Heero and Duo lay with each other, deep in thought. Heero spoke first,
hesitating, afraid he wouldn't get an answer, and if he did, afraid of what
it might be.
"Duo…why do I love you? Why is it just…I love you, and you love me, but we're both male, and I don't care, I just love _you_? Why do I love you?"
The lack of pause before Duo replied showed that this was something his mind had dwelt upon.
"Why…is a soap bubble round?"
"Duo?" Heero's voice showed he thought Duo had lost his mind.
"Heero, seriously. Why is a soap bubble round?"
"I…" Heero's voice faltered as he wondered: Why was this important now? Was there a correct answer? "I don't know." Heero's voice sounded surprised. Duo chuckled.
"A soap bubble is _round_, simply because it is the best way, the most _efficient_ way for the soap bubble to be. Maybe…I'm your soap bubble. Like, maybe me being _me_ in this body worked, and this body was just the best way to make sure you would be drawn to me. Maybe me as a girl would have been like a square bubble: unnatural, a thing that attracts attention but needs effort, and attention is lost in favor of…those more favorable." Duo smiled. "So because I'm male, I'm a round soap bubble. It lasts longer, and it's just the best way for us to be."
"So…you're a round soap bubble?"
"We're all soap bubbles. But whether we're round or not depends on those who love us. You're square if they like what you look like, and that's all their love is based on. You're round if, and only if, they like you for who you are on the inside. Because…round soap bubbles are the best way for everything to be done. It's just the best way. Round is best. It's the way things were meant to be."
"Why are soap bubbles square?"
"Stunning visual effects. No other reason."
"Okay." Heero said as he sighed and snuggled into Duo's embrace. "I like being round."
"Duo…why do I love you? Why is it just…I love you, and you love me, but we're both male, and I don't care, I just love _you_? Why do I love you?"
The lack of pause before Duo replied showed that this was something his mind had dwelt upon.
"Why…is a soap bubble round?"
"Duo?" Heero's voice showed he thought Duo had lost his mind.
"Heero, seriously. Why is a soap bubble round?"
"I…" Heero's voice faltered as he wondered: Why was this important now? Was there a correct answer? "I don't know." Heero's voice sounded surprised. Duo chuckled.
"A soap bubble is _round_, simply because it is the best way, the most _efficient_ way for the soap bubble to be. Maybe…I'm your soap bubble. Like, maybe me being _me_ in this body worked, and this body was just the best way to make sure you would be drawn to me. Maybe me as a girl would have been like a square bubble: unnatural, a thing that attracts attention but needs effort, and attention is lost in favor of…those more favorable." Duo smiled. "So because I'm male, I'm a round soap bubble. It lasts longer, and it's just the best way for us to be."
"So…you're a round soap bubble?"
"We're all soap bubbles. But whether we're round or not depends on those who love us. You're square if they like what you look like, and that's all their love is based on. You're round if, and only if, they like you for who you are on the inside. Because…round soap bubbles are the best way for everything to be done. It's just the best way. Round is best. It's the way things were meant to be."
"Why are soap bubbles square?"
"Stunning visual effects. No other reason."
"Okay." Heero said as he sighed and snuggled into Duo's embrace. "I like being round."
