Title: We Are One, sequel to I Don't Know You Anymore
Author: Orasa Nekuma
Warnings: angst, sorta messin w/ Duo's childhood, implied sexual things, angsty Duo/Heero POV…
Disclaimer: I don't own the show or any of the kawaii characters from it *dammit*…I'm just borrowing them, so don't sue. You wouldn't get anything if u did, so just don't bother…I also don't own the original song, which is "I Don't Know You Anymore" by Savage Garden.
Pairings: 1x2 sorta, 3x4
Note: This is set after the war, and assumes Heero and Duo got together at some point. And, as I said before, this is a sequel to I Don't Know You Anymore.
"blah blah"=spoken words
//blah blah//=thoughts
{blah blah}=song lyrics
~*~*~*~*~= time interval
#######=POV change
I opened the door and stepped out into the sunlight, wondering the entire time, as I had been all day long, if you would really come. At first, I couldn't believe it when you called. I couldn't believe that you would ever think of me again after what I did to you. I still don't know what made me do that. I guess…I was just scared. Scared of what that could mean…to us, to our relationship. And I didn't know how to handle the fear, so I snapped.
{Two very different people
Too scared to get along}
But then…you said that you loved me, and you turned my world upside down…again. Then you asked me if I still loved you, and I froze. I knew what I wanted to say…but I wanted to say it to _you_, not to your face and voice on the vid phone. I wanted to tell you in person that I loved you too.
I squinted into the dazzling late afternoon sunlight, trying to assure myself that it was really you coming toward me out of the golden sunset. I raised a hand to shade my eyes…and was suddenly knocked off my feet onto the ground as you ran and virtually jumped on me. "Heero!" you screamed, practically in my ear, while trying to kiss me.
"Duo," I said calmly, "get off…we need to talk first." This seemed to sober him and he quickly jumped off of me and helped me up. Then I led him over to the porch swing. The same swing we used to sit in together to watch the sun rise or set.
#######
"Duo," you said, as I tried to kiss you, to reaffirm our love. It startled me, the way you said it so calmly. Then you continued, "get off…we need to talk first." At these words, a million questions and thoughts flared up within me. //Oh God, does that mean he doesn't love me? He just told me to get off…he doesn't want me! But wait wait…he said we needed to talk _first_…does that mean he still loves me and he just wants to tell me before…// With an effort, I quenched the thoughts long enough to help you up and then follow you to the swing.
But once we were seated, me on one end of the swing and you on the other, they all came rushing up again, filling my mind and heart with confusion. It must have shown in my eyes, because you said my name again, "Duo," and at the sound of it and the look in your eyes when I looked up…all my doubts went spinning away into oblivion. Because I saw love there…the same love I had seen a million times before…before I told you. And then the love disappeared. But now it seemed to be back.
#######
I said your name again to get your attention…it looked like you were drifting away from me. I could clearly see the near panic in your eyes just before you helped me up and now it was coming back. You have too many doubts, my little one…and your eyes are too expressive. But that's what I like about you…well, one of the things I like about you. I smiled softly as a few of the other things I like popped into my head. Then I realized I still hadn't said what I brought you here to hear me say.
"Duo," I said again, relishing the feel of your name on my lips and tongue, "I love you. And…I'm sorry for what I did too. I shouldn't have blown up at you like that." You opened your mouth to say something but I hushed you with a gentle finger to your velvet lips. "Shh…let me finish first, little one. I…I guess I just got scared. Angry too, but mostly scared of what that could mean to what we had together. And I didn't know how to handle that feeling…I'm sorry I snapped at you, but it was the only defense I had…can you forgive me?"
Then there were tears in your eyes. "Oh, Heero…" you said, moving closer to gather me into your arms. "Of course I forgive you…if you can forgive me."
"Of course I can, Duo…I already have," I mumbled into your chest. In that moment, held close to you, I could hear your heartbeat…and mine, and they beat together. And I knew our destiny was sealed. No matter what anyone else says.
