Disclaimer: Gundam Wing belongs to them, not to me (which is probably a good thing).
Title: Dedication
Author: aomurasakiai
Pairing: Heero/Duo
Rating: PG
Warnings: AU, OOC, Shounen Ai, Fluff
gw500 challenge: #37 - "my turn"
Word Count: 643
Note: Based on Duo Radon's pic commissioned by Sharon (Moments of Rapture). She mentioned she wanted to see Heero as the messier-gift-unwrapper.

"These are from Trowa and me," Quatre said, holding out two flat boxes wrapped in colorful paper, a red ribbon, and with two bows taped on top of each one. Both Heero and Duo took their respective gifts.

"We hope you like them," Trowa added.

"Wow, thanks you two. Wonder what it is?" Duo said whilst looking at his gift from different angles.

"We won't know until we open them, baka," Heero told him with a slight roll of his cobalt blue eyes. But his voice held a touch of affection that Duo picked up and the braided young man smiled.

"Me first." Duo started on one end of the box and carefully tore the small piece of tape from the wrapping paper. It was tough since his recently cut fingernails were short and part of the wrapping almost came off with the tape. But, he managed to tear it off without ripping the covering and it was carefully folded over the edge of the paper so it wouldn't stick to anything as Duo continued his unwrapping. Off came the two bows, Duo being cautious about the adhesive underneath them. Off came the red ribbon and wrapped around his arm so it wouldn't get tangled or lost. Finally, the braided American got the yellow paper off the box, but only to see more wrapping paper.

"Here, Heero. Save this for me?" Duo handed him the neatly, folded-up yellow paper and the two bows. Heero took it almost stiffly and placed them all beside him. Duo must be testing his patience by slowly unwrapping each layer. A few Christmases before he had asked why, and was told that it could be reused. Heero did think it was wise, not to mention economical, rather than buying a roll of wrapping to be used only once a year; but that didn't mean he had enough patience to unwrap gifts like Duo. Plus, Duo liked the shiny paper, so either way they were saving it.

The braided man just smiled and shrugged, already working on the light green wrapping paper. It came off quicker than the first, but again he came upon another layer, this time cerulean blue colored. Heero's patience pulled just a little tighter. That also came off with deliberate care, but only to encounter a dark blue colored one. When that finally came off and the box itself was visible, Heero noted that it had taken over 15 minutes to unwrap the 4 layers of wrapping paper. He was so going to murder a-certain-blonde-man-who's-trying-to-hide-his-snickering-not-five-feet-away. Seeing that Duo had placed the box on his crossed legs and was waiting for him to unwrap his present so they could open them together, Heero mentally smirked.

"My turn."

And he tore through the package like a tornado through a city. Colored wrapping paper flew in all directions: coral pink, mahogany, violet, and silver all fluttered around the room. Most landed near Duo and strangely enough, the two bows that had adorned the box got stuck on Duo's hair. In less than 10 seconds, Heero held his own unwrapped box in his lap.

"Saving time is more important than saving paper," Heero said, breaking the sudden silence.

"Heero." Duo shook his head. "You've changed so much and yet… you haven't."

"Open them!" Quatre piped up. Simultaneously, Heero and Duo both lifted the lids of the boxes and moved the tissue paper away to reveal gray T-shirts with the words 'Property of' written in black. Taking them out of the boxes, Duo smiled widely at what they said.

"Cool! Thanks Quatre!" On his T-shirt said the words 'Property of Heero Yuy' while Heero's had 'Property of Duo Maxwell'.

"Aren't these great, Heero?" Duo asked, still grinning. Heero just looked highly… not amused. And neither of them noticed the flash of light from Trowa's camera until it was too late.

Owari

Note: The commissioned pic is at Moments of Rapture (and apparently doesn't allow websites to be posted). Just Google it and it should be the first site. Enter to the mainpage and under "Art Galleries Menu", click "Commissioned". Go to page 7 and it's the last pic.