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Chapter 4

"Ok, Alex needs to be fed three times a day. Since he's only a mechanical baby, he doesn't need constant feeding," Athrun told Cagalli as he handed the baby to her.

"Hold on a second! His name is Will!" Cagalli said.

"No. His name is Alex." Athrun calmly corrected.

"Who the hell named him Alex?" Cagalli was getting agitated.

"I did."

"WHAT? WHY DO YOU GET TO CHOOSE THE NAME?"

"Because I took care of him first."

"SO? I AM TAKING CARE OF HIM NOW!"

"His name is Alex."

"NO! WILL!"

"Alex."

"WILL!"

"Alex."

"WILL!"

"What's that smell?" Athrun sniffed.

"Eww! I think Will just pooped!" Cagalli said as she shoved the baby to Athrun.

"Why did you give him to me? I did my part already. Now do yours." Athrun shoved back the baby to Cagalli's arms.

"But I don't know how to change nappies! You have experience, you already did it, and so you do it!"

"Fine, I'll do it just this once. Watch carefully. You have to do this later by yourself at home."

Athrun stood behind a desk in one of the classrooms, the baby on the table, and Cagalli peering behind him. She was going to use him as a human shield if need be. Athrun looked like one of those surgeons ready to operate.

He gave a gentle tug on the tabs on the diaper to open it.

"Eww! Gross! Poop!" Cagalli said.

"Well what did you expect? Chocolate?" Athrun replied.

Cagalli rolled her eyes at his sarcasm.

Stretching his hands out, Athrun asked, "Please pass me the wet wipes."

Cagalli reached down for the bad and dug out a packet of wet wipes and handed it obediently to Athrun.

"Powder please."

Once again, Cagalli reached for the powder bottle and handed it to Athrun.

Athrun was like a pro. In no time, he finished changing the baby. He didn't even break a sweat!

"Wow you're amazing!" Cagalli complimented Athrun.

"That's because you're lousy," he replied. "You can call me if you need help with Alex."

With that, Athrun left the class.

"FOR THE LAST TIME, HIS NAME IS WILL! AND DON'T EXPECT MY CALL BECAUSE I WON'T NEED TO CALL YOU! I CAN PERFECTLY TAKE CARE OF WILL MYSELF!" Cagalli shouted after him. "And they call him the ice prince? The world's most annoying jerk will suit him better!" Cagalli said aloud to herself.

Just then Dearka whistled. "Looks like our little sun has melted a part of the ice prince!"

"You mean more like blasted a part away! If you ask me she explodes most of the time!" Yzac snickered.

"Well nobody asked you Yzac, so zip it!" Shiho said.

"Woman, I wasn't even talking to you!" Yzac retorted.

"Ok you two, take your lovers' quarrel outside," Dearka interrupted.

"WE ARE NOT LOVERS!" Yzac and Shiho shouted at the same time.

"Ok chill man! I was just joking!" Dearka gulped. The two looked murderously angry at him. "So Cag, what did you do to him? Cast a spell on him? As far as I've heard, he doesn't talk much, yet alone offer his help to anyone. And here you are, managing to get into a heated discussion with him!"

"Argument would be a better... OUCH! WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM WOMAN?" Everyone turned to see Shiho smacking Yzac on the head.

"You are!" she replied.

... ... ...

Cagalli Hibiki just reached home after a long day. As she placed her keys on the side table by the stairs, she thought, "Phew! Good thing Kira's here, he can help me out with Will."

Just then, her phone vibrated. She received a message. It said:

Hey Cagalli! I won't be home tonight. You'll be alright by yourself won't you? I have to run an errand, I'll be back tomorrow. Take care and try not to get into trouble. Also, try not to mess up the house; otherwise I'll have a hard time cleaning afterwards.

By the way, dinner is in the microwave (just look for one of the metal boxes on the counter with a plate inside). Press '2' to heat up the food and wait till you hear the beeping sound. Then, press the largest button (it's rectangle on the bottom right hand corner of the 'box') to open the microwave door.

Don't forget to wear gloves when you take out the food, you might hurt yourself.

Ok, that's all! Love you! See you tomorrow!

Cagalli rolled her eyes at the message and smiled. Her brother knew her best. No one except those living with Cagalli knew that she was a disaster when it comes to cooking and cleaning. Sure she has good grades (one of the top in school competing with Zala), and sure she's very good at sports (the best female tennis player in school). But when it came to domestic affairs, Cagalli's a walking time bomb. It was only a matter of time before she would blow up the house and make a mess. She couldn't even identify a microwave yet alone use it.

... ... ...

Athrun Zala was dreaming again. In his dream, he was six years old.

