Disclaimer: Yes, yes, you and I both know that I don't own Gundam Wing... ::cries::
Written by: AnkaraStark AKA me, hehe
Authors Notes: Heh, did I catch your attention with the last chapter? I hope so! ;)
... Well, what are you waiting for? Read and Review!!
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Chapter Two: Just a nightmare...
Relena sat straight up in bed, sweat pouring down her drenched body. Her heart thundered in her chest and she took in short, labored gasps of air. 'Heero?' she asked silently. Relena looked down and pressed her fingertips against her stomach, expecting to feel blood. She pulled her hand back and saw only the creamy skin of her fingertips. "Oh, thank God. It was just a dream!" The vice foreign minister took a deep breath as she fell back against her pillows, relieved. She glanced at the alarm clock on the table next to her bed, using the moonlight that poured through the French balcony doors to read it. 'It's only 2:00 am?' Relena asked herself silently. She clutched her bed sheet tightly to her breast, as if it could protect her from her nightmares and from reality. She sighed audibly and stared at the ceiling above her, frowning. "Why do I keep having that dream? Heero promised to protect me... But would he try to fulfill his original promise and... and kill me?" She laid in silence for a few moments, the memory of her and Heero when they were 15 playing in her mind.
*FLASH BACK*
Fifteen year old Heero Yuy stood with his back pressed against the wall behind him, leaning against it. He watched as Relena approached him.
"I am having a birthday party tonight. I was hoping you'd be able to come." She smiled at him and held the invitation out to him, and a small crowd of school girls stood several feet behind Relena, applauding excitedly.
Heero looked at the invitation held out to him, then back at her. His eyes never left hers as he took it from her and ripped the paper in half, letting the loose pieces fall to the ground before blowing away in a sudden gust of wind.
Relena's mouth quivered as she fought back tears, but one managed to find it's way through her lashes, sliding down to her cheek. "But... but Why?"
Heero stepped forward, as if to walk past her, then stopped infront of her. His hand gently brushed away the solitary tear as he leaned toward her and quietly said the four words that would stay in her memory forever.
"... I will kill you." With that, he walked away.
"What kind of a person *is* he?" she whispered, her blood froze in her veins. Relena watched him walk away, knowing that she would see him again. There was no doubt about it.
*END FLASHBACK*
Other flashbacks of him holding a gun in her face flooded her mind. Relena frowned at the memories and she shook her head. "Would you kill me now, Heero?" she asked aloud, thinking that she was alone in her bedroom.
"Only if you wanted me to," replied a monotone voice from the balcony doorway.
The Vice-Foreign Minister lowered her gaze from the ceiling and over to the lean form leaning against the door jamb. A look of surprise was on her moonlit face. "Heero!"
The ex-Gundam pilot's silhouetted shoulders lifted in a small shrug. "Were you expecting someone else?"
Relena looked a bit flushed. "You could have been an assassin sent to kill me..."
Heero pushed himself away from the door jamb and sauntered over to her, seating himself at the foot of her bed. "No. No intruder can get in here by way of the balcony."
Relena raised a quizzical eyebrow. "Oh? How would you know? If someone really wanted to get in here, nothing would be able to stop them. Not even secur-"
His Prussian blue eyes stared into her blue ones. "I would know," Heero said, cutting off the rest of her sentence. "Because if they tried to come in here via the balcony, they'd have to get past me... And I wouldn't let them past me. No matter the cost."
She stared at him in a surprised silence. After a few moments, she turned toward the balcony, her face was lit by the moonlight coming through the open doorway. "Are you out on my balcony every night?"
"Yes." He rubbed the palms of his hands against the legs of his jeans. He watched her profile for a few moments, a little surprised himself. 'She's grown up so much. She's not a child, but a woman- why didn't I ever notice?'
"Why?"
Heero snapped out of his reverie at the sound of her voice. "Why? Why what?"
Relena pulled herself up into a sitting position and leaned forward, once again facing him. "You know exactly what I'm asking, Heero Yuy. Why are you out on my balcony every night?"
His emotionless blue-eyed gaze met her own. The memory of her dream re-surfaced in her mind as he replied to her question. His answer chilled her to the bone. "I am out there every night, because I am fulfilling the promise I made to you."
She felt the color drain from her face and shuddered slightly.
Heero thought he saw fear flicker in her eyes, but it disappeared before he was certain. He looked confused for a second, then saw her shudder. 'She must be cold' he thought. He scooted over next to her and wrapped the comforter that was at the foot of her bed around her shoulders and continued to talk. "I promised you that you would be safe. That I would protect you, Relena. With my life. And besides that, I am your bodyguard- I will protect you. That is my mission."
