Chapter 3: My Name Is Relena Darlian

Outside of the large school building there were huge crowds of students and faculty gathered everywhere. The young school kids were meeting up with friends, teachers and staff who had good relationships with their kids parents were chatting. Everyone got together in their groups, asking who had classes with whom and catching up after their summer vacations. It was a loud and boisterous morning for all of the excited student body of St. Gabriel Academy. Everybody seemed to know everybody. It seemed like an incredibly positive school environment.

A large pink luxury car pulled up to the front and out came Relena Darlian. She thanked her driver, Pagan, and began walking towards the building. Everyone came to greet the honey blonde and she very kindly greeted them back. Relena was immensely popular and the crowd gathering around her showed that. Relena wasn't always comfortable with all the attention but she always put on her best smile, it was sometimes real and other times fake.

The crowd followed her into the school halls and began to disperse once Relena found her friend Dorothy Catalonia. Her platinum blonde haired friend shooed everyone away, something Relena was grateful for, knowing she wasn't mean enough to do something like that. That's how Relena knew Dorothy was a genuine friend. She knew when to be tough around her. Dorothy wasn't fake with Relena and wasn't just nice to her for the sake of being in her good graces. Dorothy playfully picked on her friend and even knew when to call her out if need be. That's the kind of real friendship Relena wanted. She didn't want people kissing up to her just because of her popularity or because of how pretty she was.

The pair walked the hallways, meeting and talking with other friends, letting the time pass before their first class began. Luckily it was a class that both Dorothy and Relena shared. They walked off and found the room. They sat beside each other, talking of things they would do after school and Dorothy lightly teasing Relena about her single status. Relena simply rolled her eyes and watched as the class filled up. Eventually their teacher walked in and politely greeted them. She began calling attendance, so far everyone was present. That was until she got to a certain name.

"Heero Yuy?" the teacher asked. No one responded. She called out again, but still no response. The kids all looked around, clearly no recognizing the name.

"New student or something?" Dorothy muttered over to Relena.

The honey blonde girl shrugged. She certainly didn't recognize it. 'That's quite the unique name. Wonder who it could be' she thought. The teacher called out the name one more time before finally moving on.

She called out the last name on her attendance sheet, everyone except one student seemed to be accounted for. It was at that point where the teacher was about to start the class when the room door opened and someone stepped in. No one recognized this young man's face but they would know him now.

"Ah, Heero Yuy I assume." The brown haired teen nodded.

"Okay, now everyone is here. Please, take a seat." the teacher said to him. Heero did just that, walking over to an empty spot by the window, a few spots in front of Relena who could not keep her eyes off of him. 'So, this was Heero Yuy?' her thoughts went again. She noticed how untamed his hair seemed, and his eyes had this sort of burning intensity that she had never seen before. He gave off this incredibly alien vibe to her. Something about his presence shook her up. She wondered if she was the only one who felt this way about him. She turned around and looked to see a lot of her classmates were looking at the new student as well. The female population looked on with a mixture of admiration for his clearly attractive features and wonder at who this kid exactly was. The male students were trying to size him up as men tend to do whenever something like this happens. Did he have some rich parents that just moved into the neighborhood? Did anyone in this school know him? Relena wondered some more.

She watched as crossed his arms and looked out towards the window. There was something about those Prussian colored eyes that Relena was trying to pick up on but just couldn't figure it out but tried to anyway. Relena then felt herself get poked and looked over to Dorothy. She had a hand on her chin with her elbow resting on her desk. "So that's him?" Dorothy smirked. "Not bad at all."

Relena looked back at the new student. She watched as he ran a hand through his wild head of hair and heard as he sighed. She still wasn't sure what to make of him, but for some reason she couldn't keep from wondering. The class went on and Relena focused but couldn't help but let her mind slip as she watched the new student out of the corner of her eyes.

Heero for his part felt strange. He knew that he was attracting attention he didn't want. But kind of expected it as well. Heero felt out of place but that was something he mentally prepared for, or at least he thought he was prepared. It didn't help that he came in kind of late, it was still another 5 minute walk from the bus stop and the school. The traffic didn't help either. It was annoying.

He decided not to think too much of that right now and kept his thoughts on the class at hand. He didn't want to botch his first day of school already.


When class finished all of the kids emptied out into the hallways. Relena looked around and saw that the new kid had already disappeared. She wondered if she would have another class with him. Maybe she could properly introduce herself to him, she thought.

"So, no one has ever seen him before?" Dorothy asked as she, Relena and a whole group wandered the hallways. Relena shook her head. "I know I haven't."

