A solitary ray of morning light streamed in through a slightly open curtain making it's way across the lushly furnished room as the sun rose in the pink sky. The beam lit up the milky white skin of a sleeping Relena who squeezed her eyes shut even more in a hopeless attempt to deaden the fiery red glare of the sun. When that tactic failed she slowly brought the comforter up over her face and stretched her arms and legs out letting a soft moan. Heero! She remembered the night before, and, with her eyes still closed, she reached her hand cautiously to where he had been lying only to find empty space. Then it was all a dream that was not to last, she sighed and brushed away a small tear that formed in the corner of her eye. It's all right; it was to good to be true anyway.
She lay in silence when from the adjoined office she heard a soft mumbling. Her brow furrowed, then relaxed as curiosity got the best of her. Silently she slid from her blankets and put her feet on the cold polished floor. The princess disappeared into her closet and reemerged in a light blue satin robe, which she held tight around her. She crept to the door separating the office and the bedroom and cautiously peeked through.
At the desk sat Heero, still in his black pants and white shirt from the previous night. The collar on the shirt was standing up on one side, the sleeves rolled up and the front was unbuttoned reveling a thin white undershirt. Relena blushed; he looked so cute she couldn't help it. The curtains were pulled over the bay windows so the room was relatively dark, save for the glow of the computer monitor and the vidscreen. From the screen came a voice, familiar but so serious.
"Heero, things are getting bad. Wufei called HQ with request for back up. The race riots are getting far worse than anything we've ever seen," came the voice.
"I understand. When are we departing for the colonies?"
"As soon as possible," was the reply. Relena's eyes grew wide; he was going to leave her again. She turned slowly to leave but was stopped by a friendly voice.
"'Mornen Ms. Relena!" The princess stopped abruptly and turned back. She feebly attempted to cover the deep blush that threatened to take over her whole body when Heero twisted around in the leather office chair to face her. Relena looked past the perfect soldier to see Duo's sun shiny face on the screen. Was that really him talking so seriously a minute ago? Ah the many sides of Duo Maxwell… she thought.
"Good morning Duo, how are you?" she walked to the desk while trying to cover her embarrassment of being caught.
"I'm doen all right. You gave us all quite a scare last night little lady," he said with mock disappointment. "Well Heero I've gotta run, I'll meet you at the base. And Relena, Hildy wants you to call her later; she's quite worried about you. Later!" with that the screen went to black taking some of the room's light with it. The princess and the knight were still in the dark room, neither wanting to break the tension. After a few excruciating minutes the squeak of leather cut through the silence as Heero lifted himself from the chair. He started towards the door but was stopped by small hands gripping his arm. He looked down in surprise at Relena, her face turned to the rich brown hardwood floor.
"Relena?"
"You're leaving me again aren't you?" She asked, her voice barley there.
"Relena, I…"
"I've finally gotten you back, now you'll leave me again. Lord knows the next time I'll see you. What if you never come back to me? Heero, I couldn't live…" She let go of his arm and took a step back. "I'm sorry, I guess I'm just being selfish, it's your job to go." The tears caught the small amount of light coming from the computer monitor. Before he had time to think Heero's strong arms were wrapped around the small princess.
"I will always come back to you," he whispered before he placed a soft kiss on her forehead and walked out the door. Relena walked in a trance to the bay windows, grasping the heavy lavender fabric she stopped for a moment. The closing of the front door echoed through out the silent house. The princess threw open the curtains and pressed her hands upon the cold clear glass. She looked down as Heero grabbed his helmet and swung a leg over his motorcycle.
She slowly opened one of the windows. "Heero, I will always wait for you," the blond whispered into the cool morning breeze. Heero lifted the visor on his helmet, looked up to his princess, nodded, and sped off towards the rising sun.
Relena let out a deep sigh and leaned against the window, watching the night sky go through its morning metamorphosis. When the sky finally became it's final crystal blue a strong breeze kicked up sending the princess back into the safety of her room.
