Something to Talk About
By Wolf Girl
Disclaimer: I do not have any sort of ownership over the characters or the premise of Gundam Wing. I do not make any sort of profit off of this story. I don't own the songs, I Can't Make You Love Me, Overjoyed, and You Send Me. They belong to their respective writers(1).
Warnings: AU, Yaoi, minor Relena bastardization, OOC Heero (not stoic enough, please forgive me).
AN Warning: Unfortunately, my grammar and punctuation usage is a weird mix of American and British styles... Enough said.
Pairings: 1x2x1, others...
Italics thought (unless obviously otherwise.)
SEVEN: Sardonic
Treize swatted at a balloon that threatened to hit Duo as they walked into the gym. The ugly bleachers had been put up and in their place were multitudes of streamers, balloons and banners hanging with sayings such as "You know when it rains it rains pennies from heaven," and "There is no moon above when love is far away too."(1)
There were many people dancing and just as many hanging around. Duo smirked to find that Relena was one of them. Heero was nowhere to be seen—oh wait, he was over at a table looking his way.
Darling you send me
I know you send me
Darling you send me
Honest you do, honest you do
Honest you do, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Treize got Duo's attention and pulled him onto the dance floor. Duo promptly wrapped himself around Treize and they started to slow dance in a sensual manner, quickly drawing attention from all the other couples.
Relena trotted up. "May I cut in?"
Treize cocked an eyebrow. "Isn't that the man's job?"
"Can't I dance with my big brother?" Relena simpered. Duo stared at her like she had grown four extra heads. Treize shrugged and gave Duo's hand a quick squeeze before letting Relena cut in.
You thrill me
I know you, you, you thrill me
Darling you, you, you, you thrill me
Honest you do
At first I thought it was infatuation
But oh, it's lasted so long
Now I find myself wanting
To marry you and take you home
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
"I thought you weren't going." Relena said. "I would have done your hair for you... You know, curled it and left it loose."
"I don't let my hair down." Duo growled.
"Oh well, you pulled off the androgynous look very well anyway." Relena barbed. "Almost too feminine if you ask me."
You, you, you, you send me
I know you send me
I know you send me
Honest you do
Whoa-oh-oh, whenever I'm with you
I know, I know, I know when I'm near you
Mmm hmm, mmm hmm, honest you do, honest you do
Whoa-oh-oh, I know-oh-oh-oh
"So where's your date, princess? I thought he was so excited to go with you." Duo drawled as they did a polite slow dance, positioned as though doing the three-step waltz.
"He wanted to sit down for awhile. We already danced all the fast songs." Relena said snippily.
"I somehow doubt that. But it seems to me he is more interested in dancing with his chair than with you."
I know, I know, I know, when you hold me
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, whenever you kiss me
Mmm hmm, mmm hmm, honest you do
At first I thought it was infatuation
But woo, it's lasted so long
Now I find myself wanting
To marry you and take you home
I know, I know, I know, you send me
I know you send me
Whoa-oh-oh-oh, you you you you send me
Honest you do
"Duo, don't you dare do anything to him tonight. I can't stand the way you make fun of him all the time." Relena glared her fiercest kittenish glare.
Duo grinned evilly. "And what would you do if I did mess with his head, as you seem to think I'm doing? It seems to me he is messing with my head, coming on to me and all."
"Don't you dare lay a finger on him or I'll—I'll tell Father about um.. your gay porn stash!" Relena said triumphantly.
"Have you been smoking something? I don't have gay porn. You, on the other hand could stand to watch some. How about some starring Heero and say, Treize? You'd like that with your fascination with him!"
"HEERO ISN'T GAY!" Relena screeched, turning a few heads.
The song ended and Relena stomped off to the restroom. Duo started to leave the dance floor and was suddenly waylaid by a strong hand on his shoulder.
Turn down the lights
Turn down the bed
Turn down these voices
inside my head
"Will you dance with me?" Heero asked, extending a hand to Duo.
Duo hesitated. Heero stood impassively, his hand still outstretched. Relena came back out of the restroom, looking less embarrassed now that the scene she had caused was over. She saw Heero near him and her eyes bugged out. She stomped back into the bathroom, obviously not wanting to cause another disruption.
Lay down with me
Tell me no lies
Just hold me close
Don't patronize
Don't patronize me
"Alright." Duo said, letting Heero draw him out onto the dance floor. He looked around anxiously at the other couples slow dancing around them.
Heero put a hand on his waist and took his other hand, so they were in the more formal slow dancing position. While the distance comforted Duo, it also perturbed him slightly.
What is it about you that bothers me so much?
