- Chimera of Life -
Story Two: Probe the Psyche
Chapter Seven
By Heartfire
 

 

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{Heartfire’s Note: I just wanted to say that I already warned you. I’m just reminding.}

 

"We’ll be back, sooner than you can say good bye." Duo cheerfully pledged as he hugged Relena.

"Yes. It won’t be more than a few weeks, or so… the longest will be a month…" Hilde added as she shook Heero’s hand then walked to Relena for her good-bye hug.

"But, it’s your vacation!" The protest left her lips while a frown appeared on her forehead. "Can’t this deal wait a few more weeks until your vacation is officially over?"

Duo shook his head. "Sorry doll, but you see, once we get this settled, we won’t be worrying about anything any more." He gave a significant look to Hilde who instantly grinned at him. He wants this deal so they could finally focus on their marriage, and maybe a child, or two.

"Well, nearly won’t worry about anything…" She contradicted, knowing exactly what her dear husband was thinking. She looked at Relena and wondered what her friend will when she finds out that their marriage is real. Sometimes, she even forgets why they were keeping it like that, but, thankfully, Duo would have a reasonable head whenever that happens. Too many people are going to be disappointed, especially her family, and having her family disappointed at her groom for not giving her a huge, traditional wedding is not a good start. Seems like a petty problem, but anyone who knew her family would probably say that the secrecy was a wise decision.

"Wipe that frown off your lovely face now, Rel. It doesn’t suit you at all." Duo tweaked her honey gold hair, forcing out a small smile from Relena.

"I’m going to miss both of you…" She walked the two down the stairs, Heero right behind her.

"Sure you will." Duo looked from Relena to Heero. "With him around you?" To his delight, Relena blushed while Heero frowned to hide his embarrassment.

Their last bag was finally loaded in the taxi’s trunk when Duo signaled for his staid friend. Heero complied, walked around the green taxi, and met Duo’s assessing gaze. Why was his jolly friend’s happy go lucky smile nowhere in sight?

"Remember, Yuy, I warned you." Then Duo turned away and slid inside the taxi just as Hilde entered. With one last wave, the cab drove off and left Heero and Relena in its wake.

"Finally… Peace and quiet."

Relena faced Heero and shook her head in slight amusement. "For all I know, you’re going to miss those two also."

The unavoidable ‘Me?!’ look Heero gave her made her laugh. She tiptoed and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Yes, I know so." She watched as he gave her one of his rare smiles once again. It’s wonderful to see him slowly becoming at ease with her, more open…

"I’m going to check the devices around the house. Duo might have left some of them un-operational, or with a parting re-programming gift."

"Are you going to be finished by dinnertime?"

Their first dinner alone… together, after a month of being in food fights and more… He almost couldn’t wait… Heck! He couldn’t wait. "I’ll try."

"All right. I’ll wait for you…" She always had. With one last smile, Relena turned away and started for the house while Heero walked in the other direction, his heart feeling so light…

…

He flexed his muscles as he walked toward the house. His arm aches a bit from reaching up and fixing some of the devices. He stopped doing some arm stretches when he eyed Buena suspiciously closing the front door with her bags by the doorstep.

"Where are you going?" Heero warily questioned the middle-aged woman from the bottom of the steps. If there were any change of plans, why hadn’t Relena called him in?

She turned and quickly placed a finger on her lips. "Ms. Relena is asleep, Mr. Yuy. Please… don’t shout."

It wasn’t exactly the answer he was looking for, but it was a nice tidbit to keep in mind when he’s finally inside. "Where are you going?"

"Mr. Yuy, you forget. It is Thursday today."

‘Oh…’ He couldn’t believe he forgot! Heero nodded, feeling a bit uneasy. Buena had been very nice to him, and here he was, being suspicious of her… Well, it’s his job, right? Why feel this way? "Very well. I’ll tell Ms. Relena that you said your good bye."

"And the others too, sir." Buena added as she reached his side.

Heero nodded. "And the others." Buena usually was the last to leave.

"I didn’t lock the door when I saw you. You can still go inside through the main doors. Have a good weekend, sir."

