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Chapter Thirteen: T to the 4th Power Y
(A/N: Some events came after the "Endless Waltz" and "Blind Target")

[ ] Heero's thoughts

It's already 3 o'clock in the morning. The humid air makes everything cold around these empty streets. As the doorman opens the hotel's portals, the only ones I see are some of the hotel staff and a couple of drunks inside the bar area near the stairs.

After I confirmed my identification, which is another alias like the other people with me, the hotel manager gives me a note. Apparently it's from... Wind and Water? Ohh...

Isn't it such a drag how some people use crazy aliases everytime they stay in fancy hotels, although us too utilizes fake names for the sake of confidentiality. Well this is a no brainer really although the words "Wind" and "Water" are indeed sound kinda broad to know exactly what they mean besides the literally content. I wonder what these two want now at this hour...

"I know I said this before to you before but on behalf of her brother, I thank you for keeping an eye and taking good care of her all these years. We enjoyed listening to it and we were able to understand more about the so-called "relationship", especially him. It's so nice of you to let her tell everything there is to know.
Water P.S.
We would like to stay to hear some more but he kept on taking a shot while listening and finally it got to his system unfortunately, so I decided to spend the night here. We'll see you in the morning."

Now what in the world Noin is talking abo--- O H S H I T !

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Normally most people who are defensive and a paranoid would act hysterically and go berserk while cursing out loud. But I'm not most people. A person like me will always think and act rationally keeping most of the composure I can muster as possible.

It's not really a big of a deal if she spill the beans. She has the right to tell her own opinions about the past behind us. This Relena and I trust her credibility... most of the time. I just didn't see this coming, although I am no longer surprised that she told to those guys but what worries me is that who are the other ones that were listening to her tale.

I don't want to make a scene in the middle of dawn, not it is like that it is necessary. So I took the elevator and let it lift me up to the floor of my destination. Beside I don't want to think all sorts of things that I'll do to her while forcing my feet to step on that flight of stairs. I like the convenience better as I percolate.

Besides, it's been a wild day for me and I am that damn beat. But I think I still have enough juice to strangle one Vice Foreign Minister.

Nah... I'm not that upset at her. Sure she did things that really struck my nerves but I never really did anything about it to get even at her physically. I mean I am the one who don't want her to "suffer" anymore.

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The elevator stops and I stepped out right away. My room should be at the right hall. I walk silently though that hall, as I get closer to my room's doors. I stopped and grabbed the knob.

Okay. So these are my options. A: If she is safe and sound asleep like I told her to, I'll let my vendetta go for another day. Or B: If she's in one piece but she is still blabbing with them guys, then I'll set my imagination free.

[You better are asleep, girl cause that is your only salvation!]

"Rele..."

"Shhhhh!" she shot at me with her finger in front of her puckered lips.

[Don't you shh me you no good--- what the?]

"What's goin' on here?" I said as I see four guys covered with blankets on the rug sleeping. The room smells like sorts of junk foods and of beverages. It seems that they had quite a night when I was out.

[At least they tidy up the place before I got here.]

I looked at her and she is still wearing the same garments since yesterday. Well I didn't gave much thought about her changing into her bedtime clothes since I left her inside MY room with other four guys. In fact, I kinda am relieved that I did because I don't want them prowling around her in her nightgown.

"Heero can I return back to my room? I need to change, if it's okay."

[Oh really? I don't know if it is the waste bags or it is just you.]

"Of course. I'll escort you back inside."

We both came back inside her room and she grabbed some of her stuff to take a quick bath while I scout the place. I walked in caution to the balcony, since I don't want to slip like she did and looked at the mark of that sniper bullet. I had Quatre dislodge the thing and bag for further analysis.

I shut the balcony closed and re checked the windows. After a while of waiting besides the washroom door, she finally steps out with her robe on and her hair still wet. Before she could even scold me for ambushing her at the spot, I pinned her up against the wall and gave her a "wet one" of my own in one swift motion.

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I allowed myself to loose focus but that doesn't mean she's out of the woods yet. We didn't do anything "sweaty". I wasted most of what's left of my strength in that last activity we did. I can still scold her though. At least I can get some of the frustrations verbally than physically.

So there we are. She is sitting with her back resting on a pile of pillows, right on the middle of the bed. Me, in the other hand, just guided me with her hands clinging around my neck and she placed my head on her chest as I let the rest of my body climbed the queen size furniture.

