Shortly after that they moved Heero to ICU. Sally leaned against the wall, whipping the perspiration from her forehead. Trowa walked over to her.
"Busy week?" He asked her. She looked over at him and smiled weakly.
"You could say that." She answered back. "Actually it's been a busy couple of months. This is the second Gundam Pilot to be in ICU. I thought you guys were tougher then this." She admitted.
"Sorry to ruin your illusion. Guess we just don't have the same motivation as before." He said, leaning against the wall along side of her.
"So what about this splinter group? Do we need to go back out there to put them into custody yah think?" She asked him. He gave her a questioning look. She usually didn't ask him for his opinion on these things. He looked down and crossed his arms.
"Considering that we didn't leave them with many resources I'd like to think that they'd be smart enough to give up. But since that's never the case, maybe we should keep an eye on them. I don't know if Heero would be okay with us only doing that much. Maybe you should be asking him this question since this had more to do with him then me." He explained. She looked at him from the side. She wasn't expecting such an extensive response. There was an awkward moment of silence. Trowa pushed himself off the wall.
"That's my cue to leave. I know you'll figure it out" He said back, as he walked off.
***
A couple hours went by and Heero was permitted to have visitors. Relena was the first one in the room. When she walked in, he looked up quickly, knowing it was her already. How he knew, he wasn't sure. She sat down on the side of the bed, next to him. Neither of them had said anything yet. She appeared to be taking note of his current state. He actually felt bad that she had to see him like this. He glanced down at his injuries. They probably ran out of medical supplies because of him. Especially on white gauze which he had always hated how it felt. And Sally was definitely a professional considering how tight she had tide it. He looked back up at Relena. She was just sitting there, happy to be in the room with him. The questions from before came back to mind, and he tried to push them away.
"So you seem to be doing better now." She mentioned looking down at his bandaged hand. He nodded his reply slowly. She gave him a slight smile.
"Well that's good to know." She admitted. For some reason she was having a hard time talking to him and she wasn't sure why. She avoided looking up into his eyes. She always felt weak when she did that. She felt his hand brush against hers, causing her to look up, despite her own advice. The expression on his face she couldn't understand. He almost looked sad to her. She forced herself to look away.
"Heero.."
"Relena.."
They both started at the same time but neither of them finished. She looked back up at him but he had his head down keeping her from seeing his eyes. Why was it so hard to be here with her? Was it because of all the mind games from before? They didn't know him as much as she did. All they knew was what had been written. He had changed and it was probably because of her. But that could be looked at as a good or bad thing. He tried not to think about it but couldn't get his mind off it. Relena stood up, deciding that she couldn't stand the silence from him any longer.
"I'll let you get some rest. I'm sure that you need it." She said and turned to leave. He went to grab her hand but she moved away too quickly. 'Why don't you stop me Heero? Ask me to come back or something. Why is it always like this?' She brushed past Sally as she entered the room. She didn't understand why Relena was leaving so soon. She had just gotten there. Sally walked over to the bed. Heero was obviously lost in his own thoughts as he wasn't looking at her or anything else either.
"You still in there?" She asked him, waiting for his reply. He came back to reality and looked up at her.
"Did you need something?" He asked her, forcing his thoughts to the back of his mind. Sally wasn't sure what was going on between Relena and him but she didn't want to pry.
"Well I was wondering if you want us to press any charges against this group. From what I hear, they aren't much of a threat now. However I wanted to know what your opinion was first." She explained. Heero thought about it then just shook his head.
"No, they won't be bothering us anymore. Although you might want to double check, just to be sure." He decided. They only seemed to complicate things and the idea of following up with charges was too much for him at that point. Despite how angry they had made him. All these unresolved issues with Relena seemed to steal his anger and attention away.
"Okay if you really think so. Are you feeling better?" She asked, taking a closer look at his injuries. He let out a low sigh.
"Is EVERYONE going to ask me that today?" He mentioned. She was surprised at his tone. She stood back up feeling somewhat angry.
"Hey I'm the one taking care of you. It's my business to know these things." She said defensively. She went back to checking him and he willingly let her. When she was done she stood back up.
"Well I have work to do now." She added leaving the smaller light on, next to the bed but turning out the larger one. She left the room in a huff. Great, now he was taking his frustration out on everyone else. He turned on his side and tried to get back to sleep. None of them could understand what he was going through right now anyway. He didn't even understand it himself and that seemed kind of scary. There were just too many unanswered questions.
***
Sally took a seat at her desk still frustrated at Heero's attitude. Quatre, Duo and Trowa walked in as she tossed some files away and started typing at her computer. They headed over to her desk. Duo placed a disk infront of her nose. She looked up waiting for an explanation.
"And what is that?" She sounded a bit demanding.
"The missing information from Wing Zero we lost before." Trowa filled her in. She took it from Duo and placed it on the desk where it wasn't cluttered. She let out an angry sigh.
