Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Behind the Scenes with Heero and Relena ❯ Chapter 6
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Maxine 
ESPECIALLY ignore the author's notes in this chapter, they're from November, 2001!
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 08.23.2002 | Updated On: 08.23.2002 | Pages: 2 | Words: 3.5K | Visits: 356 | Status: Completed
ESPECIALLY ignore the author's notes in this chapter, they're from November, 2001!
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 08.23.2002 | Updated On: 08.23.2002 | Pages: 2 | Words: 3.5K | Visits: 356 | Status: Completed
Behind the Scenes with Heero and Relena: Chapter 6
*Warning* Ok guys, like I said, I do not do FULL lemons, but there will be some lemony scenes in this fic, thus the rating. Be prepared for that. Other than that, the usual warnings, you know, bad language and stuff.
*Disclaimer* I hate having to say this every time, it's depressing. However, I DO NOT OWN GUNDAM WING OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS!!!
Oooh, I just know some of you are going to HATE me for this chapter. Well, I'll say it ahead of time, SORRY!!! I really am, but that's the way life goes. Deal with it!! J/k. ^_^
Heero and Relena didn't see each other for a while after the would-be assassination attempt. Treize removed Relena from her position as Queen of the World, while Heero joined up with the other pilots on Peacemillion. With all that was happening between White Fang, the colonies, Zechs, and everything else, the two didn't have much time to think about their counterparts. Heero had managed to block most of the events that had transpired between them out of his mind, focusing instead on battling Libra. It wasn't until Hilde had brought information about Relena being on Libra that Heero's memories of the not-so-distant past resurfaced.
// Duo walked slowly down the corridor away from the hospital wing. Hilde had just given him some interesting news, and it only added to the stress he'd been feeling lately. Not only was Hilde badly hurt, but Relena was actually ON Libra. Great, just wonderful. Duo was rendered helpless to help those close to him yet again. He hadn't seen Relena since that time they'd gone to the carnival, but he still considered her a good friend. However, he wasn't about to leave Hilde's side just yet, so that meant someone else would have to do the rescuing. Duo quickened his pace as he saw the person he was looking for leaning against the wall up ahead.
"Hey, Heero," Duo said, coming to stand in front of the pilot. Heero continued scrutinizing the floor, but Duo continued anyway. "Relena Peacecraft's onboard Libra," he said, pronouncing her name with a little extra stress to get Heero's attention. It worked.
"Hn?" Heero grunted looking up sharply with slightly wide eyes. Duo resisted the urge to smirk and make a smart comment.
"Yeah, Hilde said she met her there." That was all Heero needed to hear. With no clear idea of what he was doing, he immediately set off for the hangar where Wing Zero was. He stood in front of the gargantuan machine, glaring up at it in thought. As if suddenly making a decision, he turned abruptly and climbed into one of the space shuttles instead. Before he could change his mind, he took off. //
Heero found himself walking quickly down a hallway towards where Relena was supposedly being held hostage. Every so often he glanced around warily to make sure no one had noticed him, and his right hand was always resting on his gun.
'Why am I doing this?' Heero asked himself, taking a left turn towards his destination. 'How can I let her get to me like this? I would be better off with her dead, wouldn't I?' It must have been the fifty-fifth time he'd asked himself that, but he never could get a clear response. Heero's eyes narrowed. 'In the words of Wufei, I am SUCH a weakling.' Coming to the door he was looking for, he paused, and then slowly punched in the code on the number pad.
Inside, Relena was looking out the window sullenly, one hand resting unconsciously on her abdomen. She let out a deep sigh and leaned forward until her forehead was touching the cool glass.
"Heero..." she murmured, just as the door behind her slid open. "Go away," she said strongly, lifting her head and glaring out at the black space through the window. "I have nothing to say to anyone except for my brother. I wish you would just leave me alone."
"I can't do that," an extremely familiar voice said from behind her. Whirling around, Relena stared in shock at the intruder.
"I-I hadn't expected you to come for me, Heero," she choked out.
"Noin and the others were feeling uneasy with you still here," Heero said, somehow managing not to wince as he spoke the lame and incredibly wrong reason he was there. Did anyone other than Duo even know she was here? And he was almost certain Relena didn't believe him anyway, especially when she smirked a little.
'The others? Pfft, yeah right.' The thought flitted through her head as Relena looked in wonder at the boy before her. He turned away abruptly though, and headed for the door.
