Disclaimer: Gundam Wing belongs to them, not to me (which is probably a good thing).
Title: Lost and Found
Author: aomurasakiai
Pairing: Duo/Heero (if you want)
Rating: PG
Warnings: AU, OOC-ness, WAFF
gw500 challenge: #30 - "laundry"
Word Count: 750

Duo paused at the water fountain to take a drink like he always did during his morning jog. It felt invigorating running in the cool morning air, both for his lungs and his body. Stretching his arms above his head, he decided that since it was such a good day he would take the longer way home, going through the park.

'Yoshi… Just a few more blocks to go,' the braided teen thought to himself as he set off.

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Duo was about halfway into the park when he ran past a group of laughing teens. They looked older than he did, perhaps in college. But, Duo paid them no attention as he continued to run. A little farther down the path, he spotted something on the floor. It looked like… a jacket? Slowing down to take a look, he grimaced at all the dirt on the blue denim jacket. The braided teen picked it up, surprised at how heavy it was. Hearing a soft rattling in the pockets, Duo turned it upside down, emptying them out of the rocks that were stuffed inside. An ID card fell out with them and he bent down to pick it up.

"Heero… Yuy?" Duo read out the name on the card softly. He looked at the picture of an older Japanese boy with unruly brown hair and cobalt blue eyes behind a pair of oval glasses. And across the top read: Todai University.

'Todai? So this belongs to one of those smart people,' Duo thought. He dusted the jacket off as best as he could before running out of the park towards the dry cleaning laundry service near his house. Checking the pockets again to make sure he hadn't overlooked any other personal items, he dropped the jacket off to be cleaned.

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"Arigato!" Duo said as he picked up the now clean jacket, all wrapped up in plastic like a present. Checking his watch, he realized that he could still make it to Todai before the classes were out. Clutching the package close, he quickly ran towards the large school. When the braided teen reached the University, he was almost out of breath, but he managed to find the front office and asked for Heero's classroom.

"Let's see…" the woman behind the desk said while typing into the computer. "Oh, Yuy-san doesn't have any classes in the afternoon. He must have gone home already."

"Then, can you tell me his address? I need to return these back to him." Duo lifted both the jacket and the ID card to show her.

"Gomen, but I can't do that," she apologized.

"You're looking for Yuy?" Duo turned to see a pony tailed Asian walking towards him. He didn't look Japanese… Chinese maybe? The braided teen nodded and explained what had happened.

"He'll be pleased," the black haired student said. "That's his favorite jacket." He took a pencil from his backpack and scribbled down Heero's address. "Here. I would give it to him myself but I have kendo practice." Duo bowed slightly before rushing out of the school and towards the address.

"Let's see… this should be the place." The braided teen gathered his courage and rang the doorbell. Soon the door opened to reveal a rather intimidating Japanese man. Duo swallowed.

"Yes?"

"Uh… excuse me but, is Heero Yuy home?" Narrow eyes held his violet ones before the older man turned away, yelling for Heero to stop studying and come down. Soon, the Japanese college student emerged while the man disappeared down the hall.

"Who are you?" he asked, taking off his glasses smoothly. Duo's breath caught in his throat and he held out the wrapped up jacket with the ID sitting on top like an offering.

"I… I found this at the park. It was dirty but I had it cleaned for you. I saw your ID in one of the pockets so I went to the school to find you. But they wouldn't give me your address so your friend gave it to me and…" His rambling stopped when the jacket was taken from him. Duo lowered his hands and lifted his head to see Heero giving him a small smile.

"Arigato for the trouble. I appreciate it." Heero paused before adding, "If you stop by tomorrow, I'll treat you to something to compensate for this." Duo nodded numbly.

"I'll see you tomorrow then." With one last small smile, Heero closed the door, leaving Duo standing on the porch rather dazed.

Owari