Chapter 4
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It had been over three weeks since their dinner incident and Relena was still confused and angry over Heero's change in attitude. Lately, it seemed as though someone was watching her every move. She knew it had to be Heero watching her. He had become this over-night nutcase and she was angry. Hearing his voice, looking at things that reminded her of him, made her angry. Duo was the only real friend she had during a time like this.
Duo wiped the last bead of sweat off his forehead. Wheeling himself from under the engine of a car, he picked up a clean rag and wiped his greasy hands as well. Sighing, he looked up towards his office building. He had free time on his hands, so he decided to call Relena up and ask how she was doing.
Relena looked around her apartment. Everything there reminded her of Heero. Picking up a pewter frame, she looked at the picture it held. A summer's day where Duo decided that all the pilots and their respected girls should attend the town carnival. They all eventually caved after his hour long nagging session. It really had been a memorable day. Looking harder into the picture, she saw the expression on Heero's face as Duo snapped the picture. He looked calm, so serene. He had the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen. Scanning downward, she noticed how Heero's arm came at her side to slightly pull her towards him, almost as if he was possessive of her.
'How strange. Could his jealousy developed even before he left?' she thought, as she picked up the frame and so many others that held him in lost memories. Dropping them all into a pile, she went to her closet and rummaged around for an empty box where she could store the frames until she could look at them again.
Heero's face went blank. Relena was removing all her memories with him. He watched as she made her way around every room looking for traces of him. She finally stopped in her bedroom. Heero's heart constricted as she looked longingly at the bear he had given her so long ago. Picking the battered bear off her comforter, she hugged it one last time, allowing a solitary tear to roll down her cheek. She toyed with the frayed red ribbon and looked into it's bead eyes. Whispering, she bid farewell to the last of her memories with Heero as she carefully placed the bear in the box, sealing it.
"Farewell Heero. I need to relieve myself of you. Seeing, hearing, anything about you tears me up inside," whispered Relena before carrying the sealed box back to the closet, shutting the painful memories of him away. Tears slowly made their way down her cheeks. Wiping them away, she decided to go for a walk, clear her head.
Heero watched her through his binoculars. His heart felt as though it had been trampled upon.
'I told her I cared about her. I meant every word, but why does she treat me like this?' Heero wondered. Apparently he had forgotten all the mean and hurtful things he has spat out at Relena and Duo. Shaking his head, he thought it would be best to follow her, maybe even confront her. He wanted to know what was wrong. Picking up his loaded gun, he clicked the safety on and stuck it in the back of his pants. Snatching his jacket off the rack, he put it on and quickly left the apartment to follow Relena.
Relena walked. Sniffling, she saw how beautiful the day was. It was about mid-August now. Sunny and warm. Trees and grass thrived and there were children everywhere. She kept walking until she entered the park. Looking further, she saw the big lake in the center of the park. Smiling, she saw a familiar face seated by the water's edge. It was Hilde.
"Hilde! Is that you?!?" Relena yelled across the lake. Looking up from her book, Hilde saw a girl with long blonde hair frantically waving her arms and calling her name. It was Relena.
"Lena! Hey, come over here. Yes, it's me!" she shouted back. Giggling, Relena broke into a run to see her friend.
"Hilde! I missed you so much. How are you?" she asked as she hugged her.
"Well, I've been better. Hey, Duo tells me that you're joining all of us for the fall semester at the university. That's great. How have you been?" Hilde asked.
Looking down, Relena sat next to her. "Terrible. I don't know if Duo told you this, but Heero came back. But he's changed. He's totally different. Almost psychotic. He kept making these accusations that Duo wanted to steal me away from him and so on. I don't understand how he could possibly say that. Duo and I are just friends, he'd never make a move on me," Relena said.
Hilde agreed with her, nodding her head and patting Relena's back. "Yeah, I heard a little about it. I hope he hasn't tried to hurt you or anything. Be careful alright?" Hilde said, concerned.
Relena smiled. "Yeah, thanks for listening. I'm glad I saw you again. Hey, why don't you and Duo join me for dinner tonight? My place, say seven-thirty?" Relena asked.
"Sure. You want me to ask Duo or would you like to ask him?" Hilde spoke.
Thinking for a minute, Relena decided to phone Duo herself. Looking at her watch, she noticed that if she was going to prepare dinner tonight, she'd have to run to the store and start cooking right away. She hugged Hilde goodbye and made her way to the store.
AN: Hmm... is this becoming boring??? I don't know about you, but I think this is going nowhere. Sorry people, but I've had a lot on my mind lately. Hopefully I snap out of it and get back into writing mode. Please read and review. Thanks SOOO much!