Chapter 6 Found Out
A/N Thank you to those who have supported me and this fanfic so far, I'm really grateful. Anyway, the story is slowly unfolding from this chapter onwards, it's only a few more chappies before the angst will start coming along. P.S The beginning of this chapter's a little horny, so those who do not like horny stuff, I advise you to skip to the later part of this chapter! Happy reading!
Cagalli rolled over onto her stomach, her entire frame still shaking from the nirvana she had just experienced. Her entire back was sweat sheened, and she was panting hard, trying desperately to catch her breath. The blonde girl turned her head slightly to look at the clock, which read 3.32 a.m.
The Orb Princess grinned to herself as she remembered the hours of endless pleasure she and the young man beside her had just shared. Turning to him, she exclaimed, "You amazingly naughty, horny bastard!"
Cagalli whacked Athrun hard on his arm, as he turned to face her, nostrils dilating as he took in raspy breaths of air. The sides of his face were bathed in his perspiration, and like Cagalli's, his body was still shaking from the climax.
Once Athrun found that he had enough breath to speak he did so. "Hey, it's not... (pant pant)... my fault! You started it! (pant pant) If you hadn't heated me up so badly, (pant pant) we would both be sleeping on our own beds, right now!"
"Sorry, it's just that you're so adorably handsome, and even sexier without your clothes." teased Cagalli, nipping at his neck slightly, and licking his face.
"Don't start it again," mumbled Athrun, turning over on his side, so that his back was facing her. It was clear that the blue-haired co-ordinator was close to exhaustion, and he hadn't cooled off completely either. "Oh yes, you nasty little liar, you weren't having your period yesterday, were you?"
Cagalli giggled slightly, as she nuzzled his neck, urging him to turn back over, so she could talk to him. "Come on, Alex, I'm not going to start anything up, I just want to talk to you, and so what if I wasn't bleeding, it's not like anyone would find out unless I stripped, right?"
Sighing deeply, Athrun turned back over, lying on his back, and staring up at the ceiling. He stretched slightly, flexing his biceps before settling back down, his head lolling over onto his left to face the Orb Princess.
"I dare you to say you didn't have fun earlier," whispered Cagalli, cuddling up closer to Athrun, as he rolled over onto his side fully and wrapped his arms around her body.
"I wouldn't lie to you and say that." replied Athrun, only his emerald orbs visible to Cagalli in the darkness of the bedroom.
"You're amazing, you know that? But there's a side effect to what you did, my back aches now." remarked Cagalli, grinning naughtily at Athrun, who was busy nipping at her ears.
"Sorry princess, was I too active or violent with you? You asked for it anyway, actually, you were more like begging me." hissed Athrun, into Cagalli's ear, letting his hands run down her bare back.
"Don't call me that, Dino," snarled Cagalli, tossing her head around and biting Athrun playfully on the neck, making him fall back onto his back.
"You want more biting do you? Fine, I'll give you some lovebites." retorted Athrun, retaliating and pouncing on Cagalli, nearly flattening her like a pancake as he bit playfully at her neck, occassionally licking her erogenous zones, making her mew like a kitten.
"Are you up for another round?" questioned Cagalli, reaching down under the blanket and running a finger up at down Athrun's thigh, making him shudder slightly. The blue-haired co-ordinator replied by attacking her lips once more, feeling the tension rise within him.
Morning: 7.25 a.m.
Cagalli's eyes fluttered open, as she squinted in the sun's rays. She looked over at her sleeping prince, and smiled to herself. The blonde girl kissed her prince gently on the forehead, hoping she wouldn't arouse him from his slumber.
The Orb Princess slowly pulled back the covers of her blanket, and put one leg off the bed, however, Athrun detected her movements and quickly threw his right leg over her and used his arms to pull her back close to him.
"Alex! It's already 7.26 a.m. I'm due for a meeting with my father, the entire Orb management and the council members later on!" whispered Cagalli, struggling to break free from the co-ordinator's tight grasp on her.
Realising the blue-haired young man didn't seem to have heard her, she whacked him hard on the back, causing him to jump in fright, nearly howling out in pain if Cagalli hadn't clamped her hand over his mouth.
Athrun released the blonde girl, and she got out of bed, pulling on her undergarments before heading off to the toilet. "Do the usual stuff, Alex, don't go anywhere beyond that door when I'm gone." said Cagalli, pointing at the bedroom door.
Athrun nodded toward her, before sliding off the bed himself, pulling on his underwear, shorts and t-shirt. Within minutes Cagalli was out of the bathroom, and Athrun slipped inside himself to freshen up.
However, when Athrun came out of the bathroom, he found Cagalli waiting for him on her bed. "Shouldn't you have left already?"
