Disclaimer: Gundam Wing belongs to them, not to me
(probably a good thing).
Title: Written in the Stars
Author: aomurasakiai
Pairing: Hint of Heero/Duo
Rating: G
Warnings: Post EW, Possible OOC, Hint
of Shounen Ai
gw500 challenge: #08 - "colony"
Word Count: 413
Lying on his back in the yard, Heero stared up at the night sky that was interspersed with thousands of tiny stars. In actuality they may have all looked like stars to the average human, who wouldn't give them a second thought, but to Heero… well, Heero knew better than that. On a clear night, he could pick out Venus or Mars, a drifting satellite or two, even the colonies. It was a whole new perspective and he hadn't really taken the time to indulge in "star gazing" even though it had been months since he moved to Earth after the Second Eve War.
"Heero?" The Japanese teen looked over to see Duo standing on the back porch. His eyes lingered a while on the other ex-pilot, acknowledging him without words before he turned back to the sky. After a moment of silence, the braided boy quietly walked towards him, his bare feet making soft noises on the semi-dry grass. He sat a short distance away, far enough to keep out of the other's personal space but close enough to be a comforting presence.
"You seem… quiet today," Duo said glancing at his the other teen. "More than usual, I mean. Thinking about something?"
"Aa," Heero replied. "You could say that. I just never thought I'd ever be able to do something like this," he murmured quietly.
"What? Stargazing?" Duo asked, laughing softly before looking up at the sky. "I used to do this all the time between missions or I would have gone stir-crazy while waiting for one to be assigned. But then again, I'd usually look for the moon."
"Why the moon?"
"I just wondered how it could look so different from here on Earth than from on L2," the braided teen replied, smiling sadly at the memory. "Did you ever look at the moon from L1?"
"I don't remember," Heero said in a rather dejected voice. "All I ever focused on was training." An uncomfortable silence fell upon the two ex-pilots as they became lost in their pasts.
"Well," Duo spoke up after a moment. "At least now you can stargaze as much as you want." A ghost of a smile appeared on Heero's lips.
"Aa." The Japanese teen hesitated… 'Should I?' he thought fleetingly before sitting up and glancing back at the braided teen.
"But now, it's different. Now I have someone to share this with… ne?" Surprise flitted across the other's face before he smiled.
"Of course, Heero."
Owari