Back to Zero Chapter 5 You found me, a gundam wing/ac fanfic

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Back To Zero

a 1xR, 3xR fanfic by Ines kanoyan

Romance/Drama

Chapter 5: You found me

He was struggling for his breath, he shouldn't die, he couldn't die-he wouldn't die.

His whole body ached, but it was his head that ached the most. He heard footsteps approaching, he heard a voice. He tried to open his eyes. He saw her eyes-the eyes of a beautiful blonde girl.

"Wake up, you sleepy head!"

A guy with dishevelled coffee brown hair sat up from his bed as Sophie leaned near him. "Why you're here so early? It's Saturday, I don't have class."

Sophie smiled as she said, "It's Saturday and it's your birthday!"

"Oh, yeah. I'm sorry I keep on forgetting my birthday."

"It's ok, you're still a kid- a three-year old kid." Sophie said, as she giggled.

She remembered how they had met three years ago. By the beach, at the shore lay a young man struggling for his life. She had no idea what he was doing there. Clad in some sort of what appeared to her a military uniform, he didn't look like someone being by the beach for a vacation. He was in deep trouble and pain, he needed help.

She immediately contacted her body guards to call for ambulance for this guy to be brought to the hospital. It took him almost a week to regain his consciousness but a whole lifetime to regain his memory.

'Where am I?' he had asked upon waking up.

'Who are you?'

'What had happened?'

She had answered all his questions but one. 'Who am I?'

That she couldn't answer. The doctors had told them his brain was greatly affected by whatever accident had happened to him. He can't remember anything. Why he was at the beach, lying at the shore, who he was-nothing.

Her parents agreed to have him around the house while his wounds were still healing. She gets everything she wants. She felt drawn to him at once, she needed to help him. The whole week she had been stuck at the hospital by his side watching over him. She was excited to get to know him, how disappointed she was when she learned he has amnesia. But, she felt compelled to take care of him even more.

It was strange for a spoiled brat, hard-headed, party-loving girl like her to remain confined in one of the most boring places in the world-inside a hospital room next to an unconscious stranger. Well, it shocked her and excited her at the same time. She thought that there must be something within her and with this man that made her bear 168 hours sitting and staying indoors doing nothing but wait for him to wake up. She was the one who followed her instincts and emotions wholeheartedly, she can afford to do so, and she is after all a princess.

'What will I call you?' She asked him the day after he gained consciousness and lost his memory.

'Whatever you want,' was his plain answer.

Her mind reeled. This is hard, she had thought to herself. It almost feels like giving birth to someone who looks like her own age. She smiled and said, 'Arthur,'

'Arthur,' he had repeated.

'Yes. Arthur. I'll call you Arthur. That what I wanted to name my child.' She had said and then giggled heartily. It had felt weird telling him that was the name he wanted for her child. It felt even weirder to think that she was treating him like her kid. 'I feel like you're a new-born kid, you don't remember anything and you don't have a name.'

'Yeah, but I know how to talk,'

With that she laughed some more.

After three years, they were like this-the closest of friends. She had always felt comfortable and safe with him. More so because he had served as her body guard for almost a year and half since they had noticed his extraordinary military abilities and keen senses. He was like a normal person, he just doesn't have a past. Maybe, that's what made her feel comfortable the most, she was sharing her life with somebody who is trying to start a new life with her.

She decided that the day when she found him lying by the beach to be his rebirth in the world as her Arthur. That day happens to be the 7th of April.

Lost and insecure... you found me, you found me
Lying on the floor... surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?... Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late... you found me, you found me.

'Happy birthday!' read the card on what seemed to be the 50th bouquet of flowers she had received for the day. She was after all still the Vice-Foreign Minister and former Queen of the World.

