True Hearts
Relena Peacecraft
tried not to smile as Milliardo was ranting and raving how her 'Valentine'
could be a killer out to get her. For the last few days' gifts in her room,
office and anywhere else she would normally go have been left for her to find.
The gifts, wasn't what bothered the older Peacecraft; it was the fact that this
person could get by Relena's guards without any problem. Of course some would
say it was his sister complex. Each time she got something, Milliardo would be
red in the face. Noin on the other hand was really calm about all of this,
maybe even a little bit too calm. It had been two days since she found roses in
her room. Two days left till Valentine, and well, Milliardo was pissed.
"How is it possible?"
Milliardo asked for the fifth time that day.
Noin walked into the
living room, "I don't know, but Relena you have another gift."
Noin gave Relena a
white teddybear with a blue bow around its neck. It was carry a small envelope,
which was sealed with a sticker heart. Milliardo stared at the teddybear, while
Relena opened the letter. Out came a ticket, and a note.
She read it aloud,
"Dear Relena, here is a teddybear to keep the one you already have company. The
ticket is for the dance club on the 14th. I hope you can make it.
I'll pick you up at 7:00 p.m. P.S. Tell your brother he needs to get you better
bodyguards. Heero Yuy."
"What? Heero's been
sending you all of this?" Milliardo freaked.
"Well, that was sweet
of him. I wonder why he had a change of heart…" Noin chuckled.
"I don't believe it,
Heero sent all of that to me?" Relena smiled, rereading the note again.
"Believe it."
Hilde had just come
back from her duties to find her front door open. She frowned, running in she
hoped that nothing was taken. Nothing was missing, instead there was something
added. On the table in front of the television was a basket full of heart shape
cookies. In the VCR there was a video labeled 'Watch Me'. Hilde chuckled to herself,
picking up the basket of cookies and pushing in the tape. On the screen Duo
appeared, Hilde looked at the screen, then at the cookies. They looked home
baked.
"Hi Hilde! Surprise!
Did you guess it was me? Come on, I bet you didn't see that coming a mile away.
Hoped you liked everything that's happened so far, I sure have. Anyways in the
basket there is a ticket to a dance club on the 14th. I'll pick you
up around 7 okay? Hope you like the cookies!"
Hilde stared at the
cookies.
"Oh, and one more
thing, I didn't bake them. Kara did, she didn't trust me with the oven. Said
something about burning down the kitchen."
She laughed, "No
kidding, I was getting worried."
"See ya later!"
The screen blanked
out, and Hilde smiled, taking a bite into a cookie. At least she knew they were
safe to eat.
"Hmm……… Now the only
question is, what am I going to wear?" Hilde picked up the phone and punched in
a number.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Kara?"
"Hi Hilde, what's
up?"
Hilde smiled, "I got
Duo's message, and thanks for not letting him make the cookies."
"Hehe, well, I
didn't want to school the lose it's kitchen."
"Yea… Hey I need a
dress, so I was wondering if you'd like to go shopping with me?" Hilde asked.
"How about I just
loan you a dress?"
"You aren't going? I
thought you had a Valentine Kara."
"I do, but Quatre
just came to me, and I need to get Miroki's dress ready, without her knowing of
course."
"Of course, so
you're going to be helping Quatre?"
"Why not? My friend
is going to get the best surprise of her life. Besides I have a dress that
might fit you."
"Good, I'll be over
to try it."
Kara sighed as she
fell onto her bed. She was tried, she had to help Quatre, and she just finished
helping Duo and Hilde. Not to mention help Noin to keep Milliardo from seeking
Heero out and pounding him. Not that Milliardo could anyways, but it would save
everyone a lot of trouble. Feeling sleepy, Kara decided hell with getting
change; she was just going to sleep right then and there.
~Next Morning~
Still a bit sleepy,
Kara opened her eyes. First thing she noticed, which was normal, that Jasper
was on her chest. That's when she had this sinking feeling that something
wasn't right. For starters, she was under the covers.
"Didn't I just fall
asleep on the bed? I didn't get under the covers last night," Kara frowned to
herself.
Carefully getting
up, since Jasper needed time to get off her chest. Kara saw that there was
something around her kitty's neck. On a closer look it was a pendent, with a
red ribbon. Taking off her kitten, she studied it. It was plain silver, nothing
fancy. On the back there was something written in it. Kara was aware from
reading it that there was heat creeping up her neck, and second she was being
watched.
"Watched, okay, now
I'm freaked out," Kara thought silently turning around.
