*smiles* Thanks for the reviews! I forgot to thank all of you who read the
first one that I only recently spit up into chapters. Big thanks to
Kintoun, Mystic Dragonfire, diane, EtheLea, and fei!
Eternal Sleeper: Glad you like the sweet parts, and pudding? I like
pudding, too, but I wasn't sure if the really emotional thing would fit in
with this story, since it started out so humorous, but I think it's
necessary to make this turning point of a chapter more dramatic. I'm trying
hard to shape this story back into its plot. Here's some more sweet stuff
in this chapter.
Lillie chan: Thanks. I hope this chapter is good.
K: Glad you like the new Wufei. I do, too, although I kinda miss making fun of him. I know, I'm terrible, but he's got to have a little humanity before he can be a friend, ne?
Apple from Rayearth: I do apologize that I am a little late with this, but I am glad you liked it. Wufei is a very interesting character to toy with. He just seems like such a loner. Don't worry, though. Duo's his friend, and with Duo on his side, he won't be lonely for long.
Patricia Duckwell: I'm so glad that you thought it was funny. I love making people laugh, including the characters in my story. Just read this chapter and find out *smiles*. I love making Relena faint *laughs chaotically*. I was thinking about having Heero strangle her or something...JK, I would never do that. Relena needs to live so that I can torture her with my stories *smiles again*.
Yue: It might be a little late for this, but yes, Wufei is slowly, but surely, learning how to be a friend, so I made him a bit less cynical in chapter 9. I know he didn't come off as the friendliest of people, before, but I believe he's a good person at heart. I just really enjoy making fun of him.
Sorry, I forgot about the disclaimer thing so far, I thought it was kind of obvious. So here it is for the whole story; the obvious statement that is so easily forgotten. The characters are not mine. The story probably isn't even mine, although I came up with it. Nothing is mine. Although, I don't have the slightest clue why anyone would sue me....The only things I have are these feeble words that I am able to put down on paper so that I can express myself to the world and.... *starts to go off on a tangent that you really don't want to hear, and ten minutes later* ...so that's why I write. And *looks at imaginary watch* I have to start the next chapter, now.
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"Come on," I grabbed his hand and started leading a startled Heero gently down the path,
I know, I know, it wasn't like me to drag Heero away like that, but it's not like he was doing anyway, and I thought this might be fun. Heero kept up with me, barely, despite my failure to actually explain exactly where we were going. I stopped when we were nearing the gates.
"Um, Duo," Heero looked at me after we'd stopped for a few seconds.
"Yeah?" I looked back at the Asian I was dragging along with me, who looked so helpless and adorable that it stopped me from running, and I began to walk, which is obviously the pace that Heero preferred. He looked content at the gesture, or as content as I've ever seen Heero be.
"Where exactly are we going?" He asked coolly, as if he didn't much care as long as I was there. That was so sweet. I grabbed his hand with mine and pointed up the path a little ways.
"Right there, Hee-chan." I smiled at him as he looked at the trolley (1) tour bus with a raised eyebrow. I loved it when he did that! "This way we can see the whole zoo," I was about to add 'and so we can cuddle,' but stooped myself; he'd find out soon enough.
I bounced aboard and Heero insisted to pay for the tickets. We took a single bench in the middle of the trolley. Heero was on the window-side because I wanted him to be able to see everything. The driver started the tour with only us and a couple of other older people who were too lazy to walk around the park with him.
In particular, a grumpy old lady sitting a couple seats behind us on the opposite side intrigued me. She didn't know I was watching because I was very sneaky about it, but I noticed that she glared disapprovingly at Heero and I, which is when I noticed that I was instinctively leaning into him. My head was gently placed on his shoulder and I just then, I felt a warm, strong arm come around my shoulder. Heero looked down at me and smiled. He truly smiled.
I grinned, glancing at the old woman through the corner of my eye, so that Heero would glance also, so that he could see the scowl on her face as she stared at us.
"Hee-chan," I whispered, "it seems we have an audience." A sly smile crossed my lips, and Heero made a nervous face that dreaded whatever I had cooking in my mind, but this situation was so perfect. It would be a sin to pass up this kind of opportunity.
