*The Gold Chain*
A.N.- this is a short spur of the moment fic. It's completely apart from my *~Angel~* series. It's pure HYxRP fluff though it is kinda angsty in a way.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of them. And I swear I'm not gaining anything from this fic.
Summary: I really can't give too much away. Sorta AU, sorta not. Pure fluff. Now! Onward and Forward! And please R&R!
He'd crossed the line. How he'd done it was beyond him though. He and Relena were having their traditional fights. She had had burst in on him while he was working and he got mad. He said the normal death threats and she played like she was hurt. But somewhere in the course of the fight he'd said something to really upset her. She had ran out of the room and disappeared. It had been almost a week and still not a sign of her. He began to worry and lost much sleep over her. Duo and the others noticed how Relena's disappearance was tearing him apart and they feared for their friend's well being. He spent every waking moment searching for her and when he managed to sleep she filled his dreams. She was of high political position and many enemies would see her being alone as a window of opportunity. Luckily this was her week off and the press hadn't picked anything up. And if needed, Heero could concoct a story to buy him more time. But he just worried, and worried.
Then one night Heero decided to spend this particular sleepless night searching her room for some kind of clue to her whereabouts. He'd been through the room hundreds of times already but tonight seemed different. Like he might actually find something tonight. Over the last several days he had wrestled to keep his emotions toward her hidden but it got harder by the day. Because he protected Relena he tried to keep their relationship strictly professional and that's why they fought so often. She wanted to get closer to him and he wanted her to stay away. Heero ran his fingers over her jewelry box before opening it. He had yet to explore her jewelry box. He decided some places should be left untouched. Plus Relena once told him the box contained heirlooms from her mother, something that was definitely private. As he went through the rings and earrings he noticed the lack of necklaces. She rarely wore any necklaces and when she did all anyone would see was a gold chain, the amulet was hidden under whatever she was wearing. She also only wore the necklace on very special occasions.
'She probably wore the necklace when she ran off,' Heero thought to himself. But for some reason he kept searching for the necklace. And unknown to him, Relena stood on the balcony outside her room watching Heero sort through her jewelry.
'Dang!' Relena thought, 'The one night I decide to come back for the necklace he's searching for it.' She watched intently as he reached the bottom of the box to where the necklace lay. When he picked it up she screamed to herself 'Leave that alone! It's very special to me!' But then she remembered, 'He doesn't give a damn about what's special to me. He practically broke my heart, why would he take better care of a necklace?' Still she continued to seethe as he fingered the necklace.
Inside Heero had found the necklace on the bottom and was fingering it gently. He noticed that the thin gold chain was holding an abnormally large and heavy amulet. The amulet itself was gorgeous; it had precious stones embedded in pure gold. Then he noted that the amulet was actually a locket. He pondered for several moments whether or not to open it.
'It could be private,' one side of his brain argued. 'And it could be not,' the other side argued.
Finally he decided to open it. He sat down on her lush queen sized bed as he opened it. The picture inside the locket startled him momentarily. Rather then a picture of her father or mother she had a picture of him on one side and a picture of her on the other. She had arranged the pictures so that his side profile and her side profile faced each other.
'Why would she put a picture of me inside her locket?' he questioned himself. 'Because she loves you!' screamed his heart. And he knew his heart was right. She loved him and he loved her. After hiding his feelings for so long it felt good to admit them to himself. He decided to take the amulet with him. He would guard the locket with his life until she returned.
'IF she returns,' he corrected himself bitterly, 'If…'
Relena stood on the balcony stunned. He took the locket. He took HER locket!
'How dare he!' she wanted to yell. But she knew that yelling would have caught in a minute.
'Anyway,' she chastised herself, 'Why do you need a locket with HIS picture. He hurt you. He means nothing to you.'
'Not true!' screamed her heart, 'you love him! Admit it!' Weak with fatigue she say on one of the lounge chairs on the balcony and looked over the peaceful rose garden that lay under her balcony. Some of the roses were winter roses that were blooming around this time of year. She loved the way the snow covered the roses in the early months of winter. The snow magnified the roses and brought them to life. She sighed and answered her heart,
'Yes I love him. So what? He doesn't love me back,' she argued.
'You don't know that. Ask him. You won't know until you ask him,' her heart pleaded. And she knew it was right. She wouldn't know until she asked.
'But what if he rejects me? What if yells at me again?' she asked. But the voice inside her heart had vanished. As she sat there in the chair thinking snow began to fall. It covered her nice blue jacket and hid her blonde hair under a light layer of snow. Needing time to think she went to walk among her roses. She knew it was dangerous and might get caught but she loved watching the snow hit the petals. The roses seemed to be at their prime then. Then she saw him. He had the locket in his hands and was staring at it. She saw him in plain view as he looked up, at her.
There she was, she was coated in snow and shivering. But there she was. Snowflakes had landed on her eye lashes and clung to her clothes and hair. She was like a picture out of a dream. The wind had picked up blowing her hair to one side and brushing some of the snow off her and her roses. He stood up and faced her. She looked at him and said coldly,
"Give me my locket." It was more of a command then a request. But at the same time her eyes contradicted the tone of her voice. Her eyes were those of a hurt, confused, and innocent little girl. He numbly held out the locket for her to take. He made no move to give it to her and she made no move to take it. He said in a tone equal to hers in coldness,
"Well, are you going to take it?"
She stared at him as he uttered his icy words. But then she saw his eyes and for once they weren't clouded in mystery and hate but in a blanket of heart wrenching sadness. His arm continued to remain outstretched as she moved to take it. And just as she was about to take it he turned away sharply and hung the locket from a rose branch as he stormed inside.
She didn't love him. And she never would. He stormed into his office and faced the window. The window looked out on to the walkway from the garden and he hoped to see her as she walked pass. He was so engrossed in his own thoughts he didn't hear her enter the study. He only turned around when he heard the click of the study door closing. He turned around dreading what would be there. Would it be Duo looking for him? Would it be Trowa coming to chastise him for letting her go? Would it be Hilde and Catherine coming to comfort him? Or would it be Relena coming to yell at him? As he turned around he saw what he predicted, Relena standing several feet away from his desk glaring at him.
"Why'd you just storm off like that?" she demanded.
"Because I have better things to do then wait around to give you some stupid locket," he replied coldly.
"Why'd you take it in the first place if it was so stupid?" she asked.
"Because I thought that if I had something of yours then maybe you'd come back to me," he replied. There, he said it. Now it was her turn. Because he had his head bent waiting for her tirade he didn't see her approach him. He only noticed her presence after she wrapped her hands around his waist. Somewhat startled by this sudden action he stood there awkwardly for a moment before wrapping his arms around her cold and shivering body. Then she looked up at him and said,
"The locket brought us together this far I mine as well go all the way," she took a deep breath and said, "I love you Heero Yuy. I loved you from the moment I saw you and I never stopped loving you. And I will never stop loving you even if you don't love me back." She stopped to take another breath to continue but was cut off by Heero kissing her. When he broke the kiss he whispered,
"I love you too Relena."
The new couple then stood there in each other's embrace for the rest of the night. Each one not wanting to break the kind and loving embrace of the other. And inside the locket, just for a second, the pictures seemed to smile as they hung from the gold chain.
*~Owari~*
I warned you it was sappy! Please R&R! I'm begging you! And flames are accepted. Thanks bunches!