Heero awoke to a bright sunny morning. As soon as his eyes opened, he stretched his arms and body and felt the sunlight coming through from the nearby window on the wall. But before long, he noticed Relena sitting patiently beside him on a chair. And from the looks of it, she had been there awhile.
"Relena? What are you doing here?" he asked surprised. He had never before expected her to even get this close to him intentionally.
"How do you feel?" Relena asked ignoring the question asked at her.
"Fine I suppose. Thanks for asking. Why?"
"I found you drunk on the floor yesterday. Heero, you of all people should know what drinking can do to you" Relena scolded him. She didn't expect him to even drink because he, like her got excellent grades in every class.
Heero thought for a moment and blurry images of himself walking around with a can of beer in hand. His memory of it was a little fuzzy. It came to him like a movie with lots of deleted scenes and very bad picture. Then that also reminded him of why he even decided to drink it in the first place…
Relena revealed a fresh set of a folded shirt and a pair of pants and placed them near Heero on the bed.
"Here, I think this is yours. And by the way you're lucky I was there when I was. You could've died if you vomited while laying down on your back" she said. "Now if you'll excuse me…" she said as she got and began for the door.
"Wait! You cleaned up my clothes? And put a clean set on me?" Heero called after her actually noticing that he wasn't wearing the clothes Relena just returned to him.
"I took your clothes to the washing machine and cleaned up the floor yes" she answered adding the fact about her cleaning up the floor. Heero could also a little annoyance in her again just simply because she had to talk and stay more than she needed or felt like.
Heero felt some guilt for having to make her do that and it wasn't something she was supposed to do. "I'm sorry about that" he said genuinely looking down on the floor. "If there's anything I can do to make up-
"You don't have to do anything about it. Just make better choices from now on and leave me out of your messes" She said and left the door not giving Heero a chance to say anything further.
Sighing to himself, Heero laid back down on the bed.
After talking with Heero, Relena left their room and walked through the hallway. She wanted to go take a walk in the park to take a break from all her work this past week. As she was walking, she saw Duo Maxwell, a boy her age with long brown hair that extended to a three-foot ponytail braid. He was a usually carefree and happy person that liked to joke around. He probably came by to see Heero she guessed since they were friends.
"Aren't you going to say hi Lena?" Duo asked when she didn't when she walked by.
"Hello Duo" she said looking at him for only a few seconds to say that and just walked on.
Duo stared at her for a few moments before walking on to her's and Heero's room. 'Why does Heero even like that girl?' he asked himself. She's always being so stoic, so emotionless, so...carefree (?). He walked into the room.
"Heero?" Duo called out. He came to the doorway vie his own door room. Duo wanted to hear how Heero's plan went. But with just one look in his friend's eye, he already knew what happened. "So…how'd it go?" he asked Heero anyway just to make sure. A moment of dead silence passed by until he answered.
"She didn't want to do anything" he said. "But thanks for asking."
Duo nodded, not really knowing what to say. "Y'know, why not just forget about her? There's plenty of other pretty girls out there. Like Aiko or -" but he was cut off.
"Thanks for the suggestion Duo, but I think I'm not really interested in anyone else. I also think I'll just give up" Heero said.
"C'mon man, you're just going to-" but again he was cut off.
"We can talk about this later. But right now, why don't we go do something to get my mind off of this."
"Ok, but not now. Hilde and I-" but once again he was cut off once more by Heero.
"Well I don't mind coming along with you two. But maybe I should go so I can see how you handle these kinds of things" he also added. Because Duo felt sorry for his friend, he thought it would be ok, to let him come.
"Well alright. I'll just go tell Hilde then."
Duo walked to Hilde's room to tell her the slight change in plans. Duo hoped that she wouldn't mind, but she was a nice person so he didn't think she'll be negative about it.
"Hiya Hilde!" he greeted her as he opened the door. Hilde was a girl his own age with short hair, and had blue eyes.
"Hi Duo" she said. "So are you ready to leave for the park yet?" she asked him.
"Yeah I am. But there's been a slight change in plans however."
"Ok, so what's different?" Hilde asked. "Uhm…Heero's a little sad so he wanted
to do something to get his mind off it.He wanted come along with us so I said it was ok. That's ok right?" Duo said.
As expected, Hilde was adaptable. "Well sure he can come. But what's wrong
with him?"
"Uhh…I'd rather not tell you. I think he'll get upset that I told anyone" he said.
But Hilde wasn't accepting that.
"C'mon Duo, I want to know" she said. Although she wasn't really saying it in a
way that would make him or force him, she was demanding it however. Hilde folded her arms and crossed her eyes as she looked at him.
He gave up. "Well…you see…Heero…" Duo began.
