Sorry for the very late update!! Anyway, here is Chapter 4! Hope you'll love it! Pls rxr. I do not own Gundam Seed/Destiny.
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"Yes? Who this is?" she asked but only silence replied her.
"HELLO?? WHO THE HELL THIS IS??" Fustrated, Cagalli screamed at the caller, trying to get a reply but still no answer from the caller.
"THIS IS STUPID! JUST TELL ME, WHO THIS IS??" still no reply, Cagalli shut her phone angrily, resisting the urge to threw the phone on the ground.
"ARGH…" she switched off her handphone and walked off to her desk to do her work.
At the other end of the call
"You're still the same…Cagalli…"
Chapter 4: Thinking of you…
At the other end of the call (continue…)
"…Although I left you alone….but…I guess…I'll never be able to…forget u…", he chuckled slightly as his hand clutched the Haumea pendant lying on his neck tightly.
"Will you…forgive me? Can you be…by my side again?"
"I…guess not….yet…I miss…you…", he could no longer stand it, the pain was searing his heart, finally, he broke down.
Outside Orb Parliament Meeting Room
"Thanks God, the appointment ended at last. Wow, it really bored me to death." Cagalli groaned, stomping out of the meeting room irritably, she headed back to her office.
At Cagalli's Office, 4pm
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in." she said.
The door opened to reveal a tall, glamorous, blue-haired lady with beautiful gleaming red coloured orbs clad in black blouse and skirt.
"Lady Cagalli, Deputy Mobile Suits Commander, Mr Mwu and General of Orb Defense Armory, Mrs Murrue Mwu would like to meet you." Her secretary reported.
"Yes, please get them in." Cagalli replied.
"Nice to meet you, Lady Cagalli." Mr Mwu bowed.
"No need for the formality, just get yourself seated." Cagalli scowled at his action.
"Hey, hey, don't need to be so irritated, it's only a joke!" Mwu laughed it off.
"You know I hate formality so cut it off." Cagalli looked over at Murrue and continued, "Sometimes I really do wonder how you stand this stupid guy."
"Humph…I do not really need to stand him, I have my own way of curbing his stupid action." Murrue replied fervently and took a seat with Mwu skidding behind her.
"Ya, that should explains why the two of you become a couple." Cagalli smiled at Murrue.
"So, shall we start?" she asked.
"Ya, we need to settle the accessories of mobile suits and the new defense-tech building." Murrue spoke in muffled tones.
At the biggest shopping centre in Orb- PeaceCity, 4pm
"Hmm…Lacus…is there any other things… we need to buy?" Kira floundered.
"You sounded quite awkward, oh, are you sick, Kira?" Lacus put her hand over his forehead immediately, feeling for his temperature.
"Oh no, Kira, you're sick…" Lacus exclaimed worriedly.
"Eh? Don't worry, I'm not sick, it's just that…I feel quite hot here…" Kira pulled away her hand lightly, caressing it.
"Hot? But it's air-conditioned here…or do you need some ice cream…hot…"
'Actually I'm not hot…To be precise, I'm anxious…about the ring…' Kira thought.
"It's nothing…I'm alright…ya, is there any other things we need to buy?" Kira probed again.
"We bought everything, more or less, or is there something you want to buy, Kira?" Lacus asked politely.
"No…No-thing…"
"Then let's pay for the things…" Lacus eyed Kira curiously.
At Cagalli's Office, 5.30pm
"You look very stress, Cagalli…" Murrue stated matter-of-factly.
"Oh ya, it's just that the meeting with the secretary of Earth Alliance do not go so well…so… " Cagalli explained.
"But it's nothing….I'm alright…don't worry…"
"So, I think we had decided to buy the accessories of the mobile suits from PLANTs right?" Cagalli quickly changed the topic.
"Yep, I'll contact Dearka about it since he is the Minister of Defence in PLANTs." Mwu responded conspiratorially.
"About the defense-tech building, is it really appropriate to build it on Colony 45? It's quite near to the border of PLANTs." Cagalli remarked.
"Colony 45 is the best place to build it, weapon supplies can be easily found there and the colony is really big. The land there is also appropriate for the defence armoury to be built there. Anyway, it's better that it's near to PLANTs so that we can follow up on any attacks from PLANTs." Murrue spoke at length, reassuring Cagalli.
"You sounds quite convincing but I still need to think about it as we are talking about invading the borders of PLANTs here." Cagalli conceded. "Ya, that's all."
"Are you going off now?" Mwu chirped.
"Nope, I still have some reports to finish. You go off first." Cagalli arranged the files laying messily on her table.
"Okay, bye…See you tomorrow." Murrue and Mwu said in unison.
"And take care, don't let us worry about you so much." Murrue said in a motherly way.
"Yes, Mum." Cagalli saluted Murrue and laughed.
All of a sudden, the room was filled with the laughter of the three. Murrue was the one to stop laughing first.
"Hmm…okay, bye, Cagalli." She muffled and dragged Mwu along with her out of the office.
At PeaceCity, 4.30 pm
"Shall we go now?" Lacus asked, carrying bags of groceries which Kira immediately try to snatch from her to help her carry.
"Kira? Your hands are loaded…Anyway I'm fit enough to carry these few bags of groceries…" Lacus implied hastily and seriously when Kira try to snatch from her again.
"Oh…" Kira stopped his actions, watching Lacus.
"Ya, Kira, I need to stop by the candies shop to buy some candies for the children, they have been begging for me to buy it when they knew we're going for groceries shopping…" Lacus commented, looking at Kira who is trying his best to cope with the bags of groceries. "Seriously, Kira…do u need some help…my hands are not loaded…"
"No, I can manage it…" Kira denied quickly.
