Thanks for reading this on-going drabbles. I appreciate it. Here's the second one, hope you like it.
I wrote this while I was at work, was bored because I have no more deals to write. Review, if you like. No pressure there, though.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing. Just this story.
Two: Glance
It's the annual get-together of the Gundam pilots and their friends. The first get-together three years ago was spearheaded by Duo and Hilde. Duo insisted that they meet again after the war because he missed everyone.
The other pilots attended. Albeit with different reasons and different reactions when they found out.
Heero mostly grunted. Duo had managed to track him down and dragged him to the venue.
Trowa came because Catherine wanted to. He does not have a choice.
Quatre came because Dorothy blackmailed him into doing so. They have developed a sort-of weird friendship consisting of Dorothy visiting him and mocking him and Quatre blushing and managing to retort in some of their conversation. He managed to get past the sarcasm.
Wufei went with Sally Po. He truly does not see the point to meeting again after the war but Sally insisted that it would be good for them to meet again. They're friends after all.
'We are not friends. We are comrades.' Wufei said. Sally just rolled her eyes and continued her task.
The first get together was a success. Duo decided it should be and it did.
The girls cooked and baked all day. They wanted the event to be special.
The second get-together has been a fuss free event.
They just went to Quatre's house since he decided to be the host for the second get-together. Everything was prepared by Quatre and Dorothy, who was with him at that point.
Everything seemed normal. The girls were excited and talked about their latest work, latest fashion, latest trend in the colonies they were based and generally, what has been happening in their lives… specifically, their love life. That's the most juicy part.
Everyone came. Partly because they wanted to. The first one has been fun and though they would not admit this, they needed each other. But the big part of their decisions was because it was Dorothy Catalonia who invited them.
The food was great, the service at the Winner mansion was, as expected, one of the finest.
Everything went as usual except Quatre announced something shocking. Quatre and Dorothy are to be married and they are all invited. Dorothy looked at them one by one and they all knew that they have to attend. Dorothy is powerful like that.
The third get together oozed with stableness. Most of the Gundam pilots and their friends got the hang of the life after war. They looked almost normal now though they knew they weren't.
They blend in and somehow, the get-togethers were one way of being themselves. Breaking away from the norm and just be themselves.
This get-together is as normal as what a family gathering could get.
Hilde and Duo are expecting their first child. She is due next month and Duo has been treating her like porcelain and never left her side.
Dorothy and Quatre are also expecting their first child. But Dorothy is in her second month and it does not show yet.
Sally and Wufei are together but they are taking things slow.
Trowa is still Trowa. Always present with him is his sister, Catherine.
And Heero...
Hn.
Heero stared at the festivities. The women were talking over the latest news about themselves. Duo is near them as he does not like to be away from Hilde for the most part.
He does not know why he bothered going to these get-togethers. The first one, he was dragged. The second one, Dorothy blackmailed him. And now… no one is forcing him. Even in the first two gatherings. He could have made an appearance and leave as quickly as he have come. But he didn't. He stayed and he wondered what's keeping him.
"Heero…" Relena Peacecraft caught his attention. He glanced at her before looking away. Relena Peacecraft. The girl he had attempted to kill once. The Former Queen of the World. The Vice Foreign Minister.
The one who holds his heart. And… the reason why he's always present.
Now he knew.
"Relena."