"Are you alright? Anything we can do?" Quatre asked her. She looked up trying not to seem so upset.
"I'll be fine. Heero's just..well, being himself I guess. I don't know how to explain it." She mentioned.
"I'm sure he just needs to get past today and he'll be alright later." Trowa told her confidently.
"Yeah, we don't know what went on at that base before we got there." Duo pointed out agreeing with Trowa. Sally just nodded.
"I just don't understand why he's acting like this that's all. I mean Relena wasn't in there very long herself. That just didn't seem right either." She added.
"He's not use to being forced to stay in bed that's all." Trowa answered her. He would know about that considering what happened during the war. She looked back at her computer. Quatre and Duo left the room, and Trowa picked the disk up off the corner of her desk and headed over to his own across the room.
"I'll download this again into our systems." He told her as he put it into his computer.
"Thanks, just be sure to put it into a locked file." She reminded him.
***
Duo and Quatre headed for the break room. They entered the room and went for the fridge against the far wall. Quatre opened the door as Duo got a plate and a mug down from the cabinet.
"Man, I just don't understand why Heero's behaving this way. I mean you'd think he'd be happy to be back and Relena's here too. I don't get it." Duo said exasperated. Quatre pulled out a container of water for a cup of tea.
"Well, I think he just needs to get better and he'll be okay. Just like Trowa said." Quatre answered. "Although I didn't see if he was remotely happy to be with Relena before. That's kind of odd." He added, heating up his water. Duo was rumaging through the fridge now.
"That doesn't seem too odd to me. But he does seem to be avoiding her." He remarked. Quatre got his tea and sat down at the table nearby. Duo found an apple and stuck it in his mouth as he was still looking for something else to eat as well.
"It really isn't our business anyway if you think about it." Quatre thought outloud. Duo stuck his head up over the fridge door to give Quatre a look. "Well it's not." Quatre reiterated. Duo pulled the apple away from his mouth and leaned on the door.
"In theory no, but it makes things interesting anyway." He said scratching his head and disappearing back into the fridge. He finally gave up on his search and went over to the table. Quatre looked up from his mug.
"So why are you here and not with Hilde?" He asked catching Duo off guard. He swallowed before answering.
"Because she's still working on some special project for Noin and Zechs. I'm not sure what it is but it seems important. She's been spending alot of time on it." He explained. Quatre took another sip of his tea. Duo glanced down at his watch. We should really be getting back to work soon." He remarked taking another bite. When they finished up, they went back to the bridge. There was usually something to do.
They met Wufei there. He was watching the news from his station to see if there were any reports about the day's events.
"We didn't think we'd find you here." Quatre told him as they walked up.
"I was just checking if there is any word about our attack today." He explained to them not getting up or moving from his position. Duo pulled on the back of his chair.
"Hey you haven't seen us on it yet have you?" He asked looking at the screen. Wufei pushed him away.
"Get back." He growled and moved his chair away. Quatre hid his smile with his hand and tried not to laugh. Duo walked away from Wufei's station, obviously bored.
"So I take it Heero's going to survive." Wufei mentioned to Quatre as he turned the channel to another news broadcaster.
"Did you doubt he would?" He asked back. Wufei looked up at him.
"No, but it's good to know that girl won't be sticking around much longer." He said flatly. Quatre stared at him in surprise. "That's not very nice to say Wufei." Quatre told him in a low voice. But he could tell that Wufei didn't seem to care if it was nice or not.
"I don't get what you have against Relena anyway." Quatre added. Wufei turned in his seat. "I don't have anything against HER. All I know is whenever she's around things always get busy for us. Plus this isn't a hotel here, it's a ship. Where real work is done. I don't get why Sally gives her special privileges either." He explained turning the channel again.
"Well then that's something you should ask Sally. But you shouldn't take it out on Relena. She's had a hard time lately and it's not like she's not busy either. She usually comes here to help Sally with certain political projects that you don't know about." Quatre answered.
"I guess so, but it still seems strange that she's the only political representative that gets involved with the Preventers." Wufei remarked. Quatre decided that the conversation wasn't going anywhere and gave up.
***
It was now around seven o'clock according to their time on the ship. Heero had gotten some sleep but it wasn't for very long. Now he laid there trying to decide if he was going to attempt to get up or just stay there. From what he could tell, Sally might have come in once while he was asleep to check on him but that was it as far as visitors were concerned. He wondered what Relena was doing. He wasn't sure if she'd come see him again considering how things had gone earlier. His door cracked open some and he glanced up to see who it was. The light came on suddenly and he covered his eyes and groaned angrily.
"Opps sorry bout that." He heard Duo from the doorway and the light went off again. He entered and went over to the bed, carrying some items in his arms.
"What's that?" Heero inquired, sitting up in the bed. Duo placed two of the items on top of the monitor. Then he handed him a small white box.
