It has been brought to my attention that my spelling of "Hiiro Yui" is a little weird to some fellow GW Addicts. My reason for this spelling is merely my personal preference.

In romanji the name would be spelt either "Hiro Yui" or "Hiiro Yui" as romanji "e"s and romanji "i"s are not pronounced the same way their English counterparts always are. I know the official spelling is Heero Yuy, and I'm not saying that it's bad, it's just that my own personal inclination is to spell it with the more romanji feel to it. The "i" sound in Japanese is more like the "ee" sound in English, and the double "ii" is an indication to hold the "i" sound for another verbal 'beat'. I kept the double "i" as a tribute to the English double "e".

If you feel that my story would benefit from a title respelling let me know. This is how I wrote the name in Duo's Journals (with a similar romanji warning note). I've received one concerned comment and I am willing to reconsider if enough people don't like this spelling.

Hiiro's Logs

Input 1: New Start

May 3, AC 200

It has been brought to my attention that Duo is being recruited by Lady Une. It would seem that he has quit his Sweeper cover-job with Hilde Schbeiker. I don't know what he was intending to do, but Une seems to be ferociously pursuing him to work with me. I haven't had luck with assistants in the past, but perhaps someone like Duo, who I worked closely with for most of the war, would be a more welcome assistant – coworker. Not assistant. I always do that.

As such, I've decided it's time to start a new log book. One for each phase of my life. In my mind, working with Duo counts as worthy of it's own book… Maybe I should quit my job as well.

What would Une do?

May 15, AC 200

I don't know how she managed it. I never thought someone like him would be swayed quite that fast. Though, I suppose it happened fast enough that he doesn't quite realize what has transpired quite yet. I wish to know what strings the woman had to pull in order to get him housing, forms and uniform jacket so timely. My assumption is that she's been anticipating this for years.

I can't say I wasn't a little surprised to find her giddily pushing him through the door while he bantered on in confusion. To have her wish him her usual good luck and close the door on him seemed to startle some silence into him. The good luck must be something she does just for people doomed to work within the confines of this joint office, because it seems more directed to me than it is toward new employee.

I was trying to continue filing Wufei's most recent report, but he was still standing in the doorway and it was rather… unnerving. When a full fifteen minutes passed I asked him if he intended to set up his desk. He moved after that, but still in a haze.

This might prove to be difficult.

June 18, AC 200

It has slowly come to my attention that Duo… I don't know how to term this without it sounding odd.

He seems to look at me rather a lot. It makes me a little uncomfortable, but he's nothing if not nice to me. His humor is a bit odd, I'll admit. I find it hard to follow sometimes. I've forgotten how… spontaneous and talkative he can be if you let him. Granted he's much more controlled now than I ever recall him being during the war. I suppose that's the blessing of maturation. It's odd looking at him now and trying to remember how he was then. He's taller, for certain, and his voice is slightly deeper, but he also, somehow, seems slimmer than he did then. There is the chance that this is just due to his growing taller and the development of his features into adulthood…

I wonder why these things intrigue me so?

Damnit.

June 29, AC 200

I believe I may have done something to upset Duo. He seems rather put-off about something, though I honestly couldn't tell you what. He was teasing me in that harmless way he does that makes me believe he's layering more sexual innuendo into each word than should be verbally possible. I'm not sure what I did in response, because I certainly didn't say anything – how do you respond to something like that?

I don't think I made a face, I generally can tell when I do that…

I get the feeling that he watches me sometimes. Though it's hard to tell really. I feel it would be a little too standoffish for me to go up and ask him about it, and for some rather obvious reasons, I don't want him to leave like I did my other coworkers.

I wish I understood these things a little better.

Is there really anything interesting to watch in me?

July 8, AC 200

Duo's behavior has been rather interesting, as of late. I get the feeling that he wants to say more to me than he ever actually does. There are things in the way he talks that make me believe that he is thinking one thing, but saying another.

I'm just concerned that I wont know how to tell him to speak his mind without opening the floodgates. It's not like I mind Duo talking. It's just that I can only handle so much. He is already pushing my limits in his own way. Honestly, I think he does it on purpose. I doubt he could be pushing me this way and not overdoing it if he wasn't. It makes me yearn to know what form of training he had in life to make him so able to read people the way he does.

July 21, AC 200

Something happened last night. I can sense it on him. He's acting fairly casually, but something isn't up to par with his usual demeanor. I know I've only been working with him for two months, but I knew him before that as well and I've never known him to be this… quirky.

I can't say that what happened was bad, it's just causing a bit of a duality within his features. His smiles seem more like frowns, but his frowns seem more like smiles. Does that even logically make sense?

Someone made a joke in the hall about missing one night stands like back in college. He laughed gustily to that. I didn't stay to listen, I don't think the small gathering would have really appreciated me holding back to observe their conversation. When he came back into the office, though, he seemed in better spirits – or rather, of a more consistent bearing.

I find him to be far more interesting than should be healthy.

What am I going to do about this?