"Come on," Heero said. Relena was about to follow him when she remembered something.
"Wait!" she called, reaching out a hand as if to stop him. "I still have to talk to my..." she trailed off. Brother? It was still such a foreign thought to her, but Heero seemed to know what she was talking about anyway.
"You mean Zechs?" he asked, and Relena frowned slightly at the name. "Do what you want. I have to see him too." He continued out of the room. Relena pulled back her hand and smiled at his retreating back before hurrying to catch up.
They made their way silently through the halls, and it wasn't exactly a comfortable silence that surrounded them. The air was filled with a tension so thick you could cut a knife with it (A/N: Bleh, that line is so cliché). Heero kept glancing at Relena out of the corner of his eye when he thought she wasn't looking. His eyes would often drift down to her stomach, before lifting sharply back up and glaring straight ahead. Relena, who had noticed every time he glanced over, finally got fed up with it.
"What?" she whispered irritably, careful to keep her voice low in the eerily empty hallways.
"Hn?" was the reply she got.
"I'm not blind, Heero. I can tell you're looking at me, or glaring at me or something." She stopped walking abruptly so that Heero turned around to face her.
"Relena, come on. If we stay here long they might notice you're gone and they'll come looking for you," he said, trying to keep a deadpan face and expression. Relena crossed her arms stubbornly. Heero sighed slightly and walked towards her. He reached out a hand to grab her arm, but she snatched it out of the way and began moving forward again. Heero only stared at her back for a few seconds before striding to catch up with her. What was it with women and their peculiar mood swings? It was quiet again, and this time it was Heero who got uncomfortable with the silence. It was so strange standing next to her, for some reason. She was supposedly pregnant with his child - HIS child! - but you couldn't even tell yet, as far as he could tell. Of course, Heero had no idea what a pregnant woman was supposed to look like during the early stages. Clearing his throat slightly, Heero finally spoke up.
"How is everything?" he asked softly, causing the blonde to jump a little. She glanced at him nervously to find that he watching her steadily under that subtle glare of his.
"Um...well," Relena stuttered incoherently. Heero paused mid-step.
"Is something wrong?" he asked worriedly, eyes slightly wide.
"No! No, nothing's wrong at all, it's just that...well...I'm not pregnant anymore. Actually, I don't know if-"
"What?!" Heero exclaimed softly, glancing around to make sure they were alone. "What happened? I thought you weren't going to get an...abortion..." He looked away guiltily, thinking it was his fault, like he'd actually convinced her to go through with it. For some reason, he felt incredibly...sad. Or disappointed. It was weird.
"Heero, you interrupted me, sweetheart," Relena said sarcastically. "If you'd let me finish..."
"Sorry," Heero mumbled, giving her his full attention again.
"It's ok. Well, for starters, I did NOT get an abortion. But...I didn't exactly have a miscarriage either. I don't think I was ever pregnant to begin with." Heero blinked.
"Huh?" Relena smiled a little.
"Well, there was a mix-up of files or something at the hospital. In short, I got the results of someone else. Which means that somewhere in the Sank Kingdom there's a poor lady who's going to be gaining weight for an unknown reason. I mean, imagine my shock when I thought I was pregnant, and then suddenly I get my period! I didn't know what was going on!" Relena laughed.
"I didn't need to know that," Heero monotoned, causing Relena's peals of laughter to get even stronger. When she finally calmed down, she spoke again.
"I'm very relieved, but...disappointed at the same time." Slowly she reached down and took Heero's hand with her own, intertwining their fingers. Heero just watched their hands. "I know we're only fifteen, but I would have...I would have liked to have your baby," Relena said quietly, looking into Heero's eyes as he lifted his head sharply. He stared back in silent shock, before blinking and fidgeting nervously under her gaze. Relena smiled a small smile, and slightly tugged on Heero's hand to get him walking again. They didn't speak for a few minutes, as Heero tried to puzzle out what he should say.
"Relena," he started, and then paused. "Relena, I..." He stopped again, before ceasing his walking all together. Relena just looked at him expectantly. "Look, there's going to be a-a battle soon, and...I don't know if...if..." He gave up, and settled for looking her in the eyes. She seemed to understand something, because her eyes widened. Heero took the chance, and leaned down to capture her lips with his. It took Relena a second to respond because of her slight shock, but soon she was kissing him back. Several minutes later (A/N: hehe ^_^ ), they broke apart.
