by Neon Fantasy
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Gundam Wing which are used in this story, they rightfully belong to Sunrise, Bandai and Sotsu Agency. This was only written for entertainment purposes.
Chapter 13
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" --- " - Speaking
' --- ' - Thinking
Using the last of his restored energy, Quatre sprinted his way up a steep hill and felt close to collapsing when he finally reached the top. Puffing and panting as he leaned his hands over his knees, he decided to use this time to rest. He didn't know how long he had been running for, all he knew was that he had pushed himself a lot harder than normal and was just now feeling the strain.
Slowly walking up to a tree which was a couple of metres away from him, he turned and pressed his back against it for support. Still struggling for air, Quatre continued taking deep breaths as slid his back down the trunk to sit himself down on the grass.
He hadn't been able to sleep. Even after all the problems which happened last night and when everyone was finally forced to leave, he couldn't bring himself to sleep on the incidents and issues which were brought up around him. He had been waiting for answers to be put forward, he had been longing to know what it was that had affected Relena in such a way to make her who she was in the present. Now that he knew one side to it, Quatre was beginning to wonder if he can handle such information.
Rubbing a hand through his short platinum hair, Quatre sighed and turned his head up towards the sky. By the intense heat of the sun, Quatre assumed it was sometime in the early afternoon. He had left Mariemaia's house sometime in the morning after cleaning her house and he wouldn't be surprised if he had been away for a few hours now. Since sleep wasn't an option, he had to keep himself busy so he took it upon himself to clean up after the party.
Everyone was in such a terrible state from drinking so much that Quatre could hear the numerous sounds of chucking and spewing from the bathroom areas and it was enough to even make him feel sick. He had drinking a bit himself, but it wasn't enough to make him spew which he was grateful for. After what happened to him last night, it would be a very long time before he starts drinking again, it's wrong and it causes a lot of problems.
One thing he wondered about was if Dorothy was up yet. He had found both Dorothy and Duo outside at about five in the morning and just the sight of them within each other's embrace started making him wonder how much they had to drink to make themselves get so close like that. It took him a while but he eventually got them both inside and got them to lie down on the couches around the lounge room. It was better off for both of them if they were sleeping separate; hopefully they won't remember being alone together like that by the time they wake up. Quatre was also thankful that they didn't go any further than hugging or perhaps kissing but they still had all their clothes on so he was relieved about that at least.
Folding his arms behind his head as he continued to gaze around the park he was in, memories started flooding back into him about what had happened to HIM last night. Shaking his head in irritation, he closed his eyes and started to shudder at the scene he and Sylvia were in when she had came into the kitchen to see him.
******Flashback******
Watching as Sylvia's head came closer and closer to his, Quatre's eye lids slowly started to close as he could feel Sylvia's breath on his lips. As weak as he was, he was going to allow her to do as she pleased with him but that was until the kitchen door suddenly opened. Quatre's head jerked up at that moment as he watched the person enter and he was relieved on the inside to have this distraction while Sylvia turned in irritation to look at the unexpected visitor.
Trowa walked in and saw the two of them in the far corner but remained silent as he slowly approached them. Both Quatre and Sylvia had to move out of the way for him as he walked up to the cupboard which was above their heads.
Removing a glass from the cupboard as he closed the doors, he then moved over to the fridge and reached for a four litre bottle of spring water. Quatre watched blankly as he did this while Sylvia was glaring angrily at him. Once having the bottle in his grasp, he walked over to the table at the opposite end of the kitchen and leaned himself against it while he slowly started to pour water into the glass. Placing the bottle on the table behind him, Trowa raised the glass to his lips and slowly started drinking, causing Sylvia to growl in the process.
"Can you like, do that somewhere else!?" Sylvia demanded in an annoyed tone.
Trowa finished the glass and reached for the bottle of water again as he poured his second glass, "I'm thirty, so I'm here for a drink."
"As I can see, but you can do that out there!" Sylvia said in a louder tone, hardly affecting Trowa at all.
"As you can continue with what you were doing just now as well," Trowa answered as he raised the glass to his mouth again.
Sylvia continued to glare at him while Quatre began buttoning up his shirt again, but it wasn't long until Sylvia turned to look at him, "Tell him to get lost Quatre!"
Staring at her blankly as he turned to look at Trowa, he could see the look on Trowa's face saying that he will go if he wanted him to, however that definitely was not what Quatre wanted. Turning to look at Sylvia apologetically he answered, "This is the kitchen Miss Sylvia so he has the right to drink in here if he wants to, I don't have the right to kick him out since this isn't my house."
Sylvia wanted to scream right there and then. All she wanted was to smack Trowa out for interrupting them like that and she damned Quatre for being so bloody weak, but it was their word against hers right now and since they had higher authority in this house than she did, she really had no choice but to comply. The moment was spoiled between Quatre and herself and she knew that she wouldn't be able to have that scene repeat itself again, she missed her opportunity and she cursed Trowa for walking in on them like that.
Glaring at Trowa once more she walked up to him and raised her hand to slap him but the look Trowa was giving her prevented Sylvia from doing any further. Instead she gave a humph and walked out the kitchen to join everyone in the family room, leaving Trowa and Quatre alone.
Quatre let out a sigh of relief when she had finally left and turned to look at Trowa thankfully, "Thank you so much for that."
Trowa got up to put the bottle of water back into the fridge when Quatre said this and asked, "For what?"
"For saving me," Quatre answered as he watched Trowa put his glass on the sink.
"I came for a drink," Trowa simply said as he turned to look at him. Quatre smiled at him but didn't say anything more on the topic. If Trowa did come in just for a drink then he had excellent timing although Quatre couldn't help thinking he came to prevent him from doing anything he knew he would regret later. Quatre would have went along with Sylvia's forwardness if it hadn't been for Trowa and he knew that he would curse himself for using her in such a way. Quatre did hvve to admit that he was attracted to Sylvia for reasons being because she was beautiful and that she was nice when she wanted to be but her reasons for wanting him were all wrong.
"She doesn't know what she is doing..." Trowa suddenly said as though he just read his thoughts.
Quatre slowly nodded in response, "She shouldn't need me to be happy..."
