Love Beyond All Fear 5/?
Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 2:20 pm
This was a fun chapter to write. I?m going to make a universal note to all: If you are familiar with the storyline of Miss Saigon (or even Madame Butterfly), please say nothing in your reviews that could possibly spoil the plot. Thanks in advance.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or Miss Saigon. They belong to their respective owners.
Warning: Some language, a bit of sap.
*~Love Beyond All Fear~* Chapter Five
By Gundam Girl
The man called Treize had light blue eyes and butterscotch-colored hair. He looked fit, and, more than that, smart. And he was staring right at Relena with a chilled gaze.
?Treize,? Relena said, her voice unnecessarily clear, ?what are you doing here??
Treize?s small smile suddenly widened. ?What a question. Relena, it has been months, and all you think to ask me is why I?ve come for you??
?Come for me?? Relena clenched a fist at her side.
?Now, do not lie and say you have forgotten it. Our parents made a vow, Relena, when all of us came to this despicable country from our home.? With steady, deliberate movements, he drew from the pocket of his faded jacket a ring, shimmering silver. ?With that, they made the pact that we would marry and keep our family alive. Even among all these filthy Japs.?
Quatre walked inside the hotel lobby just in time to see the customary glare shadow Heero?s face. He saw the European arrival and fell silent. Something was happening.
?Marriage?? asked Heero, and Relena turned to him.
?Trieze is my second cousin. Besides my family, his came here too. They arranged for us to be wed upon my twentieth birthday,? she told him, eyes flicking continuously over to Treize.
?A date that has passed,? Treize added. ?And so we are late in fulfilling our parents? promise. Come, Relena. I will take you from here.?
Relena whirled to him, her eyes sharp as nails. ?Do not presume I will follow you.?
The smile fell from Treize?s face.
?You?ve no idea whatsoever what has occurred for me the last many months,? Relena seethed, her voice low and jagged, as though her words would cut Treize?s flesh.
?I think I do.? Treize returned her look. ?Rumors fly of the pretty Sank girl who sells herself at a place called Fair View. Oh, Relena, and how I wanted to believe it wasn?t true.?
?If one wants to stay alive??
?There is no honor in living as a whore!? exclaimed Treize.
Wufei snorted.
?At least,? Relena said slowly, ?I chose to keep living.?
The two cousins stared at each other for several long minutes. Hilde was biting her fingernails.
Then Treize spoke in deep, trembling syllables. ?You are mine.?
?Think that if you wish.? Relena tossed her head. ?It will drive you mad.?
?I think he already is.? Heero set his arm around her waist and looked Treize in the eye. ?Relena is mine now.?
?Yours?? Something dangerous flashed across Treize?s eye. ?Who the hell are you?? Then he saw the dog tags hanging around Heero?s neck. ?Oh, I see. Disguised, are you? Cold-blooded American.?
?Don?t do anything, Heero,? Duo said from behind them. ?That?s what goaded me.?
?Damn haughty Euro boys,? muttered Trowa.
?Why in the name of God,? Treize demanded, ?would you want a wretched *American*??
?He isn?t wretched!? Relena shouted. ?He brought me out of that place!?
?And how much did he have to pay? Virgins cost much, especially to buy them out.? Treize waited for an answer, and at their silence, his eyes widened. ?He has had you.? His hands reached out, fingers bent, slowly moving toward her throat. ?He has had you?!?
Heero stepped in front of her. ?Try it. Just try it.?
Treize?s hand felt back and suddenly pulled out a gun from his coat, clutching the ring in his fist now. ?Dare you tell me to??
Lightning fast, Heero grabbed his arm and tugged it high behind his back. Treize and Relena, however, we?re nearly toe-to-toe. He wanted to throw him out, but their was something, he could tell, that Relena wanted to say.
?Why?? Treize snarled at her. ?That vow was made to carry on the European, and you would squander it on this useless soldier? This shames both our families, Relena!?
