"He must be really heartbroken," thought the blonde with pity.
He rapped at the door with his knuckles. "Duo? May I come in?" he asked loudly.
There was no answer. Quatre pressed his ear towards the door again. It was quiet inside. There were no more sounds of a boy sobbing. Quatre tried the doorknob and heaved a sigh of relief. It wasn't locked.
He opened the door and let himself in, then he locked the door behind him. An ache came to the blonde's heart when he saw the sight before him. Duo was lying face down on his bed and even though he couldn't hear the braided boy crying, Quatre knew he was still crying from the way his shoulders shook.
Quatre sat on the edge of Duo's bed and lay a comforting hand on Duo's shoulder.
Duo raised his tear-streaked face towards Quatre and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I've come to see if you're OK," answered the blonde.
"OK? Of course I'm OK. In fact, I've never felt better," said Duo and he laughed bitterly.
"No. You're not OK," said Quatre gently. "You're upset."
"Of course I'm upset!" burst out Duo. "I'm mad at that stupid Heero! Why does he always have to be the Perfect Soldier? Why can't he be like you or Trowa for once?"
"Demo Duo, that's the way Heero is!" pointed out Quatre. "That's why you love him don't you? If you wanted him to be like me or Trowa, then wouldn't you be in love with me or Trowa right now?"
Duo thought about what Quatre had said for a second.
"I guess you're right," he said finally. "I love Heero because he's Heero. I wouldn't love him if he were somebody else. Only...."
"Only you wish that he would be more romantic and that he was more like the lovers you see in romance movies?" guessed Quatre.
"Well, not that I want him to be some sort of sap or anything but sometimes I wish that he were more romantic," said Duo. "I mean, that guy can be as romantic as a rock. Quiet and without any feelings, you know what I mean?"
"Of course Heero has feelings!" said Quatre. "Or else he wouldn't love you, too, would he? And I'm sure he has told you that he loves you."
"Yeah. He has," agreed Duo. "But how often? Not as often as I like. And he doesn't really go around hugging me or kissing me out in front of us guys like you or Trowa do. Not that I mind that cos he's the secretive type but even when we're alone, he would rarely be the one to take the firt move. It would always be me who would be kissing him and cuddling up to him."
"Have you ever complained to him about this?" asked Quatre.
"Not really."
"See? That's why he never felt the need to be romantic or very affectionate towards you."
"Oh," said Duo. "So what you're trying to say is, if I never tell Heero how I feel about our relationship and his behaviour, then he's gonna be that way forever?"
"Most probably," agreed Quatre with a slight nod.
"But I told him that I want him to be more romantic tomorrow cos it's Valentine's Day and he said that all of it is rubbish and all that..." said Duo, his voice trailing off. "Maybe he doesn't really love me, ne?"
"What makes you say that?" cried Quatre with a shocked look. "Heero loves you very much!"
"Then why doesn't he want to spend Valentine's Day with me? Why does he think it's just a waste of time," shot back Duo. "Maybe what he meant was spending Valentine's Day with me is nothing but a big waste of time," the braided boy added bitterly.
"Don't say that! Look, if you talked about the whole thing with Heero, I'm sure things would work out again between the both of you," advised Quatre.
"Ha! Yeah, right. As if that moron would ever listen to a thing I would say."
"I'm sure Heero didn't mean what he said and I bet he's all ready regretting over the whole incident," said Quatre. "So why don't the both of you just kiss and make up?"
"It's easy for you to say," said Duo sadly. "Fortunately for you, Trowa isn't a block of ice like Heero. You're very lucky that Trowa is a very kind and loving person. You know, I was kinda surprised that Trowa, whom I thought could pass off as Heero's brother, can be someone like that."
"Well, actually Trowa was sort of stiff and distant at first," said Quatre. "I had to do all sorts of stuff to melt the ice in his heart and to make him loosen up a bit. And the result is, the Trowa you see right now."
"Wow. What was it that you did to him?" asked Duo curiously.
"I uh, had to keep showering him with love and affection and showing him how to relax and have fun," explained Quatre. "It wasn't easy at first. He was like Heero, too. But after some time, he started to understand what it was to love and to live. And I'm very happy for that."
"Then that's what I'll do to Heero," said Duo, jumping off his bed, his face full of determination. "Then the both of us would have a perfect relationship like yours and Trowa's."
"That's wonderful. But you should give him some time to change."
"Time!" shrieked Duo. "But I don't have time! Valentine's Day is tomorrow!!!"
Quatre stood up from the edge of the bed. "Glad to see you're back to your usual self again," he said. "I know just how much you want tomorrow's Valentine's Day to be perfect but try to think this over. There will still be other Valentine's Day - but there will only be one Heero Yuy."
With that, Quatre walked out of the room. And Duo was left alone to ponder over the blonde's words...
The door to the living room burst open.
"Hello! I'm back!" said Quatre cheerfully. Quatre sweatdropped. He was greeted with silent stares from both his lover and Heero.
"Uh, why are you guys looking at me like that?" he asked in a self-conscious voice, wondering if he looked like a mess or something.
"We've been waiting all this time for you to come back," replied Heero.
