Word count: 100

Note: Takes place during the hug between Athrun and Cagalli in the Destiny Final Plus.

Distance

Cagalli supposed she should have been angry at him. She should have been resentful, or sad, uncomfortable at the very least.

But Cagalli felt nothing. A little jittery, perhaps; but nothing else that even vaguely resembled the emotions she, and many others, had expected. Caught in Athrun's embrace, she felt his warmth-- but Cagalli was tired, too tired to feel anything else.

'The war has dulled me,' she thought. Too many days had she waited, body in a restless state, mind anxious, spirit lonely. She embraced the stranger in response, emotions distant, and wondered what she'd ever seen in him.