By Raven-chan
Notes: Based loosely on the DDR song "Butterfly". Gundam Wing yaoi 1x2. AU. Lime… nuff said.
Disclaimer: If I owned the G Boys then I would most certainly not be wasting my time writing fan fiction ne? I'd be doing official stuff and selling it for readers like you.
It was a warm afternoon and the air was filled with sounds of buzzing insects and chirping birds. The sun shone through the tall pine trees, spilling onto the well-worn path underfoot littered with pine needles. A young boy threw himself onto the forest floor and smiled as all around him butterflies took off in flight.
"One day, I want to be able to do that," he spoke his thoughts aloud as there was no one around to hear his words.
He closed his eyes and rested his head on arms tucked behind it. The sun warmed his cheeks and made them go pink.
Just as he was dozing off, the sunshine upon his smooth face disappeared and something soft tickled him. His eyes popped open rather startled. He looked up to find another face above him, and as one does when one is frightened, let out a high-pitched scream.
The other person jumped backwards like a frightened deer and blinked with wide amethyst eyes.
Gasping, the boy recovered from his shock and looked over at the other.
"What do you think you're doing?!" he exclaimed, getting angry that this person could scare him so much.
"I'm…sorry," the other replied, soft voice stumbling over their words as though they'd never spoken before…or had need to.
The boy sighed, "It's ok. You just shocked me that's all. You shouldn't be sneaking up on people like that. If I was a hunter I might have shot you."
The other gave him a slightly sheepish expression and bowed their head in shame, long brown locks hiding their face. They turned to flee.
"Hey wait!" the boy called and moved over to put a hand to stop them from leaving.
It caused the other to leap back a few steps. The boy stopped and gave the other a confused look, "I'm not going to hurt you. I just didn't want you to go. It's rather lonely out here by myself… I thought maybe if you had time, we could make friends?" He finished with a question in his words hoping the other would respond.
"Oh," was all the other said in reply and took a tentative step forward.
The boy was intrigued. Was this person a girl? The length of their hair suggested they should be, but their voice didn't sound right. Besides, he mused. Girls are icky and this person is not icky.
He had never met a person with purple eyes before. Maybe he'd just discovered one of those magical creatures his uncle always told him stories about. Nah, that couldn't be it, he thought. They don't exist, they're just legend.
"What is… a friend?" the other asked, breaking through the boy's train of thought.
His eyes widened, "You don't know what a friend is??" The other gave an impression of being embarrassed and the boy clapped a hand over his mouth before continuing, "Ahh I didn't mean anything of offence by that… I just assumed someone like you would have lots of friends." He smiled, "A friend is someone like you who is nice to you and does fun things with you. And you have to like them a lot too."
The other tilted their head, "I like you." The boy blushed softly at that conspicuous statement.
He rubbed the back of his head, "How do you know? You just met me. You don't even know my name."
Another confused look, "Name…?"
"You don't know what a name is??" the boy tried hard to keep the surprise from his voice, "A name is what you call yourself." He pointed to himself, "For example, my name is Heero."
"Heero…" the other echoed and then smiled, "I like your name."
Grinning, Heero leaned against a tree. He then let himself slide down and sat on the damp pine needles beneath. The other blinked and then imitated his actions, sitting beside him.
"So, now that you know what a name is… what's yours?" Heero inquired.
The other frowned, "I do not think I have a name Heero." The other started to appear sad.
Heero was shocked yet again. How could someone like this not have a name? That would be like denying the sun to shine or stopping the birds from singing. He looked at the small form beside him and finally realised that they weren't much of anything. Blushing he asked, "If you have not a name, what about some decent clothes?"
The other looked at Heero's clothing, black britches and a blue shirt, and then at their own, a rather misshapen thing made from an old canvas bag, and frowned.
"This is all I have Heero," the other informed him, enjoying the way his name rolled off their tongue.
Heero turned to face the other and smiled at him, "Well now that we're friends you have more. I think I shall make a name for you."
