Disclaimer: If you really want to read this, see chapter 1.
A/N: Gah! I made 2 stupid mistakes: Cagalli's last and middle name is Yula Athha not Ulla and Kira's last name is Yamato. Gomen!
Hectic love: part 2
By Nyteness
Lacus walked into the office the next day wearing a white sleeveless trench coat over a short pink and purple kimono. Her pale pink hair was tied up in a ponytail and held away from her face with her golden, curved clip. A folder at her side gave her a professional-but-not-uptight-look. Cagalli wore a white jacket over a brown t-shirt and a pair of jean slacks. She had a Don't-mess-with-me look.
A blond man in a rumpled suit walked out of the double doors that led to Kira's office. He called out, surprised, to Cagalli, "Hey Cagalli, what are you doing here?"
"Hi Dearka, How've you been?" Cagalli waved him over. "Long time no see. Lacus, This is Dearka Elthman, one of the CEO's. Kira and I met him at college. Dearka, this is my best friend, Lacus Clyne."
Lacus stuck out her hand, "Nice to meet you!" As a designer, you weren't always well known but Lacus had heard of a few of the CEO's.
Dearka smiled as he took her hand. "So, you're the designer with the golden touch." He said as he shook her hand warmly.
Lacus was spared any embarrassment when an auburn-haired model waved at Lacus. "Hey Lacus!"
"Mirellia, hi!" Lacus waved her over. Mirellia Haww was the only model in the whole place she could stand.
"Mr. Elthman, Miss Athha," She acknowledged with a nod.
"Feh, just because I'm Kira's older twin doesn't mean you have to treat me like that," Cagalli snorted. "Call me Cagalli."
"And Mir, We've known each other for ages, no need to be so polite." Dearka said slyly.
"I wish I hadn't known you for so long…" Mirellia smacked away his wandering hand.
"That hurts, Mir," Dearka acted offended, "and I was going to ask you to coffee at break."
"Don't waste your time Mr. Elthman, and don't call me that" She said pointedly, "why are you here any way, Miss- I mean Cagalli?" she totally ignored the rejected blond male.
"Little Bro said they needed an artist and designer and whatnot. I need a non perverted boss, so I come to work here." Cagalli smirked, "Anyway, you need to be off. I'll see you at lunch, okay Lacus?" Waving, she entered the double doors to Kira's office.
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Lacus pushed herself back in her office chair after a long morning. She had have to talk with the models about the newest spring line and a stupid co-worker, Benji, kept calling her every few minutes for pointless reasons, which ranged from where the water fountain was to if she'd like to have lunch with him for the thousand time. After all this stress, she wanted to disconnect her phone. Just after 5 minutes since the last call, the phone rang again. Lacus snapped and picked up the phone. Even if she had a reputation of being nice, Benji had really pushed her limits. "Look, Benji-"
"Gee, you've called me Cag, Gal and who knows what else but Benji?" A sarcastic voice Lacus knew so well was talking, not a stupid co-worker. Cagalli wasn't stupid.
"Sorry it's just, Benji's been bothering me a lot today." Lacus sighed into the phone.
"I know. Kira got so annoyed of all the calls being sent out he disconnected Benji's phone. He stopped our meeting for that." Cagalli said a-matter-of-factly.
"Thank goodness," Lacus was really relieved.
"Anyways, where do you want to go to lunch?" Cagalli asked.
"Let's try the company restaurant," Lacus suggested. Freedom inc. was rich enough to give its employees their own 5 star restaurant.
"Oh right, I forgot," Mimi said sheepishly. Lacus sweat dropped. "meet you in 15 minutes?"
"Sure." Both lines went dead.
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Lacus sat at a table waiting for Cagalli. Subconsciously, she drummed her fingers against the table as she accepted a cup of teaming black coffee. Absently, she pulled out her not pad and started sketching. Let's see… Something bold… Hmm… how about… green and aqua… The door swinging open snapped Lacus out of her designing state. Looking up, she hoped that it was Cagalli but in reality it was Rykosu and Ame.
Lacus stared dreamily at Rykosu. He was so hot! He was the company heart throb and one of their most famous models. He had brown hair and amber eyes and melted every girl's heart with his patented smirk. Plus, he was nice, especially to Lacus. His girlfriend, Ame, was cool, too, but once Rykosu and Ame had started going out, they had drifted apart.
They sat down at a nearby table. Lacus tried to concentrate but a certain heart throb kept her from doing so. She was so distracted that she didn't notice Cagalli come in and take a seat. It was only when the steaming hot food was placed in front of her that she noticed her best friend. "Huh? Oh, hi Cagalli," Lacus smiled sheepishly. "sorry about that."
"I see you've noticed Rykosu." Cagalli smiled broadly. Inwardly, she sighed. I hope she hasn't fallen for him. Especially since my stupid brother still loves her.
Lacus blushed furiously, so that her face matched her hair. "he is really sweet and cute," She admitted, confirming Cagalli's greatest fears
"Oh… somebody get the doctor! Lacus is lovesick!" Cagalli teased as her heart sunk for her brother.
Lacus giggled, "Weren't you this bad about Athrun?"
Instantly, the smile dropped off Cagalli's face as she looked down at her soup. "He's only your cousin," She said half-heartedly.
Lacus was instantly confused. "Don't you remember all the time we spent together, the four of us, Kira, Athrun, you and me? The boys were always with us, and Athrun was your sparring partner." She stopped, noticing Cagalli had demolished a napkin "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, it's just… I'd rather not talk about it, okay?" Cagalli looked up and smiled watery, "Excuse me.' She walked to the ladies room.
What happened? Lacus was left wondering.
Five minutes later Cagalli came back, looking absolutely normal. They had a conversation about Lacus' new fashion line that Cagalli was displaying but both girls were wondering at the ruin of a perfectly good relationship.
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A/N: that's all for now! long enough? Hope you liked it. Sorry about the OcLacus thing… It was that or have her fall for Yzak –shudders- Don't worry, This story is KXL. The reason I had Cagalli upset at Athrun…? You'll find out later… Kira gets more of an introduction next chapter as well, so stick around for that! In the mean time, I want to thank my reviewers:
kryuzei: This one's longer… hehe sorry
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