What she saw, was
probably the last person, next to Wufei and Heero she expected to see in her
room. Sitting on a chair, next to her desk, with a clear view of her bed was
Trowa.
He smirked, "Did you
have a good sleep?"
Kara jumped out of
bed faster than thought possible, "How long have you been there?"
"Just for an hour, I
was here last night, but you were asleep," he answered back.
"One of these days
you will give me a heart attack!"
Trowa got up from
his seat, "Well, you should pay more attention then."
"I never hear you
coming," Kara sighed.
Trowa just smiles.
"Now, why is it, you
were watching me sleep for…"
Kara was cut off by
some yelling, "Chang Wufei! Give me that teddybear right now!"
"Oh dear…" Kara
giggled.
The two of them
leave the room to see Sally and Wufei fighting (again). It was a sight to be
seen, well, not really, but for those that did know what was going on. This was
going to be quite a show.
"Tell me onna, why
do you like this teddybear so much?" Wufei asked.
Sally growled,
"Because Chang, the guy who gave it to me, is nice, and asks me how I am
everyday."
"But he just writes,
you don't know who he is."
"Whoever he is, he's
nicer than you!"
"Is it just me, or
is this fight familiar in anyway?" Kara asked.
Trowa nods, "It's a
lot like the fight three days ago."
"So onna, how are
you?"
Sally stared,
"What?"
Wufei smirked, "I
asked how are you."
"I'm fine…"
Wufei handed her
back the teddybear, this time with a ticket, and what looked like a decorated comb,
"See you at 7 tomorrow Sally."
Sally stared, "That
means…"
Wufei walks away,
"Bye Sally."
"Wait one damn
minute! You gave me all those things? You've been sending me those notes?"
Sally asked.
Turning around,
Wufei smirks, "Yes I have, did you like them?"
"Yes."
"Good, then I will
see you later," and with that he left.
Kara did everything
she could not to break down laughing. She could tell that Sally was confused,
after all Wufei had been giving all those things.
"Speaking of which,
I'll be seeing you around the same time," Trowa said out of the blue.
Kara turned, "I
nearly forgot."
"Don't, see you
tomorrow," Trowa replied, walking away.
Sally came up to
her, "You too?"
Kara held up the
pendent, "Yea…"
At lunch later that day,
Kara was just sitting, eating with Nick, and Miroki. She noted that Adam was
missing, but then again, he rarely popped up anyways.
Nick grinned as he
pulled out two tickets, "Looky here, I have two tickets for the dance club
tomorrow night. Are any of you girls going?"
"I might go, I'm not
sure," Miroki replied.
Kara smiled, "I'm
going, which reminds me, Miroki could you do me a favor tomorrow?"
Miroki nodded
slowly, "Okay, what is it?"
"At 6 could you come
to my room and try a dress on for me?"
"Kara…" Miroki
growled.
"Please? Pretty
please?" Kara pleaded.
Miroki sighed as
Kara gave her the puppy eyes, "Fine, fine, just no thin straps."
"Okay, I promise, no
thin straps," Kara eyes were full of laughter.
"Promise?"
"I promise, which
reminds me, I have to meet Hilde now," Kara got up and walked away.
Later, Hilde was
standing on the dressmaker's stood for Kara. They were talking about the dance,
and well, Kara was nervous.
"So what's the
problem?" Hilde asked, checking herself out in the mirror.
Kara sighed, "The
problem is I'm not sure I want to go to this dance."
"Don't you like your
date?"
"I like him,
I just don't know if he likes me," Kara pointed out.
"He wouldn't have
done all of this if he didn't like you Kara," Hilde pointed that out.
Kara got up, "I bet
anything that Miroki set him up to it. He's just doing that because she either
a) blackmailed him, or b) he owes her a favor."
"Why don't you ask
him?"
"Ask him what?"
Hilde shook her head
as she got down, "Ask him if he likes you! Gee, you are dense sometimes."
"Thanks," Kara
muttered, "I can't I'm afraid."
"Afraid of?"
"That he'll say no,"
Kara sighed, "I don't believe this! I swore a long time ago I'd keep my head
straight and my feet to the ground and now look at me! Never before have I been
so nervous over a boy!"
"Just ask him, if
you don't you'll regret it," Hilde said, "And by the way, thanks for the
dress."
~Next Day, 6 o'clock
evening~
Quatre was pacing
nervously as Kara was putting some finishing touches on her latest project.
"Stop pacing
Quatre," Kara murmured.
