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*Ayanami pouts, and refuses to say those evil words...*
Authoress Note: I hope you all liked the last chapter! Minor note: there's not really a bad guy, and not really a plot. It's just a get-them-back-together sort of fic. ^_^
Ocean Waves: Chapter 2
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Heero plunged under the water, and searched around. He didn't want to stay under very long, because there were sharks around and the smell of blood in the water. Not many of the ferocious animals lived in this area, but there were a few. He saw nothing in the deep blue around him, save for a few fish and the small coral reefs below him. He kicked his feet and propelled himself upward.
"-ere you are, Heero." he heard her say, but it wasn't as if she was talking to him. She sounded as if she were talking to a pet dog or something. "You did a good job, yes you did." she continued in the same tone. He heard her gasp, and exclaim, "Heero! You're wounded!" That phrase, and the worry in it, sparked memories of Libra. Then again, he knew for a fact that he wasn't hurt.
He turned around in the water to see Relena on his surf board. She wasn't talking to him after all, but rather a dolphin swimming right next to her. She rubbed his head with one hand as she looked over the wound, feeling it with the other.
Heero swam over to her, and said, "So this is your friend."
"I tried to tell you..." she said, not looking at him. "Can you see his wound? Is it bad?" she asked suddenly.
"Well...umm...no, it doesn't look that bad." he said. Can I see it?
Relena sighed, and said, "Thank God." The speedboat pulled up beside them, and they moved Relena onto it. "What about-" she protested. Heero cut her off.
"We rescue plenty of animals around here." he said, explaining that they were going to take the dolphin on the boat with them. "See, there he is right now."
She laughed ruefully. "See?" she turned her eyes to him. He stifled a gasp. They were white and cloudy, no pupil or iris visible. "I'm blind." she explained, sensing his shock.
"Blind!!" the driver of the boat protested. "If you're blind, then what were you doing swimming at all, not to mention alone in the deep water?"
"I wasn't alone!!" she said. "I had Heero with me! He keeps me from drifting father then I should, or drowning."
"And a damn good job he did, eh?" he countered.
"Yes! He did! If I didn't have him, I would be shark food right now!" she said, standing, and glaring daggers in the direction of the offending voice. Then, when she put weight on her foot, she remembered her condition. With a short cry she fell, only to be caught by the same strong arms that saved her from the shark.
"I think you two had better settle down." he said, placing her gently on the bench. She felt him gently wrap her foot and leg on bandages. "So, why did you name the dolphin Heero?" he asked.
Relena blushed profusely, and leaned back against the wooden boards. "Well... there was this guy named Heero... and..."
"Ah." Heero said, trying his hardest to hide his own blush.
"Well, I first met Heero, the boy, out on a beach. He looked like he had drowned, but he hadn't. Later, during the war, he saved my life several times. Then he left." she said abruptly. "After that, I was in a car accident, and this," she passed a hand over her eyes, "happened."
"I see..." he said, prompting her to continue.
"Then I was out on the beach alone, and I decided to take a stupid risk and swim alone." he said. "I got pulled out in a rip tide. Then Heero over there, found me, and guided me to shore." Her story was cut short as the boat pulled into dock. They put her on a stretcher, and took her into the lifeguard station, as some vets came out to take a look at the wounded dolphin.
Heero sat next to Relena's bed, where she had fallen asleep. He stroked her hair, lost in thought.
They took Relena to the hospital and had her wounds treated. She wouldn't be able to walk for a few days, but was otherwise fine. After that, she insisted that she visit the animal hospital across the street. She was quite flattered that the lifeguard who had saved her wanted to accompany her.
"My shift's over today." he said, "and I wanted to see how you're doing. I don't have any plans for tonight, so let's go and visit your friend." She'd smiled and thanked him warmly. When he asked if there was anything he could do for her, she said "You could not tell my brother about this..." He just laughed and started pushing her wheelchair out the door.
They crossed the street and found Heero in fine condition. The vets said that his wounds would heal in a few days, as they weren't very deep. Relena pushed herself out of her wheelchair and sat herself on the edge of the pool, letting her uninjured foot dangle in the water. Heero quickly surfaced and started chirping away at her. Heero was amazed at how good she was at hiding her disability. It certanly hadn't been on the news.
"No, I'm not mad at you, I'm very proud of you." she said, rubbing the dolphin's head. "I'm sure Heero would be proud too." Heero smiled, and sat down next to her.
"Relena," he said, putting an arm on her shoulder. He felt her sit up straighter. Relena was her name, although it was not the name she'd given them. "Why did you name him after me?" he asked softly. She looked at him sharply, staring at him with her sightless eyes. She brought her hands to his face, and ran her fingers over her cheeks.
"Heero?" she asked softly, feeling his face. "Is it really you?"
He gently took ahold of her wrists, and leaned forward, closer to her beautiful face. Heero pressed his lips to hers gently, experimentally. She knew the feel of those lips. He'd only kissed her once, before the Mariemaia Incident, but she still remembered that innocent kiss. He'd ran away from her then, leaving her too shocked to follow.
Heero pulled away, and look at her. Relena sat there, her sightless eyes wide. "Heero..." she sighed softly, and leaned against him. He took her in his arms protectively, and held her tight. She sobbed into his loose white shirt. Heero ran his fingers through her long blond hair, before petting his namesake. "Yes, little Heero, I'm very proud of you." Relena laughed at this, and held onto Heero that much tighter.
"I missed you." she whispered to him.
"I can tell." he answered. "And I missed you too." He kissed the top of her head, and held her tighter, never to let her go again.
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Wai!! Short, 2 chapter, fluffy fic! Not overly sappy (but sap is still good), and sweet. This is how I come up with ideas....really cool situations (like a blind Relena swimming alone with a dolphin names Heero, and the real Heero as a lifeguard) come into my head all the time. It's making them into a long and coherent story that's the hard part. Sometimes I'll get both a starting and an ending, but writing the middle is really hard!! What makes it really hard is remembering that she can't see, so she can't look at Heero, peer into his eyes, or any of that good stuff!
Well, now that I've got this little ficlet off of my chest without it becoming another long story, I'm happy!! On to work on the story that didn't escape short... Elements! Ahhh!!
*hugs for all*
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-Ayanami_Chan
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