Of Amethysts and Sapphires

Pairing : 1x2, 3x4
Rating : Ranging from PG to R
Warnings : Yaoi, angst, citrus, fluff, humour, sap
Summary : Follows Heero and Duo's progress from friends, to lovers, the ups and downs, ins and outs...and everything in between. Essentially 1x2. Please read. Reviews are most appreciated.

Disclaimer : I do not own Gundam Wing. It belongs to Sunrise, Sotsu and Bandai. Don't sue!

***** : Scene change
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Prologue - Wait

Duo chewed nervously on his fingernails. It was already so late! What could be keeping Heero? He bounced a couple of times on the balls of his feet, before pacing again. His braid was wound around his hands and he wrung the fluffy end in his fingers. //Where – is – Heero?!//

He had no reason to worry. They were all Gundam pilots, and Heero was more than capable of taking care of himself. But he knew the way Heero carried out orders - with absolute single-mindedness and with a dedication that had nearly taken his life on numerous occasions. And lately...lately, Heero had been even more fanatical than usual...and even more closed-off than ever. This safehouse they shared seemed to only contain one presence - Duo's - even when there were two pilots.

Heero was still not back yet. It had been two days. Duo took in a shaky breath. Why was he worrying so much anyway? He didn't know why, but he couldn't stop. And his worries had been eating at him, a little more with each passing day. He didn't understand it, but he couldn't stop it.

Just as he was going to burst from anxiety, there was a sharp click at the door and the whole thing swung inwards. Heero stood at the doorway – a silent, brooding presence.

Duo exclaimed as he sprinted towards the dark figure. He stopped short about several feet away, frozen by the stony look in Heero's cobalt eyes. They looked like dark blue ice chips.

Leave. Me. Alone. Heero said stonily, every word as heavy as a death knell, as he moved past Duo.

Duo clutched convulsively at his braid. Heero's rebuff hurt. I'm worried!" he blurted out in one breath.

came Heero's non-committal reply. he intoned as he headed for his room.

Wait, Hee-chan!" Duo remembered his feet and he scurried after his elusive comrade. His mouth moved, words pouring out like a torrent. "How did the mission go? Are you hurt? You *are* hurt, aren't you? Let me -

Duo's words were silenced by the slamming of the door in his face.

Silence.

His hands dropped to his sides, feeling something inside him curl up and die. "Let me take a look, Heero..." he completed his own sentence in the barest of whispers.

But there was no one to hear him.


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His room was almost completely dark, save for the lonely, luminous digits of his clock. It felt cold; his breathing sounded like hollow echoes. He leaned his back against the wooden door, hands clenching into fists by his sides.

Violet eyes, as bright as the most radiant amethyst jewels, hovered in his mind, seeing right into his soul, where the very core of him resided.

Let me take a look, Heero...

//I can't!// Heero clutched at his head with his hands. He could see nothing! Nothing but those pained amethyst eyes!

He could hear Duo's breathing on the other side of the door, and he imagined the rumpled, chestnut head leaning against the wood in defeat.

The mission, Yuy.

The mission.

Clenching his eye shut, he stepped away from the door.

A trickle down his arm. He slowly opened his eyes. He touched his fingers to the wetness, then lifted them before his eyes. He didn't have to see to know what it was. How much blood did he have in his body to shed?

Just let me...Hee-chan...?

//Don't, Duo.//

He shuffled slowly towards the tiny cot in one corner.

//Leave me alone.//

~~~ end Prologue ~~~

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A/N : I apologise for this teaser of sorts. I hope to get out the next few chapters ASAP. The angst is making me depressed. Do let me know what you think! It would really be an encouragement! ^_^