Anything for the one you love

CHAPTER TWO

This had to be a very fast thing. I couldn't afford to waste time. If I got caught it would be really embarrassing trying to explain myself. I checked for the hundredth time that I had everything I needed. I waited patiently hidden in a dark corner in the car park. Finally I saw her coming out of the building. Fortunately she only had two bodyguards with her. Quickly I hit the two bodyguards, knocking them unconscious. Before she had time to think or turn around I put a piece of cloth with some anaesthetic over her mouth. She fell immediately asleep. I then put her inside my car. Getting past the car park's gate was a piece of cake. I had clearance, as an ex-gundam pilot, in most government facilities, probably the president thought that it was better to give us access since, if we ever wanted to get in, we would no matter what. I drove carefully since I didn't want to attract attention from anybody. We arrived at the planned location almost half an hour before my predicted time. Everything was going just perfect. I took Relena out of the car and got inside the wooden house. I placed her on the couch and left to the kitchen to prepare something for dinner.


'Oh my head' I thought as soon as I tried to open my eyes. Although it was quite dark outside, the inside, artificial lights, made me blink. Once my eyes were accustomed to the light I looked around myself. I didn't have a clue were I was. My previous experience in kidnapping had taught me not to scream or attract any kind of attention for it was clear to me that this was yet again another kidnapping. What I wanted to know is who had done it this time. I decided to get up slowly and quietly I went to the centre of the room. I listened carefully trying to get some noises that would help me understand my position. I heard somebody cooking in the kitchen. I then tried to go to the door to see if it was locked. It probably was but I thought it was worth giving it a go. To my surprise, the door actually opened without opposing any kind of resistance. Then I heard an extremely familiar voice behind me.

"Going anywhere, are we?"

"HEERO!! YOU!! WHY??" I was in such state of shock I couldn't help but scream.

"Well, I think we need to talk," Heero replied with his normal tone of voice.

"And, of course, you couldn't do like normal people do and give me a call. No, Heero Yuy had to kidnap me…HAVE YOU GONE COMPLETELY MAD!!?"

"If I had called you, you wouldn't have wanted to speak about what I wanted to speak about."

"Says who? And what on earth was so hard to say that you had to kidnap me?" I asked not being able to get over my surprise.

"Well. I wanted to let you know that I don't agree with your choice of fiancé," Heero said like if he was talking about a badly chosen pair of shoes.

"WHAT?"

"Not now. I'm hungry. Let's eat first."


Ok. I think that was not the best line, but I had to distract her somehow. I knew that kidnapping her was not the best of the ideas but I really needed to talk to her so she would understand my point of view and, hopefully, I would get her to share it with me. I thought that maybe after a meal we would have a better chance to speak to each other and she would have time to calm down...


"EAT?? And tell me, how do you think I can even remotely think about eating?? You've kidnapped me for pity's sake!!" How could he think I would just act normal. Heero was, for the first time in my life, really beginning to scare me. What on earth was he thinking! I just didn't get it.

"Relena…please, let's eat something and after that we will talk… Ok? Please?"

I saw that look on his eyes. It was the lost look that had made me fall in love with him to start with. How could I say no. I just couldn't. Not to Heero…

"Ok. But I have to call Quatre first. He needs to…"


ARGH! That name…

"Please, do not mention that name in front of me…"

"What?"

"I don't want you to name him in front of me. I'm not ready yet…" I said with an absurdly pained voice. Then, I just walked away from the living room and went towards the kitchen.


Not having any other option, I decided to follow him. What I found in the kitchen shocked me even more. Heero had cooked a three course meal and had set it everything on the kitchen table with a couple of candles.

"Please have a sit" he said showing me a chair pulling it to allow me to sit on it. I did so and then he went to his side of the table and served the starters. He had prepared a tomato and mozzarella salad dressed with olive oil and oregano. Then he poured me a good helping of red chianti wine and asked me to taste it. I did. It tasted fabulous. I hadn't drunk wine for a long time. Quatre was Islamic and because of that he was not allowed to drink alcohol so wine was totally out of the question. I had forgotten how much wine did to food. I smiled almost forgetting how upset I was.