?I don?t love you!? she screamed, covering her ears. ?There can?t be any shame in not marrying you because I haven?t ever loved you! Not the way you want me to, Treize. I can?t.?
?They wrote it in their blood!?
?And all of that blood has been spilled. They are dead, and their promise invalid.?
?You are MINE!? Treize jerked, but Heero held onto him. Relena stepped away from him.
?No.? She shook her head, pressing her hand to her heart. ?No. Not anymore.?
?Relena,? he growled, ?you are going to pay for this. You turn yourself into a sinner.?
?Get the hell out!? Heero ordered, wrenching the gun from Treize?s hand and tossing him toward the door. He aimed the gun at his head. ?Now.?
Treize made sure he caught Relena?s eyes at the door. ?You will see me again. I swear it.?
?You?re wrong,? Relena told him, her chin raised. ?I?m leaving.?
One last glare, and Treize strode angrily out of the hotel.
Everyone was silent. Tears filled Relena?s eyes, and the chin she had jerked up wobbled. ?I?m not hungry anymore,? she murmured and turned to flee. She didn?t get further than two steps when Heero caught her around the shoulders and pulled her against his chest.
Then she merely collapsed.
Quatre pursed his lips. ?Breakfast in my room,? he suggested. The others nodded and Heero led Relena back upstairs.
Outside the door, he set her on her own two feet to let themselves in, and Heero gently pulled her inside the room again. Kicking the door closed, he sat her down on the unmade bed.
?What is it??
Relena pressed a hand to her mouth, shaking her head back and forth despairingly. ?You?re going to leave me now, aren?t you??
Taken aback, Heero sat down beside her. ?What??
?Knowing that I was supposed to be someone else?s, that a promise was made?that would distract any man from??
?Stop it!? Totally shocked, Heero took her hands and pressed them to his neck. ?Feel that, Relena. That?s for you.?
Her tears continued to fall as Heero?s pulse thrummed against Relena?s fingers. ?I don?t deserve it.? Pulling away, she held herself tightly around her middle. ?I don?t deserve you, Heero.?
?That?s ridiculous.?
?It?s not!? she insisted, half-furious ? but at herself, never him. ?That vow of my parents, Heero, I can?t undo it.?
?I don?t care about any vow,? he told her, his boldly blue eyes boring into hers. ?What I care is about is you and getting you out of this hellhole. Relena, come on.? He tenderly urged her to let go of herself and to hold onto him, encouraging her to slide into his lap. ?We are, you know. We?ll leave here.?
Relena smiled, leaning her head against his shoulder. ?Will we? And then?? She met his eyes. ?What after we leave and go to America??
Heero brushed his lips over her forehead. ?When we get there, we?ll go to New York City. You?ll be absolutely amazed, Relena. Some of the buildings there are more than forty stories high.?
Her eyes grew bright just trying to picture it. ?Is there ice cream there??
Heero stared for a moment, then chuckled. ?Ice cream? Yeah. Why??
Relena giggled. ?Hilde told me about ice cream once. There isn?t any in Sank. But she said there was some in Germany and that it?s the best thing in the world.? Comforted, and forgetting all about Treize, and pressed against him. ?I bet everything in this New York is better than this world here.?
?It is. I?m going to take you there; I swear it.? He smiled back at her, caressing her smooth face with his calloused fingers. ?And after everything?s settled in, Relena?? He paused. What a leap, he thought. What a big leap. ?After that, I?m going to marry you.?
?You?re?? Relena?s mouth fell open, but no other sound came out until a few more moments later. ?Marry me? Heero, I? I can?t ask you do that.?
?You?re not asking me,? he pointed out. ?I want to. I want to be with you.? He interlaced their fingers and rested his chin on her head. ?I think? Oh, hell with it,? he breathed out when he looked into her shining eyes. ?I love you.?
Her smile was like a ray of sunshine in the shadowed world of WWII Japan. ?Heero,? she murmured.