Trowa nodded at that, "... False love."
"Indeed," Quatre said, smiling at him in the process.
It was then that someone else suddenly stumbled in the room, making Trowa and Quatre turn to stare at them blankly.
Lucrezia turned to look at them with shock written all over her features, she was puffing and she looked upset at the same time. Rushing over to Quatre she rested her hands on his shoulders and said, "Oh Quatre, please, I need your help!" She was shaking and she looked about ready to cry, but Quatre didn't know what she was talking about.
Lucrezia was trembling at that moment and grabbed hold of his hands in order to drag him out but Quatre wanted to know what was going on so he remained where he was.
"Miss Lucrezia, calm down and tell me what is wrong."
Lucrezia took a deep breath and turned her blue eyes to Quatre's, she was scared about what could happen and all because she opened up her big mouth. Why did she have to bring up an incident from the past? Now, because of her, a lot of trouble was going to start and she was powerless to stop it, "It... It has something to do with Relena..."
******End of Flashback******
Standing up from his spot on the grass, Quatre stretched the muscles in his arms and legs and started jogging again. He needed to head back to Mariemaia's house to see if everyone was up yet, or to see if they were at least all right. He had been gone for the whole day after all, since he had finished cleaning the house sometime around ten in the morning.
Just as he made his way out from the park, Quatre suddenly pondered if whether or not he should go home quickly. He didn't live all that far from the park so if he went there, he could consider buying everyone dinner when he got back. Seeing this as a good idea, Quatre started jogging down the normal route he usually took when he jogged up and down from his place to the park and kept a steady pace as he finally arrived at his home. Puffing when he arrived by the gates, he pressed the intercom button to inform his staff of his return and went through the gate once it was opened for him.
Peter came to open the door for him and smiled at Quatre as he walked inside, "Good afternoon Mr. Quatre, you have returned earlier than expected."
Nodding in response to that, Quatre turned to Peter and said, "I've just come to have a quick shower so I could perhaps buy everyone something for dinner tonight."
"Ah, is that so," Peter replied, "How about Chinese food sir?"
Quatre smiled with agreement, "Good idea Peter, I will be down shortly since I will need a lift."
Peter bowed to him as Quatre walked towards the stairs, but it wasn?t until Quatre was half way up that he then asked, "How was the party sir?"
Good thing Quatre wasn't jogging up the stairs, other wise he may have tripped over by that unexpected question. It wasn't Peter's place to ask such a thing since he was only a butler here at their house hold, but Quatre never wanted to treat his staff in such a disrespectful manner and so they always made casual conversation when ever Dorothy or his father weren't around. The question was harmless he admitted, and it was one he should have expected hearing but he still didn't feel quite comfortable talking about it.
Biting his lower lip, Quatre turned his head to Peter with a forced smile and said, "It was... Fine thank you." He then quickened his pace at that moment to get up the stairs so no more questions would be asked about the party. Both he and Peter knew he was not a very good liar and in situations like this, Quatre cursed himself for it.
Peter was no fool, he had watched over Quatre ever since he was a young boy and understood him well enough to know when something was troubling him and this was a good example of it. He also knew well enough that Quatre never did like opening up his problems if something was bothering him, like now so Peter had to respect that and not question any further. Peter was a little worried though, especially when it concerned the party Quatre attended to. He hoped that Quatre didn't get into any sort of trouble. He was after all sensible and wouldn't take drugs or anything so perhaps it might not have been anything too serious.
Changing into a black zipped shirt and jeans, Quatre walked out of his room and headed down the stairs. Looking over at Peter who was still standing by the door, he was thankful that his butler wasn't going to continue questioning, which was good on his part since Quatre still hadn't sorted everything out in his head yet.
"Ready to go Mr. Quatre?" Peter asked him.
Quatre nodded in response and said, "Yes, I'm ready..."
Peter nodded and opened the door for Quatre to walk through. It wasn?t until he walked up to the door that Quatre looked over at Peter for a moment before smiling and saying,
"Thank you..."
Peter raised an eyebrow at him in question and asked, "For what sir?"
Quatre smiled and answered, "For not questioning any further."
Walking out the door after saying that, Peter blinked a few times in question, before watching Quatre head for the limousine. He should be use to Quatre's ability to read people, but it still catches him off guard like now for example. He was like his mother; she was just as sweet and understanding as well, not to mention she had that ability to read people too. It was too bad about...
"Peter, sorry but I am in a little bit of a hurry so can we please leave now?" Quatre said as he walked back to him.
"Oh sorry, forgive me Mr. Quatre," Peter said, shaking his head at himself for spacing out like that as he closed the door after him. Not wasting anymore time, he then walked over to the limousine to open the passenger door for Quatre. It wasn?t long before Peter was now in the drivers seat and ready to head off.
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Sitting out on the front porch, Relena sighed as she continued working on her drawing. She had been out here for a while since there was nothing much else for her to do. Everyone was still resting so she didn't want to disturb them, instead she figured coming outside would be a good thing to do since it was a nice day. She couldn't believe what time she actually got up. Relena never planned on getting up at around three in the afternoon, which has been the latest she had ever slept in before.
One thing that puzzled her too was what might have happened at Mariemaia's party last night. She couldn't believe she had been drinking again since she couldn't remember anything. Once again she couldn't control herself and knowing what she is like when she drinks, she would have done some very stupid things. Hopefully Quatre or someone else would have stopped her if she was acting too stupid but what if they were drinking as well? Knowing them they probably were so this wasn't helping Relena calm down at all.
Thinking more about it, Relena did remember herself being with someone. She couldn't remember much but she was very close to this person, as though she was maybe hugging them or something. The body warmth was what gave her that idea, but who was that person?
Now thinking about it, this was beginning to get quite scary now. Who was she with!? Hopefully she didn't do anything she would regret, but that still doesn't help her calm down from the situation she was in.
Sighing out loud as she glanced down at her picture, her eyes suddenly widened with shock at what her drawing had turned into, so much for her drawing being a bunch of flowers or an animal. If anything how could it have possibly transformed into Quatre!? Since when did she start drawing him all of a sudden!?
