Starting Over Again
Chapter 11
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing and I probably won't... ever.... *sniff*
Warnings: future 1x2 and already established 3x4
Notes: I can't believe it took me this long to update. I am SO sorry. All my readers will be gone now... *sniff* Well, now that I'm back in school tho, and I have a study hall and usually nothing to do so I will update faster than I did over the summer, hopefully faster than last year cuz I didn't have a study hall then, o well. Plus, I got Falling on my back all the time to update.... so, yeah, I'll be updating faster. Again, very sorry for the delay.
Oh, yeah... and just in case anyone is wondering Endless Waltz never happened. ^_^
"talking"
//thinking//
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Duo Maxwell got to work without a problem and was rather early also. He had been sitting at his desk for almost fifteen minutes, trying to go over paperwork in vain, (to tell the truth, he really hadn't been working long enough to understand what he was supposed to do with each of the different colored papers and folders that had stacked up on his desk), when a young looking, brown-haired man strode up to his desk.
Duo surveyed him real quick, taking note of his brown eyes, tall, lean structure and little pointed nose. The man quickly looked down and addressed the braided boy, "Duo Maxwell?" Duo nodded and stood already ready to get away from the troublesome rainbow folders. "My name is Tim, I am Wufei's secretary. You flew a suit back in the war, right?"
This Tim man sounded down to business. Duo nodded affirmatively with a bit of a smirk on his face all the same, "Deathscythe."
Duo took pleasure in watching the man's eyes widen a bit before he continued, "Yes, well, then you would have no problem flying one of the Preventer's suits." Tim stated, more than asked. "Wufei, whom I presume you know, and his partner David Morgall were to leave at 06:00 hundred today on a three to five day trip for a routine check of a sector of colonies. David called in sick today and we need an experienced pilot in lead. The four other pilots we have called have jobs or previous appointments this week. I was sent to look for a replacement pilot. Will you co-lead this trip with Wufei?"
Duo leaned his weight into his right leg before answering, "Have you asked the boss if this is okay? I am new here. I don't know if they would want me to leave on a trip when just starting a new job."
"I'm sure if Wufei says it's okay it will be. He is on the Board of Directors and has become high in command. He knows this company, if he says you can, it will be fine." The brown-eyed man replied.
Duo let out a low whistle. Well, he wouldn't mind going, it had been a long time since he'd been in a suit. Plus, there would be no killing more than likely, just a check of colonies... in a group with two leaders. "It's like a training trip for new recruits also I assume?" The man nodded. //Sounds like some fun.// Duo's face fell though, "I'm not packed."
The man shrugged, "Buy clothes on a colony, pay it to the company's tab. Time is ticking, the group needs to leave."
"Okay then!" Duo exclaimed, " I'll do it, but may I leave a note for my roommate, he works here."
"A quick one, if you would." The man replied.
Duo took his seat, grabbed a pen and his post-it notes and scribbled a note. He pulled it off and handed it to Tim folded in half. "Heero Yuy."
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Heero came out of his room fully dressed and immediately noticed that Duo had left the chair. He didn't hear the shower going and he didn't usually mess in the kitchen anymore. Maybe he was in his room?
Heero strode over to the door and knocked. Frowning, he cracked the door open, "Duo?" His frown deepened a tad. Duo must of left without him. //What the heck did I do?//
On the way to work Heero let the radio play on the station Duo had left it on the other day, NOT at 12 volume, though, he brought it down to three and kept driving.
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Heero picked up the envelope laying on his computer's keyboard. Sitting down and tearing it open he wondered what idiot would put a post-it note in an envelope. His eyes scanned quickly over the note and he let out a silent sigh.
Hey Heero,
I'm going on a trip with Wufei. I'm sorry about last night and this morning. We can
talk when I get back if you want to. Anywho I'll be going- see you somewhere round
Friday, I guess.
