WHEN THE WALTZ IS OVER
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or any of its
characters. I write these stories for fun, not for
profit. If you sue me you are wasting your time
seeing as I have no money.
This story disregards the fact of Catherine and Trowa
being brother and sister. The only evidence I found
in the series and the Waltz of them being related is
when she posed as his sister when he had amnesia.
There is no proof that she is actually a blood relative
though. If you have a problem with this, don't read
this story.
Trowa and Catherine
He slowly walked towards her and the tent.
She could see that his mask was gone. He had dropped
it like he had dropped his real one when he had left
to fight. He shook, almost like he was suppressing
rage, but she knew it wasn't rage.
"It is hard to have feelings when one has lived
without them all of his life," he calmly stated.
"There is something different about his voice,"
Catherine thought to herself. "It lacks its usual
void of nothingness, there is something there that
wasn't there before. If only I could see his eyes,
then I would know what it is."
He walked past her and headed for the lions.
Reaching into the cage he had no fear. Catherine
stood behind him and placed a hand upon his shoulder.
"Trowa look at me," she pleaded quietly.
Trowa looked down. He had hoped to avoid looking at her. He wasn't quite ready to except that he was human again.
"I can't," he answered. She could feel
the tears coming.
"Then I will just have to look at you myself,"
she said leaning down to look into his face.
What she saw was not the emotionless soul that had left.
Instead of his eyes being blank and without feeling,
without being dead, they sparkled with unshed tears.
The bright emerald green glowed with life instead of
death.
"Trowa, you're finally human," she sobbed
letting the tears run down her face and splash onto the
floor. He gave a weak smile and let tears run down his
face for the first time he could remember in his life.
The once nameless boy that had taken on a project
that was not his, found a place. The boy that had stole
an identity was gone and was now his own person. He
wasn't Trowa Barton, replacement of the real one. He
was Trowa Barton, friend of the circus, Gundam pilot,
and friend of the real pilots.
"Cathy, thank-you."
"Thank me? Why?"
"You are the reason I didn't self destruct back
there, you stopped me from it once. Did you know it was
you who stopped me a second time?"
"Trowa," she breathed. Finally, she could stand
it no longer and wrapped her arms around him. He stiffened,
and then relaxed and wrapped his long arms around her and
held her back.
Their tears ran in rivulets down their faces.
They fell with a sparkle and joined on the tarp of the floor.
Hilde and Duo
As he watched her slim figure descend the pile of
rubble he thought of how she had been there for him when
he got back from the fight. She gave him a tight embrace
and told him she was glad he was safe.
"I never answered her though," he thought regretfully.
He didn't quite know what he felt for Hilde. She was his
friend, he was certain of that, but he didn't know what made
his stomach stir when he was around her.
Making a sudden decision he got up and followed her
down. Once they were on safe footing he grabbed her arm.
Surprised she turned around. Her days as a soldier hadn't
left her quite yet.
"Duo, what's wrong," she asked, misinterpreting the
look in his eyes.
"Nothing is wrong Hilde but I need to tell you something."
She looked at him and saw that he had a beginning of
moisture in his eyes. She got a worried look on her face.
"What do you need to tell me Duo," she asked.
"Hilde, I never told you thanks for helping me out.
You took me in when I needed a place to stay, you fed me,
you risked your life to help me, and when I got back from
the last fight you were waiting there for me with arms open.
I never told you how much that meant to me. If it weren't
for you I might have lost myself in my own life."
"Duo, do you really mean that? I did it because I
wanted to. I did it because you are my dearest friend."
"Shhhh, Hilde, I'm not finished. I also wanted to
tell you that I have been battling the thoughts in my head,
I have been thinking things that never have meant anything
to me before. Thoughts that I have had before, but had
since given up. I love you Hilde. I didn't want to because
everyone I always love dies. It is a cruel hand that fate
always has always dealt me. Everyone else I loved left me
and I didn't want that to happen again. But I can't stop
from loving you Hilde, it doesn't matter how much I try and
I am finally ready to stop fighting it."
"Duo, I love you too. But I thought that you would
laugh at me if I told you." Tears started streaming down
her face and Duo pulled her into his arms.
