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"Baby Series 2"Written By: Karina
Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the
Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Trowa + Wu Fei Notes: Challenge 38. Baby Series 2 #81. Takes
place after The Quiet Voice.
Comparisons "His days are full with the duties of a King. Duties not dissimilar to those I was once trained to fulfil. I escaped that fate first with the need to fight and then with the destruction of my colony. I understand the needs of one in his position." "Then you should understand how isolated it will make him. How much more he will need to be understood and forgiven the demands taking him away from what he loves ... who he loves." A chill breeze wafted his hair into his face and he was thankful to hide within the wavering strands. "We all have needs. We have our own view on what needs to be done. Sanc managed well enough without a King." "Even though only a few months have passed since the coronation there is clear indication while it was doing well before, it is doing much better now. Some countries are suited to modern ways, Chang, others aren't. L5 should have been an example of that." "I did not particularly wish to take up the role the Elders had planned for me at the conclusion of the war." "Why not?" "I ... I wanted freedom. Freedom from the old ways, the endless tradition and restrictions they placed on the people." "And now?" Dark eyes closed and the vision of an enclosed imitation of an ancient society long since gone to dust washed over him. The traditions of his people were gone. Not even people living in China kept the traditional concepts. His people had fled the increasingly modern ways to take their traditions into space where they could practise an old way of life. A way of life the Elders had decided to destroy along with the colony itself. "There are others from your home out there, wandering amongst the other L5 colonies. Looking for the same things you are. A home. Someone to love. Someone to love them." "You never know what you have until it is gone. Meiran ... My home. They are gone." "You said the traditions restricted you and you wanted freedom. You had nothing to do with the destruction of the Colony, that was the result of old men who could not face the inevitability of change. Everything changes. You lost the old ways you complained about and you gained the freedom you said you wanted. That sounds like a silver lining marking a change in the weather to me. Storm clouds only last so long." "I think I preferred you when you were silent." Trowa grinned. "You have to look at things from different perspectives. Think about this, Chang. That man in there has a lot of history and if you want him you are going to have to learn to deal with all that baggage. Are you going to be able to accept it and be what he needs when he needs it?" "Do you imply I am less of a man than Milliardo?" End
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