The Smallest Pilot

Chapter 2

It was early morning when Duo woke up, to find that Heero was already out of bed, so, as usual, Duo took his half an hour stroll down to the ship's kitchen. "Good morning Duo, sleep well?", Howard asked.

"Yeah, as well as one can, where's Heero?", Duo asked.

"You're climbing up his pajama bottom's leg.", Howard explained.

"Oops, sorry, half awake doesn't work.", Duo muttered, when Heero plucked him off of his pants.

"I can see that.", Heero muttered, "You slept late too.",

"Oh, well... Who cares?", Duo asked, "By the way, um... Thanks about last night, I was having a rather lousy day....",

"It's not like I saved your life or anything...", Heero muttered.

"It's just that.... I want people to see me for who I am... Really who I am.", Duo explained, "However, nothing ever works out with me being so small... No one understands how it is.",

"I think I can understand.", Heero admitted, "I've felt rather small and insignificant myself at times, like a grain of sand. For you it's as obvious as day that you'd feel that way a lot in your life.",

....

It was later that day that Heero Yuy, and Duo both were sitting on the ships dock, looking at the vast ocean around themselves. "It's almost endless...", Duo muttered, "Like space... So, new to human kind, and unknown depths still all around us.",

"Yes, I can imagine it is...", Heero agreed with a slight nod.

"Heero, just a question...", Duo said, "Do you think that... If I were.... You know, normal, that anyone would just.... Love me?",

"Well... Possibly, but then you wouldn't be... Well, you, you'd be someone else all together.", Heero tried to explain.

"You think so? That if I were normal, I wouldn't be this type of Duo?", Duo tried to confirm.

"Yes, you'd be someone else, in what ways, we'd never know, but you aren't, so.", Heero tried to explain.

"I see.... Do you ever think that you'd?...", Duo shifted uneasily, "You'd ever come to love me?",

"I.... Don't know. It's too early to tell for sure what the future holds for the gundams, Duo.", Heero shrugged.

"I see.", Duo whispered.

"You really are an interesting person, you just have to be more certain about the decisions you make, and be more approving of yourself as the person you are.", Heero explained.

"I think I understand what you're trying to tell me, Heero.", Duo nodded.

....

It was later that Heero received his next mission from one of those crazed scientists. Duo, who thought Heero'd never get his gundam repaired on time decided he'd try to watch Heero work from the tool box, but, soon fell asleep. It was near midnight when Heero did notice Duo laying there, he wondered about waking the other up from his slumber, but, decided against it in the end. It was just as Duo was waking up, that Heero's gundam was taking off. "He did it, Heero actually managed to repair his gundam in one night! I'm impressed.", Duo muttered.

"I would take a look at this Duo.", Howard said.

"He took my parts! That bastard took my gundam's parts!!!!!!", Duo exclaimed, "And I just complemented him too.",

End Chapter: I know short, it's one of those I need to link two good chapters together with this "Adhesive" chapter.