Chapter 4 Circling Emotions
A/N Ok, I know many of you dread and Mia and Patrick, but they're the villains in this fic, so I can't possibly get rid of them so fast. Many of you also ask if Kira and Cagalli will end up related, well, I'm still thinking about it. Anyway, enjoy!
Mia let out a loud sigh of relief when they got back to their hotel suite. She fell backwards onto the soft and bouncy bed, staring up at the ceiling.
"Aah, finally we're together again." said Mia, tilting her head sidewyas to face Athrun, who had a serious and stern look spread across his usually calm and charming features.
The former Justice pilot, just rolled his eyes and folded his arms across his brawny chest, a myriad of thoughts about his blonde girlfriend, swirling in his mindspace.
Patrick Zala entered the suite through it's front and door and stared at his son firmly, an expectant look on his face.
"Athrun, I don't want you to have any more to do with the dumb blonde. I want you to break off all links and connections you have with her. I don't give a damn whether she loves you," snarled Patrick coldly, glaring at his son.
" She isn't dumb, father! You may not give a damn if she loves me, but I love her. You wouldn't understand anything," Athrun barked in reply, his tone becoming harsh and aggressive.
"Your feelings for her have got nothing to do with me. However, I am hoping you'll develop the same kind of feelings for Mia. I hope you've realised that both of you are still engaged, after that little wedding incident, which involved a runaway groom." retorted Patrick Zala, pointing a threatening finger at Athrun, before exitting the room.
The pink-headed imposter, Mia, clearly seemed elated the way things looked, and the way things were going to turn out. I mean, why wouldn't she? The young man she loved was back by her side, and he was now betrothed to her.
Mia Campbell got up to her feet and approached a serene Athrun, who was staring out of the window, at the brilliant and picturesque scenery outside, featuring a series of hills, valleys, meadows and little ponds.
"What's wrong? You seem dazed," whispered Mia, reaching out from behind and stroking Athrun's cheek with her index finger.
"You know very well what's wrong, Mia." replied Athrun curtly, looking at her through their reflection on the window glass.
"Athrun, what's so good about that girl? I've asked you this countless times, what makes me so inferior to her?" questioned Mia, her eyebrows furrowed in disappointment.
"Can't you just acknowledge Cagalli by her name?" blurted out Athrun, spinning around to face the pink-headed girl, who stepped back in fright.
"Cagalli's unique, she's not like you or an other girl, who enjoys putting on makeup or dressing up in fashionable clothes! She doesn't enjoy pretending to look good by doing all that, because she knows that's not who she really is when she wakes up!" explained Athrun, his breathing becoming deep and heavy.
Mia just stood in front of her fiance, looking a little petrified and stoned at the same time. She had never seen Athrun blow up before, and certainly didn't want to. She must have really driven him up the wall if he were to blow up right there and then.
"Cagalli may be headstrong and sarcastic at times, but she's different! I can't put her into words, it just shows how precious and unique she is. She's got such a strong will, she'd be willing to be the first person to jump into action, without thinking of the consequences, just as long as she knew that what she was doing was right!" hollered Athrun, glaring at Mia.
"She may seem like a tough brick majority of the time, but she's still human and has feelings!" added Athrun, finally ending with his little summary of Cagalli.
"I don't understand why you care about her so much, and always leave me in a cold corner without giving a care." squeaked Mia, her eyes swimming with tears.
Athrun slapped his hand onto his forehead, before pulling it down his face. "It's not that I left you in a cold corner, I just don't love you!"
Mia turned on heel and shut herself in the bathroom. Outside, Athrun would hear her cries of anguish through the bathroom door.
However, Athrun knew Mia was a brilliant actress, and could be just faking it all, in an attempt to win him over.
The former Justice pilot just slumped down onto his bed, head in his hands, feeling defeated and utterly useless.
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Only a day had gone by without Athrun, and yet Cagalli had reverted to her tearful and heartbrokened state. Cagalli really seemed to be lifeless without her charming prince by her side.
"Honey, Miriallia and Kira have come over to visit you," said Ochika softly, placing a tray of steaming mushroom soup on her daughter's bedside table.
However, the woman's entrance into her daughter's bedroom didn't even stirr a reaction or sound from the blonde girl, whose back was facing the doorway as she lay on her bed.