"That's your dinner. And these.." He started handing him two folders. He recognized them from before.
"Trowa found at the base and figured you would rather have them." He explained and Heero nodded back. "And don't worry, I didn't bother reading them, as tempting as it was." He grinned, getting the last item for him.
"And here's your shirt. Relena washed it and sewed that rip in it for you." He explained also handing that to him. He just nodded again placing it next to him along with the folders. Duo took a seat next to the bed and propted his feet up on it.
"Well yah know someone has to take care of you." He added, relaxing in the chair.
"Your talking about Relena, aren't you." Heero said back.
"I'm not talking about me. You don't know how good you've got it." Was the reply he got. He shook his head as if he didn't agree. He didn't think Duo would understand but a question had been bothering him for awhile now.
"What made you decide to get serious with Hilde?" He asked, getting Duo's full attention. Duo scratched the back of his head and thought about it. "And I want a serious answer this time." He added causing Duo to think even more.
"Guess I didn't have much of a reason. I figured it'd be nice to have someone there for me and to take care of." He finally admitted. Heero looked straight ahead.
"So it wasn't anything like love?" He said in a low voice. Duo sat up quickly, waving his hands back and forth.
"No, I didn't say I didn't love her. I do." He remarked. Heero looked back at him.
"Then why didn't you just say that?" He asked.
"Because that wasn't my reason at first. And besides, loves too weird to explain anyway." He remarked, sitting against the back of the chair again.
"From what I can tell, your lucky to have Relena. She worries about you the same way Hilde worries about me." He told Heero.
"Why does that make me lucky?" He said back. Duo let out an exasperated sigh.
"Because you have no claims on her, that's why. You haven't made any decisions at all on your relationship with her. It's been going on like this for four years now and she still thinks of you the same way. You can even ask Quatre, he and I have seen it the most. Now to tell you the truth, you don't really deserve it. And one day she might just leave and you'll never know what you had." He elaborated. Heero just sat there and listened.
"But there's so much I don't understand. What if things don't work out?" He mentioned.
"And what if they do. I think by now you should know if it will or won't. You've known her for so long. And you don't have to know everything. Your so use to acting on your emotions, you only seem to apply that to every aspect of your life but Relena." Came the reply. Heero was now thinking about this in an entirely different way. He knew Duo was right, he had still managed to shut Relena out. Duo stood up from his chair and stretched.
"Hate to be the one to tell you this, but she puts up with alot more then you do." He said. Heero still felt as if Duo still couldn't understand until he ended the conversation.
"Guess we can't live as soldiers forever." He added heading for the door. Okay so maybe he did understand to a point.
"Don't let your dinner get cold." Was the last thing he said before closing the door. Heero opened the box but suddenly didn't seem to want to eat now. Although the growling sound his stomach made disagreed with him.
***
A couple hours later, Relena decided she should visit Heero again. She was going to apologize for how she acted before. She should have realized that he wasn't going to be up for conversation but she just left because she felt that he didn't want her there. But he never said anything like that. She interpreted something wrong. She opened the door and peeked in. He was still awake, and had finished his dinner. She came all the way in. He looked up at her and wanted to smile but didn't. 'Oh I'm off to great start.' He told himself. She took a seat in the chair nearby instead of on the bed like before. She noticed his shirt on the bed and smiled.
"I guess you got your shirt back." She mentioned. He looked up at her and nodded.
"Thanks for fixing it for me." He said back, finally giving her a slight grin.
"That's fine. I wanted to do something for you." She explained. He looked back down at the shirt. Relena leaned forward causing him to quickly meet her gaze. He didn't realize how pretty she looked before. Her hair was down and she was wearing a white dress with a pink sweater over it. She sat there with her legs crossed, perfect posture as always.
"I wanted to apologize for the way I acted before. I should have known that you wouldn't want to talk yet." She said still leaning forward. Heero was still lost in his own thoughts about her that he almost didn't hear her.
"It was nothing. Don't worry about it. I could have been nicer anyway." came the monotoned response. Relena looked down at the floor. "Well yeah but I just left and that was rude." She said in a low voice. Heero leaned over, wanting to cringe from the movement but didn't. He lifted her chin so that she was looking back up at him.
"I told you not to worry." He repeated. She gave him another smile that said she complied with his request. She stood up and sat back on the bed like before. Heero shifted his position some in order to get comfortable again.
"So how long do you think Sally's gonna want you to stay here?" She asked him. He gave her a shrug.
"I'm not sure. She hasn't told me an actual amount of time. I suppose I could use the time off anyway." He replied. She smiled and nodded back. "I guess it wouldn't be such a bad idea." She observed still smiling. Heero leaned over getting Relena's full attention.
