Relena grabbed all of her things from "her room" in Quatre's house. 'Geez,
I'm really gonna miss this place.' Relena opened the door and walked down
the steps. Quatre offered to load her luggage into the limo waiting
outside. Mr. Yokimi was waiting at the doorsteps for Ms. Relena,
impatiently. "Are you two almost done yet," he tried to ask in the most
politely manner. "The shuttle will be leaving in the next forty- five
minutes." Relena smiled. "Mr. Yokimi, could you please wait in the limo for
me? I'll be right there." Mr. Yokimi just shrugged it off and went to the
limo. When he was inside, Relena decided to make her move. "Quatre?" Quatre
closed the trunk and walked inside the house. "Yes? Did you call?" Relena
closed the door behind him. "There's something I want to give you." Quatre
closed his eyes and waited. Finally he was going to find out what she was
talking about at the table an hour ago.Relena walked up to Quatre and.
Quatre's eyes shot open when Relena kissed him. It was almost as if she was trying to make sure he wouldn't escape so she wrapped her arms around his neck. Quatre knew this was a bad idea, and decided to break it. "Ms. Relena?" A tear dropped from her eyes. "I'm really going to miss you," she choked out. Quatre was totally astonished. Did she love him? Quatre hugged her. While Relena was letting out all the tears she never believed she had, Quatre was too busy trying to figure out a way to explain this to everyone else.
The videoscreen flashed on while Heero was doing some Preventer research on his computer. Heero walked up to the screen and sat down. "Man, do we have some stuff to tell you," Duo said, as everyone in background was hastily running around, each with a pile of books in their hands. "What's the matter," Heero interrogated, pondering what all the commotion was about. "Well, you see. Ahh. We think we've found the answers to Relena's.um. issues," Duo carefully said not to alarm the once perfect solider. Heero just stared at him with his emotionless expression, trying not to show his sense of amusement of it all. Relena sure knows how to make people's lives more interesting. "I'm listening," he said in a calmer voice to relieve Duo. "We believe that Relena suffered from an indirect lightning strike," Hilde said, squatting next to Duo. "And how does this tie in with her change in personality?" Heero waited for an answer. Hilde and Duo looked at each other. "Ahh, that's what we're trying to find out," they sighed. "Or in other words, this mission just seems next to impossible to figure out," Sally commented. "The only good source of information that we have is Relena's diary," Sally said, "but since we borrowed it, there's no up to date entries." Heero thought about it. What in the world is going on here? Heero searched the background of the frantic room. "Where's Quatre?" Sally sighed. "I have no idea what's taking him so long, he should have been here a while ago." Hilde looked up at Sally that was standing next to them. "Do you think that Relena decided to expend her vacation?" "Doubt it," Heero stated. Duo rested his chin on the back of his hand. "Maybe he decided to go with Relena to watch the shuttle departure.?" Everyone looked at Duo. "What?" "Actually, that's a good possibility," Hilde said. "Yeah, but which one? We'd never find the right one in time. There's too many located in this area," Heero flatly stated. Everyone sighed. "Well, I guess there's nothing else to do but wait," Sally said.
Relena clung onto Quatre's shirt. Why couldn't Heero be as commutative as Quatre? It wasn't fair! Ever since Relena spent the first day with Quatre, all she could think about was what if Heero was as open as he was? After a while, Relena would usually get a headache, and quickly dismiss the subject, but it was all she could think about lately. Quatre held onto her tighter as she slightly began to tremble. Quatre slightly pulled Relena backwards, and knelt down to her height. "Ms. Relena, there's no reason to cry," he said as he handed her a handkerchief, which Relena meekly accepted. "Don't worry, if you get lonely you can always call me on my cell, and besides I'm sure Heero would love to hear from you." Quatre sighed. This was harder than he thought. He was trying his best to calm her down, but also wanted to bring in Heero into the conversation, as to reminding her of her once strong feelings towards Heero.
Relena nodded. "Yes, of course. I'm sorry for-" Quatre smiled. "Now you're beginning to sound like me," he joked. "Just don't forget, if you need any of us, we'll always be here." Mr. Yokimi knocked on the door. "Ms. Relena, are you almost ready?" Relena looked at her watch, "Oh great, I only have twenty-five minutes!" Relena rushed to the door, while opening up her purse and applying on lipstick, which she has become very accustomed to while rushing, and turned around to look at Quatre once again. Quatre was walking towards the door and stopped to notice that Relena was looking at him. Relena once again walked to Quatre and put her hands on his face, causing his face to look like a fish, and gave him a quick peck on the lips. "Thank you again," she said and then ran out the door. Quatre smiled. "I'll never understand her."
Quatre sighed. How in the world is he going to explain this to the others? Maybe, he should just gradually bring it up, as of to not alarm anyone. If Heero ever loses his trust to Quatre, than their sake of finally getting those two together would be in vain. "Wait a minute," Quatre said to himself, "everything that we've been doing is in vain to our mission. Even tough I didn't mean to get Ms. Relena affectionate. Now what am I going to do?"
Quatre turned on the videoscreen. "This is Quatre. I need to speak with-" Hilde ran to the screen. "Oh, good morning Quatre! Did Relena leave yet?" Quatre nodded. "Yes, but-" Hilde gasped. "Relena didn't do that did she?" "Do what?" Hilde sighed, and tried to keep her voice I a low whisper, so no one else in the room could hear them. "You have something on the corner of your mouth." Quatre used the back of his palm to wipe off whatever Hilde was talking about and looked at it. "Lipstick," Hilde said. "Alright, it's a good thing that I got to the videophone first, because Duo would freak over this one. You have a lot of explaining to do," Hilde sarcastically said, winking. "What? But Hilde I never-" Hilde giggled. "I know, I know. I'm only joking. But seriously, we need to talk. Where can we meet?" Quatre thought about if Relena left anything that might look suspicious in the house. "You can come over if you would like." "Great," Hilde said and signed out.
