Perfect Beauty
Chapter 11
The night was still and the sounds of slumber filled the room as the moon cast its eerie glow into the room. As Heero lay sleeping, Kanani opened her eyes to a sleepless night. She looked over at Heero whom's chest she was nestled up against, his eyes shut and his face at rest for the night. She wanted to brush the stray bangs away from his face but the fear of waking him up deterred her from that notion. With caution, Kanani slipped out from Heero's embrace and carefully got out of bed, she didn't want to bother his peaceful slumber. She softly padded across the room to put her silk robe on her bare body. The full moon hanging in the sky caught her eye as she made her way over to the balcony window to get a better look. With arms folded across her chest, she stood there and gazed out at the night sky, admiring its beauty and serenity. In the midst of a dream, Heero rolled over, his arm landing in the empty space where Kanani was just lying. He slowly sat up and scanned the room and then saw a silouhette standing beside the balcony. "Kanani?" he murmured.
She tilted her head slightly in his direction and whispered, "I'm sorry if I woke you up."
Heero peeled the sheets off of himself and wrapped them around his waist to cover himself up. He then got out of bed and walked over to where Kanani was standing. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close to him. As he placed a tender kiss on her shoulder, he whispered, "What's wrong?"
"Couldn't sleep," she replied as she leaned into his warm embrace.
"Why's that?" he asked.
"I don't know, countless thoughts just overran my mind I guess," she said softly.
"Anything I can do?"
"You're doing it now. As long as you are there to hold me, I will always be fine."
Heero kissed her softly on the cheek and then on her temple. "I'm so glad dad hired a good looking body guard," she said out of the blue.
Heero chuckled at her little comment. "I don't think he had that in mind at the time."
Kanani laughed softly, "Yeah, I think so too, but it helped."
"Well you aren't so bad yourself," he whispered in her ear.
"Tell me Heero, what would you have done if the girl you were supposed to protect was rather ugly? Would you treat her any different?"
"Honestly, I don't know. I would protect her of course, but I don't think the relationship would go beyond friendship," he answered.
"Well, I guess this doesn't mean I'm ugly after all."
"What?" Heero said in surprise.
"When I was little, kids used to call me ugly and tease me all of the time because I was different, because I was from another country. I always thought that they were telling the truth," Kanani said.
Heero turned her around in his arms and lifted her chin with his finger. Looking her in the eyes he told her, "Who ever told you that was insane. You are perhaps the most beautiful person I know, both inside and out, don't let others opinion of you shape what you think of yourself."
Kanani just smiled back at him and hugged him tightly around the waist. "Thank you Heero."
"Don't mention it," he replied as he placed his head tenderly on top of hers. "Feel better now?"
"Much," she said into his chest.
"Now let's get some sleep ok?
"Sure," Kanani replied.
Heero took Kanani by the hand and walked with her back over to the bed. Kanani lost the robe and nestled back under the covers. Heero removed the sheet and as soon as he laid back down on the bed, he pulled it up on them. With Kanani resting safely in his arms, they both fell back asleep for the rest of the night. The remainder of the night was calm and peaceful, both of them sleeping with ease.
Vibrant rays of sunshine seeped into the room, a single ray landing upon Heero's closed eyes. His eye then popped open and looked out the window to see the sun starting its ascent on the horizon. 'Still to early,' he thought as he rolled over slightly to see Kanani still sleeping beside him. A small smile formed on his lips as he looked at her sleeping form. Pieces of auburn hair framed her delicate face in little wisps as the rest of it fell in a veil down her bare shoulders and back. 'I'm afraid if I close my eyes, she will disappear out of my life,' Heero thought as curled up closer to Kanani. 'I pray that will never happen,' he concluded as he closed his eyes and went back to sleep.
A few hours later, Heero felt movement in the bed beside him. When he opened his eyes, he was gazing right back at a pair of gorgeous emerald eyes. "Good morning Heero," she whispered softly to him.
He placed a sweet kiss on her forehead and answered, "Good morning to you."
Kanani ran her finger lazily in circles over Heero's smooth chest and in the midst of this, she looked up at him and said, "Thank you Heero."
"For what?" he replied with a smile on his face.
"For last night, I had a wonderful time. I had never been on a real date and you made it one of the happiest days of my life."
"No thanks needed. You weren't the only one who got something out of it," he told her.
"Well what did you get out of it?" Kanani asked as she tapped him lightly on the nose with her finger.
"I got you," he replied as he placed his forehead against hers. "That was all I wanted." And with those words, he placed an even sweeter kiss on her lips.
"Heero, does my father know where we are?" Kanani inquired out of the blue.
"I will call him later today to let him know, it's still too early to call right now," he answered.