"Relena, I've been doing alot of thinking lately." He started. She wasn't sure where this conversation was going but continued to listen anyway. "I know that I haven't really made any decisions about where the two of us stand. To tell you the truth I'm still not entirely sure myself." He explained looking away from her. Relena reached out to touch his hand, causing him to look back up.
"What's about the two of us?" She asked curiously.
"Well I think that we should make a decision now." He told her, still unsure how to approach this conversation. Relena was obviously confused about what he was talking about.
"I think that, well..I guess I think we should get more serious." He emphasized. Relena was starting to understand and gave him a smile.
"So how serious are we talking here anyway?" She finally said now only inches away from him. He leaned closer to her and she closed her eyes. He'd never kissed her like that before. There seemed to be some emotions behind it this time. Relena let out a soft sigh as Heero's hand came up to her face to brush her hair back behind her ear. They separated and Heero was actually the first one to speak.
"I want to be with you,...for the rest of my life." He admitted. Relena could feel her eyes tearing up as he ended his sentence. She put her arms around his neck and kissed him again. He wasn't expecting that response. They separated again with their foreheads still touching.
"So do you want to think about it first?" He asked as she was still crying. She let out a small laugh and sniffed. His hand came up to her face to whip the tears away.
"The only thing I don't have is a ring though." He spoke softly in her ear. She smiled at him encouragingly, showing that she didn't care. "I wouldn't have ever thought that you would do something like this. I mean after this entire situation and with what's happened over the past years, I just figured that.." She stopped when she looked back at him. He was staring back at her, his expression softer then usual. She felt his arms go around to her back and he held her closer, burying his face in her hair. She could have melted right there.
***
In the hallway nearby Hilde and Duo were standing. Duo was waiting for Relena to rush out of the room with some kind of news about Heero and herself. Although he wasn't sure what to expect. Quatre came walking up happily and noticed the two of them.
"Hey what are you two standing out here for?" He asked curiously. Hilde just shrugged and Duo didn't answer him.
"So where are you headed to?" Duo asked as Quatre walked by them towards the ICU.
"Oh I figured I'd see if Heero needs anything before I leave." He said as he walked.
"Nooo, you can't go in there!" Duo exclaimed and practically tackled Quatre. Quatre sat up from the floor and looked at Duo.
"Why not?" He asked. Hilde was also looking at Duo questionable, herself.
"Because, Relena's in there now. You can't interrupt them, they need to talk." He answered. Quatre stood up, brushing off his uniform and looked up at Duo suspiciously.
"You know something, don't you." He noticed, walking towards Duo. Duo let out a weak laugh.
"You really think Heero would tell ME anything. That's funny." He said back. Hilde shook her head and closed her eyes as she spoke.
"He never was good at lying." She muttered to herself. Duo went to duck behind her as Quatre came after him.
"I know your hiding something. Come on Duo, tell me. I can keep a secret." Quatre begged him. Duo just shook his head back. Relena finally walked out of the ICU in a daze. Hilde caught sight of her first.
"Hey Relena, anything going on?" She asked, causing the other two to look up at her. Relena just smiled, not saying anything. Duo grinned back.
"I think she finally got herself a serious boyfriend now." He announced, waiting to see what she'd do. She continued to smile, almost maliciously at them.
"Well is that it? Heero finally admitted that he likes you?" Hilde asked her. Relena looked like she was deep in thought. Quatre walked over to her and waved a hand infront of her face. She snapped out of her daze.
"Oh I'm sorry Hilde. I was just trying to decide if you'd like to be my maid of honor?" She mentioned, smiling even more. Hilde let out an excited scream and ran over to hug Relena happily. Quatre couldn't help but smile now. Duo scratched the back of his head.
"Sheesh I didn't think he's go that far. Oh come on Hilde, your embarrassing me here." He said as Hilde was now jumping up and down happily. She looked over at him.
"I'm aloud to be happy for her." Was all she said.
"Well can I go see Heero now?" Quatre asked Relena. She turned her attention to him.
"Actually I think he went back to sleep. Sorry." She told him. Duo leaned over to Quatre.
"Don't think I don't know what your up to, Quatre." He said in a low voice. Quatre looked at him, confused. "Your trying to get dibs on the best man position. I believe it's already been filled." He said proudly.
"I wasn't thinking about that at all." Quatre objected quickly. Relena looked over at the two of them.
"Actually Heero said something about Wufei." She mentioned, looking up innocently at the ceiling. They two of them shot her a look.
"What!?!" Duo remarked. He practically fell over. She looked back down at him as he slouched, and smiled.
It was that almost malicious smile of hers again. He just shook his head in response.
"Nah, he wouldn't do that to me." He grinned, then quickly looked at Quatre who was sneaking to the entrance of the ICU.
"Quatre! Hey, don't think I'm letting you get away!" He called after him and Quatre started running. Duo followed him quickly. Hilde and Relena decided not to get involved in it. They headed in the other direction, still talking excitingly.
