Disclaimer: Gundam's not mine, and neither are the lyrics at the bottom. They're Yoko Kanno's. ^^;;
Watching You
Part 10
The night was dark; I could see through the open window that there was no moon, but the stars twinkled down through the black velvet of the winter sky to fall on the white earth below. I was warm, tucked between the blankets and the arms of the boy who slept beside me.
I was happy, too. For the first time in a so long, I was happy. I couldn't really explain why, since being happy involved being next to the only person who could rile me up enough to punch them, the only person who had hurt me more by ignoring me than by yelling at me. The only person that I had been so willing to risk my life to save.
My mind kept replaying multiple scenes at once, but the one that stuck out the most was that of a few hours ago.
"Now. Do you want to get some sleep?"
"Okay," I whispered, turning and heading for the door.
I was almost there when I thought I heard him say something.
"You can stay, if you want."
I stopped short, trying to determine if the words that had just been spoken were real. Or if I had just imagined them.
I turned, and he was sitting on the bed looking at me with that calm, unreadable gaze.
I took a chance. "Can I⦠can I stay?"
He nodded. "Hai. Of course, Koji."
And it registered that out of the past three times he had called me by name, it had been just that ā he had called me by *name*. Not "onna," but "Koji."
I had practically fallen into the bed, I was really that tired, and had curled up beneath the blankets when I felt him slide down next to me. He was warm, and I found myself huddled beside him and suddenly his arms were around me.
"Goodnight," he yawned simply, and something behind his voice was happy.
I smiled. "Goodnight."
I blinked in the darkness, amazingly not very tired even though I couldn't have slept more than 3 hours at most. I carefully slid out of the bed, trying my hardest not to wake the sleeping form still there. I padded over to the window to gaze out over the snow and stars and sky.
After a moment I turned to look at the bed. Wufei was sprawled across it, wrapped in the blankets and still sleeping peacefully. He really did look peaceful now. I didn't know if I had much to do with it, but I was glad nonetheless. I would've given anything to see him look like this ā to be free of all that pain that he kept pent up inside. To be innocent the way he was meant to be, and to have hands free of bloodstains and oaths.
I hoped he would look like this for a long time to come.
Words floated back into my mind. I couldn't help but sing, softly, remembering the last time I had sung them, and the way he had looked so peaceful then, too.
"Win dain a lotica, en val tu ri si lo ta. Fin dein a loluca, en dragu a sei lain. Vi fa-ru les shutai am, en riga-lint."
"Win chent a lotica, en val tu ri si lo ta. Fin dein a loluca, si katigura neuver. Floreria for chesti, si entina."
"You were the first dragon, my beloved. I've been watching you, from atop the fairy stump. How beautifully did the water touch those lips. How you shone at the spearhead of battle."
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You were the first dragon, my beloved. I've been watching you, from atop the fairy stump. How beautifully did the water touch those lips. How you shone at the spearhead of battle.
Because you flew away, the sky is unseen to me. Let's just sell this spinning-wheel, so everything will be illusion.
My beloved, you were the first dragon
