I Don't Love You

Chapter 10

I don't own Gundam Wing, but I do, however, love it to death.

A/N – For one: I was seriously sick these last couple weeks. Some crazy cold flu thing that peaks twice or three times before actually letting you feel better. For two: I've been in crazy rehearsals and tech week for my show that opens on March 20. That means that as soon as it opens, life will be going, somewhat, back to normal; No week long rehearsals so more free time for me!

And since I wrote that note a week ago, I'm truly sorry it took so long to finish.

Heero had helped Duo up and brought him back inside the store to an extremely confused and amused Quatre. After some debate, Quatre called Trowa and let Heero take Duo to the hospital for lack of movement in the wrist. Duo's stomach grumbled in the car on the way there.

"Hungry?" Heero teased. Duo looked less than amused. "I'm sorry." Duo snorted.

There was a silence, about ten minutes long, before Heero thought of something to say.

"So, Duo? What do you say to going out with me tonight?" Heero asked, aware that Duo was still a little mad that he had left, but he wasn't about to let that thwart the chance that he could get to know this boy that drove him nuts. Duo snorted again.

"What about your girly?" Duo asked, letting out his frustration on Heero.

"She's not my girly anymore Duo." Duo heard from somewhere to his left. He whipped his head towards Heero. "I broke it off."

"F..for… me?" Duo gasped, feeling the guilt of his anger settle in his stomach.

"No."

The guilt subsided a lot at that.

"I only mean, that I did it because we simply weren't doing that well together. But I noticed that because of you, Duo." Heero finished. The guilt came creeping back into Duo's stomach.

"Heh, well… I have that affect on people." Duo brushed the guilt off. He caught Heero's side glance and smiled a little to let his destroyer and hero know that it would be alright. "Do I need to dress up?" Duo asked. It took Heero a moment to understand what Duo was talking about.

"Not too much."

The x-ray technicians had been on lunch break so the doctors gave Duo a wrist brace and told him to come back in an hour. So, here Duo and Heero were, eating at a little sandwich shop downtown from the oh-too-familiar hospital.

"You know, this wouldn't be so bad if I weren't right handed." Duo said into sandwich, which he was having trouble holding with his left hand. Heero laughed.

"You'll just have to learn how to write and eat left handed." Heero took a bite of his own sandwich.

"Easy for you to say, Mr. Ambidextrous." The moment allowed the two boys to eat in peace. "So where are we going tonight?" Duo said after shoving the last half of his sandwich into his mouth. Heero gaped at the volume of Duo's mouth before answering.

"I actually don't know yet. After you get your arm fixed I have some things I need to do before we go out." Heero tore his thoughts away from what else could fit into Duo's mouth.

"Like what? Errands? Special buys? I work at the only porn store in the city, you can't hide anything risqué from me." Duo said with a smile.

"I have an appointment on a lease for an apartment. It's a little awkward living with Relena now." Heero looked down at his still unfinished sandwich. A squeaky sound tore him from his sandwich. Duo gaped at him.

"You're still living with her?! Weird!" Duo stated. "Where you gonna move to?"

"I haven't decided on anywhere yet. The place I'm checking out today is-"

"Heero!" Duo interrupted. Heero looked around for possible danger but stopped at the sound of Duo's laughter. "Have you seen my apartment?" Duo asked, still laughing.

"Yes." Heero answered, thoroughly confused.

"There's a couch, TV, bed, desk, computer and table. It's pretty nice and there are two bedrooms, and I have to admit, it would be nice to have a little help on the rent." Heero grasped at the situation that Duo was trying to talk Heero into. "I don't drive, so there's plenty of parking. Two spots! Air conditioning, heating, I'm pretty good at making macaroni and cheese and eating out-"

"Isn't it a bit soon Duo?" Heero teased with a smile. Duo looked up from his waving arms and into Heero's eyes.

"Well… I was… I… You're right. Never mind." Duo smiled sheepishly and glanced at his watch. "It's about time for those technicians to get back."

"Your wrist has the tiniest minor fracture Mr. Maxwell. We won't need to cast it, just keep it in that brace for the next three weeks and come back for a checkup and we'll see about it then." Duo smiled at Heero who was happy that Duo hadn't broken anything really bad like last time. "How's that nose of yours? Feeling better?" The doctor asked.