Heero watched as the woman walked down the driveway and out of the automatic gates, then he looked up at the white double doors and started inside. He moved cautiously, almost as if he was in one of his missions… ‘It’s only five thirty and she’s already asleep?’ The incredulous thought left him in wonder as he tried to think of answers why she never took a nap when Duo and Hilde were present… Of course, they were noisy… either by laughing, teasing, or plain shouting mad at each other-

His breath caught in his throat. He stopped thinking.

She had fallen asleep by the windowsill, intricately designed to be an add-in sofa. The last rays of sunshine poured over her sleeping body from the window, making her look ethereal. Her honey gold hair sparkled, her white skin illuminated, and her lips enhanced…

He couldn’t help but stare and gawk. When he was finally able to move, his feet took him to her side and he smiled softly as he noticed the book, gently clutched against her chest. ‘So… you fell asleep reading a book…’

The book was titled Enchantment… ‘A fairytale?’ Seemed like it suited the situation quite perfectly… Gently, he reached for the book to take it away, just in case it falls down and disturb her sleep-

She suddenly moved and Heero didn’t even get a chance to take his hand away as her other hand trapped his hand, and brought it along while she turned to her side. He stilled, not wanting to interrupt her sleep, until he finally realized that his hand was crushed between the book and her breasts…

Heero’s throat went dry… How in the world did that happen?! Now what should he do?! If truth be told, he didn’t mind where his hand was… but if he doesn’t get it out of there soon… The mere thought that he just needed to turn his hand a little bit to cup one of her breasts… Damn!

Nothing else to do but to wake her up… The exact opposite of what he had wanted to do. "Relena… Relena, wake up." He touched her shoulder and gently shook her. He saw her frown then her eyelids moved… "Good… Wake up. Come on…"

Slowly, sleepily, she opened her eyes. Squinted and then, after blinking a few more times, opened it, nearly wide-awake. "Hmm? Heero? What is it?"

The way she sleepily talked, the way she yawned so daintily… He leaned down like a man drowning for water and touched his lips to hers, completely surprising himself, and Relena. Her eyes widened, but as before, she couldn’t help but respond to him…

"What was that for?" Relena looked at him curiously when he finally moved away.

"I don’t know." Heero looked down at the book and felt that unfamiliar heat on his face. "My hand…"

Relena looked down and instantly blushed. Quickly, she released the book and let his hand escape. "Oh…! Sorry."

"It’s all right…" A barely decipherable smile appeared on his face. "I liked having it there."

Relena’s eyes widened at the forward response… then her shock ebbed and… it must be because she was still half asleep- but she placed both her hands on his shoulders and started to draw patterns on them.

"Really? Hmmm… I wonder what else Heero likes…" Oh Lord! Did she just said that?! She saw his eyes darken and she instinctively knew what she incited… Knew it and wanted it. No protest left her when Heero pressed his lips against her… Urgently… hungrily… and she responded with as much vigor until she remembered something…

"Heero… The servants…" She whispered for that tiny moment when his lips left hers and trailed to her cheek.

"It’s Thursday… They just left."

She shivered in pleasure as his breath touched her ear. "So… we’re all alone…"

Her words seeped into the sudden haze Heero found himself in, and slowly, he forced himself to stop. "Yes… we’re all alone." He drew back and stared into her eyes to try to find something, though he wasn’t sure what… Instead, he saw an open gaze… an open look… her emotions for him to see…

"What do you feel like doing?" She knew, now, where she got the courage to ask those questions… Her own desires and needs… Her own wants… To make a memory of something real that will replace her dreams…

"I…" Heero didn’t know what to say… Slowly, he reached out to touch her face and Relena instantly bent to his hand. He loves the way she closes her eyes and responds to his touch with a sigh from those wonderfully parted lips… "I feel like touching you…"

"You’re already touching me…" Relena whispered after she turned to his palm to kiss it.

Her breath sent his pulse into a beating frenzy. He swallowed once again. "… Kissing you…"

She opened her eyes and looked at him from under her lashes, unknowingly innocently seductive. "You already kissed me."

Heero shook his head. "No… more… I meant," he leaned down and stared into her eyes. "… more."

"Good… I want more." Relena answered as she reached up and wrapped her arms around his shoulders.