Looking down at it more closely, she couldn't believe how much it actually did look like him. She had captured all his features right too, his sparkling eyes, that sweet smile of his, every strain of hair in it's right place and to think she had drawn this all from memory!
The portrait reminded her of something though, his face. It wasn't that normal cheerful face he usually had on with that beautiful smile he always put on, something about it was different. His eyes seemed to show such so much emotion in them, as though he was happy, relieved, concerned and worried all at once. Even his smile, it wasn't a big and bright one but even though it was a slight curve it showed so much tenderness...
'You will be alright Miss Relena... I'll be here for you, that I promise you...'
"Where...? Where did those words come from?" Relena whispered to herself as she placed her hand over her chest. That line, those words...
******Flashback******
Wufei lowered his head to hers and started kissing her again; one hand started working its way up Relena's skirt while the other slowly made its way to Relena's top. Relena kept her eyes closed as she went along with this but she was growing scared, even as Wufei's lips would brush against hers she could feel her lips quiver against his and she didn't know what to do. Tears were forming in her eyes as she felt Wufei's hand rest on her top and she kept her sobs bottled up while the tightness of her boob tube started getting looser.
Wufei started kissing down her throat at that moment and slowly trailed his kisses down her chest to where her top was. His hand then traveled underneath it as the top was now about to shift aside from her body and Relena gasped when she felt Wufei's hand cup her breast.
It was then that Relena suddenly heard a bang from the door; her eyes were closed so she didn't know what that was but it only occurred to her then that Wufei had stopped working away at her body. Opening her eyes slightly, Relena looked towards the door and found someone standing by the doorway. The light of the hallway made it hard for Relena to see this person's features since they were shadowed but she watched as they suddenly made their way towards them.
"GET AWAY FROM HER!!" The person shouted as they suddenly launched themselves at Wufei, sending both of them off the bed and to the floor on the other side. Relena had no idea what was going on, her head hurt and she couldn't help but suddenly cry. She didn't know why she was sobbing like this but while she was crying, she could hear Wufei and the other person tackling each other around the floor before the fight started heading out the door. It was then that she felt, cold, scared and alone.
Bringing her hands over her eyes as she lay helpless on the bed, she suddenly felt someone sit on the bed beside her. Not knowing who it was, she started to feel very insecure and frightened but those feelings withered away when she felt a blanket being wrapped around her body. Slowly opening her tear filled eyes, she looked up and felt a hand brush against her cheek softly as the person brushed back some hair behind her ear.
"You will be alright Miss Relena..." A soft, kind voice spoke as they were about to get up from the bed. Without thinking, Relena quickly reached out for the person and pulled them back down on the bed. She wrapped her arms around them and laid her face against their chest as she started to cry again. It was dark so she couldn't tell who it was but deep down she felt that she could trust them and she some how felt comforted with them being here for her.
Relena felt the person's arms wrap around her gently at that moment and felt their hand rub her back softly. They hugged her close and started to rock her body in order to make her feel more comforted. It was working too, Relena had stopped her crying and she felt that relaxed that she wanted to just fall asleep in their arms. It was then that she felt herself being lowered down to the bed and as she opened her eyes slowly, her eyes locked with a pair of shimmering blue/green ones. The person smiled down at her slightly and whispered, "I'll be here for you, that I promise you..."
'Those eyes, that smile, their voice...' Relena raised her hand and cupped it on the person's cheek and felt their hand rest on top of hers. Their touch was so warm and gentle that she hoped they would never let go, but it was to her disappointment that they removed her hand from their face as they began to rise from the bed. Relena tried to examine their face more carefully but as she tried sitting up her eyes became so blurry that her head began to spin. Lying back down as she felt her eyes slowly beginning to close, she watched the figure walk out the doorway and saw the door close quietly after them before sleep over came her.
******End of Flashback******
Relena went blank for a moment as she stared down at the picture she had just drawn and realised that this was the image which had been imprinted in her mind that night because of the incident that happened last night. She was with Wufei, that much she remembered but how was she suddenly with him? And what were they doing?
Biting her lower lip she could easily assume what it could have been about, her being on a bed and with Wufei on top of her... She started trembling at the thought of this and brought her hand over her mouth with overwhelming shock. Did she... Sleep with Wufei...?
"Miss Relena?" A voice suddenly said with concern, causing Relena to quickly jump up from the ground to her feet as her drawing pad slipped to the ground. Quickly turning to the voice, Relena gave out a sigh of relief when she found it being Quatre.
Quatre looked at her worriedly and said, "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to startle you like that... Are you okay?"
Relena noticed the concern written over his features and quickly nodded saying, "Its ok Quatre, you did nothing wrong. Yes I'm fine and sorry to make you worry like that; I was just in deep thought and um... You just caught me by surprise that's all."
Relena forced a smile at him to try and make up for having him worry like that but with the way he was staring at her, she probably figured he knew something was troubling her. Staring back at him in question, she noticed that he had a couple of plastic bags in his hand.
"Um, did you go out?" Relena asked as she eyed the bags.
Quatre glanced down at them himself and nodded as he looked back over to her saying, "Yes, I wanted to buy everyone dinner for tonight."
"Oh, in that case how much do I owe you?" She started digging in her jean pockets as she went to pull her wallet out but just as she got it out, she jumped when she suddenly felt a hand wrap around hers. Bringing her head up to look at Quatre, her eyes widened in realisation of how close he suddenly was to her and she could feel her cheeks burn as a result of it.
Quatre smiled down at her and shook his head saying, "You don't owe me anything, I wanted to buy everyone dinner myself so no one needs to pay me back..."
Relena wasn't exactly listening to him right now; all she was focusing her thoughts on were his beautiful blue/green eyes. In a way she cursed him for having such stunning eyes since they were like magnets, always drawing her to them but she felt she could drown in the beauty of them all at the same time.
She wasn't the only one staring though, Quatre was doing exactly the same, wondering at first if something was wrong but now he was staring into pools of her shimmering aquamarine eyes himself, but it didn't last long since the moment was broken with the sudden flashbacks of the night which had passed came into his mind again.