Ochika just sighed worriedly, before turning around and walking out of the room, meeting Kira and Miriallia halfway down the stairs.
"I'm really worried, she won't eat, won't sleep, won't talk. She's already looking a bit peaky," stated Ochika, her voice trembling with worry.
"We'll do our best in trying to convince her to at least eat something," reassured Kira, placing a warm hand on the adoptive mother's shoulder.
Kira knocked lightly three times before entering the bedroom, Miriallia trailing along behind. The brunette young man settled himself in a chair by the girl's bed, pullign a chair for his fiancee to sit down as well.
"Cagalli, you have to eat something, you're becoming weak. I can already tell just by looking at you," said Kira knowingly, extending a hand to grasp the girl's forearm.
Kira's statement drew no reply from Cagalli, however, he became suspicious when no matter how hard he pinched her, she never reacted.
Kira looked worriedly at Miriallia, before gently turning Cagalli over onto her back, to his horror, she wasn't breathing, and her face was an awful shade of blue!
"No, CAGALLI!" eclaiemd Miriallia jumping to her feet, and attempting to shake Cagalli awake.
Ochika had heard Miriallia's frantic cries and had rushed up to check up on them.
Kira was busy phoning an ambulance, and at the same time, trying to feel around Cagalli's forearm for her pulse.
"Cagalli, no you can't leave me now, you brought so much joy to me! Please come around! Open your eyes and tell me you'll be alright!" said Ochika, tears rolling down her cheeks as she held her daughter's hand, which was icy cold.
I will not make
The same mistakes as you did
I will not let myself
Cause my heart so much misery
Miriallia restrained Ochika as Kira carried Cagalli downstairs when the ambulance arrived. The adoptive mother was weeping so bitterly, that she fell to her knees on the floor.
Kira placed Cagalli on a stretcher as the paramedics tended to her motionless body.
Kira was hoping that the girl had merely passed out, and was looking pale because of the lack of food and nutrients in her body, and that she wasn't... dead.
I will not breakaway
The way you did
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way
To never let it get that far
Cagalli's body was rushed to the hospital in the aumbulance, following Kira's instructions to the paramedics.
Even as Kira drove Ochika and Miriallia to the hospital, the foster mother was in a fit of neverending tears.
From the day Ochika met Cagalli, she had vowed to let her live a happy and fruitful life, but it seemed as though that little candle of hope, had been hopelessly snuffed out.
Although Athrun was just a young man, he certainly meant everything to Cagalli, and she was dying without him.
He was like the lifegiving air that filled Cagalli's lungs every day and night, and without that air, Cagalli was suffocating and an inch away from death.
Ochika spent sleepless nights the time before, worrying about whether the next breath her blonde daughter took would be her last.
Paramedics rushed Cagalli into the emergency room, before trying to revive her using electric shocks.
"1, 2, 3, shocking!" said the paramedics, putting the equipment to use on Cagalli, as her body jerked upwards.
"Clear!" said the nurse, handling thes situation calmly.
"1, 2, 3, shocking!" said the doctor again, who was soon joined by Kira after he had dropped Miriallia and Ochika off at the waiting area.
"How's it coming on?" asked the brunette doctor, facing his fellow team of doctors and nurses.
"Heart rate still clear, her chances of survival are low," replied a nurse firmly.
Because of you
I've never strayed
Too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I've learned to play
On the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Kira watched anxiously as his colleague shocked Cagalli over and over, each time, her heart rate still remaining clear. Just when Kira was about to ask his colleague to stop and pronounce her 'dead', Cagalli's heart rate resumed.
Kira sighed a sigh of relief before moving out to deliver the news to Ochika and Miriallia who were waiting anxiously outside.
"How is she?" asked Miriallia, seeing that the adoptive mother was crying too hard to say any anything.
"She's alive, but extremely weak. She'll be put into the Intensive Care Unit for observation, at this point of time, I don't think she'll be discharged any time soon." explained kira, hugging his fiancee tight.
Because of you
I found it hard trust
Not only me
But everyone around me
Because of you
I ever fell
A/N Ok, I know many of you tell me it's sickening seeing agalli seeing Cagalli in such a state, well basically it just emphasises on the fact that she needs Athrun as much as she needs to live. Well, she's back in the Intensive Care Unit, sadly. Some of you might know this song, "Because Of You" by Kelly Clarkson. Pls review!