Days have passed by since Heero saw Relena and Duo together in that restaurant. Life for him seemed quiet and calm so far, and sometimes he found himself thinking about what he saw at the restaurant. Maybe Relena was right to choose Duo over him. Duo was happy and Heero was 'nt. Duo wanted to see what life had in store and Heero could not care less if he himself wanted to. But most of all, Duo was cheerful and could probably make her happier than he could.
It was one of those many times so far where Heero spent time in the park during the evening, just before eating dinner. After jogging for a half hour, which he always did when he went to park to make him feel composed, Heero went to sit on the bench. There he stared at the bright light -orange sky above. Now seeing that it was so beautiful, he wondered why he had 'nt taken the time to look at it in his younger days. And the reason he came up with was that war occupied his mind and he had 'nt had time to do or think about anything else. Heero sighed and thought "Those days...what an a romance it was." Trying to relax even more, he closed his eyes and imagined stuff.
"Heero?" said a female voice he had'nt heard in a while. In fact, he had forgotten it.
He opened his eyes and was surprised to see it was Relena. There she was beautiful with her smile. Both shortly forgotten feelings of fondness and dislike came to him at once. She was the one he thought he felt so strongly about and also the one who he felt that betrayed him.
"Hello" Heero responded back coldly and calmly.
"Did you get my message?" she asked her smiling starting to fade seeing his mood.
"......Yes I did" he said to her with the same coldness and this time cutting off eye contact with her.
Relena's face then turned more serious but not angry.
"Heero...what's wrong?" she said looking into his face.
Heero's temper, which he had been trying to control since setting eyes on her again was starting to boil.
His eyes turned into fire.
"Why did you go to that restaurant with Duo?!" he said, this time restoring eyes contact with white hot eyes. He did 'nt mean to say it like that, but it just came out.
"That isn't something you need to know Heero." She replied bravely to him.
She was right. He did 'nt. He had no right to ask.
"I'm sorry Heero...maybe it was a mistake to come to talk to you. I'll be going now" she said looking away and then began to walk away.
As if instinctive, Heero quickly stepped forward and grabbed her hand. Although it did' nt hurt her, the grip was very strong. He did 'nt know why he had done that, but he did. Relena turned to face him with surprise.
"Heero?! What are you doing?"
"Relena, please... just tell me what' s going on" His suddenly softened face locked on to her eyes.
"Heero, you hardly ever told me about you. I don' t have to tell you anything" She was now using a serious tone.
For a few moments, the two looked at each other honestly, eye to eye. As they did so, Heero's sudden burst of anger quickly eased. It was as if looking at her face and touching her soft hand was so soothing. Also, while they looked at each other, Heero's own grip on her eased as well. And Relena gently slipped her hand away.
"What's going on between you and Duo?" he asked again, but this time more at peace.
"Nothing..." she said looking at him once more and walked away. Heero decided to let her be. Then he too left the park.
When it was what Heero called bedtime, he thought about his and Relena's conversation earlier at the park and thought closely about what she said. Heero, you hardly ever told me about you... Heero, you hardly ever told me about you... Maybe that was it! If she knew how he felt after telling her perhaps they could reconciliate! And then maybe they could continue on to where they were "stopped".He did'nt have to worry about her seeing Duo because she already told him that there was nothing between them. This gave him a chance.
After thinking about that, he thought about how he would do things from now on. He decided to see a psychiatrist as soon as he could for help. With the stars sparkling, and the moon shining full and bright, Heero fell asleep with a smile and dreamt of great ambitions.