"It's not that early," she responded, "It's 9am." A sly grin crossed her face and she whispered, "You just don't want to get out of bed do you?"
"Now you got the picture," he growled as he rolled on top of her.
Heero brought his face close to hers but before he could go any further, Kanani smiled evily and said, "But Heero, it's still too early."
"Huh? That's not fair," he whined.
"Well why you stay here in bed and whine, I'm going to go take a hot shower," Kanani said as she rolled out from underneath him.
He then saw her bare body stride across the room towards the bathroom, her movements seducing his very being. Before she went into the bathroom and closed the door, she popped her head around the corner of the door and said, "Are you going to lay there and sulk or join me in the shower?"
Her head then disappeared back around the corner as she went to turn the shower water on. 'Wonder when he will realize what's going on?' she thought comically as she stepped in to the shower. As soon as she wet her hair, she felt two hands move on to her body. "That didn't take you long," she said as she turned around to look in to Heero's eyes.
Heero didn't say anything and just waved her around with his hand. He poured almost a palmful of shampoo in his hand and began to work it through Kanani's long red hair. The scent of vanilla lingered in the air as Heero carefully washed her hair. When he was done, he slowly turned her around, with his hands not once leaving her body, so she could rinse her hair out. With a bar of soap in hand, he caressed every inch of her skin as she rinsed her hair, covering her skin in a lush lavender lather. "If I had known you were such a good washer, I would have let you come in the shower with me a long time ago," she kidded.
"You don't know how many times I was tempted," he murmured as he kissed her shoulder.
"Now turn around," she ordered. "It's your turn."
Kanani worked a small amount of vanilla shampoo into his hair and massaged it in with her fingers. "Does your hair always stick up Heero?" she joked as her fingers ran in and out of the mass of brown hair.
"Very funny."
Kanani giggled and continued to wash his hair. Heero then rinsed out his hair as Kanani took the bar of soap in her hand. She slowly ran the bar over his body leaving a trail of lavender wherever it touched. Heero remained silent as he was being seduced by Kanani's touch and he was quite disappointed when she finished, she could have done forever as far as he was concerned. After Heero rinsed off, Kanani turned him around and told him, "There, you smell pretty now."
Heero said nothing and just pulled her body to his and kissed her deeply. As he released his lips from hers, she draped her arms around his neck and said, "I didn't know showers could be so fun."
He smiled and replied, "Yeah, even if I do smell like vanilla and lavender."
Kanani just laughed. After their exchange of words, they decided to get out of the shower and get something to eat. They went to the same little cafe as they went to the morning before and enjoyed a nice hot breakfast. On the way back, Kanani asked, "Heero, can we call my dad when we get back?"
"That's fine."
When they got back to the house, Heero along with Kanani, went up to his bedroom to get the vidphone out and call Kanani's dad. Heero set the phone down on the table and then Kanani took a seat in the chair in front of it. After Heero dialed up her father's number, he pulled a chair up next to her and waited for her father to pick up. "Your call has been connected," the computer chimed.
Just then, Mr. O'Neal appeared on the screen. "O'Neal here. Oh hey there Heero."
"Sir, just calling to let you know everything is all right. How's everything there?" Heero responded.
Kanani's father hesistated and Heero saw him look out the corner of his eye at something in the room. "Fine, everything's fine. Is Kanani there?"
"Hi dad," Kanani said as she popped her head in front of the screen.
"Hi princess. Are you ok?"
"I'm fine dad, Heero's taking really good care of me," she answered.
"Well that's good," he said flatly.
"Sir, is something the matter?" Heero asked, he knew something wasn't right.
"Everything is good Heero. Take care of my daughter." With those words, the screen went blank and Heero and Kanani were cut off.
"Well he didn't have much to say," Kanani responded to the short conversation that just took place.
"Dammit. Kanani, we're going back to Switzerland," Heero spat out.
"Why? What's wrong?" her voice full of fear.
"They have your dad Kanani."
Kanani's knees went weak and she collapsed to the ground below and began to cry. Heero went to her side and put his arm around her. "Everything is going to be all right. I'm going to rescue him from those bastards and destroy them once and for all."
She looked up and saw a look of anger and determination in his eyes. "I'm not going to let anymore people die," Heero concluded as he held Kanani tighter. "No more."
Within half an hour, Heero and Kanani were out of the house and on an airplane back to Switzerland. Kanani looked out the window of the plane as they left Belgium, fear and worry flooding her mind. Heero sat beside her, his eyes full of determination, he wasn't going to let this go any further. 'The war has now begun,' Kanani told herself as she leaned her head up against his shoulder. 'I just hope we don't lose.'
