Illusions

Author: Dragongirl85

Pairings: 1x2

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Sorry to say it, but I don't... If I did, Relena would be killed a long time ago and the Gundam Boys would be extremely happy (not because Relena was dead. Well, Heero would...) I'm making no money for writing this. Don't sue, you won't get much anyway because I am a poor student. I have nothing to offer in my pockets. Hey, wait… POCKET LINT!!!

Rating: T (So far)

Notes: Sequel to "My Little Eye". I don't have a complete idea, but I have a feeling as to where I want it to go. I have no idea how long it'll become so I hope you'll enjoy it none the less.

Warnings: AU, slightly OOC, mention of the occult, Seeing, humor

Archive: Sure, but please ask first.

xoxoxoxox

"Sir, I can assure you that you have nothing to worry about. Your wife will give birth to a beautiful and healthy baby-girl."

The man smiled brightly and shook Duo's hand before handing Duo his fee. "Thank you so much, it lightens my heart to hear that," the man said before walking to the door.

Duo followed and opened it. "I am glad I can be of service to you," he smiled as he saw the man out. Then he raised his eyebrows and carefully closed the door. "Too bad the baby isn't yours."

Heero looked up from the pot on the stove and after giving the food a good stir, he turned the heat down. "Why didn't you tell him that?"

Duo chuckled a little and walked over to the table to clean away the cards he had used for the fortune-telling. "Because he asked me specifically to tell him if his wife's birth was going to be a success, not whose baby it was and unless the client asks, I cannot tell. It's one of those universal rules of fate and all that."

Heero just chuckled before lifting the pot off the stove after turning it off completely and walked over to the living-room table. "Well, get your spiritual ass off the couch and set the table so we can eat. Your last client was here way longer than planned and I really don't want to listen when you're doing your sessions. I'm just glad that he didn't mind my presence." Raising an eyebrow while Duo placed a pad for the pot onto the table, Heero put it down before placing his hands on his hips. "Did you know that client would be here that long?"

Duo just grinned before getting some plates and utensils from the kitchen. "Heero, just because I'm a psychic doesn't mean I can see everything."

Heero gave Duo a look before taking the plates from the braided man. "You knew."

"Of course," Duo laughed and placed the utensils onto the table.

Heero laughed before grabbing Duo around the waist from behind and hugged him close. Nuzzling his nose into the mass of hair, he used a hand to stroke over Duo's stomach before murmuring. "Then can you foresee what I wanna do later tonight, hmm?"

Duo just grinned and leaned against the man's chest while his hands found their way to Heero's arms, giving them a squeeze. "Baby, I don't need to be a psychic in order to know what you want… But if you're nice and behave… Then I can foresee that you might get lucky tonight."

Heero just growled into Duo's neck as a reply, earning a rich laugher from the other male. "Come on, lets eat before it gets cold. Then maybe you can have your fun later."

Heero growled again, but released the male and took a seat. Duo just chuckled and did the same. "So how was your day," he asked while helping himself to some food.

"You have to ask? You already told me this morning that I would forget my lunch and that Quatre wanted me to help him pick a shirt for his night out with Trowa," Heero replied while giving his lover a look, his lips tugged up in a smirk.

Duo snickered and filled both their glasses with water. "Well, that was only a part of your day. Tell me about the rest."

"Like you don't know already," Heero replied after swallowing a mouthful of the stew he'd been making.

"You know as well as I do that I can't see everything. If I did, I would have been able to call a plumber when our toilet clogged up before it actually happened. It's not fun to wipe up water from the toilet," Duo quipped back, used to this conversation by now. It had become a ritual.

Heero just chuckled. "Right right."

Duo stuck his tongue out at the male before repeating the question. "So how was your day?"

"Same old," Heero replied while stabbing some meat with his fork. "Quatre's left me in charge of the new anti-virus' program we're developing."

"That's not old, that's great news," Duo replied, lifting a foot to bump it against Heero's under the table. "It should give you a challenge."

Heero nodded while giving the braided male an affectionate smile. "I suppose it will. I haven't really had much to do, especially after you came into my life."

