"Hee-chan?"
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"Heeeeeeero?"
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"You asleep?"
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"Oh.. cause if you weren't, I had a question to ask you."
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"Ya see, I was thinking back to that time I asked you that question about being gay? And you kinda answered. But the more I think about it, the more I realize you didn't really answer? And I was just sitting here cause it's like four in the morning and I can't sleep. And I was wondering if you really are straight or gay or whatever."
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"Okay, not that it matters really. I mean, I'm straight. Or I think I am. At least last time I checked. But I was wondering because usually you answer stupid questions real openly. And you didn't say yes or no. And you're so smart, maybe you didn't want me to know or care for me to know or... yanno."
A sigh breaks into the silence, left by the logorhea from his roomie's mouth.
"I knew you wouldn't be asleep. How long you been awake?"
"From 'You awake?'"
"Oh, sorry Hee-chan. So what'dya say?"
"I say yes."
"Yes... okay! Wait.. yes what?"
"Or no, depending on which question you're asking."
"Heeeeee-channnnn! Don't be so mean. I'm tired and it's been on my mind and I can't sleep until I know. You've dated.. or.. well, you've gone places with girls. But you're not like jumping into bed with them. And you don't really jump guys either. Maybe your a sort of Heero Earthworm."
"What?" Duo could see Heero's expression in his mind, the quizzical turn of the brows and the curl of the lip as if something both disgusting and very strange had passed.
"Well," Duo forged on, "You know. Earthworms. They're asexual. Maybe you're asexual. Ever considered that? The war screwed us both up."
"What does the war have to do with my sexual preference?"
"So you DO have one! A sexual preference?"
"Yes."
"And what is it?"
"I don't have any interest in earthworms."
"You're so mean, Heero."
"You've said that already."
"I'm tired so I repeat myself. Repeat myself. Repeat myself. Repeat myself. Rep-"
"Duo, please."
"Oh, sorry."
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"Hee-chan?"
Another sigh. "Yes, Duo? Look, I have to be up in three hours. Oh, no, two.." a flash of green across a wrist when the alarm clock is plucked from the bedstand. "Can we make this short?"
"Sure. I just was wondering how many of those fictions you've read. Was it just those two? Or more?"
"Duo."
"Yeah?"
"Why are you asking me questions like this at three in the morning?"
"Four in the morning. And I'm asking because I can't get to sleep. And while we're at it, I'm going to take an art class next term. Just thought I'd let you know. It's coming up soon. Sculpture or something. Not sure yet."
"Okay."
"You're taking drawing the human form, aren't you? Never struck me as the creative type, Hee-chan. Of course, then I never wondered if you were interested in guys."
"Duo, are you curious to find if I'm interested in gender or interested in you?"
"Ahh...I.. . You know... "
Another sigh. "Go to sleep, Duo."
"Not that that would be a bad thing. Not like I'd jump on it or anything. Being straight and all. It mean, ah, now that's an unfair question to ask at four in the morning."
"Four fifteen. Good night Duo."
"Because if I WAS gay, I don't think you'd even be my type."
"Oh? Hmm, well, considering what you write, I'm not sure that's all that true."
"No! It is! And that is a low blow, Hee-chan. The fictions, the Hiro in them is sweet and hard to get to, but underneath he's all just a huge keg of powder waiting to blow. See, I think that's kinda how I am, all ready to blow and stuff and maybe I'm looking for an outlet to see myself through? But it doesn't have anything to do with you."
"You're not a keg ready to blow."
"I'm not?"
"No. You're a lazy animal waiting for someone to light your tail on fire. And you should be asleep."
"A lazy animal." Duo wasn't sure why his voice sounded so dull, but it definitely sounded dull.
"Hn."
"What kind of lazy animal?"
"Mmm?"
"I said, what kind of - are you falling asleep on me?"
"Duo, it's past four in the morning. I have only a few more hours before I have class again. Of course I'm falling asleep on you."
"Oh. Well, what kind of animal?"
"Duoooo.." a groan.
"Just answer the question and I promise to leave you alone for the rest of the night."
"Augh.. okay. A tiger.. now go to sleep."
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"Hee-chan?"
"Wha-at?" a yawn punctuating the frustration. Toddlers were easier to put to sleep than Duo.
"So are you gay?"
"I thought that was the last question, Duo." A warning.
And in response, a smile. "Yeah, but it's not night anymore. It's morning. See? It even has the little red light next to the AM on your alarm clock."
A rustling of covers and then a low snarl, "Duo.. "
"Okay, okay! I'm going to sleep."
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"Hee-chan?"
(( Okay! Another quickie. I realize I'm changing tactics a lot. That's cause I'm still on that quest and it's a haphazard story anyway. Getting deeper and then shallow and going silly and then serious. I'm giving up on deciding how to focus it and am just going to let the story come out in as many different ways as it wants.
Ah.. and the story has a title now, since I had to give up on it being full of One Shots... and I'm not going to put Owari until the true end, whenever that might come.
Thank you for the marvelous constructive criticism!!! I am really trying to work on my tenses. Grah. [g] It's a work in progress.))