Hilde arrived at Quatre's house in ten minutes. Quatre opened the door. "Good afternoon, Hilde," he said. Hilde was astonished by Quatre's house. Every time she came over, she couldn't help but to be stunned by the presence of the beautiful mansion. "So what did you want to talk about," Quatre asked, trying to start a conversation. "Oh, right, "Hilde said, remembering why she came over. "I know, you might get embarrassed over these next few questions, but I must have answers," Hilde started. Quatre nodded. "Did Ms. Relena flirt with you at all?" Quatre froze. He knew the questions would be embarrassing, but not so personal to make everyone else suspicious to what happened behind his closed doors.Especially Hilde. "She did a couple a times, I suppose," Quatre meekly answered. Hilde sighed. "Quatre, I'm not trying to embarrass you. Honest. I just need some answers. Trust me, women understand other women a lot more than a guy does." "Well... you see. she did. I mean I. um." Hilde looked at him. "What? She what?" A little tint of pink showed on his cheeks. "Before Ms. Relena left, we kissed. Twice." Hilde almost jumped, like how she usually does in a romantic climax. "You what?!" "No! I mean, she made the first move, but at the time I wasn't expecting her to kiss me or anything."
"You don't mind if I go look around the house, do you," Hilde asked, wondering if Relena left any other clues behind. "First things, first," she said rushing to the bathroom. "There's gotta be something in here." Hilde frantically opened all of the cupboards and searched every corner. Quatre flushed. He just hoped that Relena didn't leave any other strange items behind to make it seem like they were having a relationship together. "What's this," Hilde interrogated, pulling out a magazine. "I'm not sure," Quatre said reading the cover. "'True Stories of Romantic Tragedies'.?" "Why would she want to read this? I thought Heero and her gotten along fine," Quatre said. Hilde sighed. "Well you see, Heero doesn't really talk to her, and she would be so surprised to even receive a phone call from him." Hilde took the magazine from Quatre. "She must have been so depressed, so she bought this to see how other people dealt with the same situation," Hilde turned to Quatre. "The things that has happened to you two in the past weeks, is probably what she desires to happen between her and Heero. So she just spiced it up a little, and according to my philosophy, she did the same thing to you that she would have done to Heero." "Oh, I understand. So that kiss was probably meant for Heero.?" Hilde shrugged. "I suppose. But that second kiss that you were talking about must have been for you," she said, winking. Quatre blushed.
Hilde smiled. "I have to admit. It is kinda fun to get you embarrassed." The statement just made Quatre flush even more. "What is that supposed to mean?" "Now I see why Relena was flirting around with you a little bit. You're just too sincere and kind for your own good, that she enjoyed torturing you with it," Hilde giggled. "Excuse for my use of words, but how did you and Duo come together then? I'm pretty sure you didn't use the same tactics as Relena did with me." Hilde crossed her arms. "I don't know, it's kinda hard to explain. What a minute! Do you mean that Relena did more than just kiss you?" Quatre flushed again. "I'm not saying that at all!" Hilde and Quatre turned around at the sound of the doorbell. "I'll get it," Quatre said rushing towards the door, just glad he didn't have to stick around to answer any more of her embarrassing questions. "Oh, good afternoon Heero." Heero just coolly handed Quatre a piece of paper. "What's this?" "Since we've started doing this ridiculous mission, it seems that we have forgotten our responsibilities in the real world. Your natural resource satellite has been trying to contact with you for weeks, so I decided to deliver to you myself." Quatre looked at the paper. "But the most of the satellite has been destroyed when my father was killed, remember?" Heero put his arms in his pockets. "I know that." "Then why-" "They were trying to contact you to see if they should rebuild it." Quatre panicked. "Oh right! I'll get to it right away," he said rushing to the nearest videophone to contact one of his sisters. Quatre's sudden rush left Hilde standing there in the dust with Heero.
"Which colony did Relena head to," Heero asked Hilde. Hilde tried to hide her surprised expression. That was definitely something she didn't see coming. Heero was usually always the person to know when and where Relena was heading to at all times. Did he stop checking up on her or something? He probably didn't know when she was going to leave Quatre's place, or where she was going for that matter. "To the L2 Colony, I believe." Heero turned around and began to walk to the sidewalk. "Where are you going," Hilde asked. "There's no use staying here if Relena's in space. I'm going to meet with her and have a little talk," he said turning back around. "Oh," Hilde said to herself, watching his figure disappear in the distance. "Don't be too rough with her."
