Warnings: Umm... there's some SERIOUS OOCness here ( I think ) and quite frankly, I scared myself while writing this little thing up. It's a bit PWP-ish, ah, bits of angst, tints of lime, hm, that's about it. Be prepared for a slightly enhanced Zero system person. *laughs, then poses* Anyway! *grin* Hope ya like the fic and remember...
You can e-mail rants/flames/suggestions/maybe compliments? to DeslyDuo@hotmail.com. Onegai? *googly eyes*
Wufei: Huh! There she goes! Woman, you're not that 'cute'! Googly eyes won't cut it!*crosses arms*
Desly: Here we go again...
Wufei: Woman, you do not seem to be the type that can be 'cute' or 'innocent'.
Desly: And why is that?
Wufei: Because you have a hentai mind and that is all I have to say woman.
Desly: Uh huh. And without MY hentai mind, you and the other gundam pilots would be just stranded on some random place being tortured by some other random fan fic writer. But with ME, I set you guys on dates! And! *poses* I have lots of fun prepared for you! *temporarily turns SD and random people coo at Desly*
Random people: Awww! Isn't she cuuuuute! Coochee coochee cooo!
SD Desly: *squeaks* I know! Aren't I just adooorable? *purrs and blinks big Asian brown eyes at everyone*
Random people: Aww!
Wufei: I think I'm going to be sick...
Desly: *turns back to normal* Enjoy my fic! ^__^ C'mon Wufei! *drags him someplace*
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"Oi! Heero! Chotto matte! Hold it pal!" ran a slim figure towards Heero at the shuttle launch.
Heero looked up from his seat from listening for the announcement for the launch to L1 colony and saw a braid flap in the breeze.
Duo jogged towards the solemn faced pilot with a gift in hand and his thoughts flashed back to the event what happened an hour ago.
***An hour ago***
"Hey, how's it going Quatre? What's with the sad face? Smile! The war is over ya know," Duo confronted Quatre with a silly grin.
Quatre looked up at him and bitterly smiled. 'Why do you hide it Duo? I know you care for Heero, don't let him go!' Quatre thought. 'He had his chances, but Heero is leaving for the L1 colony in five minutes,' but only "Heero is leaving for the L1 colony in five minutes," escaped from his mouth only.
Duo's eyes widened and nearly had a heartattack. Quatre nodded and looked away.
"Hey, he can't leave! I mean, we haven't given him a gift to remember us by!" Duo scrambled around and threw clothes out of his buearu as he searched for something.
His eyes spotted a picture taken after Quatre had gotton well and everyone was at the hospital by his bedside to see how he was doing. Trowa stood by Quatre, supporting him and Wufei stood next to Trowa, arms crossed, but with a small smile. Duo stood next to Quatre with an arm draped on one of Heero's shoulders, grinning as if he had won the lottery. Duo had somehow managed to get the corners of Heero's mouth to curve upward into a very very small smile. Rashid had taken the picture and Duo smiled fondly at it. He grabbed it and put it in a handsome black frame and threw wrapping paper on it. He quickly signed it and grabbed some car keys. He waved at Quatre and shot out to the airport in a flash, his foot on the pedal at over 95 mph.
***Back to the airport***
"You just can't leave without saying anything! Yeah, I know, you don't say much, ya could've told me that you were leaving at least!" Duo called out to him, chiding Heero lightly.
Heero eyed him and stood up with briefcase in hand. His shuttle was leaving in five minutes and didn't have time to talk.
Duo jogged up to him and placed the gift in his hand. "I know, huff, that you don't, huff, have much time, huff, but at least, huff, acknowledge this, huff, GIFT!" he panted out. He lifted his head to give Heero a good look over. "Ok, now that I've stopped weezing like an old geyser, you could at least thank me!"
Heero turned to his side and deposited the gift in his briefcase. "Arigatou, Duo. I must be going." He nodded curtly, he was aware that his heart just flip flopped at the sight of Duo, but ignored it completely and solemnly walked towards the shuttle.
