Taste of Eternity
Disclaimer = I do not own them and I never will. ^_^
Heero teleported back into his room at the apartment and smashed a fist up against the wall. "STUPID!" he roared, whirling around and knocking all of his possessions off the dresser in one deft swoop. "HOW COULD I HAVE DONE THAT?!"
"Done what?" Duo's voice asked. Heero, fire dancing in his eyes, spun sharply back around to see his friend sitting in the dark corner of the room, smiling at him in a bemused fashion.
"Get out." Heero hissed. Duo shook his head vigorously like a little kid and said in a taunting voice. "I think I can guess what you did brother."
"Get out!" Heero yelled, raising his voice and his fist. Duo remained unfazed.
"Heero and Relena sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-" he was cut off as an entire desk was flung at his head.
"SHIT!" Duo yelled, teleporting quickly to the other side of the room to avoid having an oak dresser implanted in his forehead. "Heero calm down, don't kill me!"
Heero glared daggers at Duo and pointed to the door. "OUT."
"I'm going don't worry…" Duo muttered, shuffling towards the exit. He stopped, his hand on the doorknob, and turned around to face Heero again. "I know you're confused now man, but take my advice, don't fight it. She'd be a good mate, just make her one of us."
Heero, if possible, became even madder. "Don't you ever say that again. I would never bring Relena into this world. She deserves so much better."
Duo raised both his eyebrows and sat down in his vacated spot in the corner. "Whoah. You really do like this chick huh?"
Heero, feeling suddenly very drained, nodded. "I don't know why. I barely even know her. She's just…I mean, I…"
"You love her." Duo finished. Heero paused and nodded. He expected Duo to deal out some heartfelt advice, but instead he just interjected, "Oh shit."
"What? What's wrong with it? You have Hilde!"
Duo shook his head. "I do have Hilde. I like her a lot. She's my mate, my counter part. But I don't love her. Vampires can't love. The emotion died along with our human form."
Heero felt sick inside. "So I don't love Relena?" he asked, confused.
Duo shook his head again. "Don't you see? You're different than the rest of us! I've always had my suspicions, but this proves it. You still have some human left inside you. You have the ability to feel, to love."
"That's a good thing, right?" Heero asked, feeling fainter by the minute.
Duo shrugged. "I don't know…I guess you'll have to find out." Before Heero could ask him anything else, he teleported out.
"Relena…"
The next day at school, Heero avoided Relena like the plague, and she couldn't figure out why.
In passing period between lunch and study hall, she finally got up the courage to confront him.
"Heero?" she asked, catching onto his arm. "Wait, what's wrong?" Heero stopped and looked at Relena, feeling his insides churn.
*I think I'm falling in love with you…but I'm not supposed to.*
"Nothing, just stressed out from school."
Lying had become so easy.
"Oh, okay."
This was followed by a very pregnant pause.
"Um, I was wondering if you would maybe like to come to a party with me. It's for my mom, so it's kinda formal. You do own a tux right?"
"Yeah."
*Mental note to self: buy tuxedo.*
"Great! Well, stop by my house at around 6 tonight. It's the Peacecraft mansion, ask anyone where it is, you can't miss it. Bye!"
Relena turned on her heel and headed off down the hall towards the cafeteria.
Later on that evening, Heero stood in front of a full length mirror, modeling his new tuxedo.
"Thanks for coming with me," he said to Duo and Hilde, who were also dressed up for the occasion. "I don't know what I'm doing half the time anymore."
Duo nodded and straightened Heero's tie. "Don't worry about it pal, I never turn up a good party. They better have lots of food."
Hilde rolled her eyes. "Why do you even bother Duo? It's not like you need it."
Duo sniffed arrogantly and upturned his nose in the air. "Call it a hobby."
"Come on," Heero prompted, dragging them both to the door, "I don't want to be late."
"You know, Heero's been acting a lot nicer ever since he met that Relena girl." Hilde commented on the way to he car. Duo grinned.
"Don't get your hopes up Hil. He's just as pissy as ever. Observe." Duo gave Heero a well aimed kick to the back of his leg.
"DUO!" Heero roared, lashing out with his Power on instinct. Duo rubbed his face where the invisible force had struck and grinned sheepishly at Hilde. "See, what did I tell you?"
The car ride to the mansion was a short one and was rivaled by the length of the trip from the front gates to the entrance of the building.
