Betrayed by Love and New Beginnings 4/6
By: Hotaru
Warnings: Uhm…nada mucho, yaoi and stuff. Language as always is bad!
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Duo and Trowa got to work putting the tires on the car. It was a fairly simple task and with the two of them working, it'd be done in half the time. "Okie-dokie…just a little bit more…there!" Duo sighed as they secured the third tire. Trowa was about to rub his eye but Duo caught his hand quickly. "Hold on—you've got grease all over your fingers." He said quickly.
Trowa looked down at his fingers and sure enough, they were covered in grease. "I'm still not used to this whole dirty hands buisness. I guess I'll remember it eventually right?" he said, rubbing at his eye with the back of his sleeve. /Wait…does this mean that he's gonna keep helping me?! Alright! I mean…oh no…/ Duo grinned and rolled over the final tire. "This is it. After a paint job and quick check-up, this car'll be ready for a test drive!" he said excitedly.
While Trowa held the tire in place, Duo screwed on the nuts [That sounds so naughty!—A.N.] Duo secured the final nut and grinned. Apparantly, Trowa was deep in thought about something, and when Duo slapped him on the shoulder, he fell backwards. "Oh Gods are you okay?!" Duo exclaimed, helping Trowa up from the floor. "Ah…yeah." Trowa replied, slightly embarrased. The braided American shook his head and grabbed the tall Latin's hand.
"No you're not…you cut yourself. Come on over to the sink." Trowa looked down as crimson blood pooled inside his palm. Duo turned the water on at the sink and put Trowa's hand underneath. "I guess it doesn't help to be covered in grease now does it?" he asked, scrubbing his hands with Orange Power Soap 2000. "I gotta borrow the sink from ya for a sec." Duo said, washing the soap away quickly. He put Trowa's hand back under the water and got a bottle of rubbing alcohol from a locker.
He turned off the water and put Trowa's hand ontop of a clean towel. "This might sting a little.." he said warningly. He poured the clear solution onto his fellow pilot's bleeding hand. Trowa smiled as Duo blew on the alcohol, making Trowa's hand feel cold. "Okay now, back under the sink you go." Duo put Trowa's hand under the water and grabbed a few sterilized pads and some gauze. "Duo..I'm fine really. You don't have to—"
Duo shook his head and hushed Trowa with his finger. "You bandaged me up and now I want to bondage…bandage you." Duo turned pink at his slip up. /Bondage…gods Maxwell you're an idiot!/ Trowa seemed faintly amused. Duo delicately dried Trowa's hand with the towel and proceeded in bandaging it up. "Uhm…Duo..my hand is fine now..you can let go." Trowa said, as Duo clasped his hand softly. "I…I'm not sure I can." Duo nearly whispered.
"W-What?" Trowa stuttered. Duo's head hung low as he rubbed Trowa's hand softly. "I…I've been real confused these past couple of days you know…with the being gay thing and I…you're the only person who's cared about me…and I-I……"Duo took a sharp intake of air as Trowa's arms closed around his body. "Duo…It's alright. Shh…" The tall boy felt Duo's tears splash onto his neck and run down until they met the shirt he was wearing.
The door to the shop opened. "Oh…sorry to interrupt. Dinner's ready." It was Heero. Duo quickly wiped his tears away and headed towards Heero. "Hey, hold up a sec." He said as Heero started to close the door. "Hm?" Heero turned his head. Duo grinned. "You went out with Hilde today huh? What do you think of her?" he asked. A sigh escaped Heero's lips. He knew this would happen, afterall, Duo is very nosy. "What do I think of her? I think that she got her heart broken and needed comfort." Heero replied stiotically.
Duo snorted slightly. "Kinda like pity sex?" he asked, cocking his head to one side. Heero's eyes widened. "No! That has nothing to do with it! We went to a movie and got a snack at a café. That's all. Anyway, Quatre'll get angry if you—" The ever persistant Duo interrupted the ever-wanting-to-change-the-subject Heero. "Are ya going out again?" he asked. Heero growled. "Maybe—now hurry up!" Trowa laughed and came up behind Duo. "Well what do you know. He does like her." He mused.
"Yep. Come on, let's eat!" Duo said, bounding towards the kitchen. A very nice looking meal was laid out across the table. /Hilde doesn't seem as bitchy as before…hmm./ "Looks great Q-man! One of your finest!" Duo exclaimed, swinging his leg over his chair and nearly kicking Dorothy in the head—unintentionaly of course [I hate her! Bleh!- A.N.] "So Relena, you're acting extra whore-ish today. What's the occasion?" Wufei asked nonchalantly.
Relena's eyes bulged out, making her pink eye shadow and glitter sort of disappear under the skin of her eyes. "How dare you—you macho-pig! Heero! Tell him his a chauvanist pig!" She sputtered, turning towards Heero. He smiled one of those evil but innocent smiles. "Nice one Wufei. Seriously Relena, what's the occasion?" he asked. Relena screamed in her throat and grabbed her plate. "I'd rather eat in the company of my toys than with the likes of you!" she snorted.
