Engagement of Friendship

By, Mikia

Part Two: Drifting Away From All Senses

Chapter 1: The Argument

Silence had plagued the house for the first two days ever since Zechs and the pilots arrived. Ever since then, Noin hasn't laughed at a joke or even smiled when Zechs was in the same room. It was like, if Noin said something it would be a remark about Katsy. And Noin didn't want to have Zechs get mad at her again. Also for the past two days, no one changed their opinions about Katsy and Zechs getting married to her, or everyone's expression will go happy to sour. The only thing that made them happy about Zechs getting married was only if Noin was the one fitting into the white grown in front of the mirror and straightening out her veil. The mental images haunted Noin every night in her dreams that she didn't want to sleep but cried until she did. Her groaning and sniffing could be heard throughout the halls every night that Relena used it as a lullaby. But, it never reached Zechs and Katsy's rooms. But as usual, the day was quiet.

Quatre, Sally, and Noin were in the living room watching TV or sleeping, while Trowa, Wufei, Cathy, and Relena were in the kitchen. Heero was in the shower and Duo and Hilde were looking for mischief. They found it:

Target: Heero.

Mission: Cold Shower:

Tools: Water Heater.

It worked.

Soon Heero came racing down the stairs, dripping wet, with a towel around his waist and bawling for Duo to get his butt out of his hiding place. Duo came out, slowly, but with Hilde as his shield. Noin looked up from her coffee in interest and started to giggle a bit. Relena came out of the kitchen with food in both arms and backing out backwards. Little did the princess know that Heero was right behind her about to kill Duo. Then . . . BOOM . . . BAM! Heero and Relena were on the floor covered in rice, cooked meat, cakes, and soaked in sodas. That hit the spot. Noin fell backwards in laughter and in tears. The rest joined in when they noticed that Heero dropped his towel a couple of inches further and landed on his front side. The rest of the kitchen crew came out to check on what the commotion was all about and doubled over in laughter. Zechs and Katsy came from the upstairs but once Katsy saw Heero, she ran back upstairs. Zechs started to laugh a bit but when he saw Noin turning apple red from laughter, he stopped.

Noin slowly got up and wiped the tears away from her eyes and let out a few giggles. The laughter silenced a bit except for Noins constant giggling.

" I'm sorry you guys. But, I wouldn't expect Heero to be mooning the ceiling for cryin' out loud," Noin smirked.

The room let out a laugh and quieted and went back to normal except for Zechs who was unnoticeably staring at Noin whose cheeks were crimson and smiling.

' Never in my life did she look this beautiful,' he thought.

*~*~*~*~*

The hallway light clicked on and footsteps were heard going through the hall and down the stairs. Sally looked up from her pillow and became curious, so she pushed herself off the bed. Then another noise was heard through the house, put it was only Sally hitting the hardwood floor. She slowly got up, grumbled about her butt hurting, and pulled on her night-robe. She opened her bedroom door and crept out into the hallway making sure to not make creaking sounds. She started down the stairs when she saw the kitchen light on. She walked across the room pulling her blonde strands of hair away from her face and slightly opened the door. She peered in and saw Zechs standing with his back against the counter top.

" Zechs? What are you doing here at this time at night?" Sally asked as she opened the door fully.

" Sally!" Zechs jumped.

" Sorry if I scared you but you woke me and I'm kinda of a curious person."

" Sorry, I needed to think and I had a sugar rush for hot chocolate."

" Interesting, Zechs Marquise having a sugar rush. Don't drink too much, you'll end up like Duo." Sally joke.

" Don't worry I have no intention on doing so." Zechs smirked.

They both laughed and Sally sat on the counter top next to Zechs gazing at the ceiling.

" Zechs, may I ask, don't you think Noin is a better candidate for a wife?" Sally questioned.

" Noin? You gotta be kidding. She's my best friend, and I'm sure she feels the same for me," Zechs informed.

" Don't go assuming things without knowing the facts."