?You don?t need to say anything yet,? he told her. ?I know it?s hard.?
?No, I?? Well, it was hard, but that wasn?t why she couldn?t speak. Her throat simply closed up, and tears she thought had ceased continued to flow.
?Relena.? He wiped them away with his lips. ?Smile for me??
Relena stood up and walked away from the bed. Heero rose and followed her halfway to the window, where she sat on the sill and gazed at the dusty Japan that was all she had known for so long. Suddenly, she turned her gaze back to him and did smile. Then she threw her head back and laughed, deliriously happy. Springing up, she ran to him, and he caught her, spinning her around and around.
?I love you too,? she declared. ?I love you so much, Heero Yuy.?
***
They didn?t leave the hotel room for the rest of the day. Trowa came in once to drop a bag of food on their table. When he did, the room was dark and all he could hear was a muffled giggling. Duo and Hilde had apparently found a secret location and hadn?t come back.
It was the next day that either of them made an appearance. Heero came downstairs to socialize with his fellow soldiers and to relay some news.
?Heero,? Quatre said when he saw the Japanese man, ?I thought you and Relena had fought or something and you were both mad at everyone.?
Trowa raised an eyebrow at him. ?*You* thought that??
Heero did something strange then as he reached for a thermos of tea, since coffee was not available in this part of Japan. He grinned, completely unmasked.
Wufei?s eyes narrowed to alert slits as he regarded the sergeant. ?Any particular reason why you?re so cheerful, other than the events in the nook??
?Actually,? he said, settling into the only remaining chair just as Duo showed up, ?yes.?
Duo was whistling. ?Mornin?, everybody.? He looked around. ?Why are people confused??
?Heero?s smiling,? Trowa informed him, gulping down more tea. God, it wasn?t anything like coffee at all. He barely felt the hell awake. It was in the mornings that he missed New York the most. A good coffee house was only a block away.
?Ahhhhhhhhhhh. No kidding.? Duo stretched and sat on the edge of the creaky table.
?Get off,? Wufei ordered, swatting him away, ?it?ll break.?
?All right, all right. So?*why* is Heero smiling?? the braided one asked cautiously.
?Because,? Heero said simply, ?I?m quitting the marines.?
The four fell silent as Heero casually drank his tea. Then he looked at them all. ?What?s the matter??
?You?re going to quit?!? seethed Wufei, promptly jerking back and crossing his arms. ?How weak are you, Yuy??
?What brought this around?? asked Quatre more quietly. ?You seemed very content to stay in military work, Heero.?
Heero met his eyes, knowing he would find compassion there and was grateful for it. ?This country,? he murmured, ?even though my roots are here, is a total mystery to me. I may look a lot like Japanese, but I?m American.?
?Ditto,? sighed Duo. ?I hear that one loud and clear.?
?It makes me feel like all I want to do is leave. Like all I want to do is to just go home.? Heero drained the rest of his tea like whiskey. Everything was so clear in his mind, so great. ?But I don?t want to go without Relena. So she?s coming. And I want to show her America so badly it almost hurts.?
?I?m ready for home,? admitted Quatre. ?My sisters are so worried about me, I bet, and they can?t even write to me out here with us undercover like this. But I think I?m going to asked to be relocated. Trowa and I were discussing it.?
?New York,? Trowa smiled slightly. ?God, it miss the city.?
?Christ, yeah,? Duo said. ?The lights in the place, the smoke, the gasoline.? He shrugged. ?The women.?
?The plays,? reminisced Quatre.
Duo wrinkled his nose. ?Only you. But yeah, Broadway??
?We can do communications in New York,? Trowa told them. ?There?s a rumor about a company that wants soldiers to help out with immigration, just in case something has to get nasty.?
Heero shook his head. ?I just want to go back there. I?m tired of this place. I don?t want Relena to have to stay here any longer.?
?Or Hilde,? Duo agreed.
Wufei snorted and leaned forward again. ?Well, while you guys have been wishing for home so badly, I?ve actually been doing so work. We got a message in today.?