I ended reclining on her and the back of my head resting on her upper front with a hand of hers nuzzling my hair while the other is on top of my chest, giving it a few back and forth motion with her palm to sooth the muscles under the fabric of my clothes. She knows already the thing that I might say, that's why she is doing all of this.

[You're not playing fair, you sneak. Keep it commin'.]

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[A few minor details that should get attention.] "What are they still doing there inside my room?"

"Well obviously they are sleeping there for now and I don't want to be rude to wake them up, see?"

[It's good that they are still moving at least]
"Did you bore them to sleep?"

"Well at first it was kinda boring so I decided to tell them a late great bedtime story. Their ears were pep with energy to listen after a couple of hours or so but somehow the rest of their bodies didn't conform with."

[You know what they say, the last thing that shuts down is your hearing.]
"Why let them sleep on the rug with blankets then?"

"Well I suggested that we should continue next time but they over ruled me. When I noticed them getting woozy, especially Quatre, I suggested that they should move in to your bed because I thought all four of them would fit perfectly."

[You What?]
"You offered them my bed?"

"Yeah but then Wufei said something complex and Trowa translated it as he wouldn't be caught dead sleeping on your bed. Well I kinda got what Wufei is trying to say and Trowa didn't want also to violate your space."

[Those two are used to roughing in.]
"How about Quatre and Duo?"

"I couldn't imagine a rich guy like Quatre be caught dead sleeping on the floor so I gave him the most consideration but he said that he would be okay because he is glad spending time with all of us. I thought Duo would take it but he said that the only one should be on top of your bed besides you would be me. "

[Damn straight!]
"I did placed you there."

"Yeah but aren't they sweet? They still want me to have it while they kept on listening to me. But soon enough they started to drop like flies so I called room service and asked for more blankets. The man asked me what for out of curiosity, and I don't want anybody think what a girl is doing alone with four sleeping guys so I said that it's just for the kids. "

[I told them to guard you but instead you ended up as their babysitter.] "Didn't I tell you to sleep too before I return here at the hotel?"

"I'm sorry but I was more excited than them so the bedtime story worked on them sooner than me."

[Bedtime Story?]
"Okay three things. A, Don't call it as a bedtime story. B, You could have chosen some other things to talk about. And C, I wont hear the end of it from them."

"Relax okay? It's not like I've been stretching the facts that long."

[Well it's not like I heard everything you said.]
"You do realize that I still didn't appreciate what you did."

"Ooh is that threat? What you gonna do to me, Heero? Kill me?"

[This is what I'm talking about. She doesn't fear me anymore.]
Thinking about it.

I just let her do her way with me because I'm not in a moving mood right now. She is just lucky. Or is it me who is lucky? I don't know anymore.

"Heero, after the war was over, you kept on transferring schools before those further incidents happened. Why is that?"

[At least I can play mind games to get even.]
"I had girl problems. Some of them were persistent blondes that won't leave me alone. I even ignore popular girls. At least they were not like you."

"And what is that suppose to mean?"

[I don't know, maybe because you were way too hooked up on me. Yeah say that!]
"Because they are not strong compare to you." [WHAT?]

"I know you would say that."

[Maybe it's the fatigue talking. I'm out.]
"I thought i made that perfectly clear to you, didnt I?"

I turned over so that I could look even better at her, my front is now facing her as she maintains her stance. After that she gave me tight hug while I let the side of my head burrow on her chest to seek something that can be a replacement for a soft-feathered pillow. She giggled a little as I cuddled on that spot and laid a small peck on it, tickling her at the same time.

"Don't you ever think how i oftenly end up holding you like this?"

[Gee, I don't know. You are the who does the holding first so you tell me.]

"I dont know so shut up."

"Oh c'mon, Heero admit it. You love passing out with me caressing you."

"... Maybe I do kinda like it here."

"Maybe?"

"Just maybe."

She didn't ask me about the assassination and I am just as glad that she didn't. My report will have to wait first thing in the morning. I just let my eyelids close finally and just lay there while she holds me.

"Heero?"

"Hm?"

"Wanna take a picture of them sleeping on the rug?"

"Relena, I know a picture speaks a thousand words but it's wrong to do that."

"Sorry. I'm just talking. Let's go back to sleep."

[Oh Hell. I need some of these frustrations to go anyway.] "We'll use my camcorder. It speaks a whole lot more than a picture."

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"Wow you recorded it all, Duo?"

"Yup. I left the tape running up but it ends after the Marimeia Takeover."

"Still it's plenty."

"I still can't believe I slept on the same floor with all of you."

"Don't be like that Wufei. I didn't forget your copy, did I?

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