To Karen McCoy: *shudders* Don't you ever mention the words 'Heero',
'Relena' and 'married' in one sentence again! I couldn't sleep for two
nights because of the nightmares you gave me with that! *glares* But thanks
for the review! ^_~
To Ellen: *megasweatdrop* I... uhm... I'll do my best... But this is a 'romance' story so there will be some sap and stuff. I don't like them being (quote) sappy, crying, little is-a-boy-seem-to-be-an-overly-romantic- girl (unquote) *loves that definition! lol* as well, so I guess it will not get 'that' bad... At least I hope I managed to keep them 'macho-ish' enough... Well, maybe not macho-ish but not girlish, either... Is this still making sense? I think I'll shut up now before I confuse myself... ^_^" What I wanted to say is, that I hope you like the way I write the guys even if things might get a bit sappy soon... ^_~
This chap is a bit strange, to my opinion... Then again I think the whole story is somewhat weird, so don't listen to me... I'm currently being rambled at by a friend who found great interest in 'Berserk' manga and he keeps distracting me... -.-" ^_^"
What I'm trying to get at is, that some might think this chap is somewhat angsty... And I thought I'd tell you... ^_^"
Enjoy!
- Banshee
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Chapter 04
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Heero was still sitting in the kitchen, thinking everything over as suddenly Duo materialized with a highly annoyed look on his face.
"Where is it?" he demanded to know. "I know that you took it but I can't find it anywhere in your room! Give it back!"
Duo started pacing around in the kitchen, occasionally shooting glares at Heero and obviously waiting for an answer. The dark-haired man decided to play dumb and delay the inevitable discussion of 'how?' and 'why?' that was sure to follow.
"What are you talking about?"
The next thing Heero knew was that every drawer and cupboard in the kitchen were thrown open by an invisible force and their contents came flying at him. He barely managed to dive under the desk before some knives impaled themselves in the wall behind the chair he had been sitting in. All around the kitchen shattered plates, cups and other things fell to the floor.
'Note to self: Tie down everything that's sharp and shiny as long as Duo's around.'
Heero cautiously peeked out from under the desk to see if something else was going to come flying his way or if it was safe to get back up. Duo grinned a rather embarrassed grin at him and suddenly didn't seem all that upset anymore. Causing near death experiences for other people seemed to have at least 'some' positive effect.
~Oops! Sorry 'bout that, I didn't mean to try and kill you or anything. It just kinda happened,~ Duo informed him with a sheepish smile.
"Good to know," came the reply in a sarcastic voice.
Heero sat back down on his chair and regarded Duo for some moments. The dead man looked back, an unspoken demand in his gaze. He still wanted an answer to his previous question. Heero sighed and reached his hands up to his neck where he opened the clasp of the silver chair that hung around it.
He put the chain and pendant in front of him on he desk, all the time not losing eye contact with Duo. It was time to see if some things he had been musing about in the last hour were indeed true.
"Is that what your little fit was about?"
Duo nodded.
"Are you going to tell me why you are here now?"
~I already explained it to you,~ was the slightly confused answer.
"That's not what I mean. You told me 'how' it was possible for you to be here. What I want to know is the reason for you being 'here' as in 'here with me'."
Duo wasn't entirely sure how it had happened that now Heero was the one questioning 'him' instead of the other way around.
~Your fault!~ he accused Heero, causing the other to raise an eyebrow. ~Don't give me that look! I don't care if that just sounded childish. You stole my cross and I want it back. And I want to know why you took it in the first place!~
"You mean you actually came back from the dead because I took your cross? That's the real reason?" Heero asked rather amazed.
~Yes! I can't die for real until I have my cross back because it means too much to me to just leave it. That whole Shinigami-thing is just my way to get it back. And I still want to know why you took it!~
Heero ignored that last sentence.
"Then take it back and die for real if that's what you want."
~Why did you take it?~
Heero sighed and shrugged.
