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Chap. 8 Yuuna Roma Seiran & the Unforeseen

"Please?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Pretty please?"

"NO!" Cagalli winced as he shouted his answer. She looked up at her body guard with puppy dog eyes and pouted lips. In return he folded his arms and narrowed his eyes at her.

"Your father told me to watch you until your date arrives and that's what I'm going to do" Kisaka said firmly whilst Cagalli wined like a child. Turning away from the sulking blonde, he turned to face the restaurant doors. Cagalli glared at the back of her body guard and wandered her eyes around the restaurant glumly.

Her eyes wandered across a fire escape door and she did a double take to make sure that her eyes were not deceiving her. Her eyes widened as the exit glowed like the gates of heaven in her eyes. Looking over to Kisaka, she took note that he was still in the same stance as before; facing the restaurant doors. "Perfect!" Her mind screamed, the fire exit was in the opposite direction. Slipping off her heeled shoes, she silently made her way to the exit. Adrenalyn building up with every step she took towards the door and grinning as she pushed the bar to open the door. Looking up at the corridor that leads to her freedom, her grin and adrenalyn rush was completly diminished.

The door slammed shut on its own. Cagalli didn't flinch. She didn't move at all. All she could do is stare at the end of the corridor, where the door to her freedom was. But alas, there was a catch. In front of the door stood Athrun Zala himself.

He stood leaning his back on the door, his arms folded in front of his chest and one foot propped up against the door. His head bent forward, facing the floor with his eyes closed. Opening his eyes, he looked at her with a smirk plastered on his face.

"I was wondering when you'd try and escape through this way."

Pushing off the wall, he took a few steps away from the door.

"Turn around, Princess. Your date will be arriving any second and plus I would like you to met a very important person to me."

"And what if I don't?" She asked, as if daring to question his order. His smirk widened as he spoke.

"If you don't? I'll force you." He stated bluntly.

"Oh? Is that so? Well hate to break it to you but, you don't seem like your going to try and stop me now or ever. So, I'll be leaving now. See you next week, Athrun!" She called cheerfully as she walked past him. He in return, sighed and shook his head. Grabbing her shoulder, he pulled her back until she was facing him, then grabbed her waist and threw her over his shoulder.

"What the?! Put me down now! Athrun! Are you listening?! Put me down!" She yelled in vain as he walked back to the main area with her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

"Like hell am I going to get back in there without a fight!" She thought. At once, she started thrashing about on his shoulder causing him to loose his balance and fall to the floor. Getting up quickly, she quickly legged it to the door before she was quickly thrown up against the wall. His hands planted firmly on her waist pressing his body against the back of hers, so that she was pushed up against the wall. His breathing was slow and deep. She felt a tickling sensation as his breath caressed the back of her neck. His nostrils were filled with her scent and his mind was clouded. Slowly, he turned her around to face him. She looked at him slightly puzzled and dazed. Her eyes burning brightly, staring, into his cool green ones. "Should I?" He asked himself. His eyes darting back and forth between her slightly parted lips and her eyes.

Seconds flew by into minutes, but the two remained in their position, unsure of what to do. A cough broke their thoughts and both turned to look towards the door that lead to the main area. Kisaka stood looking at them with an unreadable expression on his face. He nodded his head in the direction of the main area and both started walking.

"CAGALLI!!" She looked up to see a flash of purple and then knocked backwards. Arms wrapped around her tightly as she struggled to break free.

"I have been so excited about our date! Come on, Let's not waste anymore time!" As Yuuna dragged Cagalli along, she turned to look over at Athrun and gave him a small smile before turning back and allowing her to be taken.

"It has been too long since we saw each other, Cagalli. I'll be sure to make sure that it would never happen again. After all, we are going to be spending our lives together very soon…"

As Yuuna continued to blab on, Cagalli was deep in thought about what just occurred between her and Athrun. "He was so close…And his eyes…no, impossible." She thought to herself. She signed and watched Yuuna continue on his blabbering.

