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AN: Yay! Guess what? 30 reviews!! YAY!!!! Also, it's already chapter 10! Man, those last ones just flew by, phew! Now, one last thing before continuing, I need a few ideas on how to get Relena to realize her feelings. Feel free to stick some in your reviews, or even e-mail me! Thanks, and R&R please!
Black Hair and Gray Eyes
Chapter 10
Heero grumbled as he flipped through yet another notebook, only to find nothing. Picking up the last one, he noticed it was a diary, and pulled out his lock-picking set. But when he heard the click, he opened the book to see a note.
'Nice try, to whomever tried looking in here. You should've known so much better.
-Greyhound'
"Damn" His eyebrow twitched and slamming the book down, he began to look through the other drawers. He had been searching Aki's room all day now, looking for any clues of what she could've been up to. She had gone to school for the first time today, having finished catching up with the rest of her age group. Even Heero had to admit, she soaked it all up like a sponge. Come to think of it, he heard Pagan go out to pick her up almost five minutes ago.
Quickly, Heero rushed around, trying to get everything in order. Her bedsheets were all over, and her books and such were discarded on the ground. He couldn't remember how much longer it would take for her to get back, being as frustrated as he was, not getting anything. He'd have to start again on Monday, since the weekend would be the next day. The limosine pulled into the driveway, and Heero placed the last notebooks in the drawers carelessly, hoping that smart little kid wouldn't figure it out.
Sticking his gloves into his pockets roughly, he walked out and past the stairs just as Aki was about to start climbing them. Perfect timing.
"Hey, Heero!" Not so perfect situation. "When are you picking up my mom? I thought she should be home by now." A worse situation. "Oh, you forgot, didn't you?" She must've seen his surprised face, as her tone was a teasing one.
"Hn." He walked to his room and picked up his keys before rushing off to pick up Relena fron her meeting... Across town.
Aki watched Heero in amusement as he ran around, and nearly stumbling getting his shoes on. 'Good, he's gone.' Running to her mother's room, she did a once over to find a drawer full of pictures her mother had kept from before she had been brought here.
There were several of the whole gang together, and a few of the couples. She saw a few of Heero and her mother being pushed closer together by the others, and another one of everyone, except her Uncle Milliardo, cheering them on, led by Duo. There was even one of them looking away from each other as they danced together towards some mistletoe.
She'd have to confront Duo and the other pilots if she wanted to figure this out. Maybe another sport incident.
There was the sound of a car door shutting, so Aki had no choice but to run into her room and do her homework. Well, that or plan instead of working. There was still the matter of getting to Duo and them.
*~*~*~*~*
Relena poked her head into her daughter's room to check to see if she was there. All day, when she wasn't at a meeting or working, she had been wondering about Aki's sister, Arika.
"Yeah Mom?" Relena was snapped out of her thoughts by this, having zoned out a bit when she looked in. Her daughter was looking at her, a bored expression on her face and her homework scattered across the bed she was sitting on.
"Good afternoon Aki, how was school?" Walking in, Relena was surprised to see Aki yawn. She sat down beside the girl and smiled. "Boring, huh?"
"Sorta, they covered a lot of things I already knew. But I met a few people who seemed interested in me, friendship-like, but I have a feeling it's because the teachers all told them that I was your daughter. How did you get through school, when all the kids wanted was to be known as a celebrity's friend?" Relena sighed, knowing what her daughter was talking about.
"You are wise beyond your years, Aki. I didn't know until I met the pilots and everyone else in the war. They never followed me around, trying to be like me, and still made me feel wanted. But then again, I generally ignored the girls who tried to become my friend that way. I suppose it's because of how you lived before..." she trailed off, seeing the dreamy expression on her daughter's face. "You miss them, don't you?" Relena stated. Her heart dropped a little at the thought of taking her daughter back; she was the best thing that had happened since the war.
"Yes, I do, and worried. I can't help but let my guardian instincts take over every now and then, but I know Christie's taking care of them. She never backs down on her word." Forcing a smile, she tried to get her mother back from her own faraway look.
"Aki..." The girl looked at her mother nervously, what was she considering? Her voice was so... distant. "I know you might not want to talk about this right now, but I want to know about your sister. Who was she, what was she like?"
Aki sighed in relief. She had thought her mother wanted to send her back. "No, it's okay, I really don't mind. Let's see now..." Closing her eyes, Aki pictured her sister's smiling face in her head. "Arika, she was... like an angel. She always laughed and giggled, and loved to play with the younger ones. She loved to play small pranks too, and always managed to put a smile on everyone's faces. I remember her singing, too. She was wonderful at it, and even taught Chantelle some tricks. Everyone in the gang loved her, and loved to be around her.
