Author's Notes: takes place after Endless Waltz—two years after, to be exact. Relena is now 18 and so are the others (wel…you know wha I mean. The majority of them are now 18). Mainly HY/RP and the usual non-yaoi couples. R/R!!! pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!! I don't wanna give the ending away—I think I'll just let you read the thing and find out for yourself.
BTW—Wufei and Sally don't have many appearances in this ficcie.
Neither does Zechs.
Mainly cuz Wufei's not amongst my fav's b/c he says those snide SEXIST comments (regardless of the fact he is GOOD-LOOKING in the mangas). And Sally, although she's cool and goes with Wufei (like a couple), I just don't like seeing them together. Like, she seems way too old for Wufei. In my mind, she SEEMS to be as old as 30-35 years old. And another thing: I think she's rather ugly. But hey! So am I, so I dunno why I'm running my mouth like that…Gomen.
As for Zechs…he's mentioned and there's some Noin and Zechs interaction, but not much. That's cuz him being in a majority of fanfic doesn't really fit well…at least to me. But I dunno. I MAY change my mind 'bout it.
Also—be warned this does have a TB&CB pairing…one reason being is that I cant see Trowa and Midii Une together, and I don't want to. Midii Une's heart belongs to Treize—regardless of the fact that he's...well, dead. Second, I've always thought the two looked sweet together…and I'll admit it—since proof does point to the fact that Catherine and Trowa are brother and sister, this is the first and only incest couple I support—although my stubborn side has not let me completely believe that they are biological brother and sister. And as much as I do agree QW&TB coupling is very much possible, and I do not cringe at seeing the two together (like HY&DM), I have to put Quatre with Dorothy in this fic…it levels out, you'll see.
With that said, I welcome all you readers get comfortable and enjoy. …Yeah, I know it sucks. SO SUE ME!!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything 'cept my own original characters.
Twins
-Chapter Two: Conversation-
Shiro and Selena were invited to stay and eat with them, for the young adults were just about to feast when they arrived. They gratefully accepted the offer, and sat down next to Relena (who was seated at the head of the table), and across from Heero.
Heero eyed the two 5-year olds, in both suspicion and awe. "You two seem to have knowledge beyond your years…I wonder why that is." Heero began to wonder if these two were trained to know so much at such a young age, just as he and the other Gundam pilots had.
Selena shrugged. "Well, peepo hab always told us dat we're child prodigies."
"Our upbringin' made us in such a way, along wit' da fact dat our own parents are really smart, an' we inherited some of their genes," Shiro explained, using difficult vocabulary, at least for the average 5-year old.
Selena shot her brother glances, murmuring, "Showoff…"
"An' I've always bin da smarter out of da two of us," Shiro added, ignoring his sister's comment.
Selena snorted, muttering, "Yeah right…you wish." [A/N Ya gotta luv sibling feuds]
"Well, all I can say is that you've two definitely impressed us—especially Heero, right buddy?" Duo commented, slapping his expressionless friend on the back.
Heero just grunted.
"So what would you like to eat, Adin? Asaki?" Relena asked, courteously.
"Um…" Selena said, thinking, looking at the serving tray.
"Pasta—Linguini is fine," Shiro said.
Relena nodded, and a maid handed her the dish. The 18-year old beauty said her thanks, handing the blonde 5-year old his supper. Relena then turned to Selena. "And you, Asaki?"
Selena shrugged. "I'll hab da same."
"So tell us about yourselves…" Dorothy said to the two youngsters, with sudden interest.
It was such a queer thing--these two peculiar children appearing unexpectedly, resembling Relena and Heero, not only physically but also in the way they acted! If Dorothy hadn't known better, she would've thought that these two were Relena and Heero's children! And she was sure everyone else thought so too…well, except for maybe Relena and Heero themselves.
"Well, wha wud you like ta know?" Selena asked, after chewing her food, politely.
"Tell us whatever you feel comfortable telling us," Quatre answered, gently.
"Well, me an' Adin are 5 years old, an' we'll be 6 by August; we're faternal twins," Selena told them.
"Don't you mean fraternal?" Trowa remarked.
"Huh?" Selena said, confused.
"You meant to say fraternal…there is no such word as 'faternal'," Heero informed her.
"Oh, okay…sorry," Selena murmured, feeling rather stupid.
Heero felt a twinge of regret and guilt wash over him, and it was made worst when Duo said sarcastically aloud, "Good going, Heero…"
Heero chose to ignore Duo's comment and said to the dark-headed little girl across from him, "I didn't intend to hurt your feelings by correcting you…I apologize."
Selena's face brightened a little bit. "You don't hab to be sowwie, Mister Heero…"
Shiro breathed easy after hearing that; for a moment he was afraid his little sister would accidentally call their Father, Otusan, or something or other.
"I know dat you don't mean ta be mean. You're just tryna teach me so I won't make da same mistake agen. Thanks foe correcting me," Selena continued, smiling sweetly.
Heero then felt a sudden strange liking—almost something close to love--towards this little girl. And he wondered why. After all, he hadn't met this little one before, he was sure of it. But somehow, he felt like he knew her—and very well too.
Slowly, the Perfect Soldier returned Selena's smile.
"So where're you two kids from? You from around here or…?" Duo then questioned the twins.