'Your mission? Is that all I am to you- a mission? Can't you just do it out of love? Can't you just say you love me?' Her tense body visibly relaxed and a forced smile reached her lips. "Will you be out there every night? I mean, you weren't assigned the night shift..."
"I have taken it upon myself to do this. It has nothing to do with the Preventers or your security team." They sat in silence after that for a minute. Heero glanced at the alarm clock on the table and finally broke the silence. "Hn. It's 2:30 am. You should try to get some more sleep." He stood up and started to walk toward the balcony when Relena asked, "Heero, before you go... Could you hand that to me?" He glanced over his shoulder and followed her gaze to the dresser on the opposite side of the room. On top of it sat the teddy bear he had given her several years back. 'She still has it?' he asked himself. He retrieved it from the dresser and handed it to her, watching her smile and hug it tightly.
Relena looked up at him, her blue eyes shone brightly in the moonlight that filtered through the balcony doors. "Are you leaving? Can't you stay for a little while?"
Heero bent down and brushed a stray strand of hair out of her face, tucking it behind her ear. "I will stay in here until you are asleep. Then I will return to the balcony." As he straightened up, a hand shot out and caught him by the arm.
"Heero..."
He looked down at her when she touched his arm. They're eyes locked for a moment and a small smile graced her lips. "Thank you, Heero. For everything."
The ex-Gundam pilot merely nodded before pulling out of her grasp. "Get some sleep, Relena." He walked over to the other side of the room and sat down in a shadowed corner, his face hidden in the darkness.
Even though she couldn't see his blue eyes watching her from the shadows, she knew that they were. Now that she knew he watched over her at night, she felt much safer where she laid. Just knowing that he was there, watching over her when she was asleep and defenseless made her feel better. Heero would protect her with his life, and she knew it. He wasn't going to kill her.
With those comforting thoughts in mind, Relena closed her eyes and rolled over, facing the moonlit balcony and felt herself drift into the most peaceful slumber she'd had in a while.
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Author's notes: There is more writing on the way! I'll need at least 4 reviews before I continue writing!
I give my thanks to the people who reviewed the last chapter:
Tomorrow
Lizzy b (btw, sorry, Lizzy!)
AF
Kitty Kisara
The Soul Innocence
ANGST
Silver Dreamcatcher
Ley
Samurai24
Once again, thank you guys!
Written by: AnkaraStark AKA me, hehe
Authors Notes: Heh, did I catch your attention with the last chapter? I hope so! ;)
... Well, what are you waiting for? Read and Review!!
~~*~~
Chapter Two: Just a nightmare...
Relena sat straight up in bed, sweat pouring down her drenched body. Her heart thundered in her chest and she took in short, labored gasps of air. 'Heero?' she asked silently. Relena looked down and pressed her fingertips against her stomach, expecting to feel blood. She pulled her hand back and saw only the creamy skin of her fingertips. "Oh, thank God. It was just a dream!" The vice foreign minister took a deep breath as she fell back against her pillows, relieved. She glanced at the alarm clock on the table next to her bed, using the moonlight that poured through the French balcony doors to read it. 'It's only 2:00 am?' Relena asked herself silently. She clutched her bed sheet tightly to her breast, as if it could protect her from her nightmares and from reality. She sighed audibly and stared at the ceiling above her, frowning. "Why do I keep having that dream? Heero promised to protect me... But would he try to fulfill his original promise and... and kill me?" She laid in silence for a few moments, the memory of her and Heero when they were 15 playing in her mind.
*FLASH BACK*
Fifteen year old Heero Yuy stood with his back pressed against the wall behind him, leaning against it. He watched as Relena approached him.
"I am having a birthday party tonight. I was hoping you'd be able to come." She smiled at him and held the invitation out to him, and a small crowd of school girls stood several feet behind Relena, applauding excitedly.
Heero looked at the invitation held out to him, then back at her. His eyes never left hers as he took it from her and ripped the paper in half, letting the loose pieces fall to the ground before blowing away in a sudden gust of wind.
Relena's mouth quivered as she fought back tears, but one managed to find it's way through her lashes, sliding down to her cheek. "But... but Why?"
Heero stepped forward, as if to walk past her, then stopped infront of her. His hand gently brushed away the solitary tear as he leaned toward her and quietly said the four words that would stay in her memory forever.
"... I will kill you." With that, he walked away.
"What kind of a person *is* he?" she whispered, her blood froze in her veins. Relena watched him walk away, knowing that she would see him again. There was no doubt about it.
