This is my first songfic, so be gentle, but I would like some feedback.
If ya'll notice, this is slightly different from my usual fics.  Well, biggest difference is it concentrates on Noin and Zechs.  Most all my other fics concentrate on either Duo or Heero.

Disclaimer: I don't own it.  Neither Gundam Wing nor the song.  Don't own em.


The Rose
Song by: Bette Midler

    Lucrezia Noin looked out the window into the winter night.  She turned up the volume of the radio on her bedside table as she heard the familiar piano introduction of one of her favorite songs.  She turned back to the window where a light snow was beginning to fall.
    She sighed as the first verse began.  Listening to the words reminded her of the strenuous relationships of her friends, and even her own almost-non-existant relationship.

Some say love, it is a river...

    Gundam pilot 02, Duo Maxwell, had been 'stalked' by his partner, Hilde Schbeiker, for the longest time.  Well, not really stalked, but she was never shy about her attraction to Duo.

That drowns the tender reed.

    He had some attraction to her, but her persistance was, most of the time, her downfall.  It completely turned him off at times.  But the attraction was always there.

Some say love, it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed.

    Pilot 01, Heery Yuy, also known as 'The Perfect Soldier', was cold as ice when it came to emotions.  He'd been so cold towards any who showed love or friendship to him.  It was what he'd been taught.
    Relena Peacecraft, from the first day she laid eyes on him, had an attraction to him.  But, at first, it wasn't a physical attraction.  He was a mysterious boy, seemingly needing help in finding a path in life.
    As they grew older, to Relena that attraction meant something more.  Yet Heero never returned the affection.  His ignorant, cold heart finally caused Relena too much pain.  She disappeared without a trace two years ago.
    It was apparent, then, that Heero did have some feelings for the former Vice-Foreign Minister.  He'd told Lucrezia, at one point afterwards, "I've failed my mission... to become human again...  I've failed...  Only she could have helped me succeed."

Some say love, it is a hunger,
An endless aching need.

    Pilot 03, Chang Wufei, was another mysterious man when it came to emotions.  He and his partner, Sally Po, had a relationship that was strictly physical.
    Neither one of them cared to love.  They each had a past that was disasterous when it came to love.  Yet, no human can live without the physical pleasure of the company of another.  Wufei and Sally found that they could satisfy that need with each other without the emotion behind it.

I say love, it is a flower,
And you, its only seed.

    She hadn't really considered herself and Zechs Merquis a couple.  Neither had he, for that matter.  But they had been spending a lot of time together.  And she'd always felt something for him.

It's the heart, afraid of breaking,
That never learns to dance.

    She had loved before, and it was a wonderful feeling, for a while.  Then he ended the relationship with that familiar "I think we should start seeing other people" line.  Well, he had been seeing 'other people' during almost the entire 'relationship', a lot of 'other people'.

It's the dream, afraid of waking,
That never takes the chance.

    She had admired Zechs for a long time, ever since their service together in Oz.  She had even cared for him.  But in all these years, she'd been afrid to tell him, even though she could see that he felt something, also.

It's the one who won't be taken,
Who can not seem to give.

    For the longest time, she feared this relationship would be like that of Heero and Zech's younger sister.  But no matter how much pain she felt, she had made a promise to stay by his side.  But that closeness made the pain worse.

And the soul, afraid of dying
That never learns to live.

    Her emotions were balled up inside of her, locked away, where they were safe.  She would go about her business and no one would know how she hurt inside.

When the night has been to lonely
And the road had been too long,
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong.

    She opened up the window as the snow began to fall harder.  She didn't mind the freezing wind hitting her almost bare skin like needles through her sheer nightgown.
    She leaned out the window just a little as something in the snow-covered flower box outside caught her eye.  It was a red rose tied witha white ribbon with a note attatched.
    She picked up the fresh flower and leaned back inside, closing the window with the other hand.
    She sat on the bed and utied the ribbon.  She opened the note and, through tears, she read it:

Just remember, in the winter,
Far beneath the bitter snow,
Lies the seed, that with the suns love
In the spring, becomes the rose.