CIRCLE OF ORBIT
~Jessenia~
Chapter two
"This is it." Heero stated, somewhat proudly, throwing open the door to his apartment and allowing the child access to it. She let out a low whistle and turned to look at the young man who had...well she wasn't quite certain of what this all meant, but she knew that now, she belonged somewhere.
Miyu, as he was told some-odd weeks ago was the name she went by, turned a circle, smiling slightly. Heero grinned a little in response. It had been over three weeks since he had first heard about the girl from Relena. How Miyu had managed to catch the attention of the Queen of the World still perplexed him, but she had, and only a few days later, Relena was on the phone with an idea. He understood her better than he had ever thought. She was worrying, and had been since the end of the war, possibly long before that. And just because he had turned-down her company did not mean that he had to be alone all the time. So, when she had found the young girl, she had pulled all the strings that were in her power to pull, and that was a lot of strings.
Heero smiled to himself. When he had left, Relena had been surprisingly understanding, and accepted his decision on the one condition that they operate as friends. He had accepted, somewhat grateful to have an ally within easy reach. The other gundam pilots had all moved to different colonies, Relena was the only one who stayed on earth, excluding himself. So, for his own benefit and that of the young child's, Relena had sent her on the earliest flight, and here she was. Moving in. It was a trial, of course. If she wasn't happy, Heero was ready to make the necessary arrangements for her to go where she wished.
"Hungry yet? Or would you like to sleep." He stopped and frowned at her clothes. "We should do something about those clothes in the nearest of futures though." The girl twisted her face a bit, then nodded. She was quiet and stubborn and not too perfectly educated. But there was a certain understanding between them.
"Clothes, food, television." Heero chuckled and showed Miyu the bathroom. "What's this for?" She asked when Heero placed towels in her arms and began to usher her towards the tub.
"We call it...."
"I know what it's called!!" Miyu stated, frowning and wrinkling her nose as if she wasn't really sure of what she knew, except that she didn't like it. Then she gave Heero an untrusting glare. "I wanna know why I gotta go in it." Heero turned on the shower head and set out the shampoo. It had been raining, and she hadn't been fond of the oversized raincoat he had offered her for the walk home from the airport.
"Because you are dirty. If you are going to go out in public, I think you would find that you get a better reception if you are clean." The girl thought this over, looked at Heero skeptically, then, as if seeing the logic in all of this, she agreed. Heero left.
*
"DUO!!!" Hilde screeched as she was toppled and pushed into the water, as her lover knocked them both in. The couple came up spluttering and batting water at each other. "BAKA!!!" She shrieked again, throwing her weight and pushing down on the giggling boy beside her. Needless to say, he went under.
"HA!!! She wailed triumphantly as Duo came up, warding off her flailing arms. They stopped playing, looking at each other and Hilde nodded. "Duo, I was thinking... while we're here on Earth and all, we might pay a visit to Relena-san. You know, see how things are going." She watched as her lover went serious. "We don't have to." She hastened to add.
"No. No, it would be fun!!" She smiled but her heart wasn't in it. She knew Duo really wasn't in love with her. She knew she was being petty, but she loved him and she didn't want to lose him to anything. But sometimes, it was best to let them go...
"We're a lot alike, ne?" Hilde said, coming out of her thoughts and flicking water in Duo's's direction. When he raised his eyebrow she expanded. "I mean, we are exactly the same." Duo swam a circle around her and then faced her.
"Exactly?" He asked, with an impish grin.
"Well, I can think of a few differences..." Whatever she would have said was lost as Duo knocked her playfully under the water and began to analyze every way that they were different.
*
"Can I stay here?" Heero looked up from his pizza and raised an eyebrow.
"You are staying here."
"No. I know I am, but I mean...permanently. I like it here." She added, as if ashamed of admitting such a thing.
"You'll have to help-out at the store. You can earn an allowance which you can spend however you want." He watched Miyu's eyes light up, dark green depths turning the color of Christmas lights.
"My OWN money? You kiddin' or sumthin?" Heero frowned,
"We'll also put you in school. You could use some education."
"I know lots'a things." But she had already decided that she liked him and would listen to him.
Heero had no one to admit it to, because he couldn't let Relena get too cocky, but he was happy to have company it was nice to not be alone anymore.
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TBC
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