CHAPTER 2

Cagalli walked to her Biology class after she separated with Kira and Athrun. She just glad that Athrun got Chemistry as his first period. "Fuh, what a relief! Though he's just gives me the creep, but there's something about his eyes..." she said to herself.

"About whose eyes?" a male voice whispered at her ear from behind. Cagalli startled and nearly lost her balance. Her schedule paper went flying and her backpack fell on the floor.

Someone suddenly held her waist, to keep her from falling forward. They stayed that way for a moment. Then she turned around to see the face of her savior when suddenly she stared at a pair of emerald eyes. Only then she realized that the guy whose arms wrapped so tightly at her waist was Athrun Zala!

"Argh!" she abruptly slipped from his arms. Her cheeks burned from blushing. Never once in her lifetime that she was being hugged by someone so tightly.

Athrun just smiled slyly when he saw her reactions. "Relax Cagalli, I'm not gonna hurt you or anything. You were lucky I've managed to catch you just in time," he reached out and slightly caressed her red cheek. "You're not gonna thank me?" he added teasingly.

Cagalli quickly backed away. She busied herself by picking her backpack and schedule paper. Athrun laughed softly and bent himself, facing her. "I don't know whether to let go of you and back away, mortified," he confessed, "or continue holding on. It's quite nice, actually".

She frozed and didn't know what to say next. She knew that he was just teasing her but she can't help feeling butterflies in her stomach and blushed madly. She stood up and said her gratitude softly before she walked away.

He quickly caught up with her and tap on her shoulder. "I hate to be the pain on the backside but I kinda lost in here. I'm the new student, remember?" he said. She stopped and turned around.

"Oh yeah, I forgot. Gomen ne?" she said gently.

He smiled. "It's okay. So, could you please direct me to the Biology lab?"

Cagalli blinked. "Did you just say Biolgy lab? I thought you had Chemistry like you told me and Kira earlier".

He looked at her deeply. "I just said it so that Kira will quickly proceed to his class and I can spend alone time with you".

She quickly looked away and felt her heart skipped a beat. What is wrong with you, Cagalli? He's just trying to flirt with you, it's no big deal. Get a grip of yourself!

"I…I think you will have to follow me as I have Biology too," she stammered. She walked faster than before. Athrun had to jog to match her stride.

"Your cheeks do get red easily, huh?" he said. She pretended that she didn't hear it. The truth was, she tried to control her emotions each time he looked into her eyes with those emerald eyes of his or when he said something near to her ears.

"I don't usually get red and if I do, it's because of the weather or I'm very uncomfortable at the moment," she tried to act cool, hoping he would get her hint.

He shrugged. "Why should you get uncomfortable? It's not like I'm gonna kiss you or anything".

Her cheeks were getting redder by those words he just spoke. She felt relieved when they finally arrived at the Biology lab so that she could escape his question.

"Cagalli! Over here!" Shiho Hahnenfuss called for Cagalli as she entered the lab. Cagalli grinned and dashed to Shiho's place, leaving Athrun being surrounded by many giggling fan girls.

"Hey, Shiho! How are you?" Cagalli shook hands with Shiho. She'd preferred hugging but Shiho wasn't the girly type. She first met Shiho on their first day as freshman in that college. At that time, Shiho wasn't being friendly with everyone, only with Yzak Joule and Dearka Elsman. They were her best friends from Zaft. But then, after a year she spent with them all, she started to be more open and eventually accepted their hands in friendships.

"I'm fine. What about you?" Shiho smiled. Cagalli sat down next to her. They still had a few minutes before the class started.

Cagalli was about to answered Shiho's question when someone called her name. "Cagalli, a little help here!" she turned to see Athrun struggled to break free from his fan girls. Instead of helping him, she laughed. Shiho looked puzzled.

"It's not funny!" he said through clenched teeth. Finally, he was saved by the professor's presence.

"Minna, please go back to your own places and leave Mr Zala alone!" Miss Ramius said firmly. The fan girls made disappointed faces but did as they were told.

Athrun sighed with relief and thank the professor. She just nodded and ordered him to sit at his place as she was about to start the lesson. He took his seat next to Cagalli, much to her surprised as there were many empty seats available. All of his fan girls stared at her like they wanted to kill her with their own bare hands. Talk about jealousy!

"Okay, class. My name is Professor Murrue Ramius but you may address me as Miss Ramius. I will be teaching you all Biology subject. Before we start our lesson for today, I would like all of you to introduce yourself, one by one, in front of the class," Miss Ramius said clearly. Many groaned and some even tried to hide themselves under the lab tables.

"We're sophomores in college already, woman! All of this introduced-yourself-in-front-of-the-class craps are bullshit!" one guy shouted from the back row. All of them turned to see Yzak Joule glaring at Miss Ramius.

"First of all, I am indeed a woman but I prefer if you respectably call me Miss Ramius. And second of all, you've got yourself in trouble which is also known as DETENTION!" the teacher fired up.

Yzak just shrugged and rolled his eyes, as if he meant 'I don't give a damn'. The others just kept quiet.

"Baka!" Shiho muttered furiously. "Why did he have to be a pain in the ass?"