The three of them piled out of the car and watched as the chauffeur drove it to the lot out back. "Be on your best behavior." Hilde prompted Duo. Heero nodded in appreciation and they stepped inside. Color, light and sound was everywhere. The room was full of ladies in elaborate dresses and men in stiffly formal tuxedos, mingling about sipping from champagne glasses. A live band played softly in the corner next to a refreshment table so long, it stretched from wall to wall.
"Food!" Duo whispered excitedly, pointing to the table full of treats. "Come on Hilde, food!"
"All right all right…" she muttered reluctantly. "You'll know where to find us, Heero."
He nodded and watched as the two weaved their way into the crowd, disappearing among the masses of smiling faces. Heero moved off to a corner, not the least bit comfortable with the social scene. Thankfully, he was rescued shortly by Relena, all done up in her Sunday finest.
"Come on," she hissed through gritted teeth frozen in a fake smile. "Mother says we can escape if we want. No one's allowed in the parlor, we could go there."
Heero nodded, wondering how she got through events like this, and followed her away from the crowds of mingling people.
The parlor turned out to be a large room with a domed ceiling full of comfy chairs and couches and plenty of books and tables to read on. "I usually come in here to do my homework." Relena explained, pushing a stack off books off the couch so Heero could sit down. "Sorry it's so messy."
"That's okay." Heero answered, sitting down next to her. They sat in silence for awhile, but not the uncomfortable kind. They were both happy to be in eachothers company.
"Relena," Heero said after awhile, taking a deep breath. "There's something I want to tell you. About us…"
This was it. The moment. Although the message he wanted to say had changed drastically. Heero had decided that love was a bad thing. Love could only hurt. And hurting Relena was the last thing he wanted to do. He had to push her away.
"I've been meaning to talk to you too." Relena said, snuggling in closer. "I really love you Heero. I've never felt this way about anyone before. I barely even know you, but I feel so complete when I'm around you. At the risk of sounding corny, I think maybe your my soulmate."
She trailed off and waited his verdict, to see if he would laugh or love. Heero looked down at her, pressed up against his chest, her eyes so sweet and trusting. So innocent. She was too pure to love, too pure to lose. He would taint her if he kept her. But he would break her if he let her go.
"I love you too Relena." he whispered, feeling the lost emotion behind those words. She sat up and kissed him, and something amazing happened. A tear, salty, wet and real, coursed down his cheek for the first time in 300 years. She kissed it away and he smiled, feeling that she deserved to have it.
They continued kissing until his kisses trailed down her neck. And then he felt it, the craving. He wanted her blood. *No.* he told himself forcefully, feeling slightly sick to his stomach at the very thought. *NO.*
But she was there, so tempting. His fangs grew without him even realizing it and they punctured her skin ever so gently. She gave a little gasp of surprise, then moaned in pleasure as he began drawing out her blood. "Heero," she whispered, "What are you-" she was cut off as he lay her back on the couch, still drawing blood. She moaned again, half pain, half pleasure and squirmed underneath him. She tasted so good.
"Heero…" she whispered, her voice weak. He realized he should stop now but it was so hard. He couldn't loose control again, he would never forgive himself if he killed her. He pulled back and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, feeling like some kind of monster. Relena was pale, so pale, but still awake, and frightened.
"I-I…I can't love you Relena." he whispered, getting shakily to his feet. "I'm a vampire…and I'll only hurt you."
"Heero?"
Without another word, he opened the parlor window and swung his legs out, looking down at the ground far below. He turned to face her before jumping neatly out the window, cursing his own stupidity with every action. Heero hit the ground hard and crumpled, getting to his feet as fast as he could. He was up and running in an instant, the cold wind tearing at his cheeks and stinging his face. She would hate him now. But not nearly as much as he hated himself.
He kept running as thunder crashed against the sky and heavy clouds rolled in from the heavens. Rain splattered down around him like bullets, making the terrain a heavy muddy sinkhole. He slowed down a bit, then finally collapsed face up in the mud. The rain fell heavy in his eyes like his long forgotten tears, trailing down his face and landing on his mudsplattered suitcoat. He lay there for awhile before realizing that he couldn't stay here forever. Someone was bound to find him.
He dragged himself off the ground and slowly trudged off in the opposite direction from which he came from, heading out to the old abandoned manor his kind used as a community house. It would most likely be empty. He needed some sleep.