Duo only smiled back and leaned slightly forward over the table. "Well, I want you home as muchas Quatre will allow," Duo murmured.

"And I wanna be home as much as I can," Heero murmured back before putting his fork down. Leaning over the table, Heero pushed his lips to Duo's, dinner forgotten for the time being.

Almost half a year had passed since Quatre had forced a rather unwillingly Heero over Duo's door-step for a session. They had been together ever since that fateful event, but they had only recently decided that they were ready to live together. Since Duo worked at home and couldn't afford to just change places, Heero had moved in with him since he didn't really feel any attachments to his old place.

While Duo's working-habits were the same, scheduling sessions as people called, Heero's own habits had changed drastically. He was just as efficient at work, but he didn't work as much over-time anymore since he now had a reason to come home.

Life for the two of them was mostly good, sometimes they bickered, but they had made it as a rule that they would never go to bed angry.

Chuckling a little as Heero made an attempt to climb onto the table, Duo placed a hand on the other man's forehead and gave it a push so the kiss ended. "Down, boy. Dinner before dessert," he mused, giving Heero a teasing smile.

Heero only groaned and obediently sat down again. "You have put a spell on me. I just know you have."

Duo laughed and tapped his fork against Heero's nose. "That's not on the list of my abilities and you know it, Heero Yuy. I can only predict the future as well as the occasional mind-reading and sensing ghost's type of things."

"And finding lost socks," Heero quipped before finishing up his food.

Duo laughed at that before grinning. "I knew you only kept me around so I could find your socks."

"That and the great sex," Heero grinned and wiggled his eyebrows.

Duo only laughed at that.

Things had changed since the two men had gotten together and in their friends' points of view, the changes were for the better. Heero was more relaxed now and he was smiling more often than before. His dry sense of humour still lingered, but that was okay. It was a part of who he was. Duo was more relaxed as well and while he had always been cheerful and smiling, the sad aura around him had disappeared.

Finishing up the dinner, Duo shooed Heero out of the kitchen so he could do the dishes in peace. Heero did as told, but not before stealing a few nibbles to his lover's neck.

Duo only chuckled at that and started washing the dishes. Heero found his way to the living-room where he turned on the TV and had a seat down at the couch. "Sure you don't need a hand, Duo," he called while channel-surfing.

Duo smiled and shook his head. "Nope, I'm all good, babe. And no, I am not afraid of getting wrinkly hands," he grinned, making Heero sigh.

"It's no fun trying to pull jokes at you," he mumbled while sitting down more properly onto the couch.

"I appreciate the sentiment," Duo laughed before focusing on the pot they'd used to cook the food. When he was done, he pulled out the plug from the sink and started drying the plates before reaching up towards the cupboards to put them away. Suddenly he squeezed his eyes shut and his grip on the plates loosened, sending the plates crashing to the floor. Grasping his forehead, Duo gripped on the counter, his face pulled back in a slightly pained expression.

Moments later Heero was by his side, a worried hand resting on Duo's waist while the other one was nudging the hand on Duo's forehead away, only to replace it with his own. "Are you all right, Duo?"

Nudging Heero's hand away, Duo nodded and took a deep breath. "Yeah… Yeah, I'm fine…"

Heero didn't look convinced, but still moved away to give Duo some room. "What happened?"

Duo rubbed his forehead before shaking his head and opening his eyes. "Just something that came over me… Haven't had one of those in years…"

Heero moved back to his lover and gently started massaging Duo's shoulders. "Something what?"

"Most likely a presence… A ghost if you'd like…" Shaking his head, Duo looked down at the soapy sink. "I think someone nearby just died…"

Heero's eyebrows raised themselves up and his hands stopped the movements. "Are… Are you sure?"

Duo shook his head. "Not a hundred percent, but I've had this feeling few times, many years ago and then it was always someone near me that had died," he murmured before shaking his head again. "Don't think about it, Heero… As cruel as I may sound when saying this, it's probably been an accident or someone nearby has died, either by the hands of others, themselves or natural. It felt peaceful, though unwelcome on my part, so I think it was the latter…"

"Should we call the hospital or the police," Heero asked while turning his lover around so they were face to face.

