"So," Heero said as he watched Relena move around the room, organizing
things over and over again, "I take it you got everything ready today."
Relena looked at him and smiled, "Yeah."
"I wish you'd stop fidgeting and come over here," Heero replied as he lay back on the bed, his hands under his head.
Relena dropped the pure white high heel shoes on the couch and went over and laid down beside Heero, "I just want everything to be perfect."
He sighed as he raised himself up on his elbow and looked at her, "It will be fine, you and Lark have done everything possible to make sure nothing will go wrong, everybody is here, everything is in order, just stop worrying. All this fidgeting is making me nervous."
"Well I am nervous!" Relena exclaimed, a bit upset. "And you're not helping!"
"Why are you attacking me?" Heero said as he ran his hand through her silky hair, then running his fingers across her cheek.
She reached up and pressed his hand against her face, "I'm just nervous, don't take it personal."
"Relena," Heero said as he smiled, "When do I ever take anything personal?"
"Yeah," she laughed, "Right."
"Well," Heero replied as she looked at him, "I'm kinda nervous too."
Her eyebrows went up and she smirked at him, "Heero Yuy nervous? Practically unheard of from where I come from."
He frowned, "Well, I had no fears from where you came from, I ruled the earth and the rest of the universe. It's just this place, where I started as a child, the place that took my parents away from me, and the place that drove me away, that I fear."
She smiled sweetly at him, "Maybe you'll find out some things about your parents one day."
"Yeah," he replied as he pushed her back on the bed and laid his body on top of hers, "Maybe, but you wanna know what I'm nervous about?"
"Tell me..."
"I'm nervous about having your body," he kissed her cream colored neck, "I'm scared I'm gonna hurt you."
Relena touched his handsomely structured face, "Just be gentle."
He pressed his face into her fragile hand, "I'm not sure I know how to be gentle anymore."
"Just take it slow," she said as she wrapped her arms around his neck, "We've got the rest of our lives to get it right."
He laid his head on her chest and listened to the rapid beat of her heart, "I guess you're right."
"Of course I'm right!" she exclaimed happily as she wiggled out from under him. She sat up and touched his face again, then bounced off the end of the bed and hopped to the bathroom.
Heero smiled at her retreating form. He still did not fully understand why he loved her so much. After all, he was the killing machine that Taobu had wanted him to be for so long. Love and killing machines did not get along. Heero had been so cold-hearted since leaving Quarrentine, and it was all Taobu's fault. Sighing, he laid back on the bed and put his hands under his head. Maybe his life was hopeless; maybe he would be a killer the rest of his life. No one, not even Relena deserved someone like him. He scolded himself. There were after all, a handful of people who needed him. He turned his gaze to the door of the bathroom as Relena's sweet voice drifted out to his ears. If no one else needed him, she surely did. Satisfied with this thought, Heero got up and dressed-rather undressed-for bed. _____
Relena had woken up numerous times during the night, and this time she finally gave up and just laid there in the stillness of the room. She was too excited to sleep. She raised herself up on one elbow and looked at Heero. He was snoring quietly and she frowned. How can he sleep! Sitting up, Relena looked around the room. At least I'll be in my own mansion by tonight. Her gaze fell on her neatly arranged wedding dress, and she smiled. Then the butterflies came. Relena clapped a hand over her mouth before she could squeal as the excitement in her threatened to spill over. She glanced over at Heero's sleeping form, and her hand fell to her lap. He looked so gentle now. Too bad you don't know this part of you.
Relena smirked evilly as she planned how she was going to wake him up. As she went to kiss him, she paused, what if he like tries to rip my throat out? She sat back up and huffed. To her surprise, she was being pulled backwards toward the bed. Turning, she found Heero smiling, but his eyes were still closed. When her head hit the pillow, she found herself looking into those big hazel eyes. They were sparkling. He startled her when he spoke, "What are you doing?"
She glared at his smiling face, "Were you awake the whole time?"
"Yup," he smiled, "This is the fifth time you've woke up."
Relena was astonished; nothing got by him. For all she knew, he had been asleep the whole time.
"Are you that excited about tomorrow?"
She just stared at him.
"Is my hair messed up or somethin'?"
Relena was pulled from her daze as she looked at his disheveled brown mop of hair. "Well, I guess you could say that."
"You know," Heero replied as he ran a hand through his hair then turned over on his back, "I can't sleep either. Maybe we should just stay up and talk of something...."
"Yeah," Relena smiled as she cuddled up beside him and rested her head on his rock-solid chest, "I'd like that."
"So, what you want to talk about?"
"Um...." Relena said as she thought for a minute, "Tell me about your life here on Quarrentine."