Heero walked the streets of L2, wandering which office building Relena was having the meeting in. Just when he was about to walk around some more, a black limo pulled up. "Good," he said to himself, stepping to the side of the building so she couldn't spot him. "I thought I would've arrived earlier than she did." Mr. Yokimi stepped out of the limo and opened the door for Relena. "I'm sorry, Ms. Relena. I didn't know that all those annoying news reporters would find out about your little vacation," he said offering his hand. Relena accepted his hand, and stepped out of the limo. "It's quite alright, Mr. Yokimi. I have gotten kind of used to all of the publicity. They're just doing their job." Mr. Yokimi frowned. "Yeah, and they're quite good at it too." Relena walked up to the driver's side of the limo, as the window rolled down. "Thank you again Pagan for driving us here." Pagan nodded. "No problem, Ms. Relena. I will be at the same stop at six to pick you up. Will that be alright," he asked. Relena sighed. "Well to be honest, I'm not really sure how long this meeting might take, but that should be fine." Heero stared at them from the corner, when all of a sudden the limo drove off. Relena and another man, that was escorting her, began to walk towards the building. Heero had to make up his mind. Should he go in and somehow get him and Relena alone before anyone sees them, or should he go and spy on them and wait for an opportunity to grab Relena? Heero smirked to himself. He guessed he would just have to go with the flow, he thought as he entered the building behind them.
Relena dragged herself to the stairs. 'I really don't wanna do this.' Mr. Yokimi looked at her. "Don't worry, Ms. Relena. It will be over soon." "Yes, I suppose," she sighed. They began to walk again and Relena spotted the restrooms. "I'm going to go to the ladies' room, okay?" Mr. Yokimi nodded. "I'll wait for you out here." Relena tried to hide her smile. 'Before I go back to five- hour meetings again, I need I quick break. Besides, I haven't written anything in my diary for a while and I need to get it caught up.' Heero quickly followed her inside while Mr. Yokimi was looking for a place to sit down. Relena walked around the bathroom, and made sure she was alone. 'Good, no one else is in here.' Relena looked through her purse then threw it on a chair. 'I must have left my diary at Quatre's place. Oh well. I know I can trust him not to read it.' Right when she was about to sit down, Heero jumped out and put a hand on her mouth before she could scream. "It's alright, it's only me," he whispered in her ear. 'Heero.?' Relena turned around in the chair. "It is you," she said, trying to hide her merriment. "I haven't seen you in such a long time. How is everything going," she said trying to start a conversation. 'This tactic usually never did work. I have no idea why I'm trying it again.' "What's wrong," she flatly asked, since there was always something wrong whenever he comes. "We need to talk," he said leaning against the wall. 'Talk.? About what?' "I need to know exactly what happened to you when you had that accident."
Relena was shocked. 'How in the world did he find out about that?' "But how." she began to ask him when he crossed his arms. "The details are not important. I just need to know to happened." Relena looked down at her hands. "Alright. I'll tell you." So there they were. Relena was confessing everything to him that she could remember of that evening. Relena smiled. "I suppose that I should be thankful. Not everyday, a woman gets a break from her responsibilities." Heero's eyes narrowed. That was it? What about her strange behaviors ever since that day? Heero glanced at Relena again. She doesn't look like she's changed. Worry took over Relena's features again. "Are you sure everything's okay?" Heero snapped his head up and looked at her straight in the eyes. "What is it?" "Tell me why you've changed." "Why I've. changed? What do you mean?" Heero stood up from the wall. "Why has your personality changed?" Relena stood up as well in a protective manner. "My personality? How could you ask me something like that? I haven't seen you in months," she asked, curious to know how he would answer. Heero just looked at her. "Everyone else was somewhat worried, and I just wanted to know what was going on." Relena flopped back on the chair, turning her back to him. "Well, nothing's wrong. I haven't changed. Even though maybe now I wished I did. Have you.?" Relena turned back around to see that Heero had vanished. Relena frowned. 'I was hoping that you did so I could at least have a real conversation with you.' Mr. Yokimi knocked on the door. "Excuse me, Ms. Relena, but the meeting about to start." Relena grabbed her purse and walked to the door. 'So much for that.'
After the meeting was over, Relena waited outside with Mr. Yokimi for their ride. Relena looked at her watch, which read six- thirty. 'That's unusual. Pagan is usually always on time.' "Don't worry Ms. Relena. He'll arrive soon." Just then, a black limo turned the corner and parked in front of them. Mr. Yokimi opened the door for Relena and she stepped in. "I was beginning to worry, Pagan," she said, as Mr. Yokimi sat down next to her. "Wait a minute, who's the person in the passenger's seat?" "I'm not Pagan." Heero turned around. "Heero.?" "Who is this young man? An acquaintance of yours," asked Mr. Yokimi. Relena smiled. "Yes, I guess you can say that," Relena turned back to Heero. "Then who's the person in the passenger's seat?" "Look for yourself," Heero said turning the inanition key. Relena leaned forward to the seat and gasped. "Pagan? Are you okay," she shook him, but he didn't stir. "This wasn't my intentions to hurt Pagan, so I just put him to sleep. He should wake up in a few hours." "Where are you taking us," Relena asked curiously. "To the others. We all need to have a chat with you." "What? But I've already told you that I'm fine," Relena sighed. "It's not that I don't believe you, but everyone else doesn't." Relena sat back in her seat. "Alright then."
Heero, Relena, and a confused Mr. Yokimi stepped out of the car. "Come on, Relena. The shuttle will be leaving in a few minutes." Heero began to walk on. "Okay, I'll be right there," Relena turned to Mr. Yokimi. "I'm sorry, but I don't think Heero wants any company." "It's alright, Ms. Relena. I'll drive Pagan, back to the hotel so he can rest. Have a good time." 'Thank you Mr. Yokimi for everything.' Relena turned around and started running towards Heero. "You're welcome, Ms. Relena," Mr. Yokimi shouted back. Relena turned around. 'What? But how did he know that I said that-' "Oof!" Relena looked up and saw messy brown hair. "I'm sorry," she said stepping back, when she noticed that she ran right into Heero. Heero just ignored the situation, and kept on walking.
