Author: aomurasakiai
Warnings: AU, Angst, Sap, Shounen ai/Yaoi
Pairings: 2+1, 1+2, 2x1
Spoilers: None
Rating: PG-13
*Everything above may be
subject to change*
Fragile Faith: Chapter 04 – Breaking Through
Duo bit his lip. He didn't know what to say. And Heero paid no attention to him at all. Working his jaw he tried to get the other to open up to him.
"Heero I… I just…" He jumped a bit when Heero banged his hand on the windowsill. Heero looked up with enraged eyes.
"Just leave me alone. I don't want to be friends," he hissed out. Seeing that Duo was making no move to leave Heero stood up and forcefully grabbed the braided boy's upper arm.
"Heero! Wait… stop!!" he cried out in pain. But Heero had a death grip on him and refused to let go as he dragged him across the room towards the door. Before Heero could open it however, Duo held it shut with his other hand and that earned him a frightening glare.
"Heero… I just want to be friends. Is that too much to ask?" Duo said with tears stinging his eyes. He just knew his arm was going to bruise… and badly. Heero's glare seemed to falter for a second before it was up at full force again. Instead of answering he grabbed the doorknob and vehemently pulled on it, causing Duo's hand to slip which in turn caused the door to snap back and bang into Duo's other shoulder. Duo winced and bit down on his lip to keep another cry of pain from escaping. Heero just shoved the other out and slammed the door.
Lady Une came running a few moments after. By that time Duo had composed himself enough to keep the hurt from his face.
"What happened Duo?" she asked, concerned.
"Nothing," Duo said shaking his head. "He just… got a little angry." Just as soon as he said that the door opened again and he barely had time to duck from a flying plate. It crashed on the other side of the wall and shattered, shards of broken ceramics flying everywhere.
"Oh dear…" Lady Une whispered, covering her mouth as Heero slammed the door for the second time.
"Yeah… a little angry." Duo repeated, almost sadly. "I'm sorry Lady Une. I didn't know that he would react so badly and… I'll pay for that plate." he said miserably.
"No no no it's not about the plate." Lady Une said with tears in her eyes. Duo looked at her in surprise.
"What do you mean?" Lady Une breathed deeply and let some of the tears fall.
"Heero… he never reacted like this before." she sniffled out proudly. "Remember what I said? That he never cried when he was here?" A nod. "Well, he also never showed any extreme emotions before. You have to wonder sometimes if he was already dead by the way he acts." She laughed a bit and wiped her eyes before glancing at the braided boy with a joyful smile. "You've broken through already. You'll get to him… I know you will. Promise me that you'll take care of him?"
Duo could only nod wordlessly as she continued. "Even though he's done nothing but close up within himself, I've grown quite fond of him." Lady Une quietly excused herself and left Duo standing in the hallway, in shock from what he had just heard.
"Damn…"
~~~Later that day~~~
Duo thought it was best to let Heero calm down a bit before he decided to go visit him again. Also it gave him some time to go out and get a sort of "peace offering" for Heero just to show that there were no hard feelings. Rubbing his sore arm and shoulder Duo chuckled to himself, since it was a bit ironic that the one who got hurt was the one offering an apology.
He wracked his brain for a good part of the afternoon trying to think what kind of gift would suit Heero. After all he barely knew the Japanese boy and it usually was difficult choosing a present for someone you didn't know. While he was thinking, he found himself in front of a music store.
"Music is the universal language," he said grinning. So he walked in. After exhausting through each and every CD on display (plus bugging the owner to death so that he could sample some of the seemingly interesting ones), he finally chose a CD with extremely soothing music. Duo was immediately attracted to the tracks called "Afternoon" and "Flower". There was another track that he especially liked but it was written in Japanese kanji. Duo just shrugged and headed back to the orphanage.
When he was almost at the orphanage, a thought struck him: Heero might not have something to play the CD with…
"Damn it!!"
By the time he reached the orphanage… again… he was out of breath. Clutched in his hands were the CD, still wrapped inside the paper bag and a reasonably priced Walkman along with it. Luckily he didn't forget the batteries to go with it and managed to pick up a pack of 10. Pushing open the door, Lady Une greeted him.
"Hello Duo. Welcome back," she said smiling
"Thanks. Is Heero…?" Her smile faltered and she turned sad.
"I don't know. He wouldn't come out at all." She led him to the kitchen where a cold plate of pasta sat on the table. "He didn't touch his lunch."
"Well he was pissed off. Don't worry. Just heat it up and I'll give it to him along with this." He held up the paper bag. Lady Une looked at it skeptically. "A present," Duo said simply. Lady Une smiled with understanding and went to place the pasta inside the microwave.
A few minutes later he was in front of Heero's door. Deciding to play it safe, he cradled the present under his arm. Holding the plate and using the other hand, he knocked lightly. Hearing the expected silence, he knocked harder.
"Go away." A slightly angry voice filtered through the wood. Duo swallowed and steeled himself for Heero's rage as he pushed open the door.
tbc…