Chapter Three

After many attempts, Heero stopped trying to concentrate on those files that he was supposed to examine. Since, THAT night, he had been unable to stay focused on something too long. His mind kept drifting away to THAT night.

He remembered the explosion, a huge boom that shook the entire palace. He had managed to get Relena back safely. It had been a matter of minutes and he had managed to get her out of the car and inside the building before that bomb exploded causing a huge hole in the garden.

All Relena wanted to know was whether there were any wounded and if there was anyone taking care of the house staff…She kept asking after Paygan till she saw him and hugged him.

Paygan asked Heero to take Relena to the kitchen where Paygan would make some hot cocoa that would help her relax. It was funny to see that guy that was almost seventy years old treating Relena with the same care than one treats a baby…

Paygan left them alone to take care of the organisation of the staff when Relena asked the question Heero had longed to hear.

"Please Heero, don't leave me alone this time…stay with me for the night…I'm so scared now…"

"I will…now drink your cocoa…I'll do you good…"

They went to the girl's room and Relena went to her walk in wardrobe and got in her nightie. Heero went almost crazy when he saw her through the lights. All her forms where visible through the silk of her nightie. Heero had been observing her during the last few months and had realised how much had she grown…She was now a fully grown woman…and a very attractive one…For Heero that was too much…ever since that chaste kiss they had shared two years ago, he had been waiting for her to grow up so they could share something else…tonight he just could not wait any more.

He walked towards her and simply hugged her. He could feel her surprise. Then she returned the hug and Heero started caressing her hair. He moved very slowly in case he got something wrong, scared her and ruined everything. Then, after what seemed an eternity, pulled her away very slightly and kissed her. First on her forehead, then each of her shut eyes, then her neck and finally he kissed her fully on her mouth. He had no idea how she was going to react but, not seeing any sign of rejection kept kissing her till she started kissing him back. Their kiss became deeper and Heero's hands started to venture starting from her shoulders towards the rest of her body.

Not a single word was said. Everything was so natural for the two of them, it was like a dance that they both knew perfectly well and they did not need any instructions from the other. The clothes flew away and they found themselves on her bed.

Finally they got together in the most intimate way and they fell asleep in each other's arms. Then she said something in her sleep that shocked him…Those three little words that made everything either very right or very wrong:

"I love you."

He felt extremely cheap. The thing was that he didn't really know whether he loved her or not. He stayed all night awake till the morning came and he had made up his mind to treat everything like it had never happened. That was probably a very coward decision but Heero didn't know what else to do…

In any case, ever since that night, Heero kept avoiding any contact with Relena. He also tried to bury himself with work but found out that he could not concentrate on it as easily as he thought.

His plan would have worked very well had it not been for the videocall he was going to get that same night.