Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Clothing series ❯ 04 Uniform ties ( Chapter 4 )

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Uniform Ties

Merquise wearing a tie? Not just any tie, one that goes with his suit as well! Good, now I can use it to strangle him for that `prank' with my shoes the other day!

It was obvious it had been him, even though the camera `accidentally' broke down while I was doing my exercises. He was quite mad when he found out -trough Maxwell himself, nonetheless- that we'd recorded him watching me, or rather my `butt' as Maxwell proudly reminds me every so often. Just when I figured Zechs was indeed as grown-up as he acted, he struck back with full force.

I'll strangle him with that piece around his neck and when I'm done with him, I'll take it to Maxwell and strangle him as well.

The reason for Merquise wearing a tie becomes apparent soon enough. Relena has decided to visit our dear lady Une. I watch as Merquise -amongst several others- stands up and bows respectively as she passes. I can't see her expression towards him, but he seems pleased given the responsive smile he returns. My gaze lowers a little as I watch the dark piece of clothing dangle from his neck. How I wish it were my hands hugging him where the tie does.

It is nearly an hour later that I see her again as she stalks towards the exit, glaring at whomever meets her eyes. I stand in the cafeteria, coffee in my one hand as I am on my coffee break.

“Looks like she and Une are currently not the best of friends.” I mumble it to myself rather than anyone in particular and am therefore quite surprised by the response I get.

“Can you blame her?” I look up, but where I expect the eyes to be I merely meet that damned tie again. It is almost embarrassing how much taller Merquise is than I am.

“What do you mean?” I ask, pausing my gaze at the knot of his tie.

“Une killed her father, Dorlain.” I am near fascinated with the small movements his neck makes at each spoken syllable and I can only imagine what it would be like to actually fool it move. For a moment I am rather glad that my skin is tanned and I don't blush. He speaks more. “Relena was there.”

I blink. I knew of Dorlain's murder but I didn't know Relena had witnessed it. I look him in the eye now and for a moment I see how much he is affected by the little sister he's only really known for a couple of years. It is gone within an instant though and I am at a loss for words. There's no need for me to speak.

“No matter how hard she tries, Relena can't forget. She's only human after all.” With that, the tie and the man attached to it, leave the room.

I glance at the clock. I should be getting back to work as well.