"I've been watching you for so long, Duo Maxwell. I've been watching you ever since the day I first laid eyes on you, not so long ago on Earth. I knew then there had to be something special about you.
"I mean, not many people would shoot me, then save my life. Few people who hurt me ever live to tell about it. Kami, that was horribly arrogant of me. I just meant that I could never kill you or hurt you, even though I did before.
"Kami, I'm getting worse by the minute! Well, I'll start from the beginning. I first realised how I felt when you got captured by Oz. I was supposed to kill you, do you remember that? I should have done it. You even told me too. But I couldn't do it. Not kill the one violet beacon of hope in my life.
"I took care of you, hoped you would stay safe on Earth. But you were too stubborn for that. You followed me to the moon. I can't believe you followed me to the moon! I saw you tossed into my- our- cell and my heart could have stopped. I hated seeing you hurt. But you didn't really talk to me.
"Of course, I was being my typical cold ass self and didn't exactly help. Couldn't blame you. I never minded all your chatter. I like hearing you rant. Forgive me won't you?
"In any case, I want to tell you something very important. Duo Maxwell, from the bottom of my heart, I love you. I always have and I always will. It's time I followed my emotions and now here I am, expressing them."
Laughter. I place a hand on the observation glass and watch as Duo cradles his newborn baby, a boy if I'm not mistaken. I turn away, knowing that now and forever, I'm too late.
"Aishiteru Duo, kokoro kara."
Duo looked up, just seeing a dark form pass. "Hilde love, did you just see..."
"See what honey?" Hilde said sleepily, the efforts of labour tiring her beyond imagination. Duo noticed this and gave her a gentle kiss.
"Nothing."
End.
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