He was sitting on the sand by the playground. He brought his knees to his chest as he wrapped his arms around his legs. Silver tears dropped down from his strikingly beautiful emerald green eyes. He was watching children his age running about, with their mothers tailing behind.

The children were giggling as they ran about. They were so carefree, so innocent. They have yet to face the horrors of this world. Apart from worried faces, their mothers who were chasing after them, all had joy in their eyes. For a moment, they seemed to have forgotten the harsh reality of this world.

Athrun looked away. It was too painful to watching, knowing that he could never be like them, never anymore.

Just then, he felt someone grip the collar of his shirt. Before he knew it, he was thrown onto the ground.

"What do we have here? A little cry-baby? What's the matter? Missing your mommy? What a pathetic loser! Hahaha!"

Athrun looked up to see three boys. The one who was taunting him had purple hair while the other two were twice his size. Those three were the typical playground bullies who went around terrorising other kids who were younger than them.

"STAY AWAY FROM HIM YOU MEAN BUNCH OF BULLIES!" a girl with blonde hair shouted as she made her way to Athrun, shoving aside the other boys who were in her way.

"Or else what Athha?" the boy with purple hair countered.

"OR ELSE I'M GOING TO STUFF THESE WORMS DOWN YOUR DISGUSTING THROAT YUNA! NOW SCRAM!" the girl threatened as she scooped a handful of worms and pushed it to the boy's face.

"Ahhh! This girl is crazy!" The boy with the purple hair yelled as he and the other two boys beside him ran for their lives.

"Are you ok?" the blonde girl asked as she stretched her hand out to Athrun.

End of dream...

Athrun's dream was cut short. His telephone rang and he woke up midway. He glanced over the digital clock at his bedside table. It was only one in the morning. He cursed at the person who called him at that hour. That person not only waked him up in the middle of the night, but also disrupted his dream.

It was a good dream to some extend. He dreamt about his first friend. Cagalli awfully reminded him a lot of her. Shaking his head, he reasoned with himself. "No Athrun. Cagalli's not her. Her name is Athha. Besides, there are many other blondes around. It can't be her."

His phone was still ringing. He cursed at himself for not putting his phone to silent mode. Reaching for his phone on the bedside table, he answered, "Hello?"

His voice was rough and hoarse. The other party figured that he probably just woke up. "Duh! It's in the middle of the night! Of course he was sleeping!" the other party thought.

"Hello?" Athrun asked again. The other party still hasn't said a word. Athrun was getting pissed of. "Look, if this is some prank call..."

"Athrun?" the other party finally answered.

"Cagalli?" Athrun said.

"Sorry for calling you this late..." Cagalli replied.

"Cagalli, what happened? Are you ok?" Athrun was getting worried and he didn't know why. Why was he worrying about that girl?

"Well, yes sort of. Yes. No! I mean no! Of course I'm not ok! Why else would I be calling you in the middle of the night? You think I don't have better things to do than to prank call you? Hell no! I wouldn't have even called you if I wasn't this desperate!"

"What happened?"

"Will won't stop crying! Kira's not at home and I've practically done everything I can and he still won't stop crying!"

"Is he hungry? Did you feed him? Maybe he needs a change of diapers."

"WHAT PART OF I-HAVE-DONE-EVERYHING DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND? YES I HAVE FED HIM AND YES I HAVE CHANGED HIS NAPPIES! I HAVE EVEN TRIED SINGING HIM TO SLEEP AND HE STILL WON'T STOP CYING! HE HAS BEEN AT IT FOR HOURS!"

"Alright calm down!"

"HOW CAN I CALM DOWN?"

"Just listen to me ok? I'm on my way there now. Just... just stay calm ok? See you in a while." Athrun hung up and quickly changed to a polo top and a pair of jeans. He then rushed over to Cagalli's house.

It only took a while for Athrun to reach her house.

"Oh my gosh! Thank goodness you're here! Now do something! The neighbours have been complaining!" Cagalli told Athrun as soon as he entered her house.

He could clearly hear the cries and wails of the baby from downstairs. Taking the baby into his arms, he tried to soothe the baby. He started to hum some melody. After a while, the baby stopped crying and Athrun placed it on the bed.

"You've got to be kidding me! You made it look so simple!" Cagalli whispered to Athrun, afraid that if she was too loud, she might wake the baby up.

As soon as the baby left Athrun's arms, it started crying again.

"Oh great! He's crying again! He must be defected! We better return him to Mr La Fllaga and get him fixed! At this rate, no one can get any sleep!" Cagalli said in exasperation. She was tired of this nonsense. If Athrun didn't come, she would have probably smashed the mechanical doll into pieces. She couldn't care less about her grades anymore.

Just then, the phone rang. Cagalli walked over to pick it up.

After muttering a string of apologies, she walked over to Athrun.

"It's the neighbours," she told him.

To be continued...

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