Relena silently walked next to him. Relena absent-mindedly took Heero's hand in hers. 'Walking next to him like this has always been my dream.' "What?" Heero murmured to himself. Relena rested her head on his shoulder and smiled. 'I hope this stroll never ends!' Heero stopped walking. "You're doing it again," he said. "Doing what?" "Exactly what I'm trying to figure out." "What are you talking about?" Thunder could be heard from outside the shuttle station. "Nevermind. Let's board the shuttle before they decide to cancel it." "Why would it matter if we boarded it or not. If the pilot still found the need to, he would cancel it due to weather conditions." Heero smirked. "The pilot is me." Relena looked at him. 'How in the world did he.? Nevermind, I don't wanna know.'
Everyone smiled at the now blushing Quatre. Duo laughed. "I still can't believe 'Lena flirted with you. It's kinda funny." Quatre's cheeks turned bright red. "Oh, leave him alone, Duo," said Hilde. "You're not that innocent either." Now it was Duo's turn, to become embarrassed. With a little tint of pink on his cheeks, he said, "What do you mean I'm not innocent? I saw you lingerie around at night. And-" Duo automatically stopped once he realized what he's said. He meant to say linger NOT lingerie. Everyone laughed at his accidental use of spoonerism. Hilde turned an embarrassing shade of red. Lady Une walked into her office. "What's going on in here," all of the former gundam pilots, including Hilde and Noin, just looked at each other, and laughed again. Lady Une just sighed. "Anyway, I came in here to tell you guys that Heero and Relena have arrived and are coming this way." Quatre walked up to Hilde. "So what brings you here, if you don't mind me asking?" Hilde smiled. "Well, ever since I've gotten dragged into this thing, I've myself become very interested in Relena's strange behavior."
Flashes of lightening could be heard from inside the building. "The weather's getting worse," Relena said to Heero. Heero just nodded in agreement. "Here it is," he said as he opened the door to Lady Une's office. Everyone turned his or her attention at Relena and Heero. Relena smiled. 'It's been such a long time since I've seen everyone.' "Welcome back," Lady Une greeted.
After greeting everyone, Relena sat down at the far end of the table, while everyone sat or stood at the other end of the table, behind Lady Une. "I've heard from everyone that you have been acting strange lately. Is that true? Are you trying to make some type of point?" "Of course not. Why would I try to make a point?" Hilde stepped forward. "Alright. Since you won't answer that question, then answer this. What was up with the magazine that you left at Quatre's place?" 'What is this? Twenty questions?' "Twenty questions? We've just got started," Hilde said. Relena's eyes opened in surprise. "How did you know that I said that?" Hilde raised an eyebrow. "Because you did." Relena shook her head. "No I didn't. And Quatre how on earth did you know what I was thinking? I should be the one asking the questions here! You guys are all acting like you're telepaths or something!" Quatre stood up. "I know this is going to sound strange, but for the past few weeks we have been together, Ms. Relena was being more open to talk about some things. But I thought it was because she wasn't in a political environment. Ms. Relena is usually very meticulous about what she says." Relena stood up. "So are you guys saying that you can read my thoughts?" Everyone looked at each other. "Is that possible," Hilde asked. "Don't ask me," said Duo. "Alright. Let's test that right now. What color of the rainbow am I thinking about?" Heero stepped forward. "Are you going to answer the question, Heero?" Heero nodded. Relena looked up at him and smiled. Sliver. Heero smirked. He should have known that Relena would have done the total opposite of what she said. Everyone in the room became quiet. What color did Relena murmur? Did she say sliver? "Cheater," Hilde said to herself. Duo smiled. "Amen to that," he whispered. 'Come on Heero. If you say sliver than the mystery about my strange behavior will be solved. So if you can really hear this, just say sliver.' Heero just looked at her. 'I'll give you a kiss,' Relena thought. Heero narrowed his eyes and smirked again. 'You've better keep your promise.' He thought. Relena gasped. Did she just hear his thought? Before she could say anything, Heero said. "Sliver." Everyone gasped. This can not be happening. Duo stood up. "So you mean the whole time, we've been listening to her thoughts?!" Lady Une sighed. "I suppose so. I'm kinda sorry that I missed all the excitement." Relena slightly blushed. So every single embarrassing thing that she has ever thought, was heard by one of them, huh? 'So I guess I'll be able to kiss Heero after all.' "What was it that Relena and Heero were saying, I mean thinking, a few moments ago? I couldn't hear them," Duo asked Hilde. "I couldn't either. I guess when her thoughts are directed to one person, only that person can hear her. but when her thoughts aren't directed to anyone in particular, everyone can hear her," Hilde said. Duo scratched his head. "I guess that makes sense." "But when did this begin," Relena asked. "Remember the accident that took place a few months ago.?" Quatre asked. "That must have caused for you to have a strange reaction, so we could hear your thoughts." "Oh."
Two months later. Relena sat on her bed, and looked at the picture on her night table. She smiled. 'I'm glad Heero let me keep this.' She closed her eyes; remembering how funny the look on Duo's face was when Heero confronted him of the picture. 'Well, that's what he gets for taking that picture.' "Yes, that's true, but you reaped in the benefits for his ridiculous actions. That's not fair, now is it?" Relena looked up to see a smirking Heero. 'Well, what do you know? Heero's smirking. That doesn't happen very often.' Heero sat on a chair across from her bed. "I don't have to be here, you know. Our private meetings can wait another week." Relena giggled. Heero surely hasn't changed in the past two months. After everyone discovered the source to Relena's 'problem,' they've been waiting for the past two months for any sign of a thunderstorm. No luck as of yet. During that wait, Heero was instructed to talk with Relena at least once a week to make sure she doesn't go through any strange symptoms and such. Again, no sign of such occurrences. Maybe, her condition will last for the next month, or even a year. Oh well. It didn't matter. Relena looked at the person sitting across from her. 'At least, I get to spend some quality time with you.' Heero looked back at the smiling Relena. 'Same here.'
