Warnings: Character undergoes a sex change. May be traumatizing.
Pairings: Heero and Relena (???)
Disclaimer: Gundam Wing is copyrighted to its respective owners. I do not claim to own Gundam Wing; I'm using the characters solely for entertainment purposes.
Secret Girl
By Seraphina DW
The nurse's gloved hands were stained with blood while she put the newborn baby in a blanket and handed the child to the mother.
"Congratulations, Mrs. Darlian. It's a girl."
Mr. Darlian happily snapped a shot of the crying baby and her mother while he leaned over to give his wife a kiss.
"She's a girl, dear," Mrs. Darlian said to her husband, her voice flat and dull, exhausted from childbirth. Mr. Darlian stared at his beloved, his happiness covered with confusion. Mrs. Darlian shook her head, her face in pain. Clutching the child to her breast, she closed her eyes and cried.
***
"Relena! Relena, come inside," Mrs. Darlian called out to her teenage daughter who was playing in the flower fields.
"What is it, Mother?" Relena asked, running from the garden and into the sunroom. It was a hot, humid day, and her dirt smudged cotton dress stuck to her skin while sweat beaded on the side of her face. The air conditioner was on full blast, and a gentleman in a black suit padded his forehead with a white cloth. He was sitting on a couch seated with floral cushions supported by twisting straw legs. Her mother was sitting patiently on a white straw chair adjacent to the couch, scowling at her daughter's messy appearance.
"Relena," Mrs. Darlian cleared her throat, "this is Dr. Ex Allier." The doctor stood up.
"How do you do?" Relena curtsied and stood beside her mother.
He bowed slightly in return. "You have a lovely daughter, Mrs. Darlian. What a shame."
"Mother? what is he talking about?" Relena turned to Mrs. Darlian.
"Relena," Mrs. Darlian said, slightly embarrassed, "you know how we've talked about…changing you? Well, the kind doctor here is willing to perform the surgery…"
Relena rosy face paled as fear rose in her eyes.
She whispered, "…Mother?"
"You agreed with me, right?" Mrs. Darlian stared at her daughter coldly. "It's for the best, Relena."
"Uh, Mrs. Darlian, we must have full consent of the child before-"
"She's just nervous, that's all," Mrs. Darlian forced a smile onto her face.
The doctor turned to the girl and with a kind voice, "Relena, you need not worry. This surgery has been performed for many years now, and the results are wonderful. If you are not completely sure you want to go through this, then you have plenty of time to think it over."
Panicking, she turned to her mother who glared at her expectantly. With a shaky voice, she whispered coarsely, "I-I d-don't want to, um, b-be a-a girl anymore, sir. I…" Then with a determined look on her face, she said, "I want to be a boy."
