Love's Misunderstandings

Prologue: Prelude to Romantic Problems

Qiana Peacecraft-Yuy

Dorlian-Peacecraft Mansion, Sanc Kingdom, 10 am

Heero!" Relena Dorlian-Peacecraft softly yelled, as she was running to catch up with her live-in boyfriend, Heero Yuy. Heero stopped and Relena finally caught up with him, at the foyer of her large mansion. Relena's blue eyes were slightly shining, as her honey-blonde hair was making a curtain amongst her slim back. Still dressed in a pink tank top and pink mini-shorts, Relena wondered why Heero was leaving her.

"Relena..." Heero said, before turning around. His Prussian blue eyes held a familiar unexpressive look, and his unruly hair framed his face. His slim muscular body was slightly featured in a long-sleeved white shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans. His expression was harsh at first, but it soften before he spoke. "Relena...I have to go. I got another mission." And with that, Heero turned on his heel and left Relena in the foyer.

"Heero...one of these days..." Relena said turning on her heel and looking towards her study. "One of these days, you'll talk to me more." And with that, she disappeared down the hallway to her study.

Winner Estate, L4 Colony, 11 am

"Dorothy! Dorothy!" Quatre Raberba Winner called as he ran towards the retreating woman known as Dorothy Catalonia. Dorothy turned around, looking surprised.

"Yes, Quatre?" Dorothy replied, her eyebrows lowering down to their regular height. Her gray eyes dimmed down slightly, as her eyebrows were looking stiff, and her blonde hair pushed away from her face behind a headband. She was dressed in a blue shirt and a long black skirt. Quatre looked at his live-in girlfriend, his concern was showing all over his face.

"Where are you going? Do you want me or someone else to escort you?" Quatre asked. His blond hair complimented his fair Arabian skin, as did his white shirt, tan vest, and a pair of tan khakis. Quatre was in the study going over some figures when he barely heard Dorothy walk past the door, about to leave without telling Quatre anything.

"I'm just visiting...family." Dorothy replied.

"Do you--"

"No!" Dorothy said quickly, as Quatre's faced showed surprised. "No, I'll be fine. I don't want you to leave while you're perusing one of your most important clients." Dorothy replied.

"Dorothy...we're fine...I have several other important clients...I'm--"

"No. I'm just visiting my family. I'll be back before you know it." Dorothy replied, before giving Quatre a kiss on his cheek and leaving him behind at the entrance of his mansion. Shaking his head, Quatre left the entrance and headed back to his study.

"She's a big girl...she can handle herself." Quatre replied to himself, as he started to go over the figures from one of the Winner Corporation Enterprises.

New York Transportation Port, 5pm

"Heero! Heero!" Dorothy called out, as she went through the large crowd of people at the New York Transportation Port. Heero looked up to see Dorothy calling him. Without a smile, the man walked past several people before meeting her in a clear area of space in the center.

"Dorothy." Heero said in a form of a greeting.

"I'm so glad that you made it." Dorothy said. "How did you manage Relena to let you go?"

"I told her that I was on a mission. How did you manage Quatre to let you go?"

"I told him that I was visiting family." Dorothy replied. "So..."

"Let's get out of here and talk. I got things to do." Heero muttered. Dorothy lifted a double-eye brow before continuing on to leave the Trans-Port.

"Still blunt as ever." Dorothy mumbled as they went through customs before continuing into the city of New York. "We're going to a restaurant I know of." Dorothy replied, before giving a taxi driver the directions.

"Hn."

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Khush Restaurant, 7 pm

"Hilde, babe...tell me that I'm not seeing what I think I'm seeing." Duo said, removing his black sunglasses. "Tell me that's not a couple of people I'm not seeing."

"Sure..." Hilde said, before turning around to find Heero and Dorothy sitting alone in a dark booth, sitting across from each other, talking and even laughing together. "...I can't be seeing this."

"So you see them, too."

"Yeah."

"I wonder what they're up to..." Duo said, before getting up. Hilde tried to do the same, but Duo sat her back down. He quickly sneaked over to the booth and started to listen in to what the two were saying.

"So...have you told Relena, yet?" Dorothy asked.

"Have I told her what?"

"Have you told her about us?"

"No. Have you told Quatre yet?"

"Nope. I don't think I can bear to tell him."

"Same here for Relena." Heero replied, before being quiet.

"It's just that Quatre can be so...so.... weak and emotional."

"So is Relena...but I wouldn't exactly call them weak..."

"Yes you would." Dorothy replied. Heero and Dorothy shared a laugh, before raising their glasses in a toast. "To us..."

"And to Relena and Quatre." Heero finished as they clinked their glasses. Disgusted, Duo left his hiding place and went back to his table with Hilde. Seeing Duo's expression...already knew that something was up. Duo told Hilde what happened, after Heero and Dorothy left.

"...and so that's the story. We have to tell Relena and Quatre about this."

"I agree...although their hearts are going to break when they hear about this. Are you sure that they're a secret couple?"

"I may--"

"He runs...he hides...but he never lies...Duo Maxwell in a nutshell. I know, I know." Hilde replied, as the two giggled, before paying their check and went on their way out into New York City.