.END
Quatre's eyes shot open when Relena kissed him. It was almost as if she was trying to make sure he wouldn't escape so she wrapped her arms around his neck. Quatre knew this was a bad idea, and decided to break it. "Ms. Relena?" A tear dropped from her eyes. "I'm really going to miss you," she choked out. Quatre was totally astonished. Did she love him? Quatre hugged her. While Relena was letting out all the tears she never believed she had, Quatre was too busy trying to figure out a way to explain this to everyone else.
The videoscreen flashed on while Heero was doing some Preventer research on his computer. Heero walked up to the screen and sat down. "Man, do we have some stuff to tell you," Duo said, as everyone in background was hastily running around, each with a pile of books in their hands. "What's the matter," Heero interrogated, pondering what all the commotion was about. "Well, you see. Ahh. We think we've found the answers to Relena's.um. issues," Duo carefully said not to alarm the once perfect solider. Heero just stared at him with his emotionless expression, trying not to show his sense of amusement of it all. Relena sure knows how to make people's lives more interesting. "I'm listening," he said in a calmer voice to relieve Duo. "We believe that Relena suffered from an indirect lightning strike," Hilde said, squatting next to Duo. "And how does this tie in with her change in personality?" Heero waited for an answer. Hilde and Duo looked at each other. "Ahh, that's what we're trying to find out," they sighed. "Or in other words, this mission just seems next to impossible to figure out," Sally commented. "The only good source of information that we have is Relena's diary," Sally said, "but since we borrowed it, there's no up to date entries." Heero thought about it. What in the world is going on here? Heero searched the background of the frantic room. "Where's Quatre?" Sally sighed. "I have no idea what's taking him so long, he should have been here a while ago." Hilde looked up at Sally that was standing next to them. "Do you think that Relena decided to expend her vacation?" "Doubt it," Heero stated. Duo rested his chin on the back of his hand. "Maybe he decided to go with Relena to watch the shuttle departure.?" Everyone looked at Duo. "What?" "Actually, that's a good possibility," Hilde said. "Yeah, but which one? We'd never find the right one in time. There's too many located in this area," Heero flatly stated. Everyone sighed. "Well, I guess there's nothing else to do but wait," Sally said.
Relena clung onto Quatre's shirt. Why couldn't Heero be as commutative as Quatre? It wasn't fair! Ever since Relena spent the first day with Quatre, all she could think about was what if Heero was as open as he was? After a while, Relena would usually get a headache, and quickly dismiss the subject, but it was all she could think about lately. Quatre held onto her tighter as she slightly began to tremble. Quatre slightly pulled Relena backwards, and knelt down to her height. "Ms. Relena, there's no reason to cry," he said as he handed her a handkerchief, which Relena meekly accepted. "Don't worry, if you get lonely you can always call me on my cell, and besides I'm sure Heero would love to hear from you." Quatre sighed. This was harder than he thought. He was trying his best to calm her down, but also wanted to bring in Heero into the conversation, as to reminding her of her once strong feelings towards Heero.
Relena nodded. "Yes, of course. I'm sorry for-" Quatre smiled. "Now you're beginning to sound like me," he joked. "Just don't forget, if you need any of us, we'll always be here." Mr. Yokimi knocked on the door. "Ms. Relena, are you almost ready?" Relena looked at her watch, "Oh great, I only have twenty-five minutes!" Relena rushed to the door, while opening up her purse and applying on lipstick, which she has become very accustomed to while rushing, and turned around to look at Quatre once again. Quatre was walking towards the door and stopped to notice that Relena was looking at him. Relena once again walked to Quatre and put her hands on his face, causing his face to look like a fish, and gave him a quick peck on the lips. "Thank you again," she said and then ran out the door. Quatre smiled. "I'll never understand her."
Quatre sighed. How in the world is he going to explain this to the others? Maybe, he should just gradually bring it up, as of to not alarm anyone. If Heero ever loses his trust to Quatre, than their sake of finally getting those two together would be in vain. "Wait a minute," Quatre said to himself, "everything that we've been doing is in vain to our mission. Even tough I didn't mean to get Ms. Relena affectionate. Now what am I going to do?"
Quatre turned on the videoscreen. "This is Quatre. I need to speak with-" Hilde ran to the screen. "Oh, good morning Quatre! Did Relena leave yet?" Quatre nodded. "Yes, but-" Hilde gasped. "Relena didn't do that did she?" "Do what?" Hilde sighed, and tried to keep her voice I a low whisper, so no one else in the room could hear them. "You have something on the corner of your mouth." Quatre used the back of his palm to wipe off whatever Hilde was talking about and looked at it. "Lipstick," Hilde said. "Alright, it's a good thing that I got to the videophone first, because Duo would freak over this one. You have a lot of explaining to do," Hilde sarcastically said, winking. "What? But Hilde I never-" Hilde giggled. "I know, I know. I'm only joking. But seriously, we need to talk. Where can we meet?" Quatre thought about if Relena left anything that might look suspicious in the house. "You can come over if you would like." "Great," Hilde said and signed out.
