"Heero!"
Heero Yuy sighed.
"Heero!" she called again, this time more insistant. 'Is there any way to escape this wretch?' he thought to himself, a brief and very bitter smile flashing across his face.
"Oh, there you are! For a minute I'd thought you'd left me!" Relena giggled. "I'm glad you're happy to see me, too," she said, referring to his previous smile. 'My god are you stupid…' he thought, but instead answered with a noncommittal "Hn".
He'd been saying (more lik grunting) that more and more recently, seeing as Relena Peacecraft would not leave him alone because she was convinced that deep down, beneath his tough guy façade, he loved her. But he didn't. As a matter of fact, he didn't even like women. This she knew, but she preferred to think that she could "convert" him, and in the process, give up his relationship with Duo Maxwell. They both knew that wasn't about to happen, but Relena remained persistently (and annoyingly) hopeful. There was just no escaping her.
"Anyway, let's go get some dinner, I'm starving!" Relena exclaimed, far too loud so that people around them began to stare. Heero knew it was a lie, anyway. She just wanted to be seen in public with him…and he'd already had his share of that already that day as she hauled him around the mall, demanding how this dress and that looked on her. He didn't think that, despite his training as the perfect soldier, he could take it anymore.
"Actually, I have plans, Relena", Heero lied. "I have to train some…uh…Preventers before dinner. Can't fight on a full stomach, you know." Relena nodded, accepting the very obvious lie because her Heero would never lie to her.
Little did she know what was to follow that night…