I Will Protect You part 3
Ssj_hotaru
AN: this is the last chapter and as you all know if you've been reading this whole story; Relena's pregnant, so that pretty much means she's gotta have the kid some time. And I'm not very good at describing that kind of stuff, more importantly I can't describe that kinda stuff. I'm the youngest of three so I've never dealt with a pregnant mother or any woman in my family so I have no idea. So when ever she has the kid I'm not gonna be descriptive got it.
with that through, please enjoy the story.
Relena slowly opened her eyes, it was bright outside, she leaned up, and running a hand through her hair, she looked around. She was in a bed room, how did I get in here? She thought, I don't remember going to bed? Then she remembered, she had been sitting on the couch with Trowa making fun of some old black and white movie, I must have fallen asleep she thought and then got up to take a shower.
When she was done she put on a thin long sleeve blouse and a pair of loose sweats, then got down on her knees infront of her suitcases and began to unpack. After putting all her cloths away, she found two picture frames at the bottom, one was of her brother and Noin, she smiled at how happy they looked and set the picture on her dresser by the bed. She picked up the other frame and turned it over to look at it, no picture, she wondered for a moment why she would pack an empty frame, and then got an idea. She ran into the bathroom and dug into the pockets of the pants she was wearing yesterday, coming back out with an old crumpled picture, she carefully placed it behind the glass.
She held the picture in her hands and stared down at it, remembering the day she got it, the memory brought tears to her eyes.
~*flashback*~
Relena and Heero are sitting on her bed looking through a photo album
"Oh look Heero, look at this one isn't it cute" she said pointing to a picture. It was of a little boy with a braid the hang just past his shoulders, he was sitting on a rock and there was a nun hugging him from behind.
"That's Duo, how did you get a picture of him?" he asked
"I asked him" she answered as she turned the page, "oh! Look at this one, it's just adorable" she squealed. Showing him a picture of a girl with red curly hair holding onto a boy's shirt, forcing him to stay still while someone took the picture, the boy had light brown hair that hung in his face and his arms were crossed.
"Is that Trowa, I didn't know he had any pictures of himself when he was younger" Heero said.
"Heero, I just realized something" Relena said flipping through the album.
"What is it?" he asked.
"I don't have a picture of you" she looked up at him, "do you have any?"
"Well, I have one" he said slowly, reaching his hand into his pocket and pulling out a small picture, "here, put this one in there" and he handed it to her.
She looked at the picture, the corners were torn and it was faded slightly from years of being handled but she could still see the two people clearly. There was a boy with dark brown hair and the most brilliant blue eyes, he was kneeling down beside a girl. She had sandy brown, and striking green eyes, the boy was helping her stand, to Relena this was the cutest of all.
"Oh Heero, you were such cute little boy" then she paused, "but who is this?" she asked pointing to the little girl in the picture.
"That's my sister" he said, looking down at his hands.
"You never told me you had a sister" Relena said trying to look him in the eyes.
"She died the night this picture was taken" he stated.
"Oh, I'm sorry Heero, I didn't mean to…"
"Don't be, it's in the past" he said cutting her off.
"What was her name?" she asked, looking back down at the picture sadly.
"Ayame" he answered softly while getting up off the bed, he walked out onto the balcony and looked up at the stars.
"Ayame" she repeated softly "well this is to precious to just stick in a photo album" she looked at the picture and gently placed it into the drawer beside her bed, then she got up to join Heero on the balcony.
~*end flashback*~
Relena sniffled, a few tears running down her cheeks, that was the night before Heero left for his mission, the night before he died she thought sadly, bringing on a new flood of tears to stream down her face.
She wiped them away, "all this depression can't be good for you" she said putting her hand on her still flat belly and smiling sadly. "Your half of Heero, did you know that? when your born, I'll make sure you know about him and never forget that your father was a good man" she whispered and stood up, placing the picture beside the other one, she walked towards the door.
She opened it to see Trowa with his hand raised, ready to knock, she smiled at him and asked "good morning, is there something you need Trowa?" He dropped his hand and looked at her.
"No, I just came to see if you were awake or not" he said, stepping out of her way when she closed the door behind her.
"I'm awake" she said, then walked past him and started down the hall, he turned and followed.
As they walked past the front door on their way to the kitchen for breakfast, the doorbell rang, Relena looked towards it confused, "are we expecting anybody?" she asked.
