Sea Of Emotion 3/?
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2003 9:47 pm
Notes: Well, it looks like I made good progress lately. First ?Behind Darkness? Mask,? then ?Love Beyond All Fear.? And then I did two parts of my Rurouni fic, ?Now That You?ve Returned.? RK fans, go check that out. I?m on a roll! And here?s ?Sea of Emotion.?
Animechick: God, it?s about time. *grin*
GG: Let thee hear, Borrowed Love is getting its latest chapter after this. Sorry, LBAF faithfuls!
Disclaimer: If I said I owned Gundam Wing, I?d chain myself up and pull a Houdini. But I don?t want to die, so NOPE! Don?t own it. And I don?t own Sarah Tanacky. I do not claim anything belonging to Kiki Tigerclaw.
*~Sea Of Emotion~* Chapter Three
From behind his bottle of Jack Daniels, Duo grinned. ?This is interesting,? he said.
Hilde, Quatre, and Sarah looked in his direction. ?What?? asked Quatre. His hair was slightly tousled, his lips were swollen; and he looked as though he?d never been in a lip-lock before, let alone with Sarah Tanacky.
Duo smiled slyly. ?Yuy made a move.?
?That wasn?t a move,? Hilde scoffed. She had secretly scrutinized the entire exchange between the newbie and the colonel. ?That was like an I?m-better-than-you-and-I?ll-prove-it thing.?
?Looks hot to me,? Sarah said, straightening her blouse. She lifted a glass of water. ?This is going to go low,? she threatened.
?Twenty,? Quatre put it. ?She?ll kiss him.?
?Hell no, she won?t. You?re on.?
Two silent figures strode up.
?Kiss,? Wufei said. ?If that woman has any sense, she?ll at least peck him.?
?No kiss. Not that soft,? Trowa challenged.
The money was laid out and the stakes were high.
***
The middle of a swing song blared into Heero?s ears from the giant speakers up front. The beat was relatively fast, something he could make do with. He?d always been better with slow songs ? three-quarter time, preferably.
When she swung everything above her waist around in a full circle, long sun-dipped hair waving past his face, he went into battle mode.
Like hell he was going to lose to this feisty, rank-carrying temptress.
With moves he had perfected in Florida, he gripped her waist and spun her around him, catching her hand behind his back to do it twice more. Relena raised an eyebrow, side-stepped around him, and kicked a leg up in the air to let it hook around his neck.
Familiar with the move, Heero held her behind her knees and lifted her above his head until she somersaulted above him and landed on her feet, back-to-back with him.
Relena allowed a small smirk to dominate her face and her eyes softened before he seized her wrists and whipped her around in a complicated series of turns she barely remembered.
It wasn?t until he began tossing her behind his back that she realized defeat was confirmed.
The dance ended, molding into a slower, floating song made for lovers.
?Mr. Yuy, I must admit that your skill is admirable.?
Still that regal tone. Heero fought the urge to sigh. ?Well, I?ll admit you?re not as rusty as I imagined.? He took note of the romantic tune. ?Care to try your hand at another??
?I believe your nerves only wanted a dance. Singular,? she said, her jaw firming and a hardness returning to her eyes. ?I best go make my excuses to my brother.?
Though the way her lips moved as she spoke entranced him, Heero stayed put as she walked ? God, as she superiorly sauntered ? away. He had no wish to be shot.
Running a hand through his wild mane of chocolate hair, he let the long-held sigh escape. ?Damn,? he muttered.
His last thought before grabbing another beer and leaving the bar was that he wished the song had been a tango.
***
?Have fun dancing??
With a withering look at the captain, Relena shrugged. ?News spreads faster than I thought.?
?Or it could be that I happened to be watching the surveillance cameras.?
Fuck, she thought.
?I didn?t think you still knew how to do that. Those steps,? Zechs said.
She shrugged again, this time out of frustration. ?I made it a bet. A challenge,? she corrected. ?We didn?t go for money. He doesn?t have much anyway.?
?Did you win?? he asked, amused.
A low growl erupted from her throat. ?He circled me around his damned waist.?
Zechs grinned. ?Smooth. So then, Relena, when do I need to book your vacation for the wedding??
The colonel nearly made him shiver with the glare as she sat down at the surveillance desk. ?I assure you, nothing like that will occur. Not ever. Certainly not with Yuy.?
?I saw you relax.?
?You can?t very well do a jazz square with taught legs.?
?Relena.? Zechs rested a hand on one of hers. ?Please don?t hide yourself from me.?
?What is there to hide?? she demanded. ?I was defeated by a newbie in a dance. There?s nothing big about it.?
?That you were defeated in anything is big,? he objected. ?I won?t push anything, since it seems to upset you.?
?I?m not upset.?
?But why don?t you consider looking into this Heero Yuy? If you check his back round, you?ll feel a lot better about him. I?m heading in for an early night of paperwork. Good night, Colonel.?
