"The Friends' Alliance"
Chapter 8: Just live…
Several days had already past since the mountain trip incident. And Athrun had finally decided to confess his feeling out loud to the respective girl. School was as usual, normal as he could say.
As the brunette teacher kept talking to her class someone came in asking a permission to speak to certain girl with a pink hair. She looked surprised at the fact but followed suit. The whole class stared at her, curiosity getting the better of them, some already started to whisper, those who sit next to the door tried to listen their conversation. After a moment, the news was spreading as fast as a good rumor.
She is leaving school.
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The streets were as usual with people walking. Sitting alone in his grand house, he decided to take a walk. The gentle wind moving his dark strands around his emerald eyes, closing his eyes he took a deep breath. He arrived to a park near his house with out really paying attention where he was heading. He remembered. He was going to tell her, yes he was, but he wanted it to be special. Somehow romantic but not too mushy since he knows she is not that kind of girl, he chuckles at her memory, with that fiery eyes and authentic smile across her lips…
His hands in his pockets while he walks through the stores near the park. Then passing in front of a small café, he saw a couple he knew very well. They were finally a couple and already enjoying their time together at the maximum. The girl with baby blue eyes was giggling cutely as she took the handkerchief to clean the left side of his face covered with cream of the cake they were eating. A smile was drawn on his face. They looked so cute. That was all the girls said… ok there are always exceptions that said they wished they were in Lacus' place although the other boys had no so different ideas…
Kira was blushing; he was mentally laughing out loud and continued his road. Walking with no destination for half an hour he stopped at the sight of a particular yellow object lying at the other side of the shop window. He smiled, agreeing with his mind, he entered to buy it for a special someone. This was just perfect for her.
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"Well even I could not see that coming" commented a blonde girl among her friends.
"I was so surprised." Lacus said with a sad voice. The blonde's brother put his arm around her shoulders and nodded.
"Yeah, I though she would stay at least to finish the year…"
"You like her" joked a blonde guy with short hair, looking mischievously at Athrun. Suddenly Cagalli's eyes had a sharp gaze and Dearka felt a cold wind through his back. The azure haired boy noticed this, if eyes could kill, he was sure his friend Dearka would be probably dead by now…
Sometimes is just amusing to think whom you just happen to fall in love with.
Meanwhile in the girl's bathroom, a girl who had previously checked if anyone was there was washing her face, in other words, splashing the water to her face, making the floor wet, but she didn't care… she was too upset.
"I can't believe it!" she exclaimed to herself. "I was just starting to get close to Athrun and I have to leave because of my stupid uncle! I hate him!" Her eyes reflected that she really meant it.
"Two days! What can I do in two days!" And so her curses started to flow across the bathroom. A girl happened to pushed the door but instantly drew her hand of as she heard her, it was like a crazy girl was there and entering didn't sound such a good idea.
As she screamed and let it all out, another idea came to her mind but everything was ruined where it started to rain as the sky would fall… so her frustration came back to torture her.
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"Ow it's still raining so hard" mourned the pink haired girl watching the heavy drops striking the window.
"Maybe if we wait it will eventually pass" Athrun tried to cheer her up, he too watching through the window.
"Don't worry we are not going to kick you out" joked Kira making Cagalli laugh in the couch as she watched the t.v.
"Hey why don't you stay here? I really doubt that it's gonna end soon" offered Cagalli turning around to speak them.
"That's not a bad idea! What do you think?"
Lacus and Athrun looked each other.
She smiled, "sure, it's has been a while since we didn't crash in a house together."
"Coming here for homework and staying here for fun, I'm in" said Athrun sitting next to Cagalli, Kira went to hold his now girlfriend's hand to take her to the phone.
"We'll be right back, we are gonna call her father" Lacus just followed giggling happy behind him.
Cagalli rolled her eyes and turned again to watch T.V. "Call me when you finish" told Athrun almost yelling. "They are gonna take a while don't you think?"
"Yeah" she said lazily sinking deeper in the couch making herself comfortable.
"Cagalli, what do you think about Meer leaving?" asked Athrun making small chat but apparently Cagalli didn't like the subject.
"huh? I don't care"
"Really?"
"Yeah, if she leaves that's fine with me" she spoke without taking her eyes from the screen.