"Yeah, me either." said a girl who was walking with them. Another one echoed the same thing. "But he sure is cute." another girl giggled.

Dorothy nodded. "He is quite the eye candy, I'll say that much." She looked at her phone when a message came in. She shook her head. "Yeah, Quatre also doesn't know the name. We got ourselves a mystery student here, ladies." Relena nodded, her head lost in thought as she hugged her books closely to her chest. She started absentmindedly down the hallway. Dorothy noticed the blank look on her face and smirked. 'This may be an interesting year.' she said in her head.

School went on a couple classes more and Relena hadn't seen the new student again yet. It didn't stop her from her studies but she couldn't help but mentally kick herself for being the most distracted during class she had ever been. It was silly for her to think this much about something, a guy especially, but she couldn't help but let her mind drift a little. She shook her head and tried to put these thoughts in the back of her mind. She was sure she could introduce herself when the time was right.

Lunch time came and everyone sat eating in wide and open cafeteria. There was a large door that led to a balcony and stairs that led down to the fields where the soccer and baseball team played. That was where Heero took his spot and leaned over, looking out towards the vast and open outside area. There was also a little stadium the school had where track and field took place and of course football. He was impressed at how much this school had. His old school was absolute crap compared to all of this, He noted.

He wondered how everyone was doing. He decided to keep his phone off when he was in school. He didn't want to have to conduct business while at St. Gabriel. He didn't need that kind of heat here, nor did he want to think of his reality while still in school. Here, he wanted to forget and just be alone. He liked the cool breeze that ran over his face. Being able to be outside during lunch was a new experience for him. Usually in his old place, they wouldn't let kids go in and out. They had security at all of the doors in the cafeteria, which wasn't that big, and a lot of kids had to stand and eat. It felt like what he thought prison would be like.

Not like here, Heero noted. The students went here and there however they pleased. No one stopped them. It was a sense of freedom that he never knew existed in a school setting. It took a little getting used to, his entire life on the streets just made his mind work a little differently. He rested his head on his arms, eyes continuing to look on out.

In the cafeteria, Relena, Dorothy, Quatre and another group took their place at a table. They all began talking about their day up to that point. There were people coming from all over asking about Relena's birthday party and how excited they were to go. Relena's party seemed to be a major deal within the school population. Relena's just smiled at them and wished them a good time before finally getting a chance to eat with her friends.

"Having a good day so far, Relena?" Quatre asked, as he watched the crowd around Relena start to shrink.

"I would say she is." Dorothy smirked. Quatre looked at his girlfriend with a raised eyebrow.

"What makes you say that?" Quatre continued. Relena also gave her friend an inquiring look.

"Well it seem like out princess here is quite taken with the new student." Dorothy said with a mischievous face.

"I'm not sure where you're getting such ideas from, Dorothy." Relena rolled her eyes.

"At this point, dear, I think I'm pretty good at reading your body language." the platinum blonde replied. "It's okay to admit it. He's got that wild look about him that's just way too hard to resist. He's the talk of town amongst us ladies and for very good reasons. I mean look at him."

"Hey now, watch those compliments…" Quatre groaned.

Dorothy waved him off. "Oh please, Quatre." She threw her hair over her shoulder and leaned closer to her boyfriend. Which he knew was the sign to kiss her on the cheek and he happily obliged. "I have no intentions of going after him, my love." Dorothy reassured him. "Besides, he's all Relena's."

"What?" Relena shook her head. "You know I'm not interested in that right now."

"That look in your eyes from earlier said different." Dorothy said as she dug into a bowl of fresh fruit.

"What do you mean from earlier. Will you stop staring at me?" Dorothy chuckled at her friend.

"Just saying dear, I've never seen you look so out of it before." Dorothy commented. "It's adorable really."

"It's just your imagination." Relena sighed. "Though it would be nice if I could introduce myself. It seems like the right thing to do, especially since no one knows him and I heard he's been by himself most of the time."

"Seems like a perfect excuse to get the ball rolling." Dorothy winked at her friend who was in the middle of eating her plate of vegetables.

"Not like that, Dorothy…" Relena sighed.

"Stop teasing Relena, Dorothy." Quatre spoke, shaking his head at his girlfriend. "I'm sure Relena just wants to do the friendly thing and welcome him properly. Guys can be friends with girls without being attracted to each other."

"Thank you!" Relena exclaimed. "That's why you're too good for Dorothy, Quatre."

Quatre chuckled at his friend's statement.

"Hmph!" Dorothy raised her head in defiance before shaking her head at her companions. "You're both so naive!" Quatre smiled and threw an arm over his girl's shoulder to pull her in.

