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Disclaimer: I don't own this anime
Chapter Nine: Our First
(A/N: Some events came after the "Endless Waltz" and "Blind Target")
"And that's what happened at Libra's downfall."
Relena stretched out her hand forward. She stood from her seat and looked at the four guys. She raised her arm and checked her watch for the current time. It's already an hour past midnight and Heero left around nine or so. She guessed that she was babbling for at least four hours straight. She was amazed at these four guys' resistance for sleep. They all still look lively, chatting at each other about the things she has said earlier. They all acted like children who crave answers about the facts of life.
Deep in side, she felt glad that she was able to share something so important to these guys and keep their enthusiasm about the matter after hours of monologue. She thought about what Quatre said about telling her tale to the girls. She did take sometime to reconsider about telling them all of that stuff. Girls get too excited about hearing romantic riff raffs especially about the controversy going around them two. She would have been bombarded with interruptions, squeals, and inappropriate questions that would have been embarrassing for her to even continue her story halfway.
She did made the great decision to tell the guys just to kill the time. They were all silent, attentive and didn't let their curiosity get the best of them. This is what she is expecting from the ex Gundam Pilots. They follow certain conditions but still manage to maintain their cool. It's true that her story is not exactly "for the guys only" stuff, but all of the fuss about her and him has become the most controversial of all out of the consequences of the A.C. 195 war.
There are still so many to tell and she feels like she could go all day doing this as long as they are willing to listen. Sleep is beyond her anymore. Even sweet little Quatre hasn't even yawned once after all this time and she thought that he would be the first one to submit to slumber. Trowa and Wufei are both well behaved as well saying absolutely nothing yet it seems that they are not getting bored hearing all of that. Duo just keeps on grinning like an idiot. Maybe he should have just guarded the door from the outside, she thought. She is also starting to feel that she is being unfair to Heero. He had managed to evade all matters involving the both of us out of others' ears up until now. But she could trust these guys for keeping the details from themselves otherwise avoid getting things out of hand if the information leaked out to the media and public. Gundam Pilots are also well known for their confidentiality for classified information.
"We all fought our butts out to win that war and only Heero had the time to enjoy a girl's company before he could go and help us. HE'S SO LUCKY!" Duo yelled. "I must admit it is quite envious, don't you think?" Trowa said. "Well it does make you think how Heero became what he is now. Ms. Relena's tale did clarify some of my doubts about Heero's personality." Quatre commented. "Although it is not that unthinkable for him to evolve from what he was and it was possible thanks for this woman's constant pursuit of exploring his demeanor." Wufei added. "Thank you Wufei... I think." Relena bends her head.
"It's just amazing that an anti-social guy like Heero could show various acts of compassion once you got to understand him better." Trowa said after sipping his cup of coffee. "Wait a minute, princess. Of all those things that you two have been through, didn't either of you thought of raising the bar a notch?" Duo pointed his forefinger upward. "What are you talking about now?" Wufei looked at him. "He means taking their relationship into a higher level." Quatre answered. "Most of their moments were just least ninety five percent staring." Trowa sipped his cup. "Hmn... Well I didn't hear much physical contact between the two of them." Wufei said. "Well that is because we really didn't exactly have a relationship to brag about. We still kept things platonic, to my misery of course." She placed her hands on her waist.
"We are fortunate, guys. Ms. Relena has enshrouded us with such memories that we might never hear from Heero. He wont admit to anything about this." Quatre said. "But we all still met after that war, didn't we? You and Heero were together back then." Trowa wondered. "There was that time when the remaining remnants of White Fang tried to get our Gundams." Wufei commented. "Yeah. That was the time when they tried to kill me by that explosion they perpetrated." Quatre said polishing an apple on his sleeve. "You mean before that Marimeia take over? Oh yeah I remembered that. Tell us about that Princess." Duo said heartily opening another bag of chips.
Kzzzz Duo, it's me. Do you copy? Over Kzzzz
Duo almost choked being startled by his own transmitter. He took the transmitter and pushed the button. The others just looked and listened for Duo's response. They all know who it was. Relena took a few seconds to realize who is at the other end.
"Duo here. I hear ya loud and clear, He-man. Over"
Duo signaled that it was Heero. Relena thrilled with joy while the others stood up and walked off. Trowa went back to check the outside from the windows, Quatre went to check Relena's room while Wufei went to check the outside of the room. Relena just giggled at their rush because they were suppose to check those designated places every 15 minutes until Heero comes back. They were so caught up listening to her they forgot their other duties.
