Chapter 11 Days To Weeks
A/N I'm not surprised if may of you are wondering why Athrun isn't busting those guards just to get out of the house. Mainly because, the moment he steps out of the front gate, it will send a signal from the video camera to the office. P.S Patrick Zala knows Cagalli is in the hospital, but Athrun doesn't. So Patrick can just walk over and kill her.
Cagalli just watched her days pass slowly, as she lay in bed, occasionally getting up to use the loo or maybe give her legs some exercise.
Her only companion was Holly, who faithfully stayed by her side day or night, another was her mother, who was even staying overnight at the hospital now.
Often, Cagalli would fall asleep, but awaken every time the door of her ward clicked open, to see if it was Athrun or if she had any visitors at all. But time after time, they were people only coming to pay visits to her fellow wardmates.
The days slowly turned to weeks, and it seemed Athrun wasn't having such a good time either. Every day he would be cooped up in his home, although it was a gargantuan mansion, almost being bored to death.
In addition, the sound of Mia's high-pitched voice, really made Athrun want to scratch his fingernails against the wall. It frustrated the former Justice pilot to know that he couldn't get out of the front gate, let alone check up on Cagalli.
What's more, the date of Mia and his wedding was approaching in a matter of a week! Athrun hadn't a choice whether to wed her or not, he had been betrothed to her by his father and was forced to marry her, or Cagalli's life would be lost.
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"Cagalli, I've brought you breakfast," said Ochika, coming in with a tray of porridge and a cup of hot chocolate.
The blonde girl just turned away from her mother, in her arms cradled Holly, who licked her owner's face in an attempt to cheer her up. Ochika just sighed and sat down on the armchair beside Cagalli's bed.
"You've got to eat something, Cagalli. I'm sure you're hungry, don't torture yourself by doing this." said Ochika, stroking her daughter's head and feeling her forehead to see if she was feverish.
"Mother, when you said only 1 or 2 people out of a 100 survived my condition, what did they do to make themselves pull through?" asked Cagalli softly, looking out of the window and squinting as the sun's rays shone through.
"That's what I hate to tell you, because even if you know what pulled them through, you'd never be able to do it alone. They pulled through because either their boyfriend or girlfriend turned up to visit them and make it up to them for their foolish acts." explained Ochika softly, gazing lovingly down at her daughter.
The news just brought fresh tears to Cagalli's eyes. She didn't want to eat, she'd only eat if Athrun would come and feed her. Besides, even if she wanted to eat herself, she couldn't find the strength to even open her mouth wide enough to let the spoon in.
"Cagalli it breaks my heart to see you like this," said Ochika worriedly, folding her hands neatly on her lap.
"Do you know how much my heart aches to know that the young man I love is to wed another girl, and he said that he'd love me no matter who he was with? But then, all of a sudden when I'm hurt not just mentally but physically as well, he didn't even give a damn!" replied Cagalli, her voice sounding weak and almost as if it was going to vanish into the depths of her throat.
Ochika sighed, she could see the fear and hurt in Cagalli's eyes. Athrun must've meant a lot to her, he was probably the bane of her life now. Without him, Cagalli seemed to be suffocating, and her life was slowly wasting away. The nurse turned and walked out of the ward, to let her daughter have some peace and quiet.
"Cagalli!" came an exclamation from the doorway of the ward. Cagalli turnd her head around to see an auburn-haired girl jogging towards her with a basket of fruits in hand.
"I'm so glad you're alright! The boss's father has taken over the company, and when I realised you weren't coming anymore, I began to get worried. Then I found out you had been fired, and then I bumped to that whacky Dearka Elthman guy, and he told me you were here!" said the girl, whom Cagalli recognised as Miriallia.
"How did Elthman know I was here?" asked Cagalli weakly, trying to sit up although Miriallia pushed her back down.
"Don't try to sit up, you need your strength. I suppose another doctor informed him," said Miriallia, smiling ruefully at Cagalli before her gaze fell upon Holly.