Selena and Shiro paused for a short moment, glancing at each other. They didn't think about what to say for that. But almost instantly, the two made a silent agreement, just by looking at each other, and they turned to the rest of the individuals in the room, and told them at the same time, "We're from da colonies."
This caught everybody's attention.
"Really? Which one?" Catherine inquired.
"L1." Selena and Shiro answered simply together.
"You're a long way from home…any specific reason why you and your family came here, to the Sanc Kingdom?" Trowa asked.
"Me an' Asaki hab never seen Earth before, so our parents took da chance to bring us hea' foe vacation," Shiro told them.
"So you can talk!" Dorothy exclaimed. It wasn't surprising that Dorothy made such a remark—Shiro hadn't really talked much since he and Selena arrived.
"Well, how do you like Earth?" Relena asked the twins, ignoring Dorothy's comment.
"It's prettyful…" Selena answered, using one of her made-up words. A few individuals in the room laughed lightly at her word. "Buh I am a lil' homesick…" Selena added.
Many of the young teens in the room nodded in understanding.
"So I'm assuming that you two are Japanese, then? L1 is a Japanese-populated colony," Relena noted.
"Yeah, we're part Japanese…we can speak it, too…but we're more used to talkin' English," Selena told them, in-between bites of her food.
"Hm…I wonder, what are your parent's names?" Dorothy questioned. Like what was stated before, these twins were awfully familiar, and perhaps knowing their parents would clear up a few things.
"Mom an' Dad," Shiro answered quickly.
The people in the room all turned to look at the 5-year olds, confusion scrawled all over their faces.
"You don't know the names of your own parents?" Hilde asked, slightly shocked.
"Well, most of da time, peepo juss call our Mommy an' Daddy Ms. Avion or Mr. Avion, or Sir, or Ma'am, or Madame, or--" Selena began to explain.
"I think dey get da idea, Asaki," Shiro interrupted.
Selena
was about to say something back when Catherine asked, "Well, what did your
parents call each other, then?"
"Usually juss koishi or sumtin' like dat…I don't really remember hearing dem eva each oda by their first names…" Selena said, trying to act as if she was trying her best to remember her parent's names. When in fact, this was a whole act. "Sorry…" the pretty little 5-year old said, apologetically.
Selena and Shiro didn't dare to look at the younger versions of their Mom and Dad for fear that they might figure them out—their parents were always able to do that, somehow.
Duo shrugged. "Don't worry 'bout it…"
"I'm sure it'll come to you later on…" Hilde added.
That conversation ended with Hilde's last statement, and Selena and Shiro remained quiet as the older individuals dined and talked.
They talked about their happenings of that day, what they did, what they saw, etc. etc. Somewhere towards the end of their meals, Relena's job as Prime Foreign Minister was mentioned. Selena took this as her chance to ask her young Mother something that was on her mind since they arrived.
"Miss Relena, how old are you?"
Relena focused her attention to the little girl next to her. "I just turned 18 last month, sweetie."
Sweetie. A typical motherly-thing to say…
"Cool! An' you're da Prime Foreign Minister?!" Selena's eyes got as big as saucers. She knew her Mommy was young when she got into politics, but she didn't know she was that young when she started.
Relena giggled at her reaction. "Yup, I have been for about 2 years now…"
"Wow…" Selena murmured, even more in awe, her mouth gaping open slightly.
"You oughtta close dat mouth of yours, Asaki…flies, ya know?" Shiro teased in his monotone voice. But there was no doubt he was teasing his sister.
Immediately, Selena clamped up her mouth and gave her older brother a deathglare.
Shiro smirked in return.
The following events after that consisted of some more chatter and eating. When dessert was served, Selena and Shiro made no hesitation to get their green tea ice cream—an oriental dessert. [A/N I LOVE GREEN TEA ICE CREAM!!! …ok, sorrie, on with the story…]
When Selena and Shiro were almost done with their ice cream, a thought occurred to Relena. She glanced her watch, reading the time, 8:45.
"Are you two tired?" the 18-year old honey-blonde inquired, gently.
"No, not really…" Shiro answered, finishing the last of his dessert.
But then Selena yawned. "Well I am, a lil'…" she uttered, smiling a bit bashfully.
Relena laughed lightly. She gestured over to Pagan who stood in an isolated corner, nearby. "Pagan, please see to it that these two children get a room to stay in tonight."
Pagan nodded. "Yes, of course, Miss Relena."
The elderly butler was about to turn and walk out, when Shiro and Selena called out to him gratefully. "Thank you so much, Pagan!"
Pagan smiled and bowed to them slightly before turning and exiting the room.
TBC…
Author's Notes: Thanks for the reviews!! I knew a few of you wouldn't be very happy about me calling Sally old, although I've thought aobut it, and I've decided to have Wufei and Sally, along with Zechs have bigger roles in further chapters…thanks again!!! R/R!!!!
If you haven't noticed, I am a Pagan-sympathetic. The old man just doesn't get enough credit!!
BTW, some of you don't give enough credit to 5-year olds—I have a lil sister myself, the same age, and she cannot shuddup. Sometimes she surprises me with her own knowledge of vocabulary—and she is NO prodigy, I'm telling you!! She's not!!!
~Please Note: if some things seem unclear up to this point, I can assure you, things will be clarified more in further chapters so BE PATIENT. And remember—R/R!! (Otherwise I wont bother updating)
