Destiny of the Heart


Chapter Eleven

Relena sat on the hospital bed waiting for the doctor to look her over. She shivered in the thin gown that they had her put on. She herd a knock on the door and it opened revealing her brother and Lucrezia. She smiled at the sight of them as they approached her. Both of them giving her a hug.

"Relena are you ok?" Noin asked.

"Yes I'm fine despite everything that I have been threw the past month."

Zechs felt a wave of anger pass threw him. "What do you me by everything?"

"The crash, the avalanche is just to name a few." She smiled and hugged him. "Millardo, I'm fine."

He looked over her face and traced the scar above her eye that she got from the crash. "Where is the doctor?"

"He's with Heero."

"What? He should be looking you over."

"Millardo, I insisted that he check over Heero first."

"Relena." He took her hands in his. "You need to start worrying about yourself. Heero is perfectly capable of taking care of his own needs."

"I know but......"

There was a nock on the door quieting the two of them. They both looked to see the doctor walk into the room followed by a nurse..

"Ms. Darlian. Are you ready?"

Relena nodded her head. The doctor smiled and shook hands with Millardo. He then looked over the bump that Relena recently got on her head. He then took her blood pressure and check her breathing.

"I'm going to have the nurse take a blood sample so we can run a few tests."

"Tests for what?" Zechs asked.

"Just routine tests." the doctor smiled at Relena. "You seem to be in pretty good shape for being out in the wilderness for a month. That young man of yours did a good job keeping you two fit."

Relena and the doctor both look over at Zechs when they herd him grunt. Noin elbowed him and smiled at Relena and the Dr.

Relena looked back at the Dr. "Speaking of Heero, how is he doing?"

"He has a slight case of malnutrition, frostbite, and the wound that he received on the shoulder from the crash hasn't healed properly. We gave him some antibiotics for it and gave him a prescription." He stopped when he seen the worried look on Relean's face. "He's going to be fine."

The nurse came over to Relena with a syringe and a alcohol swab. "You should only feel a prick." She quickly took the sample and walked over to a table nearby and labeled it.

The doctor took a seat next to the bed and opened a file. "Ms. Darlian, I need to ask you a few personal questions."

"Ok."

He wrote a few things down on paper and asked his first question.

"Relena are you sexually active?"

She herd her brother shift uncomfortably in his chair. "Yes." She glanced at Millardo and seen his face turn to one of anger.

"Ok, do you by any chance think that you may be pregnant?"

That question pushed Millardo over the edge and he got up out of his chair and stormed out of the room. Lucrezia smiled and placed a hand on Relena's shoulder as she passed by her to follow him.

"Zechs!" Noin ran to catch up and reached out and grabbed him by the arm. "Where are you going?"

"Stay with Relena Noin, I'm going to have a talk with Yuy."

*****

Heero herd the door to the room open. He slowly opened his eyes and seen Duo making his way toward him.

"How you feeling?" Duo asked as he took a seat near the bed that Heero was currently laying on.

"What do you want?" Heero snapped at him as he closed his eyes again and crossed his arms across his chest.

"Geez, lighten up Heero. I was being a concerned friend."

Duo watched Heero for a few minutes in silence before he spoke again.

"You didn't want to be found did you?"

Heero's eyes snapped open and rested on Duo's beaming face.

"You were hoping to have lots of 'alone' time with her."

"Shut up Duo."

"You're in love with her."

"I said shut up!"

"Come on Heero, I'm your best friend. You should know that you can talk to me."

"You also have the biggest mouth of the group."

Duo glared at Heero and then broke out laughing. "You need a shave bad my friend."

Heero reached up and touched his face. He had ignored the fact that he hasn't been able to shave in weeks. Duo pulled a bag out of the inside of his coat and handed it to Heero.

"Here. Clean yourself up. I can't believe that Relena could kiss you with you looking like that."

Heero once again glared at Duo. He grabbed the bag from Duo and got out of bed and made his way to the bathroom. He had the sudden urge to punch him, but he clearly got Duo's point when he stood in front of the mirror and got a good look at himself. Heero looked in the bag to see that Duo even got him a change of clothes. He smirked and pulled the contents out of the bag.

"I'm going down to get a cup of coffee, would you like some?"

"Sure."

Heero shaved and quickly took a shower. He was just getting out when he herd Duo come back into the room. He changed and walked toward Duo taking the cup of coffee from him and sat down on the bed.

"Thanks."

Duo smiled. "No problem."

Heero glanced over at the door when he seen it open and Zechs walked in. Duo followed Heero's gaze.

"Maxwell, I need to talk to Yuy alone."

Duo looked back at Heero. Heero nodded his head and Duo stood up. "I'll be outside waiting." He walked past Zechs. He could clearly tell that the man was mad about something.

Once the door closed Zechs leaned against it and crossed his arms. "I'm relieving you of you duties of protecting Relena."

Heero stared at him. "Is this Relena's wish?"

"She's not the one that hired you."

Both men glared at each other.

"Once you're released from the hospital leave. I don't care were you go, just as long as it's not within the Sanc kingdom borders."

"What about the people that have threatened her?"