"Oh my gosh, it's so cute," Miriallia gasped, patting the puppy's head, making it yelp and hide under Cagalli's blanket.
"Her name's Holly, my mother bought her for me, she's pretty shy with strangers." said Cagalli, grinning widely, for the first time in weeks.
"Oh, I see." said Miriallia, gently urging Holly to come out from under the blanket.
"Good morning, ladies," greeted Kira, coming into the ward to check up on Cagalli, and seeing that she had a friend who came to visit her.
Miriallia's face fell when she set her eyes on the brunette doctor. Kira didn't look at ease himself. There was an awkward silence before Kira spoke.
"So, how are you feeling, Cagalli?" asked Kira, flipping open his record file of Cagalli and taking out a pen.
"Tired, I guess, and a litte nauseous," replied Cagalli sighing, and taking Holly out from under her blanket and placing her on the side of her bed.
"Nauseous? That's odd, well nevermind, maybe you're just hungry, come on, eat up." said Kira smiling at Cagalli, before turning on heel and walking off.
"What's up with you and him?" asked Cagalli, looing up at the short-haired girl, who just pursed her lips and sighed.
"He's my ex-boyfriend, I had no idea he was working here. He's quite gentle, so you need not be afraid of him, in fact I think he's overly gentle, he's extremely sensitive as well. When he was at school, he used to cry a lot." said Miriallia grinning at Cagalli, who seemed interested to listen.
"Oh, really?" said Cagalli, scratching the back of Holly's ears.
Miriallia smield toothily in reply, "If you don't mind, I need to get going, work starts soon." she said, wishing Cagalli good luck before walking off.
However, she bumped into Kira again on the way. "Can I ask you something?" asked Miriallia, not looking at the young doctor.
"Shoot," replied Kira, flipping through is file.
"What's wrong with Cagalli?" asked Miriallia curiously, shifting ehr weight from one foot to another.
"She's suffering a relapse of an emotional breakdown, her condition is critical, although she doesn't look it. It's pulling her health down hill, and I'm sure you know who the cause of all this is." said Kira bluntly, and attempting to wlak away before Miriallia stopped him.
"Who?" Miriallia questioned, eager to find out so that she could help her blonde friend.
"Your former boss and my friend, Athrun Zala. Cagalli seems to love him more than life is worth, she'd die if she has to make him come back to her. Like I said, she's losing the will to live on." explained Kira, finally looking at Miriallia in the eye.
"Ok, thank you," said Miriallia, pulling away from him and walking briskly off.
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"Mia please, just lay off me, ok?" said Athrun coolly, hoping that the pink-headed girl would listen to him and leave him alone.
"Athrun, it's time we got to know each other better, rather than still being all awkward after we're married." said Mia, pouting at Athrun, and making him sigh and walk off.
"Athrun!" called Mia, sitting on the sofa, her red haro rolling about and giggling away.
Athrun shut his room door and threw himself onto the bed, feeling his tears of frustration leak out from his eyes. Why wasn't he strong enough to overpower his father?
Baby, please try to forgive me
Stay here don't put out the glow
Hold me now don't bother
With every minute it makes me weaker
You can save me
From the man that I've become
Oh yeah
It made Athrun feel so useless to know that there was nothing he could do about his current state or that he couldn't check up on Cagalli, to see how she was.
He just wished that Cagalli would be there with him, so he could hold her in his arms, comfort her and tell her how much he loved her. However, it seemed that that wish could never be realised.
Lookin' back at the things I've done
I was tryin' to be someone
I played my part
Kept you in the dark
Now let me show you
The shape of my heart
A/N Hope you enjoyed this chappie, so will Athrun be able to return to Cagalli's side? And do I see a spark between Miriallia and Kira? Read on! P.S The song is "Shape Of My Heart" by Backstreet Boys. And pls review!