Body Guard
Part 1: Letters and Cans
By: Faerie Soldier
Anime series: Gundam Wing
Romance/drama/suspense/alternate universe
Not a lemon or a lime
Yaoi: Heero and Duo
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or any of its characters. The only characters that are mine are the ones that don't belong in or to Gundam Wing.
Duo was sitting there at his desk in a room that he used to share with Heero. Yeah, the mansion was big alright. But, the servants had to sleep somewhere. So by the time everyone was roomed, Heero and Duo had no place to sleep. One of them would have to sleep on the couch or they'd have to share. They decided to share. No sense in one of them being uncomfortable there.
He was writing a letter. He'd written many already, but they were already in the trash can. Duo sighed. He didn't think he'd EVER get that letter right. It was a letter to Heero. It had been two months and no word from him, so Duo decided to write a letter.
Finally, since thinking about the damn letter while he was writing it, didn't seem to be working too well, he stopped thinking and put down the first thing that came to his mind while writing.
After many minutes, Duo had a full page and a half written to Heero. He decided to shorten it, since he didn't know how much free time Heero would have, since being a body guard was probably a full time job. He shortened it, just taking out some of the extra nonsense, leaving in some of the important nonsense and then the actual stuff he'd wanted to say. It was sorta like Heero was still there, but he'd morphed into that piece of paper.
Duo folded the paper and put it into an envelope. He sealed it, stuck a stamp on it, and wrote down where to send it along with his return address up in the left hand corner of the back of the envelope. He took it outside and walked down to the corner, where the post office was and mailed it.
He walked all the way home whistling to himself, though he hadn't the faintest clue why. As soon as he got home he went straight for the kitchen. He had skipped lunch just to finish the letter and now he was starving. He'd also slept through breakfast and that wasn't like him. So, he decided to eat something before dinner. He'd still be hungry after dinner, anyway, since he didn't have anything for breakfast or lunch. Besides, if someone didn't see him eating like a pig, they'd wonder what's up.
Wufei was the person to walk in on Duo eating some concoction he'd made. "What in all the rings of Hell is that?" Wufei asked. "My breakfast and lunch." Duo said, around the food in his mouth. Wufei made a face of disgust. "Maxwell, I don't see how you can even stand to look at it, let alone stick it in your mouth." Wufei said. "Well, you just don't know what's good, Wu-man." Duo said. "That's not my name! How many times must I tell you?! I know you know my name! If you can memorize all the useless things you memorize, such as the newest Heavy Metal CD's name and remember it until it goes out of style, then what's the deal with my name?! Wu fei! That's how it is said. Wuuuu feeeeiiii!!!" Wufei corrected. "Whatever. I'm just playin' around. Besides, you're so funny when I call you that....Wu-man." Duo said, smirking, forking some more of his food into his mouth. Wufei still wasn't sure what it was.
"I don't care. I don't like it and you know it." Wufei said. "Alright, alright. I heard you." Duo said. "Yes, and I suppose it went in one ear and out the other." Wufei said. "Well, you always did say that there wasn't anything, but empty space between my ears." Duo said, smirking, eating that last few bites of his meal. He picked his pate up, set in the sink and drank the rest of his coffee and put the mug in the sink too, then smiled cheekily at Wufei and left. "See ya, 'round, Wu-man." Duo said, leaving.
********Relena's mansion the next day********
"Heero we need to talk." Relena said, motioning for Heero to sit down. Heero did as he was told. "Heero, you've been my body guard for two months. I think...I think it's time for me to let you go. I know, I'm the one that asked you to be my body guard in the first place, but that wasn't the whole reason. I did it to be near you. You see, I understand now why you interested me so much and it wasn't love like I thought it was. I was...hero warship." Relena grinned at her own choice of words. "You see, you were a challenge to me and you were mysterious. I thought that I loved you. I didn't. I asked you here, because I thought that you loved me too and I wanted you to realize it. I see now, that I didn't love you after all. Once you came, the challenge was gone and I had won. I thought that it was just something that would go away, but it isn't. I don't require your services anymore, Mr. Yuy. You're to leave as soon as possible." Relena said.
"So, you thought I loved you?" Heero asked. "Yes." Relena said. "Well, it's true that I didn't. I loved...still love another. I only accepted your invitation to be your body guard, because you reminded me of someone from my past. That's why I couldn't kill you or let you be killed. You see, I once killed a little girl and her puppy. Not purposely. It was during my training by Dr. J on L1. I was supposed to blow up an Oz base. I did, but I had miscalculated the explosion. I didn't know until it was too late and a large mobile suit fell on an apartment complex. The little girl and her puppy that I had met in a field that day had died because of that miscalculation. Hours prior to that, I was actually laughing and having a good time. I'd been able to escape my training for a little while. I jumped a fence that otherwise would have prevented me from going into that field and lay down on the grass of a hill. A little girl came running up, lead by a little brown puppy on a leash. She stopped in front of me and asked me if I was lost. I replied, telling her that I'd been lost since I was born and she gave me a flower and ran off with her puppy. That little girl....looked just like you." Heero said.
