Title: Forever You - Chapter 1
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.
CHAPTER 1: Seeing each other again...
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"Iteee." Duo woke up with the noise of the alarm. "I'm still not getting used to this kind of life."
He grabbed his alarm clock on top of his bed and stared at it. "What do I need you for? Its already vacation so there's no need in waking me up this early and giving me a bump on the head for three consecutive days!" he suppressed the urge to throw his clock as he grunted.
It has been three days after Duo left America and decided to live in Japan.
He went downstairs. He seems to be uncomfortable in the silence of the room, without seeing his mother cooking breakfast and his father reading the newspaper on the breakfast table. He walked to the kitchen, hoping to see some more food, but unfortunately, there's none.
"It looks like that my stored food lasted only for a few days. Now I have to buy outside." Duo said frustratedly not even seeing some food, only trash scattered around his room.
"SIGH!" He stepped outside and took a little walk; he still isn't familiar with the place because he hasn't left his room ever since he arrived from America.
He arrived at the park. There were lovers, families and children spending their time to relax. But.. he stopped at a place that caught his attention. A scene where flowers bloom, he doesn't know why. It seems that he somewhat recognize the place. He recalled to himself why that place looks familiar. He remembered something but it's not clear to him: a vision of /fireflies lighting the night./
"Heero! Sorry I'm late. Hmm?... What are you looking at that side?" a woman's calling voice cut the thoughts that was roaming inside Duo's mind. "Aa, Relena. It's nothing. I just thought I've seen someone whom I know." Heero shook his head.
Just as Duo is about to look at the 'lovers' 1 talking at his back,
Relena grabbed Heero's arm and dragged him. "Come on, we are going to be late on our appointment. We better hurry up!"
"But you're the one who's late."
And when Duo had already turned at his back, he saw no one. He even searched at his left and right but he didn't saw anyone. His stomach grumbles in complain. "Maybe I was just hungry that's why I'm hearing things." Holding his stomach, he walked out of the park to find some place to EAT and satisfy his empty growling, complaining stomach.
He stopped and entered a restaurant. He took the seat near the window. He couldn't stop thinking of the name Heero; he just couldn't take it of his mind. Looking outside while tapping the table: "Heero? Who's he? Why does his name ring something in me?"
"...so that's your plan for your coming wedding?"
"Yes. We trust in you so I'm looking forward for a grand, perfect and beautiful wedding." A woman's voice that's a little familiar to Duo does all the talking behind him.
Duo looked back again, he know that listening and disturbing other peoples business is not a good idea and not a good attitude, but he' s just curious about the voice, the voice that he had just heard. He just turned slightly to peek whose voice was that.
"May I ask your order, sir?" The voice of the waitress, standing beside him, interrupted when Duo is about to see who is at his back.
"Yeah. I'll have one order of this and also this one over here. That's all. I think." Duo ordered pointing at the menu.
"Thank you, sir. Please wait for your order to be served in a minute." The waitress took the menu and walked back to register Duo's order.
"A...anou.Where's the washroom?" Duo asked regarding to the waitress.
"It's that way, sir." Pointing to where the washroom is.
Duo stood up and went to the washroom. Just as Duo had left, the people who were speaking at his back stood up and closed the agreement. It was Heero, Relena and a woman who is well-dressed.
"...I'm looking forward on the wedding day." Relena said happily, shaking hands with the wedding planner.
"I'm sure you'll love the arrangement." The woman assured.
The arrangements are now arranged. They picked-up their things and went out of the restaurant. Relena and the planner walked first then Heero followed. Before Heero started walking, he first glanced at the direction of the washroom and planned to walk in that direction but he didn't continue thus, he followed Relena who's now waiting for him, next to the door. The doors of the restaurant opened and the small wind-bell made a little chime sound.
Duo came back from the washroom and sat back at his place. Duo was looking outside the window.
"Excuse me, sir. Here is your order." The waitress said bringing with her the food that Duo ordered.
Duo looked back at he waitress; Relena and Heero passed by the window where Duo is.
"Ah. Thank you." Duo said, looking at the food hungrily.
The waitress laid down Duo's order "Enjoy your meal, sir." The waitress then walked away, leaving Duo with the food.
Duo ate as fast as he could but.he looks like he has no manners. But what could he do? He is too hungry to think of his table manners.
"Phew! I'm stuffed! The food here is good. I think being independent isn't that hard after all." Duo said with contentment. His stomach's already full, holding his stomach while walking towards the door of the restaurant.
When he's already outside, he looked left and right. "Now, where do I start?" He faced right. "Maybe, this direction would be a good start." Duo walked right; opposite the direction Heero and Relena took.
Duo walked around the city to know the place more and to be more familiar with it. There were also instances that the place where Duo is... coincidentally, Relena is also there, tightly wrapped around Heero's arm.
Time really moves fast. He has been roaming around the city, having a great time. With so much fun, he didn't even notice the clear blue sky is now slowly changing into a bit orange. It was because; the golden, bright sun is now at its setting point. Duo is still wandering around but...