" What's that supposed to mean."

Sally glowed with redness and anger and jumped off the counter top and stared at him.

" What I mean is that you known her for over 4 years, she is lonely, and she is watching the only true guy she ever did love and always will getting married off to a some snobby brat who thinks she is everything covered with sugar!" Sally screamed.

" She isn't my friend if she can't be happy for me!" Zechs yelled

" She is happy for you! But how would you like it if she got married to a rich, stuck up guy who didn't care what her friends think about them getting married?!"

" Noin will never do that!"

" How do you know? She has no one left to look forward to have a future with!"

" You don't understand Lu."

" You don't understand and you don't deserve her as a friend and maybe a wife!"

" Don't yell at me like that! Well, I will marry Katsy and we will share everything with each other!"

" Share everything with each other? Will here is something I gave Katsy 2 days ago!" Sally screamed and slapped Zechs across the face for the first time and stormed out of the kitchen. Zechs stood in shock and put his head forward. He touched his redden cheek and looked at the door and got lost in thought.

" Sally."

Chapter 2: Making the Witch Squeal

" Boy what a day, don't you agree Heero?" Relena said cheerfully.

" Whatever."

It was a good spring day and everyone was spending time in the gardens, or inside hogging the air conditioner. Trowa was with Cathy talking about future circus acts, Duo and Hilde were sleeping, Dorothy and Quatre were in front of the air conditioner, Wufei and Sally were on the computer, and Noin, Heero, Relena, Zechs, and Katsy were in the gardens.

Since the day was hot, Noin was in a blue sundress with a straw hat and sandals. Relena was in a tank top and blue shorts. Katsy was wearing leather and was sweating the whole time. Zechs was wearing his red shirt and blue jeans. Heero was wearing a short sleeved white shirt with his blue jeans.

Since they time they were there, Noin decided to make sure they get used to the place and showing Relena, Heero, Zechs, and Katsy the garden

" Noin? How long did it take you to grow these flowers," Heero asked

" For the past 2 springs, or 2 years," Noin replied calmly.

" Must have taken you a long time to even plant all these flowers to form a maze," Relena informed.

" It did."

" I would have done it in no time," Katsy replied.

" How are you so certain of yourself?" Noin questioned.

" I just am."

Noin just rolled her eyes and gave Zechs a sour look and walked ahead. Katsy just screamed when she saw a rabbit and grabbed on to Zechs's shoulder. Heero and Relena tried to keep from bursting out laughing but giggled at Zechs when he looked at Katsy as if she was the town idiot.

" Katsy, it was just a rabbit," Relena informed.

" But it could have had rabies and bitten me," Katsy complained.

" Wonderful! Then you'd be a demented rabbit!" Heero exclaimed sarcastically.

Katsy just gave him a horrified look and squeezed on to Zechs's arm even more.

" Good one Heero. My brother looks like he's about to lose circulation in his arm," Relena whispered.

" That was the intention. Bout' time he gains his senses and see that that women is already a demented rabbit," Heero whispered back.

They both giggled and decided to make Zechs gain his old self-back. Heero just put an arm around Relena shoulders and started walking off. Relena stood in shock at first and knew what Heero was up to. So she laid her head on Heero's shoulder and walked with him. They occasionally peeked back to see Zechs's reaction, and man, did they get one. Zechs had his eyes wide open, painted red from embarrassment and anger, and his upper lip was twitching. Then when Heero moved his hand down to Relena's waist, Zechs pushed Katsy off and looked at Heero with bloody murder in his eyes.

" Don't even try it Yuy! You touch my sister like that, I'll make sure you spandex will be Quatre's favorite color!" Zechs yelled.

Then Heero just played along and put his hand on Relena's waist and pulled her closer. They both looked back and saw that Zechs was red even more. They both laughed and Heero grabbed her hand and started to run where Noin walked off to, with Zechs right behind them. Then they spotted Noin and ran past her leaving her confused.