Duo just stood there, rooted to the floor and his hat tipped down to hide the tears that began to appear in his eyes. He sniffed and rubbed his eyes in annoyance. As Heero stepped towards the doorway, Duo shouted, "C'ya Heero!" and waved furiously at him, hoping Heero didn't see his bleary eyes. To Duo's surprise, Heero nodded and waved back. Then he was gone.
He just stood there as he heard the shuttle take launch. He felt, strangely empty. Nothing to do, no one to bug. No one to talk to, despite the fact that Heero didn't respond back to him very much during his lengthy talks. He rubbed his eyes once more and sighed once more.
'Who am I kidding?' he thought. 'I'm in love with a now former soldier that helped save Earth and space. Plus, not to mention, he's probably emotionless, him being the perfect soldier and all. I'm head over heels with the Japanese pyscho and everything.' Duo walked towards the car, feeling dejected and drove back to where he and the others were staying.
*****
Heero sat back on the shuttle and settled down on his seat quickly. He thought of Duo and the others, then remembered the gift Duo gave him. He picked up the briefcase and took out the present.
'Why did Duo give me a gift? I didn't give him anything. And was he... crying? While waving back at me?' Heero suddenly felt confused and sad at the same time for some apparent reason he didn't know.
He carefully tore the wrapping paper and pulled out a black framed picture of all of the gundam pilots and him at the hospital some time back. On the back wrote: "To Heero: Don't 4get us. I won't 4get ya. From your pal, Duo Maxwell."
Then something happened that surprised Heero himself. The corners of his mouth twitched and he unconsciously smiled. A broad smile. A distinct smile. A real smile. Something that he wasn't very good at, yet, with Duo around, he could smile, but always kept down the urge.
Suddenly, his chest began to feel warm and tingly. The unusual and strange sensation raced through his body, making him glow from the inside, as if his heart melted from its cold shell all these years. Heero gasped softly at his reaction and blinked blankly at the gift in his hands.
'I thought I lost the ability to do this... so long ago,' he thought and tried to breathe naturally, but found it hard since his heart started to palpitate rapidly.
He tried to diagnose his problem, but he couldn't think of anything. 'I must be losing my soldier ability, or... it's something I don't know what it is...' he shifted in his seat and decided to sleep it off. Besides, he had two more hours to go until he reached the L1 colony.
*****
Quatre heard the garage door open and Duo stumbled into the room. Quatre saw small streaks on his face and immediately saw that Duo had been crying. Quatre sighed and decided to confront him.
"Duo? Did you manage to catch Heero?" he questioned.
Duo quickly shook himself and made himself smile broadly, as if nothing had happened. "Yep! Sure did catch Mr. Perfect Soldier." He gave Quatre a grin, but it was forced.
Quatre couldn't help, but wonder why Duo was doing this all the time, hiding under his mask. 'Why, Duo, why?' he thought franctically. 'Don't hide!' He shook his head and asked, "What did you give him?"
Duo paused and answered back. "Oh, ya know that picture we had taken after you had gotton better at the hospital?" Quatre nodded. "Well, it was that picture and everyone was smiling in it." Duo smirked at the memory. It took him the whole day to get Heero to smile, but it was worth it.
"So.. anything else ya need to know?" Duo just stood there, his hat pointed downwards even more.
Quatre sighed again and looked at Duo. But he had to take the matter to his hands. "Duo," he said in a slightly irritated voice. "Sit DOWN." Quatre pointed to a chair next to him. Duo raised an eyebrow at him.
"Why?"
"Because you're doing something that's driving me nuts. Don't even DENY it either! Don't worry, no one is here to hear us talking, OKAY!?"
"Huh? Uhh, ok..." Duo looked at Quatre in surprise and walked over to Quatre. Then he sat down.
Quatre turned to face him. "Look, Duo, my heart tells me you love someone very much..." Duo looked at him in surprise while Quatre looked back at him right in the eye. "You, Love, Heero, Yuy," he enunciated every word right at Duo's face and almost glared at him as try and deny it.