Relena shoved away from her desk as soon as he?d left and left the office, stepping out into a room made entirely of glass. Behind it was a world of blues and greens and blacks. But mostly blue. A swirling, churning deepened sapphire begging to be explored.
Like Heero Yuy?s eyes.
Where had that come from?
In the distance, a killer whale swam with two of its young. The view on the surveillance deck was excellent. The captain, she knew, shared her sentiments of the sea. Brushing imagined dirt from her tight shirt, she left the deck and prepared for a night drinking coffee and watching cameras.
***
The first thing Duo did when he barged into Heero?s room was dodge the book that came flying at his head. ?Wow, you don?t make friends easily, do ya??
?Get out, Maxwell, or any weapon you aim at me won?t stop me from killing you.?
?You?re just pissed off because she rejected you.? He paused. ?Well, at least she didn?t, like, reprimand you in front of the crew or something. I mean, you did touch her in several areas not even a practiced groper would get to feel up.?
A muscle in Heero?s jaw twitched. ?Leave.?
?Okay, okay. One word of advice, and I?m only giving you this because I?m forty dollars richer: Colonel Darlian is in love with the sea. If it had oxygen used by humans, she would breathe it. If you do plan to ask her out and she, by some miracle, agrees, I would suggest that you keep it somewhere on the ship?or you know, be creative, find an island or whatever and row out there. I don?t know.? Duo shrugged, drank from the beer in his hand. ?Well, yeah. Congrats on beating her on the swing dance. That was impressive, no one guessed you?d be the type who did that. Her either, wow. Now that I?ve gabbed, g?night, Heero man!?
?Duo.?
He stopped, hand on the doorknob. ?Yeah??
Heero looked at him with inquisitive blue eyes the color of Relena?s ocean. ?How?d you get forty dollars??
?Oh, uh, that. . . Well, you see. . .? Duo laughed nervously. ?Quatre and Wufei put entirely too much faith in the Colonel and, well, Trowa and I don?t, so. . . We kinda betted that you?d get kissed tonight, and you didn?t, and we both got money. Well, cheers!?
And Maxwell slammed the door behind him.
Heero glared at that door for a long time. By the time, he finally got to sleep, he had the image of that flash of lace he?d glimpsed at when Colonel Darlian?s shirt had fallen a bit low stuck in his mind.
And he dreamt of her.
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Gundam Girl: Dang, that was a bit short for even my taste. But at least I got it out!
Animechick: Feh. ?Now That You?ve Returned? needs an update.
GG: But it?s not its turn yet. . .
AC: *grumbles and storms away*
GG: Well, yes. She?s going to review now. You guys please review as well!
Animechick: God, it?s about time. *grin*
GG: Let thee hear, Borrowed Love is getting its latest chapter after this. Sorry, LBAF faithfuls!
Disclaimer: If I said I owned Gundam Wing, I?d chain myself up and pull a Houdini. But I don?t want to die, so NOPE! Don?t own it. And I don?t own Sarah Tanacky. I do not claim anything belonging to Kiki Tigerclaw.
*~Sea Of Emotion~* Chapter Three
From behind his bottle of Jack Daniels, Duo grinned. ?This is interesting,? he said.
Hilde, Quatre, and Sarah looked in his direction. ?What?? asked Quatre. His hair was slightly tousled, his lips were swollen; and he looked as though he?d never been in a lip-lock before, let alone with Sarah Tanacky.
Duo smiled slyly. ?Yuy made a move.?
?That wasn?t a move,? Hilde scoffed. She had secretly scrutinized the entire exchange between the newbie and the colonel. ?That was like an I?m-better-than-you-and-I?ll-prove-it thing.?
?Looks hot to me,? Sarah said, straightening her blouse. She lifted a glass of water. ?This is going to go low,? she threatened.
?Twenty,? Quatre put it. ?She?ll kiss him.?
?Hell no, she won?t. You?re on.?
Two silent figures strode up.
?Kiss,? Wufei said. ?If that woman has any sense, she?ll at least peck him.?
?No kiss. Not that soft,? Trowa challenged.
The money was laid out and the stakes were high.
***
The middle of a swing song blared into Heero?s ears from the giant speakers up front. The beat was relatively fast, something he could make do with. He?d always been better with slow songs ? three-quarter time, preferably.
When she swung everything above her waist around in a full circle, long sun-dipped hair waving past his face, he went into battle mode.
Like hell he was going to lose to this feisty, rank-carrying temptress.
With moves he had perfected in Florida, he gripped her waist and spun her around him, catching her hand behind his back to do it twice more. Relena raised an eyebrow, side-stepped around him, and kicked a leg up in the air to let it hook around his neck.
Familiar with the move, Heero held her behind her knees and lifted her above his head until she somersaulted above him and landed on her feet, back-to-back with him.
Relena allowed a small smirk to dominate her face and her eyes softened before he seized her wrists and whipped her around in a complicated series of turns she barely remembered.