"I think I'm lost." His eyes are now turning in circles. "I had so much fun knowing this city and I don't know where I came from and where to go. ARRGGHH! What do I do now?" looking left to right, left to right and still walking forward. He passes by the playground without even noticing that he was really in the middle of the children's playground.
He stopped.
Near him was a swing, with two seats, hanging on the bar with the use of chains, at the back, scenery of arrayed bushes. He stared at the spot for long. "Why does this spot look familiar?" curious, wondering if he really knows the place.
Then suddenly, something flashed back at his mind, he searched for his pocket and grabbed his wallet. He opened it and searched for something. He pulled out a picture and looked at it. He was shocked of what he had just saw, looking at the picture and the scenery; he was amazed and at the same time confused.
/"...I'll be waiting..."/ A voice whispered in his mind.
"This is the first place I would come back." He whispered, remembering saying those words.
The sun have already hidden itself behind the landscape, the stars are starting to show up one-by-one, twinkling like diamonds on a black soft cloth playing and talking. Duo run away from the playground, he ran through the city, as fast as he could. He looked like he knows the place thoroughly and like he wasn't even lost earlier. He ran and ran until he arrived at the park. He ran passed it until he saw an array of 'bushed-plants' blooming with flowers. He still ran further until he saw a small twinkling light at one of the flower's petal, then he looked to another and another until he looked at the whole place, looking for those small twinkling insects.
"I'm already near." He said as he continued to run, holding the picture with both hands and close to his chest; but while running, he's not looking where he was going. As he went further, the fireflies were increasing in number; they're increasing more and more in number. Duo bumped himself onto something. He fellback and didn't even noticed that the photograph slipped from his hands.
"Itai, Itai, Ite.Ite.Ite." Duo complained. Holding his back and trying to sit straight up.
"Daijobu ka?" a voice came out right from the darkness.
Duo thinks back knowing that the voice sounds familiar.
"Are you alright?" The voice asked again.
Duo had snapped out of his thoughts and nodded. "Un." He looked at his hands and also, he searched at his whole body but the picture was gone.
"OH! NO!" Duo said nervously. He searched at the ground, waving through the bushes.
"What are you doing?" The voice asked.
"It's gone! It can't be gone!"
"Is this what you are looking for?"
Duo looked up and stood. He saw the man's face, the one who's speaking to him. One thing that makes Duo curious is that he looks familiar.
"I know this... but... How?...Why do you have this?" The man questioned.
Instead of answering, Duo only stared at the man's face.
The man reached for his pocket, slipped out his wallet and opened it. "It's the same one that I have."
Duo's eyes widened.
"...there were five of us here. Trowa, Quatre, Wufei, me and..."
"Heero! Is that really you, Heero?" Duo shouted, looking at the man holding the photograph in front of him.
Heero looked at the one who stated his name. His eyes remind him of something. His eyes are full of hope. Hope that says that what he believes is true.
"Duo?" Heero spoke, couldn't believe that he is seeing Duo right in front of him.
"Heero! I know it was you." Duo jumped forward. Opening his arms and hugged Heero. "I knew it. The name Heero really sounds familiar." Duo said with joy.
"Duo, I couldn't believe you're here." Heero still can't believe what he's seeing.
Duo opened his arms and let go of Heero. "I'm sorry. I was just happy that I saw you."
"It's fine. You did keep your promise."
"What promise?" Duo asked with a questioned face. "Do you mean the thing that this would be my first place I'm gong back? Actually, I haven't fulfilled that thing. I have moved here three days ago... but come to think of it, this morning is the first time I roamed around the city. And this was the first place my feet had brought me this morning."
"So you remembered that night?" Heero couldn't take his eyes off Duo's face.
"Yes. I remember. It was a romantic night such as this.and it was the last time that I saw you." Duo looked at Heero. Duo seems like he's thinking of an unexplainable sadness. "I'm sorry. Maybe you don't want to talk about it right now."
"It's alright. Do you want to have a little talk while walking?" Heero suggested.
"It sounds like a good idea." Duo agreed.
The two were walking down the city. They were talking about the changes for the past ten-years they were separated with no means of communication, until they arrived at the playground. The swing got the attention of Duo's eyes.
"I remember this place." Duo said happily, running to sit on the swing. "This place was our favorite spot." Duo looked around, moving his feet, trying to swing himself.
"You're still the same. You still act like a kid." Heero commented walking towards the back of Duo.
"Hey, I already grew-up!" Duo reacted defensively looking at Heero walk towards his back.
"Do you want me to push you like before?" Heero asked Duo, crouching down, with his lips close to Duo's ear.
Duo looked at the direction where Heero's head is. Their heads were almost going to bump each other and their lips were a hair-strand away to kiss. Both of their faces begin to blush and they both moved away, looking at the opposite direction, in a synchronized manner.
"I'm going to push." Heero said voluntarily.
It was too quiet, only the buzzing sounds of the insects and the creaking sound of the chains as they move could be heard.
"Heero..." Duo breaks the silence.
"What is it?" Heero asked back.