"Let's never keep things from each other. It causes
more hurt and pain then the actual telling of it does." She
nodded and embraced him back.
He slowly lowered his head and whispered, "I love you
Hilde."
"I love you Duo," she answered back before his mouth
took hers into a kiss.
Quatre and Dorothy
"Master Quatre, you did it. The world is at peace once
again and you and the other Gundams are the ones to thank for it."
"Thanks Rashid, but it is the people that are keeping the
peace now." Quatre looked off out the window into space and
suddenly a face popped into his head. He shook it off and looked
back at his friends. They wouldn't miss him if he stepped out
to think. Floating into his room he lay down on the bed.
"Why did her face pop up now after all this time?" he
questioned himself. It had been over a year since he had last
seen her. He could remember her clear as day though.
The last he had seen her was on Libra. Trowa was
escorting him out. As he leaned on Trowa and looked back at
her he saw she was crying. Her long blonde hair swirled around
her.
He hadn't seen her since then. But that didn't stop
her from being in his mind.
"Master Quatre, are you ok," asked Rashid coming into
the room. Quatre looked up and gave his loyal friend a small
smile.
"Yes, I'm fine Rashid, I just needed to think."
Rashid nodded and then looking at him one more time went back
out to the party.
Quatre leaned back and let sleep overcome him.
When he awoke the next morning he made an announcement,
"Today I am going to the Preventer Headquarters to get some
information. I will take one of the smaller shuttles and will
be back within the week. I'll be seeing you."
"Have a safe trip Master Quatre," all his friends told
him.
As he drove the shuttle towards earth he concentrated on
space. The stars were all around him, they reflected off the
window and settled their light on the walls around him. The
colonies slowly dimmed from view and the great orb of earth
was centered in front of him instead. He took the shuttle down
through the searing atmosphere and descended upon the runway.
Later, he walked through the busy streets to the
Preventer building. He spun through the revolving doors and
walked up to the desk.
"Hello, I have an appointment to speak with Une," he
told the lady at the front desk.
"Certainly, third floor, room 333."
"Thanks." He turned and walked over to the elevator.
He stepped out of the elevator and went down the hall
to where 333 were located. He knocked on the door and went in.
Lady Une was standing there looking out the window.
"Quatre, how can I help you? Surely you are not looking
to join the Preventers."
"Actually, I need to find someone."
"Oh really, may I ask who and why."
"Dorothy Catalonia, and because I need to talk to her."
Lady Une turned around and gave him a knowing look.
"Well, you don't have to look too far. Her office is
right next to mine. Just go through that door to the left.
Oh, and Quatre, she isn't quite the same as she used to be."
"Thanks, you have no idea what this means to me." He
turned and walked into the next room. Dorothy didn't notice
him walk in though. Her head was stooped over a mountain of
papers and spreadsheets. He cleared his throat and she jumped
up in surprise.
"Quatre," she shrieked incredulously. "What are you
doing here?"
"I came to see you, I needed to talk to you." He went
over and sat by her desk.
"You need to talk to me? First Quatre, I really want
to apologize, I never got to tell you sorry for stabbing you."
"It's ok Dorothy, I was never angry with you for that."
"So what do you need to talk to me about?" Dorothy
asked, a worried look coming onto her face. She looked down at
her lap.
"I can't stop thinking about you. Your face appears out
of nowhere whenever I am alone."
Dorothy's head snapped up. "What? Are you serious
Quatre, I have the same thing happen to me."
"Dorothy I guess I just came here to tell you that I
love you and I want to be with you."
Tears came to Dorothy's eyes and she answered him,
"and I love you!" She leapt up from her desk and ran into
his open arms. They embraced and then he pulled her into his
lap. Tilting her head upward he touched his lips to hers and
they fell into a kiss.
Wufei and Sally
"Woman, why did you ask me to join the Preventers anyway,"
asked a disgruntled Wufei from the shuttle's control unit.
"After all, I was the enemy."
"Wufei, you explained your actions justly and I found
you to be a good person and fighter. You were right for the
job I guess," answered Sally. Wufei said nothing more and
turned back to the screen where he pretended that there was
something interesting to see.
"That woman better of had a better reason then the
one she just gave me, or else I might just quit if that is
all she wanted me for," though Wufei, then he mentally slapped
himself for thinking such things.