"You don't like her, do you?"
That question, 'why is he asking some much about her? I guess he doesn't know she was the one who made me fall days ago, tho I don't really have any proof it was her'
"Do you?"
"I think she is ok"
'How simple for you to say that.' She was starting to get mad…
"Then why don't you go and tell her that you like her" her sentence was dry and as soon she finished her talk she got up.
"Wha- wait Cagalli! I don't like her that way" he said quickly also getting up to hold Cagalli before she could storm away.
"I-I"
"OK Athrun, your turn to call your father" said Lacus reentering the living room with a singsong voice.
Kira stopped behind her, watching his sister leaving the room without speaking a word. Turning to see his friend, he saw him troubled, speechless.
Lacus just blinked.
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"This was supposed to be fun" complained Kira before going to sleep. Athrun just mumbled something Kira could not hear. "Cagalli is angry and she even ignores you, what have you done?" he questioned sitting on this bed. A still standing Athrun answered, "Nothing, that's the problem." He threw himself to the mattress.
"Huh?"
"She thinks I like Meer"
"What? You gotta be kidding"
"I wish I was" said honestly sitting up looking at his best friend. "What can I do, Kira?"
"Tell her the truth!... You are planning to, right?"
"Of course! But I just need the perfect moment! That's not easy you know"
"Tell me about it! It took a lot of courage and time to ask Lacus to be my girlfriend…" he paused, "but you know, it's worth it"
Athrun stared at Kira. "But the thing is that you already knew she liked you! I don't know if Cagalli likes me! And now is the worst moment! She is MAD at ME!"
Kira sighed. "She likes you"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes…"
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"Cagalli, what's wrong?" asked Lacus worried.
"Nothing is wrong Lacus" she answered with a forced smile which was noticed by her.
"That's a lie" said simply the pink haired girl, leaving the hair brush in the night table, sitting next to the blonde.
"C'mon you can tell me"
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"Athrun is an IDIOT! I HATE HIM"
The girl closed her eyes protecting her ears while Athrun automatically removed his hand from knocking Cagalli's bedroom. A dark aura was now surrounding a very depressed Athrun. Even Kira have heard his sister scream, his sweat dropping as he imaging Athrun's face, he wondered if he managed to get in her chambers.
Poor Athrun felt like crying and dying… surrender he went back to Kira's.
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It was dark outside, passed midnight already and the rain hasn't stopped yet.
Cagalli could not sleep, she saw her friend sleeping peacefully in her bed, she always looked so peaceful even more if she sang for them. She smiled in the dark, then slowly walked outside, trying not to wake her up in the act.
The sound of the rain hitting the glass was still strong, it didn't go any gentler with the time, and it just continued to fall…
She went to the closest window; standing there she stayed there watching the water falling. The liked the rain, she loved to sleep in this kind of weather, to run under it while she was getting wet but now it was not the right time to do that even if she wanted to, Kira would kill her. Smiling gently at the already known reaction of her protective brother, her vision got something curious.
Someone was standing in her backyard under the rain. She went quickly to grab a broom to hit the burglar. She quietly walked to the back door. When she was outside, ready to attack, she noticed the burglar looked strangely familiar.
"A-Athrun?"
Turning slowly, he looked empty, his green eyes were dark with the worst sad face Cagalli had ever seen on him, it broke her heart.
"What the hell you think you are doing outside of the house!" Her words were a demand. He didn't speak. She threw the broom aside and run to him.
She tried to pull him but he didn't want to move. "Why are you here Cagalli" his words sound like they were falling along the rain.
"You idiot, what kind of question is that! C'mon let's go inside, you are going to get sick!" she resumed her pulling as started to move but stopped again.
"I'm really an idiot, right?"
"Wha? What are you talking about, let's get inside Athrun!"
Athrun still looking lost spoke again, "do you hate me?"
Cagalli looked at him like he was an alien, "of course not, where did you get that idea?"
He looked at her, "you yelled it."
"Huh? Oh! Don't be silly! I didn't really mean it!"
He quoted, "You didn't mean it?"
"No!"
When he thought he was right, that the sky was crying with him, the drops of water just like his tears were falling like there was no tomorrow…
"Why you look so worried? You care for me?"
"Always!"