"Where is our meal? I swear if they are any slower we might as well die from old age!" He exclaimed. Cagalli narrowed her eyes slightly at the moron (A.N. Sorry, But I REALLY do hate him.)

"It was only 5 minutes ago that we ordered our meal, it has to cook, you know." She tried to defend.

"That's not the point, Cagalli. You are a Princess and thus you should have things right away. Precious time is being wasted, my dear." He scanned around until he saw Lacus walking past. "You. –clicked his fingers- Over here, now." He ordered. Cagalli stared at him as if he was ludicrous. Lacus looked slightly phased from being addressed so rudely, but nonetheless started to walk towards them.

"No. Hell no. Lacus don't come over here until he calls for you politely. And you" She turned to Yuuna with darkening eyes, "Learn how to talk to people properly and politely." Yuuna signed and put his hands up.

"Poor, Cagalli. When will you ever understand? People with power must use that power to set an example." Cagalli Scoffed and drank some of her martini. "Yeah, set an example as to how to be an over-confident retard." She joked in her mind.

The night continued to drag on as Yuuna bragged on about his fathers achievements and how well he was doing- Key word "Fathers." Cagalli thought; "Tch, doesn't this boy ever do anything amazing himself? Or does he use his fathers all the time? –sigh- What is he blabbering on about now?" Cagalli zoned out of her mind to listen to him.

"Yes, what a beautiful day our marriage will be. And of course, how could I forget our honeymoon…" He leaned over and placed an arm around her and pulled her towards him. "…Where we will make passionate love to each other." He placed his other hand on her thigh which caused her to tense up. "Then I will be you pillar in life to support you when you are representative, my Honey."

"No, I don't need a pillar in life Yuuna (And it certainly won't be you!) I can stand up on my own two feet and if it was my choice to marry, I wouldn't simple because I don't need anyone to hold me up, all I need is for people to believe in me." She said with courage and confidence. Yuuna laughed at Cagalli' last statement. When his laughter died down, he turned to speak.

"Don't make me laugh anymore, Cagalli. You're a woman. Of course you need a pillar to lean on. No woman can take a representative position and still fulfil her duties, they are too weak." At this, Cagalli snapped. Standing up to her full height she looked down at Yuuna.

"That's the last straw. I've had enough of your talking. You are the worst date I have had so far; pompous like Ahmed, a pervert like Dearka and a sexist idiot like Yzak. But worst of all, you're an arrogant bastard that can't stand on his own two feet unless he's using his fathers glory." She turned and walked away with a proud smile on her face, leaving Yuuna to feel the words that were sinking in.

Athrun watched as Cagalli walked away from Yuuna after delivering her tongue-lashing. He smiled as he realised that there was yet again, a failed date. He walked up to his office and looked at himself in the full length body mirror to check his attire. The reason? His mother was coming to see him and his restaurant that she was so proud of him running. Looking at his watch, it showed 8:35pm. She was 35 minutes late. Athrun scanned the restaurant to see if she had arrived, but she was no where in sight. He looked towards the bar area where Kira and lacus were. Kira was on the phone and they both had troubled looks on their faces. Getting a bad vibe from this, he started to make his way down to them.

"Ok, I understand. Don't you think it'll be better for you to tell him? Yeah, no problem. I'll go get him for you now." Kira placed down the phone and looked at Lacus who' eyes were already brimming with tears. Taken hold of her, he hugged her tightly as a few tears and sobbed broke through. Athrun walked up to the couple and looked at both of them questionably.

"You're fathers on the phone, Athrun." Passing the phone over to him, he and Lacus walked away.

Cagalli walked out of the female's bathroom after refreshing herself. She was glad to see that Yuuna had already left. Looking around she saw nothing out of the ordinary until she heard someone shouting. Looking over to that direction, she saw Athrun shout into the phone once more and slam the phone back violently. She remained still as she watched Kira approach him and placed a hand on his shoulder which he violently shook off and pushed past him to get to his office. At once, Cagalli set off towards Kira and lacus.

