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Chapter Fifteen: Not Involved
[ ] Heero's thoughts ( ) Relena's thoughts
The two of us headed back to her estate right after she went ahead to see me at the gates before anybody could see her. Coming here together already started a spark of intrigue and if by chance they saw us it will rekindle that into another. And I thought that she came to see me to ask permission if she could go fool around with her friends to catch up some more but it seems I was wrong.
It's not like us to be this secluded. We got a lot of issues going on right from the very moment I first came here at St. Gabriel. Although she couldn't just say that I was a Gundam Pilot before then became her bodyguard all of a sudden. Ofcourse questions will flood her how that came about all of a sudden, but I kind of don't want to risk another story telling.
Am I ashamed of everything that has happened between us from the past? No I am not because we didn't do anything that was unjust. It's not healthy for innocent civilians to know way too much about people who have quite a history behind them, especially me. You have to trust them first, in this case, they are her friends and they aren't exactly a close acquaintance of mine.
She did made changes out of me yes I may admit that. However, do they have to know in detail how she did it? I'll say this; her method involved a lot of courage and strength. If people want to be close to me, telling them that she went through a lot of death threats, mean glares and gun pointing as encouragements might get them scared or even keep their distance away from me.
She doesn't want me to isolated all my life, I suppose. Maybe that's one of the reasons why she wants herself to be at my side. Well as far as that concept is concerned, I don't know any other girls that this close to me. It's not like I am planning to expand my playing field but I wont complain if she is the only girl that haves her way with me.
Kind of think of it, she did say before that there are a lot of girls interested in me. I would have brushed of any girl who comes to me including her. In the other hand, it seems it's destiny for us to meet and it's fate that kept us from meeting each other. Well she did most of the effort finding me back then while her image lingered on my mind. There aren't a lot of girls who could get that kind of deal from anybody now, couldn't they?
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(Whew, home at last)
"I'll just take a shower, Heero. How about you?"
[You don't want me join you, do you?]
"I can take a shower all by myself thank you."
(Smart-ass!)
"I meant what are you going to do while I'm there?"
[Gee I don't know. Maybe tire myself more?]
"I'm just going to make a call first."
(A call?)
"Don't tell me some of the girls actually gave you their numbers."
[I'll just come clean. I'm not on a mood to make her jealous today.]
"Don't be ridiculous. I just want to contact headquarters."
(Well you wont get any tonight if it's not.)
"Alright then. Better be them than a girl."
[Maybe I should have messed with her.]
"Just go soak yourself in your tub already."
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I walked to the living room to find the phone. I noticed that the phone is flashing the red light meaning that it's answering machine recorded some unanswered calls while we were out.
Relena must be in the bathroom now so I might as well hear them. I'm obligated to anyway. I pressed the button so the machine could play back all recent calls for the past 12 hours.
"You got Three Messages... 1:56 pm"
"Hey Heero Ol' Buddy Ol' Pal! It's me. I know it's going to be you will hear this message first. I'm going to be crashing at the Princess's crib later to visit you guys. See ya there. And don't do anything naughty, okay?"
[Oh Great! What the hell does he want now?]
"...3:24 pm"
"Hello Heero, it's Quatre. Duo said that he'd come there a lot later than expected. I don't know if he mentioned this to you but he is suppose to bring the latest Y.K.W. It's important so I decided to bring the Y.K.W. myself. Catch at 9'ish."
[Quatre is coming with the latest Y.K.W. huh? So they have decided when to their next act.]
"... 7: 18 pm"
"Hi Relena. It's me Jean Paul...
[Him?]
"... I thought of giving you a call tonight after all but I guess you're haven't gotten home yet...
[Hn...]
"... Listen, Relena. About earlier, thank you for accepting my offer. I really am looking forward for us to get together tomorrow...
[He's asked her out on a date?]
"... I would be waiting at that place at that time, okay? Good evening Relena."