"Nah, I've still got time to take a slow walk to the meeting room." said Cagalli, standing up and moving over to her prince charming, before wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him passionately.
Without warning the door flew open, revealing an angry Kisaka at the door. "I knew it! I knew it all along! You were hiding someone in here, an imposter! What's more, the imposter's a man! GUARDS!"
4 guards swarmed into the Orb Princess's bedroom and grabbed Athrun's arms and restrained him from breaking free. The blue-haired co-ordinator struggled, but to no avail, even a co-ordinator wouldn't be able to overpower four grown, masculine in physique, guards restraining him.
"Alex! Don't struggle, you'll be alright!" said Cagalli, the sound of her voice encouraging Athrun not to struggle and just follow orders for the meantime. Darn it, now that he was caught, would he be forced to reveal his true motive for being at Orb?
"Kisaka! What's the meaning of this! I'm warning you, don't hurt Alex, or I'll behead you personally!" hollered Cagalli, facing her bodyguard, who towered over her.
"Sticking up for him, are you? Is he your boyfriend? Nice kissing scene earlier," hissed Kisaka sarcastically, grabbing Cagalli roughly by the arm and dragging her off.
Athrun found himself being dragged into a large meeting room, and among the people gathered there, he spotted both Miriallia and Kyo, both girls staring at him apprehensively.
Cagalli was brought in a moment later, Uzumi Nara Athha was on his feet and staring at Cagalli and Athrun.
"Lord Uzumi, I found this young man in Cagalli's bedroom, and when I entered they were locking lips with each other." said Kisaka firmly, staring sideways at Cagalli, whose eyes were filled with tears of hatred and anger.
People in the meeting room started whispering and chit-chatting, some people saying, "Goodness, the princess was hiding an imposter?"
"Cagalli, if what Kisaka says is the truth, I'm highly disappointed in you. You've broken one of Orb's most severe rules of harbouring an intruder, within the premises of Ob, without permission." said Uzumi, staring down at his adoptive daughter, who was close to tears.
"Lord Uzumi, this man has been exposed to Orb's ideals and secrets, and we cannot let him go freely or our secrets will be exposed." stated Kisaka sternly, "This man either stays here, locked up in jail, or he dies."
Lord Uzumi remained silent, indicating that Kisaka's words were true, and all the guards raised their rifles and aimed them at Athrun, who looked serene and angry at the same time.
"THIS IS PREPOSTEROUS! YOU CAN'T SENTENCE A YOUNG MAN TO DEATH FOR SUCH A REASON!" shouted Kyo, catapulting to her feet and slamming her hand on the table in front of her.
"Miss Kyo Yamajika, Orb's number one female soldier, never did I expect you to stand up for an imposter." said Kisaka hatedly, glaring at the red-headed girl, wo tongues of flame burning in his eyes.
"Kisaka, you may be of high status, being Miss Cagalli's bodyguard, but it doesn't mean I have to agree with you. A man with high status isn't always wise in what he says or does, and this time, I'm against what you think." replied Kyo smartly, glaring at Kisaka, before shifting her gaze to Lord Uzumi for an answer.
"Such a statement only comes from a person with a heart of compassion and justice, well done, Miss Kyo." complemented Uzumi Nara Athha before looking down at Athrun.
"Young man, what is your name?" asked Uzumi kindly, looking serenely down at Athrun, who still remained wary to the guards around him.
"Alex Dino, sir. I have been exiled from my country, and while flying, my shuttle crashed and sunk in the ocean. When I was seeking refuge in a nearby forest, Miss Cagalli found me and took me in. I seek your forgiveness, sir." explained Athrun, bowing politely to the Lion of Orb.
"Very well, Mr. Alex Dino. Now, Cagalli, what's this I hear from Kisaka about you kissing Mr. Dino?" questioned Uzumi, raising a disapproving eyebrow at Cagalli, who seemed humiliated at the fact that her father was asking her about something like this in front of the entire Orb council.
"Forgive me, Lord Uzumi. But being a close friend of Cagalli's and your personal secretary, I cannot hide this any longer. Miss Kyo and I knew about Mr. Alex, but kept him a secret, and it seems that during the time that Mr. Alex has sought refuge in Miss Cagalli's room, both parties seemed to have developed a mutual and close bond with each other. Oh yes, one more thing, Mr. Alex, is also a co-ordinator." explained Miriallia, and although her explanation seemed long-winded, every word of it was true.
Miriallia's last statement seemed to have set the people in the meeting room whispering and engaging in discussions with one another.
