Disclaimer : I dont own Gundam Seed or any of its characters...

Thanks for all those who posted reviews, I was actually expecting criticism cause of my rusted brain (lolz). Hmm now I got the inspiration to continue this story . My apologies for the late update. Im actually typing this story in my office, and all files are saved here (O.O). Thus, I wasnt able to continue it at home. Here goes all my ideas for the weekend that passed.

Chapter 2: In Sync

After 7 hours of paperwork

"At last! Im done!" she said out loud as she stretched her arms uphigh , feeling her muscles tingle with relief.

("8:43 AM, I'm almost 3 hours overtime, im so dead tired") as she glimpsed at her watch.

She was about to lean her head on her desk when..

knock knock knock

("grrrrr... who could the nuisance be?")

"Come in" she slumped herself at her desk resting her eyes for a moment.

"uhh... Hi" she opened her eyes after a minute and rested her back on her sit, she was surprised to see Shinn who was standing in front of her desk holding two cups of coffee.

She looked at him quizzically, "What is it?" with annoyance in her voice

"I know we got off from a bad start," placing the cups on the table, "I really apologize for all those mishaps."

She raised an eyebrow at him,

"here" offering one cup of coffee to her and he reached out to his pocket and handed her a bar of chocolate. He smiled at her.

"Just remember , the next time it happens, I'm gonna reap your head off" she gave him a smirk and accepted the peace offerings. Shinn sat down on the chair beside Cagalli and took a sip on his coffee. "so, does that mean I'm forgiven?"

"whatever.." she let out a soft yawn and took the cup of coffee, holding it in hands, black liquid inside reminded her of someone special, someone very close to her heart.

(" dad always liked his coffee without any creamer") she circled her forefinger around the rim of the cup.

Shinn noticed that the young lady has been staring at the cup for quite awhile, there was sadness is her eyes, "Shes scary when shes angry, but I like her better that way than seeing her down" he said to himself. "by the way, since you've already forgiven me, will it be alright if you tell me your name?"

"..."

"hmm..?"

"Ca..Cagalli..." she said softly, she was still entranced with the thoughts of her father.

"Nice name" Shinn smiled at her, "Ms Cagalli, dont you think you should head home now? Its already 9 AM and you still have a shift tonight"

"Just call me Cags, dont be so formal with me" she took a sip from her cup to awaken her tired mind. She doesnt want to think about her father after her stressful work day. She glimpsed at Shinn who was enjoying his cup of coffee, "coffee lover?"

"sort of, I like the aroma of coffee after a hard days work" he smiled.

She placed the cup at her desk, "are you not going home yet?" she started packing her stuff to her bag

"Not yet, still have some work to do"

"If thats the case then," standing up and grabbing her jacket and her bag, "I'll go ahead,"

she walked to the door, "thanks for the coffee" she smiled at him as the door closed leaving Shinn in her office.

"...errr"

"did she just.. smiled..??"

It has already stopped raining when Cagalli exited the building, but the winds are still strong and the skies are still gloomy, ("looks like I'll have to walk down the block for a cab"). She was at the thought of the past, her father always drops her at school and picks her up after class, so much like a princess. Though he was a busy man and they have their personal driver, he wants to make his every available time be spent with his children. For her 14 years of existence on earth, she was always on a private car. Not until...

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SPLASH!

("WHAT THE HELL!") she looked at herself wet with the water from the puddle of water on the street

"Oh,I'm so sorry!"

She looked up to see a young man on his bicycle, his shoulder length blue hair was covered by his white beanie and his enchanting emerald eyes looking at her with sincere. He was wearing this brown cargo pants, and blue V-neck shirt covered by a sports jacket.

"Are you alright miss?"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY 'ARE YOU ALRGIHT'?! YOU JUST SPLASHED WATER ON ME!" she yelled at him with glaring eyes.

"I really didnt mean to, I didnt notice the puddle of water" backing off a little on his bike. He was intimidated by this scowling blond infront of me.

She started to walk closer to him folding her sleeves, preparing for an attack, "WHAT?! Are you that blind to not notice it?! Why are you even biking by the-" just as she was about to finish her sentence she slipped over and fell to the same puddle. The lad held his laugh.

"owwww"

"are you hurt?" he offered his hand to help her

("Damn it! Now I'm all soaked") she grabbed his hand and stood up. She removed her hankerchief from her pocket and started to wipe her face and her arms. ("This is just a freaking bad day! first the hospital, next the freaking paperjob, then those jerks and now this jerkest jerk"). Tears started to form in her eyes, she was jsut too pissed off at the moment

("Crap! damn it! Shoot!")

