Angel Reid: Mission: Acknowledged
One Last Chance
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Warnings: some angst, Shonen ai Amnesia, R+1, 1+2+1 and I think that's it for now.
Sorry to keep all of you waiting so long for this fic (I hate making you guys wait more than two days for updates), but I've been rather busy. I just started working at McDonald's and let me tell you, I have newfound respect for all those people who work in fast food. It's not as easy as you'd think and people take them for granted. Anywho... Aside form that, I had to re-write this thing twice because I was merrily typing away and then all of a sudden the program "stops responding" and I lost everything!! So I'm sorry if this seemed rushed, but by the time this came out, I felt like I was repeating stuff because I had written this chapter twice before...
Hope it's okay... enjoy!!
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Heero walked around the house looking for Duo, trying to figure out where he was at. Heero tried to reason with himself, 'If he thinks he's me, then where would I be if I was avoiding, or ignoring a person?'
A sudden thought came to him and he quickly made his way to his room. Just as he thought, Duo was sitting there, busily typing away at Heero's laptop.
"Duo, the war has been over for a long time now, whatever you are looking for pertaining to Oz is obsolete."
Duo stopped his typing.
"Is there anything else?"
"Yes, I want you to go out to the balcony with me."
"Why?"
"Dinner."
Heero had spent the entire day trying to think of a way to get Duo to be himself. There had to be *something* to be done about his amnesia, and the nurse said it was probably temporary, all he needed were a few reminders of things he liked.
As a result of that, Heero had prepared a little picnic on the balcony. It consisted of pizza, breadsticks, and soda. Heero knew for a fact Duo loved these foods so he thought it might help jog his memory.
"What's this?"
"Food."
"It is garbage. Nothing more than starches and fats with absolutely no nutritional value."
"Exactly why you like it."
Duo looked a bit skeptical but sat down and began eating. After his first bite, he became more enthusiastic about it and began to eat with abandon.
Heero smiled.
"What?" Duo asked around a mouthful of breadstick dipped in pizza sauce.
"You. You're starting to act like yourself, finally?"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means that *I* was the perfect soldier, not you."
"Oh?"
"You were anything *but*, actually."
Curious, Duo put down his pizza and gazed at Heero. "There's more you're not telling me. What was I like?"
Heero took a moment to compose his thoughts, "Well..." he began, "You were smart, and cunning, even if you always played dumb." He smiled to himself, "You were also brave and loyal. You never let one of your team mates down and you'd take the fall for them if it meant they'd be safe. You always smiled or joked around, it was as if you'd made yourself responsible for our sanity during the war with your INsanity. You would always do things to try and lighten our spirits, even if you were just as hurt as we all were. That was your mask, your way of facing what was going on around you.
"Smiling Death, that's what you were. You called yourself Shinigami, when ironically, it was you who embodied life. You smiled, you laughed, you lived, and you loved- you did everything with every fiber of your being... and I crushed it."
"Does that mean there was something between us?"
"I didn't think so at first. I made a terrible mistake regarding you."
"What happened?"
"I didn't know how you felt about me, even if I did know, I wouldn't have understood it. So, without realizing it, I let the person I cared about most out of my life."
Duo gulped, "Were we l-lovers?"
Heero shook his head slightly.
"We were friends- best friends- and we were partners. Nothing more."
Duo looked confused, "I don't understand, Heero."
"You see, I mistook duty for passion and friendship for love... and I'm now engaged to someone I don't love."
"... You're getting married?"
Heero saw the terror and sadness in Duo's face and shook his head, "No, I'm breaking off my engagement."
Duo was speechless, he was still trying to piece things together.
"Someone once told me to follow my emotions, but I didn't know what they were until recently. That is why I had you come here in the first place. I had to know... I wanted to find out what I felt for you and... I... I've come to the conclusion that I care about you more than I thought."
"But I don't even remember you, how can you give that up if there's a chance I might *never* remember?"
"If that's the case, then that's okay. It might be for the better if you don't remember. All I ask is a chance to try and get to know you again."
"I might not be the same person you want me to be..."