"I see, thank you, Miss Miriallia. Is there anyone here who knew about Mr. Alex Dino before this day?" asked the Lion of Orb, looking around the meeting room for anyone who had raised their hands or gotten to their feet.
In a corner of the meeting room, a brunette young man stood up and bowed with respect. "I did, Lord Uzumi. But like Miss Kyo and Miss Miriallia, I kept the matter under wraps."
"Is there no one else? Very well, the three of you, Miss Kyo, Miss Miriallia, and Mr. Kira, will receive apropriate discipline for breaking one of Orb's most severe rules. As a punishment, you will clean the public toilets on all floors of this building for a month. As for Mr. Alex Dino, and Cagalli, I want to see you in my office immediately." instructed Lord Uzumi, sounding more like a school teacher rather than ruler of Orb. "Oh yes, this meeting is canceled until further notice."
Council members and other people started filing out of the meeting room in neat rows, chattering noisily as they did so.
Lord Uzumi instructed the guards to release Athrun, and to Cagalli's relief, also told Kisaka that he would be promoted to being his personal advisor, and that Kyo would take over being Cagalli's bodyguard.
Cagalli walked out of the meeting room briskly, Athrun trailing along behind. Kyo and Miriallia caught up with the duo when they exitted by the side entrance.
"Cleaning toilets? That's our punishment? I'd rather be demoted to being a handmaiden!" exclaimed Miriallia, looking as if her entire world had just come crashing down on her.
"Oh yes, I heard father tell Kisaka that you're my bodyguard now, Kyo." muttered Cagalli softly, without looking back at the red headed girl, who looking as though she was mulling over some unknown matter.
Once they were outside Lord Uzumi's office, Miriallia turned right and entered her own, while Kyo, Cagalli and Athrun entered the Lion of Orb's office. Lord Uzumi gestured for Cagalli and Athrun to sit down, while Kyo stood by the door in a corner, doing her duty as a bodyguard.
"Right, now let's get started. Cagalli, I need not remind you that even though you are Orb's Princess and my successor, you are still obliged to follow the rules. Why didn't you approach me for help when you found Mr. Dino? I would've granted you permission to let him stay here." said Lord Uzumi, using his hand to lift Cagalli's chin.
"I didn't think you'd allow it, besides, his story sounded pitiful enough, why put him through all the trouble?" mumbled Cagalli softly, still not looking at her father who sighed deeply before continuing.
"And what's this about you kissing Mr. Dino?" asked Uzumi Nara Athha, raising an eyebrow at both Cagalli and Athrun, whose cheeks were as red as beetroots.
"Father, I'd rather not talk about that. Sorry if I didn't ask for your approval before kissing someone." hissed Cagalli hotly, folding her arms and leaning back in her chair.
Lord Uzumi laughed merrily, "Cagalli, if you think I'm going to scold you for kissing Mr. Dino, you've got the wrong idea. I just want to know if you really love him. All these years, I've never heard or seen you talk about or ogle at any young man until now. I should be happy, shouldn't I? My daughter's now acting more like a girl."
Cagalli looked stunned at her father's words, as what he had just said was totally absurd. Athrun's face was still flushed, and he was looking away from Lord Uzumi and was staring at a ladybug which was now making its way across the room.
Even Kyo was giggling away in her corner, trying to hold back her laughter, her eyes swimming with tears, as she was trying hard not to laugh.
"Father, you're not serious are you? Tell me you always thought I was abnormal and had imbalanced hormone levels because I never acted like a girl, or went ga ga over a guy?" asked Cagalli, her expression lightening a little, however looking much happier than before.
"Not really, but you were really boyish, even when you were a child. You've got good taste, Cagalli. Mr. Dino is very handsome, blue hair, fair alabaster skin, and my my, emerald eyes." said Lord Uzumi grinning.
"Kind of reminds me of myself, back in those olden days." sighed Lord Uzumi, twirling his goatee between his fingers.
"Father, don't insult Alex, please." said Cagalli bluntly, looking at her father, who seemed to be thinking of the past, as he was staring into space and smiling for no right reason.
"Lord Uzumi, pardon me for interrupting, but stop talking like that, please. You sound like an old lady trying to play matchmaker." sniggered Kyo, still trying to hold back her laughter.
"Oh well, yes yes. Mr. Dino, you can have the room around the corner from Cagalli's. That room's actually a room for guests, which you are, of course." smiled Lord Uzumi merrily, "You're dismissed."
Athrun was the first to get out of his chair and exit the Lion of Orb's office. Things were finally settling in, he didn't have to worry about being caught in Orb now. It seemed like he was finally free of all worries, when the thought of his mission came back to him.
