The Depth of Obliviscence Chibi Tsuki Disclaimer: Me
don't own GW nor it's characters, only the idea of 'this' particular story so
don't sue me!!! Author's Notes: Thanks to those who reviewed and supported my
story. ^.^ I'm very glad you guys were there.
Chapter 12 I missed
you…
"Dinner was great," Lucretzia grinned, bringing her plate over
towards the sink with the other dirty dishes. Duo chuckled, "You can say that
again." He stretched his arms and yawned. "Duo," Hilde slapped him on the
back gently. "Oops. Yeah, yeah. How can I forget about manners?" Sally
giggled and sat beside Wufei who was still finishing his dinner. "Is there
more rice?" Wufei muttered, looking at Relena with hope. "Back at L5 we used to
have rice all the time. I kinda got sick of it. But now, I miss it, ever since
it got blown up." Silence flowed through the room, no one had anything to
say. "Well, think positive guys. You Gundam pilots have managed to finish
the war and save Earth from being blown up," Lucretzia muttered, trying her best
to cheer everyone up. "By the way Relena," Quatre spoke casually, "where's
your brother?" "I don't know. I think he's at the shopping centre. He was
going to bring back dessert for us." "Milliardo Peacecraft at the shopping
centre?" Duo laughed until his stomach ached and gave a big sigh at the very
end. "That's new. Prince of the Sanq Kingdom shopping." "He usually goes
there. Every since some accident happened." Quatre looked over towards the
group and joined in. "Maybe he found a girlfriend." "Nah, I doubt it," Sally
giggled at the idea. "He's so loyal, he'll never give up." "Loyal? You call
disbanding from OZ while it was in Trieze's hands loyal?" Duo's cheery voice was
heard on top of the laughing. "Besides, who could he be loyal to
anyway?" "You seriously don't know Duo?" "Nope. I bet Noin doesn't
either." Lucretzia could only chuckle, "I don't even remember him. I forgot
what he looks like." "Well that's strange. I thought that among most of the
things you could remember was most likely to be my brother. But I guess you
don't," Relena muttered. She looked around in disappointment. "You'll meet him
when he gets here. With the dessert and all." "Well I'm going to go now… to
watch the meteors. You guys wanna come? It's going to be beautiful," Lucretzia
suggested, grabbing her backpack and looking towards her friends. "It's
alright Noin. You go and have fun," Sally suggested, smiling at her special
friend. "Well I think we should take a big group photo," Hilde grinned,
grabbing the photo stand and placing the camera onto the stand. "Alright you
Gundam pilots are going to be in the photo as well." "But…" Wufei started to
protest but a stern look from Sally shut him up immediately. Positioning
themselves, everyone stared at the camera, a few giving the camera serious looks
while others smiled cheerily and even Duo suppressed his jumpy mood and stood
next to Hilde, showing everyone his happy grin. With a click on the remote, the
photo was taken and instantly everyone flopped around and stood in their natural
pose. "Well I'll see you guys later," Lucretzia yelled as she headed up the
hill for the bus stop. "Farewell Noin!" Sally shouted back, waving
slightly. "Good bye Miss Noin!" Quatre exclaimed, standing a little taller
than Relena.
"Hey Steven," Lucretzia greeted, jumping onto his motorbike
whilst pulling on the helmet. The youngster grinned and uttered, "Let's
go."
"Milliardo, you're finally back," Relena sighed, helping her brother
with the plastic bags of food and refreshments. "Took your time there
Commander Milliardo," Duo joked, stealing the ice cream from him just as he was
about to put it into the freezer. He looked around and shook his head. "Did a
visitor just leave? Because I saw a girl run up the hill. "Yeah," Hilde
replied, gathering the bowls and spoons. "She didn't stay for
long." "Ok."
"Hey Lulu don't you think the view is great from here?"
