Chapter 24: Two Girls
The stacked, turkey sandwich was less than an inch away from Athrun's mouth when he felt two people approach him. Mouth still hanging open, sandwich still in hand, Athrun looked up to see Cagalli, tray in hand, smiling down at him. He looked to his other side, and saw that Lacus also smiled at him while carrying her tray. The two girls seemed to not pay each other any mind, or perhaps they did not notice one another. Everything began to move quickly.
They both said, "Hi, Athrun," and before he knew it, both of their bottoms hit the bench at the same time. Athrun didn't even have time to speak as their trays slammed on the table, colliding with his, just as their hips smashed beside his. He looked squished.
Before he could even make room for himself, Lacus and Cagalli had leaned forward and stared at each other.
"Oh," Lacus had said. "Miss Cagalli, when did you get here?"
Cagalli stared and blinked before speaking. "Just got here…" she said, slowly, her tone not as cheerful as Lacus'.
Athrun looked back and forth between them, squirming a bit, but attempted not to make his discomfort obvious. Yet, a moment later, the girls asked, "Athrun, what's wrong?"
Cagalli was walking down the hall, waving two basketball game tickets in her hand, as she approached Athrun. She carried a smirk that caused Athrun to smile, too. He took one step forward to meet her, but Lacus had abruptly blocked the way.
"I'm ready now," she said, sweetly.
Athrun stared at her dumbfoundedly. "Huh?" he uttered. "Ready for what?"
She frowned. "Athrun, are playing a joke on me?" Lacus puffed her cheeks and placed her hands on her hips. "To go home. Are you still going to escort me?"
Realization swept over his face, soon followed by a hint of disappointment—that he quickly covered up with a smile.
"Of course," he said. "It slipped my mind."
He quickly looked past Lacus only to find that Cagalli had disappeared.
Longer chapter coming up :)