The Ice Princess
IV
Trowa watched as the room turned into a noisy hellhole. Too many people were talking at once. Too many at the same time. He wanted to cover his ears with his hands, but he didn’t. Almost though.
Noin was screaming at Zechs for not telling her about the marriage between Relena and Quatre. In fact, nobody knew of the marriage except for the couple and Zechs. Not even he knew and he was Quatre’s good friend.
Trowa turned to watch Heero standing near the door. He noticed that he was looking at the floor with his fists clenching. He felt sorry for Heero at the moment. Here was his love of his life and she was going to marry his friend.
Suddenly, Heero left the room. Trowa knew why, they all knew. Trowa turned to look back at Quatre. He saw in Quatre’s eyes sadness, yet happiness at the same time. He knew yet he was going through with it.
Why Quatre?
After an hour of a noisy hellhole, Trowa sat patiently waiting for Quatre to come out of the room where he and Relena now were alone.
Soon Relena came out and simply nodded to Trowa and left admittedly. Quatre stood by the doorway waiting for Trowa to come into the room.
As Trowa sat on the chair he noticed Quatre’s eyes were filled with a sense of hope. But why was that?
"Why this sudden marriage?" Trowa asked. He didn’t want to waste time. He wanted to know the truth.
"It’s time for me to get marry and I decided to marry Relena." Quatre answered while blushing.
Trowa stared hard at Quatre. He didn’t believe him. Quatre squirmed a little and finally sighed.
"The truth is Relena wanted to get married. She believes that if we get marry then we will keep peace intact. Apparently, politicians love it when two well known individuals get married and start a family. To them, we would be royalty. And I agreed with Miss Relena."
"She broke the relationship with Heero two months ago, are you sure you want to get marry so soon after the break up?" Trowa asked.
"I know about their break up and I feel bad about marrying her, but I started to like her. Not just like her, but like her a lot." Quatre answered.
"Do you love her?" Trowa finally asked.
"Yes, I love her. And I believe that our marriage will become a great one."
"Do you think she loves you?"
Quatre closed his eyes and then reopened them slowly.
"She doesn’t love me, but I hope that she will in time." Quatre answered with a sad smile.
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After a long day Noin directly went to her bedroom that she shared with Millardo and changed into her casual clothing. She heard Millardo go to his home office. She wasn’t going to leave him alone. Not now. Not until she knew of his secrecy and Relena’s.
She entered the office without knocking. She expected to see him sitting in his chair waiting for her. Instead he found him sitting near a couch next to the door. He sat there holding a picture of Relena. A picture she took when she was 17.
"I miss her you know?" Millardo suddenly asked.
Noin sat down next to Millardo and looked at him. He has been depressed since Relena’s shuttle incident. He was more quiet, more distant, more colder towards others and even to Relena after she had come back.
"She’s not the same. Not anymore." Millardo kept saying.
Noin took Millardo into her arms and held him like a mother holding her child.
"It wasn’t suppose to be this way. Not Relena. She was too kind for this to have happened. Why did this have to happen?" Millardo kept on ranting.
Noin didn’t know what he was talking about. She just knew that he was hurt and it had something to do with Relena.
"I know Relena has been colder lately since the incident. But you mustn’t blame yourself for what happened. It was an accident. She’s fine now. She’s with us. That’s all that matters now." Noin said.
Millardo held Noin tighter. His long blonde hair falling on her bosom. What was the matter with him? Why was he acting this way?
"She’s gone Noin. Relena is gone." Millardo said.
Noin didn’t say anything. Yes Relena was gone. She wasn’t the same anymore. Yes they were all suffering.
Noin took the picture from Millardo and looked at it.
"Millardo, why didn’t you tell me about Relena’s marriage to Quatre?"
Millardo let go of Noin and stood up. Noin noticed that his eyes were red due to holding his tears back.
"It’s to ensure peace Noin." Millardo said and left the room.
Noin looked back at the picture of Relena. Was this really what Relena wanted, to marry someone in order to ensure peace. What about love? What about Heero?
