Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing. :)

A/N: Hi! This is a series of episodes of Heero and Relena's relationship as inspired by the songs of one of my favorite artists, Katy Perry. These episodes are all set after the storyline of the whole Gundam Wing saga (including the mangas, the series, etc. except for Frozen Teardrop), wherein Relena is the ESUN representative to the colonies and Heero is the head of her security. :)


Teenage Dream

A 1xR fanfic by Ines Kanoyan

General/Romance


Chapter 4 – Lost


Relena woke up to intensely bright rays of light and a heavy head. She struggled with keeping her eyes open but as she did, a blonde haired woman was watching her, eager for her to wake up.

"Hi," Dorothy Catalonia greeted her. "how are you feeling, princess?"

Relena winced as a sharp pain throbbed in her head. She tried sitting up but found it very hard, she felt really weak and dehydrated. Dorothy immediately assisted her and put a tower of pillows behind her so she could lean on them.

"Here, have a glass of water," she said, as she handed her a glass of water.

The water helped a little. Relena felt she could somehow talk again.

"What happened? And what time is it?" were among the questions lingering inside her head.

Dorothy smiled tensely before replying, "before I say anything, promise me you won't freak out?"

No one says that sentence if, what they were about to tell you, was not a reason for someone to freak out.

"What?!" Relena immediately found herself freaking out. This was Dorothy after all.

"Hey, relax-"

"Dorothy! I swear to God, if you don't tell me what's happening, I will drop all my pacifist ideals and strangle you!" Relena threatened loudly, gaining some new found strength.

Dorothy moved away from the bed and raised her hands in surrender.

"Ok, ok, please calm down will you-"

Suddenly, the door opened and spewed out a very worried Duo Maxwell. He barged in so suddenly and almost didn't realize Relena was up.

"Dorothy, we've got a problem-"

Dorothy glared at him so hard he froze. He then had the time to look at the current situation and saw a fired up Relena on the bed and a very tensed Dorothy standing across from her.

Relena turned to the braided man and said, "What is that problem?"

"Um, it's nothing, mind if I snatch Dorothy for a sec, princess?" He said, as he pulled Dorothy out with him and shut the door behind him, leaving a very pissed pacifist princess.

"Geez, Duo, you actually saved me!" Dorothy sighed as they stood a few feet away outside Relena's room.

"What, I'm about to tell you, will only get us into more trouble," he said tensely.

"Spill, Maxwell."

"Heero's gone."

Dorothy thought she heard it wrong. "What?! What do you mean gone?"

"He is nowhere to be found and he sent Une an email, informing her he was quitting his job." Duo said, getting more nervous as he said every word to Dorothy.

Dorothy shook her head in disbelief. "This is getting worse, did you talk to him?"

"I wasn't able to, he already left. But, someone may have beat me to it and so this happened." Duo explained.

"What do you mean?" Dorothy bellowed not liking where this was headed. "You were supposed to be with him all the time until he wakes up! I was with Relena! Your assignment was Heero!"

"I know, I know, but I did not expect him to wake up that soon. I figured I'd go outside and use the toilet and when I came back he was gone."

"What?! Maxwell!" Dorothy cried in frustration. "And then what?"

"Then, Une calls me and then I see Zechs interrogating Heero,"

"Zechs? What?! And you allowed that?!" Dorothy cried, more frustrated than ever.

"I figured, nothing bad will come of it since Heero was completely clueless. And Une started giving instructions about this urgent mission Heero was supposed to do but cannot, so I figured I'd do it to get into his good side, so when I would have to talk to him, he would not kill me." Duo explained amidst Dorothy's deadly glares.

Dorothy sighed. Things got pretty bad, pretty quickly. And it might be hard to admit but, this wasn't exactly Duo's fault, what he said actually made a lot of sense. Heero could actually kill him, if he knew what his friend did.

"I'm sorry, but will you please try and make Relena not to worry?" Duo pleaded. "I will do my best to look for him and explain things to him and try to stay alive in the process."

Dorothy sighed more heavily this time. Relena. What would she do with her?

Suddenly, a door opened, revealing, a struggling Relena, hoping to get to them.

"Hey guys, I need to know what happened?" she said weakly.

"I've got something to do, princess! Dorothy will be happy to fill you in, see ya!" Duo cried and ran away, leaving Dorothy alone with Relena.


Every gossip news website and even some prominent news channels had their own version of what went down at the music festival in L2. Normally, music festivals didn't make it into news websites but this one almost hit a record breaking number of views.

VICE FOREIGN MINISTER RELENA DARLIAN KISSING A HOT GUY IN AN L2 MUSIC FESTIVAL

VICE FOREIGN MINISTER RELENA DARLIAN ENJOYS SOME TONGUE ON TONGUE ACTION WITH HER BEAU

VICE FOREIGN MINISTER RELENA DARLIAN TOO HOT TOO HANDLE IN HER DISGUISE, SMOOCHING WITH HER FIANCEE

Pictures of her and Heero sharing an intimate makeout session flooded the websites. There were even videos of them kissing before her body guards, blocked and human barricaded them and took them apart and into safety.

Relena's head felt like it was about to explode. She remembered how hot Heero was that night and how he kissed her. But, she couldn't remember anything else. Did they really made out? And in public? Heero was cool with it?