I started to nuzzle Heero with my head, against his shoulder, "Work with me here," I whispered mischievously as I glanced back at the old woman who was still pouting disapprovingly in her seat, and quickly took a shocked Heero into a sweet kiss. I saw his eyes open wide with surprise at first, but as he pulled away, he smirked happily at both the kiss and its results.. He finally realized what I was talking about.
The old woman was rolling her eyes and changing from crossed arms to hand gestures at us, looking to the rest of the passengers for support. Heero and I were now pretending to make out, because we couldn't manage to kiss between the muffled laughter that I was trying desperately to hide. I was near tears in my silence, shaking involuntarily with delight as we noticed the whole trolley had completely forgotten about the animals, and had decided that Heero and I were much more interesting.
I slunk my head into my lap as I clutched my stomach in support. It was never so hard to laugh without letting anyone know I was laughing. I gasped and smiled as the tears of laughter and shaking subsided, and I found myself looking straight up at Heero. I wasn't sure how that had happened, but I was happy it had when I felt his tongue begging entrance to mine, and I quickly obliged with a moan.
I wasn't sure how long the bus driver was trying to get our attention before Heero and I actually noticed. He picked up the little intercom mike, and proceeded to tell the whole trolley that public display of affection was very distracting and less-than-politely asked us to stop. Heero got off of me quickly, as he tried to remember what came over him, and I propped myself up and saluted the man, 'Yessir' I grinned. Looking back at the lady, I noticed she wasn't there, but instead had made a special request to the driver to be let off 'immediately'. I burst out laughing as she glared once more at us before leaving.
That had been fun. Heero was so cute when he lost control of himself (2). We have to go to the zoo more often.
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We all filed into our respective buses and the excited chatter commenced yet again. Quatre looked in very high spirits coming onto the bus, and sat down next to me, proceeding to talk endlessly about his wonderful boyfriend, how he was the happiest person in the whole world, and how he had Heero and me to thank for everything.
That's when I remembered, for the first time that whole day, the reason Heero and I were there to begin with, and I began to think about what would happen if I was summoned back up into heaven. I didn't want to leave, not now. I would never see Heero again; I wouldn't be able to bear that. Just because we were both angels didn't mean that we would be able to do anything we wanted to do. We had to train for a thousand years more before becoming true angels, and that was just too long. I liked rooming with Heero, I liked being with Heero. There was no way I would be able to anything more than speak to him on the phone, maybe, in heaven. I needed to be around him, because I loved him.
Then there was also the issue that I wouldn't see Quatre, Trowa, or Wufei either. It was almost unthinkable that anything like that this could happen. Everything was so perfect, and it couldn't end. After all, Heero had kept this job for seven years without it being completed, so I couldn't just leave after a week, right?
"Duo, Duo.." I felt a pale hand on my shoulder, snapping me into my senses; I looked back to Quatre with a nod of recognition.
"What's wrong, Duo?" Quatre was worried about me? I suppose that's what friends do, but it was odd to have the one I was protecting wanting to protect me.
"Just something I was thinking about, Quat. It's nothing serious," I perked back up with a smile, but my blond friend didn't seem convinced, even though he knew I wouldn't lie. And I wasn't lying, not really. It wasn't a serious issue..not yet, anyway.
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Heero and I were back home for the evening, and I was still a little troubled by the thought of being recalled back to heaven, and Heero had noticed my distress early-on when we were walking back from the school, I could tell, but he didn't say anything. He knew it wasn't the time for questions, and so did I, but he wanted to comfort me, so he simply held my hand, and that was enough to make me happy.
When we got to the house, I was the first to grab the mail, frantically looking to see if we had gotten a letter from Zechs. I pleaded inwardly that we wouldn't. I knew that Quatre and Trowa were fine, now, and I was very happy for them, but God, I didn't want this mission to end. And then I saw it, first it hit me in the heart and my stomach as I stared disbelieving at the little halo and wings emblem in the upper left hand corner.