{Till two hearts beat together
Underneath one sun
One very special moment
Can turn a destiny
And what some would say
Could never change
Has changed for you and me}
#######
At that point, I was doing a happy chanting dance in my head. //He loves me he loves me he loves me he loves me…he forgives me he forgives me he forgives me, HE LOVES ME!!// Then I let go of you and jumped up, pulling you with me, and I started dancing for real, my wide baka-grin firmly in place. But this time, it wasn't fake. It was the realest smile I have ever had in my life. And then you laughed as I whirled you through the air…you, the Perfect Soldier, actually LAUGED. Life was good. Then you pulled me to a stop and tossed me into the grass…and life got better.
{'Cause its all in the way you
look through your eyes
And when all is said and done
All of the fear and all of the lies are
not hard to overcome
It's all in the way you look at it
That makes you strong
We were two (we were two)
Now we are one}
~*~*~*~*~1 year later~*~*~*~*~
I've moved back in with Heero now, and we're living…well, maybe not EXACTLY happily ever after, we still have our little differences to iron out…but we ARE back together now. It's been a year and all my stuff is finally back and we have the house the way it was before. Every day, it seems like our love grows more, despite our two very different personalities and tastes. I wonder…is this the end of our life as friends…or the beginning of a new life as lovers? Both, I think.
{We are two different people
So much to overcome
So why care for one another
When there's so much to be done
'Cause sometimes it's necessary
Just look how far we've come
You could say my friend that
it's the end
Or a new tale has begun}
#######
Today we had another little spat. It wasn't pleasant…some of it was downright nasty. After we'd both said all we could say, Duo ran off to sit up in his tree and sulk. And I went to the kitchen. While he was gone, I forced myself to learn to cook, so that I wouldn't have to go out and eat or order pizza and Chinese food all the time. And I discovered that I was a good cook and that I liked to cook. So now, whenever I need to calm down, I'll go cook something.
When I started pulling out the ingredients for butterscotch cookies, I was banging stuff around and whispering under my breath, still furious. But as I began mixing the batter, putting my frustration into the swirling spoon, I started to calm down. By the time the cookies were in the oven, I had decided to cook an entire dinner of Duo's favorites to apologize.
#######
When I had calmed down enough to go back inside it was nearly dinnertime. As I pulled the door open, a wave of really really good smells attacked me, nearly knocking me to the floor with their intensity. //Wow…// I thought. //SOMEONE wants to make an impression…// I continued toward the kitchen and dining room, my stomach growling as I followed my nose through the kitchen and to the dining room doors, which I opened…and then stopped and stared.
Heero had cooked nearly EVERYTHING that I liked…all my favorites. There was food spread out everywhere all over the table. In the middle of it all was an old set of candles that had been lit. The lights were off and the soft candlelight was just barely enough to show me Heero sitting in front of one of two semi-empty spots at the table. He was looking at me expectantly, waiting to see what I would do about his offering.
"Heero," I said, the words nearly sticking in my throat, "wow…this…just WOW…"
He smiled with relief and said, "So, do you forgive me?"
I smiled back, playfully. "I don't know…that depends on if all this stuff tastes as good as it smells and looks!" And with that, I plopped myself down beside him and gave him a sloppy kiss on the cheek before starting to stuff my face with food.
{'Cause its all in the way you
look through your eyes
And when all is said and done
All of the fear and all of the lies are
not hard to overcome
It's all in the way you look at it
That makes you strong
We were two (we were two)
Now we are one}
#######
After Duo and I had, amazingly, eaten nearly everything I cooked we headed up to the bedroom for more apologies. When we got to the stairs, I surprised him by sweeping him up into my arms to carry him upstairs. Suddenly, a picture popped into my head…a picture that Quatre and Trowa had shown us the last time they came to visit. It's a picture one of the Magunacs took after the wedding. Trowa has Quatre in his arms, just like I have you now, and they're climbing the front steps of their house after the marriage.
