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Relena spent many hours outside, keeping to herself more than usual. For once in her life, she thought about what she would do with her life, other than help being the Vice Foreign Minister and her other job at the port where they load and launch the newly acquired mobile suits which were then gifted to the former Gundam pilots. She had her own special reasons for staying near the very machines that she tried to rid the Earth of.
"Heero..."
Relena tried very hard to not think of what he said to her, harsher than she thought was possible in a human being. It was almost like he didn't feel a thing, like he was only capable of harsh words towards possibly the only one that really cared for him. Relena clenched her fists, trying to avert her attention to other lesser matters. She got up from the blue-striped chair to walk over to the already frosted window.
"Hmm..."
Being alone in the well furnished cabin left her calmer and more at ease, without the daily worries she use to encounter back at the Sanq Kingdom mansion, which was still currently being restored to proper order and in the same tradition as of old. She brought up a finger to brush away a strand of hair that fell over her cheek, before hearing the silent door bell ring. She turned around in confusion, walking towards it to look out the long glass window on the side of the door, seeing a man no older than herself waiting there with what looked to be a newspaper and a bag of groceries. She opened the door hesitantly, looking the man up and down, seeing how plain he looked, with a long brown coat that reached just above his blue-jeaned knees.
"Can I help you?
The man looked at her rather shocked to see her there, instead of the usual Milliardo who occupied it during his off time with Lucrezia.
"Yes...you must be Relena...I have heard of you before, but I didn't know...you would be here, I was expecting your brother. I have the newspaper here for him, but since he isn't here perhaps you would like it?"
He handed her the newspaper with a curious brow, his eyes not straying from her blue eyes, making her feel uncomfortable in a strange and awkward way, which was never felt by her before.
"Yes..thank you...Mr...?"
He smiled at her as if he was waiting for her to ask for his name, tilting the edge of his grey hat forward in respect.
"The name is Jason. Jason Shepard. It's a pleasure to meet you."
And with that he grabbed her hand surprisingly and gave her a quick polite kiss before releasing it, bringing his hand behind his head hesitantly to ease his nerves.
"Please forgive me, I am not use to being around a pretty girl such as yourself."
His speech and bland use of words made her blush all the same. She gave him a second look, giving him a larger smile than previously given.
"Thank you, no need to be forgiven...it's quite alright..thank you."
She smiled before stepping away from the door mat and gestured inside the house, nodding to him.
"Would you care to come in? It would be great if you showed me around this place..you could very well know more about this cabin than I do."
Within seconds after she said that, he was inside and bowing his head, taking the grey hat off and clenching onto it nervously with gloved fingers. He kept a deep smile on his rough features that seemed to appeal to Relena.
"So Mr. Shepard, would you be so kind as to tell me your position in this small village?"
The rough-featured man gave her a brief smile, before nodding his head, turning his attention to the window to his right.
"Well, being such a comfortable place here in this village, I made a living taking care of the cabins and houses that aren't being occupied while the owners are at their original houses. This village is a popular place to relax and have a fun time. Maybe.."
She nodded her head, waiting for him to continue his short speech, but realizing instead of the deep shade of red that occupied his features currently, she gave him a smile and a laugh.
"..maybe?"
He looked up at him and then looked down at his feet awkwardly, bringing up a gloved hand to cough into politely before nodding his head.
"Yes...well...perhaps I could show you around? It's a lovely place to visit, and you might enjoy this cabin more if you knew your surroundings a bit more."
Relena was quite taken back, but smiled all the same. She was actually flattered at the odd question directed at her, but never really being invited to places other than conventions, meetings, and councils, she found this quite an honor.
"Of course! I mean...of course, Mr. Shepard, that would be very pleasing."
Jason Shepard looked up at her sheepishly before giving her a deep grin.
"You can call me Jason. But I must go now, I will come back to give you an approximate time to when I will be able to show you around."
With that, he held out his arms to give her the groceries that seemed to be forgotten, and was out the door in a second walking down the long path that led to the main road. Relena stood outside of the door, looking at him while leaning against the oak frame of the door, not realizing that about 100 meters away a small camera was fixated on her every action and movement.
~That night, at the base~
"Please repeat what you said."
Heero tried keeping his composure and anger, which was not vented up and ready to explode through his ears at any moment. After hearing the news that Relena was at the cabin, without informing him, and to top it off accepted an offer from a complete stranger out on what seemed to be a date. There was no reason for Heero not to pull out his gun and kill everyone he saw right then, right now. Besides the fact that Heero made the choice to not show any feelings towards Relena, or show any sign of feelings towards her to not let her get the wrong idea towards him.
"Well...Mr.....Y-yuy...I have been informed that...she has...been seen at the cabin, alone by h-herself....and was seen talking to a m-man..."
In any other situation, this information would seem useless if Relena's name was not included into it. Heero turned towards the man, and then turned back towards the computer that sat in front of him. The man that was standing behind him looked at him cautiously and curiously.
"May I ask...why this information is..needed?"
Heero did not even think about answering his question, but instead continued to work on the computer in front of him. The silence gave the other man that he was excused, and as he was about to exit the office of Heero Yuy's, Heero muttered a few harsh but simple words.
"Tell no one."