With what had happened, this definitely wasn't what she needed right now. Letting go of her hand as he turned his vision off to the side a bit, he blushed slightly at his actions and suddenly took notice of Relena's drawing pad on the ground.
It wasn't until Quatre picked it up that Relena had snapped back to reality and went into shock when he suddenly glanced over the pad. Her mouth hung open as she watched him look over the picture and her mind was spinning with excuses which she should say in order to explain it. When he looked over at her, she new it was about time she explained herself but just as she was about to speak he had beaten her to it saying, "This is very good Miss Relena, I never knew you were such a fine artist."
Relena stared at him blankly for a moment there while Quatre just smiled and followed up, "I wish I had talents such as yours, I would give anything to draw as well as this."
Relena thought he would react in 'some' negative away towards her drawing him like that, since it was almost scary finding out someone was drawing you behind your back.
"Um... I'm not all that good at drawing. I mean, I never knew I could draw you so well just from memory so..." Trailing off for a bit as she looked at him, she became a bit worried when he just stared at her blankly all of a sudden.
"Draw me?" Quatre asked in question as he looked down at the picture and turned it around for her to see. Relena almost felt like kicking herself when she saw that the picture was of a little puppy dog. The pages must have turned when she had jumped up before, and why couldn't she just keep her mouth shut?
Quatre just grinned at her and replied, "I never knew I was so hairy Miss Relena."
While chuckling a little at his little joke, Relena just blushed and shook her head saying, "Err no, I was referring to another picture which I was drawing just now and I didn't figure that the pages turned over when I dropped the pad so-" It was only then that Relena realised what she was saying and if she felt like kicking herself before, she 'really' felt like doing it now. She should just roll over and die for bringing that out into the open, and now Quatre would probably think she is a freak.
Noticing how upset Relena looked, Quatre looked down at the pad and rested the plastic bags on the ground to turn the pages over to the portrait of him self and blushed at how he looked.
It wasn't that he hated the picture; in point of fact he loved it. The thing which he noticed though was that this expression over his features reminded him of how he watched over Relena last night and the fact that he was watching over her with so much emotion swelling up inside him it...
Shaking his head to stop himself thinking back at that moment, he walked up to Relena and closed her drawing pad as he held it out to her saying, "That was very nice Miss Relena, I loved it. As I said, you are a very fine artist." Relena's face reddened at his compliment but she smiled slightly and took the pad from his hands.
"Thank you, I'm glad you liked it... But it wasn't right of me to draw you like this without asking. It wasn't all that good anyway, not only didn't I ask if I could draw you but it doesn't even look good. I try to make my drawings look as best as I can but really, no matter what I do and no matter how long I spend in hoping it will look good in the end, it results t-" Relena cut off at that moment when she felt the tip of Quatre's index finger press gently against her lips.
Her cheeks reddened as his hand then rested against her cheek as his thumb started turning in small circles across her skin. Relena's eyes closed at that moment as she savored the touch of his hand across her cheek and she could feel her heart beating rapidly when she felt his hand slowly travel under her chin as her head was tilted up towards his. Opening her eyes slightly as she locked her gaze with Quatre's, she watched his head slowly come closer to hers as he whispered, "You are a very good drawer Miss Relena and I am not lying..."
Bringing his other arm around her waist, Quatre's gaze softened as he could feel himself being drawn towards her again. He wanted to pull away, really he did but softness of her skin against his hands and her glistening eyes were preventing him from even turning his gaze away from hers. He wasn't thinking anymore, instead it was his heart which was taking over his actions and before he knew it, his head was slowly lowering itself towards hers.
Relena watched as Quatre's head started coming closer and closer towards her own and as a result she could feel her cheeks burning even redder in colour and could feel his warm breath cross her lips.
Relena noticed Quatre's eyes close at that moment and she followed his example as her eye lids closed themselves. She could almost feel the tip of his lips touch hers slightly until there was suddenly a loud slam of the front door opening with an angry Dorothy storming out.
Quatre and Relena jumped and watched Dorothy heading towards her car while Mariemaia rushed after her trying to calm her down. Duo wasn't too far behind either, he had his arms folded behind his head as he stood outside the door and watched Mariemaia doing what she can to talk to Dorothy but it resulted in the blonde slamming the front door of her car in Mariemaia?s face before starting up the car and leaving before the redhead could say another word.
Mariemaia rubbed her hand through her hair for a moment and walked back over to everyone as she sighed and said to Duo, "You know this is all your fault right?"
Duo raised an eyebrow at her and shouted, "What!? MY FAULT!? She was the one who started making out with ME! So if anything I should be the one suing HER for taking advantages on ME while I was drunk!"
Mariemaia just grinned at him for the improper use of tone there while Duo glared back at her saying, "Don't you start getting ideas now!! As I said I was drunk and she was also drunk, so this matter should just be forgotten and never brought up again!! IT WAS A MISTAKE!!"
Mariemaia's grin widened as she replied, "I can tell this isn't something either of you will be forgetting so easily..." Pausing for a moment she added, "... Not to mention both of you wouldn't WANT to forget anyway..."
Duo's eyes widened at her statement, causing Mariemaia to giggle at the face he was making. Duo noticed this and was about to explode with rage as well, that was before he suddenly saw Mariemaia's attention averted away from him as she now focused on Quatre and Relena before her.
Looking over them for a moment, she grinned wickedly and asked, "Err... We didn't um... "Interrupt" anything did we?"
Quatre and Relena blinked at her in confusion for a moment before looking over each other. It was then that both of them saw their hands around each other and quickly they parted as they turned their heads off to the side with their faces turning bright red, causing both Mariemaia and Duo to smirk at their actions. Quatre glanced over at Mariemaia and Duo for a moment and noticed the wicked grins on their faces, causing him to feel slightly uncomfortable with what may be running through their heads.
Clearing his throat as he walked over to the bags of Chinese food, he was about to pick them up when suddenly Duo rushed over and picked them up for him saying, "Oh wicked, you bought us some dinner already eh Q-Man?"
Quatre smiled and nodded in response but a thought suddenly crossed his mind, "Ah... It just came to me that Chinese food wouldn't be good for everyone's stomachs at the moment huh?"