"We caught the man a few weeks ago. He admitted to tampering with the defrosting system on the plane. And he is being charged on murder." Zechs walked toward the bed. "Your services are no longer needed."

"Relena may still need protection."

"You're not good enough for her." Zechs was clenching his fists.

Heero's eyes narrowed and he stood up to face Zechs. "You're not the one to make that decision for her."

"Face it Heero, up to a month ago you didn't see past the fact that she was a mission to you. Once you're out in the real world again things will go back to the way that they were, and you will once again ignore her. You will continue with you life and push the thought of her out of your mind and burry yourself in some sort of work, and Relena will be suffering because of you."

Zechs watched as Heero squeezed the thin styrofoam of the coffee cup and the hot liquid ran down his hand and spilled onto the floor.

"She needs to have her thoughts on her work and not the heartache that you will cause her. Whatever the two of you had out there let it be just that. Let her have that memory before you wind up hurting her. And you will in time and you know that."

"Leave." Heero managed to hold back his anger. If Zechs didn't walk away now without saying another word he would kill the man.

Zechs smirked and left Heero alone in the room and headed back to check on Relena.

Duo stood out in the hallway leaning against the far wall across from the door to Heero's room. He had herd everything and glared at Zechs as the man walked out of the room and down the hall. 'Bastard.' Duo thought as he pushed open the door and walked in to find Heero standing in a puddle of coffee. The squished cup still in his hand.

"Don't listen to him Heero. He's been throwing a fit for weeks now about the possibility of the two of you being alone."

"I need to think right now Duo."

Duo nodded and left Heero alone. He knew that when the man wanted quiet time he meant it. And he could clearly tell that Heero had the intent to kill written all over his face and he didn't want to be the one to get in the way.

*****

Zechs walked back into Relena's hospital room to see that she was being released by the doctor. He walked over toward Noin and stood beside her. Once the doctor was finished with Relena she went over to the two of them.

"Are you ready to go?" asked Noin.

"Yes, but I want to see Heero first."

Zechs reached out and took her by the arm. "He's resting now. The hospital staff had to give him a tranquilizer so he could get some sleep. They kicked me out of the room and said that he was to have no more visitors until tomorrow." He lied between his teeth. He felt rotten about it, but he was only trying to help her. He glanced over at Noin who was giving him a questioning look.

"They're keeping him over night?"

"Just for observation. We've got to go now. You can come back tomorrow to see him."

Relena looked down the hallway where Heero's room was. She seen Duo approaching them. He smiled at her and threw a cold glance at Zechs.

"Lets go so you can get cleaned up, then we'll go and get a bite to eat." Zechs placed a hand on her back to lead her.

"Duo are you coming?" Relena asked.

"Sure I can't turn down food."

Once she had showered and changed. She finally felt normal being clean was a big plus he in book. She got a few glances at Zechs once she met up with them. She knew that she had taken a good hour and a half to get ready. But having hot water, a razor and soap was something that she missed and was in no hurry to finish the shower.

She let her thought drift to Heero as they drove to a restaurant. She just wished that she could have said goodnight to him before they left. She missed him. It was the longest that they have been apart in a month. Every time that she thought of him she could feel her cheeks flush. She was truly looking forward to continuing their relationship.

After they ordered and got their dinner everyone watched as Relena ate. She couldn't decided on what she wanted so she and Duo both decided to split a few entr?s. Halfway threw dinner Zechs had excused himself and Duo opened his big mouth with a question about Heero after he left.

"Why isn't Heero here?"

Relena looked at him with a confused look. "What do you mean? He had to stay at the hospital for observation."

"He never told me that. As far as I know they were planning on releasing him."

"But Millardo..."

"Zechs told you that." Duo leaned back in his seat. He knew that it wasn't his place to say anything about what he herd.

Relena could tell by the tone in Duo's voice that something wasn't right. She stood up causing Noin to look at her.

"Relena what's wrong?"

"I'm going to see Heero. Tell Millardo when he gets back that I'm sorry. Come on Duo."

Noin watched as the two of them left the restaurant. Zechs came back a short time later. "Where's Relena?"

Noin looked at him and crossed her arms. "She went to the hospital."

"Is something wrong with her?"

"No she went to see Heero."

"Damn." Zechs muttered under his breath.

"Zechs, you have some explaining to do."

*****

Relena and Duo walked into Heero's hospital room only to find it empty and the bed made. Relena stared at the empty room as Duo opened the door and stopped a nurse that was passing by.

"Excuse me. Can you tell me what happened to the man that was in this room."

The nurse smiled at him. "He check himself out about two hours ago."

"Didn't he have to stay for observation?" Relena asked.

"No he was cleared by the doctor."

Relena could feel her heart start to tighten. "Did he say where he was going? Did he leave a note or anything?"

"No I'm sorry."

"Thank you." The nurse nodded at Duo and walked away. Duo looked back at Relena to see her in tears. He closed the door and approached her. "Relena I have to tell you something."

He told Relena about what her overheard outside the room when Zechs and Heero were talking. He watched her as her face turned from tear stricken and sad to angry. She stormed past Duo and headed out the door.

"Relena where are you going?"

"To give my brother a piece of my mind."



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