Piece 3: The Reunion

Relena and the five pilots were all loitering on the balcony of the school. Heero, who was standing next to Duo on the balcony, was lost in thought. Perhaps more plans to attack OZ. Duo and Quatre were busy having some chit-chat with Relena.

"Oh, have you seen that woman who was crying over you on TV?" Quatre asked.

"Yeah, but if ever she had worked for the Peacecrafts, I couldn't remember her at all," was all Relena could muster to say.

"Say, your brother's name is Milliardo?" Duo asked, as if it was the weirdest name he had heard in years. "It sounded like a haciendero."

And the three laughed, yet their laughter couldn't break through Heero's thoughts. Wufei, meanwhile, had brought up his motorcycle, and Trowa had tried to sit on it.

"Your motorcycle's cool, Wufei," Trowa commented.

"Thanks," was Wufei's reply.

Just then, some schoolgirls from the journalism club went over to them.

"Ano….Trowa-kun and Wufei-kun, can we take pictures of you?" one girl asked

"This is for the 'Eye Candy' corner for our publication," her friend explained.

Trowa looked at Wufei before responding.

"I'm cool," he replied.

"Watashi mo (me too)," Wufei replied.

So, Trowa posed, riding on Wufei's motorcycle, and Wufei stood beside his vehicle. Both girls sighed happily to see Wufei smiling. Both guys in their uniform plus a motorcycle sure spelled out kakkoii (cool)…. ^_^ Awwww…… But the guys didn't know that the girls had included Quatre, Relena, Duo, and Heero in the picture.

The boys had almost topped the tests in their finals. Sure, Heero had no answer to the test question Duo was pestering him, but he had the trinomials Quatre had asked Trowa about. And among the boys, Quatre almost aced it. Wufei, who had lamented over his results previously, had a score of 90/100. Because of their good standing, Relena invited the guys to her house for a sleepover and to give them a congratulatory gift—her homemade cake.

Relena, who was infatuated with Heero all along, handed him the cake. It was a chiffon cake, with white icing and strawberries, all combined on top and in between each layer of the cake. Just then, Duo and Quatre irked him with their hungry.

"Hey, you give me cake, you hear me?" Duo said as he reached for the cake Heero was trying to take away. "Hey! Hey, give me cake! I'm hungry!"

"Heero will give us cake, right, Heero?" Quatre said. "After all, Relena gave it for us."

Hero didn't speak but selfishly raised the cake so Duo can't reach it. Unfortunately for him, two others had fancied the cake. Trowa had six plates in one hand and reached for the icing with his other hand. He tasted it silently so Heero wouldn't know he was stealing. Wufei had a knife in his hand, and he was so dying to use it on the cake.

"Come on, Heero, give us cake!" he thought.

Relena laughed demurely. Although these guys were violent pilots (the kind-hearted Quatre included), they had soft spots for cakes.

Heero put down the cake and grabbed Duo by the collar before exiting. So, the cake was open for the others to eat.

"Let's do this thing," Wufei said, holding the knife playfully.

Trowa and Quatre watched as Wufei concentrated in thought and performed all those intricate martial arts technique just to slice a cake. In their amazement, the cake still looked whole—then split into six equal parts in a matter of seconds. Quatre clapped his hands in delight.

"Suteki (Splendid)!" he squealed.

Trowa offered to put the cake on each plate, which he did. One for each of them, plus Relena.

"Uhm….Trowa, no need to include me," Relena said.

"I'd give it to Sally, then," Wufei interrupted.

Trowa looked at Wufei. "Sally?" he asked the Chinese guy.

Relena entertained the media in her common room. It was always like this even before, when she still took the Darlian surname. Being TV was never new to her. She had invited Zechs Merquise and Treize Khushrenada for the press conference because the director of Gundam Wing had ordered ceasefire, and had wanted the cast to promote their TV series.

And true enough, among the guests was the Latina who was featured on TV. When she knew that Relena Darlian was the true Relena Peacecraft, she burst into tears and hugged the young girl. There, in front of millions worldwide, the woman announced herself as a certain Illuminada Cruz, or Minada, as Relena had fondly called her before. Even Pargan, the faithful old chauffer and confidante of Relena, identified her positively. In her nostalgia, Relena burst into tears and hugged the woman. After all those crying, the woman took out the fan.

"Oh, if Don Milliardo is still alive, I would be sure he would recognize the fan," she said.

Zechs cleared his throat.

"Ah, my good Madame, I happen to know him, and if he were here, I am sure he will remember the fan."

The woman cried again.

"Please, my good Sir, if you see him, I beg you to give him this fan," the woman Illuminada said.

"Oh yes, I will do it," Zechs said upon receiving the fan.

He smiled his winning smile, and in that instant, Illuminada recognized the little Don Milliardo in this fierce OZ soldier. Even with his mask, his smile was unmistakably Milliardo. In her awe, she was unable to speak, thus his little secret was safe with her.

The press continued to ask them regarding Earth and Space matters, and all those gobbledygook. Some even inquired regarding Lady Une's and Lucrezia Noin's whereabouts.

"Ah, Lady Une went to London," Treize replied, "To endorse Burberry and Victoria's Secret."

"Noin took the leave for the time being to promote her newest single, 'Love's There'," Zechs piped up. "It'll be out in record bars next week."

Wufei wrapped the cake in a foil when Quatre went over to him and looked at the Chinese guy with pleading eyes.

"Can I have the cake, please?" Quatre asked politely. "I'm still hungry."

Wufei squinted his already-squinted eyes.

"I swear, Quatre, that if you continue looking at me like that, I would give you cat food so you'll get off me," Wufei said. "Now get out of here and steal some munchies from Relena's cupboard. I know she won't mind.

Quatre did as told.

"Tadaima (I'm home)!" Wufei called out.

"Oi, okaeri (Welcome home)!" the rugged men said.

"Is she up yet?" Wufei asked regarding Sally.

"Ee (yup), she is," the youngest of the rebels replied. "Just go over to her room. She must be waiting for you."

Sally? Waiting for him? Wufei's heart fluttered.

"Hey,' he greeted Sally.

"Hi Wufei, what's up?" she greeted weakly.

"I've got a surprise for you," he said as he placed the foiled pack on the plate.

"It's a piece of cake, isn't it?" she coyly asked him.

He smiled at her correct answer. He fixed and served the yummy snack to her.

"Relena baked this for me and the guys, and I was thinking if I could bring you some," he shared.

"Oh, please extend my thanks to her," she replied.

He watched her in silence as she ate the cake. She didn't notice that her lips were slightly smeared with icing.

"Ah, oishii (delicious)!!!!" the ex-Federation surgeon exclaimed like a schoolgirl.

Wufei smiled, bent over her, and kissed her as he playfully licked the icing off her lips. Sally had no idea that this Gundam pilot had feelings for her, so she just kissed him back. After their sweet kiss, they withdrew, and Wufei remarked as he licked his upper lip.

"Yeah, it's delicious."