"I didn't know you could cook Heero…" I couldn't help but ask. Call it female curiosity.

"Yeah, right. I learned through the internet. You know, I was pretty tired of eating those army rations so I learned how to cook. I hope you'll also like the main course."

I did. He had prepared a delicious roast beef with baked potatoes and gravy. Gosh, I thought of the hours I would have to spend in the gym to burn all those calories.


She's enjoying this. Good. I hope this will calm her down enough so I have time to prepare a good speech. If only I wasn't so clumsy with words… if I were half as good as she is I would sell ice to the Eskimos.


We ate almost everything in silence except the odd sentence regarding the recipe he had followed and some other comment about the region of the ESUN that the wine came from. Heero was now explaining me of one of his missions that had sent him there. It was called Tuscany and it was a region of what used to be the country named Italy. Apparently it was a beautiful place.

After the main course, Heero served a home made crème caramel with some whipped cream on it. I thought I was going to explode but I ate it. After all the effort he had put into it, I just couldn't refuse. Also I loved crème caramel so I ate it anyway.


I had decided that, after dinner I would have taken her to the lake nearby for a walk. I would talk to her then. Seeing that she had almost finished her dessert I asked.

"Fancy going for a walk to burn up all those calories?"

"Sure but first do tell me. Where are we?"

"This is my mountain house. Nobody knows about it. This is where I come to run away from everything."


Oh no! He was doing it again. He had that lost look again on his face. I just wanted so badly to make it go away. Ever since I've met him I have wanted to help him feel better.

Heero grabbed one of my hands and through the kitchen door we ended up in some kind of garden. There was a footpath that, you could see with the moonlight, lead to the lake. We started walking towards it.


We were almost by the lake. The scenery was perfect. The moon reflected on the water gave everything a silvery shade that was almost ethereal. It was now or never. I had to tell her now. Before the magic of the moment went away. Since I had forgot the speech I had prepared, I just said:

"I love you Relena"

I felt her stop. Then slowly lifted her head towards mine.


"Come again?"

My voice sounded really strange. I think my imagination was playing up. Heero Yuy had told me he loved me? ME? LOVED ME? WHAT? WAS THIS THE END OF THE WORLD???

"I said I love you Relena"

He was looking at me intensely. Like expecting some kind of reaction from me. Of course, that was pretty normal. When you tell somebody that you are in love it is pretty normal that you expect a reaction. It probably was the fact that Heero had said it like he was talking about the weather, with such calmness that almost scared me. These were the four words I would have given my life to hear. Now I had heard them and I just didn't know what to do.


"Well…don't you have anything to say…"

I was nervous. This was not the way things went. When you say these things, aren't you supposed to get a reply? Geez I was so fricking naïve. Now, I had said it and she was there just staring at me. Ah! Ok. Maybe she expects a kiss…


He then put one of his hands onto my shoulder and at the same time he pulled me softly towards him he lowered his head and his lips touched mine. Heero was kissing me. I lifted my hands to his neck, half because my instinct was telling me to so. Half because I would have fallen otherwise. My legs were turning dangerously fast into jelly. Then I saw something shining on my left hand. It was Quatre's engagement ring. I pulled back from Heero instantly. I then looked at him.

"I'm sorry. I can't do this…"

"Why not? What am I supposed to do? Relena help me. I don't know what to do in these situations… I only know I love you but I don't know what to do…"

"Heero… I'm sorry…"

I pulled myself free from his grasp and started running towards the house. I was so confused. It was like half of me wanted to stay there tell him I loved him too. Kissing him and doing all of those things I had dreamed that one day I would do with Heero. The other half was telling me off for having such thoughts. That half was telling me to remember that Heero had kidnapped me to get me here. That I had a wonderful guy waiting for me back home, that I was going to marry Quatre and I would be truly happy with him. Then the half that wanted to stay with Heero laughed at the other half saying who did I think I was trying to fool… Then a third voice started screaming telling the other two to be quiet. I realised that the third voice was mine. I also heard Heero's voice shouting my name while trying to catch me. I thought that before the end of the night I would have gone crazy.

To be continued...