Untold Stories, Unsung Words

Series Summary: (A series of one-shots, some of them being connected, based on headcanons.) The story of the Bionis and Mechonis, and the Heir to the Monado, and the creation of the new world has been revealed. But among that story are smaller stories that haven't been shown. To have it accepted as truth is an option, but the existence of them being a possibility is undeniable. These are stories untold, words unsung.

11. Zanza, Meyneth – Falling Away

Summary: Pregame. Zanza and Meyneth before they achieved divinity in fact, had a sort of bond. A bond that is all too familiar. A bond that is so different at the same time.

Pairings: Zanza x Meyneth (minor)

MAJOR NOTE: This oneshot was written prior to the release of Xenoblade 2. Additionally, the chapter has been edited to fix grammatical errors and to edit sections of the oneshot. IF YOU HAVE NOT PLAYED OR COMPLETED XENOBLADE 2, IT IS STRONGLY ADVISED TO SKIP THIS ONESHOT AS IT STRONGLY IMPLIES SPOILERS.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything.

He rubbed his eyes as he stared at the wall of text on the book he was reading. He had been skimming the book the past hour under the dim light of his deck and with the bedroom lights off. He sat on the chair slumped down slightly with this legs and feet up on the silver desk in front of him. It was around 11PM Eastern Time in the United States. Well, that was the time the space station orbiting the Earth used for the biological time. In real time though, the days went by much shorter.

"Zanza, you know you need to read with more lights around you. You'll lose your perfect vision if you keep this up."

"Mmm, whatever, Galea… And don't call me that. We're not kids anymore." Klaus replied, loosening his blue necktie that was hanging on his neck. Since the workday was over, he might as well look less sophisticated. Strangely, his lab coat was still on.

Klaus was one brilliant young man. Age 27, he graduated college from Oxford University as valedictorian at the age of 18 and went to graduate school in Harvard in the United States, completing it at 24 to gain his PHD. Not only was he intelligent, but had a great physique too, being able to do all sorts of athletic activities, sports, and other physically demanding hobbies. From mountain climbing to spelunking to deep sea diving to piloting, he knew how to and did do all of them at least ones. He is also quite artistic, as he knows how to play some instruments, but mostly excelled in the violin. He was also adept tin speaking in multiple languages fluently, them being English, Spanish, German, Japanese, and French. How much more perfect can this guy be?

Galea flipped the switch that was to her right. Klaus groaned as the intense light of the bedroom suddenly went on as he shielded his eyes with his free left hand. "Galea, come on…" With heels clicking on the floor, Galea walked towards Klaus by first placing a white plastic container on the desk that had a folded napkin on top. "And I'll stop calling you that if you call me Meyneth like you used to."

"I refuse."

"Then too bad."

"…"

Galea was also one brilliant young woman. She may not be such an overachiever like Klaus, but she was someone to awe at. Like Klaus, she graduated from Oxford University but at the age of 20 as opposed to Klaus, but still also valedictorian. She also followed him to Harvard as well, earning her PHD. As opposed to Klaus, she loved to create and program electronics, so she is always working around computers or found with building tools. But she is similar to him as she is quite athletic and the two were quite competitive in sports when they were young. She too was skilled in music with her beautiful singing voice, but surprisingly, she only knew how to play the electric guitar. But what many people didn't know was the fact that they were gamers. Despite their busy schedule, they always made time to play MMO games when they were apart and role playing games offline if they were visiting each other. Klaus grew out of this hobby, but Galea was an avid gamer to this day.

Galea moved her head slightly to see what Klaus was reading. She groaned. Why did she bother, as she knew what the book he was reading was?

"Aldous Huxley's Brave New world again? We read this already in high school… and then you read it a few more times during and after college…." She furrowed her eyebrows again and sighed.

Klaus closed the novel but placed his right index finger on the page he was on, leaving it partially open and moved the edge of the book at his forehead. He faced Galea and asked, "You don't find it interesting?"

"I find it a little interested and baffling that you'd read this again and again for about ten years since you first read… I lost count as to how many times you read it, let alone finding you with that book in hand. Those group… how should I say this… "sessions"… Is that what makes it interesting for you?" Galea approached Klaus' bed and sat at the edge, crossing her legs. Klaus noticed the side of her red dress that showed a few centimeters more of her legs compared to herself standing and looked away, frowning. She wasn't wearing her lab coat either…

"N-No!" Klaus angrily replied, flustered and turning a shade of red. He removed his index finger holding onto the page he was on and groaned. "How immature of you, you know how I am, and you know that's not true!"

Galea giggled, touching the side of her face with her left index finger. "Geez, Klaus…. You know I'm kidding. Can't take a joke?"

Klaus' face returned to a normal shade and sighed again. He placed the novel onto his desk and rubbed his head. "I-I think I'm a bit worked up from the past few days. We're so close to completing the project. I myself haven't been sleeping much so-"

Klaus didn't even notice Galea as she placed an index finger on his mouth to silence him. His eyes widened on how close she was to his face. He was now frowning again though as she was far too close and invading that personal space. He didn't mind that gesture back in the day prior to working in the space station but now, it got irritating for him due to how unprofessional it appeared.

"You really do need to relax. We all do. Our progress isn't going anywhere but forward."

A soft rumbled was heard. Klaus and Galea heard the source of the noise was… below. Galea had dinner earlier. She sighed and removed her index finger that was touching Klaus' lips. "Look at you, you even forget to eat. Well, thankfully, I brought you food. It's on your desk. Eat it."