Hilde arrived at Quatre's house in ten minutes. Quatre opened the door. "Good afternoon, Hilde," he said. Hilde was astonished by Quatre's house. Every time she came over, she couldn't help but to be stunned by the presence of the beautiful mansion. "So what did you want to talk about," Quatre asked, trying to start a conversation. "Oh, right, "Hilde said, remembering why she came over. "I know, you might get embarrassed over these next few questions, but I must have answers," Hilde started. Quatre nodded. "Did Ms. Relena flirt with you at all?" Quatre froze. He knew the questions would be embarrassing, but not so personal to make everyone else suspicious to what happened behind his closed doors.Especially Hilde. "She did a couple a times, I suppose," Quatre meekly answered. Hilde sighed. "Quatre, I'm not trying to embarrass you. Honest. I just need some answers. Trust me, women understand other women a lot more than a guy does." "Well... you see. she did. I mean I. um." Hilde looked at him. "What? She what?" A little tint of pink showed on his cheeks. "Before Ms. Relena left, we kissed. Twice." Hilde almost jumped, like how she usually does in a romantic climax. "You what?!" "No! I mean, she made the first move, but at the time I wasn't expecting her to kiss me or anything."
"You don't mind if I go look around the house, do you," Hilde asked, wondering if Relena left any other clues behind. "First things, first," she said rushing to the bathroom. "There's gotta be something in here." Hilde frantically opened all of the cupboards and searched every corner. Quatre flushed. He just hoped that Relena didn't leave any other strange items behind to make it seem like they were having a relationship together. "What's this," Hilde interrogated, pulling out a magazine. "I'm not sure," Quatre said reading the cover. "'True Stories of Romantic Tragedies'.?" "Why would she want to read this? I thought Heero and her gotten along fine," Quatre said. Hilde sighed. "Well you see, Heero doesn't really talk to her, and she would be so surprised to even receive a phone call from him." Hilde took the magazine from Quatre. "She must have been so depressed, so she bought this to see how other people dealt with the same situation," Hilde turned to Quatre. "The things that has happened to you two in the past weeks, is probably what she desires to happen between her and Heero. So she just spiced it up a little, and according to my philosophy, she did the same thing to you that she would have done to Heero." "Oh, I understand. So that kiss was probably meant for Heero.?" Hilde shrugged. "I suppose. But that second kiss that you were talking about must have been for you," she said, winking. Quatre blushed.
Hilde smiled. "I have to admit. It is kinda fun to get you embarrassed." The statement just made Quatre flush even more. "What is that supposed to mean?" "Now I see why Relena was flirting around with you a little bit. You're just too sincere and kind for your own good, that she enjoyed torturing you with it," Hilde giggled. "Excuse for my use of words, but how did you and Duo come together then? I'm pretty sure you didn't use the same tactics as Relena did with me." Hilde crossed her arms. "I don't know, it's kinda hard to explain. What a minute! Do you mean that Relena did more than just kiss you?" Quatre flushed again. "I'm not saying that at all!" Hilde and Quatre turned around at the sound of the doorbell. "I'll get it," Quatre said rushing towards the door, just glad he didn't have to stick around to answer any more of her embarrassing questions. "Oh, good afternoon Heero." Heero just coolly handed Quatre a piece of paper. "What's this?" "Since we've started doing this ridiculous mission, it seems that we have forgotten our responsibilities in the real world. Your natural resource satellite has been trying to contact with you for weeks, so I decided to deliver to you myself." Quatre looked at the paper. "But the most of the satellite has been destroyed when my father was killed, remember?" Heero put his arms in his pockets. "I know that." "Then why-" "They were trying to contact you to see if they should rebuild it." Quatre panicked. "Oh right! I'll get to it right away," he said rushing to the nearest videophone to contact one of his sisters. Quatre's sudden rush left Hilde standing there in the dust with Heero.
"Which colony did Relena head to," Heero asked Hilde. Hilde tried to hide her surprised expression. That was definitely something she didn't see coming. Heero was usually always the person to know when and where Relena was heading to at all times. Did he stop checking up on her or something? He probably didn't know when she was going to leave Quatre's place, or where she was going for that matter. "To the L2 Colony, I believe." Heero turned around and began to walk to the sidewalk. "Where are you going," Hilde asked. "There's no use staying here if Relena's in space. I'm going to meet with her and have a little talk," he said turning back around. "Oh," Hilde said to herself, watching his figure disappear in the distance. "Don't be too rough with her."
Heero walked the streets of L2, wandering which office building Relena was having the meeting in. Just when he was about to walk around some more, a black limo pulled up. "Good," he said to himself, stepping to the side of the building so she couldn't spot him. "I thought I would've arrived earlier than she did." Mr. Yokimi stepped out of the limo and opened the door for Relena. "I'm sorry, Ms. Relena. I didn't know that all those annoying news reporters would find out about your little vacation," he said offering his hand. Relena accepted his hand, and stepped out of the limo. "It's quite alright, Mr. Yokimi. I have gotten kind of used to all of the publicity. They're just doing their job." Mr. Yokimi frowned. "Yeah, and they're quite good at it too." Relena walked up to the driver's side of the limo, as the window rolled down. "Thank you again Pagan for driving us here." Pagan nodded. "No problem, Ms. Relena. I will be at the same stop at six to pick you up. Will that be alright," he asked. Relena sighed. "Well to be honest, I'm not really sure how long this meeting might take, but that should be fine." Heero stared at them from the corner, when all of a sudden the limo drove off. Relena and another man, that was escorting her, began to walk towards the building. Heero had to make up his mind. Should he go in and somehow get him and Relena alone before anyone sees them, or should he go and spy on them and wait for an opportunity to grab Relena? Heero smirked to himself. He guessed he would just have to go with the flow, he thought as he entered the building behind them.