[Oh, they have their own meeting place now?]
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So when did that guy asked her out? He must have done it when I let her talk to her friends. He mentioned her name three times so casually. He must really be a close acquaintance.
I knew this guy is planning something. I noticed he didn't take his eyes away from her ever since we got there. He hasn't done much work either. He just kept staring and grinning like that braided idiot. And when Braids puts a face like that, he's up to something.
It's been a long time since I saw this guy. Quite frankly I didn't talked to him and in fact he didn't chat to me much either. I guess he still remember our little fencing match back then.
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(Backtrack)
Fencing Class. Every student put their skills against their sparring partners for the glory of the classic sport. From the changing room, two students walk together in full gear, stopped and faced each other. The two fencing partners who will spar with each other are Heero and Jean Paul. The latter just heard of the certain incident that took place the day after and decided to confront Heero, masking his intention to defend Relena's honor by out-playing Heero in a fencing session.
"Hey Heero buddy... I hear you ripped up Relena's invitation yesterday, huh?" Jean Paul applies his wire mesh mask on. Heero stood in silence and refused to make eye contact.
"Why did you something like that for?" Jean Paul said with a smirk on his face. He raised his epee, put his free hand behind his back and stood on his stance. Heero still chose to remain speechless as he puts on his mask in place.
"I'm a classmate of hers so I'm kinda choked you treated her like that." After saying those words, Jean Paul swung his epee at Heero but was easily blocked.
Jean Paul didn't stopped there as he continued to swung a series of swishes, trying to find an opening to score a hit over Heero but to no avail, Heero answered Jean Paul's swings by parrying each one. "Aren't you ashamed of yourself as a gentleman? Well?"
Heero was fed up with his sparring partner's blabbing and sets his killer glare at him. He backed up that epee then thrust that hard, straight to Jean Paul. He saw Heero's move and tried to face the epee's point with his.
Though the two points collided, Heero's momentum was too strong that his epee bent over so much that two thirds of his epee snapped, sending that piece swirling in mid air. But Heero didn't mind the damage as his thrust continued on its course, right through Jean Paul's mask.
Jean Paul stared in shock and just stood there as his eyes narrowed blankly of what remains of Heero's epee, only an inch away from the bridge of his nose. Everybody else in that room halts and silence covered the entire area as the two ended in a climatic finish.
Heero's grip of the handle loosened and let his epee dangle on Jean Paul's mask. He removed his headgear and looked at his partner with an ice- cold glare with eyebrows almost linking into one.
"Tell me sooner next time. I'll give it to you instead of ripping it up." Heero finally let his monotone voice out. Jean Paul just fell on his behind as he watched Heero left the scene.
Even though Heero's move maybe is arguably against the rules, Jean Paul might have won the match by disqualification. But to everybody who witnessed the whole thing, Heero walked away from the bout victorious.
Heero one... Jean Paul nothing.
(End of Backtrack)
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I knew I should have done more than sticking that thing on his mask. But I suppose I might get in unnecessary trouble if I have done what I originally thought of doing.
As her former classmate, his words may have been justified. Probably he thought of defending Relena's honor or something. After all, It was I who dared to stick it up to Relena's face, was entitled by the student body by such act. They all remember me as "The guy who ripped up Relena's invitation" aside from the most aloof, insensitive, mean and coldest guy in campus.
As I look back from it all, perhaps what I did was out of line. Maybe a simple "No" or just by walking away from her would have been sufficient enough. I don't know what would happen if everybody else heard what I said to her afterwards.
She's been reminding of that incident to me often to guilt trip me sometimes. Sometimes I wonder if she really ever did forgave me for that. I thought when she ripped my birthday card for her that we were even.
No need to think of this now. Focus. Relena is in danger. Again.
Should I allow her to go with that guy? Oh well... I'm not involved.
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Ding Dong
"That must be Quatre."
