by Neko Nasai
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Disclaimer: Gundam Wing and all associated with it are
copywrighted to the people who created them and all that other
stuff. Moira Amoureux is my own creation, as it the story line.
Extra notes: The song Trowa and Quatre listened to was "Waking
Up Beside You" by Stabbing Westward and the other two songs
were: "I Am The One" by Inkubus Sukkubus and "Angel"
by Aerosmith. If you like it, please let me know!
~Neko Nasai~
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Part 4
"Oh, this is wonderful, I couldn't have done better if I planned it myself--oh, wait, I did."
Moira's eyebrows drew together, listening to the voice as she quietly slipped onto the balcony and looked down on a familiar form.
It was unmistakably female, but only because of the fact the woman had breasts. Otherwise she was pretty butch, especially with that haircut. But what was Noin doing here, crouched in some bushes, talking about plans? Just then, a godsend came in the form of a very good-looking platinum blond.
"Noin, what in Hell are you doing?" he asked as Noin poked her head over the bush.
"Oh, nothing..." she stood up and brushed the dirt off her clothing. "What about you?"
"I came to check on Moira. It's been a week since we brought her and I thought I'd see if she was doing all right. I mean, for all I know she's miserable with this pack of boys."
Noin grinned and stepped out onto the stone walk with Zechs.
"Want to show her what it's like to have a man instead, huh?"
Noin managed to duck the back of his hand flying at her, she continued to smirk.
"You still didn't answer my question before," he said, aggravation in his voice.
"I told you. Nothing."
"And I'm Lady Une. Cough up the truth, Noin."
Moira smiled down at Zechs. She had to admire him, he didn't take anything from Noin, especially guff.
"You really want to know? I've been wreaking havoc!"
"I figured that, though I dreaded the confirmation. What have you done this time?"
"Well, I wanted to test that Moira girl's Gundam, so I organized an attack that would bring her out--though, of course, the other five came with her. God, it was amazing, Zechs, she destroyed the Zeus!" Then she dropped her voice to a whisper. "The bonus was--the Zeus damaged the other Gundams! But thats not even the major thing Ive done!"
Zechs groaned, but that was enough of an answer for Noin to tell him.
"Well, you know Trowa and Quatre, right?"
"MmHmm, they're rather good for each other, don't you think? Wait... What did you do to them?"
"I broke them up!"
Zechs stared at her. Moira fought back anger quietly above them.
"Guess how I did it?"
"I wouldn't be able to begin trying..."
"Moira."
"What?"
But Noin was going on and on, not having noticed the strange change in his voice.
"Oh, yeah, you see, those two just loved her when she got here, they were very close. It wasn't hard to convince them that the other one loved Moira now instead of him. So Quatre thinks Trowa is in love with Moira now and not him, and Trowa thinks Quatre loves Moira and not him. It was a work of Genius, don't you--"
Zechs hit her so hard she staggered and fell on her knees, blood pouring from her nose, and her lip split.
"Damn, Zechs, what was that for! I didn't do anything to the girl!" she managed through her bloody hands.
"Oh, you didn't? Let's think about this. If the three of them were as close as you say they were, then I'd certainly think she'd be upset to find out that she's the reason why her two best friends aren't together anymore. And I'd think she be hurt by the fact you used her like that. And you want to know the main reason why I just hit you for her?"
Noin looked up at him, but didn't dare answer. His fist still look ominous to her.
"Because she's standing up there on that balcony and heard every betraying word you just spoke. I hit you hard enough to make you bleed because I had to see the shock, anger, and pain on her face as you nonchalantly laughed over what you did. But you want to know something else? I pulled that punch, because I don't want her to watch me really tear you up," he got really close to her face and growled the last in a whisper. "Because, Noin, I'm going to the moment she's gone."
He pulled away and looked up at Moira on the balcony. She was pale from learning why Trowa and Quatre were apart and her fingers clutched the rail because of the anger she felt about it.
"It's okay now, Moira, I'll take care of her. Why don't you get those two boys back together, hm?" Zechs said, reassuringly.
She nodded quietly, looked at him a moment longer with eyes that told him she was grateful for him, and left. Zechs watched after her a moment longer and touched his lips with his fingers in a little kiss of farewell and turned eyes kindled with wrath on Noin.
~~~
"No, no, not that one!" whispered Moira as loudly as she dared.
"Why not?" asked Wufei in a whisper, as well.
They were rummaging through CD's in the rec room looking for the perfect song to play.
Duo walked in as Moira shook her head at another CD Wufei held up.
"What are you doing?" asked Duo, who was quickly answered with loud "Shh!"s. "Sorry... What are you doing?" he replied, this time whispering.