"Come on," Heero spoke first. "We need to get moving." Relena stumbled after him.
The rest of their time on Libra was a blur to Relena. They finally spoke to Zechs, only to discover it was a hologram, and were soon on their way back to Peacemillion. There were a few problems along the way, such as Libra getting attacked. But during that, Heero managed to prove how much he actually cared for Relena, by protecting her from the falling debris around them. It was something Relena would never forget. They had just gotten back, when Heero suddenly decided to leave again. And he was saying he might not return. Not something Relena was willing to deal with. But after only a brief argument, she found herself watching Heero fly off, and she was powerless to stop him. Even when she tried to go after him, the rest of the crew held her back. It wasn't fair really. No one, except maybe Duo, who wasn't there, understood what she felt for Heero. They thought it was a silly high school crush. Hell, half of them thought she was stalking the poor boy. She may have gone to the extremes in trying to get Heero's attention, but Relena was no stalker. Her adoptive mother (A/N: Whatever happened to that woman?!) had tried hard to get her to stay home, but it was useless. And now she had to sit around and do nothing as the boy she liked and cared for - loved maybe? - was fighting her own BROTHER. It really was NOT fair.
After several horribly stressful hours, some spent visiting Hilde in the hospital wing, Relena watched in absolute horror as Heero attempted to stop the last piece of Libra from hitting the Earth. She couldn't remember a time in her life that she had ever been that on edge or worried about someone. Before her eyes she watched the explosion, and waited, holding her breath, for Wing Zero to emerge. When it finally did, tears were threatening to spill from her eyes. Relena was the first to the docking bay, awaiting Heero's arrival.
During his battle with Zechs, Heero could not get the image of Relena out of his mind. It was worse than it had ever been before. Hell, he'd even let Zechs live for her sake! Or maybe it was because he was just plain tired of killing people. Either way, the battle proved to be pointless, as neither side won. Well, Zechs had SUPPOSEDLY died, but Heero a sneaking suspicion that he was still alive somewhere, somehow. He hadn't dwelled on it, because the job wasn't done yet. The entire battle on their side would have been utterly meaningless if that part of Libra hit Earth. So, with what little will power he had left in his exhausted mind and body, Heero put himself in harm's way, DEATH'S way, to literally save the world. And the one thing that kept him going...was Relena.
// Heero grunted as the atmosphere around him began to tear away at his Gundam. He didn't know how much longer it would hold out.
'Maybe I should just give up,' he thought wearily. 'Damn it all to hell. I'd be free of this Perfect Soldier persona. Of course, I'd be dead... And what about the Earth? All those people...' Heero sighed, weighing the choices, when a picture of Relena appeared in his mind. She was smiling slightly through the early morning sunrays, her hair spread out around her. The blanket she was sleeping under was low enough to partially reveal her unclothed chest. Heero blinked. Where the hell had THAT come from? He paused to think about it for a second when his Gundam suddenly shook violently, bringing him back to his senses. Decision made, Heero started firing up his buster rifle. A huge beam shot forth from it, slowly disintegrating the massive block above him. He could almost feel his Gundam falling apart as it began to heat up inside the cockpit.
"...I will..." he grunted, trying to hold the gun steady. "I will..." Damn it was hot. "I WILL..." Heero gave the gun one last boost as he shouted out, "I WILL SURVIVE!" He almost blacked out for a second as the block finally broke apart and crumbled away, the small debris dissolving in the atmosphere. He had succeeded. He'd SUCCEEDED, and to top it off, he was alive. "Heh, mission accomplished," he said out loud, for once feeling proud of himself. Without a second thought, he flew off towards Peacemillion. //
As soon as Heero stepped/stumbled out of his Gundam, cheers erupted from around the docking bay. Relena ran forward, and without even thinking threw her arms around the tired boy. Heero could only cling to her, burying his face in her flowery smelling hair. There was an unnatural sting in his eyes, but he held back any sort of tears that threatened to fall. He was too strong for that. Eventually, the young couple noticed that it had gone almost silent in the room. Heero was the first to notice it, and he stiffened involuntarily in Relena's grasp. She caught on almost immediately, stepping away to give him space, still smiling at him through her watery eyes. She too refused to cry in front of so many people. Duo came to their rescue, rushing forward and slinging an arm around each of their shoulders.