*I failed.* he thought miserably, stepping inside the manor and shaking the rainwater from his hair. *I failed love.*
Disclaimer = I do not own them and I never will. ^_^
Heero teleported back into his room at the apartment and smashed a fist up against the wall. "STUPID!" he roared, whirling around and knocking all of his possessions off the dresser in one deft swoop. "HOW COULD I HAVE DONE THAT?!"
"Done what?" Duo's voice asked. Heero, fire dancing in his eyes, spun sharply back around to see his friend sitting in the dark corner of the room, smiling at him in a bemused fashion.
"Get out." Heero hissed. Duo shook his head vigorously like a little kid and said in a taunting voice. "I think I can guess what you did brother."
"Get out!" Heero yelled, raising his voice and his fist. Duo remained unfazed.
"Heero and Relena sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-" he was cut off as an entire desk was flung at his head.
"SHIT!" Duo yelled, teleporting quickly to the other side of the room to avoid having an oak dresser implanted in his forehead. "Heero calm down, don't kill me!"
Heero glared daggers at Duo and pointed to the door. "OUT."
"I'm going don't worry…" Duo muttered, shuffling towards the exit. He stopped, his hand on the doorknob, and turned around to face Heero again. "I know you're confused now man, but take my advice, don't fight it. She'd be a good mate, just make her one of us."
Heero, if possible, became even madder. "Don't you ever say that again. I would never bring Relena into this world. She deserves so much better."
Duo raised both his eyebrows and sat down in his vacated spot in the corner. "Whoah. You really do like this chick huh?"
Heero, feeling suddenly very drained, nodded. "I don't know why. I barely even know her. She's just…I mean, I…"
"You love her." Duo finished. Heero paused and nodded. He expected Duo to deal out some heartfelt advice, but instead he just interjected, "Oh shit."
"What? What's wrong with it? You have Hilde!"
Duo shook his head. "I do have Hilde. I like her a lot. She's my mate, my counter part. But I don't love her. Vampires can't love. The emotion died along with our human form."
Heero felt sick inside. "So I don't love Relena?" he asked, confused.
Duo shook his head again. "Don't you see? You're different than the rest of us! I've always had my suspicions, but this proves it. You still have some human left inside you. You have the ability to feel, to love."
"That's a good thing, right?" Heero asked, feeling fainter by the minute.
Duo shrugged. "I don't know…I guess you'll have to find out." Before Heero could ask him anything else, he teleported out.
"Relena…"
The next day at school, Heero avoided Relena like the plague, and she couldn't figure out why.
In passing period between lunch and study hall, she finally got up the courage to confront him.
"Heero?" she asked, catching onto his arm. "Wait, what's wrong?" Heero stopped and looked at Relena, feeling his insides churn.
*I think I'm falling in love with you…but I'm not supposed to.*
"Nothing, just stressed out from school."
Lying had become so easy.
"Oh, okay."
This was followed by a very pregnant pause.
"Um, I was wondering if you would maybe like to come to a party with me. It's for my mom, so it's kinda formal. You do own a tux right?"
"Yeah."
*Mental note to self: buy tuxedo.*
"Great! Well, stop by my house at around 6 tonight. It's the Peacecraft mansion, ask anyone where it is, you can't miss it. Bye!"
Relena turned on her heel and headed off down the hall towards the cafeteria.
Later on that evening, Heero stood in front of a full length mirror, modeling his new tuxedo.
"Thanks for coming with me," he said to Duo and Hilde, who were also dressed up for the occasion. "I don't know what I'm doing half the time anymore."
Duo nodded and straightened Heero's tie. "Don't worry about it pal, I never turn up a good party. They better have lots of food."
Hilde rolled her eyes. "Why do you even bother Duo? It's not like you need it."
Duo sniffed arrogantly and upturned his nose in the air. "Call it a hobby."
"Come on," Heero prompted, dragging them both to the door, "I don't want to be late."
"You know, Heero's been acting a lot nicer ever since he met that Relena girl." Hilde commented on the way to he car. Duo grinned.
"Don't get your hopes up Hil. He's just as pissy as ever. Observe." Duo gave Heero a well aimed kick to the back of his leg.
"DUO!" Heero roared, lashing out with his Power on instinct. Duo rubbed his face where the invisible force had struck and grinned sheepishly at Hilde. "See, what did I tell you?"
The car ride to the mansion was a short one and was rivaled by the length of the trip from the front gates to the entrance of the building.
