Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Life Happened ❯ Rumors ( Chapter 2 )

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Life Happened 2/??

Author: shinigami2174

Rating: PG-13

Warnings: Relena's POV, yaoi, yuri, het, language

Pairings: Past R+1, 3x4x3, 1+2+1, 4x5x4, future 1x2x1

Timeline: After Endless Waltz

Spoilers: None.

Genre: Romance.

Feedback: Yes please! shinigami2174@Argentina.com

Thanks again to CleverYoungThief for beta reading. You rock! ^_^

Life Happened

Chapter 2: Rumors.

Everything started on a day that seemed nothing but ordinary. I had heard the news about Trowa and Quatre's break-up two months ago, and was miserably trapped in Preventers' HQ due to massive failures in the climate control system in my office. Security reasons, you know.

I remember that day because my twentieth-first birthday was going to be in three more months and I had started planning the celebration. Tell me about stupid things to waste your time on. Anyway, I was agonizing over the guest list of my soon-to-be party when I noticed I needed a copy of the latest list of government officials to decide which ones needed to be invited.

Nothing complicated, you may say. I agree with you. What did I do? What any normal government official with a healthy amount of self respect would do in my place. I called my secretary to ask her for the list.

Call it fate, destiny of whatever the hell you want to call it. My secretary was not in her place. I have to make hard decisions on a daily basis, so I was more than capable of making another one, right? Right. I decided to move my ass and get the copy myself.

I went to her desk and looked for the damn list in one of the drawers. When I finally found it, I had to face another challenge. There was only one copy. Not a big deal. I just needed a photocopy.

I was feeling adventurous that day so I decided to go to the copy room and make a photocopy of that goddamned list.

When I arrived at my provisional office, I had been shown the whole building in case I needed to escape or hide. Security reasons again, so I knew where the copy room was.

I walked to the copy room, glad I had not come upon anybody. Sometimes it's tiring to be a public figure, to have everybody trying to please you. There are times when you just want to be left the hell alone. I suppose it was one of those days.

I finally reached the copy room, and after a gazillion failed attempts I got my photocopies. I was about to go back to my office when I heard steps and voices outside the room. I decided to wait until that loud group of people decided to go away.

Tell me about rotten luck. They decided to stop at the copy room door and started to gossip. I know, a lady doesn't eavesdrop, but for one thing it wasn't intentionally, and secondly, who the hell told you I am a lady? I just act like one.

I was expecting normal office gossip, you know. Who has a new car? Who just divorced? Who has a new lover? Things like that. Nothing in the freaking universe could have prepared me for what I heard.

"Have you heard the news?" a feminine voice asked.

"What about?" another girl asked.

"The Gundam Pilots." The first girl answered.

"Hell, no. Tell me!"

"Trowa Barton joined the Preventers. He works full time now."

"Really? He and Quatre were called just when it was needed. Well, it's not surprising."

"Of course it isn't. He had to do something with his free time now that he's single again."

"What a pity he's gay. He's gorgeous."

"He may be bisexual."

"Hey, you're right. One of us might get lucky."

"You wish."

"Of course I do. Who would have though he'd leave Quatre Winner?"

"You are kidding me, right? "

"No, he left Quatre. Rumors say Quatre stopped spending time with him. It seems he just concentrated on Winner Enterprises."

"And he just walked out without saying goodbye?"

"Yes, but there's more."

"More?"

"It seems that Mr. Winner didn't feel the loss too much. He has a new boyfriend."

"So soon? Who is he?"

"Chang Wufei."

"What?!"

"You heard me."

"That little slut…"

"Well, not exactly. They are not sleeping together or anything. It seems they are just trying to know each other better to see if there may be more in the future."

"How the hell do you know it?"

"Quatre's secretary is my cousin."

"Oh, that explains it."

"Yes. Anyway, Wufei is Quatre's new head of security."

"A very lousy one if you know everything about Quatre's private life."

"Quatre trusts my cousin. They would never suspect her."

"Whatever. I just hope they get together sooner than Maxwell and Yuy. Those guys just dance around each other. It will take like forever for them to have sex."

"Maybe it is because of that Peacecraft bitch."

"Do you thing so?"

"It's a possibility. Remember how she used to chase him? She was pathetic."

"She was? She still is. Just look at her. No boyfriend, no girlfriend, no life. Maybe she's waiting for Heero."

"I don't think so, but maybe Heero doesn't want to hurt her feelings and that's why he's not with Duo."

"Are you on drugs or what? Heero doesn't care about anybody. He doesn't have emotions. He's like a robot or something. He freaks me out."

"You're exaggerating, but you can't deny he's drop dead gorgeous."

"I'm not saying he isn't. He also has a great ass."

"He sure does. Well, I have to go back to work. See you later."

"See you."

What can I say? I was stunned, speechless and furious. How dare they to judge our lives? The Gundam Pilots had sacrificed so much to achieve peace. They have given up their childhood, their innocence, their inner peace, almost their lives and "that" was what they were getting in return. None of us needed that shit.

I really wanted to kill them. All the ill-intentioned remarks really got to me. It stung when they called me pathetic, but it was nothing compared to the hurt I felt when they called Heero a robot. He is a human being, he might have problems expressing his emotions, but it doesn't mean he doesn't have any.

He saved their sorry asses and almost died doing it. Those ungrateful bitches were going to pay. Hell they will. When I finally could return to my office, I was still so angry I was shaking.

Once I calmed down, I couldn't help to think that maybe those harpies were right. Maybe it was because of me that Heero and Duo weren't together. I seriously doubted it was because Heero didn't want to hurt me. Maybe it was because Duo thought Heero felt something for me.

I was confused. Although Heero was not longer working for me, sometimes he acted as my date in very special situations, to protect me. Maybe Duo got it all wrong.

I decided to take matters into my own hands. I needed to talk to Quatre about the security leak. I needed to find out if his relationship with Wufei was true, and I seriously needed to talk to Duo. I was going to make it right for everyone.

With that idea on my mind, I took the phone, and this time my secretary was finally in her place.

tbc