It had been merely less than a week, and he had fallen head over heels in love with the princess of Orb. How the heck was he supposed to complete the mission his father had sent him to Orb for now? Athrun loved Cagalli a great deal, and just the thought of having to kill her sent a pang of guilt and pain across his chest.
The blue-haired co-ordinator didn't want to hurt her, much less kill her, but in three months, someone from PLANTs would be coming down to either check on him, or finish the job for him.
No, Athrun wouldn't kill her, neither would he let anyone lay a finger on Cagalli. If someone did come down from PLANTs to finish the job for him, that person would have to kill him first.
The charming blue-haired young man was busted out of his thoughts, when he felt his beloved princess grab onto his forearm, and rest her head on his shoulder. There was nothing she should hide from him, or him from her now, since Athrun had already went to bed with her the night before, and engaged in several hours of pure love and endless pleasure.
"Goodness, I think I'm going to get some eyedrops later on. I don't think my eyes can stand seeing anymore of you two lovebirds." giggled Kyo, watching Cagalli kiss Athrun before sending him off to his assigned bedroom.
Cagalli shot her friend a fierce glare, that said, "Well you'll have to put up with it, missy."
"Jealous are you? Go get yourself a young man to kiss and cuddle with then. There're so many of them queueing up in a line, just to get a kiss from you." remarked Miriallia, walking down the corridor toward the attractive red head and greeting the blonde princess jovially.
"So sorry, but none of those blokes queueing up in a line are worth my attention and affection. They're just a bunch of airheads, who only look at a girl's outer beauty." hissed Kyo, folding her arms and resuming her duty as Cagalli's bodyguard.
"Why don't you two come in? I could use a few people to chat with." said Cagalli inviting Kyo and Miriallia into her room.
"And Kyo, you're supposed to come in, you're my bodyguard." stated Cagalli bluntly, grinning at the attractive red headed girl who had taken off her handmaiden uniform, and was now weaing a simple black shirt with bell-bottomed navy jeans.
"Oh sorry, I didn't know. Kisaka never used to come into your room," replied Kyo, busy examining the display case in a corner of Cagalli's bedroom, containing little photoframes, containing photos of Lord Uzumi and Cagalli, in their younger days.
"That's because of two reasons. One, he's a guy. Two, I never really liked him at all." explained Cagalli, folding her arms and looking at her reflection through the mirror.
"Cagalli, which pair of shorts did you wear to sleep last night?" asked Miriallia curiously, sitting on Cagalli's bed, and watching Cagalli dig through her drawer, obviously looking for her hairbrush, as her hair was in a complete mess.
"This pair," replied Cagalli, throwing the pair of black sports shorts in Miriallia's direction without looking at her, still searching frantically for her hairbrush.
Miriallia had a fairly good reason for questioning Cagalli, as there was a bloodstain on the bed, and it looked as if the blood had soaked through the covers, meaning the blood obviously had direct contact with the bedsheet.
Miriallia examined ever part of Cagalli's shorts before exclaiming, "That's not possible! How can your bed have a stain, but your shorts be as clean as if you never wore it!"
Cagalli paused in her tracks, oh dear. Miriallia had found out about last night, she was such an airhead, why didn't she change the bedsheet this morning before leaving her room?
"Cagalli, you didn't, you know, with Alex, did you? I mean, you didn't really do 'it', wth him, right?" asked Miriallia, her voice shaking madly, half eager and half shocked at the same time.
"It's no use lying, is it?" said Cagalli, blushing slightly, and sitting on the floor, feeling rather defeated. She hadn't planned on telling anyone she had slept with her prince charming, but it seemed that she had allowed people to find out at the same time.
"Oh my goodness, to think I thought you kissing him was bad enough." remarked Kyo, her hand clamped over her mouth, and her eyes as wide as teacups.
"Aren't the both of you moving, err, rather fast?" asked Miriallia, throwing the shorts back at Cagalli, who caught it expertly, probably because she had plenty of practice whenever Kira threw something at her.
"I don't know why. All of a sudden, I've just fallen so much in love with him. He's just so handsome, and those emerald eyes of his are just gorgeous. He's irresistible! But anyway, what happened last night was my fault. If I hadn't started touching and caressing him, he probably might have been able to prevent himself from losing total control." explained Cagalli, sighing and dreaming of her prince charming once more, leaving her two friends staring at her and wondering if she was really alright.
A/N There you go, another chappie up! Once again, sorry for typo errors! I'm too lazy to check my work, haha! In the next chapter, find out how Athrun and Cagalli's little visit to the beach goes, along with Kira, Miriallia and Kyo, who have become the duo's close friends. Also, find out who are the three unexpected visitors from PLANTs. Anyway, thanks for reading, and pls review!