Chapter Two: Wedding Insanity
"Just a few days my foot," Chase grumbled as she stirred her tea absently.
"I promise it won't take any longer," her fiancé said, his voice as close to pleading as it had ever been. "Chase-chan..."
Chase heaved a heavy sigh as she slouched back in the couch, her slightly shaggy, couple-inches-off-the-shoulder hair refusing to follow and tangling up against the couch's cushion. "One condition."
Heero cocked an eyebrow, a slight frown on his face. "Conditions are never good."
"You let me kill Relena if she starts to bother me again," she answered him with a wide grin on her pale features.
This brought the quietest of chuckles from the Japanese pilot. "You know I can't do that...."
"Oh but it'd be so much fun!" she protested.
Heero shook his head, feigning exasperation. He stood from his place, leaned over, and kissed the tip of Chase's nose. "I'm heading to bed, ai. You and Anna have fun planning. Trowa said Cathy might come help, so you can all have.... What is it called? A 'girls' day out'?"
"But I want you there too," Chase whined, trying to put the most pathetic look she could muster on her features.
Heero chuckled again, tapping her head and then starting for his room. "Then it wouldn't be a 'girls' day' would it? Night."
"G'night, Heero," his fiancé whispered as she watched him leave the room. Chase hugged the couch's pillow to her body, sighed, and fell over to find herself staring aimlessly at the fireplace.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"It's a quick assignment. In. Take care of business. Back out," Heero stated as he stood strait in front of the other Gundam pilots. "Quatre, as usual, will be Trowa's back-up and Duo's will be mine. Wufei, you'll go around the back of the compound and retain radio silence until last possible second, understood?"
They nodded and Heero took his seat. Lady Une stepped up. "Boys – no, men – I really have little to say because, as usual, Commander Yuy has been very thorough in his debrief. Good luck, come back, and get the job done, not that you wouldn't."
"Yes ma'am!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Wouldn't you like to-"
"No."
"But it might help to-"
"No."
"Chase-san, I really think-"
Chase's book snapped shut with an echo through the library. She stood, eyes cold, and started out of the room.
Relena stood as well, her face scrunched with annoyance. "Chase-san! You really should learn to be a little more diplomatic about how you handle your likes or dislikes of people! Just because you feel I'm competition for you is no reason to treat me as you do. Now I've been thinking this over, Chase-san, and I believe that perhaps you're simply afraid that I might take Heero away from you. I'm really better than that, Chase-san. Just because you might think of something like that doesn't mean I would stoop to that level."
Chase turned to her, eyes unreadable. Relena didn't know what was happening until she was pinned against the couch, Chase's small hand around her throat in a death grip that only allowed for just enough air to keep her from passing out, but little enough that she could force no scream from her throat.
"I've put up with your annoying habits of meddling in my wedding affairs for the past several months. I've put up with it quite well, I think, because I'm not a patient person. I can deal with you irritating tendencies, but when you begin to even HINT that Heero would give you a second glance, it disgusts me more than words might describe," she hissed. "Heero and I are happy. Don't. Mess. That. Up."
The Galaxy's pilot was gone before Relena could respond. The Peacecraft heir could only sit there, hand delicately pressed against her throat and eyes wide with fear. "How could you love that horrible girl?" she whispered into the empty room. "Why, Heero? Why?"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Relena's been unusually quiet today," Cathy murmured as she flipped through yet another wedding book.
Chase shrugged her small shoulders. "Maybe she's outnumbered by people she knows don't like her."
"You didn't do anything to her, did you, Chase-chan?" Anna asked from her place on top of the kitchen counter.
Emerald eyes avoided ocean blue. "Me? Of course I didn't!"
"Liar," Anna muttered. "You're an awful liar, Chase-chan. What did you do?"
Chase sighed heavily. "I just put her in her place." She turned dark green eyes to her best friend and Cathy. "Can you believe she had the audacity to say that I was JELOUSE of her?! She said that I think she's competition! What a laugh! Heero wouldn't give her a second glance if she were the last girl on earth. Little stalking brat."
Anna and Cathy looked at each other, sweatdropping. "Perhaps you should just give her some space, Chase-chan," Cathy offered. "She's coping with this. She loves him too, you know."
"I think it's more obsession than love with her."
Anna sighed. "Chase-chan, give it a rest. No killing diplomats before the wedding, you hear me?"
The petite pilot gave an exasperated snort. "What? My stars, why is everyone taking her side on this?! It's not her wedding, damn it! It's mine! I'm marrying Heero!" Even as she said it she knew she sounded like a child screaming for a toy saying "it's mine it's mine!" but she couldn't help herself. When a tear trickled down her cheek, that was all she could handle and she stormed out of the room, leaving a very confused Anna and Catherine.
A/N: Wow! Sorry everyone for not updating in like.... Forever! I know I hate when other people do that, so here is my most humble apology! I'll try to pay a little more attention to this story than I have been. It's strange writing about this Chase and writing about my original manga DESTINY's Chase. TOTALLY different personalities. Not that Chase is being all that normal here, but hey! She's Chase! She's a bit out of her head anyway ^^
"Just a few days my foot," Chase grumbled as she stirred her tea absently.