Duo sighed and shrugged while throwing his hands in despair. "Ok ok, I admit it. I love the Japanese Omae-O-Korosu guy. Head over HEELS! Cupid got me real good with the blasted arrow of his. But what's there to do about it now? I'll tell you what! Nothing!" Duo frowned and put his head on his hand in frustration.
"That's why I'm talking to you. Look, it's getting dark outside. I want YOU to get a good NIGHT rest and I'll do something. I'm your friend Duo, it hurts me to see you so hurt, understand?" Quatre placed a hand on Duo's shoulder.
Duo nodded and stood up to stretch. "All right, Q. G'night! See ya in the morning!" He slowly walked away and thought about Heero.
Quatre sat up thinking, 'Now, I know my heart tells me that Heero unconsciously loves Duo... if only there was a way...'
*****
Heero stepped into an apartment and dropped his belongings on the floor. He took off his jacket and put the picture he had received from Duo on the table whereas he placed his laptop. He still felt confused about what he was feeling and his thoughts began to muddle. On top of all that, he couldn't stop thinking about Duo.
'I thought I'd never say this to myself, but kisama! Why can't I get DUO off my mind!' he thought franctically. He walked over to his bed and laid on it. He tossed and turned for several hours. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore. 'Who is the most sensitive guy I know?' he questioned himself. 'Quatre...' and dialed him up right there and then that same fateful day.
*****
Quatre sat by a coffee table, a cup of tea in hand and was in deep thought about Heero and Duo's relationship. 'Well, maybe if I ... no, that won't work. Torturing Heero to admit he likes Duo? No, he'd say something like "Omae o korosu" and give me a verbal beating and on top of that, he'd chop Duo's braid off, or something crazy like that.' He sighed deeply and jumped at the sound of his phone ringing.
'Wonder who could it be? I usually don't get calls at this time of night.' Quatre wandered by the phone, opened up the link and the screen. 'Why, it's Heero,' he thought in surprise. 'Looks like I won't have to do much now,' he smiled and greeted Heero.
"Hi, Heero! I'm sorry I couldn't see you off to L1 colony, but I heard Duo saw you off so I'm guessing that's all right," Quatre grinned knowingly.
Heero nodded his head back. "I'm sorry to call you late, but I have a question. Would you mind answering it?" he questioned, almost pleading.
Quatre acknowledged and Heero described what was going on with him and his reactions from the whole day. Quatre looked at Heero with a faint glimmer of amusement that flickered in his eyes. 'Well, what do you know, he DOES like Duo...' And he smiled.
"Well? Do you know what's wrong with me?" Heero demanded. "And why are you smiling as if you were a cat and caught a canary?"
Quatre snorted, to cover up a chuckle. "It's actually quite simple really," he explained. "Rapid heart beat when you're near Duo, you can't stop thinking about him, you notice a lot of little things about Duo, you get warm tingly feelings after seeing him... isn't it obvious?"
Heero shook his head as if to say, 'No, I don't know what you're talking about.' Quatre grimaced and almost fell over onto the tiled floor. He grabbed the laptop with both hands as if to strangle it and practically yelled, "You LOVE him for the sake of ALLAH! L-O-V-E him!"
Heero looked at the laptop in shock of Quatre's reaction, then had an amused face. "Honto ni?" he questioned as he watched Quatre nod his head furiously at him. He reconsidered the idea slowly then realization began to hit when he remembered all those times he unknowingly needed Duo.
His apartment was strangely quiet because he happened to be so used to Duo's chattering and listened to his chats despite the fact that Duo thought he didn't. Every time he was typing up mission related messages, he'd half-expect Duo to run up to him and ask him to go do something with him. Or nag him to get off the laptop to do something 'fun.'
He remembered when he nearly blew up Duo, himself and Oz while in a battle with the beam cannon. After managing a narrow escape, Duo held Heero to himself and managed to reach the safehouse. He put him on a bed and started fussing over him with the first aid kit. At that time, Heero was barely conscience and the other only words that registered with him was /Ninmu kanryou/ and /Duo/.
Heero's heart tugged at him, making the pain worsen. He needed Duo, wanted Duo, everything about Duo, but didn't know it. As he came to realize this, so late at night, he wondered 'What now?' Quatre seemed to have read his mind and scolded him.
