Chapter Sixteen:

Sometime later, Relena woke up and found Heero's arms wrapped around her. She smiled and looked up at his face. It was so soft and gentle looking. She couldn't help herself. She pushed herself up and kissed his cheek, then let her lips linger upon his own. She felt Heero's arms tighten around her. By the time they broke their kiss they were both panting for air. She smiled up at him and pressed her body closer to his, loving the feel of it.

"I hope I didn't wake you up," she said teasing him.

"Maybe you did."

"I'm so sorry. How could you ever forgive me?" she said dramatically.

"Well, I don't know. I guess I'll have to think about it." She gave him another kiss. "I guess I can't be angry at you. With kisses like that, no wonder people are always in love with you."

"No. That's pure charm. You're the only one who can have these kisses."

"Good to know." He smirked and kissed her. She moaned. This made him smile. He took it to the next level and parted her lips with his tongue. She moaned even more and started pulling his shirt up to get her hands on his flesh. She began to trace his body, which made him moan. He broke the kiss. "Relena, we can't. You know we can't."

"I don't care."

"Relena. You're going to be going back and I don't want people to condemn you for what you did."

"I'm willing to take the risk. Do you not want me or something?"

"Of course I want you, but that's not the point. The point is I don't want people thinking you're a wench and will please any guy. I don't want to ruin your reputation."

"Why do you care? Why do you care what they say and think about me?"

"I care because I'm in love with you!"

"Y-You are?"

"You can go if you want," he said looking away.

"Do you think that I'd be flaunting all over you just because you're attractive? If you do then you are mistaken." He looked back down at her questioningly. "That's right! I'm in love with you too Captain Heero Yuy! I'm in love with you too." As soon as she finished saying this, Heero claimed her mouth with such passion and emotion, that it took everything in them to not go any further than just that kiss. Once they finally stopped, they were breathing heavily. Not a second later, there was a knock at the door.

"Captain! I really need to speak with you."

"It can wait!"

"I'm afraid not. Captain Milliardo sent some men on board and they are acting as though they own the place. No one else can get through to them."

"Dammit."

"Go on ahead. I need to speak to Hilde anyway."

"Are you sure?"

She smiled at him. "Of course I'm sure. Running the ship is your job, remember?" she said with a smirk.

"Do you have to remind me?" he said with a groan. "Sometimes being the Captain is tiring."

Relena gave him a kiss and said, "Now will you go?"

"One more."

She giggled, but didn't object. She kissed him again. "Will you go now?"

"I guess so." He bent down and kissed her before he got up and left.

Relena sighed with content and sat back on the couch. 'He's a really good kisser. I can't wait till we're alone again. Anyway, I better get up and find Hilde,' she thought before she got up and began to look for Hilde. But she was having no luck. As she passed Quatre and Dorothy's room, she heard lots of cheering and laughter, so she decided to check it out.

"Who is it?" called Quatre after she knocked.

"It's me Relena!" she heard someone scamper to the door and open it.

"Come in, come in. Were we too loud?"

"Not at all. I was just walking by looking for Hilde when I thought I heard laughter coming from here."

"We were just telling stories about when we were younger. Here have a seat."

"You don't have to Quatre."

"I insist. Please."

"Oh alright. Thank you. Hello Dorothy, Trowa. I'm afraid I haven't met you," she said to Midii. Midii quickly bowed in her seat. "There's no need for such formalities here. I believe that we are all friends and are considered equal."

"I'm sorry. It's just a habit I guess. My name is Midii. I'm Trowa's wife."

Relena's mouth dropped open. "It's uh, nice to meet you. I'm sorry but I don't remember Trowa ever mentioning you before."

Midii smiled. "I've been getting that a lot today. It's a long story, but we grew up together."

"Oh." Relena smiled. "That's nice."

"So Relena. You said that you were looking for Hilde right?" asked Trowa.

"Yes. I haven't been able to find her. Have you seen her by any chance?"

"Actually, I saw her earlier. She said she was looking for you."

"Do you know where she said she was going?"

"I'm sorry. She didn't say anything about that."

"Well, thank you. I better be on my way then. It was nice talking with all of you," said Relena as she stood up and walked to the door. "Goodbye." She smiled and waved before she was completely out of the room. They all said goodbye to her as well. 'Now where to look? Maybe I should check our room. I don't think I've looked there yet,' she thought as she headed to their room. When she was almost there, she heard someone call her name.

"Relena! I've been looking all over the place for you! Where have you been?" asked Hilde as she ran up and hugged Relena.

"Well first I was in Heero's office, then we took a nap and he had to oversee some stuff, and then I came looking for you. I really need to talk to you."

"Me too. Come on. Let's go to our room." Hilde led them to their room and locked the door behind them. She sat on the bed and patted the place right next to her. Relena sat down. "Okay spill. What happened in there?"

"Well, at first I was crying on his shoulder while hugging him, and then he hugged me back. When I finally stopped crying he didn't let go of me. I wanted to tell him that I was sorry for crying like a baby, but he silenced me with a kiss. It was so light and soft. Then soon we were really kissing, and I mean kissing. We stopped to well, get some air and we settled down on the couch. I fell asleep on his chest. When I woke up he was still asleep, so I kissed him and he woke up and kissed me back. Then we began joking and teasing each other and we started kissing again and," Relena blushed a deep red, "I pulled his shirt up and well you know, but he stopped me and said that he didn't want people to think that I was a wench. I told him that I didn't care, but he still persisted that we shouldn't do it. I asked him why he cared and he said…"

"He said what?" Hilde exclaimed excited to know.

"He told me he was in love with me!"

"Ahhh!" she screamed and hugged her best friend tightly. "What did you tell him?"

"I told him that I was in love with him too!"

"What happened next?"

"We started kissing again, more so than before too. After we stopped some guy knocked on the door and Heero had to leave, but he didn't want to. He wanted to stay. I told him to go and that I really needed to talk to you, so he left. I still can't believe he said it. I feel like my heart is about to burst, I'm so happy. Okay sorry. You also had something to tell me?"

"Oh yeah, but now I don't think it can compare to yours."

"Just tell me."

"Okay. After you and Heero walked into his office, I was about to follow, but Duo held me back and shook his head. He hugged me and I started crying. I told him that I didn't want to go back, that I liked it here. He said he knew, and that he didn't want me to go back either. Then he told me I looked prettier when I didn't cry and he began to kiss my tears away. Then he kissed me so romantically."

Relena squealed. "I'm so happy for you!" she hugged Hilde like she had done earlier.

"Oh, when I was looking for you earlier I ran into Trowa," Hilde said.

"Did you meet his wife?"

"Yeah. How did you know?"

"I ran into them and Quatre and Dorothy when I was looking for you."

"She's pretty."

"Very. She told me they grew up together."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I just wonder what happened between them."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, the they seemed very much in love. Wouldn't he have settled down with her or wouldn't she just live on board with him? Something happened in the past that I'm sure they don't want to talk about. And why did he never even mention her to anyone?"

"I don't know. That's a very good question. Maybe we should ask them."

"Yeah. Or Quatre. Trowa and Quatre were childhood friends too. Maybe he also grew up with Midii," suggested Relena.

"Yeah."