"Well, then... we can still be friends. I'd rather spend the rest of my life atoning for what I've done wrong than to continue as I have."
Duo smiled and leaned in to hug Heero.
Heero was startled at the show of affection, but soon relaxed into Duo's arms and hugged back.
"I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"For ever hurting you... for ever letting you walk out of my life. Will you at least let me help you rebuild your life? Things must be difficult now... you don't even know who your friends are."
"Just promise me you'll never walk out on me again..."
"I promise."
Duo smiled and looked up into Heero's eyes. This felt right. This felt very right. He felt little butterflies fluttering in his stomach as he watched Heero's full lips. A little pink tongue that caught Heero's attention flitted between Duo's lips and moistened the bottom lip, making Heero's breath hitch.
As if by mutual agreement, their faces came in closer to each other until their lips touched gently, pressing against each other. Both boys felt chills go down their backs, making the hairs on the back of their necks rise.
Duo timidly let his tongue lick Heero's lip in askance, and was admitted into Heero's warm mouth. They gently teased and caressed each other's tongues and lips as their kissing became just a little more heated.
Soon enough though, Duo pulled back and looked up at Heero, "I'm sorry, but this is going way too fast, I don't even know you and yet I'm kissing you. I know we're supposed to have known each other for years, but... I just don't remember you. I need a little time before things go much further."
Heero nodded. He was a little bit disappointed, but he understood that Duo needed a little more time. With that, Duo headed back inside to go to bed.
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Heero walked out of the shower wearing his blue boxers, his hair still damp, and came into his room. He was surprised to see Duo waiting there for him, sitting on his bed, sitting Indian style, fidgeting with the blanket.
"Is there something wrong, Duo?"
Duo looked up, startled, "N-no... not really..."
"What's wrong?"
"Umm..." He blushed slightly and fidgeted some more, "this might sound really stupid, but I feel really vulnerable and alone in that room..."
"And you wanted to come and sleep here tonight?"
Duo blushed a little more, "Well, I thought that you might have extra room and if not, I could sleep on the floor. I can be really quiet and hold real still so that I won't bother you, but you don't have to let me. You can say 'no' and I'll get out of your way. It's okay, you don't worry about it, I'll get out of your way now, I'm sorry I bothered you, I'll get going now."
Heero was trying to process the words coming so rapidly out of Duo's mouth that he almost missed catching the boy as he attempted to flee.
"Yes, you may stay."
He gave Duo a little push towards the bed. That was all the encouragement Duo needed and bounded to the bed, making himself comfortable. Heero followed suit and lay behind Duo. He was just falling asleep when he felt Duo take his arm and wrap himself with it so that Heero was now hugging and *spooning* Duo! Heero let a smile creep to his face under the cover of darkness and feeling that it felt nice being like this, he snuggled closer to Duo. They both fell asleep soon after that, both having blissful dreams about a bright future.
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Relena stepped out of the car in the early morning of Sanq's time zone. Since she had been traveling, her internal clock had gone turned around so she felt like it was actually mid-day rather than eight in the morning. She was supposed to still be on her self-imposed "grand tour" but since she had visited those places many times over, she got bored after the first month and decided to come home. She smiled to herself, Heero would be surprised for sure! Maybe she'd get lucky and *finally* get the boy to sleep with her. He had once mentioned some romantic notion of waiting until getting married, but she knew he'd break down. What guy wouldn't?
She smiled to herself as she entered the house, 'Don't worry, Heero, darling. I'm home. Maybe now you'll finally move into my room... you must have missed me so much! Don't worry though, we can make up for lost time..."
Soon enough she made her way into Heero's room, little did she know what she'd find...
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Heero was in the bathroom when he heard the shouting coming form his room. He quickly finished up and ran to see what was going on.
When he got there, he found Relena shrieking at the top of her lungs for Duo to get out.
"What's going on here, Relena? Will you stop your screaming for one minute, please?"
"What is *he* doing here, Heero?" She was now standing between Heero (just inside the door) and Duo, (by the bed).