Cause I can't make you love me
if you don't
You can't make your heart feel
something it won't
As they continued dancing Heero just politely lead him across the dance floor. Duo felt uncomfortable dancing in such far proximity. Heero made no sign of coming any closer. After a few seconds, Duo sighed and drew Heero closer. "I can't dance like that." Heero stiffened for a moment, then relaxed and wrapped his arms around Duo's waist.
Here in the dark
in these final hours
I will lay down my heart
And I'll feel the power
but you won't
No, you won't
Cause I can't make you love me
if you don't
Duo blinked as he heard Heero singing along softly to the song in his deep nasally voice.
I'll close my eyes
then I won't see
the love you don't feel
when you're holding me
Heero stared Duo in the eyes and gave him a small, sad smile. He raised a hand and caressed Duo's cheek gently, then dropped his arm back down.
No, it isn't like that... It can't be like that! Duo froze, looking at Heero intently. I don't understand. Don't do this to me.
Heero leaned closer, drawing Duo flush against him, leaning his head against Duo's shoulder. Duo slumped slightly and stopped dancing.
"Duo."
"Why are you doing this?"
"Why should a man whose blood is warm within sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster? Sleep when he wakes?(2)" Heero quoted, starting to move again.
Morning will come
and I'll do what's right
just give me till then
to give up this fight
and I will give up this fight
Duo wrested himself from Heero's embrace and ran out of the back door of the gym. Heero stopped dancing, then stalked out the front door into the school hallway, angrily throwing to the ground the flower pinned to his lapel as he left.
Cause I can't make you love me
if you don't
You can't make your heart feel
something it won't
Here in the dark
in these final hours
I will lay down my heart
And I'll feel the power
Sitting at a table, Treize realized that it was his date that had left and he hurried out the back door after Duo.
Relena meanwhile had come back into the room and was looking around frantically, unable to find any traces of either Heero or Duo.
She turned bright red and started sputtering, her temper rising. Her best friend Dorothy rushed over to her and tried to explain in a soothing voice that Heero and Duo hadn't left with each other, they had just both left. It didn't convince Relena one bit.
But you won't
No, you won't
Cause I can't make you love me
if you don't
Quatre stared at the door. "Trowa, I'm worried."
"It's okay. Treize will find him. Despite how he acts sometimes, Treize can be a nice guy." Trowa nuzzled Quatre's neck gently, clasping his waist to him tightly. "Dance with me, love."
Quatre blushed and settled back into Trowa. "I just think Treize isn't who Duo wants to comfort him..."
Over time, I've been building my castle of love
Just for two, though you never knew you were my reason
I've gone much too far for you now to say
That I've got to throw my castle away
Over dreams, I have picked out a perfect come true
Though you never knew it was of you I've been dreaming
The sandman has come from too far away
For you to say come back some other day
Duo could hear strains of the song drifting from the gym. He sighed as a cold wind whipped under the bleachers.
And though you don't believe that they do
They do come true
For did my dreams
Come true when I looked at you
And maybe too, if you would believe
You too might be
Overjoyed, over loved, over me
Duo sneezed once, then wrapped his jacket tighter around himself. The music was too true for his taste. He tried to block out the sound of it.
Why do things always have to be complicated? Things never go my way. Things are always good for Relena and Heero... Quatre and Trowa... They're happy...And if I do get someone, it isn't going to work... I'm only happy by myself...
Over hearts, I have painfully turned every stone
Just to find, I had found what I've searched to discover
I've come much to far for me now to find
The love that I've sought can never be mine
Duo didn't look up as he heard someone approach. Treize bent over to look under the bleachers next to the soccer field. Finding Duo, Treize crouched down to Duo's level. "What's wrong?"
Duo only sniffed.
And though you don't believe that they do
They do come true
For did my dreams
Come true when I looked at you
And maybe too, if you would believe
You too might be
Overjoyed, over loved, over me
"Come on, I'll take you home," Treize sighed, helping Duo to his feet. He wrapped an arm around Duo's shoulders and led him to the car.
And though the odds say improbable
What do they know
For in romance
All true love needs is a chance
And maybe with a chance you will find
You too like I
Overjoyed, over loved, over you , over you
End notes: Sardonic means derisive; mocking; scornful or bitterly sarcastic.
(1) "You know when it rains it rains pennies from heaven," is from the song Pennies from Heaven.
"There is no moon above when love is far away too," is from the song How High the Moon.
(2)Why should a man whose blood is warm within
sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?
Sleep when he wakes?...
Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, Lines 87-90
(3)You Send Me is written and sung originally by Sam Coke, but Nicolette Larson does the version of this song I like best.
Can't Make You Love Me is sung by Bonnie Rait, and it's a wonderful song.
Overjoyed is written and sung originally by Stevie Wonder and is gorgeous as is
all his stuff. There is also a nice jazz version I recommend sung by Nnena Freidman.
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