Title: Of A Past Forgotten
Warnings: yaoi, possible lemon, lime, we'll see as we go, oh and yeah, I know I said that it was slight AU because I screwed with duo's past, but that's changed, and I really haven't screwed with duo's past, well, I know I did in the first chapter, but I've changed somethings, and well, it'll make more sense in the chapter after this one, you'll see, so that's it, and remember: guy on guy action and fluffiness (hopefully- I try my best) if you don't like it, pleeze don't read!
Disclaimer: I don't own them at all at all at all, so pleeze don't sue, I'm saving up all my babysitting money for a trip to Prague next year, so I need all the money I can get!
A/N: right, so I know I've like taken FOREVER to get this out, but I was in boston so I'm really sorry, but this is a really long chapter to make up for it- well, a longer chapter than the previous ones, so I hope you like it. first, here are my thank-you's:
Unknown Critic: no, they are not skitzo, they have inner voices that annoy them a lot by blabbering in their head, and the whole thing wasn't a dream the first chapter was, and most of the second chapter, well, the part with the voices in the field and all that, but the part under the bed wasn't a dream. Hope that sorts things out with you, thank you for the review!
The Dark Vella: hell no! I am NOT starting to think of dropping this, are you mad!? I love this fic way too much to just throw it in the dump, so don't worry! I'm glad you want me to continue it, and I will, see I'm doing it now, hope you like the chapter!
Ink2: oh yeah, something will happen, and yes, you'll see just how annoying the voices can get, the boys are getting a bit pissed, but things will sort themselves out eventually, you'll see! Oh yeah, heero will look good in leather pants! *looks around quickly* who said that? *shrugs* anyhoo, thanks for the review, hope you like this chapter!
Tenshi-Usa: thankie very much for the review, I'm glad you think it's funny, I like that line too! Oh no, don't pull out that pencil of doom, but then again, it is very sparkly… *stares hypnotically* it's very pretty, but hey, don't point that at my neck, see, I'm continuing, and I hope you like this chapter!
Paine: Thank you very much for the review and also for putting me on your favourites list, you're sooo nice!!! ^_^ I'm glad you like the voices and yeah, the perfect soldier and shinigami will have to be silenced, but not yet, it will happen though, I'm just not saying when, heehee! Yeah, there will be a lemon, it'll be coming up soon, but I won't say when either, mostly because I don't have a clue myself! ^_^V well, hope you like the chapter!
Chain: yeah, beans and toast together, you know, the beans you get in the tin with the tomatoe sauce, and you heat them up in a saucepan and put them on toast, but that's kinda weird that you think it's strange, cause it's normal for me, I mean, I've had stranger things like cheese and crisps toasted sandwiches or cheese and onion crisps and chocolate, but it's really nice! Hellya you're a nice reviewer, you kick ass! No, you do not talk too much, you should see me review or hear me talk, I can ramble on forever and ever… see, there I go again! ^_^V oh yeah, there will definitely be another dream sequence, that'll be in the next chapter, so I hope you can wait for it! ooo, there are two of you? Well, hey there you two, glad you like my fic and hey, no hostages, I'm posting this up as fast as I can, hope you like it, and thanks for the very long review, I loved it!
RiverWhiteDragon: hey, your confuszlement is fun, I can't help teasing, you know me! ^_^V yeah, duo's self control is great, well, it'll slip eventually, but for now it'll stay! And hey, teenage hormones are pretty intence I mean, look at what they can do to people! I am working on it, you saw how long this was, and yes, I must agree, they are green!
Kuro Sora: yeah, the leather trousers are brilliant, I love that line! And yeah, duo is a silly boy, but a smart one and a hot one too! ^_^ oh and as for the leather trousers, well… *giggle* you'll see…. *giggle* yeah, that just gave it away, but what the hell! Oh yeah, I'd love to drool over their bodies too, they would be just sooo hot! Anyhoo, thank you so much for the review, I really loved it, hope you like the chapter!
A/N: kay so that's it, on with the chapter now, hope you all like it!
Chapter Five: Food and a Movie
"I'm having a shower first!" Duo cried, hopping off the motorbike as soon as he had parked it, Heero following, after grudgingly letting go of his grasp around Duo's waist, "Seeing as my hair will take the longest to dry."
"Alright, just don't use all the hot water, remember, it will be there when we get back, it won't run away, no matter how annoying you are," Heero grinned, as he opened the front door and stepped inside the house.
