Epilogue

Relena Peacecraft Darlian rubbed her face tiredly and sighed. Around her, men yelled at each other across the table, gesturing wildly and angrily.

"Gentlemen." She said, her eyes flicking from one side to the other. Both sides continued arguing, oblivious to the fact that she had just said anything. "Gentlemen." She sighed. Slamming her hands on the table, she stood up quickly. "GENTLEMEN, SIT DOWN!!" Finally, they looked at her, and sat quietly. Relena took a deep breath and smiled sweetly. "Thankyou. Now, Mr Joules. Am I right in assuming that the guilds will not take less than a five percent payrise?"

"Yes Miss Relena." The bearded man to her left affirmed.

"And Mr Wentworthy. The federations will not allow a ten percent rise, am I correct?"

"Correct ma'am." The gentleman to her right affirmed with a brief nod.

"Fine, then we raise pay by five percent only. That way the stock market will not be affected and we all go home happy. Are we decided?" Murmurs of accord sounded around the table, and Relena knew the battle was won. "Very well. We shall adjourn until tomorrow morning when we shall draw up the paperwork. Goodnight gentlemen." The meeting broke up, and Relena exchanged meaningless pleasantries as she made her way over to Pagan.

"Home, Miss Relena?" Pagan asked quietly.

"It never sounded so good Pagan." Relena smiled quickly as she gathered her files and bag. Pagan took a stack of files for her and followed her out to the car. Relena sighed as she slid into the cool interior and closed her eyes. The next thing she knew, Pagan had the door open and was gently waking her up.

"We're home."

"Thanks Pagan, I'm coming." She replied, gathering her things again. As she walked through the front door, she longingly looked up the stairs to her bedroom, then turned her back on it and went to her study. Dropping her bag on a nearby table, she deposited the files on her desk and seated herself behind her big oak desk. She leant back and rested her hands on her tummy for a moment, closing her eyes.

"Tea, Miss Relena?" Pagan asked, worry hinting in his voice. Relena opened her eyes.

"Please Pagan." She smiled slightly and then sighed as she pulled a file towards her and began reading.

*****

She was floating. Carried on the wings of an angel, she drifted slowly, encased in warmth. She frowned as a cold draught blew against her neck, and she shied away from it, burying her face in warmth. Soft fibres met her nose, and the smell of faintly scented washing powder roused her enough to start taking stock of what was going on. The enveloping warmth emanated from the warm body that she was tenderly cradled against, and the strong arms holding her safely to it. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she worried about falling, and wound her arms around the neck of her transporter, nuzzling her head closer to their neck. The arms tightened, and a soft voice murmured in her ear.

"Relax Relena, I've got you." Relena sighed.

"I know." She answered dreamily, as she felt herself slipping back to sleep.

*****

Sunlight danced across her face and Relena's eyes flickered open. She stretched lazily, then rolled over to check the time. Her alarm clock wasn't there, but there was a note folded over on her nightstand, her name written in a precise hand upon it. Quirking her eyebrow, she plucked it from the stand and read.

Relena,

I have told your offices that you will be working from home today. The paperwork can be drawn up without you. When you are ready, come downstairs.

Heero

Relena's eyes widened, and she was out of bed and dressing within minutes. As she descended the stairs, she heard a hubbub of noise coming from the kitchen diner. Crossing quickly, she pushed the door open, her argument dying on her lips at the sight that met her eyes.

The Gundam pilots sat around the kitchen diner, their partners with them, eating breakfast as if it was totally normal. At her entrance, every eye turned to her, and the girls broke out into huge smiles.

"Hey, sleeping beauty." Duo greeted her, grinning at her shocked expression.

"How? When?" Relena stuttered.

"Last night." Hilde grinned. "We came to see you and when Pagan showed us in, you were fast asleep. Pagan couldn't carry you, so Heero picked you up and took you up to bed."

"I hope you don't mind, we stayed the night." Catherine offered her a plate of breakfast that looked mouth-wateringly good to Relena. "Peace offering?"

"What are you on about?" Relena smiled. "I wouldn't have had it any other way. Of course you can stay here. It's good to see you guys."

