Changes of the Heart

GW and its characters don\'t belong to me but to
Sunrise/SOTSU Agency Bandai etc. etc.

 

Part 3 of Changes of the Heart; just angst and sap here
in this one.

 

 

 

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 Quatre broke the silence with his soft tone.
"I know it\'s kind of sudden, we\'ve never really thought about it, or
discussed it, but we can\'t run from it any longer. We knew the subject would
come up eventually."

She felt the bed dip to his weight as he sat down beside
her, but she rose up and walked over to the window.  "You\'re right.
It\'s something that we can no longer avoid, I guess it\'s time to face that
fact." 

"I wouldn\'t really be in such a rush Relena, but my
sisters, I\'m afraid a few of them are gunning to take the company away from me
and it\'ll be easier to do so if in fact I have no son to carry on for me. I\'m
asking so much from you so I understand if you refuse. I\'ve no right to even
ask you."  

Relena turned from the window and faced Quatre again.
"I\'ve seen you dedicate your life to your father\'s company with your own
sweat and blood. I am not going to allow a few of your greedy, manipulative
sisters to take it from you and destroy your hard work."  She sat
back down beside him on the bed.  "Besides, it\'s something I think
the people have been wanting for awhile also, and who are we to refuse those we
serve." 

Quatre took her hand and sniffled tears. "But it\'s
so unfair to bring children into the world just to have them serve as mere
pawns and representations. They should be wanted for the right reasons." 


She curled her fingers around his and with her other hand
she cupped his cheek and turned his face to hers.  "Do you want
children Quatre?" 

"I always have." 

Her gentle smile eased warmth through his body. "So
have I Quatre, and I can\'t think of anyone who would make a better father than
you." 

Quatre blushed. "You\'d make a wonderful mother Relena."


She blushed herself, somewhat and averted her eyes only
for a second before looking up at him again.  "Then we can do this
because we want to, not just because it\'s necessary. Agreed?" 

Quatre shook his head, loving the way Relena had always
been able to put things into perspective for him and ease his paranoia.

 

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"Anything good on?" 

Heero spoke without even looking up at Trowa. "Not
really." 

Still Trowa sat down on the couch beside Heero and
propped his feet up on the coffee table, leaning his head back. 

"Something\'s up Heero." This time he did catch
Heero\'s attention and the Prussian eyed man clicked off the TV. 

"What?" 

"I don\'t know. Quatre wouldn\'t tell me, but
something happened with his sisters today and when we got home he immediately
took Relena upstairs to have a conversation with her." 

Heero snorted. "Doesn\'t sound good for us whatever
it is." 

There was a few brief seconds of silence, and then Trowa
changed the subject.  "Feel like a x-large with everything and some
beer?" 

Heero nodded. "Sure. When in doubt drink ourselves
to oblivion."

 

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Relena was up pacing as she was getting ready for bed.
Quatre opened the closet and wondered why one of his shirts was crumbled up on
the floor, while Relena was speaking. 

"I was scheduled for a shot tomorrow. I\'ll just
cancel it. Then we can discuss how to do all of this.  What test tube
company did your father use?" 

Quatre stopped undressing for a second. "That\'s
another thing Relena. I don\'t want to use test tubes." 

She pulled a sheer spaghetti strapped nightgown over her
head before looking at him.  "O...kay." She said slowly.
"Then artificial insemination?" 

Quatre\'s silence told her it also was not an option and
Relena could find no words herself. There was nothing but dead air between them
before Quatre broke the silence.  "You know how I feel about science
Relena.  I don\'t like it at all. I mean it\'s a good thing, but..."
His soft tone turned desperate. "Maybe you don\'t understand because you
were never a test tube baby yourself." 

Relena tried not to take offense, knowing that Quatre\'s
fears came from his heart.  "Neither were you." 

"I know that now." Quatre pulled on a loose
pair of pajama bottoms. "But for the longest time I didn\'t know that. I
thought I had come to terms with who whole thing when I finally accepted the
fact that I was, then I found out I wasn\'t and I was still okay with it, but,
now when I\'m thinking of having my own children I don\'t want any part of it." 


"So you\'re talking about us having children the old
fashioned way." 

Quatre\'s sarcastic laugh was hoarse.  "Since
when, did children produced from a physical loving union between two people,
become old fashioned?"  He sat down on the bed defeated. "But I
understand I have to respect your wishes. This is an imposition on your part,
I\'m asking you for a favor to end all favors...so whatever you want." 


Relena crawled up behind him on her knees and began
kneading the knots out of his shoulders.  "There are just so many
factors Quatre, including Trowa and Heero to consider."  She left him
then and wiggled herself under the covers and turned her back to Quatre. 
"We may as well sleep on it tonight and work the kinks out tomorrow
okay?" 

Quatre adjusted himself until he was under the covers as
well, his hands behind his head looking up at the ceiling.  "You\'re
right I suppose. We\'re both to tired to think rationally about anything." 
He then heard her giggling.  "What?" 

She sighed her laughter to a halt.  "Nothing. I
was just thinking that this is the first real argument we\'ve had since we\'ve
been married." 

Quatre half chuckled. "And it\'s about the biggest
decision of our lives." 

Quatre felt the bed shaking slightly as she changed her
position to lay on her other side to face him, this time it was her hand on his
cheek, he turned to look at her.  "Don\'t worry Quatre. We\'ll make the
right choice. Everything will be fine."  All he could do was look
into her eyes and smile at her words. She pulled her hand away. 
"Now. Get some sleep or those pills I had Trowa slip you earlier will be
for nothing if you let yourself get exhausted again." 

"I thought something was up." 

"Don\'t even talk Quatre. You and your lumberjack
meals you insisted I eat today." 

"Yea, well," Quatre sighed, "that\'s what
married people do don\'t they? Take care of each other."  He literally
bit his tongue the words just falling out of his mouth before he thought about
them.  He looked over at her briefly to see her reaction but saw she had
already fallen asleep. That woman could fall asleep on a dime he thought to
himself as he flipped out the bedside light, allowing darkness to take over the
room. 

He rolled over away from Relena to face the wall when he
heard her voice.  “Yes. Quatre. That is what married people do."

He smiled just a bit closing his eyes. 
"Goodnight Relena." He said before drifting off to sleep."

 

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 Heero woke a few minutes before Trowa, still
finding himself sprawled out on the couch, his head hurting a little, he yawned
turning to Trowa hearing him stir.  "What time is it?" 

Heero squinted at the clock.  "4 AM." 


Trowa rubbed his eyes just to close them again. 
"My head hurts. Guess I should be getting back to my place." 

Heero had already leaned back against the couch again
half asleep.  "Yea, you better." The next sound heard in the
room was the light snoring of he two men as they passed out again.

 

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The next morning Quatre stood in front of one of the
several guesthouses that served as Trowa\'s home.  He had knocked several
times and had gotten no answer; not that he minded because he was nervous as
hell.  That morning both him and Relena had had their final discussion and
had made their final decision. 

Quatre closed his eyes remembering the painful, sad look
in Relena\'s eyes when she realized that until she had actually gotten pregnant
by him she would no longer be able to see Heero on a personal level. He knew
how unfair it was to her and so he had told he would put off seeing Trowa for
the time being as well. Now their only barrier was how well Trowa and Heero
would take the news.  Quatre knocked again with no luck.  "Where
could you be Trowa?"  His eyes suddenly grew wide.  "Oh
no."

 

TBC...