It wasn?t until he began tossing her behind his back that she realized defeat was confirmed.
The dance ended, molding into a slower, floating song made for lovers.
?Mr. Yuy, I must admit that your skill is admirable.?
Still that regal tone. Heero fought the urge to sigh. ?Well, I?ll admit you?re not as rusty as I imagined.? He took note of the romantic tune. ?Care to try your hand at another??
?I believe your nerves only wanted a dance. Singular,? she said, her jaw firming and a hardness returning to her eyes. ?I best go make my excuses to my brother.?
Though the way her lips moved as she spoke entranced him, Heero stayed put as she walked ? God, as she superiorly sauntered ? away. He had no wish to be shot.
Running a hand through his wild mane of chocolate hair, he let the long-held sigh escape. ?Damn,? he muttered.
His last thought before grabbing another beer and leaving the bar was that he wished the song had been a tango.
***
?Have fun dancing??
With a withering look at the captain, Relena shrugged. ?News spreads faster than I thought.?
?Or it could be that I happened to be watching the surveillance cameras.?
Fuck, she thought.
?I didn?t think you still knew how to do that. Those steps,? Zechs said.
She shrugged again, this time out of frustration. ?I made it a bet. A challenge,? she corrected. ?We didn?t go for money. He doesn?t have much anyway.?
?Did you win?? he asked, amused.
A low growl erupted from her throat. ?He circled me around his damned waist.?
Zechs grinned. ?Smooth. So then, Relena, when do I need to book your vacation for the wedding??
The colonel nearly made him shiver with the glare as she sat down at the surveillance desk. ?I assure you, nothing like that will occur. Not ever. Certainly not with Yuy.?
?I saw you relax.?
?You can?t very well do a jazz square with taught legs.?
?Relena.? Zechs rested a hand on one of hers. ?Please don?t hide yourself from me.?
?What is there to hide?? she demanded. ?I was defeated by a newbie in a dance. There?s nothing big about it.?
?That you were defeated in anything is big,? he objected. ?I won?t push anything, since it seems to upset you.?
?I?m not upset.?
?But why don?t you consider looking into this Heero Yuy? If you check his back round, you?ll feel a lot better about him. I?m heading in for an early night of paperwork. Good night, Colonel.?
Relena shoved away from her desk as soon as he?d left and left the office, stepping out into a room made entirely of glass. Behind it was a world of blues and greens and blacks. But mostly blue. A swirling, churning deepened sapphire begging to be explored.
Like Heero Yuy?s eyes.
Where had that come from?
In the distance, a killer whale swam with two of its young. The view on the surveillance deck was excellent. The captain, she knew, shared her sentiments of the sea. Brushing imagined dirt from her tight shirt, she left the deck and prepared for a night drinking coffee and watching cameras.
***
The first thing Duo did when he barged into Heero?s room was dodge the book that came flying at his head. ?Wow, you don?t make friends easily, do ya??
?Get out, Maxwell, or any weapon you aim at me won?t stop me from killing you.?
?You?re just pissed off because she rejected you.? He paused. ?Well, at least she didn?t, like, reprimand you in front of the crew or something. I mean, you did touch her in several areas not even a practiced groper would get to feel up.?
A muscle in Heero?s jaw twitched. ?Leave.?
?Okay, okay. One word of advice, and I?m only giving you this because I?m forty dollars richer: Colonel Darlian is in love with the sea. If it had oxygen used by humans, she would breathe it. If you do plan to ask her out and she, by some miracle, agrees, I would suggest that you keep it somewhere on the ship?or you know, be creative, find an island or whatever and row out there. I don?t know.? Duo shrugged, drank from the beer in his hand. ?Well, yeah. Congrats on beating her on the swing dance. That was impressive, no one guessed you?d be the type who did that. Her either, wow. Now that I?ve gabbed, g?night, Heero man!?
?Duo.?
He stopped, hand on the doorknob. ?Yeah??
Heero looked at him with inquisitive blue eyes the color of Relena?s ocean. ?How?d you get forty dollars??
?Oh, uh, that. . . Well, you see. . .? Duo laughed nervously. ?Quatre and Wufei put entirely too much faith in the Colonel and, well, Trowa and I don?t, so. . . We kinda betted that you?d get kissed tonight, and you didn?t, and we both got money. Well, cheers!?
And Maxwell slammed the door behind him.
Heero glared at that door for a long time. By the time, he finally got to sleep, he had the image of that flash of lace he?d glimpsed at when Colonel Darlian?s shirt had fallen a bit low stuck in his mind.
And he dreamt of her.
************************************
Gundam Girl: Dang, that was a bit short for even my taste. But at least I got it out!
Animechick: Feh. ?Now That You?ve Returned? needs an update.
GG: But it?s not its turn yet. . .
AC: *grumbles and storms away*
GG: Well, yes. She?s going to review now. You guys please review as well!
That's great!