She redialled Trowa's number, she wanted to go out and have fun today on her birthday. She felt a bit sad after learning that her brother and his wife had important meetings to be in and can't spend a day with her. Duo and Hilde have important matters to attend to. Quatre said Dorothy invited her to a certain charitable event wherein his father never failed to attend during his lifetime. Everyone is just too busy for her, she wasn't used to this since this was her first birthday after being the famous celebrity that she is that she wasn't actually busy. That she can spend her day doing the things she likes, except she doesn't have someone to do them with. And the sole person she thought who would be around was actually, not around.

She sighed as she hit the redial button once more. "Oh, come on Trowa, please answer."

Trowa sighed as he entered the last shop where he was hoping to find the perfect gift for Relena. He was extremely frustrated at himself. He had seen a lot of nice things that could qualify as presents but he just can't seem to be contented. He just wouldn't admit to himself that he was actually looking for not just a birthday gift but a proposal gift or sort of confession gift. He can't take his mind off what Quatre had told him the other day.

'I'll tell you what the perfect present would be,'

'Your love.'

Well, he wasn't thinking of telling her how he really feels. He just felt he wanted to give her his heart and hoped that she would somehow realize how special she is to him, without him telling her that.

'You're pathetic.'He thought to himself as he sighed.

"Still can't find anything nice for your girl huh?" the shopkeeper commented as he noticed Trowa sighing.

Trowa smiled, feeling a bit embarrassed. "Yeah, I guess."

"Well, seems like you're willing to give everything you've got for the perfect present. Wait there, I have something,"

He came back after a short while, and was now carrying a small red box. He opened it in front of Trowa and Trowa's jaw almost dropped in awe of the beauty before him. He was like seeing Relena's eyes captured in the sapphire necklace inside that box.

"It's beautiful isn't it? Here take an even better look." The shopkeeper said, as he took the necklace off its box and handed it to Trowa carefully.

"It was sold to me by a deep sea diver a month ago. Said he found it right at the bottom of the sea, how it got there is well how would we know right? But, it's really beautiful. The guy didn't have someone and well, I think he needs money very badly. I wouldn't wanna sell it either but seems like you'd buy it whatever price I give you."

"I will." Trowa immediately said. "Name your price."

The shopkeeper smiled contentedly upon hearing Trowa's eagerness.

Trowa went out of the shop feeling really contented and extremely happy. The necklace belongs to Relena for sure, he can't imagine anybody wearing that precious thing. He would work hard all his life for the price of the necklace, but it's a little thing for him especially he was buying it for that someone who hold his life and his heart.

His phone rang for the nth time and this time he answered the call.

"Hello,"

"Trowa! Finally!" Relena's voice on the other line exclaimed. "Where are you? Did you forget it's my birthday?"

Her voice seemed really sad, as if she was sulking.

"Let's celebrate together, please. Are you busy?"

She had no idea what was keeping him away from her. She should stop begging him this way, she doesn't know what she's putting him through.

"No, I'm coming." He replied.

"Wait, where are you?" she asked. "We can just meet out there. Doesn't matter where we go. I just want to be with someone I love for my birthday."

Did he hear that right? Relena had just said, 'someone I love'?

"Hey, are you still there?" Relena asked as Trowa had been silenced after her recent statement.

"Oh, It's kind of far from the condo. I'll just buy food and we can eat it there. What do you want?" Trowa mumbled, still can't get over from what Relena had just said.

'Someone I love? She loves me? Wants to spend her birthday with me? With someone she loves?' he thought to himself, completely forgetting he still got Relena on the other line.

"Trowa? Trowa are you all right? Are you still there?"

"Trowa managed to get back to her. "Oh yeah, what were you saying?"

"Are you on a date?" Relena asked feeling rather suspicious upon Trowa's strange behaviour. "I mean, if you're with somebody, it's ok. I'm sorry to disturb. Enjoy your date."

"Huh? Wait, Relena..no."

She had hung up before he could even deny.

"On a date? Why would she think that?" Trowa sighed as he hurriedly rode on the bus to get to Relena.