"Hmm...." Heero replied as he rested his arm across her back. "Ok, when I was really little, probably three, I remember being in an orphanage. Then Mrs. Yahara came and took me away to this palace on weekends. From that time on, all the kids were really nice to me because I got to spend my weekends with the King and Queen, and I hated it. The people who ran the orphanage kept telling me that I was really important. I didn't understand. I just wanted to be left alone, left to play with my swords and everything.
"After about five months of spending weekends with the Yahara's, I got used to Lark and her brothers. And I really wanted them to adopt me. Then the day came when I was adopted. When the lady took me out to the waiting room, there was a man waiting for me. I had no idea who he was. It didn't feel right, going off to live with this man who was a stranger to me. He was a man that lied to me. For years, I called him father, idolized him......."
It was quiet for a minute, Relena looked up at Heero, "Who was he?"
"Taobu Quasi," Heero replied. "I'm sorry Relena, I can't talk about this yet, I'll tell you the rest later."
"Ok," she agreed as she closed her eyes, "I'm tired now anyways." _____
When Relena woke again, she found that morning was there finally. She rolled over and to her surprise found the bed beside her empty. She jumped up out of the bed and threw her robe on.
She did not get out the door before Lark came bounding through it. "Are you ready? Let's go!"
"I've got to find Heero first," Relena protested as Lark linked her arm in hers and dragged her down the huge granite hallway. Servants went behind them and brought Relena's dress.
Lark stopped, "He went to prepare some stuff at your place, said he'd see you at the wedding."
"Oh," Relena was a bit sad, she at least wanted to tell him good morning. As Lark dragged her through the palace, thoughts of last night's conversation filled her mind. Heero was hiding his past from her for some reason. She could not understand. Why did Heero fear his past on Quarrentine so much?
She was jerked from her daydream as Lark pulled her through the door of the biggest bedroom she had ever seen, "Here we are!"
"Where?"
Lark laughed as she ran across the room and jumped on the oversized king size bed, "Mine and Trowa's master bedroom!"
Relena raised her eyebrows, "Ah, so where we supposed to get ready?"
Lark laughed again as she once again grabbed Relena's arm and dragged her across the huge room to another room connected. As they walked by the closet, Relena smiled, mine's bigger.....
Relena took in the surroundings of Lark's enormous bathroom, "Wow."
Lark smiled, then stopped when she saw the distant look on Relena's face, "What's on your mind?"
Relena looked up at her for a minute before she finally answered, "I'm worried about Heero."
Lark scoffed, "Don't worry about him, he'll be fine."
"No," Relena shook her head, "I won't feel better until I talk to him." ` "Oh alright!" Lark exclaimed, "Let's go find Armand, he's got a video phone that we can call Heero on."
"How do you know that he'll even be near a phone?"
"I don't," Lark replied, "Trowa went with him, and Trowa always has a video phone with him." _____
"So," Trowa said as he leaned his back against the railing of the high walk in Heero's hangar, "This is your last moment as a free man, you nervous?"
Heero pursed his lips as he crossed his arms and rested them on the railing, staring out at the damaged Halekulani. Armand had brought it here after the fight. "I'm nervous."
Trowa just sat there for a minute, staring at Wing Zero, which was located across the hangar from the Halekulani. "Settling down isn't really your thing is it?"
"I'm doing this for her," Heero sighed, "The days of Gundam fighting and wars is over for me......"
Trowa turned around to stare out at the Halekulani, "You can't just quit fighting all of a sudden. You're not even twenty yet!"
Heero put his head down on the railing, "I have too many bad memories from fighting and war."
"But you can't just give it up because you feel like it," Trowa explained, "It's part of who you are, and you can't erase who you are. Besides, what if Taobu tries to come back for revenge or something?"
Heero started to respond, but before he had a chance, Trowa's video phone went off.
Pulling it up in front of him, he punched the talk button and Armand's disgusted face appeared. "Hey Trowa, sorry to bother you guys, but Relena wants to talk to Heero."
Heero took the phone and walked a little way down the high walk, "What's wrong?"
"I just woke up and you weren't there, and after our talk last night," Relena sighed, "I was worried about you."
He smiled at her, "Don't worry hun, today is gonna be a great day, I love you and I'll see you soon."
Relena smiled as the worry left her, "I love you too."
"Don't you worry about me," Heero grinned, "You go get yourself all dressed up so it's more challenging for me to take it all off later."
"Heero Yuy!" Relena squealed.
He was laughing now. Yeah he needed her. Together they would be able to overcome all his fears. "Well, you'd better get going now, alright?"
"Alright," she agreed, "Bye!"
"Bye." Heero replied as he shut the phone off and handed it to Trowa.
Trowa just stared at him as he walked past him and climbed up onto the rail right in front of the Halekulani. Trowa stood there in silence as Heero glared at the huge Gundam. Trowa smiled, Heero Yuy would be around for a while, there was no doubt about it.
