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Fatal Five
a 1xR Gundam Wing fanfic by Ines Kanoyan
Romance/Comedy
Chapter 13 – Who Likes Who?
Sylvia found herself munching on a slice of cake while waiting for Relena to finish her shift at the coffee shop. She had been to the place more often than she thought she'd be. She realized she missed the company of a normal teenage girl like her - dealing with school, day to day issues and boy problems. She almost squealed in excitement when she found out that Relena is also studying at Romefeller Academy, her former school, before she decided to follow her heart and pursue a modeling stint in Paris.
She chose to spend her birthday vacation here just so she could be with friends and family and maybe open up about her feelings. And, that is why she had been a bit anxious today. She wanted to ask for advice from Relena on how to be more confident. Being her brave hero, who helped her retrieve her purse from a sneaky little thief, Sylvia thought Relena can do anything.
"So, what's up Sylvia?" Relena said, interrupting Sylvia's thoughts. "Wanna order more cake?" she teased, her brows twitching up.
Sylvia made a face and shook her head. "Oh, no, no. You're not helping me prepare for my party, my waist line is almost double now!"
Relena laughed as she sat down with her friend. She still couldn't believe that she's actually friends and chummy with the Sylvia Noventa. Hilde gasped when she found out that Sylvia was actually very nice and apart from her good looks, there was nothing intimidating about her at all.
"I wanted to ask for your help, actually." Sylvia started out. "You know my party's coming up and everything's ready and all, but I need an escort."
"Ok," Relena said, she wasn't sure how she can help her with that.
"I have this guy that I like for the longest time and I want to ask him to be my escort." Sylvia confessed, a tinge of red creeping up her cheeks as an image of her crush popped into her head.
"Oh," Relena found herself responding with single syllables as again she wasn't sure how she could be of help. But, immediately she thought of her own crush, which she was suspecting the same guy Sylvia was hinting at. She felt a bit sad, knowing how perfect they were for each other.
"You seem to be very confident and fearless, that I thought you could give me some tips?"
'Oh, so that's how she thinks I can help,' Relena thought to herself and found it amusing. There she was all shabby and unattractive next to this drop dead gorgeous super model friend, and here she was thinking she could give her tips? Crazy, hilarious, very funny, haha!
Relena sighed, half in confusion and half in a strangely humorous way. "Sylvia, I find your faith in me so misplaced haha! Of course, I have helped you get your purse back from that thief but telling my crush that I want him to be my escort, I cannot do that!"
Sylvia laughed heartily at Relena's exaggerated way of proclaiming her dilemma.
"But, you know what?" Relena said afterwards. "If I had your looks and charisma, I'd think I have no problem of doing that. I'd just think that I'm doing my crush a favor by asking him myself instead of waiting for him. Coz I'd imagine he'd be so stressed coz I'm so gorgeous and he'd die if I said, no."
Sylvia laughed even harder as Relena winked at her playfully.
"You just know how to boost my ego huh?" Sylvia commented.
"I guess that's my use around here. I'm here to cheer you on, not that you're lacking in that department. The whole school's your fanbase." Relena replied. "Honestly, Sylvia, why do you feel so nervous about this? You're like the equivalent of Heero Yuy in our school."
Sylvia swallowed hard, hearing the name made her even more anxious. Relena, on the other hand, grimaced as the thought of him entered her mind. But, it was true. If every female in Romefeller adores the abominable Heero Yuy, every male fantasizes about the delightful Sylvia Noventa.
Heero kicked the ball unto the net and quickly caught up to the next ball spitted out by the machine. He found himself practicing alone these days, aside from their daily team practices, just to clear his head. Not that there was a lot on his mind. In fact, there was one single person in it but a lot of things about her. It was almost against his will that figments of her drift into his mind often.
After everything that's happened, he still couldn't understand why she hates him so much, when everyone else finds him so irresistible. Not to brag, but that was how he was brought up and he had almost find it effortless to win people into his whims. He knew he was self-absorbed and highly egotistic but he found that there was no other way to see himself, when everyone around you seems to think so. Well, not everyone, there is this Relena Darlian who seems to hate him so much that he chose to teach her a lesson by giving her the deadly black ribbon.
The black ribbon, for Heero, was his way to turn his enemies or those whom he doesn't like into people who would bend into his will. Being so uneffortlessly likeable, he found that using threats and causing fear was the way to make people follow him. But, that did not work for her. Instead of bending to his will, she did everything that was the complete opposite. And, strangely for Heero, he found himself more and more intrigued by her persistence.