He walked over to them and settled himself down on the floor with them.
"We're trying to find a good love song that I can play in the background of the Study room. We're going to lock Quatre and Trowa in there until they realize they broke up for the wrong reason," explained Moira, tossing another CD aside.
"What reason is that?" Duo inquired further.
"Me."
"What?!"
"Shh!"
"Sorry... What?"
"Noin made them both think that the other was in love with me, so they separated without even talking about it. Neither of them realizes they both still love each other dearly."
"So why don't you just tell them what happened?"
"Because they should talk to each other and find out the truth themselves."
"Okay... So any good songs, yet?"
"Not one," sighed Wufei.
"Wait... Talk about it? There's a Bush song about that... That might be a good one," said Moira. "But I think that first we need to make them realize how much they miss each other and there's a really good one by Stabbing Westward about that sort of thing... Oh! I've got that one!"
"Shh!"
"Sorry... Okay, here's the plan..."
~~~
"Why are we going to the Study again?" Trowa asked.
"There's something in a book I don't quite understand and I figured you could help me out," answered Duo.
"Why didn't you ask anyone else?"
"Wufei's in one of his moods, Moira's cooking dinner, and Quatre... hasn't come out of his room."
Duo congratulated himself on that last one, it hinted that Quatre was unhappy about not being with Trowa.
"What about Hiro?"
Duo slowed and frowned.
"He and I are no longer on good terms..."
"Oh? Sounds familiar..."
They had reached the Study and Duo opened the door so that Trowa could go in ahead of him. When Trowa saw Quatre in one of the chairs he suddenly realized he was walking into a trap. The sound of the door shutting and being locked behind him confirmed it.
"A conspiracy," he sighed.
Quatre looked up and his big, blue eyes didn't bother to hide the fact he was surprised to see Trowa.
The CD player started up and a song started to play. I knew I shouldn't have gotten Duo a stereo with a remote...
Quatre and Trowa couldn't say anything to each other, though, so the song became their attention. The words the things being listen to, not the soft movements of clothing on furniture, or shoes on carpet. It was their only way to get away from the other one. But the words were telling them something they couldn't say to each other, no matter how much they wanted to.
I've been so alone for so long
Forgotten by the world, Forgotten to myself
Your effervescent eyes have awakened me
And brushed the dust away...
But I knew you'd never stay.
So I memorized the color of your eyes
As I lost myself inside you.
I memorized the way our legs entwined
As I drifted off beside you.
I miss...
God, I miss waking up beside you.
At night I cling to you, I'm so afraid
Afraid the day will come
When I wake and find you gone.
But you promised that you'd not abandon me
And I kissed my fears away...
But I woke up to that day.
But I memorized the way our eyes would meet
Reflected in the bathroom mirror.
And I memorized your naked silhouette
As you slowly brushed your hair
I miss...
God I miss waking up beside you.
I've been so alone for so long
I forgot how much it hurt
To wake up so alone...
But I'd memorized how warm your body felt
As you lay half asleep beside me.
And I memorized the way the sunlight filled the room
And played upon your body.
I miss...
God I miss... Waking up beside you...
The silence after the song ended was the hardest the two had ever
imagined. They had found each others eyes during the song and
they couldn't pull them away. Quatre looked like he was
going to cry and Trowa felt like he wasn't far behind.
"I'm sorry..." said Quatre softly.
"Why?" Trowa asked softly, his body irresistibly being pulled to the blond boy who's eyes were already watering.
"I haven't tried to talk to you... I just thought you didn't want to even want to see me..."
"Why would I not want to see you? I thought you didn't want to see me."
Quatre's watery blue eyes looked up at him quickly and he shook his head.
"Oh, no, I wanted to see you so much."
"But what about Moira?"
"What about her? I thought you were with her."
"Me? No, I thought you were with her."
Quatre actually laughed a little.
"But Noin said you..."
"Noin told me you did."
"I'm getting the feeling Noin lied to us," Quatre said softly.
"I could never stop loving you, you know..." Trowa said suddenly, stroking Quatre's cheek.
"Neither could I... Oh, Trowa, I missed you!"
Quatre's arms were locked tightly around Trowa and Trowa felt a rush of relief as he put his arms gently around Quatre in return.
"I love you, Quatre..."
"I love you, too, Trowa... And we will never doubt that again."
"I wish," said Duo from the doorway. "I had a camera. This is the cutest thing I've ever seen."
Trowa and Quatre looked up at Duo, Wufei, and Moira in the doorway. Moira was hiding behind the other two, probably because she didnt know if the two reconciled lovebirds would want to see her.