"No" he answered and took out his gun, moving behind the wall, he motioned for Relena to open the door. Paranoid she thought as she opened it, she was surprised at who she saw standing there.
"Quatre!" she said happily and hugged him, he hugged her back. Trowa came out from behind the wall, putting his gun away, and nodded a greeting to him. Dorothy came out from the kitchen to see who was here and was more than happy to see Quatre.
They headed into the main room and sat down on the couch, Dorothy sat down on one side of Quatre, and Relena sat down on the other side, Trowa leaned against the back between Quatre and Relena.
"So Quatre, what was the emergency?" Relena asked, Quatre looked over at her.
"Nothing my sisters couldn't handle" he answered.
"What took ya so long?" Dorothy asked, Quatre smiled.
"The circus was in town" he answered and smiled even wider.
"Did you see Catharine?" Trowa asked.
"Yep, her and Duo went out on a date the night before I left too" he said, smiling even wider than before.
"I never knew they were together" Relena said smiling, Quatre shrugged.
"Neither did I"
"So do you know where Wufei is?" Dorothy asked, everyone looked at her.
"Uh, last I heard he went back to the L2 colony" Quatre answered, looking at Dorothy strangly.
Relena opened her mouth to say something but her stomach growled first, everyone looked at her and she blushed a light pink. "Guess I'm hungry" she said, they all laughed and headed to the kitchen for something to eat.
~* 4 1/2 months later*~
She walked down the hall towards the back door, it was midnight again and she couldn't sleep. She had woken up, and like every night for the past four months, threw up her dinner, usually she would go back to sleep but tonight she couldn't, so here she was headed for the back door.
She carefully slid open the sliding glass door and stepped onto the porch, she thought about turning on the porch light, but after looking up at the sky to see a beautiful silver moon, she decided against it. She slid the door closed behind her and went to sit on the bench, she stopped though, looking down by the creek on a patch of lush green grass, was a doe. She looked closer, there was a person down there petting it and she took a step forward to get a better look at the person's face.
"Trowa" she whispered, he looked at her surprised and then stood up, the deer looked from him to Relena and then bounded off into the forest. Trowa watched it go, and then walked the steps up to where Relena was standing. "How did you do that? She asked, looking up at him as he stood infront of her, he shrugged and stepped around her to sit down on the swing.
"What are you doing up?" he asked, "your supposed to be resting, we have to go to your doctors appointment early this morning." Relena looked down at her feet, or rather her toes, the rest of her feet and legs were completely hidden by the swell of her belly, she sighed.
"I couldn't sleep" she answered and looked back up at him, he looked down at the space next to him and she walked over and sat beside him.
"Why not?" he asked, looking down at her worriedly, she looked up at him.
"I think, but it hurts to" she answered innocently, her eyes filling up with tears, "please, I don't want it to hurt anymore" she said, before bringing her hands up to her face and crying, Trowa placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Relena, if it didn't hurt I'd be worried about you" he said quietly, she turned to look at him, curious as to what he meant, but soon brushed it aside as unimportant. She wiped away her tears and tried to stifle a yawn, suddenly she felt tired, Trowa saw this, and stood up, offering her his hand. She took it and he pulled her to her feet and then walked with her to her room. "Get some sleep" he told her and then walked back to his room, Relena watched him go into his room and then quietly shut her door and went back to her bed, she fell asleep almost as soon her head hit the pillow. Before succumbing to sleep she was thinking that that was the second time Trowa had cured her insomnia. .
~*3 months later*~
Relena rolled out of bed, and went into the bathroom to take a shower, when she was done she got dressed and sat back down on the bed for her morning conversation with the baby inside her. After she was done, she wobbled out of her room and towards the kitchen for something to eat.
Trowa, Quatre, and Dorothy were already sitting at the table with their cups of coffee, Quatre looked up as Relena came into the kitchen. He got up and went around the table and pulled out a chair beside Dorothy, Relena thanked him and sat down. Trowa got up and brought her a cup of warm tea, Relena excepted it with a 'thank you' and smiled warmly at everyone, even Dorothy who had forgiven her for slapping her that day.
Relena finished eating and reached out for her dishes, she was about to pick them up but Quatre came up behind her and grabbed them before she could get them off the table.
"I'll get those" he said, and put the dishes in the sink for her, "why don't you go for a walk, the doctor did say you needed more exercise." Relena looked at him weirdly, then sighed.