Relena sighed as she put down the phone. She felt glad that Trowa was enjoying himself. He seemed to absorbed with his date that he can't manage to keep up with their phone conversation. She somehow also felt sad that he actually had to go out on a date on her birthday. Or maybe it was the girl's birthday too. She was starting to feel really sad about to become depressed. This birthday will seem to be her first birthday alone and her third birthday without him. Her past birthdays without him had been sad too but today seemed to be the worst, not even Trowa was with her and all the other people close to her just managed to greet her and sent her presents. Those were not the things that she needed.

"Hmph, I will not mope around this condo for my birthday. I can go out and eat and go shopping and go sight-seeing! I will not be sad for my 23rd birthday!" Relena declared as she went on to her room to change.

She went inside her favourite pastry shop and ordered a small chocolate cake. She had asked the waiter to put a candle on it.

"Do you have a lighter? It's my birthday today, can you please light it up?" she asked the waiter.

The waiter obeyed immediately. He was actually a bit dumbfounded. He knew who this woman is, everybody in the shop knew. The Vice-Foreign Minister alone for her birthday?

"Thanks," Relena said with a smile.

"Happy birthday, Vice Foreign Minister Peacecraft." the waiter said with utmost courtesy.

"Thanks."

"Relena? Is that you?" a voice suddenly cried.

Relena ducked her head sideways to see the owner of the voice from behind the waiter. The waiter turned to leave as the face of Sophia was revealed.

"Sophie!" Relena squealed in delight, as the two girls exchange kisses on the cheeks.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, then saw the mini-birthday cake of Relena. "Hey, wait, it's your birthday?"

Relena nodded. Suddenly, she noticed someone moving towards their direction. As he was inching closer and closer to them, Relena's eyes couldn't help but widen.

"Heero," she gasped in an almost inaudible voice.

Sophie seeing her weird expression looked at her back. "Oh, Arthur. I'm sorry, I just saw a friend."

"Arthur?" Relena said, after hearing Sophie.

"Yeah, Relena, this is Arthur." Sophie introduced then leaned close to Relena and whispered. "He's the one I've been telling you about. You know the guy who's celebrating his birthday."

Relena stood there terribly dumbfounded. She just keeps staring at him. Arthur? But, it was so clear that this man is Heero Yuy. Her Heero Yuy.

"Hi," the guy said, as he extended his hand to her for a handshake.

Relena stared at his hand then back at him but remained standing there.

Sophie stared at her quizzically. "Relena, what's the matter?"

"Are you ok?" he asked.

It was his voice, undoubtedly. Everything was his. It was really him. Then, he smiled.

Relena recalled that scene from the Libra. Before, he went to the war. That smile, it was so precious and now she couldn't believe her eyes. Heero Yuy rarely smiled. This guy here is smiling at her.

"Um, hi." She finally managed to say as she took his hand and shook it.

It felt the same. His hands, she remembered them when they had danced. He is Heero but why is he smiling so casually? Why is Sophie calling him Arthur? Why does it seem like they were meeting for the first time?

"Relena, is it ok if we join you? Or is Trowa arriving anytime soon?"

"No, it's ok. I'm alone."

"Really? On your birthday?" Sophie said in disbelief. "So, can we celebrate together? It's Arthur's birthday too."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I told you. You already forgot?"

Relena smiled awkwardly. What is happening? Now, Heero and her have the same birthday?

"I think we should order." Arthur commented.

Relena couldn't help but stare at him as he spoke. He actually spoke. Relena found herself stealing glances at him the whole time while Sophie was busy chatting and telling stories. Relena almost choked every time Heero or Arthur would smile and sometimes laugh at Sophie's comments. He was acting really weird but she was sure he is Heero but everything is weird. He was like a normal guy. He is Heero but he is definitely not the perfect soldier she used to know.

Why'd you have to wait... to find me, to find me?

-tbc-

Song used:

You found me by the fray

A/N: There so this chap is the turning point or is where things would get more exciting. Heero has amnesia! And severe brain damage and exposure to a perky girl named Sophie has caused him to have an alteration in his usual stoic personality. Tell me what you think...the plot thickens...please review!