AAAH! WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? THIS PART WAS MEANT TO BE IN THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER! Oh, whatever. Well, here in my head, things are not all well: I have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome—too much typing—or I just haven't gotten enough potassium. Either way, it makes for slow and VERY PAINFUL writing. Whoever said 'you must suffer to write' really knew his stuff. OW! This chapter and the previous one were typed using my left hand alone—that's why they're both so short. I'd better take an invisible Tylenol. Oh, the PAIN! Um, for all of you inflicted with a similar ailment, there's some good advice on . Now on with the story. Joy through pain is still joy.
Heero was going insane. He must be crazy, he convinced himself, because no normal human being felt like this. It was like delirium, induced by that girl. Rei. He longed to say her name over and over, stroking her long, dark hair—see? There he went again. This…unnatural desire had to stop! Whenever she was near him, he felt that happiness swell up in him, and when he held her in his arms, it was like she belonged there. He would never be able to fight like this: a soldier should have no weaknesses and his was the greatest weakness of all—love. He shuddered at the thought. No, it must be something else. There had to be some other explanation for this sudden surge of feeling.
Heero turned back to his laptop and tried to continue with what he was doing, finding information on the previous attacks. But somehow, he couldn't concentrate. He decided to turn on some music to help him relax. Flipping through the laptop's music selection, he wasn't surprised by the fact that there wasn't anything to listen to: Heero hadn't ever felt the need to listen to music before. Wait a minute—there was something: Duo's Mix. There was only one song on it, however.
Duo's been on MY LAPTOP? fumed Heero. But nevertheless he clicked on the song, plugged in some headphones, and began to listen.
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Way above with Aphrodite
Looking down like you're God Almighty
Nobody does what you can do
I don't care 'cause I can see you…too…
I don't want to sing a hymn
Don't give a damn if it's a sin
I can't always be your right-hand man,
Someday I want command
Because you're always pushing down on me
You say you're my best friend
Because sometimes I think you're my enemy
And I just wish that I could tell you how it is
You can't just be okay you've got to win it all
If it means you fly it's okay if I fall
Because that's the way it is
I'm standing in the shadows
While you're basking in the sun
You want me to play your game
Then it means you've already won
Sometimes I want to hate myself
It all becomes too much to bear
Even though you're always above me
At least it means you're always there
But you're always pushing down on me
You say you're my best friend
But sometimes I think you're my enemy
And I just wish that I could show you how I feel
You can't just be okay you've got to win it all
If it means you fly it's okay if I fall
Because that's how I know it's your ideal
When I'm walking all alone
I dream that I'm the best
That I'm the one above you
And higher than all the rest
But dreams are dreams and nothing more
What would I want to wish that for
When I'm on earth and you're high above me
That's how I know you'll always love me
Because you're always pushing down on me
You say you're my best friend
Because sometimes I think you're my enemy
And I just wish that I could give you everything
You can't just be okay you've got to win it all
If it means you fly it's okay if I fall
But even the fallen, even we have wings.
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(A/N: It looks a little kooky written out like this—you've really got to hear the tune to know how it goes, but I thought it was a pretty song and I know that 'Snow Ghost' will like it! Snif…its sad but yet uplifting…interesting. And now, back to your regularly scheduled fanfic.)
Heero was absentmindedly flipping through a different document while listening to the song: a collage of pictures of Rei. Rei standing, Rei looking over her shoulder at him, Rei in the pool, Rei laughing at Duo's jokes…(A/N: Do you remember when Rei was thinking about the strange flashes of light coming from Heero's laptop? Well now you do.) God, she was gorgeous. Heero dozed off for a while, thinking of nothing but beautiful amethyst eyes.
"Heero? Hey, Heero, where were you? You missed dinner and it's like one-thirty at night!" Heero jolted awake to see Duo staring at his prized collage in amazement.
"You're listening to music…and whoa! Where did all these pictures come from? You're not telling me that you have the hots for our new guest…" he teased. Heero slammed the laptop shut and stalked out of the room without a word.
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Rei tossed and turned, dreams flitting feverishly through her mind. It was late at night and she still couldn't sleep. Whenever she was about to doze off, she would see a face laughing at her as she saw the bodies of her friends amid the shattered ruins of Crystal Tokyo. The face looked like…Jadeite? He had the same blonde hair, but his face was twisted and hard, and his eyes glowed red with bloodlust. Rei bolted upright, breaking into a cold sweat as she heard the maniacal laughter echo in the caverns of her mind. She had to think of something else.
Maybe some tea would get me calmed down, Rei thought, and headed towards the stairs down to the kitchen. Rushing down the stairs, she slammed into someone else in the pitch dark hallway and tumbled to the foot of the stairs in a tangled heap. As they landed in a patch of moonlight, Rei was startled to see that it was Heero. A delicious tingle ran up her spine as she realized the compromising position she was in: She was lying on top of him, their faces barely an inch apart.
"G—gomen," she managed to stammer, all too aware of the blush staining her porcelain cheeks.
"Don't be sorry," he whispered, cupping her face in his hands and slowly bringing his mouth to hers. He pulled her tighter against him and was gratified when she made no move to resist. Rather, she wrapped her arms around him and fell wholeheartedly into the kiss. Heero tasted her sweet mouth and fragile cherry lips, pushing his tongue against her teeth with a throaty murmur. He was finally fulfilling the hidden desires of his heart, doing what he had longed to do for what seemed like forever.
When he finally withdrew from their embrace, Rei flung herself forward and kissed him again. It was like no experience he had ever had before, a firework of experience that left him burning for more. They remained locked in a passionate embrace for a long time, oblivious to everything else.
They didn't even notice when a certain someone came across the scene and gasped, then sadly but stealthily crept away and into bed…
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