***The*End?***
Writer's notes: -_- okay so there's my death glare, so feel free to review.
"Busy week?" He asked her. She looked over at him and smiled weakly.
"You could say that." She answered back. "Actually it's been a busy couple of months. This is the second Gundam Pilot to be in ICU. I thought you guys were tougher then this." She admitted.
"Sorry to ruin your illusion. Guess we just don't have the same motivation as before." He said, leaning against the wall along side of her.
"So what about this splinter group? Do we need to go back out there to put them into custody yah think?" She asked him. He gave her a questioning look. She usually didn't ask him for his opinion on these things. He looked down and crossed his arms.
"Considering that we didn't leave them with many resources I'd like to think that they'd be smart enough to give up. But since that's never the case, maybe we should keep an eye on them. I don't know if Heero would be okay with us only doing that much. Maybe you should be asking him this question since this had more to do with him then me." He explained. She looked at him from the side. She wasn't expecting such an extensive response. There was an awkward moment of silence. Trowa pushed himself off the wall.
"That's my cue to leave. I know you'll figure it out" He said back, as he walked off.
***
A couple hours went by and Heero was permitted to have visitors. Relena was the first one in the room. When she walked in, he looked up quickly, knowing it was her already. How he knew, he wasn't sure. She sat down on the side of the bed, next to him. Neither of them had said anything yet. She appeared to be taking note of his current state. He actually felt bad that she had to see him like this. He glanced down at his injuries. They probably ran out of medical supplies because of him. Especially on white gauze which he had always hated how it felt. And Sally was definitely a professional considering how tight she had tide it. He looked back up at Relena. She was just sitting there, happy to be in the room with him. The questions from before came back to mind, and he tried to push them away.
"So you seem to be doing better now." She mentioned looking down at his bandaged hand. He nodded his reply slowly. She gave him a slight smile.
"Well that's good to know." She admitted. For some reason she was having a hard time talking to him and she wasn't sure why. She avoided looking up into his eyes. She always felt weak when she did that. She felt his hand brush against hers, causing her to look up, despite her own advice. The expression on his face she couldn't understand. He almost looked sad to her. She forced herself to look away.
"Heero.."
"Relena.."
They both started at the same time but neither of them finished. She looked back up at him but he had his head down keeping her from seeing his eyes. Why was it so hard to be here with her? Was it because of all the mind games from before? They didn't know him as much as she did. All they knew was what had been written. He had changed and it was probably because of her. But that could be looked at as a good or bad thing. He tried not to think about it but couldn't get his mind off it. Relena stood up, deciding that she couldn't stand the silence from him any longer.
"I'll let you get some rest. I'm sure that you need it." She said and turned to leave. He went to grab her hand but she moved away too quickly. 'Why don't you stop me Heero? Ask me to come back or something. Why is it always like this?' She brushed past Sally as she entered the room. She didn't understand why Relena was leaving so soon. She had just gotten there. Sally walked over to the bed. Heero was obviously lost in his own thoughts as he wasn't looking at her or anything else either.
"You still in there?" She asked him, waiting for his reply. He came back to reality and looked up at her.
"Did you need something?" He asked her, forcing his thoughts to the back of his mind. Sally wasn't sure what was going on between Relena and him but she didn't want to pry.
"Well I was wondering if you want us to press any charges against this group. From what I hear, they aren't much of a threat now. However I wanted to know what your opinion was first." She explained. Heero thought about it then just shook his head.
"No, they won't be bothering us anymore. Although you might want to double check, just to be sure." He decided. They only seemed to complicate things and the idea of following up with charges was too much for him at that point. Despite how angry they had made him. All these unresolved issues with Relena seemed to steal his anger and attention away.
"Okay if you really think so. Are you feeling better?" She asked, taking a closer look at his injuries. He let out a low sigh.
"Is EVERYONE going to ask me that today?" He mentioned. She was surprised at his tone. She stood back up feeling somewhat angry.
"Hey I'm the one taking care of you. It's my business to know these things." She said defensively. She went back to checking him and he willingly let her. When she was done she stood back up.
"Well I have work to do now." She added leaving the smaller light on, next to the bed but turning out the larger one. She left the room in a huff. Great, now he was taking his frustration out on everyone else. He turned on his side and tried to get back to sleep. None of them could understand what he was going through right now anyway. He didn't even understand it himself and that seemed kind of scary. There were just too many unanswered questions.
***
Sally took a seat at her desk still frustrated at Heero's attitude. Quatre, Duo and Trowa walked in as she tossed some files away and started typing at her computer. They headed over to her desk. Duo placed a disk infront of her nose. She looked up waiting for an explanation.
"And what is that?" She sounded a bit demanding.
"The missing information from Wing Zero we lost before." Trowa filled her in. She took it from Duo and placed it on the desk where it wasn't cluttered. She let out an angry sigh.