Cagalli turned to her. "What did you just say, Shiho?"

Shiho quickly shook her head. "It's nothing". Cagalli frowned but decided to shut her mouth. The rest introduced themselves anyway in front of the class, as they didn't want their professor to explode with anger again.

The class ended after an hour and a half. Cagalli was about to walked out of the lab with Shiho when Athrun suddenly held her arm.

"What was that all about?" she asked, trying to let go of her arm from his grasp but failed. He held it too strong.

"Can you give me a moment, please?" he whispered, looking deep into her eyes. She started feeling that strange emotion again, whenever he looked at her like that. But she quickly broke their eye contact and stared at the floor instead.

"Hmm Cagalli, can I go to my next class now coz Mr Trine docked points for tardiness. I don't wanna be late for his class," Shiho interrupted. Cagalli just nodded her head but she silently wished that Shiho would stay coz she didn't wanna be alone with Athrun and his gaze were making her uncomfortable.

"So, what is it that you want, Zala?" she asked harshly, as they were walking through the hall but he still didn't let go of her arm.

"Don't call me Zala, call me Athrun," he said, gripping her arm even tighter.

"Ouch, you're hurting me!" she winced. Athrun let go of her arm.

"Gomen, does it hurt?" he looked concerned. Cagalli tried not to blush but it was kinda hard as his fingers caressed her arm gently. She felt a tingling sensation ran through her body every time he touched her, even with a slight brush of those fingers.

"What do you want from me exactly?" she asked again, this time more gently.

Athrun didn't answer, just continue running his fingers on her arm. She had a feeling that he tried to avoid her question.

"Will you stop doing that? I'm already late for my next class and if you still don't wanna tell me exactly what you want from me, I think I'm gonna strangle you with my own bare hands!" she threaten. I've had enough of this nonsense!

"Hey, relax babe. I'll tell you what I want from you when you wait for me at the parking lot after you finished all of your classes. Don't get mad at me," he said huskily, trying to soothe her.

"I'M NOT YOUR BABE!" she shouted. She didn't care about all of the people at the hall were now staring at her or Athrun staring at her in disbelief.

He quickly grabbed her by the waist as she tried to walk away from him. "Tell me that you will wait for me at the parking lot or I won't let you go," he murmured into her ear, his face near to hers. Cagalli tried to push him away but he tightened his grip. Her glasses went askew and she could feel her cheeks were turning red. Where are those stupid fan girls when I needed them?

"Athrun-sama!" suddenly they heard voices calling for Athrun, not so far away from them. Athrun froze and loosen his grip. Cagalli took this opportunity by pushing him and ran away as quickly as possible.

"Cagalli, wait for…" he never got to finished his sentences as all of his fan girls surrounded him. Cagalli just continue running without looking back.

After she finished all of her classes for that day, she went straight to the bus stop in front of the university entrance. She would be coming home alone as Kira borrowed her car as he, Dearka, Miriallia and Lacus wanted to check out some of the new shops in the Destiny Megamall. They invited her but she rejected it as she wanted to have some rest for the day. It's definitely the longest day I've ever had, she thought as she felt very tired.

Just as she turned on her MP4 while waiting for the bus to come, a black, sporty car stopped in front of her. People at the bus stop stared in admiration. Cagalli looked at her left, and then at her right, wondering who the driver in that car was was waiting.

Suddenly, the driver's door opened and she saw blue-haired guy exited the car. She gasped and tried to hide behind the people's backs. Now only she remembered that he had asked her to wait for him at the parking lot. I'm so dead meat if he sees me!

She back away slowly, tried to run from the place. As she turned around to made her escape, someone unexpectedly pick her up in bridal style.

"Where do you think you're going?" she lifted her face to see Athrun's face were only inches away from hers. She blushed madly and looked away. The rest were just staring at them in surprised and suddenly clapped their hands as they thought Athrun and Cagalli were loving couple, judging by their situation at the moment. Cagalli couldn't say a word as she was still speechless with Athrun's drastic movement.

He asked someone to open the passenger door for him as he couldn't manage it while he was holding her. One guy, probably their age, volunteered. Athrun put Cagalli on the passenger seat and thank the guy. "No problem," he said, winking at Cagalli.

She blushed and smiled stiffly. Now he had the wrong idea, she sighed heavily.

Athrun went to the driver side and hopped in his car. He started the engine and drove away. They kept quiet the whole time. He sometimes glanced at her. She looks cute with her face all red like that. It makes me wanna…he shook his head to shove away the dirty thoughts.

"Say something, Cagalli. Please don't be so quiet," he said, holding her hand. She jumped a little and tried to pull her hand back but he held it firmly.

"Let go of my hand!" she said loudly, hoping he would got scared and obeyed. Much to her disbelief, he didn't only let go of her hand, he kissed it too. She widened her eyes in shocked. She quickly released her hand from his grip and stared out of the window to hide her red face.

He grinned and stopped his car at the side of the road. She frowned and stared at him. "Why did you stop the car?

"I want some alone time with you…" he brought his face slowly to hers.

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Hehe, hope you guys like it and sorry for the delay. I've run out of ideas lately ;p. PLZ review!