Tangled Mess

PoptartsAnUmbrellas

Epilogue - Life Is Like A Box Of Chocolates…

"I'd like to propose a toast!" a small blond man perched in a cozy but expensive easy chair raised his glass enthusiastically. Quatre was a sucker for romance, as he's always been. Heero and Duos romance had been something even more intriguing to him because of how long the two had stubbornly refused to admit they had one. Everyone has a road they have to go down, they just went down theirs a lot slower than… The Arabian man looked affectionately at the person sitting next to him, Trowa and I…

"Aw, Quat, another one…" Duo whined loudly, pout forming on his lips. Christmas time was always a cause for celebration but Quatre had already made three toasts concerning he and Heero. It was getting embarrassing.

He opened his mouth to protest again but slapped it shut when he felt his companions lithe arm slip around his shoulder. The braided menace let his formerly complaining lips turn up in a pleased and content smile as he let himself be pulled gently towards Heero. It was so nice to finally be able to snuggle with him. It was something he'd wanted to do for a very long time.

Looking up at the hackers face he found himself looking straight into those incredible cobalt eyes of him. Amazing as they had always been, though they showed more emotion these day. So much more that time like these, just looking in them caused Duos heart to thud a little harder in his chest. His Heero really was something.

A small, happy smile curled up the pilots face as he watched Duo grin up at him and snuggle closer before turning back to Quatre. These were the best days of his life. Every day he spent with the bouncy, loud American was the happiest day he'd ever had. It'd been almost a year now since Duo'd proclaimed his love and ended a long stretch of denial. It was so good to sit here with him and smile. Smiling felt good too, that was something he'd learned from his love. My love, how easy it is to say that anymore… Heero smiled a bit wider and let his eyes focus on Quatre.

"I just want to say," he began, large smile on his boyish face, "That you all are my closet friends and I want to say how happy I am that everyone found their someone."

It was such a mushy speech that Wufei felt his stomach turn to goo. Plain emotion laced the ex-pilot voice, as it always had and it made the Chinese man tighten his fingers around Meilans. In response the black haired girl looked up with a bright smile of her own on her face. What would I do without her? he thought softly, though it was something he'd never admit in words. Definitely not in front of Maxwell. He had refrained from making a joke about he and Yuy the entire evening but it was only because of the promise he'd made to Mei. That was the sole reason, he told himself. But when he looked at them, he couldn't help but smile a little wider.

"And I just want to say, that you all are the cutest couples I've ever seen!" Quatre proclaimed and took a sip of his drink, letting it slide down his throat as he looked at Trowa. What a wonderful guy… He smiled brightly as everyone stirred after the comment.

"Geez, didja have to go and say something mushy like that?" Duo groaned lightly in his long talk against the way Quatre always threw something about cuteness in his toasts, "You always make me feel like I'm five."

Heero leaned over and whispered lightly in his ear and for the first time in so long, a pale rose color formed on his cherubic face. At this the former pilot of Wing-Zero grinned mischievously and kissed his boyfriends forehead, causing the blush to spread over the others face.

The others watched the interaction silently and realized just how much Duo had changed Heero, and just how happy he was to be changed. Smiles formed on all that were presents faces and Trowa finally broke the silence, "Present time…"

But Duo didn't hear a word when he looked up at Heero and smiled brightly, one thought crossing through both of their minds, 'Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.'

But I'm so glad that I got you…

------{(OWARI)}------

[{I think that I'm finished with this story. I might feel an urge later to do a side story about Quatre and Trowa or Meilan and Wufei but I'm not sure. Depends on how I feel about it. I had some thoughts about this and then I watched Forest Gump the other day and I decided that I really liked that analogy and I'd like to use it. So… I did. . If anybody wants me to do any side stories on this, review and let me know. Loud Music and Home Shoppings my main project right now though, so I'd be great if people went to check that out. Thanks much!}]