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"Heeeeeeero?"
...
"You asleep?"
...
"Oh.. cause if you weren't, I had a question to ask you."
...
"Ya see, I was thinking back to that time I asked you that question about being gay? And you kinda answered. But the more I think about it, the more I realize you didn't really answer? And I was just sitting here cause it's like four in the morning and I can't sleep. And I was wondering if you really are straight or gay or whatever."
...
"Okay, not that it matters really. I mean, I'm straight. Or I think I am. At least last time I checked. But I was wondering because usually you answer stupid questions real openly. And you didn't say yes or no. And you're so smart, maybe you didn't want me to know or care for me to know or... yanno."
A sigh breaks into the silence, left by the logorhea from his roomie's mouth.
"I knew you wouldn't be asleep. How long you been awake?"
"From 'You awake?'"
"Oh, sorry Hee-chan. So what'dya say?"
"I say yes."
"Yes... okay! Wait.. yes what?"
"Or no, depending on which question you're asking."
"Heeeeee-channnnn! Don't be so mean. I'm tired and it's been on my mind and I can't sleep until I know. You've dated.. or.. well, you've gone places with girls. But you're not like jumping into bed with them. And you don't really jump guys either. Maybe your a sort of Heero Earthworm."
"What?" Duo could see Heero's expression in his mind, the quizzical turn of the brows and the curl of the lip as if something both disgusting and very strange had passed.
"Well," Duo forged on, "You know. Earthworms. They're asexual. Maybe you're asexual. Ever considered that? The war screwed us both up."
"What does the war have to do with my sexual preference?"
"So you DO have one! A sexual preference?"
"Yes."
"And what is it?"
"I don't have any interest in earthworms."
"You're so mean, Heero."
"You've said that already."
"I'm tired so I repeat myself. Repeat myself. Repeat myself. Repeat myself. Rep-"
"Duo, please."
"Oh, sorry."
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"Hee-chan?"
Another sigh. "Yes, Duo? Look, I have to be up in three hours. Oh, no, two.." a flash of green across a wrist when the alarm clock is plucked from the bedstand. "Can we make this short?"
"Sure. I just was wondering how many of those fictions you've read. Was it just those two? Or more?"
"Duo."
"Yeah?"
"Why are you asking me questions like this at three in the morning?"
"Four in the morning. And I'm asking because I can't get to sleep. And while we're at it, I'm going to take an art class next term. Just thought I'd let you know. It's coming up soon. Sculpture or something. Not sure yet."
"Okay."
"You're taking drawing the human form, aren't you? Never struck me as the creative type, Hee-chan. Of course, then I never wondered if you were interested in guys."
"Duo, are you curious to find if I'm interested in gender or interested in you?"
"Ahh...I.. . You know... "
Another sigh. "Go to sleep, Duo."
"Not that that would be a bad thing. Not like I'd jump on it or anything. Being straight and all. It mean, ah, now that's an unfair question to ask at four in the morning."
"Four fifteen. Good night Duo."
"Because if I WAS gay, I don't think you'd even be my type."
"Oh? Hmm, well, considering what you write, I'm not sure that's all that true."
"No! It is! And that is a low blow, Hee-chan. The fictions, the Hiro in them is sweet and hard to get to, but underneath he's all just a huge keg of powder waiting to blow. See, I think that's kinda how I am, all ready to blow and stuff and maybe I'm looking for an outlet to see myself through? But it doesn't have anything to do with you."
"You're not a keg ready to blow."
"I'm not?"
"No. You're a lazy animal waiting for someone to light your tail on fire. And you should be asleep."
"A lazy animal." Duo wasn't sure why his voice sounded so dull, but it definitely sounded dull.
"Hn."
"What kind of lazy animal?"
"Mmm?"
"I said, what kind of - are you falling asleep on me?"
"Duo, it's past four in the morning. I have only a few more hours before I have class again. Of course I'm falling asleep on you."
"Oh. Well, what kind of animal?"
"Duoooo.." a groan.
"Just answer the question and I promise to leave you alone for the rest of the night."
"Augh.. okay. A tiger.. now go to sleep."
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"Hee-chan?"
"Wha-at?" a yawn punctuating the frustration. Toddlers were easier to put to sleep than Duo.
"So are you gay?"
"I thought that was the last question, Duo." A warning.
And in response, a smile. "Yeah, but it's not night anymore. It's morning. See? It even has the little red light next to the AM on your alarm clock."
A rustling of covers and then a low snarl, "Duo.. "
"Okay, okay! I'm going to sleep."
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"Hee-chan?"
(( Okay! Another quickie. I realize I'm changing tactics a lot. That's cause I'm still on that quest and it's a haphazard story anyway. Getting deeper and then shallow and going silly and then serious. I'm giving up on deciding how to focus it and am just going to let the story come out in as many different ways as it wants.
Ah.. and the story has a title now, since I had to give up on it being full of One Shots... and I'm not going to put Owari until the true end, whenever that might come.
Thank you for the marvelous constructive criticism!!! I am really trying to work on my tenses. Grah. [g] It's a work in progress.))