I walked to the front door to see if the person rang the doorbell is indeed Preventer 4. I opened the door and saw the same old Quatre standing underneath the porch. He still wears those long sleeve pink shirt, purple vest and tan trousers underneath his velvet coat. Out of all five of us, this guy has style.
Pink represents as you may have guessed: Love, hope, joy, authentic feelings, and happiness. This is easily recognizable in Quatre's behavior. His feelings are so genuine, so much so you can feel it. He bursts with tenderness and love, so much that he can perceive the feelings of others. That takes a pure heart.
He tries sincerely to be friends with Trowa, he just knew that Trowa needed a friend, and to feel needed. He makes you feel good because when he sees you after a long absence, he makes you feel welcomed. Consider Duo at the Winner commerce, or when all the pilots were united on Peacemillion.
His purplish vest denotes luck. Purple is a very lucky color. It symbolizes respect, nobility, and one who is rich and influential. Without much thought, we all know how rich Quatre is, and how he has the utmost respect from all the Magnuac Corps.
Onto his tan trousers.... tan shows something optimistically rising out of despair. This is a trait of his as well; first he never gives up the optimism, yet he represents hope rising from the ashes as well. I put him in charge of the other pilots knowing that Quatre excelled in strategic maneuvers and bringing the Gundams together. Quatre of course, does exactly that.
Though he maybe a colonial representative by his own right, he helps with some of the Preventers missions along side with us four. His membership is also included in the package for being a skillful ex-Gundam pilot.
"Good evening Heero. You got my message?" he also still wears that smile of his.
"Yeah. Come on in."
He removed his coat and put the thing on the coat hanger as I scanned the outside before I closed the door seeing nothing but Quatre's car parked beside the house.
"So you're also Miss Relena's butler now? Where is Pagan?"
"The old man is unable to do her service at the moment. You got the goods?"
"The Y.K.W.? It's with me."
"Let's sit down and talk then."
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"Heero, I heard the door bell. We have company?" Relena called from upstairs and gracefully steps down. She must have decided to dress up for the visitor I guess.
"Good Evening Miss Relena." Quatre stood up from his seat and greeted her politely while I just read the documents he brought me.
"Good evening too, Quatre. What a pleasant surprise." She sat down with us.
"Didn't Heero tell you of my visit, Miss Relena?"
"Apparently not. We just got here actually.
"Where were you then?"
"We were at St. Gabriel and helped out with the preparations for our class' upcoming batch reunion."
"Oh yeah. I remember now. Heero was your classmate back then for a very short while."
"So how are you doing lately?"
"I'm just fine Ms. Relena, thanks for asking."
"How's your colony doing? I hope your job as head of the Winner Corporation is not getting worse than mine."
"Oh no. The colony is progressing as planned. I'm just taking a few days off myself just like you to rest up Ms. Relena. So I came here to see how you two are doing."
"Don't worry Quatre. Heero hasn't planned on killing me."
"You mean he is not sore about your story anymore?"
"I'll get us some refreshments then. Relena, there's a message for you. You should check it right now." I said and stood up to go in the kitchen. I left the documents on the living room table face down and left.
"Heero." She said my name and I stopped right there.
"Hn?"
"You could just tell me the message." She said.
[Are you serious?]
"What?" I looked at her.
"It would be easier for Ms. Relena if you do, Heero." Quatre backed her up.
[It would be easier for her he said. Well it's easy for me, too. Blondie.]
"Jean Paul called."
"Jean Paul?" Quatre cocked his head in question but Relena's expression is better than his.
(Oh Shit!)
"He said thank you for accepting his offer to for you two to get together tomorrow and he'll be waiting for you at that place and that time."
[Relena and JP sitting on a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G! Scratch that. Not if I got something to do about it first.]
Mental note: Must make thorough profile check on that guy. Forget that.
I'm not involved.
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(A/N: This is kinda short. Well school got down on me so expect a delay for updates. I hope you still support this one.)
