Only For Her

Prologue: Let Her Go

By: Kolinshar Benito

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Sirens echoed in the distance, and the smell of antiseptics stung his nostrils as he followed the entourage of medical personal into the Kushrenada Hospital. People dressed into the uniform of scrubs hurried past the group, as another victim was right behind them.

However, he didn’t care about anyone else. The only person he was concerned with was lying on a stretcher, a glazed and slightly panicked look in her eyes.

“Oh God, Heero. Please don’t let me go,” Relena gasped for air as she failed to relinquish her grip on his hand. Crimson liquid stained her dress from her stab wound, her cornflower blue eyes wide as she fought to keep on living.

“Relena, I won’t let you go. I promise,” Heero told her assuringly, gripping her hand in his. His pace struggled to keep up with the moving stretcher, paramedics rushing along with him as they burst through a pair of swinging doors labelled ‘Emergency.’

Relena Peacecraft smiled at him, a tired look entering her eyes. “Heero, please remember that I’ll always love you.” She took a deep breath, and then a pained look crossed her face as she began coughing up blood.

“Sir, please, you have to let her go. We have to isolate her in the ICU,” a nurse informed him impatiently, as she tried to gently pry their hands apart.

Heero shot the nurse a resounding glare. If looks could kill…

But the nurse was resolute with her decision. “Sir, you have to let go of her hand!”

“I’m not going to leave her. She asked me to not let her go, and I am not going to let her go,” Heero growled out, and the nurse took a step back.

But the old woman had experience with dealing with over acting patients. Over the ex-Gundam pilot, she could honestly win this battle. “Sir, she needs to be treated for that wound. If she doesn’t get medical attention right now, she could die. I mean, look at her!” she motioned toward Relena with her hand. “Sir, she is on the verge of dying. If she doesn’t get treated right now, we will lose her.”

Heero cast Relena an apprehensive look. He did not know the extensive medical knowledge needed to fix her knife wound to the stomach, and the internal damage it had already done to her.

“Heero, it’s okay. I’ll be alright. The doctors will take care of me,” Relena rasped out softly, a gentle look entering her eyes.

Heero leaned down to her ear and whispered, “I… I don’t know what to do.”

Relena cast him a questioning look, “What do you mean?”

“I… I don’t know what I’d do without you,” he confessed softly, and locked his own blue orbs with her eyes.

“Heero, my dear Heero. I will always be with you. I will always love you. If something does happen to me, all I ask is that you keep on living. For me. Just keep on living. Discover the world that you fought so hard to protect. Make a life for yourself. That’s what I’d want you to do,” she told him quietly.

Heero looked at her, his hard impassive expression slipping onto his face once again.

“Promise me you won’t waste away your life. Promise me, that you’ll keep on living,” Relena stared at him hard.

The paramedics worked around them noisily. But they had blocked out all other disturbances. Heero stared into her cornflower blue eyes and nodded, “Mission accepted.”

“Sir? Sir?” the elderly nurse prodded him, and he blinked back into reality.

“Can you please let her go?”

Heero merely looked at her in confusion.

“Can you let go of Miss Peacecraft’s hand?”

Heero looked back at Relena, who was slowly letting her eyes droop in her exhaustion.

“Heero,” she said tenderly, “I love you.”

He swallowed, and suddenly realized how dry his throat really was.

“Relena… I love you too.”

Then deep within his heart, he knew that it was true. It was the first time he had said it aloud, and it was only now that he had truly realized it. Relena’s eyes lit up with a light that had never been there before when he said it. He touched his lips gently, still trying to figure out what compelled him to finally say it.

Then he let go of her hand, and the paramedics disappeared through another pair of swinging doors.

His hand left his mouth, and in turn, he stared at it.

He had let her go.

Now, he couldn’t wait until he got to see Relena again. He had finally found someone to love.

Everyone close to him had finally found some person to say that they truly loved. Duo and Hilde were inseparable; they were each the brother and sister they never had. Wufei and Sally were dating, and there was the Question looming over Wufei’s head. Trowa and Quatre had found a loving relationship with each other. And where was he? Heero Yui, the perfect solider, finally had a person of his own.

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The doctor sighed, looking utterly and totally wasted. He collapsed in a chair as he ran a hand through his hair.

He glanced at his watch, and looked at the pale woman lying on the stretcher in front of him.

“Time of death, 2:21 am.”

A nurse recorded the number on a paper, fatigue settling around her face.

“Minako, what was her name? I saw her boyfriend or husband outside, and he didn’t even want to let go of her hand.”

The blonde nurse gave him a sad smile. “Her name was Relena, Dr. Chiba. Her name was Relena Peacecraft.”

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Wow, I am so bad. Bad Kolin, BAD GIRL! Another fic, eh? Well, I hope you enjoy this little number. Inspiration strikes when you least expect it…

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Now, I need some of that for my OTHER stories. Jesus…

Anyway, let insanity ensue,

Kolinshar Benito

PS: I'm looking for anyone interesting in beta-ing this story. I'm looking for some CC for upcoming chapters, because, only God knows many errors I have in most of my stories. Anyone interested?