"So, guys, how's it goin'? 'Lena, haven't seen you in a while, how ya been?" Relena laughed.
"I'm fine, Duo. You?"
"Just great. Worried as hell about Hilde though."
"Oh, YOU'RE the pilot she knew?! I should have guessed." Relena chuckled some more, as Duo led them off to whatever party was awaiting them.
The three hung around together, occasionally mingling with the other pilots. It wasn't much of a party or anything, just a small get-together with champagne, well, non-alcoholic champagne, courtesy of Quatre. At some point during the night, Relena and Duo headed off to the hospital wing to see how Hilde was doing. When they returned, Heero had disappeared.
* * *
Four weeks later, Vice Foreign Minister Dorlain was on her way back to Earth from a meeting she had just had. Her birthday was coming up again, which meant it had been about a year since she had a met Heero. Heero... Relena sighed. She hadn't seen him since the day of the battle with Libra. It was beginning to worry her, but Heero could take care of himself. Of course, that's not what Relena was worried about...
'What if I never see him again?' she thought, making her way down the aisle of the space shuttle. She smiled slightly, remembering all the things they had done together over the past year. They definitely had a strange relationship. Who knew one of the best pick-up lines could be "omae o korosu?"
"S'cuse me," one of the shuttle helpers said as he brushed past her.
"That's fine," Relena said absently, still reminiscing. She finally got to her seat, but before she could sit down, she gasped. It seemed her seat was already taken...by a teddy bear. And...there was a note with it? Relena quickly picked it up and scanned it to see who it was from. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw the quick-written scrawl of...Heero! (A/N: Duh...)
Relena,
I'll see you again soon. Don't come looking for me. I need some time. We WILL meet again.
- Heero
P.S. Happy Birthday!
Four, five short sentences. That was more than enough for Relena. And he'd even remembered her birthday! Relena smiled widely. That man she'd bumped into must have delivered the bear and card. Wait... Her eyes widened. There was a certain unruly mess of brown hair under that hat that she recognized. Quickly looking out the window, Relena smiled in relief when she immediately spotted Heero slowly walking away.
'Shouldn't have done that,' Heero chastised himself. 'Now you HAVE to go back to see her. Well, it's not like I said WHEN we would see each other again. Well, I did say soon, didn't I? Shit...' Heero sighed. 'But that's ok. The war's over. I can live normally now. Or...attempt to anyway. I wonder where I should go-' His thoughts were interrupted by a cry from behind him.
"Heero!" Relena called, desperately trying to get his attention. He turned around slowly.
'Great, she saw me,' Heero thought nervously. 'Now what?' Relena smiled and held up the letter he written her. Heero raised an eyebrow. Both his eyes widened though, when she suddenly ripped the card down the center.
"Next time, hand it to me in person," was all she said, still smiling. Heero smiled slightly too, remembering when he'd ripped up her invitation. When she made no more comments, he turned back around and continued walking, this time more at ease with the future. Behind him, Relena's smile softened.
"Just don't be gone long, Heero," she said quietly.
She didn't see him for almost a year.
The End!... NOT!!!! Ok, this is the end of the "behind the scenes during the episodes" part. The next (and LAST) chapter takes place at the very end of Endless Waltz. There's several things I wanna explain, and they're listed below. PLEASE READ THEM!!
1. I am aware that in the manga, Heero and Relena DO see each other before Endless Waltz. I've read them, in fact. The thing is I don't know how many other people have read them. If you HAVE read Ground Zero and/or Blind Target, then fine, they DID see each other during that one year. It really doesn't affect the story any.
2. See!! I didn't harm Relena's baby in any way!!! She was never pregnant to begin with...hehe. Sorry to those who might be disappointed because of that.
3. Now you know why Duo says, "Anything at all for the one you love," in Endless Waltz! Haha! He knows about those two!
4. Yeah, in Number 3, I know he doesn't really say that. It was a bad dubbed line or something, but oh well. I like to THINK he said that.
5. Heh, I just realized that I never said that the // means a flashback. (Hey! It also means parallel! In math anyway...) Sorry if I confused anyone.
6. Oh, basketball tryouts were last week, and I made varsity!!! Why am I telling you this? Because it means there will be longer periods of time between fic/chapter postings! Less time to work on them!!! Got that? Sorry, but that's how it goes. You can't get scholarships off of fic writing. Whoa, wouldn't that be kewl if you could? Heh, anyway...
