A Lesson Well Taught
Chapter 3
By: Sailor Astro
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN GUNDAM WING.
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Right after dinner I walked to Corazon's room. The girls really treated her unfairly.
I held my hand on the door knob. I wasn't sure if I should face her after the times I looked at her today. She just confused me last night. Was she being too curious or just wanted to be friends? I didn't know how to act toward her.
I knocked once and waited for a response. When none came I slowly opened the door. Corazon was cuddled up on her bed still in the clothes she wore today. I walked up to her bed side and covered her with her blanket. I then walked to the open window and closed it.
Just as I was closing it I heard a small wimper from Corazon. I walked to her and looked down at her.
Corazon moved her head down a bit on the pillow. Strainds of hair fell in front of her face. I moved down towards her. I tucked her soft blonde hair behind her ear and smiled as I stood up.
I reached the door and began to open it.
"Trowa."
I looked back and saw Corazon cover herself more with the blanket.
I smiled and left the room.
I walked down to my room and Heero was leaning on the wall on the opposite side of my door.
"You weren't working on your Gundam were you?" Heero stared in front of him as he spoke.
"What if I wasn't?"
Heero turned to me. "It's just that your Gundam was in the garage and it needs atleast two of us to open the lock."
I should have known that Heero would always notice the obvious. I kept quiet because I knew that Heero would know that I wasn't working on my Gundam.
"You don't have to tell me where you were, Trowa. Just get some rest for tomorrow." Heero got up and walked to his room.
I nodded and entered my room. I quickly changed but I sat at my computer desk. I opened a file in which was linked to all the computers in this building. It was the mecha file of ArrowHeart and a bio on Croazon. I closed the window when someone came into my room.
Catherine peeked through. "I'm sorry Trowa. I should have knocked."
"It's ok Cathy you can come in."
She sat on a chair beside me. "I talked with the girls and they promised to not do that to Corazon anymore. They don't understand how hard it is to be a Gundam pilot."
"Yeah. Let's hope Corazon will still have the heart to pilot ArrowHeart tomorrow," I said.
Catherine looked at the clock. "Don't you mean today? It's already midnight. You should get to bed now little brother, ok?"
"I will, sis."
Catherine waved and left.
I sat on my bed and pulled the covers over me. Should I tell Corazon that it was me following her to that diner and heard her conversation with that man named Greg? Maybe I shouldn't since she has had too many burdens on her shoulders right now. I dimmed the lights and went to bed.
"TROWA!!!!!"
I jotted out of bed and wearily looked at Duo. I grabbed the clock and read 4 am. It was one hour earlier than we usually wake up.
"What's wrong Duo? It's four o' clock."
Duo had that smile on his face which means that he found something. "I know. Sorry man but I went to the monitor room and found out something about the security stuff. Come on."
Duo pulled me out of bed. I walked to the monitor room where all the cameras were to monitor the building.
Everyone was standing there still in their pajamas except for Duo.
"What is this thing you wanted to show us?" Wufei asked.
Heero held a gun up to Duo's chin. "Hurry up."
"Yeah, yeah. Look at the monitors. They're all the cameras from the enterence, garage, and hallways." Duo said.
"Yeah, so?" I asked.
Duo looked at Quatre. "Quatre, remember when you installed that camera in the guest bedroom in case someone who we thought were enemies stayed?"
Quatre nodded. He looked as if he was going to fall to the ground and sleep.
"Well, Corazon is in that bedroom. Hehehe." Duo had a big smile.
Every one of us whacked Duo behind the head.
"Duo, just think what Hilde would say?" I told him.
Duo still looked carefree. "Well what Hilde doesn't know won't hurt, right?"
Wufei crossed his arms. "Not if we tell her. Then it will hurt a lot."
"Eehh.... no thanks. It would be best if you not tell her." Duo said.
I looked at the tv that had the image of Corazon on her bed in her room. It was a bird's eye view of her whole room. The camera seemed to be directly over her bed. I watched was Corazon moved her arm to shut off her alarm clock. She slowly got up form her bed and stretched out.
Everyone was too busy arguing with Duo to notice that Corazon has woken up.
I sat on a chair and watched Corazon open the curtains and walk back to her bed. Corazon began to take off her shirt and I began to panic!
I stood up and blocked any veiw of the tv.
Everyone turned to me.
"What's wrong Trowa?" Quatre asked me.
"Wrong? Nothing's wrong." I bet that Duo would be eager to know what Corazon is doing now.
"Hey Trowa, what's Corazon doing now?" Duo tried to take a look at the tv. I tried pushing him away but he always finds a sneaky way to see it.
Duo managed to get past me and eye the tv. "Whoa! Trowa, you trying to keep us from seeing this?"
I quickly turned around and it was safe to say that Corazon was already in her robe.
"Too bad I missed it," Duo sadly said.
All of us hit Duo enough to knock him out.
I walked back to my room but I didn't go in it. I just stood there facing the door.
"Trowa?"
"Huh? Oh hi Corazon. How are you?" I turned to the right to see her standing against the wall.
"Oh I'm doing just great. Do you know what happened to Duo" He said something about cameras and fists. Oh well." Corazon smiled as she titled her said to the side.
I gave a small smile in return. "Are you ready for today's training?" I hope it was the right to actually ask her this.
"Um well I sure hope that I'm ready. After that brutel beating the other day I know now that I have to try my hardest."
I nodded and began to enter my room.
"Uh Trowa?" Corazon skipped up to me and actually kissed me on the cheek.
"What was that for?" For once I was stunned. I couldn't believe anyone would do that. I held my hand on my cheek.
She gave a little smirk. "Don't think I didn't notice you last night."
Did she really know I followed her?
"I know that you were in my room and did those things for me. Thanks. Oh, can you please try to go easy on me today? I know I'm sorta cheatng on my training but I really want to feel like I'm actually hitting someone and they're not hitting me. Thanks a lot."
At least she doesn't know. I still held my hand on the place where she kissed me and entered my room.
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I was really surprised at how much Corazon improved herself. She was more aware and she always kept her guard up.
Arrowheart flew up to me and took my back. She fired and I could hear Duo curse under his breath.
Corazon was laughing while Duo was shouting the way he was whining at how much it hurt.
Corazon's image came up to my screen. "Hey Trowa this is actually getting up than frusterating. Being Gundam pilots must be fun."
Piloting was only the start of what you will have to put up with. "I could really tell that you're improving Corazon. Keep it up."
"Heh thanks." Corazon smiled and signed off the connection.
I mostly fought with Heero while Quatre battled with Corazon. Duo and Wufei was constantly playing cat and mouse.
When Heero and I were finished battling with each other he traded with Corazon.
I made a direct link with Arrowheart's communications. "So Corazon, you ready?"
"Heh, more than ever." Arrowheart a thermal energy arrow and the bow was already connected to the arm. She aimed it and fired at me.
I stood there waiting to be hit but nothing came. Corazon looked a bit foolish. "What's wrong Corazon?"
She was looking around her panel of buttons. "How do I fire?"
This may take a while.
I made a link to everyone else. "Guys, I think we should wait a while before we move up to the next level of training."
Everyone agreed and headed for the mobile suit hangar.
I got out of Heavyarms and headed for Arrowheart. I stood on the platform and waited for Corazon to get out.
The hatch began to open up and Corazon just sat there. Until it was fully open I moved into the cockpit.
"It's time for some basic training. You up to it?" I asked her.
"You bet I am!"