"I can't, I hope I
didn't forget anything…"
Kara smiled, "Look,
Miroki will be here any second, the roses you ordered are here, you already
went around town, and look, her dress is ready. Now you go and get ready
yourself, you hear?"
Quatre looked at
her, "Are you sure? What if she doesn't come? Or what if she…"
"Look, if I was able
to set Miroki up with you the first time, and can do this again, now go."
Quatre nods, and
heads out the door. A few minutes later, Miroki comes knocking, Kara looks up
and smiles.
"Good you're here,
hurry, you better get change," Kara held up something white.
Miroki glared at her
friend, for the white thing was a dress. A strapless dress in fact, and Kara
could tell she was going to get it big time.
"I thought I told
you sleeves! I will not wear that!" Miroki growled.
Kara held up another
piece of white clothing, "This is the jacket that goes with it, you wear it
over top, and it's long sleeves, happy?"
"Very."
The white dress went
down to her ankles, and had a shorter top layer. The jacket was a small one,
long sleeve, which was short, no buttons. Kara hummed as she undid Miroki's
hair, styling it with the barrette that Miroki got.
"Looky! You look
beautiful!" Kara turned Miroki around.
Miroki gasped, "I
don't believe this…"
"By the way this is
for you."
Kara handed her
friend a single white rose. Miroki gingerly took it from her friend, there was
a note attached to it, it read: Dear Miroki, tonight is the night. Find me with
these clues, so look around the city tonight. The second rose is, in the place
you call home."
Miroki stared at
Kara, "The guy knows where I originally live?"
"Probably," Kara
shrugged before glancing at her watch, "Oh, look at the time, I have to run."
"Wait, I'm still in
your dress, and I can't go around town like this!" Miroki pointed at herself.
Kara studied her, "I
think you're beautiful, bye."
She ran out the door
before Miroki could say anything or do anything at all. Miroki signed as, she
too headed out the door and to her house.
At Relena's home,
Relena was waiting for Heero, along with Milliardo and Noin. Though personally,
Relena figure her brother was just there to give Heero some kind of speech,
while Noin was there to make sure Milliardo wouldn't try to kill Heero. At that
moment there was a knock on the door. Standing there was Heero; he gave her a
small smile, and stepped in, while giving Milliardo a smirk.
"Yuy…"
"Zechs."
"Bring her back home
safely."
"Don't worry, I
will," Heero smirked again at Milliardo.
Milliardo just
glared at Heero.
Relena took his arm,
"Come on Heero, let's go."
Heero stared at
Relena; she was wearing a light pink dress with flowers decorated at the hem.
She looked beautiful to him, and he was amazed. He nodded, hooking his arm
around her arm, and then walking out the door. Though he could have sworn that
Noin was making sure that Milliardo didn't follow them.
"I'm surprise that
it was you," Relena commented out of the blue.
Heero watched her,
"It never came to mind?"
"I did, since the
guards didn't see anyone, but I didn't think you were the type to do this."
"I'm not."
Relena stared, "Then
why?"
"First, two meddling
new pilots, and second, they were right," Heero admitted, then said, "Just
don't tell them that."
"Kara and Miroki are
quite a pair, they mean well…" Relena said thoughtfully.
Meanwhile a slightly
angry Miroki had been riding around town, yes riding. It seems there was a car
waiting for her outside, though she couldn't see the driver, she was sure he was
smiling at this. She went to Kara's home to get the fourth rose. Knocking on
the door, it was opened by Sable, "About time! Here you go, the fourth rose."
Miroki took it,
"Sable do you know who is doing this?"
"Yep!"
"Will you tell me?" Miroki
asked hopefully.
"Nopies."
Miroki stomped her
foot, "Why not? Normally you can't keep a secret so what's the problem?"
"Kara told mom that
if I told, that she should ground me for a week," Sable explained.
Miroki just groaned.
At Hilde's place,
Hilde was waiting for Duo to arrive. Which he did, Hilde smiled as she opened
the door. In the doorway was Duo, dressed up, and grinning from ear to ear as
he held out a bunch of flowers for her. Stepping in, Duo stared at Hilde, whom
was wearing a black dress, with pictures of red roses sewn on.
Duo gave her a mock
bow, "The God of Death is here, so let the fun begin!"
Hilde laughed, "Oh?
Shouldn't I then be afraid to go out with the God of Death?"
Pulling her close,
Duo shook his head, "Nope, because you're the Goddess of Death."
"You are amazing
Duo," Hilde murmured.
