Title: Secretly Loving You 4/?
Author: sanaaki
Warnings: shounen-ai/yaoi, AU, Heero-centric, romance, sap, fluff
Pairings: 1+2+1 (main)
Rated: PG
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me ;_; except the story.
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Notes: Switching back and forth between different POVs. Another short chapter.
Recap: Duo turns down a blind date with Heero. He sees a guy he thinks he might be interested in. He finds out that that guy is Heero. Problem is Quatre has decided to set Heero and Wufei up now since Duo turned it down. Will this pair ever get it together?
Feedback much appreciated.
Luna Park was a trendy outdoor bar situated in a park near the East Village. Normally, Duo enjoyed coming here. It was relaxing to hang out outside, kick back, drink a few beers and shoot some pool with friends. However, he was unusually tense today. He saw the hordes of people waiting outside for their friends to arrive. He searched the crowd for anyone he recognized. He finally caught sight of Quatre at a table and made his way over there while waving to various people along the way. Hilde followed him close behind. Quatre was with Trowa, Relena, and Dorothy, another high school friend of theirs. No sign of Wufei or Heero for that matter.
"Hi guys! We got here as soon as we could. So what's going on?" He pulled over a chair for Hilde and sat on the park steps next to the table. Trowa handed him a beer. Trowa had stopped by the salon after meeting with Heero and had told him what time to meet here. He had wanted to ask Trowa about what had occurred but felt quite stupid about the whole thing after Hilde had gone into a laughing fit.
"Nothing much …" Dorothy answered looking somewhat bored. Her eyes kept sweeping the crowd as if looking for someone. Duo looked around surreptitiously also.
"Where's Heero?" Relena piped up suddenly, startling Duo with the unity of their thoughts. He had spent the rest of the afternoon trying to convince himself that Heero was probably a jerk and not worth obsessing over. It wasn't even remotely working. He wanted to meet Heero. He wasn't even sure why he was thinking so much about Heero. He didn't even know the guy. He had only seen him once. And said guy was on a date with his best friend. He tried not to be interested in the conversation concerning Heero with a predictable lack of success.
"You know where he is, Relena …" Quatre said placatingly.
"I don't even know what you were thinking, Quatre. Heero is not even remotely like Treize…"
"Precisely why I thought they would be perfect for each other, Relena. Wufei doesn't want to date anyone like Treize again." Quatre replied with some irritation.
Wufei and Treize. Everyone had thought they were perfect for each other but that was a disaster in the making. Duo had been disappointed when Wufei had gotten together with Treize. Duo had harbored thoughts here and there about a romance with his best friend but that had never panned out. It had probably been for the best. He didn't really want to risk their friendship anyway. In the end, Treize had dumped Wufei for another person and Wufei had been devastated by the betrayal. Wufei did not given his heart easily and the shock of it all had thrown Wufei into bitter turmoil. It was only recently that Wufei had gotten over the whole fiasco and begun to let go of the injustice he felt was done to him.
"Oh speak of the devil …" Duo turned to look and saw Wufei sans Heero.
Wufei came over to them and pulled up a chair. Duo noted sullenly that Wufei looked pretty good tonight.
"Thought you were with Heero, Wufei …" Quatre began.
"Yes I was. He decided to call it a night though."
"Does that mean it didn't go well?"
Wufei smiled at Quatre's gentle prying. "It went fine actually. We're meeting up again tomorrow … I have to admit you were right, Quatre. Heero was a nice guy. His life has been fascinating. One can only admire someone like that. I found him quite likable. He is someone I can respect and we seem to have a lot in common …"
"Was there any attraction?" Dorothy interjected impatiently. "The others say he's quite a looker … Is he?"
Wufei shot Dorothy an annoyed look. "Dorothy, there are more important things than looks …"
Dorothy laughed condescendingly. "Oh Wufei … grow up … looks matter. I want to know … did he do it for you?"
"Dorothy …" Quatre admonished.
"Well …? That's what we all want to know, right?"
Hilde looked over at Duo then back to Wufei. "Yeah, how about it, Wufei? Are you interested in him?" She added.
Duo wanted to see what Wufei had to say also. If Wufei turned out not to be interested in Heero then the field would once again be open to him, problem solved.
Wufei did not look at all like he wanted to answer. Then he gave a resigned sigh. "Fine. Yes he "did" it for me as you guys like to put it. We did share a kiss and …"
"I'm going to go guys," Duo interrupted abruptly. He ignored the surprised glances of the others and stood up and made his way to the exit. Duo knew he was acting immaturely but he couldn't stand it. He had heard enough of this charming little tale. The irrational jealousy he was feeling was inexplicable and unacceptable. The whole situation was just too annoying for him. He wasn't sure what had gotten into him either. It wasn't as if Heero was his. They hadn't even met. But he couldn't help it. He had never felt this infatuated with anyone ever before. It wasn't even about looks either. He had gone out with good looking guys before. But at that instant when he first saw Heero, he just felt like it had been fated. And now that fate was dealing him a joker, he was inordinately annoyed. He couldn't explain why he felt like Heero was meant for him. He just did. He couldn't help but laugh at himself. Maybe he had finally become certifiably insane.
He walked a few blocks before deciding to cab it back down to Soho. He was still feeling pretty annoyed but perhaps a drink somewhere might do the trick of alleviating his irritated mood. The cab pulled over. He paid the driver and proceeded to get out of the cab and simultaneously bumped into someone trying to get into the cab. A strong hand steadied him. He looked up about to tell the person off for not looking where he was going when he drifted into deep cobalt blue eyes.
"Sorry," said the sexy voice attached to the beautiful blues.
Duo remained speechless. He had come face to face with Heero.
"I thought this cab was empty …"
Duo stared for a minute before realizing that Heero had raised his eyebrow waiting for a response from him. "Uh … it's ok. It was my fault too. I didn't look where I was going ..."
Something had frozen his tongue. He knew now was the time to bring up the fact that they had mutual friends but nothing would unfreeze his tongue.
"I'm glad you didn't … it was nice …" Heero offered his hand to help Duo out of the cab. Duo hesitated a little before taking it and immediately felt the thrilling warmth the touch created. Their clasp lingered on as Heero captured his eyes with his own.
"N-nice?" Duo looked at him enquiringly.
"Yeah nice …" Heero smirked. "What's your name?"
"Duo …" They both just stood there for what seemed like an eternity. They were both startled out of their contemplation of each other when the cab driver suddenly honked impatiently.
"See you around sometime … decided to meet with some friends after all. I should go before I miss them …" Heero let go of his hand and climbed into the cab before Duo had a chance to get it together and say anything. He watched Heero's cab take off, probably off to meet Wufei and the others.
"See you around sometime …" Duo repeated to no one in particular. He hadn't mentioned that he knew who Heero was but then when all was said and done … Heero hadn't told him his name either …
TBC …