Disclaimer: Gundam SEED/Destiny DOES NOT belong to me.

A/N: I'm sorry my last chapter was kind of boring, even I thought that. I was only half awake when I was writing it. LoL. Well, I read some other GS fics and their chapters are long! I can't seem to know how they do it! Whenever I type my chapter on Microsoft Word, it looks so long but once I upload it, it only takes half of the space…boohoo….well, here is my sixth chapter. Oh and, Athrun doesn't have any special feeling for Cagalli yet, but this chapter might give you a hint of how he feels about her.

Chapter 6: Feelings we must not have

"Sorry my room is so small, I live alone, so I didn't need that much space."

"No, that's alright, I don't mind." Cagalli looked around the room and found it clean and simple. There was one medium sized bed against the wall, and a small table with a lamp on it. She saw a picture frame next to the lamp, and walked over to look at it. There was a woman and a boy with the similar colored hair standing next to each other.

"Athrun, is that you?" Cagalli asked as she pointed to the picture. Athrun nodded.

"You look so young….and is that your mother?"

"Yes, that photo was taken not long before she passed away." Athrun stepped closer to look at the picture with Cagalli. "Wow…she looks so beautiful…you resemble your mother, don't you Athrun?"

Athrun laughed quietly. "You think so?"

"Yea, you both have the same eyes…" Cagalli took a moment to take another good look at the photo and smiled to herself. "You are very lucky…that you remember how your mother looked like…" Athrun looked at her and raised his eye brows.

"Cagalli, do you have a mother?" Athrun asked trying to sound as polite as possible.

"Of course, everyone has a mother at some point…but it's just that, I never even got to see my mother's face…my father told me she left us when I was just a baby…" Cagalli smiled sadly at Athrun who was listening to her closely. "I wish I had a picture of her…just once, I would like to see her face, the one who gave birth to me…"

"Is it ok for me to ask you for her name?" Athrun asked but Cagalli just turned her head to look at the picture again.

"I'm ashamed to say that….I don't know her name…" Cagalli fidgeted her fingers. "Father won't talk about her, even if I ask…I don't know anything about my mother to be honest." Athrun gazed at her face from the side.

"I'm so stupid! Why did I even ask her that question! Athrun…you are truly an idiot...quick! Think of something to say that will change the subject!" Athrun cleared his throat. "Say, it's getting pretty late, don't you think you should get to sleep now?" he asked a bit nervously.

Cagalli turned to Athrun and gave him a funny look. "Um…I think going to sleep at 7:00pm is a bit too early…but if you insist…"

"Hn…you're right, maybe we should have a cup of warm tea or something?" he said trying to sound natural. Cagalli smiled.

"A cup of tea sounds great."

"Ok, but before I get the water ready, do you mind if I change?"

"Oh, sorry! I'll get out now." Cagalli ran out of his room and shut the door. Athrun then started to take off his top part of his uniform as he opened the closet. He changed into some comfortable clothes and stepped out of the room. He saw Cagalli sitting on the couch looking at her hands.

"Are you bored already?" Athrun asked as he headed for the kitchen. Cagalli shook her head.

"No…just thinking…" she simply replied. Athrun filled a teapot with water and put it over the stove which was on medium temperature.

"Thinking about what?" He asked even if it has been a little late.

"Just stuffs…"

After a few minutes, the pot released white stream out of the tiny holes, meaning the water was hot. Athrun turned the stove off and got out two cups. He poured the boiled water into them and got out a jar of thick looking syrup. He opened the jar and put some of the syrup into the cups and stirred it with a spoon.

"Cagalli, the tea is ready." He said as he looked over from the kitchen and still found Cagalli sitting on the couch, not moving a muscle. She looked over and smiled.

"I'm coming." She got up and walked over to the light brown table and sat on the chair. Athrun brought the cups holding one in each of his hands as he set one in front of the blonde. He sat down across from her as he held the warm tea in his hands.