"Calm down." Quatre laughed.

"Oh, I'm calm. It's you two who don't seem to understand reality." Dorothy continued before finally settling into her man's embrace and sighed. "I'll never get to double date with my best friend… how cruel is life…"

Relena groaned at her friend's dramatics as she went back to finish her food. When they were done eating they all gathered their things and dumped out their trays. They were gonna head outside when Relena noticed the new student Heero Yuy leaning over the balcony. As expected, he was by himself and no one seemed to want to approach him. She didn't know why, but she thought maybe this was a good opportunity to properly greet him.

"Would you look at that, there he is." Dorothy grinned.

"So that's him, huh?" Quatre studied him.

Relena nodded. They were walking towards his direction and that's when she made her decision. "I'm gonna introduce myself." She took a deep breath and headed over to him. Dorothy and Quatre kept a distance. Dorothy was really curious to see how this played out. Quatre saw this look on his girlfriend's face and chuckled. He was sure it would be nothing but a smile greeting.

Heero had remained leaning over the stone balcony railing for most of lunch so far.. He figured maybe it would be good to see the field area before classes resumed. He was about to start heading down the stairs before a voice stopped him in his tracks.

"Hello there, my name is Relena Darlian." Heero looked over his shoulder and turned slightly to see the blonde girl stand before him. She wore a friendly smile and had a pair of welcoming blue eyes. "And you're Heero correct? It's nice to meet a new classmate." she continued. "I hope you enjoy your time here."

Heero looked at her with narrowed eyes, he wasn't sure what this was all about. He didn't really want to talk to anybody. Though, the more his eyes looked at hers the more he felt like he was getting sucked into them. She had a look to her that felt safe, pure, kind and… Heero shook it off. His chest hurt for a quick second and he did not like that feeling. Not for a second. His eyes remained narrowed in on her and he recovered himself.

Relena wasn't sure what was happening, but Heero wasn't responding to her. The silence between them was getting to be a little awkward as Heero had yet to respond. "You could, uh, let me know if there's any issues you're encountering. I'm close with a lot of the staff here so I could always help out if you need me to." Still, nothing. Relena wasn't sure what she was doing wrong. He wouldn't respond to her at all and his gaze was intense and seemed hyper focused on her, like she was having hole burned into her.

She tried once again when she took off her book bag and opened it up. "I think I have a couple more that I forgot I even had…" Heero heard her muttering to herself, wondering what she was up to now. "Ah! Here, I still have one." She stood back up, this time with a fancy looking envelope. "Here, this is an invitation to my birthday party this weekend. I don't know if you're new around town, but if you'd like to be more acquainted with everyone then a lot of the students will be going. So I hope you can come by. I'm sorry if this seems so sudden." She handed him the envelope and he took it, studying it carefully before looking back at her.

Once again, she gave him a look that made his body feel like it ached. He grunted, that strange feeling was not something he wanted to experience, but the more she stood in front of him, the more damage she caused. He also started to notice a crowd gathering around them, and that really displeased Heero. It almost felt like a set-up. Whether that was the case or not, he felt uncomfortable now. So Heero did the only thing he could think of.

Like a Frisbee, he tossed her invitation over the balcony.

There were audible gasps throughout the crowd. Dorothy's jaw dropped and Quatre's eyebrows shot up in surprise. Nobody expected that. Relena had been disrespected in front of everybody and no one knew how to react, other than just stand there and be aghast at Heero's actions.

Relena's face fell. She, obviously, was taken aback at what Heero just did to her kind gesture. She was beginning to feel a little emotional because she really just wanted to be friendly with him. He had captured her attention from the moment he walked into the classroom and as she tried to make him feel welcomed, he was choosing to humiliate her instead.

She looked back at him and that same hard, fiery look was glaring back at her. She couldn't look at him anymore and hung her head with her eyes closed. "I dont understand…" she muttered as she fought back tears that threatened to fall.

Heero then moved from his position on the balcony and moved beside her where he leaned his head down, mouth meeting her ear. Relena felt him get close and her eyes snapped back open when she heard him speak for the first time. "Please, stay away from me." His voice rumbled into her ear and shook her entire body down to the core. She looked as he walked away, heading down the stairs. As she watched him leave, his words echoed again in her head.

'Please, stay away from me.' What was that supposed to mean?

She also could have sworn that she saw something about his face change as he walked away. It almost looked… remorseful? She wasn't sure what it was, but he had descended the stairs before she could get a better look.

"Wow, what an asshole! How dare he do that to Relena."

"Can you believe that kid? What a little shit."