"Good to see you too." Sally came closer. "Although you really should make time to eat, and sleep more."

"I haven't-"

"Don't lie to me, I can see it in your face." Relena's shoulders slumped, and her mouth twisted.

"It's just work is taking it out of me. I forgot how demanding politics is."

"You need to slow down." Heero stepped in through the patio doors, and Relena felt a surge of electricity as she looked at him for the first time in six months. "And eat." He indicated the plate in front of her. Relena smiled and picked up her knife and fork. Around her, the conversation carried on, and she found herself relaxing as she listened to the banter around her.

*****

The day had passed too fast, but Heero could already see the difference in Relena. Her cheeks had colour in them, and her eyes sparkled as she laughed with the others. He caught her eye as her gaze swept the group, and he felt a rush of heat as she smiled at him. His breath caught as her hair flicked in the soft golden glow from the lights, and he smirked as she tried to hide a barely concealed yawn behind her hand.

"Alright, time for bed." Hilde announced, pulling Duo up alongside her.

"But Hilde-babes!" Duo complained. "It's not even ten yet."

"But I'm tired." Hilde loaded her look at Duo, who finally got the hint. Heero raised an eyebrow.

"Right no worries. Goodnight guys, see you in the morning. Goodnight Relena." Duo waved as Hilde winked at Relena, who mouthed her thanks as Hilde pulled Duo out the door. Now that she had an excuse, Heero expected Relena to leave as well, but she turned back to the conversation at hand. Heero sighed quietly and stood.

"Your turn Relena." Relena looked at him quizzically. "Bed." Heero stated firmly, pulling her up.

"But I'm not....tired." Relena appropriately yawned in the middle of the sentence, and the others laughed.

"Yeah right. Goodnight Relena." Sally chuckled. Relena grinned sheepishly.

"Night guys." She called as Heero followed her out. "Making sure I go to bed?" She asked.

"I saw the files in your room. I'm going to remove them so that you can't work." Heero smirked at the frustrated look on her face.

"I need to do some work today." Relena whined.

"No you don't. Total relaxation!" Hilde called as they passed their open doorway. Relena giggled.

"Yes doctor!" She called back. The short journey continued in silence, and Relena sighed as she let Heero into her bedroom.

The moonlight shone through her open balcony doors, and the white gauze drapes drifted slightly in the breeze. Heero made his way to her dressing table as she went into the en-suite bathroom to get ready. When she returned, he was flicking through the files.

"Boring, isn't it?" She asked after a few minutes of watching his eyes scan the pages. "Peace brings its own rewards, but paperwork isn't one of them." She moved to turn the bed down, then turned around to find Heero right behind her. She involuntarily gasped, and her breathing quickened.

"I forgot how fast you can move when you want." She smiled up at him as a playful breeze teased at her hair. "Thankyou for putting me to bed last night." Heero nodded.

"Hn." Relena sighed inaudibly. They were back to that again.

"Well, goodnight Heero." She mumbled, and she turned to get into bed. Suddenly rough hands grabbed her hips and dragged her up hard against an even harder body. She gasped aloud as she felt a hard length pressing into her butt, and a hot mouth on her neck.

"I let you go twice now. I'm not making the same mistake again." Heero's voice rasped in her ear. She shuddered in anticipation as his tongue snaked out and licked up her neck to her ear, and her fingers wound behind his head and into his hair, pulling his head closer to her neck. She was dimly aware of his hands moving up her body, stroking her through her sheer silk nightgown. His hands travelled further, and cupped her pert breasts as she moaned aloud. Heero groaned as his thumbs grazed her hard nipples and she ground into him, his already erect member itching to be buried inside her.

