Chapter 5 – Her Thought

"…because you're a Natural" Athrun last words echoed in her head. Cagalli tried to think over how her first day had been a weird one. First during the lesson, she feels like wanting to puke whenever she's gonna see his face but now she had this sorry feeling for him.

"Anything wrong, Cagalli?" a soft voice can be heard out of nowhere and disturbed Cagalli straight away.

"Lacus?" Cagalli jumped up a bit as soon as she saw her walking towards her.

"Sorry, I don't mean to surprise you but you look quite disturbed." Lacus apologized straight away. She went to her bed and put on her pink pyjamas.

"I'm alright. It's just that…say…do you know Athrun?" Cagalli asked suddenly.

"Athrun? Of course, he's a friend of mine since we're little." Lacus replied and gets on her bed. "Is there anything wrong with Athrun? I hope he doesn't give you a hard time?"

Cagalli looked at her once more. Is she a mind reader?

"There's nothing wrong with him. Well, good night." Cagalli gets on her bed and turned off the light.

"Good night" Lacus replied quietly.

In a minute, it was all dead silent. It seems that Lacus had gone off to sleep. Cagalli gazed at the empty wall beside her and think over what Athrun had said earlier.

"…because you're a Natural" "My mother was killed…in Junius 7"

The incident of Junius 7 had been a dreadful one. The civilians died in an instant because of the nuclear weapon used by the Earth forces and now she knew that Athrun's mother was one of those victims. It's true that the Naturals started the war and fortunately the war has ended a year ago. Both sides are striving for peace but can those hurtful memories be forgotten?

"But is it right to discriminate others just because they are Natural?" Cagalli thinks again.

"He's just an idiot." Then Cagalli dozed off to sleep. On the next morning, Cagalli woke up earlier than others and decided to have a morning walk around the school. She also decided to make a call to Kisaka and told him how her day's been. Cagalli walked up to the top of the bell tower, where she sat yesterday during break and remembered about their conversation.

"Why do I have to feel sorry for that idiot?" Cagalli said to herself. "Next time I'm gonna give him a good whack on the head, that guy really pissed me off so badly."

"Good morning, Cagalli" A boy figure appeared walking towards her.

"Ah Kira, good morning." Cagalli replied and waved at him.

"Do you normally wake up this early? I mean everyone is still sleeping." Kira asked and stood beside Cagalli.

Cagalli didn't reply. She was too busy looking at the surrounding view.

"I'm sorry if Athrun gives you a hard time and maybe…his friends as well." Kira finally let it out.

"Nah, I'm alright." Cagalli replied but in a lazy way. She doesn't feel like talking about that guy or his stupid gang.

"It's good then. Err… do you have anything to do during the weekend?" Kira asked suddenly.

"I could spare some time till the afternoon. So what's up?"

"Umm…"