This is my first Gundam Wing fic, so be kind to me. It's Hilde and Duo talking at Heero and Relena's wedding, and it contains hints of 1x2, and my beloved Hilde x Relena, so walk lightly if either of those aren't your thing. 'Kay?
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I need to get out from all the love before I smash Heero and Relena's faces, or at least Trowa and Quatre's, or maybe all four, so I slip out and sit on the side step. Hilde comes out a few seconds later, holding two flutes of champagne. She hands me one and then sits down next to me.
"Thought you might need a drink." She says.
"Thanks." I say, then take a long sip. "God, it's hard being an ex. Seeing them in there, loving each other..."
"And you still love him."
"'Course." I take another sip. "He wasn't great, but he was SOMETHING."
"Relena isn't bad." Hilde mutters, then blushes.
I burst out laughing. "Gee, we're a great pair." I say. "I still love Heero, you've fallen for Relena..."
"I haven't fallen for her!" She sputters. "I've just...well..."
"Fallen for her."
"Maybe. Oh, well." She holds up her glass. "To hopeless love."
"To hopeless love." We click glasses.
She sips hers, then sighs. "Duo, there's some great guy out there, waiting for you." She says, slowly. "You just need to find him."
"I thought he was Heero."
"Obviously not. And there's someone for me."
"Maybe we'll get lucky and find them together."
"Yeah. Some guy for you, and someone for me, some great guy or girl..."
"Bisexuality must be fun." I joke. "So many choices, so much flavor..."
"So many ways to get your heart broken." She finishes. "Gay guys AND straight girls. And trust me, Duo, you always fall for the one who won't love you back." She makes a big gesture with her hand and spills a bit of champagne. "First I fall for a gay guy..."
"Gee." I tap a finger on my nose. "Who would THAT be?"
She punches my arm. "Shut up. How was I to know your heart belonged to dark and gloomy in there?"
I sit quietly for a second, then slowly start. "You don't mind being like this?"
"You mean with you as my 'brother'?" She sits for a second. "I did for a while. But come on, Duo. Even if you were straight, we'd kill each other as lovers. We make good sibs, though."
"Yeah. And then you went and fell for the queen of the world."
"She isn't queen anymore."
"No she isn't."
Hilde sits for a second, then hugs me tightly.
"What was that for?" I ask.
"You needed it."
"And you didn't?"
"No comment."
I take another sip of champagne, then give Hilde my demon grin. "Come on, sis. Let's go make ill-bred pests out of ourselves. I'll hit on the diplomats, you hit on their daughters."
"DUO!" She laughs. "With your luck one of them will accept and you'll end up in bed with some ancient politician. With three chins and a toupee."
"And LOTS of money. Blackmail, hon. You just need to learn to use it."
"DUO!"
"Fine, then. Let's just get drunk and annoy the happy couple. Be home-wreckers. And if I get Heero, you can have Relena. How's that?"
"Deal." She grabs my arm. "And we'll all live together in a big blue house."
"Deal. After you, sis."
"Thanks, bro."
Laughing, we return to the reception.
*****
I need to get out from all the love before I smash Heero and Relena's faces, or at least Trowa and Quatre's, or maybe all four, so I slip out and sit on the side step. Hilde comes out a few seconds later, holding two flutes of champagne. She hands me one and then sits down next to me.
"Thought you might need a drink." She says.
"Thanks." I say, then take a long sip. "God, it's hard being an ex. Seeing them in there, loving each other..."
"And you still love him."
"'Course." I take another sip. "He wasn't great, but he was SOMETHING."
"Relena isn't bad." Hilde mutters, then blushes.
I burst out laughing. "Gee, we're a great pair." I say. "I still love Heero, you've fallen for Relena..."
"I haven't fallen for her!" She sputters. "I've just...well..."
"Fallen for her."
"Maybe. Oh, well." She holds up her glass. "To hopeless love."
"To hopeless love." We click glasses.
She sips hers, then sighs. "Duo, there's some great guy out there, waiting for you." She says, slowly. "You just need to find him."
"I thought he was Heero."
"Obviously not. And there's someone for me."
"Maybe we'll get lucky and find them together."
"Yeah. Some guy for you, and someone for me, some great guy or girl..."
"Bisexuality must be fun." I joke. "So many choices, so much flavor..."
"So many ways to get your heart broken." She finishes. "Gay guys AND straight girls. And trust me, Duo, you always fall for the one who won't love you back." She makes a big gesture with her hand and spills a bit of champagne. "First I fall for a gay guy..."
"Gee." I tap a finger on my nose. "Who would THAT be?"
She punches my arm. "Shut up. How was I to know your heart belonged to dark and gloomy in there?"
I sit quietly for a second, then slowly start. "You don't mind being like this?"
"You mean with you as my 'brother'?" She sits for a second. "I did for a while. But come on, Duo. Even if you were straight, we'd kill each other as lovers. We make good sibs, though."
"Yeah. And then you went and fell for the queen of the world."
"She isn't queen anymore."
"No she isn't."
Hilde sits for a second, then hugs me tightly.
"What was that for?" I ask.
"You needed it."
"And you didn't?"
"No comment."
I take another sip of champagne, then give Hilde my demon grin. "Come on, sis. Let's go make ill-bred pests out of ourselves. I'll hit on the diplomats, you hit on their daughters."
"DUO!" She laughs. "With your luck one of them will accept and you'll end up in bed with some ancient politician. With three chins and a toupee."
"And LOTS of money. Blackmail, hon. You just need to learn to use it."
"DUO!"
"Fine, then. Let's just get drunk and annoy the happy couple. Be home-wreckers. And if I get Heero, you can have Relena. How's that?"
"Deal." She grabs my arm. "And we'll all live together in a big blue house."
"Deal. After you, sis."
"Thanks, bro."
Laughing, we return to the reception.