"Why couldn't I tell him that I wanted him to be a
Preventer because I wanted to be near him. How can you tell
a guy that already has an over-inflated ego that being around
him makes a person feel safe and secure? I seem to lose
concentration whenever I am around him," thought Sally at the
same time.
"Hello, this is Lady Une, I have a mission for you in
Saudi Arabia, you are to go to the old base there and destroy
any weapons that are currently there. This is Lady Une over
and out." The picture of Lady Une flashed out almost as soon
as it appeared.
"Well looks like break is over. Wufei pilot us to
Saudi Arabia."
"Yes ma'am," he exaggeratedly said with respect.
Sally shot him a dirty look and then ignored him.
"Taking orders from a woman, I'll bet that's why she
wanted me to join, just so she could torture me like this," he
grumbled to himself.
Sally couldn't believe what she heard; growing red in
the face she walked over to him and slapped him across his cheek.
He looked at her with surprise and then placed his hand where a
faint red rash was appearing. Saying nothing she stormed off to
her room.
"I wonder what that was about," thought Wufei later as he
was drying his hair after a shower. Deciding that he wasn't going
to wait any longer to find out, he stormed out of the bathroom,
not even bothering to put his hair up into its regular ponytail.
Knocking on her door he waited until she finally answered the door.
Sally almost gasped. Standing before her was a changed
looking Wufei. Instead of the tight ponytail she was used to
seeing, his hair hung to his shoulders and had a slight crimp
to it. He also didn't have a shirt on. The total effect was
breathtaking. She had thought he was cute before but now he
topped the charts.
"Can I help you," she asked regaining her composure.
Wufei shifted and walked inside her room.
"I want to know why you slapped me. I've never seen
you that angry before." Sally stared at him surprised that he
would even care.
"I slapped you because you said that I only hired you on
so I could boss you. If you knew half the reason I hired you on,
you wouldn't have said anything like that. Your little remark
went deeper than you thought it would."
"Well why did you hire me on then?" He shifted his feet
and stared at her.
"Look Wufei, it's late and we need to get some sleep
before tomorrow," Sally said trying to switch the subject.
"Stop trying to switch the subject and tell me why or
I'm staying right here."
"Wufei, really I don't want to say," answered Sally. She
looked like he had never seen her. She was as scared as a trapped
animal. It frightened him and caused a stirring that he didn't
want. He wanted to protect her and keep her from feeling this
harm but he didn't know how. Not being able to resist any more
he walked over to her and pulled her into his arms.
Sally gave a small squeak of surprise and tried to pull
away but his strong arms held her into place. "Wufei, what are
you doing," she asked, her voice shaking. She could feel the
tears running down her cheeks and saw them land on his bare chest.
"Something I've wanted to do for awhile now," he answered
quietly. "Soldier façade to hell, I'm going to go by my emotions
now." She stared at him in surprise and then let the tears come;
she buried her head into his shoulder and cried until the tears
came no more.
When she finally stopped crying she looked at him and said,
"I hired you on because I wanted to be around you. I feel safer
when you're around." She looked away from him expecting him to let
go of her and say something rude and spoil her dreams. Much to
her surprise he tipped her head up and gave her a quick kiss.
"I'm glad you told me that, I never knew whether to tell
you or not but now that you said that I can tell you. I love you
Sally."
"I love you too Wufei, I was just always afraid to tell you." He kissed her and the shuttle drifted through space while they held each other.
Heero and Relena
As he walked down the road he thought of the last battle.
He also thought of how he almost finally fulfilled his promise to
Relena. He had almost destroyed her like he had promised to a year
ago.
Meanwhile Relena was walking out the door of the palace.
She knew that Heero had been watching her. She thought she saw a
faint shadow down the road, but rather than run to it like she
would of a week ago, she turned and walked to her limo.
"When he wants to be with me he will come," she thought
to herself. A slight tear running down her face she sat in the
back seat and went home.
"Why can't I get up the courage to face her," Heero
yelled out into the still country air. He was afraid of her;
the memory that he had fell into her arms haunted his every
thought. Instead of letting him fall she had caught him. All
he had done to her and yet she still cared to keep him from harm.
It was unnerving.
