CHAPTER 11
"Athrun, wake up" he could feel Kira shaking him.
"Leave me alone." He mumbled against his pillow
"Don't tell me you plan to hide in here, Athrun?" Yzak raised a brow
"I'm not hiding, I need to sleep." He drawled out as he propped himself with an elbow
"Oh, yeah…sleep…11:00 in the morning." Dearka said
"Leave me alone." He buried under the blanket trying to shun them out.
"I never knew that you were a coward, then again, I'm always wrong…" Shinn taunted
"I'm not." He snapped
"Athrun-san, I think it would be better if you told Cagalli how you feel, I'm sure she feels the same." Sai reassured
"Feels the same what?"
"She loves you."
Athrun let out a laugh, "Oh sure that's why she's getting married. We're friends no more okay?" He sat up, "Why are all of you here anyway?"
"Athrun, friends stick together" Kira patted him on the back
"Come on buddy, we love one another" Dearka grinned
"We were worried" Sai said
"Your girls were worried" Shinn corrected
"So were you, Shinn" Sai pointed out
"Was not"
"I was forced"
"Don't mind him Athrun, Yzak loves you too, he's just shy to admit it." Dearka swung his arm on Yzak's shoulder, pulling his cheeks.
"Dearka."
The guys were talking all together.
"Whatever you guys say, I'm going back to bed."
"You're lucky the girls aren't here—"
"Athrun Zala of PLANT" Lacus' voice rang out. She sent sivers down their spine.
"What?" he said hesitantly. Lacus rarely uses that tone unless she was really serious.
"Look at me when you're talking to me."
Athrun sat back up looking at her as she gave him a cold stare.
"What are you doing here?" sha asked quietly
"Supposed to be sleeping." He answered back
"Can everyone please leave, I need to talk to Athrun."
"Not you, Kira" she grabbed him by the arm
As soon as the door shut, Athrun cleared his throat, "What is it, Lacus, Kira?"
Lacus sat down at the edge of the bed with Kira behind her "Athrun, I—"
"Don't start Lacus," he interrupted, "I know what you're gonna say, I've made my decision, I already told you I won't hurt her again, this arrangement is the best."
"Athrun, I think you better listen to Kira."
He turned his gaze to Kira who was still looking for the right words.
"Well, eversince Yuuna died," Athrun flinched at the name of Yuuna, "Cagalli's engagement wasn't broken"
"What are you trying to say?" Athrun asked confused
"The next one in line was to be her fiancé, Yuuna's brother, Yuuta"
"Did she know?" he asked quietly
"Yes"
"That's why she broke up with you. She doesn't want you hurt again, with the inevitable." Lacus explained
"We didn't have a break up, I left her." He said
"Athrun, why did you leave her?"
"I wanted to protect her from…me"
"It started when she took off your ring didn't it?"
"How did you—"
"That time, you looked dismayed when you saw Cagalli without the ring, Meyrin said so. She even said that Cagalli told her to take care of you."
"So in the end, she was protecting me?" he said to himself
"I think it would be time for you to fight for her."
"Then why, why was she surprised when she found out?"
"We were informed that she would be getting married at the end of the year, not next week. It's natural to be surprised."
"So she was just going to get married just like that?!" he asked incredulously, "Then again she already did that."
"You have to forget about that. She made her mistakes and you did too, you didn't even come after her." Kira said hotly, "You have no idea, what she went through" he was going to resume his sermon when Lacus stopped him
"She was thinking of a way to get out of the marriage. She actually has an agreement with Yuuta-san" Lacus said
"Yuuta? Isnt he like his brother, a gold digger?"
"Actually no, he's a sweet boy, he has someone else, but because of this arrange marriage he had to leave her."
"Sounds like some story I know." Kira said
"Why are you telling me this? We have nothing anymore." He lay back down. His arms under his head.
"Athrun, you bastard, you sound like you don't give a damn. And YOU say you love her –" Lacus stopped him by just touching his arm and shaking her head.
"It's his decision." They went out of the room
"In the end I was just being protected again." He whispered, "Cagalli…I give a damn…I just don't know what to do…I want to protect you not the other way around…I guess it would be best to just let go…It hurts but I have to let go…I love you, Cagalli" he whispered to nobody in particular as a single tear slid down his cheek.
There was a knock on her door
"Come in" Cagalli called out as she placed the last of her clothes into her luggage. She was going back to Orb the next day.
"Athrun" she smiled
He smiled back, "Would you like to go around PLANT for the last time?"
"Sure, but I think it would be best if…"
"If what?" he raised a brow
"If you change out of your pj's first."
Just as if it struck Athrun that he hasn't changed yet, "I like my pj's don't you?"
They were blue pj's with little frogs all around
"frogs?"
"Nice? No?"
"Nice…come on are we going or not?" she changed the topic
"Yeah…yeah…5 minutes we're leaving."
'Cag, you're too obvious, you like frogs, you like his pj's you like his smile, his smell, his body, you like him wholly and may even love him'
'love?'
'yeah…duh'
'Stop this nonsense, I'm getting married and I can't do anything about it again'
"Cags, you alright? You're mumbling to yourself."