"But no one ever got too close. If someone tried something too intimate, I'd get in the way. You see, my guardian instincts were first formed by my sister. I always knew she was too open, and that hurt you if you weren't careful. So I began acting like her bodyguard. Even though we don't know who came first or second, I was considered her older sister. No one dared get on my bad side, because I could do anything whenever I wanted, but Ari always kept me back. We were like complete opposites, and it was funny when we realized our names were just the other's switched around.
"But back to her. She was always so different from me. Come to think of it, we weren't even completely identical twins either. Now, I know that many babies are born with blue eyes, but with Ari, it was different. My eyes were blue too, but as we grew, and I became more quiet, my eyes turned into a dull gray, while her stayed the bright blue. I don't know how or why it happened, but it just did. That was why we called her Blue Angel. Really fitting.
"Then there was me, Greyhound, like the dog that hunted well. I was kind of like that, hunting people down that tried to hurt anyone I knew and threatening them slightly the first time round. Quite frankly, there was never a second time. We were complete opposites, but were the closest in the gang. But there was always the time when I'd let myself go around her, and we'd be practically the exact same, except for the eyes of course." Aki finally stopped and looked up at her mother. "Is that all?"
Relena was quite taken by the story, and surprised at the unusual situation these two were in. One practically identical twin with gray eyes, and another with blue. It was an odd thing to hear about. It was the first time it was ever heard of, she was sure.
"Yes, that's all, but I must admit, it is very odd about the eye colour." Aki nodded in agreement and turned back to her homework. Relena suddenly felt tired and slumped against her daughter.
"Mother?" Looking at the older woman slumped against her, Aki smiled. "Doesn't matter, you're not in my way." she whispered to no one in particular, knowing that her mother was already asleep.
~*(Heero's POV)*~
I know it's probably not possible, though it most likely is, but I'm pretty sure that Aki's following in Duo's footsteps, and trying to get Relena and me together. In fact, I have the feeling that Duo is the one planning this all. But then, it probably wasn't Duo, because he always tried to clear my mind, whilst Aki is confusing me. She drops these obvious hints, but there's something about her that still makes me doubt she's plotting for what I think she is.
I mean, the kid is smart, and for all I know, she's trying to push me away from Relena. But for hell's sake, she even asked me if I loved her, or was it liked? But she still looks like she hates me, and always has that arragant smirk on her face everytime I storm away, confused and frustrated. And for those weeks Relena was gone, she never made us talk about her. Instead, she tried her best to ignore me. Come to think of it, I must've mentioned Relena more than she ever has in her entire life. And thought about her....
Damn! If she is trying to get us together, I have to admit, it's starting to work. Even today, when I was driving her back from that meeting, I noticed how much like a woman she looked like. And how soft her lips are, and her slender shoulders, and her golden, beau-
Shit! I'm doing it again! Ever since that day at the tennis courts, Aki has been dropping quite a few hints, but also over the longest periods of times. Maybe she isn't that smart, after all, she's only thirteen. Maybe she's just trying to get me confused, since she seems to enjoy it so much. If she is, I'm definately getting some side affects. But then again, she tricked me, bad, and hid Relena from me all too well.
She must be smarter than she looks, she's just so good at it. But Aki's friggin thirteen! How does a thirteen year old confuse me so much? She's hiding so much, and won't give me enough to figure this out. What the hell is she trying to hide though? She must be trying something, or else I wouldn't be so confused. But then again, she seems to be opening up to Relena quite a bit. Maybe she just doesn't accept me, and trying to make me suffer.
Damn you Duo, you got me paranoid now. Shit. I gotta go check on her now.
~*(Aki's POV)*~
Heero's at the door. And he's glaring at me pretty bad. What an idiot, he's making it so much easier for me to read him by trying harder to keep himself a mystery. He should just act cool, and make it seem like nothing's happening. Like me. Even with him glaring daggers at me, I only spared him a glance and went back to work. I would've shrugged my shoulders too, but my mother's still asleep.
But I still gotta wonder, did Heero already figure out that I might be trying something more than just annoying him? I mean, of course he would've figured out I was trying something, I practically told him to his face to admit to liking, or even loving, my mother. He's probably confused. I've been keeping these little discussions so discreet that I seems like all I'm trying to do is piss him off when he pisses me off.