Ok, that's all! Thanks for reading, please review, and be on the lookout for the last chapter, which will be out VERY SOON! This'll be my first completed CHAPTER fic!! YAY!!!! Thanks so much, guys! Ja ne!
*~Maxine~*
*Warning* Ok guys, like I said, I do not do FULL lemons, but there will be some lemony scenes in this fic, thus the rating. Be prepared for that. Other than that, the usual warnings, you know, bad language and stuff.
*Disclaimer* I hate having to say this every time, it's depressing. However, I DO NOT OWN GUNDAM WING OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS!!!
Oooh, I just know some of you are going to HATE me for this chapter. Well, I'll say it ahead of time, SORRY!!! I really am, but that's the way life goes. Deal with it!! J/k. ^_^
Heero and Relena didn't see each other for a while after the would-be assassination attempt. Treize removed Relena from her position as Queen of the World, while Heero joined up with the other pilots on Peacemillion. With all that was happening between White Fang, the colonies, Zechs, and everything else, the two didn't have much time to think about their counterparts. Heero had managed to block most of the events that had transpired between them out of his mind, focusing instead on battling Libra. It wasn't until Hilde had brought information about Relena being on Libra that Heero's memories of the not-so-distant past resurfaced.
// Duo walked slowly down the corridor away from the hospital wing. Hilde had just given him some interesting news, and it only added to the stress he'd been feeling lately. Not only was Hilde badly hurt, but Relena was actually ON Libra. Great, just wonderful. Duo was rendered helpless to help those close to him yet again. He hadn't seen Relena since that time they'd gone to the carnival, but he still considered her a good friend. However, he wasn't about to leave Hilde's side just yet, so that meant someone else would have to do the rescuing. Duo quickened his pace as he saw the person he was looking for leaning against the wall up ahead.
"Hey, Heero," Duo said, coming to stand in front of the pilot. Heero continued scrutinizing the floor, but Duo continued anyway. "Relena Peacecraft's onboard Libra," he said, pronouncing her name with a little extra stress to get Heero's attention. It worked.
"Hn?" Heero grunted looking up sharply with slightly wide eyes. Duo resisted the urge to smirk and make a smart comment.
"Yeah, Hilde said she met her there." That was all Heero needed to hear. With no clear idea of what he was doing, he immediately set off for the hangar where Wing Zero was. He stood in front of the gargantuan machine, glaring up at it in thought. As if suddenly making a decision, he turned abruptly and climbed into one of the space shuttles instead. Before he could change his mind, he took off. //
Heero found himself walking quickly down a hallway towards where Relena was supposedly being held hostage. Every so often he glanced around warily to make sure no one had noticed him, and his right hand was always resting on his gun.
'Why am I doing this?' Heero asked himself, taking a left turn towards his destination. 'How can I let her get to me like this? I would be better off with her dead, wouldn't I?' It must have been the fifty-fifth time he'd asked himself that, but he never could get a clear response. Heero's eyes narrowed. 'In the words of Wufei, I am SUCH a weakling.' Coming to the door he was looking for, he paused, and then slowly punched in the code on the number pad.
Inside, Relena was looking out the window sullenly, one hand resting unconsciously on her abdomen. She let out a deep sigh and leaned forward until her forehead was touching the cool glass.
"Heero..." she murmured, just as the door behind her slid open. "Go away," she said strongly, lifting her head and glaring out at the black space through the window. "I have nothing to say to anyone except for my brother. I wish you would just leave me alone."
"I can't do that," an extremely familiar voice said from behind her. Whirling around, Relena stared in shock at the intruder.
"I-I hadn't expected you to come for me, Heero," she choked out.
"Noin and the others were feeling uneasy with you still here," Heero said, somehow managing not to wince as he spoke the lame and incredibly wrong reason he was there. Did anyone other than Duo even know she was here? And he was almost certain Relena didn't believe him anyway, especially when she smirked a little.
'The others? Pfft, yeah right.' The thought flitted through her head as Relena looked in wonder at the boy before her. He turned away abruptly though, and headed for the door.
"Come on," Heero said. Relena was about to follow him when she remembered something.
"Wait!" she called, reaching out a hand as if to stop him. "I still have to talk to my..." she trailed off. Brother? It was still such a foreign thought to her, but Heero seemed to know what she was talking about anyway.