Relena looked at him and smiled, "Yeah."
"I wish you'd stop fidgeting and come over here," Heero replied as he lay back on the bed, his hands under his head.
Relena dropped the pure white high heel shoes on the couch and went over and laid down beside Heero, "I just want everything to be perfect."
He sighed as he raised himself up on his elbow and looked at her, "It will be fine, you and Lark have done everything possible to make sure nothing will go wrong, everybody is here, everything is in order, just stop worrying. All this fidgeting is making me nervous."
"Well I am nervous!" Relena exclaimed, a bit upset. "And you're not helping!"
"Why are you attacking me?" Heero said as he ran his hand through her silky hair, then running his fingers across her cheek.
She reached up and pressed his hand against her face, "I'm just nervous, don't take it personal."
"Relena," Heero said as he smiled, "When do I ever take anything personal?"
"Yeah," she laughed, "Right."
"Well," Heero replied as she looked at him, "I'm kinda nervous too."
Her eyebrows went up and she smirked at him, "Heero Yuy nervous? Practically unheard of from where I come from."
He frowned, "Well, I had no fears from where you came from, I ruled the earth and the rest of the universe. It's just this place, where I started as a child, the place that took my parents away from me, and the place that drove me away, that I fear."
She smiled sweetly at him, "Maybe you'll find out some things about your parents one day."
"Yeah," he replied as he pushed her back on the bed and laid his body on top of hers, "Maybe, but you wanna know what I'm nervous about?"
"Tell me..."
"I'm nervous about having your body," he kissed her cream colored neck, "I'm scared I'm gonna hurt you."
Relena touched his handsomely structured face, "Just be gentle."
He pressed his face into her fragile hand, "I'm not sure I know how to be gentle anymore."
"Just take it slow," she said as she wrapped her arms around his neck, "We've got the rest of our lives to get it right."
He laid his head on her chest and listened to the rapid beat of her heart, "I guess you're right."
"Of course I'm right!" she exclaimed happily as she wiggled out from under him. She sat up and touched his face again, then bounced off the end of the bed and hopped to the bathroom.
Heero smiled at her retreating form. He still did not fully understand why he loved her so much. After all, he was the killing machine that Taobu had wanted him to be for so long. Love and killing machines did not get along. Heero had been so cold-hearted since leaving Quarrentine, and it was all Taobu's fault. Sighing, he laid back on the bed and put his hands under his head. Maybe his life was hopeless; maybe he would be a killer the rest of his life. No one, not even Relena deserved someone like him. He scolded himself. There were after all, a handful of people who needed him. He turned his gaze to the door of the bathroom as Relena's sweet voice drifted out to his ears. If no one else needed him, she surely did. Satisfied with this thought, Heero got up and dressed-rather undressed-for bed. _____
Relena had woken up numerous times during the night, and this time she finally gave up and just laid there in the stillness of the room. She was too excited to sleep. She raised herself up on one elbow and looked at Heero. He was snoring quietly and she frowned. How can he sleep! Sitting up, Relena looked around the room. At least I'll be in my own mansion by tonight. Her gaze fell on her neatly arranged wedding dress, and she smiled. Then the butterflies came. Relena clapped a hand over her mouth before she could squeal as the excitement in her threatened to spill over. She glanced over at Heero's sleeping form, and her hand fell to her lap. He looked so gentle now. Too bad you don't know this part of you.
Relena smirked evilly as she planned how she was going to wake him up. As she went to kiss him, she paused, what if he like tries to rip my throat out? She sat back up and huffed. To her surprise, she was being pulled backwards toward the bed. Turning, she found Heero smiling, but his eyes were still closed. When her head hit the pillow, she found herself looking into those big hazel eyes. They were sparkling. He startled her when he spoke, "What are you doing?"
She glared at his smiling face, "Were you awake the whole time?"
"Yup," he smiled, "This is the fifth time you've woke up."
Relena was astonished; nothing got by him. For all she knew, he had been asleep the whole time.
"Are you that excited about tomorrow?"
She just stared at him.
"Is my hair messed up or somethin'?"
Relena was pulled from her daze as she looked at his disheveled brown mop of hair. "Well, I guess you could say that."
"You know," Heero replied as he ran a hand through his hair then turned over on his back, "I can't sleep either. Maybe we should just stay up and talk of something...."
"Yeah," Relena smiled as she cuddled up beside him and rested her head on his rock-solid chest, "I'd like that."
"So, what you want to talk about?"
"Um...." Relena said as she thought for a minute, "Tell me about your life here on Quarrentine."
