"I really wish you and Amanda wouldn't fight so." Relena told Heero. "You're just too much alike for your own good." She reached back and undid the pale blue bow that held her hair in a ponytail. Shaking out her long light brown tresses, she ran a brush through her hair.
"I just don't want her getting hurt! What's so wrong with that?" He asked. He dropped his novel on the night stand and laid his pillow back down flat.
"Nothing, but you still have to give her room to grow. She's been pretty well on her own for the past two years and she's become accustomed to having her freedom." She put the brush down and slid under the covers next to him. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her up close so that her head was laying on his chest.
"I suppose, but you saw what the other pilots and I had to go through. It nearly killed me and I was used to war. Amanda's softer than I am. It'll destroy her."
"She's not a child. She's a woman."
"I know, Relena. But in my eyes, she's still that seven year old orphan. You didn't even know her and you took pity." He looked at her and smiled. "That's one of the things I love about you." She glanced at the engagement ring on her finger.
"I love you too. That's why I can't wait for June to come."
"Our wedding is only a month away. Seems like an eternity."
"Nothing is eternal. That's why we must live our lives now." He brushed her bangs aside and kissed her lightly on her forehead. She drifted off shortly after that, but her final words kept him awake for a long time.
"Ow!" Duo yelped as he hit his head on the night stand beside his bed. Falling out of bed had proven to be a rude awakening.
"Well, it's about time you woke up." Quatre told him. Duo's vision finally cleared so he could see his friend sitting at the table with a cup of tea and a biscuit. "This is just like ten years ago."
"What do you mean? Me sleeping in until..." Duo glanced at the clock. "...10:30 and you already up, dressed and well, organized?"
"No, I meant that you still talk in your sleep."
"I do not! I haven't since I was eighteen!"
"Then when did the royal family arrive last night?"
"Okay well, maybe I still do sometimes."
"You snore too."
"All right already! I get the picture!" Duo said. He smirked. "Oh I know what's going on. Now that Denise had to go back home, you're just mad cause you're not gettin' any."
"Duo!"
"He he, I'm just kiddin'."
"Besides. You're not one to talk." Quatre muttered.
"What was that?"
"Oh nothing."
"Where's the hair brush?" Duo said, gesturing to his long and unbraided chestnut hair.
"On the dresser." Duo bounded over, grabbed the brush and started brushing out his brown locks.
"Hey, Curtis!" Amie exclaimed happily. He continued to study the papers that were sprawled out on the table in front of him. He's got that damn discman on again... She thought. She ran over to him and pulled the headphones off of him. He glanced up.
"What's up?" She greeted him as she grabbed a chair an sat down next to him.
"Ah, nothing much. I was looking over these plans for Deathscythe Hell Custom. This thing was awesome. I can't wait to get Dragon's Inferno."
"That's what you're naming your Gundam?"
"Yup!" Curtis replied proudly. "I was thinking about it all night."
"Yeah it's pretty cool. I haven't started to think about it yet. Our Gundams won't have the Zero system, will they?"
"Amanda's will. But you and me won't have to deal with it, thank God. Apparently it's pretty scary if ya don't know what your doin'."
"I know. I was talking to my uncle last night. Do you think Amanda will be able to handle the Zero system?"
"Amanda's strong. But I've been told what that system can do to a person's mind. She's kind of used to using it, but I just don't know. I'm scared she's gonna flip out like some of the other pilots did."
"You really care about her, don't you?"
"I do." He sighed. "Not that it really matters."
"Why?"
"Cause she... Well, her heart belongs to another."
"What do you mean 'another'? Who else could it be?" Curtis smirked.
"You haven't noticed?"
"Noticed what?!"
"Who she's in love with."
"If I had would I be asking you?"
"That's a good point."
"So who is it?"
"All right, but you didn't hear this from me." He told her. She nodded. "It's Yuy."
"Heero?! She's in love with Heero?"
"Who else do you know with that last name?"
"Nobody."
"Exactly. She admires him like you wouldn't believe. It's nearly breaking her heart that Heero and Relena are getting married in a month. If that weren't bad enough, Relena has asked her to be the Maid of Honour." He took deep breath. "So, in the long run, I don't really matter."
"Oh don't say that. I'm sure she'll see what's in front of her face before too long. Just give her time."
"Midii?" Noin asked. "Do you remember what the password is for the Lake Victoria base?"
"I thought you knew." Lady Une replied.
"So that means we can't get on to the site." Noin said with a sigh.
"Why do we need to?"
"Because that's the only place that the plans for Wing Zero Custom are. Duo still had the blueprints for his, and same goes for Quatre. But Heero didn't keep them."
"Doesn't Zechs know what the password is? After all, he is working as an instructor there isn't he?"
"Occasionally. I'll give him a call." Noin reached into her pocket and whipped out her cell phone. She hit one of the speed dial buttons and soon the phone began to ring.
"Hello, Zechs Marquise speaking." He answered.
"Hey, Zechs!" She greeted him happily.
"Hello, Noin. How is everything up there?"
"Not great. Heero and Amanda aren't speaking and we can't find the password to access Wing Zero's plans."
"You mean the site password?"
"Right. Do you know it?"
"Of course. It's YDN3761." She typed in the keys and got onto the plans with no problem.
"Great! Thanks!" She was about to hang up when she quickly remembered something. "You are going to come with me to the Sank Kingdom to Heero and Relena's wedding right?"
"Why wouldn't I, Lucretia? She is my sister after all. I'll be returning the week before the ceremony."
"Okay. See you, honey!" She hung up and scanned the plans, checking to see that everything was in order.
"Do they seem all right?" Lady Une asked.