Heero saw my expression and asked if I was alright, and I nodded sadly, trying to conceal the tears that wanted to come so badly. Of course, I hadn't even opened the letter, but I didn't want to. It was a little childish of me to stuff it in my pocket and keep it for later, but I couldn't bear the thought of what was in the letter.
Now, we were in the kitchen, and Heero humming absent-mindedly while typed away at his computer. I had convinced Heero into ordering pizza about a half an hour ago. It was late in being delivered, but Heero was glad because he would have to pay less because of the delay. My stomach was grumbling, but I was always hungry, so it wasn't a big stretch.
"Hey, Hee-chan?" I asked, and he tilted his body to the side of the laptop so that he could see me.
"Hn? What is it? Is something wrong?" He looked at me worriedly. I hated to spoil it when Heero was in such a good mood, but I had to tell him sooner or later, and better sooner than later. The last thing I wanted was to get him in trouble.
"W-we got a letter." I stuttered, or rather choked nervously, as I produced the rather crumpled up thing in my hands, and gave it to Heero, whose happy expression immediately dropped as he realized the seriousness of the situation, but saw my watery eyes, and quickly reassured me.
"We don't even know what's in this letter yet." I nodded, biting my lip as he tore the seal off the envelope and held the letter in his hands, scanning over the words quickly, but carefully, and slid the letter onto the table once he had finished, his face saddened. It didn't seem real.
I grabbed the letter to confirm his expression and let it fall to the floor as I grabbed Heero's neck with my arms and let tears fall onto his shoulder. He embraced me back, not really understanding what all the fuss was about. We finished the mission; it was supposed to be a good thing. I was probably just being silly, but we would be apart for so long that I didn't think I could bear it.
"You know, it's not like we're saying goodbye," Heero said, picking my head off of his shoulder and wiping away my tears, and I melted under his blue- eyed gaze.
"Yeah, only 1000 more years of training to go, and what about Quatre, Trowa and Wufei?" My desperation brought a comforting, smile out of Heero. I stopped tearing and tightened my grip around him.
"Quatre and Trowa will be fine. Would Zechs have recalled us if they weren't? We completed what we came here to accomplish, and you have even taught Wufei the meaning of friendship. You have helped so many people." He admired me for a minute before continuing,
"I'm sure I could arrange something with Zechs so that we can still see each other. I love you; time and separation can't change that." I smiled back at him as if to say the same thing back, but the words wouldn't come. Time changes people, I should know. It was just too long. I had lost so many people, and I wasn't about to loose Heero, too.
True, I was probably blowing this way out of proportion, but the past couple of days had been the best in my whole life and afterlife, and I didn't want it to end. I just didn't want it to end, and yet it was. Tomorrow I'd be back in heaven, racing to get to class as if this never even happened. But the truth was that it had happened, and I was in love.
*************** Pre-Footnote Scene: just funny*************
Duo: Hey, Hee-chan, guess what? We're in charge of the footnotes!
Heero: Baka, of course we are.
Duo: What does 'Baka' mean?
Heero: idiot.
Duo: You're so mean, Hee-chan! I just wanted to know what 'Baka' means!
Heero: *finds this amusing and walks down to the footnotes smirking*
Duo: Hey, wait up! You still haven't told me!
****************Footnotes (explained by Heero and Duo) **************
(1) "I don't remember zoos ever having trolleys for sight-seeing," Heero says, apparently puzzled.
"I know, Hee-chan, but she *points up at cackling author* wants them to,"
"Hn, okay."
(2) Duo is scratching his head questioningly, "Ummm, why did you put a footnote here, Hee-chan?"
"Because I don't think it's fair that everything gets to be in your point of view, and I wanted to tell you that you were cute, too." Heero smiles faintly, and is quickly glomped by an emotional Duo.
"That's so sweet!!! But next time, Hee-chan, don't misuse the power invested in us with the footnotes; you're confusing the reader."
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Thanks for reading this. So now that you've read it, you must have plenty of things to tell me, right?
.....right?
Please review. They will be most appreciated, and carefully analyzed in a secret underground lab that I don't have, but will get if you review .ok, so not really, but they will still be greatly appreciated.
