Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 12:44 am
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing.
Heero gazed at the night sky. It was dotted with a few stars but the lights of the city had caused most of them to disappear. He closed his eyes and tried to picture the stars from space.
?Hey Lady Une said you would be here,? a voice cried out to him from the dark.
Heero opened his eyes and was greeted to the sight of Sylvia. He gave her a small smile as she walked up to the bench.
?Hi,? Heero whispered.
Sylvia took a seat next to him.
?So how is Malena?? she asked.
?She?s fine, and her son is to,? he said and then ran a hand through his hair.
They sat in silence for awhile and then Sylvia turned to look at Heero.
?This isn?t working out between us?? she asked
Heero turned to look at her, ?I don?t know??
?I thought so,? she replied, her tone a little downtrodden.
With that Sylvia stood up and began to walk away. She then stopped and turned around.
?I hope you find what you are looking for one day Heero,? she smiled and then continued to walk away.
Heero sat on the bench outside the city contemplating what Sylvia said to him.
~*~
When he finally came back up to Relena?s room, most members of the group who had gathered to wish congratulations upon her were gone. Only her brother and his wife remained. Both were curled up on the loveseat at the other end of the waiting room sleeping. He smiled and then walked to the room that had been assigned to Relena.
When he reached the door, he took a deep breath and slowly began to open the door. When it was opened fully he was greeted to the sight of Relena standing over a Plexiglas bassinet, tending to the bundle that lay within its confines.
?Hey,? he said in a deep voice.
Relena jumped and turned around quickly hoping to hit the newcomer. She was unsuccessful in her attempts and Heero quickly dodge the attack. Relena finally realized that the newcomer happened to be Heero.
?Sorry,? she said sheepishly.
?It?s ok,? he replied and then ran a hand through his untamed locks.
Relena turned back towards the Plexiglas bassinet that Liam slept in. She then pulled a blue fuzzy bundle into her arms and then twisted to face Heero again.
?Do you want to hold him?? she asked softly.
Heero appeared stricken at the thought. He hold the innocent creature that Relena held in her hands. Hold the tiny baby in his blood stained hands and curse it with the single touch of holding. He shook his head and Relena did not press any further. She placed the tiny baby back in the bassinet just as a nurse came to take little Liam away for the night. Relena kissed the newborns forehead and then watched as they wheeled him away. She sighed and began to process of try to get into the overly large hospital bed.
Once she was settled, Heero pulled up one of the chairs next to the bed and sat down.
?You?re lucky you know that,? he said deeply.
Relena nodded but stayed silent.
?So why Liam?? Heero asked inquisitively.
Relena?s eyes opened slowly and found Heero?s own Prussian blue ones.
?I meet this boy once. I was only nine at the time,? she sighed and then stopped.
Heero?s eyes urged her to continue with her story. She caught the look and could not refuse.
?Liam McPherson was a war orphan that I met after I had been kidnapped. I remember Milliardo saving me, but at the time I didn?t know it was him. He left me sitting there to wait for the people who were to come and rescue me. I started to cry and Liam saw this and tried to comfort me. I developed a friendship with him in the short amount of time we had,? she stopped as she tried to swallow the pain back.
?He died, didn?t he?? Heero asked softly.
Relena nodded her head, ?The next day I went to see if he was still in the spot that was there. Instead I found the tattered remains of his jacket. It was splattered with blood. From that day on I vowed to fight for a more peaceful world.? A tiny crystal tear slipped down her check.
Heero reached to wipe it away. The sincere gesture shocked Relena. She gentle pushed his hand away and quickly and hid her sadness behind her mask of calm.
?Thank you Heero, but I don?t need your pity,? she said softy.
There was silence between the pair for quite some time. Heero finally decide to stand up. Relena kept her eyes down cast and fumbled with the beige hospital blanket. He wanted to hold her at that moment, but the emotional barriers she had set up between then since her resignation and faked death kept him from doing what he wanted to do. He sighed inwardly as he assessed the situation. It was almost as if Relena had now become the Perfect Solider and he a confused yet slowly becoming an emotional person. Her eyes were closed when he finally made it to the door. He heaved a sigh and then left the room with one thing in mind.
~*~
?Beautiful aren?t they?? a gruff voice asked.
Heero turned around to be greeted with the sight of a ruffled Milliardo. His long almost white hair had been pulled back into a messy ponytail. Heero looked puzzled by his question.
?What?? he asked back.
?The babies,? he replied.
