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" No, Heero, you listened and you didn't laugh at me or make jokes either. But most of all you believed me, no one besides the other girls and Brian have ever done that and I want to thank you, only I don't know how." Hotaru said, looking straight into Heero's eyes.
" Well, you could start by not treating me like I'm Rockey and that I'm gonna kill everyone that you care about, and by getting out of your monotonous voice. Not everyone in this world is evil, Hotaru and not everyone in this world hates you. You have to learn to love again, otherwise you are always going to be alone, and no one should be alone." Heero replied earnestly.
" Ok, I get your point but I don't understand how I'm going to do all of that." Hotaru said questioningly
" You can start by going out to dinner with me." Heero stated. There was a long pause as Hotaru had a mental debate with herself. " Well, how about it? We can eat and talk?"
" Ok, but on one condition." she said teasingly.
" Whatever it is, I'm sure I can do it." he replied
" I get to pick where we eat."
" Whatever you say, Taru."
" I told you…" she said, then stopping herself, " ok." she finished quietly. During Hotaru's story the afternoon had ended and by the time that she was done the sun had begun to set. As they were walking back to their houses, Heero looked down at Hotaru and the effect of that one glance was astonishing. For you see, he knew that he was falling in love and that from here on in he would have no chance of hiding his emotions.
The next day
" Hey look who's here, it's Heero." Mina said
" Hi, is Hotaru here?" he asked.
" Yeah, she's inside, getting ready for school. Come in." Mina welcomed. " So, I heard that she told you everything, yesterday."
" Um….yeah she did. It's very interesting." he replied
" Heero,"
" Yes."
" In all the time after that happened Hotaru never spoke to any one about it., she never cried, she didn't do anything. At first we girls thought that she was in shock, and then we realized that this was Hotaru Tomoe, Princess of Death and Destruction. Hotaru has been hurt many times in all of her life times and if you hurt her again, believe me, you will feel many things that are worse than pain." Mina said solemnly.
" Mina, believe me. I would never hurt her. After hearing her story, I know that she doesn't need or deserve any more pain."
" Hey, guys." Hotaru said, almost cheerfully as she walked out into the spacious living room.
" Hey, are you ready to go?" Heero replied.
" Yeah, I just gotta get my bag, and then we can leave." Hotaru said. She then went to a closet and got her backpack and they proceeded out the door.
" So what were you and Mina-chan talking about?" Hotaru asked, suddenly returning to her monotone.
" Oh, nothing. Just small talk ya know." He replied, looking a little nervous. " So how did your evening go?"
" Fine, I talked to the girls, about, you know telling you everything; and we all agree that it was a good decision, and we also agree that you need to tell your friends."
" Well, that's fine with me. I didn't tell them anything because I wasn't sure if you wanted me to tell anyone. So are we on for dinner tonight?" he asked.
" Yeah, there's this tiny Italian restaurant that I know of and I'm pretty sure that I could get us in, seeing as Makoto is the owner." Hotaru accepted
" Really, I didn't know that she owned a restaurant." Heero said, amazed.
" Well, it started out with her cooking for a few formal events and someone said she should open a restaurant. So she got to thinking, and she decided that since Italian food was her specialty she would open an Italian restaurant."
" Hm…that's pretty cool." he replied, smiling.
After school
" So is this restaurant formal?" Heero questioned.
" Yes. Why do you not own a suit?" Hotaru joked
"Hey! I own a suit, I was just wondering if I had to wear it." he replied
" I was just kidding." then realizing what she had said, Hotaru stopped smiling and walked ahead of Heero.
" Hotaru, stop. What's wrong? Every time you laugh or smile or stopping using monotone, and you realize what you did, you get all quiet and start to frown. What's going on?" he asked
" I don't want to get over him so soon. It's all my fault that he died, and every time I laugh, smile or talk like a normal person; it reminds me of him. I'm not sure if I'll ever get over him." she replied, a lone tear trailing down her cheek. Heero wiped away the tear, and gave her a squeeze, that resembled a hug.
" Look, no one wants you to get over him like that" he said, snapping his fingers. " All I'm saying is that you need to get out, to make friends maybe even date. You've got to get over him, and I'm not saying it's gonna happen overnight, because it may take weeks, months, years. He was your first true love and it's going to hurt when you look at a guy and see one of his character traits. Yet you still have to move on, ok." he finished, looking deep into her eyes.
TBC
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