"A loss, I'm sure," said Trowa, letting go of Quatre.
Quatre ducked down a little and looked at a Moira peering out between the arms of Wufei and Duo. He motioned with a finger for her to come out. Tentatively, she obeyed.
"I... I wish I had known what she was doing. I didn't find out about it until a couple of hours ago. But you won't have to worry about her, I believe there's a bloody corpse out back that used to be named Noin."
"Really?!" said Duo, running to the window with Wufei at his heels. They stretched a strained trying to find any sign that what she said might be true.
Moira actually laughed, despite the quivering in her stomach from the fear that Trowa and Quatre might never be her best friends again.
"Or maybe Zechs took his victim back home with him," she continued.
"Zechs?" asked Wufei, looking away from the window.
"Yeah... He was, uh, upset, when he found out what Noin had done. She didn't just break Trowa and Quatre up, she pulled that number with all the Mobile Suits attacking us--including the--"
"The one on steroids," Wufei supplied.
"Uh, yeah. Anyway, so he said his goodbye to me by saying hed take care of Noin and that I should go get Trowa and Quatre back together. So, thats what I did. You and Duo helped me look for CDs with good songs and then you locked both of them in here so they could find out the truth."
"We're sorry," said Quatre then.
Moira looked at him with a slightly surprised look.
"We never should have started jumping to conclusions just because Noin started saying it looks like he' stuff. Not to mention we already knew you would be good with someone else," explained Trowa and looked over at Duo and Wufei still standing at the window while Moira was being tackled in Quatre's hug.
Moira was laughing on the floor by the time Quatre was done. She felt so much better now that she knew nothing had changed. Trowa held his hand out to her to help her up and pulled her into a hug when he did.
"We'll always talk to each other before assuming next time, okay?"
"Okay," Moira conceded softly as she closed her eyes and enjoyed his hug.
"I like this CD, Moira, where'd you get it?" asked Quatre.
"I made it myself. A compilation CD of meaningful songs and sappy ones," she said with a smile as Trowa let her go. "See the next five or six song all have angels in them."
"Like angels, do you?" asked Duo, coming away from the window to stand behind the chair she was settling down into.
"Love them," she replied, looking up at him.
"And what are these songs you speak of?"
"Hmm, Send Me An Angel," she started ticking off fingers, "My Lover's Box--which also says send me an angel' in it--Engel--which is a German song, engel' means angel'--Even Angels Fall, and--Even Angels Fall. I never realized there were two songs of the same name. Both are quite different, but I love them both. Then there's the song I Am The One which says I'm the angel of your desire'. And... I think that's it on that CD that has angels in it."
"That's a lot," commented Quatre as he slipped into Trowa's arms again.
One of the afore-mentioned songs started playing and Moira grinned, singing along.
"I am the one from the dark side of your dreams... I am the one, the one who heals your screams. I am the one, I am the one. I am a vampire, a-callin' for your love... I am the fire, that burns within your blood..."
"Hey, I actually like this song... That's frightening," said Wufei.
Moira smiled and they exchanges looks before Moira started swaying a little to the song.
"I'm the angel of your desire, burning in the night. I'm the pyre, I'm the fire, come to set you alight," she looked up at Duo with a happy grin. "Listen now my love, let trouble slip away... I shall return, on the darkening of the day... I am the one..."
"So, angel of desire, you say you love angels... Does this include angels of death?"
She grinned at him again.
"My favorite."
Just then, Trowa and Quatre looked at each other knowingly and smiled.
There was a loud grumbling noise and everyone looked at Wufei. He smiled sheepishly and gave his excuse.
"What can I say, I'm hungry."
"Dinner! I forgot!" Moira yelped and she was out the Study door in the blink of an eye.
~~~
"That was the best steak I have ever eaten..." sighed Duo happily, leaning back in his chair.
"I completely agree, how did you do it, Moira?" asked Quatre, looking up at Moira, who was taking her plate to the sink.
"To be honest, I think it was because it marinated so long. I was planning on cooking it earlier, so it was in for another hour or two longer than I'd planned."
"Well, forget to cook it for a couple hours more often, okay?" said Trowa with a smile.
Wufei was sucking his fingers and licking every drop he could off of his plate. That was enough of a compliment, she thought with a smile.
"Where did you two go before dinner, by the way?" she asked, managing to pry Wufei's plate from him.
"Well, we decided it'd be good to spend some time together, since we haven't for a couple of days. And we got something we thought everyone would like," said Quatre, handing her his plate.
"What's that?"
Trowa handed her his plate and opened his mouth to explain when a series of yips drifted through the kitchen door.
