A/N: I've never written this couple before, but it was my first favorite couple, so we'll see what happens. Anyway, tell me how my driving is, leave a review. This is Relena's point of view.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing and I make no profit from this.

"Relena..." The social worker, Anna, tapped my shoulder. "We have to be going. I know it's hard, losing both parents so suddenly. But your brother is waiting."

"He left when he turned eighteen." I clung to the family headstone, under which my parent's bodies lay. Cold. Dressed in their Sunday best. I swallowed a hard sob and followed Anna to the car. "What if he doesn't want me? Where will I go? I have no other family..."

"When we contacted him, he directly asked for custody." Anna gave me a reassuring smile.

"Thank you. For being so kind." I rubbed at my eyes and took a deep breath. I hadn't seen my older brother, Milliardo, since he turned eighteen, and I had been thirteen. Now, three years later I was going to live with him.

This was too much. I couldn't handle it.

But I had to. I was a Peacecraft, an honorable family.

"Relena?" He was sitting in a chair on the porch, and he stepped forward, as if he wasn't sure how I would react.

Even I didn't know how I'd react, what I would say. I was playing Russian roulette with my feelings, waving the lit match around the bomb's fuse.

"Relena, I'm so sorry." Milliardo took another cautious step.

"You abandoned us." I stared him down, but I wanted to cry. "You didn't even come to the funeral. You avoided our calls like we were telemarketers."

"It's a long story, just not today, alright?" Milliardo stopped advancing. "I am sorry, if it helps any."

I looked away, tears pooling in my eyes. He was my big brother, the one that had defended me from bullies, played make-believe with me, put Band-Aids on my cuts and scrapes. I both wanted to be beyond mad at him and wanted to run up to him and hug him.

I scuffed my shoes on the pavement and didn't look at him. I didn't want to cry in front of this asshole who had run away and left me all alone.

"I know you're angry, but will you at least come inside?" Milliardo extended his hand to me; just the same way he had when I fell off my bike as a kid. My brother the gentleman.

My brother the jerk.

I bolted past Anna, down the street. I couldn't hear anyone chasing me, but then again my blood was pounding in my ears so hard I couldn't have heard myself scream. I wasn't out of shape, but I wasn't a runner.

That was probably why I couldn't stop when I ran straight into a brunette boy about my age. Surprisingly, he didn't topple over; he just grabbed me.

"What's wrong, lady?" He had bright blue eyes and a long chestnut braid down his back. His eyes were worried, and he glanced up, behind me.

"Whoa, Peacecraft, I thought you were with Noin!" the boy exclaimed. "I mean, isn't this one a little young for you?"

"Duo, let's not get into this right now." My brother sounded out of breath and I was happy about that. Good, he owed me some kind of payment for all those years I worried about him. "She's my little sister, and she's been through a lot recently."

"Don't call me little." I growled, trying to catch my breath. "And I hate you, I hate you so much, Milliardo. You may be my brother by blood but you're not my brother at heart!"

I didn't look back; I didn't want to see his stung look.

"Peacecraft, why don't you let me walk her home?" Duo – what a strange name – asked. "I think she just needs to calm down, and I don't think you qualify for the job at the moment."

I assumed that Milliardo nodded, because I heard his footsteps retreat. I tried to swallow my sobs down, but the tears came anyway. Before I knew what was happening, Duo had hugged me against him, rubbing my back and stroking my hair.

"I don't even know you." I said, and though I wasn't sobbing, my voice was thick with tears. "Why are you... I don't understand..."

"You need someone right now." Duo murmured, his voice calm. "Your brother isn't going to calm you down at all, so I took the task."

I didn't say anything, but I stared up at Duo for a few long moments.

He wiped my tears away with the sleeve of his hoodie. "Ready to go home? Peacecraft's probably worried about you."

"Do I have to?" I asked, but I was getting the tears under control. "I hate him."

"No, you don't." Duo sighed. "C'mon, I think I see Noin's car in his driveway. She can mediate between you two, even if she is his girlfriend."

I gave him a long look, and then took his hand. Still, it was a debate about whether or not I really hated my brother. He had abandoned the family, but he had been there for thirteen years of my life...

A/N: This is a longer first chapter than I usually do. How am I doing? You can tell me in a review, and I can thank you for reading!