DISCLAIMER: I wish I owned the GW characters, but I don't. This is purely for entertainment.

Summary: Heero Yuy, P.I. spots someone when working on a case and finds himself obsessed. AU, former 1xR, currently none may change in the future.

Authors Note: I haven't given up on Brothers if your worried about that. Just that I came up with this in a dream and those kinds of stories are often more detailed for me lol. I actually know more about this story then Brothers at the moment. It's a funny thing how it works out lol. Anyway, R&R and enjoy!

Chapter One

Heero Yuy was paid to watch. True there was more to it then that, but most of what he was paid to do was watch. Examining every movement, big and small. Every look, every touch that accompanied every word. During high school he had always been the one who noticed the smallest changes from new clothes, to new contacts. Being quite unpopular as well, he had also developed a knack for going unnoticed when he was somewhere he wasn't wanted or not allowed. And now he made it into a career. At twenty-two, Heero was making a fairly decent living as a private eye.

Sitting in his new, old car, his camera with telephoto lens sitting on the passenger seat and binoculars in his hand, he watched. Today he had to be especially careful about his work. He had been hired by a man to watch his wife, a new mother whom he suspected of having an affair. Heero had to admit that the soap opera-esque theme behind the work (and ultimately most of the jobs he took on) was not his cup of tea, but knowing he was watching someone without their knowledge was enough of a thrill to put up with it. He had followed her to park today, with a small playground in the middle of it. People, he knew, didn't respond well to a man sitting across from a playground with binoculars and a camera, no matter what he was doing.

Bringing the binoculars to his eyes, he focused on the woman. She was sitting on a bench, her short blonde hair pinned back out of her eyes. The stroller in front of her is the baby, a three month old daughter. The woman, however, is spending more time watching the people coming and going in the park instead of watching or playing with her daughter. Lowering the binoculars, Heero smirked. She was clearly not very good at this. Most people wouldn't look so obvious when waiting for a lover. He'd all ready determined that she was in fact having the affair, and just needed evidence that could prove beyond a reasonable doubt.

Scanning the other people in the park, he too wasn't able to spot the man involved with the woman he was watching. Something did catch his eye though. A young woman about his age who looked oddly familiar. Frowning, he raised the binoculars again, this time focusing on the other woman.

She stood off to the side, focused on the playground. Her long blonde hair was pulled back into a braid. She seemed to be watching one of the children, though at this point there was no indication which one it was. Lowering the binoculars again, Heero took a deep breath. She was the last person he had expected to see again. Ever. Relena Darlian had been out of his life for seven years. Her parents had taken her and moved halfway across the country to keep her away from him. But now she was back.

He tried to focus back on his original target, but the presence of Relena at the playground had startled him and how he was having trouble focusing. He found every few moments he looked over at her, whether to make sure she was still there or to find out whom she was with he wasn't sure. Either way after no more then five minutes, he found out which child she was with. From the group of children climbing like feral animals over the play equipment came a young girl. Heero raised the binoculars again and, for the first time in his career, focused them on a child. She had brown hair that reached just below her shoulders and her eyes were the same clear blue as Relena's. Lowering the binoculars a third time, he licked his lips. He was aware that his hands where shaking and his heart was beating like a drum against his rib cage. Carefully he put the binoculars next to the camera and put his hands on the steering wheel.

The girl looked to be around seven years old.

Across the street, Relena Darlian was watching her daughter climb on the monkey bars when another mother, an acquaintance, came over. At first she didn't say anything, just continued to watch her own child. Finally she reached and touched Relena's elbow.

"I think maybe we should take our girls home, Relena." she said. Relena looked over at her.

"What? Why?" she asked, confused.

"Because a couple of us have noticed a man across the street watching the playground." she frowned. "I don't think we need to risk what might happen."

Looking into the other woman's eyes, Relena saw the worry. She started to turn, to see if she could see the man, but the other woman stopped her.

"Don't, Leah all ready called the cops. It's probably best if we don't make it seem like we've seen him. You know, so he doesn't disappear."

Biting her lip, Relena turned back to the playground. She did nothing for a moment before suddenly reaching into her bag. Pulling out a compact mirror, she opened it and held it up to examine her hair. She was focused though, on the parking lot. Or rather on a dark sedan parked in the parking lot. She noticed the man sitting behind the wheel. Before she had a chance to get a good look, the car suddenly pulled out of the parking spot and disappeared into the traffic.

Snapping the mirror shut she frowned at her companion. "He's gone now. Just left. Did you get a good look?"

The other woman shook her head, before calling out to her own daughter. Frowning slightly Relena did the same. Seven year old Aliana broke away from the group.

"We need to go," Relena told her. For a moment it looked like her daughter would argue the point, but a look from Relena stopped the argument in its tracks.

Twenty minutes later, Heero pulled into his parking spot in the parkade of his apartment building. He took a moment to calm his nerves. Seeing the girl had shocked him. Figuring out that he had been noticed by a parent had scared him.

Grabbing his binoculars and camera from the front seat and his laptop from the back, Heero exited the car and headed towards the elevator. He knew what he wanted to do when he got to his apartment. He wanted to make some tea, check his email, and forget that he had seen Relena and the child. He was sure that focusing on work would help. The man who had hired him was getting a little impatient. No matter how often Heero reminded him that he had no control over how long it took to catch the couple in a compromising situation.

Back in his apartment things didn't go as planned. Even though he had made his tea, checked his email and reviewed the previous photographs he had of the couple, the girl was stuck in his mind. Every time he let himself take a break from work, the clear blue eyes appeared in his head. Followed by the rest of her face.

Heero didn't get much sleep that night.

TBC

Sorry the first chapter is short, but hopefully the next one will be longer. R&R