"Are you alright? Anything we can do?" Quatre asked her. She looked up trying not to seem so upset.
"I'll be fine. Heero's just..well, being himself I guess. I don't know how to explain it." She mentioned.
"I'm sure he just needs to get past today and he'll be alright later." Trowa told her confidently.
"Yeah, we don't know what went on at that base before we got there." Duo pointed out agreeing with Trowa. Sally just nodded.
"I just don't understand why he's acting like this that's all. I mean Relena wasn't in there very long herself. That just didn't seem right either." She added.
"He's not use to being forced to stay in bed that's all." Trowa answered her. He would know about that considering what happened during the war. She looked back at her computer. Quatre and Duo left the room, and Trowa picked the disk up off the corner of her desk and headed over to his own across the room.
"I'll download this again into our systems." He told her as he put it into his computer.
"Thanks, just be sure to put it into a locked file." She reminded him.
***
Duo and Quatre headed for the break room. They entered the room and went for the fridge against the far wall. Quatre opened the door as Duo got a plate and a mug down from the cabinet.
"Man, I just don't understand why Heero's behaving this way. I mean you'd think he'd be happy to be back and Relena's here too. I don't get it." Duo said exasperated. Quatre pulled out a container of water for a cup of tea.
"Well, I think he just needs to get better and he'll be okay. Just like Trowa said." Quatre answered. "Although I didn't see if he was remotely happy to be with Relena before. That's kind of odd." He added, heating up his water. Duo was rumaging through the fridge now.
"That doesn't seem too odd to me. But he does seem to be avoiding her." He remarked. Quatre got his tea and sat down at the table nearby. Duo found an apple and stuck it in his mouth as he was still looking for something else to eat as well.
"It really isn't our business anyway if you think about it." Quatre thought outloud. Duo stuck his head up over the fridge door to give Quatre a look. "Well it's not." Quatre reiterated. Duo pulled the apple away from his mouth and leaned on the door.
"In theory no, but it makes things interesting anyway." He said scratching his head and disappearing back into the fridge. He finally gave up on his search and went over to the table. Quatre looked up from his mug.
"So why are you here and not with Hilde?" He asked catching Duo off guard. He swallowed before answering.
"Because she's still working on some special project for Noin and Zechs. I'm not sure what it is but it seems important. She's been spending alot of time on it." He explained. Quatre took another sip of his tea. Duo glanced down at his watch. We should really be getting back to work soon." He remarked taking another bite. When they finished up, they went back to the bridge. There was usually something to do.
They met Wufei there. He was watching the news from his station to see if there were any reports about the day's events.
"We didn't think we'd find you here." Quatre told him as they walked up.
"I was just checking if there is any word about our attack today." He explained to them not getting up or moving from his position. Duo pulled on the back of his chair.
"Hey you haven't seen us on it yet have you?" He asked looking at the screen. Wufei pushed him away.
"Get back." He growled and moved his chair away. Quatre hid his smile with his hand and tried not to laugh. Duo walked away from Wufei's station, obviously bored.
"So I take it Heero's going to survive." Wufei mentioned to Quatre as he turned the channel to another news broadcaster.
"Did you doubt he would?" He asked back. Wufei looked up at him.
"No, but it's good to know that girl won't be sticking around much longer." He said flatly. Quatre stared at him in surprise. "That's not very nice to say Wufei." Quatre told him in a low voice. But he could tell that Wufei didn't seem to care if it was nice or not.
"I don't get what you have against Relena anyway." Quatre added. Wufei turned in his seat. "I don't have anything against HER. All I know is whenever she's around things always get busy for us. Plus this isn't a hotel here, it's a ship. Where real work is done. I don't get why Sally gives her special privileges either." He explained turning the channel again.
"Well then that's something you should ask Sally. But you shouldn't take it out on Relena. She's had a hard time lately and it's not like she's not busy either. She usually comes here to help Sally with certain political projects that you don't know about." Quatre answered.
"I guess so, but it still seems strange that she's the only political representative that gets involved with the Preventers." Wufei remarked. Quatre decided that the conversation wasn't going anywhere and gave up.
***
It was now around seven o'clock according to their time on the ship. Heero had gotten some sleep but it wasn't for very long. Now he laid there trying to decide if he was going to attempt to get up or just stay there. From what he could tell, Sally might have come in once while he was asleep to check on him but that was it as far as visitors were concerned. He wondered what Relena was doing. He wasn't sure if she'd come see him again considering how things had gone earlier. His door cracked open some and he glanced up to see who it was. The light came on suddenly and he covered his eyes and groaned angrily.
"Opps sorry bout that." He heard Duo from the doorway and the light went off again. He entered and went over to the bed, carrying some items in his arms.
"What's that?" Heero inquired, sitting up in the bed. Duo placed two of the items on top of the monitor. Then he handed him a small white box.