"Kira? What's going on? What's wrong with Athrun?" Many questions filled Cagalli' mind but these were the only two that she could bring out to words. She looked at Kira who was holding Lacus tightly as she cried into his chest.

"His…-sigh- His mother died in a car accident on the way here." Cagalli' eyes widened and she turned to look up at Athrun' office window. The blinds were shut and the light was switched off. Unconsciously, her feet moved towards his office.

She hastily walked up the stairs that led towards his office. Pausing outside his door, she took a deep breath and knocked. After a few minutes of waiting, she placed her ear against the door to listen out for any sounds. She heard nothing. Taking another deep breath, she opened the door a little and peeped in.

The room was dark. The only source of light that entered the room was given by the moon. He was sitting on his office chair, his elbow propped up and his hand supporting his head. He looked deep in thought as he stared at a photo frame that stood on his desk. Slowly, she let herself in and made her way over to him, cautiously.

"Athrun?" She called through the darkness but received no answer, his eyes and thoughts still remained on the photo frame. "Athrun." She called again, but this time a little louder. This seemed to work as he slowly turned his head to face her. As the moonlight hit his face, Cagalli' eyes widened from looking his condition.

His face was stoic and expressionless. The twinkle that she usually saw in his eyes was diminished and replaced with emptiness that reflected a dolls eye. She was brought from her thoughts when he finally spoke to her.

"Cagalli? Is there a problem?" He asked, his voice was toneless like a robot. Cagalli could only soften her eyes in sadness as she looked at him.

"Kira and Lacus told me what happened. I came to check up on you. I'm very sorry about your mother-" As soon as she finished the last word, Athrun stoop up abruptly, making Cagalli jump back slightly.

His stance was tall. His hands were balled up into fists and his head down so that Cagalli could no longer see his face. He turned his body to face her and started to walk towards her. His arms were shaking from tensing them so much as he approached her. She walked backwards in hopes to maintain the distance between her. However, her hope was lost as her back hit the wall behind her and he continued to advance and stop in a foot away from her. Cagalli' eyes widened as he raised his fists and slammed them towards her.

"Kira, should we let her go up there on her own?" Lacus asked worriedly. She looked up at the curtain covered window and back to the brunette, who also held a look of worry in his face.

"No, leave him for now, Cagalli may even be able to help him." Her eyes widened at his answer.

"Are you sure? I think I'll go up and just check on her." She started to walk towards the stairs before she pulled back into Kira' warm embrace. He held her tightly before whispering in her ear

"Believe in her."

Cagalli gasped loudly as his fist came into contact with the wall behind her loudly. She had shut her eyes and turned her head to face the side. Her body was tensed and her hand had found it's was to grasp her amber stone tightly. Slowly, she turned to face him and opened her eyes. He stood with both hands against the wall, each beside her head as if locking her in. His head still looking down at the floor so still could not look at his face. His arms and shoulders shaking from pushing against the wall. Cagalli opened her mouth to say something but her words failed her. At that moment he looked up at her.

As soon as his eyes met with hers, they began to release the flood of tears that he held back. They streamed down his handsome pale face creating silvery lines that sparkled in the moonlit room. He shook more and slid his hands down until he was on the floor on all fours.

"Why?" He asked weakly. "Why did it have to be her?!" Cagalli looked down at the man with a sad expression. She knelt down in front of him and placed her hand encouragingly on his shoulder. He looked up at her with a face that showed pain and grief. Giving out a tearful cry, he lunged forward towards her and hugged into her waist tightly as he cried into her dress.

The force of his weight caused her to be thrown off balanced and into the wall. She gritted her teeth to rid of the pain and looked down at Athrun. His tears soaked her and ruined her dress but that was the last thing on her mind. Right now, he needed someone to comfort him and help him. Right now, he needed her.

Wrapping her arms around his shoulders, she used one hand to stroke his head gently as he continued to cry. Slowly his tears subsided and Cagalli continued to hold him tightly.

"I don't know what to do anymore." Cagalli released him and pushed his head up to look at his face. In her eyes, he looked like a confused little boy that was lost.

