No Space For Love Chapter 7: The First, a gundam seed fanfic

Disclaimer: I dont own GSD or any of their characters..All hail Bandai and Sunrise.. I do hope I'm part of them :D

Its a good thing my boss didnt leave anything for me to do and I was ablt to finish all my tasks, so I spend the whole 8 hour work shift to type in all the ideas :D

hmm.. by the way, just to explain the thing that Alex has from Cagalli, the red data drive. In this story, its like a a pendant like USB drive that Cagalli uses to store up some personal or business stuffs.

chocolates are forever

CHAPTER 7: The First

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psshh psshh

"Come'on, give me your best shot!"

"yeah right!"

toot toot pshhhh

"Beat that!"

wooshh!

chug chug chug chug!

- wham!

-- Game Over--

"Ha-ha! I win!" the brunette placed the controller on the table and stood up. He streched his hands out and walked over to the kitchen.

"Not fair, you've been playing this game for years Kira" the bluenette snickered to his friend and rested his back on the couch.

Kira went back with a soda can, he turned on the lights in the room and sat himself on a bean bag, the two were on Alex' apartment, he was invited over after Cagalli left for an "emergency work".

"If you cant beat me, you wont be able to stand up against Cags"

Alex chuckled, "so she's the queen of this game huh?"

"yeah, I never won against her" he lifted his can to drink "By the way," Kira cleared his troat.

"yes?" Alex placed his controller on the table and turned the television off.

"How is she?" Alex noticed the blush on his friends cheek as Kira turned his head away.

"She?" he asked playing innocent

"Yeah, her.. you know" Kira stammered.

"She's fine, getting better than ever" Alex smiled to him and went off to the kitchen to grab his can of soda,

Kira noticed Alex' cellphone lighting up, with the looks of it, there's someone calling Alex. Seems like he turned his cellphone to silent mode.

"Hey buddy, someone's calling you"

Alex walked in drinking his soda and slumped himself on the couch, he clutched his phone and flipped it open. Alex just stared at his phone for awhile then closed it out He replaced it on the table and sighed.

"One of your girls?" Kira teased

"yeah.." he relaxed his back on the couch and looked up the ceiling. Curious, Kira snatched his phone to check

"What the.. ! 31 missed calls??"

Alex massaged his temples with his forefingers.

"You must not make ladies wait Alex" he smiled to his friend and placed back the phone on the table. "Ladies tend to be brutal when men don't show up for their date"

"Nah let them be, they can handle themselves" he responded with a yawn. Kira threw him the small pillow by the couch.

"your such an asshole" he threw another pillow to Alex. Then Alex returned his throws back to him. At the middle of the pillow fight, Kira's phone rang.

"Kira here, yep, alright. Tell mom, I'm on my way home" he slipped his phone back to his pocket. "well, I gotta go"

"Duty call?" Kira nodded

"Then , till the next time" He lead Kira to the door.

"Wow! This tastes awesome Cags!" Lacus took another sip in her cup.

"you should also try their Chocolate supremo drink, it has lots of grated chocolate, finished with a caramel syrup on top. Yum yum!" Cagalli said excitedly. Though the two have just met, they were able to click with each other fast. They put aside business history and talked about some personal and friendly stuffs.

"Athrun should try this"

"Athrun?"

"yup, his the only son of Patrick Zala, my fiance" Lacus smiled at her

"He's one hell of a lucky guy to have you" Cagalli responded as she bit her donut.

"maybe.." she noticed that the jolliness in Lacus eyes faded, she was trying to fake her smile.

"Don't you like the guy?"

"Its not that"

"Then...Do you like another guy?" she smirked

"something like that" Lacus stared at her choco drink.

"Well, if you like this person, you should tell him. I mean, getting engaged with a person you don't even love, you'll only tear both your hearts to shred" Cagalli cant believe what have just escaped her mouth.

"Its not that easy"

"huh? How come?"

"Well, you see.. He's a close friend of Athrun"

"WHAT?!" her eyes widened ("She's a two timer! A Two timer!")

Lacus giggled with her expression, "As you see it, the engagement itself is only for business purposes. It is to strengthen the ties between Zala Corporation and Clyne Faction. My father proposed this marriage so that we will be included in the solid union of Zodiac Alliance."

("Hmm.. Zodiac Alliance, that's the union of all the top businessmen in the world who controls over almost all the products sold to the world. No wonder the big Boss approved the proposal since Clyne Faction is such a big word")

"The marriage itself is actually not that bad, you see, Athrun and I grew up together. But the love that exists between us is more of a brotherly affection, and we both know that" Lacus sighed.

"And this stupid engagement is holding you both from experienceing true love eh?" she took a big bite on her donut. Lacus nodded.

