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Chapter 10

The Big Fight

Cagalli knocked lightly on Athrun's bedroom door. Yzak and Dearka had to take him home the night before, too drunk to carry on, so didn't want to make his hangover even worse. "Come in…!" Athrun groaned.

Cagalli walked in with a smile on her face, but it was quickly washed away when she saw Athrun lying on his back with an ice pack on his face, bloody cotton balls in his nose, and a fat lip. "What happened to you?!" Cagalli demanded as she rushed to his side.

"Please don't yell…" he groaned some more.

"Answer me!" she cried.

Athrun sighed.

Yzak and Dearka took me home, and when I got here, my dad was the only one that was home…Yzak and Dearka were the only things keeping me from hitting the floor, was piss-ass drunk, and it was only a cruel twist of fate that I saw him at that moment. "You drunk again boy?" I could hear my father ask jokingly.

If looks could kill then he would've dropped dead at that very moment. Yzak and Dearka stopped, and I pulled away from them. "Mine your…your own damn business old man…" I replied, still in a drunken stupor.

My dad laughed again. "Go upstairs and get cleaned up boy, you don't want your mother to see you like this, do you?"

"Since when do you give a damn about her?!" I was livid.

My dad got up from his chair, threw the newspaper down and got directly in my face. I could see the whites of his eyes, and more importantly the red veins. "You'd better watch your damn mouth if you know what's good for you boy." He was mad too; he knew exactly where I was taking this.

"Why?! Is that slut you're still fucking here?! Is…Is she in this house again?! Because my mom's not here to throw your ass out?! So you won't get caught?!" I was screaming at the top of my lungs, Yzak and Dearka tried to hold me back.

"C'mon man, let's get you cleaned up…" Dearka whispered.

"No!" I exclaimed as I pulled away from them and got even closer to my dad. I just looked up at him, every time we did this, every time we got into it he seemed like an untouchable giant, like he was bigger than the world and there was nothing I could do to stop him. "Get her out of this house…"

"There is no one else here Athrun…it's all in your head." He said sternly.

"Yes there is…you never call me by my first name, so why do it now? Y-You never liked me, so why don't we just settle this once and for all?!" I tried to pull my shirt over my head, but I fell backward into Yzak and Dearka.

My dad just laughed even more. "Get him upstairs, he's had enough for the night…" he turned around to go back to his chair, but I pushed him and he barely lost his balance, and he swung around to give me a clear right hook.

"Hey, we're taking him upstairs!" I could hear Yzak shout as he and Dearka helped me to my feet.

"No!" I shouted, pulling away from them again. "You son-of-a-bitch, I'll kill you!" I charged my dad again…and well…

"What happened…?" Cagalli asked.

"…Nothing (come on, you really didn't think he was going to tell her did you?)." Athrun replied dryly.

His door opened slowly, and he sat up straight, but it was only his mother. "Are you alright? Oh, hi Cagalli." She said in a very surprised tone. "Athrun really can't see anyone right now, so…"

"I understand, I'll let myself out…" Cagalli began, but just as she was getting up, Patrick's voice boomed.

"I let her in," he came to the doorway. "I thought she had a right to see her boyfriend." He said as he put his arm around his wife.

"Patrick…now's not an appropriate time…" his mother sighed.

"I'll see you tomorrow Athrun." Cagalli said quickly as she made her way out of the Zala residence.

Athrun's mother turned to his father, "Could I have some time alone with Athrun?" she asked.

"Fine." Patrick leaned down to kiss her, and he could feel Athrun seething with hatred, he just smiled at him, and then made his exit.

"I…I hate him…" Athrun's eyes were lined with tears, and his fists were clinched as his mother made her way to his bedside.

"Athrun, your father has done nothing wrong." She said lightly as she rubbed her son's silky locks.

"That bastard's not my father…"

"Don't say that Athrun, remember when Lacus' mother died, and you told her that you wished you're dad was dead?"

"Yeah, she didn't speak to me for a week until I explained myself— "

"She was trying to make a point Athrun."

"Why are you protecting him?!"

"Because I love him."

"Well I've got news for you: he doesn't give a damn about either of us!"

"Watch you language young man." She said sternly, looking deeply into his eyes.

Athruns' eyes dropped to the floor, "I'm sorry mother…"

She smiled at him warmly, and then kissed his forehead, "Thank you for loving me so much Athrun, thank you…" then she left the room.

Athrun waited a while, to make sure she was really gone, then he leaned over to his nightstand and pulled about a small bottle of alcohol. "Whenever I'm drunk, I have the courage to take him on… ", Athrun drunk the whole thing down. "This isn't over old man…"