-Duo Maxwell
//He says he's sorry? He must be talking about when he walked out last night. But why did he do it?// Heero sighed again. //That boy is confusing.//
Heero clicked on his computer and began working.
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The day was passing slowly for Duo. The had only been flying a hour or so towards the first colony but already Duo had checked out most everything in the suit that he could while flying. He had sang a few of his favorite songs to himself also but that got boring since there was no one to listen to him. This cockpit wasn't nearly as comfortable as Deathscythe's either. He wiggled around a bit. Hmmmm... what to do? Suddenly, he had an idea. He pushed a button in front of him connecting his comm link to Wufei.
There was a bit of static before is switched to his old friend, Wufei. His head laid back on his seat, eyes closed, breathing slowly with his suit on autopilot, he was obviously asleep or trying to get there.
All the more reason to wake him, "HEY 'FEI!!" The Chinese boy jump awoke while Duo watched with a glint of amusement in his eyes.
"MAXWELL!" Wufei shouted back, his face contorting with anger.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. My name is Duo, not Maxwell." Duo reprimanded shaking his finger in the air, then stopped, "Well, it is Maxwell too, but my FIRST name is Duo!" He finished again. Wufei merely rolled his eyes at the braided boy's antics. "Anywho," seeing a lack of response from Wufei, Duo decided to just start again. "What's up with all this, what exactly are we doing?"
"Didn't Tim inform you of the details?" Wufei inquired.
"The skinny dude? Yeah, he told me some stuff," Duo waved it off with his hand showing its insignificance to him, "I wanna know details! I'm bored so we can talk about everything. Hmmm... We can start with what colonies we are looking at, then move on to were we are going to stay? What are we going to eat? Who all are we taking? Good stuff, you know 'Fei. Then after that I wanna have a nice, long conversation about how you got your job. You know stuff like..." Duo trailed off as he noticed Wufei had disconnected the link. "'Fei!!"
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Heero's day had finally ended. Without Duo. He went home and sat down to eat. Without Duo. He tried to watch some television... without Duo. Heero laid back on the couch and draped his arm over his eyes. He already was really missing the boy. Had he already attached to him that much just by living with him for a month or two?
Impossible.
There had to be some explanation though. Maybe... maybe he was already a bit attached to him when he came her in the first place? That was possible, he thought quietly. He flipped off the television with his free hand. Yeah, that was very possible. When he first became abandoned by J, he came to Duo first. He asked him to be friends the very first day he talked to him again. He followed Duo to every place he wanted to go that first week of living there.
Yes it was quite possible. Especially with the fact included that he had been with the braided boy once before. But why had he not noticed it when he first came here? Was he that dense? Would all these feelings matter anyways, would anything ever come of them this time? Now that Heero knew what was going on he was much more sure of his feelings than the first time around, but would it even matter? //No, probably not.// Heero told himself sadly. Duo did not like him again. No... and he wouldn't either. He had hurt Duo the last time and he knew it. Personally, Heero would have rathered to just leave it all in the past and not worry about it anymore but he knew Duo hadn't just forgot it. Heero could tell because he could feel the walls Duo had put up against the other pilot.
He could tell in little things, like how he would scoot away from Heero when they were on the couch together not letting any physical touch. Heero could tell because he wouldn't meet his eyes anymore, and now he called Quatre with all his problems instead of talking to Heero who was sitting in just the next room.
Maybe if he apologized for his mistake, and treated Duo nice, showed the boy he could trust him Duo would take the walls down? Maybe Duo would consider....
No, Heero thought, I might as well go to bed rather than lay here and contemplate sappy feelings that won't ever matter anyways. Well off to bed...
~ TBC
Notes: There I finished and I started the next chapter in Study Hall today so it should be out sometime... soon. Once again I feel bad for letting this go this long cuz I promised myself I wouldn't let this happen.
Thank you to ALL my reviewers and please everybody review and tell me what you think I would REALLY appreciate it!