"You mean Zechs?" he asked, and Relena frowned slightly at the name. "Do what you want. I have to see him too." He continued out of the room. Relena pulled back her hand and smiled at his retreating back before hurrying to catch up.
They made their way silently through the halls, and it wasn't exactly a comfortable silence that surrounded them. The air was filled with a tension so thick you could cut a knife with it (A/N: Bleh, that line is so cliché). Heero kept glancing at Relena out of the corner of his eye when he thought she wasn't looking. His eyes would often drift down to her stomach, before lifting sharply back up and glaring straight ahead. Relena, who had noticed every time he glanced over, finally got fed up with it.
"What?" she whispered irritably, careful to keep her voice low in the eerily empty hallways.
"Hn?" was the reply she got.
"I'm not blind, Heero. I can tell you're looking at me, or glaring at me or something." She stopped walking abruptly so that Heero turned around to face her.
"Relena, come on. If we stay here long they might notice you're gone and they'll come looking for you," he said, trying to keep a deadpan face and expression. Relena crossed her arms stubbornly. Heero sighed slightly and walked towards her. He reached out a hand to grab her arm, but she snatched it out of the way and began moving forward again. Heero only stared at her back for a few seconds before striding to catch up with her. What was it with women and their peculiar mood swings? It was quiet again, and this time it was Heero who got uncomfortable with the silence. It was so strange standing next to her, for some reason. She was supposedly pregnant with his child - HIS child! - but you couldn't even tell yet, as far as he could tell. Of course, Heero had no idea what a pregnant woman was supposed to look like during the early stages. Clearing his throat slightly, Heero finally spoke up.
"How is everything?" he asked softly, causing the blonde to jump a little. She glanced at him nervously to find that he watching her steadily under that subtle glare of his.
"Um...well," Relena stuttered incoherently. Heero paused mid-step.
"Is something wrong?" he asked worriedly, eyes slightly wide.
"No! No, nothing's wrong at all, it's just that...well...I'm not pregnant anymore. Actually, I don't know if-"
"What?!" Heero exclaimed softly, glancing around to make sure they were alone. "What happened? I thought you weren't going to get an...abortion..." He looked away guiltily, thinking it was his fault, like he'd actually convinced her to go through with it. For some reason, he felt incredibly...sad. Or disappointed. It was weird.
"Heero, you interrupted me, sweetheart," Relena said sarcastically. "If you'd let me finish..."
"Sorry," Heero mumbled, giving her his full attention again.
"It's ok. Well, for starters, I did NOT get an abortion. But...I didn't exactly have a miscarriage either. I don't think I was ever pregnant to begin with." Heero blinked.
"Huh?" Relena smiled a little.
"Well, there was a mix-up of files or something at the hospital. In short, I got the results of someone else. Which means that somewhere in the Sank Kingdom there's a poor lady who's going to be gaining weight for an unknown reason. I mean, imagine my shock when I thought I was pregnant, and then suddenly I get my period! I didn't know what was going on!" Relena laughed.
"I didn't need to know that," Heero monotoned, causing Relena's peals of laughter to get even stronger. When she finally calmed down, she spoke again.
"I'm very relieved, but...disappointed at the same time." Slowly she reached down and took Heero's hand with her own, intertwining their fingers. Heero just watched their hands. "I know we're only fifteen, but I would have...I would have liked to have your baby," Relena said quietly, looking into Heero's eyes as he lifted his head sharply. He stared back in silent shock, before blinking and fidgeting nervously under her gaze. Relena smiled a small smile, and slightly tugged on Heero's hand to get him walking again. They didn't speak for a few minutes, as Heero tried to puzzle out what he should say.
"Relena," he started, and then paused. "Relena, I..." He stopped again, before ceasing his walking all together. Relena just looked at him expectantly. "Look, there's going to be a-a battle soon, and...I don't know if...if..." He gave up, and settled for looking her in the eyes. She seemed to understand something, because her eyes widened. Heero took the chance, and leaned down to capture her lips with his. It took Relena a second to respond because of her slight shock, but soon she was kissing him back. Several minutes later (A/N: hehe ^_^ ), they broke apart.
"Come on," Heero spoke first. "We need to get moving." Relena stumbled after him.
