Under One Roof
Freyris
a/n: Weekend break yey! I'm getting drowned in a lot of things so.. yeah. This is the only time I could update. T_T) Thank you for all the reviews everyone! It really helps me continue with this story! So anyway here's the next chapter hope you guys like it!
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN GUNDAM SEED/DESTINY
"ah, I think I'm gonna die!"
Her friends giggled and patted her back as they try to sympathize with her. Days had past since that fateful day where Cagalli and Athrun arrived fashionably late at school and Cagalli who was known to be tomboyish and loud was now blushing and mumbling incoherent words whenever Athrun passes by her. It was a uncalled turn of events that fateful day.
"Relax, it wasn't that bad right?" Miriallia snickered and looked at the blushing blonde slumped on the table at the cafeteria.
"It's just like seeing them on the beach. No biggie!" Lacus said with hopes of changing Cagalli's perspective on a certain situation.
"Easy for you to say" Cagalli groaned. "Do me a favor and push me off the stairs, I would really appreciate it." She raked her fingers on her face and sighed.
Lacus and Miriallia laughed at her again and continued to listen to her cries of horror and her so called adversities.
"I swear I'm a scarred woman. My eyes are too young to see ...stuffs"Her voice trailed of at the end and a faint red tint swept across her cheeks as the thought.
"What stuffs?"
Cagalli felt herself tense up upon hearing a certain voice and did not dare to look back to see who the owner was. She could recognize his voice no matter where they were. whether he was openly flirting with other girls at the hallway, lobby, bathroom or even outside school or just fooling around with his male friends or...teasing her or wherever else. She can basically hear his voice every where and know it belonged to none other than Athrun Zala.
"Mind telling me about it?" he said teased as he sat down beside her giving her a wink.
"I-I'm going back to the classroom and try to get some sleep." Cagalli rolled her eyes and stood up from her seat, walking away from him and her friends. As much as possible she wanted to stay away from him for a while. Call her miss over reacting but who wouldn't? especially if we're talking about sweet innocent Cagalli.
"Asshole. some gentleman he is. What the hell happened to ladies first?!" Cagalli cursed out loud as she angrily dug for any decent clothing in their shared closet. She managed to find a simple shirt and ripped jeans from it and pulled out the drawer installed at the bottom for her underwear.
She cringed at the remaining underwear stocked inside the drawer and noted to herself to buy another set of underwear as soon as possible. She also needed to call her mom soon and complain about those exotic prints on her panties. She raised up one on eye level and groaned. It was a tiger printed underwear. Seriously, her mother was crazy.
"Oho~"
Startled at the voice, her head snapped towards the direction of the bathroom and turned bright red. She dropped the undergarment on the floor and shrieked. Immediately her hands flew up to her eyes. "Oh dear Haumea! Athrun Zala!"
Standing at the bathroom door was a half naked Athrun. A towel hung casually on his shoulder while another one was wrapped on his waist. "You're next. Hurry up or we won't make it to second period" he said as he used the towel on his shoulder to dry his damp hair.
"g-g-getyourselfdressedfirstidiot!"the blonde stuttered and looked away, her hands still covering her eyes. "hurry up!'
"Getting all worked up with a half naked man, I see" Athrun chuckled as he started walking towards their closet to grab a pair of jeans and polo. "Don't worry I have the towel securely wrapped aro-ah!"
It felt like everything was captured frame by frame. First Athrun was standing at the bathroom entrance then he walked towards Cagalli and the closet and accidentally stepped on the underwear Cagalli dropped on the floor and next thing was Athrun supporting his weight with his elbows while Cagalli laid frozen underneath him with her hands pressed in between his chest and hers.
"Hmm, You actually have long lashes up close huh?"
Cagalli's eyes opened as she felt droplets of water fell like drizzle on her cheeks. Her face was only inches away him and she was lying underneath a half naked man. Her eyes widened and pushed Athrun with a flushed face. She immediately collected the pieces of garment near her and locked herself inside the bathroom. "Calm down, Calm down, Calm down" She said to herself as she leaned at the door and took a deep breath. Their distance was way too close for comfort, one wrong move and her fist kiss would have been stolen by some bimbo in a towel.