"He is my best friend and he was here to keep me company while you were gone. You're early."
"Yes, I know I'm early! How do you think it makes me feel to come home and find my fiancé and his little faggot friend together in *my* house?"
"Don't call him that and you didn't find us together."
"Sure, so I'm just supposed to believe that nothing happened while I was away when I find a half-naked faggot in my future husband's bed?!"
"Exactly, nothing happened. Again, don't call him that." Heero was really getting annoyed, now.
"Umm.. Heero?" A timid voice spoke up, "What's going on?"
That's right, he'd forgotten about Duo's condition.
"This is Relena. I told you about her, remember?"
Duo nodded.
"Why are you talking to him like that? He knows who I am."
"Duo had an accident. He has amnesia, so no, he *doesn't* know you."
Relena smiled at that. "So that means he doesn't know you either, doesn't it, Heero?"
Heero didn't like the sound of that.
Relena started getting closer to Duo, "Yes, I apologize about that little scene I made earlier, Duo. I guess it's not your fault that Heero is the way he is. You see, Heero is a compulsive liar. He's probably taking advantage of you since you don't remember him cheating on you."
Duo couldn't believe what she was saying and Heero was too stunned by her words to begin to think up a response.
Relena smiled evilly, "He probably fucked you and now that I'm home, he'll send you on your way."
"Shut up, Relena, that never happened. As a matter of fact, the engagement is off."
Relena stopped and stared at Heero's cold expression, "What did you say to me?"
"The engagement is off. I leave tonight."
Relena saw red. She turned on Duo with all the rage of a woman scorned, "YOU! You BASTARD! How DARE you try to take *my* Heero!" She ran at him before Heero could stop her and pushed Duo out the open glass door that led to the balcony and proceeded pushing him off the side, letting him fall from the second story of the mansion (palace.. Whatever).
"DUO!"
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Heh.. Heh... Can anyone say cliffhanger? On the bright side, there will only be one *maybe* two chapters left of this... most likely just the one, though. I'll try to post as soon as I can! ^.^
Angel Reid: Mission: Complete
One Last Chance
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Warnings: some angst, Shonen ai Amnesia, R+1, 1+2+1 and I think that's it for now.
Sorry to keep all of you waiting so long for this fic (I hate making you guys wait more than two days for updates), but I've been rather busy. I just started working at McDonald's and let me tell you, I have newfound respect for all those people who work in fast food. It's not as easy as you'd think and people take them for granted. Anywho... Aside form that, I had to re-write this thing twice because I was merrily typing away and then all of a sudden the program "stops responding" and I lost everything!! So I'm sorry if this seemed rushed, but by the time this came out, I felt like I was repeating stuff because I had written this chapter twice before...
Hope it's okay... enjoy!!
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Heero walked around the house looking for Duo, trying to figure out where he was at. Heero tried to reason with himself, 'If he thinks he's me, then where would I be if I was avoiding, or ignoring a person?'
A sudden thought came to him and he quickly made his way to his room. Just as he thought, Duo was sitting there, busily typing away at Heero's laptop.
"Duo, the war has been over for a long time now, whatever you are looking for pertaining to Oz is obsolete."
Duo stopped his typing.
"Is there anything else?"
"Yes, I want you to go out to the balcony with me."
"Why?"
"Dinner."
Heero had spent the entire day trying to think of a way to get Duo to be himself. There had to be *something* to be done about his amnesia, and the nurse said it was probably temporary, all he needed were a few reminders of things he liked.
As a result of that, Heero had prepared a little picnic on the balcony. It consisted of pizza, breadsticks, and soda. Heero knew for a fact Duo loved these foods so he thought it might help jog his memory.
"What's this?"
"Food."
"It is garbage. Nothing more than starches and fats with absolutely no nutritional value."
"Exactly why you like it."
Duo looked a bit skeptical but sat down and began eating. After his first bite, he became more enthusiastic about it and began to eat with abandon.
Heero smiled.
"What?" Duo asked around a mouthful of breadstick dipped in pizza sauce.