Duo blushed a seep crimson and he uttered a mumbling squeak as he ducked his head, moving past Heero into the bathroom, where he turned on the shower, peeled off his sticky, sweat-soaked clothes with a faint look of disgust, undone his braid and stepped under the roasting hot hater, sighing deeply. He loved showers, they were so refreshing and were a perfect way to get absolutely clean. He loved being clean, as he remembered to back in the Maxwell Church, when there was never enough water to wash with, and how Sister Helen had melted that snow to wash him. It was something he'd never told any of the other pilots, not even Heero, and it was the reason he used so much water, he just couldn't get enough of it. Sighing, Duo shook his head and, grabbing a bottle of shampoo, proceeded to wash his hair, lathering up the shampoo, and massaging it onto his scalp.
'This is great, you and Heero all alone in the cinema!' Romance squealed, 'It is such a perfect time to make your move on him!'
'Yeah,' Cool cried in agreement, 'But oh no! What are you going to wear? You have to look your best if you're going to get your man!' and started running around Duo's head in total 'headless chicken' mode.
'Yeah, and you need to act right, and oh god, what movie will you see? It can't be too boring, or else he'll just leave, but it can't be too exciting or he might get annoyed, or get too much into the movie, and then you'll never get a chance!' Optim wailed, sounding very much like his counterpart, who, at the moment was saying cheerfully, 'Yeah, that's the way to think, finally, you're getting your head screwed right!'
'Guys, will you cool it!' Duo shouted mentally, 'Listen here now; we are going to see a movie that we both want to see, and I'm not going to do anything except watch the movie and maybe steal a sneaky-peak at Heero the odd time, but nothing more! I mean, sheesh, I don't even know if the guy's gay, more than likely he's as straight as an arrow!'
'Yeah, a bent arrow,' his inner child sniggered, 'Excuse the pun.'
'Oh ha ha, very funny, you're the master of subtlety,' Shinigami commented stoically, while Duo rolled his eyes, 'Leave Duo alone I have told you already that it's not good to get close to Heero, you'll end up getting hurt, and more than likely, so will he, even the Perfect Soldier knows that.'
'I'd say you're getting close to the Perfect Soldier, a bit too close for friendship,' Romance smirked.
'There is nothing going on!' Shinigami cried, then suddenly smirked, 'And besides, even if there was, he's invincible, or so it seems.'
'Ahem, guys, come on, could you quit it, nothing's going to happen so leave it, I highly doubt Heero's gay, and he doesn't even know that I am, so just forget it!'
'Aren't you going to tell him?' Inner child asked, 'If he knows, then maybe something will happen.'
'I don't think so,' Duo sighed, 'But hey, if he wants to know, he'll figure it out, and if he doesn't, then he won't, so quiet! Please.'
The voices were silent, and Duo finished his shower quickly, then hopped out, dried himself off, leaving his hair flowing down around his shoulders, and, wrapping a towel around his waist, stepped out of the bathroom, walking down the hall to look for Heero. He found him in the living room, lying on the couch, watching the television, in nothing but his spandex shorts, with his arms crossed behind his head.
'I'm telling you all now, quit it!' Heero cried exasperatedly in his mind, 'We are just going to see a film together, as FRIENDS, get it? And besides, like I've already said, Duo is more than likely straight.'
'Yeah sure,' Humanity commented sarcastically, 'Duo's as straight as his scythe's blade.'
'Exactly,' Optim smirked in agreement, 'You know, you should tell him you're gay, I bet something'd happen then!'
'No way, you are not saying anything, you are not gay!' the Perfect Soldier shrieked in a very girly manner, 'Gay is wrong, gay is weak, gay is-'
'Oh would you shut up!' his inner child shouted, 'You're gay too, you twit!'
'I-I-I'm not g-gay!' the Perfect Soldier spluttered indignantly, while Romance leered, 'Oh really? Well how come you seem to blush every time I mention a certain other pilot's name… Shinigami!?'
'I-I-I don't know w-what you're talking about,' the Perfect Soldier trailed off, mumbling to himself, while Heero sighed, 'Okay, come on now, drop it, nothing's going to happen so be quiet, you're going to give me one hell of a migraine if you keep going like this, and then there won't be any cinema at all, got it?'
The voices were immediately silent, and Heero smirked, breaking out of his inner conversation, and, as he shifted, he caught sight of Duo, standing in the doorway. His hair flowed around him, glistening slightly over his toned, muscled body, while he seemed to be staring… at him? Immediately, Heero was up looking around himself to see if there was something wrong, while trying to control the blush that was fighting its way onto his cheeks, at the thought that Duo may have been looking at him with lust. Duo also blushed, and ducked his head, embarrassed that he had been caught.