I smiled as I deposited Duo on the bed and proceeded to "apologize" more thoroughly than before. Then Duo apologized to me some more. And afterwards, as we lay there on the bed, still somewhat entangled, I opened my mouth. "Duo," I said and he opened sleepy eyes slowly.
"Hmm…what is it, Heero?"
"I want to ask you something," I continued and saw the question in his eyes. "I know I don't have a ring or anything, but—"
Before I could get anything else out, he had glomped me, cutting off my air, and therefore my ability to speak and he was screaming, "YES!! YESS!! YYEEESSS!!! MY GOD, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD _NEVER_ ASK, HEERO…_YYYYEEEESSSS!!!!_" Startled by his unabashed joy and his screaming, I couldn't do anything for a moment. Then he kissed me and we moved on to other topics for a while.
{And one moment in the time
Is all the time we need
Just to make a difference
To make it better for you and me
If you just believe
Oh yeah
Just open your eyes}
#######
Latched onto Trowa's arm, I stared happily as the priest read out the vows the two of them had written. As they repeated each phrase, I hugged my husband's arm tighter, until he was forced to pry me off with a slightly annoyed glance, lest I break his arm with my affections. But two seconds later, I was latched on again, as they finished the vows and the priest said those magical words, "You are now one…you may kiss the uh…bride."
{'Cause its all in the way you
look through your eyes
And when all is said and done
All of the fear and all of the lies are
not hard to overcome
It's all in the way you look at it
That makes you strong
We were two (we were two)
Now we are one}
#######
I looked into the depths of my koi's eyes as the priest finally finished with the vows. When I'd helped Duo write them out, I hadn't realized they would take this long to actually read. And now they were finally over. "You are now one," the priest said, "you may kiss the uh…bride." Ignoring his stumble over words, I leaned down to take Duo's beautiful heart-shaped face into my hands. Then I kissed him thoroughly, with more than a little hint of more to come later.
{Oh yeah, Oh yeah
We were two
Now we are one}
Owari
*happy sigh*…ok, done, and with a happy ending!! Now…what did u ppl think about it? I must know, I LIVE on feedback!!! ^.^
Author: Orasa Nekuma
Warnings: angst, sorta messin w/ Duo's childhood, implied sexual things, angsty Duo/Heero POV…
Disclaimer: I don't own the show or any of the kawaii characters from it *dammit*…I'm just borrowing them, so don't sue. You wouldn't get anything if u did, so just don't bother…I also don't own the original song, which is "I Don't Know You Anymore" by Savage Garden.
Pairings: 1x2 sorta, 3x4
Note: This is set after the war, and assumes Heero and Duo got together at some point. And, as I said before, this is a sequel to I Don't Know You Anymore.
"blah blah"=spoken words
//blah blah//=thoughts
{blah blah}=song lyrics
~*~*~*~*~= time interval
#######=POV change
I opened the door and stepped out into the sunlight, wondering the entire time, as I had been all day long, if you would really come. At first, I couldn't believe it when you called. I couldn't believe that you would ever think of me again after what I did to you. I still don't know what made me do that. I guess…I was just scared. Scared of what that could mean…to us, to our relationship. And I didn't know how to handle the fear, so I snapped.
{Two very different people
Too scared to get along}
But then…you said that you loved me, and you turned my world upside down…again. Then you asked me if I still loved you, and I froze. I knew what I wanted to say…but I wanted to say it to _you_, not to your face and voice on the vid phone. I wanted to tell you in person that I loved you too.
I squinted into the dazzling late afternoon sunlight, trying to assure myself that it was really you coming toward me out of the golden sunset. I raised a hand to shade my eyes…and was suddenly knocked off my feet onto the ground as you ran and virtually jumped on me. "Heero!" you screamed, practically in my ear, while trying to kiss me.
"Duo," I said calmly, "get off…we need to talk first." This seemed to sober him and he quickly jumped off of me and helped me up. Then I led him over to the porch swing. The same swing we used to sit in together to watch the sun rise or set.