"That's your dinner. And these.." He started handing him two folders. He recognized them from before.
"Trowa found at the base and figured you would rather have them." He explained and Heero nodded back. "And don't worry, I didn't bother reading them, as tempting as it was." He grinned, getting the last item for him.
"And here's your shirt. Relena washed it and sewed that rip in it for you." He explained also handing that to him. He just nodded again placing it next to him along with the folders. Duo took a seat next to the bed and propted his feet up on it.
"Well yah know someone has to take care of you." He added, relaxing in the chair.
"Your talking about Relena, aren't you." Heero said back.
"I'm not talking about me. You don't know how good you've got it." Was the reply he got. He shook his head as if he didn't agree. He didn't think Duo would understand but a question had been bothering him for awhile now.
"What made you decide to get serious with Hilde?" He asked, getting Duo's full attention. Duo scratched the back of his head and thought about it. "And I want a serious answer this time." He added causing Duo to think even more.
"Guess I didn't have much of a reason. I figured it'd be nice to have someone there for me and to take care of." He finally admitted. Heero looked straight ahead.
"So it wasn't anything like love?" He said in a low voice. Duo sat up quickly, waving his hands back and forth.
"No, I didn't say I didn't love her. I do." He remarked. Heero looked back at him.
"Then why didn't you just say that?" He asked.
"Because that wasn't my reason at first. And besides, loves too weird to explain anyway." He remarked, sitting against the back of the chair again.
"From what I can tell, your lucky to have Relena. She worries about you the same way Hilde worries about me." He told Heero.
"Why does that make me lucky?" He said back. Duo let out an exasperated sigh.
"Because you have no claims on her, that's why. You haven't made any decisions at all on your relationship with her. It's been going on like this for four years now and she still thinks of you the same way. You can even ask Quatre, he and I have seen it the most. Now to tell you the truth, you don't really deserve it. And one day she might just leave and you'll never know what you had." He elaborated. Heero just sat there and listened.
"But there's so much I don't understand. What if things don't work out?" He mentioned.
"And what if they do. I think by now you should know if it will or won't. You've known her for so long. And you don't have to know everything. Your so use to acting on your emotions, you only seem to apply that to every aspect of your life but Relena." Came the reply. Heero was now thinking about this in an entirely different way. He knew Duo was right, he had still managed to shut Relena out. Duo stood up from his chair and stretched.
"Hate to be the one to tell you this, but she puts up with alot more then you do." He said. Heero still felt as if Duo still couldn't understand until he ended the conversation.
"Guess we can't live as soldiers forever." He added heading for the door. Okay so maybe he did understand to a point.
"Don't let your dinner get cold." Was the last thing he said before closing the door. Heero opened the box but suddenly didn't seem to want to eat now. Although the growling sound his stomach made disagreed with him.
***
A couple hours later, Relena decided she should visit Heero again. She was going to apologize for how she acted before. She should have realized that he wasn't going to be up for conversation but she just left because she felt that he didn't want her there. But he never said anything like that. She interpreted something wrong. She opened the door and peeked in. He was still awake, and had finished his dinner. She came all the way in. He looked up at her and wanted to smile but didn't. 'Oh I'm off to great start.' He told himself. She took a seat in the chair nearby instead of on the bed like before. She noticed his shirt on the bed and smiled.
"I guess you got your shirt back." She mentioned. He looked up at her and nodded.
"Thanks for fixing it for me." He said back, finally giving her a slight grin.
"That's fine. I wanted to do something for you." She explained. He looked back down at the shirt. Relena leaned forward causing him to quickly meet her gaze. He didn't realize how pretty she looked before. Her hair was down and she was wearing a white dress with a pink sweater over it. She sat there with her legs crossed, perfect posture as always.
"I wanted to apologize for the way I acted before. I should have known that you wouldn't want to talk yet." She said still leaning forward. Heero was still lost in his own thoughts about her that he almost didn't hear her.
"It was nothing. Don't worry about it. I could have been nicer anyway." came the monotoned response. Relena looked down at the floor. "Well yeah but I just left and that was rude." She said in a low voice. Heero leaned over, wanting to cringe from the movement but didn't. He lifted her chin so that she was looking back up at him.
"I told you not to worry." He repeated. She gave him another smile that said she complied with his request. She stood up and sat back on the bed like before. Heero shifted his position some in order to get comfortable again.
"So how long do you think Sally's gonna want you to stay here?" She asked him. He gave her a shrug.
"I'm not sure. She hasn't told me an actual amount of time. I suppose I could use the time off anyway." He replied. She smiled and nodded back. "I guess it wouldn't be such a bad idea." She observed still smiling. Heero leaned over getting Relena's full attention.
"Relena, I've been doing alot of thinking lately." He started. She wasn't sure where this conversation was going but continued to listen anyway. "I know that I haven't really made any decisions about where the two of us stand. To tell you the truth I'm still not entirely sure myself." He explained looking away from her. Relena reached out to touch his hand, causing him to look back up.