"I can't do it anymore. I just...can't! Living without my father was hard, but, losing my mother? I just can't carry on...living" The last word barely it to her ears but she caught it and held him tighter.

"The hardest thing in life, is to keep on living." She paused for these words to sink into him. He lowered his head so that his forehead was on her shoulder.

"Especially after we've lost hope in something or when your life seems to be meaningless and...when a loved one has died. But, when bad fortune comes, good fortune is right behind it." He looked up into her eyes as if searching for the answer.

"You just have to wait. Wait till' that time passes and keep your head up through anything."

"But I can't! My mother, she was the one who pushed me through all of my troubles in the past! How can I move on without her?" He asked desperately.

"You have me." Her answer was simple, yet confusing. He looked at her shocked, wondering if he had heard correctly.

"You have me, Kira, Lacus and everybody else who's worked for you. They are your family as well. The family that you chose to become part of. You have us to keep you moving." Letting go of him, she stood up and looked down on him.

"Now, get up and let's start moving on together!" She smiled brightly at him and offered her hand to pull him up. He looked at her outstretched hand and back up to her face. His sorrowful mask broke into his usual handsome smile and the twinkle returned into his eyes. He grasped her hand tightly and pulled himself up and they both walked out of his office together.

Lacus slumped back onto the lounge seats as she looked up at the clock that read 11:05pm. "Finally, quitting time! I hope Cagalli' all right, she's been up there for a while now." Getting up from the seats, she walked over to Kira.

"Do you think we should go and check up on them now? They've been up there for a while now." She looked at Kira whom was looking at a different direction. He turned to look at her and smiled happily.

"You won't need too, look" He pointed in the direction of the stairs where Cagalli stood pulling out a nervous Athrun.

"ATHRUN!" She called out and rapidly dashed to them. She stopped a metre away and stared at him hesitantly.

"It's ok now, Lacus. I'm fine." He smiled brightly at her clearing all the doubts she had.

" Oh, thank Haumea. " She released a sigh and turned as Kira approached the trio. He stared at Athrun for a while as if studying him. After satisfying himself that he was back to normal, the brunette smiled.

"It's nice to see that your back."

"Yeah, sorry about earlier, Kira, Lacus, I wasn't myself. Forgive me." He bent forward to bow down in apology but was stopped by Kira holding his shoulder.

"You don't have to apologise, we understand why you acted the way you did. Cagalli smiled and metally gave herself a pat on the back for a job well done. Glancing over at the clock, she gasped and looked back towards the others.

"I'm sorry guys, but I'm going to have to leave now, Kisaka' already been waiting 15 minutes for me! I'll see you next week!!" She hastilly turned and started to run for the door. After a few running a few feet, someone caught her wrist and pulled her back powerfully. Her face and body came into contact with a strong chest and gasped when two strong arms held her tightly and a face buried into her neck sending ticklish waves down her spine as they breathed deeply. Looking down, she saw a crop of blue hair.

"Thank You."

She smiled and wrapped her own arms around him and whispered "You're welcome" back to him. Raising his head, he kissed her on the cheek and released her.

"Good night, Princess." He bowed politely and smiled gently which she returned and continued to run.

He watched her until she disappeared out the door and continued to smile. Even though his mother had just died, he found a new reason to live...

"Cagalli..."

I am SOOOO sorry for the extremly late update!! I read through my story and reviews again and I feel I owe everyone that has reviewed (and read) my story a HUGE apology!!

1. I'm very sorry about all the punctuation, grammar and spelling mistakes that are in all the chapters

2. Sorry for saying that this update won't take me that long but took about a month instead.

3. Asking for ideas and not using them

3. Sorry for my story going boring in the last chapter and if this one was a bit randomly done and didn't meet up to expectations.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I am really sorry to those who read my story especially the ones that review my chapters. I would also like to thank you all for your support in the reviews and to let you know that I am very grateful to all my reveiwers (I reached 100 reviews!! I can't believe it!!).

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