"Waiting for me?" asked Quatre. "Whatever for? Were'nt you guys having a discussion while I was gone?" There was no answer and Quatre turned to gaze at Trowa.
"Actually, we just sat here and did nothing," admitted Trowa sheepishly.
"Nani! I thought I told you to have a little talk with Heero!"
"Yeah, but I didn't know exactly what to tell him."
Quatre sweatdropped again.
"So what did you talk with Duo about?" asked Heero.
"Oh, just some stuff," said Quatre vaguely. He was sure that Duo wouldn't want him to blab to Heero about their conversation.
"So now, what should we do with Heero?" asked Trowa.
"I think Heero should apologize to Duo about his behaviour," said Quatre firmly.
"Me? Apologize to that stubborn baka? No way!" protested Heero.
"Now who's the stubborn baka here?" asked Quatre sarcastically. "Come on, don't you wanna make up with Duo?"
"Of course I do..."
"But?"
"How did you know there was gonna be a 'but'?" asked Heero. "Oh, all right. But I don't want to act like some mushy person on Valentine's Day just cos Duo wants me to be like that."
"Hey, I thought you agreed that you will try to be more romantic tomorrow?" asked Quatre.
"I changed my mind."
"Why is that?" asked Trowa.
"Because I don't want us to be like you two," said Heero. "I don't want to be all mushy and sappy and kiss here and kiss there like you guys."
"What's wrong with that?" Quatre wanted to know. "Geez, Duo was right. You really don't have even a speck of romance in you."
"And that's the way I like it," said Heero. "Too much romance makes you weak and girly." With that he directed his look upon Quatre.
"So are you saying that I'm weak and girly?" asked Quatre.
"I guess so," said Heero nonchalantly.
"How dare you call Quatre weak and girly?" shot Trowa with a glare. "You're the one who's weak - you're too weak to show Duo how much you care for him!"
"I am not weak!" shot back Heero. "It is only weak people like you who would give in to your feelings."
"Stop! Stop it!" shouted Quatre and the other two fell silent immediately. "Why are we suddenly arguing anyway? The main topic is to halp Heero win Duo back remember?"
Heero and Trowa grunted in reply.
"Well then, I'm taking charge here," said Quatre in a bussiness-like voice. "OK, Heero. You are going to listen to what I have to say and obey my words wether you like it or not."
"And who are you to boss me around?" asked Heero indignantly.
"It's Valentine's day tomorrow," reminded Quatre. "If somehow Duo found somebody who would make a better lover than you would, he can ditch you just like that." To emphasize his point, Quatre snapped his fingers.
"Beside's, Duo told me that there's this cute guy who asked him out on a date for tomorrow and he's sort of considering the invitation." Quatre knew it was a lie but this was what he had to do to make Heero run to him for help. And he was right.
"OK, I'll do whatever you say then," said Heero, his face clouding over at the thought of his beloved Duo going out with another guy. "I'll do whatever it takes to keep my Duo."
"All right then," Trowa suddenly spoke up. "We'll meet you back here in 10 minutes. Quatre and I have some stuff to discuss."
Quatre looked up at Trowa in surprise. He was about to ask what wsa it that they had to talk about but Trowa had all ready pulled him out of the room.
"Trowa? What do we have to discuss about?" the blonde asked.
"Nothing," said Trowa and he didn't say anything more after that. The two walked in silence until they reached their room.
"You were lying about some guy asking Duo out on a date tomorrow weren't you?" asked Trowa quietly after he had shut the door behind him.
"How did you know?" gasped Quatre.
"I know you more than anyone, angel. I can tell by the way you were fidgeting when you said that to Heero," said Trowa. "You were never good at lying."
Quatre looked down at the floor. "Are you mad at me?" he asked meekly.
Quatre gasped as two pairs of arms wrapped themselves around his waist from behind. "Of course I'm not mad," whispered Trowa, burying his face in Quatre's golden locks. "I know you lied for the sake of those two's relationship. I just hope that you know what you're doing."
"Oh, Trowa..." murmured Quatre. "You always understand everything I do. Now why don't we go back to the livingroom and plan our strategy?"
"I told Heero that we'll be back in another 10 minutes, didn't I?"
"So what are we going to do now until then?" asked Quatre. "What are we going to talk about?"
"Oh, we don't have to talk. We can just do some... stuff," said Trowa in a husky voice and lay his precious angel down on the bed with a sexy smile.
Wahaha! Sorry for you guys who thought that there would be a lemon in this fic. I bet you're all wondering why I just didn't add a lemon to this part's ending. Why? Because this is a 1x2 fic!!! I can't possibly give all the glory to 3x4 or else this wouldn't be 1x2 anymore.
Well, this is probably the first 1x2 I have ever written. (Duo's Thoughts and Wish Upon A Star cannot be counted as 1x2...) What do you guys think of this fic? Good, bad, or extremely rotten? Send your comments or ideas to me at blue_violet@gundamwing.org.
I've been getting a lot of praise from people who liked Untitled, Misunderstandings, The Morning After and Sailor Quatre. Thanks for your support! I hope you guys will like Valentine's Day, too!! Ja!
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