Duo shook his head. "We better not. If we call and say that someone died, but we're not sure where, they'll start asking questions in which I have no answers for."

Heero nodded and moved to kiss Duo's forehead. "I take it you've done it before?"

Duo chuckled a little and nodded. "I was a suspect in a case once because I called the police about it. The spirit had felt troubled so I reported it as a possible murder. I didn't believe I would actually be right about it, it had just been a feeling."

Heero chuckled while taking over the dishwashing for Duo. "I can imagine that it was… Awkward. On both sides."

Duo grinned and nodded. "Yes, it was. But they found out that I lived over an hour away from the victim and that I called from my house. When they examined the body, they learned that it had been killed like… 5 minutes after my call, so there was no way they could attach me to the murder. They thought maybe I had a partner, but when they presented us, theguy was like "who's the hottie" while I only blushed from his reply. I took a polio graph test and… Well… In the end, I was free to go."

"And when you became known through the news, I can imagine that they felt sheepish," Heero half asked, half stated while drying the dishes and put them away.

"Not really," Duo replied. "The cops and the media's always been sceptic to the supernatural and I doubt it's gonna change anything soon. But as long as I can be useful, I am happy," he murmured.

Heero smiled at that and carefully pecked Duo's cheek, letting his lips linger on the soft skin. "You truly are an amazing person… Why are you in my life?"

"To bring a little sunshine into it," Duo teased, only to have Heero attack his neck with savage kisses. Laughing, Duo squirmed in Heero's arms, trying to get free. "Hey, hey, hey, stop that!!"

"Why," Heero growled against Duo's neck, giving it a teasing nip.

"Because I just sensed someone nearby dying?" Duo asked and tried to look upset, but failing since his lips refused to remain downwards.

"All the more reason for me to whisk you off and lavish you with attention until you are happy again," Heero grinned before lifting Duo up from the ground. "That is… If fate wants me to?"

Duo grinned before letting his gaze glaze over and his mouth hung open. "Fate commands you to take this man into the bedroom and have your wicked way with him until he screams for mercy," he said in a deep, tone-less voice before grinning. "See? Fate approves."

Heero grinned and started walking towards the bedroom. "Then who am I to go against fate?"

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"I can assure you, ma'am, you future daughter in law will make your son very happy." Duo smiled at the woman sitting on his couch, getting an odd sense of déjà vu. He felt like he was sitting on so much information that he couldn't reveal. "The wedding will be a beautiful one," he concluded and started gathering up the cards he'd been using.

The woman didn't look convinced, but whatever she was thinking, she was hiding it. Duo was glad that her thoughts didn't leak out of her head and into his. Then he would be walking around with a migraine from hell and way too many questions.

"Is there anything else you would like to know, ma'am? You still have 15 minutes." Duo started shuffling the cards while looking at her, crossing his legs as he did so.

The woman shook her head and got up. "No, that will be fine, thank you," she said and picked up her wallet to pay Duo his fee.

Duo accepted and smiled while leading her out. "You're welcome back at any time, ma'am," he smiled while waving her out before closing the door. Letting out a breath of air, Duo shook his head and walked back to the living room to clean up. "But you could do with less perfume. And a better attitude," he mumbled while stacking the cards away for now. He had fifteen minutes before the next client would arrive. Just enough time for a nice cup of coffee and a small break.

Watching the coffee brew after starting the machine, Duo read over the newspaper, paying close attention to the "deceased-pages". He winced a little as he read that an elderly lady in his neighbourhood had passed away in her sleep. "Well… At least she didn't suffer," he murmured while pouring himself a cup, sighing as the bitter taste of coffee filled his mouth as he took the first sip.

Looking up as his doorbell started ringing, Duo frowned a little before putting his mug down and walked to the door. Opening it, Duo stared at the young woman on the other side. "… Can I help you, ma'am?"

The woman nodded, her honey-blond hair moving as she did so. "Yes. I am here for a session. Sorry that I am early, but… I have an important appointment so…"

Duo frowned a little before nodding and opening the door, gesturing for her to enter. "Well, you are in luck," he murmured and smiled. "I just finished with a client so I should be able to do you now. Just… Let me drink up my coffee will you?" he asked and chuckled, making the young woman laugh.

