Chapter Six: The Reason Why
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Makoto stood up from one of her couchs when the doorbell rang. She from in curiosity as she head for the door. She didn't really expected any visiters. Placing her note pad on atable before she passed it, quickened her steps when she heard another ring from the doorbell. "Mako-chan, it's me Heiji." A voice behind the door was heard and Makoto smiled as she hurried to the door and opened it. In front of her, Heiji stood wearing blue jeans, a red shirt and his favorite blue jeans jacket. "Hei-chan!"
The fifteen year old boy smiled as he enclosed his arms around her. She was a little bit taller than him but she wasn't taller than him like when they were ten years old. He was cacthing up on her. He smiled at the thought, but immediately his smile disappeared when he thought of the man that visited him earlier. Sighing, he pushed Makoto away from him gently.
"Coming Hei-chan."
"Makoto." He whispered. When he saw her freeze he winced. He had never called her by Makoto before. It was always Mako-chan or ko-chan, but never Makoto.
Slowly the tall young girl turned around to look at him. Worry and curiousity flooded her eyes as she stared into his. "Heiji, what's wrong?"
Looking away, Heiji whispered eight words that terrified Makoto. "I'm leaving and I might not come back." He slowly looked at her and immediately regretted his words as he found tears in her eyes. "Mako…"
"You're jocking right?" She spoke softly with a trembling voice. "You're not serious, are you?"
"Makoto plea…"
"No! Don't call me that Heiji!" She yelled at him as the tears finally fell from her eyes. "Please."
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Heero was walking down the halls of Quatre's mansion. He couldn't sleep and something kept bugging him. Telling him something was wrong with Mako. So, he had left his room and was now standing in front of the room that kept Matsu and Makoto. Slightly and gently he opened the door, enough so he could see theough the opening. He frowned upon seeing Makoto tossing in her sleep and if he looked closer he saw tears slowy falling. Immediately he walked in the room.
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Heiji not able to stand seeing her like that he turned his back to her. He found it easier to say good bye to her. "I just wanted to tell you so you wouldn't worry about me." He paused swallowing his own cries. "Good bye Makoto."
"Wait Heiji! Why are you doing this?" Asked desperately. "You said you'd always stay with me. You said you wouldn't hurt me…you said you loved me." She whispered the last few words after sobs cut her off.
Heiji swallowed hard and forced his voice to be cold. "How naïve can you be, Makoto? I'm fifteen, to young to feel love for anyone. I don't want to see you any more. I'm leaving." He turned around to face her when he heard a thud behind him. Unnoticed to Makoto, tears clouded in his eyes as he looked down at her. The brunette was on her knees, with tears dripping from her closed eyes. Heiji took in a sharp breath and released it as he pulled out a key from his pocket. "I'm leaving this behind Makoto." He whispered before he turned and ran away from her. He couldn't stand the site of her like that.
Makoto looked up, just in time to see him run out of her home. "Heiji…come back." She whispered as more tears fell from her already red eyes. She knew from this moment on she would never see him again. She looked at the ground when something shiny caught her attention. A key was laying on the ground. It was his key. The key to his home. She grabbed it and slowly stood up. When she was out of the hallway, she stared at the direction Heiji would have taken to exit the building. "Aishiteru Heiji-kun" She whispered into the air while her tears continued to fall. "Aishiteru."
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Makoto immediately opened her eyes. She opened her mouth to scream but was quickly covered by a hand. Her gaze turned to look into deep blue eyes of her ex-boyfriend. When he removed his hand from her mouth to wipe her tears, she turned away from him.
"I…I'm sorry." He whispered. "You were going to wake Matsu." When she didn't replie, he stood up and turned his back to her. "I'll leave."
Makoto watched as he walked away from her once again. Her tears still falling.
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Later in the morning Makoto stumbled in the kitchen tired. After the incindent with Heero she couldn't go back to sleep, instead she had staid up looking at Matsu and how adorable she was. It was now around eight and she had thirty minutes to get Matsu's food ready, which was plenty of time. As she removed her hand from her face she froze as she saw Heero staring outside a window with a mug in his hand. She quickly turned around and tried to walk out of the room unnoticed but that didn't happen.
"You don't need to run away from me Makoto." She winced as she heard his cold and empty voice. Turning around slowly, stared at him. "Then what do you want me to do?"
Heero looked over his shoulder and stared at the slightly annoyed and confused woman for a while, before looking back through the window. "You don't have to do anything."
Makoto frowned angrily as her nails dug through her skin. "What's wrong with you?" She hissed bitterly. "What happened to you Heiji?"
Duo and Trowa who were on the other side of the door stopped when they heard Makoto's voice. Looking at one another for a breath moment, but enough to tell each other that they should probably listen, and hopefull get some answers.