Chapter 11
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing and I probably won't... ever.... *sniff*
Warnings: future 1x2 and already established 3x4
Notes: I can't believe it took me this long to update. I am SO sorry. All my readers will be gone now... *sniff* Well, now that I'm back in school tho, and I have a study hall and usually nothing to do so I will update faster than I did over the summer, hopefully faster than last year cuz I didn't have a study hall then, o well. Plus, I got Falling on my back all the time to update.... so, yeah, I'll be updating faster. Again, very sorry for the delay.
Oh, yeah... and just in case anyone is wondering Endless Waltz never happened. ^_^
"talking"
//thinking//
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Duo Maxwell got to work without a problem and was rather early also. He had been sitting at his desk for almost fifteen minutes, trying to go over paperwork in vain, (to tell the truth, he really hadn't been working long enough to understand what he was supposed to do with each of the different colored papers and folders that had stacked up on his desk), when a young looking, brown-haired man strode up to his desk.
Duo surveyed him real quick, taking note of his brown eyes, tall, lean structure and little pointed nose. The man quickly looked down and addressed the braided boy, "Duo Maxwell?" Duo nodded and stood already ready to get away from the troublesome rainbow folders. "My name is Tim, I am Wufei's secretary. You flew a suit back in the war, right?"
This Tim man sounded down to business. Duo nodded affirmatively with a bit of a smirk on his face all the same, "Deathscythe."
Duo took pleasure in watching the man's eyes widen a bit before he continued, "Yes, well, then you would have no problem flying one of the Preventer's suits." Tim stated, more than asked. "Wufei, whom I presume you know, and his partner David Morgall were to leave at 06:00 hundred today on a three to five day trip for a routine check of a sector of colonies. David called in sick today and we need an experienced pilot in lead. The four other pilots we have called have jobs or previous appointments this week. I was sent to look for a replacement pilot. Will you co-lead this trip with Wufei?"
Duo leaned his weight into his right leg before answering, "Have you asked the boss if this is okay? I am new here. I don't know if they would want me to leave on a trip when just starting a new job."
"I'm sure if Wufei says it's okay it will be. He is on the Board of Directors and has become high in command. He knows this company, if he says you can, it will be fine." The brown-eyed man replied.
Duo let out a low whistle. Well, he wouldn't mind going, it had been a long time since he'd been in a suit. Plus, there would be no killing more than likely, just a check of colonies... in a group with two leaders. "It's like a training trip for new recruits also I assume?" The man nodded. //Sounds like some fun.// Duo's face fell though, "I'm not packed."
The man shrugged, "Buy clothes on a colony, pay it to the company's tab. Time is ticking, the group needs to leave."
"Okay then!" Duo exclaimed, " I'll do it, but may I leave a note for my roommate, he works here."
"A quick one, if you would." The man replied.
Duo took his seat, grabbed a pen and his post-it notes and scribbled a note. He pulled it off and handed it to Tim folded in half. "Heero Yuy."
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Heero came out of his room fully dressed and immediately noticed that Duo had left the chair. He didn't hear the shower going and he didn't usually mess in the kitchen anymore. Maybe he was in his room?
Heero strode over to the door and knocked. Frowning, he cracked the door open, "Duo?" His frown deepened a tad. Duo must of left without him. //What the heck did I do?//
On the way to work Heero let the radio play on the station Duo had left it on the other day, NOT at 12 volume, though, he brought it down to three and kept driving.
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Heero picked up the envelope laying on his computer's keyboard. Sitting down and tearing it open he wondered what idiot would put a post-it note in an envelope. His eyes scanned quickly over the note and he let out a silent sigh.
Hey Heero,
I'm going on a trip with Wufei. I'm sorry about last night and this morning. We can
talk when I get back if you want to. Anywho I'll be going- see you somewhere round
Friday, I guess.