"Oh, by all means," she murmured. "I am sure your… Psychic powers need a little rest, hmmm?"

Duo smiled and nodded, but felt his skin crawl. 'Great… Another non-believer… Geez, why the hell do they come when they don't even believe,' he thought while grabbing his coffee. "Well, have a seat, ma'am and yes, you may use my bathroom. It's over there," he said while sipping on the hot liquid, gesturing to the bathroom with his free hand.

The woman stared and Duo just smiled calmly at her. 'In your face,' he thought while watching her nod and move towards the bathroom. 'And no amount of rouge can save your cheek-bones, hon,' he added mentally before snickering.

Regaining his composure as soon as the woman came out from the bathroom, cheeks slightly redder than earlier, Duo smiled and gestured for her to have a seat. "Now… What can I do for you? You were very secretive on the phone."

The woman couldn't help but smirk. "Why don't use your powers and find out?"

Duo chuckled a little and smiled. "Should have seen that one coming…" Taking a deep breath, Duo readied a speech he'd needed to tell one time too many. "Ma'am… I am a physic. But that doesn't mean I can see absolutely everything that'll happen in the future. If I could, I would have quit my job and gone to buy a lottery ticket instead. These sorts of powers are very difficult to control and predict, they almost come and go as they please. But my little eye is always open."

The woman raised an eyebrow. "Your little eye?"

Duo chuckled and nodded. "Yes, my little eye. My sixth sense. It's what I use when I read cards, hands and all that stuff. I call it my little eye since it is a very small part of the greater all-seeing eye inside me."

"I see." The woman still didn't look convinced, but Duo wasn't about to argue with her. "Now… If you insist…" Pulling out a deck of normal playing cards, Duo shuffled them before placing a few cards outside. "… You come from a wealthy family… They are still supporting you, as you have no income of your own at the moment. You were recently fired." Duo looked up at the woman and smirked when seeing her blush. 'Gothcha.' Letting his eyes land on the cards again, he continued. "Hmm… The reason why you are here is because… You need help. You need to…" Duo frowned a little and closed his eyes as he focused. "… Forgive me if I am wrong, but… You want my help to… Get something out of your house?"

The woman nodded and sat up more straight. "Yes. I own a house just outside the city. I recently bought it and ever since I took over it I have been bothered by strange noises, broken items and situations I cannot explain. I haven't stayed the night because… I get a feeling that I am not welcome there. Frankly, I haven't spent much time in the house at all, but all the contractors that I've hired to fix up the house have fled after a short amount of time, refusing to tell me why. The house is… Still in a horrible condition, dust and mess everywhere, but with some work it will be lovely."

Duo waved his hand and sighed a little. "Please, ma'am… Get to your point?"

The woman frowned a little before crossing one leg over the other. "Very well… Mister Maxwell. I believe my house is haunted, by an entity."

Duo stared at the woman for a while, blinking. "… Haunted…"

The woman nodded. "Yes, haunted. By a ghost, spirit, entity, whatever you guys call it. I own a haunted house and I want you to de-haunt it."

Duo sighed a little and rubbed his forehead, leaving the cards on the table for now. "Ma'am… I am not the Ghost Busters. I cannot just walk in there and tell it to leave. I don't even deal with ghosts, I deal with the future and the occasional lost person."

"But… I got such good recommendations from you," the woman started, making Duo look at the woman with an intense look.

"… From who?"

The woman shuffled through her purse for a few seconds before picking up a small organiser. "I already have a person by my house, a woman. She said she couldn't do this on her own as her powers were limited, but she said she could help me if I contacted you."

"Yes, yes, but from who," Duo asked again.

"A… Hilde Schebeiker."

Duo cursed and looked at the floor. "… Great…"

The woman blinked. "… You… Two not speaking?"

Duo shook his head. "No, it's just… Never mind. Just… What does Schebeiker want me to do?"

The woman scratched her head and put the organizer back into the purse. "She didn't really explain it to me. Something about… Helping her locate the ghost."

