I blame this one on a weekend when I was getting story ideas, and then Run
Lola, Run came on. It's all Run Lola, Run's fault. Some of this is ripped
straight from the movie. I remember the second or third time I saw this,
and Elspeth and I were figuring out who we knew that could play each part,
and we ended up getting so hyped up on life we ran back to the dorm. Those
were the days.
"Duo? What'll it be like for you if I die?"
"Heero no baka…I'd be sad."
Heero rolled over to look at Duo. "For how long?"
"What do you mean 'For how long?' It's not as easy as you make it sound to get over the death of someone you love."
"But how long will you be sad? How long until you find someone else?"
"Nobody can replace you, Heero. It just works like that."
"Don't tell me that Duo. I know you. You'll mourn for me for a while, then you'll meet some other guy. Big muscles, blond hair, gray eyes. You'll just jump on his lap and tell him how hard it's been for you, and how nobody cares, and then he'll kiss you, and you'll forget all about Heero, the guy you loved once."
"Maybe. But Heero…"
"Mm?"
"You're not dead yet."
"Duo? What'll it be like for you if I die?"
"Heero no baka…I'd be sad."
Heero rolled over to look at Duo. "For how long?"
"What do you mean 'For how long?' It's not as easy as you make it sound to get over the death of someone you love."
"But how long will you be sad? How long until you find someone else?"
"Nobody can replace you, Heero. It just works like that."
"Don't tell me that Duo. I know you. You'll mourn for me for a while, then you'll meet some other guy. Big muscles, blond hair, gray eyes. You'll just jump on his lap and tell him how hard it's been for you, and how nobody cares, and then he'll kiss you, and you'll forget all about Heero, the guy you loved once."
"Maybe. But Heero…"
"Mm?"
"You're not dead yet."