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Duo floated down toward where Relena and Heero were asleep. ~Ha! I knew it! I knew he had a soft spot for her!~ He tapped his comrade, "Hey Heero, wake up, we'll be landing soon."

 Heero opened his eyes and glared at his 'friend.' "ETA?"

 "About twenty minutes, I think I'll let you wake your sleeping beauty over there," Duo announced already a good distance away from Heero.

 The perfect soldier frowned and waited till Duo was out of sight completely, the last thing he needed was Duo bugging him. If he saw Heero having a 'tender moment' with Relena, Heero'd either never hear the end of it or Duo would end up severely injured. Heero let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding when the cockpit door clicked shut. Gently Heero tapped Relena and braced himself for some type of assault.

 The first thing Relena saw when she opened her eyes was Heero scooted all the way over and had his hands in front him like he was preparing to fight. She looked at him oddly then shook her head, "Whatever is up with you, I don't want to know."

 Heero glared at her, "we're landing soon. I've got to warn you though, for the ship to dock properly they shuttle port has to create an abnormal amount of gravity, it gets kind of hard to be in there.

 Relena nodded in response but didn't say much else. He just seemed to have lost that little spark that he had had earlier. It was unnerving how he seemed to have become so cold in so little time.

 He glanced over at her, she looked like something was weighing her down, like there was an extra sadness. He smiled to himself and leaned over to. He kissed her on the cheek, just a little peck, "Smile," he said simply.

 Relena sat straight up and turned to him. "Did you, did you just kiss me?" she asked hoarsely.

 He looked at her and chuckled, "Maybe."

 Relena moved over with a look that said she was plainly annoyed, "Fine Heero," she muttered, "just fine."

 Heero frowned, ~how is it I can offend her without even knowing it?~ he exhaled sharply and scooted over next to her. He kissed her again. "I kissed now though," he whispered.

 Relena smiled and smacked him playfully, Heero kissed her cheek again. "So," he questioned, "you going to kiss me back?"

 Relena smiled and pecked him back on the cheek. "There," she said sliding so that they were hip to hip.

 Heero smiled, "How about a better kiss?"

Relena smirked, "You know, you're flirting with me."

"No," Heero shook his head, "at least not anymore than you are with me."

Relena stuck her tongue out and Heero caught it. ""Didn't your mother ever tell you that if you stuck your tongue out somebody might cut it off?"

"Hum om Heermo, le go!" Relena attempted to say while trying to keep the grin off her face.

He let go and smiled. He moved his head right next to her neck and gently nipped at her ear, "I like your tongue," he whispered.

 She turned to him after he moved his head away and kissed him, this time on the lips. It lasted only a few seconds but left the two of them both breathless. Relena laid her head on his shoulder. "So what's your favorite movie?"

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 By the time the plane had landed it was pretty late. Trowa went ahead to go sign them in for the rooms they had been assigned for their stay. Heero had to go check some stuff so he was a little bit behind Relena and Duo on the moving sidewalk, (they had been installed so people didn't have to strain themselves walking in the high gravity.)

 Relena was chatting animatedly with Duo. He was laughing and chatting with her as well. Heero watched them from a distance. Was there any difference from Duo and himself in Relena's eyes? Had she just been flirting with him like she was Duo? Or was it just because he loved a good time as much as she did. Heero closed his eyes, was Relena just toying with him? ~Damn it! I knew that this wasn't going to work out, I knew it!~ He squeezed his eyes tighter. The last time he got this feeling, that feeling that he was being treated like everyone else, when HE thought it was something special. It was the last time the guys had gone to see Relena.

 When they got back the other pilots found Heero at a bar. Heero was by no means was a heavy drinker, except for the days everyone else went to see the girl of his dreams. That was the only time he ever felt depressed. That day he'd gotten as far to get in the van his friends used when they went to see her, but he wussed out and hopped out at the first stoplight. Upon seeing him Duo took the seat on Heero's right and Quatre to his left. Wufei went to go take his bike home, which was undoubtedly his way of coming here. And Trowa just leaned against a wall in his normal fashion. Heero himself had been alone do to the fact that when he was depressed as such, he was freaking. You had a better chance of survival against an insane Quatre. But he'd mellowed out after what must have been his seventh round of beer.

 He was pathetic looking. The man once known as the perfect soldier, was now nothing more than a kid with girl problems. His head was rested on his arm on the table. The other hand held an almost empty bottle. Duo looked at him with pity.

 "Heero," he said, "you've got to stop doing this to yourself."

 Heero remained silent. Duo continued on, "She does miss it when you don't come, you know that right?"

 Heero shook his head no, the one thing about him was he could hold his alcohol, so he was still pretty coherent. No, he didn't think she still cared. Duo started talking again. "There's always this little, I don't know, sadness in her eyes when we're all there and you're not. You really should go see her. I think it'd really make her happy."

 Heero raised his head, "Why would she want someone like me, huh? I've got nothing to offer! I don't even know why I try!" Heero said getting up off his stool.

 Duo jumped off his own to match him. "What?! You trying to tell me that you're giving up on the girl you changed for before you even TRIED?!?! For the love of." Duo struggled to watch his language, so that he'd keep in ordinance with his upbringing from Father Maxwell.  "For God's sake have you even talked to her?"

 Heero sat down and put his head in his hands. He had changed a lot and the alcohol had made him seem even more human. Just like every other guy in love. "What if I'm not in love with  her?" he asked silently. Before Duo could rant at him again, he started rambling. "She's beautiful and smart and loves everyone, and precious and gracious and perfect and God why would she ever want someone like me?" he blurted silently. The guys looked at him with sympathy. Each of them knew that none of what he was saying came from the influence of his drinking. It only came out because of it, Heero just held it in till he couldn't think quick enough to stop himself.

 Quatre put a sympathetic arm around his shoulders. "Heero you have more worth than you think you do. But, only Relena can tell you why she loves you."

 That was the end of that memory. Heero opened his eyes to see Relena turn to him and wink at him. He gave her a questioning look, his doubt was still clear in his mind, but then she mouthed something to him. 'I miss you already.'

 Heero was shocked and she smiled at him, blew him a kiss, then turned back to be talked at by Duo. Heero never felt more relieved in his life. Still, he needed to hear her say it. He shifted a little and saw Relena manage to start walking toward him. He smiled to himself and looked back down. She finally managed to get to him and ducked her head so that it was in his line of sight.

 "Hey," she said leaning next to him on the rail that moved along with the flooring. "You looked kind of lonely."

 Heero didn't say much, he didn't even look at her. "Hn."

 Relena kissed him, "In your words, smile."

 Heero did smile, he turned to face her and gave her a much better kiss. "So, did I look that pathetic or was Duo being a jack ass again?"

             "Both, I guess," Relena hopped up unto the rail itself. "So when do I get to see my brother?"

             "Visiting hours are over, but I'll take you to the med unit as soon as we can tomorrow," Heero replied. The actual floor was getting closer and it was lighter, (that's why Relena could hop) Heero stepped off first and plucked Relena off the rail when she was close enough.

             "My hero," she said fluttering her eye lashes and clasping her hands in front of her. "How can I ever repay you?"

             Duo walked over to them followed by Trowa. "You can kiss me later," he whispered.

 "So what's up?" said covering a yawn with one hand. "The Preventors have rooms assigned to Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, and Ririna Pazkiewicz," Trowa said with his usual precise monotone. "We gave you the same false last name as your brother so they'd allow you to see him."

 Relena nodded. She knew her brother had changed his name again. He didn't want anyone to know who he was. Although she very much doubted that the other Preventors stationed here didn't guess his true identity.