Another Viewpoint
"Why should I?"
"Because it's good for your future, you can't
change it now."
"Shouldn't I have a say in this?"
"Just do as you are told. You're too young to
make decisions like these."
"And I'm not too young to get married?!" The
young girl screamed back.
Her mother's face contorted and slapped the girl
across her rosy cheeks. "Don't you dare talk back to me! And you very well
know better than that! Now go get ready or else I'll make you get ready,
you understand?!"
"Yes mother." The girl forced the words out of
her throat. Her mother's features softened and she went to lay out the
girl's clothes before leaving. "All this stupid preparation for someone
I don't even know."
Two maidservants came in to apply makeup on her
and also to put up her hair. Her mother then came in while the maidservants
were doing finishing touches.
"Here is the dowry." Her mother handed her a
small blue velvet box and a check. Inside the box were a pair of diamond
earrings. "Wear those."
The girl obeyed obediently, fearing the worse
from her mother if she refused even though her makeup was already on, nothing
hindered her mother. "Is there anything else I need to put on?" She tried
to keep as much sarcasm away from the sentence as she could. She didn't
like to wear a lot of accessories or makeup.
"I'll give them to you later, just finish everything
else now." Her mother stepped out again.
The girl dismissed the two maidservants and slipped
on the dress that was laid out. It was tailored to fit her just right with
two slits on the side that she had asked for to be added. It was red, outlined
in gold, with lotus flowers in yellow and white as the design pattern.
It was a modernized, traditional Chinese dress.
"Meiran, are you ready?" She heard her mother's
voice call from outside the door.
"Yes. I'll be there in a minute." Meiran called
back, rolling her eyes. She checked herself in the mirror before stepping
out.
~~~
"What a horrible wedding." Meiran asked after
the meeting. She came back with a different dress on and more makeup on.
"Why did you pick such a conceited boy?"
Her mother gave her a glare. "He's not conceited.
I think you two suit each other."
"What?! All he wants to do is study and become
some great scholar! He thinks he's better then me, calling me 'woman' instead
of my name." She wiped all the powder off and wanted to rip the earrings
off.
"That shows you that he cares about his future
and education. At least both of you are just as stubborn as each other."
Her mother helped her undo her hair. She placed the pins down while looking
at Meiran fidgeting with the earrings.
"Hmph. He's not worthy to be part of our family."
~~~
"What were you doing outside in the rain like
that? You're soaking and all wet." Her mother saw Meiran come in. "Why
are you covered with flower petals and mud?"
"We had a fight again. He beat me." She replied
plainly.
"You two have to learn to get along. Did you
expect to win?" Her mother handed her some dry clothes and a towel.
"Yes. He still laughs when I call myself Nataku
and I guess he'll just keep on laughing from now on." Meiran dried herself
and proceeded to change in the privacy of the bathroom. "I am Nataku and
I'll prove it to him any chance I get… and then.. and then he'll see the
meaning of justice."
~~~
"The colony is under attack?" Ron Shirin nodded
slowly at Meiran. Meiran ran out the door, she heard a faint 'wait' while
running, but she ignored it.
'Why are they attacking us? I have to go protect
this place, I have to protect my home.'
Meiran slipped into a building unnoticed and
put on a space suit. She made her way to where the mobile suits were and
went for one.
"Stop! You can't handle that! It's not something
a woman can pilot." Someone shouted at her. She saw from the corner of
her eye that it was Master O.
"Then I hereby give up being a woman! I am Nataku!"
~~~
'Where am I? Who's carrying me? Wufei?! How'd
he get me out of that space suit? …Flowers, the ones I saved…'
"It's... beautiful... isn't it. I've never appreciated flowers like this
before." She strained out of her mouth. "Wufei?"
"..What?" Wufei replied back.
"I... was strong, wasn't I? You weren't ashamed
of me as your wife, were you?" Meiran was feeling more and more tired.
"Yeah... You're strong. ...Stronger than anyone."
Wufei said monotonously.
'No, I want to end all this fighting.'
"No… you're .. stronger." She felt weak all over and couldn't keep her
head up. She leaned on Wufei and closed her eyes.
"Hey, get off of me." Wufei moved his shoulder
a little.
'Heh, that's probably the last words I'll
hear out of him. I don't want to leave now, we're finally getting along.'
She heard Wufei's voice, but she couldn't make out what he was saying.
'Nataku…you're really Nataku.. Wufei.' She smiled at the thought.
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Well? was it any good? bad? okayish? you should
tell me. *hint hint* review it! btw, if the words were italicized, those
were her thoughts, just wanted to clear that up. arigatou and sayonara
mina-san.