Heero shrugged his shoulders and turned back to face the maternity ward window to gaze at the cradle that was labelled ?Liam Milliardo Noin?. Milliardo joined him at the window.
?He looks so much like Parker when she was born. Pink and wrinkly,? The Lighting Count laughed as the two ex- Gundam pilots stared at Liam?s precious form.
?How is Parker doing these days?? Heero asked nonchalantly.
?As good as any four years old can be. She?s going to be starting junior kindergarten next week,? Milliardo said with a laugh.
?Wonder what that?s going to be like?? Heero thought out loud.
?For her it?s going to her worst nightmare until she gets used to it,? Milliardo said.
Milliardo turned to face the Japanese man, ?Does Relena not expect you to help her raise Liam??
Heero shook his head. He could see that he was frowning. Milliardo placed two hands on the ledge of the glass that separated the newborns from their parents.
?I thought as much,? the former Gundam pilot said quietly.
Heero fell silent and continued to watch the sleeping Liam. It was a miracle that he had been born healthy being a month off his actual due date. He glanced at the other bits and pieces that had been written on Liam?s identification card. He read the date that proclaimed his son?s birth. August 5th 205. Liam had a date to know exactly when he was born to know that he existed. Heero felt something in him shatter. He never knew his birth date. He could never tell his son that he was born or that he lived because he had no birthday.
?I think asking you how it feels to be a father is out of the question by the look on your face,? Milliardo said and then turned his back to the glass partition.
?I can tell you I?ve felt confused since the day I found out,? He said and then placed a hand on the glass as if trying to touch the little individual that he had a part in creating.
Milliardo let out a hearty laugh and then patted Heero on the back.
?I know we were enemies in the past, Yuy and I?m still upset that you got my baby sister pregnant, but we know have something in common. I was just a confused as you were when I found out Lu was pregnant but it goes away with time. I figure the first time you hold him in your arms, all the confusion will slip away,? he stated to the Japanese man and then walked out of the maternity ward to his waiting wife.
Heero continued to stare at Liam, long after Milliardo had left. He never noticed the grey haired nurse come up behind him. He jumped when a hand tap him on the shoulder.
?The nurses are kind of getting tired of you standing there and looking,? the old nurse said in an irritated tone.
?I?m sorry, I was just looking at my son,? he replied nonchalantly.
?It?s ok. Would you like to hold him?? she asked him hoping that might get him to move.
Heero turned to face the old nurse and shook his head nervously, ?I don?t think I should.?
?Pish posh you should. Trust me you?ll love it,? she said with a twinkle in her eyes and then began to pull Heero to the nurse?s station by the arm.
Heero reluctantly let her pull him along. The old nurse shoved a yellow gown into his arms and told him to put it on over his clothing. He did. Afterwards the nurse led him to a rocking chair.
?What?s the little darling?s name?? the old nurse asked.
?Liam, Liam Noin,? Heero replied in a low voice.
She left Heero and quickly returned with the familiar bundle that was now wrapped in a yellow blanket.
?Cradle his head so the neck won?t break,? she instructed as she placed the baby into Heero?s arms.
Heero could feel panic rise from the depths of his concise as the baby was placed in his arms. He had not felt panic since the first time he had been given a gun. It did not pass as he continued to hold the fragile Liam in his upper limbs. All he could think of was dropping Liam, making him for death. Grave images began to cross his mind.
?Don?t be so nervous,? a younger nurse called from across the room attending to a newborn that had wakened from his slumber.
The words of encouragement did not help; he still kept thinking about chaos and destruction he could bring his son until a tiny yawn caused him to look down. There he was greeted to the deepest blue eyes he had ever seen. They were navy in colour and deeper then any ocean he had ever seen. Liam opened his mouth again to yawn. As he continued to watch as his son drifted off into sleep again, all the confusion and all the fear melted away. What Milliardo had said was true. He smiled slightly to himself as he began to rock in the chair slowly and observed his sleeping son.
~*~
(Four years later)
Heero strode in the tiny apartment that was Relena?s. It surprised him that she had gone from her one bedroom to a two bedroom that seemed much smaller then the one bedroom. He sighed and then heard giggling coming from the kitchen. He walked towards the sound and was greeted to the beautiful sight of Relena. She was packing lunches for herself and for Liam. Liam sat at the table eating toast. He was the first to spot Heero standing at the breakfast counter that separated the living room from the kitchen.
?Dad you?re here,? the little boy cried and then gripped Heero?s legs in a hug.