Relena spent many hours outside, keeping to herself more than usual. For once in her life, she thought about what she would do with her life, other than help being the Vice Foreign Minister and her other job at the port where they load and launch the newly acquired mobile suits which were then gifted to the former Gundam pilots. She had her own special reasons for staying near the very machines that she tried to rid the Earth of.
"Heero..."
Relena tried very hard to not think of what he said to her, harsher than she thought was possible in a human being. It was almost like he didn't feel a thing, like he was only capable of harsh words towards possibly the only one that really cared for him. Relena clenched her fists, trying to avert her attention to other lesser matters. She got up from the blue-striped chair to walk over to the already frosted window.
"Hmm..."
Being alone in the well furnished cabin left her calmer and more at ease, without the daily worries she use to encounter back at the Sanq Kingdom mansion, which was still currently being restored to proper order and in the same tradition as of old. She brought up a finger to brush away a strand of hair that fell over her cheek, before hearing the silent door bell ring. She turned around in confusion, walking towards it to look out the long glass window on the side of the door, seeing a man no older than herself waiting there with what looked to be a newspaper and a bag of groceries. She opened the door hesitantly, looking the man up and down, seeing how plain he looked, with a long brown coat that reached just above his blue-jeaned knees.
"Can I help you?
The man looked at her rather shocked to see her there, instead of the usual Milliardo who occupied it during his off time with Lucrezia.
"Yes...you must be Relena...I have heard of you before, but I didn't know...you would be here, I was expecting your brother. I have the newspaper here for him, but since he isn't here perhaps you would like it?"
He handed her the newspaper with a curious brow, his eyes not straying from her blue eyes, making her feel uncomfortable in a strange and awkward way, which was never felt by her before.
"Yes..thank you...Mr...?"
He smiled at her as if he was waiting for her to ask for his name, tilting the edge of his grey hat forward in respect.
"The name is Jason. Jason Shepard. It's a pleasure to meet you."
And with that he grabbed her hand surprisingly and gave her a quick polite kiss before releasing it, bringing his hand behind his head hesitantly to ease his nerves.
"Please forgive me, I am not use to being around a pretty girl such as yourself."
His speech and bland use of words made her blush all the same. She gave him a second look, giving him a larger smile than previously given.
"Thank you, no need to be forgiven...it's quite alright..thank you."
She smiled before stepping away from the door mat and gestured inside the house, nodding to him.
"Would you care to come in? It would be great if you showed me around this place..you could very well know more about this cabin than I do."
Within seconds after she said that, he was inside and bowing his head, taking the grey hat off and clenching onto it nervously with gloved fingers. He kept a deep smile on his rough features that seemed to appeal to Relena.
"So Mr. Shepard, would you be so kind as to tell me your position in this small village?"
The rough-featured man gave her a brief smile, before nodding his head, turning his attention to the window to his right.
"Well, being such a comfortable place here in this village, I made a living taking care of the cabins and houses that aren't being occupied while the owners are at their original houses. This village is a popular place to relax and have a fun time. Maybe.."
She nodded her head, waiting for him to continue his short speech, but realizing instead of the deep shade of red that occupied his features currently, she gave him a smile and a laugh.
"..maybe?"
He looked up at him and then looked down at his feet awkwardly, bringing up a gloved hand to cough into politely before nodding his head.
"Yes...well...perhaps I could show you around? It's a lovely place to visit, and you might enjoy this cabin more if you knew your surroundings a bit more."
Relena was quite taken back, but smiled all the same. She was actually flattered at the odd question directed at her, but never really being invited to places other than conventions, meetings, and councils, she found this quite an honor.
"Of course! I mean...of course, Mr. Shepard, that would be very pleasing."
Jason Shepard looked up at her sheepishly before giving her a deep grin.
"You can call me Jason. But I must go now, I will come back to give you an approximate time to when I will be able to show you around."
With that, he held out his arms to give her the groceries that seemed to be forgotten, and was out the door in a second walking down the long path that led to the main road. Relena stood outside of the door, looking at him while leaning against the oak frame of the door, not realizing that about 100 meters away a small camera was fixated on her every action and movement.
~That night, at the base~
"Please repeat what you said."
Heero tried keeping his composure and anger, which was not vented up and ready to explode through his ears at any moment. After hearing the news that Relena was at the cabin, without informing him, and to top it off accepted an offer from a complete stranger out on what seemed to be a date. There was no reason for Heero not to pull out his gun and kill everyone he saw right then, right now. Besides the fact that Heero made the choice to not show any feelings towards Relena, or show any sign of feelings towards her to not let her get the wrong idea towards him.
"Well...Mr.....Y-yuy...I have been informed that...she has...been seen at the cabin, alone by h-herself....and was seen talking to a m-man..."
In any other situation, this information would seem useless if Relena's name was not included into it. Heero turned towards the man, and then turned back towards the computer that sat in front of him. The man that was standing behind him looked at him cautiously and curiously.
"May I ask...why this information is..needed?"
Heero did not even think about answering his question, but instead continued to work on the computer in front of him. The silence gave the other man that he was excused, and as he was about to exit the office of Heero Yuy's, Heero muttered a few harsh but simple words.
"Tell no one."