The Ice Princess
Part VI
Heero watched as Zechs stood a few inches from Relena’s face. They were both starring at each other with sad filled eyes. Zechs hated her and apparently she hated herself as well. Heero didn’t know what was going on. All he knew that there was a sibling rivalry going on. That’s all he knew.
Suddenly Quatre opened the door and looked into the dispute.
"What’s going on?" Quatre asked.
Zechs and Relena kept on starring at each other both ignoring Quatre’s presence in the room. Quatre felt uneasy and began to walk towards them.
"Nothing. I was just leaving." Zechs said and left the room.
Quatre neared Relena and sat in a chair next to her. Heero could see that Quatre was watching Relena very closely. Too closely, Heero thought.
"I heard you two yelling. What happened Relena?" Quatre asked.
Relena looked away from Quatre. But then she looked at him after a few seconds of avoiding his eyes.
"Quatre, why do you love me?" Relena asked.
Heero’s eyes widen. He couldn’t believe that Relena was asking Quatre this question. Why of all things, did she decide to talk about this now? What was the point of it? Did it have something to do with Zechs and Relena’s argument? Besides, he didn’t want to hear them talk about this. He just didn’t.
"Relena, I have always loved you since the beginning. When I first met you at the Sank Kingdom, I was astonished by you. Never in my life have I ever met anyone so peace loving than you. You gave up everything to save the Sank Kingdom’s population. You saved them. You had a dream and you achieved it. That is why I love you, because who you are and what you have done." Quatre said gently.
Heero watched as Quatre held Relena’s hand in his. He was angry and sad. This was envy that he felt in him. He didn’t like it. He didn’t like these feelings in his heart. They were too painful.
"I see." Relena said softly.
Quatre was smiling. He was always smiling since they announced their engagement to their friends. "Friends" what a word. Here was his friends marrying the woman he loved. And for what? For peace throughout Earth and its Colonies? Yes, that was why. And he hated it.
"What would you do if I were dead?" Relena asked.
Heero couldn’t believe what he was hearing. What was going on?
"You’re not dead Relena." Quatre answered.
"But what if I were?"
"It would destroyed me in a sense. I love you and I would be very miserable if something happened to you. My life would forever change. Why do you ask?"
"Quatre please leave. I want to be alone." Relena suddenly said.
Quatre gasped and stood up. He began to leave the room once again as Heero had seen him do before.
"Call me if you need anything Relena. I mean it." And with that Quatre left.
This was Heero’s chance to finally talk to Relena. He so wanted to talk to her. He wanted to touch her, to feel her, to smell her, to caress her, anything. He just wanted her.
He came out of the door closet. He saw Relena look at him and he saw her eyes widen. He could tell that she was afraid. Was she afraid of him? No, never. That was not likely. She was never afraid of him, then why would she be now?
"How long have you been in there?" Relena asked. He noticed that her voice was shaky.
"An hour before you woke up." Heero answered.
"How did you get in here?" She asked.
Heero eyed her carefully. She should know better than to question him about it. He was, no is, the "Perfect Soldier" and sneaking into houses and hiding was something he was good at.
"You heard everything, right?"
"I came to check on you. I wanted to see how you were and I wanted to know what happened?" Heero said wanting to change the subject just a bit.
He saw Relena calm down a bit and saw that she looked down at the floor.
"Why do you worry about me?" Relena suddenly asked him.
Heero stared at her. What kind of question was that? How could she ask that? Didn’t she know? No, she knows. She has always known.
"Something is going on Relena. And I know that you know what it is. Why don’t you tell me? You know you can trust me." Heero said.
Silence covered the room. She was taking too long to answer. Didn’t she trust him?
"I can’t tell you." She said.
Heero looked at her. She was afraid all right. Afraid of what though? Was it him? Impossible.
She was avoiding him now. She didn’t want to look at him or anything.
He suddenly took her by the shoulders and stood her up. He knew he was being aggressive but how else were he suppose to find out what happened to Relena two months ago? She didn’t want to tell him, but what if he forced her to?
