Heero's Unfortunate Destiny

Chapter 5

Heero awoke feeling horrible. A doctor was carefully applying bandages to his wounds. Then he went and placed an empty syringe on the table next to him, and then left. Heero sat up a few inches but collapsed again.

"You shouldn't try to strain yourself that much, Heero." A voice next to him said. Heero turned to see two beds next to him with Duo sitting up talking to him, and a still unconscious Trowa in the other. Duo turned to look at Trowa, and then back to Heero. "He's been like that ever since we got here. He must be tired." Heero forced a smile to his lips so that the braided brunette wouldn't worry.

"Well, at least someone new is alive and well." A new voice said. Heero and Duo turned to see Sally Po enter the room, dragging Wufei into the room with her. Then following the couple was Relena and Tay. They both looked as if they had been crying for some time now. But both looked surprisingly happy. "We half expected you to be gone."

"Any news on Trowa's condition yet?" Duo asked Sally.

"No, nothing." She said unhappily, shaking her head in the process. She walked over to Heero and pressed a button on the bed, causing the boy to jump. The bed slowly rose.

Looking at Relena, Heero felt like he was going to die. He wanted to apologize, but, unfortunately, didn't know how too. (He's never really needed to, no da?) He wanted to make up for the rape incident. But how…

Later That Day

The doctor released Heero from the hospital, so Tay decided to treat everyone to lunch at the diner she worked at. Well, everyone, save Trowa who was still in the unconscious state. Although Heero was still upset and embarrassed about the other night, he was a tad bit hungry.

"So," Duo started to ask, "Why are we here?"

Groans emitted from the rest of the group.

"We are here for a fabulous lunch cooked by me." Tay answered.

"Yah, about that, do I have to…um…pay for lunch?" he asked with a sweat-drop forming.

"Of course not! Don't be ridiculous!"

They all laughed and turned down a street as they walked, when a hand shot out and pulled Relena down a back alley.

"What do you…" Relena started to ask but stopped when she realized it was Heero. "Oh, it's only you. You gave me quite a start…"

"Um, Relena," Heero began, his stoic mask dissolving into nervousness. "I-I wanted to apologize for before…you know…with Willow…"

Relena placed her finger on Heero's lips to silence the boy before he went to far. "That wasn't what you had in mind. So it never happened."

"But…it did happen! I was there…and she was there…"

"Did you want to?"

"Well, no…but…" Heero stammered.

"Than it never, ever happened. So don't worry about it." She answered. Heero felt relieved as he stepped closer to Relena, making both of them feel somehow awkward. Relena began to blush brightly, closed her eyes and said, "Um, Heero…that's a little close…"but never finished when she felt Heero's lips touch hers (damn I wish that would be me instead of her…). She was nervous at first, but then surrendered to the passion swelling within her. So she let all of her emotions out as she kissed him back with the same lovingness that he had shown her (aww crap. Now it sounds like a shojo…). A few happy seconds later, he stopped the kiss.

"Um, Relena." Heero began.

"Yes."

"What would happen if people found out about this?" His voice was filled with worry as Relena lifted her head to look in his Prussian blue eyes. "We shouldn't do this then. I mean, not that it's a bad thing, but what if someone found out? We would never hear the end of it. But I love you and I want to be with you…"

"Then we won't let them find out." She smirked.

"I also wanted to give you this." Heero said with a surprised tone of voice suggesting to Relena that he had forgotten to tell her something important. He fished a letter out of his pocket and handed it to Relena. She took it and was about to open it when Heero told her that it was for later. So they decided to head back to the diner. But they had been silently followed.

"So, what. Did you guys get lost or something?" Duo asked sarcastically.

"That's not very nice, Duo." Tay said from behind the counter holding a spatula and wearing an apron.

The diner was a bout the size of a McDonalds. It was filled with Red marble colored tables and a little Jukebox in the corner playing a slow Sinatra song (i.e. Fly Me to the Moon).

After they ate, the boys headed off to the hospital, while the girls went off to each one's home. Once Relena got through the door, she pulled out her letter and read it.

Relena,

Tonight, I will come over at approximately 8:30. You'll see what will happen after.

Heero

She couldn't help but smile. Heero was coming over for the first time not for business. Then she was overcome with a surprise. What time is it?!? She searched frantically around the room for the clock. She spotted it but I read the worst time she ever saw: 8:25.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

The scream echoed through the house, almost causing the china and glass to break.

5 minutes later

A knock was heard to Relena's misfortune. She was almost finished getting ready. She decided just to leave her hair down instead of taking more time to put it up. She flew down the stairs and opened the door. Heero stood in the doorway looking very dashing in his…his…well…his cram school uniform.

"Sorry. Cram class went a little late." He said.

"Since when do you go to cram school?"

"Two days ago."

"Ah. Well, do please come in." Relena said as she bade him into her house.

They talked for a few minutes about normal things like school, the weather, etc. Then they retreated into Relena's room for some ice cream and cake that took a while because Heero was having trouble figuring out how many pieces should be on the cake. Relena gave up and just pushed his head into the cake. When he pulled his head up, his entire face was covered in frosting. He wiped off cake remains from his eyes and mouth until Relena burst out laughing.

"So, you think that's funny?" Heero said menacingly. He walked over to her and smeared the cake all over her face and arms. She squealed in response and threw ice cream at him, pegging him square in the throat. He sounded like he was choking, so Relena ran over there and apologized for being careless when she heard snickering from beneath her. She looked down to see Heero smiling and holding back peals of laughter. He couldn't hold it in anymore so he burst into laughter that came to an immediate stop when Relena snuck a kiss on him. He stopped out of shock, but relaxed and pushed her up so they could sit up straight. They separated and Relena sat on the bed. Heero started walking towards her, his eyes hungry for love when….

BANG.

Heero's eyes got wide as her gazed at her and fell forward into her arms. She looked up and saw a mysterious man in a dark brown suit with a patch that read: PSA. PSA? What does PSA stand for? Relena thought. The man reached down and hit her on the back of her head with his concealed gun.

"Take 01. Leave the girl of his dreams a ransom note of death." A deep booming voice said. A group of men emerged out of the darkness laughing. Two of them picked up Heero with ease (well, come on. He is skinny…). Another put Relena in her bed with the note on her pillow.

She woke up the next day feeling a little drowsy. She found the note after coming out of the bathroom. After reading it, Relena only had three thoughts in her head: Who were they? Why Heero? Why not me?

Author's note:

Gomen! Gomen! Gomen! Gomen! Truly, deeply, very, very sorry for not updating sooner. I had two projects for English class, a notebook to finish for History, packing to begin (I'm moving soon), and I had to wait for my sister to finish her report. At least I wasn't laying…around…um…can I call a prewritten writer's block? Does such a thing exist? Anyways, if the next chapter isn't up by the 3rd week in February, then you'll have to wait until my computer is set up in my new house. Again, I apologize for the long wait!

Jaa Ne!

Heero