#######
"Duo," you said, as I tried to kiss you, to reaffirm our love. It startled me, the way you said it so calmly. Then you continued, "get off…we need to talk first." At these words, a million questions and thoughts flared up within me. //Oh God, does that mean he doesn't love me? He just told me to get off…he doesn't want me! But wait wait…he said we needed to talk _first_…does that mean he still loves me and he just wants to tell me before…// With an effort, I quenched the thoughts long enough to help you up and then follow you to the swing.
But once we were seated, me on one end of the swing and you on the other, they all came rushing up again, filling my mind and heart with confusion. It must have shown in my eyes, because you said my name again, "Duo," and at the sound of it and the look in your eyes when I looked up…all my doubts went spinning away into oblivion. Because I saw love there…the same love I had seen a million times before…before I told you. And then the love disappeared. But now it seemed to be back.
#######
I said your name again to get your attention…it looked like you were drifting away from me. I could clearly see the near panic in your eyes just before you helped me up and now it was coming back. You have too many doubts, my little one…and your eyes are too expressive. But that's what I like about you…well, one of the things I like about you. I smiled softly as a few of the other things I like popped into my head. Then I realized I still hadn't said what I brought you here to hear me say.
"Duo," I said again, relishing the feel of your name on my lips and tongue, "I love you. And…I'm sorry for what I did too. I shouldn't have blown up at you like that." You opened your mouth to say something but I hushed you with a gentle finger to your velvet lips. "Shh…let me finish first, little one. I…I guess I just got scared. Angry too, but mostly scared of what that could mean to what we had together. And I didn't know how to handle that feeling…I'm sorry I snapped at you, but it was the only defense I had…can you forgive me?"
Then there were tears in your eyes. "Oh, Heero…" you said, moving closer to gather me into your arms. "Of course I forgive you…if you can forgive me."
"Of course I can, Duo…I already have," I mumbled into your chest. In that moment, held close to you, I could hear your heartbeat…and mine, and they beat together. And I knew our destiny was sealed. No matter what anyone else says.
{Till two hearts beat together
Underneath one sun
One very special moment
Can turn a destiny
And what some would say
Could never change
Has changed for you and me}
#######
At that point, I was doing a happy chanting dance in my head. //He loves me he loves me he loves me he loves me…he forgives me he forgives me he forgives me, HE LOVES ME!!// Then I let go of you and jumped up, pulling you with me, and I started dancing for real, my wide baka-grin firmly in place. But this time, it wasn't fake. It was the realest smile I have ever had in my life. And then you laughed as I whirled you through the air…you, the Perfect Soldier, actually LAUGED. Life was good. Then you pulled me to a stop and tossed me into the grass…and life got better.
{'Cause its all in the way you
look through your eyes
And when all is said and done
All of the fear and all of the lies are
not hard to overcome
It's all in the way you look at it
That makes you strong
We were two (we were two)
Now we are one}
~*~*~*~*~1 year later~*~*~*~*~
I've moved back in with Heero now, and we're living…well, maybe not EXACTLY happily ever after, we still have our little differences to iron out…but we ARE back together now. It's been a year and all my stuff is finally back and we have the house the way it was before. Every day, it seems like our love grows more, despite our two very different personalities and tastes. I wonder…is this the end of our life as friends…or the beginning of a new life as lovers? Both, I think.
{We are two different people
So much to overcome
So why care for one another
When there's so much to be done
'Cause sometimes it's necessary
Just look how far we've come
You could say my friend that
it's the end
Or a new tale has begun}
#######
Today we had another little spat. It wasn't pleasant…some of it was downright nasty. After we'd both said all we could say, Duo ran off to sit up in his tree and sulk. And I went to the kitchen. While he was gone, I forced myself to learn to cook, so that I wouldn't have to go out and eat or order pizza and Chinese food all the time. And I discovered that I was a good cook and that I liked to cook. So now, whenever I need to calm down, I'll go cook something.
When I started pulling out the ingredients for butterscotch cookies, I was banging stuff around and whispering under my breath, still furious. But as I began mixing the batter, putting my frustration into the swirling spoon, I started to calm down. By the time the cookies were in the oven, I had decided to cook an entire dinner of Duo's favorites to apologize.