Relena dragged herself to the stairs. 'I really don't wanna do this.' Mr. Yokimi looked at her. "Don't worry, Ms. Relena. It will be over soon." "Yes, I suppose," she sighed. They began to walk again and Relena spotted the restrooms. "I'm going to go to the ladies' room, okay?" Mr. Yokimi nodded. "I'll wait for you out here." Relena tried to hide her smile. 'Before I go back to five- hour meetings again, I need I quick break. Besides, I haven't written anything in my diary for a while and I need to get it caught up.' Heero quickly followed her inside while Mr. Yokimi was looking for a place to sit down. Relena walked around the bathroom, and made sure she was alone. 'Good, no one else is in here.' Relena looked through her purse then threw it on a chair. 'I must have left my diary at Quatre's place. Oh well. I know I can trust him not to read it.' Right when she was about to sit down, Heero jumped out and put a hand on her mouth before she could scream. "It's alright, it's only me," he whispered in her ear. 'Heero.?' Relena turned around in the chair. "It is you," she said, trying to hide her merriment. "I haven't seen you in such a long time. How is everything going," she said trying to start a conversation. 'This tactic usually never did work. I have no idea why I'm trying it again.' "What's wrong," she flatly asked, since there was always something wrong whenever he comes. "We need to talk," he said leaning against the wall. 'Talk.? About what?' "I need to know exactly what happened to you when you had that accident."
Relena was shocked. 'How in the world did he find out about that?' "But how." she began to ask him when he crossed his arms. "The details are not important. I just need to know to happened." Relena looked down at her hands. "Alright. I'll tell you." So there they were. Relena was confessing everything to him that she could remember of that evening. Relena smiled. "I suppose that I should be thankful. Not everyday, a woman gets a break from her responsibilities." Heero's eyes narrowed. That was it? What about her strange behaviors ever since that day? Heero glanced at Relena again. She doesn't look like she's changed. Worry took over Relena's features again. "Are you sure everything's okay?" Heero snapped his head up and looked at her straight in the eyes. "What is it?" "Tell me why you've changed." "Why I've. changed? What do you mean?" Heero stood up from the wall. "Why has your personality changed?" Relena stood up as well in a protective manner. "My personality? How could you ask me something like that? I haven't seen you in months," she asked, curious to know how he would answer. Heero just looked at her. "Everyone else was somewhat worried, and I just wanted to know what was going on." Relena flopped back on the chair, turning her back to him. "Well, nothing's wrong. I haven't changed. Even though maybe now I wished I did. Have you.?" Relena turned back around to see that Heero had vanished. Relena frowned. 'I was hoping that you did so I could at least have a real conversation with you.' Mr. Yokimi knocked on the door. "Excuse me, Ms. Relena, but the meeting about to start." Relena grabbed her purse and walked to the door. 'So much for that.'
After the meeting was over, Relena waited outside with Mr. Yokimi for their ride. Relena looked at her watch, which read six- thirty. 'That's unusual. Pagan is usually always on time.' "Don't worry Ms. Relena. He'll arrive soon." Just then, a black limo turned the corner and parked in front of them. Mr. Yokimi opened the door for Relena and she stepped in. "I was beginning to worry, Pagan," she said, as Mr. Yokimi sat down next to her. "Wait a minute, who's the person in the passenger's seat?" "I'm not Pagan." Heero turned around. "Heero.?" "Who is this young man? An acquaintance of yours," asked Mr. Yokimi. Relena smiled. "Yes, I guess you can say that," Relena turned back to Heero. "Then who's the person in the passenger's seat?" "Look for yourself," Heero said turning the inanition key. Relena leaned forward to the seat and gasped. "Pagan? Are you okay," she shook him, but he didn't stir. "This wasn't my intentions to hurt Pagan, so I just put him to sleep. He should wake up in a few hours." "Where are you taking us," Relena asked curiously. "To the others. We all need to have a chat with you." "What? But I've already told you that I'm fine," Relena sighed. "It's not that I don't believe you, but everyone else doesn't." Relena sat back in her seat. "Alright then."
Heero, Relena, and a confused Mr. Yokimi stepped out of the car. "Come on, Relena. The shuttle will be leaving in a few minutes." Heero began to walk on. "Okay, I'll be right there," Relena turned to Mr. Yokimi. "I'm sorry, but I don't think Heero wants any company." "It's alright, Ms. Relena. I'll drive Pagan, back to the hotel so he can rest. Have a good time." 'Thank you Mr. Yokimi for everything.' Relena turned around and started running towards Heero. "You're welcome, Ms. Relena," Mr. Yokimi shouted back. Relena turned around. 'What? But how did he know that I said that-' "Oof!" Relena looked up and saw messy brown hair. "I'm sorry," she said stepping back, when she noticed that she ran right into Heero. Heero just ignored the situation, and kept on walking.
Relena silently walked next to him. Relena absent-mindedly took Heero's hand in hers. 'Walking next to him like this has always been my dream.' "What?" Heero murmured to himself. Relena rested her head on his shoulder and smiled. 'I hope this stroll never ends!' Heero stopped walking. "You're doing it again," he said. "Doing what?" "Exactly what I'm trying to figure out." "What are you talking about?" Thunder could be heard from outside the shuttle station. "Nevermind. Let's board the shuttle before they decide to cancel it." "Why would it matter if we boarded it or not. If the pilot still found the need to, he would cancel it due to weather conditions." Heero smirked. "The pilot is me." Relena looked at him. 'How in the world did he.? Nevermind, I don't wanna know.'
