06-Jun-2000
Title: Lady
Category: Songfic
Pairings: 5+Meiran, 5+Sally
Warnings: Non-yaoi, Angst, Sap, Spoilers for Episode Zero
Notes: "Lady" is performed by Kenny Rogers, words and music by Lionel Richie.
Wow this is my first non-yaoi fic! Written in Wufei's
POV. Thanks to Angel Ikari for beta-ing! Spoilers for his Episode Zero past
and part of the end of Endless Waltz. Translations and scans for Episode
Zero can be found here: http://members.dencity.com/chibiquatre/manga.html
Lady, I'm your knight in shining armor and I love you
Meiran... I thought I'd never lose you. That's why I took you for granted. I assumed I would be with you forever. But I was wrong, wasn't I? I didn't know our time together would be so short. Who knew "until death do us part" would be less than a year?
[You have made me what I am and I am yours
My love, there's so many ways I want to say I love you
Let me hold you in my arms forever more ]
You helped to shape me. Who knew a quiet scholar could be molded into a justice-raving warrior? I didn't. I guess after hearing all your speeches about justice and righteousness, something actually stuck with me, imprinting your words in my mind.
You may have thought that I married you out of obligation, but I did love you. I've only come to realize that now, all too late, too late.
[You have gone and made me such a fool
I'm so lost in your love ]
It's too late to say anything. You are gone forever, and nothing can bring you back. I only wish...
[And oh, we belong together
Won't you believe in my song? ]
I thought I'd never love again. I buried myself so deeply into the mission, trying to right the world's wrongs, running away from my own problems. I couldn't deal with the hurt. The loneliness. It was too much to deal with. I was weak, and I hated myself for it. I was so young, and already I had lost the only person I cared deeply about. I had lost a part of me that I thought I'd never get back. I felt like my heart died when you did.
[Lady, for so many years I thought I'd never find you ]
Then came Sally. At first I dismissed her - she was just another woman. She meant nothing to me. Just another weakling. Or so I thought.
Sally... You were there when I was needy and vulnerable. I grew attached to you. And I tried to push you away.
[You have come into my life and made me whole ]
I couldn't bear another one. Not another casuality. But you were more than that, weren't you? And I wouldn't admit it to anyone...or myself.
[Forever let me wake to see you each and every morning
Let me hear you whisper softly in my ear ]
When the war was over, and you invited me to become a Preventer, I was happy. Relieved that you still wanted me by your side. I could feel that missing part of me again. I could feel my heart again. Beating new life. Beating for you. I could afford this emotion. I didn't need to feel empty and unemotional anymore. I had no excuse for it. And why should I? This was what I wanted. Needed. And I graciously accepted it.
[In my eyes I see no one else but you
There's no other love like our love ]
Finally I was able to sort out all of those emotions, the emotions that had bottled up inside me. All the pain, the sadness, the guilt. I could deal with it. I admitted, I love you. I knew you love me, too. It showed in your eyes, whenever you looked at me, talked to me.
[And yes, oh yes, I'll always want you near me
I've waited for you for so long ]
Who knew someone could have two loves of their lives? Thankfully, I've been blessed with that opportunity. An opportunity that I grasped; a life-line. I can't live without you.
[Lady, your love's the only love I need
And beside me is where I want you to be
'Cause, my love, there's somethin' I want you to know ]
With your love, I can finally confront the past. I can face all the obstacles I had avoided through the years. I had the courage to face it all. And with your love, I think I can finally let go of the past.
[You're the love of my life, you're my lady ]
The End
(:./asuka/lady)
