Blossoms of Ones Dead Soul
A/N: Okay, here's the third! This chapter will include more of them meeting and them getting to their rooms. (Also with some reuniting o )
Summary: The boys and the girls go to boarding school on a ship that travels around the world! When they discover the biggest change in their life, the adventure goes all out! To find someone, and to lose someone, to hate someone, to love someone, all in this fanfic, Blossoms of Ones Dead Soul!
Disclaimer: lifts hand I do not own Gundam Seed or Gundam Seed Destiny and I never will.
Chapter 3: Reunited and Forgotten
"I hope Cagalli knows where the room is. What would she eat? What if she gets cold? What if—," Lacus stopped. "We're here?"
"Yep," replied Miriallia. She fumbled with the key as she took it out of her pocket. She put it in the lock and gave a small twist. The lock unlocked with a click and Miriallia opened the door.
"Mother of—Lacus, you really know how to get the best room of the bunch!" exclaimed Milly. She quickly kicked of her shoes and sat on the leather couch in from of the flat screen tv. Even Shiho, who was almost always emotionless, looked excited. She took off her shoes and walked around the living room. Then she sat down with Milly and joined her quietly to see how much channels they had on the tv. Lacus slowly slipped her shoes off, placed them on the shoe rack, walked into a room furnished like an office, and sat down on the chair. She was too worried about Cagalli to be excited. She also didn't notice the lights were still off so she was sitting in still darkness.
"Chairman Zala and I have decided that you and his son, Athrun, will get married," said a middle aged man with blonde hair.
A 5 year old Lacus sat on the swing excitedly and jumped off running to her dad. "Where is he daddy?" she asked excitedly. A pink Haro bounced towards her from the house.
"Hi," said a tiny voice behind Lacus. A boy with blue hair stood shyly with a white daisy in his small hands. Lacus ran up to him and gave him a big hug. After they separated, the flower fell out of Athrun's hands in little bits. They both stared at it for a second.
"Those were for you," said Athrun. Lacus didn't think for another second about the flower though, and took Athrun by the hand. "Let's go plan the wedding!" Lacus ran into the house with Athrun hand still tight in her her's.
Lacus gave herself a small laugh at the memory. She was so energetic when she was little.
"That's my flight," said a 14 year old Athrun. They were standing outside the departure gates at the Orb airport. "I'll call you when I get there."
"Okay," said a 14 year old Lacus. She looked away, to hide the sadness in her eyes. Athrun looked at her and smiled. "I promise to email, call, write to you every day. Well, not every day, but every week. Okay?" He gave Lacus a small kiss on the forehead, turned and entered the gates, leaving Lacus standing there with a white daisy in her hand that Athrun had secretly slipped in her hand during the kiss. That was also the first time Athrun had kissed her.
"Cagalli?"
Cagalli slowly opened her eyes. She saw a blurry face of a boy with dark blue hair beside her. Her senses slowly cam back to her. Athrun!
"Oh my god! Where am I? Where's—who...who are...Athrun!" Cagalli couldn't catch her breath.
"Whoa slow down there!" said Athrun with a laugh. "Remember? You fell, twisted your ankle, and I offered to carry you on my back. Then you fell asleep."
Everything slowly began coming back to Cagalli slowly. The boarding school on a ship. Lacus and the uniforms. The boy with black hair. Everything.
"Is she awake?"
Cagalli turned around. A girl with short, magenta-coloured hair walked in from another room.
"Yeah," Athrun answered the girl. "This is Lunamaria. The nurses' office was closed when I got there. Lunamaria, her sister, Meyrin, and another girl just happened to be nearby and offered to help. Apparently, Meyrin knows how to treat twisted ankles pretty well."
Two other girls walked into the room as Athrun was explaining to Cagalli what had happened.
The girl with long brown hair talked first.
"Hi. I'm Mayu. This is Meyrin." She pointed to a girl with dark pink hair held up in pigtails.
Meryrin gave a small smile but didn't say anything. Mayu then turned to her sister.
"Shinn and Rey's coming over now so we can all go out to that restaurant for dinner. Athrun, Cagalli, would you like to join us?" she asked politely.
"Oh, I don't think I should. I—."
"Of course we will," said Athrun.
