A Shot at Normalcy: University Life

Disclaimer: - How many times exactly do u need me to say that I do not own Gundam Wing?

Gomen ne. I haven't been able to update for a while now. No, no writer's block. It was just school, and extra curricular activities and life being a total bitch that prevented me from updating. But no excuses. No matter what, its my fault and I apologise. I hope this chapter is long enough and good enough.

Chapter 16: yes mommy

            Jade caught Relena coming out of Heero's apartment room.

            "So why is our pretty princess blushing?" she asked Relena with a smirk.

            "Oh! Didn't see you there."

            "Is it why is think it is?" Jade asked, her smirk widening into something like a smile.

            Relena smiled in return and asked, "And why do u think it is?"

            "You really want to know?" Jade asked with a quirked eyebrow. "Why don't you come inside?"

            Relena glanced at her watch. "I guess, I can stay for a while. I don't have anything better to do anyway."

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"Thank me for keeping Duo from barging in earlier."

"Huh?"

"So he kissed you?"

Relena blushed again.

"Is nothing a secret from you?" Relena asked.

"Nothing about friends atleast."

"hn."

"Now you are sounding like Heero."

"No, I was just thinking."

"Thinking what?"

"You mean you don't know? I thought you were a mind reader."

"nope, sorry. Just an empath. So what were you thinking?"

"About Heero. I doubt if he will remember this kiss tomorrow."

"Can't tell for sure. That guy goes into denial pretty easily."

"Hmm. One day he is so nice and the other day, he won't even talk to me properly. It's like I'm some thorn in his side."

"He just needs time to deal with his feelings. But be happy, this is the first step. What if he was sick? Atleast now you know that he has feelings for you."

They were interrupted by a crash in Trowa's room.

"It seems your patient needs your immediate attention. I should be leaving now."

"Yeah, I guess so. That's the reason why I didn't go to work today. By the time I would have come back, this place would have been in ruins."

Relena just laughed and got up to leave when they heard another crash.

"Better see what it is now. Bye"

"Bye Relena, see you soon."

After she closed the door, she muttered to herself,"Trowa if any one of those crashes was my laptop, I swear I will kill you before I ask you what's wrong."

She opened the door to his room. There was a broken glass on the floor; luckily there was no water in it. It must have collided with the wall and broken. It was going to be hard getting the little glass shard out of the carpet now. The second object on the floor was his shattered alarm clock, which also had the misfortune of meeting the wall. So that was the beeping sound before the first crash.

"Want water?" she asked Trowa.

"Yeah."

"Wait a sec."

She left him like that and went to the kitchen to get him a glass of water. She didn't want any broken glasses, so she decided to give him her own special, personal stainless steel glass.

"Isn't it your glass?" He asked her in a rough voice. She wondered if it was because he had just woken up or was it because he was sick.

"Yeah, but I do not wish to clean up more broken glasses."

She thought she saw him smile a bit when he took the glass from her, but she couldn't be sure. She just dismissed the thought and went to get the vacuum cleaner. She came back after a while.

"So… had a nice sleep?" she asked him while she lifted the big glass pieces.

"Yeah, I feel much better now, your soup worked."

"You sound much better, too."

She was beginning to plug in the cleaner when he started getting out of bed.

"Where are you going?"

"Bathroom."

"Wear your slippers, there's glass on the floor."

"On your side," he reminded her and got off from the other side of the bed.

"If you faint again, I swear, I'll punch you in the face before carrying you back," she said while vacuuming. (A/N: the cleaner is the quiet variety)

"You swear a lot," he told her mildly as he walked out of the room.

"And what if I do?"  She said to herself.

She finished cleaning up the place and went to see what was taking him so long. She knocked on the bathroom door, but got no answer.

"Trowa, you there?" she called.

"In here," He said from her room.

"What the heck are you doing in my room?" she said as she walked in. He was going through her collection of books.

"Just because you are feeling better doesn't mean that you start dancing around."

"I'm fine. I just needed a book and a change of scenery."

"Hmph. Now mister, listen and listen tight," she started, jabbing her finger at his chest with every word and invariably pushing him further backward towards her bed. "You are not going to do anything until you have regained full health."

He was dangerously close to her bed and when she said," got it?" He stumbled backward and grabbed her shirt sleeve for support, pulling her along with him onto the bed. As he fell, he banged his head onto the wall. Jade didn't know what hit her. She just found herself losing balance and landing on top of Trowa as he hit his head.

"See what I mean?" She was oblivious to her position. Her face was just inches away from his.

"It was your fault. You pushed me." He said. He still hadn't let go of her shirt sleeve.

"But you lost your balance. It was your fault."

"It wasn't," he said in his usual calm manner and kept on looking at her face. Even though she hadn't realised their position, he had. She looked cute when she was annoyed.

"It was."

 He could tell that she wasn't angry, just annoyed. He was still looking at her face.

"Hmm."

"What?" She finally looked into his eyes and stiffened. They were in a very odd position indeed. She tried getting up, but he pulled her down again.

"Mind letting go of my shirt?" She asked him.

"Yes."

"What? You are supposed to let go."

"And what if I don't?"

"I bang your head against the wall a second time." She told him with a smile.

He smiled back and let her go.

"Ouch, my head hurts."

"Well, Duh! What else do you expect when you bump into the wall that hard. It's a miracle the wall hasn't cracked or something," she said as she got up. She extended a hand to help him up. He accepted the hand and pulled her back down on him. This time though, her reflexes were quicker. She used her other arm to break the fall, so she was a good arm's length above him rather than on him.

"What was that for?"

"Punishment for pushing me back."

"Right," she said as she hauled him up.

"Get a book and back to bed, mister. I'll make you some more of that soup."

"Yes ma'am."

"And no late night TV either. Eat, take medicine and go to sleep. Heero's asleep already."

"He's sick too."

"Yes, and stop exerting yourself, you are still not fully recovered."

"Yes mommy."

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Hehehe! I know I'm evil. They don't kiss yet. They still haven't figured out their feelings for each other. It will come on later though. And be prepared to see Heero act like a split personality when it comes to Relena. Wufei is coming soon. Next chapter may be. In the next chapter, I will be skipping a few more months and the boys will have recovered from their illness. Just so you know.

Hope you like this chapter (though I didn't). I know it is short, pretty short actually, and crappy. This chapter was originally supposed to be a filler. But, please try to understand, exams are coming. I have two exams on Monday and two on Tuesday and its crazy. Life is not too good either. So please understand...

Gomen ne.