A/n: Heh heh... ::looks at ravid lawyers with disgust:: It's not time for a disclaimer yet! Hold up! ::aHEM:: One of my lovely reviewers (BLARGH) wanted me to do a 2+5 ficcie, and I thought I should. The next will be 3+4 (obviously) and after that... who knows? I want your opinions! Tell me what you want, and I will gladly write!
Disclaimer:
Ravid Lawyers: ::come out of the closet:: You don't own them!!
RC: Naw... you're just kiddin!
Ravid Lawyers: Yea right!
RC: Yea... that's right!
::get into much ado about nothing::
RC: Get away from me.
Ravid Lawyers: No! Not until you say it!
RC: ::gets Tyoko's hand slapped over her mouth::
Tyoko: She doesn't own them, got it?
Ravid Lawyers: ::go up in smoke::
Tyoko: Well, since RC's writing yaoi and shonen ai, and I personally don't have a taste for it. I don't swing that way, if ya know what I mean.
RC: ::squirms out from beneath her hand:: Neither do I! But I still think there may be a possibility that they are...
Tyoko: No! Don't say it! Wait till I leave the room! ::storms out with hands over her ears::
RC: ::takes a big breath:: THEY COULD BE GAY, YA KNOW! ::calms:: Okay, on with the fic. ^.~
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Falling Stars
Duo managed to pull Wufei away from the other pilots. A night like this one couldn't be wasted doing nothing, Duo decided. Plus, he needed to tell the Chinese teen what he thought of him.
"C'mon, Wu-man! I wanna show you something!" Duo dragged him out of the safe house and out in the open outdoors.
"Baka! What are you doing? I was enjoying-"
"...the peace and quiet... I know, I know! Just come with me for a minute!"
Wufei rolled his eyes and followed the braided teen into the woods. "This is a great-"
"...injustice. Just shut-up already!" Duo continued to plow through the dense forest, using the light from the sunset as his only light. He forgot to bring a flashlight... or did he?
Wufei raised an eyebrow. Usually Duo was the one being told to shut-up. Not him. Besides Trowa and Heero, he was the quietest pilot.
They trudged through the forest, when Duo's ears picked up the sound of running water. "Yes! We're almost there!"
The Chinese pilot was about to ask where, but his eyes found the place just after registering the thought.
A beautiful waterfall, sparkling with clean and pure water, fell across gigantic stones and dropped hundreds of feet downwards, creating a small river that flowed downstream. Mosses of every green shade imaginable grew upon the ageless stones, bringing life to the extreme environment. The trees on the water's edge became less forest looking, and suddenly included ferns and vines, bamboo trees and tall magnolia.
"Duo... it's..."
"Breathtaking," he finished, taking one more glance at the scenery. He discovered this while out to check the surroundings with Heero, but separated from him and discovered this place by himself. Wanting to share the same emotion with Wufei, he decided to bring him here and hold him captive to the beauty of nature.
Wufei was speechless. He had never seen something more vivid than his homelands in China. Even there, this beauty surpassed it, bringing joy in him that hadn't been felt for years.
Duo watched as Wufei began to spring to life, walking towards the fall and start climbing the rocks at its summit. He looked so at home here, Duo thought.
"Maxwell! Get over here!" Wufei's yell called to him, and woke him from a short recollection of memory. Duo obeyed, following the steps of his friend.
As soon as he joined Wufei's side, he felt the Chinese man's arm wrap around his, and him breathe into his ear.
"Look down there."
The braided boy looked down, watching the sheets of mist form at the bottom of the waterfall. At first he felt like he was being taken in, but then felt like he was going to fall over the protection of the rock. His vision began to blur, and he suddenly felt arms grasp him by the waist, holding him back against the law of gravity.
"You aren't going to fall!" Wufei snapped as he pulled Duo back from the edge of the fall. His grip didn't leave the teen even as he righted himself.
"Wufei," Duo said hoarsely, "you can let go now."
It seemed like another important moment in time had come to pass: Wufei was found... blushing. Even not as noticeable as many, a warm crimson crept up his throat and into his cheeks, rendering him silent as they both stared at the water.
"What's wrong, hmm? Cat got your tongue?"
"No." Wufei found it hard to speak when the baka was near anyway, and since the rock they were standing upon was only a good three feet in width; his tolerance was nearly over the top. "We should head back now."
"But the stars aren't even out yet!" Duo protested.
"It's getting late."
"I know!"
"Then you should also know that the pilots will be worried."
"Since when have you been worried about what the others think?" Duo asked, proud that he got ahead of the Chinese man's intellect.
"Since... since... the war," he spat. Truth being, he didn't know how selfish he really was during the war, and only this person could make him think back to when the fighting and killing was a normal, day-to-day routine.
"I'm sorry," Duo apologized, dropping his head to look at his feet. His shoes were much more interesting than the nervousness building up in him.
Suddenly, yet very softly, Wufei's hand took hold of his chin and lifted it up so that the violet-eyed teen could look at him.
"You did nothing," he said calmly, forcing the words from his mind, "It was all my fault." He lifted his head to look at the first stars, blinking against the coal-black of the sky.
Duo then realized that it took this man's entire soul to admit his past. It was true that he had been selfish, but past was forgiven, wasn't it?
"Wufei," he started, grinning when he saw the look of surprise come over his face, "don't worry about it. Everything in the past has been forgotten. Truce?" he asked, holding out his hand.
But the black-haired teen decided to answer him in another way. Picking up the shattered remains of his dignity, he leaned towards the braided teen, kissing him lightly on the lips, brushing them together and taking them apart in a matter of seconds.
And Duo responded, wrapping one arm around Wufei's neck and indulging in his newfound lover, and for the first time, experienced love like it never had been.
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After two and a half hours had passed, Duo and Wufei walked into the safe house, managing to find a bed before the two of them went crazy. The other pilots just listened, grinning. A new love was made under falling stars.
~~TBC!
