Chapter 5 Painstaking Reunion
A/N Sorry if I took long to update, I was kind of busy with work and "Teen Life". But hope you enjoy this chappie!
"Mum, I didn't see you at dinner, last night." said Cagalli, coming into the kitchen where Ochika was doing some cleaning.
"Oh sorry, I had to do some over-time as one of the nurses was on leave." replied Ochika, smiling at her adoptive daughter, who was cradling the husky pup in her arms.
Holly wriggled a bit, forcing Cagalli to let her onto the floor to trot about. "I'm glad you like her. So, how was your day at work, yesterday?" asked Ochika, passing her daughter a new set of work uniform.
"Terrible, the boss, Mr. Jule is practically unreasonable and has such an awful way of making you work harder. He'll tell you that the work is due by that day, but actually it's not." exclaimed Cagalli, going down a bedroom door and changing.
"Well, you'll have to get used to him, I guess." said Ochika, laying a bowl of dog food and a special milk formula on the floor for Holly.
"That's the good part, Miss Haww told me that the company is bound to be taken over due to bad business." said Cagalli poking her head round the door, and grinning widely.
"How would you know the new boss would be better?" asked Ochika smartly, eagerly waiting for a reply from the blonde girl.
"Well, I can just sense it." said Cagalli, coming back out once she had changed out of her home-clothes and into her work uniform.
"You look so smart, and I can't help repeating that." said Ochika neatening her daughter's collar and brushing little flecks of dust from her coat.
"I hate the skirt, I can't even stretch my legs out properly, and my, the heels are killing me!" complained Cagalli pathetically.
"Yeah I can see that. Black stilletto heels, wow, good luck to you when you're carrying heavy files." said Ochika giggling, as she did the laundry.
"Very funny, will I be seeing you at dinner today?" asked Cagalli, eyeing her mother closely.
"Yes you will, I took the day off today, to spend time with you in the evening, and partailly because I'm tired from yesterday." sighed Ochika, turning off the kettle, which had begun whistling away.
"Ok, I ought to be going, I look forward to seeing you tonight." said Cagalli sweetly, giving her mother a quick peck on the cheek, stroking Holly's head before leaving the house.
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"What's going on?" asked Cagalli, the moment she entered the office, to see that things were being rearranged and people were walking in and out with boxes in hand.
"Miss Cagalli! I'm Miss Haww, I spoke to you yesterday?" said a kind looking young lady,w ho walked up to her and shook her hand.
"Oh, pleased to meet you, Miss Haww." replied Cagalli politely, giving a toothy smile, "May I know, but what's going on?"
"I knew you'd ask, the company got taken over yesterday, just a little while after you left. So right now, things are being shifted here and there." explained Miss Haww, sitting down on the couch in the staff lounge.
"Why don't you just call me Miriallia, the term "Miss" doesn't really suit me." said Miss Haww, smiling warmly at Cagalli.
"Alright, but you have to call me Cagalli as well," said Cagalli knowingly, looking at the young lady with short reddish hair.
"Ok, no problem. Work starts in about 10 minutes, and you're still the boss's secretary, so not much changes for you. I've heard the new boss is really nice, kindhearted and gentle. Though, you don't want to make him fume." said Miriallia laughing slightly.
"I really wonder who he is, do you know if he's young?" asked Cagalli eagerly, curious to find out more.
"Are you looking for Mr. Right or something?" asked Miriallia giggling softly.
"Not really, but I want to fall in love again though. Something happened in the past that really tore me up, so I just want to get back on track." sighed Cagalli gently.
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The new boss stacked up a few files on his desk, neatening the office and cleaning up, his blue hair sometimes getting in the way of things.
There was a knock on the door, and he quickly cleared up everythign else and sat in his chair. "Come in," he said, loud enough to be heard.
The door creaked open, to reveal a girl with peach skin, honey-brown eyes and blonde hair. His eyes widened as he gazed up at her.
"This can't be happening," Cagalli thought to herself. Blue hair and the most striking emerald eyes you could ever find on earth. It was unmistakably... Athrun!
There was an awkward silence, before Cagalli turned and walked out of the office door. Athrun darted out of his seat and out of the door. He grabbed her by the arm, and dragged her back in, his hand clamped firmly on her mouth so she couldn't scream or even squeak.
Cagalli struggled hard, but Atrhun knew very well how to calm her down. Using his index finger, he stroked up and down the nape of her neck, making her shut up and stop her tugging.
Athrun loosened his grip on Cagalli and let her go, though he stood in front of the doorway preventing any means of escape for her.
"Let m-me... out... out of... here," Cagalli stammered her body plastered firmly against the wall, not daring to move.
"Cagalli, listen to me," said Athrun coolly, looking at her longingly.
"NO! YOU LISTEN! I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME! BUT YOU LEFT FOR SOME OTHER GIRL!" shouted Cagalli, tears of frustration of being cornered and anger welling up in her eyes.
"Cagalli, it's not that I wanted to! If I didn't, my father would've killed you!" barked Athrun fiercely.
"Even when you left me, I was nearly killed anyway!" said Cagalli menacingly.
"Huh?" said Athrun, his face returning to normal, as he strained to understand what she had just said.
"Nearly killed by the fact that you didn't care any more, and that I was alone! Maybe you didn't know that I spent 6 months in the Intensive Care Unit because I suffered from an emotional breakdown! Even my doctor was some nutty guy, who actaully wanted to glue my heart back together with super glue!" shouted Cagalli pitifully, tears rolling down her cheeks.
Athrun looked utterly dumbstruck and furious with himself, as he stared sideways at the floor.
"So how's it going between you and Campbell? You're probably going to tell me that you're already married anyway. So save you breath." snapped Cagalli, walking towards him and attempting tp push past him but he grabbed her and engaged her into a deep kiss.
Cagalli's tensed body relaxed, as she fell into his arms, silent tears rolling down her cheeks. "I'm so sorry," Atrhun whispered into her ear as he cuddled her tight.
Cagalli just buried her head into his shoulder and started to cry uncontrollably into it.
The pair just shared the intimate moment for a brief while, before the door flew open, knocking both of them to the ground at Athrun was standing in front of the door.
A/N Rather short chapter, I know. But all of you guessed right who the boss was going to be. So what's going to happen next? Who flung open the door? Read the next chappie to find out! Pls review!