But now that he's probably figured it out, I'm going to have to think of something. Do I continue what I'm doing, or do I stop? I'll continue, since he might think something of it if I stop. But if the ex-pilots went this slow, he might know.
I really have to talk to them, but they never really come by enough, unless there's a probalem. When will they be meeting next... maybe at Preventor HQ. My mother's going there soon, and with luck, Duo will be there too. I doubt anyone else will be willing to tell me. Trowa probably wants out of this now that it hasn't worked, and Quatre? I doubt it. Wufei? I nearly burst out laughing at the thought. There was absolutely no way. But Duo will, I'm sure. He's close friends with both of my parents, and I'm sure there's that last flame of hope left in him.
That or he'll want to see me fall flat on my face with this. But then again, it's already close to November, and Christmas will be coming soon. I've already heard that every family will be coming here for the event. But that's two months away, can this really be left undiscussed until then? I wonder.
Christmas... my first Christmas with everybody, and Chantelle will be there too. It'll be nice to see if she has anything I haven't heard about the orphanage. I'd like to go up there for Christmas too, but my mother's much too busy. And I doubt they've got the room on that colony to room with everyone just so Chantelle and I can visit our old gang. But still, I miss them. And I haven't heard from quite a few of them.
I wonder how everyone is doing, Even after Trowa adopted Chantelle, I haven't gotten the chance to talk to her at all. Not even a small phone call. Listening, I hear the faint rustle of Heero's clothing. So he's still there. But besides that, it's quiet. I wonder what this place would be like when they all came. I can barely imagine it bustling with noise.
Closing my eyes, I try my best to see this large mansion filled with large lights and dancing people. The halls filled with decorations and the light providing them with warmth as cold snow fell outside. But, finally, I can't see it. It's practically impossible. Sighing, I turn back to my work and begin solving more questions. My shoulder feels weary and I remember my mother is still asleep on it. What made her so tired in the first place?
~*(Exit Aki's POV)*~
Rather short, but I can't think of anything else. I'm depressed right now, because my little brother told me to record something, but forgot to tell me that the video currently in the VCR was a home video, from when I was four or so. So I inadvertantly recorded over that, and I'm pretty depressed right now. What a way to end a day. Well, R&R please (and thankyou)
AN: Yay! Guess what? 30 reviews!! YAY!!!! Also, it's already chapter 10! Man, those last ones just flew by, phew! Now, one last thing before continuing, I need a few ideas on how to get Relena to realize her feelings. Feel free to stick some in your reviews, or even e-mail me! Thanks, and R&R please!
Black Hair and Gray Eyes
Chapter 10
Heero grumbled as he flipped through yet another notebook, only to find nothing. Picking up the last one, he noticed it was a diary, and pulled out his lock-picking set. But when he heard the click, he opened the book to see a note.
'Nice try, to whomever tried looking in here. You should've known so much better.
-Greyhound'
"Damn" His eyebrow twitched and slamming the book down, he began to look through the other drawers. He had been searching Aki's room all day now, looking for any clues of what she could've been up to. She had gone to school for the first time today, having finished catching up with the rest of her age group. Even Heero had to admit, she soaked it all up like a sponge. Come to think of it, he heard Pagan go out to pick her up almost five minutes ago.
Quickly, Heero rushed around, trying to get everything in order. Her bedsheets were all over, and her books and such were discarded on the ground. He couldn't remember how much longer it would take for her to get back, being as frustrated as he was, not getting anything. He'd have to start again on Monday, since the weekend would be the next day. The limosine pulled into the driveway, and Heero placed the last notebooks in the drawers carelessly, hoping that smart little kid wouldn't figure it out.
Sticking his gloves into his pockets roughly, he walked out and past the stairs just as Aki was about to start climbing them. Perfect timing.
"Hey, Heero!" Not so perfect situation. "When are you picking up my mom? I thought she should be home by now." A worse situation. "Oh, you forgot, didn't you?" She must've seen his surprised face, as her tone was a teasing one.
"Hn." He walked to his room and picked up his keys before rushing off to pick up Relena fron her meeting... Across town.
Aki watched Heero in amusement as he ran around, and nearly stumbling getting his shoes on. 'Good, he's gone.' Running to her mother's room, she did a once over to find a drawer full of pictures her mother had kept from before she had been brought here.
There were several of the whole gang together, and a few of the couples. She saw a few of Heero and her mother being pushed closer together by the others, and another one of everyone, except her Uncle Milliardo, cheering them on, led by Duo. There was even one of them looking away from each other as they danced together towards some mistletoe.