"How are you?" Duo threw back a question.
"I'm fine." Heero answered shortly.
"Are you married?" Duo asked; fingers crossed.
"No."
Duo's mind lightened up with hope.
"...but I will be fifteen days from now." Heero said uncomfortably.
Duo's hope begins to shatter, like he's been pulled down under a big black pit. "Is that so."
"It's already past midnight. I think we should go home." Heero seems like hiding the story about his coming wedding. Heero stopped pushing the swing for Duo and walked away.
"Heero!" Duo called out when Heero is five steps away.
Heero looked back.
Duo stood up, head down. "Could I ask you a little favor?"
"What is it?" Heero looked curious with his hands tucked inside his jacket's pocket.
Duo looked up. "I don't know which way leads me to my apartment." Duo spouted, crying like a kid, shrinking himself with his fists closed, clutched under his chin and head looking vigorously from left to right.
"I guess I have no choice." Heero sighed, head down and sweatdropped.
"So, you're helping me find my way back?" Duo sniffed, relieved that he could find his way back home.
"Yes, that's exactly what I am going to do. By the way, what's the address? You sure must know that atleast." Heero questioned, hoping that Duo knows what his own address is.
"I think so." Duo searched for his pocket. "I hope that the address is in here." pulling out his wallet. "Yokatta! It's still here." Duo jumped cheerfully, pulling out a small sheet of paper and waving it joyfully.
"Yoku dekimashita. Doko desu ka?" Heero stretched his hand grabbing the small paper. "Ahhh.I know this place, this is just near my place. I'll take you there.Ikimasho." Heero said gladly.
"Arigato!" Both of them still haven't been separated. They were still together, walking home. Duo opened a new topic, and he doesn't want to hear about the marriage thing anymore. "You have mentioned earlier about Quatre, Trowa and Wufei. Do you know where they are?"
"Yes, we see each other any day we want to." Heero answered with the feeling like those faces were the only ones he always see. Heero stopped, looking up to his right. "Here we are."
Duo followed his gaze "Yes this is it. Arigatto mo ikkai." Duo bowed slightly in front of Heero.
"I'll walk you up to your room, to make sure you made it safe inside. Who knows? Maybe you don't even know where your own room is." Heero walked towards the building, leading Duo.
"Oh you're so mean." Duo made an angry impression, running in front of Heero proving that he knows where his room is. He pulled out his key and opened the door. "See! I know where my room is." Duo said proudly, chin-up and eyes closed.
Heero only looked at him. "That's good. How about the others? Do you want to meet them? I'll take you there. That is, if you want to?"
"Haah! Honto? UN! I miss them!" Duo looked at Heero with happiness. Bending his body with his arms at his back and swayed it to the front showing how happy and excited he is.
"I'm sure they'll be glad to see you. I could already imagine the looks on their faces. I can't wait to see."
"You really think so?" Duo assumed.
"Yes."
"Ah! I'm now going to see my childhood friends again." Duo smiled, looking up to the stars with his hands closed together.
"Let's make it this way. Since this place is near my place, I'm going to come pick you up by...let's say, 9:30 in the morning. Is it fine with you?" Heero stated making a deal.
"Umm, fine by me."
"It's set. I must be going now. I will be coming here by 9:30 a.m." Heero turned around.
"Heero." Duo's voice reached out.
Heero looked back twisting his body a little.
"Thank you very much for your help and. Good night. Have a nice sleep. Koi. A. good night!" Duo said continuously. His tongue almost slips to a word, A. and koi.
"What do you mean.koi?" Heero caught Duo mumble something under his breath.
"Aaa.don't get me wrong Hee-chan, what I mean by that is...koi...koi...koirful! You know!" Duo stumbles for words as he started to make his every brain cell work.
"I think what you mean is CAREFUL."
"Yeah! That's right CAREFUL. I just accidentally got my tongue twisted back there." Duo sighed as relief overwhelmed him. Just as Heero left, Duo entered his room. /'Good thing Hee-chan didn't ask for the 'A' thing! That actually was close! Whew. I could already melt back there.'/ Then Duo recklessly threw his body on the bed.
Heero had just arrived at his house. He went straight to his closet, inside his bathroom and lay down to bed. After turning and turning, changing his position from one place to another, side to side, Heero couldn't sleep. "ARRGH, DAMN IT! I couldn't sleep." Heero crumpled his blanket and turned his pillow upside-down.
Back at Duo's place. Duo is in the same situation, he too couldn't sleep. "Why couldn't I sleep? Is it because of the excitement to see everyone tomorrow or is it something else?"
"I still have to fetch Duo tomorrow to meet everyone. I hope that Wufei's not going to be around."
"Heero must have been lying in his bed by now and already dreaming. I hope he's not in the same situation that I am in right now."
"ARRGH! Why couldn't I sleep!"
"ARRGH! Why couldn't I sleep!"
1 - Believe me! I HATE to USE THAT term!
Author's notes: I'm an anti-Relena! This fic isn't for Relena! It's for Heero and Duo. GET IT!