A smile played on the blonde's rose lips as she walked to her closet to pluck her outfit for the day from its hanger. She held the snow-white sundress up into the light hanging in the air from the window. She brought a slender finger up to trace the small light blue flowers on the hemlines of the dress. I wonder if Heero would like this… She thought. She hugged the dress to her and closed her eyes. The princess sighed when she remembered how it felt to have him that close to her last night, the feel of his skin so close to hers was electrifying. She giggled and shook her head as a couple of…um…impure visions came to mind. As she slipped the dress on over her head she thought of his arms around her and what he had said. "I will always come back to you," she whispered with another sigh. He does care about me!
Relena stood before a full length mirror to examine the dress. She smiled and spun in a circle, watching the skirt bellow out and come back in, wrapped around her legs. Satisfied, she sat at her vanity and began to brush her gold hair. As she looked at her reflection she saw her teddy bear sitting on the bed behind her, holding something that glimmered in the light. The blond got up and picked up her bear and inspected it. "Oh my…" the small sliver ring sparkled up at her from the ribbon around the bear's neck. The princess pulled the ring off the ribbon and held it trembling between her fingers.
The ring was polished silver with a sapphire heart placed in the center. Small clear crystals entrapped the heart. Relena turned it over in her hand when she saw something written inside the band. "Aishiteru," she read aloud. What does that mean? Guess I'll have to get it translated. She slipped the ring on her finger and held up her hand to see how it looked with a smile.
A sudden pain in her head made the princess step back. She grabbed her head with her hands and spun around so she was facing her vanity mirror. She screamed as the looked at her reflection. The girl in the mirror looked back at Relena with clouded blue eyes. Her hair was short and stringy, caked with dirt. Her face was stained with tears and blood. She wore the potato sac dress, rope tied around her waist, and remnants of shoes tied to her feet. The skin on the girl's arms and legs were scared, cut and bleeding. Her whole being was covered in dirt and fear. Relena stepped to the mirror, tears running down her face.
"Who are you?" The princess asked with shaky voice. The girl pointed to Relena. Relena shook her head, "No, you can't be…Lena?" The girl nodded and held out her hand. Relena pressed her hand against the glass barrier, "What do you want from me?" Before she had time to think the girl reached though the glass and hugged onto Relena tightly, pulling her through the mirror…
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"Why are they doing this to us Odin?" Lena stood by the fence looking at her love. They often snuck away to meet here, hidden between two large buildings.
"They're ignorant, stupid. They see others different than them as threats," he looked down and shook his head.
"I want to go home, I want to see little Lizzy and Mama again." Odin looked up to see the few tears slide down her face before she wiped them off quickly. He reached his hand through the fence and cupped her cheek, rubbing away the last of the tears with his thumb. She nestled her face in his strong hand leaving a kiss on his palm.
"You will see your family again, and we can be together, with out a fence," he reassured her. She smiled. "Lena, I'm breaking out."
"What?! Odin you can't! you'll die!"
"Keep it down," he hissed, looking around for any guards. "Me, Max, and the other guys are breaking out tonight. We'll run and find the Allied armies. We'll fight with them to end this insanity."
"What if you don't make it? I'll never see you again…" Odin grabbed her hands.
"I will always come back to you," he said and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "I love you Lena, nothing can stand in the way of love." With that he turned and started off.
"I love you Odin! I'll wait for you! Even if it takes this life time and the next!" She cried. She stood until he was out of sight then she fell to her knees sobbing. I'll always wait for you…
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Hey everyone! I'm not dead! Sorry it took so long for this chapter to come out. Been way busy (Readers shout: we don't care about how you've been busy! Give us more fic!!) ^-^;; well thanx again to all those who have been reviewing, tho I look around and some people have like over a hundred reviews. I was wondering if I should do the 10 reviews= next chapter thing. Yeah, I think I'll try that! Attention! Lil will not write the next chapter til she gets 10 new reviews!! ^-^ Alrighty then! Well c-ya in the next chapt! Tata! ^-^ Oh and the ring Relena got, if you've read the Sailor Moon StarS mangas it's like the ring that Darien gave to Bunny. sigh so cute ^-^
-Lil
Disclaimers: I gain nothing! I have nothing! Don't hurt me! ^-^