She'd have to confront Duo and the other pilots if she wanted to figure this out. Maybe another sport incident.
There was the sound of a car door shutting, so Aki had no choice but to run into her room and do her homework. Well, that or plan instead of working. There was still the matter of getting to Duo and them.
*~*~*~*~*
Relena poked her head into her daughter's room to check to see if she was there. All day, when she wasn't at a meeting or working, she had been wondering about Aki's sister, Arika.
"Yeah Mom?" Relena was snapped out of her thoughts by this, having zoned out a bit when she looked in. Her daughter was looking at her, a bored expression on her face and her homework scattered across the bed she was sitting on.
"Good afternoon Aki, how was school?" Walking in, Relena was surprised to see Aki yawn. She sat down beside the girl and smiled. "Boring, huh?"
"Sorta, they covered a lot of things I already knew. But I met a few people who seemed interested in me, friendship-like, but I have a feeling it's because the teachers all told them that I was your daughter. How did you get through school, when all the kids wanted was to be known as a celebrity's friend?" Relena sighed, knowing what her daughter was talking about.
"You are wise beyond your years, Aki. I didn't know until I met the pilots and everyone else in the war. They never followed me around, trying to be like me, and still made me feel wanted. But then again, I generally ignored the girls who tried to become my friend that way. I suppose it's because of how you lived before..." she trailed off, seeing the dreamy expression on her daughter's face. "You miss them, don't you?" Relena stated. Her heart dropped a little at the thought of taking her daughter back; she was the best thing that had happened since the war.
"Yes, I do, and worried. I can't help but let my guardian instincts take over every now and then, but I know Christie's taking care of them. She never backs down on her word." Forcing a smile, she tried to get her mother back from her own faraway look.
"Aki..." The girl looked at her mother nervously, what was she considering? Her voice was so... distant. "I know you might not want to talk about this right now, but I want to know about your sister. Who was she, what was she like?"
Aki sighed in relief. She had thought her mother wanted to send her back. "No, it's okay, I really don't mind. Let's see now..." Closing her eyes, Aki pictured her sister's smiling face in her head. "Arika, she was... like an angel. She always laughed and giggled, and loved to play with the younger ones. She loved to play small pranks too, and always managed to put a smile on everyone's faces. I remember her singing, too. She was wonderful at it, and even taught Chantelle some tricks. Everyone in the gang loved her, and loved to be around her.
"But no one ever got too close. If someone tried something too intimate, I'd get in the way. You see, my guardian instincts were first formed by my sister. I always knew she was too open, and that hurt you if you weren't careful. So I began acting like her bodyguard. Even though we don't know who came first or second, I was considered her older sister. No one dared get on my bad side, because I could do anything whenever I wanted, but Ari always kept me back. We were like complete opposites, and it was funny when we realized our names were just the other's switched around.
"But back to her. She was always so different from me. Come to think of it, we weren't even completely identical twins either. Now, I know that many babies are born with blue eyes, but with Ari, it was different. My eyes were blue too, but as we grew, and I became more quiet, my eyes turned into a dull gray, while her stayed the bright blue. I don't know how or why it happened, but it just did. That was why we called her Blue Angel. Really fitting.
"Then there was me, Greyhound, like the dog that hunted well. I was kind of like that, hunting people down that tried to hurt anyone I knew and threatening them slightly the first time round. Quite frankly, there was never a second time. We were complete opposites, but were the closest in the gang. But there was always the time when I'd let myself go around her, and we'd be practically the exact same, except for the eyes of course." Aki finally stopped and looked up at her mother. "Is that all?"
Relena was quite taken by the story, and surprised at the unusual situation these two were in. One practically identical twin with gray eyes, and another with blue. It was an odd thing to hear about. It was the first time it was ever heard of, she was sure.
"Yes, that's all, but I must admit, it is very odd about the eye colour." Aki nodded in agreement and turned back to her homework. Relena suddenly felt tired and slumped against her daughter.
"Mother?" Looking at the older woman slumped against her, Aki smiled. "Doesn't matter, you're not in my way." she whispered to no one in particular, knowing that her mother was already asleep.
~*(Heero's POV)*~
I know it's probably not possible, though it most likely is, but I'm pretty sure that Aki's following in Duo's footsteps, and trying to get Relena and me together. In fact, I have the feeling that Duo is the one planning this all. But then, it probably wasn't Duo, because he always tried to clear my mind, whilst Aki is confusing me. She drops these obvious hints, but there's something about her that still makes me doubt she's plotting for what I think she is.
