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Chapter 2

What's Lost? What's Gained?



The tears began to fall. He reached up a hand to wipe away the droplets of salty water. "Shhh. Don't cry Relena." She tried to shake his hand off.

"Why shouldn't I Heero? They only man I've ever loved has just told me he's leaving and won't be coming back. How can I not cry?" The tears were coming in full force. He leaned down so he could look at her face.

"You love me?" He said with a questioning look in his eyes. She looked at him and nodded, slowly. He pulled her into a tight embrace. "I'll drive you home." He said still holding her to his chest. They sat down in the car and he began to drive her home in silence.



He walked up to her room behind her. They stopped in front of her door.

"Heero, Please, stay with me tonight, I can't stand the thought of you just walking away from my door as the last time we'll ever see each other." He nodded and stepped inside the room. Before she had a chance to walk any farther away from him he wrapped his left arm around her waist and took her chin with his right hand.

"Relena, we'll see each other again, I'm not sure when, but I'm not ready to live in this world just yet." He said this as he leaned down to capture her lips in a light kiss. She shuddered against him. 'How could such a light touch cause so much feeling?'

They came apart with little breath left in their lungs. She pulled him to the bed. He lowered her down on the satin blankets as he began to kiss her more passionately. That night she asked him to love her as a promise he would one day come back, he complied with full force and no regret.