Secrets Revealed
Chapter Two: A Different Path
By Moony
Hilde couldn't believe how much fun she had at the mall with Relena. They shopped and shopped. Hilde got a new bathing suit. It was a hunter green. Hilde loved it. Relena had insisted on a two piece, because as she said, "you're so skinny and cute! You'd make that thing look so good!" Hilde laughed. She hadn't had a complement in a while. It felt good. The tried on more clothes. They eventually came home with twenty bags. They both went to sleep after a long conversation at dinner. Dorothy just watched.
* * * *
"Hilde, get up! Don't you want to go swimming?" Relena begged trying to get Hilde up. She was a heavy sleeper.
"Alright, I'm up!" Hilde yelled and pulled a pillow over her head.
"That doesn't look up to me!" Relena yelled and took the pillow off her head and hit her with it. Hilde looked up at her.
"That's it!" Hilde yelled and grabbed the other pillow beside her. "This is war!" She hit Relena with the other pillow. Relena screamed and hit her back. Soon they were on the bed screaming and hitting each other with pillows, but they were interrupted by a knock on the open door. Relena heard it, but Hilde didn't. Relena looked over at the door. She had a horrified look on her face. Hilde didn't look she hit Relena one more time in the back of the head when she noticed Relena wasn't fighting back. She looked over where Relena was staring. There stood Duo and Quatre. Both of them were laughing. Relena dropped the pillow and jumped off the bed, regaining her composure.
"Um," she choked. "I didn't expect you here." Duo burst out laughing. Quatre giggled a little.
"I'm sorry, Relena. We should have called," Quatre admitted.
"Well, lets go down stairs and, and let Hilde get dressed," Relena offered. Quatre nodded and followed her. Duo was still laughing. Quatre grabbed Duo's ear and pulled him along.
"Come on Duo. She doesn't want you watching her get dressed," Quatre explained.
"But I do!" Duo joked. He didn't know how it made Hilde's heart leap and ache at the same time. She jumped off the bed and shut the door. She got on one of the new outfits that Relena bought her. She put her bathing suit on under it, because she saw that Relena had done the same and Hilde did want to swim. She looked at herself in the mirror. Her hair had grown out. It was at her chin and all around her head now. She looked beautiful, but she wouldn't admit it to herself. How could she? No one had ever called her beautiful. She walked out of her room and down the stairs to Relena's kitchen. Quatre and Relena were talking as Quatre ate an apple. Duo sat at the table with a fork in one hand and a knife in the other. Trowa was there too. He was cooking. Hilde could smell it now. She looked over at Quatre and Relena. She was shocked to see the way Quatre was staring at Relena. She found it so odd. She looked over at Duo, who was staring at her. He turned away quickly and looked back down at his plate. Hilde couldn't stand this. She turned to leave, but when she did Dorothy was right behind her. She jumped and ran to the table and sat. Hilde would rather deal with Duo before she walked past Dorothy. That girl was really weird.
"Good morning, Miss Relena," Dorothy said, interrupting Quatre in mid-sentence.
"Good morning, Dorothy. Look who decided to drop in, Quatre, Trowa, and Duo. Isn't that nice?" Relena smiled. Dorothy eye's darkened.
"Yes," she said through clenched teeth. "Lovely." Hilde wanted to laugh. She loved it when Dorothy got pissed.
"Who wants breakfast? It's done," Trowa announced.
"Me!" Duo yelled.
"Well, I know you do!" Trowa said. "I was talking to everyone else."
"I do," Dorothy said and walked over and got a plate. Duo followed eagerly. Hilde got up too. She was a little hungry.
"No thanks, Trowa. I know you're a really good cook, but I just can't eat in the morning," Relena explained. "I'm going to go to the library." Quatre followed her without saying a word. Hilde was confused and curious, but didn't ask anyone. Everyone got their food and sat down at the table. Duo was already digging in by the time Dorothy got there. Hilde sat down. She remembered how he used to eat. He was a pig. Hilde sighed. She thought of the days that she had spent living with Duo. They had gotten so close. If it hadn't been for him being called to duty, they would have slept together that night. She twisted an egg around her fork.
"Are you going to eat that?" Duo asked suddenly interrupting Hilde's thoughts. She looked up at Duo's eager look. She burst out laughing.
"No, no of course not!" She whaled and pushed the plate toward him.
