A Lovers Risk and Gain Midii Une gazed out of the window, pondering the answer to a question she had been asking herself for months. How to tell the man she loved that she loved him. Treize Khushrenada had always made Une go weak at the knees. She had fallen in love with him from the first moment she had set eyes on him. Though he had always been cold and distant around her, Une could sense he had feelings for her. As the plane landed and taxied down the runway Midii wondered why Treize had called her to the base. Walking down the long corridors in search of his office, she noticed Noin walking towards her. "The Colonel's office is this way." Noin gestured for Une to follow her. In a tense silence the two Oz officers proceeded to Colonel Treize's office. As they entered the barren office Noin saluted both Treize and Zechs. He signalled for then to sit down. "Now your both here Zechs you and Lt. Noin will report to the air carrier west of here and engage the enemy only when your ready, dismissed." Zechs and Noin got up out of the chairs saluted Treize then left the room. Once they were gone Une got up from her seat and went over to the back of Treize's seat, starting to massage his tense shoulders. "Midii please, what are you doing?" her commanding officer asked "You look tense Treize, sit back." "Please Une don't." "Just relax and sit back." Treize turned around in his chair relinquishing his shoulders from Une's grasp. "I asked you not to, now please don't." Une circled round the desk once more. "Good night then," Une clenched her fists as she walked out of the office. All of Une's hopes of getting Treize to open out to her were dashed. Her head hung in shame Midii headed back to her room. It was only 8:30pm but Une wanted only to crawl in her bed, where at least she could dream of the man she loved. Une had long given herself up to sleep when a soft rapping could be heard at her door. It was 1:30 as Une glared at her clock. "This had better be good." she shouted at her door. Donning her robe Lady Une stumbled towards the door. "What is it." she snapped as she opened the door. "Are you busy Midii?" Treize's eloquent voice asked. "Not at all your Excellency, I'm sorry for my outburst, please come in." Une stepped back inside Treize following her. "You were sleeping I'm s-" he said as he noticed her dazed look and dishevelled bed. "Think nothing of it your Excellency." "Don't call me that, just Treize will suffice." "But it's not proper-" Treize raised a gloved hand, placing his index finder on her lips. "I don't see anyone that would report it. Besides whoever it is I'm their commanding officer." "Alright then…Treize, what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?" "You seemed a little angry when you left my office and I just wanted to clear it up." Une stepped up to Treize, staring in his eyes. With a few moments hesitation she raised her hands to cup his face. Une planted a feather light kiss so soft on the older man's lips that he barely felt it. "Midii please, lets not go into this , I don't want to hurt you" "Treize please your hurting me by not being with me now, is this want you really want?" Une reached up again pressing her soft lips to his. "Treize...I love you. "She embraced him tightly afraid that he would run away. "Midii, I am unworthy of your love, at my hands war had played center stage in the world. Families torn apart, Innocence lost." Treize turned his head refusing to look at her. "But war all so has the power to bring people together." Une turned his head and kissed him once more "Please understand I don't want you to become attached to me then something happen to me." "It's already to late for that besides that's the risk all lovers take in being together." The lady colonel went to kiss her superior once more. This time instead of a just a simple kiss Treize responded with pure raw pent up passion. With one swift motion Une's robe littered the floor. Gazing at a half naked Une Treize's body couldn't hold back any longer. Dismissing his cape, gloves, overcoat, pants and boxers Treize climbed on to the bed , straddled Une. In the blur of passion that followed Treize expertly released his subordinate from her undergarments. Hovering above her, Treize gazed into the eyes of the woman below. Her hair lay divided where her stern hair style had come loose. As a means of distraction he leaned against her ear, whispering in an almost inaudible voice. "I'm sorry Annie." Sometime painfully Treize entered the women he had knew he had always loved. Une's mind reeled. She hadn't been called by her real name since she was a little girl , let alone by the nickname her father used to call her. However Une was pulled from her thoughts by Treize painfully entering her. This would be her first time and the pain caught her off guard. Clear salty tears rolled down her cheeks. Treize's heart nearly stopped when saw them slide on to the bed sheets. "Would you like me to stop?" "No, I just hope it gets better, for your sake." Treize smirked then started to thrust rhythmically into the depths of Une. Several climaxes later Treize laid exhausted next to the lady colonel. Une positioned herself so that she lay on his chest, which was remarkably still covered by his standard issue undershirt. "Treize?" "Yes." "How did you know my real name?" "I did a little research. Do you mind me using your real name?" " No not at all you can use it if you want to." Une snuggled closer to the man she loved. As both parties began to give into sleep both knew that this would be the last time for a while that they would be able to be together like this. No barriers between them, no rules of conduct. Next morning Treize was the first to wake. He gingerly lifted Une off his chest and went to the bathroom to take a shower. Upon his return he found his beloved stretched out on the bed, the sheet barley covering her. "Where are you going?" "I have unfinished business I need to attend to." He saw her face fall and become solemn, wishing that he didn't have to leave so soon. "Will you come back to me?" the curious women asked controlling the amount of sadness in her voice. "Midii please, as I told you last night I don't want to hurt you. But there are things I have to do, this war won't end until I do this." Treize glided over to Une embracing her and gazing deeply into her eyes. "You never answered my question?" " Do you really want me too?" he wiped away the tears that had started to form in her eyes. "I love you Treize." "I love you too Annie." The leader of Oz