"Yea, I can touch it now, but it still hurts." Duo poked his nose lightly.

Heero and Duo walked out of the hospital and into the breeze feeling some slight déjà vu. And again, Heero gave Duo a ride home, stopping at the apartments and getting out to walk Duo to his door. The silence between built up and when Duo unlocked the door, the click sounded like a bomb going off right on the stairs next to them. Heero sighed and spoke.

"So I'll be here around 7. Or is that too late?" He asked Duo at the door. Duo squirmed a little which confused Heero but he decided to not notice.

"No it's fine. Not too dressy?" Duo squirmed against the door frame, almost straddling it. Heero's face flushed.

"Right. Well…" Heero turned to go.

"Wanna come in? You said the meeting wasn't until 3, and it's not like you haven't been in here before." Heero turned to see Duo hugging the door frame. Duo watched as Heero looked at his watch; it was only about 1:30. Then Heero looked over his shoulder and down the stairs and back at his watch. "Geez, if it's gonna kill you, forget it." Duo teased. Heero shot him an embarrassed look.

"I can't stay long." Heero said accusingly. Duo simply smiled and led the way.

Walking in and not being distracted by a hot naked guy made it obvious to Heero that Duo really didn't have much furniture. There was a couch, a TV on a small entertainment center, and a table for 4 next to the kitchen which had a bar but no bar stools. The hallway was empty as Heero followed Duo into his room, completely unaware as to where the other was leading him. The room was large but only had a bed, a chair, an armoire and a dresser under the window.

"Duo? Why don't you drive?" Heero asked, suddenly recalling their conversation in the sandwich shop. Duo answered from the bathroom.

"I can't afford a car. I actually can drive; I have my license. Just no car." Duo said over a stream of water. Heero flushed red.

"Duo! Are you taking a piss?!" Heero bellowed as he turned away from the bathroom. Duo laughed in response.

"Wherever we go tonight, they'd better have good drinks. You're more fun when you're drunk." Duo said as he flushed the toilet and washed his hand(s). Walking out of the bathroom, Duo spotted Heero in a huff next to the door, which only made him laugh again. He admired Heero from behind deciding that no matter what, Heero would spend the night with him again tonight.

Heero turned around pouting and to reassure Duo, shot him a flash of a smile.

They stood feet apart from each other but in that instant felt simultaneously miles away from each other. Each searched the others face for hesitation, felt a pull and found themselves tangled in each others arms.

Duo's mouth reached Heero's, plunging his tongue into the depths while Heero pulled at Duo's tongue with his own. Their mouths parted, letting in soft intakes of breath, before plunging into each other again. Heero's hands pulled at the base of Duo's braid, causing knots while Duo pulled Heero's head closer to his own. They could smell the sweet breath of each other and took it in, letting it fill them up and take them higher. Heero pushed Duo into the room, Duo pulling him willingly. Their legs hit the bed and Duo toppled over pulling Heero along for the ride.

"You're on fire Duo!" Heero breathed as his kisses fell to Duo's neck. Duo arched back and moaned, his eyes closing. Heero's hands slipped underneath Duo's shirt, sliding it up as he slid his hand up Duo's chest, still lapping away at Duo's neck. Somewhere around their groins, a vibration and sound made them jump. Heero jumped up and reached into his pants pulling out his phone. The look on his face at the caller id told Duo exactly what he needed to know; it was Relena.

Duo rolled out from under Heero and pulled his clothes back into place as he stood up. Heero threw an apologetic look to Duo and opened his phone, answering.

"Yes, Relena?" Heero spoke. Duo didn't listen, and didn't want to listen to the rest of it and so left the room altogether. After slumping on the couch and finding something interesting to watch, Duo watched as Heero trudged out of the bedroom and waited by the threshold of the hallway, awkwardly. Duo gave him a look as if to say: what was that about? Heero didn't answer but just looked around the feeble apartment, apparently thinking about something. Finally Duo vocalized his question.

"May I ask what that was about?" Duo asked carefully.

"We'll talk about it later." Heero snapped. Duo was taken aback and went back to his show in a huff. "I'm gonna go get ready for my appointment Duo. I'll see you at seven?" He said while walking towards the door.

"Sure. Whatever you say, Heero." Duo answered without even looking as Heero closed the door behind him.

