DISCLAIMER : I do not own Gundam Wing or its characters, yadda yadda yadda. You already know that.
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My Hero, Chapter 2
"Wh-who are you?" Relena demanded, slowly getting up. She climbed out of bed, putting it between her and the unknown figure. "What do you want?"
The figure didn't say anything, but did stop by the side of her bed. A few moments passed, and the figure started to walk around to Relena.
'Oh no!' she though. 'I need something to protect myself with.' She looked down at the night table by her side. There was a phone, a light, a clock, and a picture frame that had a certain Gundam Pilot in it.
The man continued to walk towards her, and Relena picked up her alarm clock and threw it at the attacker. He fell back, and hit his head on floor-hard. She looked over her bed cautiously, and saw that the attacker was a man, and that he was unconscious.
'Oh god! What am I supposed to do?' Relena panicked. 'What if he wakes up? I can't stay here!' Relena ran over to her closet and put on a sweater and jeans. She grabbed her coat from her chair, and ran out her balcony door.
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Heero groaned when he heard someone banging on his and Duo's apartment door. He looked over at his alarm clock, and saw that it was only 2:15. 'Who the hell is that?'
Getting out of bed, Heero grabbed his gun from the nightstand. He walked out of his room, and towards the door. He looked through the peephole, and was surprised at who he saw. He opened the door, and said in a gruff voice: "What are you doing here?"
"Heero!" Relena said, not fazed by Heero's cold voice. "I'm sorry. I know it's late, but I had to come here. I had nowhere else to go. And..."
"What are you doing here?" he repeated, getting somewhat annoyed.
"Well, I woke up, and I saw that the door to my balcony was open, and..."
"Relena! What are you doing here?" Duo interrupted. "Oh, I see. Here for Heero, huh?"
"Duo..." Heero said, turning towards the braided man, giving him the famous death glare.
"Hey, I didn't mean anything by it," he said, smirking. "Aren't ya going to bring her in?"
Heero looked back at Relena, and moved aside so she could walk in. "Thank you."
"So, Princess. Why are ya visiting at this hour? Couldn't get enough of me?"
"Duo..." Heero repeated. He looked towards Relena. "So what happened?"
"Oh! I woke up, and I saw that the balcony door was open. I heard a noise, and there was a man in my room coming towards me," she looked over at Heero, who seemed to have a mad glare in his eyes. "I picked up my clock, and...I..." she trailed off.
"You knocked him with it?" Duo asked, and Relena nodded her head. "Wow! I didn't know pacifists were like that..."
"When I saw that he was out cold, I panicked. I grabbed some clothes, and came here."
"You sure he was unconscious?" Heero asked.
"Yes. I mean, he didn't move. So he had to have been out, right?"
"Hn," Heero said, standing up. He headed for his room.
"Hey, where ya going?" Duo asked.
Heero ignored him, and continued to walk. He came back less than a minute later, dressed. "I'm going to check it out. You stay here with her."
Duo nodded, and Heero walked out the door.
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"Are you alright?" Duo asked Relena once Heero had left. They were both sitting on couch.
"Huh?"
"Are you okay? That guy didn't do anything to you, right?"
"Oh, no. I'm fine."
"Yeah. It seems like I should be asking him that question," Duo joked. Relena smiled at the comment.
There was a moment of silence, but Duo broke it. "Why did you come here?"
"Why did I come here...?" Relena asked, confused.
"Why didn't you just run to Zechs? You didn't have to come all the way over here."
"I know. But this was the only place that came to mind."
"Was this the only place you thought of, or was Heero the only person you could think of?" Duo asked, looking at Relena out of the corner of his eye.
She turned her head, and looked at him. "What do you mean?"
He turned his head towards her. "I think it is obvious that you came over here because of Heero."
"Yes, I came over here because of him. But only because I know he will protect me."
"So would the rest of the pilots, and Zechs."
Relena just looked a Duo. "What are you getting at, Duo?"
"I just think that you could have went to anyone else. And I think that you choose Heero because of a certain reason..." Duo trailed off.
"And what reason would that be?"
"You're starting to act like Heero..."
"Duo, just come out with it already!"
"Geeze! Calm down, okay? All I mean is...er...you and Heero...ah...you..."
Relena, who was very annoyed at this point, reached over towards Duo's braid and pulled it. "Tell me already!" She let go, and Duo yelped in pain.
"Man, you are a bad pacifist..." Duo mumbled to himself.
"What?"
"Ah, I mean... Where was I? Oh yeah, you and Heero. I believe you think of him in a way a little more than just a protector."
Relena felt her cheeks turn red, and turned her head away. "And why would you think that?"
"Well, first of all, you came running to him in the early morning when you could have ran to your brother," Duo stated. "And second of all, your reaction just now isn't that of someone who thought someone as 'just a friend'. Or in this case, protector."
There was a silence as Relena realized that Duo was right. She turned towards him again. "Please don't saying to Heero."
"What? You don't want him to know that you think of him more that a hero." He paused. "Heh… Heero…a hero."
"Duo…"
"Yeah, okay Princess. You have Duo Maxwell's word."
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This chapter's done. A little longer than the last, but not much going on. Next chapter will be up soon.
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