Duo fidgeted. He had told Heero to meet him on the hillside on the Winner estate so that they could get some privacy. He had promised Quatre that he'd tell Heero by the end of the day, and frankly, he only had about fifteen minutes left. He had finally worked up enough nerve to confess completely to Heero after some encouragement at dinner from the blond and now here he was figure out just how exactly he was going to say it.
His shoulder still hurt so he stopped pacing back and forth and twitching every so often. Stupid Heero, get here already!
He looked down the hill and saw an approaching figure. Too bewitched by how the moonlight hit him so well, Duo couldn't run up to greet him as he would have wanted to in order to get this over with. He wanted to stop beating around the bush and just move right to the happily ever after part.
"Duo, are you alright?"
Duo looked up at concerned cobalt blue eyes and smiled. "Of course I am, Hee-chan!" He energetically bound up to Heero and hugged him.
"Why are you still calling me that? You don't really need to anymore."
"But I want to." Heero's breath was warm and comforting to him in the cool night and he drew even closer to the Japanese boy. "Because it wasn't a game to me."
"What?" Heero pulled back from Duo's embrace in surprise and regarded him for a moment. "Did Trowa and Quatre talk to you?"
The braided boy laughed heartily. "How'd you know?"
"They like to meddle, let's just put it that way." Turning serious again, Heero looked back breifly at Duo before finding the night more interesting. "Do you...really mean it?"
"Well, it was a game at first, but the more I saw you in a domestic situation, the more I could see that you are more than just a soldier. You're kind and gentle, not always a killing machine. We're all imperfect and we all have our hands stained in blood, but we need to live beyond that and find a meaning in life besides obtaining peace. I mean, what are we going to do after we have peace? We can't always just be the world's call for maintaining peace. We have to find our own path and our own lives too. And I have found you." He leaned into Heero for a passionate kiss and drew back quickly to gauge the other's reaction.
Heero embraced Duo and grinned insanely. He had never felt such joy in knowing that another person accepted him. And loved him. His hormones began cheering and chanting for him to take advantage of Duo but he quashed them and told them to wait.
"Thank you for finding me."
"Thank you for falling into my arms." Duo kissed him again, this time their mouths working into a heightened frenzy. They parted for air and Duo buried his head in Heero's neck. "Don't ever leave me. Don't ever die. Don't ever do anything stupid. I wouldn't be able to stand it if you were gone."
"Never, Duo, I promise. I love you too much to break your heart."
Duo sniffled. "I love you too." He mentally sighed in relief as he was finally able to say it and truly mean it. "I love you too, Hee-chan." The words felt good on his lips and he was sure to find himself say it more often now.
Heero smiled and just hugged him back in a gentle embrace.
-Owari-
First completed multi-part! ^_^ First completed fic...-.-() But was too lazy to post on ff.net...^^;; Okay, ending sucked, may rewrite it later on.