[Gundam Wing FanFiction] Hinter dem Horizont

Chapter 3

Relena helped him open his mind and heart to accept his own self as it is. She helped Heero recognise that he wasn't entirely inhuman, after all. Meanwhile, an anonymous tip Heero received began to open some tight curtains regarding the new threats.

ESUN Government Headquarters Building, Brussels

February, AC 196

1600 hours

This outcome never had passed even slightly in Relena's mind.

All was, could be said, well, in some people's favour. For the moment being, at least. Relena glanced at the desk across the quiet room. She was sitting hunched over piles of paperwork inside the large office room, in a comfortable armchair, with a big wooden table stood before it. The room slowly darkened as did the skies outside, and the sun gradually setting over the city of Brussels. She stretched her numb arms over her head, and rose to her feet to the lamp switch nearby the door.

The light from the fluorescent lamp lit the room, and Relena heaved a deep sigh as she approached the other smaller desk. Heero Yuy was sitting perfectly still on the office chair, his intense Prussian blue eyes were fixated to the PC monitor standing in front of him while his fingers ran across the keyboard expertly; stacks of folders neatly piled beside the monitor. His gaze shifted up to her, acknowledging her presence; his calm and cold expression never wavering in the slightest.

Relena smiled nervously. Even though it was already almost two months she had been spending time together with him and already knew by the heart that it was simply his natural complexion, not some kind of literal expression of his feelings; his distant, dark-brooding aura never failed to make her feel... demented, a kind of strange one that she couldn't describe. She could feel her whole body heat raising and her heart thundering against her chest...

"What is it?" Despite his somehow unfriendly and cold appearance, his voice and eyes were surprisingly soft. His deep blue eyes stared expectantly to her, patient.

And as usual, all her anxiety and uneasiness washed away instantly upon his encouraging response. "It's Friday, and I figure that you may want to have dinner out with me."

His eyes darted back to his monitor, calculating. "What time will we go?"

And Relena understood his troubled question. "Heero – it's not an order, it's a request. If you don't want to go, it's fine."

Heero frowned, looking at her in suspicion. "Why?"

Relena shifted uncomfortably, but she shrugged it away with a small smile. "Because I want to."

"Why?"

"Why?" Relena repeated dumbly.

"Why do you want to go with me?" The Wing Zero ex-pilot expression had turned to be irritated – because he couldn't understand.

"I just want to."

"But why?" Heero's eyes narrowed, trying to fathom the young politician's true motive.

"I just...want to talk. About many things. Heero, there are still so many things I don't understand about our new obtained peace. I know this is selfish of me, of us – but I can't deny that I still need your help, Heero."

The suspicious look on those glimmering Prussian blue eyes was gone. "I don't think I am the right person to talk. If anything, it should be Quatre."

Relena shook her head. "I need your perspective, Heero. I need to understand the world and people beyond my reach. I honestly think that you are the most reliable person to do with."