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Thank you anonymous! Thanks to you I'm going to post the next chapter :)
Walking into the garden Relena sat under the shade of a tree with Duo lazily stretched out in front of her. After a while he sat up and moved closer to her. Taking a deep breath Relena began to tell him everything.
With her words he felt her sadness, her anger and her deep-rooted fear. The day stretched on into evening. Relena felt surprised that he had stayed so long just listening to her, letting her get it out of system without patronising her, telling her she didn't know what real pain was. That what she went through was only going to be the tip of the iceberg.
She turned her head away from him preferring to look past him, to the manicured garden. Sighing she began nervously picking her nails. Duo watched her without saying a word. Knowing that if she wanted to tell him more she would and if she didn't he would be here when she did.
"I killed someone."
The abruptness of the statement almost caught him of guard. His eyebrows arched and his face took on an introspective look. Relena still wouldn't look at him and ducked her head down.
He was suprised, no one had told him that and briefly he wondered if any one knew it either. When was the first word that came to his lips but he supressed them.
"We've all killed someone, Princess, Heero, Wufei, throwa, hell even Quatre."
Relena shrugged. "That's not the point. *I* killed someone, I had too. He would have killed me instead but afterwards I didn't feel any remorse. I was glad that I was alive and he wasn't and you know what?" She turned cold eyes on him.
"What?"
"I'd do it again if I had too."
She sighed, resting her chin on her face. Duo studied her, considering some of the things he had done. He didn't see it too bad but this was Relena and it had shattered her world. Just the simple fact that she could kill someone if she wanted to.
Tears flowed freely down her face but as soon as Duo went to comfort her she closed herself off. Wrapping her arms around her in a defensive posture.
She flinched as he moved to stroke her hair, biting the bottom of her lip until it nearly bled.
Duo found himself gazing at her abused lips and felt the need to try and make it better to try and help her soul heal.
This time he reached out to her and she did respond. Burying herself into his arms she began to cry again. Angry at herself for being so weak. He wrapped his arms tightly around her body, rocking her gently back and forth while whispering meaningless words to her. Eventually her body stopped shuddering, soothed by his presence and she drank in his essence, feeling momentarily safe by his familor musky smell.
Tilting her chin slightly to look up at him until he could see the tear streaked face. Duo realised what was wrong with her. Why no of the others could help her. It was simple once you thought about it; because they still seen her as the child Relena Lee not the young woman who reached her adulthood amidst pain and fear. They didn't realise see had changed and had grown up the hard way.
"Relena" Her eyes flickered at the mention of her name without a title in front of it.
"I'm not Heero, I can't be the prefect solider but I will promise to protect you the best I can."
He sensed the surge of hope flow through her body and only to be quickly quelled by the expectation that it wouldn't be true. That life would fail her just as it always would. His anger flared at the people that did this too her.
Instinctively he stroked her cheek tenderly and slowly he reached down and kissed her. She balked at first but soon surrendered herself to feeling. Curling her arms around his neck she kissed him back.
It would be late before either of them came back to the mansion.
End chapter 2
A/N: Very short I know but then I've a habit of not completing long fics.
Thank you anonymous! Thanks to you I'm going to post the next chapter :)
Walking into the garden Relena sat under the shade of a tree with Duo lazily stretched out in front of her. After a while he sat up and moved closer to her. Taking a deep breath Relena began to tell him everything.
With her words he felt her sadness, her anger and her deep-rooted fear. The day stretched on into evening. Relena felt surprised that he had stayed so long just listening to her, letting her get it out of system without patronising her, telling her she didn't know what real pain was. That what she went through was only going to be the tip of the iceberg.
She turned her head away from him preferring to look past him, to the manicured garden. Sighing she began nervously picking her nails. Duo watched her without saying a word. Knowing that if she wanted to tell him more she would and if she didn't he would be here when she did.
"I killed someone."
The abruptness of the statement almost caught him of guard. His eyebrows arched and his face took on an introspective look. Relena still wouldn't look at him and ducked her head down.
He was suprised, no one had told him that and briefly he wondered if any one knew it either. When was the first word that came to his lips but he supressed them.
"We've all killed someone, Princess, Heero, Wufei, throwa, hell even Quatre."
Relena shrugged. "That's not the point. *I* killed someone, I had too. He would have killed me instead but afterwards I didn't feel any remorse. I was glad that I was alive and he wasn't and you know what?" She turned cold eyes on him.
"What?"
"I'd do it again if I had too."
She sighed, resting her chin on her face. Duo studied her, considering some of the things he had done. He didn't see it too bad but this was Relena and it had shattered her world. Just the simple fact that she could kill someone if she wanted to.
Tears flowed freely down her face but as soon as Duo went to comfort her she closed herself off. Wrapping her arms around her in a defensive posture.
She flinched as he moved to stroke her hair, biting the bottom of her lip until it nearly bled.
Duo found himself gazing at her abused lips and felt the need to try and make it better to try and help her soul heal.
This time he reached out to her and she did respond. Burying herself into his arms she began to cry again. Angry at herself for being so weak. He wrapped his arms tightly around her body, rocking her gently back and forth while whispering meaningless words to her. Eventually her body stopped shuddering, soothed by his presence and she drank in his essence, feeling momentarily safe by his familor musky smell.
Tilting her chin slightly to look up at him until he could see the tear streaked face. Duo realised what was wrong with her. Why no of the others could help her. It was simple once you thought about it; because they still seen her as the child Relena Lee not the young woman who reached her adulthood amidst pain and fear. They didn't realise see had changed and had grown up the hard way.
"Relena" Her eyes flickered at the mention of her name without a title in front of it.
"I'm not Heero, I can't be the prefect solider but I will promise to protect you the best I can."
He sensed the surge of hope flow through her body and only to be quickly quelled by the expectation that it wouldn't be true. That life would fail her just as it always would. His anger flared at the people that did this too her.
Instinctively he stroked her cheek tenderly and slowly he reached down and kissed her. She balked at first but soon surrendered herself to feeling. Curling her arms around his neck she kissed him back.
It would be late before either of them came back to the mansion.
End chapter 2
A/N: Very short I know but then I've a habit of not completing long fics.