She moaned again as his thumbs flicked over her sensitised nubs over and over, and as her knees gave out from under her, he swept her up bridal style and laid her gently in the centre of her bed. He sat back a moment and considered the one-time princess in the light of the moon. Her eyes were clouded with passion, her nightgown bunched up and just barely covering the folds of her womanhood. One leg unconsciously rubbed against the other as she stared at him with hooded eyes. She licked her lips, and Heero followed the movement avidly. She realised what he was doing and smiled slowly, a predatory smile that Heero couldn't resist. He groaned aloud and kissed her, his tongue immediately gaining access and tangling with hers, frantically tasting her, and never getting enough of her. His hands roved down her body, grasping the hem of her night dress as she frantically pulled his shirt over his head. Her breath hitched as she saw his chest in the moonlight, planes and angles that looked like they were chiselled from marble if it weren't for his breathing. She realised that she was naked in front of him and tried to cover herself, but he grabbed her hands and stopped her.

"You're beautiful." He murmured, then bent his head and captured her lips in his. Her hands drifted to his waist, and began to smooth across his back.

Heero moaned into her mouth at the contact on his back and pushed her backwards into the bed. He dove deeper, his tongue raiding her cavernous mouth, and the spark between them was fanned into a raging inferno. Her hands travelled up his arms, grabbing his shoulders and pulling him closer to her. Her fingernails sunk into his shoulder and as he hissed slightly, she grabbed his lower lip with her teeth and sucked on it. Heero tore his lip away and she pouted at him.

"Minx." He growled, and rolled them over. Relena pulled herself up and straddled him, her fingers dancing down his chest. Leaning forward, she kissed him slowly and lingeringly, then began to nibble along his jaw. Heero's fists tangled in the sheets as she languorously licked down his taut muscles, stopping to circle around his hardened nipples. She lightly bit down on the sensitive flesh, and Heero groaned aloud as his fingers twisted into her hair. Smiling wolfishly against his chest, Relena trailed her darting tongue down his body, her hands lightly drifting over his toned torso. Gently she pressed a kiss to his navel, then sat up and gazed at him with heated eyes as her hands drifted lower. Heero's Prussian eyes stared back, lust clouding within them, but typically his breathing was calm. His hands sat snugly on her hips, holding her loosely, but they tightened when she moved slightly, her womanhood rubbing against his straining jeans. Heero hissed, a sound of pure frustration, and Relena smiled wickedly, her hands sliding lower to his waistband.

Painfully slow, Relena undid the fly of her lovers trousers, then hooked her hands into the waist and gradually removed the barriers between them. Within seconds, she had resumed her position above him, and Heero closed his eyes as the heat between them intensified. Bucking his hips, he rolled them over again and positioned himself between her legs. Glancing up, he sneaked a look at Relena's face. She looked down at him, puzzlement written on her face, and he smiled. His hands held her legs open as his tongue and teeth alternately licked and nibbled his way up her inner thighs. Pressing a soft kiss to her centre, he was rewarded with a soft cry of pleasure as Relena's head rolled back against the pillows. He took a moment to savour the scent of her and blew gently on her hot entrance, causing shivers to race through her body.

"Heero.....please...." She gasped above him, her fingers threading through his unruly hair. She didn't even know what she was begging for, but she knew he could give it her. She got her wish, her cry of pleasure loud in the still bedroom as his questing tongue tortured her most intimate area. Her fingers stroked through his hair as he teased and tasted her, his hands holding her hips in place as she bucked and writhed above him.

"Heero..... oh god! Heero!" She panted, her breathing quickening and her body on fire. "Heero....ah! Heero!" She cried as her centre exploded, white hot tingling spreading through her. Heero eagerly drank from her as she came in his mouth, her juice dribbling down his chin. Her hands urged him closer as his mouth moved against her, her limbs shaking as the force of her orgasm rocked through her. Collapsing against the bed, she sucked in lungfuls of air, her eyes half closed and glazed with passion. Heero positioned himself over her and kissed her hungrily, his tongue immediately seeking entrance. Relena moaned into his mouth as she tasted herself on him, and pulled him closer, her hands wandering over his heated skin. Gasping, she tore her mouth away as his fingers found her nub and began rubbing in slow circles, and his eyes danced mischievously as she looked at him, her mouth open in tiny pants.