"Excuse me? I barely know you," said Cagalli with a frown.
"Well, they did help you for one thing. The least you could do is accept their invitation," said Athrun.
"So now you're telling me what to do too?" Cagalli snapped back.
"We'd love it if you could come," Meyrin suddenly said.
People are so pushy these days thought Cagalli in her head. With a big sigh, she agreed to go.
Athrun smiled at her and it was then that she noticed that he was also holding her hand. Cagalli quickly pulled her hand away and looked away, blushing again. She made a quick glance at Athrun, and found out he was also blushing. For some reason, as much as Athrun pissed her off, she could never bring herself to hate him. It was so confusing. Her heart pounded even when though her mind yelled for it to stop. Just then the door opened.
"Mayu, I—," said a boy with flaming red eyes. He suddenly spotted Cagalli sitting on the couch and stopped. Cagalli couldn't believe her eyes. It was the boy from before. There was a long pause before someone talked and broke him and Cagalli's confused stares.
"Cagalli?" asked Athrun worriedly.
"You're that—."
Shinn stopped midway into his sentence. He was too shocked to finish it. He could tell he wasn't the only one.
"Do you know my brother?" asked Mayu.
"Um...yeah I guess you could say that," said Cagalli. She felt so uncomfortable and she wished so hard at that moment that she was with Lacus and them again. "Uh...I'm gonna...'hem, go...now," said Cagalli quickly standing up and fast-walked to the door. "Thanks a lot Meyrin, Luna, Mayu, Athrun," she said quickly and left.
"Cagalli, wait!" Shinn and Athrun both said at the same time. They looked at each other and turned red. Cagalli stopped and turned around.
Athrun walked past Shinn. "I'll walk you to your room." Within a moment, the two were gone, leaving Shinn at the door.
"You know you don't have to walk to my room with me," Cagalli said after awhile. "My ankle doesn't even hurt anymore."
"I have to go to my room anyways," said Athrun. For a few minutes, they both walked in silence.
"Who were they?" asked Shinn, stuffing a spoonful of mashed potatoes into his mouth at the same time. They were at the restaurant on the lowest floor of the ship and had finally gotten a table.
"Cagalli and Athrun. Cagalli twisted her ankle and we just happen to see them ouside the nurses' office. It was closed so Meyrin offered to help," explained Mayu, "And don't talk with your mouth full. See? I have a bit of your mashed potatoes in my soup!"
"Anyways, the real question is how do you know Cagalli?" asked Luna, putting down her fork and leaning forward towards the other side of the table, where Shinn was.
"Oh...um...nothing really. I just bumped into her earlier and we kinda got into this huge fight but then she left with a bunch of her friends," Shinn replied. "Oh yeah! And guess what? One of her friends was Lacus Clyne! She's actually on this ship and a bet she's going to start school here too." Luna, Meyrin, and Mayu all looked at each other excitedly.
"That is so cool! I never would have imagined!" exclaimed Mayu. "Maybe I'll be able to get an autograph too!" Luna glanced sneakily at Rey and grinned.
"I know Rey secretly has a Lacus picture stashed in his wallet," she revealed. Shinn burst out laughing and reached for Rey's pocket.
"That is definitely not true, Luna. Don't make up these things," he said sternly, pulling himself out of Shinn's reach. But Rey quietly went back to his spaghetti, hiding his blushing face.
"I think I'm here," said Cagalli, looking down on the piece of paper in her hand and the door number on her left. She read Lacus's neat writing which said 707, the same number on the door. "Yep, this is it." She looked at Athrun, who also was checking a small piece of paper.
"Wow, talk about a coincidence. I'm in 706," he said with a chuckle. He pointed to the door on the right. Cagalli looked at the door number on her right. Oh my god, it is 706! Cagalli's suddenly felt happy, although she didn't know why.
"Thanks so much for being nice to me today Athrun. I definitely owe you one," said Cagalli, stepping towards her door.
"How about a dinner then," asked Athrun, before Cagalli knocked.
"Excuse me? Are you asking me out?" said Cagallit raising an eyebrow.
"Nope. Just a friendly gesture. Glad to be your friend, Cagalli," Athrun said with a smile. The 707 door suddenly swung opened causing the both of them to jump with surprise.
