Title: I Wish You Were Here 1/1

Author: Makoto Sagara

Category: Angst, Romance, possible Sap, Deathfic

Pairing: 5x2

Rating: PG

Warnings: angst, shonen ai, OOC, AU, possible sap? Deathfic, songfic

Disclaimers: Don't own Gundam Wing. Don't own the lyrics to Wish You Were Here by Incubus. If I did, I wouldn't be writing. I'd be vacationing in Tahiti right now.  Make no money, so I will never have that vacation. *sighs*

A/N: This is the sequel to "This Way." Ah, the last official part of my Wufei/Duo songfic series. I might be inclined to write another one, but this *will* be the last part for a long time. ~_^ Promise it won't be as sappy as "This Way" was. I'm taking a mini-break from GD and ACL to refuel brain cells. Enjoy!

Dedication: To the wonderful girls and guy on my ML, who offer so many lovely comments on my fics, and to my *beautiful* new beta, Duo-chan, for just being *excellent*!

Symbols: /blah/ thoughts

*blah* emphasized words

~blah~ Song lyrics

*~*~*~* Change of scene

*~~~~~* Flashback

Wufei returned to the beach, where he and Duo had spent so much time together. He gazed out at the water. The sight took his breath away.

/I wish Duo were here to see this. He would have loved it,/ the Chinese man thought, as he subconsciously dug his feet into the sun-heated sand, enjoying the feel of the warm granules as the seeped between his toes.

Closing his eyes and leaning into the wind that gently caressed his small frame, he remembered back on times when he was much happier….

*~~~~~~~*

Wufei smiled as his newly-made husband ran up to him, smiling broadly.

"'Fei! This is perfect! I love the sand, the wind, the water, everything," the chestnut-haired man said, throwing his arms around the slightly smaller man. He leaned his head down, until he could whisper into the other's ear. "I love you, Chang Wufei."

Wufei felt every nerve in his body alight with love and passion for the man in his arms. He smiled fondly, and kissed Duo. "And I you, Duo Maxwell-Chang."

~I dig my toes into the sand…

The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds

Strewn across a blue blanket.

I lean against the wind,

Pretend that I am weightless,

And in this moment, I am happy…

Happy.~

*~~~~~~~*

Wufei fought back the tears that that moment had wrenched from him. That was the moment they decided the beach house they had rented for their honeymoon was perfect as their vacation home. He remembered going down to the rental office the next day with Duo, signing the papers that made this little sliver of paradise theirs.

It had been two weeks since Duo had passed. Wufei was still bitter about the circumstances.

/Those ben dan(1) had a year and a half to find out what was wrong with my xin ai(2), and yet, nothing. It wasn't until his hand had grown cold in my own that they finally found out what was wrong with him. A cancerous tumor in his brain./

"How does someone miss something like *that*?" he screamed to the empty beach and ocean.

He felt a warm breeze pass through, and suddenly, he was calm.

~I wish you were he~re

I~ wish you were here.

I wish you were here

I~ wish you were… here.~

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Wufei sat down on the sand, watching as the sun faded into the horizon, and the stars came into plain view. He then laid his head down, marveling at the beauty found in the sky. The tiny stars were shining in full view that evening with the moon shining down on him softly.

He remembered how Duo had loved to watch the sky, pointing out constellations, while Wufei gave the names of them in Chinese.

*~~~~~~*

"And that one," the violet-eyed man said, pointing into the sky for his husband to catch which stars he was studying. "That one right there is Draco, the dragon."

"It is called Long back home. That was also the maiden name of Meiran. The dragon symbolized the emperor. It was an honor to associate with the Long Clan," Wufei sighed, wishing he did not have to relive that particular memory. He was surprised when Duo leaned over and kissed him fully on the lips.

"It's ok, love. You are now associated with the Maxwell Clan of Los Angeles, California," he whispered.

"Ah, now that is something I believe is a true honor," Wufei said, slipping his arms around his lover for another kiss.

When they broke for air, Duo stared once again at the night sky. Wufei looked at his husband as his face scrunched up in scrutiny.

"What are you looking for, xin ai?"

"Signs of intelligent life." Wufei laughed out loud at that.

"Am I not *enough* for you?" Duo smiled and looked at the man next to him.

"You are *more* than enough for me. But, haven't you ever *wondered*? Could this be the only planet in the universe that has sentient life? If we are alone, then that is a *lot* of wasted space. Yanno?" Wufei sighed at that.

"Yes, I do know. Maybe we are, and maybe we aren't. There is no way for us to tell now." Duo kissed him, sighing.

"You're right."

*~~~~~~~*

Wufei pulled out a small lighter, and lit it; mocking an action he had seen Duo do before. /Can you see me, xin ai? I am continuing your search/

He sighed, and then smiled…

~I lay my head onto the sand…

The sky resembles a back-lit canopy

With holes punched in it.

I'm counting UFO's,

I signal them with my lighter,

And in this moment I am happy…

Happy~

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Wufei looked around the house, trying to remember every moment, every second that he and Duo had shared in their vacation home. Seeing that everything of personal value was packed, he started to haul the boxes out to his car.

/I will never return here again. And yet, I feel that I will miss this place more than ever./ He looked around the beach. /It will never be the same without you, Duo./

He placed the last box in, placed the house keys into his pocket, and got into the car without looking back again.

~I wish you were here

I~ wish you were he~re.

I wish you were here

I~ wish you were… here~

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

The silence in his car was deafening. It allowed his brain to wander too much back to the house, the ocean, and his love. Annoyed with the lack of sound, Wufei leaned over to grab the forgotten CD binder that Duo had left in the car the last time they were together.

Needless to say, he missed the truck that came barreling down the street on the wrong side. Wufei glanced up in time just to see the grille of the truck, before it smacked into the front of his car. He felt everything go numb. He truly heard nothing at that time. Slowly, he smiled, knowing that there was nothing he could do, and nothing that anyone else could do to save him. A small part of him didn't care anymore.

~The world's a roller coaster…

And I am not strapped in.

Maybe I should hold with care,

But my hands are busy in the air~

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

He was on the beach again. It was warm, the sun shining down on him, and the sound of the waves soothing him into a peaceful state. He closed his eyes carefully, soaking everything up.

He was surprised as a pair of familiar arms wrapped around him, and a voice he had longed for whispered in his ear.

"You know, I wished you were here." Wufei smiled, turning around to see violet eyes, a long chestnut braid, and what he considered perfection before him.

"I wished you where there with me, but here is nice too."

~I wish you were he~re

I~ wish you were…

I wish you were here

I~ wish you were… here.

I wish you were here

I~ wish you were he~re~

Fin.

(1)ben dan ~ Mandarin, "fool, idiot", or used here to mean more than one

(2)xin ai ~ Mandarin, "love, lover"