"Where are you Heero?" Relena asked out loud into the cool night as the
breeze caught her long blonde hair and whipped it about her face. Where
she stood on her balcony, she could see the whole of the Peacecraft manor.
It was such a beautiful place....Relena sighed. But it meant nothing to
her unless Heero could be seen somewhere in the middle of it. "Patience
Relena," she scolded herself. "Wait a little longer and Heero will come
for you, like he promised, and take you away to Quarrentine with him."
Stepping away from the balcony, Relena smiled at the thought of Heero's return. It won't be long now.......
No sooner had she turned away from the window then a huge blast lighted up her bedroom and threw her on the floor. Scrambling to get to her feet, Relena ran to the balcony. Her heart leaped into her throat at the sight before her, it was Wing Zero!
"Heero?" Relena shouted into the night as Wing Zero slowly approached her balcony. Then the huge Gundam stopped, and the hatch opened to reveal Heero's dark silhouette against the lighted cockpit.
"Been waiting long?" he asked as he jumped the distance between Zero and her balcony without any trouble.
She fell into his arms before she could answer. "I'd wait an eternity if it meant I could spend one hour with you."
"Well," Heero replied as he looked down at her already tear-stained face, "You don't have to wait anymore."
Relena yawned, "Now that you're here, I can sleep."
"Man," Heero joked, "Haven't seen you in weeks and I don't even get one measly little kiss?"
Relena laughed as he leaned down and kissed her. When he pulled away, he picked her up and carried her to her bed and dropped her on it. As he turned to pull her covers up, she stopped him, "Aren't you gonna sleep tonight?"
"What?" Heero asked, a bit off guard. "Sure, I can sleep in Zero's cockpit like I always do, that way I'll be close by if you need me, or have any nightmares."
"Why don't you just stay with me?" she suggested.
"But Relena, we're not married yet."
"I don't care," she sighed, "We don't have to do anything, I'm tired anyway."
"Alright," Heero agreed as he pulled off his jeans and climbed up beside her.
As she snuggled close to his warm, muscular body, he held her close. "I love you Heero Yuy," she whispered.
"I love you too," he replied as they both fell fast asleep. _____
Relena woke with a jerk as thoughts of last night's encounter flooded her mind; she could not feel Heero's presence. She rolled over and to her surprise, found him fast asleep, hugging his pillow. She smiled as she crept up next to him and kissed him gently on his forehead. His eyes fluttered open and he smiled sleepily. "Good morning love, sleep good?"
"Very good," Relena replied, using Heero's own bad grammar, "Ready to get up yet?"
"It's only 8:00!" Heero exclaimed. "Let's stay in bed for awhile."
"I give up," Relena replied as she laid her head on his chest, "You win."
"Besides, what do we need to do today besides plan our wedding and move to Quarrentine?"
"I think that's about all," Relena replied as she looked up at him, "Besides, it's going to rain today."
"Ok," Heero replied as he rolled her over and pinned her to the bed underneath him, "Sounds good to me."
With that, he kissed her until the rain poured in through the balcony window and drenched them.
"I think we should close the windows." Relena replied as she pushed her sopping hair from her eyes.
"Yeah," Heero agreed as he got up, "I'll do that while you go take a bath and get ready and do all that stuff that you do."
"It won't take me long," she replied, "What about you?"
"I've got a change of clothes in Zero, and I need to call Lark," he said as he left the windows to kiss her again, "Then I think I'm gonna go find Milliardo and figure out how we're gonna get you moved."
"Ok," she agreed, "I guess I'll see you later then?"
"Yeah," he replied as he pulled her to her feet, kissed her one last time, and pushed her toward the bathroom. _____
Lark was relieved when Heero's smiling face popped up on the video screen. "You could've called when you got there so I wouldn't have to worry about you!" she scolded.
"I didn't call Relena when I left there to tell her I was coming," Heero smirked, "What makes you so special?"
"Ansel Chiaki!" Lark growled. "People worry about you, the least you could do is let them know you're alright!"
"Well, if that's the case," he smiled, "I'm alright."
"You little twit!" Lark exclaimed in disbelief. "I'm serious!"
"I'm sorry Lark," Heero replied, "You don't have to worry about me, when I make a promise, I keep it, and I promise I will return by the end of the week."
"Ok, ok," Lark surrendered, "It doesn't help to argue, I'm just stressed out I guess. What, with all this planning for the wedding, rebuilding my palace, and reinforcing my army, I'm kinda overworked."
"That's what your family is there for," Heero replied, "Let Mom take the wedding plans, give Armand the construction stuff, and let Baek worry with the army. And you, go take a nice hot bath with some of those little bath beads, and some stress relief body wash."
