Chapter 7 Secret Cockroach Phobia
Time passed all to fast for Kyo and Cagalli, and the dreaded "2 p.m." timing soon came.
"You shouldn't have said anything that day Kyo," said Kira, looking at his redheaded friend.
"And what? Let that poor girl go to face the music for nothing?" asked Kyo, folding her arms and dragging her feet to the detention room with the others, who were going to accompany them there.
"Well now you and Cagalli are the ones being punished for no right reason. And mind you, your names will be jotted down into that evil woman's black list." Warned Athrun knowingly, nuzzling Cagalli on the head.
"I don't care what she does. I just want to find a way to teach her a lesson. And we'll meet you back home once we get released." Said Cagalli, kissing Athrun on the cheek before placing her hand on the knob of the detention room.
"That is, if you ever get released." Said Miriallia nervously, looking at both her friends, who looked back at her, eyebrows raised questioningly.
"Hey, she's got no reason to hold us back till after 7.p.m, ok? Besides, we have done nothing wrong anyway." Said Kyo sternly.
"If you have done nothing wrong, then why are you still going in there?" asked Kira, folding his arms and waiting for Kyo or Cagalli to answer him.
"Don't start that up again, bro," said Cagalli shaking her head and rolling her eyes.
"Ooh, looks like some people have been sent to detention." Ryoko said sarcastically, as she walked past the bunch.
"Was anyone talking to you? Why do you keep poking your abnormally large nose into other people's business?" asked Dearka hotly, staring at Ryoko menacingly.
"Chill it, man! What's your problem?" asked Ryoko, leaning against the pillar, smirking maliciously.
"My problem is you! So buzz off before I get really pissed!" warned Dearka, obviously heating up quickly on the inside.
"Go on, get pissed. Guys look very cute when they're pissed." Retorted Ryoko, chuckling softly to herself.
"Dearka, stop it, you're overreacting! Just leave her alone." Said Miriallia, holding the tanned blonde boy back.
If it weren't for Miriallia, Dearka would probably have lunged at Ryoko and slapped her a thousand times across the face. Ryoko just laughed out loud and sashayed off, her bottom shaking from side to side.
Yzak was inching closer and closer to Kyo. Finally, when he felt he was close enough, he thrust something into her hand. "This is taking too long, I'm going off." He said quickly walking off, before Kyo could open her mouth to say anything.
"See you later, and be careful please." Said Lacus knowingly, smiling at Kyo and Cagalli before she headed off with the others.
Kyo and Cagalli entered the detention room, to find the scrawny discipline mistress, Miss Snare seated behind a desk.
"Why are you late?" asked Miss Snare looking up at them, eyes narrowing to slits.
"Er, we got lost." Said Kyo quickly, stuffing Yzak's note into her pocket, so as not to attract Miss Snare's attention.
"Got lost, eh?" asked Miss Snare, grinning evilly. Cagalli half expected miss Snare to extend their detention period, but to her utmost surprise, Miss Snare didn't.
"I'll pardon you for that. This college IS big, and the detention room is quite secluded in a corner. Now I trust you don't need a map to find yourself seats?" replied Miss Snare, pointing at a pair of chairs and tables with their names written on a card and pasted on the tables and chairs.
Kyo clenched her teeth uneasily, as she headed toward her seat, which was on the opposite end of the room from Cagalli's.
They both sat down and waited, occasionally taking quick glances at each other. The clock ticked by slowly; sometimes making Cagalli think, that the clock had stopped completely.
Kyo's head was rested sideways on her table, her eyes going in and out of focus, as she fought to keep herself awake.
Out of the blue, Miss Snare screamed an earsplitting scream, which made Kyo sit bolt upright and toppling off her chair, now wide awake. Cagalli swore some of the windows in the college had been broken.
Miss Snare climbed on top of her desk, trembling as her gaze never left the floor. Cagalli and Kyo looked puzzled at each other before scanning the floor.
Kyo burst out laughing at the sight, there on the floor lay a baby cockroach! Only the size of a green pea you found in a packet of mixed vegetables!
"Get away from here, you pest!" screeched Miss Snare, attempting to kill the cockroach by throwing her shoe at it.
But the shoe missed by inches, sending the cockroach scuttling even closer to Miss Snare's desk. She screamed piercingly, making Kyo and Cagalli howl with laughter.
Miss Snare was too engrossed in the baby pest to even realized the two girls laughing their heads off at her.
Cagalli signaled to Kyo, that it was the perfect opportunity to escape without Miss Snare seeing them. Kyo nodded in reply as she swung her sling bag over her shoulder and darting out of the detention room.
Cagalli was careful not to slam the door. The moment the door clicked shut, both girls burst out laughing again. They could still hear Miss Snare screaming her lungs out and threatening the baby cockroach.
The feared discipline mistress of the junior college was afraid of a tiny baby cockroach, which was even more terrified of her than her of it.
"Jack! JACK!" screamed Miss Snare from the detention room. Out of a nearby toilet, a male janitor came bounding toward the detention room. The two girls stepped aside to make way.
"What is it my lovely lady?" asked the janitor from inside the classroom. Kyo had a hunch that Miss Snare had realized Cagalli and her were missing and was going to send that filthy janitor after them.
"There's this roach in here!" squealed Miss Snare shrilly.
"Aw, it's just a roach, honey." Retorted the janitor.
Kyo and Cagalli ran off still laughing, the moment they were out of the school bounds and jogging down the road, they knew they were out of Miss Snare's grasp.
"That evil woman has a JANITOR for a boyfriend!" laughed Cagalli, clutching her stomach.
"Yeah, I know! Wait till the others find out! And she's scared of a teeny-weeny puny cockroach!" howled Kyo, walking towards the bungalow they stayed in.
"To think, she didn't even notice us sneak out from right under her nose!" said Cagalli, looking at Kyo.
"Yep, I've never had a greater day in my life!" said Kyo, putting her hand in her pocket and finally remembering Yzak's note.
"What's that?" asked Cagalli, peering into the note, though Kyo tried to stop her blonde friend.
"Please don't get into anymore trouble. Don't think just because I think you're cute means I'll be nice to you. I'll still be the same. And take care, see you later. Signed, YZAK JULE." Cagalli quickly read out, her eyes widening.
"Oh my gosh! Someone likes you Kyo! And I think you like him too! You can barely take your eyes off him!" added Cagalli skipping around, like a kid playing joyfully.
"Don't take it seriously," said Kyo, blushing deeply, and folding the note neatly and putting it back into her pocket.
Cagalli ran up the steps to the bungalow and opened the door, and hopped in followed by Kyo.
"Cagalli, Kyo! That was quick!" exclaimed Lacus, looking up.
"There's something fishy going on, I don't think they were LET OFF." Said Kira eyeing his sister closely.
"You're right, we weren't. Wait till, we tell you all about the little frenzy that just happened. We even found out Miss Snare's weakness, and who her so called "superman" and boyfriend is!" replied Cagalli gleefully, behaving like a jolly kid.