Disclaimer: I don't own this anime
Chapter Fifteen: Not Involved
[ ] Heero's thoughts ( ) Relena's thoughts
The two of us headed back to her estate right after she went ahead to see me at the gates before anybody could see her. Coming here together already started a spark of intrigue and if by chance they saw us it will rekindle that into another. And I thought that she came to see me to ask permission if she could go fool around with her friends to catch up some more but it seems I was wrong.
It's not like us to be this secluded. We got a lot of issues going on right from the very moment I first came here at St. Gabriel. Although she couldn't just say that I was a Gundam Pilot before then became her bodyguard all of a sudden. Ofcourse questions will flood her how that came about all of a sudden, but I kind of don't want to risk another story telling.
Am I ashamed of everything that has happened between us from the past? No I am not because we didn't do anything that was unjust. It's not healthy for innocent civilians to know way too much about people who have quite a history behind them, especially me. You have to trust them first, in this case, they are her friends and they aren't exactly a close acquaintance of mine.
She did made changes out of me yes I may admit that. However, do they have to know in detail how she did it? I'll say this; her method involved a lot of courage and strength. If people want to be close to me, telling them that she went through a lot of death threats, mean glares and gun pointing as encouragements might get them scared or even keep their distance away from me.
She doesn't want me to isolated all my life, I suppose. Maybe that's one of the reasons why she wants herself to be at my side. Well as far as that concept is concerned, I don't know any other girls that this close to me. It's not like I am planning to expand my playing field but I wont complain if she is the only girl that haves her way with me.
Kind of think of it, she did say before that there are a lot of girls interested in me. I would have brushed of any girl who comes to me including her. In the other hand, it seems it's destiny for us to meet and it's fate that kept us from meeting each other. Well she did most of the effort finding me back then while her image lingered on my mind. There aren't a lot of girls who could get that kind of deal from anybody now, couldn't they?
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(Whew, home at last)
"I'll just take a shower, Heero. How about you?"
[You don't want me join you, do you?]
"I can take a shower all by myself thank you."
(Smart-ass!)
"I meant what are you going to do while I'm there?"
[Gee I don't know. Maybe tire myself more?]
"I'm just going to make a call first."
(A call?)
"Don't tell me some of the girls actually gave you their numbers."
[I'll just come clean. I'm not on a mood to make her jealous today.]
"Don't be ridiculous. I just want to contact headquarters."
(Well you wont get any tonight if it's not.)
"Alright then. Better be them than a girl."
[Maybe I should have messed with her.]
"Just go soak yourself in your tub already."
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I walked to the living room to find the phone. I noticed that the phone is flashing the red light meaning that it's answering machine recorded some unanswered calls while we were out.
Relena must be in the bathroom now so I might as well hear them. I'm obligated to anyway. I pressed the button so the machine could play back all recent calls for the past 12 hours.
"You got Three Messages... 1:56 pm"
"Hey Heero Ol' Buddy Ol' Pal! It's me. I know it's going to be you will hear this message first. I'm going to be crashing at the Princess's crib later to visit you guys. See ya there. And don't do anything naughty, okay?"
[Oh Great! What the hell does he want now?]
"...3:24 pm"
"Hello Heero, it's Quatre. Duo said that he'd come there a lot later than expected. I don't know if he mentioned this to you but he is suppose to bring the latest Y.K.W. It's important so I decided to bring the Y.K.W. myself. Catch at 9'ish."
[Quatre is coming with the latest Y.K.W. huh? So they have decided when to their next act.]
"... 7: 18 pm"
"Hi Relena. It's me Jean Paul...
[Him?]
"... I thought of giving you a call tonight after all but I guess you're haven't gotten home yet...
[Hn...]
"... Listen, Relena. About earlier, thank you for accepting my offer. I really am looking forward for us to get together tomorrow...
[He's asked her out on a date?]
"... I would be waiting at that place at that time, okay? Good evening Relena."