If it was in a better situation this might have been very romantic, everywhere was covered with water, both of them soaking wet but Athrun was like he didn't understand her words, why!
"Ok I think you are already sick, now get inside the house!" She practically started to push him to the house. When she finally managed to get him in, she took him to the living room taking a towel to dry him; she left again to look for some clothes from Kira.
He was standing just like when she left him, she ordered him to take his wet t-shirt off. Once with a dry fabric covering him, he seemed to come back to reality. She told him to change his pants too, so she head to the kitchen to give him so privacy. Giving her back to him, the towel he just used was covering her shoulders. The next thing she knew was that Athrun had turned her and given her a tight hug. She could feel her cheeks slowly getting warmer. Wanting to get away, Athrun rest his chin on her, and then slowly went until his lips where right next to her ear.
"I love you"
She froze. 'wha-what?' Just like he had read her mind he repeated, "I love you, Cagalli"
Now she was certain that her cheeks, no, not only her cheeks but all her face was completely red. And so they stayed there, like that for five more minutes until he let her go little by little. All she could do was say his name and look straight to his eyes. His deep emerald orbs.
If hours were minutes and minutes were seconds, she surely felt those seconds like eternity until his lips where on hers as she closed her eyes, her heart was screaming and wanting to get out of her chest as he kissed her gently, at the moment when she answered, she felt his strong arms surrounding her just like the time when they were at the mountains, so warm, so safe.
She was not sure how long they kissed, but as soon as they separate their lips everything went back to normal.
His loving gaze made her flushed again. That also made her angry. "Get those wet pants off and wear Kira's and go back to sleep immediately! Good night!"
She run off leaving a beaming Athrun alone in the bathroom, the towel on the floor as she went as fast as she could to her bedroom still with those cheeks blushing and her heart beating like without rest.
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The drops from the sky ceased to fall around four of the morning. Every person in the house was in a nice slumber or at least that was what our short tempered sleeping girl thought.
Light sunshine greeted her from her orange curtains that sealed the sun in another time when it was correctly placed. The sound of a familiar voice told her to listen, to wake up…
"Cagalli, wake up, we have to go to school"
She just mumbled to go back to sleep.
"CAGALLI!"
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"You are gonna pay for that, my sweet little brother" Her voice was calm and charming; she was speaking as they arrived at school. This comment came after the questioning she made to Kira at home and all the way to school. It all started when she finally decided to get up, more like shot up from her bed almost falling from it, finding her beloved brother laughing out loud holding his stomach trying to control himself. After she began to throw all the stuff she had near to make her brother to run away she went to change into her uniform. When she arrived the dining room, she found it empty, excepting Kira of course who was already having his breakfast. She opened her mouth to speak but Kira was faster, he told her they had already left to change, he didn't tell her before because he knew she would love to sleep a little more time so he let her.
Once finishing all her treating, the day practically went as usual, nothing changed or al least that was what was torturing her, her brother's best friend didn't make a sign of anything. And her usual reaction would be getting mad again. She spent the break alone; actually she was avoiding everyone because she was not on mood of being social, if that was the word.
What make her mood more enraged was the fact that she somehow, maybe by destiny, that the Lacus wanna-be Meer was looking for Athrun and Athrun being the gentleman he is, just stay to chat with her as Cagalli from behind stormed away.
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Her plan of avoiding everyone was still standing by the time school ended. As soon as the bell rang, she grabbed her things and quickly walked to the exit. Unfortunately of fortunately for her, someone was already chasing her.
"Cagalli wait!"
A not so welcomed voice rang to her ears. Athrun. She just ignored and stared to run but Athrun was no fool.
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"Aaahhh!" she screamed.
HI everyone! Sorry for the mayor delay but this is good luck for all the ones that are reading this, cuz I have decided to finish it! The Next ch will be the last one. Yeah I have decided to continue and finish this fic thanks to all the faves I had, I had realized that this fic had more favs than any other I have wrote, no matter the reviews tho they are always welcome XD
LOL inspiration came to greet me! Anyway this is the longest ch from "The Friends Alliance" for now I really don't know how long is gonna be the last ch I'm happy cuz I like this ch, I enjoyed writing it.
Eternally Asuka
PS: don't worry my other fics will be soon updated, I guess hahah I have to get into the university first hehehe…