leaned in, kissing Une powerfully one last time. Looking into her eyes and committing them to memory. Then with a swish of his long blue cap he was gone. The last few weeks had been hard for the Lady Colonel of Oz. On top of having a broken heart, Une had just found out from the Oz infirmary that she was having Treize's child. All eyes were in space as Peacemillion, Libra, hundreds of mobile dolls and the Gundams were battling for their view of peace. Une zeroed in on Gundam05 who was battling with Treize's suit. She watched in horror as the two suits duelled for supremacy. Wufei's gundam surged forward towards it's opponent, bringing  his weapon through the mobile suit, which burst into flames. Tears ran down her cheeks as she watched it explode. At the grave yard Une walked to the grave stone labelled Treize Khushrenada. She fought the urge to cry only because Noin approaching presence. Noin was paying homage to the head stone of Zechs Marquise. She reached out for the cold marble wishing she could hold him one last time. Putting a discreet hand on her growing stomach Une cherished the only piece of Treize she had left. "You've come to pay your respects to Zechs?" Une asked breaking the uneasy silence that has descended between them. "In a way yes, but a part of me feels that Zechs is still out there and will come back to me someday." Noin said. Without another word Une turned away from the tombstone, leaving her sorrow and grief behind to rest in the frigid stone. Two years later... Une had finally settled down after the war. Her and her eighteen-month son Julian, lived on somewhat new colony provided by Earth as a gesture of peace and friendship to the colonies. Une now worked as a security chief on the colony. It was her job to make sure that everyone entering it brought no contraband along with them. For the most part Une had moved past her feelings of grief over Treize. But Une still told her son of the good times they had had, though she wasn't totally sure that Julian understood him. Une reported to work the same time as always. Getting herself ready then dropping Julian off a at the colonies day care program. Checking in with her superior Une began to do her rounds which included inspecting a ship that had come aboard yesterday night. She stepped inside the petite ship checking it's flight plan and making sure that it was supposed to be here. Finding everything in order she stepped away form the console about to leave the ship. Annie... She turned quick as lightening to try and make out who or what had called her. Chalking it up to imagination Une began to walked towards the door again. Annie... The voice called once more. Midii started to panic, only two people in the entire world had ever called her that and both were dead. "Who is it?" She called into the air Annie... "Who's there show yourself." The frantic women called in the air. Une stepped back and bumped into something solid. Resisting the urge to scream for help, she turned to face what she had collided with. Calf high black boots... White regiment style pants... And a powerfully blue overcoat.... Une looked up at the strangers face. "I can't be." she whispered into the stale air. Treize Khushrenada stared back at her from his icy blue eyes. "Annie." he whispered "No, No, your not here your dead." Une started to back away but was stopped by Treize's encompassing arms. "Let me go you’re not real." "Annie, if I wasn't here would I be able to do this." he leaned down claiming Une's lips and savouring their unique favor. "But how I saw you blow up." Sparkly tears ran down Une's cheeks. "I survived on the kindness of strangers." Treize hugged the former lady colonel , making sure she was really there. Every night for two years Treize had dreamt of holding the woman he loved this way. When his mobile suit exploded the cockpit had remained intact, the momentum of the explosion had carried it to a neighbouring colony. There he had been taken in, not as Treize Khushrenada, a major player in the war that had cost the world so much but as Treize, a man in need. After he had healed from his injuries Treize set out to find Lady Une. It had taken the better part of year to find her but he had done it. Finally finding the courage to come forward and face Une again wondering weather she would accept him or would have moved on to far to come back to him. But now there was nothing to do but hope. "Well then I owe them so much." The over joyed woman whispered into his shirt. "Annie, you don't know how much I have longed for this day." "Oh." Une raised her head, looking Treize in the eyes. "Come with me, there is someone you have to meet, He'll be thrilled to meet you." Treize's snapped into high gear. Those were the words he had feared hearing. he let her drag him to what seemed like the other end of the colony. They stopped in front of a little door. "Could you wait here for one minute please, he's probably taking a nap." Treize waited a little nervously outside the door wondering who Midii was talking about introducing to him. Thought the thin walls Treize heard the distinct sound of a kiss and her telling who ever it was in there that there was someone he had to meet. At this point Treize lost all hope of getting Une to come back to him and started to walk away. Une put a hand on Treize's shoulder. "Why are you walking away I'm trying to introduce you to someone." Treize gazed next to Une expecting to see a man standing there. But instead he saw her holding a very young child. "Midii, who is this?" he asked now totally confused. He had though that she was going to introduce him to her husband of boyfriend and he didn't understand how this child factored in to everything. "This is my son Julian." "So you did find someone else then." he adopted a sombre expression. "What are you talking about. Is that what you thought? No look at him Treize…" Une held the child out for him to hold. Peering into the depths of the young boys eyes he noticed that they were the same as his. "He's my son?" Treize looked up at the boy's mother as she nodded. As they were laying in bed that night Treize looked down at the women he had yarned to come back to, to discover that she was crying. "Why are you crying?" "...I thought I had lost you forever." "Well as you said to me long ago. This is this risk lovers take," he placed himself on top of Une, his head hovering above hers. "And this my dear Annie is a lovers gain." he feverishly attacked her lips. Exploring depths of her that she never even knew existed. The End