[Oh, they have their own meeting place now?]
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So when did that guy asked her out? He must have done it when I let her talk to her friends. He mentioned her name three times so casually. He must really be a close acquaintance.
I knew this guy is planning something. I noticed he didn't take his eyes away from her ever since we got there. He hasn't done much work either. He just kept staring and grinning like that braided idiot. And when Braids puts a face like that, he's up to something.
It's been a long time since I saw this guy. Quite frankly I didn't talked to him and in fact he didn't chat to me much either. I guess he still remember our little fencing match back then.
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(Backtrack)
Fencing Class. Every student put their skills against their sparring partners for the glory of the classic sport. From the changing room, two students walk together in full gear, stopped and faced each other. The two fencing partners who will spar with each other are Heero and Jean Paul. The latter just heard of the certain incident that took place the day after and decided to confront Heero, masking his intention to defend Relena's honor by out-playing Heero in a fencing session.
"Hey Heero buddy... I hear you ripped up Relena's invitation yesterday, huh?" Jean Paul applies his wire mesh mask on. Heero stood in silence and refused to make eye contact.
"Why did you something like that for?" Jean Paul said with a smirk on his face. He raised his epee, put his free hand behind his back and stood on his stance. Heero still chose to remain speechless as he puts on his mask in place.
"I'm a classmate of hers so I'm kinda choked you treated her like that." After saying those words, Jean Paul swung his epee at Heero but was easily blocked.
Jean Paul didn't stopped there as he continued to swung a series of swishes, trying to find an opening to score a hit over Heero but to no avail, Heero answered Jean Paul's swings by parrying each one. "Aren't you ashamed of yourself as a gentleman? Well?"
Heero was fed up with his sparring partner's blabbing and sets his killer glare at him. He backed up that epee then thrust that hard, straight to Jean Paul. He saw Heero's move and tried to face the epee's point with his.
Though the two points collided, Heero's momentum was too strong that his epee bent over so much that two thirds of his epee snapped, sending that piece swirling in mid air. But Heero didn't mind the damage as his thrust continued on its course, right through Jean Paul's mask.
Jean Paul stared in shock and just stood there as his eyes narrowed blankly of what remains of Heero's epee, only an inch away from the bridge of his nose. Everybody else in that room halts and silence covered the entire area as the two ended in a climatic finish.
Heero's grip of the handle loosened and let his epee dangle on Jean Paul's mask. He removed his headgear and looked at his partner with an ice- cold glare with eyebrows almost linking into one.
"Tell me sooner next time. I'll give it to you instead of ripping it up." Heero finally let his monotone voice out. Jean Paul just fell on his behind as he watched Heero left the scene.
Even though Heero's move maybe is arguably against the rules, Jean Paul might have won the match by disqualification. But to everybody who witnessed the whole thing, Heero walked away from the bout victorious.
Heero one... Jean Paul nothing.
(End of Backtrack)
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I knew I should have done more than sticking that thing on his mask. But I suppose I might get in unnecessary trouble if I have done what I originally thought of doing.
As her former classmate, his words may have been justified. Probably he thought of defending Relena's honor or something. After all, It was I who dared to stick it up to Relena's face, was entitled by the student body by such act. They all remember me as "The guy who ripped up Relena's invitation" aside from the most aloof, insensitive, mean and coldest guy in campus.
As I look back from it all, perhaps what I did was out of line. Maybe a simple "No" or just by walking away from her would have been sufficient enough. I don't know what would happen if everybody else heard what I said to her afterwards.
She's been reminding of that incident to me often to guilt trip me sometimes. Sometimes I wonder if she really ever did forgave me for that. I thought when she ripped my birthday card for her that we were even.
No need to think of this now. Focus. Relena is in danger. Again.
Should I allow her to go with that guy? Oh well... I'm not involved.
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Ding Dong
"That must be Quatre."