He walked on to his motorcycle. Revving it up he made a
split second decision and sped down the road.
Relena was brushing her hair and watching a figure
stealthily enter her room through her mirror's reflection when
she felt something cold press against her neck. "Hello Heero,"
she said calmly, although her stomach felt like it had a million
butterflies raging war in it.
"You saw me come in didn't you," he said flatly. She
nodded and then turned towards him. With her hand she knocked
his gun away and it clattered onto the floor with a metallic ring.
"Why did you catch me," he asked with a hint of curiosity.
"Because Heero, it should be evident to you that I care
deeply for you," she answered.
"Why, all I have done is hurt you," he replied stiffly.
"Heero, you have never hurt me. All you have done is
protect me and help me."
"I don't understand," he said slamming his hand onto the
desk. Relena saw his barrier drop and put her arms around him.
He stiffened and then went loose. He placed his arms around her
and held tight.
"I don't like to feel, it hurts to much," he said, his
voice cracking.
"What happened Heero?" asked Relena quietly.
"There was a little girl and her puppy. She gave me a
flower. Later that night I blew up an OZ station in the colony.
One of the mobile suits fell on a building and it made the whole
city go up in flames. I explored the building later and found a
teddy bear and the puppy. The puppy was charred and dead. I
didn't find the little girl. I carried the puppy back to the
base and Dr. J found me and taught me to rid myself of emotions.
I could laugh before that, and I could feel before that."
"Oh Heero, I'm sorry. But you need to let it go, you
need to feel again because not all feelings hurt." Heero nodded
and then let a solitary tear slip down his face. He reached
into a pocket and pulled out a dead flower. Twirling it in his
fingers he frowned. Then he put it back; someday he would get
rid of it. But right now he needed to hang onto it.
"Relena, I love you," he said. She looked at him in
surprise and smiled.
"I love you too," she replied. Giving a faint smile
Heero looked at her and gave her a small kiss.
Well, Questions or Comments? Flames even? I would appreciate
anyone letting me know how I did. The rest of the story should
be along as soon as I write it. If you want to let me know how
it is email me at kairosdreamer@aol.com . Thanks!
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or any of its
characters. I write these stories for fun, not for
profit. If you sue me you are wasting your time
seeing as I have no money.
This story disregards the fact of Catherine and Trowa
being brother and sister. The only evidence I found
in the series and the Waltz of them being related is
when she posed as his sister when he had amnesia.
There is no proof that she is actually a blood relative
though. If you have a problem with this, don't read
this story.
Trowa and Catherine
He slowly walked towards her and the tent.
She could see that his mask was gone. He had dropped
it like he had dropped his real one when he had left
to fight. He shook, almost like he was suppressing
rage, but she knew it wasn't rage.
"It is hard to have feelings when one has lived
without them all of his life," he calmly stated.
"There is something different about his voice,"
Catherine thought to herself. "It lacks its usual
void of nothingness, there is something there that
wasn't there before. If only I could see his eyes,
then I would know what it is."
He walked past her and headed for the lions.
Reaching into the cage he had no fear. Catherine
stood behind him and placed a hand upon his shoulder.
"Trowa look at me," she pleaded quietly.
Trowa looked down. He had hoped to avoid looking at her. He wasn't quite ready to except that he was human again.
"I can't," he answered. She could feel
the tears coming.
"Then I will just have to look at you myself,"
she said leaning down to look into his face.
What she saw was not the emotionless soul that had left.
Instead of his eyes being blank and without feeling,
without being dead, they sparkled with unshed tears.
The bright emerald green glowed with life instead of
death.
"Trowa, you're finally human," she sobbed
letting the tears run down her face and splash onto the
floor. He gave a weak smile and let tears run down his
face for the first time he could remember in his life.
The once nameless boy that had taken on a project
that was not his, found a place. The boy that had stole
an identity was gone and was now his own person. He
wasn't Trowa Barton, replacement of the real one. He
was Trowa Barton, friend of the circus, Gundam pilot,
and friend of the real pilots.
"Cathy, thank-you."
"Thank me? Why?"
"You are the reason I didn't self destruct back
there, you stopped me from it once. Did you know it was
you who stopped me a second time?"