"Sorry there Hee-chan, didn't mean to scare you," he chuckled softly, grinning wryly, "I just wanted to tell you that the bathroom's free, kay?"
"Thanks, I really do need a shower," Heero grinned slightly, not even bothering about the 'Hee-chan,' part, as he got up and made his way into the bathroom, while Duo went to his room.
'Oh my god, did you see that? He was staring, at you, with lust!' Romance squealed, as Heero started taking off his clothes.
'Yeah, if that's not proof that he's gay, I don't know what is,' Optim nodded in agreement.
'Well, you know what? I do, how about him telling me?' Heero snapped, 'Look here, I want to be left alone tonight, I would like to spend this one night with Duo, and have fun, without you guys interrupting constantly. Until something urgent or amazing happens, just shut it, kay?'
There wasn't a single peep out of his voices, and Heero sighed, happy to have his thoughts to himself in silence, as he stepped into the shower.
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'Oooo, he blushed, he blushed!' Romance squealed, while Duo mused over what to wear, with Cool interjecting the odd sentence, such as, 'no, no, that looks too frumpy,' or, 'no, you gotta look sexy, but not slutty, save that for the nightclubs,' every now and then.
'So what if he blushed!' Duo snapped irritably, his lack of good clothing wearing his nerves down, 'I swear, you read into things way too much, he was probably blushing cause I looked like such a freak staring at him!'
'Nooo, it was cause he knew you were staring at him and he liked it,' Optim corrected him, while Pessim countered with a, 'No, no, he did think you were a freak, I told you non of this would work!'
'Guys? Shut it, just shut up and leave me alone tonight, I would like to feel that it is just me and Hee-chan, having a good time together, without me being berated by my voices with a million and one questions!' Duo shouted, pulling out a pair of baggy, but form fitting black combat trousers, a tight red tank top and his black leather jacket, while Cool shouted, 'Yes, yes, that's it, with a pair of doc martins, it's perfect! Right so, we're gone, good luck!' and with that, there was silence, while Duo sighed happily, flopping back on his bed, glad of the silence for once.
The two boys managed to get fully ready by four o' clock, and met up in the living room before they headed off. Though they didn't really show anything, they were stealing admiring glances at each other; Heero thinking Duo was outstanding in his outfit, and Duo thinking that Heero was gorgeous in his beige kakais, tight blue tank top, swede jacket and swede boots.
"Shall we depart?" Duo asked in a fake posh accent, opening the door for Heero, who replied in a similar accent, "Yes, let's," grinning as he walked outside.
They promptly hopped up on the motorbike, Heero's arm immediately snaking around Duo's waist, the familiar thrill running through their bodies, as they pressed close together.
"We'll get something to eat first, I'm starving," Duo announced, starting up the bike.
"Yeah, sure, me too," Heero replied.
"Great, I know just the place, you like Italian?" Duo asked.
"Yup, nothing better," Heero grinned haphazardly.
"Then off we go!" Duo shouted as he sent the bike roaring down the mountainside.
It took them about ten minutes to get off the mountain, and it wasn't long before they were speeding into the fairly large city that lay just before the mountain range, Duo slowing down as he twisted and turned the bike through the traffic, and then down a small, winding alley, where he parked outside a quaint, small Italian restaurant, from which emanated the most delicious smells from the open door. The two boys hopped off the bike and Duo chained it to a nearby lamp post, pocketing the keys, as Heero looked over the restaurant with interest.
"Well, what do you think?" Duo asked with a smile, coming up beside Heero, adding in a slightly proud tone, "It's a nice place, ne?"
"Hm… it's nice, quiet, small, relaxing… are you sure this is your kind of place?" Heero asked in mock suspicion, raising an eyebrow, to which Duo retorted indignantly, "Hey! I may be loud and hyper, and pretty stupid most of the time, but I actually do like to chill out and think and be quiet from time to time."
"I know, I was just teasing," Heero replied with a small smile, "And hey, you're not stupid."
"Eh yeah I am, please, sometimes I swear I was born with blond roots," Duo smirked. (A/N: no offence to blonds, I mean, I'm blond myself, I just like blond jokes, I make fun of myself a lot of the time and so does my friend, I mean, whenever she does something stupid, she just says, 'hey, it's not my fault I'm blond!')
"Now you're acting like a baka," Heero sighed, rolling his eyes, "Well, come on, are we going to eat or not?"