Heero had made it all the way to Relena's house to take a shower before deciding that he wouldn't take a shower after all. And now that he had cooled down after the make out session, he felt less hot and sweaty. He turned around and made for the appointment, never walking into the house where Relena was waiting behind the curtain in the front window.

He met his realtor in the apartment he was checking out after meeting with the apartment managers to check on the condition of the lease. It wasn't ten minutes later that Heero left the apartment knowing that he'd never be back.

It was only four o'clock when Duo heard a knock on his door from his place on his bed. He didn't want to get up and knew it wouldn't be Heero after so little time and so decided to let it go unnoticed. He heard the front door knob jiggle and a creak as it was opened which caused Duo to flip up on his bed and rush to his bedroom door. His wrist throbbed at the sudden movement and in the few seconds it took him to wince at his pain, the bedroom door flew open and he narrowly escaped breaking another bone.

"Duo! Trowa couldn't come in and it was slow so I decided to close shop early and see if you were okay! Are you okay?" Quatre yelled into the room, not noticing Duo standing in shock about an inch away from the opened door. "Duo! Did I hurt you?" Quatre asked finally seeing the braided boy and stepping to him. Duo merely shook his head. "Good. How's your wrist?"

"Barely broken but they put it in a brace." Duo answered showing the braced wrist to Quatre. "You scared the shit out of me!" He said, finally getting over the initial shock of the scary noises and the flying door. "I heard knocking, and creaky noises, and I knew Heero couldn't be back so soon-"

"So Heero's coming back?" Quatre asked suggestively. "I don't get you two. You like him, you hate him, you sleep with him, you hate him, you like him… What's next? Male pregnancy?" Quatre laughed at his own joke but Duo didn't find it funny.

"He's taking me out tonight." Duo said in his defense.

"To where? The hospital cafeteria? I mean I guess they do have good sandwiches…" Quatre trailed off at the angry look on Duo's face.

"He went to look at an apartment. He broke up with his girly. Said it was awkward living with her still, and I agreed. Anyway, we're going out around 7." Duo went back to his spot on the bed, his bad mood deepening at the coldness of his once warm spot.

"I get it, I get it! I'll leave you alone. Maybe I can see what Trowa was doing that he couldn't come in… Just have fun tonight." Quatre walked to the bedroom door. "Don't worry about me, I'll figure out something to do." Quatre slowly crossed the threshold into the hallway. "I can find my way out! It's not like I haven't been here a thousand times before!" Duo rolled his eyes as Quatre's voice was heard from down the hallway. "I was just checking up on my best friend because he got his wrist broken by some sleeze ball jerk that broke his nose, slept with his and then left him…" Duo couldn't take it. He jumped out of bed and ran into the hallway, past a smiling Quatre and to the front door, opening it so furiously that he stubbed his toe on it, cursed and shoved Quatre out without a backwards glance before slamming it shut in victory.

Duo had made it to the beginning of the hallway before there was a knock on the door. Duo rushed to it, threw it open and yelled out.

"Quatre! Thank you for coming! I'll see you TOMORROW, BEST FRIEND!" Being sure to emphasize those last three words directly into the deep blue eyes of… "Heero!" Duo stepped back from the face of Heero Yuy who stood in shock on his doorstep, Quatre's eyes glinting over his shoulder.

"That's all I ask Duo. Have fun!" Quatre said after a little wave and he dashed down the stairs. Duo stood dumbstruck.

"Heh, heh, h-hhhh-Heero?" Duo stuttered, still freaked out by Quatre. "It's o-only about, about four thirty. D-didn't you s-say seven?" Duo noticed he was still in the doorway and that Heero looked seriously confused. He moved aside and let the short haired boy into his apartment.

"It's a little past four thirty actually, and I didn't like the apartment. At all." Duo watched as Heero's eyes darted around the living room. "How about we go out a little early?" Heero proposed. Duo's face lit up in anticipation and he nodded. "Don't dress up. It's gonna be casual." Heero called after Duo who darted to his room to dress up.

"Why am I getting dressed then? I should just go in this and that's no fun!" Duo whined from his room. He heard Heero laugh and decided to take matters into his own hands.

After putting on a very red and very tight T-shirt, Duo threw on a black every day vest and dashed out of his room to Heero's side. He let Heero give him the once over and threw his hands to Heero's chest, pushing him to the couch and straddling him.

