Ohayo, minna-san! I'm sorry about the long brake in my uppdating after I promised tobe fast over summer... But even the most briljant of plans are bound to fail sometimes. But I'm back again! I don't know how to describe this chapter, so you just have to read it.
And thank you again Manami-chan!
The Prince, the Hero and the Mystery of the Falcon
Chapter 10: Douple crossed
"H-Heero?" Duo's eyes were wider than it seemed possible. They seemed to be ready to pop completely out of their holes. Heero read fear in them, surprise and shock.
"I'm sorry, I don't know why I just did that." He frowned. Duo sighed and turned away from Heero, pulling the covers up to cover his face.
"You're a dangerous man, Heero Yuy..." he whispered. "How many hearts have you broken unintentionally? I wonder..."
He paused, and Heero thought he had fallen asleep when he suddenly continued: "Let me get some sleep, Heero. Please go away. I don't wanna think about you right now."
He didn't say anything else and Heero went to the door. There he stopped to take in the hunched figure under the covers. He wanted to say something to make it better, but what? And why was Duo suddenly so down?
"I'm sorry", he sighed once more before slipping through the door.
Duo laid awake for the longest time, crying silently. What was it with the man? If he didn't feel anything for him, why did he have to kiss him like that? Was he enjoying torturing him this way? What had he ever done to the man? And when had he been interested in guys instead of girls?
Heero's kiss had broken his heart. It had been much more gentle than the first one. How could Heero kiss him like that and let him know he had felt nothing. Was he really that cruel? But then again, it would've been crueler to lead him on... Then again... What else was Heero doing? Giving him small bits of hope and then crushing them.
God... Why did the man have to say thing and do another?
"Please don't play with me, Heero..."
BRAKE
"She's asleep", Heero stated coming down to the livingroom where three people waited for him. "She's a bit upset."
Three pairs of eyes were on him at this point.
"What did you do?" Cathy glared at him, suddenly worried about the happy boy.
"I guess I ...kind of... kissed her."
Three glasses fell to the floor, shattering into pieces. Even Treize was showing his shock. He had never heard Yuy hesitate in his words, never heard Yuy say more than was absolutely necessary, and Yuy kissing someone, especially a girl? Unheard of.
Trowa was on the situation. Within seconds he had Heero sitting on the sofa with a glass of brandy in his hands. He knew when his friend was upset.
"How did she react?" he asked casually, bending to clean up the mess on the floor.
"Bad." Heero downed the brandy in one go. "What did you expect? She's underage, and I've told her that I have no intentions according to her."
"Now why would you do that?" Treize rolled his eyes. He had never thought to be some day giving relationship advice to Heero Yuy, but here he was. Repeating the words he had consoled his tall and blonde lover earlier. Zechs was hardly ever that upset.
"But then again I understand where you're standing. You just have to accept it, love isn't logical. You don't fall in love when you want to, neither can you fall out of love when you want to. It just won't work."
"Love?" Heero's eyes narrowed, "Who said anything about love? I don't know what the fuck is wrong with me. I feel responsible for this kid, but it's not like I'm in love."
"Hmm, I've heard that before..." Cathy fanned herself with her notebook. Treize chuckled morbidly.
"I know a person who said the exactly same thing about you, Yuy, years back."
He was feeling overly smug. Zechs had been truly smitten with Yuy, still was, from time to time.
"I hope you're kidding." Heero stood up, ready to escape these too exited advisors. "I have to keep an eye on Duo. He might do something stupid, like run away. I think it's his way of handling with things..." He bit his lip invisibly, praying that Treize hadn't noticed the slip. He hadn't, thankfully.
Heero strutted out of the room.
"Now that was hilarious", Treize commented when Heero's steps could be heard on the stairs. "Zechs will go nuts. I'm going to be having fun for the longest time."
"He's still after Heero?" Trowa arched an eyebrow wiping off the rest of the mess on the floor. Treize nodded.
"Of course. He isn't one to give up easily." The man stood up. "I trust we have an agreement?"
"Yes", Trowa nodded feeling ashamed of himself. "Catherine brings Duo to you tomorrow at noon and I keep Heero busy. Ask her your questions and let her go."
"Of course. Goodnight, Barton, Catherine."
The sibling looked at each other sighing. They really didn't want to do this... but they had to find the Falcon, and if Duo knew where it was... Heero was the one being unfair, keeping information from his friends.
-----in the real world-----
"That BACK STABBING BITCH!" Hilde screamed furiously.
"Hilde, keep it down!" her mother shouted from her room.
"Yes, mom!" She blushed, but it didn't lessen her fury. "You dare to sell my buddy out to this guy? What did he ever do to you?"
She grabbed her pen her pen and wrote furiously.
"That night Catherine couldn't sleep. She kept seeing Duo's betrayed eyes in her mind. It was worse than ever because she had a feeling she was doing wrong. That Duo really knew nothing about the Falcon."
"Whatever the wretched Falcon is..." she mumbled down-heartedly.
HIM's In Joy And Sorrow's metallic version started ringing beside her bed and she leaned over to grab her phone from the floor. "Yeah?"
"It's me", Minni's voice said urgently on the line. "I found something."
TBC...
Author Notes:
Now, I'm not going into WHAT exactly it is she found, so people just have to use their imagination. And, don't kill me for making the Barton siblings betray their friends. You have to understand that... I'm a complicated person. In the next part the story jumps forward, AND we find out what exactly 'the Falcon' is.