The other four looked at his grim face and each of them felt the weight in their chests.
Then Wufei grinned. ?They?re shipping a large bit of us out from Japan back to the states. Tomorrow.?
Duo nearly whooped but remembered just where they were and settled for fisting the air. ?You?ve gotta be fucking kidding me.?
?Shit if I am. Truth is,? Wufei confessed, ?I wanna get the hell out of here too.?
?Damn yes!? Duo hopped up from the table, which he?d managed to lean against without Wufei noticing. ?I?m going to tell Hilde.? Leaning over, he punched Trowa?s shoulder and ruffled Quatre?s hair at the same time. ?We?re goin? home, boys!?
When he was gone, Trowa grabbed his thermos and gulped down the rest of his tea too. ?Looks like we?re getting what we wanted.?
?After five months, thank God,? Heero nodded. He stood up too. ?I?m going to go talk to Relena. You guys,? he said slowly. ?Relena and I? We?re getting married.?
Wufei?s brows arched up. ?Well,? he said shortly.
Trowa seemed surprised too. ?I see,? he replied smoothly. ?When??
?Couple months after we get to New York.? He?d been thinking about it all night. ?She?ll want you all to be there, of course. Me too.?
?Send me a note,? Wufei said, smirking the slightest bit.
Quatre smiled, but it was uneasily. ?Congratulations, Heero.?
Heero?s eyesbrows lowered as he watched the blond one of them fumble in putting the lid back on his tea thermos. ?Do you think it?s a bad idea, Quatre??
?What? Of course I don?t! I?m really happy for you two,? Quatre said sincerely. ?And I mean that, honestly. But?? The shadow crossed his face again, dimming his blue-green eyes. ?I?m a little worried.?
?That we won?t be happy?? Heero asked.
?No, not that. I?m worried?because I have a bad feeling.? He was silent, but then in the next instant, Quatre shook his head and laughed. ?It?s nothing. Probably the tea.?
?Well?okay.? Suspicious, Heero told himself not to be paranoid. Nothing could go wrong, naturally. They were going home. Yes.
He and Relena were going home.
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Warning: Some language, a bit of sap.
*~Love Beyond All Fear~* Chapter Five
By Gundam Girl
The man called Treize had light blue eyes and butterscotch-colored hair. He looked fit, and, more than that, smart. And he was staring right at Relena with a chilled gaze.
?Treize,? Relena said, her voice unnecessarily clear, ?what are you doing here??
Treize?s small smile suddenly widened. ?What a question. Relena, it has been months, and all you think to ask me is why I?ve come for you??
?Come for me?? Relena clenched a fist at her side.
?Now, do not lie and say you have forgotten it. Our parents made a vow, Relena, when all of us came to this despicable country from our home.? With steady, deliberate movements, he drew from the pocket of his faded jacket a ring, shimmering silver. ?With that, they made the pact that we would marry and keep our family alive. Even among all these filthy Japs.?
Quatre walked inside the hotel lobby just in time to see the customary glare shadow Heero?s face. He saw the European arrival and fell silent. Something was happening.
?Marriage?? asked Heero, and Relena turned to him.
?Trieze is my second cousin. Besides my family, his came here too. They arranged for us to be wed upon my twentieth birthday,? she told him, eyes flicking continuously over to Treize.
?A date that has passed,? Treize added. ?And so we are late in fulfilling our parents? promise. Come, Relena. I will take you from here.?
Relena whirled to him, her eyes sharp as nails. ?Do not presume I will follow you.?
The smile fell from Treize?s face.
?You?ve no idea whatsoever what has occurred for me the last many months,? Relena seethed, her voice low and jagged, as though her words would cut Treize?s flesh.
?I think I do.? Treize returned her look. ?Rumors fly of the pretty Sank girl who sells herself at a place called Fair View. Oh, Relena, and how I wanted to believe it wasn?t true.?
?If one wants to stay alive??