"We don't have to go out, Duo." Heero breathed into Duo's chest. Duo grabbed his face and threw them both into an impassioned kiss. Duo lowered his hands and pulled up on the fabric of the others shirt, breaking the kiss only to peel it over his lovers head. "Does this mean you don't want to go out?" Heero asked in between kisses.

"Not at all." Duo breathed next to Heero's ear. He shifted a little and stepped off of Heero's lap. "It means that I want you to look as good as I do." Duo said with a wink before holding up a deep indigo shirt identical to his red one. Heero leaned back into the couch.

"You tricked me." He let a smile caress his lips as he reached for the indigo shirt. Duo smiled sweetly.

"Nope. Merely a promise for later."

After putting on the new shirt, another fifteen minutes of making out and having to put the shirt on all over again, they managed to make it out the door and into Heero's car. The ride to wherever they were going consisted of Duo looking through the CD holder and criticizing the music.

"Ugh, more opera!" Duo groaned.

"Relena's." Heero answered.

Duo tried to weasel it out of Heero where exactly they were going, but got nothing in return.

"So if it's casual, it can't be too expensive so that rules out that friggin expensive sushi bar downtown and most of the restaurants around here. But we do look good, courtesy of me, so it's more than just some McDonalds run… OOOO! Is it that new steak place down that str… apparently not… Oh! That's a good… must not be there either… I've eaten there… before we passed it."

Heero drove past every place that Duo thought of and pointed out, much to Duo's dismay. Duo went back to the banter of criticizing Heero's taste in music.

"Who listens to them anymore?" Duo said putting the CD into the player. Heero ejected it the second it loaded.

"I do. And if you're going to complain, then don't put it in and listen to it."

Before long, it had been about thirty minutes and Duo was bored.

"Heero! I'm bored! I'm gonna make you pull over and I'll just eat you. Forget the dinner."

"That's tempting, but would be stupid considering we're here." Heero smiled sweetly over at Duo who looked around for the restaurant.

They were parked outside a row of houses, or what seemed to be houses but when Duo looked closer, he noticed they were in fact, houses but being used by small businesses. There was a dentist and a lawyers office. A small family doctor and a vet, plus some quaint restaurants, one of which they were parked in front of on the front yard turned parking lot.

"I used to go here all the time when I was in college. It's good food, good price and rather private. I haven't been here in a while and I felt like some good food." Heero beckoned Duo out of the car and into the 'Empress Pavilion' (1) Chinese Gourmet. Booths lined the walls and that was about all that could fit. The kitchen was just that: a kitchen, the living and dining rooms were used as the eating area and it seemed as if the owners lived upstairs.

Heero ordered some chow mein for them both, some broccoli beef for him self, and sweet and sour chicken for Duo. The meal came and the talk subsided to Heero questioning Duo on how he managed to get his job.

"Quatre and I went to school together. High School that is. I got an associates in business. Quatre went to a four year and got a degree in business in the same amount of time I got mine but for a lot more money too. We met up after college and hung out. He managed to drag his new friend Trowa along and we all got drunk and talked about opening up a sex shop. The next morning, I woke up and Quatre had the money and Trowa had the space, all they needed was my expertise at looking good and… voila!"

"So it all started off as a joke?" Heero laughed.

"Yep! But it's made us a lot of money. And it works for us, even though it seems like an unruly place."

Eventually, the check came with the fortune cookies and Heero handed the waitress his credit card before rounding on his cookie in anticipation. Cracking it open, he looked to Duo to see if he was doing it also, and found the other boy chewing on the cookie, the paper discarded onto the greasy plate.

"Duo!" Heero snapped. Duo jumped in surprise and nearly inhaled the remnants of cookie in his mouth. "You can't just eat the cookie and throw away the fortune! This place has the best fortune cookies. They always seem to fit the mood perfectly. Quick, what does yours say?" Duo fumbled with the greasy paper and held it up so as to read through the grease.

"Tread carefully. You never know what's around the next corner."

The two boys paused and caught each others glance.

"See?" Heero bragged. The longhaired boy had crashed into Heero twice around corners, breaking two bones in the process.

"Oh yea? So what's yours say?" Duo said, refusing to let his pride falter.

"Something precious to you has been damaged. Look carefully, it may not be the obvious." Heero wondered what that meant.

"What's that mean Heero?" Duo teased. "Is my nose that precious to you?"