"Thanks." Cagalli put her index and middle finger through the handle hole and brought the edge of the cup to her lips. She sipped a little bit and found the tea quite hot. Athrun watched her every movement but Cagalli didn't notice. He had a weird feeling of having a girl in his apartment, and the fact that she was going to stay with him for a while.

"Maybe I should ask her something…this quietness is getting a bit akward…" Athrun thought for a while.

"Um, is there anything you're wondering about? You can always ask." Cagalli set her tea down and looked at him.

"Actually, I do."

Athrun just starred for a second. He wasn't expecting that she was going to say yes but he asked back to hear what she has been wondering about. "What is it?" he slightly blew on his tea before drinking it.

"It's about school…I left my uniform and all the textbooks at my house. I can't think of an excuse for not following the dress code and why I didn't bring any of the books…Mr. Onajiwa is probably going to give me like twenty detentions…"

Athrun let out a soft chuckle and sighed. "That is going to be a problem, isn't it?...Well, is your father home all day?"

Cagalli shook her head. "Are you kidding? He goes out of the house at 7:00am and comes back at 9:00pm. That's the normal schedule, if he has longer meetings, he comes back home when I'm asleep…like today…." Athrun put up an elbow on the table and rested his chin on his hand.

"So he's coming late today….but this would all be a waste if a soldier caught you around your house…"

"Hmm…I hope I'll think of something by Sunday…" Suddenly, Cagalli's face lit up with but her expression was blank.

"Did you think of it?" he asked in surprise.

"Well no….I just wanted to know if you….had a girlfriend or something…." She looked down into her cup and saw her blurry reflection in the light brown liquid.

Athrun was taken back by this question. "Why would you ask?"

"Just….if you did, I think she would be upset if she found that I'm staying at your place...so I wanted to know…"

"Well no need to worry, I have never even had any friends who are female until I met you. But thanks for thinking about it." Athrun saw Cagallis turn her face away slightly,

"I can't believe that he never had a girlfriend before! I mean, he's so kind and…handsome…Wait! What am I thinking? This isn't the reason why I asked this question!..." Cagalli slightly hit the table with the side of her fist feeling angry with herself.

"It's not like I like him or anything!"

Athrun slightly cocked his head in confusion. "Ugh...you don't like who?" she snapped back to reality when his voice reached her ears.

Cagalli looked at the confused Athrun and forced out a small, nervous laugh. "I have this bad habit of talking to myself whenever I ugh…whenever I get angry…" she found the words to speak, but they weren't exactly what she was looking for.

"Well I'm sorry if I said anything to make you angry." Athrun said in an apologetic tone.

"No! I'm not angry at what you said, I just….never mind, forget that I ever even said anything…"

Athrun saw a shade of pink on her cheeks and knew she was embarrassed. "Alright, well I'm finished drinking my tea." He got up and put his cup in the kitchen sink. Soon after, Cagalli did the same thing and rubbed her right eye.

"Hey Athrun?" she called out in a tired voice. Athrun turned back from the living room and looked at Cagalli in the kitchen.

"Hmn?" he waited for her reply.

"I think I want to sleep now, I know it's still early but for some reason, I feel worn out…"

Athrun nodded. "Alright, follow me." Cagalli did as she was told as he led her to his room again.

"Go ahead and sleep in here, I'll be fine on the couch."

"No, that's alright, I don't want to take over your room, I'll sleep on the couch." Cagalli slightly walked to the door, motioning to the couch. But a tight hand wrapped around her elbow and pulled her back to the middle of the room.

"Now, that wouldn't be right, shouldn't the princess be treated with dignity and respect?" Athrun put on small grin as he slowly released her arm. Cagalli turned and was face to face with him.

"Princess? This feels so weird…I know I'm the head representative of Orb's daughter, but no one ever called me that…"

"Well, don't worry about anything and have a good sleep." Before she had a chance to say anything, he left her in his room hitting off the light. She turned around but it was too late.

"I didn't even get to thank him…." Cagalli let out a slow sigh as she lifted up the bed sheet to get under it. She left like she was on a cloud when her head slight sank into the pillow.

