Aiden

by Iryl

Heero wants to find his roots, so he goes and lives with his real family for a few years, learning to love them and opening him up to love others as well – like his old friends. Like Relena. [Spacing issues fixed 8.14.07]

1. Prelude

Aiden

By Iryl
Rated PG13

Chapter 1: Prelude

It was daybreak and a handsome young man with wild dark hair stood in front of a small, two-story home on Colony L1. A white-picket fence which needed repainting surrounded a yard that needed mowing, and the house itself seemed to sag a little to the left.

The young man opened the latch on the gate and walked slowly up to the door, hearing small noises inside as the family moved about, waking up. Cartoons blared suddenly and he blinked, then took a bracing breath.

Ding-dong. Musical chimes rang cheerfully out, and after a moment he could not hear the cartoons anymore.

"Yes?" a woman stood there, her thick dark hair messy from sleep, her faded nightgown held by a safety pin where a button was missing. She blinked at the young man before he spoke.

"Ohayo, my name is Aiden, and I think I'm your son."

He caught her smoothly as she fell.