Cagalli's gaze flickered back and forth between the two coordinators, not weary, not really.... well, not meaning to anyway. She was actually really rather curious about them. Lacus she had only met at debates, and meetings of power where politeness was used, but not friendliness unless it was fake and manipulative.
Kira sighed. "I am certainly glad, I was worried perhaps they would hold grudges. I picked the people at customs posts with care." he murmured. Athrun looked back at him and nodded. "That was smart, I might steal the idea, you know."
Kira laughed. "It wasn't mine, actually. Cagalli decided that was the one way to keep problems at minimum level."
Athrun blinked and looked over at Cagalli with newfound interest. "I see... It's a clever idea." he stated again. Cagalli nodded slightly. "Racists are the worst people to have at a customs post, it just seemed logical to me."
Athrun nodded slightly, watching her. "Indeed"
Lacus laughed softly. "Everyone is so very serious, we should do something fun for the moment, silence is lack of confidence, if I recall." She smiled again, all friendliness and honesty. Cagalli looked at her with a serious, slightly amused gaze. "Good point, I suppose. Come, Lacus, I'll show you your room, and we'll figure something to do after."
Lacus nodded, letting Haro fly off her hands and zoom around Cagalli, making her turn to watch it slightly, unaware of letting her instinctive warrior stance fall into place.
Athrun watched her every move, holding his chin in his hands, eyes surprised and curious. She wasn't tense, she wasn't weary.... she was just naturally aware of her surroundings, it intrigued him. "Take Athrun with you, I'm going to go check when dinner will be ready." Kira added as he stood. Cagalli blinked and glanced at him in surprise, catching Haro absently from midair. "All right..."
Athrun stood quickly as well, catching Haro when Cagalli tossed it at Lacus. "You're very aware of your enviroment." he stated thoughtfully.
Cagalli blinked at him, feeling her braid hit her back lightly at her sudden movements. "I...yeah... " she mumbled. She had started to say it was a natural instinct, but with coordinators you didn't want to say something like that. To them it could very well have double meaning.
Lacus smiled and took Haro from Athrun's hands. "I have been looking forward to this week for a month. It's rare we get anything fun to do." she grinned, taking Cagalli's arm and starting to tug her gently towards the door. The natural allowed her to do so, blinking at her midly.
"Were you? I'd have thought you'd be too busy to even think about it, let alone make it..." she admitted.
Athrun followed behind them, studying the two girls, wondering if he had ever seen a natural move with that kind of grace and confidence before in the company of coordinators. She seemed uneffected by the knowledge, and yet they were enemies. It made little sense...
Lacus laughed softly. "We weren't supposed to make it. Athrun had many things to do this week, but I was able to talk him and his superiors into a break. he does need it." she stated, looking over her shoulder at him with an evil eye.
Athrun smiled at her gently. Cagalli caught a flash of that smile and almost frowned. It looked so friendly, like the smiles Kira gave her. It didn't look like it was the smile of a lover to a lover.
Turning to look back out the window she finally allowed herself a frown. The worries of Kira having feelings for Lacus had been nawing at her for the last couple of months since Lacus had bothered to give him his new machine. She had always thought that it would strike up yet another issue with Athrun.
Now she was starting to wonder if that issue wasn't actually something as big as she had expected, and if she was right.... what did it all mean in the end?
Sighing heavily she tugged Lacus into the corridor and started leading them down the hall, forcing herself into polite conversation, for Kira's sake.... and her own health. He'd be mad if she did something rude.
Athrun stayed mainly silent behind them, she could feel his eyes on the back of her neck, nearly burning a whole. Whatever he found interesting about her was beyond her comprehension.
After about five minutes, Cagalli finally turned to look at him, quirking an eyebrow. Lacus was too involved in talking and laughing to notice the ever stealthy look.
Athrun blinked at her midly, taken by surprise. She turned away before he could say or do anything remotely intelligent. It irked him, he wasn't sure why, but it irked him horribly.
"Lacus this is your room." Cagalli said quickly, cutting the pink haired chatter box short. Lacus blinked and stepped inside, looking around.
The room was big, with huge windows and a balcony beyond. The bed was a canopy, with a soft white veil falling around it. The marble underfoot had an intricate design in black and gray and the pillars holding up the roof were smooth and white, cool in the shadows.
"Oh... look Athrun, it's beautiful." she whispered softly, stepping inside and letting Haro loose. Cagalli leaned idly on the frame, looking around herself. It was one of the better rooms in the household, Kira had ordered it be prepared for Lacus especially. It had made Cagalli wince and be annoyed for the rest of the day at the time, but now all she did was smile and watch Lacus twirl around like a little girl in a candy shop.
"It's like a Princess room of some kind." she whispered. Athrun leaned against the wall, watching her for about a minute before turning to look out the window, a weak smile playing on his lips. Cagalli glanced at him for half a second before looking away as well, frowning. She couldn't figure him out. He was so odd... so friendly and yet so cold at the same time.
"I think I might stay here a moment or two, if you don't mind. I truly love this room." Lacus sighed, flopping down on the bed lightly, her dress spreading around her.
Cagalli looked at her thoughtfully, musing at how much like a barbie princess she actually looked in the room. "That's fine, I suppose." She murmured, turning to leave. She hadn't expected Athrun to follow her out the door.
Blinking she turned to look at him again, eyes shading the annoyance on her face. No matter how much she tried to figure what his reaction would be to things it didn't work.
He ignored her for a moment and closed the door behind him quietly, tossing Haro up and down on the palm of his hand.
"You aren't staying with her?" Cagalli finally managed to ask, as lightly as possible.
He turned to her, smiling slightly again. "No, Lacus most likely wants a moment alone in there." He explained, though ever so vaguely.
The girl before him cocked an eyebrow again, as if confused by his reaction. He smirked at her, unable to keep the amusement from his face. This was a kind of girl he'd never actually met before. She almost looked like she would rather not wear a skirt...
"Come on then." she sighed finally, turning around, frustrated. Athrun allowed himself a laugh and decided it best to be blunt, just on this occasion. She seemed like a blunt person, might as well speak the language she understood.
"Are you annoyed by me, Miss Attha?" he asked, following her down the hall.
Cagalli made a small sound, like someone had stepped on her invisible tail. "I- what?" she asked, turning to look at him with an expression of surprise on her face.
"Are you at all annoyed by me?" He repeated, feeling awkward. Heat spread to his cheeks as he realized the obsurdity of his words. It was the most illogical thing he could have possibly-
"Yes, actually."
He looked back up at her, blinking in surprise. Cagalli looked him squarely in the eyes, hands on her hips. "I can't understand you." she stated.
"You've only known me for about ten minutes." He pointed out lightly.
"I don't care." She retorted, making him smile.
A sheepish smile broke on her own face. "Oi.... dear God, just listen to me rant. Kira will have my head for being like that. Sorry..." she mumbled, turning around. Athrun smirked at her back slightly, following her. "It's all right, I didn't particularly help your will power along, now did I?"
It was then that Cagalli realized he had manipulated her into admitting something. Though what she had admitted she was not sure.
I should have known this was going to be like pleasureable hell...she thought sadly, opening the door to his room. And indeed she should have known.