"Oh, there is the candies shop…" Lacus chirped sweetly, dragging Kira there.
"Lacus, do u mind shopping for the candies alone? I need the washroom…urgent…I'll get you later…" Kira stated, dropping the bags on the floor.
"Ya, I'm okay…I'll take care of the bags…Go now…" Lacus replied while searching for the candies that the children love.
Kira rushed off immediately at top speed as he don't want to leave Lacus alone for so long…
Suddenly, he stopped in front of a store with the signboard-
"ETERNITY JEWS SHOP"
Proudly declare your love
He stepped into the store; the jewelries on display glistened as if welcoming the shoppers.
A lady tender approached and welcomed him, "Sir, is there anything you want?"
"Hmm…I need a ring…A proposal ring to be precise…" Kira reported.
"Here please," the lady offered, and stride off to a display glass shelf where there were many different types of rings. Kira stalked after her hastily.
A sliver ring with a rose shaped sapphire on it caught his eye. "Can I have this?" he suggested, admiring the beauty of the ring as the lady went forward and get the ring.
"Is this it?" the lady took out the ring and confirmed it with Kira.
Kira nodded in reply pleasingly and made the purchase.
"Lacus!" Kira called out, dashing towards Lacus.
"Sorry for taking such a long time…"
"It's alright. Kira, can we go now?"
"Yup."
PLANTs- Athrun's office, 5.30pm
"Meyrin, could you get me another cup of coffee?" Athrun instructed his secretary, Meyrin.
"Mr Zala, it's already the fourth cup, did u have a sleepless night yesterday?" Meyrin pursued worriedly.
"Sort of…"
"Ahem…Meyrin…don't call me Mr Zala if there is only the two of us. Just Athrun will do…"
"Roger that!" Meyrin let out a snicker.
"Mr Za…Athrun, the newspaper you want is placed on your table. Anyway, do you need a rest for a while, you've been working for quite a while and you haven't had your lunch yet until now…"
"It's alright, I will be done with the report soon…"
"Okay…then anything just call me…" Meyrin retreated and closed the door lightly.
Cagalli's office, 6.30 pm
"At last, finished!" Cagalli stood up and stretched herself, her back had became stiff from sitting on the chair for such a long time.
She sadly watched the beautiful sunset illuminating her office through the window.
Flashback
The outline of the sun blurred as a soft hue of rose, lilac, tangerine and citrine blended with the crimson. Cagalli stood at the garden admiring the artistic side of nature.
"Wow…It's beautiful…" she couldn't help reaching out her hands to the sky.
"Cagalli!"
"Huh?" Cagalli turned to see Athrun striding towards her as they exchanged cordial smiles of acknowledgement.
"I'd know you'd be here," he said in an affirmative tone.
"Isn't it nice?" she asked with anticipation written all over her face.
"Yup…" Athrun replied fervently, holding her hands.
"I grow to love sunset a lot after I know you…" Athrun looked deeply into her eyes making Cagalli felt that her soul was sucked away by such gentle orbs.
"Your eyes…" he touched her orbs gently which she blinked against his touch. "Always shine like the sun…the glow…I'll never forget…Just like the colour of the sunset…Heartwarming and beautiful…" he brought his lips to her orbs and kissed it lightly as Cagalli blushed to the colour of a fresh strawberry ready to be pluck by him.
He gazed at her, admiring her beauty behind the weak frame and suddenly, he pulled her into his embrace gently.
Cagalli leaned in against his strong form, resting her head on his shoulders as they strolled along the garden, their hands entwined together tightly.
The whole Orb's Parliament Garden was bathed in a tangerine glow as the sun sank into a bank of clouds.
End of flashback
"Move…on…Cagalli…" she reminded herself as she turned to the pile of documents on her desk.
But it seems easy to say then to do it, she couldn't move on after all…not without him…
'Haha, I'm so contradicting…since when have I become like that?' she thought silently.
"I miss… you…" she mumbled under her breath as she stood rooted to the spot.
PLANTs- Athrun's office, 6.30 pm
"This should be alright." He closed his laptop and finished his cup of coffee.
Picking up the newspaper laid neatly on his table, he flipped it open to see…his eyes widened upon the words and photos published on the cover page of the newspapers-
PEACE SECURED BY THE PRINCESS OF ORB UNION
The photo was printed full fledged on the page with Cagalli shaking the hands of the President of the Earth Alliance which was probably taken during the dinner celebration after the signing of the World's Peace Treaty.
In the photo, she had put on some make-up which goes along with her gown that had many shining accessories on it and her hair which had grown longer was bundled up into a bun neatly.
Although the photo was beautifully taken but he could notice the slight changes in her and also the fact that she had become thinner and weaker. Her smile was plastered on her face as usual and she is carrying herself so well that he nearly couldn't recognize her.
He felt his heart been pierced through painfully as his orbs hovered over her picture that he wouldn't bear to see again.
He closed the papers and stacked it below his cup as his mind is flooded with a whirlpool of emotions and thoughts that clashed onto him all of an instance. The days of happiness and sadness with her…his precious rose…
'Can it be pieced up again, like before?' he thought as his mind is leading him to make the decision….which probably…
would change the wheel of destiny.
Wow, finally finished writing this chapter! So sorry for the late update, I'm so busy…Haha, like working ants…Hmm...this is the longest chapter I've ever written. So happy that I finished writing this chapter! Anyway, I wish the story is going in the direction that u hope it'll be going…Lastly, hope that u'll enjoy reading the story! Pls rxr!
Haha, this is my first fanfic though!
Sorry about the grammar and vocabularly mistakes, my English is like…shit…
Darkzlord
Posted on: 17/7/07