"Yeah, let's go, come on!" Duo grinned, grabbing Heero's arm and pulling him up to the door where he opened it and dragged him inside with a call of, "Hey, Marco!" as he pulled Heero up to the counter.
A small, darkly tanned man, who was about three years older than the two teens, with floppy brown hair that fell over mischievous hazel eyes, looked up from where he was putting glasses away, and called out, "Duo! You're back, and you brought a friend too, great! So, how's things going with you and that… engineering was it?"
"Yup, that's it," Duo chuckled, taking a seat at the bar in front of Marco, Heero sitting beside him, "This is Heero, a fellow engineer. Heero, this is Marco, a guy I met the last time I was in these parts."
"Hey there Heero," Marco said warmly, shaking hands with Heero, who simply grunted, "Oh, a silent type eh? You got good taste Duo, he's cute," Marco added with a wink.
Heero shifted slightly in his seat, throwing a death glare at Marco, while Duo blushed, muttering, "We're just friends Marco."
"Really?" Marco said in a surprised tone, "You two would make an amazing couple, but oh well…" he shrugged, "So, what'll it be, a table for two, and the usual?"
"Yeah definitely, the usual for both of us," Duo smiled, while Marco replied, "Alright, there's a table down in the back corner, you know where it is Duo."
"Sure, thanks Marco," Duo waved, hopping off the barstool and making his way to the corner of the restaurant, Heero following.
They found a table down in the corner, with a sort of screen around it, giving them lots of privacy from the rest of the restaurant, and they had barely sat down when Duo was rambling on, full of apologies.
"Oh my god Heero, I'm so sorry, I don't know what came over Marco back there, well, I do, but still, I didn't expect it, I should have warned you, and I'm really sor-"
Duo was immediately silenced as Heero reached over and put a hand over his mouth, saying, "Duo, it's alright, I don't mind, really; he's your friend, he was probably just teasing, alright? You don't have to apologise."
His face slightly red and his eyes wide in shock, Duo nodded, and it was only when he felt his lips moving against his hand, did Heero reasise what he was doing, and he quickly snatched his hand back, mumbling a hurried apology.
"'Salright Hee-chan," Duo grinned, "I'll just go get us some drinks, you like orange?"
"Yeah, that's fine, and stop calling me Hee-chan," Heero replied, throwing a glare at a giggling Duo, who nodded, and turned, skipping away to the bar.
Sighing, Heero leaned back in his chair, thoughts buzzing around his head, like, 'If Marco's Duo's friend, and he thought Duo had a boyfriend, does that mean Duo's gay?' 'Would we really make a good couple?' 'He thought I was CUTE!?' as he settled down into deep thought.
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"Yo Marco, two fantas please," Duo called, hopping up on a barstool.
"Sure thing Duo, and hey, sorry bout that back there, I really thought you two were together," Marco apologised, as he took two bottles out of the fridge.
"You're alright, he didn't mind, and no, we're not together," Duo sighed, throwing his head on his hands.
"But you wish you were right?" Marco replied with a knowing smile, as he put the bottles on the table and grabbed two glasses.
"Yeah, well, would you look at him! But, nothing's going to happen," Duo shook his head sadly, "I mean, he doesn't know I'm gay, and more than likely he's not."
"Nah, he's gay, I can tell, plus, the way he looks at you, and come on, he'd be mad not to go for you! Sure he's gorgeous, but so are you. Remember all those heads you turned in New York the night we went out to that club?" Marco smiled nostalgically, "Man, you were definitely hot those nights, all those guys that chatted you up were proof of that, and you still are just as hot, I say you go for it with Heero, the two of you together really are amazing."
"Thanks Marco, but hey, if I remember correctly, you were the one who was chatted up a lot too, you were gorgeous those nights," Duo smiled, "Man, those were fun days."
"Definitely, just you and me, going out, chatting up guys and having a blast!" Marco cried excitedly, "Well, here are your drinks," he added, putting two glasses of orange down in front of Duo, "On the house, but only for a gorgeous guys such as yourself."
"That's exactly how you got my interest the first time we met," Duo giggled, "Do you still use that line?"
"Nah, only for you," Marco smirked, "Now scoot, go on back to your man, your lasagne will be out to you in a couple of minutes."
"Thanks Marco," Duo smiled, taking the drinks and making his way back to Heero.
