Disclaimer: I (unfortunately) don't own any of the original Gundam Wing characters, and alas I am but a poor college student so please don't sue me? (Pretty, pretty please with sugar and whip cream and chocolate chips and syrup and Heero on top?) I *do*, however, own all of the kids, so if you want to use them, please contact me first at jayaquestie@hotmail.com.
A.N.: Well this is my first Gundam Wing fic, so I don't know if it's good, bad, so/so - could I please have some feedback? This is just the prologue, sorry it's so short, and I have Part 1 written, but it's not posted yet. If you think I should continue, then just tell me and I'll see what else I can pull out of my addled brain before school starts again. Constructive criticism is good, but please no flames (remember this is a first for me so be gentle?) Enjoy! ^_^
Orphaned Emotions
By Jayaquestie
Prologue
"Cayce!" Heero Yuy's voice drifted up the stairs to his son. "Car. Now!"
Cayce sighed and grabbed his worn jacket, a relic from his father's years as a Gundam soldier. Heading into the hall, he slid down the banister and met his father at the open door to the garage. Heero gave his infamous death glare, but such intimidation no longer worked on the Yuy children. Cayce's mother smiled back at him as he swung into the seat next to his little sister, Kiana.
"Come on Cayce, I would have thought you'd be looking forward to this. You get to spend some time with Rhia - and away from us." Relena Peacecraft smirked and looked pointedly at her husband as he climbed in the driver's seat. Heero scowled briefly at her and Kia giggled.
Cayce sighed again. "I guess I am, mostly. It's just I don't really like the idea of being ordered around by Jean and having to baby-sit a lot of brats-"
"Hey!" Kia's outburst interrupted him. He glanced at her and grinned lightly.
"No offense, squirt." Kia stuck her tongue out at him and folded her arms in an imitation of when their mother was mad at their father. Heero saw this pose in the rearview mirror.
"Now I wonder where ever she could have picked that up," he muttered under his breath. Relena heard him and smacked him on the arm.
"Ow! Hey I can't drive when I'm mortally wounded!" he protested.
"You just hush and keep your eyes on the road, Yuy," Relena commanded. Heero winked back at his son with a smirk on his face. Cayce chuckled, but he wiped the smile off his face when Relena and Kiana both turned to glare at him at the same time. He gulped. From the front seat, Heero laughed out loud.
"And just what is so funny, Yuy?" his wife demanded. But Cayce could see the sparkle in her turquoise eyes as she answered her husband's challenge.
Heero took his eyes off the road just long enough to glance fondly at her.
"I love you," he said softly. Relena leaned over to give him a kiss on the cheek.
"I know," she answered just as softly. "I love you, too."
In the back seat, Cayce and Kiana just smiled.
"Caaaaaaaayyccee!!" A speeding blur leaped on him just as he stepped out of the car, squeezing so tightly he was having trouble breathing. He grunted as he stumbled backward and reached his hand out to use the car as a brace while he regained his balance.
"Oh, Cayce! I missed you sooooo much!" the blur squealed in his ear. "It's been so long since we last saw each other! Years apart -!"
"Rhia," he interrupted as he pried her off of him. "You came to my house two weeks ago."
"Well it seems like years," Rhia Maxwell pouted. "The least you could do is tell me you missed me." Cayce shook his head in exasperation, but found a smile creeping onto his face. His best friend's antics could always make him smile.
"It's good to see you again, Rhia." The girl turned to him with her father's trademark wide grin, but then her eyes watered and she again threw her arms around his neck in a choking grip.
"Oh, Cayce!" she wailed theatrically. "For two people as close as us to be separated for so long!"
"Well, what'd I tell ya, buddy? Love is in the air." Rhia immediately released Cayce and spun angrily around to face her father. All trace of her earlier tears had miraculously vanished.
"Daddy! How many times do I have to tell you?!"
Duo Maxwell stood next to Cayce's father with one arm draped over Heero's shoulder and the other hand held up to fend off his daughter's protests.
"I know, I know. You and Cayce are 'just friends.' But can I help that the two of you make such a cute couple?" Rhia glared at him and Cayce put a hand over his eyes groaning. Relena was smiling as she helped Kia out of the car. Duo turned to regard his own best friend.
"What do ya think, Heero buddy? Your darling son-" Rhia snorted. "-and my angelic daughter-" Cayce choked back a laugh and Rhia turned her glare on him. "-bound together by the bonds of love . . ." Both teens rolled their eyes. "Pretty soon they'll be married and have lots and lots of wonderful kids-" Heero's face went white as a sheet.
"K-k-kids?" he whispered hoarsely. His Prussian blue eyes grew wide and had an almost panicked look in them.
"I know," Duo sighed mournfully. "Little ones grow up so fast these days." Heero shook his head violently.
"Maxwell kids?!" Duo's grin grew.
"Maxwell/Yuy kids," he stated proudly. "And then you and I would be related!" A slightly confused look came into his eyes while Heero's got even wider. "That would make us like - brothers-in-law, or . . . something . . ." Heero's eyes rolled back in his head and his knees buckled. He would have fallen if Relena had not supported his dazed form from behind.
"Close your mouth, dear. Bugs will fly in." Heero's jaw snapped shut but the panicked look didn't leave his face.
"Dad? Are you okay?" Cayce asked worriedly, stepping forward.
"Maxwell kids?!" he kept mumbling to himself.
"He's fine, honey. Do me a favor and take care of your sister and your stuff while I see if I can get your father out of shock." Cayce nodded numbly.
Duo reached over and patted Heero's shoulder. "I understand how you feel buddy. I'll be loosing my oldest, too."
"Maxwell kids," he mumbled again.