" Whatever you do! Don't look back!" Heero yelled.

" What's that supposed to mean?!" Noin yelled back

" Just don't!" Heero replied and ran faster and turned at the corner.

Noin just stood there and shook her head and turned around just in time to see Zechs running right for her. Noin screamed but it was too late, and both nearly landed on the ground but by a normal reaction, Zechs grabbed both of Noins shoulders and pulled her close to him from keeping her from falling. Noin didn't notice because her eyes were squeezed shut but she felt strong hands squeezing her shoulders. She opened one eye and peeked up words to see Zechs looking straight at her. Noin just blushed and put her head down. Meanwhile, Relena and Heero looked around the corner to see what happened to Zechs and saw the two in a lovely position. They both looked at each other and smiled.

" Doesn't that look comfortable?" Relena whispered.

" Yeah. Wanna give it a shot?" Heero replied back.

" Heero!"

" Sssshhhhh . . . Relena, keep it down."

" Sorry," Relena mumbled.

" Dude, man, that does not look like that Zechs is engaged. They look like they're about to kiss or something," Heero replied.

" Wouldn't mind being in that position," Relena thought out loud.

Heero looked at her and Relena looked back.

" Sorry, I thought out loud again and-"

" Relena . . ."

" And, well-"

Heero took no time and took Relena's face in his hands and kissed her on the lips. Relena opened her eyes with shock and they filled up with happy tears and she closed her eyes letting them flow down. They parted and Heero took his hand and wiped her tears away.

" Heero I-"

Then they heard some yelling where they left Zechs and Noin. They looked at saw Katsy burning with anger.

" If I do say so myself!" Katsy screamed

Zechs released Noin and Noin just stumbled backwards a bit looking at Katsy.

" What did I do?" Zechs questioned.

" You were sneaking behind my back!"

" He wouldn't do no such thing!" Noin added.

Katsy walked straight up to Noin.

" I knew I had a bad feeling about you. Listen to me well girl, you stay away from my fiancé if you know what's good for you!" Katsy hollered and grabbed Zechs's arm and stomped off. Relena and Heero came out of hiding and looked at Noin then at each other.

" Noin, we're sorry, it was our fault. If we hadn't made Zechs run into you-" Relena remarked.

" Don't blame yourself. We should get back to house," Noin replied and walked off with Relena and Heero behind her.

Back at the house . . .

" Guys take a look at this," Sally hollered.

Everyone remaining in the house walked over to where Wufei and Sally were on the computer and crowded around.

" Holy cow! That's Katsy!" Duo replied.

" No kidding," Wufei mumbled.

" Hey! I remember something!" Hilde exclaimed.

" What is it?" Quatre replied.

" Back when I was in OZ. There was a group of soldiers kinda like the Secret Service. There were bout' 5 girls and 5 boys. I remember seeing one of the girls in the hall. From what I remember, they go against all odds to completely annihilate their enemy. A believe me, they passed in acting classes," Hilde informed.

" Well the info here says that the Katsy we know is really part of that organization and is part of the-"

Then the computer screen went blank. Sally looked up and saw Katsy holding the plug with death in her eyes.

" Sorry, can't give out that information," Katsy replied.

" Sorry, but I was using the computer, your just going to have to file your nails for a while and wait till' I'm done," Sally remarked. Katsy just looked at Sally straight in the face.

" Won't Zechs be thrilled to hear that your going to kill him," Sally replied.

" On the contrary, I have that stupid fool tight in my grasp and no one could take that away, not you, or any of you," Katsy informed and walked off.

" If Zechs won't believe me, Noin will," Sally whispered and put the plug back into the outlet.

Chapter 3: Believing

Noin walked through the halls making sure that everyone was sleeping all right and went downstairs in the living room where Sally told her that she needed to talk.

" You wanted to see me Sally?" Noin asked as she walked in.

" Yes, it's very important," Sally replied.

" What is it?" Noin said as she sat down.

