Heero walked through the run down streets of L2 looking as emotionless as
ever. If you looked him straight in the eye tho' you could see sorrow and
sadness in his eyes. The wind blew gently around him adding onto the
already gloomy atmosphere. The sky was cloudy and looked like it would
rain any minute.
'What am I going to do now? I've came back and i'll have nothing to show for it.' He thought as he looked at the rubble that littered the streets as he walked.
Coming up a head was the ruins of the Maxwell church. The resting place of his of his childhood love. He stopped when he noticed he wasn't alone. A lone figure stood at 2 make shift graves looking down at them the wind blowing his trench coat. Heero looked closer at the graves and noticed a single rose laying at the base of each grave.
The figure looked up and forward before turning his back to Heero the wind now blowing his braid into view.
'Great. Duo still follows me where ever I go.' Heero glared at the back of the retreating figure, 'But why would he be visiting here? And laying roses on those graves?' He pondered it for a moment then noticed Duo facing him with an emotionless face.
The two stood their distance looking at before Heero shook his head and turned away.
"You can't let it get to you Heero when he isn't dead." Duo called out.
Heero stopped in his tracks and faced Duo again, "What are you talking about?"
"When you said that your life was taken away 10yrs ago that was the time the church was destroyed. 3 supposedly killed the little boy's body never found. Think about it Heero, if no body was found did you even stop to think that he might be alive?"
"You have no idea what you are talking about."
"Try me Heero. I know more of what happened here than the press or anyone did. I was involved in it. Father Maxwell and Sister Helen died doing what they thought was right and what was I doing? Going to steal a MS to get those people to leave our church alone." Duo looked Heero straight in the eye before turning away from him, "But you wouldn't know that now would you? Odin was too busy trying to get you away from here that you couldn't even help me with the death of my other friends, the death of Solo. I had always thought that you would be there for me, but when you turned away from me........" Duo turned his head a little to the side and Heero could see a small crystalline tear rolling down Duo's cheek, "All I wanted to do was die, but was the only mission I've failed in my life. I became a pilot for two reasons. To help the colonies gain freedom and let that mission that I wanted to accomplish be fulfilled."
Duo then shook his head and a smile took his face over, "I then figured out that I had no desire to do that anymore after the war was over. Life was worth living after the war mostly because I wanted to see what everyone was going to do with their lives. See Trowa do something besides being a clown, Quatra actually taking over his father's company, Wufei stop his ranting about how weak women are and actually date one, then I wanted to see you actually show emotion. Express your feelings instead of keeping them bottled up, getting you to date Relena no matter how much it would break my heart to see you do that." He then laughed a bit, "I guess I fell in love with you over the past few years. I never figured out who you were until I went to your apartment yesterday and found it empty except for some furniture and your bracelet on the night stand........" His voice then drowned out when it started to crack.
Heero just stared at Duo's back not having anything to say. He didn't say anything till Duo started to walk away.
"Duo I...."
"Don't Heero. Just don't." Duo said sternly as he walked off, "It hurts me to talk about this. I hope that knowing that i'm not dead will get you to acting normal again so everyone will stop fretting. See ya Heero."
With that Duo disappeared.
* * *
When Heero returned to Earth Duo was nowhere to be found. He had not returned to Preventers headquarters and never went back to his apartment. Heero thought about the last time he had seen Duo. He had looked pretty upset.
It wasn't Heero's fault that he didn't recognize him was it? Well, the last time Heero had seen him when they were kids was when he had to leave and Duo's hair was down. He did look different with his hair up than he did when he did down.
'Where the hell did you go Duo?' Heero thought as he sat at his desk at Preventers.
He had worked practically all day looking for Duo, but had found no trace of him. Heero began to worry. 'This isn't like Duo. Why would you just disappear like that?' Heero closed his eyes.
"Heero?" Quatra asked looking into Heero's office.
"Yes?"
"Are you okay? You seem distressed." Quatra walked in and sat in the chair in front of Heero's desk.
"Honestly no. Duo has gone missing and I can't find him."
"Did you see him on L2?"
"Yes and after he had talked to me he just disappeared. I think I might have upset him."
"How so?"
"I don't know." Heero looked at his blond friend.
"Before he left he told me that he wanted black and red roses at his funeral if you killed him, but i'm guessing you didn't."
"He stood at least 50 ft away from me the whole time." Heero thought for a moment, "He did tell me that he had hoped that some day he would die, but after the war that changed and he wanted to see us make something of ourselves. He never mentioned anthing about himself. Do you think that he might do something to himself."
"Let's pray that he doesn't." Quatra sat there, "Go back to L2 Heero."
"What?"
"Go back to L2 and look for Duo. Find him before he does something drastic. Tell him how you really feel. I know that none of us want to lose him. Duo is the light in all of us and if he does something that light is probably going to die out. I have a feeling that you are the only one who can save him."
