Chapter One

            Makoto Kino stood leaning on her locker and others. Her head was bowed down looking at her books in her arms that were pressed to her chest. Though she stared at her books she wasn't thinking about them. She was more like thinking about what has been going on in her life. What made it change so much?

            The brunette closed her eyes for a moment and when she opened them again, at the exact moment a tear fell and landed on her bare arm only a centimeter from her book. Ever since she and the others had entered Tokyo University her life went upside down…no, ever since she had met him her life completely left her confused. Example: when she had arrived here she as at point A, very sure of her self but when she had met him she found her self at point Z; very confused and had nowhere to hide.

            She continued to think about the things were going through her head, she didn't even take notice of her friends Ami and Minako with their boyfriends Quatre and Trowa coming her way. Ami was the first one to notice her friend leaning on her locker looking depressed. She elbowed the blonde who was happily talking to Quatre, to get her attention.

            "Ami-chan, that hurts!" Minako spoke as she rubbed where the blue haired genius had hit her.

            "Minako-chan, look." Ami said ignoring her friend's words. She and the boys stared at where Ami had pointed to and frowned. "What's wrong with Mako?" Quatre asked.

            Minako sighed as she shook her head. "We don't know." She whispered. "Ever since she came home one night she hasn't been smiling."

            "Let's go talk to her." Trowa spoke without lifting his eyes off of her.

            They all nodded and slowly walked towards their friend.

            Makoto looked up when she heard footsteps coming her way and turned to see Ami and the others. Her features immediately changed to indifference but when her eye caught a figure coming ahead she simply turned around and began to walk away.

            "Mako wait!"

            "I have a class to go to." The brunette simply said over her shoulder as she walked away.

            "But you don't." Ami whispered as she watched her friend disappear into the crowed halls full of students. Almost immediately Heero stopped in front of them and opened his locker.

            "Hey, Heero." Quatre greeted his friend and was rewarded with a straightforward nod.

            In Minako's mind something immediately clicked as she looked at Heero, then at where Mako had stood last. It seemed that every time Heero's name was mentioned or when he appeared her friend would simply walk away forgetting about every thing else and it looked as if she was trying to escape from him. What was going on between the two of them? was the question that ran through her mind. Mako wasn't the kind of girl to walk away from something or one. Heero must have done something to upset her friend, beyond comprehension. As she continued to stare at the man in front of her who was getting his books out of his locker after putting the ones that were useless to him inside, she had made up her mind, she was going to ask him. "Ne, Heero-kun?"

            Heero stared at her from the corner of his eyes before putting his books in his bags.

            Taking his silent answer as a response to continue she did. "Do you know what's wrong with Mako-chan?"

            Almost immediately he slammed the small door to his locker shut scaring all four of them though Trowa made nothing indicating he was scared for a minute. He turned to glare at Minako before whispering in his usual tone. "That is none of your business." Placing his bag over his shoulder he silently walked away. 

            Ami, Minako, Quatre and Trowa all turned to look at the man walk away puzzled and surprised.

            "What the hell is wrong with him?" Mina asked angered at the harsh answer she had received from the cold man. "All I did was ask him a simple question. He didn't have to go all postal on me!" She huffed annoyed as she folded her arms under her chest.

            Quatre pulled her closer to him attempting to calm her down. "Don't worry about it." He whispered to her. "Heero can get harsh at times."

            Mina, although calmed, rolled her eyes. "That's an understatement Quatre and you know it." She spoke pulling away from him.

            "I wonder what's eating him?" Ami asked as she continued to look at where Heero stood.

            Minako looked at her incredulous. "You mean you haven't caught on yet?" She asked. "You know for the smartest girl in school you seemed to be absolutely clueless in the romance section."

            "I don't think so." Trowa whispered as he placed his arm around the now blushing Ami. She slightly pulled away from him as she said. "Trowa stop it."

            The tall man only smiled.