"Why not tell your father what you perfectly feel? I believe Mr. Clyne is a very kind and an understandable man", there was a minute of silence.

"I dont want to break my father's heart. As an independent company, all my father dreamt was to be included in this union. I dont want to be the cause of his dream's downfall" she gave Cagalli a weak smile.

"I'm sure they'll understand" she held the hand of Lacus and gave her a smile

"I totally understand where your coming from, but if I were you.."

"..Fight for what you believe in"

("What the fuck did I just said") she rolled herself on her bed slowly, she didn't want to wake up Stellar who was sleeping beside her.

'Well, if you like this person, you should tell him. I mean, getting engaged with a person you don't even love will only tore both your hearts to shred'

She rolled again to lie on her back, she placed her arm over her forehead.

..Fight for what you believe in

("that's the stupidest thing I've ever said")

She for herself understands the self sacrifice Lacus was doing. For the dream of her family, she is willing to give up everything, and she means EVERYthing. She rolled to her side to face Stellar. She was sleeping peacefully hugging her bear. Cagalli remembered that bear, it was the gift of their father to her on her first birthday. It used to be bigger than Stellar. She smiled to herself.

"Pa-pa.." Stellar spoke in dream and smiled. Cagalli giggled at the sight and traced the face of her sister with the back of her hand. Her sister was only two years old when their father got hit by the illness, she wasn't able to cope up much with their father.

I totally understand where your coming from,..

she bit her lower lip, of course she does understand where Lacus was coming from, they are on the same situation even though they're in separate poles. To decide whether you'll go for your happiness in the man you love, or to sacrifice this happiness for the happiness of all. Selfish it may seem, but if she was given a choice in a different situation, she'll go for what she believes in. She's not used to surrendering under circumstances that she could still fight for. Not unless, the family is at stake.

She felt a pain that pinned her heart inside.

("Yuna..")

Cagalli slowly opened her eyes, she was awakened by the warm sunlight on her face. She heard some laughs and giggles outside, she reached her arm to her side to see if Stellar is up, ("gone"), she checked the time and it was already 11:35AM.

(" I wonder what the noise is all about")

"Morning" she made her way to the dining area, where the laughs are coming from. She rubbed her eyes as she sat herself on her sit.

"Morning sis"

"Morning Cags"

"Mom went to our shop with Stellar and Sting" the brunette said putting a spoonful to his mouth.

She was still dozed from sleep, "Mom went where?"

she turned her head to see the table, "If mom, Stellar and Sting are out, then who the fuck is that?" she focused her eyes on the two people infront of her, her vision then cleared up and there she saw her brother sitting beside a bluenette.

"WHAT THE HECK! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" she pointed to Alex

He giggled meekly, "Hi there sleeping beauty"

"I invited him over for breakfast, well.. actually brunch" Kira reasoned as he put another spoonful in his mouth.

She gazed at Alex with narrowed brows, "Your stalking me aren't you?"

"For you information Cags, Alex is here to help me with some reports, and also, to have a companion, I was expecting you'll be sleeping all day"

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr"

After that they all ate silently, Kira volunteered to wash the dishes, since they were out of soap, he requested Cagalli to buy one in the nearby store, the persistent Alex accompanied her. Since Alex didnt bring his car to their house, they used their feet to go to the store.

"Hi there Cags! How have you been? I haven't seen you in ages" a light blue haired guy greeted them in the store.

"Its just weeks Auel, been busy with work" she smirked at the young man, he was just as old as Sting was.

"As always, and..wait.. who do we got here?" he looked at Alex from head to foot.

"Boyfriend?" the two flushed at the what Auel siad, Cagalli grabbed the head of poor Auel and started to twist her knuckles on his temples.(It hurts.. I swear) "He's Kira's freaking friend!" Alex sweatdropped at the scene. "Very violent"

"ow! Ow! Ow! Ok! Ok!not boyfriend not boyfriend!" he pulled himself up and rubbed his temples. "You didnt have to do that" he whined.

"you deserve it" she pouted, she was still blushing,Alex just looked to the side and scratched his head.

"You know I don't have time for boys, and guys are just a hindrance in everyday life" she pointed her finger at Auel who was still trying to get a hold of his pinned temples.

"Uh, If you may excuse me, we came here to buy a dish-washing soap" Alex cut in to end the errand.

"yeah we do, here" he tossed the soap to Cagalli, "Just 5 bucks", Alex handed the cash "Thanks"

As they were to leave, "Y'know Cags, I think you should hang around him more often, you might catch some of his.. what you call kindness" Auel exaggerated the word. Before Cagalli could snatch his head again, Auel ran inside the store.

"You bloody bastard! Get down here!" Alex dragged Cagalli away.