"Heero! You have to come back! Here!" he pointed to the background where he and the others were staying.
"T-t-there?" Heero pointed at the screen, at Quatre. "But I, what if-"
Quatre nearly slammed his fist on the table, but didn't quite hit the table hard and made a loud *thunk!* "Dammit Heero! He WON'T reject you! HE CAN'T! He won't! He LOVES YOU! Didn't you say you thought he was crying? HUH!!!?" he demanded, now standing up and shouting at the luminating screen.
Heero froze in front of his laptop. He had never seen Quatre this violent before, then again, he did, when he was on the Zero system, but that was different. He blinked and slowly nodded his head.
"Now," Quatre started again, but his voice was eerily calm. "Heero, do me a good," He accented the word /good/. "Favor, and please board the next shuttle over HERE," he indicated. "Or else I'll send Ms. Relena over to your place and have her personally escort you here. I'm sure you'll love her company," he smiled, but his eyes said 'Do it or else I'll drag you over here with my hands choking your neck.'
Heero nodded and shuddered at the thought of Relena. "Right now?" he countered, eyebrow raised.
Quatre, this time, glared irritatingly at him. "Hai, I get it, I get it," Heero turned and grabbed his belongings. He nodded towards Quatre at the screen. "I'll be there in a couple hours. Before dawn breaks." And then he left, after closing the laptop and taking it with him.
Quatre sighed happily and closed down the link to Heero's laptop. 'Ahh... finally... rest and relaxation... and those two will finally be together...' He yawned and stretched his arms. 'I'll sleep for a while. Until Heero gets back. I'm sure he can get in here.' He laid his head on his arms on the table and promptly fell asleep.
*****
Heero watched the window as the shuttle announced its landing to be quite soon. He never would've expected that he would fall in love or anything like that. He glanced at the picture he held in his hand and his heart fluttered again.
"Hope Quatre is right..." he muttered and prepared his belongings upon arrival.
*****
Duo yawned and stretched. He turned around in bed and shifted himself to a more comfortable position. A slender tear streamed out of his eye as he unconsciously mumbled, "Heero...."
*****
Quatre yawned and woke up from the kitchen table. 'Oh yeah, I'm waiting for Heero to come over here. It's about time he realized his feelings.' He stood up and stretched again. He walked over to the counter and brewed a cup of strong tea. He sipped it daintily and watched out a window for Heero come.
*****
Heero hailed a cab and gave directions to him. He sat back as the cab driver drove onto the road. 'I can't believe I love him,' he thought and made a funny face.
He tapped his fingers impatiently at the base of the window and his thoughts wandered to when all of the five of the pilots were given some free time off during the war. Lounging at a pool at the Winner Estate was peaceful. Relena wasn't there to bother him. Wufei wasn't talking about Justice for once.
But Quatre and Trowa seemed to be getting along pretty well. Maybe, uh, too well perhaps. He remembered Duo dragging him to the pool and refused to swim, despite the fact that he had swimming trunks on. He finally relented and Duo grinned at him manicially. If he knew him well enough, he could've sworn Duo was going to push him into the pool.
And he did. A smile crept up to his face and remembered having a water fight with Duo. But there wasn't a winner because they were evenly matched. Heero had the determination, but wasn't enjoying himself, much or at least didn't show it. Duo wanted fun and he got fun from pushing Heero into the pool.
The cab stopped at the house that Quatre indicated for him to meet and paid the driver. He got his briefcase and walked to the door. The door swung open before he was even able to knock on it.
"Shh..." Quatre whispered. "Duo's sleeping, but he'll be up in an hour. Ever since the war was over, he doesn't sleep as much. He doesn't act like himself either." Heero followed Quatre into the living room. Quatre continued. "I suppose that's from liking you too much," and he grinned at Heero.
Heero nodded and opened a newspaper. There he waited for the clock to strike the next hour while Quatre drank some tea and read a book.
*****
Duo's radio alarm went off at 7:00 am and he rolled over.