I don't know if I want to continue. I'm getting kind of bored with this story, can you tell? I know this chapter was a little confusing because Duo was getting really worked-up over going back to heaven, which still doesn't make too much sense to me. Then why did I write it? *shrugs* No clue.. Should I simply write an epilogue, write a sequel? I really don't know; I'm terrible with endings.
Please Review!!! Thanks so much!!!
Lillie chan: Thanks. I hope this chapter is good.
K: Glad you like the new Wufei. I do, too, although I kinda miss making fun of him. I know, I'm terrible, but he's got to have a little humanity before he can be a friend, ne?
Apple from Rayearth: I do apologize that I am a little late with this, but I am glad you liked it. Wufei is a very interesting character to toy with. He just seems like such a loner. Don't worry, though. Duo's his friend, and with Duo on his side, he won't be lonely for long.
Patricia Duckwell: I'm so glad that you thought it was funny. I love making people laugh, including the characters in my story. Just read this chapter and find out *smiles*. I love making Relena faint *laughs chaotically*. I was thinking about having Heero strangle her or something...JK, I would never do that. Relena needs to live so that I can torture her with my stories *smiles again*.
Yue: It might be a little late for this, but yes, Wufei is slowly, but surely, learning how to be a friend, so I made him a bit less cynical in chapter 9. I know he didn't come off as the friendliest of people, before, but I believe he's a good person at heart. I just really enjoy making fun of him.
Sorry, I forgot about the disclaimer thing so far, I thought it was kind of obvious. So here it is for the whole story; the obvious statement that is so easily forgotten. The characters are not mine. The story probably isn't even mine, although I came up with it. Nothing is mine. Although, I don't have the slightest clue why anyone would sue me....The only things I have are these feeble words that I am able to put down on paper so that I can express myself to the world and.... *starts to go off on a tangent that you really don't want to hear, and ten minutes later* ...so that's why I write. And *looks at imaginary watch* I have to start the next chapter, now.
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"Come on," I grabbed his hand and started leading a startled Heero gently down the path,
I know, I know, it wasn't like me to drag Heero away like that, but it's not like he was doing anyway, and I thought this might be fun. Heero kept up with me, barely, despite my failure to actually explain exactly where we were going. I stopped when we were nearing the gates.
"Um, Duo," Heero looked at me after we'd stopped for a few seconds.
"Yeah?" I looked back at the Asian I was dragging along with me, who looked so helpless and adorable that it stopped me from running, and I began to walk, which is obviously the pace that Heero preferred. He looked content at the gesture, or as content as I've ever seen Heero be.
"Where exactly are we going?" He asked coolly, as if he didn't much care as long as I was there. That was so sweet. I grabbed his hand with mine and pointed up the path a little ways.
"Right there, Hee-chan." I smiled at him as he looked at the trolley (1) tour bus with a raised eyebrow. I loved it when he did that! "This way we can see the whole zoo," I was about to add 'and so we can cuddle,' but stooped myself; he'd find out soon enough.
I bounced aboard and Heero insisted to pay for the tickets. We took a single bench in the middle of the trolley. Heero was on the window-side because I wanted him to be able to see everything. The driver started the tour with only us and a couple of other older people who were too lazy to walk around the park with him.
In particular, a grumpy old lady sitting a couple seats behind us on the opposite side intrigued me. She didn't know I was watching because I was very sneaky about it, but I noticed that she glared disapprovingly at Heero and I, which is when I noticed that I was instinctively leaning into him. My head was gently placed on his shoulder and I just then, I felt a warm, strong arm come around my shoulder. Heero looked down at me and smiled. He truly smiled.
I grinned, glancing at the old woman through the corner of my eye, so that Heero would glance also, so that he could see the scowl on her face as she stared at us.
"Hee-chan," I whispered, "it seems we have an audience." A sly smile crossed my lips, and Heero made a nervous face that dreaded whatever I had cooking in my mind, but this situation was so perfect. It would be a sin to pass up this kind of opportunity.
I started to nuzzle Heero with my head, against his shoulder, "Work with me here," I whispered mischievously as I glanced back at the old woman who was still pouting disapprovingly in her seat, and quickly took a shocked Heero into a sweet kiss. I saw his eyes open wide with surprise at first, but as he pulled away, he smirked happily at both the kiss and its results.. He finally realized what I was talking about.
