Warnings: 5xR, yaoi (1x2), angst, after EW.
(from the personal journal of Relena Peacecraft Dorlian)
September 14, AC 206
Well.
The charade is all over. Wufei found out today, and it's no wonder that he did, considering the circumstances. I've been sticking to simple recipes, making sure not to do anything too complicated, since the last time I messed up. I wanted to try something special since today it would officially be three years since he moved in with me. Granted, originally it was just because he was going to be my bodyguard, but considering what it eventually lead to, I felt that it warranted a bit of special attention.
Dinner was going perfectly, right up until the point where it all went wrong. I'd just grabbed the pan of bacon off the stove and was turning around with it when my legs just collapsed underneath me. The grease in the pan when flying, and I got burned all the way down one leg. This time I couldn't even say I'd tripped, since Wufei was there in the kitchen with me, and he saw the entire thing.
He rushed me to the hospital for the burns. Later, when I'd been bandaged and moved out of the emergency ward and into a more permanent room, he somehow managed to get a hold of my medical file. It was not a pretty scene.
I don't know why I'm so upset, it was bound to happen sooner rather than later. As it is, I'm twenty six already. That's six years more than they gave me when I was thirteen.
I just wish it could have lasted a little longer...
(from The L4 Times, November 12, AC 207)
DORLIAN, Relena Peacecraft
Passed away November 11, AC 207 in St. Mary's Hospital, Sanq Kingdom, from coronary complications resulting from a previously existing medical condition.
The last princess of the Sanq Kingdom, Ms Dorlian was adopted by now deceased Vice Foreign Minister Dorlian and his wife following the destruction of Sanq. She is perhaps best known for her brief time as Queen of the World during the war, as her one-time position as Vice Foreign Minister for the Earth Sphere United Nation. She continued to take an active role in Earth Sphere politics up until her quiet bowing out last fall. As a politician, Ms Dorlian held firm to her convictions that peace would always triumph over conflict.
She is survived by her foster mother, her brother, Milliardo ("Zechs") Peacecraft and his wife Lucrezia. She will dearly missed by her friends, who will remember her for dedication, easy ability to laugh, culinary skills, and just plain stubbornness.
Ms Dorlian will be buried in the Peacecraft family plot in Sanq on November 14. The public is asked not to intrude on the actual event, which will be small and limited to close friends and family. A television crew will be in attendance however, and the ceremony will be broadcast for public. See Calendar section for time and station listings.
Family and friends ask that donations may be made to the International Fund for War Orphans in lieu of flowers.
Author's Notes: RCG was originally name after Relena's inability to notice things that seemed blatantly obvious during the series, i.e. she saw only what she wanted to see. In short, she "saw the world through rose colored glasses". However, in writing this fic, it changed from Relena being the one wearing the glasses to all the other people mentioned. Though Relena was dying, they refused to see it.
Relena's medical condition is based on an actual disease, though slightly exaggerated for the benefit of the story. She has Becker muscular dystrophy, having inherited it from both her mother and her father (ah, the wonders of working with the inbreeding of European nobles!). In the real world, it is doubtful that she would have ended up in the hospital for as long as a year, and the heart problems that sometimes accompany Becker MD could have easily been treated. Also, she would have probably lived to be older than twenty seven, as some males are not even diagnosed until they have entered their thirties.