Note: Biggest change is that I mention Quatre and Dorothy’s break up now instead of in part 4. Not much else though.
Sanq Kingdom Memorial
Heero walked over and gave Duo a big hug, “Oh my god, I haven’t seen you in years.”
Duo released the hug and looked Heero in the eyes, “It’s been too long my friend.”
Duo looked at Relena, “Relena, it’s good to see you again.”
He grabbed her hand, kissed it lightly, and gave her a brief hug.
Relena smiled, “It’s good to see you too, where’s Hilde?”
“She had to use the restroom; she should be back soon though.”
“Hey guys.”
The three of them looked over and saw Hilde coming towards them. Hilde grinned as she saw Heero and Relena.
“Wow, It’s been ages since I last seen you two.”
She walked over and gave Heero a quick kiss on the cheek and Relena a hug before returning to Duo.
“It’s nice to see you again too,” said Relena.
Heero nodded, “Same here, I haven’t been able to see any of the other pilots for awhile.”
Duo sighed, “Yeah me to, it’s really hard to visit them, they always seem really busy.”
Hilde shrugged her shoulders, “Yeah but at least we all still talk to each other more often.”
Relena nodded, “True, but it would be nice if we could all visit each other once awhile.”
“Um since were here, Relena would you mind if I talked to Heero privately for a moment?” said Duo.
“Not at all.”
Heero nodded and walked with Duo through the cemetery.
“So how are you holding up?” asked Duo.
Heero sighed, “Not to well I’m afraid, I… I’m still not fully over it yet.”
Duo nodded, “I don’t blame you, not a day goes by where I don’t think about it. I’m sure glad I have Hilde; she’s really kept me together these past few years.”
“I know what you mean, if Relena wasn’t in my life… well… I don’t want to think about it. So how’s the scrap metal business going?”
Duo smiled, “It’s still going strong; I now own shops on almost every colony. I‘m now almost 1/8 as rich as Quatre is.”
Heero chuckled, “That’s good to hear, do you talk to the others regularly?”
“Yeah off and on, not nearly as much as I should.”
Heero nodded, “Yeah I’ve been like that too. Hey, did you hear that Quatre and Dorothy broke up?”
“Who didn’t, I spoke with him a few days afterwards, he was still pretty torn up about it.”
“Did you ever figure out the reason why?”
“Yeah, apparently they decided that they were getting too busy to have a stable relationship. I guess it’s understandable with Quatre running his Fathers Company, and Dorothy getting elected as a senator.”
“So it was mutual?” asked Heero.
Duo nodded, “Yeah but it still hurt him pretty bad.”
Heero sighed, “Well that goes without saying, I still can’t believe though that Dorothy became a senator for the ESUN.”
“It is kind of strange but then again you were a senator too, speaking of which, are you going to try to get back on the senate?” asked Duo.
Heero shook his head, “In my present state, there’s no way I’d be able to focus. However Relena is planning on running for President of the Sanq Kingdom.”
“That’s good for her, she’ll win no contest.”
The two walked for a while in silence before Heero spoke up.
“What’s on your mind?”
Duo sighed, “Well…I don’t want to talk about it here, is there by any chance you could go out.”
“Yeah, but I’ll have to tell Relena first, your car or mine?”
“We’ll take my car, that way Relena can show Hilde around.”
Heero nodded, “Right.”
Heero and Duo walked back to where Hilde and Relena were talking.
“Hey Hilde, I’m going to take Heero out so I’ll need the car, would that be alright?”
Hilde nodded, “Sure, I could use some time with Relena, we have a lot of catching up to do.”
Heero walked over to Relena and kissed her, “I’ll be back some time tonight okay?”
“Alright, well be back at the mansion, just be safe and stay out of trouble.”
Heero smiled, “No problem, its Duo I need to watch out for.”
Hilde smirked, “You guys have fun, see ya later Duo.”
Duo quickly kissed her, “Okay see ya tonight.”
Heero and Duo walked over to Duo’s car.
“Wow, this is nice,” said Heero as he ran his hand across the jet-black paint.
Duo smiled, “You like it, it’s my favorite one. It’s modeled after a classic, but I’m not sure though. What I do know is that it’s very fast.”
“Great, I knew I should’ve written my will this morning,” said Heero with a smirk.
Duo laughed, “Oh shut up and get in, I’m not that bad of a driver.”
They both got in and Duo sped off.
End Ch 3