Title: The Depth of Obliviscence Author: Tsuki
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or any other anime characters...
Chapter 3 A Blustery Day
Precisely two weeks since Zechs
arrived, he hadn't spent much time with his new founded friends. He mainly
enjoyed his peace unless others joined him in their conversation in which he
would rarely participate. Strolling around, he looked at his watch, still
only 5:45am on a Monday morning. No one woke until 6:00am on Mondays. There
were usually hard days planned on those days so the cadets tried to gain as
much sleep as possible. Briskly he heard a rustle of leaves. Turning around
he saw…. no one.
~Just some animal I suppose.~
Unexpectedly, he
heard the sound again. "Who's there?!" he growled, standing tall yet his
fists were clenched and his ears alert. "Don't hide you coward! Come show
yourself!" "Aah!" a voice of a young girl cried as the sound of a 'thump'
landed onto the dirt. Zechs rushed towards the noise. There he spotted Noin,
looking suspicious. She had obviously fallen from the giant apple tree.
"What were you doing? Spying on me?" he implored in a threatening voice.
"What? I wasn't spying, I was picking apples!" She unclenched her wrapped
hands and showed him a resplendent red apple. "Besides, you're suspicious
looking too you know." "Er… I just came out for a stroll," he replied
truthfully. Staggering to stand upright, she chucked the apple into Zechs'
hands and stood up, dusting herself. Slowly she walked towards the masked
boy. He was about to throw her back the apple but stopped when she spoke.
"You can keep it. Hey Zechs, I was wondering what you looked like," Noin
smiled innocently. The temptation to strip off the mask was too great. He
was facing a distinguished girl, compared to the others. Around them, the
zephyr continued to flow smoothly, but then whirled a faster, subtle speed.
"If you don't mind, I'd say no," Zechs looked to the left, avoiding eye
contact with her.
Speechless, Noin gazed downwards onto the pebbled
ground. Lately a few rainy days had been brewing up but the two had
forgotten that. Suddenly bluster of wind came from their right side, blowing
the girl off her balance. Only one foot stood its ground into the pebbles.
But with most of her weight on the side, she toppled over, preparing to
crash onto the ground but luckily Zechs gripped tightly onto her hand.
Quickly he hauled her up but their hands still in connection. "Let's go back
inside," suggested Zechs, pointing with his free hand towards the
dormitories, less than 200 metres away. Just as Noin agreed, he had
already tugged her along. To make their situation worse, rain poured,
battering harshly and treacherously onto their bodies. Briskly stopping, Zechs
let go of Noin's hand subtly. Noin implored unaware of his intentions,
"Why are we stopping?" He didn't reply but instead ripped off his jacket and
covered it over Noin and himself, dashing as they avoided the puddles.
Sopping wet, the two sighed and crept back into the dormitory to dry
themselves.
Ruffling her hair with a towel, Noin sat on her bed, looking
at the rain pouring like mad.
~I have this new feeling about him. I
don't know how it happened. But I remember the warmth of his hands and he
grabbed onto mine. This feeling is a crush.~
