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love you too.
"So what's the news? What did you want
to tell me?" Relena said to her brother and Lt. Noin who were seated on a couch
across from her. Noin looked at Milliardo and then back at Relena and said,
"Well we haven't told anyone yet but…" She looked back at Milliardo and he
finished the sentence "I wanted you to be the first to know that, well, we're
engaged." Milliardo and Noin smiled. "Wow that's great. When did it happen?
Where were you? How did it happen?" Noin and Milliardo laughed. "This is great.
I'm so happy for you." Relena said. "Well Zechs was insistent that you be the
first to know." Noin said. "Oh you guys." Relena said. She then got up and
hugged her brother and Lt. Noin. The three of them continued to talk about
wedding plans until they were interrupted by one of Relena's servants. The
young woman walked into the room and bent close to Relena's ear. Relena looked
concerned. "Excuse me for a moment." Relena said getting up. "Relena are you
O.K.?" Milliardo asked her. "Do you want me to come with you?" "No, no I'm
fine. It will only take a minute." Relena said. She then left the room.
As Relena walked down the hall she
wondered who the visitor was and what they wanted. She had been told that it
was urgent and she wondered if something was wrong. Relena walked into one of
the front rooms of the house. When she walked in she saw a young man with blond
hair with his back to her. "Quatre?" She said. The young man turned around and
he had tears in his eyes. "Quatre are you O.K.?" Relena said from where she
was. She was too afraid to go near him for she feared she would also end up in
tears and she didn't even know what was wrong. "Relena, I'm sorry." Was all
Quatre said. Relena had not prayed much before this but she prayed now that her
worst fear had not come true. "There's been an accident…and…Heero…well he…I'm
sorry Relena." Quatre's eyes then filled with tears all over again. Then before
she could stop herself Relena let out a cry of sorrow and sank to the couch. She
then covered her face with her hands and cried. At the sound of Relena's cry
Milliardo and Lt. Noin rushed into the room. Milliardo went strait to his
sister and Noin went over to Quatre "What's happened?" Noin asked. "Heero's
dead." Quatre said. "Oh no." Noin lifted her hands to her mouth. She then
turned and went over to Milliardo. "Zechs…" "I know." He said as he comforted
his sister. The three then took Relena upstairs and stayed with her until she
fell asleep.
Friday 2:30pm.
Relena stood with her brother and Lt.
Noin and looked around the gravesite at the other mourning faces. There were
the other 4 Gundam Pilots, Sally Po, Dorothy Catalonia, and the Macuanaughts,
and an older man that Relena did not recognize. The gravesite service was over
and the people were starting to leave, all except the old man. The old man in
stead went to the edge of the mound and stood there until most of the people
were gone. Relena, curious about the old man, stayed where she was a little
longer. "You have made your old man proud. I will miss you son, I know I did
the right thing 15 years ago when…" the man couldn't finish. Relena then heard
in a faint whisper. "I love you son." Relena's eyes filled with tears as she
walked toward the man. He saw her coming and started to move away but Relena
grabbed his arm. "Are you Heero's father?" She asked. The man stuttered with
his answer, "I.I…well…I need…I need to go." He said. "Please let me go." He
said his voice crackling. Relena let go of his arm but continued to talk as he
walked away, "If you are, and I believe it to be true, then I thank you. Your
son was a good person and he did nothing of which you should be ashamed." The
man turned around, "I know." Was all he said. He then walked off into the mist
of the cloudy afternoon and Relena smiled. "I love you too Heero."
