Crimson

The white walls intensified the brightness of the
overhead lights. Scratchy gray carpet covered the
floor. A dark haired women slowly made her way through
the twisting hallways. Her head hung low as crystal
like tears streamed down her cheeks.
Arriving at her living quarters, the young woman
slipped inside and locked the door, without making
even the slightest of noise. Leaning back against the
cool metal, she slid down so that she was sitting on
the cold tile floor. The resent events replaying in
her mind.

***FLASHBACK***
Lucrezia Noin walked toward the mess hall, where
Zechs had said to meet him. They had lived on Mars for
about a year and a half now. Zechs still hadn’t said
he loved her. He didn’t say anything even remotely
close to it. ‘Maybe he’s going to say the words I have
longed to hear for so long,’Noin thought.
She got to the mess hall a little before the time
Zechs had given her, being early was a habit with
Noin. Walking only a few feet into the huge room, she
froze in place. What she saw ripped her heart in two.
There sat the man she loved will all her heart,
kissing some red-head. Zechs had his back to Noin, not
even noticing her presence. The red haired woman
glanced over at the young Italian and began to make
the kiss deeper, purposely trying to upset Noin
further. Tears welled up in the raven haired woman’s
eyes. Unable to take anymore she turned around and
walked away.
***END FLASHBACK***

Noin’s body racked with sobs, her heart crying out in
agony. ‘Zechs...’ She rocked back and forth, trying in
vein to stop the pain that consumed her. ‘Zechs...why?
Why did you do this to me. I love you. Why? Are you
mad at me? Did I do something wrong? Aren’t I good
enough? I’m not, am I? She is far more beautiful. You
deserve a beautiful woman fore you are beautiful. I’m
nothing.’ Noin slowly slipped into a pit of despair.
The dark room suddenly became silent. The broken woman
shakily rose from the floor and walked toward the
bathroom.

***MEANWHILE***
“Oh, come on sugar,”the red-head teased,”I just wanna
have some fun.” Zechs’ entire body was tense, his face
set in both hatred and discussed. He stood from his
seat and glared and the woman before him. “I have the
love of a women with great beauty, intelligence, and
morals. You lack all three. Go find some fool to soil
their hands on your unclean body, but not I!” Zechs
said sharply. After that he made his way toward the
door. “Where you waitin’ for some slut?” Hate was
evident in the woman’s voice. When the tall man
stopped in place an evil grin appeared on her lips.
“Does she have short black hair and purple eyes,”
seeing Zechs stiffen made her more confident,”Oh, she
already came by. I made sure she had a good view,
honey.” The ex-piolet’s eyes grew wide as all his
thoughts jumbled. ‘Noin...oh my God...If she saw that
she’d...’ Panic took over, as Zechs dashed out of the
room and through the maze of hallways.

***BACK AT NOIN’S***
Sitting on the marigold colored mat next to the bath
tub, Noin stared straight ahead. Coming back from her
thoughts, she looked at the doorknob, making sure it
was looked. Her once sparkling violet eyes, were now
empty, void of the happiness they had held. Her cheeks
dry and eyes puffy, Noin gripped the small razor
blade.