From the videos and the pictures, Heero was all over her like a wild animal. It was hard to believe that her perfect soldier would lose his control and act like that, when he had been behaving perfectly in control the whole time. Relena just didn't get it.

"Dorothy, what happened? Do you have any idea?" Relena asked as she shut the laptop down. "Everything was fine last night,"

"That was not last night, Relena. You've been asleep for one whole day." Dorothy corrected.

Relena's eyes widened in disbelief. "One whole day? Did I drink that much?"

Dorothy sat down beside her in the bed and held her hands.

"Relena, I'm really, really sorry, this was never meant to turn out like this." Dorothy apologized sincerely, which made Relena more confused.

"I don't understand,"

"I planned all of this, with help from Duo. We wanted to loosen Heero up so we spiked your drinks." Dorothy explained.

"Dorothy, we know we were drinking alcohol, what do you mean 'spiked'?" Relena asked, when she suddenly realized something. "Don't tell me you put something more?"

Dorothy nodded slowly. Relena snatched her hands off Dorothy and covered her face. "What was in our drinks?"

"Party drugs, a downer for you and an upper for Heero."

Relena stared wide eyed at Dorothy. "Why would you do that?!"

"To help you guys loosen up and it actually worked! Heero was all over you!" Dorothy said, trying to reason out. "If not only he was too intense that he actually ripped off your disguise and people started noticing, but it was working!"

"Oh, God, Dorothy, so everything was true! Those videos, those photos were true! Oh my God!" Relena cried as she buried herself in her pillows.

"Sorry, Relena, sorry," were the only things Dorothy could say, as she tried to calm down her friend.


I'm out on my own again

Face down in the porcelain

Feeling so high but looking so low

It was the first time in two years Heero woke up without a job, without his purpose. He was technically free. He decided to quit his job yesterday, the only job he felt he could do; the job he knew he was the best at. But, now he knew they were lies, lies he believed because he wanted to be with her so badly.


When he woke up the day after the music festival, his head felt like it was shattering into a million pieces. But, that was no big deal. The big deal was, despite the pain in his head, memories of last night, flooded his being.

He remembered how beautiful she was, unencumbered, uninhibited. She was swaying to the music without a care in the world, like the carefree teenager she was before she became a politician. Before the world claimed her to be its own, Relena was a young, carefree, fearless and fun-loving teenage girl.

He remembered how she clung to him, her smell overpowered everything in him that kept him from giving in to her. He strangely felt so sensitive that night. Everything that Relena did, got to him and he knew he messed up.

All those years of controlling himself, conditioning himself led to this moment when he gave in and it all went crashing down.

A knock on the door came and Lady Une and Zechs emerged from behind. Heero gathered all his strength to stand up and give his respects to his superiors.

"Come with us," Zech gruffly ordered and they were on their feet.

Heero knew what was coming. Slowly, the events from last night went back to him, but they were hazy and blurred. He remembered being pulled apart from Relena, security swarming up onto them. He remembered flashes of light and people with their phones, flashing, flashing and flashing of lights.

They were all over the papers and in the internet. He saw before his eyes how he had lost his control and how wild he had become. He had managed to take down Relena's wig, without him even realizing it. Breaking her disguise and their intense make up session catching the eye of fellow music lovers.

Lady Une gave the floor to Zechs. It was rare for him to make an appearance in the Preventers HQ, for he was currently on a special project in Mars. But, of course, this was a special case, it involved her beloved sister. Heero braced himself for his wrath.

Instead, Zechs was calm. Heero had known him for his viciousness when it comes to combat and he expected him to lash out on him for what had happened. Instead, he acknowledged it.

He said, he had known how his sister had that effect on him. He said, that he wouldn't be alive if not for his feelings for his sister. He said, that he had respected him ever since, up until yesterday.

He said, he never thought of him as someone who would let his guard down and take advantage of his sister in public. Heero winced at his words, because he was both right and wrong.

Zechs continued on and challenged Heero to reflect on his actions. Was it the right thing to do? As her personal security? Was his actions rightful, as someone who swore to protect her and guard her safety?

"Maybe, you should consider thinking about yourself as the danger to her? Do you know how to protect her from yourself?"


Those words echoed in Heero's mind endlessly. That's what he has been doing all along, if only Zechs knew that. It was hard to hear and it hit so deep because Heero felt the same way. As he looked at the paparazzi shots and the amateur shots splattered all over the net, he wanted to assassinate himself for allowing this to happen. It certainly looked like he was taking advantage of her. Hard as it may be to admit, he respected Zechs, too and he knew how much the guy loves his sister. And his words hit straight through to his core and he knew, he wasn't worthy.

It only cemented his decision to leave and resign from his post as her protector. He did not, could not trust himself when it came to her. If Zechs' words had this effect on him, he did not know what would happen to him if he were to face Relena. Hell, he could not face her, would not dare face her.

Have you ever been so lost

Known the way and still so lost

Caught in the eye of a hurricane

Can't find the way cause the way is gone

So if I pray am I just sending words into outer space

Have you ever been so lost

Known the way and still so lost

Is there a light

Is there a light

At the end of the road

To be continued…

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