Chapter One:

Rain pooled around his unconscious and gravel injured form. Even the perfect soldier would have a hard time getting up after a collision like that and getting sent down the street by a car going over fifty miles per hour.

His head had connected with the street, the heavy surface sharply hitting his head, making blood pool around him from other scrapes and injuries he had received.

People were screaming in frenzied voices when a name was put to the girl that had almost bee on her way to heaven. Who would have thought Relena Darlain almost died from a car collision? After surviving so many assassination attempts and a war itself, it would have been an all time low for her to die from something so… unprepared?

None the less, the girl was in tears. Some of the good Samaritans managed to call the nearest emergency line and the police as well as an ambulance were called.

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The news wasn't good.

Relena pulled her knees up to her chest and sobbed some more, the nurses looking at the emotionally distressed girl with pity as they gently wrapped a blanket over her shoulders.

"Ma'am…" A Doctor said as he fixed the position of his glasses hanging off the bridge of his nose, "We need to know what kid of care…"

"The best." She looked up with reddened eyes from her crying and glared at the man as she clenched her teeth. "I'm Vice Foreign Minister spare no cost to help him." Her eyes were blazing with defiance no matter what the diagnosis was.

She shot a glare at the retreating Doctor that kept sighing at her choice not that they would think of killing a patient or anything…they just didn't think he would be worth the expense.

To them, he was just a bodyguard, just a former soldier from the war. He was just one of the five Gundam pilots that would reach his untimely death sooner or later. Besides, there were still four other pilots to save the world from trouble.

Well, news flash for them: this was Heero Yuy and he wouldn't go down because of a single care accident. He was the one that self detonated and survived. He wasn't just a bodyguard to her, and he never would be. He would always be the one person she could love in her heart.

She rested her head against her kneecaps once more and stared with her head turned towards the door. One of the kind nurses had lent her some baby oil and helped her removed the mascara stains running down her cheeks from when she had cried on the streets. She laughed coldly; knowing that even waterproof mascara couldn't stop the rain and her tears from running down her cheeks in black trails.

Her eyes became half-lidded as she stared listlessly at the entrance doors, again, like she had for the past two hours that she had been there. Here she was, stuck in the waiting room while Heero could be in a life or death situation. Her skin got cold suddenly when she thought of the possibility of Heero dying. She licked her lips and nibbled on her lower lip as she closed her eyes tightly. The sounds of the world outside signaled everything was still in motion but she was standing her in frozen time, seconds lasting for hours.

Her world would cease to move and exist if she knew that it was her that killed him, her stupidity that caused all this! Great, she sighed heavily and a twisted smile that didn't reach her teary eyes made it's way to her face, coming out in more of a grimace.

Here she was again, thinking like some many times how stupid she was. She ran her fingers roughly through her drying hair and pulled her legs tighter towards her, 'There I go again.' She muttered darkly to herself.

The outlook of all of this was very bleak, or so the doctor bluntly put it. Heero had several broken ribs and had internal bleeding, as well as the fact he was having trouble breathing. His arm was broken and his shoulder dislocated. Relena clenched her eyes closed so tight tears rimmed her eyelashes once more. It was all her fault that this happened! It was always her stupid fault! She groaned and hit her head against the wall behind her and winced, perhaps that would stop her from repeating herself?

If only she had avoided that car… "Stop it!" She hissed to herself and let her arms encircle her torso and she hugged herself for body warmth and comfort. Her panty hose didn't provide much warmth and they were torn, not to mention soaking wet. Her shoes were probably lying in a gutter somewhere in the streets.

She choked back tears and buried herself into the comforting blanket wrapped around her shaking shoulders and shivering body. She bit back sobs and refused to show weakness during that time that Heero needed her to be strong for him. She calmed down somewhat and her eyes weren't so distant. For him she would be strong.

TBC

Author's note:

Thanks to all those who reviewed! This chapter wasn't very long, but hopefully the plot should be getting along pretty soon!

in Liebe, Red Tail