"Tell me Relena. What happened two months ago? What did they do to you? Tell me!" He yelled at her.
He was so close to her. So close. He could smell her. Smell her fear. He didn’t want that. He loved her. But she was still avoiding him.
"There’s nothing you can do Heero. It’s too late." She said.
He let go of her and she landed back into her bed. He could tell that she was shaking. He knew that she would never tell him now. Like she said it was too late. Who or whatever did this to her had already succeeded and she was gone. He understood that. There was nothing he could do.
"I’m sorry." She softly said to him.
But there was something he could do. And he would do it. He would protect her until the very end. Until she died.
"I’m sorry too Relena." He said while he began to walk away.
He was sorry because he had lost her. He had lost her love, her trust, her friendship.
But he still wouldn’t give up. He swore that he would find out what happened two months ago. He would find out what happened to Relena to have changed her so much.
He left Relena there by herself. He turned to look at her once more and found her looking at herself in a small compact mirror. She was touching her face and her eyes seemed so lost and tearful. Was she crying? He didn’t know and he didn’t want to know. Not now. He didn’t want to see her cry.
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Trowa sat in front of his laptop in his home at the circus. He had been researching Relena’s two-week disappearance. Nothing made sense anymore. First Relena disappeared, then the shuttle appeared with some of its crew dead onboard, then Relena appeared on another colony. Two months later she announces she’s getting marry to Quatre, then the strange man comes and declares Relena is dead but the weird thing is he was onboard the shuttle during the occurrence.
He felt that he needed to solve this for Quatre and for Relena. But not just him but for himself as well. They were both his dear friends and he felt he needed to protect them. Quatre was his best friend and Relena was another dear friend of his. Too dear, he thought.
He supposed he cared too much for her. She trusted him and he trusted her. Lately though, things have changed. She rarely talked to him and basically ignored him. He knew something was wrong, but he couldn’t tell anyone. What would they think? They would think they were bad people, though that wasn’t the case, yet he couldn’t tell no one.
"Trowa, are you still working on your computer?" Catherine asked.
"Yes" He responded.
"Okay, but shouldn’t you visit Quatre and Relena?"
Trowa stopped typing on his laptop. Yes, that’s what he should do. He should visit them.
"Fine" With that Trowa took off to visit Quatre and Relena.
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Heero entered the office below without being detected by Quatre two rooms down. He didn’t want to talk to him.
He found Zechs sitting at his office chair. He sat there as if waiting for his arrival.
"I knew you were hiding. And now you finally come to ask me if I know anything. Isn’t that right, Heero Yuy?" Zechs asked coldly
Heero gave him a glare. So Zechs knew he was there.
"You want to know about our argument? You want to know why I hate her? Or better yet, how much I hate her and despise her? Which one is it? Either way the results will be the same. So tell me Heero Yuy, are you ready to find out these dark secrets we carry inside our hearts or do you want to ignore them? Just remember Heero, once you find out you will be changed and may even end up hating her just like I do. Are you ready to take that chance? That chance of hating her?" Zechs said while never taking his eyes off of him.
Heero stood quietly. He was questioning what Zechs had told him. Was he ready to take that chance? Was he ready to discover their dark secrets as Zechs had said?
Yes, he was ready. He was ready to take that chance. That chance in finding out what happened? Why Relena was like that and why she refused to say anything, even if it was a chance in ending up hating Relena. But he knew he could never hate Relena. He just couldn’t. He loved her. He could never hate someone he loved. Could he?
Heero nodded. He was taking this chance.
"Very well. But you have been warned." Zechs said while standing up.
"Follow me" Zechs said while walking out of the room.
"Where are we going?" Heero asked.
"You’ll see." Heero gave him a look. "It’s part of the secret." Zechs responded.
As they began to leave Zechs turned around and looked at Heero.
"You do have your gun right?" Zechs asked.
No answer
"You’re going to need it. Trust me on this."
To be continue………………..
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