            Mina who had raised an eyebrow while looking at them shook her head. "Anyway, its obvious there's something going on between the two of them and it looks like its hurting them both."

            "I say it's more like hurting Mako." Ami replied while she leaned on one of the lockers. Quatre had nodded in agreement to the annoyance of Minako. "I'm serious Mina-chan." Ami sighed as she stared at the blonde. "Mako has been brooding ever since the night before she met Heero. She no longer smiles as much nor laughs. Her attitude leans more to the indifference than the caring and loving it always was, yet Heero…well he's still the same."

            "Who's still the same?" A new voice asked.

            All four turned to look at a raven-haired man and woman. The woman was the one that had spoken for the two.

            "Hey, Rei, Wufei." Minako greeted with a slight smile. "We were talking about Heero and Mako."

            They both nodded, understanding where this was leading too. They had both noticed the changes in both of them, well in Mako but they knew Heero was the cause of it all. It was obvious from the way they both acted. One day they would be content the next day they would be totally miserable or pissed. Wufei looked at his watched and snorted in irritation. "Come on Quatre, we need to go."

            Quatre nodded and walked off with him not until he hugged Minako goodbye. Both men walked to their classroom without looking back.

            "So what are we going to do with the both of them?" Rei causally asked as she glanced at her friends. "Mako has free period now and so does Heero."

            "But you and I don't." Trowa spoke clearly after looking at his watch. He smiled down at Ami before he walked away.

            Rei sighed. "These men I swear." She whispered before she ran to catch up with Trowa.

            Mina giggled as she watched them go. She turned to her silent friend and sighed. "So where are you headed?"

            "To the library." Ami answered. "I have a chem. paper to finish."

            Minako sighed. "I guess I'll be heading out to the gymnastic room." She said before she walked way. "See you later Ami!" The blonde waved to her friend before she continued walking forward.

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            Heero frowned as he thought of Minako's words once more before he sighed. "Why does she have to be so meddlesome?" He whispered as he inserting quarters into a vending machine he pressed a button. 'What the hell is wrong with me?' He asked himself before picking up Pepsi that had fell out of the machine before walking away. 'I'm not used to these emotions.'

            "But Mako is suffering the most between the two of us." He spoke to no one but himself. He then snorted in disgust. 'Then again, when was the last time I cared about someone of the opposite sex?' He asked himself. It wasn't as if he didn't care about Makoto, he did, but the problem was finding how to deal with it. He didn't know what to do with himself. All he knew before was to eliminate all emotions and get through to missions. But now there were no missions to conquer and plenty of emotions he had never felt before. He was lost. He didn't know who he was any more.

            Yes, he did enjoy spending his time with the brunette but he was afraid. Afraid to get to close, afraid that he might lose her just like he lost the little girl and her dog. Just like…he was suddenly snapped out of his thoughts when he bumped into some one. A gasped was stuck in his throat when he looked into green eyes. The same eyes that hunted him through the sleepless nights.

            Makoto looked up when she bumped into someone and gasped when she looked into Prussian blue eyes. She quickly tore her eyes away from his and simply walked away, willing herself not to be trapped like all those other times. She walked away from him for the first time since she saw him and apart of her felt good while the other part of her cursed her for being weak enough to walk away and not take everything he dished out. She quickly shut that part off and quickens her steps.

            Heero watched as she walked away before he looked down at his bottle.

            "Why don't you just tell her?" A new voice asked as a petite woman stepped next to him. She looked look up to stare into his eyes. "I know you care deeply for her so why don't you?"

            "That's…"

            "None of my business?" She finished his line for him. "Oh Heero you can be so foolish at times." She whispered before she walked away. Unlike him she had a class to take. "You better tell her soon or she would just keep walking away from you. A woman can't wait for ever."

Author's note: Wow, I really didn't expect reviews for this story! Thank you all for reviewing it means a lot to me. I want to say thank you to Cho-chan for helping me correct my mistakes ^_^;; Thank you!!! I hope you all enjoyed it and review!!!