"Fine, I'll go for ANOTHER walk" she said and stood up, walking over to the refrigerator where she knew there was a bag full of picnic food.
"I'll stay and help Quatre with the dishes" Dorothy announced, also getting up. Quatre looked to Trowa who seemed to busy looking at his coffee. Feeling Quatre's eyes on him he sighed.
"I'll go with Relena" he said standing up and walking out of the room with her, leaving his cup on the table.
Relena and Trowa walked down the short hallway that led to the front door, he grabbed her jacket and helped her put it on and then put his on and they headed out the door and down a trail they had discovered early in their stay at the secluded cabin.
It was cold in the mornings, but by early noon it began to get hot, and by the time it was one thirty P.M. they had their jackets tied around their waist. They came to a small pond, not very deep, Trowa and Relena spread out their coats and sat down, Relena got out the bag of food and they had a small lunch. After a few minutes of meaningless conversation, Relena decided to cool off, it had gotten hotter and the water looked so inviting. She kicked off her shoes and rolled her pant legs up before stepping into the cold, refreshing pond. Trowa watched her intently, making sure she didn't slip or anything else. She sighed happily and knelt down to get her hair wet, and then swung her head backwards, her hair flew over her head like a whip, leaving a trail of water in the air.
She heard a grunt from behind her and turned around to see a slightly wet Trowa and giggled, he attempted to glare at her, but with her eyes closed it was hardly threatening.
He thought a minute and then put his hand in the water and splashed her. She shrieked and turned around and glared at him, he smirked evilly back at her. She reached a hand down to splash him back but the rock she was standing on slid out from underneath her and she started to fall backwards. Trowa's smirk quickly faded and he jumped up from where he had been sitting and caught her, marking a big splash and soaking both of them.
Relena looked up at him, he looked down at her, Relena smirked and splashed him, she laughed and got herself out of his grasp and backed away. Trowa silently got out of the water and sat on the grass, attempting to dry off with his jacket, Relena frowned.
"Oh Trowa, your no fun, smile" she said smiling widely, "come on, if a pregnant woman can do it than I'm sure you can" and she spun away from him. Suddenly she grabbed her stomach and doubled over, she gave a grunt of pain and Trowa looked up at her, his eyes worried, he stood up and walked back into he water where she was standing. He put a hand on her shoulder, she looked up at him confused, then she remembered her check up with the doctor three days ago.
~*flashback*~
Relena is sitting on a very uncomfortable bed talking to a doctor.
"Miss Relena, everything seems to be normal, the baby should be due any day now" the doctor said with a smile and put the clip board under his arm.
"Thank you" Relena said and got off the bed.
"If anything weird happens you call me, here's my office, home, and cell number" he said handing her a piece of paper with three different phone numbers on it. She looked them over before sticking it in her purse, and leaving the room.
~*end flashback*~
Relena gasped in realization, Trowa, mistaking it to be a gasp of pain, bent his head down on her shoulder. "Are you alright?" he asked calmly, Relena turned her head and looked at him and smiled shakily.
"Trowa, I think I'm going into labor" she said clearly and stood up straight, "we need to get back to the cabin" and she got out of the water, he nodded and followed her out. He picked up their jackets and carried it with him as they started walking down the trail and back to the cabin.
When they reached the cabin, Trowa helped Relena to the couch and called for Quatre. Relena gave him a piece of paper with three phone numbers on it and tolled him to call all three until he reached her doctor, Quatre nodded and ran out of the room to make a few phone calls. Trowa stayed by Relena's side to make sure he was okay as Dorothy got Quatre's car ready to take Relena to the hospital.
"Relena!, your doctor is on his way to the hospital right now, we better get going" Quatre yelled coming into the room Relena and Trowa were in. Relena nodded and started to stand, Trowa jumped to his feet immediately help her up, keeping her hand in a firm grip, he led her out the front door and to Quatre's car.
The speedy drive to the hospital was silent, everyone keeping to their own thoughts, when they arrived at the hospital, Trowa helped Relena out of the back seat while Quatre and Dorothy got out of the front. They entered the hospital and Relena was immediately sat in a wheel chair and rushed to the maternity ward. A nurse grabbed Trowa and started to drag him along after her towards the room they were taking Relena, he glanced back at Quatre pleadingly only to receive a smile and a thumbs up. He attempted to glare but the nurse drug him around a corner and out of their site.
Quatre smiled at Dorothy who smiled back, he reached out for her hand and they both headed over to the counter where a nurse was calling for them to sign some papers.
