Chapter Twenty Nine
Heero was in his room. He was just finishing to get in the tuxedo he had to wear for the wedding. It had been a very difficult six months. All of that therapy and those doctors. They kept checking him, testing him and asking him question after question. He now realised it was for his own good but it had been very heavy on him.
He thought of Relena. That girl had always been by his side. At the beginning he did not understand why she was doing all of that for him. He had even asked her once. Her reply was shocking. She said that, with time, he would understand. In any case, he was very grateful for everything he did for her.
Three days ago, during one of the sessions, one of the doctors had hypnotised him. They needed to so they would try to bring back his old self. They got shocked and, when Heero heard himself answering to their questions, so did he.
They asked him if he remembered anyone important from the past. Anyone that had meant to him more than anyone else. He replied very clearly that yes, the most important person in his life was Relena Peacecraft. They asked him why was she so important to him. His answer was absolutely unbelievable. He would not have believed it if he had not heard his own, registered voice saying it. He said:
"Because I love her".
Love? He had been trying, during these last three days, to find that emotion inside himself. It was very frustrating because he simply seemed unable to do so. Heero read about what love was in the Peacecraft's database. When he typed the word in the search engine, it gave a huge list, it said that only the first ten thousand items, from the millions found, were shown. Millions? Was love that important? Heero asked himself. He got confused, there was too much information. He thought it would be better to ask someone about it.
A knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. He asked whoever it was to come in. It was Relena. She was already all dressed up. Heero was really impressed. Relena was simply the most beautiful creature. She was wearing a pale blue dress that was hanging from her shoulders with two thin straps that had something glittery on them that made them sparkle. Her blond hair was left loose on the back but two locks from the sides were being held back with two hairclips containing the same glitter than the straps. She was also wearing diamond earrings and necklace.
Relena was also very impressed with Heero's tuxedo. He looked really good. Now that all the cuts and bruises had faded his face was as handsome as ever. She almost hoped that this was their wedding. She mentally brushed aside this stupid thought and said:
"Are you ready?".
"Yes…Let's go…" replied Heero walking towards her.
Relena took Heero where her brother and the other men were. Then, hoping that Heero would not get nervous or something, went to the room where Lucrezia was getting dressed. Sally and Dorothy were already there.
Lucrezia looked amazing. The dress was a complete success. It was made of white silk, with quite a deep décolletage but not so much as to make it indecent. Just underneath the breasts there was a thin silver ribbon that was made to match the present that Relena had for her.
Relena took a box she had hid under the bed.
"Well, every bride needs something new, something old, something blue and something borrowed, doesn't she? You've got the new dress, my adoptive mother's earrings are borrowed, and this is something old and blue…" said Relena giving the box to the bride.
Lucrezia opened the box. It was a fabulous silver tiara with diamonds and sapphires set on it. It looked horribly expensive.
"Relena…" started saying Lucrezia. Sally and Dorothy had no words, they had never seen something as rich as that.
"It belonged to my biological mother, the Queen of Sank…My adoptive one said that the Queen herself had given it to her for me, for whenever I got married…but, since I don't think that will ever happen, I thought that, since you are going to be my sister, I may as well give it to you instead…" explained Relena.
"Relena…I cannot accept this gift…I…it just would not be right…this…is too much…" said Lucrezia carefully getting the tiara back in the box and handing it back to the blond girl.
"But…" Relena said feeling a bit hurt…
"I don't want you to take it wrongly. I am so moved you even thought of giving it up to me but, I insist…don't rule marriage out of your life…Relena, you never know…" said Lucrezia holding the girl's hands with her own.
"I wish I was as sure as you are…" replied Relena with a whisper and then looking at Lucrezia added, "I have been trying to stop loving Heero like that. I have tried to consider him like if he was my brother or something like that...for my own good and, I know that, sooner or later, I will succeed…".
"Oh Relena…" was all that Lucrezia managed to say.