Nobody Wants to Be Lonely

By Ari Romanova

Disclaimer: Gundam Wing is property of Sotsu, Sunrise and Bandai. The song “Nobody Wants to be Lonely” is property of Ricky Martin and Christina Aguilera

~Relena’s POV~

I was visiting one of the colonies in the L1 cluster, I had just finished another meeting. All the meetings seemed to be the same. They were about the same concerns, same issues. Quite boring. But it is better than war, that’s for sure. If these meetings were what was needed in order to keep peace, than I can deal with them.

I sigh. The only bad thing is I don’t have that much time for anything social anymore. I am always to busy. I haven’t a regular conversation with anybody in a long time. I hadn’t seen any of my friends in months. All my life was now is meetings.

And to tell the truth I am a little lonely.

I get to my hotel suite. These rooms are way bigger than what I need. Yet, my secretary always wanted to book these suites. She thought it was one of those things I needed since I was rich.

‘Right now, I wish I wasn’t rich, I wish I didn’t have so much responsibility, I just want to be a normal girl, I am only 18 years old!!’

I was a normal girl 4 years ago. But look how quickly that changed. One second, my biggest worry was an upcoming test, and than in the next, it is running a nation, and struggling for peace.

And it wasn’t for nothing, I wouldn’t change anything. No not at all. There are just some times that I would like to be the way I used to be.

How did I get dragged into it all? I am not even going to go there. The last thing I need right now is to think of him again.

I still do think of him though. Not as much as I used to, but I still do. I guess I never will. He changed my life so much. He is partly responsible for the person that I have become.

Yet he is gone, and my life is an endless monotony.

Maybe I will take some time off tomorrow. Go out shopping. Call one of the wives of one of those colony leaders. No one would dare turn me down.

Nobody wants to be lonely.

~Heero’s POV~

Misplaced. That is how I feel right now. What is there left for me? Nothing. I completed my purpose. What could I possibly do now?

I have not talked to any of the pilots since we had defeated Dekim. Hell, I hadn’t even talked to anyone that much since than. I just sort of disappeared.

And I hadn’t had a problem with that until now. Why all of sudden was I beginning to feel useless?

I am currently living on one of the colonies in L1 cluster. I don’t remember which? I never pay much attention to where I am anymore. My life now is just images. Images that don’t even belong to me.

Many people have memories. I don’t have any that don’t involve fighting, death, or war. That is all I can remember, and I don’t even want to remember some of it.

Maybe that is what I need. I needed a memory of something other than battle. And I don’t mean memories of my life after the war. I haven’t really done anything that I can remember. Nothing I can hold on to anymore.

The only time I had ever felt close to anything normal, was when I was with “her”. Maybe that was why I could never kill her. I was never able to figure that out. She always seemed to be in control.

Maybe what Treize had said was true. She was stronger than me. She was stubborn. At the time I had thought she was foolish, but now I guess not. She gave people hope, something that I had never seen anyone do. And most of all, she gave me hope.

Yet, I always rebelled thoughts over her. For two main reasons: 1) I had no times for thoughts about anything but my mission and 2) I had always thought that I was incapable of thinking about anyone the way I thought of her.

Her name comes to me often. From what I have heard and read, she is still very active in politics. Well that is no surprise, Relena was never one to back down, even if the war was over.

At first, I found her to be an annoyance. But I guess over time, she grew up, but she still never lost some of that idealism she had at the beginning. She was surviving, she probably wasn’t wondering what her life was coming too.

Misery loves company. And hey, nobody wants to be lonely.

~Relena’s POV~

I took the day off, just as I had planned. I walked through the colony, and for the first time since the war, I felt relaxed.

I had gone into a few shops and browsed, but didn’t buy anything. I didn’t need anything. I gazed at the people. Some of the adults would point at me and whisper. Thank god, I am not an entertainment celebrity, than they would walk up to me asking for my autograph.

I didn’t notice him at first. I was too immersed in my thoughts to notice anyone particular. But when I finally did see him. My heart skipped a beat, just like the first time I had seen him.

Heero.

~Heero’s POV~

I went out, like I do every morning, today was not going to be any different than any other morning I had had in recent years.

I have a skill of blending into the crowd. People knew about me, but I would be damned if they ever caught me in public. I never wanted public adoration, and I still don’t. Why would I, I just did what I had to do. I didn’t do anything heroic.

I got a cup of coffee, from the shop a block away from my apartment. After that, I just walked around the colony, thinking. Nothing exciting, just thinking.

At least that is what I was expecting, until I caught a glimpse of someone who looked very familiar. My first instinct, was that it was just imagination, I didn’t know anyone on this colony (I never made an effort to). But as the feeling persisted, I tried to catch a better glimpse. And when I did. I knew. It was her. The one person that I was never able to fully forget.

Relena.

~Relena’s POV~

I caught him staring at me. I swear my heart completely stopped. My mind tried to tell me that I should get a hold of myself. There was no sense in going totally crazy over a guy. But this wasn’t just any guy. This was the guy that had inspired me, the guy who gave me strength, and the guy who I would never ever forget.

What should I do? I am no coward, I didn’t want to just walk away. I couldn’t. I hadn’t seen him in so long. Which is why these feelings I was having were scaring me. Even after all this time, all the growing up I have been doing, I still feel the same way. I still love him, like I did so long ago.

I had to talk to him. So I did the only thing I could do I walked towards him. Besides, it is good to see someone you know.

Like I said earlier, nobody wants to be lonely.

~Heero’s POV~

She is coming towards me. Figures. She would do that. But I am not upset at her, after all, if she didn’t, I think that would worry me a little.

It seemed like forever, and she finally reached me.

“Hello Heero.”

I am silent for a moment.

“Hello Relena.”

She looked around, and than she turned back to me.

“How have you been?” she asked.

“Fine.”

She nodded, like she was taking this all in.

“What have you been up to?”

“Nothing much,” I reply.

At that moment, she looked me straight in the eyes. And for the first moment in my life, I was able to admit it. I loved her. Of course, being me, that took forever to realize, but that didn’t change this moment.

I loved her. And I always had.

Nobody wants to be lonely forever. And for the first time in history, I am no exception.

~Relena‘s POV~

We both were silent for what seemed like forever. I wondered what he was thinking. I began to get worried, because something in his eyes told me he was uncomfortable.

“Are you alright?” I asked, “because if you’re uncomfortable, I can leave.”

He looked at me.

“No.”

I looked at him surprised.

“No what?” I ask trembling.

“Don’t leave,” he said.

And before I could do anything, I felt his arms around me. And his lips touched mine. And my senses were on fire. I had never felt anything like this before.

All the loneliness I had been feeling for the past years melted away in an instant. I wasn’t lonely anymore.

You know what I am going to say now.