"I don't get it…why didn't I get angry when he called me a 'princess'? It sounds…childish in a way and I would've yelled at anyone who called me that..." Cagalli paused for a little while before thinking. "Could it be….that I really like him? But this isn't right! He's the son of ZAFT and I'm the daughter of Orb….I have to stop getting these funny feelings…"

Cagalli shook all the thinking away and closed her eyes as she fell into a deep sleep.

Meanwhile, Athrun sat on the couch and closed his eyes as well. He too fell asleep.

1:00am midnight…

Athrun was now lying on the couch as he slept, until a loud knock on the door disturbed him. He opened his eyes and sat up as he groaned.

"Who could it be at this late of an hour?" Athrun got up and walked over to the door and opened it. There stood a tired looking brunette haired boy with a goofy grin.

"Kira!" Athrun was shocked to see his friend at his house at midnight. Kira stepped inside.

"Hey Athrun, do you mind if I stay at your house for one night?" his voice didn't seem normal. Athrun smelled something coming from Kira.

"Did you drink again?"

Kira nodded as he made his way inside and collapsed onto the couch. Athrun closed and locked the door back up and walked over to his drunk friend.

"Kira…you could've picked the worst time to drink…"

"Sorry…my house was too far so I came here…don't mind me and go back to sleep Athrun…" Kira made a shooing motion with his hand towards his room as he yawned.

"What am I going to do? Cagalli's in that room and all that's left is the bathroom…Kira will be suspicious when he gets up tomorrow to find me sleeping on the ground next to him…damn it…" Athrun walked over and carefully opened the door of his room. He got in and closed the door back to find everything pretty much dark.

"I'll just sleep next to the bed…" he got out some blankets, a pillow from the closet and set if on the ground. Before he laid down, he took a glance at Cagalli's sleeping face. Athrun suddenly felt a tingly feeling in his stomach. Even if she pretended to be a guy at his school, he had to admit, she was pretty."

Athrun lied on the hard floor as he shifted his body, trying to find a comfortable position. Like that, he once again fell asleep.

5:00am…

"Damn…" Athrun's eyes flung open when he heard Kira get up and walk towards his room.

"Hey Athrun? You asleep?" came Kira's voice sounding a bit croaky from the other side of the door. Athrun quickly got up from the ground and jumped onto the bed, under the covers with Cagalli. She woke up feeling startled and saw Athrun on top of her with his knees on each of the sides, right below her hips. Just when she was about to scream, he put an index finger to her lips.

"Shhh, just stay quiet for a while Cagalli…" Athrun whispered as lightly as he could.

"Well, I'm going now, my mom is going to kill me, thanks for letting me in Athrun." Kira spoke again.

Athrun didn't say anything letting Kira know he was asleep. Cagalli felt her heart beat faster and faster, she has never been this close to him. They're faces were VERY close together and they felt themselves breathe on each other. Cagalli thought it was getting a bit warm since her whole body was under the cover and with Athrun on top of her.

Then there was a sound of a door closing. Athrun closed his eyes and let out a sigh of relief. He opened then back up and saw Cagalli's face starring back at his still in shock. Athrun now felt the warmness surround his skin and he longed for more. His body slowly moved closer to hers and they made a slight contact. Athrun immediately stopped when he realized what he was doing. He flipped the covers and got up from the bed.

"Um…sorry….K, Kira was sleeping in the living room and I didn't want him to know you were here….ugh…it's a…long story..." he stammered.

Cagalli sat up and looked down at her bed. "Oh…I see…"

"Sorry for waking you up…I'll go now…" Athrun walked out and closed the door behind him. He looked down at his hand.

"What's wrong with me?...I…never felt like that before….why did I want to get closer to her?…I need to get rid of this feeling…it's only been a day since she was staying here and I don't want to cause trouble for her, as well as for me…" Athrun looked at the clock.

"It feels like I didn't get much sleep because of all the comotion…."

A/N: I wrote this chapter little by little each day so if it sounds weird or not very connected, sorry! Well, thanks for all the reviews once again! Would you mind reviewing for this chapter for me? Thank you!