Note: I don't own Gundam Wing or its characters.
Thank you people for being so patient with me you all have my respect, and I can promise you all this, I will be back to regular updates after October 20th that is when band is over. Again thank you.
Heero laid on his and Sylvia's bed in his girlfriend's old bedroom reading over Relena's file for the millionth time, he had practically memorized the entire thing. In the open bathroom stood Sylvia brushing her teeth, already in her night gown.
"She is your mother, make her understand that we are not engaged," Heero argued as he stared at the file before him. This little argument of theirs had been going on for the last fifteen minutes.
Spitting out the toothpaste in her mouth and washing it away Sylvia put down her toothbrush and turned to her boyfriend with a semi-annoyed expression. "I've been trying to Heero, but it hasn't been working, just like I told five minutes ago. Her mind is set on us getting married," explained the Vice Foreign Minister.
Seeing that Heero hadn't even given her the barest of glances Sylvia went by the bed and climbed in beside her boyfriend. "You know," she continued as she tucked herself in bed, "this marriage idea might not be such a bad thing…" Her voice trailed as she saw Heero's grip on the file loosened then tightened.
Out of reaction Heero cast Sylvia his trademark glare. "Do you want to get married?" he asked her, swallowing hard as his mouth went dry and brain was becoming foggy.
"I was hoping sometime in the future to get married, but if you don't want to that's fine. I'm happy with how things are right now," Sylvia shrugged though it was plain as day in her eyes that she wanted to get married to Heero.
How is it that I get into these situations rather than Duo? wondered Heero. "Give me some time to think about it first." Stalling, that was Heero's plan of action until he figured out what he was going to do and how to get himself out of the situation he found himself stuck in.
"Of course," agreed Sylvia turning away from Heero in silent announcement that she was going to go to sleep. "Night."
"Night," grunted Heero as he got out of bed and set aside Relena's file, leaving it open to the first page with general information about Relena.
Leaving the bedroom Heero made his way down the stairs quietly since it was 11:57 pm at night and people were usually asleep by that time. At the bottom of the stairs Heero headed for the kitchen, walking blindly in the dark while trying not to trip over a piece of furniture.
Guess Ms. Noventa sends the staff home at night, figured Heero until he noticed a light on behind the door to the kitchen. Now who could that be?
Using he skills that Doctor J had made him learn, Heero crept to the door and crouched by the door listening. There was movement like someone was walking around in the kitchen, someone who knew his or her way around the kitchen very well for he heard the sound of the microwave buttons being pressed.
Probably not someone that is of threat, decided Heero as he stood up and quietly opened the door. What he found in the kitchen was a hyper Salimar prancing around the kitchen singing along to a song she was listening to on her CD player. She was completely oblivious to Heero's presence for her eyes were closed as she danced, pranced, and skipped around the kitchen like a lunatic.
"Da! Da-da-da-da! Da. Da. Da-da-da-da! Da. Da. Da-da-da-da! Dadada!" sang Salimar as she kicked her legs up pretending to be a can-can girl until she almost kicked Heero in the groin. Out of reflex he covered he private area with his hands. "Oh shi…I am so sorry, I honestly didn't know you were there!" apologized the girl in a high-pitched, squeaky voice as she took off her headphones.
Heero heard the songs of a circus theme being played.
"Hn," was all Heero said back.
The microwave went off. "AH!" jumped Salimar. "Bloody hell!" Sliding over to the microwave Salimar pulled out a mug of hot water then began pouring in three spoonfuls of tea into the could, stir, and add in a lemon drop. "Ah! There's nothing like a cup of hot tea and lemon drop."
Heero didn't agree to the statement, he was more or less for coffee-black mind you. Still he kept his opinion to himself as he analyzed the pianist. She was wearing a coke-a-cola t-shirt and boxer shorts along with socks. All over her legs were bruises, nicks, and cuts.
She had noticed his starring. "Just shaved my legs and I have no idea how I got those bruises," she explained as she sipped her tea and sat on the counter. "It's funny, I never used to shave my entire leg until I moved here and started wearing shorts. Before I would just shave my shins since I always wore pants, long skirts, or pantyhose, now that I wear shorts I shave my entire leg."
The former gundam pilot didn't say a word, just stood there observing the girl that some would probably think to be crazy or slightly off balanced.
"So what has brought you down to the kitchen? Couldn't sleep?" inquired the girl.
"No," groaned Heero as he went to the fridge and pulled out a container of milk.
"Oh, I just kind of thought that since you're getting married and all that the stress would be…"
"We're not getting married!" interrupted Heero slamming the container of milk on the counter and not sounding as cool as he had hoped he would.
"Oh," breathed Salimar looking down at the mug of tea in her hands. "Sorry."
"For what?" demanded the pilot getting rather annoyed with the girl as he poured himself a glass of cold milk.
"For Sylvia and you not being able to work things out," answered Salimar.
"It's not my fault that she wants to get married and that her mother has it in her head that we're engaged when we never were engaged in the first place!" argued Heero feeling all he frustration filling the tone of his voice and into his actions when he slammed the refrigerator door closed.
"Whoa! Wait a minute!" interjected Salimar. "Sylvia wants to get married, her mom wants you two to marry, and you want what?"
