.
"Oh, well, it's not a big deal. Don't worry about it." Cagalli found herself saying.
"Not a big deal! Its a big deal not to be able to greet The Cagalli Yula Attha!" Meyrin exclaimed.
Cagalli stared at them in shock.
What's the big deal anyway? Well time to change the topic
"So Luna, which class are you from?" Cagalli asked, just for the sake of changing the topic.
Luna smiled happily, "Me and Stellar are from class 3-B"
"And I'm from class 2-A" Meyrin added.
Cagalli nodded, absorbing the information, however, her mind was at something else.
"You seem to be in deep thoughts Cagalli," Stellar said.
Cagalli blushed a bit, "Well, actually I have to go to the Beta Sector, but I have not the slightest idea where it is."
"Well then, that should be no problem," Luna said.
"Huh?"
"We were also on our way to the Beta Sector for our club meetings. Why don't we go there together?" Meyrin offered.
Cagalli's face lit up. "Really? Will I be a burden or anything?"
Stellar giggled a bit, "It would be our pleasure Cagalli."
"Have you decided which club you'll join Cagalli?" Luna asked.
Cagalli put a finger on her chin, "Well not really."
"Why don't you join the Cooking Club? Me and Luna are in that club and it's really fun!" Meyrin exclaimed cheerfully.
"Or maybe you can join the Marine Lovers Club. We have very interesting activities planned every week." Stellar said.
"Well, I'll think about it. But thanks a lot for your recommendations." Cagalli said and continued walking with the three girls.
"Here we are." Luna announced.
"Well, we'll be off now Cagalli, we're actually a bit late for our meetings." Luna said, and smiled apologetically.
"We're sorry we can't accompany you to choose which club you'll join." Meyrin added.
Cagalli smiled, "Oh, don't be, you guys have already helped me a lot. Thank you very much."
"Not a problem. Besides, what are friends for right?" Luna said.
"See you around later Cagalli!" Stellar said and all three of the girls left.
Now, which club should I join?
Cagalli walked along the endless hallway, and peered into a classroom. There she saw Lacus, Nicol, and a blonde haired boy discussing something. There were several students playing various musical instruments.
Must be the Music Club. I don't know how to play a single musical instrument, so the Music Club is totally out of choice.
She walked along and peered into another classroom. There she saw dozens of students sitting in front of laptops, and immediately she spotted Kira.
I'm totally clueless on computer and stuff, so the Computer Club is also a no-no.
She continued walking and stopped when she saw Miriallia in one of the classes.
Wow, I never knew Miriallia, and Dearka are interested in photography.
She continued walking and stopped in front of the History Club's room. Cagalli peered into the room and saw Yzak and Shiho.
I'll die with boredom if I join this club.
Suddenly, Cagalli saw it.
Archery Club! Perfect! And, oh, is that the Kendo Club? I'll join that too!
Maybe, just maybe, I can practice my Kendo skills on that smirking jerk and beat him good.
Or maybe I can shoot him from afar with my archery skills. He'll never know what hit him.
Cagalli thought gleefully planning meticulously in her mind on how to torture Athrun Zala.
Oh, how I'll have so much fun!
END CHAPTER
So how was it? I know there's not much AsuCaga interaction, but I'm trying really hard.
I promise there would be loads in the next chapter
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