On the way home,

"No time for boys huh?" Alex teased with an eyebrow raised

"You've got a problem with that?"

"how bout girls?" he continue to tease

"I'm not a homosexual for goodness sake!" she glared at him

Alex just chuckled at her pouting, "Let me carry that for you" he tried to get the plastic from Cagalli's hand but she swayed it to dodge his grab.

"nah-uh, I can carry it on my own"

Alex tried again to snatch it off her, but Cagalli continued to sway the plastic. "Last one to the house is a rotten hag!" Cagalli ran with Alex chasing her. But when they were already by the doorstep of Attha's, Cagalli tripped off and fell face flat.

"owwwww.." Alex rushed to her, "Are you alright?" he assisted her up. "I'm fine,. Ow" Her knee got scratched pretty bad by the rock on the pavement. "Stupid rock!" she tried to kick it with her other foot but ended up falling back first on Alex arms, "easy"

"Dont tell me to-" she her head to Alex, her face was now only distant away from his, their eyes capturing each others soul.

Dug dub!--Dug dub!--Dug--dub!

She felt her heart raced inside her, she no longer felt the pain in her knee. The stillness of the moment seemed forever. Their breathes collided, each trying to zap one's forces.

The gravity seemed to have nullified its effects on Alex. He wanted to stay at that position for eternity, he can feel her frail warm body against his, her scent of freshly picked daffodil enticing his senses. And her breath that seems to pull him to her.

She felt his approaching presence, she swallowed.

"CAGALLI!"

Alarmed by the familiar voice, out of reflexes, Alex release his hold on Cagalli, leaving her to drop to the floor.

"ouch"

Kira peered in to the doorway, "What happened here? Hey Cags your knee is bleeding, What the hell happened to you?"

"Why in the world did you let me go?!" she darted at Alex, the tint of red was still visible on both their cheeks. "Sorry" he muttered and helped Cagalli up inside the house.

"Uh Alex, I hate to do this to you, but, I think we should reschedule our little interview thing another time." Kira was putting on his shoes

"where are you going?" Cagalli snorted as she sat herself on the couch.

"Sting called in and said we've got lots of customers in our little shop. I'll go help mom"

"Sheesh"

"It's fine with me" Alex responded

"Thanks bro, but before you leave, kindly help my sister with her boo-boo. The first aid kit is by the white drawer." he opened the door and quickly ran outside saying his goodbye.

"What's with the rush?" Cagalli scratched her head.

Alex opened the white drawer and pulled out the first aid kit. He went back to Cagalli and knelt in front of her.

"Its ok, I can manage. You can leave" avoiding his eyes, she still felt her cheeks warm.

"I'm not going to leave you like that" he grinned at her and started to clean her wound. She wasnt able to resist, every movement she takes pricks pain to her knee. Cagalli's eyes wandered from her wound to his face, then his face to her wound. ("What am I thinking?!"), She can feel the soft touch of his hands as he cleaned her.

Silence formed, no one would like to open a topic that might lead to another fall-n-catch. The fact that their all alone in the house made her thinking worse. She blushed more at the ideas her mind was playing. ("Shame on you Cags! Shame on you!")

Alex was done cleaning and medicating her wound, "Can you hold this part?" she obeyed and placed her hand on the end of the gauze that was placed above her knee. He then taped around the padding. "Professional?" she smirked at him, "nope, I'm just a little reckless myself at home. I got used to this sort of things", when he was about to place the end of the tape, his hand ended up landing on her hand upon the gauze.

He waited for a punch.

nothing..

He looked up to see the reaction of Cagalli, she was blushing, her innocent amber eyes staring back to his emerald eyes. He felt the warmth and the smoothness of her hand. He didnt quite expect it, the fist that breaks solid objects and faces was this soft. He tightened his hold on her.

("What the hell am I doing? Cags dont let this jerk hold your hand"), no word came out of her lips, she seemed to have lost all her strength in their current gaze.

Dug dub!--Dug dub!--Dug--dub!

He placed his hand on the couch to support him up, slowly and slowly, the force between pulled him closer to her. He glimpsed at her pink lips slightly opened, he wanted to close them for her using his lips.

("What the hell is this?") she felt his breath now against her skin, as if there was a hand that guided her, she now saw herself leaning forward. Then..

Their lips touched, but even before they could continue, Alex accidentally pressed against Cagalli's wound, she got out of the hypnoticism, resulting to her slapping his face with all the held forces.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING ALEX DINO!?"

lolz,. Sweet neh? The first kiss and the first slap with Alex Dino.

I actually enjoyed typing in the sound effects for the game Kira and his friend was playing. Lolz

I'm eating yogurt this time