Chapter 15: The Dance
Cagalli was grabbing drinks for herself and Dearka—who had made his way to the restroom moments ago—when she heard him say: "Why do you keep staring at my date?"
Looking over her shoulder, she saw him standing several feet, speaking to Athrun. Feeling a rush of heat, she hurriedly turned back to face the snack table. Her heart was pounding.
"Excuse me?" Athrun said.
Cagalli focused all of her energy on listening to them over the loud music.
"I've noticed your stares," Dearka said, and by his tone, Cagalli imagined him smirking. "I don't get it. You're here with one of prettiest girls in the entire school—Lacus freaking Clyne—and yet you keep eyeing my date. I know she looks amazing tonight, but, dude, she's with me."
Athrun was silent for a moment and it only fueled Cagalli's already overactive heart. Has he been looking at her? They smiled at each other at least once during the night, and they interacted briefly at the beginning of the dance, but Cagalli spent most of the evening with Dearka. She barely interacted with Kira and the others (that was mostly because Flay was hogging Kira like she owned him), but she didn't mind because she had been having so much fun with Dearka.
"I don't know what you're getting at, Dearka," Athrun said.
Cagalli wanted to turn around so bad, but she didn't want to interrupt the conversation. She needed to hear it—hear Athrun's response.
"I'm letting you know that you need to mind your eye—"
"Cagalli's my friend and…"
Athrun's voices had become muffled to the music. Damn, she thought. What is he saying?
"I think you should worry about Lacus, Athrun, and leave Cagalli to me," Dearka voice was louder and immediately Cagalli grabbed the drinks, faced Dearka—who was walking towards her—and handed him a cup.
"For you," she said.
"For me?" Dearka smirked.
She quickly glanced at Athrun. He stared at them with a look of dismay before walking off. Cagalli couldn't help but smirk as well. Her and Dearka gave cheers before gulping down the juice and rushing to the dancefloor.
Don't think I really like this chapter, but here it is. Maybe it's because I feel under the weather.