The rest of their time on Libra was a blur to Relena. They finally spoke to Zechs, only to discover it was a hologram, and were soon on their way back to Peacemillion. There were a few problems along the way, such as Libra getting attacked. But during that, Heero managed to prove how much he actually cared for Relena, by protecting her from the falling debris around them. It was something Relena would never forget. They had just gotten back, when Heero suddenly decided to leave again. And he was saying he might not return. Not something Relena was willing to deal with. But after only a brief argument, she found herself watching Heero fly off, and she was powerless to stop him. Even when she tried to go after him, the rest of the crew held her back. It wasn't fair really. No one, except maybe Duo, who wasn't there, understood what she felt for Heero. They thought it was a silly high school crush. Hell, half of them thought she was stalking the poor boy. She may have gone to the extremes in trying to get Heero's attention, but Relena was no stalker. Her adoptive mother (A/N: Whatever happened to that woman?!) had tried hard to get her to stay home, but it was useless. And now she had to sit around and do nothing as the boy she liked and cared for - loved maybe? - was fighting her own BROTHER. It really was NOT fair.
After several horribly stressful hours, some spent visiting Hilde in the hospital wing, Relena watched in absolute horror as Heero attempted to stop the last piece of Libra from hitting the Earth. She couldn't remember a time in her life that she had ever been that on edge or worried about someone. Before her eyes she watched the explosion, and waited, holding her breath, for Wing Zero to emerge. When it finally did, tears were threatening to spill from her eyes. Relena was the first to the docking bay, awaiting Heero's arrival.
During his battle with Zechs, Heero could not get the image of Relena out of his mind. It was worse than it had ever been before. Hell, he'd even let Zechs live for her sake! Or maybe it was because he was just plain tired of killing people. Either way, the battle proved to be pointless, as neither side won. Well, Zechs had SUPPOSEDLY died, but Heero a sneaking suspicion that he was still alive somewhere, somehow. He hadn't dwelled on it, because the job wasn't done yet. The entire battle on their side would have been utterly meaningless if that part of Libra hit Earth. So, with what little will power he had left in his exhausted mind and body, Heero put himself in harm's way, DEATH'S way, to literally save the world. And the one thing that kept him going...was Relena.
// Heero grunted as the atmosphere around him began to tear away at his Gundam. He didn't know how much longer it would hold out.
'Maybe I should just give up,' he thought wearily. 'Damn it all to hell. I'd be free of this Perfect Soldier persona. Of course, I'd be dead... And what about the Earth? All those people...' Heero sighed, weighing the choices, when a picture of Relena appeared in his mind. She was smiling slightly through the early morning sunrays, her hair spread out around her. The blanket she was sleeping under was low enough to partially reveal her unclothed chest. Heero blinked. Where the hell had THAT come from? He paused to think about it for a second when his Gundam suddenly shook violently, bringing him back to his senses. Decision made, Heero started firing up his buster rifle. A huge beam shot forth from it, slowly disintegrating the massive block above him. He could almost feel his Gundam falling apart as it began to heat up inside the cockpit.
"...I will..." he grunted, trying to hold the gun steady. "I will..." Damn it was hot. "I WILL..." Heero gave the gun one last boost as he shouted out, "I WILL SURVIVE!" He almost blacked out for a second as the block finally broke apart and crumbled away, the small debris dissolving in the atmosphere. He had succeeded. He'd SUCCEEDED, and to top it off, he was alive. "Heh, mission accomplished," he said out loud, for once feeling proud of himself. Without a second thought, he flew off towards Peacemillion. //
As soon as Heero stepped/stumbled out of his Gundam, cheers erupted from around the docking bay. Relena ran forward, and without even thinking threw her arms around the tired boy. Heero could only cling to her, burying his face in her flowery smelling hair. There was an unnatural sting in his eyes, but he held back any sort of tears that threatened to fall. He was too strong for that. Eventually, the young couple noticed that it had gone almost silent in the room. Heero was the first to notice it, and he stiffened involuntarily in Relena's grasp. She caught on almost immediately, stepping away to give him space, still smiling at him through her watery eyes. She too refused to cry in front of so many people. Duo came to their rescue, rushing forward and slinging an arm around each of their shoulders.
"So, guys, how's it goin'? 'Lena, haven't seen you in a while, how ya been?" Relena laughed.
"I'm fine, Duo. You?"
"Just great. Worried as hell about Hilde though."
"Oh, YOU'RE the pilot she knew?! I should have guessed." Relena chuckled some more, as Duo led them off to whatever party was awaiting them.