Everyone smiled at the now blushing Quatre. Duo laughed. "I still can't believe 'Lena flirted with you. It's kinda funny." Quatre's cheeks turned bright red. "Oh, leave him alone, Duo," said Hilde. "You're not that innocent either." Now it was Duo's turn, to become embarrassed. With a little tint of pink on his cheeks, he said, "What do you mean I'm not innocent? I saw you lingerie around at night. And-" Duo automatically stopped once he realized what he's said. He meant to say linger NOT lingerie. Everyone laughed at his accidental use of spoonerism. Hilde turned an embarrassing shade of red. Lady Une walked into her office. "What's going on in here," all of the former gundam pilots, including Hilde and Noin, just looked at each other, and laughed again. Lady Une just sighed. "Anyway, I came in here to tell you guys that Heero and Relena have arrived and are coming this way." Quatre walked up to Hilde. "So what brings you here, if you don't mind me asking?" Hilde smiled. "Well, ever since I've gotten dragged into this thing, I've myself become very interested in Relena's strange behavior."
Flashes of lightening could be heard from inside the building. "The weather's getting worse," Relena said to Heero. Heero just nodded in agreement. "Here it is," he said as he opened the door to Lady Une's office. Everyone turned his or her attention at Relena and Heero. Relena smiled. 'It's been such a long time since I've seen everyone.' "Welcome back," Lady Une greeted.
After greeting everyone, Relena sat down at the far end of the table, while everyone sat or stood at the other end of the table, behind Lady Une. "I've heard from everyone that you have been acting strange lately. Is that true? Are you trying to make some type of point?" "Of course not. Why would I try to make a point?" Hilde stepped forward. "Alright. Since you won't answer that question, then answer this. What was up with the magazine that you left at Quatre's place?" 'What is this? Twenty questions?' "Twenty questions? We've just got started," Hilde said. Relena's eyes opened in surprise. "How did you know that I said that?" Hilde raised an eyebrow. "Because you did." Relena shook her head. "No I didn't. And Quatre how on earth did you know what I was thinking? I should be the one asking the questions here! You guys are all acting like you're telepaths or something!" Quatre stood up. "I know this is going to sound strange, but for the past few weeks we have been together, Ms. Relena was being more open to talk about some things. But I thought it was because she wasn't in a political environment. Ms. Relena is usually very meticulous about what she says." Relena stood up. "So are you guys saying that you can read my thoughts?" Everyone looked at each other. "Is that possible," Hilde asked. "Don't ask me," said Duo. "Alright. Let's test that right now. What color of the rainbow am I thinking about?" Heero stepped forward. "Are you going to answer the question, Heero?" Heero nodded. Relena looked up at him and smiled. Sliver. Heero smirked. He should have known that Relena would have done the total opposite of what she said. Everyone in the room became quiet. What color did Relena murmur? Did she say sliver? "Cheater," Hilde said to herself. Duo smiled. "Amen to that," he whispered. 'Come on Heero. If you say sliver than the mystery about my strange behavior will be solved. So if you can really hear this, just say sliver.' Heero just looked at her. 'I'll give you a kiss,' Relena thought. Heero narrowed his eyes and smirked again. 'You've better keep your promise.' He thought. Relena gasped. Did she just hear his thought? Before she could say anything, Heero said. "Sliver." Everyone gasped. This can not be happening. Duo stood up. "So you mean the whole time, we've been listening to her thoughts?!" Lady Une sighed. "I suppose so. I'm kinda sorry that I missed all the excitement." Relena slightly blushed. So every single embarrassing thing that she has ever thought, was heard by one of them, huh? 'So I guess I'll be able to kiss Heero after all.' "What was it that Relena and Heero were saying, I mean thinking, a few moments ago? I couldn't hear them," Duo asked Hilde. "I couldn't either. I guess when her thoughts are directed to one person, only that person can hear her. but when her thoughts aren't directed to anyone in particular, everyone can hear her," Hilde said. Duo scratched his head. "I guess that makes sense." "But when did this begin," Relena asked. "Remember the accident that took place a few months ago.?" Quatre asked. "That must have caused for you to have a strange reaction, so we could hear your thoughts." "Oh."
Two months later. Relena sat on her bed, and looked at the picture on her night table. She smiled. 'I'm glad Heero let me keep this.' She closed her eyes; remembering how funny the look on Duo's face was when Heero confronted him of the picture. 'Well, that's what he gets for taking that picture.' "Yes, that's true, but you reaped in the benefits for his ridiculous actions. That's not fair, now is it?" Relena looked up to see a smirking Heero. 'Well, what do you know? Heero's smirking. That doesn't happen very often.' Heero sat on a chair across from her bed. "I don't have to be here, you know. Our private meetings can wait another week." Relena giggled. Heero surely hasn't changed in the past two months. After everyone discovered the source to Relena's 'problem,' they've been waiting for the past two months for any sign of a thunderstorm. No luck as of yet. During that wait, Heero was instructed to talk with Relena at least once a week to make sure she doesn't go through any strange symptoms and such. Again, no sign of such occurrences. Maybe, her condition will last for the next month, or even a year. Oh well. It didn't matter. Relena looked at the person sitting across from her. 'At least, I get to spend some quality time with you.' Heero looked back at the smiling Relena. 'Same here.'
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