Part 2
"this" and 'this' is talking
/this/ is someone's thoughts
---Christmas Eve 11:30 pm. Duo and Heero's apartment---
/I hope Hee-chan likes these flowers.../ Duo got out of the cab egger to see Heero. When he got to the apartment the lights were out and it was slightly cold. 'Hee-chan? Are you here? Hee-chan?'
Heero was still on the couch from 3 days ago. He hadn't even moved to rekindle the fire. His imagination had been working in over drive, so when he realized Duo was kneeling in front of him, it took a few minutes for him to calm down.
'Heero? Are you ok?' Duo had concern in his eyes.
/Funny he seems sincere..../ 'Why didn't you return my phone call?' Heero was TO calm.
'Phone call? When did you call?' Strike 1...
'The night you left for L1. I called your room. Hilde answered the phone.'
/She said it was a wrong number.../ 'Hee-chan I never got the message...'
'Stop... Just stop.' He got up from the couch and started passing around the apartment. 'Why exactly was Hilde in YOUR room at that hour. In her pajamas no less?'
'Hee-chan let me expla-'
'Is it me? Are you tired of me? Did I not do something right?' Duo pushed him back against the Isle separating the kitchenette and living room, and kissed him.
'Hee-chan, calm down. Here let me help you relax...' He kissed him again. Strike 2.
It didn't work thou... 'Stop.' Heero pushed him away, 'You always do this... try to make me forget, but it's not going to work this time...' He ran out of the apartment.
Duo stood there for a minute in shock before slamming his fist into the Isle, making a large dent, and running out after Heero.
--- Christmas Eve 11:57 pm somewhere in the street
Heero ran. He wasn't sure where, all he did know was he needed to get away. He heard a bark coming from the street, "Mozart? What in the world are you doing out here at this hour? Come 'ere. Come on."
The dog sat down in the street. Heero sighed and went to pick him up.
After everything that had happened over the past few days, Heero's body was in overload, so he didn't hear or notice the semi until it was too late. It also didn't help that the driver wasn't paying any attention to the road…
For Duo, everything happened in slow motion. He saw the truck, then saw Heero.
"Hee-chan! NO!" He ran to Heero's body.
"Hee-chan, come on, wake up. Please." There was no pulse and Heero wasn't opening his eyes. Duo didn't hear the ambulance when it came, and he wouldn't let of Heero for the paramedics. He was numb inside and out when the church bells struck midnight. All he knew was that his Hee-chan was gone. And it was his fault.
In the hospital he sat by Heero's bed. Nobody came into the room, and there was no steady beat of a heart monitor. There wasn't much the doctors could do and it was to little to late for Duo.
"Hee-chan…. I'm so sorry. This is all my fault…I'm sorry…" The nurse came a few hours later and helped Duo out of the room. He was completely numb inside as he walked to their apartment building.
"What the hell?" The key wasn't working.
"This is just great!" He threw his arms in the air and turned around only to notice a 24 hr. lock smith store. He blinked but didn't say anything about it, he just went in.
"Umm… hello?"
"Ah, I've been waiting for you."
"Do I know you"
"Nope. My name is Odin. Let me guess… your key doesn't work for your apartment right Duo?"
/Why does that name sound familiar? / "How do you know my name?"
"That's for me to know and you to wonder about."
"Look, I'm really not in the mood for games."
"This isn't a game, just a statement of facts. Besides, you always used to love these kinds of games."
"Oh really?"
"What are you doing out at this hour anyway? It is Christmas Eve. Or should I say Christmas since it's long past midnight."
"That's really none of your business."
"Lose someone close to you?"
"Yes ok?"
"Someone's a bit touchy"
"Look can you fix the key or not?"
"That depends on you."
"What?"
"Did you love him?"
"Yes, and I still do. What kind of question is that?"
"Well what happened?"
"What?"
"Why did he die?"
"How did my life turn into a game of twenty questions?"
"Just answer the question"
"He was hit by a truck earlier tonight."
"Wow, tough loss. On Christmas Eve no less. Let me guess, you two had an argument over something and he walked out."
'Sort of. He thought I was cheating on him.'
'Where you?'
'No!! I would NEVER do something like that!'
'But you were thinking about it....'
Duo knew he was caught, so he just looked away.
'That's what I thought.'
'But I didn't. I LOVE Heero with all my heart.'
'Did he know that? Did you tell him that a lot? When was the last time he heard those words from your mouth? When was the last time you saw him watch a sunrise? When was the last time you two had dinner with your friends?'
Duo thought back... When was the last time he'd done any of those things.... Reality came crashing down like a ton of bricks thrown off 4 stacked up Gundams..... TOO long.
'Oh....God... What have I done....? Why are you here!?!?! To stomp on my already torn out heart!?!?!?!?'
'Well, if you MUST know, my job here is to give you a second chance. But frankly I don't think you deserve one.'
It took Duo a minute to comprehend what he was saying. 'A second chance?'
'Yeah. Give you a chance to make-up for being such a bastard. The only thing is Heero will die, just like he's suppose to. Same time, same place.'
'How long?'
'Lets see, your latest fiasco started 3 days ago. So you can start there. Plus he won't remember anything about dying. It'll be like nothing happened for him. But you'll remember everything.'
'That's not enough time!'
'Either take it or leave it. Now I personally would want a loved one to die knowing that they were loved.'
Duo nodded.
'Good, Here catch.' He threw him a Gold Key, 'This'll open the hotel for you. You should get some sleep, you only have 3 days.....'
As Duo made the trek back to his apartment, he wondered about what the guy in the shop had said. When he got to the door of the hotel he tried the key and sure enough it opened. He turned back to the store, and it wasn't there. So instead of going back to investigate, he just ran inside. It had been to long of a night and he couldn't deal with anymore weird stuff right now without seriously hurting someone or something.
Instead of lying in the bed he curled up in a small ball on the couch staring at the books Heero had left on the table. [Was this what it was like for him? Thinking that I wouldn't be coming back? Or what would happen if I did?] He eventually made it to his bedroom and empty bed. He curled up around Heero's pillow on Heero's side of the bed. Dreams of the accident and the hotel were the last things he saw before sleep finally overcame him....
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'Who called?' Duo was just wearing his pajama bottoms as he walked out of the bathroom.
'It was just a wrong number. You look tense. Come here and I'll give you a message.' Duo sat on the edge of the bed, Hilde kneeling behind him started to work at his shoulders, getting rid of the tension he felt from the day. [Heero loves to do this....]
When Hilde's intentions became suggestive and slightly seductive, a picture of Heero flashed through his mind and he tensed up again... [WAIT! What am I doing!?!?]
'Hilde stop.'
'Why did I do something wrong Duo?'
'Look I think you have the wrong intensions for being here right now. I love Heero and I'm sorry if I lead you on or anything like that. This is strictly a business trip for me.'
'Yeah but it's not like he'd find out or anything.' She wrapped her arms around his shoulders.
'I think you should go. Now.' He grabbed her arm and pulled her to the door, 'Goodnight Hilde.'
As the door was shut, the dream changed to the accident....
'HEE-CHAN!!!! NOOOO! Duo saw the truck as it hit Heero full force. He SAW his body as it went flying back in the air. He could smell the blood, a smell that he was all to used to smelling, but not wanting to comprehend it. He could hear the driver trying to talk to him, but not acknowledging his presence as important.
'Why Duo?' The voice was faint but still audible enough for him to here it, although if it was part of the dream or something else was a mystery to him. 'Why?'
-End Part 2-
AN: Look! Each part is growing in length!!! Mwuahahahhahahaahhah ;>_>