"And to think I called him cute, like… ugh."

People were beginning to feel angry on Relena's behalf. The crowd started to get riled up, yelling and talking amongst themselves. They then circled Relena, asking her if she was okay, wondering what that kid's deal was. Relena just shook her head and told them all not to worry.

"Oooh!" Dorothy started. "The nerve of that foul creature! I cannot believe that kid. Quatre, I demand you go beat him up for Miss Relena, immediately!"

Quatre nervously chuckled. "Uh, he doesn't look like a guy I could take on. Trowa might have taken care of this though, too bad he missed the first day."

"Oh, you coward." Dorothy complained. "Yes, that is quite a shame. Would have been nice to see someone teach him a lesson."

Quatre placed a hand on Relena's shoulder. "Are you okay?"

Relena nodded and took a deep breath. "Yes, I'm fine Quatre. Just a little shocked is all." She continued to look down the long stone staircase that Heero had descended. 'Who was he?' she wondered. Most girls would just keep their distance from him after an incident like that, but something about all of this just made her want to know more. Why did he act the way he did? And what was that look he gave as he took his leave. She needed to know.

Quatre studied Relena's features and knew what she was feeling. Truth be told, it made him more curious about the boy as well. He wondered if Relena saw it. That weird look of remorse as he left her standing there after tossing her invitation away into the air. He gave off a weird vibe. Like there was a reason for his actions. Quatre could feel it, but he would figure it out on his own time. He was sure Relena felt the same way.

Heero walked towards the green fields. He looked back up at all of the commotion he had caused. The image of that girl Relena's face when he threw her invitation stuck into his mind and stayed there longer than he wanted it to. It was an asshole move for him to make, but necessary all the same. He didn't need to get close to anyone here. He was just here to use their education and nothing more. They were different people from different worlds. He wanted it to remain that way

He turned and continued to walk. "I'm not involved…" He spoke to himself as he moved forward.


School went on, and all everyone kept talking about was the incident at lunch time. Heero recognized more now that people were giving him dirty looks and mean mugging him. The guys even looked like they wanted to get aggressive with him. He didn't care.

Heero had bullets shot at him before and always fought for survival. The last thing he would ever be afraid of was a bunch of rich kids at school. They could test him if they wanted to, Heero thought. Then they would know to keep their distance. Heero didn't mind getting down if it came to it. Though he would rather not have to risk expulsion. He paid too much money for this and had too much riding on it. Heero just kept moving on.

The end of the day came and everyone said their goodbyes and went on looking for their rides. Pagan pushed up in the signature pink luxury vehicle and opened the door, waiting for Relena to enter.

Relena said bye to her friends and Dorothy gave her a hug, reiterating he need to beat up the new kid. Relena smiled and shook her head at her friend. She honestly didn't like the idea of someone fighting like that on her behalf. She was a big girl, she could handle herself.

Dorothy and Quatre walked off in their own direction and Relena entered her ride. Pagan took his spot in the driver's seat and looked back at Relena through the rearview mirror. "And how was your first day back at school, Miss Relena?" The old man inquired.

At that question, images of Heero flashed into her head and she took a sharp breath before answering. "It was good." She started simply. "I'm happy to see everyone and classes should go well this year."

Pagan thought he noticed something off about Relena but didn't pry any further. "Well that's great to hear. I wish you nothing of the best of luck this year."

"Thank you as always, Pagan." Relena replied with a smile. The car was heading down the long street. She kept her eyes out towards the window. As it continued down, she noticed the bus stop had someone sitting on the bench. He was wearing her school's uniform. She wondered who took the bus at her school. Everyone had rides or their own forms of transportation. No one took the bus.

It was then that she noticed it was Heero Yuy. Sitting there hunched over with his head hung low and his bag sitting right next to him. She could barely make out his facial features as the car drove past him. She looked back out the rear window of the car, trying to see more of him before he finally disappeared from view.

So Heero took the bus to and from school? Made her wonder his family situation and where he lived. He just created more questions for her to want answers to. Who was Heero Yuy? And why was his head hung so low?

After about 20 minutes passed, the bus finally came. Heero lifted his head up and got ready to go back home. To a place where the streets were always on fire. Back to real life. He entered the bus and turned on his phone. He had messages and voicemails that he missed and needed to respond to. Business related and some from his friends back in the neighborhood. He was flipping through his phone when the events of lunch time flashed into his brain.

He shook his head. "Relena…" He said to himself, almost sounding mad at the fact that he said that name. He didn't like that one bit.

AN: Nothing else to say, just here, have another one. LMK what y'all think.