"Ughh..." he stood up and stretched. "I feel like crap. Wonder what's Quatre and the others are doing? Nevermind, I'll just... go use the washroom." He promptly took a towel and went out into the hallway.
On the way, he called, "Morning, Quatre!" and walked into the bathroom and locked it.
*****
Heero folded the newspaper and looked expectantly at Quatre. Quatre glanced back at him.
"Well? What are you waiting for? You can't sit there and rot. Go to his bedroom and he'll get one hell of a surprise," Quatre motioned upstairs.
Heero understood. Quatre added, "You better tell him," and gave him a warning look. He nodded again and quietly stalked up the stairs.
He slipped into Duo's room and inhaled the scent of the room. So Duo. So right. So warm. And there's a bed. He walked over to the bed and toed his shoes and socks off. He unbuttoned the first two buttons of this collared shirt and sat on the bed. There he waited expectedly for Duo to arrive.
*****
Duo finished brushing his hair and admired it in the smaller mirror that reflected. He sighed and picked up his towel. He unlocked the door and stepped out into the hallway again. He opened the door to his room and locked it unknowingly. He turned to his bed and gasped, dropping the towel onto the floor.
On HIS bed sat Heero. Duo gulped and managed a weak smile.
"Uh, hey Heero! Missed us already? Can't be! Mr. Perfect Soldier, miss us? It's been... uh.. less than a day!" he felt himself tremble a bit at the sight of Heero.
Heero's eyes traveled over every inch of Duo's body. 'So perfect. Quatre was right. Delicious...' He strode over to Duo and gave him a look Duo had never seen before.
Duo chuckled nervously. "What's wrong? Never seen me bef-- " and was cut off by a hot, searing kiss on his lips by Heero. He gawked at Heero, eyes widened in shock and then closed to enjoy the kiss.
Heero broke the kiss and looked at Duo. "What was that for?" Duo asked, hoping it wasn't a dream.
"Because. I. Like. You. A. Lot."
Duo opened his mouth, then closed it in shock. "I really am hallucinating..." and pinched himself. "Yep.. a big fat dream and ooommmppphhh!"
Heero kissed him and he got tired of waiting. There were some things to be done, like that damn arousal he had ever since Duo walked into the room. Heero only paused to command. "Clothes. Off. Bed. NOW." and proceeded to strip immediately.
Duo just stared and then grinned happily. "Ok!" He stripped and flew at the bed. He wrapped his body seductively in a blanket and blinked back cheery violet eyes back. Heero slid under the covers and experimentally moved his hand around Duo's body; touching off little jolts of sweet agony all over.
"Uhhh.... aaaahhhh....... ohh!" Duo arched his body under Heero's skillful hand. He gritted his teeth, but the pleasure obliterated him and he gratefully surrendered.
"Hn. I think we both need sleep before anything happens..." Heero raised an eyebrow at Duo.
Duo pouted, still aroused from Heero's attack with his hand. "Doushite?!! I'm NOT tired!"
"I am. I was up all night thinking about you baka. Finally got back here and I want to sleep... " Heero murmured into Duo's ear. "In your arms..."
Duo smiled as sleep took over his koi's features and held him securely in his arms. 'I can't believe you liked me all this time. Looks like I got my pyscho koi and I'm off to dream land with him...' Duo fell asleep holding Heero, with the sunlight dancing on his face.
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~Owari~
Desly: *blinks* Well, that didn't turn out the way I wanted it to turn out, but, it's ok! *frowns* I think?
Hentai readers: We want lemons! We want lemons! LEMONS! LEMONS!! LEMONS!!!
Desly: *shrinks* Gomen nasai... Eh, *holds up a pitcher of lemonade* Want some *gulps* lemonade?
Hentai readers: *storms, grabs lemonade and walks off calling at Desly* This will suffice for now! Next time we won't be so lenient towards you!
Desly: *sweatdrop* Like I said, it didn't turn out the way I thought it was going to turn out. *thinks* Did that make sense?
Duo: At least I got my koi! *hugs Heero fiercely*
Heero: Hai.
Desly: *flashes a million dollar grin* There you have it! And remember! DO e-mail me your comments! ^_^v
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