?Wouldn?t miss it for the world,? he replied and then picked up Liam and swung him around to his back.
?Mommy, you ready yet?? he asked looking at Relena over Heero?s shoulders.
?Just a minute,? she replied and finished cleaning up the counter top, ?There,? she said and then placed a lunch in the black attach? case she carried and the other into the small backpack on the floor. She then handed the backpack to Heero and then made her way to the door, putting a pair of sunglasses on her head to pull back the hair. The three left the apartment and headed to the jeep parked outside.
~*~
?Lunch,?
?Check,?
?Hat,?
?Check,?
?Backpack,?
?Check,?
?Coat,?
?Check,?
?Ready for you?re first day of school??
?Yep,?
?Are you willing to accept this mission?? Heero gave Liam a stern but joking look.
?Mission accepted,? Liam said and then hugged Heero who had crouched down to his level.
Heero turned Liam around and gave him a little push forward.
?Go on,? he said.
?What I don?t get a goodbye kiss,? Relena said in mock hurt.
?Sorry,? Liam said and then waited for Relena to crouch down to receive her goodbye kiss.
Relena did and then whispered into his ear that she had packed an extra snack in his lunch. Liam?s face lit up and the bell rang. Liam waved goodbye and ran to the group of other children his age entering the school. Heero and Relena stood there until he was in the building. Once he was in they both turned to the Jeep.
?You?ve got to stop teaching him things like that,? Relena said on their walk back to the Jeep.
?Hn,? Heero grunted and then tossed her the keys.
Relena caught them and then looked at Heero puzzled, ?You?re letting me drive??
Heero rolled his eyes and then reached over to grab them from her hand. Relena quickly pulled her outstretched hand back, ?No I?ll drive,? she stated and then hopped into the driver side.
She started the Jeep and drove out of the parking lot of Liam?s school for work. They drove in silence. If Relena had been in the passenger seat she would have a top forty station blasting at full. She seemed tense. Once they arrived at Preventer HQ, Relena did not get out of the Jeep.
?Come on Relena you?re going to be late,? Heero chided her as he hopped out of his side and grabbed the black backpack he kept his work and lunch in. Relena turned to face him
?Heero I?m getting married.?
TBC?
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Heero gazed at the night sky. It was dotted with a few stars but the lights of the city had caused most of them to disappear. He closed his eyes and tried to picture the stars from space.
?Hey Lady Une said you would be here,? a voice cried out to him from the dark.
Heero opened his eyes and was greeted to the sight of Sylvia. He gave her a small smile as she walked up to the bench.
?Hi,? Heero whispered.
Sylvia took a seat next to him.
?So how is Malena?? she asked.
?She?s fine, and her son is to,? he said and then ran a hand through his hair.
They sat in silence for awhile and then Sylvia turned to look at Heero.
?This isn?t working out between us?? she asked
Heero turned to look at her, ?I don?t know??
?I thought so,? she replied, her tone a little downtrodden.
With that Sylvia stood up and began to walk away. She then stopped and turned around.
?I hope you find what you are looking for one day Heero,? she smiled and then continued to walk away.
Heero sat on the bench outside the city contemplating what Sylvia said to him.
~*~
When he finally came back up to Relena?s room, most members of the group who had gathered to wish congratulations upon her were gone. Only her brother and his wife remained. Both were curled up on the loveseat at the other end of the waiting room sleeping. He smiled and then walked to the room that had been assigned to Relena.
When he reached the door, he took a deep breath and slowly began to open the door. When it was opened fully he was greeted to the sight of Relena standing over a Plexiglas bassinet, tending to the bundle that lay within its confines.
?Hey,? he said in a deep voice.
Relena jumped and turned around quickly hoping to hit the newcomer. She was unsuccessful in her attempts and Heero quickly dodge the attack. Relena finally realized that the newcomer happened to be Heero.
?Sorry,? she said sheepishly.
?It?s ok,? he replied and then ran a hand through his untamed locks.
Relena turned back towards the Plexiglas bassinet that Liam slept in. She then pulled a blue fuzzy bundle into her arms and then twisted to face Heero again.
?Do you want to hold him?? she asked softly.
Heero appeared stricken at the thought. He hold the innocent creature that Relena held in her hands. Hold the tiny baby in his blood stained hands and curse it with the single touch of holding. He shook his head and Relena did not press any further. She placed the tiny baby back in the bassinet just as a nurse came to take little Liam away for the night. Relena kissed the newborns forehead and then watched as they wheeled him away. She sighed and began to process of try to get into the overly large hospital bed.