The questions stomped Heero. There were a lot of things that he wanted; find Relena, hold a great relationship with Sylvia, work to protect the peace, and try to be human. He couldn't decide on one thing. "I don't know."
"Let me put it to you like this than, do you want to get married?" asked the green haired girl as she adjusted her glasses.
When did she get glasses? noted Heero with slight interest. "I do not know yet! I just want to first find Relena, easy as that," he answered drowning down the glass of milk. "What does it matter to you?"
"Nothing really, but obviously you needed to talk to someone. Relena was right when she said that you didn't often express your feelings openly to others," sighed Salimar taking a sip of her tea and pretending not to notice Heero's death glare burning a hole into her head. "Then again, she always did attract people to her, it was quite interesting too."
"When did she tell you this?" Heero questioned, starting up an interrogation.
"About a month before she ran away," shrugged Salimar after having thought about it for a moment. "Plus she also mentioned how protective you could be of her, like she was labeled as your woman in a sort of romance book-ish style. It was cute but at least she didn't stay on the topic of you for too long, because than that would have been just too boring."
"Sounds like she told you a lot," pointed out Heero making the statement sound like it was a matter-of-fact rather than implying something.
"I'm not quite certain about that, but I do know quite a bit about how she felt," Salimar said licking the lemon-tea flavor from her lips. "How serious is our relationship with Sylvia? Must be pretty serious if she wants to get married. Much like the whole 'First I get cold then hot, think I'm on fire but I'm not. Oh what a pain I got, it must be love' sort of thing."
All Heero did was glare before answering, "Not exactly."
"There's nothing I can do, all that I want is you. Look what I'm going through, it must be love. That's the kind right?" continued the girl.
"No."
"I fall like a sparrow and fly like a dove. You must be the dream I've been dreaming of. Oh what a feeling, it must be love. That one was it!" declared Salimar.
Heero resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
"Oh wait, I might be thinking of Relena. Never mind then," Salimar told the former gundam pilot.
"What exactly are you trying to get at?" The pianist gave him a look that was a cross between amused and just stating "you must be kidding".
"What's your eyesight?"
"Twenty-twenty in both eyes," Heero simply told her watching as she shook her head at whatever inside joke she had just made. "What is yours?"
"My right is fifty-twenty and my left is seventy five-twenty. In case you were wondering about my glasses, I wear contacts during the day and at night I just wear my glasses," Salimar winked knowing that the pilot had taken notice of her glasses. "Though I like my glasses better than my contacts my glasses are just bothersome at times so I just stick with my contacts."
"Hn." Heero was really not interested in the girl's babble.
"Why are you in search of Relena? I mean you technically don't need her anymore since everything's all cool with the Earth and the colonies, plus you have Sylvia as your Vice Foreign Minister. So what's the use in finding Relena?" questioned Salimar watching Heero intensely.
For a long time Heero didn't answer that dreadful question that he seemed to be asked a lot. The question was starting to annoy him very much.
The clock on the wall ticked by as Salimar patiently sat waiting for answer while keeping her eyes on the pilot, it seemed that she wasn't going to let their conversation die anytime soon just because Heero believed that by being silent he could avoid answering any questions for a while. "So?" she spoke up.
"It is none of your concern," Heero stated though he knew that it wasn't the appropriate thing to say in his position.
"Of course not, who am I but Relena's friend, I know nothing!" snorted Salimar jumping off the counter and putting her empty mug into the sink to be washed. "Perhaps you should discontinue this little search for her until you find out why you're so desperate to find her."
"I'm not desperate," defended Heero.
"I'm sure you're not you just get that nagging fact, that she got away, out of your mind even when you're with Sylvia it's Relena who's secretly on your mind all the time. You barely sleep, you only eat when told to or reminded, you forget about all your other jobs until you find a major lead to Relena," mumbled Salimar. "Am I right?"
Heero's eyes were hard as he told her, "No, she is not an obsession of mine. I can operate without knowing where or who Relena is with." It was a bit of a lie and mostly denial on Heero's part, but he was trained to be good at lying in the face of danger, and right now he felt he was in danger of having his every thought and emotion spilling out.
"If you say so," shrugged Salimar as she brushed past Heero. "You know what, you don't really deserve Relena, at least not her love."
There was no reply or reaction.
"Good luck with Sylvia," Salimar wished him before leaving him to his own devices.
So it was true, Relena thought she was in love with me, realized Heero as he put his glass into the sink and then headed back up to his and Sylvia's room.
In the room he found his girlfriend sound asleep on her old bed. Deciding not to go to bed Heero went over to the desk beside the bed and opened up his laptop that laid upon the desk. Opening his e-mail Heero found that he had gotten a reply to the e-mail that he had sent Relena about his refusal to stop looking for her.
Dear Heero
Since you insist on the search I will not stop you then, but beware that you have other priories as well, such as Sylvia. How is she by the way? Still trying to kill you by perchance?
I do have one question for you Heero, if you do not mind my asking, did you ever once have any emotion towards me like the ones you have for Sylvia?
Wish you luck
Relena Dorlian-Peacecraft
Reading through the e-mail several times Heero leaned back in his chair and stared up at the ceiling. Everyone seemed to be against him.
Note to Jasline: You should know when Heero and Sylvia met, episode 14: The Order to Destroy Zero One. Yeah, that was when he gave Sylvia the chance to kill him for killing General Noventa.