"Yup. Everything's just the way it was ten years ago. Set up the printer and we'll start making the necessary modifications."
"I just don't want her getting hurt! What's so wrong with that?" He asked. He dropped his novel on the night stand and laid his pillow back down flat.
"Nothing, but you still have to give her room to grow. She's been pretty well on her own for the past two years and she's become accustomed to having her freedom." She put the brush down and slid under the covers next to him. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her up close so that her head was laying on his chest.
"I suppose, but you saw what the other pilots and I had to go through. It nearly killed me and I was used to war. Amanda's softer than I am. It'll destroy her."
"She's not a child. She's a woman."
"I know, Relena. But in my eyes, she's still that seven year old orphan. You didn't even know her and you took pity." He looked at her and smiled. "That's one of the things I love about you." She glanced at the engagement ring on her finger.
"I love you too. That's why I can't wait for June to come."
"Our wedding is only a month away. Seems like an eternity."
"Nothing is eternal. That's why we must live our lives now." He brushed her bangs aside and kissed her lightly on her forehead. She drifted off shortly after that, but her final words kept him awake for a long time.
"Ow!" Duo yelped as he hit his head on the night stand beside his bed. Falling out of bed had proven to be a rude awakening.
"Well, it's about time you woke up." Quatre told him. Duo's vision finally cleared so he could see his friend sitting at the table with a cup of tea and a biscuit. "This is just like ten years ago."
"What do you mean? Me sleeping in until..." Duo glanced at the clock. "...10:30 and you already up, dressed and well, organized?"
"No, I meant that you still talk in your sleep."
"I do not! I haven't since I was eighteen!"
"Then when did the royal family arrive last night?"
"Okay well, maybe I still do sometimes."
"You snore too."
"All right already! I get the picture!" Duo said. He smirked. "Oh I know what's going on. Now that Denise had to go back home, you're just mad cause you're not gettin' any."
"Duo!"
"He he, I'm just kiddin'."
"Besides. You're not one to talk." Quatre muttered.
"What was that?"
"Oh nothing."
"Where's the hair brush?" Duo said, gesturing to his long and unbraided chestnut hair.
"On the dresser." Duo bounded over, grabbed the brush and started brushing out his brown locks.
"Hey, Curtis!" Amie exclaimed happily. He continued to study the papers that were sprawled out on the table in front of him. He's got that damn discman on again... She thought. She ran over to him and pulled the headphones off of him. He glanced up.
"What's up?" She greeted him as she grabbed a chair an sat down next to him.
"Ah, nothing much. I was looking over these plans for Deathscythe Hell Custom. This thing was awesome. I can't wait to get Dragon's Inferno."
"That's what you're naming your Gundam?"
"Yup!" Curtis replied proudly. "I was thinking about it all night."
"Yeah it's pretty cool. I haven't started to think about it yet. Our Gundams won't have the Zero system, will they?"
"Amanda's will. But you and me won't have to deal with it, thank God. Apparently it's pretty scary if ya don't know what your doin'."
"I know. I was talking to my uncle last night. Do you think Amanda will be able to handle the Zero system?"
"Amanda's strong. But I've been told what that system can do to a person's mind. She's kind of used to using it, but I just don't know. I'm scared she's gonna flip out like some of the other pilots did."
"You really care about her, don't you?"
"I do." He sighed. "Not that it really matters."
"Why?"
"Cause she... Well, her heart belongs to another."
"What do you mean 'another'? Who else could it be?" Curtis smirked.
"You haven't noticed?"
"Noticed what?!"
"Who she's in love with."
"If I had would I be asking you?"
"That's a good point."
"So who is it?"
"All right, but you didn't hear this from me." He told her. She nodded. "It's Yuy."
"Heero?! She's in love with Heero?"
"Who else do you know with that last name?"
"Nobody."
"Exactly. She admires him like you wouldn't believe. It's nearly breaking her heart that Heero and Relena are getting married in a month. If that weren't bad enough, Relena has asked her to be the Maid of Honour." He took deep breath. "So, in the long run, I don't really matter."
"Oh don't say that. I'm sure she'll see what's in front of her face before too long. Just give her time."
"Midii?" Noin asked. "Do you remember what the password is for the Lake Victoria base?"
"I thought you knew." Lady Une replied.
"So that means we can't get on to the site." Noin said with a sigh.
"Why do we need to?"
"Because that's the only place that the plans for Wing Zero Custom are. Duo still had the blueprints for his, and same goes for Quatre. But Heero didn't keep them."
"Doesn't Zechs know what the password is? After all, he is working as an instructor there isn't he?"
"Occasionally. I'll give him a call." Noin reached into her pocket and whipped out her cell phone. She hit one of the speed dial buttons and soon the phone began to ring.
"Hello, Zechs Marquise speaking." He answered.
"Hey, Zechs!" She greeted him happily.
"Hello, Noin. How is everything up there?"
"Not great. Heero and Amanda aren't speaking and we can't find the password to access Wing Zero's plans."
"You mean the site password?"
"Right. Do you know it?"
"Of course. It's YDN3761." She typed in the keys and got onto the plans with no problem.
"Great! Thanks!" She was about to hang up when she quickly remembered something. "You are going to come with me to the Sank Kingdom to Heero and Relena's wedding right?"
"Why wouldn't I, Lucretia? She is my sister after all. I'll be returning the week before the ceremony."
"Okay. See you, honey!" She hung up and scanned the plans, checking to see that everything was in order.
"Do they seem all right?" Lady Une asked.
"Yup. Everything's just the way it was ten years ago. Set up the printer and we'll start making the necessary modifications."