Dandelion Seeds
Warnings: shonen-ai
Pairings: 4+2


A soft breeze blew. So soft that I barely could even tell that it was there. Like the breezes that only occur in the summer, when everything is perfect. Your summer would be even more perfect if you were spending it with Duo Maxwell. However, that's my job.

I can't believe that I've never noticed how beautiful he is. Scratch that. I've always noticed how beautiful he is, I've just never actually came out and said it to myself. It's impossible for me not to stare. Anyone in their right mind would stare at him all day if they could.

"'S there something on my face, Quat?" Duo asked, suddenly plopping down next to me beside the tree I was sitting under. "You've been looking at me funny all day."

"No, there isn't," I blushed, trying not to fumble over my words.

"You sure?"

I nodded, smiling at the cute, puzzled expression on his face.

"Well, okay. Wanta eat now? I'm getting kinda hungry..."

"Yeah, sure," I agreed, opening the picnic basket that we had prepared earlier.

"Too bad the other guys had to go on a mission, huh?" Duo said, taking a large bite out of his sandwich. "It's such a pretty day," he managed to say with his mouth full.

"It is beautiful," I said, sounding a bit too breathy.

"Yea know what, Quat?" Duo said in a rhetorical manner, finished with his sandwich. He picked a a pretty, yellow flower. "You never really got to see a bunch of real flowers when you were a kid, did you?"

"Well, no, not really," I admitted, wondering what Duo was getting at. The braided boy's voice had a deep tone to it.

After plucking the petals of the yellow flower, Duo picked a rather ugly, dead-looking, puffy flower.

"Yea know what this is, right?"

"It's a dandelion," I said with a little bit of uncertainty.

"Do you know what they say about dandelions, Quat?"

I shook my head, completely clueless as to what the other boy was talking about.

"They say if you blow the dandelion and catch three seed in the process, then a wish will come true."

"Really?" I asked in an almost childlike manner.

"Well, why don't you try it."

Duo brought the fluffy dandelion up until it was parallel to my face. I breathed in and gently blew on the dead flower.

It's seeds began to scatter wildly. I desperately attempted to capture three.

One....Two....Three. I made my wish, hoping that it would come true.

Duo smiled at me. "Yea know, you're really cute when you want something."

Convinced that my wish wasn't going to come true, I just smiled at Duo. Then, unexpectedly, Duo leaned forward and kissed me gently on the lips.

"Of course, you'd be even cuter if you'd just tell me what you want. We can't rely on dandelion seeds to seal our fates, now can we?"

With joy, I practically giggled and threw my arms around Duo. Damn, it was going to be a great summer.