"Why's that?"
She kissed him
lightly, "Because you never cease to surprise me…"
"Good, now we better
go," Duo kissed her back.
"What's the hurry?"
"Miroki should be
heading this way, and I promised Quatre to give her something," Duo explained.
"Hilde? Are you
there? I got this note to be here," a voice from the door came knocking.
Duo opened the door,
to find no other than Miroki there. He handed her another white rose.
"Have a good hunt
Miroki," Duo grinned.
Hilde giggled, "Nice
dress, I'm sure your date will be surprised."
"Isn't there anyone
who could tell me?" Miroki growled.
"We could, be we
won't," Duo wagged a finger at her, "Besides that would spoil the fun."
"Damn you Maxwell,"
Miroki growled under her breath.
In the Wing School
dorms, Wufei was waiting for Sally with a sour look on his face. Not that
anything remotely bad was bugging him. Not that he minded taking Sally out. It was
just that… Sally had over the past few days, seen a side of Wufei that some
rarely if not never seen. The door opened to reveal Sally, as she walked into
the room. Wufei, whom was looking at the ground in deep thought, did a double
take at Sally. He recalled that he had never seen Sally in a dress before,
never, ever seen her in a dress before. She was wearing a light blue dress,
which hugged her waist and hips before flowing down to her ankles. He mentally
kicked himself when he realized that he was staring at her. Wufei just prayed
it wasn't with his mouth open.
"You're finally
ready onna," Wufei stated.
Sally gave him a
quick glare, "You still call me that. I have a name you know."
Wufei smirked, "I
know."
The two walked out
the dorm, with people taking glances at the couple in shock. One, that Wufei of
all people was taking someone out, and second that Sally. The person, whom
Wufei fought with the most, was going out with him. Some of the bystanders were
whispering 'thank god' or 'maybe now some peace and quiet'. The thought of them
going out maybe would mean less yelling from the Alpha dorm. Trust me, the
fights between Sally and Wufei were legendary, by any means. As they strolled
out of the building, some of the pass teachers were muttering, 'finally' under
their breaths.
Wufei opened the car
door for Sally, "First dinner, then the dance club."
"I'm looking forward
to it," Sally replied.
Wufei for one of the
few times gave a real smile, "So am I Sally."
Somewhere in a busy
part of town, Miroki was getting out of the car for the 12th and
hopefully last time. She sighed as she looked around the place. The driver had
taken her, on the request of the last note, to a fancy looking restaurant,
where all, the note would say: Here is where the last rose is placed, and
friends of ours will meet. Not that Miroki had any clue what that meant. There
were so many people around, that she barely heard someone coming up to her. She
whirled around, about to demand for the last rose, when she stared. Holding the
last rose to her was Quatre, smiling at her.
Miroki took the rose
from her, still staring, "Quatre?"
Quatre gently kissed
her, "I'm glad you made it Miroki."
"It was you all this
time?"
"Yes, it was, and
you look beautiful," Quatre holds her hand.
Miroki flushed, "You
look handsome yourself."
"I wish I had my
camera," a voice behind them commented.
They both broke away
to see Trowa and Kara there. Kara was wearing a red dress, with thin straps,
and silver pendent around her neck. Trowa had his arm around her waist, and the
two were smiling at them. The four friends walked into the restaurant, while
Miroki whispered to Kara, "I told you I'd get you back."
Kara giggled, "I
don't know whether to yell at you or thank you."
"How about thank
me," Miroki smiled.
Dinner went on,
without a hitch. Everyone was heading to the dance club. There weren't many
people that the girls didn't know, since almost everyone from the school was
there. Hilde and Duo were laughing their heads off in a corner, probably Duo
saying something funny to her. Sally and Wufei were dancing, though Kara had to
do a double take, because it looked like Wufei was enjoying himself. Though
nothing made the girls take a second glance more than seeing Heero and Relena.