?There is no honor in living as a whore!? exclaimed Treize.
Wufei snorted.
?At least,? Relena said slowly, ?I chose to keep living.?
The two cousins stared at each other for several long minutes. Hilde was biting her fingernails.
Then Treize spoke in deep, trembling syllables. ?You are mine.?
?Think that if you wish.? Relena tossed her head. ?It will drive you mad.?
?I think he already is.? Heero set his arm around her waist and looked Treize in the eye. ?Relena is mine now.?
?Yours?? Something dangerous flashed across Treize?s eye. ?Who the hell are you?? Then he saw the dog tags hanging around Heero?s neck. ?Oh, I see. Disguised, are you? Cold-blooded American.?
?Don?t do anything, Heero,? Duo said from behind them. ?That?s what goaded me.?
?Damn haughty Euro boys,? muttered Trowa.
?Why in the name of God,? Treize demanded, ?would you want a wretched *American*??
?He isn?t wretched!? Relena shouted. ?He brought me out of that place!?
?And how much did he have to pay? Virgins cost much, especially to buy them out.? Treize waited for an answer, and at their silence, his eyes widened. ?He has had you.? His hands reached out, fingers bent, slowly moving toward her throat. ?He has had you?!?
Heero stepped in front of her. ?Try it. Just try it.?
Treize?s hand felt back and suddenly pulled out a gun from his coat, clutching the ring in his fist now. ?Dare you tell me to??
Lightning fast, Heero grabbed his arm and tugged it high behind his back. Treize and Relena, however, we?re nearly toe-to-toe. He wanted to throw him out, but their was something, he could tell, that Relena wanted to say.
?Why?? Treize snarled at her. ?That vow was made to carry on the European, and you would squander it on this useless soldier? This shames both our families, Relena!?
?I don?t love you!? she screamed, covering her ears. ?There can?t be any shame in not marrying you because I haven?t ever loved you! Not the way you want me to, Treize. I can?t.?
?They wrote it in their blood!?
?And all of that blood has been spilled. They are dead, and their promise invalid.?
?You are MINE!? Treize jerked, but Heero held onto him. Relena stepped away from him.
?No.? She shook her head, pressing her hand to her heart. ?No. Not anymore.?
?Relena,? he growled, ?you are going to pay for this. You turn yourself into a sinner.?
?Get the hell out!? Heero ordered, wrenching the gun from Treize?s hand and tossing him toward the door. He aimed the gun at his head. ?Now.?
Treize made sure he caught Relena?s eyes at the door. ?You will see me again. I swear it.?
?You?re wrong,? Relena told him, her chin raised. ?I?m leaving.?
One last glare, and Treize strode angrily out of the hotel.
Everyone was silent. Tears filled Relena?s eyes, and the chin she had jerked up wobbled. ?I?m not hungry anymore,? she murmured and turned to flee. She didn?t get further than two steps when Heero caught her around the shoulders and pulled her against his chest.
Then she merely collapsed.
Quatre pursed his lips. ?Breakfast in my room,? he suggested. The others nodded and Heero led Relena back upstairs.
Outside the door, he set her on her own two feet to let themselves in, and Heero gently pulled her inside the room again. Kicking the door closed, he sat her down on the unmade bed.
?What is it??
Relena pressed a hand to her mouth, shaking her head back and forth despairingly. ?You?re going to leave me now, aren?t you??
Taken aback, Heero sat down beside her. ?What??
?Knowing that I was supposed to be someone else?s, that a promise was made?that would distract any man from??
?Stop it!? Totally shocked, Heero took her hands and pressed them to his neck. ?Feel that, Relena. That?s for you.?
Her tears continued to fall as Heero?s pulse thrummed against Relena?s fingers. ?I don?t deserve it.? Pulling away, she held herself tightly around her middle. ?I don?t deserve you, Heero.?
?That?s ridiculous.?
?It?s not!? she insisted, half-furious ? but at herself, never him. ?That vow of my parents, Heero, I can?t undo it.?