"Trowa," she breathed. Finally, she could stand
it no longer and wrapped her arms around him. He stiffened,
and then relaxed and wrapped his long arms around her and
held her back.
Their tears ran in rivulets down their faces.
They fell with a sparkle and joined on the tarp of the floor.
Hilde and Duo
As he watched her slim figure descend the pile of
rubble he thought of how she had been there for him when
he got back from the fight. She gave him a tight embrace
and told him she was glad he was safe.
"I never answered her though," he thought regretfully.
He didn't quite know what he felt for Hilde. She was his
friend, he was certain of that, but he didn't know what made
his stomach stir when he was around her.
Making a sudden decision he got up and followed her
down. Once they were on safe footing he grabbed her arm.
Surprised she turned around. Her days as a soldier hadn't
left her quite yet.
"Duo, what's wrong," she asked, misinterpreting the
look in his eyes.
"Nothing is wrong Hilde but I need to tell you something."
She looked at him and saw that he had a beginning of
moisture in his eyes. She got a worried look on her face.
"What do you need to tell me Duo," she asked.
"Hilde, I never told you thanks for helping me out.
You took me in when I needed a place to stay, you fed me,
you risked your life to help me, and when I got back from
the last fight you were waiting there for me with arms open.
I never told you how much that meant to me. If it weren't
for you I might have lost myself in my own life."
"Duo, do you really mean that? I did it because I
wanted to. I did it because you are my dearest friend."
"Shhhh, Hilde, I'm not finished. I also wanted to
tell you that I have been battling the thoughts in my head,
I have been thinking things that never have meant anything
to me before. Thoughts that I have had before, but had
since given up. I love you Hilde. I didn't want to because
everyone I always love dies. It is a cruel hand that fate
always has always dealt me. Everyone else I loved left me
and I didn't want that to happen again. But I can't stop
from loving you Hilde, it doesn't matter how much I try and
I am finally ready to stop fighting it."
"Duo, I love you too. But I thought that you would
laugh at me if I told you." Tears started streaming down
her face and Duo pulled her into his arms.
"Let's never keep things from each other. It causes
more hurt and pain then the actual telling of it does." She
nodded and embraced him back.
He slowly lowered his head and whispered, "I love you
Hilde."
"I love you Duo," she answered back before his mouth
took hers into a kiss.
Quatre and Dorothy
"Master Quatre, you did it. The world is at peace once
again and you and the other Gundams are the ones to thank for it."
"Thanks Rashid, but it is the people that are keeping the
peace now." Quatre looked off out the window into space and
suddenly a face popped into his head. He shook it off and looked
back at his friends. They wouldn't miss him if he stepped out
to think. Floating into his room he lay down on the bed.
"Why did her face pop up now after all this time?" he
questioned himself. It had been over a year since he had last
seen her. He could remember her clear as day though.
The last he had seen her was on Libra. Trowa was
escorting him out. As he leaned on Trowa and looked back at
her he saw she was crying. Her long blonde hair swirled around
her.
He hadn't seen her since then. But that didn't stop
her from being in his mind.
"Master Quatre, are you ok," asked Rashid coming into
the room. Quatre looked up and gave his loyal friend a small
smile.
"Yes, I'm fine Rashid, I just needed to think."
Rashid nodded and then looking at him one more time went back
out to the party.
Quatre leaned back and let sleep overcome him.
When he awoke the next morning he made an announcement,
"Today I am going to the Preventer Headquarters to get some
information. I will take one of the smaller shuttles and will
be back within the week. I'll be seeing you."
"Have a safe trip Master Quatre," all his friends told
him.
As he drove the shuttle towards earth he concentrated on
space. The stars were all around him, they reflected off the
window and settled their light on the walls around him. The
colonies slowly dimmed from view and the great orb of earth
was centered in front of him instead. He took the shuttle down
through the searing atmosphere and descended upon the runway.
Later, he walked through the busy streets to the
Preventer building. He spun through the revolving doors and
walked up to the desk.
"Hello, I have an appointment to speak with Une," he
told the lady at the front desk.
"Certainly, third floor, room 333."
"Thanks." He turned and walked over to the elevator.
He stepped out of the elevator and went down the hall
to where 333 were located. He knocked on the door and went in.