The three of them piled out of the car and watched as the chauffeur drove it to the lot out back. "Be on your best behavior." Hilde prompted Duo. Heero nodded in appreciation and they stepped inside. Color, light and sound was everywhere. The room was full of ladies in elaborate dresses and men in stiffly formal tuxedos, mingling about sipping from champagne glasses. A live band played softly in the corner next to a refreshment table so long, it stretched from wall to wall.
"Food!" Duo whispered excitedly, pointing to the table full of treats. "Come on Hilde, food!"
"All right all right…" she muttered reluctantly. "You'll know where to find us, Heero."
He nodded and watched as the two weaved their way into the crowd, disappearing among the masses of smiling faces. Heero moved off to a corner, not the least bit comfortable with the social scene. Thankfully, he was rescued shortly by Relena, all done up in her Sunday finest.
"Come on," she hissed through gritted teeth frozen in a fake smile. "Mother says we can escape if we want. No one's allowed in the parlor, we could go there."
Heero nodded, wondering how she got through events like this, and followed her away from the crowds of mingling people.
The parlor turned out to be a large room with a domed ceiling full of comfy chairs and couches and plenty of books and tables to read on. "I usually come in here to do my homework." Relena explained, pushing a stack off books off the couch so Heero could sit down. "Sorry it's so messy."
"That's okay." Heero answered, sitting down next to her. They sat in silence for awhile, but not the uncomfortable kind. They were both happy to be in eachothers company.
"Relena," Heero said after awhile, taking a deep breath. "There's something I want to tell you. About us…"
This was it. The moment. Although the message he wanted to say had changed drastically. Heero had decided that love was a bad thing. Love could only hurt. And hurting Relena was the last thing he wanted to do. He had to push her away.
"I've been meaning to talk to you too." Relena said, snuggling in closer. "I really love you Heero. I've never felt this way about anyone before. I barely even know you, but I feel so complete when I'm around you. At the risk of sounding corny, I think maybe your my soulmate."
She trailed off and waited his verdict, to see if he would laugh or love. Heero looked down at her, pressed up against his chest, her eyes so sweet and trusting. So innocent. She was too pure to love, too pure to lose. He would taint her if he kept her. But he would break her if he let her go.
"I love you too Relena." he whispered, feeling the lost emotion behind those words. She sat up and kissed him, and something amazing happened. A tear, salty, wet and real, coursed down his cheek for the first time in 300 years. She kissed it away and he smiled, feeling that she deserved to have it.
They continued kissing until his kisses trailed down her neck. And then he felt it, the craving. He wanted her blood. *No.* he told himself forcefully, feeling slightly sick to his stomach at the very thought. *NO.*
But she was there, so tempting. His fangs grew without him even realizing it and they punctured her skin ever so gently. She gave a little gasp of surprise, then moaned in pleasure as he began drawing out her blood. "Heero," she whispered, "What are you-" she was cut off as he lay her back on the couch, still drawing blood. She moaned again, half pain, half pleasure and squirmed underneath him. She tasted so good.
"Heero…" she whispered, her voice weak. He realized he should stop now but it was so hard. He couldn't loose control again, he would never forgive himself if he killed her. He pulled back and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, feeling like some kind of monster. Relena was pale, so pale, but still awake, and frightened.
"I-I…I can't love you Relena." he whispered, getting shakily to his feet. "I'm a vampire…and I'll only hurt you."
"Heero?"
Without another word, he opened the parlor window and swung his legs out, looking down at the ground far below. He turned to face her before jumping neatly out the window, cursing his own stupidity with every action. Heero hit the ground hard and crumpled, getting to his feet as fast as he could. He was up and running in an instant, the cold wind tearing at his cheeks and stinging his face. She would hate him now. But not nearly as much as he hated himself.
He kept running as thunder crashed against the sky and heavy clouds rolled in from the heavens. Rain splattered down around him like bullets, making the terrain a heavy muddy sinkhole. He slowed down a bit, then finally collapsed face up in the mud. The rain fell heavy in his eyes like his long forgotten tears, trailing down his face and landing on his mudsplattered suitcoat. He lay there for awhile before realizing that he couldn't stay here forever. Someone was bound to find him.
He dragged himself off the ground and slowly trudged off in the opposite direction from which he came from, heading out to the old abandoned manor his kind used as a community house. It would most likely be empty. He needed some sleep.
*I failed.* he thought miserably, stepping inside the manor and shaking the rainwater from his hair. *I failed love.*