He was so drawn into his thoughts that he completely forgot what he was doing. But, the painful impact of the soccer ball hitting him square in the face, easily brought him to reality.
"Ouch!" he cried out as he lay flat on the grass field. Just then, two warm hands immediately caught his head before it hit the soft grass.
"God, Heero are you ok?" the owner of the hands exclaimed.
Heero found himself staring into familiar eyes - Sylvia Noventa.
"Hey, are you ok?" she asked in concern, as she gently pushed aside Heero's wild bangs off his eyes to check on him.
"Yeah," Heero whimpered, as he slowly moved to sit up. "Thanks for breaking my fall."
Sylvia sighed in relief. He was irresistibly handsome even at this state of, well clumsiness. He looked so deep in thought while doing something physical, Sylvia found it weird and unusual. And then she remembered Relena's words, 'he'd be so stressed coz I'm so gorgeous and he'd die if I said, no.'
Sylvia jerked into a smile at the thought of it, while Heero suddenly said, "So, what are you doing here? Where are the guys?"
"Oh, I was about to meet them in your favorite bar and then I saw you here and thought I'd go with you there." Sylvia explained casually.
"Oh, ok, that's perfect, I feel hungry now." Heero replied as he stood up and extended a hand to Sylvia to help her out.
Sylvia took his hand, while trying to suppress the blush that she felt was inevitably showing in her cheeks.
"I'd go change first, maybe we can meet by the gates?" he said, as he moved to brush off dirt on Sylvia's legs. And, the blush on Sylvia's face just got even wilder.
They had practically grown up together, the six of them. Their families were among the most influential in Brussels and when she was a young girl she found that she liked hanging out with boys more than the prim and proper girls their stature would often be brought up. The Cinq Fatale were like her brothers and they look after her as if she were their sister. But, Sylvia couldn't deny that as they got older all them developed into full fledged adults and the changes that came with it were not only physical but emotional, as well.
And so the seemingly innocent act of brushing off dirt from her legs, by the stunningly handsome Heero Yuy, sent butterflies floating around in her stomach.
"Heero, wait," she found herself saying. "I came here 'coz I wanted to ask you something."
Heero stood there with a blank face, waiting for her words.
Sylvia swallowed her shyness away and tried to recall all of Relena's pep talk. 'You're doing him a favor by asking him yourself.'
"Please be my escort for my birthday party?" she said in complete confidence, as she pouted her lips and smiled, trying her best to be cute. "Pleaseeeee?" she went on, as she moved closer to him and placed her hands on his arm.
Heero was so dumfounded that he just managed to nod at her. Sylvia then squeezed his arm and smiled sweetly before she left him standing there by himself.
"See you at the gate!" she cried as she looked back from across the field.
Relena stopped on her tracks as she heard the familiar sound coming from the corner where the music hall is. She was about to go and hang out in the library when she decided to make a detour and head to the music hall to check who was playing the familiar tune.
Her heart leaped when she confirmed that her favorite violinist was playing. Relena moved closer behind one of the wide columns within the hall to continue listening to it. She allowed herself to be lost in the soothing tunes of the violin and found it so relaxing. It was so relaxing that she did not immediately noticed that the music had stopped.
"Relena?"
Relena immediately opened her eyes upon hearing her name. She wildly blushed when she realized he had seen her from her hiding spot behind the column.
"You liked it?" he asked. Relena nodded and decided to come closer to him. He prodded her to sit across from him at one of the chairs scattered near him.
"Do you have a recital coming up?" she asked, trying to sound knowledgeable about music.
"No, I'm gonna play this at Sylvia's party. You're invited, right?"
"Oh," Relena gasped then nodded. "It sounds nice, I'm sure she'll love it."
"Thanks," he replied as he started fixing something onto his instrument.
"Did she like the music box you gave her?" Relena asked then immediately regretted it, when she realized, Trowa had not specifically told her it was for Sylvia.
But, Trowa replied, "I haven't actually. She's very busy with the preparations for her party. We haven't spent much time together."
Relena could see the wave of sadness that flashed across Trowa's features.
But, then he spoke, "Maybe, I'll give it to her as another birthday gift,"
Silence swept across them and Relena found herself extremely uncomfortable with it. Yet, she doesn't want her moment with him to end. So without thinking she blurted out.
"So, Sylvia asked you to be her escort?" she said with excitement that to her surprise did not seem to match the reaction of the man across her.
"No, she did not." He replied bluntly.
'Uh, oh,' Relena thought to herself, Sylvia had come to her yesterday, squealing in delight as she narrated how her crush agreed to her. 'So, Trowa wasn't Sylvia's crush.'
