Breaking Away

"Trowa, just piss off" "No" "Is that all you have to say?" "…………..….." "…Well?" "Yes, it is" "God, most people can deal with basic communication - even Wufei's better at it, but no - not you!" "Shut up Malia" "Make me clown boy!" "DON'T call me clown boy" "Why shouldn't I? You're nothing but a pig" "Whatever" "And generally I date people actually capable of stringing together a sentence - it really doesn't seem that difficult" "Then why are you still with me?" "I DON'T KNOW!" "Don't shout at me!" "GET BENT" "MALIA!" "Oh finally, CLOWN BOY DECIDES TO SHOUT - TOOK YOUR TIME" "You know what, I can't put up with this" "Yeah, well neither can I" "Fine" "FINE" "

"So they agree on one thing then - that they can't put up with each other" Said Rali listening to the argument between Malia and Trowa. They were sitting in the lounge talking about Malia and Trowa whilst shouts and slams of doors could be heard. "This has been a long time coming, they are just too different" Everyone turned and stared at Duo - the one who had made the comment. Luckily for him Quatre backed him up, "It's true, Trowa's quiet and secretive whereas Malia is more outspoken - they were bound to break up" "But it's terrible - I thought they were made for each other" Kaliah muttered as she pulled at Wufei's ponytail to get his attention, she kissed him quickly before sitting back down. "I've never heard Malia call him clown boy, I think it's over between those two" Raedei said as he looked up from his computer game.

"Why don't you just leave me alone?" "Because" "Because what clown boy, c'mon" "Because this isn't finished yet" "Fine - it's finished, that sort it out for ya?" "Fine then, it's over" "Good" "Good" "……….." "……….." Malia walked over to her chest of drawers, she pulled out Trowa's black shirt and threw it at him before walking over to the closet and pulling out a box which Malia then began piling Trowa's stuff into. Trowa watched momentarily before leaving the room and finding a box to fill with Malia's things from his room.

"So, that's it - they're finished?" Asked Rali as she sat in Heero's lap. "Yep, that's it" Said Wufei as he watched the fish in the aquarium swim about between the sea plants. "Do you think we should go check on them - see if they're alright?" Duo asked, Raedei turned off his computer game and answered, "No, leaving them to it is the best way for them to get through it. Later on when they've cooled off we can go check on them individually but for now leave it" "Hmm…s'pose so"

Malia walked silently into Trowa's bedroom carrying a cardboard box filled to the brim with items of clothing and other things Trowa left in her bedroom. Trowa was sitting on his bed with the box he'd filled with Malia's stuff, he looked up at her as she put the box she was carrying down on the floor with a thump. "Here" Malia said gesturing to the box on the floor. "Yea, here's yours" Trowa said quietly refusing to make eye contact with her. "Fine" Malia picked up the box of her things, turned around and went for the door. "Malia…?" Malia turned back to face Trowa, looking down at her feet "Yes?" "…I…uh…never mind" Malia turned back again to face the door, walking slowly out. "…I wish we hadn't ended up like this…" "…me too" Malia muttered as she left the room quickly, Trowa sighed as he fell onto his bed, closing his eyes. Within minutes Trowa got back up and walked over to the cardboard box lying on the floor and knelt down in front of it, peering in at the contents.

In the lounge everyone else was sitting pretending to watch TV, Malia walked through the lounge with the box of her things - before she could get through the other door to her room Quatre blocked her way, put her box on the floor and hugged her tightly. Malia hugged Quatre back and attempted a weak smile before going to pick up the box again. Quatre stopped her again and picked up the box for her, "Here, I'll carry it" The two of them walked through the door into the corridor and then into Malia's room, which she had recently repainted, she'd made her bedroom into a mural of a sunset. The walls were hundreds of shades of red, orange, and yellow in the form of a blazing sunset - from the sunset at the bottom of the walls it spread upwards, into purples, pinks and blues - finishing into the deepest midnight blue that merged with the harsh black of the top of the walls and ceiling. Malia had even gone to the trouble of balancing on two chairs dangerously to paint tiny silver stars onto the ceiling - luckily she didn't fall! Quatre placed the box down before hugging Malia again, "I wish you guys hadn't split up - you were the perfect couple!" Malia sat down by the box and began sorting through the stuff. "Well, we obviously weren't perfect enough Quatre - anyway, it's better this way. Can I talk to you later, I should sort out this stuff now before I forget" Quatre smiled and nodded, leaving the room whilst Malia began placing her things on the bed, there was clothes, books, CD's and make-up in the box which had now been turfed out onto Malia's bed.

Quatre stepped back into the lounge and settled down on the floor near the aquarium, "So, how'd it go?" Asked Duo as he hit Heero with a rolled up TV guide, Heero growled and jumped on Duo, pushing him to the floor and hitting him back. "Ow, quit it Heero!" Heero continued hitting him, much to the amusement of everyone else. "Girls, girls - play nice!" Malia joked as she stood in the doorway, Heero looked up at Malia giving Duo time to grab a weapon. He hit Heero over the head with a giant inflatable hammer he'd bought at the fair last week. "DUO!" Kaliah shouted, and that was the end of that - most people weren't stupid enough to make Kaliah angry. Duo and Heero sat back down sullenly - their fight had been ruined.

Trowa walked in and stared at Malia uncomfortably, "Hi…Malia, can we..um..talk?" "Okay, shoot" "In private" "Oh, okay…uh…I'll be back in a minute guys" "What Trowa?" Malia asked as she sat down in the corridor on the carpet next to Trowa. "Just wanted to talk really, you alright?" "Yeah, I'm okay - you?" "Hm…I'm alright, kinda shocked at how quick this all happened…it's gonna be weird not being with you. But it was for the best; all we've been doing for the past two months is fighting…can we still - ya'know…hang out?" Malia rested her head on Trowa's shoulder and smiled. "Course we can, it'd be fun!" Trowa hugged Malia and helped her up. "Good - We should go back to see the others, now everything's sorted out" Malia nodded and they walked into the lounge and sat down with Quatre on the floor.

The whole room was silent - even Rali was quiet that was a first! "Hey guys, what are we gonna do on Friday night?" Malia asked, playfully punching Trowa. "Yeah, I think we should go clubbing, do you agree Malia?" "Yep, definitely!" Trowa and Malia laughed before continuing to play-fight on the floor. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as they saw that everything was alright and started to talk about clubbing on Friday. Duo and Heero began arguing about which club to go to, Kaliah and Rali were talking about clothes to wear; Wufei and Raedei were playing on the playstation, and Trowa, Quatre and Malia were laughing and play-fighting - throwing pillows at each other with feathers flying out of them. Everything had turned out fine in the end - apart from the argument Wufei and Raedei got into about who had won in Cool Boarders 3 (The argument lasted for two and a half hours!) __________________________________________________________________________ This is the last Trowa and Malia couple fanfic I will ever write - however I will finish one's I have already started, but once they are done there won't be any more. My reason? I don't have a crush on Trowa Barton any more and it's very hard to write well about a couple when you've lost interest. I'll write more general Gundam Wing Updates about the GW Guys and me and my friends characters…but at the moment I'm too busy working on a Nightwalker: Midnight Detective fanfic which is going strangely well seeing as I've never seen Nightwalker! If you have any comments please e-mail me them at shaws394@thegrid.org.uk (If my Updates have seemed a little rubbish it's because I've been having trouble writing these Trowa and Malia ones)

 

Chaos's note: Rali does shut up! Ok so not that often as she's based on me in some aspects, OK fine so she never shuts up...but she DOES NOT talk about clothes...she has better things to do with her time!!!