Once she was settled, Heero pulled up one of the chairs next to the bed and sat down.
?You?re lucky you know that,? he said deeply.
Relena nodded but stayed silent.
?So why Liam?? Heero asked inquisitively.
Relena?s eyes opened slowly and found Heero?s own Prussian blue ones.
?I meet this boy once. I was only nine at the time,? she sighed and then stopped.
Heero?s eyes urged her to continue with her story. She caught the look and could not refuse.
?Liam McPherson was a war orphan that I met after I had been kidnapped. I remember Milliardo saving me, but at the time I didn?t know it was him. He left me sitting there to wait for the people who were to come and rescue me. I started to cry and Liam saw this and tried to comfort me. I developed a friendship with him in the short amount of time we had,? she stopped as she tried to swallow the pain back.
?He died, didn?t he?? Heero asked softly.
Relena nodded her head, ?The next day I went to see if he was still in the spot that was there. Instead I found the tattered remains of his jacket. It was splattered with blood. From that day on I vowed to fight for a more peaceful world.? A tiny crystal tear slipped down her check.
Heero reached to wipe it away. The sincere gesture shocked Relena. She gentle pushed his hand away and quickly and hid her sadness behind her mask of calm.
?Thank you Heero, but I don?t need your pity,? she said softy.
There was silence between the pair for quite some time. Heero finally decide to stand up. Relena kept her eyes down cast and fumbled with the beige hospital blanket. He wanted to hold her at that moment, but the emotional barriers she had set up between then since her resignation and faked death kept him from doing what he wanted to do. He sighed inwardly as he assessed the situation. It was almost as if Relena had now become the Perfect Solider and he a confused yet slowly becoming an emotional person. Her eyes were closed when he finally made it to the door. He heaved a sigh and then left the room with one thing in mind.
~*~
?Beautiful aren?t they?? a gruff voice asked.
Heero turned around to be greeted with the sight of a ruffled Milliardo. His long almost white hair had been pulled back into a messy ponytail. Heero looked puzzled by his question.
?What?? he asked back.
?The babies,? he replied.
Heero shrugged his shoulders and turned back to face the maternity ward window to gaze at the cradle that was labelled ?Liam Milliardo Noin?. Milliardo joined him at the window.
?He looks so much like Parker when she was born. Pink and wrinkly,? The Lighting Count laughed as the two ex- Gundam pilots stared at Liam?s precious form.
?How is Parker doing these days?? Heero asked nonchalantly.
?As good as any four years old can be. She?s going to be starting junior kindergarten next week,? Milliardo said with a laugh.
?Wonder what that?s going to be like?? Heero thought out loud.
?For her it?s going to her worst nightmare until she gets used to it,? Milliardo said.
Milliardo turned to face the Japanese man, ?Does Relena not expect you to help her raise Liam??
Heero shook his head. He could see that he was frowning. Milliardo placed two hands on the ledge of the glass that separated the newborns from their parents.
?I thought as much,? the former Gundam pilot said quietly.
Heero fell silent and continued to watch the sleeping Liam. It was a miracle that he had been born healthy being a month off his actual due date. He glanced at the other bits and pieces that had been written on Liam?s identification card. He read the date that proclaimed his son?s birth. August 5th 205. Liam had a date to know exactly when he was born to know that he existed. Heero felt something in him shatter. He never knew his birth date. He could never tell his son that he was born or that he lived because he had no birthday.
?I think asking you how it feels to be a father is out of the question by the look on your face,? Milliardo said and then turned his back to the glass partition.
?I can tell you I?ve felt confused since the day I found out,? He said and then placed a hand on the glass as if trying to touch the little individual that he had a part in creating.
Milliardo let out a hearty laugh and then patted Heero on the back.
?I know we were enemies in the past, Yuy and I?m still upset that you got my baby sister pregnant, but we know have something in common. I was just a confused as you were when I found out Lu was pregnant but it goes away with time. I figure the first time you hold him in your arms, all the confusion will slip away,? he stated to the Japanese man and then walked out of the maternity ward to his waiting wife.
Heero continued to stare at Liam, long after Milliardo had left. He never noticed the grey haired nurse come up behind him. He jumped when a hand tap him on the shoulder.
?The nurses are kind of getting tired of you standing there and looking,? the old nurse said in an irritated tone.