?I don?t care about any vow,? he told her, his boldly blue eyes boring into hers. ?What I care is about is you and getting you out of this hellhole. Relena, come on.? He tenderly urged her to let go of herself and to hold onto him, encouraging her to slide into his lap. ?We are, you know. We?ll leave here.?
Relena smiled, leaning her head against his shoulder. ?Will we? And then?? She met his eyes. ?What after we leave and go to America??
Heero brushed his lips over her forehead. ?When we get there, we?ll go to New York City. You?ll be absolutely amazed, Relena. Some of the buildings there are more than forty stories high.?
Her eyes grew bright just trying to picture it. ?Is there ice cream there??
Heero stared for a moment, then chuckled. ?Ice cream? Yeah. Why??
Relena giggled. ?Hilde told me about ice cream once. There isn?t any in Sank. But she said there was some in Germany and that it?s the best thing in the world.? Comforted, and forgetting all about Treize, and pressed against him. ?I bet everything in this New York is better than this world here.?
?It is. I?m going to take you there; I swear it.? He smiled back at her, caressing her smooth face with his calloused fingers. ?And after everything?s settled in, Relena?? He paused. What a leap, he thought. What a big leap. ?After that, I?m going to marry you.?
?You?re?? Relena?s mouth fell open, but no other sound came out until a few more moments later. ?Marry me? Heero, I? I can?t ask you do that.?
?You?re not asking me,? he pointed out. ?I want to. I want to be with you.? He interlaced their fingers and rested his chin on her head. ?I think? Oh, hell with it,? he breathed out when he looked into her shining eyes. ?I love you.?
Her smile was like a ray of sunshine in the shadowed world of WWII Japan. ?Heero,? she murmured.
?You don?t need to say anything yet,? he told her. ?I know it?s hard.?
?No, I?? Well, it was hard, but that wasn?t why she couldn?t speak. Her throat simply closed up, and tears she thought had ceased continued to flow.
?Relena.? He wiped them away with his lips. ?Smile for me??
Relena stood up and walked away from the bed. Heero rose and followed her halfway to the window, where she sat on the sill and gazed at the dusty Japan that was all she had known for so long. Suddenly, she turned her gaze back to him and did smile. Then she threw her head back and laughed, deliriously happy. Springing up, she ran to him, and he caught her, spinning her around and around.
?I love you too,? she declared. ?I love you so much, Heero Yuy.?
***
They didn?t leave the hotel room for the rest of the day. Trowa came in once to drop a bag of food on their table. When he did, the room was dark and all he could hear was a muffled giggling. Duo and Hilde had apparently found a secret location and hadn?t come back.
It was the next day that either of them made an appearance. Heero came downstairs to socialize with his fellow soldiers and to relay some news.
?Heero,? Quatre said when he saw the Japanese man, ?I thought you and Relena had fought or something and you were both mad at everyone.?
Trowa raised an eyebrow at him. ?*You* thought that??
Heero did something strange then as he reached for a thermos of tea, since coffee was not available in this part of Japan. He grinned, completely unmasked.
Wufei?s eyes narrowed to alert slits as he regarded the sergeant. ?Any particular reason why you?re so cheerful, other than the events in the nook??
?Actually,? he said, settling into the only remaining chair just as Duo showed up, ?yes.?
Duo was whistling. ?Mornin?, everybody.? He looked around. ?Why are people confused??
?Heero?s smiling,? Trowa informed him, gulping down more tea. God, it wasn?t anything like coffee at all. He barely felt the hell awake. It was in the mornings that he missed New York the most. A good coffee house was only a block away.
?Ahhhhhhhhhhh. No kidding.? Duo stretched and sat on the edge of the creaky table.
?Get off,? Wufei ordered, swatting him away, ?it?ll break.?
?All right, all right. So?*why* is Heero smiling?? the braided one asked cautiously.