"Guess I didn't want to let you go completely," he told Duo without meeting the others eyes. "So do you want it back or not?"
Duo regarded Heero for some time without answering. The other was still evading his eyes.
~Yes, I want it back but I don't want to die... Idiot...~
Heero finally looked up to meet his eyes, surprised, and saw that Duo had moved closer to him, a broad grin plastered on his face. Then the braided man bend forward after not even a second of hesitating and touched his lips to Heero's.
Or that would have been what he had done. But right before they met, Duo's cross started to glow and the dead man was thrown back. They shot each other a startled look and then turned their eyes back to the cross that was still lying on the table, glowing in a dark red light.
Suddenly the red light shot towards Duo and engulfed the man. Before anyone could react in any way, both the light and the cross were gone. And they had taken Duo with them.
Heero stared at the place where Duo had been just moments ago. His thoughts were racing. Between him and Duo nearly kissing, finally, and Duo vanishing, he wasn't quite sure what to think.
Something told him, that this time Duo hadn't vanished out of his own free will but had rather been forced to leave. And since the cross was gone, too, that could only mean that he wasn't going to come back.
Duo had said that he needed the cross back before he could die for real.
He had gotten it back.
Then this meant that he had just now died?
Forever?
Heero didn't want to believe it but from the look of things this was just what had happened a few minutes ago. He had lost Duo to death again. And this time was even worse because now he somehow knew that Duo had returned his feelings for him.
How the other man had found out was beyond Heero, but that didn't matter right now.
What mattered was, that he knew he felt the same.
What mattered was, that he had lost him.
Again.
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To be continued
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O-kay... Done!
But don't worry, there is a TBC at the end of this chap, which means that there'll be some kind of continuation. I won't tell you if it's going to be a happy end or not, though. *cackles*
What? I have to keep ppl interested and cliffies are just the way to do that... ^_~
Now what do you think will happen?
a) Everything's just a dream
b) Heero'll commit suicide to be with his not-really-lover
c) Something completely different
I'm not expecting you to answer that, but some kind of review would be nice, anyway! ^_~
- Caffeine-high Banshee =^.^=
To Ellen: *megasweatdrop* I... uhm... I'll do my best... But this is a 'romance' story so there will be some sap and stuff. I don't like them being (quote) sappy, crying, little is-a-boy-seem-to-be-an-overly-romantic- girl (unquote) *loves that definition! lol* as well, so I guess it will not get 'that' bad... At least I hope I managed to keep them 'macho-ish' enough... Well, maybe not macho-ish but not girlish, either... Is this still making sense? I think I'll shut up now before I confuse myself... ^_^" What I wanted to say is, that I hope you like the way I write the guys even if things might get a bit sappy soon... ^_~
This chap is a bit strange, to my opinion... Then again I think the whole story is somewhat weird, so don't listen to me... I'm currently being rambled at by a friend who found great interest in 'Berserk' manga and he keeps distracting me... -.-" ^_^"
What I'm trying to get at is, that some might think this chap is somewhat angsty... And I thought I'd tell you... ^_^"
Enjoy!
- Banshee
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Chapter 04
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Heero was still sitting in the kitchen, thinking everything over as suddenly Duo materialized with a highly annoyed look on his face.
"Where is it?" he demanded to know. "I know that you took it but I can't find it anywhere in your room! Give it back!"
Duo started pacing around in the kitchen, occasionally shooting glares at Heero and obviously waiting for an answer. The dark-haired man decided to play dumb and delay the inevitable discussion of 'how?' and 'why?' that was sure to follow.
"What are you talking about?"
The next thing Heero knew was that every drawer and cupboard in the kitchen were thrown open by an invisible force and their contents came flying at him. He barely managed to dive under the desk before some knives impaled themselves in the wall behind the chair he had been sitting in. All around the kitchen shattered plates, cups and other things fell to the floor.
'Note to self: Tie down everything that's sharp and shiny as long as Duo's around.'