The other smiled back, "Thank you Heero…"
Heero didn't notice when the other tried to reach out to touch him as he was now staring up at the trees and sky above, thinking about a name for his new friend.
"Hmm… lets see, Sky? No… Umm… Leaf? Uhh… no way. Oh! I know! What about Duo? Now that you have two things," he turned and looked at his friend, who was now inches away from his face.
"Duo…" the other repeated, warm breath tickling Heero's nose.
Heero blushed and tried to move backwards, but alas the tree was in his way. He swallowed hard and looked back and came face to face with two very inquisitive violet eyes.
"I like that name," Duo smiled, unaware of the discomfort Heero was feeling.
"Uhh… Duo… could you… kindly…" Heero trailed off and widened his eyes as Duo lay on his chest.
Heero went into a panic. What was Duo doing?! If Duo was a girl then that classed this as icky, but it didn't feel icky and ugh! He wasn't old enough for such close touching of someone of the opposite gender… or even the same gender! He groaned and tried to shift but Duo had fallen asleep. He muttered something that sounded like, "Hnmph," and slumped back against the tree. He couldn't move now. Not that Duo was too heavy, but he didn't want to disturb his new friend.
Sighing, Heero closed his own eyes, careful not to fall asleep and leave them unprotected from the scarier of the woodland creatures.
Time passed and when Heero opened his eyes again it was getting really late. The sun was sinking behind the tops of the trees. He looked down and found Duo was gone! He looked around wildly for his friend.
"Duo? DUO?! WHERE ARE YOU?" he hollered, voice reverberating through the forest.
No reply. Heero stood up slowly and stretched his legs. They'd gone numb from having someone lying across them for so long. Heero still felt warm, so Duo couldn't have gotten too far. He dusted pine needles off the bottom of his pants and started heading back towards his village.
"Duo?? Where'd you go?" he continued looking for his friend as he made his way home. The closer he got, the less enthusiastic his calls became. He would not find Duo again today.
Heero soon found himself at the edge of the forest. He turned back momentarily, searching for Duo, but saw nothing more than a butterfly flutter through the trees. He sighed and faced forward again and was met with the sight of a very angry woman.
"Heero! Where have you been all day?!" Heero's mother marched towards the boy and grabbed him by the ear.
"Oww!" Heero protested, "I was hunting in the forest!"
"Hunting?! And what was it you were hunting hmm?! I don't see anything worth eating in your hands boy!" The woman dragged him towards their house, "You skipped out of half of your chores! For that you get no supper!"
Heero felt like shrugging, he was used to missing out on supper due to bad behaviour. If his parents thought that by starving him, he was going to do as he was told, they were sadly mistaken.
"Tomorrow you will not be allowed to leave the house until ALL your chores are completed AND you have to do half of your sister Relena's chores as she did the rest for you. Without being asked I may add."
Heero involuntarily shuddered. Relena. The source of most of his punishment. She wasn't really his sister, but his parents had come to call her that as they had wished for a daughter, but had had Heero instead. She was such a goodie-goodie. Always finding some new way to make Heero look more of a failure.
His mother shoved him inside the house and slammed the door shut behind them. Relena was busy setting the table for supper and smirked at Heero knowingly. He glanced at the table and saw only three places set. Of course. She knew he was going to get punished again. Why bother setting a place for someone and then have to put it away again?
"Go to your room boy," Heero's father growled from his place in front of the fire.
Heero nodded and rushed up the stairs. He knew what that warning growl meant. It meant, 'Do as your told or you'll face the wrath of my leather strap'. That was the only thing Heero hated more than Relena.
As Heero lay on his bed, he thought about his friend Duo and wondered what Duo might be doing right now. He felt Duo was lucky in a way, having no name and no good clothes. Because he also had no chores, or stupid Relena.
He glanced out the window of his room and saw a butterfly float past. It was purple, almost the same colour as Duo's eyes. It made Heero smile. Duo would be like that for sure, flying around without a care.
"Goodnight Duo," Heero whispered into the breeze, hoping that somehow he would be able to see his friend again soon.
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