"You. You're starting to act like yourself, finally?"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means that *I* was the perfect soldier, not you."
"Oh?"
"You were anything *but*, actually."
Curious, Duo put down his pizza and gazed at Heero. "There's more you're not telling me. What was I like?"
Heero took a moment to compose his thoughts, "Well..." he began, "You were smart, and cunning, even if you always played dumb." He smiled to himself, "You were also brave and loyal. You never let one of your team mates down and you'd take the fall for them if it meant they'd be safe. You always smiled or joked around, it was as if you'd made yourself responsible for our sanity during the war with your INsanity. You would always do things to try and lighten our spirits, even if you were just as hurt as we all were. That was your mask, your way of facing what was going on around you.
"Smiling Death, that's what you were. You called yourself Shinigami, when ironically, it was you who embodied life. You smiled, you laughed, you lived, and you loved- you did everything with every fiber of your being... and I crushed it."
"Does that mean there was something between us?"
"I didn't think so at first. I made a terrible mistake regarding you."
"What happened?"
"I didn't know how you felt about me, even if I did know, I wouldn't have understood it. So, without realizing it, I let the person I cared about most out of my life."
Duo gulped, "Were we l-lovers?"
Heero shook his head slightly.
"We were friends- best friends- and we were partners. Nothing more."
Duo looked confused, "I don't understand, Heero."
"You see, I mistook duty for passion and friendship for love... and I'm now engaged to someone I don't love."
"... You're getting married?"
Heero saw the terror and sadness in Duo's face and shook his head, "No, I'm breaking off my engagement."
Duo was speechless, he was still trying to piece things together.
"Someone once told me to follow my emotions, but I didn't know what they were until recently. That is why I had you come here in the first place. I had to know... I wanted to find out what I felt for you and... I... I've come to the conclusion that I care about you more than I thought."
"But I don't even remember you, how can you give that up if there's a chance I might *never* remember?"
"If that's the case, then that's okay. It might be for the better if you don't remember. All I ask is a chance to try and get to know you again."
"I might not be the same person you want me to be..."
"Well, then... we can still be friends. I'd rather spend the rest of my life atoning for what I've done wrong than to continue as I have."
Duo smiled and leaned in to hug Heero.
Heero was startled at the show of affection, but soon relaxed into Duo's arms and hugged back.
"I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"For ever hurting you... for ever letting you walk out of my life. Will you at least let me help you rebuild your life? Things must be difficult now... you don't even know who your friends are."
"Just promise me you'll never walk out on me again..."
"I promise."
Duo smiled and looked up into Heero's eyes. This felt right. This felt very right. He felt little butterflies fluttering in his stomach as he watched Heero's full lips. A little pink tongue that caught Heero's attention flitted between Duo's lips and moistened the bottom lip, making Heero's breath hitch.
As if by mutual agreement, their faces came in closer to each other until their lips touched gently, pressing against each other. Both boys felt chills go down their backs, making the hairs on the back of their necks rise.
Duo timidly let his tongue lick Heero's lip in askance, and was admitted into Heero's warm mouth. They gently teased and caressed each other's tongues and lips as their kissing became just a little more heated.
Soon enough though, Duo pulled back and looked up at Heero, "I'm sorry, but this is going way too fast, I don't even know you and yet I'm kissing you. I know we're supposed to have known each other for years, but... I just don't remember you. I need a little time before things go much further."
Heero nodded. He was a little bit disappointed, but he understood that Duo needed a little more time. With that, Duo headed back inside to go to bed.
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Heero walked out of the shower wearing his blue boxers, his hair still damp, and came into his room. He was surprised to see Duo waiting there for him, sitting on his bed, sitting Indian style, fidgeting with the blanket.
"Is there something wrong, Duo?"
Duo looked up, startled, "N-no... not really..."
"What's wrong?"
"Umm..." He blushed slightly and fidgeted some more, "this might sound really stupid, but I feel really vulnerable and alone in that room..."
"And you wanted to come and sleep here tonight?"