"Stop here, Heero!" Duo said as they passes a grocery store on the way back to Duo's apartment. Heero pulled into the parking lot and parked. "Wait here!" Duo said before rushing into the store.

It was only about fifteen minutes before Duo came back to the car with a paper bag full of something he wouldn't let Heero see. Heero finished the drive to Duo's apartment, trying to weasel the contents of the bag out of Duo.

"Alright! Now we can really party!" Duo said once inside his apartment, ripping open the grocery bag and revealing the contents.

"Alcohol? You bought alcohol?" Heero said, amused.

"You're too serious when you're sober. Let's chill and have fun!" Duo said, popping open some bottles and taking drinks directly. He offered the bottles to Heero who smiled, toasted Duo and drank away the worries of the earlier day.

It was about three bottles of champagne and a half a bottle of vodka later when the two boys started making out on the kitchen table, having never moved from the kitchen. Duo had Heero laying on the table, muttering poems of love while Duo traced his bare upper body with his tongue. Every other poem, Duo would deliberately tickle Heero or go too close to the top of his pants and Heero would burst out laughing, leaving Duo to improve the end of the poem in a silly mock-actor voice which would cause Heero to laugh even harder, which would turn Duo on and cause him to start exploring Heero's body again.

The next half of the vodka bottle, watered down by the queasy Duo, and the two boys were in only boxers, still on the table, Duo hovering over Heero and kissing him ferociously.

Heero grabbed Duo around the neck and pulled him into an embrace. Noticing the sudden seriousness (even through his drunken stupor) Duo relaxed into Heero's body, stifling laughs at the realization that they were still on the kitchen table.

"Wha'?" Heero asked, feeling Duo's chest vibrate at the stifled laughter. Duo sighed deeply to calm himself.

"So when you movin' in?" Duo had realized from the moment Relena called earlier that day that Heero had about a day to move out. And when Heero came to pick him up early, Duo knew Heero would take him up on his offer.

Heero was too drunk to realize that Duo had figured him out.

"Tomorrow morn… Early. She wanns me out by tomorrow night." Heero slurred. Duo laughed, and crawled off the table carefully. "Whass wrong?" Heero asked sitting up.

"Tired." Duo said collapsing to the floor, eventually getting on all fours and crawling to the room. Heero laughed and tried to get off the table in an impressive jump, but only managed to get his foot caught in a chair and roll onto the floor with a loud thunk. Duo looked back from his crawling to see Heero in a heap on the floor, looking up at him with a glint in his eye.

"You, tired? But 'snot even late yet." Heero said from his spot on the floor. Duo laid on the ground in response. "Awright, sleepyhead, I'll take you." Heero said getting up and mimicking Duo by crawling on all fours to the sleepy boy.

"Take me where? To dreamland? Where pixies throw dust that makes you sneeze big purple bubbles shaped like carrots?" Duo asked, half asleep.

"Take you. Here and now. Right where we are." Heero said crawling on top of Duo and kissing his stomach. Duo laughed.

"I like carrots, especially the baby ones. They're so cute and small."

"Right on this floor, I'ma take you somewhere no one's ever taken you before." Heero pulled down on the elastic of Duo's boxers.

"The pixies are small."

"But you aren't Duo, and I'm gonna take all of you." Heero kissed Duo's hips and rounded closer to the hot erection.

"Thas nice of you… to take all of us…" Duo squirmed.

"You're on fire Duo." Heero said before looking up to Duo's face for reassurance.

"The… sun… is… o…." Duo had fallen asleep. Heero chuckled to himself at the sleeping boy underneath him.

"Alright, I'll take your drunk butt to bed" Heero said before standing rather dizzily and picking up Duo, almost dropping him and balancing them against the nearest wall using that for leverage the whole way to Duo's room. Duo wiggled in Heero's arms.

"I caught… fire…" Duo whispered in his sleep. Heero laid him on the bed, tugged the blankets out from under him, tucked him in with a kiss and all, and left Duo's room for the guest bedroom, soon to be his room.

(1) – A real, restaurant in the mall where I live. Hella good food. I mean some of the best I've ever had for being a mall restaurant.

Anyway, so this chapter has a bunch of stuff in it. Sorry it's so choppy. I wanted it to get done so I skipped over the non important stuff and emphasized the good stuff.