"...w-was he only wearing a towel?" She asked herself and slapped herself lightly for thinking about it. She slightly cracked the door open to find Athrun removing his towel wrapped around him and find out he actually had a pair of boxer underneath it already. If he didn't it would definitely be another story. "Phew!" she breathed a relief and closed the door again. Cagalli noticed how red she was from the mirror and slapped her flushed cheeks hoping they'd disappear."Damn it Cagalli, pull yourself together!"
"Cagalli?"Athrun knocked and Cagalli opened it partly.
"What?!"
"You forgot this" Athrun said casually and handed her a particular piece of clothing which ended up causing Cagalli to blush even harder and nearly crush Athrun's fingers after snatching it from his hand and slamming the door shut.
"YOU PERVERT!"
"You have got to be kidding me. I am not going to a silly party!"
Miriallia frowned and sat beside her stubborn blonde friend. "Come on, it's just a small party a friend of mine arranged. Lacus and I will be there too! Besides you'll probably recognize some other people who are coming"
"That's why I am not going" She stubbornly crossed her arms across her chest. The other people meant Athrun was also going to be there. "Besides you and Lacus are going to shove me into another dress so... No."
"Dang girl. You get smarter everytime" Miriallia kidded only to receive a half glare from her friend. "It's going to be fun. Live a little Cagalli. Please?"
Cagalli shooked her head and remained seated on Miriallia's bed. Miriallia sighed and flipped her phone open. "Then let's go with Plan B"She said and called Lacus.
Music blared from the four corners of the small restobar and different colored lights spilled across the room. There was quite a number of senior students who joined in the little party which would probably be because of the influence of Mr. Popular a.k.a Athrun Zala. Some were even from Cagalli's class and some from Lacus and most likely from the other remaining sections as well. Aside from them were other people. There was enough space for all of them, a small bar and tables set up and a dance floor where the Disc Jockey was operating. Almost everyone was on the dance floor, swaying their bodies to the music and enjoying the atmosphere among themselves.
"Oh great! Even that monkey is here" The blonde pointed at the purple haired young man who started to dance like an animal on the dance floor as if he owned it.
Lacus giggled and sipped her iced tea. "We did say a some other senior students are coming here right?"
Cagalli grumbled and crossed her arms on her chest and leaned on the leather couch. "That's why I was against this idea of coming"
Miriallia patted her knee lightly and gave her some iced tea. "Don't be a party pooper, loosened up a bit and enjoy Cagalli! Besides you're already here so what's the point of saying that now?"
The blonde rolled her eyes and shifted uncomfortably on the couch. She adjusted her clothes (which she refers as inhuman pieces of clothing) and her feet that was adorned in a jet black pumps.
"Aren't you going to dance?"
"You are crazy. No" She glared at her auburn friend.
"Suit yourself" Miriallia shrugged and dragged Lacus along with her despite her protest. "Join us when you feel like dancing, Cagalli."
"I'm only here because they said my lunch would be free for a month."She mumbled to herself as she sipped her drink."That means my allowance for the month..." The blonde sitting alone the table started computing with her fingers and grinned to herself in satisfaction"I'd be able to finally buy a new laptop!" She said happily.
Plan B turned out to be what Miriallia and Lacus calls desperate counter measures. They'd pay for Cagalli's lunch for a month in exchange of coming with them to this little party plus wear a make up, party dress and heels and actually look like a real girl.
Meanwhile on the other side of the room, three men sat on the couch as they talked among themselves with a few drinks served on the table. "Hey, Ath, check that little blonde chick over there" The tanned blonde young man motioned at their other end. A table with only one customer seated.
Sitting alone on the table was pretty, young blonde, beautiful smile, and looked more or less...gullible.
A sly smirk crawled on the blue haired young mans lips and his alter ego was taking over again."Watch me win that girl in a snap" Athrun declared to his friends.
Kira looked up and stared at the blonde female sitting on her own at the table then to his girlfriend dancing with Miriallia on the dance floor. "Uh..I don't think you can Athrun" He said shaking his head. The blonde girl was definitely Cagalli. No doubt about it. He concluded.