Duo blushed a little more, "Well, I thought that you might have extra room and if not, I could sleep on the floor. I can be really quiet and hold real still so that I won't bother you, but you don't have to let me. You can say 'no' and I'll get out of your way. It's okay, you don't worry about it, I'll get out of your way now, I'm sorry I bothered you, I'll get going now."
Heero was trying to process the words coming so rapidly out of Duo's mouth that he almost missed catching the boy as he attempted to flee.
"Yes, you may stay."
He gave Duo a little push towards the bed. That was all the encouragement Duo needed and bounded to the bed, making himself comfortable. Heero followed suit and lay behind Duo. He was just falling asleep when he felt Duo take his arm and wrap himself with it so that Heero was now hugging and *spooning* Duo! Heero let a smile creep to his face under the cover of darkness and feeling that it felt nice being like this, he snuggled closer to Duo. They both fell asleep soon after that, both having blissful dreams about a bright future.
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Relena stepped out of the car in the early morning of Sanq's time zone. Since she had been traveling, her internal clock had gone turned around so she felt like it was actually mid-day rather than eight in the morning. She was supposed to still be on her self-imposed "grand tour" but since she had visited those places many times over, she got bored after the first month and decided to come home. She smiled to herself, Heero would be surprised for sure! Maybe she'd get lucky and *finally* get the boy to sleep with her. He had once mentioned some romantic notion of waiting until getting married, but she knew he'd break down. What guy wouldn't?
She smiled to herself as she entered the house, 'Don't worry, Heero, darling. I'm home. Maybe now you'll finally move into my room... you must have missed me so much! Don't worry though, we can make up for lost time..."
Soon enough she made her way into Heero's room, little did she know what she'd find...
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Heero was in the bathroom when he heard the shouting coming form his room. He quickly finished up and ran to see what was going on.
When he got there, he found Relena shrieking at the top of her lungs for Duo to get out.
"What's going on here, Relena? Will you stop your screaming for one minute, please?"
"What is *he* doing here, Heero?" She was now standing between Heero (just inside the door) and Duo, (by the bed).
"He is my best friend and he was here to keep me company while you were gone. You're early."
"Yes, I know I'm early! How do you think it makes me feel to come home and find my fiancé and his little faggot friend together in *my* house?"
"Don't call him that and you didn't find us together."
"Sure, so I'm just supposed to believe that nothing happened while I was away when I find a half-naked faggot in my future husband's bed?!"
"Exactly, nothing happened. Again, don't call him that." Heero was really getting annoyed, now.
"Umm.. Heero?" A timid voice spoke up, "What's going on?"
That's right, he'd forgotten about Duo's condition.
"This is Relena. I told you about her, remember?"
Duo nodded.
"Why are you talking to him like that? He knows who I am."
"Duo had an accident. He has amnesia, so no, he *doesn't* know you."
Relena smiled at that. "So that means he doesn't know you either, doesn't it, Heero?"
Heero didn't like the sound of that.
Relena started getting closer to Duo, "Yes, I apologize about that little scene I made earlier, Duo. I guess it's not your fault that Heero is the way he is. You see, Heero is a compulsive liar. He's probably taking advantage of you since you don't remember him cheating on you."
Duo couldn't believe what she was saying and Heero was too stunned by her words to begin to think up a response.
Relena smiled evilly, "He probably fucked you and now that I'm home, he'll send you on your way."
"Shut up, Relena, that never happened. As a matter of fact, the engagement is off."
Relena stopped and stared at Heero's cold expression, "What did you say to me?"
"The engagement is off. I leave tonight."
Relena saw red. She turned on Duo with all the rage of a woman scorned, "YOU! You BASTARD! How DARE you try to take *my* Heero!" She ran at him before Heero could stop her and pushed Duo out the open glass door that led to the balcony and proceeded pushing him off the side, letting him fall from the second story of the mansion (palace.. Whatever).
"DUO!"
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Heh.. Heh... Can anyone say cliffhanger? On the bright side, there will only be one *maybe* two chapters left of this... most likely just the one, though. I'll try to post as soon as I can! ^.^
Angel Reid: Mission: Complete