Could we say that Heero was smiling, like really smiling! They were shocked,
but happy. At the same time Kara took out her red book, and Miroki her black
book. Kara crossed out all of the couples, while Miroki crossed out the people
that owned her something or that she blackmailed. Then both girls gave each
other high-fives getting a strange look from both their dates. They shrugged
and giggled before going their separate ways. Everyone was having fun, and
talking. While some people were pointing to other couples. It was rumored that
Nick had something up his sleeve of the next assembly, that of course if he
doesn't get caught. Unfortunately, due to some unfortunate accident the D.J.
had to leave early. Leaving anyone who wanted to play music. Some kids who were
probably a bit drunk, started playing really loud music, and it didn't help
much that they were turning the music way up. Sally and Wufei were the first to
leave, since some of those drunken kids were some of the students. Wufei made a
mental note to beat the leaving daylights out of them for ruining the whole
thing. Then he decided to follow Sally back to her dorm. Heero and Relena were
the next to leave; it was around 11 o'clock, and knowing a certain Peacecraft,
if Heero didn't bring Relena home. There was going to be hell to pay, and there
was only so much Noin could do. Quatre and Miroki left for the school, since
Quatre figured it wasn't a good idea that they would be in the dance club,
since some of the single males were getting rowdy. Kara and Trowa didn't leave
to say the least, they just took a walk outside, but they didn't head for the
school, they headed for the park. The last to leave was Duo and Hilde. Hilde
figured it would be better if they left, and besides, then she could talk to
Duo alone.
Milliardo was pacing
in the living room, when the doorbell rang. He watched, red faced as Heero
walked in with Relena.
"Where have you
been?" Milliardo asked.
Relena blinked, "At
the dance club of course," before he could say thing she added, "And it's normal
to stay out late! You worry to much, and stop!"
Milliardo was taken
back, "Relena…"
"I know you're
worried, but I'm growing up."
Heero stated, "I'll
look after her."
"I know, and that's
the part I'm not willing to give in to."
Back at the school dorms, Quatre and Miroki were walking the quiet hallways hand and hand Miroki smiled to herself, thinking how perfect tonight was. While Quatre watched her, wondering what she was thinking. As if knowing what as going on in Quatre mind, Miroki commented, "Tonight was just perfect"
"I agree," Quatre said thoughtfully, "But I know how to make this night more perfect."
Miroki stopped walking and turned, Quatre smiled, strange he thought to himself, that a few months ago; he would be blushing redder than ever by now, and probably stumbling over his own words. Now it didn't matter, Miroki was someone he could talk to, someone who he tell everything to. In fact, if push comes to shove, at his sisters failed to do was done without help. Well, almost he amended, there was some help, but otherwise, it was just normal. Without another thought or hesitation, he pulled Miroki into a deep kiss. Miroki was surprised that Quatre was making the first move, but went with it anyways, kissing him right back. As they broke apart, Quatre gave her a warm smile that melted her heart.
"Now, everything is perfect, and I wouldn't have it any other way," Quatre replied. Miroki smiled like crazy, wondering what to say. Quatre noticed the time, "It's getting late."
Miroki shook her head, "Let's stay here for a bit longer."
"Doing what?"
"I don't know, how about just talk," Miroki replied, leaning onto his side in a lazy fashion.
"Okay then, we talk"
In the park, Kara looked up at the sky, it was quiet, no one else was around, and Kara needed to really know a few things.
"Trowa."
Trowa looked at her, "Yes?"
"About this whole Valentine thing, I was wondering. If you have any regrets having Miroki talk to into it?"
"Huh?"
Kara forced a smile, "I'm not that dense Trowa, Miroki had something to do with this, and it was either a favor or blackmail."
Trowa frowned, "You didn't like it tonight?"
"No, I loved it, but I want to know how you feel about this," Kara explained.
Trowa turned to face her, making Kara face him, "Why do you want to know that?"
Kara leaned on him, looking at the ground, "I-I want to know, because… God, I must sound like a total baka right now. I want to know, because really do like you Trowa. Only Miroki has ever known that."
It was quiet, and Kara was thankful it was dark. Since she could have sworn that she was becoming redder than a rotten tomato.
Trowa cupped her chin, making her look right at him, "I don't regret it Kara. Never have regretted this."
"That's all I wanted to know."
Trowa gave her a small smile, and kissed her, "Good, now let's head back, it's almost midnight."
The two headed back to the dorms, arm and arm, and fingers locked together, threading through each other's.
Author's Note: Okay…
that's good for me at least. Did anyone get cavities from reading that? Finally
done, this one. Okay, so what do you think? Tell me!
Thanks to Female
Mewtwo, creator of Miroki Sekkio, and she planned some of this stuff too. Also
one more thing, I did! Okay? I finally did that mushy thing between Kara and
Trowa so stop bugging me! Of course she's going to want more, knowing her, but
I did, so there! Also the last scenes between Miroki and Quatre, and Kara and
Trowa was rewritten by Female Mewtwo.
So what next? What
about the new Gundams? Anymore mush coming? What's the plan now? Next time, on
Wing School!