"Hmm...." Heero replied as he rested his arm across her back. "Ok, when I was really little, probably three, I remember being in an orphanage. Then Mrs. Yahara came and took me away to this palace on weekends. From that time on, all the kids were really nice to me because I got to spend my weekends with the King and Queen, and I hated it. The people who ran the orphanage kept telling me that I was really important. I didn't understand. I just wanted to be left alone, left to play with my swords and everything.
"After about five months of spending weekends with the Yahara's, I got used to Lark and her brothers. And I really wanted them to adopt me. Then the day came when I was adopted. When the lady took me out to the waiting room, there was a man waiting for me. I had no idea who he was. It didn't feel right, going off to live with this man who was a stranger to me. He was a man that lied to me. For years, I called him father, idolized him......."
It was quiet for a minute, Relena looked up at Heero, "Who was he?"
"Taobu Quasi," Heero replied. "I'm sorry Relena, I can't talk about this yet, I'll tell you the rest later."
"Ok," she agreed as she closed her eyes, "I'm tired now anyways." _____
When Relena woke again, she found that morning was there finally. She rolled over and to her surprise found the bed beside her empty. She jumped up out of the bed and threw her robe on.
She did not get out the door before Lark came bounding through it. "Are you ready? Let's go!"
"I've got to find Heero first," Relena protested as Lark linked her arm in hers and dragged her down the huge granite hallway. Servants went behind them and brought Relena's dress.
Lark stopped, "He went to prepare some stuff at your place, said he'd see you at the wedding."
"Oh," Relena was a bit sad, she at least wanted to tell him good morning. As Lark dragged her through the palace, thoughts of last night's conversation filled her mind. Heero was hiding his past from her for some reason. She could not understand. Why did Heero fear his past on Quarrentine so much?
She was jerked from her daydream as Lark pulled her through the door of the biggest bedroom she had ever seen, "Here we are!"
"Where?"
Lark laughed as she ran across the room and jumped on the oversized king size bed, "Mine and Trowa's master bedroom!"
Relena raised her eyebrows, "Ah, so where we supposed to get ready?"
Lark laughed again as she once again grabbed Relena's arm and dragged her across the huge room to another room connected. As they walked by the closet, Relena smiled, mine's bigger.....
Relena took in the surroundings of Lark's enormous bathroom, "Wow."
Lark smiled, then stopped when she saw the distant look on Relena's face, "What's on your mind?"
Relena looked up at her for a minute before she finally answered, "I'm worried about Heero."
Lark scoffed, "Don't worry about him, he'll be fine."
"No," Relena shook her head, "I won't feel better until I talk to him." ` "Oh alright!" Lark exclaimed, "Let's go find Armand, he's got a video phone that we can call Heero on."
"How do you know that he'll even be near a phone?"
"I don't," Lark replied, "Trowa went with him, and Trowa always has a video phone with him." _____
"So," Trowa said as he leaned his back against the railing of the high walk in Heero's hangar, "This is your last moment as a free man, you nervous?"
Heero pursed his lips as he crossed his arms and rested them on the railing, staring out at the damaged Halekulani. Armand had brought it here after the fight. "I'm nervous."
Trowa just sat there for a minute, staring at Wing Zero, which was located across the hangar from the Halekulani. "Settling down isn't really your thing is it?"
"I'm doing this for her," Heero sighed, "The days of Gundam fighting and wars is over for me......"
Trowa turned around to stare out at the Halekulani, "You can't just quit fighting all of a sudden. You're not even twenty yet!"
Heero put his head down on the railing, "I have too many bad memories from fighting and war."
"But you can't just give it up because you feel like it," Trowa explained, "It's part of who you are, and you can't erase who you are. Besides, what if Taobu tries to come back for revenge or something?"
Heero started to respond, but before he had a chance, Trowa's video phone went off.
Pulling it up in front of him, he punched the talk button and Armand's disgusted face appeared. "Hey Trowa, sorry to bother you guys, but Relena wants to talk to Heero."
Heero took the phone and walked a little way down the high walk, "What's wrong?"
"I just woke up and you weren't there, and after our talk last night," Relena sighed, "I was worried about you."
He smiled at her, "Don't worry hun, today is gonna be a great day, I love you and I'll see you soon."
Relena smiled as the worry left her, "I love you too."
"Don't you worry about me," Heero grinned, "You go get yourself all dressed up so it's more challenging for me to take it all off later."
"Heero Yuy!" Relena squealed.
He was laughing now. Yeah he needed her. Together they would be able to overcome all his fears. "Well, you'd better get going now, alright?"
"Alright," she agreed, "Bye!"
"Bye." Heero replied as he shut the phone off and handed it to Trowa.
Trowa just stared at him as he walked past him and climbed up onto the rail right in front of the Halekulani. Trowa stood there in silence as Heero glared at the huge Gundam. Trowa smiled, Heero Yuy would be around for a while, there was no doubt about it.