Then she felt a cloth covered her, the jerk that she was just partaining to wrapped her shoulder with his jacket and placed his hankerchief in her hands. She stared at him for a moment.

"use that" he smiled at her.

"..." she wiped herself with the offered hankerchief.

"since I've caused you lots of distress on such a fine day, let me treat you to a cup of choco" he chained his bike to the post

"Wha- wait-" he dragged her from the arm to the nearby donut shop without waiting for her reply.

"2 cups of hot choco and, what else would you like?" she gave him a snare, ("This guy is a drag. phf")

"Im not hungry"

"Alright, and 2 donuts please"

They were both silent at the table, sitting opposite each other, Cagalli was glaring at him, and the blue haired guy rested his head with arms at the back of his head pretending that he doesn't notice it.

"Enjoy your meal" the waitress placed their order on the table. He held his mug to feel the warmth of the sweet liquid inside.

"so," he took a sip,"what's your name?"

("Whats with this jerk?") she glared at him

"Don't worry, I'm not a gangster or anything, just would like to rewind everything and start off with you as being friends"

("Friends?! Who does he think he is")

"Lets make it clear dude" she slammed her fist on the table

"Im not hungry! And I want to go home! Thanks for your courteousness to make up for the splash thing but I've got no time for this" she stood up and was about to leave but he caught her wrist.

"My name is At..Alex, Alex Dino, and you are?" he said with a grin, he was looking at her straight to the eye, like he was saying 'please'.

("God, of all people, why did I end up with this clown") she rolled her eyes and sat down

"Cagalli, Cagalli Yula Attha" she said plainly and looked down on her mug

"thats a pretty name" he smiled at her and took a bite at his donut.

"the hot choco here is the best in town" she raised an eyebrow to his comment.

"It doesn't have any sleeping stuff Ms Cagalli so you don't need to worry"

"just call me by my name, remove the 'miss'" she took a sip, he was right, she felt the mild sweetness and mixture of a little bitterness that stimulates the senses, its creamy warm liquid soothed her enraged equilibrium. Before she new it, she had a smile on her face that caught the eye of Alex.

"taste great huh?"

"yeah" still entrapped by the flavor of the drink

"you look prettier when you smile" he winked at her, she blushed at his compliment.

"you don't need to make fun of me" she pouted, she was still blushing

he just smiled at her that made her blush even more. This lad knows how to make girls melt, she thought.

"stop smiling at me!" she said out loud that made the other people at the cafe look at their direction.

He chuckled with the scene and later she found herself laughing with him.

She laid in her bed restless, she was thinking of their financial matters. When she arrived home, her mother approached her for helping the due payment of his brother's tuition fee. He's graduating this year and she and her mom decided to let her brother finish to have a better job. They are also due for the electric billing in the month end. ("shoot, I still have pending debts with Mir. How the heck am I going to make it till the next pay day") she scratches her head annoyingly. ("Sigh"). Then she remembered what her grandmother said while they where eating, "your prince charming Yuna dropped by to give you those roses. He said he'll pick you up later for work. Isn't he such a darling? He would make a great husband for our Cagalli", the idea almost made her choke. She really has nothing against him. Its just that, theyre not in "sync". He came from a well respected family, owner of the country's powerplant. He's kind, thoughtful and.. and quite charming (in a way). The perfect husband as per her mother. Rich and good. She rolled on her bed, it was already past 12 noon, and she needs to get her sleep for tonight's work.

She looked at her ceiling once again.

"ARGH!! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!"

She didnt thought that her yell was that loud, "Sis are you ok??" Her always worried brother asked outside her door.

"Im ok Kira"

"You sure?"

"101 percent sure"

"I'll leave now"

"k" she sighed to herself. She knew her big brother hated himself seeing her depressed and worn out, especially knowing that she's working herself out just to help him finish his studies. She was suppose to step into college, but since her brother is already in the last year of his course, she chose to sacrifice her studies first and help his brother finish.

She closed her eyes as she felt the knock of slumber on her eyes. She rewinded all the 'unfortunate' things that happened to her that day. Then she smiled to herself as she pictured the gentle smile she saw today, the gentle smile with the gleaming emerald eyes.

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My apologies if ever there are confusing events or typographical errors. I'm actually typing everything straight to my PC then just make about 2-4 scans and I upload it here. Most likely a think-type-scan process, no more scratch papers ( ). Do tell me if the flow of the story is a bit confusing. I'm currently working on the 3rd chapter. I'll try to upload it later or tomorrow.