Her answer should have shocked him, but it didn’t… It drove a new flame and he couldn’t stop as he started to devour her lips, his hands going down from her face to her waist… up to cup her breasts…

‘Fast… going on too fast…’ Relena moaned against his hair as he kissed her neck. "Uhm... Heero…" She wants a memory to keep forever… Something she could cherish…

"What?" His breath on her skin sent tingling sensations all over her body.

"Stop… No… don’t stop…" She moaned his name as he pressed a kiss just above her breast. When he moved to a more comfortable position on her seat, she pressed her hands against his chest and unwillingly pushed him away. "Wait… Heero… Stop…" Her voice lacked conviction and the feel of his heartbeat under her palms almost made her want to take it back.

His eyes seemed hazy and confused, as if he was just thrown into oblivion and… it made her smile. "Let’s do this right… Let’s start it right."

Heero frowned, trying to understand. But all he could understand was that… Relena would like to do something different… And… he couldn’t seem to say no to her right now… "Fine… Let’s start it right."

"I’m sure Maya has dinner ready." She trailed a finger down his jaw and saw it clench. "Wear a suit and meet me at the veranda by seven…"

Her finger was doing havoc to him, playing on his skin like that! He couldn’t stop as he tilted his head caught it in his mouth. Seven… Over an hour later…

Relena sighed as he suckled her suddenly seemingly boneless fingers. What was it she told him?

"All right." Heero whispered the moment he let her go.

"All right…" Relena croaked as she stood up, held on to the wall until she could get her knees to stop shaking, and tried to appear poised. "See you then." With one last look at Heero, she turned and left the room.

Heero drew his shaking hand through his hair then he stopped and hastily placed it in front of his face… ‘I’m… shaking…?’ He looked down and was suddenly very aware that he was…straining… With wide eyes, Heero stood up and headed for his room to get one, long, very cold shower…

…

There must be thousands of butterflies in her stomach right now… She could feel each wing open and close… Why oh why did she decide to do this?! What if he didn’t feel the same thing? What if he didn’t like her dress? Maybe she should have let her hair down instead of pinning it up… Oh, what had she done?!

"Good evening."

His voice made her pulse leap and, thankfully, she was able to slowly face him. He looked as handsome as before- handsomer, if possible… Black suit… she should have known… His wide shoulders accentuated… They shouldn’t make suits like that! He looked good enough to eat! ‘Relena stop that!’ She scolded herself and willed those impure thoughts to leave her mind as she nodded. "Good evening…"

And he thought that cold shower would work… He only gave the slightest regard to the small, circular table at the side as his eyes hungrily feasted on her. The damn shower only worked for thirty minutes… and now… damn! His eyes raked over her body… Her dress could drive a man crazy, if it’s even called a dress!

As if she could read his mind, she spoke. "Hilde gave it to me. She said that the design was inspired by ancient India… Do you like it?"

Midnight blue that nearly made her blue green eyes the same color… Only one strap over one creamy shoulder… the top ending right under her last rib bone with small diamonds hanging from the edge, caressing her flat stomach… then the flowing skirt that began about an inch below her belly button, low on her waist. It seductively hinted at her long legs… Heero took another look at the drop of diamond that winked in its folds, just where her center should be, and felt his blood rush to his head… What kind of man would not like it? "Yes…"

She was burning, and they were outside! A supposedly cold autumn night, and yet her whole body was ablaze! The way he was looking at her… it made her willing to risk everything…

He noted the way her hands clutched a portion of her skirt in fists… She was nervous. Heck! So was he! But… he doesn’t want this night to be stilted… Funny but… he’s starting to figure out what she meant by ‘starting it right’, even if he couldn’t put it to words.

She watched as he walked to her, and then his hand reached out for her hand.

"Relena, may I have this dance?"

Surprise hit her and she stared into his so near Prussian blue eyes. There wasn’t any music, but she didn’t care as she smiled and complied. "It would be my pleasure…" She had waltzed with her teddy bear once or twice and imagined it to be Heero, but now, she has no need for imagination… Hiro teddy was hidden from sight inside her closet, and Heero… her real Heero, was in front of her…

He gently pulled her away from the banister, away from the table and then, slowly, watching her every expression, placed his left hand around her bare waist. He saw her gasp and felt a shudder run through her while his pulse went erratic once again. He finished their position and now, his right hand enveloped her left. When she shyly placed her right hand on his shoulder, he knew that he wouldn’t care if he just stood there and remain in the same position for the rest of his life…

She followed his lead. Lithe, graceful, and willing…

He pushed her out then hastily brought her back in again, as if he couldn’t bear to let her go even for a moment. Relena grinned, nerves finally settled. "How come you dance so well when you were trained to kill?"