#######
When I had calmed down enough to go back inside it was nearly dinnertime. As I pulled the door open, a wave of really really good smells attacked me, nearly knocking me to the floor with their intensity. //Wow…// I thought. //SOMEONE wants to make an impression…// I continued toward the kitchen and dining room, my stomach growling as I followed my nose through the kitchen and to the dining room doors, which I opened…and then stopped and stared.
Heero had cooked nearly EVERYTHING that I liked…all my favorites. There was food spread out everywhere all over the table. In the middle of it all was an old set of candles that had been lit. The lights were off and the soft candlelight was just barely enough to show me Heero sitting in front of one of two semi-empty spots at the table. He was looking at me expectantly, waiting to see what I would do about his offering.
"Heero," I said, the words nearly sticking in my throat, "wow…this…just WOW…"
He smiled with relief and said, "So, do you forgive me?"
I smiled back, playfully. "I don't know…that depends on if all this stuff tastes as good as it smells and looks!" And with that, I plopped myself down beside him and gave him a sloppy kiss on the cheek before starting to stuff my face with food.
{'Cause its all in the way you
look through your eyes
And when all is said and done
All of the fear and all of the lies are
not hard to overcome
It's all in the way you look at it
That makes you strong
We were two (we were two)
Now we are one}
#######
After Duo and I had, amazingly, eaten nearly everything I cooked we headed up to the bedroom for more apologies. When we got to the stairs, I surprised him by sweeping him up into my arms to carry him upstairs. Suddenly, a picture popped into my head…a picture that Quatre and Trowa had shown us the last time they came to visit. It's a picture one of the Magunacs took after the wedding. Trowa has Quatre in his arms, just like I have you now, and they're climbing the front steps of their house after the marriage.
I smiled as I deposited Duo on the bed and proceeded to "apologize" more thoroughly than before. Then Duo apologized to me some more. And afterwards, as we lay there on the bed, still somewhat entangled, I opened my mouth. "Duo," I said and he opened sleepy eyes slowly.
"Hmm…what is it, Heero?"
"I want to ask you something," I continued and saw the question in his eyes. "I know I don't have a ring or anything, but—"
Before I could get anything else out, he had glomped me, cutting off my air, and therefore my ability to speak and he was screaming, "YES!! YESS!! YYEEESSS!!! MY GOD, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD _NEVER_ ASK, HEERO…_YYYYEEEESSSS!!!!_" Startled by his unabashed joy and his screaming, I couldn't do anything for a moment. Then he kissed me and we moved on to other topics for a while.
{And one moment in the time
Is all the time we need
Just to make a difference
To make it better for you and me
If you just believe
Oh yeah
Just open your eyes}
#######
Latched onto Trowa's arm, I stared happily as the priest read out the vows the two of them had written. As they repeated each phrase, I hugged my husband's arm tighter, until he was forced to pry me off with a slightly annoyed glance, lest I break his arm with my affections. But two seconds later, I was latched on again, as they finished the vows and the priest said those magical words, "You are now one…you may kiss the uh…bride."
{'Cause its all in the way you
look through your eyes
And when all is said and done
All of the fear and all of the lies are
not hard to overcome
It's all in the way you look at it
That makes you strong
We were two (we were two)
Now we are one}
#######
I looked into the depths of my koi's eyes as the priest finally finished with the vows. When I'd helped Duo write them out, I hadn't realized they would take this long to actually read. And now they were finally over. "You are now one," the priest said, "you may kiss the uh…bride." Ignoring his stumble over words, I leaned down to take Duo's beautiful heart-shaped face into my hands. Then I kissed him thoroughly, with more than a little hint of more to come later.
{Oh yeah, Oh yeah
We were two
Now we are one}
Owari
*happy sigh*…ok, done, and with a happy ending!! Now…what did u ppl think about it? I must know, I LIVE on feedback!!! ^.^