Title: Start Small
Author: Karina
Rating: PG
Pairing: Relena + Heero + Pagan
Notes: Challenge 84. Baby Series 3 #14. Takes place at the same time as The Luxury of Free Time.
Spoilers: None
Warnings:
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine.
Title: Start Small
"A romantic lunch beside the pool. Sounds nice."
Heero arched an eyebrow, glancing from Pagan to the Princess. He could think of much more romantic assignations.
"I believe the topic of discussion is the power station and the matter of the L5 survivors from Mr. Chang's clan," Pagan commented. "Not exactly topics lending to romance, Ma'am."
Relena sighed, aware they were private at the moment. Once again Heero had been excluded from a planned event and before she could take anyone to task, Pagan had informed her she had a private appointment following morning tea with her suitors. Relena had arrived to find Heero, lunch and Pagan and the news her brother was in 'conference' for lunch.
"Well, they should be jumping his sorry bones," Relena snapped, immediately penitent and blushing furiously. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that. I've had a horrible morning with that reporter and then that bunch of…"
Pagan cleared his throat and Relena clamped her mouth shut. At a nod from Pagan, Heero escorted Relena to the table and seated her, before seating himself.
"One must start small and work one's way up, Miss Relena." Pagan tugged on the bell pull beside the roaring fireplace. "Simply getting your brother alone with the two young men is a triumph in itself and I am trusting Mr. Chang and Mr. Maxwell to mind their manners and not scare him off."
Heero could not help it, the idea of his fellow pilots frightening off the King of Sanc tickled his fancy and he had to snicker aloud. Indeed, Relena too was giggling at the mental image of her brother in hurried retreat.
"Eleventh hour changes are a means to an end, taking more than your brother by surprise. It is a ploy I will use periodically, though I must not over use it. If I give too much warning, or use the gambit too often, others will take advantage of the opportunity and impose on the group."
"He needs to do more than work though," Relena murmured.
"Indeed, Ma'am, and he will do more than work, provided we manage events. Controlling events with the cooperation of his suitors will go a long way to easing him into a more relaxed and less vigilant aspect."
"You know, I would love to walk into a room and find my brother having the life snogged out of him by Chang Wu Fei," Relena sighed, secretly delighted at the expressions on the faces of Heero and Pagan. "I would expect Duo to take advantage of such a situation, but to find Wu Fei doing it…"
"Hentai." Heero blinked, blushing.
"Indeed, Mr. Yuy," Pagan murmured. "Your Highness, I suggest you give more attention to your romantic luncheon. Your meal will be arriving momentarily and I will then attend to other matters. Kindly do not waste the opportunity I have garnered for you to enjoy your meal."
End
Karina Robertson 2008