-Duo Maxwell
//He says he's sorry? He must be talking about when he walked out last night. But why did he do it?// Heero sighed again. //That boy is confusing.//
Heero clicked on his computer and began working.
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The day was passing slowly for Duo. The had only been flying a hour or so towards the first colony but already Duo had checked out most everything in the suit that he could while flying. He had sang a few of his favorite songs to himself also but that got boring since there was no one to listen to him. This cockpit wasn't nearly as comfortable as Deathscythe's either. He wiggled around a bit. Hmmmm... what to do? Suddenly, he had an idea. He pushed a button in front of him connecting his comm link to Wufei.
There was a bit of static before is switched to his old friend, Wufei. His head laid back on his seat, eyes closed, breathing slowly with his suit on autopilot, he was obviously asleep or trying to get there.
All the more reason to wake him, "HEY 'FEI!!" The Chinese boy jump awoke while Duo watched with a glint of amusement in his eyes.
"MAXWELL!" Wufei shouted back, his face contorting with anger.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. My name is Duo, not Maxwell." Duo reprimanded shaking his finger in the air, then stopped, "Well, it is Maxwell too, but my FIRST name is Duo!" He finished again. Wufei merely rolled his eyes at the braided boy's antics. "Anywho," seeing a lack of response from Wufei, Duo decided to just start again. "What's up with all this, what exactly are we doing?"
"Didn't Tim inform you of the details?" Wufei inquired.
"The skinny dude? Yeah, he told me some stuff," Duo waved it off with his hand showing its insignificance to him, "I wanna know details! I'm bored so we can talk about everything. Hmmm... We can start with what colonies we are looking at, then move on to were we are going to stay? What are we going to eat? Who all are we taking? Good stuff, you know 'Fei. Then after that I wanna have a nice, long conversation about how you got your job. You know stuff like..." Duo trailed off as he noticed Wufei had disconnected the link. "'Fei!!"
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Heero's day had finally ended. Without Duo. He went home and sat down to eat. Without Duo. He tried to watch some television... without Duo. Heero laid back on the couch and draped his arm over his eyes. He already was really missing the boy. Had he already attached to him that much just by living with him for a month or two?
Impossible.
There had to be some explanation though. Maybe... maybe he was already a bit attached to him when he came her in the first place? That was possible, he thought quietly. He flipped off the television with his free hand. Yeah, that was very possible. When he first became abandoned by J, he came to Duo first. He asked him to be friends the very first day he talked to him again. He followed Duo to every place he wanted to go that first week of living there.
Yes it was quite possible. Especially with the fact included that he had been with the braided boy once before. But why had he not noticed it when he first came here? Was he that dense? Would all these feelings matter anyways, would anything ever come of them this time? Now that Heero knew what was going on he was much more sure of his feelings than the first time around, but would it even matter? //No, probably not.// Heero told himself sadly. Duo did not like him again. No... and he wouldn't either. He had hurt Duo the last time and he knew it. Personally, Heero would have rathered to just leave it all in the past and not worry about it anymore but he knew Duo hadn't just forgot it. Heero could tell because he could feel the walls Duo had put up against the other pilot.
He could tell in little things, like how he would scoot away from Heero when they were on the couch together not letting any physical touch. Heero could tell because he wouldn't meet his eyes anymore, and now he called Quatre with all his problems instead of talking to Heero who was sitting in just the next room.
Maybe if he apologized for his mistake, and treated Duo nice, showed the boy he could trust him Duo would take the walls down? Maybe Duo would consider....
No, Heero thought, I might as well go to bed rather than lay here and contemplate sappy feelings that won't ever matter anyways. Well off to bed...
~ TBC
Notes: There I finished and I started the next chapter in Study Hall today so it should be out sometime... soon. Once again I feel bad for letting this go this long cuz I promised myself I wouldn't let this happen.
Thank you to ALL my reviewers and please everybody review and tell me what you think I would REALLY appreciate it!