The nurse gave Trowa a blue plastic gown and tolled him to put it on before turning to look for something, he stood there, giving her a strange look. She turned back around to find that he hadn't even started to get it on, she glared at him, "aren't you gonna put it on" she demanded.
"Why?" he said shrugging.
"Because you need it to go into the delivery room" she said sending him a more intense glare.
"Why am I going in there?" he asked, a slight look of fear and confusion washing over his face.
"Well aren't you the father?" she asked, cocking her head to the side. Trowa's eyes widened and his face turned a shade whiter although his cheeks were stained a pale pink, he tried desperately to cover it up.
"No" he said simply, "close friend" he answered the question lingering on her lips before she could ask it.
She cleared her throat "so you're not going to be in there with her" she stated rather than asked. Trowa looked down at the plastic gown in his hands and sighed.
"Since I'm already here" he answered, feeling as though he would regret it either way he went, and put the gown on over his clothes and swiftly turned back up to face the nurse. "As long as I don't have to help!" he said sternly.
The nurse giggled, "of course you don't have to help, your just there for moral support" and she guided him down the long hall of closed doors till they got to Relena's room.
~*3 painful and very loud hours later*~
The cry of a new born baby could be heard through out the maternity ward and graced the ears of the nurses passing by on their way to clean rooms or bring food to other patients.
"Congratulations Miss Peacecraft, it's a healthy baby girl" the doctor tolled her happily after he cut the umbilical cord and had wrapped it up in a blanket. He handed the baby to a nurse who carefully walked around the bed and gently placed the baby in Relena's out stretched arms. Trowa sighed happily when he realized Relena had released his hand from her death grip in her desire to hold her baby. He stood up from the floor where he had been curled into a painful ball, and looked over the bed at the baby Relena held protectively in her arms.
She looked down at the baby whose eyes were closed tightly, she smiled warmly at the child and stroked her small head of sandy brown hair. She moved her hand from her head to her cheek and tapped it lightly "open your eyes pretty one" she whispered softly, as if understanding her wish, the baby opened her eyes to reveal brilliant green orbs. Relena gasped, she had been expecting cobalt blue, and wondered where her child would get green eyes, then she remembered the picture and she smiled wider than before.
She saw a hand reach out to touch the baby's hair, Relena jerked her head in the direction in which the hand had come from and found Trowa. He was watching her intently, a warm look in his eyes and a small smile on his lips. She smiled also and scooted over in his direction so he could see her daughter more clearly.
He laughed out loud when the baby frown at him and Relena's smile spread, "already so much like my dear Heero" she said softly stroking the baby's soft tufts of hair. A nurse came in with a clip board and walked to the side of the bed opposite of Trowa and took a pen from her shirt. She smiled at Relena and asked kindly.
"Have you decided on a name?" Relena looked down at the baby in her arms, a distant look coming to her eyes but she shook it quickly when she felt Trowa's intense eyes boring holes into her. She smiled even wider as she replied "Ayame, Ayame Yuy" and kissed the baby's forehead. The nurse nodded approvingly as she wrote the name down on a form on her clip board and then started to exit the room.
She stopped in the door and turned around to look at the three left in the room, "I'll be back later to pick up the baby and take her to the nursery" she said kindly and then she left, closing the door behind her.
Trowa kneeled down and laid a hand gently on the girl's head, he smiled softly and made a promise "I will protect you" he said softly. Then looked up into Relena's eyes and moved the hand from the baby's head to her cheek, she shuddered but made no move to push it away. Trowa, thinking it was neither the place nor the time, leaned over the bed and softly brushed his lips acrossed hers, her eyes widened in surprise, but again she didn't push him away. Testing his luck, he pressed his lips against hers ever so slightly, her eyes became even bigger and she brought one hand up and placed it on his chest.
"Trowa…" she whispered against his lips, he pulled back and looked down at her, she smiled apologetically and removed her hand from his chest. "I'm not ready yet, I need more time" she whispered, he nodded knowingly and kneeled back down by the bed.
"I'll wait "he said so quietly she almost didn't hear it, but she did, and she smiled sweetly, and picked up her baby lovingly. Trowa watched as she hugged the baby to her, she looked sideways at him and smiled even wider.
"Do you want to hold her?" she asked, moving so the baby's back was facing him.
Sudden fear over came him and his eyes widened "what if I hurt her?" he asked as he held out his arms to receive the baby that Relena was handing him.