Heero set his mug down silently, yet his gaze never left the window.
Makoto shook her head sadly before she uttered any words. "You're not Heiji." She whispered to him. "Heiji is not cold and silent. Heiji never ignored me. Heiji was always there for me, but you…you're not Heiji! You're cold man! You don't care about others. I've been watching you around your "friends" if you even call them that. They care for you but I've never seen you show any emotions towards them, only anger and coldness." Mako was blinded by the tears as she kept shouting at him. "Even Trowa the silent one shows something, but you don't. What happened to you. At least tell me that much…You left me all alone Heiji. At least tell me that much."
Heero's knuckles were white from the tight hold he had of the edge of the counter. He hated himself right now. Frowning, he shook his head. "Makoto…"
"Don't call me that please." The brunette pleaded as she stepped closer to him. "Please Heiji, don't call me that." She whispered as she laid her forehead on his back and closing her eyes.
Heero closed his eyes as he hung his head low. "Mako-chan." Silence staid in the room for a long time as the two ex-couple stood where they were. Outside the room Duo frowned as he closed his eyes. "They were really close, Trowa."
"Hard to believe, but Heero is Fujita Heiji." Quatre spoke, startling the two gundam pilots. Both brunets turned to see Quatre holding a wide awake Matsu and Wufie next to him.
Duo and Trowa nodded as they turned back to look at the door.
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Makoto ran down the halls, filled with excitement. She had heard a wonderful knews from one of her advisers and had immediately left the room, surprising everyone but she didn't care. She wanted to go to her husband and tell him. Quickly she opened the door to her room and gasped in surprise as she saw a little boy with short, dark, green hair. His back was to her but she knew who he was. Her boy had came home. Smiling, she called out to her first child. "Toru!"
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Makoto lifted her head from Heero's back when she felt him straighten up. She look up at him although he wasn't looking at her. "Mako-chan, I left for a reason." He started. "But you have to understand that I would never have left if it didn't endanger you."
Makoto and the pilots's eyes all widden when they heard Heero. "What?"
"Did you ever read the journal you gave me for my birthday?"
Makoto shook her head, but when she realize he couldn't see her she voiced it. "No. I only kept your apartment, just incase you came back. I never looked for any reasons."
"Read it." With that he left the room through the other door, leaving Makoto alone.
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"Lets go." Wufei whispered as he turned around and left.
Duo followed suit and Trowa staid behind long enough to say, "Quatre you go and feed Matsu. Saty with Makoto for a while."
The blonde nodded before walking through the door and greeting Makoto as if he had just arrived and heard nothing. Trowa gave hint of a small smile before walking away.
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Heiji stepped into his son's room and found his wife there as he thought he would. He smiled as he leaned on the door while he watched as the regal woman pulled the blanket from the bed up to Toru's chin and kissing his forehead.
"He had an exhausting first day back huh, Heiji?" The brunette asked as she turned to look at the man behind her.
The king nodded as he wrapped his arm around his wife's waist, when she was close to him. "Serenity-hime, wants to meet us tomorrow morning. She said we can bring Toru with us, if we desire it." He told her as they left the room and walk through the hall way.
Makoto nodded and fell deeper into her husband's embrace. "I hope everything works out for the best in the past. If not then we won't be together, koi."
"Isn't the reason we sent Matsu?" Heiji asked as he looked at her.
"But she's just so young. She can't speak yet. We should have sent Toru as planed."
"Don't worry, everything will be fine, Darling." He whispered in her ear before they entered their room. Makoto smiled while looking up at him. She kissed him sweetly before walking into the bathroom. "I'm going to go change."
"Alright." Heiji replied as he loosing his cape and took it off. Placing it on a hanger, he changed into sleep wear, that consisted of blue silk pajama pants. Minutes after he settled in the bed, Makoto came out of the bath room wearing a light green, long, silk, gown, that reached the toes. She smiled at Heiji as she settled herself on the bed and sighed while she cuddled close to him. "Aishiteru Hei-chan."
Heiji smiled as he turned off the light. "Aishiteru, Mako-chan."
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Author's Note: I hope you didn't expect all the explaination on one chapter. If you did I'm sorry but you'll have to wait for the next and maybe another one ^_^;; But I assure you that you will have your explaination. I hope things are starting to smooth out and you're less confused. But more to come I promise! Oh and the little note on chapter five about having surprise guest popping up…cancel that. ^_^;; If I do add them to the story it will be confusing for everyone and me too!
Okay, one last thing. You guys get to vote on two things. Do you want Toru to go to the past and aid his sister? If you do or don't vote! Um and which of the outer senshi do you want with one of the Pilots? It can only be one outer senshi. So choose carefully. Alright bye!