Screeching car tires could be heard as he sped towards the Peacecraft mansion. He stopped abruptly at the gate, jumped out of the car, and forced the automatic gates opened.
Not
even waiting for Pagan to open the door, Heero pushed past him and headed for
the stairs to her room. But before he
reached the landing, “It’s about time
you got here. She’s been calling your
name ever since Pagan found her,” Trowa responded from the nearby living
room. Heero turned towards Trowa. “What happened?”
“She
was attacked last night. We don’t know
by who and we couldn’t get anything else from her…” Trowa walked up to Heero
and placed a firm hand on his shoulder. “Whatever you plan on doing, I hope it’s for the better. She’s not in stable condition Heero.” Trowa removed his hand from Heero’s shoulder
and plunged it into the depths of his uniform.
“It’s as if…she’s a frightened child.”
Heero
nodded and dashed up the steps, and was met by an icy stare…cold enough to send
a shiver down someone spine. It almost
did, but it didn’t. “Zechs.” Zechs stared at the former pilot and began
to walk past him, but stopped at his side.
“Yuy…” was all Zechs said. But
that single mention of his last name said a whole lot. Heero gave a slight nod and Zechs continued
down the stairs.
As
Heero approached Relena’s room, thoughts began to run through his mind. ‘Who
could’ve done this? Did she receive my
letter? What happened?’ So much was going through his mind that he
didn’t even realize that he was staring at her room door. On the other side, he could hear someone
sobbing and calling his name. It was
very faint, and if anyone were to walk by, they wouldn’t hear her. He turns the knob slowly and pushed the door
open, peering inside. Her room was
lacking everything it used to have when he would stop by. ‘When
you used to stop by…’ he
thought.
Closing
the door behind him, he called to her softly.
“Relena…” He only received her soft sobs and her repeating his
name. He looked towards the canopy bed
and saw Relena hugging her knees, rocking slightly back and forth like a child
would if he or she were lost. He moved
the sheer curtain out of the way and sat in front of her. He looked into her wet eyes, and noticed
that she did look lost. ‘Relena…what did he do to you?’ “Relena…it’s me.”
“Heero…Heero
where are you…Heero…Heero where are you.”
She kept repeating it over and over again, as if she were chanting. Heero moved her bangs out of her face and
wiped some of her tears. “Relena,” he
said with a bit more force. “It’s me,
Heero.” She continued to rock back and
forth, staring out into space. Heero
pushed himself further onto the bed and sat directly in front of her. He made eye contact and waited for her to
snap out of it.
Amazingly,
Relena stopped chanting, but continued to sob and rock back and forth. Heero sat there and thought about holding
her to make her stop…but he didn’t know if that was what he should do. He reached out and cupped her cheek. She shut her eyes tight and begged that he
wouldn’t do it again. ‘Do what…again,’ Heero thought as he
watched her tremble with fear. “Relena
stop it. It’s me He-…”
“Heero please help me, please,” she whispered softly. Heero grabbed both her shoulders causing her eyes to flutter open. “Look at me Relena.” She did. “I would never hurt you.” Relena blinked and stared blankly at the man in front of her. “Heero?” “Yes it’s me, Heero.” Relena stared at the familiar Prussian blue eyes that she knew all too well.
“Heero…”
Heero nodded and wiped her face. “I’m
here.” Relena shook her head slightly
and searched his face to make sure that it wasn’t an illusion.
Heero
read her expression and pulled her into his arms and held her tight…held her
close. He gently stroked her hair and
whispered softly to her. “I’m here now
Relena. Everything is going to be
okay.” Relena closed her eyes and
counted to ten, hoping that when she opened them this wouldn’t be a dream. When she reopened them, she was standing,
facing a muscular jawbone. She looked
up slightly and saw that it was Heero.
“Heero,” was all she said before she broke down into his arms. He held her tighter, but it was a
comfortable embrace.
“Heero
I was so scared. Where were you? You didn’t tell me you were leaving,” she
asked as she sobbed into his shirt. “I
was on a mission Relena. But as soon as
I heard about what happened, I aborted the mission and came straight here. I sent you a letter explaining
everything.” Relena clutched his shirt
and calmed her sobs down. Heero relaxed
his embrace a bit and looked down at her watery eyes.
“Three
months ago I sent it to you. Duo
should’ve told you by now on top of that.
I thought you knew?” Relena
continued to stare at him and thought about it for a moment.
Then
she began. “Three months ago…I received
nothing from you. That morning, you
were gone. Duo was no where around, and
nobody told me anything Heero…nobody.”
Heero
held her by the shoulders and peered at her.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes
I’m sure.” She looked down. Heero lifted her chin and looked into her
eyes. “Well I’m here now and I’m not
leaving again.” He gave her a soft
kiss, but deepened it right after he made contact with her lips. It’s been over four months since he last
been with her. But the way his tongue
roamed around in her mouth, Relena could tell that he missed her, and she
regret thinking that he was never going to return. She regrets those thoughts she had the night before…the night before. That arose new fear in her and she quickly
pulled away.
Heero
was a bit taken back by her reaction, but what Wufei told him only angered
him. Relena looked up at him and saw
the flash of anger in his eyes. He
wasn’t looking at her, but past her.
But then redirected his attention back towards her. “Heero, I’m sorry, I just…”
“Shh. Right now, you need some rest. We’ll talk later.” But before he could leave, she grabbed his arms and held on for
dear life. “Stay until I fall
asleep…Heero please?”
Without
hesitating he nodded and walked her to her bed. He pulled the sheets back and got in. Relena climbed in and lay in his arms, resting her head on his
chest listening to the soft beat of his heart.
AN*
laughs nervously*…Well that was chapter numero uno. Heero was on a very importante mission and what it was will be
revealed in chapter to…I mean chapter 2.
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