Title: Forever You
Author: meko
Pairings: 1x2, 3x4
Disclaimer: I only claim the fic but the others I disclaim! I am not even earning from this stuff so don't bother sue me. You'll only end up with nothing. I own nothing! I tell you. I can't even afford to produce a nickel by my own. I only have my computer and other stuff dedicated for my obsession and I'm not giving them away even if you have already passed my dead body, my soul will continue to haunt you!
Warning: AU; might have some sad events on the coming chapters but I'm still not yet sure about.
Notes: Heero, Duo, Trowa, Quatre and Wufei were childhood friends but Duo has to leave for America with his parents. After ten years Duo goes to Japan without him knowing that he once lived in that place. Feedback: very appreciated. I had just started writing so I need feedbacks. Constructive criticisms might also help me improve. I learn from my mistakes.
PROLOGUE:Where it Starts... and Good-byes
"Waah! Heero! Waah!" Duo cried, breaking the laughter of the other children playing around the playground.
"Okay fine! Call out your friend 'HEERO!' your SAVIOR and your HERO!...you're such a wimp little brat!" Wufei teased gaily, bullying Duo whose crying out loud for help from his friends.
"Heero!" Duo called out, seeing Heero from afar running towards him.
"Are you alright Duo?" Heero asked considerately.
"OH! HEERO! DUO'S little SAVIOR came to pamper his little CRY-BABY, TEAR-JERKER friend." Wufei interrupted, making Heero angry and Duo cry out louder.
"What have you done to Duo? Why is he crying like this? And what had you just said to me? I won't forgive you for this Wufei! YURUSANAI!"
Heero stood up and ran down, throwing a fist over Wufei straight on his face. Wufei fought back. Duo didn't know what to do, but cry. Trowa and Quatre came running together. Trowa went between Heero and Wufei to stop their fight and Quatre went to Duo for comfort and for him to stop crying.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Stop it! Both of you." Trowa said, pushing Heero and Wufei to opposite sides.
"Stop crying Duo. Daijobu" Quatre calmed Duo down.
"Fine! All four of you are all against me." Wufei rubbed his cheek and run away. "I'm gonna call my mommy! You'll pay for this."
Heero kneeled down next to Duo "stop crying Duo. Wufei had just left and run to his mother."
"Here." Trowa extended his arm and gave the handkerchief to Heero. Heero reached for the handkerchief and cleaned up Duo's face, wiping off his tears.
"Thank you, Trowa" giving back the handkerchief and slipping it inside his pocket.
"Don't mind Wufei if he bullies you again. We are here to help you." Trowa said.
"Yeah! So don't cry again the next time he does that to you. For the meanwhile, why don't we just play? After all we are here at the playground." Quatre suggested.
"UN!" Duo agreed.
The four of them played happily without even thinking of Wufei to come back, bringing his mother with him.
The sun is already setting. The four are on the swing. Duo and Quatre are seated on the swing; Heero at Duo's back pushing him lightly. Quatre don't want to be pushed so Trowa is just leaning on the post of the swing next to Quatre.
"Guys, I won't be around here to play with you any longer." Duo said sadly.
The three reacted "WHY?"
"Are you mad at us?" Quatre asked.
"...or is it Wufei again?" Heero followed.
"...we told you that we are going to take care of him" Trowa concluded.
"After all, even if he is like that, Wufei is still our friend. He just likes bullying. maybe because of his own family problem but he is still a good friend of ours." Quatre explained.
"No, it's not because of that." Duo cleared.
"Then why?" Heero stopped pushing Duo, he leaned forward then asked.
"We are going to leave, we are moving to another place... to America. That's what my parents told me." Duo explained looking down on the ground.
"When?" The three asked consecutively looking at Duo.
"They said by next week. We are already packing our things up and we already had a buyer for our house."
"We're all gonna miss you, Duo" Heero embraced Duo from the back.
Quatre stood up and also embraced Duo and Trowa followed. They didn't notice Wufei, who was just behind the bushes, eavesdropping at them. Wufei stepped out from the bushes and looked down.
"I'm sorry Duo, gomen minna." Wufei apologized.
Everyone looked at him. "Wufei?"
"Duo.? Duo.? Where are you little boy?" a voice called out. Then a lady appeared bringing with her a camera.
"Oh, Duo my son, there you are...and you're also with your friends,perfect timing. Why don't we take a picture of the four of you as a remembrance, ne?" Duo's mother suggested.
She positioned herself in front of the kids. "Smile!" .
'click'.She clicked the camera; a flash came out of the camera. Taking the picture of Duo, Heero, Trowa, Quatre and Wufei. All together at the swing, at the playground.
"There! Let's go home now, Duo. That also goes for the four of you. Maybe your parents are also looking for you." Reaching a hand to Duo.
"Bye.bye everyone." Duo waved a hand and run to his mother's arms. All of them also left the playground and went home.
The night before the family of Duo left. Their neighbors gave their family a farewell party. The adults were at the center, chit-chatting, talking and sharing ideas, stories, and experiences knowing that it is the last time they'll talk and see each other personally.
Duo was presently tiptoeing beside the buffet table, looking for something to eat. Unfortunately, he couldn't reach the table. Drooling over the foods and trying to reach it. While he was busy doing so, Duo didn't even notice Heero coming.
"Duo, I would want to tell you something." Heero called out for Duo. He was hiding something at his back.
"What is it Heero?" Duo questioned.
"Come with me, I know a place where there is only the two of us. I don't want to tell it to you in a crowded place like this." Heero said, reaching to grab Duo's little hand and pulled him to the place that Heero said.