* * * *
"Quatre you can't keep doing this to me," Relena whispered in the library.
"I'm sorry Relena. I can't help it. I need to know. I, I'm dying without you," he whispered. Relena looked at him, her eyes welding up with tears.
"Please Quatre. I don't want to hurt you."
"Then don't Darling. Please I, I don't know what else to say." Quatre took Relena's hands. "I love you Relena." Relena's eyes got big with shock.
"How could you love me?" She asked with a weak laugh.
"Easily," he whispered and pulled Relena to him. Quatre bent down and kissed Relena softly. Relena pulled out quickly.
"Quatre!" She cried and took a step back. Quatre filled the space between them. He caressed her cheek. Relena gave a moan of defeat and pulled his lips down to hers. She ran her hand up the back of his neck, finding the beginning of his hair. She rustled it and he put his hand on the small of her back and pulled her closer to him. He also found the back of her neck and her hair.
* * * *
Hilde watched Duo scarf down her breakfast with amusement. Dorothy on the other hand found it disgusting and made a note to say so.
"You are the most revolting person I have ever met. Haven't you ever heard of manners?" She asked was a mortified look on her face.
"Duo doesn't even know the meaning of manners," Trowa said and took a drink of his Coffee and leaned on the counter.
"Huh?" Duo asked and looked up at Dorothy with egg all over his face. "Did you say something?"
"You are abhorrent!" She cried and stormed out of the room.
"Trowa, what does abhorrent mean?" Duo asked. Trowa was chuckling, which he didn't do often.
"You better explain it to him Hilde. I'm going out side," Trowa said and walked out. Duo looked over at Hilde. She handed him a napkin.
"It means revolting, or gross," she smiled.
"Oh," he nodded and wiped his face. "Well, I never said I wasn't." Hilde giggled.
"Neither did anyone else," she replied. "How have you been, Duo?" Duo looked at her and sighed.
"I've been alright. Without the war going on it's been pretty boring," Duo replied.
"Oh I'm sure you find ways to keep yourself busy. Where has Heero been?" Hilde asked. She knew Duo had something for Heero. Duo looked a little shocked. He didn't understand why or how Hilde knew about him and Heero "Um, I saw him last month, but I have no idea where he is now. I rarely do. He just kinda pops in and out,"
"I'm sure he does," Hilde mumbled and turned away from his gaze.
"What is that supposed to mean?" he asked and leaned up. He hoped she didn't know.
"You know very well what I mean! It's a good thing Relena doesn't though. It would break her heart! But that would make you happy wouldn't it, Duo. Then you'd have Heero all to yourself!" Hilde cried tears appearing in her eyes. Hilde stood up. "And, and I hope you make each other happy!" Duo stood up now.
"Hilde you're crazy!" Duo cried. 'Damn it!' Duo thought. 'She knows, but how?'
"I'm crazy? I'm crazy!" Hilde exaggerated and mocked. "You've got yourself mixed up again Duo Maxwell! You're the one who's crazy and stupid to never see something that was right in front of you!" Hilde headed out of the room and turned right as she reached the doorway. "Your loss, Duo. Heero could never give you what I could have, but it's too late now. See you around Duo, but I'll do my best not to." She walked out of the room tears spilling over her eyes and flowing down her cheeks. Duo sat stunned at the table.
"If I were you, Duo, I'd go after her," Trowa said. He had been there the whole time.
"Well you're not me!" Duo replied frustrated.
"No, I guess not, but this proves you're the biggest fool in this universe," Trowa said humbly.
"Shut up!" Duo yelled and slammed his fist down on the table. Trowa shrugged.
'What an idiot,' Trowa thought. 'I would jump on an opportunity to be with her...'
* * * *
Relena ran out of the library. What had she just done? She never thought that she'd do something like she had just done with Quatre. Hadn't she promised herself for Heero? Not that she had given up her flower. (Note: flower is my word for virginity). She needed to take a swim. That would clear her mind. She ran down the hall to the indoor pool. Quatre walked out of the library. What had he gotten himself into? What would Heero think? Would peace inside the Gundam Pilots be destroyed because of a mere girl? It didn't matter. She was worth it. Quatre smiled to himself and walked after Relena slowly.
* * * *
Hilde had run to the pool. She needed to cool down her burning mind. She pulled off her top layer of clothes revealing her new swimsuit. She dove into the pool. She came back up and took a deep breath of air that her lungs were yearning for. She pulled her hair back and opened her eyes. She looked over to see Relena with tears running down her face.