Steven asked, relaxing on the slightly damped grass, gazing down onto the city
below. "A hah," Lucretzia smiled, her vision focused on the illuminated
city. "It's such a beautiful night and… and so romantic." He shuffled over
closer towards her and grinned, smelling the lavender fragrance on her body. She
continued staring down below, silent as if she didn't hear him or ignored his
statement. "Lucretzia," he spoke louder this time, catching her full
attention, "I have something to say to you." "So have I," she responded, her
voice harmonious and sweet. "You go first." "Well I have to admit that I love
you and… I want to know whether you'll be my girlfriend." His heart raced a
thousand kilometres, his left hand trembling slightly and his mind trying to
keep the courage. She didn't reply straight after him with a positive
response but she didn't give any signs of saying yes or no. She only continued
gazing at the ground, her whole body barely moving an inch. Silence surrounded
them but the moon, although quite far away, still shone at them. Looking
upwards into the sky, the young woman broke the silence, yelling, "Look up! The
meteors…"
Colours streamed across the night sky, showering with warm
reddish colours. It was a splendid view like Steven had told her before but it
only lasted for a short time. Lucretzia glanced back down at the grass again and
sighed softly to herself. "Steven…" "Yeah?" His voice was quiet yet
determined and eager. "I don't know how to say this but I'm going to leave
the club even though I've only been in the group for a short while. I've decided
to leave this colony and so I'm just telling you I'm going to quit. Say farewell
to the others for me." A little shocked, he muttered, "Can you answer my
question first?" "Alright then, I'm sorry Steven but I can't be with you. I
have this feeling that I am destined to be with someone else although I don't
know whom. You can't really call it 'destined' but in a way it is. I'm sorry
Steven. Farewell." Clutching her backpack, she ran off, leaving him sitting
alone on the hill. Alone, she walked in the bright streets, striding slowly
along, her bag hanging on her shoulder. Slightly dragging her feet, she
approached the small house, pulling the keys out of her pocket and unlocking the
door silently. Taking herself into the bathroom, she sighed and turned the
shower tap on, adjusting the water temperature for a refreshing
shower.
Everyone had left already, every one of the guests, excluding
Heero who had sort of become part of the family. Since he didn't really have a
family, Relena had invited him to stay with the two siblings and Pagan. No one
protested about the idea, not even Heero's rival the one and only Milliardo
Peacecraft. Ever since Lucretzia's Taurus had exploded, Milliardo had concealed
his opinions to himself, cutting himself off to the household world. He had
merely nodded when Relena told him the fact that Heero was going to stay with
them. The young man had grown silent and isolated, spending his days by himself
either at home or at the local park. But Relena had convinced him to go and
visit other places in his spare time and ever since he the shopping centre
accident, he'd spend his time mostly there, but his isolation had disappeared
and often rejoined his sister in family discussions or nighttime
talks.
Sitting in the soft yellow couch in his study, Milliardo lifted
the photo of his beloved Lucretzia and gazed at it, silently staring for the
many nights ever since she'd disappeared.
~Noin. I don't know why but I
have this feeling that you were here before, here with the group before I came
home. Maybe it was your spirit or soul that was here, enjoying the view of the
reunion but no matter what I'll always believe in you. That you're here beside
me.~
He smiled and pulled the photo closer, planting a light kiss on the
glass before placing it back onto his desk.
~Now I'm going to restart my
life, to make it better than it was before. I know you approve of what I'm doing
now and I know you want me to go on with my life so tomorrow, my journey for a
better life starts.~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yeah, I know... Didn't turn
out the way you guys expected. Well it didn't turn out the way 'I' expected
either but then I re-read the 1st chapter and decided that I needed to connect
the last scene and the 1st scene together and so I hope that I'll fit in all I
have to type within 2 chapters... ^.^ Maybe the next chapter will take sometime
becoz I'm gonna b quite busy during these X'mas days! Until next time, cya!
Oh... and Merry X'mas...