*END FLASHBACK*
Other flashbacks of him holding a gun in her face flooded her mind. Relena frowned at the memories and she shook her head. "Would you kill me now, Heero?" she asked aloud, thinking that she was alone in her bedroom.
"Only if you wanted me to," replied a monotone voice from the balcony doorway.
The Vice-Foreign Minister lowered her gaze from the ceiling and over to the lean form leaning against the door jamb. A look of surprise was on her moonlit face. "Heero!"
The ex-Gundam pilot's silhouetted shoulders lifted in a small shrug. "Were you expecting someone else?"
Relena looked a bit flushed. "You could have been an assassin sent to kill me..."
Heero pushed himself away from the door jamb and sauntered over to her, seating himself at the foot of her bed. "No. No intruder can get in here by way of the balcony."
Relena raised a quizzical eyebrow. "Oh? How would you know? If someone really wanted to get in here, nothing would be able to stop them. Not even secur-"
His Prussian blue eyes stared into her blue ones. "I would know," Heero said, cutting off the rest of her sentence. "Because if they tried to come in here via the balcony, they'd have to get past me... And I wouldn't let them past me. No matter the cost."
She stared at him in a surprised silence. After a few moments, she turned toward the balcony, her face was lit by the moonlight coming through the open doorway. "Are you out on my balcony every night?"
"Yes." He rubbed the palms of his hands against the legs of his jeans. He watched her profile for a few moments, a little surprised himself. 'She's grown up so much. She's not a child, but a woman- why didn't I ever notice?'
"Why?"
Heero snapped out of his reverie at the sound of her voice. "Why? Why what?"
Relena pulled herself up into a sitting position and leaned forward, once again facing him. "You know exactly what I'm asking, Heero Yuy. Why are you out on my balcony every night?"
His emotionless blue-eyed gaze met her own. The memory of her dream re-surfaced in her mind as he replied to her question. His answer chilled her to the bone. "I am out there every night, because I am fulfilling the promise I made to you."
She felt the color drain from her face and shuddered slightly.
Heero thought he saw fear flicker in her eyes, but it disappeared before he was certain. He looked confused for a second, then saw her shudder. 'She must be cold' he thought. He scooted over next to her and wrapped the comforter that was at the foot of her bed around her shoulders and continued to talk. "I promised you that you would be safe. That I would protect you, Relena. With my life. And besides that, I am your bodyguard- I will protect you. That is my mission."
'Your mission? Is that all I am to you- a mission? Can't you just do it out of love? Can't you just say you love me?' Her tense body visibly relaxed and a forced smile reached her lips. "Will you be out there every night? I mean, you weren't assigned the night shift..."
"I have taken it upon myself to do this. It has nothing to do with the Preventers or your security team." They sat in silence after that for a minute. Heero glanced at the alarm clock on the table and finally broke the silence. "Hn. It's 2:30 am. You should try to get some more sleep." He stood up and started to walk toward the balcony when Relena asked, "Heero, before you go... Could you hand that to me?" He glanced over his shoulder and followed her gaze to the dresser on the opposite side of the room. On top of it sat the teddy bear he had given her several years back. 'She still has it?' he asked himself. He retrieved it from the dresser and handed it to her, watching her smile and hug it tightly.
Relena looked up at him, her blue eyes shone brightly in the moonlight that filtered through the balcony doors. "Are you leaving? Can't you stay for a little while?"
Heero bent down and brushed a stray strand of hair out of her face, tucking it behind her ear. "I will stay in here until you are asleep. Then I will return to the balcony." As he straightened up, a hand shot out and caught him by the arm.
"Heero..."
He looked down at her when she touched his arm. They're eyes locked for a moment and a small smile graced her lips. "Thank you, Heero. For everything."
The ex-Gundam pilot merely nodded before pulling out of her grasp. "Get some sleep, Relena." He walked over to the other side of the room and sat down in a shadowed corner, his face hidden in the darkness.
Even though she couldn't see his blue eyes watching her from the shadows, she knew that they were. Now that she knew he watched over her at night, she felt much safer where she laid. Just knowing that he was there, watching over her when she was asleep and defenseless made her feel better. Heero would protect her with his life, and she knew it. He wasn't going to kill her.
With those comforting thoughts in mind, Relena closed her eyes and rolled over, facing the moonlit balcony and felt herself drift into the most peaceful slumber she'd had in a while.
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Author's notes: There is more writing on the way! I'll need at least 4 reviews before I continue writing!
I give my thanks to the people who reviewed the last chapter:
Tomorrow
Lizzy b (btw, sorry, Lizzy!)
AF
Kitty Kisara
The Soul Innocence
ANGST
Silver Dreamcatcher
Ley
Samurai24
Once again, thank you guys!