I walked to the front door to see if the person rang the doorbell is indeed Preventer 4. I opened the door and saw the same old Quatre standing underneath the porch. He still wears those long sleeve pink shirt, purple vest and tan trousers underneath his velvet coat. Out of all five of us, this guy has style.
Pink represents as you may have guessed: Love, hope, joy, authentic feelings, and happiness. This is easily recognizable in Quatre's behavior. His feelings are so genuine, so much so you can feel it. He bursts with tenderness and love, so much that he can perceive the feelings of others. That takes a pure heart.
He tries sincerely to be friends with Trowa, he just knew that Trowa needed a friend, and to feel needed. He makes you feel good because when he sees you after a long absence, he makes you feel welcomed. Consider Duo at the Winner commerce, or when all the pilots were united on Peacemillion.
His purplish vest denotes luck. Purple is a very lucky color. It symbolizes respect, nobility, and one who is rich and influential. Without much thought, we all know how rich Quatre is, and how he has the utmost respect from all the Magnuac Corps.
Onto his tan trousers.... tan shows something optimistically rising out of despair. This is a trait of his as well; first he never gives up the optimism, yet he represents hope rising from the ashes as well. I put him in charge of the other pilots knowing that Quatre excelled in strategic maneuvers and bringing the Gundams together. Quatre of course, does exactly that.
Though he maybe a colonial representative by his own right, he helps with some of the Preventers missions along side with us four. His membership is also included in the package for being a skillful ex-Gundam pilot.
"Good evening Heero. You got my message?" he also still wears that smile of his.
"Yeah. Come on in."
He removed his coat and put the thing on the coat hanger as I scanned the outside before I closed the door seeing nothing but Quatre's car parked beside the house.
"So you're also Miss Relena's butler now? Where is Pagan?"
"The old man is unable to do her service at the moment. You got the goods?"
"The Y.K.W.? It's with me."
"Let's sit down and talk then."
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"Heero, I heard the door bell. We have company?" Relena called from upstairs and gracefully steps down. She must have decided to dress up for the visitor I guess.
"Good Evening Miss Relena." Quatre stood up from his seat and greeted her politely while I just read the documents he brought me.
"Good evening too, Quatre. What a pleasant surprise." She sat down with us.
"Didn't Heero tell you of my visit, Miss Relena?"
"Apparently not. We just got here actually.
"Where were you then?"
"We were at St. Gabriel and helped out with the preparations for our class' upcoming batch reunion."
"Oh yeah. I remember now. Heero was your classmate back then for a very short while."
"So how are you doing lately?"
"I'm just fine Ms. Relena, thanks for asking."
"How's your colony doing? I hope your job as head of the Winner Corporation is not getting worse than mine."
"Oh no. The colony is progressing as planned. I'm just taking a few days off myself just like you to rest up Ms. Relena. So I came here to see how you two are doing."
"Don't worry Quatre. Heero hasn't planned on killing me."
"You mean he is not sore about your story anymore?"
"I'll get us some refreshments then. Relena, there's a message for you. You should check it right now." I said and stood up to go in the kitchen. I left the documents on the living room table face down and left.
"Heero." She said my name and I stopped right there.
"Hn?"
"You could just tell me the message." She said.
[Are you serious?]
"What?" I looked at her.
"It would be easier for Ms. Relena if you do, Heero." Quatre backed her up.
[It would be easier for her he said. Well it's easy for me, too. Blondie.]
"Jean Paul called."
"Jean Paul?" Quatre cocked his head in question but Relena's expression is better than his.
(Oh Shit!)
"He said thank you for accepting his offer to for you two to get together tomorrow and he'll be waiting for you at that place and that time."
[Relena and JP sitting on a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G! Scratch that. Not if I got something to do about it first.]
Mental note: Must make thorough profile check on that guy. Forget that.
I'm not involved.
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(A/N: This is kinda short. Well school got down on me so expect a delay for updates. I hope you still support this one.)