Kzzzz I want status report for the past four hours. Over Kzzzz
"02 made sure princess is safe and sound. Over" Duo gave her a "peace" sign then handed the transmitter to Trowa
"03 here. No suspicious activity going from outside of the balcony and windows. Over" Trowa complied then handed it next to Quatre who came back inside with Wufei
"04 here. Nothing unusual from Ms. Relena's suite. Over" Quatre conformed then relayed the transmitter to Wufei
"05 here. The hallway is cleared and secured." Quatre said then tossed it back to Duo
She admired them for being so formal to each other yet they look like brothers who are playing walky-talky. Duo caught it and then handed it to her. She hesitated at first because she doesn't know what to say but since Heero has been gone for hours with out a word up until now, it didn't took her long to conjure up something to know what is going on.
"Heero..." she quelled
Kzzzz Relena... Kzzzz he answered
"Do you ever wonder why they keep on saying their names like that?" Duo murmured to the three who just raised their shoulders simultaneously as a response.
"Did you catch the assassin? What is taking you so long? Are you hurt? Where are you? When are you coming back? Over" she bolted him with questions
"Somebody seems worried." Wufei joked while they just chuckled.
Kzzzz The assassin finally managed to shake all of us off after taking us in a wild goose chase. We are all fine and we're on our way back there. I'll talk about the rest later. Don't worry. Kzzzz
"Oh I'm just glad you're fine. Over" she relieved
Kzzzz What are you doing still up? Didn't I tell you to rest? They're not bothering you, are they? Kzzzz
"That guy is unbelievable." Trowa murmured and they just nodded
"No it's not like that Heero. They are doing their job properly. I just couldn't sleep. I got a little bored waiting so here we are staying up talking. Well me doing most of it. Over" She answered
Kzzzz That's fine. You have no other things coming up much later anyway. I'll be arriving pretty soon. Kzzzz
"Don't you wanna know what I've been saying to these guys? Over."
Kzzzz Must I? Kzzzz
"It's about the things that happened between us from the pasts. I hope you don't mind. Over" She said joyfully and looked at the four guys.
They didn't think that she would actually say that to him and asked him if he doesn't mind. It's like asking your parents if it's okay to host a big wild party that involves lots of booze, loud music and out of control people. But she was the one who initiated to talk. They did try to make her think it over. All they did was to listen. It's not like they would dishonor such confidential matters... well maybe Duo would. Heero stopped talking. It seems that he quickly realized what she meant by "the things that happened between them from the past". He should know all of that. He is not that old yet to forget such memories of him and her. Even though they could predict a storm is coming, the smiles on their faces couldn't be wiped off from their faces. They even got more interested because of Heero's sudden silence. They all look at Relena with mixed expressions. She is so brave that she is so dead.
Kzzzz Is that so Kzzzz finally he responded
"Yup. And don't worry. I'm not punishing you for keeping the assassination plan hidden away from me. Now they want to hear about that incident before the Marimeia Takeover. Over." She smiled slyly
Kzzzz Relena... Kzzzz
"Yes Heero? Over"
Kzzzz When I come back over there... I want you to stop Kzzzz he said with a tone very familiar to the four.
His voice was a bit riled up because of the transmitter but his tone was loud and clear and they all alerted after hearing it. To those who knows and actually have gotten to work with Heero, that was his "I'M NOT IN THE MOOD, YOU JUST PISSED ME OFF, PREPARE TO DIE" tone. Looks like the Heero will be doing the work for the assassins after all. And she is still calm and smiling. Heero maybe has gotten soft on her but he is never that way too lenient. But still they want to get more information while the getting is still good.
"Roger that, 01. I'll see you later. Over" she mockly agreed
Kzzzz And Relena Kzzzz he followed
"Yes 01? Over"
Kzzzz You should have refrained from saying "Over" a while ago when I started to talk casually. Kzzzz
When the transmission ended, she tossed it back to Duo. The guys just kept on snickering. She realized that through out their conversation, she was the only one who kept on saying "Over" at every last sentences of hers. She sounded like an idiot by pointing out something that was so obvious.
"I... I knew that... smart ass." She shrugged.
"Well you heard him Ms. Relena. If he arrives you should stop." Quatre reminded her. "And we should start cleaning up Heero's room guys or else we may get smited as well for littering." He kneeled down picking up the empty bags of chips and soda cans. Trowa and Wufei didn't complain and helped tidying up the place. "Well I guess the party is over. And we still haven't get to hear what came after next." Duo sighed in disappointment carrying the seats.