"Oh that sounds great," Lark replied dreamily, "I think I'll do that. So when are you gonna get back? I want to wait until Relena gets here to go shopping for a wedding dress. Has she gotten one yet?"
"I have no idea," Heero replied.
"Well, tell her not to get one yet," Lark informed him, "Because the Colony Mall will be here Saturday."
"Is that the colony that has nothing but stores on it?"
"Sorta," Lark replied, "It has apartment complexes for owners and workers, a water park, a theme park, and factories."
"I take it you've been there before."
"Yeah," Lark sighed dreamily, "It's a shopper's paradise."
"Well, as fascinating as this is, I need to get a hold of Hwoarang."
"What do you need him for?"
"Well, me and Relena can't just come up there and have nowhere to live can we?" Heero asked as Lark's smile turned into a frown.
"You're not gonna live in the palace with us?"
"Come on Lark," Heero replied, "You know that wouldn't work out. Relena's got her heart set on having her own mansion under our name and our control."
"I guess you've got a point," Lark replied, "I can go find him for you if you want."
"Sure."
In less than five minutes, Lark returned with Hwoarang, "I'll talk to you later Ansel. I'm gonna take your advice and go do all that stuff that you said."
"Alright then," Heero replied, "Bye!"
"So," Hwoarang said as he sat down in the communications chair, "What can I do for you?"
"I need you to find me a nice hunk of land not too far from Quarrentine City, and I need a map of all its resources, lakes, woods, stuff like that."
"Ok, what else?"
"That'll be good for now, unless you can get me an architect to draw some plans for a mansion?"
"Can do," Hwoarang replied as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small computer and recorded a few notes, "Anything else?"
"I think that'll be good for now," Heero replied, "Thanks."
"I'll get this sent to the Peacecraft mansion as soon as I can," Hwoarang assured him.
"Talk to you later then," Heero replied.
"Alright then," Hwoarang said, "Bye."
"Bye." _____
Lark sighed as she sank into the hot bath, this is so nice.....she thought as a smile touched her lips. Ansel was so smart, especially when it came to women and what they enjoy. Where he learned that from, no one really knew, nor dared to ask him. Maybe it was the one thing that he had acquired from his birth mother, or maybe he just paid attention to detail.........Lark sighed, it did not matter really, Ansel had a right to his secrets, just like she did. Waving the thought off as the fragrance from the beads hit her nostrils, Lark fell into a deep daydream of her upcoming wedding.
Stepping away from the balcony, Relena smiled at the thought of Heero's return. It won't be long now.......
No sooner had she turned away from the window then a huge blast lighted up her bedroom and threw her on the floor. Scrambling to get to her feet, Relena ran to the balcony. Her heart leaped into her throat at the sight before her, it was Wing Zero!
"Heero?" Relena shouted into the night as Wing Zero slowly approached her balcony. Then the huge Gundam stopped, and the hatch opened to reveal Heero's dark silhouette against the lighted cockpit.
"Been waiting long?" he asked as he jumped the distance between Zero and her balcony without any trouble.
She fell into his arms before she could answer. "I'd wait an eternity if it meant I could spend one hour with you."
"Well," Heero replied as he looked down at her already tear-stained face, "You don't have to wait anymore."
Relena yawned, "Now that you're here, I can sleep."
"Man," Heero joked, "Haven't seen you in weeks and I don't even get one measly little kiss?"
Relena laughed as he leaned down and kissed her. When he pulled away, he picked her up and carried her to her bed and dropped her on it. As he turned to pull her covers up, she stopped him, "Aren't you gonna sleep tonight?"
"What?" Heero asked, a bit off guard. "Sure, I can sleep in Zero's cockpit like I always do, that way I'll be close by if you need me, or have any nightmares."
"Why don't you just stay with me?" she suggested.
"But Relena, we're not married yet."
"I don't care," she sighed, "We don't have to do anything, I'm tired anyway."
"Alright," Heero agreed as he pulled off his jeans and climbed up beside her.
As she snuggled close to his warm, muscular body, he held her close. "I love you Heero Yuy," she whispered.
"I love you too," he replied as they both fell fast asleep. _____
Relena woke with a jerk as thoughts of last night's encounter flooded her mind; she could not feel Heero's presence. She rolled over and to her surprise, found him fast asleep, hugging his pillow. She smiled as she crept up next to him and kissed him gently on his forehead. His eyes fluttered open and he smiled sleepily. "Good morning love, sleep good?"
"Very good," Relena replied, using Heero's own bad grammar, "Ready to get up yet?"