"You wont hurt her " she said moving his arms so that he was holding her right, "there you go, just like that" she let go of his arms and ran a hand gently over the girls face.
Suddenly the door burst open and Relena's hand jerked back in surprise, Trowa immediately held the baby protectively to his chest and glared at the intruder.
"Duo!!" Relena shrieked happily, she held out her arms to hug him since she couldn't get up from the bed. With a huge smile plastered on his face, Duo happily embraced his long time friend. Cathrine came through the door behind Duo and now stood beside her brother, she kneeled down beside Trowa and held the baby's small hand in her own. She smiled longingly at the little girl and unconsciously moved a hand down her side to lay on the slight swell of her own belly.
Trowa's eyes followed her hand and his eyes widened, "Cathy, your not…" he couldn't finish the sentence, Cathrine followed his eyes and realized what Trowa meant. She looked up at Relena and Trowa and smiled a small embarrassed smile, Duo looked the other way, his hand behind his head, and laughed a little nervously. Quatre and Dorothy came into the room carrying a laptop computer, they set it down on the bed infront of Relena and opened it. The screen went from blank to show a girl with light blue eyes and shoulder length black hair, she smiled widely, Relena smiled too.
"Hilde, it's been awhile, I see you finally let your hair grow out" Relena exclaimed happily.
Hilde's smile widened "I heard you had your baby, can I see 'em?" she asked eagerly.
"Of course" she said turning the com so that Hilde could see the baby girl that Trowa had in his arms. Hilde shrieked over how cute she was and they talk for awhile, mostly Hilde asking questions about the baby and Relena answering them.
Cathrine sighed thankfully, glade that all their attention was on Relena and Hilde's conversation. Of course not everyones attention was on the conversation, no matter how hard she tried to ignore him, her brother's forest green eyes made her uncomfortable and she fidgeted, trying to shake off the feeling that he was accusing her of something.
"Oh, I wish I was there to hold her, she's just so adorable" Hilde said regrettably.
Relena smiled "you'll get your chance to hold her" reaching towards Trowa for her baby, he took his eyes off Cathrine and handed hesitantly handed the baby over to her mother. His eyes lingering longer than needed before returning to stare unwavering at his sister.
Finally she couldn't take it anymore, Cathrine stood up, shooting a 'don't try and stop me' glare at Duo who had taken a step forward, and asked for everyones attention. When she was sure they were all paying attention, even Hilde who had been turned so that she could see Cathrine as well, she took a deep breath, "I'm pregnant" she said and closed her eyes.
Every one was silent for a moment, shock evident on every face but Duo's, who happened to be blushing furiously. After what seemed like eternity to Cathrine, Relena smiled and held out her arms to her, she smiled in return and walked into Relena's welcoming embrace. Hilde cheered over the com, and, was that Wufei she was calling? Sure sounded like it. Everyone turned to look at the com as Hilde started yelling angrily at someone off the screen. Everyone laughed when she had dragged Wufei into the room and forced him to talk to his friends.
They stayed there until the nurse came and took little Ayame like she had said and suggested to everyone that Relena needed her rest. They all said their good byes, and promised to come and see her tomorrow when she got out of the hospital, and then filed out of the hospital room. Cathrine lingered behind, giving Relena one last hug and saying her good byes to her brother who had asked to stay until Relena fell asleep, and then she to joined the others in departure.
After a few minutes of silence Relena turned to Trowa and smiled sleepily, she reached her hand across the bed to where Trowa's hand was and intertwined her fingers with his. She laid her back, placing her head comfortably on the pillow and let her eyes fall shut, half asleep she parted her lips and whispered. "Thank you" and then she was fully overcome by exhaustion as her head drooped to the side, she breathed softly, her fingers loosening slightly in sleep.
Trowa leaned back over the bed, bringing his face only inches from hers, his hovering over her forehead, he could feel her warm breath tickling his neck and sending chills down his spine. Ignoring the sensation he leaned in closer, his lips touching her face. "I will protect you Relena" he whispered softly, "for as long as I live, I will protect you" and he stood straight again walked to the door, casting a loving glance back into the dark room and at an angelic face covered in moonlight.
"I will always protect you" he promised quietly and then silently shut the door behind him, leaving her in the room alone with his words still echoing through the wind like music, her lips parted and she sighed happily and single name escaped from her dreams.
"Trowa"
AN: well what did ya think
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