Between Life and Death
By ledah
Summary:
He was an orphan who continuously gives his best in everything he does. She is a country girl whose sole purpose is to study for college in the Metro. What will she discover when they meet? AsuCaga!
Disclaimer: I do not own GS or GSD.
Chapter Two
"Care to share something, lover boy?" the easy going sophomore who is also a rightful owner of a pair of emerald eyes, Heine, asked the distressed red knight.
He blinked his eyes for a couple of times and stirred up from his train of thoughts, "Wh-what?"
Mwu, who was the oldest in the group, 19 in fact, shook his head, "Heine asked what happened to you." He translated it to simpler terms. As if, Heine was speaking in French while Athrun is using British English.
Anyway, back to the story.
"That…nothing happened," he lied and gathered his books, "Well, I got to go. My last class starts in five minutes. See you guys around!" he then quickly vanished in the next hall.
"Is he fine?" Heine asked but Mwu just shrugged. Unknown to them, something is up in his very intelligent mind.
Who made you passed in that pop test in Humanities? Beauty, her conscience asked in a very sarcastic and annoying tone.
Cagalli typically rolled her eyes and sat on the chair near the window as how the seating plan for her last class suggests that should be, me.
Her conscience sighed and did the tsking gesture, my, my, didn't daddy teach you how to thank people, dearest Ca-chan?
Great, she murmured, I did know that you are considered as a person. You know, one with a body and a soul, blood flowing through your veins. In addition, since when did I permit you to call me, Ca-chan? That ain't my name so stop calling me that, stupid!
She retorted which was…quite a bad idea.
Then why did you let Shinn-kun call you Ca-chan during his visits in our place?Beauty countered her.
She madly blushed, So? I want him to call me that but not you!
Bla bla bla bla! Shit! Crap! Why can't you admit that you love your dearest Shinn-kun? Ha, baka no Ca-chan? Are you chicken enough to do that?
Cagalli sighed, Shut your mouth, Beauty, classes are about to start. The teacher might be around the corner already.
Oh really? All I see is… she looked around and saw Athrun entered the room and sat on a nearby chair, Red Alert! I just saw blue-haired dude with cool and weird emerald eyes enter the room!
See? That's why you should disappear now! Surprisingly, Beauty did and all Cagalli did was to stay quite and to clam her mouth shut.
"Hey!" Athrun transferred to the sit beside Cagalli, "Is this your last class?"
She nodded.
"Do you have any friends…now in our campus?"
This time, she shook her head, her eyebrow twitched slightly due to his numerous inquiries.
"you know," he rested his hand on top of her table, "I want you to meet my friends and I wa—"
"Could you just please shut your mouth?" she was quite irritated with his questions and suggestions, "I can make my own here," she emphasized, "And I can make it here without your help. So please, do me a favor, could you turn around and go on with your own life."
Athrun sighed. He only wanted to make friends.
"Alright…" he said in a very soft and hurt voice.
He slowly stood up and returned to his original seat.
Hey girl pal, you just made the guy sad. You're so cruel! Beauty said the obvious.
I can't love any other guy. I'm already taken. She told her, besides, although he's cute, maybe it's one of that tricks that Manila boys do to make a girl go with them or sell them in bars. Also, Shinn said that we should be faithful with each other. It's a promise.
Beauty sighed and shook her head, You should have done it politely, gal. It's just like…
Like what?
Oh nothing. Forget about it. You won't understand it either way.
Yeah right…just shut and we'll talk later, okay.
After a few minutes, classes started.
"Tiya, I'm home!" Cagalli went to the kitchen where she found her Tiya Murrue cooking sinigang.
Murrue nodded, "Cagalli, could you check the rice for me. See if it needs more water or if you'll turn it off already."
She understood and did as what she had been instructed.
After a few minutes, when all of the cooking was done, Murrue sat beside Cagalli in the living room.
"How's school, hija?" she brushed her blonde hair with her hair doctor comb.
"Fine, she replied and she suddenly raised her eyebrow, "Tiya, how do you answer this one…it's kind of hard…Linear Algebra."
Murrue took a look in her book and her eyes widen, she can't answer it too!
She placed her arm around Cagalli's shoulders, "Why won't you ask our neighbor who is great in Math?"
She gave her that I-don' t-know-who look.
Murrue sighed, "He's there in the chapel, helping Father Andres and Sister Marie. I think his name is…Alex or something like that. I heard he was the representative that the Math Trainer's Guild chose to compete in the finals for some said competition."
