BACK TO SCHOOL !

( The Vacation Saga )

Author's Notes

Note that I don't own ANY of the characters throughout the fanfic. * sob *

Don't flame me for any pairings and there's no yaoi for you people out there ! 0_0'

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Relena had not been sleeping fitfully as her mind continued wheezing out the fact that Heero could be having a hard time lying on the cold floor. As she stumbled in and out of consciousness, her attention finally focused together when she felt one part of her limb being controlled by something else. Slowly, she opened her heavy eyelids rather reluctantly. Her breath was caught sharply in her throat as she peered straight into a boy's face. To Relena, Heero was just inches beside her IN bed and he was cradling her hand AND his face almost close to touching hers.

[ What is he DOING ?!! ]

Relena's mind blasted loudly through her system as her eyes were now fixated upon Heero's fingers clasping almost intimately around her arm.

" Heero ? "

[ That's weird .. my first reaction was panic but my voice turned out almost gentle ]

As Relena blinked a few times before attempting to sit up, Heero released her hand slowly and uncertainly. His eyes were unblinking as he stared into blank space and he started to back away, with a frown developing on his features.

" Heero ? "

The astonished boy seemed to register Relena's voice this time as he slowly rose his head to look at her. It was at this time that Relena realised that this was the reaction of the super-cool expressionless soldier when he was caught totally off-guard and at a complete loss of what to do next. Despite her own thoughts, she had to let a small smile break loose as she looked on at a hapless Heero for the first time.

" Err … would you mind explaining what happened ? … … Heero ? Are you still breathing ? "

Heero's eyes clouded for a split second and he was immediately the Perfect Soldier again. The tell-no-one-nothing infamous expression settled back onto his features and he regarded Relena with a very angry glare, causing Relena to regret her taunt bitterly.

" I was trying to get your hand off my chest, if you really wanted to know. "

" What does THAT mean ? "

" You were sleeping and your hand flew onto me. "

" So … "

" I was just placing it back. "

" And I awoke at this point .. AND you were sleeping beside me right ? "

Heero looked away and faced the window where the moonlight shone lightly down. The cold front suddenly dissolved as he was lost in his thoughts. With a start, Relena realised that Heero was quite a daydreamer himself.

[ Not that it mattered it's night now ]

" You should have just explained it to me on-the-spot … rather than look so guilty and dragging the whole matter unecessarily. "

Heero refused to look at her.

" I'm going to sleep now, since there's nothing else apparently. "

Relena eyed Heero, who was adamant that he was NOT going to take another look at her for the rest of the night. Sighing resignedly to herself, Relena muttered goodnight and scratched the back of her head as she snuggled back into the warm duvet. The last thing she remembered was Heero STILL staring determinedly at the window.

Trowa wasn't exactly surprised when he saw Heero seated at the dining table alone for breakfast early next morning. It was only 7 am but Trowa had to wake up early to have a small chat with one of the chefs about the menu. He walked by the silent boy and nodded his head in greeting. Heero nodded back and then proceeded to have an eyeshut.

[ Seems that Heero did not get enough sleep last night ]

Trowa was curious how Heero and Relena managed to stay in a room together for the whole night. It seemed that Heero had sacrificed his beauty sleep than hop into the same beddings with the lady. He had to admit that the prospect sounded misleading and very uncomfortable, but it wasn't HIM that was subjected to such treatment so he was secretly thankful. Heero was the least person anyone would expect to be caught in such a scenario.

[ Professor J's treatment is still as scary as ever ]


Relena stirred slowly as the sun's rays shone into the room. As she sat up and yawned, she glanced around and realised that Heero had left his night clothes on the side of the bed.

[ He's already dressed ? ]

Staring at the clock wall, it was already 8:05 am as Relena finally crept out of bed and staggered slowly to the bathroom. She was rather reluctant to leave the warmness of the sheets but her stomach was grumbling and breakfast was to be served at 8:30 am as Quatre had stated before.

" Eh ? "

Relena felt humid air greeting her as she pushed open the wooden door. As she gingerly stepped into the bathroom proper, she realised that Heero had taken a morning bath and the shower room was still rather piping hot with all the trapped heat. Relena deftly flipped open a side window and felt the cutting crisp of the morning hit against her face. Yawning again almost happily, Relena resumed her attention to brushing her teeth. Realising that there were now 2 toothbrushes, she wondered for a while how things came to be as they were.