Heero cautiously peeked out from under the desk to see if something else was going to come flying his way or if it was safe to get back up. Duo grinned a rather embarrassed grin at him and suddenly didn't seem all that upset anymore. Causing near death experiences for other people seemed to have at least 'some' positive effect.
~Oops! Sorry 'bout that, I didn't mean to try and kill you or anything. It just kinda happened,~ Duo informed him with a sheepish smile.
"Good to know," came the reply in a sarcastic voice.
Heero sat back down on his chair and regarded Duo for some moments. The dead man looked back, an unspoken demand in his gaze. He still wanted an answer to his previous question. Heero sighed and reached his hands up to his neck where he opened the clasp of the silver chair that hung around it.
He put the chain and pendant in front of him on he desk, all the time not losing eye contact with Duo. It was time to see if some things he had been musing about in the last hour were indeed true.
"Is that what your little fit was about?"
Duo nodded.
"Are you going to tell me why you are here now?"
~I already explained it to you,~ was the slightly confused answer.
"That's not what I mean. You told me 'how' it was possible for you to be here. What I want to know is the reason for you being 'here' as in 'here with me'."
Duo wasn't entirely sure how it had happened that now Heero was the one questioning 'him' instead of the other way around.
~Your fault!~ he accused Heero, causing the other to raise an eyebrow. ~Don't give me that look! I don't care if that just sounded childish. You stole my cross and I want it back. And I want to know why you took it in the first place!~
"You mean you actually came back from the dead because I took your cross? That's the real reason?" Heero asked rather amazed.
~Yes! I can't die for real until I have my cross back because it means too much to me to just leave it. That whole Shinigami-thing is just my way to get it back. And I still want to know why you took it!~
Heero ignored that last sentence.
"Then take it back and die for real if that's what you want."
~Why did you take it?~
Heero sighed and shrugged.
"Guess I didn't want to let you go completely," he told Duo without meeting the others eyes. "So do you want it back or not?"
Duo regarded Heero for some time without answering. The other was still evading his eyes.
~Yes, I want it back but I don't want to die... Idiot...~
Heero finally looked up to meet his eyes, surprised, and saw that Duo had moved closer to him, a broad grin plastered on his face. Then the braided man bend forward after not even a second of hesitating and touched his lips to Heero's.
Or that would have been what he had done. But right before they met, Duo's cross started to glow and the dead man was thrown back. They shot each other a startled look and then turned their eyes back to the cross that was still lying on the table, glowing in a dark red light.
Suddenly the red light shot towards Duo and engulfed the man. Before anyone could react in any way, both the light and the cross were gone. And they had taken Duo with them.
Heero stared at the place where Duo had been just moments ago. His thoughts were racing. Between him and Duo nearly kissing, finally, and Duo vanishing, he wasn't quite sure what to think.
Something told him, that this time Duo hadn't vanished out of his own free will but had rather been forced to leave. And since the cross was gone, too, that could only mean that he wasn't going to come back.
Duo had said that he needed the cross back before he could die for real.
He had gotten it back.
Then this meant that he had just now died?
Forever?
Heero didn't want to believe it but from the look of things this was just what had happened a few minutes ago. He had lost Duo to death again. And this time was even worse because now he somehow knew that Duo had returned his feelings for him.
How the other man had found out was beyond Heero, but that didn't matter right now.
What mattered was, that he knew he felt the same.
What mattered was, that he had lost him.
Again.
- - - - -
To be continued
- - - - -
O-kay... Done!
But don't worry, there is a TBC at the end of this chap, which means that there'll be some kind of continuation. I won't tell you if it's going to be a happy end or not, though. *cackles*
What? I have to keep ppl interested and cliffies are just the way to do that... ^_~
Now what do you think will happen?
a) Everything's just a dream
b) Heero'll commit suicide to be with his not-really-lover
c) Something completely different
I'm not expecting you to answer that, but some kind of review would be nice, anyway! ^_~
- Caffeine-high Banshee =^.^=