Fairy Tale

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Though technically living like one, Cagalli loathed being called a princess. She grew up listening to fairy tales told by Mana. Normally girls would dream of a prince after such intense story telling, especially when she's one herself. But Cagalli snorted at Mana's happily ever after, and proceeded to read her 'Martial Arts for Beginners'.

Years later, when she was introduced to Jona Roma Seiran as his future wife, she imagined the snobbish boy in white tights, riding a white stallion. The image Cagalli conjured in her head made her laughing for hours, and she still snorted instantly whenever Jona tried to call himself her prince.

Athrun stood beside her after taking Kisaka's position, and boy, there were times when she thought he agreed to become her bodyguard only to make her suffer.

"Are you reading Sleeping Beauty?"

Cagalli looked up from Prince Charming fighting the Evil Witch. "Yeah. What's wrong with my choice of reading?"

Athrun cringed at the book's cover. "Nothing."

"I guess there's no prince in this world for me, huh," She said testily.

"There's one in the House of Seiran in perfect white tights, waiting just fo-" Athrun stopped after she raised the book dangerously above her head, preparing to throw it at him. "Never mind. I thought you don't like princes?

"I do. But it's a lie if I said I don't want one," Cagalli murmured, flipping the pages impatiently until she read the words 'happily ever after'.

Pausing for a while, the boy took off his sunglasses and kneeled down beside her, taking her hand. "Then princess, would you let me have the honor of becoming your knight?"

At this moment, Cagalli wasn't sure whether to laugh at him or jumping off her chair and said his words were indeed very corny. But she could feel her cheeks burning at his words.

Then Cagalli heard her detestable alarm clock ringing beside her ear, and woke up from her sugary dream to the morning in her bed. "Gahh..." She felt her own brows knitting, and reached over to the alarm clock on her bedside. "I should have known he'll never be that romantic."