The old woman was rolling her eyes and changing from crossed arms to hand gestures at us, looking to the rest of the passengers for support. Heero and I were now pretending to make out, because we couldn't manage to kiss between the muffled laughter that I was trying desperately to hide. I was near tears in my silence, shaking involuntarily with delight as we noticed the whole trolley had completely forgotten about the animals, and had decided that Heero and I were much more interesting.
I slunk my head into my lap as I clutched my stomach in support. It was never so hard to laugh without letting anyone know I was laughing. I gasped and smiled as the tears of laughter and shaking subsided, and I found myself looking straight up at Heero. I wasn't sure how that had happened, but I was happy it had when I felt his tongue begging entrance to mine, and I quickly obliged with a moan.
I wasn't sure how long the bus driver was trying to get our attention before Heero and I actually noticed. He picked up the little intercom mike, and proceeded to tell the whole trolley that public display of affection was very distracting and less-than-politely asked us to stop. Heero got off of me quickly, as he tried to remember what came over him, and I propped myself up and saluted the man, 'Yessir' I grinned. Looking back at the lady, I noticed she wasn't there, but instead had made a special request to the driver to be let off 'immediately'. I burst out laughing as she glared once more at us before leaving.
That had been fun. Heero was so cute when he lost control of himself (2). We have to go to the zoo more often.
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We all filed into our respective buses and the excited chatter commenced yet again. Quatre looked in very high spirits coming onto the bus, and sat down next to me, proceeding to talk endlessly about his wonderful boyfriend, how he was the happiest person in the whole world, and how he had Heero and me to thank for everything.
That's when I remembered, for the first time that whole day, the reason Heero and I were there to begin with, and I began to think about what would happen if I was summoned back up into heaven. I didn't want to leave, not now. I would never see Heero again; I wouldn't be able to bear that. Just because we were both angels didn't mean that we would be able to do anything we wanted to do. We had to train for a thousand years more before becoming true angels, and that was just too long. I liked rooming with Heero, I liked being with Heero. There was no way I would be able to anything more than speak to him on the phone, maybe, in heaven. I needed to be around him, because I loved him.
Then there was also the issue that I wouldn't see Quatre, Trowa, or Wufei either. It was almost unthinkable that anything like that this could happen. Everything was so perfect, and it couldn't end. After all, Heero had kept this job for seven years without it being completed, so I couldn't just leave after a week, right?
"Duo, Duo.." I felt a pale hand on my shoulder, snapping me into my senses; I looked back to Quatre with a nod of recognition.
"What's wrong, Duo?" Quatre was worried about me? I suppose that's what friends do, but it was odd to have the one I was protecting wanting to protect me.
"Just something I was thinking about, Quat. It's nothing serious," I perked back up with a smile, but my blond friend didn't seem convinced, even though he knew I wouldn't lie. And I wasn't lying, not really. It wasn't a serious issue..not yet, anyway.
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Heero and I were back home for the evening, and I was still a little troubled by the thought of being recalled back to heaven, and Heero had noticed my distress early-on when we were walking back from the school, I could tell, but he didn't say anything. He knew it wasn't the time for questions, and so did I, but he wanted to comfort me, so he simply held my hand, and that was enough to make me happy.
When we got to the house, I was the first to grab the mail, frantically looking to see if we had gotten a letter from Zechs. I pleaded inwardly that we wouldn't. I knew that Quatre and Trowa were fine, now, and I was very happy for them, but God, I didn't want this mission to end. And then I saw it, first it hit me in the heart and my stomach as I stared disbelieving at the little halo and wings emblem in the upper left hand corner.
Heero saw my expression and asked if I was alright, and I nodded sadly, trying to conceal the tears that wanted to come so badly. Of course, I hadn't even opened the letter, but I didn't want to. It was a little childish of me to stuff it in my pocket and keep it for later, but I couldn't bear the thought of what was in the letter.