Relena was dumbfounded. "I...I'm sorry, Heero. I really, REALLY misjudged you. I still need you to be on your way as soon as possible, though." Relena said. "I know. I'll go now." Heero said. Heero left to go clear out, fitting everything into his duffle bag.
He couldn't go back to Quatre's mansion. Chances are they'd moved to a different one and in any case, he wasn't fit to be around other human beings. He had failed a mission. His first failed mission. He knew he sounded like Wufei and his Gundam, but he wasn't worthy to be around the other pilots. He cleared out a half hour after Relena had asked him too. He told her secretary to tell her goodbye.
On his way to leave, he was stopped by a mail carrier. "Mr. Rick Thorn?" The mail carrier asked. Heero immediately remembered the name he went by at one time. It was when the war was just over. He was always addressed as Rick Thorn. Duo had given that name to him. That's the only reason he had kept it for so long. "Yeah?" Heero asked. "A letter for you. From a person named Max. Do you know him?" The carrier asked. "Yes, I do." Heero said, taking the letter. Duo's name, for reasons unknown to Heero, really, was Maximillion Wells. Heero hadn't a clue why he'd even want to do that. Heero only did it, because he felt uncomfortable about being called by his name, because people kept insisting that he was a war hero. Duo had been called Max most of the time and when he addressed himself to others, he usually just said his name as Max Wells. Which almost brought a snicker to Heero's lips.
He stopped to read the letter. He read the whole thing, but really only paid attention to the important things. The gist of the letter. It just said that since Heero hadn't been in contact Duo was going to send him a letter. Well, obviously if he's holding it in his hand, he already figured that. It said that Duo had missed not having him around. Duo now had no one interesting to annoy. So, basically, the letter said that Duo missed him and was hoping for a letter in return. Heero shook his head fondly and slipped the letter into his pocket and left to go find someplace up in the mountains where he wouldn't bother people.
End Part 1
Part 1: Letters and Cans
By: Faerie Soldier
Anime series: Gundam Wing
Romance/drama/suspense/alternate universe
Not a lemon or a lime
Yaoi: Heero and Duo
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or any of its characters. The only characters that are mine are the ones that don't belong in or to Gundam Wing.
Duo was sitting there at his desk in a room that he used to share with Heero. Yeah, the mansion was big alright. But, the servants had to sleep somewhere. So by the time everyone was roomed, Heero and Duo had no place to sleep. One of them would have to sleep on the couch or they'd have to share. They decided to share. No sense in one of them being uncomfortable there.
He was writing a letter. He'd written many already, but they were already in the trash can. Duo sighed. He didn't think he'd EVER get that letter right. It was a letter to Heero. It had been two months and no word from him, so Duo decided to write a letter.
Finally, since thinking about the damn letter while he was writing it, didn't seem to be working too well, he stopped thinking and put down the first thing that came to his mind while writing.
After many minutes, Duo had a full page and a half written to Heero. He decided to shorten it, since he didn't know how much free time Heero would have, since being a body guard was probably a full time job. He shortened it, just taking out some of the extra nonsense, leaving in some of the important nonsense and then the actual stuff he'd wanted to say. It was sorta like Heero was still there, but he'd morphed into that piece of paper.
Duo folded the paper and put it into an envelope. He sealed it, stuck a stamp on it, and wrote down where to send it along with his return address up in the left hand corner of the back of the envelope. He took it outside and walked down to the corner, where the post office was and mailed it.
He walked all the way home whistling to himself, though he hadn't the faintest clue why. As soon as he got home he went straight for the kitchen. He had skipped lunch just to finish the letter and now he was starving. He'd also slept through breakfast and that wasn't like him. So, he decided to eat something before dinner. He'd still be hungry after dinner, anyway, since he didn't have anything for breakfast or lunch. Besides, if someone didn't see him eating like a pig, they'd wonder what's up.
