Disclaimer: Gundam Wing belongs to them, not to me (probably a good thing).
Title: Bus Stop
Author: aomurasakiai
Pairing: Heero/Duo
Rating: PG
Warnings: AU, Possible OOC/Shounen Ai, bad ending
gw500 challenge: #06 - "unfamiliar surroundings"
Word Count: 556
Note: Not to be confused with Kiya-sama's "Bus Stop" from her fabulous arc "School Tales" (my writing is not up there yet).

Covering his yawn with one hand, Heero pushed up his glasses to rub his sleepy eyes. Although he'd lost some sleep the previous night, he was still glad that he had stayed up to study. He was confident he'd passed the final exam his chemistry teacher had given the class that day; it was worth 30 of their grade after all. Finally the bus arrived and Heero got on, thoughts of a nice long nap once he got home running through his mind.

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The sudden jerk of the bus stopping shook Heero awake and he pushed up his slipping glasses, wondering if it was his stop already. Looking out the window he saw that he was in a different part of the city, where he'd never been before.

'Impossible! I only shut my eyes for a second!' he thought to himself. He vaguely heard the bus driver say that it was the last stop and everyone needed to get off. Trying to calm himself down, Heero grabbed one of the bus booklets and stepped off. He still had some change on him… if he couldn't find a bus that went back to his stop then he would simply find a pay phone and call his parents. Of course, his overprotective parents would probably ban him from riding the bus ever again and insist that they drive him to and from school.

Heero shook his head; that was something he did not want to happen. He was already picked on at school for being a nerd and if his independence of riding the bus was also taken away, he'd never live it down. Calling his parents was definitely a last resort. He'd walk home if need be!

Finding the map in the middle of the booklet, he traced a route that ran from where he was back to his part of the city. He smiled to himself since he figured he had enough money to transfer buses twice. Quickly, he walked in the direction of the bus stop before the next bus got there. When he turned the corner, he ran into a braided teen.

"I'm sorry!" he quickly blurted, bowing before the other. "Please forgive me. I wasn't watching where I was going."

"No harm done," the other chuckled. "In a hurry?"

"A…Aa. I need to catch the 146 bus," Heero said looking up into violet eyes.

"Ooh, you just missed it because I just got off that bus. It won't be around again for another half hour."

"K'so," the unruly-haired teen cursed under his breath. The other smiled at him.

"I'm Duo, by the way." The Japanese teen shook the offered hand.

"Heero."

"Are you busy, Heero?" Duo asked. "I'm going back the same way but I have to buy a present for my mother first. Instead of your waiting by yourself, you can accompany me if you like. We'll be back before it arrives." Heero found himself nodding and vaguely thinking about what his parents' reaction might be about him speaking to a stranger. But he was in high school so he could make his own judgments and decisions.

As Duo smiled again and headed towards the gift shop across the street, Heero followed him without hesitation. He wanted to find out more about the other teen and maybe become friends, if possible.

Owari (the worst ending ever…)