" It's about Katsy."

" What about her?"

" Well, me and Wufei had a strange suspicion about her and was on the computer while you, Heero, Relena, Zechs, and Katsy were in the garden. Then, Hilde remembered something about when she was in OZ, there was a group that took all risks to completely annihilate their enemy. Then, we found Katsy's picture and she's part of that group," Sally informed.

" I don't believe it."

" I know, it's suprising to me too-"

" No, I mean it, I don't believe it."

" But, Noin!"

" Listen, I understand that you're mad at Zechs and Katsy, but that doesn't give you guys an excuse to say something like that about Katsy-"

" Noin-"

" I know she's a brat and all but, really, but, something like that is pretty hard to believe."

" Noin!"

" What?"

" Listen, Wufei and I found out about a new OZ, they still are together," Sally replied trying not to yell.

" Okay, now, I'll believe you for now, if I hear anything about this from Katsy, straight from her own mouth, then I'll talk to Zechs," Noin gave in slightly annoyed.

" You promise?"

" Promise."

" Pinky promise?"

" Pinky promise," Noin replied slightly giggling as she and Sally locked their pinky's together.

" Now, can we get some sleep?" Sally asked.

" Fine with me," Noin replied and laughed.

They both went up stairs to their rooms and went in. Noin stood in her darken room and sighed thinking to herself.

' I know it's rude of me, but, I hope Sally is right,' Noin thought and went to sleep.

The next day . . .

" How did Noin take it?" Quatre asked.

" She wants to find out for herself," Sally replied.

" If only Katsy hadn't pulled the computer plug and erase all that information," Cathy added.

" Yeah," they all said.

Just then Noin came out of the kitchen and into the living room and seated herself next to Heero.

" So Noin, what do you have planned for us, I mean after all, this is like a reunion," Heero remarked.

" You could do whatever you want, I have some battle simulations for mobile suits, the gardens are always available, plus, the next Queen of the World wants us to plan her wedding," Noin replied slightly annoyed. Just then there was a loud yell coming from upstairs.

" Noin! Get some tea up here!"

" You have two hands! Get it yourself!" Noin yelled back.

" But I don't want to!"

" Fine!"

Noin stormed out of the living room and into kitchen. Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.

" This is unbelievable, she comes into this house, acts like Zechs is the cutest guy alive and that he's all hers, and now she orders Noin around as if she was queen of the castle," Dorothy replied.

" I know, she is so rude, I do not know what Zechs sees in her," Cathy added.

Then Noin came out of the kitchen carrying a tray with the tea and up the stairs.

Upstairs at Katsy's doorway . . .

" That stupid girl, once she's gone, I'll be finally be ridded of her," Noin mumbled as she trudged up the stairs to Katsy's room on the right side of the hall. Once she reached the top step she noticed that Katsy had her door slightly open and that she was on the telephone. Then, a suspicious feeling came over Noin and she quietly put the tray on the floor and peeked through the crack in the door. Surely enough, Katsy was on the phone. Noin listened carefully not making a sound.

" Don't worry, I'll be rid of him sooner or later. Yes, he is tight within my grasp sir. He'll be done for 1 week before the big day. Yes, his goofy friends found out but he'll never believe those morons. His girlfriend? Oh the girl he meet at Victoria, she is too loyal to believe her friends. It's perfect. Yes, I shall talk to you on the night before the mission. Yes sir, Roger, goodbye," Katsy added and hung up.

Noins mouth went dry and her eyes went wide. She thought and decided to not give herself away. She took off her slipper and banged it against the floor making it sound as if someone was coming. She put her slipper on and picked the tray up and knocked on Katsy's door.

" Yes?"

" Um . . . you said you wanted some tea," Noin said dryly.

" Oh," Katsy replied and grabbed the tray and slammed the door in Noins face. Noin headed down the hall to the stairs then a thought flashed to her mind.

" How am I going to tell Zechs?" she whispered and headed down.