Klaus scratched his head and mutters sarcastically. "And you save me again…"

Galea stood up. The young man turned his seat facing way from Galea and towards his desk. In front of him was the novel and to the left was a white container with a transparent lid, fogged with condensation. Moving the napkin that had a spoon and fork wrapped around it, he opened the lid. Klaus saw the contents of the container. A few sausages, broccoli, and white rice. "Right, it's Wednesday, so dinner is crap around this time of week…"

Galea chuckled as she saw Klaus stare at dismay at the food before him. She had the same face house earlier. As Klaus unwrapped the napkin to retrieve the utensils, Galea took the novel he was reading and turned to a random page in the middle. From page 50, she was skimming through the words and turning each page. A few pages later, she saw the infamous paragraph that she and the entire class couldn't take seriously back when they were in high school. The "mating ritual sessions" as she would replace it. She sighed and continued to flip through the book at a faster pace.

"I can't believe that this book is the very book that made you go all in for the project… You were at first a bit hesitant but…"

Klaus, after taking bites from the tasteless sausage faced Elena and nodded. "And?" He asked.

"To each their own…" Galea replied, closing the book and placing it back on his desk.

Galea sat on the edge of Klaus' bed again and tucked her arms around her waist. Looking down at her black heels, she quietly asks, "I… have to tell you something."

She didn't get an immediate reply as Klaus was wiping his mouth with the napkin Galea gave him. His food was barely touched with only 3/4ths of one of the three sausages, a third of the rice, and 1 stalk of broccoli eaten. As soon as he finished, he asks, "What?"

"Ever since a few months ago after we worked on the project for about a week, you've been acting weird lately."

"Hm? I'll need you to elaborate on what you mean by that…" Klaus replied, setting the napkin on the table.

Galea looked up to Klaus, with distressed eyes. "You've been holed up here in your room and we haven't been talking like we used to… What happened to the old days when we used to tell each other everything? When we used to play that MMO and laugh together? We used to casually talk and have deep discussions, meet others… go on trips… but now…"

Klaus stared at Galea, his eyebrows slightly raised in concern, then furrowed down. He shook his head, placing his right hand on his forehead. "Really? That's what's bothering you?"

Galea, now frowning, her hands were making fists as she moved her hands to her lap. "It's also bothering me on how you don't seem to care about this!"

Klaus sighed and lowered his right hand to the armrest of his chair. "What I meant was… you know we can't exactly talk casually as much as we could anymore cause of our work. And come on, we need to be professional here. I don't want people looking at us and getting the wrong idea."

"That doesn't mean we don't make the effort to make some time to do so when we can here and there. And wrong idea? We're close friends and everyone knows that. They know of our educational background after all and they know how we're associated with each other. What bothers me the most is that you've been acting weird to everyone!"

"I-I just… nnnghh… never mind…" Klaus groaned and rotated his chair to face away from Galea and back to his desk. He stared down at his barely finished dinner, no longer feeling an appetite to finish cause of the abysmal taste. But he wasn't feeling relief from his hunger either. Trying to keep his mind off of it, he proceeded to take Aldous Huxley's work on his hand and turn to page 34, where he last stopped reading.

Galea used her palm to lightly hit Klaus' bed and sighed, also using her left hand to rub her forehead. "Now Klaus doesn't want to talk to me much anymore… am I that annoying? Or is something happening to you…?" She asked her self as her lips curled downward. Standing up. she proceeded to quickly leave his room. At the exit. She pressed the button to the wall on her left to open the door. She stopped quietly and said out loud. "I'll… see you tomorrow then…"

"Right…" Klaus replied, not even leaving his eyes from the page let alone facing Galea to say good night.

Astonished by his indiscretion, Galea left the room and pressed the button to the wall on the outside hallway to close the door. She walked down the hallway with the sound of her heels echoing around her. Ever so faintly, she swallowed that lump on her throat that built up and wiped her eyes with her wrist.

Klaus stared at the wall of text before him that he read so many times. This perfect world in Huxley's fiction… Intentions of the world were good but there were some moral and social controversies but… the ends justify the means.

"This universe is hell… and mankind is doomed in this universe. Natural resources are nearly gone and we can't find new ones… We're destined to kill ourselves but in a new world… I can make it happen. To make a new world where everyone his happy with no flaws…"

Klaus gripped onto the novel tightly and his lips slightly arched upward.

"With me at the center of it all…"

Headcanons:

1. Klaus and Galea were childhood friends who grew up together and spent much of their time together. They eventually joined the project to create a new world for their own reasons.

2. Klaus and Galea when they were young were gamers until the age of 12 for Klaus but Galea was still a gamer to adulthood. The names Zanza and Meyneth were names to their MMO avatars and would refer to each other casually as nicknames. After some time, Klaus hated being called Zanza because he no longer wanted to be associated with them as they were a waste of time. Galea was fine with either name, but only allows Klaus to call her Meyneth

3. Klaus knew how to play the violin and Galea knew how to play the electric guitar. Hence the respective battle themes on the Bionis Time to Fight mainly featured and violin solo and the Mechonis battle theme Mechanical Rhythm had a main electric guitar solo

A/N: This idea came about with permission from saber-chan from tumblr whom I give credit to. As I strongly noted, it is imperative to play or watch the cutscenes of Xenoblade 1 and 2 to avoid the implied spoiler here.

Feel free to send comments and criticism, as well as headcanon ideas that may potentially be featured here and credited for the ideas.