The three hung around together, occasionally mingling with the other pilots. It wasn't much of a party or anything, just a small get-together with champagne, well, non-alcoholic champagne, courtesy of Quatre. At some point during the night, Relena and Duo headed off to the hospital wing to see how Hilde was doing. When they returned, Heero had disappeared.
* * *
Four weeks later, Vice Foreign Minister Dorlain was on her way back to Earth from a meeting she had just had. Her birthday was coming up again, which meant it had been about a year since she had a met Heero. Heero... Relena sighed. She hadn't seen him since the day of the battle with Libra. It was beginning to worry her, but Heero could take care of himself. Of course, that's not what Relena was worried about...
'What if I never see him again?' she thought, making her way down the aisle of the space shuttle. She smiled slightly, remembering all the things they had done together over the past year. They definitely had a strange relationship. Who knew one of the best pick-up lines could be "omae o korosu?"
"S'cuse me," one of the shuttle helpers said as he brushed past her.
"That's fine," Relena said absently, still reminiscing. She finally got to her seat, but before she could sit down, she gasped. It seemed her seat was already taken...by a teddy bear. And...there was a note with it? Relena quickly picked it up and scanned it to see who it was from. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw the quick-written scrawl of...Heero! (A/N: Duh...)
Relena,
I'll see you again soon. Don't come looking for me. I need some time. We WILL meet again.
- Heero
P.S. Happy Birthday!
Four, five short sentences. That was more than enough for Relena. And he'd even remembered her birthday! Relena smiled widely. That man she'd bumped into must have delivered the bear and card. Wait... Her eyes widened. There was a certain unruly mess of brown hair under that hat that she recognized. Quickly looking out the window, Relena smiled in relief when she immediately spotted Heero slowly walking away.
'Shouldn't have done that,' Heero chastised himself. 'Now you HAVE to go back to see her. Well, it's not like I said WHEN we would see each other again. Well, I did say soon, didn't I? Shit...' Heero sighed. 'But that's ok. The war's over. I can live normally now. Or...attempt to anyway. I wonder where I should go-' His thoughts were interrupted by a cry from behind him.
"Heero!" Relena called, desperately trying to get his attention. He turned around slowly.
'Great, she saw me,' Heero thought nervously. 'Now what?' Relena smiled and held up the letter he written her. Heero raised an eyebrow. Both his eyes widened though, when she suddenly ripped the card down the center.
"Next time, hand it to me in person," was all she said, still smiling. Heero smiled slightly too, remembering when he'd ripped up her invitation. When she made no more comments, he turned back around and continued walking, this time more at ease with the future. Behind him, Relena's smile softened.
"Just don't be gone long, Heero," she said quietly.
She didn't see him for almost a year.
The End!... NOT!!!! Ok, this is the end of the "behind the scenes during the episodes" part. The next (and LAST) chapter takes place at the very end of Endless Waltz. There's several things I wanna explain, and they're listed below. PLEASE READ THEM!!
1. I am aware that in the manga, Heero and Relena DO see each other before Endless Waltz. I've read them, in fact. The thing is I don't know how many other people have read them. If you HAVE read Ground Zero and/or Blind Target, then fine, they DID see each other during that one year. It really doesn't affect the story any.
2. See!! I didn't harm Relena's baby in any way!!! She was never pregnant to begin with...hehe. Sorry to those who might be disappointed because of that.
3. Now you know why Duo says, "Anything at all for the one you love," in Endless Waltz! Haha! He knows about those two!
4. Yeah, in Number 3, I know he doesn't really say that. It was a bad dubbed line or something, but oh well. I like to THINK he said that.
5. Heh, I just realized that I never said that the // means a flashback. (Hey! It also means parallel! In math anyway...) Sorry if I confused anyone.
6. Oh, basketball tryouts were last week, and I made varsity!!! Why am I telling you this? Because it means there will be longer periods of time between fic/chapter postings! Less time to work on them!!! Got that? Sorry, but that's how it goes. You can't get scholarships off of fic writing. Whoa, wouldn't that be kewl if you could? Heh, anyway...
Ok, that's all! Thanks for reading, please review, and be on the lookout for the last chapter, which will be out VERY SOON! This'll be my first completed CHAPTER fic!! YAY!!!! Thanks so much, guys! Ja ne!
*~Maxine~*