And I don't want the world to see me,
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand,
And when everything is made to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am…
~Playing Cupid~
Chapter One: They are Family
"Duo please, leave me alone!" Relena moaned.
Duo gave her his
You-need-to-have-some-fun-even-if-it-kills-one-of-us looks.
"No Princess, They really want to see you!"
"Even Heero?" She asked, peeking from under her arms.
He laughed nervously "Yeah babe, he can barely shut up…for the past week it's been, when is Relena going to get here? Why isn't she here yet? Are you sure Duo that someone has not kidnapped her and that's why she isn't here?"
Relena smiled and threw her arms around her best-friend "Oh Duo, why didn't you tell me sooner? If I would have only known…"
Duo stuck his hands in his pockets and rocked back and forth "Hurry up, go pack, everyone is waiting!"
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Heero placed the last shirt in the closet.
It was so empty; all it held was his preventer uniform and an extra tee and jeans.
"Why do I have a feeling if Quatra saw this he would drag me shopping?" he mumbled.
Just an hour before Heero had somehow knocked on the door that belonged to the Winner mansion, how he'd got there he wasn't sure. Quatra and Dorothy had welcomed him with open arms; literally, as soon as the couple saw him they tackled him to the ground. Next time he would call first.
Yeah he would defiantly call.
Duo seemed ecstatic on the phone.
"Hey man its so good to hear from you, the whole gang is staying at the mansion! Well…we will be tonight, we've got some business to work through…"
Heero was silent for a moment then spoke "Don't tell Relena I am here, ok?" "Of course not…"~Click~
Heero relaxed as he sat down on his bed, he didn't need to see her right now.
It was to soon.
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Relena twiddled her fingers nervously "You weren't lying Duo? He really knows I am coming and he wants me there?"
Duo wrapped one arm around her "Of course! Don't you trust me?"
Heero wiped away a tear, it seemed like that was all he'd been doing when he was around her "I need time, I cannot be around you…"
"I will do as you ask, but why?"
"It just hurts to be around you…"
Relena tucked a peace of hair behind her ear.
It was over, finally over, whatever Heero had been going through he was finally over and now he could be around her, be friends…
Duo bit his lower lip; he was taking a huge risk here, one that would most defiantly end up with a black eye over. But the Former God of death just couldn't help but play cupid. He knew his friend cared about Relena, wait no he KNEW he LOVED her. And it was quite obvious that the dove of peace over there felt the same way.
But why had he said "Don't tell Relena I am here, ok?" Why?
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Heero walked past the winner servants silently, hoping none of his 'friends' found him.
How long would he stay here? How long could he stand being on the same planet as Relena?
Maybe this was just what he needed, a vacation. No work, just relaxing…
"Heero, we were wondering where you went…" Said Quatra cheerfully.
Found, He'd been found "I needed to clear my mind."
"Ah well I will leave you to that, I just wanted to tell you that dinner will be a few hours late."
"Why?"
"Duo will be late and he is bringing a guest, I find it most rude to eat dinner without a guest."
Heero almost laugh, almost "What Duo and the rest aren't guests?"
Quatra folded his arms and smiled brightly "No, There family, as I hope you will be one day."
"Family…" He repeated that word over and over in his brain, as far as he could remember he'd never had any family. No place to call home, no one to call him when he was sick , no one to give him cards on his birthday. No one.
'No there Family, as I hope you will be one day…"