BW Rat: These drabbles are things I wrote for an LJ community called endlessfuture, a gundam seed-destiny writing community. They are quite short and do not necessarily relate to each other.

Title: Fleeting
Claim: Gil x Rey
Theme: Set #2, Theme #1, First Impression
Genres: Romance (?)
Pairings: GilxRey (cutesy stuff)
Word Count: 716 according to MS Word
Rating: G
Summary: Nothing made him happier then being able to play whenever he wanted to.

Notes: Rey is a teeny tiny ickle child here. See. Rau still lives!

The piano was Rey's closest friend in the world. He was always alone in his room, so he was very glad when they had gotten him a piano of his very own, a small one placed in the corner of his room amongst all the toys. Nothing made him happier then being able to play whenever he wanted to. It was when he was playing it that he found sanctuary from the harsh loneliness of he world. Spending as much time on it as he could, and inevitably getting better by the day, it wasn't unusual that his nursemaids, and what others called 'nannies', would praise his ability, telling him he was amazing and how well he was doing for someone at his age. However, none of their applause could make Rey happy. On the contrary, it aggravated him even more. Why were they clapping when they hadn't even stayed long enough to hear the entire thing!

If everyone around him were to take his talent so lightly, he'd rather they didn't listen to him at all! They should've just said nothing at all and left him alone in his loneliness. At least his music understood him . . .

Although, there did exist times in which he had to be separated from his passion, but these were spent in the company of his 'other half', as he liked to call him. And even if Rau had never been a great conversationalist, he was the only one who at least tried to listen to him.

On a particularly boring day, Rey was once again brought away from his beloved piano and was made to wait for Rau in the same boring, uneventful room. He was sitting dejectedly on the couch, wanting Rau to hurry up and get there already, when the door opened and a total stranger came in Rau's place.

He was tall, Rey observed, and it reminded him of just how small he was. The man had long blue hair, which made Rey want to play with it, and a gentle face, that made Rey want to trust him even if they had only just met and that Rey had not even known the other's name.

The man smiled at him and sat down in the vacant spot beside the young blond. "Hello there, Rey." He greeted sweetly enough. "My name is Gilbert Dulindal, but you may call me Gil if you wish." The man said, introducing himself to Rey.

Rey played with the edge of his shirt, mouthing the word 'Gil' over and over again, as if to get a feel of it before he would actually use it. After a few seconds, Rey seemed to acknowledge him for the first time, smiling up at him with large, almost puppy dog eyes. He held on to the other man's sleeve and said "Gil." in an utterly adorable fashion. "Gil, where is Rau?" he asked, not at all shy.

Patting the blond on the head as a sign of appreciation for his trust, Gil started to explain. "You're going to have to wait it out with me for a while. Sadly, Rau is going to be a bit late, but don't worry. He'll be here soon enough." He assured him.

There was something about the way Gil spoke to him. Rey had no idea what it was, but it made him feel warm. It was a foreign feeling, perhaps emotion, that Rey had never been faced with. He couldn't exactly explain it, but it was as if for the first time ever, he felt like this someone genuinely cared for him, as he didn't need anything in return for that care. "Gil…" Rey called, standing up off the couch.

"Yes?" Gil replied.

"Do you want to hear me play the piano?" he asked, looking up at Gil with an expression that was so serious, it might have been scary, had it not been a young child who was giving it. Rey wanted to test him…

Gil looked back at him perplexedly, which made Rey wonder if the man would find his request foolish and refuse him. The look unnerved him, but just as he was about to take it back, Gil stood up and placed a hand on Rey's shoulder. "Shall we go then?"

End