Heero briefly reflected that she had never looked so beautiful as he stared at her, her naked body flush against his, her eyes clouded, her mouth trembling, and her cheeks flushed. He stroked his finger down her soft core and felt her arch against him in response. Her groan sounded like music to his ears, and he deftly slipped a finger inside her, probing her and feeling her wet silk walls. Relena cried out as he plunged his finger in as far as it would go, and her breathing became shallow as her body reached a feverish heat.

"More....more please...." She begged, her tongue licking her bottom lip. Heero caught her tongue in his mouth and kissed her deeply, his second finger entering her, and she gasped into his kiss. Heero took his advantage and timed his fingers to his ravaging tongue, pushing into her deeper and deeper. She bucked underneath him, and her thigh rubbed against his straining cock, causing him to groan aloud. Relena stilled as she heard him, and slipped a cool hand between them, then wrapped it around his throbbing head. Heero renewed his attack on her mouth as his fingers moved faster, and Relena began to stroke up and down his hard length, squeezing and kneading. Heero stopped kissing her and leant his forehead against hers, his fingers working inside her as she worked him. Harder and faster her hand moved, and just as he made her reach her peak, she flipped them over and slid down his body. Heero couldn't believe his eyes as the once naive princess in front of him bent her head and enveloped his hard and hot erection in her mouth, licking and sucking it for all she was worth. One of her dainty little hands massaged his most intimate parts as she sucked on him, her head bobbing up and down as Heero raced towards his climax. Heero's eyes rolled back in his head as he struggled to stay in control but this gorgeous goddess positioned over him was making it extremely difficult for him. He felt his heart rate beat even faster and his cock begin to twitch in her mouth and Heero roughly dragged her up against him, plundering her mouth and rolling them over at the same time.

His hands pulled her to him as he kissed her bruisingly, his legs nudging hers apart quickly. Trailing his hands down to her hips, he held himself still for a fraction of a second and then entered her roughly, pulling her hot folds around his straining penis. He felt the unmistakeable sensation of something tearing, and felt her stiffen in his arms. Within seconds, he felt a warm dampness on his shoulder. Horrified, he stayed perfectly still as she silently wept on his shoulder, her hands splayed across his back.

"I'm....so sorry." Heero whispered. "I didn't know....you never said...."

"It's fine." Relena murmured, raising her head. "I'm fine." Disgusted with himself, Heero moved to draw out of her, but she clung to him with strong arms. "Don't move." She commanded quietly. Her hips rolled, and Heero had to bite his lip from crying out in pleasure. Slowly she moved her body, adjusting herself to the new feeling, and Heero breathed heavily, trying to control himself. Looking into his eyes, Relena kissed him deeply, and Heero took a chance. Painfully slowly, he withdrew himself from her welcome embrace, then slid into her once more. Relena moaned into their kiss, and Heero took it as a good sign. He began to move faster, his hips meeting hers thrust for thrust. As her hands drifted lower and grasped his bare ass, Heero took the unspoken plea and slammed into her, hard. Her back arched as she cried out, and he broke their kiss, burying his face in her shoulder as he moved faster and harder, his hard length sliding into her hot centre with ease.

"Oh god, Heero!" Relena gasped as she clung to him. "Hee...Heero!" She cried as her body spasmed and her orgasm rocked through her body. Heero groaned and let himself go, his seed spilling into her, pumping white hot through his veins. He clutched her to him as he continued moving, until finally he collapsed on top of her, his hands tangled in her golden hair.

Relena lay beneath him, her hands gently stroking his back soothingly, murmuring quietly in his ear, and savouring the feeling of him there with her. Minutes passed, and Heero recovered enough to roll off her. She whimpered slightly at the loss of heat, then cheered up when he pulled her against his chest. Linking his leg through hers, he pulled the sheets over them and settled down to sleep for the night. Relena twisted slightly in his arms and pressed a small kiss to his nose. Already asleep, Heero twitched his nose and calmed again.

"I love you." Relena whispered, smiling. She rolled over and snuggled into his chest, then stiffened slightly when his arm tightened.

"Love you too." Heero murmured, his breath tickling the back of her neck. A smile gracing her features, Relena slept.