"No, watch me!" Athrun grinned and fixed his collar. "No one can resist my charm Kira" He said proudly. "I'll eat dust if I can't sweep that girl off her feet"
Kira sighed and shook his head. "I swear you wont be able to do it." He said confidently as he watched the playboy Athrun Zala make his move. "Don't come back crying to me when she punches you in the face!"
Athrun gave him a dismissing wave and ran his hands through his hair and unbuttoned a few buttons of his polo midway on his chest, just to make himself more...well daring.
"20 bucks on Athrun if he gets his ass kicked" Kira said pulling out a bill from his pocket and slamming it on the table.
Dearka, the tanned blonde grinned "You are on. 40 bucks if he swoons that little hot chick" Kira nodded and smiled victoriously to himself.
From afar, Dearka and Kira watched him. As Athrun took a step closer to the blonde girl, he couldn't help but think hoe attractive she was with her hair pulled back to a small pony tail and her side hair curled to perfection. She had light make up on and was wearing a sparkly gold tube dress that ended mid thigh.
This was it. Athrun was infront of the table and he combed a hand through his hair one last time. He cleared his throat and smiled at her. "Hey, what's a beautiful girl like doing sitting alone here?"He asked coolly and smiled at her
"Oh great, the martians have landed."She rolled her eyes and crossed her hands on her chest. "Go somewhere else!"she said as she sipped her drink calmly.
He chuckle and sat beside her. "I would. If you'd come with me"he winked at her.
"Did he just fucking wink at me?!" Cagalli grimaced inwardly and looked at him, annoyed. What the hell was wrong with this guy? Is he drunk and is this really the person she was eternally fated to be with til death do us part.
"What do you think darling? You and me" Athrun smiled, his so called killer, knock out smile that sent hundreds of girls falling into his hands. But sadly...she wasn't any of those girls. Her palm twitched and she was ready to send him back to whatever planet he had come from if he continued with his little flirting game.
Cagalli glared at her idiot-so-called-husband-who-can't-even-recognize-h is-own-wife and his continuous flirting was already annoying her to the point that's she would actually throw her pumps at his face. Did he not know she was Cagalli? "Ugh! I'm sorry but I'm not interested in some idiot who tries to hit on girls...when he's married."She finally said and threw him a very irritated look.
The word married caught his attention and he raised a brow at her"By any chance have we met, you know..uhmm?" he asked carefully. He was pretty sure the only people he had mentioned his wedding to was to Dearka and Kira. Unless those two didn't keep there mouth shut.
Cagalli stared at him incredulously and smiled, a threatening smile. "Actually, no darling I don't think we haven't met before" She said in a sweet voice and obviously every word was leaking with sarcasm. "I'm just...She raised her left hand and showed him the ring that looked identical to his. "Your ill fated wife you DIMWIT!"
"Holy cow!" Athrun gasped and stared at the annoyed Cagalli. "You're really Cagalli?"
"NO! I'm just a fairy who happened to drop by and party with humans" She rolled her eyes at him again "Of course you freaking hamster brain! Who else do you think would it be?"She yelled at him.
He blinked several times and stared at Cagalli who was dressed in what he calls...real clothes and finally saw how she was actually blessed. The tube dress was actually emphasizing every single asset she had kept hidden in all those boyish clothes. The article he picked up and handed to her in the bathroom a few days ago was justified.
"Can you stop checking me out it's giving me the creeps."
"Who said I was checking you out!?" He said in defense. "I just...uh.."
"Argh! Whatever I can't stand a minute longer with you anymore!"She said grabbing her blazer and slipping it on before joining Miriallia and Lacus in the dance floor. "Get lost somewhere else!"
Athrun sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "What the hell, Zala" He felt a little ashamed for himself. He felt stupid for not recognizing Cagalli and tried to flirt with her. She must have thought he was stupid. He chuckled lightly to himself and shook his head. "You're an idiot" he softly muttered to himself.
He tried to search for the blonde in the crowd of dancing people and couldn't help but chuckle. He felt somehow amused at the sudden turn of events and decided to go back to his table.
"I win!" Kira grinned and stuck his tongue out to Dearka. "Told ya, you wouldn't be able to make her fall for you."