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Quatre entered the Peacecraft Mansion with Relena in front of him. They headed towards her home office. He wanted to talk to Relena about their marriage once again. It wasn’t the first time but he needed to be sure. He needed to be sure that Relena really wanted to get marry with him.
Relena calmly sat in her chair while Quatre sat in a chair in front of her desk. He smiled sweetly at her and in response she only stared back at him. She didn’t have to be cold towards him. He knew she was hurt during the incident though she never talked about it. He respected that but they were going to get married, right? She could at least smile at him, even in private.
"You wanted to speak to me Quatre?" Relena asked.
"Relena, I know we have been through his before, but are you sure you want to announce our engagement to Earth and its Colonies next week? Are you sure about this?" Quatre asked.
"I’m sure Quatre. We need to do this."
Quatre smiled nervously. He knew it was for peace. Their engagement was purely for peace.
Quatre stood up and looked at Relena. He would tell her what he thought and hoped for. He should.
"Relena, I love you." There he had said it. He had said the words that have ached him since Relena propose the engagement. Since that day he had felt love towards her. They were getting married and therefore they should learn to love each other. He just hoped that she felt the same way.
Relena stood up and walked up to him. They stood facing each other in front of her desk. She reached out and touched his face gently. The touch sent chills in his spine. Never before has Relena ever touched him this way. Maybe he did have a chance.
"We are getting married, we should at least try to love each other." Relena said.
Quatre didn’t know what to say. Was she telling him that she didn’t love him or was she giving him hope? He closed his eyes and cherished the moment they were having.
Suddenly he felt her lips on his. She was kissing him. Relena was kissing him. He opened his eyes and stared into her own eyes. Yes there was hope. She was giving him hope.
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Wufei, and Sally stood outside the door. There was a meeting going on inside between Relena and some Government officials regarding the peace treaty of Colony L3. They were not allowed to go in due to private issues inside the room.
Sally watched Wufei as he impatiently walked back and forth across the hall. They were there for the meeting as well but they were not allowed in until they were called upon.
Sally sighed. She just hoped this meeting would come to a halt. She disliked watching Wufei walk back and forth across the hall. It made her impatiently as well. Something she didn’t need.
Finally the Government officials came out and began to leave. Sally and Wufei looked at them for possible answers to their soundless questions. Finally Relena came out as well.
"What happened? I thought they were going to call us in?" Sally asked.
"The meeting will continue tomorrow. Apparently the officials couldn’t sit much longer." Relena responded.
"What about us?! We waited out here for hours and for what, to wait tomorrow for maybe even more hours? This is unacceptable." Wufei declared.
He began to walk away when suddenly a young man bumped into him. Wufei tried to walk around the stranger but the stranger kept on bumping into him. They held up this dance for a bit longer until Wufei slapped him away to the floor.
"Leave me alone!" Wufei yelled.
Sally and Relena went to see what the commotion was about until the young man screamed upon seeing them. Luckily, they were the only four on that floor.
"What did you do to him Wufei?" Sally asked.
"I didn’t do anything. I just slapped him, but he didn’t start screaming into you two came."
Now the man was trying to hide into a corner and kept starring at the three of them. Wufei neared the man and grabbed him by the collar. Sally just hoped he wouldn’t kill him before questioning him.
Suddenly the man pointed at Relena. His finger shaking with fear. His eyes wide while starring at Relena.
Sally turned to look at Relena, but she remained the same, nothing that would indicate what the man was so afraid of.
"I saw you!" The man said.
Wufei turned to look at Relena as well. He began to study her reaction to the man.
"I saw you!" The man repeated.
Relena kept on standing there. There was still no reaction.
"You’re dead!" The man screamed.
Wufei let go of the stranger due to his constant yelling.
Sally soon began to notice a change in Relena. Her eyes were beginning to widen. She began to back away slowly as if finally understanding the situation.
"I saw you! I saw you die!" The man screamed again.
Sally was ignoring the man now. She was too worried about Relena, because that’s when she screamed as well.
To be continue……………………..
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