Heero took a fresh shower and dressed in another set of clothes. He walked to the parking lot and met up with Duo and Hilde who were packing their things in Duo's jeep. It was a somewhat old one, but its size was decent and its passenger capacity was about five people, along with the other luggage. "Hi Heero" Hilde said. He returned the greeting.
The three of them got in the jeep after Heero helped them put the things in the trunk. Duo sat in the driver's seat and Hilde right beside him and Heero in the back. As Duo drove while talking to Hilde, Heero leaned on the window and stared out at the window.
"So Heero, are you always this quiet?" Hilde asked him not being familiar with him as Duo was and noticing that he hasn't said anything at all since he said hi to her. Heero was so distracted by what he saw out the window, he didn't hear her. "Heero" she said more loudly and that he heard.
"Yeah? Sorry, I wasn't listening" he said. "Did you want to ask me something Hilde?"
"Duo told me about your problems with Relena. I was wondering if you needed help, like maybe I can tell you some tips or something" she explained.
Heero immediately turned his face to Duo, giving him his death glare behind his back. 'How could you tell anyone! That was supposed to be secret!' Although Duo wasn't looking, he could feel the power of Heero's icy eyes on him. Today was a warm day, but he started to feel cool. No, it was like hypothermia.
Heero remained speechless and couldn't answer Hilde's question. She laughed. "It's alright, you don't have to answer. I'll help you get her. Promise" she said with a wink. "So tell me, what trouble are you having?"
"…I can't seem to get her attention and she's always…interested in work" Heero explained, also surrendering like Duo before him.
"Here, I'll tell you the secret. If you're around, and if she's walking by…" Hilde started to say.
After Duo parked the car, the three head out for the park. This was kind where people could walk their pets, play games, or jog. It was a somewhat big park, being about five square miles. The city government kept it in great shape. The grass and trees were a healthy green, and all the sidewalks and roads were clean. For more comfort during the citizens' visit, there were several mini-restaurants and ice cream stands. A lovely place it is.
"Well Heero, wouldn't this be such a lovely place to take Relena?" Hilde suggested to Heero. The place did indeed look a paradise with today being a bright sunny day and all along with the already beautiful scenery. It would be.
"Say, all this heat's making me hot and sweaty. What do you say we go get some drinks?" Duo suggested, his eyes focused on a nearby restaurant.
"Well ok Duo. I don't really care what we do" Heero concurred. They walked off to get their drinks.
When they walked inside, the coolness of the air conditioner was welcomed by them. And luckily, the line wasn't very long.
"So what do you and Hilde want?" Duo asked his friends, taking out a few bills from his wallet.
"I'll have a medium-sized cola" Hilde said.
Heero was skimming through the menu on the wall that was just above the cashiers. When his eyes came across the 'Drinks' section, he focused more carefully on what was available.
"Heero?" Duo called.
"Uh…I'll have the extra-large sweetened lemon iced tea with ice cubes in it inserted with a straw. Oh and make sure it has a cap on it" Heero answered as a matter of factly.
"…ok…whatever…" was all Duo could say, because Heero's order was complicated. He went to order the things for them. Duo and Hilde were satisfied with their drinks. Heero also got his, and it had everything but the cap on it.
"So there weren't any caps Duo?" Heero asked sipping his drink.
"C'mon man, who cares about that, let's just enjoy ourselves without worrying about any safety procedures"
They walked out to enjoy the day.
During the same exact time Heero and the others arrived at the park…and that very same restaurant…
At last, Relena finally reached the park. She had been walking for at least half an hour to get here under the forbidding sun. Back at school, she had a car which she could've used but only used it when she thought that she really needed to or felt like. Usually, she wanted to do things without help from anyone or anything unless she needed it. Because to her, that was a source of strength, to be able to take care of yourself by yourself.
Since Relena was hot, she wanted to get a drink to cool herself down. She saw a nearby restaurant and walked in. She ordered her blueberry slurpee and left.
Suddenly…
Heero was looking up at the sky up above thinking about things and did not pay attention to what he was doing or walking. He also wasn't wearing sneakers and instead had sandals on. He continued walking.
Little did Relena know that Heero and his frends were walking on an intersecting road just across. She only paid attention to what was in front of her as she sipped her drink but she wasn't doing anything else. She continued walking.
As Heero and his two friends were nearing the intersecting path just steps ahead, Relena was also just as near as getting as close. However, right directly on Heero's path was a tree root that had grown through the sidewalk and was formed in a loop on it. Since Heero kept his view up on the sky, he didn't see it and one of his feet got stuck in it. He then fell over on someone, along with every drop of his still plentiful iced tea with fresh ice on to that someone's body because there was no cap on it and he still kept it close to him as they fell.
When Heero opened his eyes to see what just happened, he couldn't believe who it was. It was Relena.
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