Duo's sleep was ravaged with dreams. Or more specifically nightmares.
They often plagued him in the night, memories of his past rising up or just
random horrors. He'd seen much bloodshed, and it caught up on him in the
dark when he lay alone and quiet. Or even not so alone, as he found when
he woke up shivering and quaking in the arms of none other than Heero Yuy,
who slept soundly, and looked bizarrely innocent. The white blinds which
shuttered their window where half open. The rays of sunlight broke
through, dancing over the face of the boy opposite him. Duo felt a great
feeling build up inside him, a strange one, of confusion and longing and a
swirl of other confusing emotions running through him. Then one desire
over ran them all. He realised, with fear, that he wanted to kiss Heero.
That he wanted to lean close to him, to cup the back of his head within the
palm of his hand, and to kiss those warm, smooth, sun warmed lips until
Heero awoke. He wanted Heero to pull him close and kiss him in return.
And tell him about how he'd always loved him.
Those dangerous thoughts died though the second Heero Yuy's cobalt blue eyes snapped open. It was like a robot, almost shocking with the severity which Heero greeted life and a return from the comforting black of sleep. Something flickered in the icy, robot's gaze though. Duo felt sure of it, and then it was gone. Heero pulled away. The innocence vanished. The arms where gone, and all was once again back in it's usual order. Everything felt natural once more.
'I'm glad to see you look better today, Duo.' Heero's tone sounded as though he where far from ecstatic, and in fact couldn't care less. 'We'd better start getting ready for school.It's almost 8:30.I don't want to be late.' Duo nodded, he paused a moment, noting with a strange and inexplicable glee that his bed simply reeked of Heero. He climbed out quickly, restraining an odd urge to snuggle up against the sheets. Heero stared at him oddly a moment, for just a split second, and then turned away.
'What do you have first period.?' Duo remained quiet a moment, thinking, before replying 'Something crappy,' in his usual airy tone. Heero sighed aloud, a low, long exhale of breath in exasperation. 'I know your opinion of education Duo, I've heard it enough times. What have you got first period?' Duo shrugged a little, shrugging on the school shirt and turning to face Heero, greeted with a view of the toned, tanned, sinewy back of his comrade, round his hips, rear and upper thighs was the seemingly obligatory black spandex. Heero shook out his white shirt in front of himself. Duo blinked a couple of times, knocking himself out of his reverie. 'Science.One of the sciences.I think.' Heero nodded. 'You're in the same classroom as me, Duo. A15, Biology, you sit next to a girl with red hair three rows in front of me. What is wrong with you?'
Heero turned to face his partner, his lithe form twisting round as he did so, in succession he managed some how to gracefully pull his shirt on. 'Nothing.' Duo's voice sounded fine, his smile looked fine, the mask was in place. Heero nodded a little. In his mind he saw through it. He saw through everything easily. Heero saw the things even the people who accused him of being insensitive didn't seem to notice. 'I'll meet you in class.' Without another word, Heero left the room.
Duo stood for a moment longer. Then he followed. It was like a quiet rule between them that they did not walk to classes together, they did not sit and eat together. This was mostly to keep Heero feeling secure in the fact that he wasn't making a friend, or something equally drastic. Duo's heart often went out to Heero when he saw him sitting alone eating. He continued to walk along the corridor, and decided today Heero wouldn't eat alone.
The redheaded girl besides Duo sat silent as usual. Duo cast a few glances at her. Freckles dusted her nose, her hand writing was neat and perfect. Not a single mistake. Her eyes where avid, she cared about what she was being taught. Duo realised she had no friends either. In an odd, charitable motion, he scribbled quickly upon a note a message to her.
Hi. My name's Duo. What's yours?
He passed it across quickly, folded up. The girl picked it up nervously. As she read it, Duo noticed a smile pulling at her features.
Rachel.
Duo read the note quietly, all it said was her name. She looked at him properly for the first time since they had been sat next to one another. She smiled, Duo smiled back. She was pretty, he thought to himself. Pretty and prim and proper. He turned around completely. He caught Heero's eye. Heero frowned. Duo smiled. Then the moment was over, the teacher asked Duo if he was listening, Duo nodded and replied 'Yes Sir.' He then began to doodle idly, he couldn't have been listening less, the redhead thought to herself quietly with a small smile. The class continued like that.
Those dangerous thoughts died though the second Heero Yuy's cobalt blue eyes snapped open. It was like a robot, almost shocking with the severity which Heero greeted life and a return from the comforting black of sleep. Something flickered in the icy, robot's gaze though. Duo felt sure of it, and then it was gone. Heero pulled away. The innocence vanished. The arms where gone, and all was once again back in it's usual order. Everything felt natural once more.
'I'm glad to see you look better today, Duo.' Heero's tone sounded as though he where far from ecstatic, and in fact couldn't care less. 'We'd better start getting ready for school.It's almost 8:30.I don't want to be late.' Duo nodded, he paused a moment, noting with a strange and inexplicable glee that his bed simply reeked of Heero. He climbed out quickly, restraining an odd urge to snuggle up against the sheets. Heero stared at him oddly a moment, for just a split second, and then turned away.
'What do you have first period.?' Duo remained quiet a moment, thinking, before replying 'Something crappy,' in his usual airy tone. Heero sighed aloud, a low, long exhale of breath in exasperation. 'I know your opinion of education Duo, I've heard it enough times. What have you got first period?' Duo shrugged a little, shrugging on the school shirt and turning to face Heero, greeted with a view of the toned, tanned, sinewy back of his comrade, round his hips, rear and upper thighs was the seemingly obligatory black spandex. Heero shook out his white shirt in front of himself. Duo blinked a couple of times, knocking himself out of his reverie. 'Science.One of the sciences.I think.' Heero nodded. 'You're in the same classroom as me, Duo. A15, Biology, you sit next to a girl with red hair three rows in front of me. What is wrong with you?'
Heero turned to face his partner, his lithe form twisting round as he did so, in succession he managed some how to gracefully pull his shirt on. 'Nothing.' Duo's voice sounded fine, his smile looked fine, the mask was in place. Heero nodded a little. In his mind he saw through it. He saw through everything easily. Heero saw the things even the people who accused him of being insensitive didn't seem to notice. 'I'll meet you in class.' Without another word, Heero left the room.
Duo stood for a moment longer. Then he followed. It was like a quiet rule between them that they did not walk to classes together, they did not sit and eat together. This was mostly to keep Heero feeling secure in the fact that he wasn't making a friend, or something equally drastic. Duo's heart often went out to Heero when he saw him sitting alone eating. He continued to walk along the corridor, and decided today Heero wouldn't eat alone.
The redheaded girl besides Duo sat silent as usual. Duo cast a few glances at her. Freckles dusted her nose, her hand writing was neat and perfect. Not a single mistake. Her eyes where avid, she cared about what she was being taught. Duo realised she had no friends either. In an odd, charitable motion, he scribbled quickly upon a note a message to her.
Hi. My name's Duo. What's yours?
He passed it across quickly, folded up. The girl picked it up nervously. As she read it, Duo noticed a smile pulling at her features.
Rachel.
Duo read the note quietly, all it said was her name. She looked at him properly for the first time since they had been sat next to one another. She smiled, Duo smiled back. She was pretty, he thought to himself. Pretty and prim and proper. He turned around completely. He caught Heero's eye. Heero frowned. Duo smiled. Then the moment was over, the teacher asked Duo if he was listening, Duo nodded and replied 'Yes Sir.' He then began to doodle idly, he couldn't have been listening less, the redhead thought to herself quietly with a small smile. The class continued like that.