[ Oh well, I shouldn't keep getting lost in my thoughts. I'll be late for breakfast !! ]

As everyone started streaming into the dining room, Heero continued having his precious eyeshut as he could accurately guess who had just stepped in. Firstly, it had been Quatre who wanted to check with one of the chefs on something. Then, it had been Wufei who wanted to ask whether there were Chinese food sometime soon. Trowa had returned again, this time to sit down and wait for breakfast. Duo noisily made his entrance by singing a song at the top of his lungs. Wufei returned again from the kitchen and proceeded to sit down beside Trowa while Quatre finally emerged and sat down quietly beside Duo. Heero had been very tempted to open his eyes to peer at Duo since he had not spoken a word to him after entering the dining room. Realising that it could very well be Duo's bait in making him turn his attention to him, he decided it was wiser to ignore him altogether.

" Good morning. "

Relena appeared at the door of the dining room, dressed in a simple magenta top and blue jeans. She had just washed her hair so it was let down rather than tied up in the usual fashion she always wore. There was a slight minty floral scent as she walked to her seat in the big dining table where the boys were already comfortably waiting for their breakfast.

" Good morning Relena … "

There was a chorus coming from Quatre and Duo while Trowa and Wufei smiled politely.

Heero continued closing his eyes.

" Breakfast is late isn't it ? "

" Yes Relena, the chefs said they'll try to whip up something special. It's a request from Quatre. "

" Quatre ? "

" Oh, it's nothing really. I just asked whether the chefs could come up with the different dishes according to our cultures. "

" That's a good idea ! It's very original, Quatre. "

" Thank you. "

" SOOO … how did everyone find last night ? Were their beds comfortable ? "
Relena's smile turned almost frosty as she stared intently at Duo, who was looking at everyone except her.

Heero continued closing his eyes.

" Fine. "
Wufei nonchalently replied.

" I liked mine. "
Quatre happily chirped.

" Good. "

Trowa softly uttered.

" I thought mine was superb. "
Duo loudly proclaimed as he brought all their attention to Relena and a very unhelpful Heero.

" Erm … mine was warm .. bouncy .. I liked it too .. "

Relena mumbled as she peeled her eyes now to the kitchen, desperately hoping for the dishes to appear.

Heero continued closing his eyes.

" Glad you liked it Ojou-san ! "

Relena shot a hurried smile at Duo before turning her attention back to the kitchen door, the desire for breakfast to start was evident on her fair features. She breathed out loud when the waiters started walking in. It was hard to remain straight-faced, even for Trowa, on seeing Relena's evident relief.

Hilde, Sally, Catherine and Dorothy were sitting at one of the benches at the small private hangar which Quatre's deceased father owned. Under Quatre's orders, one of his henchmen would be escorting the girls via his private jet to the resort. There were still a few minutes to go and the pilot was giving the jet plane one last inspection before take-off. The 4 girls were chattering excitedly about their long-awaited vacation and they burst into occasional laughters when they came to the ticklish subject of Heero and Relena.

" This is it girls ! Once we're in that resort, Heero and Relena's lives will never EVER be the same again. "

" Yeah Dorothy, we'll speed things up so fast .. poor Yuy wouldn't know where the sun rises again ! "

Evil cackle arose as they imagined a totally dumbstruck and confused chibi Heero running in a panic-stricken style.

" I'll make sure Relena finally opens up her heart and not wade about till she's 40. "

" Indeed, they're both gonna be big-time lovers by the time we leave the resort. "

" We can even spice up our OWN boys in the meantime. "

More evil laughters arose, so much so that the pilot shuddered involuntarily as he was testing the engines.

[ Geez, I wonder how Quatre-sama got to know of such scary women ]

Author's Ramblings :

Back to UK after 4 days in Belgium ! Took loads of photographs … how was everyone's Christmas ? The New Year is fast approaching. Any new resolutions ? I've long given up on making those since I've never fulfilled them before .. 0_0'

This chapter is a lame attempt on trying to clear my horrible author's block. I simply can't write these few days and I'm testing my skills to gauge where I stand. Whoops … sorry if you're rather disappointed with this chapter. I guarantee that I should be churning out better ones in the future. Don't leave yet !! * weeps *

Do read and review !! Thank you !!

31st December 2001