Chapter 6

Alone in her room, she thought about Yzak confession. She liked Yzak but she only saw him as a brother or best friend. She didn't love him as a lover. For the first time she met Athrun, she felt something different about him. He was gentle, kind, and undoubtedly charming. She was longing for his touch, every time she was near him, she could feel warmth inside. She closed her eyes as she remembered Yzak words.

Flashback

"You love me?" Cagalli asked in disbelief.

"Yes I am, honestly speaking it is the first tine I fall in love with a girl. First time I hated and even cursed this engagement but after I saw and talked to you, I changed my mind. You are different from any other girls, you are strong but at the same time also fragile, tomboy and gentle. You have everything that I sought from a woman."

Yzak confession made her panicked and she blushed like a tomato, "Yzak, I-…" Yzak cut her words, "I am sorry if I offended you with my feeling. But I want you to know about it. I know you don't love me as I do to you, but I promise I will make you happy. And I will wait until you return my felling."

End of flashback

Should she tell Yzak about her true feeling? But that would hurt him. She like Yzak and she didn't want to hurt his feeling. Her head ached terribly as she thinking about it, she was engage with Yzak but she fell in love with his friend, and she didn't know whether Athrun would return her felling or not. Frustrated, she lay down on the bed and closed her eyes into a deep sleep.

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It had been 2 months since the engagement with Yzak. He often asked Cagalli out, and sometimes he asked Kira, Milly, Dearka, and Athrun to accompany them. They went to movie, amusement park or shopping centre.

Athrun didn't like to go out with them because every time he saw them together he felt a pang of jealousy inside and even sometimes he avoided Cagalli. He wanted to grab and hold Cagalli tightly then declare his love, but he couldn't. He couldn't hurt Yzak and more importantly Cagalli feeling. What if Cagalli truly love him? If that happen, he would wish her happiness, but could he do that? He had no answer for that question yet.

At the weekend, Dearka invited them to his villa. It took about 3 hour to reach it from the city, the villa itself allocated near the beach. At night Cagalli couldn't sleep, she changed her PJ's with a simple T-shirt and pants, and went outside to the beach. She sat on the sands and looked at the sky, admiring the view in the night. She closed her eyes for awhile, and while she opened it again, her eyes met the emerald eyes that staring to her.

Startled she spoke to the owner of emeralds eyes, "Athrun you scared me, what are you doing here?"

"Sorry for that, but I saw you went outside so I followed you," hesitated he went on , "Are you angry?"

Angry? Why should I? She thought, sometimes she couldn't understand him, "No of course not." She stood up and looked at him.

In the moonlight, she looked more beautiful, for him she was a goddess. Athrun felt the color rising to his cheeks, he avoided her gaze to hide his blush.

But his acts made Cagalli frowned, "Athrun, is it just my imagination but you are avoiding me so many times," feeling a little bit hurt she continued, "Is – Is it because you hate me?"

Athrun still kept quiet, Cagalli felt the anger inside, "Fine! If you hate me then don't talk to me again." She yelled to him as she turned around and walked away from him.

Startled with her sudden outburst, he caught her wrist, "No, please, don't be angry, I don't hate you." Slowly he removed his grip.

Turned her face she spoke, "Then why? Why you avoiding me?" her angers were replaced by the curiosity.

Looking at her face, Athrun couldn't hold his urge to touch her. He placed his finger to her cheek and caressed it gently. Cagalli shivered with his touch, her heart beating so fast, and she felt her cheeks burning. Seeing Cagalli blushed, Athrun chuckled and he smiled, "Cagalli don't you know, you are so cute when you are blushing." Athrun held her chin up and he bent to her, their face only an inch apart. He murmured beside her lip, "You want to know why I am avoiding you? It is because every time I looked at you, I couldn't control myself, and I was so jealous toward Yzak, and one more thing, I love you Cagalli." Then his lip met hers, Cagalli shocked when his lip touch her, but later she closed her eyes and returned his kiss. As they kissed, Athrun pulled her so her body touched him, he put his hands around her waist and she placed her arms around his neck.

They deepened the kiss, now more demanding than gentle. When they broke apart, Cagalli hugged him, "Athrun, don't you know I love you too."

Athrun felt so happy with that, he hugged her tightly, he didn't want to release her. "Athrun how about Yzak? I – I couldn't hurt his feeling, he is so kind to me, I – "

"Hush." He placed his finger to her mouth, "I know about it, I don't want to hurt him also, but for now I don't care for anything, I only want to hold you." Then he kissed her gently on the lip.

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AN : At last I can update this fic, I lost all my data last week and I must recall all the things. And I wanna ask some suggestion since I kinda stuck with the story, better I make Yzak saw them or make Yzak clueless about them. But honestly I don't want to make Yzak sad . Btw thank you for the entire reviewers for the last chapter, and please R & R .