I just want to make things clear, Athrun occasionally slept with other woman when he was still a bachelor, Athrun is so loyal to Cagalli in this fic… I swear, all of the talks pertaining that he will be with other woman or blahblahblah is just a joke or a thing to provoke Cagalli. Sorry if I didn't express it the right way…I deeply apologize.
Thanks…
Under His Terms
By: Spring Goddess
Chapter 8:
The following morning, Cagalli woke up with Athrun on her side. He looks so handsome and so peaceful, a smile is visible in his façade.
"Maybe he's dreaming of something pervert… you know Athrun you're disgusting… yes you're so good-looking but it didn't outdo you being rude…" Athrun is already awake, he just wants to hear her complains…
"You know what… when I was little I dreamt of marrying someone that will protect and love me and so I am to him, but I guess not everything goes according to what I want right…"
Athrun stretched his arms… then Cagalli immediately went back to her sleeping position, facing her back to Athrun. As he looks to Cagalli, he can't help but to scold himself for being such a jerk and a complete idiot that he can't even show to this very important woman what he felt that maybe he loves her or somehow at this point of their relationship she is important to him.
Then he rose up and went to the bathroom to take a shower. After taking a bath, he went down stairs for breakfast, while Cagalli is still in their bed.
When Athrun was gone she kept on asking herself if he heard her.
"If he heard me then… ummm…nah he's too asleep to hear me… dammit Cagalli you don't need to be a paranoid, so what if he heard you…" then she went to shower, fixed her hair and decided to wear a cotton shirt pairing it with a pair of jeans, then she went down stairs for breakfast.
"Good morning" greeted Athrun,
"Oh good heavens Athrun is making breakfast tell me am I still on earth?" mocked Cagalli.
"Hahaha very funny… cooking pancakes is just a piece of cake you know… even an infant can make one…" then he showed Cagalli his masterpiece, a bunch of burned pancakes. (I swear if he still cooked it for another minute the pancakes will turn into ashes… yeah right I'm exaggerating again…)
"What's that?"
"Pancakes…"
"It doesn't look like one…seriously Athrun just give me the real ones, I'm starting to starve here…"
"Cagalli, I am dead serious here… see it looks nice right?" smiling a sheepish one.
"As you said even an infant can cook one…" a sarcastic reply of Cagalli "Tell me can you really cook, or lets just say can you even boil water?"
"Come on Cagalli can't you even try it, just one bite…"
"With that? A bite can kill me on the spot…"
"Ouch…"
"Just give me that…" snatching the bowl of pancakes in his hands.
Then she cooked a real breakfast, "Tell me, who taught you how to cook?" Athrun queried,
"Well, I travel a lot you know and I journey by myself so I need to learn this kind of chores, I don't want to stay in hotels, I can't feel the excitement…"
"Why?" asked Athrun,
"Kind to elaborate?"
"Why do you travel?"
"Because I want to see the world…"
"Is that it?"
"Do I need to have any much more important reason to travel?"
"No… is being in Hawaii, part of your travel schedule?"
"No"
"So why are you there?"
"I don't know… here it's done… the real pancakes" then she presented her work of art…
"Ok, I wish you didn't put any poison in here…"
"Come on, just taste it…" he tasted the pancakes garnished with honey and strawberries the aroma is intoxicating, then,
"Well what can I say… it's not bad…"
"Liar, its so good that you can't even describe the taste…"
"Oh yes I can, it tastes bread with honey and strawberries…"
"At least I manage to make one…"
"Wow what an achievement…" a teasing respond of Athrun
"Shut up and eat," said Cagalli,
They ate in peace for a while, and then Athrun broke the deafening silence,
"Cagalli, I called your pediatrician, and I arranged a meeting this afternoon…"
"Why?"
"Remember you drunk a glass of champagne last night… and I need to know if you and the baby are fine…"
"Hahaha, you're nuts Athrun its not champagne, it's just what I call or what people call sparkling juice it contains no alcohol it looks like champagne because it's apple flavor… no need to worry…"
"Are you sure?"
"Certainly…"
"Unfortunately, I can't cancel it, so whether you like it or not the doctor will be here this afternoon…"
"You're not believing me aren't you?"
"Its not that Cagalli, you have done strenuous activity last night and you got jealous, that emotion can affect our baby, he or she might think that we don't love each other…"
"ME JEALOUS I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WORD…"
"Then tell me, what do you think of Meer Campbell?"
"She's a good person…hehehe" then she smiled her cutest smile.
"That's not what you said last night, you said 'you know, this Meer girl, I don't like her…'" mimicking Cagalli's voice…
"Ok, I don't like her, because she's insinuating that I seduce you so I can have you…"
"Her words tell the truth…"
"Hey…"
"Just joking, so do you have any plans for today?"
"Let me see, I think I don't have…why?"
"I don't have any work today, so do you want to visit your father? And after that I think we can go to the pediatrician for your checkup,"
"I can visit him, ALONE" she doesn't like the idea of visiting her father with Athrun.
"If you visit your father alone, he might think that I don't have time for you… which is the contrary of the real thing,"
"Ok… you win…I'll just change my clothes…"
"Need any help…" a mischievous smirk forms into his face.
"In your dreams…"
Athrun queried, "Hey are you ok?" Cagalli is a little sad since they left, again Lord Uzumi is out of town doing something that concerns their business.
"Of course, father is always away you know and…" her answer is quite dull,
"So you are…" Athrun finished for her…
"Well let me tell you that I started traveling when I was twenty-one and I spend my twenty-one years living in our house and studying things concerning our business…"
"I see…" focusing on the driveway.
"Wait you almost know a lot about me but I don't even know a thing about you,"
"Well are you really that interested…"
"Of course I am…"
"I attended military school when I was seven, when my mother died and at that time I was fifteen years old, my father enrolled me in a prestigious university, the Vesalius University to study. Then I inherited our company when I was twenty-two, then I accidentally married you when I was twenty-eight…" his voice sounds happy and he seems satisfied to what his life came to be.
"Too bad the only good thing that happened to you is when you marry me…" a mocking remark of Cagalli.
"I very much doubt that…"
"Hey I see a coffee shop there, lets stop for a while…"
The coffee shop was filled with the aroma of beautiful flowers. It was all painted in white. The place was decorated with antique stuff that really relaxes you.
"Well if you had given a chance to marry someone else what would be your standards?" asked Cagalli, Athrun is a little perplexed about her question but still he answered her…
"Well, I love woman with beautiful long hair with very delicate skin and of course she must be eye-catching to match me…"
"Lets make it short, you like woman with the qualities of Meer Campbell right?" it was pretty obvious that Cagalli is pissed…
"Hey don't be jealous, I'm just joking, the truth is, I am not interested in physical beauty but rather in the inward beauty… how about you?"
"Me…" she was surprised to what Athrun said, she can't believe that there's still this kind of man that looks into the inwards rather than in the outwards. "Well, I would choose a man who will love and cherish me for the rest of his life…"
"I can be that man…"
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Thanks for reading and please forgive my grammatical errors, forgive me also if it took me a long time to update, I have a lot of assignments this past few days… hehehe (My teachers are really bad… they keep on torturing us… how I wish Yankumi of Gokusen is our teacher…did I spell it right?)
I don't really know how old is Athrun when his mother died so I just made things up hehehe, and his father is dead also in this fic…
And oh, about the Cagalli-drinking-champagne thing, I'm sorry, call me stupid if you want, but I forgot to think about that, but you know what I am really good in making excuses and that is the best thing that I can think of… sorry if it's pretty lame…hehehe
Reviews and constructive critism is very helpful for me at this point…
THANKS!