Chapter 4 – A Mental Disturbance

In one of the boys' dormitories, there are Athrun and Kira lying on the bed with laptop in front of them. Athrun flip opened his laptop and began to do some of the homework. He looked a bit angry and tired. "I wish Nicol is still here." Athrun murmured. He did some research on mobile suits and their specs.

"Why? What's wrong with Cagalli?" Kira asked and gazed at his best friend.

"She doesn't even know anything and yet screamed back at me because I told her things and it's true by the way. Plus she is a girl! How am I gonna have a mock up fight with a girl who doesn't even know how to pilot a mobile suit?" Athrun replied back looking particularly angry.

"Maybe because she never does this kind of stuff before but who knows that she's better at other subjects?" Kira replied back and turned off his laptop. "I'm gonna go get some lunch. What do you want?"

"Like normal" Athrun replied vaguely and Kira left the room.

Athrun think over about the class he had before. He was instructed to teach Cagalli things that she missed out. He knew straight away that she won't be able to understand the things he said and accidentally yelled at her and calling her something he shouldn't.

Flashback

"Natural" he yelled. Cagalli took so much surprise and began shouting as well.

"You don't have any right to call me that!" she screaming even harder than Athrun.

"Plus, it looks like you're a cordinator! You don't even have any right to boss me around!" Cagalli argued again and left the class. No one seems to take much notice, even the teacher.

This shocked Athrun of course but he quickly gets over it and continues on what he was doing before.

End of flashback

"Maybe I should get some fresh air." Athrun thought and left the room. He planned on sitting on his favorite spot, on top of the bell tower. However, as soon as he got there, he stopped suddenly. His feet felt numb and couldn't move.

"Why is she here?" he thought again, looking rather annoyed.

A short blonde haired girl was sitting at the corner with a laptop on her lap. Beside her there are thick textbooks and a brown paper bag with her lunch inside. She took a bite of a big sandwich and typed some stuff on the laptop. Graphics of robots, more like mobile suits appeared. She tried to understand what it means but find it rather difficult. She turned her head and realised that someone was there.

"Why are you here?" Cagalli asked and focused back on the graphics.

"I'm the one that should say that. This is my spot" Athrun walked towards her and stood a bit far away from her.

"Well then, sorry, I didn't know." Cagalli answered and ignored him straight away.

Athrun wanted to go away from her but something in his mind told him to stay longer. In a second, a stomach rumbling can be heard.

"Ha! So you're hungry! I've got some extras if you want." She offered and held it out in front of him.

"No thanks. I'm not that hungry," he replied back looking embarrassed however his stomach rumbled again so he took some of Cagalli's lunch.

"Aren't you supposed to be mad at me?" Athrun asked out of his curiosity and took a bite of the sandwich.

"Who said I'm not?" Cagalli replied back with a harsh tone and tried to focus on the graphics.

"Well I'm sorry, I don't meant to say it" Athrun looked away and tried to imagine if Lacus find out that he discriminated people because they aren't Cordinator.

"I'm over it. Say…you seem to hate Natural so much. Why's that?" Cagalli asked randomly. The silent filled the atmosphere. Athrun went quiet after Cagalli's intriguing question.

"For me, I don't have anything against Cordinators just because they have all these abilities and talents. I don't mind if they are Cordinator or Natural. To me, they all pretty much the same but you know sometimes it feels different…"

"Different?" Athrun looked rather confused now.

"When you see them being ahead of others, they are better, they are smarter, they can do the things a Natural can't do" Cagalli continued and looked a bit upset.

"Forget about it! I'm talking nonsense" Cagalli packed up and turned off her laptop. She was ready to leave but Athrun stopped her.

"My mother was killed…in Junius 7" Athrun finally decided to tell.

"Junius 7…?" Cagalli is suddenly in a state of shock. She remembered that she watched on the news how Junius 7 was exploded by the Earth advanced nuclear weapons.

"You wouldn't understand. You're a Natural."