Title: What Lies Beneath
Author: (KK was the name this was posted under on a Gundam Web Ring) Lycia
Pairings: 3+2
Disclaimer: Not mine, no money, yada yada...
Notes: I'm bored, and I don't feel like studying. All mistakes are my fault(duh)... Not related to the movie, I've never even seen the movie, I just thought the title sounded cool... POV





The constant chatter. That infamous grin. The seeming carelessness.

Yet...

The talk reveals nothing. Sure, it makes you feel as though something has been shared, but nothing has been. What is being so well hid behind those empty words?

The grin doesn't reach the eyes. Is it a mask? If so, what lies beneath?

Caution, slyness, and intelligence obscured by his show of slow wit and recklessness. Why?

These thoughts I puzzle every spare moment, and more.

I wonder, has anyone else noticed that those violet orbs are just as devoid of emotion as the rest of ours are?

I long to learn what lies beneath that facade.

But what right have I, when I myself don a mask?

Yet don't we all wear masks? Hiding what we regret and fear. Burrying what we don't want known. Sheltering our deepest secrets.

What would happen if I approached him? Would my love be strong enough for me to toss my mask aside, and reveal my true self? Could my love bring him to open up?

Am I strong enough to comfort him? To heal him?

And if he loves me... Would he try to comfort my fears? Could he help me overcome my past?

To answer all these questions, I need to find strength.

Strength to approach him. To tell him. To share all that I can give with him.

Violet orbs gaze into mine. A look of awe and fear.

Does he know what I feel? What I want? What I can give?

I can see that this could be my only chance.

"Duo... Aishiteru."

Please... what lies beneath?








That's the shortest piece I've ever written! I may write a sequel from Duo's POV if you want... but I'll need feedback first.