"You knew didn't you?" Athrun sighed and sat down beside Kira. "I looked like an idiot"
"You sure did. "He laughed. "It was easy to figure out you know" Kira said knowingly and pointed at Lacus' and her friends giggling and jumping on the dance floor. "Those three are joined by the hip, where one goes everybody goes."
"I see" Athrun nodded his head and watched Cagalli grin at Lacus and Miriallia and started dancing like an idiot.
An hour later, the music still continued blast and sounded even louder than ever and Kira was dealing with a drunk Dearka and a tipsy Athrun who looked like he was on crack. They both( Dearka and Athrun) continued to talk to each other and some random girl who was sitting in between them and continued to share inside jokes or whatever else it was. He stopped paying attention to them when Dearka started talking about more girls.
"Somebody save me" He groaned rest his head on the couch.
"Kira bunny~!"
"Oh thank goodness, Angel" Kira screamed in relief and stood up from his seat. He walked towards his girlfriend who was wearing teal colored party dress and a pair of white pumps and led her back to their table. "Did you have fun?"
"Lotsa" she grinned and hiccuped. "Mind if I take a seat?" Lacus wobbled on her feet and dropped on the couch, beside Kira and started giggling for no particular reason.
"Alright, how much did Miriallia let you drink?" He asked tiredly and casually draped an arm around her. Lacus showed him two fingers and grinned at him again. Just two small shots and she's nearly drunk. He sighed and let her sip his water just to try and sober her up a little.
"Cagalli and Miriallia are still dancing and my feet are killing me already, Kira bunny" Lacus pouted and slipped her pumps off, letting her toes breathe and rest from all the dancing.
Kira sighed and nodded his head. Lacus never calls him Kira bunny unless she wants something or...drunk. "I got you. We'll go home as soon as they're done dancing. I don't think I can deal with everyone drunk, you know" He replied and his pink haired girlfriend giggled and rested her head on Kira's shoulders.
A few more minutes Athrun finally noticed Lacus' presence and smiled at her. "Hola, chika" He grinned and smirked at her. "Where's the little fierce baby?"
Dear Haumea, the drunk playboy Athrun sounded crazy! Kira rolled his eyes and slammed a glass of water in front of his best friend. "Athrun cut it out. Don't call Lacus with your silly pet names"
"Chill, Kira" Athrun chuckled and gulped down the glass of water in one go. "So?"
Lacus pointed at the direction of the dance floor. Athrun followed her finger to the dance floor and saw Cagalli giggling as she continued danced with Miriallia. Her blazer was long gone was waving her hands like a mad woman. Athrun's eyes suddenly darkened and abruptly stood up from their table. He marched down to the area and put a hand on the shoulder of a man standing behind Cagalli.
"Dude, get away." He bellowed.
The black haired man turned around and raised a brow at him. "What's your problem?"
"I said, get a way from her" Athrun said pointing at Cagalli who was still dancing like she had no care in the world.
The black haired man rolled his eyes at him."Who are you to order me not to dance with this baby, huh?" He asked cockily as he suddenly tug Cagalli's hands and pull her in his arms.
"huh?(hic)" Cagalli blinked several times and stared at the two men arguing. "Wha~ddup?"she said at them.
"You can't touch her!" He hissed at him and grabbed Cagalli's hands and pull her away from this asshole.
"Who are you anyway?"
Athrun inhaled and exhaled. Luckily, he still had his emotions and mind in control because if he hadn't he would have jumped on this guy who tried to make a dirty move on Cagalli and claw his eyes out. "I'm just the husband."He growled at him and put an arm securely around the drunk Cagalli as he showed him Cagalli's hand with the ring on it."Touch her and I swear you'll regret setting foot inside this place."He threatened him, his emerald eyes glowed dangerously at him.
The man raised his hands in defeat and walked away. Athrun didn't take his eyes off the man until he disappeared in the dancing crowd. "Let's go home, hot potato. You're too drunk sheesh"he whispered to her.
"Shut up! I want to party moree~. These things are actually fun!"She said trying to pull away from his hold and pushed his face away from her
"Don't fight back or I'll have to carry you"
"You can't do that! That's illega~l!"