Cagalli pecked her on the cheek, "Thanks tiya and I'm going!" she then waved good bye and went out. If only she knew who that person is.
Father Andres or also known as Tatay Yzak to the orphans, was currently slumping on his chair comfortably while reading the latest edition of the FHM magazine.
"This is great…and educational…" he muttered while laughing slightly. Sister Marie or also known as Mommy (she preferred mommy than nanay) Shiho to orphans saw this act as she placed Tatay Yzak's cup of coffee on his table.
"Hey!" she confiscated the magazine from him.
"Shiho! Aren't we friends?" he begged for her to give the magazine back but she just didn't.
"ha-ha!" she said in a sarcastic tone, "Very funny! Is this an appropriate reading material for a priest who is handling orphans who are about five to eight years old?"
"Don't forget Athrun! He's just turned fifteen and I think I need to tutor him about sex education!" she pointed out the purpose of reading of the said reading material.
"I would be the one to teach him, not you!" she said, "And haven't you been dumped for zillions of times and that is the reason why you have entered priesthood?"
"Isn't that your reason as well?" he countered her.
They laughed. (ha ha ha ha ha muhaha haha ha ha)
"Anyway," she tried to break free from the insane and funny atmosphere, "When did he arrive last night? I didn't see him…only this morning that is."
"Don't know," he answered back and he received an awful hard pinch from her, "Are you a nun? Nuns never do this to the priests!"
"You aren't god so that's fine!" she continued to pinch him harder.
"Alright! He sneaked in last night. He might have done some school work!" she stopped the awful pinching.
"That's how good boys should behave!" she patted his head as if Yzak was a dog, "Remind him that we'll talk later, ne Tatay Yzak?"
He murmured some profanities and he received an awful kick in his knee.
"Yeah" he managed to squeak and reached a bible. As what they say, if you follow God, nothing would go wrong or so it might be for Yzak.
"Hoy, Kuya Athrun," Mayu, a little girl with straight locks tugged Athrun's sleeve which caused him to kneel to reach her level.
"Yes?" he inquired to the little gal who giggled a bit.
"Who are you texting? Is it your girl friend?" she inquired again with a toothy smile.
He smiled, "No, my classmate." He said a simple lie. It was not any of his friends either.
She cocked her head on the side, "A girl was looking for you, Kuya. I didn't know other people call you Alex."
"Oh!" he exclaimed as he thought who could it be, "Where is this person?"
"Lobby!" she popped a small lollipop on her mouth and sucked it happily.
He patted her head before leaving the sweet gal.
"YOU!" they both said in unison. (I know, classic trick that always works for romantic fics and such)
Athrun raised a brow, it might be his opportunity to act cold towards her but then again, he must remember everything that Mommy Shiho and Tatay Yzak taught him and the others.
He cleared his throat, "What do you need, Cagalli?"
She bowed her head slightly and murmured a simple 'sorry', "Can you help me with that Algebra thing?"
He flashed a smile, "Of course. It ain't that hard, right?"
She nodded, "I just don't know the other steps and the shortcuts." She said simply as a reason.
Athrun leaded her to the study area that was full of books by the way. He gestured for her to sit which she did.
"You fell asleep, didn't you?"
She smiled sheepishly, "Yeah."
He shook his head, "Anyway, let's start now…"
It was already six o'clock. Through the unity and harmony of the prayer leaders, Tatay Yzak and Mommy Shiho, everyone had said the angelus before they ate.
"So Athrun," Mommy Shiho took a gulped (I mean, a 'sip') of water, "Who's the girl who came looking for you?"
"Oh...her," Athrun drummed his fingers a bit on the table, "Cagalli, my classmate asked about an assignment."
"And she's pretty too!" Mayu added and the other orphans giggled. Somehow, Athrun did not blush.
"That's impolite, Mayu," Yzak lectured, "When you butt in an adults' conversation, you must give information even false ones. So, what's her vital statistics?"
Mommy Shiho stepped on his foot, "Ahem…anyway, I think she lives near here so you should go together to school."
He nodded and felt his phone vibrate, "The dinner is great, Mommy Shiho and please excuse me." He then left the dining table.
"Who might be that?" Mommy Shiho inquired and everyone shrugged.
"Must be that Cagalli." Yzak guessed but it ain't right at all. Not one bit close to his guess.
End of Chapter
Author's Note:
I hope you guys like chapter two. Yuki, I am Pinoy! Just like Nareiya and other Filipino authors in fanfiction!
Adios for now
-ledah