Duo went wide eyed at him but quickly recovered by wrapping an arm around his neck saying, "What are you talking about!? We are all perfectly fine and if you even try THINKING about throwing this food away I will personally make you pay!!"
Laughing at his threat, Duo shook his head at how pathetic it sounded but his mind was on more important things right now, or he should say his stomach. Quickly rushing into the house again with the food he dragged Quatre in with him and announced to everyone else that dinner had arrived. Mariemaia on the other hand didn't exactly have food on the mind like Duo; if anything it concerned two certain shy people around here.
Relena was about to walk inside with her drawing pad but before she could, Relena was actually stopped when she saw Mariemaia's arm blocking the entrance of the house. Looking over at her in question, Relena asked, "Is something wrong Mariemaia?"
Mariemaia smiled and shook her head saying, "Oh no nothing is wrong with ?me? exactly, if anything it concerns two of my very special friends."
Relena looked at Mariemaia worriedly and asked, "Oh no, are they alright? What happened?"
Mariemaia blinked a couple of time in confusion before she started giggling at her friend?s naivety, "Hey, I am referring to you and Quatre here missy!!" Pointing her index finger close to Relena's forehead she continued, "And I am wondering when you and Quatre are going to start opening your eyes to what's going on between you both!"
Relena stared at Mariemaia blankly for a moment and was about to ask what she was referring to but Mariemaia recognized that look as though she was reading her mind and answered, "Don't give me that clueless look Rellie, you really like Quatre don't you?"
Relena's eyes widened at that question, not to mention she could feel her temperature rising along with her face turning red, "W-What are y-you t-talking about!?"
Mariemaia sighed and went to bring out the evidence of her words before she suddenly noticed Hilde standing by the door, "Hey you two!! You better come and get something to eat before Duo decides to claim it all for him self!"
Relena took advantage of this distraction and quickly raced inside, causing Hilde to raise an eyebrow at her behaviour. Mariemaia was about to mouth of at Hilde for allowing Relena to escape like that but a thought suddenly crossed her mind just now, causing her to grin evilly.
'Hehe, so you think you are out of the clearing already huh Rellie? Oh you are SO wrong.?
Looking over at Hilde who was watching at her suspiciously, Mariemaia smiled and walked over to her as she said in a low tone, "We are going to have some fun later on." While Hilde just looked at her in curiosity, Mariemaia winked and wrapped an arm over her neck as she walked back inside with her discussing the ?plan? she had in store for Relena, not to mention Quatre as well.
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Lying down on the king sized bed which was in the room he shared with Duo, Quatre stared up at the ceiling while he thought back at the night before. It was lucky that nothing too serious happened that night, compared to what could have happened anyway. He was thankful that Relena didn't remember those incidents which happened and even though her picture scared him slightly, having her not remember anything was more important.
Since that picture reflected that night though, could she have possibly remembered even though she had been drinking a lot? As much as he wanted to ask, Quatre knew that would most definitely make her remember what happened so it was too risky. Hopefully she may talk to Mariemaia or Hilde about it since they were her closest female friends; it seemed like an issue which she should talk to them about if she needed it.
There were still some things which he needed to sort out himself. With what had happened last night, he had a feeling that there was more to it than what he saw. It seemed as though it went further back as a past issue. It was just as assumption but it was a feeling which Quatre knew he couldn't be wrong about. It scared him sometimes when he could almost see more than what he should when it was over matters which didn't concern him but he wanted to do what he could to help them though, Wufei and Heero...
******Flashback******
Racing up the stairs with Trowa and Lucrezia with him, Quatre raced towards Relena's room and went into shock when he saw Wufei suddenly thrown out the room. He hit the wall and winced in pain as he gave a death glare at the person who did that.
Quatre looked to who walked out the room and he was even more surprised to actually see Heero here. Heero didn't pay attention to Quatre or anyone else who was around, his only target was Wufei and he wasn't going to let him go without making him pay for doing this to Relena.
Heero raced towards Wufei and punched him across the face as he then grabbed him by the shirt and threw him hard into another wall. He went to punch him again but Wufei blocked the attack with his arm and kneed Heero in the stomach, causing Heero to stumble back as he wrapped an arm around the spot where he got hit. Heero glared at the Chinese man and went to punch him again but he noticed Wufei about to hit him as well. Ducking under Wufei's arm, Heero took a phase of action and punched Wufei under the chin as he stumbled back from the blow.
Wufei however recovered from the attack rather quickly and raced forward as he kicked Heero into a wall and then grabbed him by the arm as he turned and flipped him over his head where Heero was thrown onto the ground. Wufei then started kicking Heero repeatedly in the ribs, causing him wince at the pain and as Heero turned his vision up to see what Wufei was about to do next, he saw Wufei bringing his leg up as he started bringing down his heel down to hit Heero in the chest.
Before Wufei could hit him though, Heero quickly rolled away from him and got back into standing position. He then rushed towards Wufei and backed him into the wall and punched him in the gut repeatedly. Wufei spat out a bit of blood at that moment as he growled at Heero and head butted him away, sending Heero a few steps back. He charged at Heero again and brought them both to the ground as they started wrestling with each other while Quatre just stood there watching helplessly.
Looking to Lucrezia, Quatre could see the concern and fright written all over her features as she watched Heero fight with Wufei. He could tell that she wanted this to stop but both of them knew that their voices alone wouldn't be able to stop what was happening. Even if they tried getting between the fight, it would only result in them getting hurt themselves so there was nothing they could do.
Glancing over at Trowa however, Quatre was surprised to notice that this was hardly phasing him at all. Trowa just stood there leaning against the wall with his arms folded as though this was normal... Or if this was to be expected...
******End of Flashback******
It made sense in a way though, he could see Heero?s reasons for stopping Wufei since he was about to get really serious with Relena but was all that fighting really necessary?
That fight continued to progress and Quatre was ashamed with him self for not being able to prevent it sooner. The fight resulted in Wufei and Heero getting seriously injured. It was as though they wanted to kill each other which was a scary thought. No matter how many times he tried breaking the two up, it resulted in him either being mouthed off at or pushed aside.