Duo nodded and rubbed his forehead. "… Ma'am… I… I can't really do this, my abilities are highly unpredictable, I cannot guarantee anything on that aspect."

"I will pay you well," the woman quickly said. "I will pay you 5000 dollars for getting rid of the ghost."

Duo gaped and stared at her. "F-five? Thousand? Lady, are you out of your mind, that's a shitload of money and I really cannot guarantee that I can do anything and-"

The woman lifted her hand and shook her head. "Please, I don't want to hear about this. Do you accept the job? I will pay you 2500 dollars in advance and that money is yours to keep, even if you can't find anything. The rest I will pay you after the job is done. Do you accept?"

Duo sighed a little and shrugged. "I'd be a fool not to accept, but… Please. Remember this. I can't guarantee anything. Nothing. I will try my best, I'll use all the abilities I can, but that's all I can do. Do you understand?"

The woman nodded, obviously pleased with Duo's answer. "I understand and that is acceptable."

Duo nodded, resisting the urge to roll his eyes. This just had to be one of the craziest things he'd ever gotten his hands on. This woman, a non-believer, came here with a haunted house that she wanted him to cleanse and not only that… She had one physic person on her property already and was hiring another one for an insane amount of money. 'This just has to be a dream… Or my sixth sense has finally made me crazy. Yup, Duo go looney,' Duo thought before moving to gather his cards from the table. "So, will that be a-…" Blinking a little, Duo stared down at the cards.

The woman tilted her head. "Is everything okay?"

Duo nodded and picked up one of the cards. "Yes… But… Forgive me, but… Are you searching for something or someone..?"

The woman gasped, her eyes wide. "How did you-?"

Duo couldn't help the smirk. "I am psychic, remember."

"Right, right…" The woman nodded and located her purse. "Yes… Yes, I am. I am looking for someone. A man. My ex-fiancée."

Duo nodded and gathered the card back, shuffling them while staring at the woman. "Forgive me if I am wrong, but… I am sensing something from you now… A hope… That I can find him and bring you two together?"

The woman didn't answer, she just continued to rummage around in her purse. Duo sighed a little and shook his head. "Ma'am… I am not a magician. I don't make love-potions or stuff like that, nor can I cast hexes, curses… I can merely predict the future and certain events. I can find this person, yes, but I cannot make him fall in love with you or anything like that."

"I am fully aware of that, Mister Maxwell. That you find him will be enough for me. If you can do it, that is," the woman answered before holding up a photo. "This is the man I want you to find."

Duo looked at the photo and felt his eyes widen. "Ma'am…"

The woman looked at him with a curious look. "Is it not enough? Do you need a possession that belongs to him? Oh, perhaps his name-"

Duo held up his hand and closed his eyes, silencing her. "… The photo is fine… And I have no need for a name…" Swallowing a little, Duo stared at the familiar face, recognising the wild, brown hair and deep, Prussian blue eyes. "… Ma'am… You don't have to look far to find this man…"

The woman perked up and stared at Duo. "Really? Where can I find him, does he live nearby?"

Duo nodded and picked the photo up before handing it back to the woman. "… The man lives nearby, yes… In fact, he'll come through my door-" Duo stopped and started counting down before nodding. "Now."

On cue, Heero opened the door and called out "Duo, I am home."

The woman got up onto her feet and smiled. "Heero!"

Heero's eyes widened and he actually backed into the now closed front door, searching for the doorknob. Duo got up and walked over to his lover before gesturing to the woman by the couch. "Heero… This woman is searching for you…"

The woman frowned and looked at Duo. "Do you know Heero?"

Duo nodded and shrugged, like it wasn't such a big deal. "Yes. He's my roommate and my lover. May I ask how you know him?"

Heero grunted a little and placed a hand on Duo's hip. "… Isn't it obvious? … Remember the woman that crushed my heart? … Meet Relena Peacecraft. My ex-fiancée."

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Author's Notes: I am sure this is very unexpected. It certainly was for me. XD Anyway, this is… A little different from the first story, a little more serious and with a deeper look-in at what it takes to be a physic and a "Ghost Busters". Hope you'll enjoy!