Chapter 10 Forbiddened Love
A/N I hate Mia! Oh well, who doesn't? She's always the baddie! Anyway, hope you'll enjoy this chappie!
"Athrun?" called Mia, stepping into the mansion, and slipping her shoes off by the foot mat and scanning the vicinity of the hallroom.
Mia slowly climbed up the oak staircase and walked down the corridor toward Athrun's room. There were two pairs of shoes just outside the room door, one Mia recognised as Athrun's, and another a lady's pair!
Mia smirked to herself, she had seen Athrun's blonde secretary wearing that pair, quite a few times when she had popped by at the company to see him. "Well, well, well, what d'you know? They're moving faster than I thought, Athrun really does still love her." Mia thought to herself.
The fake pink-headed girl quickly ran downstairs and grabbed a small knife and hid it behind her back before heading back up to the entrance of the bedroom.
Mia quietly opened the door. Looking at the position her fiance and his secretary were in, she devised a cunning plan.
If she screamed, Mia knew that Athrun would sit upright so quickly that his poor secretary would be thrown to the floor. It was just too perfect an oppurtunity to miss. Mia stuck the knife upwards in the carpet, once the blonde was thrown off, she'd land on knife on the floor.
And of course for goodness sake, she'd bleed to death, and there would be nothing Athrun could do to save her.
Being an actress, it wasn't hard for Mia to put on and extremely horrified face and gasp. "ATHRUN!" she squealed, sure enough the blue-haired co-ordinator sat bolt upright, unaware that Cagalli's head was resting on his chest.
Cagalli was thrown forward and she tumbled off the bed, she felt searing pain on her left forearm then another time on her back.
The blonde girl gave a soft yelp as she landed on her front, a long gash on her back, and another gash on her forearm. Mia looked absolutely horrified, though on the inside she was raging, Cagalli merely got a deep long cut on her back and arm! She didn't get stabbed!
"What is going on?" asked Patrick Zala, storming into the room, his luggage in hand. Upon seeing Cagalli lying on her front on the floor in her undergarments, and his topless son with only a pair of shorts on, he snorted loudly.
Patrick grabbed Athrun by the neck and threw him out of the bedroom, Mia following along behind, before shutting the bedroom door, leaving Cagalli lying on the floor.
Cagalli felt a jet of pain shoot through her chest, and then another a few times later. She heaved herself upright, and crawled on all floors toward her clothes.
Her back wasn't bleeding much, and Cagalli guessed her clothes would be able to hold the blood for a while before she got home to clean the wounds, though she didn't know whether she could reach her back.
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Patrick Zala threw his son into his own room and shut the door after Mia had come in. "Athrun Zala explain yourself!" he boomed, glaring menacingly at his 17 year old son.
Athrun just remained silent glaring at his father ferociously.
"How can I explain myself? I can't put my feelings into words, can I?" hissed Athrun, his fists clenched.
"I've already made arrangments for your marriage, Athrun, and if you dare see that girl again, you'll get more than hell from me. How can you do this to Mia?" exclaimed the senior Zala, slamming his fist against the concrete wall.
"That blonde girl is his secretary, sir." said Mia, forced tears rolling down her cheeks as she looked at Athrun with a puppy-dog look.
"If that's the case, I'll run the company from now on, and when she comes back I'll kill her. To think she seduced you when you're already engaged." snarled Patrick, shooting his son a penetrating look.
"She didn't," retorted Athrun sarcastically, standing up to full height and looking at his father.
"So you're saying that you yourself, wanted to sleep with her?" questioned Patrick Zala, looking at his son straight in the eye.
"I'll just make myself clear, you may force me to marry Mia, but I'll still find a way to be with Cagalli instead, and if I don't succeed, I will never be able to make myself love Mia." said Athrun firmly, walking out of the room.
"ATHRUN! I'M WARNING YOU, SEE HER AGAIN AND SHE GOES!" hollered the senior Zala, watching his rebellious son exit the bedroom.
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Cagalli saw the world around her wobble from side to side, as she clutched her head. What was happening? Why was everything spinning around and around?
The blonde girl felt a jet of pain shoot through her chest once more, before everything went black.
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Athrun re-entered his bedroom, to find the blood-stained knife on the floor. There was the knife and blood, but where was the victim? Athrun's heart began to race as he checked the bathroom, and all the places in his room where a person would be able to hide in.
But to no avail, there was no sign of the blonde girl. Athrun assumed she had left as her knapsack, shoes and clothes were all gone.
However, the thought of her safety still ailed him. Was she alright? Would she be alright? Cagalli, she had been hurt mentally, now, physically as well, and worst of all, Athrun wasn't there to help her!
For now, all the blue-haired co-ordinator could do was stay indoors, as his creep of a father had security guards stationed at every entrance of their home to ensure that his son didn't sneak out.
Athrun slipped his shirt back on, and fell backwards onto his bed, worrying for the blonde girl. There was a soft click when Mia entered his room and closed the door.
Athrun didn't bother to respond to her entry, just lying there staring up at the ceiling. He felt a pair of warm and soft hands slide onto his cheek and collar-bone.
