Faithful.
(A/N: This is the first in my series of drabbles/mini-fics that are based on a single quote from a movie/my friends/my family/books.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing, not from lack of trying though!)
"What about you?"
Those three words disturbed the almost comfortable silence that had fallen between Heero Yuy and Duo Maxwell. Well, how comfortable can it be when one of the pair is an ex-thief and a notorious prankster, and the other is a trained assassin … and both are Gundam pilots.
"Hn?"
An almost unnoticeable life in the pitch at the end of the word marked it as a question, not an answer or statement. Really, it was quite amazing how much one could convey by that particular word. It was obvious that Heero wasn't really listening, and wanted clarification to the question.
Duo rolled over onto his stomach, absently pulling his rather impressive braid out of the way as he did so. He fixed Heero with –for once- serious amethyst eyes.
"Well, I know Quatre's Muslim, Trowa's not interested, and Wufei's … well … Wufei. So what about you?"
"I don't have a religion."
"Oh."
A pause.
"Why don't you?"
"I don't believe in god – any god."
The darker hared youth turned back to the laptop parched on the cluttered desk, his fingers already flying over the keys as he effortlessly hacked into the school's so called 'secure' system, erasing all electronic traces of the two boys.
"But … why?"
Obviously the concept of not having any faith in a higher being had shaken the normally talkative –to an annoying extreme- boy.
"I just don't."
"So, you think that this is it. That this … life is all we've got?" Duo challenged. He got a slightly thoughtful pause in response.
"What is life but the beginning of death?" Heero returned.
"You seriously find it comforting to think that this is it? That one day you'll close your eyes and BAM! No more Heero Yuy."
"No. I find it comforting to think that my entire life is not just one big entrance exam." Heero returned, turning back to the computer once more, hoping against hope that this time he would be able to get some work done.
There were no more interruptions.
FIN