?Because,? Heero said simply, ?I?m quitting the marines.?
The four fell silent as Heero casually drank his tea. Then he looked at them all. ?What?s the matter??
?You?re going to quit?!? seethed Wufei, promptly jerking back and crossing his arms. ?How weak are you, Yuy??
?What brought this around?? asked Quatre more quietly. ?You seemed very content to stay in military work, Heero.?
Heero met his eyes, knowing he would find compassion there and was grateful for it. ?This country,? he murmured, ?even though my roots are here, is a total mystery to me. I may look a lot like Japanese, but I?m American.?
?Ditto,? sighed Duo. ?I hear that one loud and clear.?
?It makes me feel like all I want to do is leave. Like all I want to do is to just go home.? Heero drained the rest of his tea like whiskey. Everything was so clear in his mind, so great. ?But I don?t want to go without Relena. So she?s coming. And I want to show her America so badly it almost hurts.?
?I?m ready for home,? admitted Quatre. ?My sisters are so worried about me, I bet, and they can?t even write to me out here with us undercover like this. But I think I?m going to asked to be relocated. Trowa and I were discussing it.?
?New York,? Trowa smiled slightly. ?God, it miss the city.?
?Christ, yeah,? Duo said. ?The lights in the place, the smoke, the gasoline.? He shrugged. ?The women.?
?The plays,? reminisced Quatre.
Duo wrinkled his nose. ?Only you. But yeah, Broadway??
?We can do communications in New York,? Trowa told them. ?There?s a rumor about a company that wants soldiers to help out with immigration, just in case something has to get nasty.?
Heero shook his head. ?I just want to go back there. I?m tired of this place. I don?t want Relena to have to stay here any longer.?
?Or Hilde,? Duo agreed.
Wufei snorted and leaned forward again. ?Well, while you guys have been wishing for home so badly, I?ve actually been doing so work. We got a message in today.?
The other four looked at his grim face and each of them felt the weight in their chests.
Then Wufei grinned. ?They?re shipping a large bit of us out from Japan back to the states. Tomorrow.?
Duo nearly whooped but remembered just where they were and settled for fisting the air. ?You?ve gotta be fucking kidding me.?
?Shit if I am. Truth is,? Wufei confessed, ?I wanna get the hell out of here too.?
?Damn yes!? Duo hopped up from the table, which he?d managed to lean against without Wufei noticing. ?I?m going to tell Hilde.? Leaning over, he punched Trowa?s shoulder and ruffled Quatre?s hair at the same time. ?We?re goin? home, boys!?
When he was gone, Trowa grabbed his thermos and gulped down the rest of his tea too. ?Looks like we?re getting what we wanted.?
?After five months, thank God,? Heero nodded. He stood up too. ?I?m going to go talk to Relena. You guys,? he said slowly. ?Relena and I? We?re getting married.?
Wufei?s brows arched up. ?Well,? he said shortly.
Trowa seemed surprised too. ?I see,? he replied smoothly. ?When??
?Couple months after we get to New York.? He?d been thinking about it all night. ?She?ll want you all to be there, of course. Me too.?
?Send me a note,? Wufei said, smirking the slightest bit.
Quatre smiled, but it was uneasily. ?Congratulations, Heero.?
Heero?s eyesbrows lowered as he watched the blond one of them fumble in putting the lid back on his tea thermos. ?Do you think it?s a bad idea, Quatre??
?What? Of course I don?t! I?m really happy for you two,? Quatre said sincerely. ?And I mean that, honestly. But?? The shadow crossed his face again, dimming his blue-green eyes. ?I?m a little worried.?
?That we won?t be happy?? Heero asked.
?No, not that. I?m worried?because I have a bad feeling.? He was silent, but then in the next instant, Quatre shook his head and laughed. ?It?s nothing. Probably the tea.?
?Well?okay.? Suspicious, Heero told himself not to be paranoid. Nothing could go wrong, naturally. They were going home. Yes.
He and Relena were going home.
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