Chapter Eight
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing. Some other lucky people do.
Author Notes: It's been over three months since I last updated, gomen nasai. I had this chapter started and almost
finished when I posted my last chapter but my computer totally crashed and died forever its in computer heaven now.
Anywayz though I got a new one and I'm finally writing the next chapter but ill be surprised if anyone of my old readers
reads this at all. Ok well on to the story!
Duo could be found the next day sitting in a chair by his desk arguing with an employee of a nearby restaurant.
"Look, I'll pay you extra, just move it to tonight." There was a pause as Duo listened to the response then he started up
again. "It took me a week to get those reservations. Something came up last night and I missed it, bump it to tonight. I
am sure you have at least one extra table." There was another pause and then Duo almost yelled into the phone. "I
don't need to tell you what came up just change it, ok? Gosh, I said I will pay extra." There was a final pause and Duo
finished, "Good, okay I'll be in tonight at seven. Oh, and change the seats from one to two, thank you. Goodbye."
"Who were you talking to?" Asked Heero from the door.
"Morning 'eero. I was just calling a restaurant, do you want to go out to eat tonight?" Duo asked.
"Who all would be going?"
"Just me and, of course, you. That is if you decide to come." Duo replied.
"Yeah I guess I can go out tonight, it's not like I am doing anything else."
"Good. Now, I was thinking, you're pretty sure you are going to stay here for at least two months, right?"
Heero nodded positively.
"Then," continued Duo, "we need to find a place for you to put your stuff in and for you to sleep in instead of
my living room on the couch."
"But.... Duo, you don't have any extra bedrooms." Heero answered confused.
"True, no more bedrooms, but you could use the study. We could bring in the couch and maybe get a small
dresser or something." Duo answered already rearranging the room in his mind.
Duo, don't worry about it. Your living room is fine. Also, I haven't even seen this office before, are you sure
you have one?" Heero asked, confused that he could stay with Duo for as long as he had without even realizing that he
had an extra room. Had he been that inattentive?
Currently Duo interrupted his thoughts, "Nope! We are gonna get you a different room. The only reason you
didn't know I had another room is because I never use it. You probably thought it was a closet or something. All the
more reason for you to use it. Here," finished Duo, grabbing Heero's arm and proceeded to drag him out of his room
and into the living room, "I'll show it to you." The door connected to the back of the living room and Heero had
observed that Duo was right he had always assumed it was a closet. Duo opened the door and flicked on a nearby
lightswitch. "See!" He exclaimed.
Heero proceeded to survey the small room around him until his gaze fell back on Duo. "Are you sure there
would be enough room in here?" Heero asked politely as he could while guestering to the mass of papers, file drawer,
computer and its desk, and other various office items.
"Aw, we'll just take this stuff out you'll see!" Answered Duo with a grin.
~~~~~~~~~~
The two boys had proceeded to pull all of the stuff out of the room and, rearrange it in other parts of the house
including setting up the computer in Duo's room and the throwing away of many old files and documents. Then they
had went to a nearby store and picked up a small chest and a medium sized chair. Presently it was 6:15 PM and they had
just finished setting up the room and rearranging Duo's living room. Duo was sitting in the chair that they had placed in
the living room looking up at Heero who was standing in the doorframe of his 'room'.
"I like this chair, it's comfortable." commented Duo allowed bouncing a little to prove it. Next Duo looked at
his watch. "There's about twenty five minutes till we have to leave for dinner," Duo started standing up and heading
towards his room, "I'm going to go change."
As Duo headed for his room Heero headed for the shower to clean up and get changed before they left.
~~~~~~~~~~~
Duo parked his car and pulled out the keys. He opened his door and stepped out as Heero did the same. They
both walked up to the front door and stepped inside where a young man sat waiting behind a desk. Duo walked closer
to him, "Maxwell." He said as the man looked down and checked his book.
"Oh yes, your right here, table fifteen. Its on the right your waiter will be with you shortly."
"K, thanks." Duo and Heero walked to the table and slid into their seats on either side. Duo decided to start a
conversation. "So, Heero, what did J say last time you saw him?" Asked Duo.
"Nothing much really, you know we've never talked a lot and I wasn't in the mood to even see him at the time
either." Heero answered looking down at the table cloth.
"So you guys didn't talk at all. You live with a guy for a year and he doesn't even ask you how you've been, or
where?"
"Well he complemented my pictures." Heero answered with a little humor in his voice. Really he didn't know if
it was a complement or an insult.
"What pictures?"Asked Duo feeling confused right before he remembered about the picture book Heero used to
have of them. "Wait are you talking about all those pictures you had of me and you?"
