Painful Recollections
"Duo, you've got to get out of the car." Trowa said to Duo as they parked by the field of green grass, marked with gray stones.
Duo's eyes didn't move from the group of people dressed in black over the hill. "Ok, I'm coming, just give me a minute, ok?"
"Do you want us to wait with you?" WuFei asked Duo, showing his concern for his fellow pilot.
"No, you go on ahead. I'll be there in a little while."
The three friends got out of the car and made their way over to join the group.
Duo sat, lost deep in thought, staring partly out of the window, and then to his reflection in it. His eyes were red and had dark circles surrounding them from lack of sleep. He took a deep breath and pulled on the handle to open the door.
Duo was nearing the group when a girl with short purple hair turned around and walked toward him.
"Hey Duo. Are you alright?" Hilde asked, looking worried. All Duo had to do was look at her for her to understand. She could see the intense pain in his eyes. "Oh, Duo" she said, pulling him into a hug. All Duo could do was stand there. He looked lifeless, like some sort of zombie, wandering aimlessly through the field of graves.
Long after everyone else had left, Duo stood by the freshly turned earth and looked at the name on the marble headstone "Heero Yuy".
"Hey man. What's up?....Bet you never thought you'd see me all dressed up like this, huh? It's Trowa's."
Duo looked up at the sky to keep from crying. The clouds were closing in together and the sky was becoming dark. He could smell the rain coming, and hoped it would hurry to keep it from being obvious that tears were welling up in his eyes.
"Heero....I really miss you." He couldn't say anything else. He felt that if he did, the tears would come and he'd never be able to go. He looked down and opened his coat and pulled out a red rose. Duo bent down and laid the rose on top of the stone.
Duo didn't know how long he stood looking silently at the letters in front of him when he was pulled out of his trance by a hand on his shoulder. Duo jerked around and saw WuFei standing behind him. He was holding a wide, black umbrella over the two of them.
"Hi"
Duo couldn't say anything. The tears were right there in his throat and any words might cause them to erupt into a river of weakness that WuFei would scold.
"It's been raining for an hour. Let's go home." WuFei turned and headed toward his car. Duo just nodded and followed him over the hill toward the path where the car was.
WuFei put the umbrella in the back of the car and looked over at Duo. He was leaning his head against the window and a single tear was moving down his cheek.
"Duo, you've got to get out of the car." Trowa said to Duo as they parked by the field of green grass, marked with gray stones.
Duo's eyes didn't move from the group of people dressed in black over the hill. "Ok, I'm coming, just give me a minute, ok?"
"Do you want us to wait with you?" WuFei asked Duo, showing his concern for his fellow pilot.
"No, you go on ahead. I'll be there in a little while."
The three friends got out of the car and made their way over to join the group.
Duo sat, lost deep in thought, staring partly out of the window, and then to his reflection in it. His eyes were red and had dark circles surrounding them from lack of sleep. He took a deep breath and pulled on the handle to open the door.
Duo was nearing the group when a girl with short purple hair turned around and walked toward him.
"Hey Duo. Are you alright?" Hilde asked, looking worried. All Duo had to do was look at her for her to understand. She could see the intense pain in his eyes. "Oh, Duo" she said, pulling him into a hug. All Duo could do was stand there. He looked lifeless, like some sort of zombie, wandering aimlessly through the field of graves.
Long after everyone else had left, Duo stood by the freshly turned earth and looked at the name on the marble headstone "Heero Yuy".
"Hey man. What's up?....Bet you never thought you'd see me all dressed up like this, huh? It's Trowa's."
Duo looked up at the sky to keep from crying. The clouds were closing in together and the sky was becoming dark. He could smell the rain coming, and hoped it would hurry to keep it from being obvious that tears were welling up in his eyes.
"Heero....I really miss you." He couldn't say anything else. He felt that if he did, the tears would come and he'd never be able to go. He looked down and opened his coat and pulled out a red rose. Duo bent down and laid the rose on top of the stone.
Duo didn't know how long he stood looking silently at the letters in front of him when he was pulled out of his trance by a hand on his shoulder. Duo jerked around and saw WuFei standing behind him. He was holding a wide, black umbrella over the two of them.
"Hi"
Duo couldn't say anything. The tears were right there in his throat and any words might cause them to erupt into a river of weakness that WuFei would scold.
"It's been raining for an hour. Let's go home." WuFei turned and headed toward his car. Duo just nodded and followed him over the hill toward the path where the car was.
WuFei put the umbrella in the back of the car and looked over at Duo. He was leaning his head against the window and a single tear was moving down his cheek.