"What are you doing guys?" She said looking at them. "Didn't you notice that we still got time? Didn't you hear him?"
"He said that when he gets back here he wants you to stop." Wufei stood straight.
"Hey oh yeah! He did, didn't he?' Duo dropped the seats.
"Wait a minute, that doesn't make any sense. If he did realized what was Ms. Relena is talking about, he would have just told her to stop, period. Why would he say that she should stop when he arrives?" Quatre mused trash in hand
"If he is so stuck up about keeping all of these hidden, he wouldn't have given her time to keep on talking." Trowa added
"You mean he wants her to keep on with the story while she still can? It will sound like; go tell everything you can because it will be your last." Wufei commented
"He did use THE tone, princess. I say we better quit when you still have a head. We can continue next time." Duo reconsidered and took back the seats.
"Come on Duo, that doesn't sound like you. Are you telling me that you would miss such an opportunity to know more?" she said with a sly grin
"It's not that he doesn't want to listen anymore. We think that it is best for now to stop and for you to rest before he catches you still up. If you're lucky he might reconsider on not hurting you because we don't think that he doesn't like killing girls on their sleep." The blond boy explained.
"Well I'll tell you this. He's threats don't scare me that much anymore. Don't worry guys. I'll handle 01." She reassured them. "Now get back to your places and finish this. I really don't like it when I leave things hanging." She sat down again to her seat while they just looked at each other and just conformed to her. "Alright. Despite of the fact that we are ignoring Heero's compassion of giving the princess a fair warning; so what things got down before the Marimeia Takeover?" Duo sat down again while the others got back at their positions.
"Before Marimeia, huh?" she suddenly mellowed down
She twitched after hearing those words. Now she is beginning to feel hesitant to tell them. It's true that they all did met before the Marimeia Takeover. Even though the Gundam pilots were all there in full force along with her, she and Heero did had their time together. How could she forget the most blissful moment that Heero and Relena shared after so many confusions that occurred during that time line? "Should I tell them about that incident?" she thought herself.
The very same incident that lifted her doubts about his feelings for her... the very same incident that gave her even more faith and hope about the bond that they have... the very same incident that fortified his promise to protect her... the very same incident that laid the furnishing to the very foundations of their relationship... the very same incident that ended into their very first kiss.
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Disclaimer: I don't own this anime
Chapter Nine: Our First
(A/N: Some events came after the "Endless Waltz" and "Blind Target")
"And that's what happened at Libra's downfall."
Relena stretched out her hand forward. She stood from her seat and looked at the four guys. She raised her arm and checked her watch for the current time. It's already an hour past midnight and Heero left around nine or so. She guessed that she was babbling for at least four hours straight. She was amazed at these four guys' resistance for sleep. They all still look lively, chatting at each other about the things she has said earlier. They all acted like children who crave answers about the facts of life.
Deep in side, she felt glad that she was able to share something so important to these guys and keep their enthusiasm about the matter after hours of monologue. She thought about what Quatre said about telling her tale to the girls. She did take sometime to reconsider about telling them all of that stuff. Girls get too excited about hearing romantic riff raffs especially about the controversy going around them two. She would have been bombarded with interruptions, squeals, and inappropriate questions that would have been embarrassing for her to even continue her story halfway.
She did made the great decision to tell the guys just to kill the time. They were all silent, attentive and didn't let their curiosity get the best of them. This is what she is expecting from the ex Gundam Pilots. They follow certain conditions but still manage to maintain their cool. It's true that her story is not exactly "for the guys only" stuff, but all of the fuss about her and him has become the most controversial of all out of the consequences of the A.C. 195 war.
There are still so many to tell and she feels like she could go all day doing this as long as they are willing to listen. Sleep is beyond her anymore. Even sweet little Quatre hasn't even yawned once after all this time and she thought that he would be the first one to submit to slumber. Trowa and Wufei are both well behaved as well saying absolutely nothing yet it seems that they are not getting bored hearing all of that. Duo just keeps on grinning like an idiot. Maybe he should have just guarded the door from the outside, she thought. She is also starting to feel that she is being unfair to Heero. He had managed to evade all matters involving the both of us out of others' ears up until now. But she could trust these guys for keeping the details from themselves otherwise avoid getting things out of hand if the information leaked out to the media and public. Gundam Pilots are also well known for their confidentiality for classified information.