Relena was panicking at her realization that she did not notice Trowa's concerned look at her. "Was she thinking of asking me?" he asked her.
"Um," Relena stammered, no, she could not break Trowa's heart and tell him that Sylvia might like another person. So she chose to lie. "I think?"
Trowa's eyes widened in disbelief. "Why would she do that? She shouldn't have to do that."
Relena chuckled nervously. "I know right? You should beat her to it."
Trowa seemed convinced and with that he started collecting his things and stood up. "Maybe, I'd give her my welcome gift and ask her then?"
"Yes, that would be perfect." Relena agreed, still trying to keep up with her cheery façade.
"Ok, I gotta go now and find her. Thanks for the heads up!" he said, as he exited the hall.
Relena followed him in a daze but found herself walking painfully slow that she did not notice someone was following her. She was so worried that she hastily stopped on her tracks and shook her head like a crazy person.
"No, no, no!" she cried as she shook her head. Just then, two large hands grabbed her by the shoulder and moved her back into the music hall.
Inside the music hall, she found out to whom those huge hands belonged, the dreaded Heero Yuy.
"Don't touch me!" she snapped angrily. "What do you want?!"
"Hey, easy, I was saving your face back there." He said confidently. "You were walking like you were lost and then suddenly you were shaking your head like a crazy person. What would people think?"
'He has a point,' Relena admitted to herself. But, still she hates him and she is in deep trouble to actually care about what people think. She just lied to Trowa and it was about Sylvia?!
Panic returned to Relena's features and Heero couldn't help but be intrigued.
"What is your problem?" he asked, determined to get juicy details out of her.
But, she just ignored him and continued looking worried. Heero took the hint and instead decided to tease her. He saw Trowa went out of the music hall, walking hurriedly that he did not notice Heero. And, then that's when he saw Relena looking like a zombie, walking after him.
"You were stalking Trowa again, huh?"
Relena snapped out of her worried state and looked extremely angry at Heero. "No, I'm not!" she blurted out. "We were talking like normal people, you know!"
Heero smirked haughtily. He knows he fired her up. He likes it when she's so agitated.
"Really? Then why are you looking like a dazed dog slowly walking far from him? That's the thing stalkers do. Believe me, we notice when stalkers hunt us." He said, hoping to agitate Relena further.
"Ugh! You are so delusional!" she winced in irritation. "For your information, we were talking ok? I even convinced her to ask Sylvia if he could escort her-"
Relena stopped and realized she actually voiced out her biggest mistake to her biggest enemy.
"Why would you do that? Sylvia just asked me to be her escort for her birthday?" Heero said, as a matter-of-factly.
Relena's eyes widened in disbelief. "What?!" she exclaimed. "You're messing with me."
But, Heero looked deadly serious and even totally confused. "Yes she did. I found it weird actually-"
Relena grabbed him by his shirt and said, "And what did you say?!"
"Of course, I said, 'yes'. That was Sylvia, why would I say, 'no'?"
Relena let go of him in defeat. Of course, why would he say, 'no'? But, then she remembered Trowa, and she grabbed him again.
"You know Trowa likes her! What kind of a friend are you?!" she accused angrily.
"Um, the kind of friend who doesn't reveal his friends' secrets?" he retorted proudly.
Again, that was an excellent point. Relena let go of him and slumped herself on a chair. There was no way out. Poor Trowa.
Heero moved towards her and crossed his arms. "You know, I think I have a solution."
Relena looked up at him with renewed hope and said, "What? Tell me!"
"I will tell Sylvia, I can't be her escort coz I'm taking my girlfriend to her party." He replied, smiling playfully.
"Really? You would do that?" Relena asked excitedly, not expecting the horrible Heero Yuy to magically have a simple solution to her problem.
"Yes, but you would have to agree to something," he said, the smug smile still never leaving his face.
"Anything! Yes I agree!" Relena quickly responded.
"Good! So, it's agreed you are now officially my girlfriend."
"WHAAAAATTTTT?"
TO BE CONTINUED….
A/N: Hi guys, I'm back! This story and this chapter is actually the continuation of Kanoyan Ines's story, Fatal Five. That's why I entitled it, Fatal Five Continued. I cannot remember my password from my previous account but I really wanted to finish off my two stories. I have decided to get out of my long writing hiatus in celebration of my rekindled love for Gundam Wing! So, please guys come and check out my previous account for the 1st chapters of these stories and I hope to update soon! Please read and review!