"If you want a second round of last night, I can help you relive it." Mia whispered, kissing him on the cheek before letting her lips dance down to his collar-bone.
"Why won't you just let me go? It's because of your constant pleadings to my father that he wants me to marry you. It's not like you love me anyway," hissed Athrun, his eyes scanning her entire body for any weapons or sharp objects, in case she wanted to kill him for what he had just done.
"Well, I can make myself love you if you play along with me. And besides, you're so charming, who can resist you?" whispered Mia, licking the sides of his face.
"If all the girls and women who walk past me on the street can stop themselves from clinging onto me, why can't you! A man can only marry ONE woman, and unfortunately, the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with, isn't going to be you!" bellowed Athrun, bucking Mia off him, so she tumbled onto the bed and nearly falling off.
"Athrun! You're ruthless!" squeaked Mia, tears welling up in her baby blue eyes, as she clutched onto the bedsheet.
"Oh, don't pretend, you make such a brilliant actress on screen, I even have difficulties judging if you're telling the truth or not." contradicted Athrun curtly, standing up to full height, taking Mia by the arm and pushing her out of the room, before slamming the door shut and locking it.
Athrun sunk down against the door, he knew he would never forgive himself if anything major happened to Cagalli. But what bothered him was that he would never know if she was fine or not, and that left him in great suspense.
Mia wiped away her tears, which were obviously forced. "Well, you're playing extreme hard to get, and that does not please me, Athrun Zala. What makes me so inferior to that dumb blonde anyway?" Mia muttered under her breath as she stared at the door, as though she could see right through it and into Athrun's bedroom.
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Cagalli moaned as she heard voices around her. Her eyelids fluttered open, and the first person she saw, was her mother.
"Oh, thank goodness, you've come around? Where've you been all night?" sobbed Ochika, who was in the midst of tears, as she stroked her daughter's cheek gently.
"I-I slept- at-at the office, yeah, at the office," Cagalli quickly made up, though she felt extremely weak and helpless.
"Cagalli, don't lie to me, Dr. Kira Yamato found you nowhere near the company vicinity, in fact you were about a 10 kilometres from where the company was located." said Ochika, her voice shaking madly, as she gestured toward a brunette young man with lavender eyes and a baby-face, and wearing a doctor's coat.
"Now, what might you have been doing so far from the company? And I checked up with the company accountant and she said that the company's boss, who also happens to be a friend of mine, lived around the area. So, are you sure you slept at the office?" quetioned Dr. Yamato, a small grin playing across his rosette lips.
The blonde girl remained silent and turned her head away from her mother and the young doctor. "Cagalli, you're not saying you spent the night with Athrun?" asked Ochika, sounding extremely concerned for her daughter's well-being.
"What else could I have done? You know how much I love and missed him," replied Cagalli, tears leaking from the sides of her eyes and flowing to the back of her head.
"Cagalli, it's not that I'm against your spending the night with him, it's just that you should have notified me about how late you were going to be, I was worried sick when the clock struck midnight!" said Ochika, pushing some of Cagalli's hair away form her face.
"You'll be staying here for the meantime, and I heard that Athrun's father has taken over the role of the boss and has fired you. I'm aware of your condition Cagalli, and I hate to tell you this, but it's worse than before." sighed Dr. Yamato, closing his record file and looking at Cagalli.
"Do you think I care? I was hurt physically, and he didn't even come back to help, so I left! I told him in the evening that I couldn't afford another setback, or it would be the end of me, however, it seems that I'm back here again." cried Cagalli, suddenly realising that she back in the hospital again, and wiping the tears from her face with the back of her hand.
"Well, I've patched you up, we'll just have to hope that your condition improves, and try not to think too much about Athrun if it pains you." said Dr. Yamato, smiling wryly at the blonde girl.
"Thank you, Dr. Yamato." replied Cagalli ruefully, forcing a smile at the young doctor.
"Oh, and please, call me Kira. I don't really think the term "doctor" suits me, except for the fact that I am one." said Dr. Yamato, trying to make it a joke.
Cagalli's head lolled over to the side, as she stared out of the window from her position on the hospital bed, but she perked up when she hear d two jovial barks from beside her.
There stood Ochika, holding the husky pup in her arms, as it struggled to break free of her grasp. "I brought her here to accompany you. Anyway, Holly pined the whole night for you when you were away, so I'm sure she's glad to see you." said Ochika, placing the pup on the side of Cagalli's bed so it could curl up beside her.
Ochika planted a kiss on Cagalli's forehead, "Promise me, you'll pull through this phase. I've seen many patients with your condition, and only about 1 or 2 out of a 100 made it through. I don't want to lose you, it'll break my heart and I'll be pining for you every single day." said Ochika, her eyes shining with tears.
"Rest assured, I'll do by best to keep alive, no matter how much my conditions affects me." reassured Cagalli, smiling wryly as she stroked Holly's soft head.
"I'll come and see you later, I've to get back to work." said Ochika, blowing a flying kiss at her daughter before walking off.
A/N Now that was a long chapter, and I wish I could send Mia to hell! But she plays an important role in the story! No Mia, means no plot! Pls review!