"We all fought our butts out to win that war and only Heero had the time to enjoy a girl's company before he could go and help us. HE'S SO LUCKY!" Duo yelled. "I must admit it is quite envious, don't you think?" Trowa said. "Well it does make you think how Heero became what he is now. Ms. Relena's tale did clarify some of my doubts about Heero's personality." Quatre commented. "Although it is not that unthinkable for him to evolve from what he was and it was possible thanks for this woman's constant pursuit of exploring his demeanor." Wufei added. "Thank you Wufei... I think." Relena bends her head.
"It's just amazing that an anti-social guy like Heero could show various acts of compassion once you got to understand him better." Trowa said after sipping his cup of coffee. "Wait a minute, princess. Of all those things that you two have been through, didn't either of you thought of raising the bar a notch?" Duo pointed his forefinger upward. "What are you talking about now?" Wufei looked at him. "He means taking their relationship into a higher level." Quatre answered. "Most of their moments were just least ninety five percent staring." Trowa sipped his cup. "Hmn... Well I didn't hear much physical contact between the two of them." Wufei said. "Well that is because we really didn't exactly have a relationship to brag about. We still kept things platonic, to my misery of course." She placed her hands on her waist.
"We are fortunate, guys. Ms. Relena has enshrouded us with such memories that we might never hear from Heero. He wont admit to anything about this." Quatre said. "But we all still met after that war, didn't we? You and Heero were together back then." Trowa wondered. "There was that time when the remaining remnants of White Fang tried to get our Gundams." Wufei commented. "Yeah. That was the time when they tried to kill me by that explosion they perpetrated." Quatre said polishing an apple on his sleeve. "You mean before that Marimeia take over? Oh yeah I remembered that. Tell us about that Princess." Duo said heartily opening another bag of chips.
Kzzzz Duo, it's me. Do you copy? Over Kzzzz
Duo almost choked being startled by his own transmitter. He took the transmitter and pushed the button. The others just looked and listened for Duo's response. They all know who it was. Relena took a few seconds to realize who is at the other end.
"Duo here. I hear ya loud and clear, He-man. Over"
Duo signaled that it was Heero. Relena thrilled with joy while the others stood up and walked off. Trowa went back to check the outside from the windows, Quatre went to check Relena's room while Wufei went to check the outside of the room. Relena just giggled at their rush because they were suppose to check those designated places every 15 minutes until Heero comes back. They were so caught up listening to her they forgot their other duties.
Kzzzz I want status report for the past four hours. Over Kzzzz
"02 made sure princess is safe and sound. Over" Duo gave her a "peace" sign then handed the transmitter to Trowa
"03 here. No suspicious activity going from outside of the balcony and windows. Over" Trowa complied then handed it next to Quatre who came back inside with Wufei
"04 here. Nothing unusual from Ms. Relena's suite. Over" Quatre conformed then relayed the transmitter to Wufei
"05 here. The hallway is cleared and secured." Quatre said then tossed it back to Duo
She admired them for being so formal to each other yet they look like brothers who are playing walky-talky. Duo caught it and then handed it to her. She hesitated at first because she doesn't know what to say but since Heero has been gone for hours with out a word up until now, it didn't took her long to conjure up something to know what is going on.
"Heero..." she quelled
Kzzzz Relena... Kzzzz he answered
"Do you ever wonder why they keep on saying their names like that?" Duo murmured to the three who just raised their shoulders simultaneously as a response.
"Did you catch the assassin? What is taking you so long? Are you hurt? Where are you? When are you coming back? Over" she bolted him with questions
"Somebody seems worried." Wufei joked while they just chuckled.
Kzzzz The assassin finally managed to shake all of us off after taking us in a wild goose chase. We are all fine and we're on our way back there. I'll talk about the rest later. Don't worry. Kzzzz
"Oh I'm just glad you're fine. Over" she relieved
Kzzzz What are you doing still up? Didn't I tell you to rest? They're not bothering you, are they? Kzzzz
"That guy is unbelievable." Trowa murmured and they just nodded
"No it's not like that Heero. They are doing their job properly. I just couldn't sleep. I got a little bored waiting so here we are staying up talking. Well me doing most of it. Over" She answered
Kzzzz That's fine. You have no other things coming up much later anyway. I'll be arriving pretty soon. Kzzzz
"Don't you wanna know what I've been saying to these guys? Over."
Kzzzz Must I? Kzzzz
"It's about the things that happened between us from the pasts. I hope you don't mind. Over" She said joyfully and looked at the four guys.