He got punched away by Wufei once but it hardly affected him since he blocked the blow before it could make contact with his face. However, one thing was made obvious to Quatre as he watched Heero and Wufei fight that night and that was that they were fighting over something more than just Wufei being in bed with Relena. Not knowing what their problem was, Quatre had a distinct feeling Trowa knew about them...
******Flashback******
"Quatre..." Hearing someone call him, Quatre turned and saw Trowa approach him.
Glancing over him for a moment, Trowa asked, "You alright?"
Staring at him in question, he watched as Trowa pointed to his own face, referring to the punch Wufei did to Quatre just now.
"Oh," Quatre said more to him self, "Yes I'm fine... But..." Turning his vision to watch Heero and Wufei now throwing each other over tables, shattered glass was now beginning to fly about the room as spectators had to move out of the way from the fight. Quatre was getting more concerned by the second since the fight was now down in the family room where all the other party guests were. The fact was that others were going to get caught between the fight and if that wasn't already a problem, the glass being shattered everywhere was going to cause even more problems as well.
Trowa watched Heero and Wufei continue to thrash each other and as he looked over to some people who got caught near the fight, his eyes narrowed when he saw some people had actually gotten hurt as a result of the flying glass. As much as he wanted to just make Wufei and Heero seriously hurt each other over matters from the past, Trowa didn't want to see others getting hurt as a result of it.
Looking over to Quatre he asked, "Can you help those people over there?"
Quatre looked over at him in curiosity for a moment but slowly nodded asking, "Yes but what are you planning to do?"
Trowa just shrugged as he walked towards Heero and Wufei and without a moments hesitation he punched Heero hard across the face as he went flying into the next room. Wufei turned to him at that moment but Wufei was grabbed by the shirt as Trowa kneed him in the stomach and pushed him in the same direction as where Heero was thrown. Once that was over with, Trowa just put his hands in his jean pockets and slowly walked into the room they were in.
******End of Flashback******
It was strange but once Trowa went into that room where he put Heero and Wufei, the fight had practically stopped. Quatre didn't know how he did it though since he had to treat the guests who got hurt because of the fight. It seemed odd though since he wasn't able to do anything, as much as he tried stopping Heero and Wufei it resulted to nothing. Trowa however was calm about the whole situation, as though he expected it and knew exactly what it was all about. Maybe Quatre was looking too far into this but it was a feeling he just couldn?t ignore.
'Get out of my way Quatre! I swear I will kill him for this!'
'Wufei! I trusted you!'
'You know how much I cared about her yet you treated her like shit! YOU WILL NOT BE FORGIVEN!'
Quatre brought his hands over his face as Heero's words started flooding through his mind that second. Heero kept shouting these words at Wufei but it was making no sense to him. It had something to do about Heero's reasons for fighting him but he didn't know what it was about.
Heero wasn?t even at the party either, so it seemed strange that he was suddenly there in order to protect Relena from Wufei. He knew Heero was there because of what Lucrezia told him but? How did Lucrezia even know herself? She wasn?t even there?
"Yo, Quatre catch!!"
Quatre jumped at the sound of that shout and felt bottles land over him as he whined in pain. Taking hold of one as he looked over the label, Quatre raised an eyebrow when he found the bottle being a bottle of bourbon.
Sitting up on the bed, Quatre watched as Duo jumped on with a few more bottles cuddled close to his chest as he sat down with a big grin over his face. Quatre looked at all the alcohol around him in surprise and went into more shock when Alex and Mueller entered with some as well.
"Umm... Wasn't all the alcohol gone from last night?" Quatre asked as everyone was now seated on the bed in a circle, with all the alcohol in the middle.
"What!? Hell no," Duo replied as he dumped his bundle of alcohol in the pile, "I wasn't going to let it all go to waste to those morons last night. Hell, I didn't even know half of them that were there. Besides, I never got the chance to celebrate with all of us together since YOU were too busy worrying about everyone else having a good time."
Quatre sighed at Duo's words and replied, "But you wouldn't believe how many people were acting so... Differently..."
"Yeah but it's all out of fun!" Duo said as he smirked, "You didn't get to have a lot of fun last night, so let's have our own celebration right here."
Quatre looked at Duo wide eyed for a moment, wondering if maybe he as perhaps joking. Of course it was stupid of him to think this though because the drinks were proof of Duo?s words, not to mention both Alex and Mueller looked keen and ready to start "celebrating" as well.
Eyeing the alcohol suspiciously, Quatre watched how everyone was behaving last night and with the way things turned out, it was enough to put Quatre off from drinking all together. He couldn't see what the big deal was since over drinking never resulted in the best of things happening and you didn't need to drink to have a good time.
Looking up at Duo for a moment, Quatre worded through his head exactly how he may turn down his friend's offer down but as he went to open his mouth Duo had beaten him to it saying, "Hey guys, you know what would be even more exciting than drinking this down?" Digging into his pockets, Duo pulled some small objects out of his hand and revealed them to be a couple of dice cubes, "We can make this into a fun drinking game hehe."
Alex and Mueller nodded and smirked at each other whereas Quatre sighed and wondered how he was going to get out of this now.
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Quickly racing back into her room where Relena and Hilde were waiting, Mariemaia slammed her door closed and leaned against it as she laughed out loud to the other girls. Hilde raised an eyebrow at Mariemaia but once she saw the red head wink, Hilde couldn't help but laugh out loud as well. Relena on the other hand blinked a couple of times in question at the girl asking, "Oh my god, you didn't actually DO that dare did you?"
Mariemaia gave an innocent smile at that moment and said, "What!? It was a DARE I had to do it." She burst out in more laughter at that moment as she slid down the door and looked down at her camera before saying, "I can't wait to see the look on Duo's face when he sees this photo. Splattering that egg over his head was so funny since he is so touchy about his hair. Hehe, he reminds me of a girl!" All three girls laughed at that moment and suddenly heard banging at the door.
"Oi!! Mariemaia!! I am seriously going to get you back for this!! Mark my words, I WILL!!" Duo shouted as he turned to head for the bathroom but on his way he stumbled into the wall, causing him to mutter a few more curses to himself. Holding his right arm forward as he rubbed his egg yoked hair with his left; Duo walked on towards the bathroom and went to rinse out his hair.