"But how-"
"Find a way. I'm not going to leave you alone about this Heero. You go out there and find him or I will personally see to it that you do at all costs." Quatra stood and left the room.
'He's right. Maybe I am the only one who can save him.'
'What am I going to do now? I've came back and i'll have nothing to show for it.' He thought as he looked at the rubble that littered the streets as he walked.
Coming up a head was the ruins of the Maxwell church. The resting place of his of his childhood love. He stopped when he noticed he wasn't alone. A lone figure stood at 2 make shift graves looking down at them the wind blowing his trench coat. Heero looked closer at the graves and noticed a single rose laying at the base of each grave.
The figure looked up and forward before turning his back to Heero the wind now blowing his braid into view.
'Great. Duo still follows me where ever I go.' Heero glared at the back of the retreating figure, 'But why would he be visiting here? And laying roses on those graves?' He pondered it for a moment then noticed Duo facing him with an emotionless face.
The two stood their distance looking at before Heero shook his head and turned away.
"You can't let it get to you Heero when he isn't dead." Duo called out.
Heero stopped in his tracks and faced Duo again, "What are you talking about?"
"When you said that your life was taken away 10yrs ago that was the time the church was destroyed. 3 supposedly killed the little boy's body never found. Think about it Heero, if no body was found did you even stop to think that he might be alive?"
"You have no idea what you are talking about."
"Try me Heero. I know more of what happened here than the press or anyone did. I was involved in it. Father Maxwell and Sister Helen died doing what they thought was right and what was I doing? Going to steal a MS to get those people to leave our church alone." Duo looked Heero straight in the eye before turning away from him, "But you wouldn't know that now would you? Odin was too busy trying to get you away from here that you couldn't even help me with the death of my other friends, the death of Solo. I had always thought that you would be there for me, but when you turned away from me........" Duo turned his head a little to the side and Heero could see a small crystalline tear rolling down Duo's cheek, "All I wanted to do was die, but was the only mission I've failed in my life. I became a pilot for two reasons. To help the colonies gain freedom and let that mission that I wanted to accomplish be fulfilled."
Duo then shook his head and a smile took his face over, "I then figured out that I had no desire to do that anymore after the war was over. Life was worth living after the war mostly because I wanted to see what everyone was going to do with their lives. See Trowa do something besides being a clown, Quatra actually taking over his father's company, Wufei stop his ranting about how weak women are and actually date one, then I wanted to see you actually show emotion. Express your feelings instead of keeping them bottled up, getting you to date Relena no matter how much it would break my heart to see you do that." He then laughed a bit, "I guess I fell in love with you over the past few years. I never figured out who you were until I went to your apartment yesterday and found it empty except for some furniture and your bracelet on the night stand........" His voice then drowned out when it started to crack.
Heero just stared at Duo's back not having anything to say. He didn't say anything till Duo started to walk away.
"Duo I...."
"Don't Heero. Just don't." Duo said sternly as he walked off, "It hurts me to talk about this. I hope that knowing that i'm not dead will get you to acting normal again so everyone will stop fretting. See ya Heero."
With that Duo disappeared.
* * *
When Heero returned to Earth Duo was nowhere to be found. He had not returned to Preventers headquarters and never went back to his apartment. Heero thought about the last time he had seen Duo. He had looked pretty upset.
It wasn't Heero's fault that he didn't recognize him was it? Well, the last time Heero had seen him when they were kids was when he had to leave and Duo's hair was down. He did look different with his hair up than he did when he did down.
'Where the hell did you go Duo?' Heero thought as he sat at his desk at Preventers.
He had worked practically all day looking for Duo, but had found no trace of him. Heero began to worry. 'This isn't like Duo. Why would you just disappear like that?' Heero closed his eyes.
"Heero?" Quatra asked looking into Heero's office.
"Yes?"
"Are you okay? You seem distressed." Quatra walked in and sat in the chair in front of Heero's desk.
"Honestly no. Duo has gone missing and I can't find him."
"Did you see him on L2?"
"Yes and after he had talked to me he just disappeared. I think I might have upset him."
"How so?"
"I don't know." Heero looked at his blond friend.
"Before he left he told me that he wanted black and red roses at his funeral if you killed him, but i'm guessing you didn't."
"He stood at least 50 ft away from me the whole time." Heero thought for a moment, "He did tell me that he had hoped that some day he would die, but after the war that changed and he wanted to see us make something of ourselves. He never mentioned anthing about himself. Do you think that he might do something to himself."
"Let's pray that he doesn't." Quatra sat there, "Go back to L2 Heero."
"What?"
"Go back to L2 and look for Duo. Find him before he does something drastic. Tell him how you really feel. I know that none of us want to lose him. Duo is the light in all of us and if he does something that light is probably going to die out. I have a feeling that you are the only one who can save him."
"But how-"
"Find a way. I'm not going to leave you alone about this Heero. You go out there and find him or I will personally see to it that you do at all costs." Quatra stood and left the room.
'He's right. Maybe I am the only one who can save him.'