Athrun chuckled, the drunk Cagalli was amusing but he had to take her home already so she swiped her off her feet and threw her on his back and carried her like a cave man.
"Pu~ut me down you, ape you!(hic)"
"No!"
As soon as their friends were all gathered back in the table they left and headed back home. Kira had to drop off a drunk Miriallia and Dearka to their respective houses and of course his girlfriend, Lacus. Athrun and Cagalli on the other hand took a different ride from them since Athrun carried his own vehicle
Shutting down the engine, Athrun shook his seat mate by the shoulder and tried to wake her up. "Hey! We're home! Cagalli wake up. "
"Mhhmm.." Cagalli nodded her head but remained asleep on the passenger seat. Athrun sighed and stepped out his door and walked over to Cagalli's. He gently scooped her up in his arms and carried her inside the house. He gently placed her down on the sofa and stared at her. He observed her for a few seconds and realized that she looked so vulnerable and childlike when she's asleep. Cagalli stirred on the sofa and nearly fell off. Luckily Athrun was able to catch her before her head hit the floor. Leaving her drunk and sleeping on the sofa wasn't the best idea and decided to bring her to bed instead. He wondered if Cagalli would always fall off the sofa and felt a little guilty for making her sleep in such a cramped furniture.
Entering the room, he lightly placed her down on the other side of the bed. He walked towards their cabinet and brought out a over size t-shirt. He pulled it over her small body to prevent her from catching a cold. He lightly blushed and debated if he should unzip her dress or not.
"Cagalli, wake up" Athrun shook her by the shoulder again. "Go to the bathroom and get yourself changed."
"mhmm.." The blonde rolled to the side and continued to sleep. Athrun's attempts in waking her up didn't work. The blue haired young man sighed in defeat and looked at the blonde fast asleep on his bed. She had to get out of those uncomfortable clothes but she wouldn't wake up. He debated with himself and minutes later he finally had a decision.
He tried to prop Cagalli to sit up and let her lean on his shoulders while she slept. He pulled the blanket up around her body to cover her up despite having the shirt on and slowly unzipped her dress under the shirt. He looked up at the ceiling and his cheeks lightly warmed up as he felt his hands come in contact with the skin on her back. "N-nothings wrong about this. "He chanted to himself. "I just want her to sleep in a more comfortable clothing and we're a married now" He repeated them like a mantra until he successfully pulled off the tube from her body and sighed a relief.
"...you're really still asleep?" He asked, amused at the undisturbed blonde. "Seriously?" He laughed a little and smiled. He got up from the side of the bed and collected the discarded clothing cast aside. "Thank you for wearing a dress, Cagalli. You looked really beautiful" He whispered to her and kissed her forehead. "Good night" he said before stepping out of the room and sleeping in the sofa downstairs.
"Athrun, darling, wake up!"
"Wake up, son"
"darling?...son? huh?" Athrun slowly opened his eyes and freaked out the moment he saw two familiar faces looking down at him with a huge smile on their faces. "GAAAAH! W-what are you guys doing here?! How did you guys get in?!"
"Congratulations, son!" Patrick Zala grinned at him and gave him a approved hand gesture.
"I'm so happy! Really happy!" Lenore said and clapped her hands in excitement.
"W-what?" Athrun sat up on the sofa and yawned. "What for"
"Cagalli's pregnant right?!" Lenore exclaimed happily and clasped her hands together. Her eyes were sparkling so bright as she started fantasizing of babies and grandchildren running around her and calling her granmommy or Nana or Mumsy.
The blue haired young man blinked several times and tried to process everything his mother had just told him. He stared at his parents who were both smiling at him as if they've gone coo-coo.
"Excuse me?Who's pregnant?!"
oho~ Would you look at that? Will there be a mini Cagalli or Athrun running around their household soon? This is actually the longest chapter I've written for this story so far. I hope you guys enjoyed today's chapter. The bar scene was a little awkward since I'm not used to typing scenes like that..I just tried to put in what I've seen when I was in those kind of events but I think it was a little vague? oh well. It's going to be Kira and Cagalli's birthday soon~ I'm not yet sure of what to do.T_T)Any ideas?
Tell me what you guys think of this chapter and I'll be waiting~ See you guys til then.
Freyris ^^