?I?m sorry, I was just looking at my son,? he replied nonchalantly.
?It?s ok. Would you like to hold him?? she asked him hoping that might get him to move.
Heero turned to face the old nurse and shook his head nervously, ?I don?t think I should.?
?Pish posh you should. Trust me you?ll love it,? she said with a twinkle in her eyes and then began to pull Heero to the nurse?s station by the arm.
Heero reluctantly let her pull him along. The old nurse shoved a yellow gown into his arms and told him to put it on over his clothing. He did. Afterwards the nurse led him to a rocking chair.
?What?s the little darling?s name?? the old nurse asked.
?Liam, Liam Noin,? Heero replied in a low voice.
She left Heero and quickly returned with the familiar bundle that was now wrapped in a yellow blanket.
?Cradle his head so the neck won?t break,? she instructed as she placed the baby into Heero?s arms.
Heero could feel panic rise from the depths of his concise as the baby was placed in his arms. He had not felt panic since the first time he had been given a gun. It did not pass as he continued to hold the fragile Liam in his upper limbs. All he could think of was dropping Liam, making him for death. Grave images began to cross his mind.
?Don?t be so nervous,? a younger nurse called from across the room attending to a newborn that had wakened from his slumber.
The words of encouragement did not help; he still kept thinking about chaos and destruction he could bring his son until a tiny yawn caused him to look down. There he was greeted to the deepest blue eyes he had ever seen. They were navy in colour and deeper then any ocean he had ever seen. Liam opened his mouth again to yawn. As he continued to watch as his son drifted off into sleep again, all the confusion and all the fear melted away. What Milliardo had said was true. He smiled slightly to himself as he began to rock in the chair slowly and observed his sleeping son.
~*~
(Four years later)
Heero strode in the tiny apartment that was Relena?s. It surprised him that she had gone from her one bedroom to a two bedroom that seemed much smaller then the one bedroom. He sighed and then heard giggling coming from the kitchen. He walked towards the sound and was greeted to the beautiful sight of Relena. She was packing lunches for herself and for Liam. Liam sat at the table eating toast. He was the first to spot Heero standing at the breakfast counter that separated the living room from the kitchen.
?Dad you?re here,? the little boy cried and then gripped Heero?s legs in a hug.
?Wouldn?t miss it for the world,? he replied and then picked up Liam and swung him around to his back.
?Mommy, you ready yet?? he asked looking at Relena over Heero?s shoulders.
?Just a minute,? she replied and finished cleaning up the counter top, ?There,? she said and then placed a lunch in the black attach? case she carried and the other into the small backpack on the floor. She then handed the backpack to Heero and then made her way to the door, putting a pair of sunglasses on her head to pull back the hair. The three left the apartment and headed to the jeep parked outside.
~*~
?Lunch,?
?Check,?
?Hat,?
?Check,?
?Backpack,?
?Check,?
?Coat,?
?Check,?
?Ready for you?re first day of school??
?Yep,?
?Are you willing to accept this mission?? Heero gave Liam a stern but joking look.
?Mission accepted,? Liam said and then hugged Heero who had crouched down to his level.
Heero turned Liam around and gave him a little push forward.
?Go on,? he said.
?What I don?t get a goodbye kiss,? Relena said in mock hurt.
?Sorry,? Liam said and then waited for Relena to crouch down to receive her goodbye kiss.
Relena did and then whispered into his ear that she had packed an extra snack in his lunch. Liam?s face lit up and the bell rang. Liam waved goodbye and ran to the group of other children his age entering the school. Heero and Relena stood there until he was in the building. Once he was in they both turned to the Jeep.
?You?ve got to stop teaching him things like that,? Relena said on their walk back to the Jeep.
?Hn,? Heero grunted and then tossed her the keys.
Relena caught them and then looked at Heero puzzled, ?You?re letting me drive??
Heero rolled his eyes and then reached over to grab them from her hand. Relena quickly pulled her outstretched hand back, ?No I?ll drive,? she stated and then hopped into the driver side.
She started the Jeep and drove out of the parking lot of Liam?s school for work. They drove in silence. If Relena had been in the passenger seat she would have a top forty station blasting at full. She seemed tense. Once they arrived at Preventer HQ, Relena did not get out of the Jeep.
?Come on Relena you?re going to be late,? Heero chided her as he hopped out of his side and grabbed the black backpack he kept his work and lunch in. Relena turned to face him
?Heero I?m getting married.?
TBC?
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