The girls laughed even harder over his outbursts and hardly took it seriously. Mariemaia knew that he and the other guys had been drinking so it was more interesting picking on them while they were in this state. Knowing that they wouldn't even be able to remember their names at the moment, how could they possibly remember these pranks later on in the morning?
Peering down at her watch she noticed the time was close to three in the morning, no wonder she felt so tired, 'Oh well, might as well get my plan into action now.'
Looking towards Relena, Mariemaia smirked and asked, "Ok Rellie, truth or dare?"
Relena pondered over this for a moment and didn't feel very comfortable about choosing dare since Mariemaia would probably make her do something mean to the other guys while they were a little drunk so she nodded and answered, "I'll choose truth."
She however regretted saying that now, since the look Mariemaia was giving her immediately gave her the impression that she was going to ask something very personal.
"Now, since this is truth Rellie you better be sure to answer truthfully since both Hilde and I have been honest when we did truth. Ok, my question, do you love Quatre?" Hilde giggled at this question while Relena instantly went bright red in the face.
Being honest, she didn't actually know what she felt for Quatre. When she first met him she found him to be quite the gentleman and was indeed very kind but with the issues she had been going through, she immediately assumed it to be all an act. She found him irritating at first as well since he wouldn't quit bugging her and always used that drawing power with his eyes to prevent her from lying to him.
As time passed though, she couldn't help but like him for his friendly nature and for the way he would do anything to help those who had problems. He never judged people either, no matter what bad things had been said about her; Quatre never put her down by it and didn't want to believe the words of others without seeing if whether or not it was true first.
He had so many good qualities that he couldn't be hate by anyone, if anyone did then it was over jealousy. While he had a big heart, he was also the sweetest person she had ever met, that and he was very intelligent. She was surprised that he wasn't skipped ahead a few years of his schooling since he was indeed very capable of handling that type of work. If his heart and mind weren't enough to express the greatness of who Quatre was, his face certainly did the trick since he had such a innocence around him that you couldn't help but smile if you ever gazed upon his face. His smile, his eyes, he was almost like the dream guy to every female out there.
Mariemaia noticed Relena dosing off into wonderland and smirked as she leaned forward and clicked her fingers, causing Relena to jump as she looked to Mariemaia and Hilde again. Mariemaia and Hilde couldn't help but laugh at Relena's stunned face but they quickly recovered again since they wanted to hear her answer.
Relena did not like the position she was put in, she was technically in a lose/lose situation. If she did say she liked him, not saying that she was certain of it but "if" she did, Mariemaia and Hilde wouldn't hesitate to jump to their feet and tell Quatre about it the moment she said it. Or if she happened to say she didn't, the other two girls would carry on about her lying and it wouldn't be fair on them if they confessed their deepest secrets while she kept all hers sealed. It was beside the point though; she didn't really know how she felt for him so she couldn't really answer.
Well considering she really had no idea on her feelings yet, that would automatically put her in the "don't love" category for the time being, "Um... I'm still not really sure about this," Relena started, "But I can't say I like him in that way when I?m not exactly sure how I feel myself but then again I?m not saying it?s wrong either so really... I don't know..."
Waiting for the screams of disagreement from the two other girls, Relena braced herself for the unexpected but was instantly stunned when she heard nothing coming from either Hilde or Mariemaia about it. Staring blankly at the two girls for a moment, Hilde just had her normal calm face on while Mariemaia just had a suspicious grin on her face. This was not good, it was as though they had "expected" her to say this and already had some sort of backup plan ready to make her confess how she felt.
"Is that so Rellie?" Mariemaia started as she folded her arms, "Having not being able to answer yes or no to my question for truth, this matter would have to automatically be changed to dare AND you cannot get out of it since you didn't answer to truth!"
Continuing to have that evil grin over her face, Mariemaia got up from the ground and opened the door. Watching as Duo was about to head back to his room, Mariemaia called out, "Hey Duo! I have a favour to ask of you!" Before he had the chance to mouth off at her, she quickly walked over to him and started whispering her plan.
As much as Duo was whacked from the amount of alcohol he had consumed, he was at least sober enough to understand what Mariemaia was saying to him and nodded his agreement with her plan as he slowly bounded back towards his room.
Mariemaia quickly ran back to her bedroom and pulled Relena up to her feet as she dragged her out and down the hallway with Hilde following after them. Relena had no idea what was going on at the moment but once she saw Mariemaia stop by Quatre's and Duo's room, her eyes widened in realisation of what her dare might actually be.
Duo came walking out with his pillow and sleeping bag as he yawned saying, "Ok, it's all free. Go on Lena, go knock yourself out and don't make too much noise since I want to sleep, if you knew what I?m referring to."
Duo chuckled at his joke while Relena narrowed her eyes on him but she didn't have time to say anything back though since she felt herself being pushed into the room which Quatre was sleeping in. Relena was getting very nervous, all she wanted was to scream at them for this but she knew she couldn't since it would result in waking Quatre up. Even if she did though, Mariemaia and Hilde wouldn't careless about what she thought. They had their minds dead set on making Relena do this and nothing was going to make them change their minds on it.
"Ok Rellie, my dare for you is to sleep with Quatre for the whole night, no buts or excuses since you failed to do the truth question. So sleep well and we hope to hear some interesting news later in the morning hehe."
Mariemaia winked at Relena and giggled quietly along with Hilde who was standing behind her. Relena glared at the two girls as her face went bright red with embarrassment. Wanting to get out of the room, Relena took one step towards the door but Mariemaia quickly slammed it closed, resulting in the sound to echo around the walls. Relena jumped and turned to look at Quatre who was sleeping in the king sized bed and noticed he wasn't awaken from the sound, much to Relena's relief.
This was hardly fair, not only was Relena stuck in the same room with Quatre, she didn't even get a chance to grab her sleeping bag so she could sleep on the floor. If things couldn't get any worse, it was actually quite chilly in the room so she couldn't get away with just sleeping on the carpet anyway, which meant she had no choice but to sleep in the same bed, as Quatre.