"I believe he announced himself," Trowa finally said.
He got up from the table, opened the kitchen door, and a big-pawed German Shepherd puppy came bounding in with yips of joy. He jumped up and licked Trowa's fingers first, then visited Quatre, similarly. He sniffed at Wufei, happily removing the last of the steak juice off his fingers, and sniffed at Duo with his paws on his lap.
"Oh, he's lovely!" laughed Moira, who was getting her face covered with puppy kisses as she kneeled on the floor. "What's his name?"
"Uh... we hadn't thought about that yet. What do you think?"
She looked at the puppy.
"Hm... I'll start saying names and you tell me what you, yes? All right... Poseidon, Odin, Hermes, Hephaestus, Apollo," the puppy started licking her, "Apollo? I'll try and remember that as I keep going... Um, Hades? No, I suppose you're not the Greek god of death, hmm, Anubis? Okay, you're not the Egyptian god of death, either... Osirus, Seht, Loki... Thor? No, I've known too many dogs named Thor. No, you look pretty much like a sun god. What do you guys think?"
Everyone seemed to agree on the name.
"Then Apollo you are. Here, you can have the meat scraps from the steak..."
Apollo set to ravenously eating the raw steak and Moira washed her face and hands of puppy spit.
"Um, I really don't want to ask, but... Where's Hiro?" she asked, clearing away some of the other stuff on the table.
"I don't care."
Everyone stared at Duo.
"What?"
"I don't care. He's probably off with Relena trying to prove his manliness and I don't care."
"Wow... The God of Death has spoken," said Wufei.
The others couldn't help by smile at the comment. Wufei wasn't normally prone to such statements.
Moira was quiet, though, as Quatre asked him why. But as she reached to take Duo's plate he grabbed her wrist. She looked at him, completely confused. He glanced at Quatre.
"You want to know why? I'll tell you. Moira came into the hangar about four hours ago, when I did care. When she left, I didn't. She said things to Hiro that made me realize things."
"Like what?" inquired Trowa, sitting in his chair again.
"Like Shiva needs Kali-Ma in order to exist."
"What?" Wufei asked, completely lost.
The other two pilots weren't far behind.
"Duo..." began Moira.
His purple eyes looked up at her again and he smiled.
"I want to be Shiva, Moira... Your Shiva. I need you..."
"I explained to Hiro that you can live without him, Duo, you can live without anyone. You don't need anyone."
"No, Moira, you told him that I could live without people like him. But I don't want to live without you. Besides," he flashed a grin, "Deathscythe'll be crushed if he can't keep Kali."
Duo's grin was contagious and Moira found herself smiling back at him. But his grin faded and seriousness seeped into his gaze.
"Please, Moira... Let me be your Angel of Death?"
Moira tightened her mouth and glanced away. Why was she hesitating? He was gorgeous and wonderful--
She felt his fingers stroke her cheek and when she looked at him again, he kissed her just like he had the first time, except it told her something it hadn't before. His lips told her that he loved her.
When the kiss broke, her mind struggled to remember the train of thought she'd had before. Amazingly, she managed to grab onto it's tail end. He was gorgeous and wonderful--and a great kisser. There was something else, though, that was really important for her to make this decision. Did she--
"Yes..." She found herself saying.
Yes to what, might I ask? her mind screeched. But she couldn't answer her mind just then, he'd started kissing her again. Her mind didn't bother asking again until later that night, while Moira and Duo were walking in a nearby park.
"You're my angel," she sang softly, "Come and save me tonight... You're my angel... Come and make it all right... You're the reason I live, you're the reason I die, you're the reason I give when I break down and cry... Don't need no reason why..."
What were you saying yes' to again? Letting him be your angel? That's not a good enough excuse to lead the boy on, you know. So, tell me, what were you saying yes to? Give me your good reason for it?
"I love you, Duo..."
Oh. Her mind shut up.
Duo stopped walking and turned to her, his eyes wide.
"You...?"
She smiled suddenly, making Duo smile back.
"Aye, Duo, I do... I didn't realize it until now, but I think I've loved you for a little while now."
Duo's smile broadened and he pulled Moira close, snaking his arms around her.
"You know what?" he began, whispering inches from her face. "I've loved you longer..."
"But what about Hiro?"
"What about him? I think I was still in love with idea that we loved each other, but I don't think we've loved each other for a good long while. We were bound to love other people, Moira. And I have mine right here." He leaned in close. "My angel of desire... My goddess of death--and rebirth."
Then his lips caught hers in another kiss, always sensual, always deep, always gentle, always passionate--and most importantly--always loving.