I'm trying to improve my writing of conversations. We'll see how that goes! I like the idea that Heero and Relena's conversations would be fairly snarky in nature. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 2

It was a Saturday night and Heero was thoroughly bored. Relena was in her home office working on a new proposal regarding the terraforming project on Mars. She had been tucked away up there all day, leaving Heero to his own devices. Finally, he couldn't take the boredom any longer. He marched up to Relena's office to demand that she take a break, for her own good. He was her bodyguard after all and it was his job to make sure she took care of herself. His decision to pull her away from her work had everything to do with his concern for her wellbeing and nothing to do with his lack of entertainment, or so he told himself. Heero strode confidently into Relena's office without knocking or pausing.

Relena's head lifted at his sudden entrance, "Heero? Is something…"

Her sentence trailed off as Heero planted both his hands on her desk and leaned over so that his face was inches from her own.

"You need to stop working. You've been up here all day without a break."

Relena's mouth lifted into a small smile. "Hmm. Either you're worried about me working too hard or you're bored because you haven't gotten any attention today. Now which one is correct?" Relena thoughtfully tapped her pen against her lips as she pretended to seriously ponder the two options.

Heero's eyes narrowed in irritation at her obvious amusement regarding his demand. He was trying to do something nice for her and she had the nerve to tease him?

Seeing the disgruntled look on his face only encouraged Relena though. "Well, since you've been known to work for days without a break I'm guessing that isn't really your concern." Relena lightly laughed, "I'm sorry for neglecting you, Heero. I guess I can finish drafting this proposal on Monday."

She calmly placed her papers in neat stacks on her desk, all the while under Heero's heated scrutiny, which was unnerving to most people. Relena was not most people though. When she was finished, Relena placed her elbows on the desk and rested her chin on her interlaced fingers.

"You now have my complete and undivided attention, Mr. Yuy. How can I alleviate your boredom?" Relena taunted.

Heero smirked, "Here I am simply worried about your health and you're laughing at me. I feel a little wounded."

Relena rolled her eyes at his acting, "Ok, ok. I'm sorry for teasing you when you're obviously distraught with worry for me." Heero glared menacingly at her still mocking words. "Fine, how about you choose the activity for this evening and I'll accept it regardless to make up for teasing you?"

At that comment, Heero moved from leaning on her desk to stand up straight with a mischievous smirk on his face. "Good. I want to play darts."

Relena's unruffled expression turned sour at Heero's choice of activity. "But you know I'm horrible at darts! You just had to choose the one game I can't stand, didn't you?"

"I guess you'll think twice about making fun of me next time, won't you?" Heero calmly countered. "Now, come on. You have a game of darts to lose."

Sighing like a petulant child, Relena stood up and followed Heero out of her office. When the pair reached the game room, Heero picked up the darts and began setting up for the game. Meanwhile, Relena sat on the pool table swinging her legs purposefully leaving Heero to do all the work.

When Heero finished setting up, he sauntered over to Relena and handed her a dart. "Ready to lose yet again?"

Relena smirked as her fingers closed around the dart, brushing against Heero's in the process. "Don't be too confident, Heero. You know what they say about pride and the fall."

He chuckled lightly, "I think in this situation that my confidence is justified."

Relena jumped off the pool table, "Just because I've never won a game of darts against you doesn't mean that I never will. Perhaps today is my lucky day."

"It could very well be, but I didn't notice any pigs flying outside," Heero dryly teased.

The game progressed as expected, Heero won the game with a considerable lead. Afterwards, he couldn't resist taking a few more jabs at Relena. After all, she had teased him quite a bit earlier.

"So no miracle today, huh? Maybe we should play again tomorrow to see if your aim magically improves."

Relena glared at the mirth-filled gundam pilot. "Or the plain target isn't enough of an incentive to make me really concentrate on my aim." A mischievous look crossed Relena's face and an idea popped into her head. "But you, Heero Yuy, have been so frustrating this evening that I would actually enjoy throwing this dart at you. Maybe even enough to have good aim in the process."

Heero smiled in response to her declaration, "As if you would actually throw…"

The sentence was left unfinished as Heero had to dodge the dart that flew from Relena's hand. "You actually threw it at me!" Heero sputtered. "What kind of pacifist are you?"

"Oh, don't be a baby. It's not like you would actually let it hit you."

Heero's confounded expression slowly melted into a predatory glare and Relena knew that she was in trouble. She began backing away from her advancing bodyguard.

"Now, Heero, you know I didn't really intend for the dart to hit you. I was simply trying to prove a point." Relena tried to make a dash for the door, but Heero was too quick and cut off her retreat. He continued walking slowly towards her and Relena soon found herself trapped between Heero and the pool table.

She fought to not close her eyes at his proximity, but it was so tempting to lean into his warmth. He placed his hands by each side of her hips on the pool table, effectively cutting off any chances of escape. Relena felt her breathe quicken as feelings that she thought were buried long ago rose to the surface. She looked up at Heero through her eyelashes and tried not to think about how much she unexpectedly wanted him at that moment.

Heero swallowed thickly as he became suddenly aware of the situation. Within seconds the undertones of their interaction had switched from playful bantering to sexually charged. Heero tried to calm his racing heart, but found the attempt to be futile. Relena's gaze was locked onto his lips and when she bit down on her bottom lip, Heero felt his control snap.

He slanted his mouth over hers in a possessive kiss that stole the air from Relena's lungs. Heero threaded his fingers into her loose hair as he gripped her around the waist with his other hand, pulling her as close to him as possible. Relena slipped her arms around Heero's neck and lightly ran her finger through his hair.

With a swift move, Heero picked Relena up by her hips and placed her on the pool table. Relena wrapped her legs around Heero's waist, pulling him into a tighter embrace. Heero kissed down her neck before working his way to the sensitive skin behind her ear. He breathed lightly into her ear, causing Relena to softly moan. She held onto him tightly at the shoulders, since she felt as though her body could no longer support itself. As Heero pressed against her more, Relena gasped at the feeling of him against her thigh. Heero groaned as Relena lightly bit the soft skin of his neck.

An accentuated cough reached the ears of the pair and they froze, Heero's head nuzzled into Relena's neck. A realization of what had happened finally reached the pair and they jumped away from each other as if burned. Relena blushed fiercely when she saw it was Pagan standing in the doorway.

"Uh, we were just… I mean, you know, it wasn't what…" Relena stumbled over her words. She had no idea what to say to the man who practically raised her about him finding her groping her bodyguard. She turned to Heero and pleaded with her eyes for him to help her out.

Heero started heading for the door, Relena watched with wide eyes. Was he just going to leave her to deal with Pagan? When Heero reached the door, he turned to Pagan and finally spoke. "She lost the game of darts." He then continued out the door and walked away.

Pagan raised an amused eyebrow at Relena's dropped jaw. "What I'm not sure about is if you knew that was the penalty and purposefully lost as a result. I suppose I'll be retiring for the evening. Good night, Miss Relena."

With her mouth still open, Relena stared silently as the two men simply walked away without discussing anything about what had happened. Shaking her head, Relena snapped herself out of her stupor, men were just too confusing sometimes.

As Relena headed to her bedroom though one thought repeatedly ran through her head. What exactly had happened between Heero and her in the game room and how did this change things? Elsewhere in the house, although he was dutifully checking the house's security system with his laptop, the same thought was ceaselessly plaguing Heero.

End Chapter 2