Closing her eyes for a moment as she took a deep breath she slowly walked up to the bed. Staring down at Quatre who was sleeping on the left side, she noticed that he was facing the vacant side of the bed so if she were to wake him up he would see her instantly.
Carefully sitting down on the bed as she continued watching Quatre's sleeping form she slipped her right leg onto the bed and slowly lifted her other one. For a moment she sat perfectly still as to not make any sudden movements. Her plan was to not wake Quatre up and hope to wake up early so she could get out without being spotted.
If she was smart she should just head out the room right now but...
"Hang on... Why don't I just leave?"
Slipping her legs off the bed again, Relena got her self up and quickly headed to the door. She couldn't believe she didn't think of this sooner and to think she was about to follow Mariemaia's dare too, it almost seemed as though she "wanted" to do it. Reaching out for the door knob, she went to turn it but she was shocked to find it locked in place. Not wanting to give up she continued to struggle with the knob but it wouldn't budge.
'Mariemaia, did you happen to lock the door when you pushed me in here...?'
Banging her fist on the door she yelled, "I am so going to get you for this Mariemaia!!!" Stomping back to the bed as she sat herself back down she folded her arms and cursed that fact that she was in here; it had to be planned from the start. In the morning she would have her revenge, but of course she needed to think of a plan first.
Lying herself down as she stared at the ceiling, Relena sighed to herself and went to fold her arms under her head but as she did this she jumped when her elbow collided into something.
Shifting towards the edge of the bed in surprise, her eyes widened when she found her elbow had actually hit Quatre across the head since he was now wake and rubbing it.
Turning his vision to Relena who was staring at him in shock, he raised an eyebrow in question and sat up to look at her more clearly. Was he dreaming or was Relena actually in the same bed as him? Rubbing his eyes to get a clearer picture of her, he indeed found it to be Relena and this was definitely not a dream.
"M-Miss Relena!? How did...? What are...? Why are you...? Where is Duo?"
Relena blinked at him in confusion, she thought he would have been more curious about the fact she was actually in here with him more than where Duo may have disappeared off to but wanting to answer his question she answered, "Duo left the room to probably sleep in the room Mueller and Alex are sharing."
It as more of a guess but she couldn't see Mariemaia and Hilde allowing him to be in their room since he could never keep his hands to himself when he was in the close company of females. Watching his reaction to that, Relena followed her gaze down his neck and blushed when she found he was completely topless. The window behind him was shining some moonlight into the room so it wasn?t completely dark. Although she hoped it was dark enough to hide her red coloured face.
Staring at Relena for a moment, Quatre leaned closer to her and replied, "Miss Relena, may I ask why you are in here?"
Noticing he had leaned in a little closer to her, Relena blushed a little at the sudden closeness of his face to hers but decided to brush it off since it was probably nothing and answered, "Um.. Well you see, Mariemaia, Hilde and I were playing a game and err the game kind of lead to me being in here so..."
Processing what she just said through her own mind, Relena mentally kicked herself in wondering just what type of explanation was that? Why didn't she just say they were playing truth/dare and her dare was to sleep in the same room as him for the night!?
Wanting to give her explanation another go she opened her mouth to start speaking again but found her voice caught dead in her throat as she felt Quatre's hand caress her left cheek. Feeling her face redden even more from the contact of Quatre's hand, she looked at him and found him actually smiling at her. What was he thinking!? Wasn't he supposed to mouth off at her for not asking permission to even be in here? Or make her sleep on the floor since he was the one occupying the bed?
"I couldn't do that," Quatre suddenly said, snapping her out of her thoughts, "I wouldn't make you sleep on the floor. If anything I should be the one sleeping on the floor."
Relena raised an eyebrow at him at that moment and wondered if she had scrambled that mind of his when she elbowed him. This was his room, why was he speaking nonsense in saying that "he" should be the one on the floor while she was the one who just waltzed in uninvited to claim his bed for her own? And was it just her or did Quatre read her mind just now? Relena could have sworn that she didn't speak those thoughts out loud so he must have.
She didn't get a chance to think more on this though since her attention was now focused on Quatre's hand brushing some honey blonde strands behind her ear. His touch felt so heavenly as though it was the gentle breeze weaving through her long, silky hair besides his fingers.
Quatre watched as Relena?s eyes closed at that moment and wondered just what was he doing? Instead of seeing her close her eyes he was expecting Relena to slap him or something. He had no idea why he even reached out for her in the first place. It seemed as though he wasn?t thinking through his actions, it just happened out of impulse although he couldn't deny he was actually enjoying it. He always did admire Relena's beautiful, shiny hair from afar and now he had the pleasure of stroking it.
If he hadn't been drinking, he would have prevented himself from touching her like this but with the alcohol stirring though his thoughts he could feel his heart taking advantage of the current situation. It wasn't everyday that you have the girl who claimed your heart to be sleeping right beside you, especially when you were too shy to admit it. Yes he had been denying it for a long time now but the more he tried fighting these emotions, the stronger they seemed to keep becoming before it was just too much to fight any longer.
With the moonlight shining through the windows behind him, he was able to gaze upon Relena's beautiful face while her hair seemed to glisten against the light with every movement he made with it while he stroked it. He could feel it, he could feel his heart aching as though it was begging for him to put it to ease and the only way to do that was to claim Relena as his own. Quatre knew this was a very dangerous position for him self to be in since there was no body around but them. Being in one room, in one bed together with her was definitely not helping him restrain his emotions but it was too late for logic at this point of time. He wanted her and he wanted her now...
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Author's Note: Hi there everyone I? Uh-oh? *dodges the tomatoes which are being thrown at her* Yeah I know I know hehe, I stopped it just where it was getting good right?
To be honest I was going to continue with it but the chapter was already dragging on long enough so I had to stop SO SORRY 
I also need to apologise for not updating sooner. I did need to put this on hold though since I needed to concentrate on my exams but once they were over, I had been so busy with Christmas and everything that I kinda... *coughs* Don't get me wrong though hehe, I had been thinking about this chapter for ages and no matter how many attempts I tried making at it, I just couldn't get it right. So I would take about a week to get over my disappointment and try having another go but yeah. So repeated the stop and start game
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