"Yes, dear," Relena soothed as they headed for the house. "Everything is going to be just fine."
Heero looked at her. "Maxwell-"
"I know, dear. I know," she said patting his hand as she led him away.
A.N.: Well this is my first Gundam Wing fic, so I don't know if it's good, bad, so/so - could I please have some feedback? This is just the prologue, sorry it's so short, and I have Part 1 written, but it's not posted yet. If you think I should continue, then just tell me and I'll see what else I can pull out of my addled brain before school starts again. Constructive criticism is good, but please no flames (remember this is a first for me so be gentle?) Enjoy! ^_^
Orphaned Emotions
By Jayaquestie
Prologue
"Cayce!" Heero Yuy's voice drifted up the stairs to his son. "Car. Now!"
Cayce sighed and grabbed his worn jacket, a relic from his father's years as a Gundam soldier. Heading into the hall, he slid down the banister and met his father at the open door to the garage. Heero gave his infamous death glare, but such intimidation no longer worked on the Yuy children. Cayce's mother smiled back at him as he swung into the seat next to his little sister, Kiana.
"Come on Cayce, I would have thought you'd be looking forward to this. You get to spend some time with Rhia - and away from us." Relena Peacecraft smirked and looked pointedly at her husband as he climbed in the driver's seat. Heero scowled briefly at her and Kia giggled.
Cayce sighed again. "I guess I am, mostly. It's just I don't really like the idea of being ordered around by Jean and having to baby-sit a lot of brats-"
"Hey!" Kia's outburst interrupted him. He glanced at her and grinned lightly.
"No offense, squirt." Kia stuck her tongue out at him and folded her arms in an imitation of when their mother was mad at their father. Heero saw this pose in the rearview mirror.
"Now I wonder where ever she could have picked that up," he muttered under his breath. Relena heard him and smacked him on the arm.
"Ow! Hey I can't drive when I'm mortally wounded!" he protested.
"You just hush and keep your eyes on the road, Yuy," Relena commanded. Heero winked back at his son with a smirk on his face. Cayce chuckled, but he wiped the smile off his face when Relena and Kiana both turned to glare at him at the same time. He gulped. From the front seat, Heero laughed out loud.
"And just what is so funny, Yuy?" his wife demanded. But Cayce could see the sparkle in her turquoise eyes as she answered her husband's challenge.
Heero took his eyes off the road just long enough to glance fondly at her.
"I love you," he said softly. Relena leaned over to give him a kiss on the cheek.
"I know," she answered just as softly. "I love you, too."
In the back seat, Cayce and Kiana just smiled.
"Caaaaaaaayyccee!!" A speeding blur leaped on him just as he stepped out of the car, squeezing so tightly he was having trouble breathing. He grunted as he stumbled backward and reached his hand out to use the car as a brace while he regained his balance.
"Oh, Cayce! I missed you sooooo much!" the blur squealed in his ear. "It's been so long since we last saw each other! Years apart -!"
"Rhia," he interrupted as he pried her off of him. "You came to my house two weeks ago."
"Well it seems like years," Rhia Maxwell pouted. "The least you could do is tell me you missed me." Cayce shook his head in exasperation, but found a smile creeping onto his face. His best friend's antics could always make him smile.
"It's good to see you again, Rhia." The girl turned to him with her father's trademark wide grin, but then her eyes watered and she again threw her arms around his neck in a choking grip.
"Oh, Cayce!" she wailed theatrically. "For two people as close as us to be separated for so long!"
"Well, what'd I tell ya, buddy? Love is in the air." Rhia immediately released Cayce and spun angrily around to face her father. All trace of her earlier tears had miraculously vanished.
"Daddy! How many times do I have to tell you?!"
Duo Maxwell stood next to Cayce's father with one arm draped over Heero's shoulder and the other hand held up to fend off his daughter's protests.
"I know, I know. You and Cayce are 'just friends.' But can I help that the two of you make such a cute couple?" Rhia glared at him and Cayce put a hand over his eyes groaning. Relena was smiling as she helped Kia out of the car. Duo turned to regard his own best friend.
"What do ya think, Heero buddy? Your darling son-" Rhia snorted. "-and my angelic daughter-" Cayce choked back a laugh and Rhia turned her glare on him. "-bound together by the bonds of love . . ." Both teens rolled their eyes. "Pretty soon they'll be married and have lots and lots of wonderful kids-" Heero's face went white as a sheet.
"K-k-kids?" he whispered hoarsely. His Prussian blue eyes grew wide and had an almost panicked look in them.
"I know," Duo sighed mournfully. "Little ones grow up so fast these days." Heero shook his head violently.
"Maxwell kids?!" Duo's grin grew.
"Maxwell/Yuy kids," he stated proudly. "And then you and I would be related!" A slightly confused look came into his eyes while Heero's got even wider. "That would make us like - brothers-in-law, or . . . something . . ." Heero's eyes rolled back in his head and his knees buckled. He would have fallen if Relena had not supported his dazed form from behind.
"Close your mouth, dear. Bugs will fly in." Heero's jaw snapped shut but the panicked look didn't leave his face.
"Dad? Are you okay?" Cayce asked worriedly, stepping forward.
"Maxwell kids?!" he kept mumbling to himself.
"He's fine, honey. Do me a favor and take care of your sister and your stuff while I see if I can get your father out of shock." Cayce nodded numbly.
Duo reached over and patted Heero's shoulder. "I understand how you feel buddy. I'll be loosing my oldest, too."
"Maxwell kids," he mumbled again.
"Yes, dear," Relena soothed as they headed for the house. "Everything is going to be just fine."
Heero looked at her. "Maxwell-"
"I know, dear. I know," she said patting his hand as she led him away.