"Yeah. Except they are mostly just of you." Heero commented.
"You still have those! I can't believe it! Why did you save those all this time?" Duo asked, personally he had
put all his pictures of Heero away at the time it had just hurt him more when he saw him. Before Heero could answer
though the waiter came and gave them their menus. He asked what kind of drink and appetizer they wanted and then he
was gone again.
"So," started Duo, "why do you still have those pictures."
Heero shrugged, "I don't know really. About a month after I went to live with J I would open them and look at
them sometimes. I missed you sometimes and it helped me."
"Why didn't you come back to me, at the time I was missing you a lot." Duo answered as his eyes dropped to the
table to trace the lines in the table cloth.
"I figured you probably hated me. I got over that later though otherwise I probably would have never come to
see you." Heero answered surprising himself that he was letting out this much. It was ok though, he assured himself.
Duo wouldn't use it against him. " I... I hope I didn't hurt you to bad?" Heero asked proving that he did still care for
his friends feelings.
Duo took pride in the fact that Heero could talk to him like this but he still couldn't lie to him and tell him that it
didn't hurt at all just to make sure Heero wouldn't feel guilty. He did decide to go bend the truth a little bit. He didn't
want Heero to know how hurt he really was, he didn't feel like talking about it either. "It did hurt me. I got over it
though. I'm talking to ya right? I cried a couple of times and I used to wish you would come back but I had a lot of
healing time though. Let's talk about something else though, OK?"
Duo had shied away from the subject quite quickly Heero noticed but he also didn't push it. He could tell Duo
didn't want to trust him and that was something he had to live with. Inside though, Heero really wished that he could go
back to the way it was and have never hurt Duo the way he did. So they went on to talking some about Heero's stay
with J and other irrelevant matters while eating. Heero didn't mind at all. He could wait for Duo to trust him.
Authors Notes: Ok well I think this chapter was a bit rushed, huh? I'm sorry if you hate it and I know that
Heero was OOC. Sorry. Anyways I'm thinking about deleting this story. If anybody wants me to continue it tell me in
a review, K? I'd sorta like at least two or three people to want me to continue. If nobody wants me to I'll just delete it
otherwise I'll try to get the next chapter up within this month. Thanks to all my previous reviewers and please review,
k? Thanks bye.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing. Some other lucky people do.
Author Notes: It's been over three months since I last updated, gomen nasai. I had this chapter started and almost
finished when I posted my last chapter but my computer totally crashed and died forever its in computer heaven now.
Anywayz though I got a new one and I'm finally writing the next chapter but ill be surprised if anyone of my old readers
reads this at all. Ok well on to the story!
Duo could be found the next day sitting in a chair by his desk arguing with an employee of a nearby restaurant.
"Look, I'll pay you extra, just move it to tonight." There was a pause as Duo listened to the response then he started up
again. "It took me a week to get those reservations. Something came up last night and I missed it, bump it to tonight. I
am sure you have at least one extra table." There was another pause and then Duo almost yelled into the phone. "I
don't need to tell you what came up just change it, ok? Gosh, I said I will pay extra." There was a final pause and Duo
finished, "Good, okay I'll be in tonight at seven. Oh, and change the seats from one to two, thank you. Goodbye."
"Who were you talking to?" Asked Heero from the door.
"Morning 'eero. I was just calling a restaurant, do you want to go out to eat tonight?" Duo asked.
"Who all would be going?"
"Just me and, of course, you. That is if you decide to come." Duo replied.
"Yeah I guess I can go out tonight, it's not like I am doing anything else."
"Good. Now, I was thinking, you're pretty sure you are going to stay here for at least two months, right?"
Heero nodded positively.
"Then," continued Duo, "we need to find a place for you to put your stuff in and for you to sleep in instead of
my living room on the couch."
"But.... Duo, you don't have any extra bedrooms." Heero answered confused.
"True, no more bedrooms, but you could use the study. We could bring in the couch and maybe get a small
dresser or something." Duo answered already rearranging the room in his mind.
Duo, don't worry about it. Your living room is fine. Also, I haven't even seen this office before, are you sure
you have one?" Heero asked, confused that he could stay with Duo for as long as he had without even realizing that he
had an extra room. Had he been that inattentive?
Currently Duo interrupted his thoughts, "Nope! We are gonna get you a different room. The only reason you
didn't know I had another room is because I never use it. You probably thought it was a closet or something. All the
more reason for you to use it. Here," finished Duo, grabbing Heero's arm and proceeded to drag him out of his room
and into the living room, "I'll show it to you." The door connected to the back of the living room and Heero had
observed that Duo was right he had always assumed it was a closet. Duo opened the door and flicked on a nearby
lightswitch. "See!" He exclaimed.