It was good to see Marco again, Duo loved talking and reminiscing with him. Marco had been one of the first people Duo had met when he first arrived on Earth. Duo had been dealing with his sexuality, and Marco, after trying to chat him up, decided to help him out, helping him with this and that, taking him out to different nightclubs and places. For a while they had been lovers, but it never really worked out, and they found that they were better as friends, going out and teasing guys together. That trip to New York had been just before Duo had to move on to Siberia, and it was a really memorable one- they had been on fire, with all the clothes they could buy, just doing themselves up and having a blast each night, until it was time for Duo to move on, but they'd called each other every now and then, and this was the first time they'd seen each other since New York, but they were as friendly as ever.
"Here we go," Duo announced cheerfully, putting the glasses down on the table, "The food should be out in a few minutes."
"Yeah, just what is 'the usual'?" Heero asked sceptically.
"Oh yeah, it's lasagne, I swear Heero, you gotta try it, it is to die for," Duo beamed happily, and Heero couldn't help but smile back.
Their meal arrived a couple of minutes later, and the two teens tucked in with great vigour, murmurs of appreciation arising between snatches of conversation. Soon, they were finished, and Duo paid up at the bar, before biding farewell to Marco as they shared a hug, and Marco grinned as he saw Heero give them a very jealous look from his position at the door.
"Just go for it," he whispered to Duo, "He likes you, believe me."
"Alright, I will," Duo laughed, "Thanks Marco, I'll c-ya around, bye!"
With that, the boys exited the restaurant and, once Duo had unlocked the bike, they both hopped up onto it and sped off towards the cinema.
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"Die Jean, die!" Duo yelled, throwing the last of his popcorn at the screen in the cinema; which was virtually empty, except for two girls who were making out in the back corner, paying no attention what-s-ever to the film- X-men Evolution, which was now coming to the end.
"Oh my god," Duo suddenly whispered in a squeaky voice, "They're hugging, they're actually hugging! Oh, Logan and Scott are the cutest!"
"They're mourning her death," Heero pointed out in a matter-of-fact tone.
"So, who cares about her! The point is, they're hugging!" (1)
"And you think it's cute?"
"Of course! Who wouldn't think that two guys hugging is the most adorable thing in the world, especially when one of them is Scott, who is just so incredibly hot?!"
"You think he's cute?" Heero asked, in a kind of shocked tone.
"Hellya," Duo announced happily, before his hand flew up to his mouth as he realised what he had just told Heero.
'Oh crap, now he's going to think I'm disgusting or something,' he moaned, cringing back in his seat, while Heero was thinking, 'Oh my god, he's gay! I've got to tell him I am too, but I can't just say it outright…I know!'
Calmly shifting back in his seat, Heero shrugged, frowning as he mused, I don't know…personally, I think Logan is cuter."
Duo's head whipped around at a lightning speed, and he stared at Heero in total shock, before realisation sunk in and he smiled saying, "You do?"
"Yup, definitely, though I'd have to say they're both definitely hot," Heero smiled, turning to face Duo.
"Yeah, definitely," Duo said softly, staring straight into Heero's eyes.
The two teens stared at each other, captivated by the depth of each other's eyes, and they were starting to lean in, when suddenly, the movie was over and the lights came on, flooding the place with light. The boys jerked away, blushing guiltily at the thought that they must have looked like freaks just staring at the other like that, and they quickly made their way out of the cinema, where they hopped onto the bike and sped off back to the safe house. Heero did keep his grasp around Duo's waist and when Duo told him to get closer as it was cold, he did just that- practically moulding their bodies together as they ripped down the road, a sense of expectancy around them. Something might have happened when they got back, but, of course, as soon as they were out of the city, their voices started up immediately, shouting and arguing, so that by the time they reached the safe house, they were both really irritable and had killer headaches.
"Oh, sorry Hee-chan, but I've got a major headache- I'm just going to take some painkillers and hit the sack," Duo groaned as he made his way into his bedroom, while Heero said, "alright, I'll be going to bed soon too, I just need a drink of something, night."
"Night, I'll c-ya in the morning," Duo smiled, while mentally, he snapped at his voices, 'happy? I'm going to bed and nothing's going to happen because you guys wouldn't shut up. Now be quiet, I want to sleep after that migraine you guys gave me.'
There was a small, 'Sorry Duo,' from a mournful inner child, before Duo took some painkillers, stripped down to his boxers and hopped into bed, conking out immediately.
PHEW! *wipes forehead* well, that's that done, so, what do you think? Was it any good? Pleeze let me know what you think and review, pleeze!!!! Farethee well! ^_^