"It's only 8:00!" Heero exclaimed. "Let's stay in bed for awhile."
"I give up," Relena replied as she laid her head on his chest, "You win."
"Besides, what do we need to do today besides plan our wedding and move to Quarrentine?"
"I think that's about all," Relena replied as she looked up at him, "Besides, it's going to rain today."
"Ok," Heero replied as he rolled her over and pinned her to the bed underneath him, "Sounds good to me."
With that, he kissed her until the rain poured in through the balcony window and drenched them.
"I think we should close the windows." Relena replied as she pushed her sopping hair from her eyes.
"Yeah," Heero agreed as he got up, "I'll do that while you go take a bath and get ready and do all that stuff that you do."
"It won't take me long," she replied, "What about you?"
"I've got a change of clothes in Zero, and I need to call Lark," he said as he left the windows to kiss her again, "Then I think I'm gonna go find Milliardo and figure out how we're gonna get you moved."
"Ok," she agreed, "I guess I'll see you later then?"
"Yeah," he replied as he pulled her to her feet, kissed her one last time, and pushed her toward the bathroom. _____
Lark was relieved when Heero's smiling face popped up on the video screen. "You could've called when you got there so I wouldn't have to worry about you!" she scolded.
"I didn't call Relena when I left there to tell her I was coming," Heero smirked, "What makes you so special?"
"Ansel Chiaki!" Lark growled. "People worry about you, the least you could do is let them know you're alright!"
"Well, if that's the case," he smiled, "I'm alright."
"You little twit!" Lark exclaimed in disbelief. "I'm serious!"
"I'm sorry Lark," Heero replied, "You don't have to worry about me, when I make a promise, I keep it, and I promise I will return by the end of the week."
"Ok, ok," Lark surrendered, "It doesn't help to argue, I'm just stressed out I guess. What, with all this planning for the wedding, rebuilding my palace, and reinforcing my army, I'm kinda overworked."
"That's what your family is there for," Heero replied, "Let Mom take the wedding plans, give Armand the construction stuff, and let Baek worry with the army. And you, go take a nice hot bath with some of those little bath beads, and some stress relief body wash."
"Oh that sounds great," Lark replied dreamily, "I think I'll do that. So when are you gonna get back? I want to wait until Relena gets here to go shopping for a wedding dress. Has she gotten one yet?"
"I have no idea," Heero replied.
"Well, tell her not to get one yet," Lark informed him, "Because the Colony Mall will be here Saturday."
"Is that the colony that has nothing but stores on it?"
"Sorta," Lark replied, "It has apartment complexes for owners and workers, a water park, a theme park, and factories."
"I take it you've been there before."
"Yeah," Lark sighed dreamily, "It's a shopper's paradise."
"Well, as fascinating as this is, I need to get a hold of Hwoarang."
"What do you need him for?"
"Well, me and Relena can't just come up there and have nowhere to live can we?" Heero asked as Lark's smile turned into a frown.
"You're not gonna live in the palace with us?"
"Come on Lark," Heero replied, "You know that wouldn't work out. Relena's got her heart set on having her own mansion under our name and our control."
"I guess you've got a point," Lark replied, "I can go find him for you if you want."
"Sure."
In less than five minutes, Lark returned with Hwoarang, "I'll talk to you later Ansel. I'm gonna take your advice and go do all that stuff that you said."
"Alright then," Heero replied, "Bye!"
"So," Hwoarang said as he sat down in the communications chair, "What can I do for you?"
"I need you to find me a nice hunk of land not too far from Quarrentine City, and I need a map of all its resources, lakes, woods, stuff like that."
"Ok, what else?"
"That'll be good for now, unless you can get me an architect to draw some plans for a mansion?"
"Can do," Hwoarang replied as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small computer and recorded a few notes, "Anything else?"
"I think that'll be good for now," Heero replied, "Thanks."
"I'll get this sent to the Peacecraft mansion as soon as I can," Hwoarang assured him.
"Talk to you later then," Heero replied.
"Alright then," Hwoarang said, "Bye."
"Bye." _____
Lark sighed as she sank into the hot bath, this is so nice.....she thought as a smile touched her lips. Ansel was so smart, especially when it came to women and what they enjoy. Where he learned that from, no one really knew, nor dared to ask him. Maybe it was the one thing that he had acquired from his birth mother, or maybe he just paid attention to detail.........Lark sighed, it did not matter really, Ansel had a right to his secrets, just like she did. Waving the thought off as the fragrance from the beads hit her nostrils, Lark fell into a deep daydream of her upcoming wedding.