I just want a short (VERY short) update to keep you drooling for more in the next chapter! Please don't kill me about how short it is! I wanted it to be that way. Don't worry, I'm already starting on the next chapter. It will be up in a few days, I assure you. I have no A/Ns at the end of this, but I'll do Arigatos from chapter 5 and this chapter in chapter 7.
Warnings: Nah... Nothin'...
Lifting Curses and Mending Broken Wings
Chapter 6: I'm Sorry...
Duo's third week at the MI was slipping by slowly. He counted the days until he could leave...
"10 days left..." Duo murmured during Quiet Time one afternoon.
Heero growled. "Would you stop counting your days left?" he asked, a little more than irritated. "It's not like we're gonna be happy to see you leave."
Duo sat up on his bed. "I'm not exactly looking forward to it either, Heero," he retorted. "You're my best friend - You think I want to leave you here?" He groaned and covered his face with his hands. "I'm not gloating about being out of here in 10 days, I'm UPSET about being out of here in 10 days."
"I really doubt you're upset about leaving. You told me yourself - You don't want to stay longer than you have to." (Heero and Duo had been talking a lot lately.) "I'm allowed to leave in another month - I'll be so glad to get out of here."
"Then I wanna stay another month, too," Duo said stubbornly. "I doubt that's gonna happen, but I want to."
Heero looked at him strangely. "Why would you just want to stay until I'm released?"
"I already told you - You're my best friend, I don't want to leave you here. We should be able to get out together." Duo shrugged. "That'd make me happy." He put his hands behind his head and leaned back with his head at the foot of the bed. He closed his eyes.
Heero thought about Duo's words. "How did I become your best friend?" he muttered more to himself than to Duo.
Duo chuckled. "I don't know. It just happened. I like to think of weird friendships as fairytale stories when it's always love at first sight, only this is friendship at first sight," he replied. He turned on his side to face Heero and propped his head up on his elbow.
Heero quirked an eyebrow. "You really think of it that way? What did you think when you first saw me? I'm sure it wasn't 'Hey, that guy looks like a friend to me'."
Duo turned onto his stomach and put his head on his crossed arms. "I dunno... I remember I came into the rec room with Wufei the day I came and I saw you sitting by yourself staring out the window. I just thought you looked really lonely or maybe just mad at the world. I wondered what could have caused you to look like you did and I just watched you..." he trailed off.
"Why did you just watch me like that? If I seemed mad at the world, I'd think you'd avoid looking at me or even meeting me altogether." Heero got up and wandered to the window seat.
Duo bit his lip in thought. "I continued to watch you because nothing was happening to you," he answered quietly. "I was always hallucinating when I looked at someone for as long as I looked at you that day. But nothing ever happened..." He turned his head to see Heero. "Nothing ever happens to you. Except your broken wings," he concluded in a whisper.
Heero gazed back at Duo steadily and noted the sad, lifeless look that stood out in his eyes. "Why do you get so depressed when you talk about my broken wings?" he asked.
Duo pushed himself up to a sitting position with a sigh. "I don't know... You just mean so much to me and it just... Makes me sad to think of you as some kind of fallen angel or something. I know it's just a hallucination, but sometimes... since nothing else happens when I watch you, I think it might be real." He closed his eyes and hung his head. "I don't know if you can understand that, but that's what I feel."
A comfortable silence hung in the air for the next few minutes. "How can I mean THAT much to you?" Heero asked calmly, again, more to himself than to Duo.
Duo shook his head and said nothing.
Heero stared at him in almost disbelief. "A-are you..."
Duo raised his eyes to Heero. He looked so miserable, Heero understood immediately. He turned his own gaze to the floor. If Duo loved him, he couldn't be sure how their friendship would end up.
"I'm sorry, Heero..."
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Warnings: Nah... Nothin'...
Lifting Curses and Mending Broken Wings
Chapter 6: I'm Sorry...
Duo's third week at the MI was slipping by slowly. He counted the days until he could leave...
"10 days left..." Duo murmured during Quiet Time one afternoon.
Heero growled. "Would you stop counting your days left?" he asked, a little more than irritated. "It's not like we're gonna be happy to see you leave."
Duo sat up on his bed. "I'm not exactly looking forward to it either, Heero," he retorted. "You're my best friend - You think I want to leave you here?" He groaned and covered his face with his hands. "I'm not gloating about being out of here in 10 days, I'm UPSET about being out of here in 10 days."
"I really doubt you're upset about leaving. You told me yourself - You don't want to stay longer than you have to." (Heero and Duo had been talking a lot lately.) "I'm allowed to leave in another month - I'll be so glad to get out of here."
"Then I wanna stay another month, too," Duo said stubbornly. "I doubt that's gonna happen, but I want to."
Heero looked at him strangely. "Why would you just want to stay until I'm released?"
"I already told you - You're my best friend, I don't want to leave you here. We should be able to get out together." Duo shrugged. "That'd make me happy." He put his hands behind his head and leaned back with his head at the foot of the bed. He closed his eyes.
Heero thought about Duo's words. "How did I become your best friend?" he muttered more to himself than to Duo.
Duo chuckled. "I don't know. It just happened. I like to think of weird friendships as fairytale stories when it's always love at first sight, only this is friendship at first sight," he replied. He turned on his side to face Heero and propped his head up on his elbow.
Heero quirked an eyebrow. "You really think of it that way? What did you think when you first saw me? I'm sure it wasn't 'Hey, that guy looks like a friend to me'."
Duo turned onto his stomach and put his head on his crossed arms. "I dunno... I remember I came into the rec room with Wufei the day I came and I saw you sitting by yourself staring out the window. I just thought you looked really lonely or maybe just mad at the world. I wondered what could have caused you to look like you did and I just watched you..." he trailed off.
"Why did you just watch me like that? If I seemed mad at the world, I'd think you'd avoid looking at me or even meeting me altogether." Heero got up and wandered to the window seat.
Duo bit his lip in thought. "I continued to watch you because nothing was happening to you," he answered quietly. "I was always hallucinating when I looked at someone for as long as I looked at you that day. But nothing ever happened..." He turned his head to see Heero. "Nothing ever happens to you. Except your broken wings," he concluded in a whisper.
Heero gazed back at Duo steadily and noted the sad, lifeless look that stood out in his eyes. "Why do you get so depressed when you talk about my broken wings?" he asked.
Duo pushed himself up to a sitting position with a sigh. "I don't know... You just mean so much to me and it just... Makes me sad to think of you as some kind of fallen angel or something. I know it's just a hallucination, but sometimes... since nothing else happens when I watch you, I think it might be real." He closed his eyes and hung his head. "I don't know if you can understand that, but that's what I feel."
A comfortable silence hung in the air for the next few minutes. "How can I mean THAT much to you?" Heero asked calmly, again, more to himself than to Duo.
Duo shook his head and said nothing.
Heero stared at him in almost disbelief. "A-are you..."
Duo raised his eyes to Heero. He looked so miserable, Heero understood immediately. He turned his own gaze to the floor. If Duo loved him, he couldn't be sure how their friendship would end up.
"I'm sorry, Heero..."
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