"What's about the two of us?" She asked curiously.
"Well I think that we should make a decision now." He told her, still unsure how to approach this conversation. Relena was obviously confused about what he was talking about.
"I think that, well..I guess I think we should get more serious." He emphasized. Relena was starting to understand and gave him a smile.
"So how serious are we talking here anyway?" She finally said now only inches away from him. He leaned closer to her and she closed her eyes. He'd never kissed her like that before. There seemed to be some emotions behind it this time. Relena let out a soft sigh as Heero's hand came up to her face to brush her hair back behind her ear. They separated and Heero was actually the first one to speak.
"I want to be with you,...for the rest of my life." He admitted. Relena could feel her eyes tearing up as he ended his sentence. She put her arms around his neck and kissed him again. He wasn't expecting that response. They separated again with their foreheads still touching.
"So do you want to think about it first?" He asked as she was still crying. She let out a small laugh and sniffed. His hand came up to her face to whip the tears away.
"The only thing I don't have is a ring though." He spoke softly in her ear. She smiled at him encouragingly, showing that she didn't care. "I wouldn't have ever thought that you would do something like this. I mean after this entire situation and with what's happened over the past years, I just figured that.." She stopped when she looked back at him. He was staring back at her, his expression softer then usual. She felt his arms go around to her back and he held her closer, burying his face in her hair. She could have melted right there.
***
In the hallway nearby Hilde and Duo were standing. Duo was waiting for Relena to rush out of the room with some kind of news about Heero and herself. Although he wasn't sure what to expect. Quatre came walking up happily and noticed the two of them.
"Hey what are you two standing out here for?" He asked curiously. Hilde just shrugged and Duo didn't answer him.
"So where are you headed to?" Duo asked as Quatre walked by them towards the ICU.
"Oh I figured I'd see if Heero needs anything before I leave." He said as he walked.
"Nooo, you can't go in there!" Duo exclaimed and practically tackled Quatre. Quatre sat up from the floor and looked at Duo.
"Why not?" He asked. Hilde was also looking at Duo questionable, herself.
"Because, Relena's in there now. You can't interrupt them, they need to talk." He answered. Quatre stood up, brushing off his uniform and looked up at Duo suspiciously.
"You know something, don't you." He noticed, walking towards Duo. Duo let out a weak laugh.
"You really think Heero would tell ME anything. That's funny." He said back. Hilde shook her head and closed her eyes as she spoke.
"He never was good at lying." She muttered to herself. Duo went to duck behind her as Quatre came after him.
"I know your hiding something. Come on Duo, tell me. I can keep a secret." Quatre begged him. Duo just shook his head back. Relena finally walked out of the ICU in a daze. Hilde caught sight of her first.
"Hey Relena, anything going on?" She asked, causing the other two to look up at her. Relena just smiled, not saying anything. Duo grinned back.
"I think she finally got herself a serious boyfriend now." He announced, waiting to see what she'd do. She continued to smile, almost maliciously at them.
"Well is that it? Heero finally admitted that he likes you?" Hilde asked her. Relena looked like she was deep in thought. Quatre walked over to her and waved a hand infront of her face. She snapped out of her daze.
"Oh I'm sorry Hilde. I was just trying to decide if you'd like to be my maid of honor?" She mentioned, smiling even more. Hilde let out an excited scream and ran over to hug Relena happily. Quatre couldn't help but smile now. Duo scratched the back of his head.
"Sheesh I didn't think he's go that far. Oh come on Hilde, your embarrassing me here." He said as Hilde was now jumping up and down happily. She looked over at him.
"I'm aloud to be happy for her." Was all she said.
"Well can I go see Heero now?" Quatre asked Relena. She turned her attention to him.
"Actually I think he went back to sleep. Sorry." She told him. Duo leaned over to Quatre.
"Don't think I don't know what your up to, Quatre." He said in a low voice. Quatre looked at him, confused. "Your trying to get dibs on the best man position. I believe it's already been filled." He said proudly.
"I wasn't thinking about that at all." Quatre objected quickly. Relena looked over at the two of them.
"Actually Heero said something about Wufei." She mentioned, looking up innocently at the ceiling. They two of them shot her a look.
"What!?!" Duo remarked. He practically fell over. She looked back down at him as he slouched, and smiled.
It was that almost malicious smile of hers again. He just shook his head in response.
"Nah, he wouldn't do that to me." He grinned, then quickly looked at Quatre who was sneaking to the entrance of the ICU.
"Quatre! Hey, don't think I'm letting you get away!" He called after him and Quatre started running. Duo followed him quickly. Hilde and Relena decided not to get involved in it. They headed in the other direction, still talking excitingly.
***The*End?***
Writer's notes: -_- okay so there's my death glare, so feel free to review.