"Relena!" Hilde cried and swam to the side of the pool that Relena was standing on. "What's the matter?" she asked and pulled herself up on the side. Relena plopped down beside her.
"I can't say," she whispered. She off took her clothes with her bathing suit under it and stood up.
"Why not?" Hilde asked.
"I, I just can't," Relena whispered. Hilde didn't need this. She stood up.
"Fine Relena. If you won't tell me I'll just leave!" Hilde replied.
"No, please," Relena sighed. "I didn't..." Relena trailed off and reached for Hilde.
"I'm sorry, Relena," Hilde's eyes softened. "I'm being terrible, but I think I need some alone time and so do you."
"You're right Hilde. Could you do me a favor and lock the doors? I don't need Dorothy walking in on me," Relena smiled. Hilde nodded and walked to the door and locked them. She was shutting them right after she stepped out, but a hand on her shoulder stopped her from closing them completely. She looked back and saw Quatre. He put the hand that had been on her shoulder on the door and opened it back up.
"She doesn't want to be disturbed," Hilde whispered in protest. Quatre put his other hand to his lips with his pointer finger up and gave her the quiet sign and smiled. Hilde looked uneasily at him. He gently pushed her aside and stepped in and shut the door. What ever Quatre was planning Hilde couldn't stop now. Those doors were closed and locked. Relena was out of luck.
"What are you doing?" a voice that Hilde hated said. Hilde turned around and saw Dorothy.
"Nothing that concerns you," Hilde snapped back
"It is if it has to do with Miss Relena."
"No it's not, but I'm not going to let you nag me about it. Quatre is in there with Relena. The door is locked, so you won't be able to interrupt them."
"What are they doing?" Dorothy looked horrified.
"How the hell should I know?" Hilde asked and walked past Dorothy. "I guess you'll never know." Hilde smirked and walked to her room. Now things were getting better. While she was swimming she had decided that it was time to move on with her life and play the field. Duo was no longer a part of her life. She opened the door to her room and began to walk in, but stopped abruptly when she saw Trowa sitting on her bed.
"Trowa!" she cried. "What are you doing here?"
"Waiting for you," he said and got off the bed coming toward her. "Shut the door," he whispered. Hilde gulped and did so. He was face to face with her. "Now we can get down to business."
* * * *
Relena sat on the stairs in her pool at the shallow end splashing the water with her feet. She thought she was alone, alone to think. Alone to finally be in peace, but she wasn't. Quatre watched her for a while in awe of her beauty. She stood up and brushed her hair back with her hand. Her body twisted just so every curve on her body was displayed to Quatre. He felt a rustle in his pants. Relena dived gently into the water and swam to the middle of the pool under the water. She pulled up and took a deep breath, then swam to the side of the pool where the latter was. She pulled herself up. Quatre watched, but didn't know how much longer he could take just looking. He wanted her bad, but he planned on waiting until she noticed him. Relena's bathing suit stuck tightly to her body. Quatre knew the water must have been cold when he saw one of her breast. She pulled herself completely up and turned. She looked strait into his eyes in utter shock.
"Qu, Quatre, what are you doing here?" she questioned. Quatre nearly ran to become face to face with her. He smiled. "Well?"
"Well what? I didn't know I couldn't see you," he said. Relena turned away suddenly.
"Quatre, I, Heero..." Relena trailed off. Quatre grabbed Relena's wrist and twirled her back around to face him. His face was hard and unhappy.
"He doesn't matter. God knows where he is, and don't you think if he did care about you he'd come and see you? How long has it been Relena? Six months, nine months, a year?" he retorted. Relena's eyes filled with tears. He had thrown in her face what she had been trying not to think about. She knew he was right. Heero cared nothing for her. She gave a slight wail and fell into Quatre's loving embrace.
* * * *
Trowa grabbed Hilde and pulled his mouth onto hers. Hilde was utterly shocked. She didn't understand how or why Trowa was doing this. She pulled out and pushed him back.
"What the hell are you doing?!" she cried. Trowa stepped farther back.
"I saw your fight with Duo. I think he's an idiot. He's lost a lot, losing you, and he doesn't even realize it," Trowa said.
"Is it true then? He and Heero are..." Hilde asked.