I mean, the kid is smart, and for all I know, she's trying to push me away from Relena. But for hell's sake, she even asked me if I loved her, or was it liked? But she still looks like she hates me, and always has that arragant smirk on her face everytime I storm away, confused and frustrated. And for those weeks Relena was gone, she never made us talk about her. Instead, she tried her best to ignore me. Come to think of it, I must've mentioned Relena more than she ever has in her entire life. And thought about her....
Damn! If she is trying to get us together, I have to admit, it's starting to work. Even today, when I was driving her back from that meeting, I noticed how much like a woman she looked like. And how soft her lips are, and her slender shoulders, and her golden, beau-
Shit! I'm doing it again! Ever since that day at the tennis courts, Aki has been dropping quite a few hints, but also over the longest periods of times. Maybe she isn't that smart, after all, she's only thirteen. Maybe she's just trying to get me confused, since she seems to enjoy it so much. If she is, I'm definately getting some side affects. But then again, she tricked me, bad, and hid Relena from me all too well.
She must be smarter than she looks, she's just so good at it. But Aki's friggin thirteen! How does a thirteen year old confuse me so much? She's hiding so much, and won't give me enough to figure this out. What the hell is she trying to hide though? She must be trying something, or else I wouldn't be so confused. But then again, she seems to be opening up to Relena quite a bit. Maybe she just doesn't accept me, and trying to make me suffer.
Damn you Duo, you got me paranoid now. Shit. I gotta go check on her now.
~*(Aki's POV)*~
Heero's at the door. And he's glaring at me pretty bad. What an idiot, he's making it so much easier for me to read him by trying harder to keep himself a mystery. He should just act cool, and make it seem like nothing's happening. Like me. Even with him glaring daggers at me, I only spared him a glance and went back to work. I would've shrugged my shoulders too, but my mother's still asleep.
But I still gotta wonder, did Heero already figure out that I might be trying something more than just annoying him? I mean, of course he would've figured out I was trying something, I practically told him to his face to admit to liking, or even loving, my mother. He's probably confused. I've been keeping these little discussions so discreet that I seems like all I'm trying to do is piss him off when he pisses me off.
But now that he's probably figured it out, I'm going to have to think of something. Do I continue what I'm doing, or do I stop? I'll continue, since he might think something of it if I stop. But if the ex-pilots went this slow, he might know.
I really have to talk to them, but they never really come by enough, unless there's a probalem. When will they be meeting next... maybe at Preventor HQ. My mother's going there soon, and with luck, Duo will be there too. I doubt anyone else will be willing to tell me. Trowa probably wants out of this now that it hasn't worked, and Quatre? I doubt it. Wufei? I nearly burst out laughing at the thought. There was absolutely no way. But Duo will, I'm sure. He's close friends with both of my parents, and I'm sure there's that last flame of hope left in him.
That or he'll want to see me fall flat on my face with this. But then again, it's already close to November, and Christmas will be coming soon. I've already heard that every family will be coming here for the event. But that's two months away, can this really be left undiscussed until then? I wonder.
Christmas... my first Christmas with everybody, and Chantelle will be there too. It'll be nice to see if she has anything I haven't heard about the orphanage. I'd like to go up there for Christmas too, but my mother's much too busy. And I doubt they've got the room on that colony to room with everyone just so Chantelle and I can visit our old gang. But still, I miss them. And I haven't heard from quite a few of them.
I wonder how everyone is doing, Even after Trowa adopted Chantelle, I haven't gotten the chance to talk to her at all. Not even a small phone call. Listening, I hear the faint rustle of Heero's clothing. So he's still there. But besides that, it's quiet. I wonder what this place would be like when they all came. I can barely imagine it bustling with noise.
Closing my eyes, I try my best to see this large mansion filled with large lights and dancing people. The halls filled with decorations and the light providing them with warmth as cold snow fell outside. But, finally, I can't see it. It's practically impossible. Sighing, I turn back to my work and begin solving more questions. My shoulder feels weary and I remember my mother is still asleep on it. What made her so tired in the first place?
~*(Exit Aki's POV)*~
Rather short, but I can't think of anything else. I'm depressed right now, because my little brother told me to record something, but forgot to tell me that the video currently in the VCR was a home video, from when I was four or so. So I inadvertantly recorded over that, and I'm pretty depressed right now. What a way to end a day. Well, R&R please (and thankyou)