She glanced up to see Athrun, "No…everythings fine…looking good" she teased. He was wearing a pair of black pants and a white turtle neck which emphasized his broad shoulders and his body.
"Same with you." He teased back. She was wearing flared white pants and a white sleeveless shirt.
"thank you, thank you" she said taking a bow, grinning
Athrun chuckled, "Come on"
"You guys going out?" Lacus asked
"Yeah"
"It would be better if you brought you coats along, it's chilly out there." Miriallia handed them his black long coat her her red one.
"Thanks were going out" Cagalli called out as she shut the door.
"Athrun, you really confuse me" Lacus said
"It really is killing me to see them together. They sure are slow" Miriallia complained
"What do you want to do?" Shiho asked as she looked up from her book
"Nothing" Yzak answered
"I wasn't talking to you, Yzak, obviously you don't have any idea how to get them together" Shiho said
"NO idea?" Yzak smirked
"Why you have one?" Dearka asked
"Of course"
"Spit it out" Kira said
"We do this…"
They walked together down the streets of PLANT, chatting happily. If people didn't know who they were, they'd think they were a couple.
She linked her arm with his
"Cagalli, what are—" he blushed hard
"Come on, I thought you were going to show me around? You're too uptight. I doubt anybody's gonna recognize you unless I scream out your name." She grinned as she pulled him along.
Whenever she got excited about something, she would drag him along, pointing to whatever grabbed her attention.
"I think it would be time for you to fight for her." Lacus had told him
'We have our own fates, I'd rather enjoy our remaining time together than to fix things which aren't meant to be' he stared at her
"Athrun?"
That brought him back, "hmm?"
"Are you going to show me around or are you just going to stare at my pretty face?" she emphasized the world pretty.
"Well, I wouldn't mind to just stare at your PRETTY face here." He decided to tease her a bit
"Very funny" she said her face flushed, "You're gonna treat me for ice cream"
"When did we decide that? Besides, it's cold"
"The moment you asked me out. Come on, it's just ice cream." Once again she pulled him into the ice cream parlor.
"Don't tell me you're not gonna eat ice cream?"
"Then I won't tell."
"Miss, a chocolate parfait and…a vanilla one please."
"Don't tell me you're gonna eat two?!"
"Dumbass, the other one's for you."
"I don't eat sweets."
"Now's the time to start."
"No thank you."
"Don't make me shove this beautiful parfait into your mouth. Eat it" She threatened
"Make me." He crossed his arm in front of him.
She shoved the chocolate ice cream on his face, "I was aiming for you mouth but you closed your mouth at the same time…Sorry…" she said n mock apology.
"Cagalli" he said in a low voice as he wiped his face
"Come on, Athrun, loosen up." She laughed, "Missed a spot"
Athrun glared at her
"Come on, its my last day here. At least let me enjoy."
An evil smile crept up his face "Enjoy? Sure." He got the glass of ice cream
"Athrun wait!" her palms out, "Enjoy, not enjoy enjoy. Be reasonable" she gave a nervous laugh
"Too late" he dumped his on her
She wiped the ice cream off her face and she grinned. She suddenly squealed like what his fans usually did which took Athrun by surprise. "Athrun Zala just dumped his ice cream on me" Everyone in the parlor looked at them
'Oh no' she just announced that he was there. He slapped his hand against his forehead. 'No please…'
"Athrun Zala-sama?" one repeated
Cagalli smiled triumphantly
"Athrun-sama dump your ice cream on me too!!!"
"No me!!"
"Me!!"
"I love you, Athrun-sama"
The girls were all dedicating their love for Athrun
"Okay, I thought it would stir them a bit but this is just too much." Cagalli said
"Yeah" he agreed as he stood up and pulled Cagalli by the hand, "That's why you are so dead." He whispered
"I'm not the one who's gonna get trampled by a bunch of fan girls…" she smiled
"Athrun-sama who is she?!"
"I'm nobody in particu—" Cagalli started
"My girl" he pulled her closer, holding her by the waist which caused a gasp among his fan girls.
"The hell are you doing?" she hissed
"Revenge is sweet, Cagalli-chan"
"Nooo!!!!" his fan girls screamed.
"I think we better run."
"Yeah, lets go!!"
They ran out of the ice cream parlor with fan girls trailing behind them.
"I think we lost 'em" Athrun panted
She leaned against the wall, "The hell was that? I had to run for my life."
"Now we're both even" he grinned
"Damn you"
He laughed, soon she laughed along with him.
They were finally in front of the house by nighttime. She was walking ahead of him with her arms behind her. He hadn't noticed that she had stopped
"Ne Athrun?" she suddenly turned around
"Y-yeah?" he was surprised not only by the sudden turn but with their closeness
She smiled and gave him a hug, "Thanks for everything."
He froze but he soon hugged her back, "Anytime"
The gang were peeping from the window
"They're friendly…"
"They're becoming friendly…"
"The hell they are!" Kira exclaimed
"Kira. I thought you said you don't care anymore." Lacus said
"Laccuuusss…but he…"
"He what, Kira?"
"nothing." He mumbled
"Just follow the plan." Shinn said
A/N: Random ideas just popped into my head…sorry if you don't like it but its good enough for me.