Painful Memories

by Oko Naki

There's really not much to say about this story....it's really not all that Gundam Wing related other than the mentioning of mobile suits and the fact that I use my "character" and my friend's that we created for the Gundam Wing universe....R&R

Oko held the dead body of Snap close to her. She was examining the perfect cuts on Snap's wrists. She shook her head slowly. Why didn't she choose a more honorable death? She thought to herself. As she glared at Snap's corpse, memories started running through her mind. Each one of them was of her and Snap.

She remembered the night she first met Snap. She remembered Snap teaching her how to steal food. She remembered teaching Snap about honor and justice. She remembered how Snap always knew when to leave her alone and when not to.

Oko looked down at Snap's body. It was no longer warm. Her body was cold and stiff. Oko's memories took hold of her once more.

She was on her way back to the group of MS pilots, when Snap told her that Tashi had been killed. She had tried to commit suicide that night, but Snap stopped her. Snap had stopped her every attempt to die, but Oko had still pushed her away. She knew that when she did finally succeed at suicide, at least one person would mourn for her.

She didn't cry, she hadn't cried since the death of her parents. Oko had never imagined that she would have to mourn for Snap. Especially if she kept Snap at a distance.

Oko now remembered the night after she and Wufei had gotten in another one of their fights. Snap had been the only one brave enough to try to calm her rage. Snap had been successful and Oko had even smiled. It had been years since she'd really smiled and it almost felt good to do so.

Oko felt her rage grow again as she tried not to remember what she and Wufei were fighting over. Oko never let Snap know about why she had been fighting with Wufei and now it was too late. They had been fighting over their unborn child. Snap hadn't even known that Oko was pregnant and she never will.

Why does everything I touch die? Not only have I lost my best friend, but I will lose my child. Oko pulled out her knife and brought it to her throat. "I will not let another person close to me be killed because of me," she said as she drew her knife across her throat. She did not scream out as her life slowly ended.