A/N: Hi Guys, I'm back with the second chapter of "The way you look at me". Hope you guys continue reading and reviewing my Story! By the way, if you're a ShinnXStellar fanatic, please take the time to read my other story named: "The meaning of tomorrow". Thanks!
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I found myself in the same room, the room where Cagali celebrated her birthday. This time there were no other people around, just me, and a certain woman who looked like Cagali herself. She waved at me. "Athrun, come here, let's dance!" She stated. I then approached her. I grabbed her hand and her waist while she grabbed my shoulder. The song "The way you look at me" started to play and we started to dance. We were just staring at each other. I can see her beautiful brown eyes twinkle like the stars of the sky. She was smiling like she's having the best time of her life. As we were dancing through the song, Cagali did something that would shock me, she hugged me. We stopped dancing but the music was still playing. I was caressing her short blonde hair as her head was buried in my chest. She then let go and held my hand and whispered something, it was so soft I can't hear it. After talking, she slowly leaned her head in, her lips almost touching mine. As we were about to kiss, I saw another figure behind her, it was Kira, and He was muttering my name, the only difference was it was not him talking, it sounded like someone else, like a girl. She was screaming my name, and the way she was screaming my name was not compatible with Kira's muttering. All of the sudden I stared shaking for some reason.
It was all just a dream, when I finally came to my senses, I opened my eyes for starters, and the yelling became more louder, it was my mom waking me up, she then entered my room. "Athrun Zala, it's 8:45 in the morning and you're still not set for work, what the heck is wrong with you?" my mom kept explaining me that I'm going to be late and whatnot, the others sounded like plain blahs to me. She actually didn't realize that It's a Saturday meaning that I don't have work. While she was explaining and nagging, I saw a figure of a woman walking past my room. "Mom, calm down, you do realize it's a Saturday right?" I replied. "It is?" my mom stated in a confused tone. "What date is it?" She added. "It's the Eighth of August, 2015" I replied with a smile on my face. "Oh. I'm so sorry son. I..." I interrupted my mom as I asked: "Ugh... mom, who's that girl?" I stated as I was pointing at the girl who looks like she's waiting for my mom. "Oh. That's Cagali, she's our new neighbor. She's actually with a guy which apparently was her brother. I forgot the guy's name. it was..." I interrupted her again by pronouncing the name of the brother of the blonde haired woman. "Kira." "Yeah, that's right, Kira. Anyways, go ahead and fix yourself, Cagali needs a hand in something, it's a good thing that you don't have work." my mom smiled as she left and closed the door.
Great. First I had this weird dream of dancing with Cagali, and now she's my neighbor? how can destiny be more playful. While I was changing, I heard someone knock at my door. "Athrun?" a girl's familiar voice stated. That familiar voice was Cagali's. As I heard her speak, my heart felt like it was doing a 720 degree somersault. I quickly got dressed up and opened the door. It was Cagali, no doubt about it. She was wearing a Scarlet V-neck shirt with sleeves just a little bit below her shoulders. She was also wearing skinny jeans and slippers. "Good morning!" She stated with a smile on her beautiful face. "Hi, since when did you guys started living here?" I asked her. "We just recently moved today, our parents are actually on their way abroad to work, they left immediately after my birthday celebration." She replied, her smile slowly turning into a frown. I immediately saw myself in Cagali, we were the same in a certain way. Her parents are working abroad, my dad was working outside of the country as well. "Hey, why the long face? come on Cagali, cheer up! you'll look less beautiful when you're crying you know!" Wait. did I just say that? Gee, way to go Zala, nice job leveling up your awkward level. We had an awkward silence for a minute, the good thing about this is Cagali's no longer frowning, she's actually grinning with her face as red as the dress as she wore last night. "Tomato face" Cagali whispered as she was pointing to my face, not noticing that I was already blushing. We let out a good dose of laughter afterwards. "So, do you want me to help you in bringing your stuff to your room?" I asked her. "Yes please, it would be a big help." Cagali replied as she grabbed my hand and dragged me outside.
We finally reached the outside of our house, and I already found Kira carrying their stuff. "Morning Sleepyhead!" Kira stated with a smile on his face. "Morning Kira!" I replied as I helped him carry his bag. It took us nearly three hours to carry all of Kira and Cagali's stuff, not to mention a lot of jokes along the way, there was a time when Kira poked me in the back while I was walking, carrying a box full of books, and surprisingly, while I was carrying another set of boxes, Cagali decided to have a litte Piggyback ride. It was a bit annoying at first, but I got used to it in a matter of minutes, I've already felt comfortable being with the two of them.
Finally, we were up to just one more box left. "Wow, I can't believe it, we're done!" I started as I stretched. "Hey, can you guys take care of that last box for me? I'll be buying a little snack for the three of us. Would Pizza be fine? there's a Pizza Parlor down the road and I can order one." Kira suggested. "Sure brother, that would be awesome!" Cagali smiled, her tomboyish attitude still showing. Kira then went away to buy some pizza, leaving me and Cagali to carry the last box. "Alright, let's get this one done!" I told Cagali as I stretched. She nodded in agreement and carried the large box with me. After carrying the large box and placed it on where it needs to be placed, we were finally done. "Hey Athrun, want some water?" Cagali asked as she was panting because of tiredness. "Sure, no problem, want me to get some for you?" I replied. "No, it's fine, I'll get one for us" she smiled as she walked to their kitchen.
It's been 3 minutes already and I've been hearing Cagali's voice complaining that there's no water. Finally, she came out of the kitchen, running. What she didn't notice is that there was a banana peel on the floor which happened to be a few inches ahead of me. She slipped on the banana peel. (curse you banana peel!) and landed on top of me. So our lips were a few inches away from touching, I can feel the warmth of her breath flowing though my face and I can almost touch her slim body. Both of us were on a state of shock as the level of awkwardness increased by 9000. What the heck is going on with me, I wonder what she's thinking right now. Just when I thought I was about to kiss her, the door of their house opened, Kira's slowly entered the house. Cagali's not getting up, she's just staring at me, frozen with her eyes fixed on mine! I need to stand up and get up before his brother omnislashes me to pieces!