"The Christmas Wish" Chapter 7
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I do not own Gundam Wing or any of it's wonderful character, they
are owned by some rich guy.
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A month has passed since that day, Christmas fast approached, but none of the Gundam pilots seemed to concern themselves with that Gundam pilots weren't allowed to think of joyous holidays such as those. Heero's heart told him differently. He wanted to enjoy this holiday, with Duo.
One afternoon Duo walked into his room, whistling a Christmas tune he had been listening to that morning. Dropping his books on the bed Duo noticed two small envelopes on the desk. Walking over he examined them, they looked exactly alike except one was addressed to Heero the other to Duo. Picking his up he broke the seal and pulled out a small piece of paper. It read:
Dear Duo,
You are invited to attend my Christmas party. I am inviting all of the gundam pilots. I think it will be a grand affair. Bring your dreams and wished for we will make them come true.
Your Friend,
Quatre
'So Quatre's throwing a party,' Duo thought happily, 'well what should I wear?' Duo stood there a moment long, thinking. 'What about Heero? Wonder if Heero is going to go? What do I care? Heero doesn't matter, I shouldn't care.' Turning away he walked back to the bed, taking a seat on the bottom bunk. 'But if Heero does go what will I do then?' The thought of Heero dancing with other people tore at Duo's heart. 'If Heero doesn't get the letter, he won't know,' Duo surmised. 'So he won't be going, I wouldn't have to concern myself at all. No, I could never do that. Wait, he's not here yet, he wouldn't know.' Duo decided the only thing he could do was to get rid of that letter. Getting up Duo wondered back over to the desk. Picking up Heero's letter and stared at it thinking if this is really the right thing to do. Suddenly he heard the door open behind him. Turning around with letter still in hand, Duo was faced with Heero staring at him with those cobalt blue eyes. For some reason, Duo didn't understand why he didn't want Heero to go to the party. In fact he didn't understand very much about Heero. When he thought he understood, something Heero said or did threw Duo's logic for a whirl. Causing him to have to reconsider everything he thought.
"What you got there?" Heero asked.
"Nothing," Duo replied, to the usually silent boy.
"Looks like it's got my name on it," Heero said pointing at it.
"So it does, I was just going to put it on your bed," Duo lied walking over to him. He handed the envelope over to Heero. Heero stared at him then looked at the letter. Opening it he pulled out the note and read it quickly.
"Hmmmm" Heero remarked as his eyes scanned the paper. Turning away he walked out of the room. Leaving Duo alone to wonder what he meant or thought. Duo stood there a moment longer. 'What did he mean by 'hummmm', is he going to go or not. If he does go what will I do? Why do I want to dance with him? Why do I feel this way? I don't understand at all, what is it about that boy. He just turns me inside and out every time I see him. He makes my heart race. I just can't take my eyes off him when he is around. Some people have said that I show the symptoms of love. I don't believe I have at all. No! It can't be love; I cannot be in love with him. No it's not possible, or is it?'
Duo reread the note he was clutching in his hand. The party is in two weeks, in fact on Christmas Eve. He had two weeks to decide what he was going to do. 'What am I going to do?' He wondered.
The party drew near, Heero gave Duo no inclination as to whether he was going to attend the party or not. Leaving Duo to wander what was on Heero's mind. Duo finally decided three day before. He was going to surprise them all.
The next day Duo sat alone in the room, Heero was out on a mission. His mind began to recall all the events that lead up to this day. It suddenly stopped on one in particular. Duo had gone to the park, that evening to be along and think. Every time he thought about forgetting about Heero his eyes would well up and he would have to push the tears back. 'Why did it hurt so much to try and forget him?' He sat there unaware of his surroundings. He couldn't hold his tears back any longer. He needed this. Suddenly he felt something on the bench. As a reflex he wiped his eyes. Looking over he looked at Heero. 'What is he doing here? Did he follow me?' He could feel Heero inch closer. 'Why do I want to touch him? Feel him against me?' Duo was tired of fighting with his emotions. Leaning over he laid his head gently against the inside of Heero's shoulder. Then he noticed something; Heero's arm was pulling him closer. He didn't mean to but Duo ended up putting all his weight on Heero. Heero only pulled him in even closer. Duo began to cry again. 'Stop that!' He commanded but his heart wouldn't listen. As Duo cried he could feel Heero's grip on him become stronger, Heero had pulled Duo in as close as he could.
'Why did that feel so right?' Duo's mind whirled from the memory. It still confused him now. Then he remembered the events right after that. Duo could feel himself begin to doze in Heero's strong, protective arm. 'No! You can't fall asleep,' his brain screamed. His heart's reply said, 'but it feels so right.' Duo felt a slight nudge as Heero sifted underneath him. 'He's uncomfortable, or is he just getting comfortable.' Duo felt himself being moved. Suddenly an arm slid under his legs that he had pulled up onto the bench. He really hadn't noticed that Heero had turned sideways. He did it so cunningly. The arm strongly pulled the legs off the bench. His body was lifted in the air, and lay against a strong chest. 'Why is he doing this?' He could barely feel Heero's footsteps; his head lay against that strong chest. His eyes were closed; he could feel reality slipping away as he began to doze.
Duo remembered waking up under his warm covers. 'Where is Heero,' he wondered looking around. Duo sat up. 'What time is it?' Looking at the clock it was six PM. Abruptly the door opened. Heero entered the room with two bags in hand.
"What's that?" Duo questioned groggily, pointing at the bags.
"Dinner," Heero replied simply. 'He brought me dinner. What is going on?' Duo marveled.
Duo remembered having dinner in silence; he wasn't sure what to say. Duo was abruptly brought back to the present by a beep. He looked over at the computer; it said 'Mission Complete'. Heero's on his way back. Ever since that day in the park Heero sent that back after each mission. After about a week and a half Duo adopted this also. Hitting the enter key the message disappeared. Anymore whenever Heero went out on a mission Duo found himself in that room under the pretense of studying. 'Why do I wait for that message?' What was even worse was that after he got it he felt like some great weight was lifted off his shoulders. 'Wonder if Heero does the same or feels the same.'
Light flooded into the semi-dark room. A figure stood in the doorway. Reaching over Duo turned on the other lamp. He saw Heero standing in the doorway in his usual attire, with a jacket pulled over his shoulder. Heero entered the room, shutting the door behind him. Heero stood and Duo sat, looking at each other. Something was different; something didn't feel right tonight. Duo looked closer at Heero, he seemed different tonight.
Heero walked over to the beds. Tossing his coat on the post, kicking off his shoes he pulled himself up on his bunk. 'He must be tired,' Duo thought. Reaching over he turned off both lamps and walked over to his bed, Kicking off his clothes, leaving him in his boxers, he laid down pulling the covers up. Closing his eyes he started to doze off.
Before completely falling asleep he heard someone moving around. Out of nowhere a warm body cuddled up next to him. Duo didn't even seem to think about it, he just rolled into the body and fell asleep.