Heero proceeded to survey the small room around him until his gaze fell back on Duo. "Are you sure there
would be enough room in here?" Heero asked politely as he could while guestering to the mass of papers, file drawer,
computer and its desk, and other various office items.
"Aw, we'll just take this stuff out you'll see!" Answered Duo with a grin.
~~~~~~~~~~
The two boys had proceeded to pull all of the stuff out of the room and, rearrange it in other parts of the house
including setting up the computer in Duo's room and the throwing away of many old files and documents. Then they
had went to a nearby store and picked up a small chest and a medium sized chair. Presently it was 6:15 PM and they had
just finished setting up the room and rearranging Duo's living room. Duo was sitting in the chair that they had placed in
the living room looking up at Heero who was standing in the doorframe of his 'room'.
"I like this chair, it's comfortable." commented Duo allowed bouncing a little to prove it. Next Duo looked at
his watch. "There's about twenty five minutes till we have to leave for dinner," Duo started standing up and heading
towards his room, "I'm going to go change."
As Duo headed for his room Heero headed for the shower to clean up and get changed before they left.
~~~~~~~~~~~
Duo parked his car and pulled out the keys. He opened his door and stepped out as Heero did the same. They
both walked up to the front door and stepped inside where a young man sat waiting behind a desk. Duo walked closer
to him, "Maxwell." He said as the man looked down and checked his book.
"Oh yes, your right here, table fifteen. Its on the right your waiter will be with you shortly."
"K, thanks." Duo and Heero walked to the table and slid into their seats on either side. Duo decided to start a
conversation. "So, Heero, what did J say last time you saw him?" Asked Duo.
"Nothing much really, you know we've never talked a lot and I wasn't in the mood to even see him at the time
either." Heero answered looking down at the table cloth.
"So you guys didn't talk at all. You live with a guy for a year and he doesn't even ask you how you've been, or
where?"
"Well he complemented my pictures." Heero answered with a little humor in his voice. Really he didn't know if
it was a complement or an insult.
"What pictures?"Asked Duo feeling confused right before he remembered about the picture book Heero used to
have of them. "Wait are you talking about all those pictures you had of me and you?"
"Yeah. Except they are mostly just of you." Heero commented.
"You still have those! I can't believe it! Why did you save those all this time?" Duo asked, personally he had
put all his pictures of Heero away at the time it had just hurt him more when he saw him. Before Heero could answer
though the waiter came and gave them their menus. He asked what kind of drink and appetizer they wanted and then he
was gone again.
"So," started Duo, "why do you still have those pictures."
Heero shrugged, "I don't know really. About a month after I went to live with J I would open them and look at
them sometimes. I missed you sometimes and it helped me."
"Why didn't you come back to me, at the time I was missing you a lot." Duo answered as his eyes dropped to the
table to trace the lines in the table cloth.
"I figured you probably hated me. I got over that later though otherwise I probably would have never come to
see you." Heero answered surprising himself that he was letting out this much. It was ok though, he assured himself.
Duo wouldn't use it against him. " I... I hope I didn't hurt you to bad?" Heero asked proving that he did still care for
his friends feelings.
Duo took pride in the fact that Heero could talk to him like this but he still couldn't lie to him and tell him that it
didn't hurt at all just to make sure Heero wouldn't feel guilty. He did decide to go bend the truth a little bit. He didn't
want Heero to know how hurt he really was, he didn't feel like talking about it either. "It did hurt me. I got over it
though. I'm talking to ya right? I cried a couple of times and I used to wish you would come back but I had a lot of
healing time though. Let's talk about something else though, OK?"
Duo had shied away from the subject quite quickly Heero noticed but he also didn't push it. He could tell Duo
didn't want to trust him and that was something he had to live with. Inside though, Heero really wished that he could go
back to the way it was and have never hurt Duo the way he did. So they went on to talking some about Heero's stay
with J and other irrelevant matters while eating. Heero didn't mind at all. He could wait for Duo to trust him.
Authors Notes: Ok well I think this chapter was a bit rushed, huh? I'm sorry if you hate it and I know that
Heero was OOC. Sorry. Anyways I'm thinking about deleting this story. If anybody wants me to continue it tell me in
a review, K? I'd sorta like at least two or three people to want me to continue. If nobody wants me to I'll just delete it
otherwise I'll try to get the next chapter up within this month. Thanks to all my previous reviewers and please review,
k? Thanks bye.