Chapter Two

Eventually, Heero did return back home soon afterwards to change into proper clothes for the ball that evening when it would happen. He went to see his wife again and said goodbye to her. Although she couldn't afford to be too active, Lucrezia still was able to wander around the estate and go into town. But she didn't want to be seen too ill too much in public. The ball was being hosted by the city mayor, Treize Khushrenada and several other distinguished guests were also attending.

"Heero? Is that you?" a voice said. Heero was pouring himself some champagne and turned around to see a man his age with blonde hair.

"Quatre! How nice it is to see you again! How's Dorothy?"

"Fine. You know, she's been learning horse and swordsmanship. She's very interested" Quatre said. "Is…Lucrezia feeling any better?..." he asked with caution as if afraid he might offend him. Although Quatre was a commoner, he was very wealthy and owned a family business that dealt with real estate and construction.

Heero looked slightly down to the floor. "No Quatre… but really, thanks for asking. If you and Dorothy are staying in town for a little while, you can come to visit."

"Alright, I'll consider it. By the way, if you haven't seen Treize, I think you should. He likes it when the guests come to greet him. He's right down there" Quatre explained pointing just down the flight of stairs to where Treize was standing.

"Alright then. I'll see you around Quatre" he said began walking down the flight of stairs decorated by a fancy red rug. He felt like he was walking down a throne. As he was doing so, something caught his eye. He saw a certain two women walking together to the balcony outside. He didn't know why, but that feeling he had hated ever since he had gotten it began to emerge. No… not here, not now… I've already just had it… Although his curse seemed to want to make him want to copulate with new women as time went on, it never happened this soon… since the last time, even though he saw several attractive women attending. Why just them and now? And it was always just one at a time too. Why the exception?

"Heero? Is there something wrong?" Treize asked. He had noticed him standing on the stairway gazing out at something.

"Oh no, nothing Treize. Good evening. I was just thinking about something for a moment. I was just about to see you" Heero said. He offered out his hand for a hand shake which Treize accepted.

"I hope your wife is… feeling well?" he said.

"No… she isn't really. But thanks for your concern. I wish she could've come." Heero looked down at the ball floor where couples were dancing already to the sound of a concert playing in the background briefly.

"Heero, are you sure if you're alright? I think you're almost sweating…"

"Oh… I didn't realize that. It is kind of warm in here…you know with all the light and moving you need to do around here" he tried to say laughing lightly and casually. "Well, I'm glad I got to meet you again Treize. I'll go get some fresh air outside for a little while."

He walked over quickly to the balcony but in a way that it seemed it was a natural way for him to walk. The balcony was a large one and was somewhat like an outdoor hallway. It offered a great view of the night time sky if it was clear with all its stars and bright moon as it was tonight. Heero's eyes scanned the area around him. This balcony was like a hallway with hand railing to the side and the city hall was round in formation on its top floors so he had to walk and look. At last, he saw them leaning by the rail looking at a view of the mountains with stars. There weren't many people around which Heero appreciated and decided he would take advantage of the situation.

"Good evening there. Are you enjoying the view?" he asked.

The two women turned around. They were both wearing very nice dresses and wore some light jewelry. They looked simply splendid for the occasion. But what was most surprising to him was that they were both identical twins but they were distinguishable from their hair. One of them had hair that had been split into two bangs on her forehead with a ponytail formed by a bow at the back. The other had hair that was mostly natural in style with full bangs and hair just hanging down but with a slim, small braid that was formed at each of the edges of her hair on her forehead and tied together at the back. They looked like two strings of small beads. They did however, have the same sand-like color hair and blue eyes.

"Yes, we are thank you" said the woman with the ponytail.

"So, did you come to enjoy a stroll on the balcony as well?" the one with the slender bead-like braids.

"Yes. It's relaxing to get away from the crowd every once and a while and enjoy some peace and quiet when it's nice out. So how about you?" Heero asked them.

"Well, we just came out because there was nothing interesting really inside" the one with the ponytail said.

"So then, did you come to… deliver us from our boredom?" the other asked him. She leaned against the rail with an arm over it.

"If you want."

"For proper introductions' sake, my name is Selena" said the one with the ponytail.

"And I'm Relena. As you probably already know, we're both twin sisters" the one with the beaded braids said. "And you are…"

"My name is Heero. I'm a lord who can be bored with these fancy occasions sometimes you know just like anyone else."

"A lord you say?" Selena asked impressed, her eyes shining with a bit of interest. "You probably have splendid estates and fine residences?"

"Well, I don't know about splendid or fine, but perhaps I can show you something. As a matter of fact, I have a nice, little house not too far from here. I don't mind having guests over. Would you care to stop by?"

The two looked at each other with a flattered smile along with a giggle.

"Of course, we'd be honored to" Relena told him.

And so together they went. Heero apologized that they couldn't take a carriage and said it wasn't really necessary anyway. His house was just a few blocks away. Away from city hall, the streets and neighborhoods were quiet and there wasn't much activity happening.

"I'm sorry about all this. But this think of this as a slightly extended stroll" Heero tried to explain coolly. He was holding arms with both Selena and Relena at his side. But they didn't seem to mind the inconvenience.

As they continued, two men dressed in dark clothes and caps came out of any alley brandishing knives at Heero and his new acquaintances.

"Alright, you filthy rich playboy! Quick, hand me all your cash!" said one of them.

"And I want all that jewelry you got too!" he said to the two twin sisters. Selena and Relena remained calm and looked at Heero to handle things. He too was calm as well.

"I suggest we all forget about this and go on with our business" he said flatly to the two robbers.

"Yeah! After I get your money!" he said. The robber lunged forward toward Heero aiming to stab him in the stomach. Heero took a step forward and waited until the man came close enough and grabbed the arm with the knife by the wrist. He twisted it.

"Arrrggghhhh!" writhed the robber in pain. The knife dropped to the ground, and when it did, Heero punched him to the side in the cheek and he fell down to the ground unconscious.

The other stood there preparing for Heero to come.

"It's not too late to forget about my offer" Heero said nonchalantly his eyes fixed on his target.

But he didn't listen and came charging at him anyway. Heero responded with a single, jabbing, upwards kick. He too, like his fellow robber fell down knocked out and possibly with an injured nose.

"I hope they didn't ruin our evening too much" he said to Selena and Relena positioning his arms so they could resume holding each of them with one of theirs. They did so, drawn by his efficient handling of the situation.

"That was very noble of you to save us like that" Relena said and gently placed her head on Heero's shoulder.

"You're a man of pleasant surprises Heero" Selena said and moved Heero's arm so that it was now placed around her and hers around him. He pulled them a bit closer to him and held them a little tighter. He was glad he kept a residence of some sort around here. His hunger had just grown slightly.

To be continued…

(Author's notes: Btw, Relena here is supposed to look like how she normally does in the series and 'Selena' is supposed to look like how Relena looks when she appears in Endless Waltz. Just wanted to let you know because I'm not very good at describing hair.)

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