"Oh my goodness! Cagalli! I thought I heard your voice out here! I'm so glad you found the room oka—," Lacus stopped when her eyes met Athrun's.
"L-Lacus!" stuttered Athrun. He was so shocked he couldn't get one more word out of his mouth. Cagalli looked at the two, very confused at what was happening.
"Lacus, you know Athrun?" Cagalli asked. She was now worried about how Lacus could be so quiet.
"Cagalli, I made some instant noodles inside for you," Lacus said, still looking at Athrun while gently shoving Cagalli inside.
"What? I—," Cagalli stepped inside willingly, now extremely confused.
"I'll be back in a second," urging Lacus. She finally looked at her with pleading eyes and Cagalli nodded and went inside. She shut the door behind her and leaned back on the door. Did Lacus know Athrun? Cagalli pressed her ear against the wooden door to try and eavesdrop but she couldn't hear their voices. Cagalli's heart pounded impatiently, waiting for her best friend to come back.
"So how've you been?" asked Athrun. Lacus and he started to take a walk around the deck.
"Really good actually," answered Lacus. She felt an unpleasant awkward feeling when talking to Athrun for some reason. She was fine talking to Athrun two years ago. Athrun felt sweat drip down his neck, even though the ocean breeze was quite cool that night.
"How long has it been since I last talked to you?" he asked. They stopped and Lacus leaned against the railing. Wind blew through her long pink hair, and her eyes sparkled, reflecting the moonlit sea. He had almost forgotten how beautiful Lacus was.
"One whole year, 3 monthes, and 6 days," recited Lacus. She turned to Athrun and smiled. Athrun blinked at her.
"Very accurate," laughed Athrun. "As expected from the great idol, Lacus Clyne." He did a small playful bow, making Lacus laughed as well.
"Of course," joked Lacus, flipping her hair back like a stuck up diva. Lacus suddenly felt all the awkward feeling go away, making Lacus very relieved.
"Which is exactly why you're one day off," said Athrun. Now it was Lacus's turn to blink at Athrun.
"Really? I thought I was the only one that kept count," Lacus smirked. "I guess you were always better at keeping track of things. I think I missed it when
my—," Lacus stopped, her mouth froze. Athrun saw and touched her arm.
"I know. It's okay. Don't think about it," Athrun whispered softly in her ear. Lacus felt hot tears forming in her eyes.
"I missed you, Athrun. I really did!" sobbed Lacus. "I wished I'd talked to you sooner! It's just everything with my mom and then with my dad I just—," The word stuck in Lacus throat and she swallowed hard between her hiccup.
"I should have sent you a letter too. I knew what you were going through and I thought you didn't want... anyways its okay now. How about a dinner to catch up on all the things that happened in that one year, 3 months, and 7 days?" he said wiping the tears on Lacus's face. Athrun took Lacus's hand and led her back to the direction of their rooms.
They arrived back at the doors and Lacus had stopped crying. She managed to work up a smile.
"Thanks for letting me cry all over you after two minutes of seeing each other again," Lacus said.
"I'm in 706 and breakfast tomorrow at eight okay?" decided Athrun. Lacus gave a big nod and turned around to head inside her dorm.
"Lacus, I missed you," Athrun suddenly said. He pulled her around and gave her a quick kiss. After he unlocked his door and dashed out of Lacus's sight.
Cagalli stood frozen at the door with her eyes wide open. Lacus cried? Reuniting? Their having breakfast tomorrow? He missed her? Cagalli felt a surge of jealousy and started walking up to the stairs. She shook her head. I'm not jealous of Lacus...
A/N: The kissed at the end really surprised me...I didn't even plan for it to happen/ And what happened to the dinner Athrun promised Cagalli? And Shinn and Athrun calling after Cagalli at the same time? AND what happened to Kira, Yzak, Dearka, Stellar, Sting, Auel, and Fllay? I'll include Kira pretty soon. He'll always be my favourite 3 I'm also planning a Stellar and Shinn part in this fanfci but that's way later in the story. Byeez! And review please! Also thanks to cagalli athha-zala for your review D i know i really hate making fllay more evil than she really is because...well adds more drama, everyone cant be nice. plus i need competition for a certain girl for Kira. shes part of my plan to make one of my favourite couples v