Now, we were in the kitchen, and Heero humming absent-mindedly while typed away at his computer. I had convinced Heero into ordering pizza about a half an hour ago. It was late in being delivered, but Heero was glad because he would have to pay less because of the delay. My stomach was grumbling, but I was always hungry, so it wasn't a big stretch.
"Hey, Hee-chan?" I asked, and he tilted his body to the side of the laptop so that he could see me.
"Hn? What is it? Is something wrong?" He looked at me worriedly. I hated to spoil it when Heero was in such a good mood, but I had to tell him sooner or later, and better sooner than later. The last thing I wanted was to get him in trouble.
"W-we got a letter." I stuttered, or rather choked nervously, as I produced the rather crumpled up thing in my hands, and gave it to Heero, whose happy expression immediately dropped as he realized the seriousness of the situation, but saw my watery eyes, and quickly reassured me.
"We don't even know what's in this letter yet." I nodded, biting my lip as he tore the seal off the envelope and held the letter in his hands, scanning over the words quickly, but carefully, and slid the letter onto the table once he had finished, his face saddened. It didn't seem real.
I grabbed the letter to confirm his expression and let it fall to the floor as I grabbed Heero's neck with my arms and let tears fall onto his shoulder. He embraced me back, not really understanding what all the fuss was about. We finished the mission; it was supposed to be a good thing. I was probably just being silly, but we would be apart for so long that I didn't think I could bear it.
"You know, it's not like we're saying goodbye," Heero said, picking my head off of his shoulder and wiping away my tears, and I melted under his blue- eyed gaze.
"Yeah, only 1000 more years of training to go, and what about Quatre, Trowa and Wufei?" My desperation brought a comforting, smile out of Heero. I stopped tearing and tightened my grip around him.
"Quatre and Trowa will be fine. Would Zechs have recalled us if they weren't? We completed what we came here to accomplish, and you have even taught Wufei the meaning of friendship. You have helped so many people." He admired me for a minute before continuing,
"I'm sure I could arrange something with Zechs so that we can still see each other. I love you; time and separation can't change that." I smiled back at him as if to say the same thing back, but the words wouldn't come. Time changes people, I should know. It was just too long. I had lost so many people, and I wasn't about to loose Heero, too.
True, I was probably blowing this way out of proportion, but the past couple of days had been the best in my whole life and afterlife, and I didn't want it to end. I just didn't want it to end, and yet it was. Tomorrow I'd be back in heaven, racing to get to class as if this never even happened. But the truth was that it had happened, and I was in love.
*************** Pre-Footnote Scene: just funny*************
Duo: Hey, Hee-chan, guess what? We're in charge of the footnotes!
Heero: Baka, of course we are.
Duo: What does 'Baka' mean?
Heero: idiot.
Duo: You're so mean, Hee-chan! I just wanted to know what 'Baka' means!
Heero: *finds this amusing and walks down to the footnotes smirking*
Duo: Hey, wait up! You still haven't told me!
****************Footnotes (explained by Heero and Duo) **************
(1) "I don't remember zoos ever having trolleys for sight-seeing," Heero says, apparently puzzled.
"I know, Hee-chan, but she *points up at cackling author* wants them to,"
"Hn, okay."
(2) Duo is scratching his head questioningly, "Ummm, why did you put a footnote here, Hee-chan?"
"Because I don't think it's fair that everything gets to be in your point of view, and I wanted to tell you that you were cute, too." Heero smiles faintly, and is quickly glomped by an emotional Duo.
"That's so sweet!!! But next time, Hee-chan, don't misuse the power invested in us with the footnotes; you're confusing the reader."
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Thanks for reading this. So now that you've read it, you must have plenty of things to tell me, right?
.....right?
Please review. They will be most appreciated, and carefully analyzed in a secret underground lab that I don't have, but will get if you review .ok, so not really, but they will still be greatly appreciated.
I don't know if I want to continue. I'm getting kind of bored with this story, can you tell? I know this chapter was a little confusing because Duo was getting really worked-up over going back to heaven, which still doesn't make too much sense to me. Then why did I write it? *shrugs* No clue.. Should I simply write an epilogue, write a sequel? I really don't know; I'm terrible with endings.
Please Review!!! Thanks so much!!!