Limited
By Devotions Vania S. Orenda
Chapter 4
Relena sat across Heero as they both ate their breakfast. Both eating silently and avoiding eye contact but both thinking of completely different things.
"Relena," Heero started, his voice tinged with curiosity. "Did you know that I slept on the floor of my bedroom last night? I remember getting into bed last night."
Relena tilted her head to the side a little, wondering if he even remembered what had happened last night. She remembered very well what happened. Right after the kiss, she left his room and went to bed. Not that she didn't enjoy the kiss, God knows it was unbelievable.
A cough knocked her out of her musings and she quickly tried to remember the question. "You must've fallen out of bed when you were asleep."
"I thought that myself but if I did fall, I should've been beside my bed not in front of the bedroom door. Did I do something last night?" He asked, his eyes silently sending her a warning that told her to be careful of what she said.
Relena gulped. Now she knew that he didn't remember but should she tell him..
"Not that I know of. I left right after you took your pill and went straight to bed." Relena said, quickly taking a sip of water as if to wash out the lie.
"Are you sure?" Heero asked suspiciously.
Relena straightened her back and answered confidently. "Why would I want to lie to you." More of a statement than the question it was.
Relena took her half finished plate and Heero's empty one and put it in the sink to wash.
"Do you have any plans for the day?" She asked as she filled the sink with sudsy water.
"Yeah. I have work 'til 2." Heero answered. "You? I'm sure you don't plan on spending your time just lazing around here."
"Actually, I plan on doing some unfinished work for the morning and maybe… Maybe I'll take a walk around the neighborhood." She said thoughtfully, washing the plates and utensils. "So, what is it that you do exactly?
"I train dogs. Police dogs." He answered as he continued to stare at her back, her body.
"You like dogs? I never would've thought.." She said more to herself than to him.
"I have to get ready for work. The dogs still have a long way to go before they can actually work for the police." He said and rolled out of the kitchen leaving Relena to finish drying the dishes.
Later, a few minutes after Heero left for work, Relena was back in her room, working on the unfinished business she brought from work. In the middle of signing a few papers, the album she brought in last night caught her eye. She left her desk and took the album to the bed where she lied down on her stomach and scanned through the pages of pictures. Most of the pictures had Heero in it but all the other pictures had people she didn't know of. None of the Gundam boys were there and the background seemed something to be likened to a park.
Relena continued to scan the album, seeing faces of strangers smiling around Heero. They all looked like they were having such a good time. In some pictures, there were police men and German Shepherds, she assumed that those were the dogs Heero trained. As Relena neared the last page, she noticed one girl who always seemed t be beside Heero in the pictures. The girl was beautiful, she could almost pass as a model. Dirty blonde hair, tanned skin, a vision of beauty. And in a solo picture of her, she was in a police uniform. Probably one of the police officers Heero worked with. Relena didn't want to misjudge something. They're probably just good friends is all. As Relena turned to the last page, she wanted to be anywhere but in Heero's house.
The last pictures was of the girl and Heero sharing a kiss. A chaste kiss on the lips but a kiss nonetheless. Just like the one they had shared last night.
Relena closed the album slowly, trying to stay as calm as possible. She stood from the bed and returned to the study, album in hand. She replaced the album on the desk she found it on and frowned at what she saw.
There, just at the edge of the table, was a small black leather book. No title, no pictures. It looked brand new except for the slight fold on the bottom right corner.
Relena picked it up and opened it to the first page.
Heero,
I know you're not much of a journal writing person but since you seem to love to keep to yourself, you might enjoy sharing to someone or rather, something, who won't tell any of your secrets. I know that someday, you will come to trust me as much I trust you. I love you so much. Never forget me.
Kate
Relena turned the page, doubtful that Heero might write what he thinks or how he feels in a book that could easily be read by anyone who might have access to his house. But, again, she was surprised to see that Heero might just be human enough to have a journal.
The first page seemed to show his hesitance in writing in the journal but in the next pages, she found that not only was he writing in the journal, he was also keeping pictures and whatnots.
Relena found one page where there was a newspaper cut-out of a mobile phone. She turned it over to find herself looking at a picture of her dancing with one of the prime ministers she met at the Christmas Ball ESUN held last year. She remembered the ball very well. The prime minister, Mark, wouldn't stop talking about how beautiful she was and of how she glowed under the moon and blah blah blah.
She didn't really enjoy and was thankful in the end when Duo came up with an excuse to get her out of there before the prime minister could move on to anything with more sap. Not that she didn't like to complimented on, just not from people who thought so highly of themselves.
Relena smiled and placed the piece of paper back in the book, mobile picture faced up.
She then returned to her room, a little shook up but strong enough to hold her bearings. After all, she was going to stay for only a month.