Duo had no idea where Heero wanted to take him, but he trusts Heero so much.
They arrived at the park. Heero's right. There is no one besides the two of them. Heero dragged him even more to the place where the flowers are blooming, the fireflies are dancing and a lot of stars, twinkling.
"WOW! Heero! Look at all the fireflies. They are so many. When I come back here, this is the first place I will go to and always remember." Duo exclaimed, while playing with the fireflies, trying to catch them barely between his two tiny palms.
"Here. I picked them from our garden." Heero extended his arm holding three-five petaled-flowers that he was hiding at his back. He looked at the ground at his left. Heero's face was beginning to have blush lines.
Duo stopped from jumping and looked at Heero's face then the flowers that Heero was holding. Duo reached for the flowers and also Heero's hand. Heero looked at their hands, holding each other with the flowers. Heero suddenly let go, leaving the flowers in Duo's hand.
"I'm glad that you liked the place and I hope that you would also like my farewell gift. You said that this is the first place that you would be coming back. I'll be waiting for you.here. Because...because I would want to be the first person that you would see. I would be counting on that." Heero said hopingly.
"Are you crying.Heero?" Duo asked.
"NO. I'm not." Heero turned to his back and run away.
"Heero wait!..." Duo extended his arm to reach Heero but Heero just runs so fast. Duo wasn't able to catch up.
"It' is just because I am going to miss you." Heero whispered while running as far away from Duo.
"...I would also want to tell you something." Duo looked at Heero's back, running away and away from him.
Duo felt tears trying to flow from his eyes but he doesn't want to cry. Duo walked back alone to the party, looking around hoping to see Heero by any chance. But except for seeing Heero, he saw Wufei under a post- light, holding something within his grip.
"I've been looking everywhere for you, Duo. Where have you been?" Wufei greeted. "H...here's a little p...present... f...for you." Wufei reached out a box of chocolates.
Duo accepted it, while Wufei saw the flowers Duo was holding.
"What's that you're holding?" Wufei questioned.
Duo looked at the flowers. He remembered Heero giving it to him a while ago.
"It's..." Duo just whispered, so soft that even Wufei didn't notice.
"Ahhhh...you don't have to tell me if you don't want to. I hope that you would like the chocolates, their delicious you know." Wufei cut Duo's answer.
"I'm sorry if I have been such a bully to you. I was just bothering you because I want you to notice me... but all you want is Heero, Heero, and Heero. Why don't you want me? I...I like you Duo, I always had." Wufei confessed to Duo.
Duo has remained silent, speechless of the matter. He had never encountered anything like this before. He's only a five-year-old kid who is still innocent in confronting confessions like this. He's all confused, after Heero who suddenly left him alone without even saying good-bye and this!
"Wufei? Time to go home. It's already late." A lady's voice interrupted.
"Hai! Coming." Wufei answered back. "Well, I wish that you would be happy to the place that you are going and I hope you won't forget about me. Please come back. I'll be waiting. good bye." Wufei left, wishing Duo a happy trip.
Duo remained at his position. Holding the gifts that Heero and Wufei just gave him. "Duo, where are you? We will be leaving tomorrow so don't stay up late, ok." Duo's mother called. That is just when he moved and went back home.
The next day. ...
"Duo are you done packing?"
"Yes mom. I'll be going downstairs." Duo fixing his things, placing the flowers that Heero had given him in a jar.
"Duo, what are you still doing up there? We are in a hurry." Duo's mother acclaimed.
"Coming!" Duo ran downstairs bringing with him his stuff and the jar.
"Its time for you to go down and bring your stuff in the car! Oh and your friends are waiting for you outside together with their parents." His mother shouted from downstairs.
Duo walked and opened the front door. When the door was opened, Wufei was the first one to meet him, at his back is Trowa and Quatre. He started to walk towards the car, looking around still hoping to find Heero but unfortunately he's not around. Wufei helped him bring his stuff, Trowa and Quatre also did the same thing. They arranged it inside the car and had a little more farewell chat. Duo's parents came out. The parents of Quatre, Trowa, Wufei and also Heero's came to Duo's parents to help them with the stuff their bringing. They also had a little chat like the kids did.
"I see that my son, Duo would really miss your sons." Duo's mother said worriedly. The other parents agreed.
Duo's mother grabed something in her bag. It's an envelope with pictures of the five of them; taken at the playground. Duo saw his mother gave a copy to each of his friends' parents.
"I don't see your son, Heero anywhere. Where is he?"
Duo heard the name. Something rang deep inside of him.
"What's the matter Duo?" Wufei asked considerately, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Hmmm...it's nothing. I just remembered something." Duo shook his head.
"I don't know. He said he'll be doing something."
sigh "Is that so." Duo's mother looked at her son with thoughtful eyes.
"Duo, we're leaving, get in the car now." His father announced.
"Yes." Duo replied with sadness.
He didn't even saw Heero that day. He didn't even have the time to tell Heero how he feels. When Duo is about to open the door of the car, Wufei held his hand and said: "Duo, do you remember what I told you last night? It's true. I'm serious." Wufei opened the cars door widely. "I'll be waiting for you. Take good care of yourself. Have a nice trip."
Duo only nodded with Wufei's words and stepped inside the car. Wufei closed it. Duo's father started the engine and they started to move. All of their neighbors are waving their hands saying goodbye. Duo looks out at the window looking at them and still hoping that Heero would show up, even for the last time.. but unfortunately, he did not. Duo left the place with sadness and felt that he had left something which is part of him there.
Author's notes I'm sorry if the story isn't good because I had just started writing fics. This is my first. I am not trying to pair Wufei and Duo here