He knew she was just curious… that she didn’t mean anything by that question, so he shrugged, the answer so plain to him. "I was taught to infiltrate. Always know what kind of people the opponent covers himself with and you can get to them without being noticed."

"Oh?" Relena smiled up at him. "Then… what kind of people surrounds you, Mr. Yuy?"

Heero’s eyebrow shot up. "So, I am now an opponent, Ms. Dorlian?" He twirled her around and took in pleasure at the her delighted ‘Oh!’.

"No, I didn’t say you were." She felt his pull and she ended in an embrace, with her back against his chest… his lips near her ear.

"So, why do you wish to know?" Heero asked, his voice low, while he stared at her unrestricted neck.

"Because I want to get to you without being noticed." Relena answered truthfully, followed by a gasp when she felt his hands slowly enfold her small, bare waist, making her tremble like a leaf braving the wind.

"Nobody gets to me without my noticing it."

She turned her head to face him. "Have you… done this before?"

Somehow, he knew what she was asking him… Had he ever made love, done sex, or something like that before…? He’s had many instances where he nearly had. When he was drunk, he would go to an alley… but he couldn’t do it. Someone’s face would swell before his eyes… Well… Who would believe him? "No… Never."

What a wonderful response… She looked forward once again and willingly leaned against his frame. "Neither have I…" But she had thought and plotted what she would do to him, if this would ever come about…

His breath caressed the back of her neck and she instinctively tilted her head to one side. He couldn’t stop himself as he pressed his lips against that curve between her neck and shoulders while her hands covered his hands. He was straining- badly… and the purr from her lips only shattered his last hold on his control.

"Relena, will you mind if we miss dinner?" His lips traveled to her exposed shoulder, biting, suckling, lightly scraping.

"No… I don’t mind at all… Heero…" Relena’s whisper was the last reasonable answer that left her lips before she was swept into a blissful haze…

…

He pressed his lips against her temple… so very surprised at what they’ve done… so surprised, and yet, so… happy. This was not like him… Not like him at all, but when she moved her head, to meet his lips, he felt as if everything in the world was fine.

Slowly, she drew back, placed a hand over his bare chest, and then positioned her chin over it to look at his face. She could see a smile on his face… Does he even know that he’s smiling? Her free hand traced his lips but she only got to trace his lower lip before her finger was caught in his mouth.

Relena laughed. "Do you know that you have a wonderful smile, Heero?"

He let her finger go before answering. "No. Tell me." He feels wonderful… complete… wonderful… glorious… wonderful… How could she affect him in such a way? Why did he elude her when she had this to give him?

"Hmm… the beautiful smile was just replaced by a smug one." Relena pouted and Heero had the sudden urge to kiss her… He touched her firm buttocks instead.

Relena gasped then gave a knowing look at Heero. "Do you know that your muscles," she touched his biceps, "… bunch up when you’re angry?" She was pushing herself to the limit but slowly, she moved up, letting his skin scrape against hers, her intimate parts, against his intimate ones, and to her delight, saw his eyes darken. "And your jaw clenches like that when you’re tense-"

She suddenly found herself on her back with Heero on top of her, hungrily looking down at her.

"You better stop looking at me like that, or else…" But he wants that look… he thrives in those glances.

Heero’s words only made her look more blatantly at him. "Look who’s talking about looking at someone and or else’s… If you’re threatening me, make good of your threat, Heero." Like she said before, she had thought long and hard about what she would do to him if this ever comes about, and she’s not going to waste a single moment. She moved her leg and suggestively touched her inner thigh against his legs.

His eyes darkened with arousal while an appreciative smile appeared on his lips. He leaned down while one hand slowly traveled from her knee, up to the inside of her thigh, and onto her-

Relena gasped in pleasure, followed by a breathless laugh.

"You asked for it." Heero warned as his head dipped to take in a firm breast…

"Yes… I did…"