Notes: #...# indicates thoughts/thinking.
Conversations V
"I can go?" she asked suspiciously.
"Of course Queen Relena, the Romafeller Foundation no longer needs you as a symbol for their organization, they have decided that a more militant outlook is better." came the cool, smooth voice behind her.
"And I can just walk out of here, they won't stop me?" Relena asked, turning around to face her savior, hoping that it wasn't her executioner.
"Relena, I would recommend that you change into something a little more casual. That outfit is not practical." Treize observed in amusement. She was in formal gown, wearing a small fortune in jewelry. She looked older and harder then she should, an expensive little doll for the Romafellers.
"You know what I mean. I don't trust them. I barely trust you. But Lady Une likes you so you can't be all that bad." Relena snapped at him.
"Lady Une...." Treize's eyes went vague for a moment and then focused back on her. "What do you care about her opinion? You did try to kill her."
"Try is the operative word, Terize- sama. Do you really think that I am that inept as to miss a meter away from my target, when she was just standing there? Relena asked haughtily.
"Well, yes." Treize admitted.
"I was angry with her that she killed my step-father, and the Romafellers were expecting something from me. so I did take a pot shot at her. I informed her later that I was actually quite grateful that she had killed the bastard. I just wished that others hadn't died with him." Relena said coldly, her eyes distant and sad. Treize had seen that look too often in Duo's eyes when he was remembering his childhood. So why was it in Relena's?
"You loved your father, you were always together, he took you everywhere...." Treize's voice trailed off and he stared at her in growing horror. "Oh my God!"
"You did guess correctly. I wasn't his daughter, so it wasn't incest. Mrs. Darlian either didn't care or couldn't figure it out. I wasn't angry that Une killed him, just that I didn't get to do it. I was going to arrange an ‘accident' for him when I was eighteen and I could legally get away from him" Relena explained calmly. She stiffened a little when Treize swept her into hug, then relaxed.
"Duo's corrupted you." she said to his chest. "The only reason I'm allowing this is that you don't like girls."
"Actually I adore women, just not to sleep with." Treize said with a smile and stepped back. "And how to you know about him?"
"I was there when he explained to the rest of the pilots about that machine." Relena said. "And he told me about you and my brother and his worries about Epyon and my brother."
"Ah, so what are you plans now? The Sank Kingdom is in chaos and if you do go back there it won't be good." Treize said.
"I'm going into Space. I have to talk to my brother. He is my only living relative and I want to protect him from what he has become." Relena said softly.
"Relena," Treize started softly, "He may not be savable. I loved you brother, passionately and as a friend, but he has changed over the last year. You may not be able to convince him of the error of his ways."
"I know, but I have too." Relena's tone was resolute. #Loved? What did he do to you? Just leaving wouldn't have killed what you had, so what did?#
"I understand, but this war has changed all of us. I want no more glory, no more fighting. Total Pacifism is the only answer. All I want is to settle down in a small cabin out in the woods with Duo and watch him cook, have him learn to relax and grow. I want to plant roses and try take out food, do a hundred little things to spoil Duo and have him spoil me. " Treize said wistfully.
"Oh my, you do love him. I thought that Une was wrong about that. I thought that she was just fooling herself because she couldn't have you." Relena said in amazement.
"Amazing isn't it? I can't believe that he does love me. It just seems so strange and unearthly. I want to tell half the Foundation about it, just to see their faces."
"It's also tragic." Relena said, sadly.
"Relena, everything about this world and the colonies have been tragic since the assassination of Heero Yuy. We've just gotten caught up in it more then others." Treize told her gently.
End Part 14
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