They didn't think that she would actually say that to him and asked him if he doesn't mind. It's like asking your parents if it's okay to host a big wild party that involves lots of booze, loud music and out of control people. But she was the one who initiated to talk. They did try to make her think it over. All they did was to listen. It's not like they would dishonor such confidential matters... well maybe Duo would. Heero stopped talking. It seems that he quickly realized what she meant by "the things that happened between them from the past". He should know all of that. He is not that old yet to forget such memories of him and her. Even though they could predict a storm is coming, the smiles on their faces couldn't be wiped off from their faces. They even got more interested because of Heero's sudden silence. They all look at Relena with mixed expressions. She is so brave that she is so dead.
Kzzzz Is that so Kzzzz finally he responded
"Yup. And don't worry. I'm not punishing you for keeping the assassination plan hidden away from me. Now they want to hear about that incident before the Marimeia Takeover. Over." She smiled slyly
Kzzzz Relena... Kzzzz
"Yes Heero? Over"
Kzzzz When I come back over there... I want you to stop Kzzzz he said with a tone very familiar to the four.
His voice was a bit riled up because of the transmitter but his tone was loud and clear and they all alerted after hearing it. To those who knows and actually have gotten to work with Heero, that was his "I'M NOT IN THE MOOD, YOU JUST PISSED ME OFF, PREPARE TO DIE" tone. Looks like the Heero will be doing the work for the assassins after all. And she is still calm and smiling. Heero maybe has gotten soft on her but he is never that way too lenient. But still they want to get more information while the getting is still good.
"Roger that, 01. I'll see you later. Over" she mockly agreed
Kzzzz And Relena Kzzzz he followed
"Yes 01? Over"
Kzzzz You should have refrained from saying "Over" a while ago when I started to talk casually. Kzzzz
When the transmission ended, she tossed it back to Duo. The guys just kept on snickering. She realized that through out their conversation, she was the only one who kept on saying "Over" at every last sentences of hers. She sounded like an idiot by pointing out something that was so obvious.
"I... I knew that... smart ass." She shrugged.
"Well you heard him Ms. Relena. If he arrives you should stop." Quatre reminded her. "And we should start cleaning up Heero's room guys or else we may get smited as well for littering." He kneeled down picking up the empty bags of chips and soda cans. Trowa and Wufei didn't complain and helped tidying up the place. "Well I guess the party is over. And we still haven't get to hear what came after next." Duo sighed in disappointment carrying the seats.
"What are you doing guys?" She said looking at them. "Didn't you notice that we still got time? Didn't you hear him?"
"He said that when he gets back here he wants you to stop." Wufei stood straight.
"Hey oh yeah! He did, didn't he?' Duo dropped the seats.
"Wait a minute, that doesn't make any sense. If he did realized what was Ms. Relena is talking about, he would have just told her to stop, period. Why would he say that she should stop when he arrives?" Quatre mused trash in hand
"If he is so stuck up about keeping all of these hidden, he wouldn't have given her time to keep on talking." Trowa added
"You mean he wants her to keep on with the story while she still can? It will sound like; go tell everything you can because it will be your last." Wufei commented
"He did use THE tone, princess. I say we better quit when you still have a head. We can continue next time." Duo reconsidered and took back the seats.
"Come on Duo, that doesn't sound like you. Are you telling me that you would miss such an opportunity to know more?" she said with a sly grin
"It's not that he doesn't want to listen anymore. We think that it is best for now to stop and for you to rest before he catches you still up. If you're lucky he might reconsider on not hurting you because we don't think that he doesn't like killing girls on their sleep." The blond boy explained.
"Well I'll tell you this. He's threats don't scare me that much anymore. Don't worry guys. I'll handle 01." She reassured them. "Now get back to your places and finish this. I really don't like it when I leave things hanging." She sat down again to her seat while they just looked at each other and just conformed to her. "Alright. Despite of the fact that we are ignoring Heero's compassion of giving the princess a fair warning; so what things got down before the Marimeia Takeover?" Duo sat down again while the others got back at their positions.
"Before Marimeia, huh?" she suddenly mellowed down
She twitched after hearing those words. Now she is beginning to feel hesitant to tell them. It's true that they all did met before the Marimeia Takeover. Even though the Gundam pilots were all there in full force along with her, she and Heero did had their time together. How could she forget the most blissful moment that Heero and Relena shared after so many confusions that occurred during that time line? "Should I tell them about that incident?" she thought herself.
The very same incident that lifted her doubts about his feelings for her... the very same incident that gave her even more faith and hope about the bond that they have... the very same incident that fortified his promise to protect her... the very same incident that laid the furnishing to the very foundations of their relationship... the very same incident that ended into their very first kiss.
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