Wufei was the person to walk in on Duo eating some concoction he'd made. "What in all the rings of Hell is that?" Wufei asked. "My breakfast and lunch." Duo said, around the food in his mouth. Wufei made a face of disgust. "Maxwell, I don't see how you can even stand to look at it, let alone stick it in your mouth." Wufei said. "Well, you just don't know what's good, Wu-man." Duo said. "That's not my name! How many times must I tell you?! I know you know my name! If you can memorize all the useless things you memorize, such as the newest Heavy Metal CD's name and remember it until it goes out of style, then what's the deal with my name?! Wu fei! That's how it is said. Wuuuu feeeeiiii!!!" Wufei corrected. "Whatever. I'm just playin' around. Besides, you're so funny when I call you that....Wu-man." Duo said, smirking, forking some more of his food into his mouth. Wufei still wasn't sure what it was.
"I don't care. I don't like it and you know it." Wufei said. "Alright, alright. I heard you." Duo said. "Yes, and I suppose it went in one ear and out the other." Wufei said. "Well, you always did say that there wasn't anything, but empty space between my ears." Duo said, smirking, eating that last few bites of his meal. He picked his pate up, set in the sink and drank the rest of his coffee and put the mug in the sink too, then smiled cheekily at Wufei and left. "See ya, 'round, Wu-man." Duo said, leaving.
********Relena's mansion the next day********
"Heero we need to talk." Relena said, motioning for Heero to sit down. Heero did as he was told. "Heero, you've been my body guard for two months. I think...I think it's time for me to let you go. I know, I'm the one that asked you to be my body guard in the first place, but that wasn't the whole reason. I did it to be near you. You see, I understand now why you interested me so much and it wasn't love like I thought it was. I was...hero warship." Relena grinned at her own choice of words. "You see, you were a challenge to me and you were mysterious. I thought that I loved you. I didn't. I asked you here, because I thought that you loved me too and I wanted you to realize it. I see now, that I didn't love you after all. Once you came, the challenge was gone and I had won. I thought that it was just something that would go away, but it isn't. I don't require your services anymore, Mr. Yuy. You're to leave as soon as possible." Relena said.
"So, you thought I loved you?" Heero asked. "Yes." Relena said. "Well, it's true that I didn't. I loved...still love another. I only accepted your invitation to be your body guard, because you reminded me of someone from my past. That's why I couldn't kill you or let you be killed. You see, I once killed a little girl and her puppy. Not purposely. It was during my training by Dr. J on L1. I was supposed to blow up an Oz base. I did, but I had miscalculated the explosion. I didn't know until it was too late and a large mobile suit fell on an apartment complex. The little girl and her puppy that I had met in a field that day had died because of that miscalculation. Hours prior to that, I was actually laughing and having a good time. I'd been able to escape my training for a little while. I jumped a fence that otherwise would have prevented me from going into that field and lay down on the grass of a hill. A little girl came running up, lead by a little brown puppy on a leash. She stopped in front of me and asked me if I was lost. I replied, telling her that I'd been lost since I was born and she gave me a flower and ran off with her puppy. That little girl....looked just like you." Heero said.
Relena was dumbfounded. "I...I'm sorry, Heero. I really, REALLY misjudged you. I still need you to be on your way as soon as possible, though." Relena said. "I know. I'll go now." Heero said. Heero left to go clear out, fitting everything into his duffle bag.
He couldn't go back to Quatre's mansion. Chances are they'd moved to a different one and in any case, he wasn't fit to be around other human beings. He had failed a mission. His first failed mission. He knew he sounded like Wufei and his Gundam, but he wasn't worthy to be around the other pilots. He cleared out a half hour after Relena had asked him too. He told her secretary to tell her goodbye.
On his way to leave, he was stopped by a mail carrier. "Mr. Rick Thorn?" The mail carrier asked. Heero immediately remembered the name he went by at one time. It was when the war was just over. He was always addressed as Rick Thorn. Duo had given that name to him. That's the only reason he had kept it for so long. "Yeah?" Heero asked. "A letter for you. From a person named Max. Do you know him?" The carrier asked. "Yes, I do." Heero said, taking the letter. Duo's name, for reasons unknown to Heero, really, was Maximillion Wells. Heero hadn't a clue why he'd even want to do that. Heero only did it, because he felt uncomfortable about being called by his name, because people kept insisting that he was a war hero. Duo had been called Max most of the time and when he addressed himself to others, he usually just said his name as Max Wells. Which almost brought a snicker to Heero's lips.
He stopped to read the letter. He read the whole thing, but really only paid attention to the important things. The gist of the letter. It just said that since Heero hadn't been in contact Duo was going to send him a letter. Well, obviously if he's holding it in his hand, he already figured that. It said that Duo had missed not having him around. Duo now had no one interesting to annoy. So, basically, the letter said that Duo missed him and was hoping for a letter in return. Heero shook his head fondly and slipped the letter into his pocket and left to go find someplace up in the mountains where he wouldn't bother people.
End Part 1