"As far as I know yes. Every time Heero shows up they share a room," Trowa sighed. Hilde gasped.
"Oh my God!" she cried and put her hand over her mouth. She turned away quickly. "That's disgusting," she whispered. Trowa put his hands on her shoulders. She turned and looked at him. "I heard that you and Quatre were..."
Trowa smiled, "No. Every one thought that, but we are only friends, no brothers. We are able to tell each other everything."
"Then maybe you can answer something for me."
"What?" Trowa asked.
"Before I came in here I had come from the pool. Relena was in there and told me to lock the doors so she could be alone, well, Quatre stopped me and got inside then shut the doors. And when Relena was in there with me she had been crying and wouldn't tell me why." Trowa's eyes got big.
"Oh no!" Trowa said and grabbed Hilde's hand. "We have to get in there now!" he pulled the door open and dragged Hilde down the hall, but they were stopped by Duo, who saw them holding hands.
"What the hell is this?" he yelled and pointed that their hands locked together.
* * * *
Quatre's kisses were soft and sweet on Relena's lips. He gently stroked her wet hair. His white shirt was soaked from Relena's bathing suit, but Quatre didn't care. Relena pulled out of the kiss and took a deep breath and licked her lips. She looked into Quatre's beautiful green eyes.
"Quatre, what do I do now?" she asked. He pulled her hair back gently.
"Be with me forever," he replied. Relena smiled and buried her face into Quatre's chest.
"Of course," She sighed happily. "But," she looked up at him. "What are we going to do about Heero?"
"We won't even worry about it. There's nothing he can do. He lost the greatest gift ever laid before him and he didn't clam it. I got you and I am the happiest man in the world," Quatre put two fingers under Relena's chin and forced her face up to his. He kissed her gently. "Let's go." He took her hand and headed to the door. The door opened and they began walking out, but stopped suddenly when they saw Duo yelling at Trowa and Hilde. He looked over at them They released hands quickly.
"What? What's going on?" he cried. Relena and Quatre were confused. Relena looked over at Hilde and Trowa. They were holding hands! She saw Hilde give her and uneasy look.
"Duo please," Relena began. "What are you talking about?"
"This!" Duo flung his hand at Trowa and Hilde's locked hands. "And, and you two!" he pointed at Relena and Quatre. "There's something going on here and I want to know what it is!" Relena looked at Quatre. He smiled and she nodded.
"Duo, Relena and I have decided something," Quatre smiled. He took Relena's hand. "We care about each other dearly and we want to be together." Duo gave his normal dumbfounded look. Dorothy came up behind him.
"Miss Relena, I had no idea..." She said quietly. Relena smiled.
"Now lets have everyone go in the kitchen and talk this all out in a few minutes. I think that Hilde and I need time to change," Relena offered. She walked off with Quatre linked to her. He turned and looked at the group as they watched Relena drag Quatre down the hall. He gave them a grin and shrugged. Hilde began laughing. Everyone looked at her, but Trowa smiled. Hilde looked up at him. Their hands were still together. Duo's muscles tightened. His anger was stirring. He didn't understand it though. Why was he becoming so upset? He was in love with Heero, not Hilde, so why was it causing every nerve in his body to go on end when Trowa touched her? He stormed off into the kitchen and sat down at the table. He hoped that Heero did not have the same reaction with Relena when Quatre touched her, because apparently those two were going to be doing a lot of touching. Dorothy came in and sat down tears running down her face.
"Dorothy?" Duo asked.
"Oh leave me alone you sick fag!" she wailed. Duo was shocked. Did she know too? Who all did really know about Heero and Him? "What's wrong Dorothy? You never cry. You can't cry. It's like you're immune to it or something."
"Well I sure as hell can now!" Dorothy cried. "I, I can't believe I was so stupid to think that Relena would have feelings for me!" Duo was again surprised. Who was she calling a fag?
"Huh?" Duo asked. "Relena and you? Well, that would have seemed more likely than her and Quatre, but Hilde and Trowa..." Duo buried his face in his hands.
"There's a party tonight," Dorothy began. "If I, if I get Heero here he'll screw everything with Quatre and Relena. She'll fall head over heels for him like she always does. I, I have to get him here!" She ran out of the room quickly. Duo wanted to follow her. If there was one person that he didn't want here it was Heero, but Duo knew there was no way Dorothy could get him here... or could she?