"I promise it won't take any longer," her fiancé said, his voice as close to pleading as it had ever been. "Chase-chan..."
Chase heaved a heavy sigh as she slouched back in the couch, her slightly shaggy, couple-inches-off-the-shoulder hair refusing to follow and tangling up against the couch's cushion. "One condition."
Heero cocked an eyebrow, a slight frown on his face. "Conditions are never good."
"You let me kill Relena if she starts to bother me again," she answered him with a wide grin on her pale features.
This brought the quietest of chuckles from the Japanese pilot. "You know I can't do that...."
"Oh but it'd be so much fun!" she protested.
Heero shook his head, feigning exasperation. He stood from his place, leaned over, and kissed the tip of Chase's nose. "I'm heading to bed, ai. You and Anna have fun planning. Trowa said Cathy might come help, so you can all have.... What is it called? A 'girls' day out'?"
"But I want you there too," Chase whined, trying to put the most pathetic look she could muster on her features.
Heero chuckled again, tapping her head and then starting for his room. "Then it wouldn't be a 'girls' day' would it? Night."
"G'night, Heero," his fiancé whispered as she watched him leave the room. Chase hugged the couch's pillow to her body, sighed, and fell over to find herself staring aimlessly at the fireplace.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"It's a quick assignment. In. Take care of business. Back out," Heero stated as he stood strait in front of the other Gundam pilots. "Quatre, as usual, will be Trowa's back-up and Duo's will be mine. Wufei, you'll go around the back of the compound and retain radio silence until last possible second, understood?"
They nodded and Heero took his seat. Lady Une stepped up. "Boys – no, men – I really have little to say because, as usual, Commander Yuy has been very thorough in his debrief. Good luck, come back, and get the job done, not that you wouldn't."
"Yes ma'am!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Wouldn't you like to-"
"No."
"But it might help to-"
"No."
"Chase-san, I really think-"
Chase's book snapped shut with an echo through the library. She stood, eyes cold, and started out of the room.
Relena stood as well, her face scrunched with annoyance. "Chase-san! You really should learn to be a little more diplomatic about how you handle your likes or dislikes of people! Just because you feel I'm competition for you is no reason to treat me as you do. Now I've been thinking this over, Chase-san, and I believe that perhaps you're simply afraid that I might take Heero away from you. I'm really better than that, Chase-san. Just because you might think of something like that doesn't mean I would stoop to that level."
Chase turned to her, eyes unreadable. Relena didn't know what was happening until she was pinned against the couch, Chase's small hand around her throat in a death grip that only allowed for just enough air to keep her from passing out, but little enough that she could force no scream from her throat.
"I've put up with your annoying habits of meddling in my wedding affairs for the past several months. I've put up with it quite well, I think, because I'm not a patient person. I can deal with you irritating tendencies, but when you begin to even HINT that Heero would give you a second glance, it disgusts me more than words might describe," she hissed. "Heero and I are happy. Don't. Mess. That. Up."
The Galaxy's pilot was gone before Relena could respond. The Peacecraft heir could only sit there, hand delicately pressed against her throat and eyes wide with fear. "How could you love that horrible girl?" she whispered into the empty room. "Why, Heero? Why?"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Relena's been unusually quiet today," Cathy murmured as she flipped through yet another wedding book.
Chase shrugged her small shoulders. "Maybe she's outnumbered by people she knows don't like her."
"You didn't do anything to her, did you, Chase-chan?" Anna asked from her place on top of the kitchen counter.
Emerald eyes avoided ocean blue. "Me? Of course I didn't!"
"Liar," Anna muttered. "You're an awful liar, Chase-chan. What did you do?"
Chase sighed heavily. "I just put her in her place." She turned dark green eyes to her best friend and Cathy. "Can you believe she had the audacity to say that I was JELOUSE of her?! She said that I think she's competition! What a laugh! Heero wouldn't give her a second glance if she were the last girl on earth. Little stalking brat."
Anna and Cathy looked at each other, sweatdropping. "Perhaps you should just give her some space, Chase-chan," Cathy offered. "She's coping with this. She loves him too, you know."
"I think it's more obsession than love with her."
Anna sighed. "Chase-chan, give it a rest. No killing diplomats before the wedding, you hear me?"
The petite pilot gave an exasperated snort. "What? My stars, why is everyone taking her side on this?! It's not her wedding, damn it! It's mine! I'm marrying Heero!" Even as she said it she knew she sounded like a child screaming for a toy saying "it's mine it's mine!" but she couldn't help herself. When a tear trickled down her cheek, that was all she could handle and she stormed out of the room, leaving a very confused Anna and Catherine.
A/N: Wow! Sorry everyone for not updating in like.... Forever! I know I hate when other people do that, so here is my most humble apology! I'll try to pay a little more attention to this story than I have been. It's strange writing about this Chase and writing about my original manga DESTINY's Chase. TOTALLY different personalities. Not that Chase is being all that normal here, but hey! She's Chase! She's a bit out of her head anyway ^^