By West Wind
Disclaimer: I have no claim to any of the GW characters. Only thing that is mine is the story line and any non GW characters.
"Hello, Heero," she greeted. "I have to talk to you. Have a moment?"
Heero looked at her skeptically. The last time she asked that was when she wanted him to go on a date with her. He gestured for her to come in. She sat on his couch and looked him in the eye once he was seated across from her.
"Heero, I want to apologize to you."
"For what?"
"For hitting on you when I knew you weren't interested in me romantically," she said. "You have always been my friend and very special to me. But, I am ruing our friendship with my actions and I don't want to do that. Heero, I love you with every fiber in my being. I have for a while, probably always will. I thought you might return the feeling if given a nudge in the right direction. I was wrong. It took a strained relationship with a friend at school to make me realize that my pursuit of you was ruing our friendship."
"What friend?" Heero asked dryly.
"Kiel," she answered. "You meet him when Relena came to talk. He really liked me. He tried everything to get me to return his feelings. It got to the point I started hiding to avoid him. I punched him once for kissing me and finally got it through his head I was not interested in him that way. He backed off, but there was a real strain on our friendship until then. Anyway, I understand if you are not comfortable with me around for a while, but I promise no more surprise kisses or groping you and other such things.
"Really…" was all he said eyeing her while trying to resolve an internal conflict.
Heero knew he missed her presence when she was way, and there was a spot of emptiness in his heart at the thought of her no longer pursuing him, at the loss of her acts of affection. He had grown accustom to them over the past year. He wondered if she was really in love with him like she said, and what were his feelings for her.
She nodded her head and watched a flash of amusement in his eyes as he moved over to sit beside her on the couch. Her heart raced with his nearness, even though she tried not to let it affect her. She longed to touch his face and run her fingers through his hair.
"This might be a harder promise to keep than I thought," she inwardly groaned.
She tried to not let any of her longing and desire show, but Heero saw the small portion she could not keep hidden dancing in her eyes. He finally came to his decision.
He leaned in close and whispered in her ear, "Maybe you give up to easily. What if I don't want you to keep that promise…."
Marimeia looked at him in shock with jaw dropped. Thoughts raced around in her mind fighting for her attention.
"Did he just say what I think he said? What does he mean by that? But, he doesn't like me that way, does he? No, no, no… I am hearing things now. I have started hallucinating!"
Heero let out a deep chuckle at her state of shock. With one finger he tilted her face up before leaning close and placing a gentle kiss on her lips. Waves of pleasure washed over Marimeia at his touch. Before she could find her wits and kiss him back, he pulled away.
"But, but… you don't think of our relationship that way, or do you?" she sputtered.
He just looked at her, and that was all she needed to know for her answer. She flung herself at him. Her arms wrapped around his neck and her lips pressed against his. Her forward momentum toppled them both onto the couch. Heero wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed back. Marimeia's crush had blossomed into love for them both.
~*~ The End ~*~
Author's Notes: Well, Marimeia's Crush is finished [does a little happy dance! ^_^ ] even if the last line is a little cheesy. I hope the ending was to you liking. I think that does it for stories from the universe of Trap Backlash/Marimeia's Crush [at least for the time being] unless any of you have a story topic or inkling of a story idea stemming from either fic you would like to see created. I would happily consider any suggestion you might have.
Thanks to everyone who has read my "little" fic [can't
seem to write anything short at the moment], and special thanks to every
one who reviewed - I am glad you are enjoying the story.