Lady Une was standing there looking out the window.
"Quatre, how can I help you? Surely you are not looking
to join the Preventers."
"Actually, I need to find someone."
"Oh really, may I ask who and why."
"Dorothy Catalonia, and because I need to talk to her."
Lady Une turned around and gave him a knowing look.
"Well, you don't have to look too far. Her office is
right next to mine. Just go through that door to the left.
Oh, and Quatre, she isn't quite the same as she used to be."
"Thanks, you have no idea what this means to me." He
turned and walked into the next room. Dorothy didn't notice
him walk in though. Her head was stooped over a mountain of
papers and spreadsheets. He cleared his throat and she jumped
up in surprise.
"Quatre," she shrieked incredulously. "What are you
doing here?"
"I came to see you, I needed to talk to you." He went
over and sat by her desk.
"You need to talk to me? First Quatre, I really want
to apologize, I never got to tell you sorry for stabbing you."
"It's ok Dorothy, I was never angry with you for that."
"So what do you need to talk to me about?" Dorothy
asked, a worried look coming onto her face. She looked down at
her lap.
"I can't stop thinking about you. Your face appears out
of nowhere whenever I am alone."
Dorothy's head snapped up. "What? Are you serious
Quatre, I have the same thing happen to me."
"Dorothy I guess I just came here to tell you that I
love you and I want to be with you."
Tears came to Dorothy's eyes and she answered him,
"and I love you!" She leapt up from her desk and ran into
his open arms. They embraced and then he pulled her into his
lap. Tilting her head upward he touched his lips to hers and
they fell into a kiss.
Wufei and Sally
"Woman, why did you ask me to join the Preventers anyway,"
asked a disgruntled Wufei from the shuttle's control unit.
"After all, I was the enemy."
"Wufei, you explained your actions justly and I found
you to be a good person and fighter. You were right for the
job I guess," answered Sally. Wufei said nothing more and
turned back to the screen where he pretended that there was
something interesting to see.
"That woman better of had a better reason then the
one she just gave me, or else I might just quit if that is
all she wanted me for," though Wufei, then he mentally slapped
himself for thinking such things.
"Why couldn't I tell him that I wanted him to be a
Preventer because I wanted to be near him. How can you tell
a guy that already has an over-inflated ego that being around
him makes a person feel safe and secure? I seem to lose
concentration whenever I am around him," thought Sally at the
same time.
"Hello, this is Lady Une, I have a mission for you in
Saudi Arabia, you are to go to the old base there and destroy
any weapons that are currently there. This is Lady Une over
and out." The picture of Lady Une flashed out almost as soon
as it appeared.
"Well looks like break is over. Wufei pilot us to
Saudi Arabia."
"Yes ma'am," he exaggeratedly said with respect.
Sally shot him a dirty look and then ignored him.
"Taking orders from a woman, I'll bet that's why she
wanted me to join, just so she could torture me like this," he
grumbled to himself.
Sally couldn't believe what she heard; growing red in
the face she walked over to him and slapped him across his cheek.
He looked at her with surprise and then placed his hand where a
faint red rash was appearing. Saying nothing she stormed off to
her room.
"I wonder what that was about," thought Wufei later as he
was drying his hair after a shower. Deciding that he wasn't going
to wait any longer to find out, he stormed out of the bathroom,
not even bothering to put his hair up into its regular ponytail.
Knocking on her door he waited until she finally answered the door.
Sally almost gasped. Standing before her was a changed
looking Wufei. Instead of the tight ponytail she was used to
seeing, his hair hung to his shoulders and had a slight crimp
to it. He also didn't have a shirt on. The total effect was
breathtaking. She had thought he was cute before but now he
topped the charts.
"Can I help you," she asked regaining her composure.
Wufei shifted and walked inside her room.
"I want to know why you slapped me. I've never seen
you that angry before." Sally stared at him surprised that he
would even care.
"I slapped you because you said that I only hired you on
so I could boss you. If you knew half the reason I hired you on,
you wouldn't have said anything like that. Your little remark
went deeper than you thought it would."
"Well why did you hire me on then?" He shifted his feet
and stared at her.
"Look Wufei, it's late and we need to get some sleep
before tomorrow," Sally said trying to switch the subject.
