"Heero!" Duo shrieked as Heero tossed him into
the pool. He came up sputtering, violet eyes bright with indignation.
"Heero!
I will kill you!" He yelled climbing out of the pool and chasing Heero.
He
lunged at Heero and tackled him to the ground.
"Ha! Gotcha!"
The next
second he was flat on his back with Heero pinning him down.
"Now I got you,"
Heero's eyes were twinkling with laughter.
" Hey that's no fair," Duo
pouted.
Heero kissed him," now is that fair?"
Duo pretended to think for a
moment,"nope."
Heero kissed him again.
Duo sighed happily wrapping his
arms around Heero's neck. He wished this moment could go on forever.
He threw back the covers and got out of bed. Tucking a loose stand of hair behind his ear he made his way to the kitchen to have some iced tea.
The kitchen was already occupied. Heero sat at the table sipping some lemonade from a glass.
"Sorry I didn't know anyone else was up." Duo said softly as he poured himself a glass of iced tea.
Heero shrugged, "it's ok."
Duo sat across from him and took a gulp of iced tea.
He noticed Heero was holding something in his hand.
"What's in your hand?" He asked curiously.
Heero showed it to him. It was his/Duo's cross.
"This belonged to someone very special to me." Heero's voice was soft.
"What happened to that person?" Duo asked though he knew the answer.
"He died," Heero put the cross into a pocket of his jeans.
"He must have been very special to you," Duo said softly.
"He was." Heero turned his head away from Duo but not before he saw tears brimming in his eyes.
Without thinking Duo got up and slapped Heero across the face.
"It's no shame to cry for someone who is dead!" He snapped.
Heero stared at Duo Prussian blue eyes emotionless.
Suddenly realizing what he had done Duo took a step back.
"I'm.. I'm sorry," He mumbled still shocked.
Duo whirled away starting to run up the stairs when he felt a hand on his wrist.
"Max." Heero said softly.
"I'm sorry Heero I shouldn't have slapped you." Duo said softly not meeting Heero's gaze.
Heero was silent his Prussian blue eyes searching Max's face. He had caught a flash of something in her face. But what it was he didn't know.
"Heero?"
At the sound of her voice he jerked himself out of his thoughts. Realizing he still held her wrist he let it go.
"It's all right Max. I deserved to get slapped." He emptied his glass of undrunken lemonade in the sink and went back upstairs to his bedroom.
Duo watched Heero go back upstairs his midnightblue eyes were confused. He thought he caught a glimpse of something in Heero's eyes as he had stared at him. What it was he had no clue.
With a sigh he drained his glass of iced tea and dumped it into the sink.
As he passed Heero's room on the way to his own he stopped.
The door was partly open and peering in he could see Heero sitting on the bed crossed legged. He was holding a picture frame in his hands. As Duo watched a tear slid down Heero's cheek.
Duo felt his heart tighten. It took all of his willpower to go past the door.
Once inside his room he threw himself onto his bed and cried.