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6th thread

April 22 198

-Block A, outside Lecture Hall 27, common hall, UPA-

"Heero."

Heero halted in his walk out of his class and cocked his head towards the direction of the voice. It was Alice Harai. She took a few hesitant steps towards Heero and grabbed his free hand stuffing a note of sort into his palm.

"Meet me at the non-fiction section of the library at 3pm tomorrow, will you?"

Before Heero could muster up a reply, she disappeared around the bend. He stared at the paper in his hand.

"It is really sad, that a pacifist like Relena is actually taking sides in the talks of maintaining peace." David spoke in low tones. "No offence but this is the exact sort of thing that can get a politician into hot soup; sticking to the wrong side."

Heero felt his temper flare up at the groundless accusation but his appearance betrayed nothing. He wanted to see David's theory before acting on his emotions.

"It was well rumoured that Relena Darlian had been in love with a colonist, who has been a pilot in the war. A Gundam pilot! Fancy that." David took a sip of water, while looking at Heero for any reaction before continuing, "You know a girl in love. When this unfounded 'taking sides' theory came out, no one was particularly surprised. That was where we stopped last meeting. As to why this rumour was spread, you have to hear the interesting part. The full story came out this morning guys! "

Heero sneered inwardly. A bunch of fools, they were, Relena was long over him if he was whom they were implying.

"The PWRM hurled the accusation of Relena's crush and bias this morning at the biweekly summit which Relena was not particularly keen to refute. A few backed Relena by saying she isn't mixing her emotions with political affairs. That she is much rational than that."

Heero looked at Dorothy and Trowa at this point of time for any signs or indication of what, he didn't know. But he had to, perhaps seeking for assurance subconsciously. Ok. Trowa and Dorothy were much clueless than he was, it seemed.

"And what do we know? The PWRM knocked them right down with solid evidence! They exposed the pictures of Relena and the pilot right at the summit!" David grinned eagerly at the members.

Heero's eyes widened at the news. There was no way he could be the one. He had not seen Relena since the party. Then, who was it?

"Heero, that was the exact replication of Relena's expression at that point of time!" David laughed.

Heero glared right back.

"Boy, did it shocked the whole summit when the pictures turned out to be of Relena and Duo Maxwell! A newly recruited Preventer and pilot of Gundam 02!"

Heero nearly fell out of his chair at that but maintain his stance firmly to the scrutiny of David. The whole group was silent, unsure of what to make of it. David, then, unexpectedly tossed a few pictures on the meeting table.

It was really pictures of Relena and Duo sitting on some table talking and laughing seemingly intimately. It was taken secretly from the angle of the shots. But both their faces were captured on the screen, even if some separately. And the venue, it seemed like the shadowy seats of a smoky pub. In one shot that caught both of them together, Duo's left hand was holding a cup of some seemingly alcoholic drink while the other hand was resting slightly atop most of Relena's hand and the table. Judging by the relax posture of both of them, Heero doubted they were aware of the picture-taking.

"Juicy, heh?" David directed that comment at Heero.

Heero forced himself to remain less receptive to David's sneering. He clenched his fist tight under the table.

Dorothy coughed unexpectedly, breaking the awed silence. She had been sipping on her drink when she saw the pictures. Trowa broke out of his own reverie to pat helpfully at Dorothy's back while her choking subsided.

Then a few excited members began to shoot questions at David regarding the news. In midst of the excitement, Heero was entirely blocked from David's sight. He took the opportunity to shoot Dorothy and Trowa a questioning glare. Dorothy shrugged in reply. Trowa's expression turned grim.

"Hold on, hold on, gang. Let me continue. Let's all return to our seats instead of going about this bit of news like a bunch of high school kids." David's tone was pleased.

"Hey, he's cute!"Amanda gushed out of the blue.

"Girls." Isaac faked a sigh. Amanda stuck out her tongue at him.

"Ahem. You can leave that for later, guys. Now, He's a colonist and a Preventer. What would people make out of this news even if it's not true?" David asked knowingly.

Isaac snorted. A few members nodded their head slowly, as if ruminating the information. Heero had not. Dorothy and Trowa followed after a decided moment. Alice looked down on her hands placed on her knees.

The paper wrote, 'I was the one who passed those pictures and information to David.'

His book could have fell on the ground from his occupied hand if he had not been expecting it. Crushing the note firmly, he walked back to the dormintories as stompingly as he could in a Heerosque fashion.

A/N: I cried in public on a bus. Hadn't been planning to. But i just couldn't hold back on my tears, yanno? Was alone then. Thought that it would be nice if a stranger or something just offered tissue. I was watering on the eyes and nose and it was messy and i had to wipe my tears furiously on my jeans. Ahh... where has the love gone in the world? That's not really related to the fic though. Lol. Spelling and grammar checked for all chapters.