"Stop trying to switch the subject and tell me why or
I'm staying right here."
"Wufei, really I don't want to say," answered Sally. She
looked like he had never seen her. She was as scared as a trapped
animal. It frightened him and caused a stirring that he didn't
want. He wanted to protect her and keep her from feeling this
harm but he didn't know how. Not being able to resist any more
he walked over to her and pulled her into his arms.
Sally gave a small squeak of surprise and tried to pull
away but his strong arms held her into place. "Wufei, what are
you doing," she asked, her voice shaking. She could feel the
tears running down her cheeks and saw them land on his bare chest.
"Something I've wanted to do for awhile now," he answered
quietly. "Soldier façade to hell, I'm going to go by my emotions
now." She stared at him in surprise and then let the tears come;
she buried her head into his shoulder and cried until the tears
came no more.
When she finally stopped crying she looked at him and said,
"I hired you on because I wanted to be around you. I feel safer
when you're around." She looked away from him expecting him to let
go of her and say something rude and spoil her dreams. Much to
her surprise he tipped her head up and gave her a quick kiss.
"I'm glad you told me that, I never knew whether to tell
you or not but now that you said that I can tell you. I love you
Sally."
"I love you too Wufei, I was just always afraid to tell you." He kissed her and the shuttle drifted through space while they held each other.
Heero and Relena
As he walked down the road he thought of the last battle.
He also thought of how he almost finally fulfilled his promise to
Relena. He had almost destroyed her like he had promised to a year
ago.
Meanwhile Relena was walking out the door of the palace.
She knew that Heero had been watching her. She thought she saw a
faint shadow down the road, but rather than run to it like she
would of a week ago, she turned and walked to her limo.
"When he wants to be with me he will come," she thought
to herself. A slight tear running down her face she sat in the
back seat and went home.
"Why can't I get up the courage to face her," Heero
yelled out into the still country air. He was afraid of her;
the memory that he had fell into her arms haunted his every
thought. Instead of letting him fall she had caught him. All
he had done to her and yet she still cared to keep him from harm.
It was unnerving.
He walked on to his motorcycle. Revving it up he made a
split second decision and sped down the road.
Relena was brushing her hair and watching a figure
stealthily enter her room through her mirror's reflection when
she felt something cold press against her neck. "Hello Heero,"
she said calmly, although her stomach felt like it had a million
butterflies raging war in it.
"You saw me come in didn't you," he said flatly. She
nodded and then turned towards him. With her hand she knocked
his gun away and it clattered onto the floor with a metallic ring.
"Why did you catch me," he asked with a hint of curiosity.
"Because Heero, it should be evident to you that I care
deeply for you," she answered.
"Why, all I have done is hurt you," he replied stiffly.
"Heero, you have never hurt me. All you have done is
protect me and help me."
"I don't understand," he said slamming his hand onto the
desk. Relena saw his barrier drop and put her arms around him.
He stiffened and then went loose. He placed his arms around her
and held tight.
"I don't like to feel, it hurts to much," he said, his
voice cracking.
"What happened Heero?" asked Relena quietly.
"There was a little girl and her puppy. She gave me a
flower. Later that night I blew up an OZ station in the colony.
One of the mobile suits fell on a building and it made the whole
city go up in flames. I explored the building later and found a
teddy bear and the puppy. The puppy was charred and dead. I
didn't find the little girl. I carried the puppy back to the
base and Dr. J found me and taught me to rid myself of emotions.
I could laugh before that, and I could feel before that."
"Oh Heero, I'm sorry. But you need to let it go, you
need to feel again because not all feelings hurt." Heero nodded
and then let a solitary tear slip down his face. He reached
into a pocket and pulled out a dead flower. Twirling it in his
fingers he frowned. Then he put it back; someday he would get
rid of it. But right now he needed to hang onto it.
"Relena, I love you," he said. She looked at him in
surprise and smiled.
"I love you too," she replied. Giving a faint smile
Heero looked at her and gave her a small kiss.
Well, Questions or Comments? Flames even? I would appreciate
anyone letting me know how I did. The rest of the story should
be along as soon as I write it. If you want to let me know how
it is email me at kairosdreamer@aol.com . Thanks!