"And which toys would those be? The kinky or non-kinky?" Duo asked. Another shrill scream of anger escaped her fushia lips and she stalked away on stelletto heels. There was a round of laughter at the table, even the ever-angry Hilde was laughing. Duo patted Wufei on the back and congradulated him. "Man, only you could have pulled that one of Fei-Fei." He said, wiping a tear from his eye. Oh, how he loved when they cracked on Relena.
Trowa eyed Duo carefully. He seemed so..so…happy on the outside and yet he was hurting very badly on the inside. "It's such a beautiful day today. How about we play flashlight tag?" Catherine piped up. The thought wandered around the table. "Okay! Sure, I'm up to it!" Quatre said. Everyone agreed, but no one relayed the evenings events to Relena. But she wouldn't join them anyway. The last time she went into the grass, a huge clump got speared into the heel of her shoe, which was no bigger than a straw mind you.
/Great…running around will get my mind off of things. Give me some time to think…and get my mind off of Trowa./ Duo slurped away at his root beer. Heero kicked him from under the table. "Cut it out Duo." Heero snapped. Duo giggled, sucked too hard on the straw and root beer shot out of his nose. "Ooowww! Jesus Heero!" he exclaimed at the burning sensation. He stuck a tissue up both sides of his nose. "Bastard. You knew that was going to happen!" he said nasally.
A short while later, the Tiki Torches were lit and everyone was equipped with a flashlight. "Who's gonna be 'it'?" Hilde asked. "Since you asked, you can be it." Heero said. She playfully swatted at his shoulder, and he playfully nudged her back. "Oi, can you believe them! They're falling for each other!" Duo whispered to Trowa. "Yeah. It seems to good to be true, ne?" Trowa whispered back. /Oh Gods he sounds so cute what he says 'ne'….no…I can't get turned on by the way he talks! But hey, who can resist his smooth yet husky and soothingly melancholily…too many adjectives!/
Duo shivered slightly as everyone took off into the large yard. He hid behind a bush and decided to nod off for awhile. "Come on Duo, wake up!" Duo's eyes opened as he was kicked in the side rather hard. "Hilde?" he asked sleepily. "Yeah, you're it. You've been it for twenty minutes. Come on!" she exclaimed, running off to hide. The American rubbed his eyes and went after everyone. Quatre was hiding behind a tree, and he was it next. Quatre found Dorothy behind a stone bench and then she was it. The game went on for awhile until it got chilly out.
"Duo, what're you up to now?" Trowa asked, jogging slightly to catch up to Duo, who was heading to his room. "Oh, I was gonna take a shower then tuck in for the night. Why?" /You fool! He obviously wanted to do something…or talk or something! Gods you baka!/ "Oh…okay. Goodnight then." Trowa said with a regretful smile. "Hey wait—is there something you wanted to do?" Duo asked, trying not to sound desperate. Trowa scuffed the floor with his foot and shrugged slightly. "Well…I was going to go up on the roof and do some star gazing. I thought you know…you might want to come?"
/Oh he sounds so..so…shy!/ "Yea! Sure, I'd love to! Just lemme take a quick shower and then I'll be up there." Duo replied. He bound into the shower and lathered, rinsed, lathered, soap, rinse, rinsed his way through the shower. It was the quickest he had ever taken. He climbed up onto the roof and laid down next to Trowa. "Hey, that was fast." Trowa said surprised. Duo nodded and put his hands behind his head. "Yea. I tried not to take too long. Figured you might get bored and come back inside." he said shyly.
Trowa giggled softly. "I can never get tired of the stars. You know…a lot of these stars are probably gone by now." He said knowingly. Duo's eyes widened. "What? If they're gone…then how come we see them?" he asked. "Well, their light traveled so far just to get here. By the time it arrived, the star might have died. So even though we see the light of what used to be a star, it's really not alive anymore." [1] Duo slid closer to Trowa…very nonchalantly.
"Wow…that's so cool Trowa. I didn't know you knew so much about stars." Duo said, inching closer to Trowa's warm body. "Well, I try to know a little about everything." Trowa replied. "That's good…hey..do you think stars can fall in love?" Duo asked. Trowa chuckled softly. "Well…theoretically, some stars do fall in love. If two get close together, they get caught in each other's gravity and orbit around each other until they die. So I suppose stars can fall in love."
Duo's mouth felt dry as cotton. "And…do you think that if the stars were totally opposite…would they still fall in love?" he asked. Trowa turned and faced the inquiring boy beside him. "I don't know Duo…opposites do attract. The poles, north and south, attract because they're opposite. However, north and north actually repel each other. So I guess so." He replied, not really knowing what to say. Duo swallowed the lump in his throat.
"So…do you think a star like you…could fall in love with a star like me?"
TBC
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Hotaru
[1] Thank you my all-knowing Kiro for telling me this! Granted his was a lot more…intelligent than this sounds.
