A little on the short side, but it took a big drain from my creative juices which now need to fill up. I hope you like!
Disclaimer: I do not own
Warning: Shounen ai 1x2x1, MPREG
Dedication: To Lynds, upon whom school and band are taking there toll.
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CHAPTER 24
There comes a time in every person's life, that they feel obligated to take on a stupid worthless task. Duo Maxwell had found his task. He had decided, for absolutely no reason whatsoever that he had to match the wood on his furniture in each room. At the moment he was attempting to move a gigantic oak hutch. [1] He had placed towels under the four feet and was hoping to slide it along, but unfortunately he had come the wood stripping between rooms. So at the moment he was valiantly trying to lift the hutch over the stripping without needing to empty it out.
The doorbell rang, in a somewhat precarious position, Duo called out, "Come in!" He turned his head toward the door as it opened. Heero's head peeked in. Duo desperately tried to remember if he had forgotten some previously made date. He couldn't think of anything. "Hey Heero!" Duo grunted and shifted the heavy piece of furniture, "Whats up?"
"I just thought I would stop by and say hi," He frowned. "Should you be doing that?" Duo paused and raised an eyebrow at Heero. Heero felt a flush build up his neck, "Well, I mean pregnant wo- people aren't supposed to do any heavy lifting."
Duo frowned and considered this, he didn't want to appear weak by putting it down, but he knew it wasn't his own safety he was jeopardize here. With a resigned sigh, Duo set the hutch down. Unfortunately, the hutch was in the hallway and it couldn't stay there. Duo grinned up at Heero.
Two hours later, Duo had his furniture where he wanted it, and his boyfriend in his kitchen sipping at a soda. If anything had been wrong with his day so far, it was completely forgotten as he enjoyed Heero's company. Antsy as always for music, Duo stood and popped in an old jazz disc. Heero accepted it as something Duo did and listened in interest to his selection. A low sweet bass voice began singing.
I was blue just as blue as I could be;
Everyday was a cloudy day for me;
Then good luck came a-knockin' at my door.
Skies were gray but there not gray anymore.
Suddenly, a lilting tenor joined in with the mellow bass singer.
Blue skies, smiling at me.
Nothing but blue skies, do I see.
At this point, Heero realized the tenor wasn't on the recording and instead was singing sweetly into his ear. Duo's slender hand pulled him up and pulled Heero into an easy rocking dance. He continued singing with a bright smile on his face.
Blue birds, singing a song
nothing but blue birds all day long.
Never saw the sun, shining so bright.
Never saw things, going so right.
At that moment, Duo twirled Heero towards the kitchen window and ironically showed him the rainy skies littering the whole city. Duo smiled.
Noticing the days hurrying by;
when you're in love my how time flies.
Blue days all of them gone
Nothing but blue skies from now on.
Duo held the last note quietly, long after the player stopped. Heero let Duo continue his dance with him, but it was the singer's voice that captivated him. He didn't know Duo could sing, and a feeling of possessiveness washed through Heero. Duo was his, he had shared this moment with him and him alone. Heero sighed and pulled Duo in closer. He had never been much of a romantic, never believing in magical moments. But right now, if you had asked him, he would have very much agreed to such a statement. Later, of course, denying it with a flourish.
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"So what do you think?" Heero posed the question to Relena as they drove to a conference. The serious young man had felt a desire to do something for his braided boyfriend.
"Well, he seems like one who enjoys a good time, maybe an amusement park or something. Theres a carnival in town too." Relena suggested thoughtfully.
Heero nodded, "An amusement park would be interesting, I'm sure he will love it," Heero bowed his head slightly in recognition. "Thank you very much." Ah, he thought, my turn to give you a surprise.
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The car ride to the park was short, Heero had been sufficiently pleased by Duo's reaction. Though an amusement park didn't interest him very much, Duo seemed ecstatic.
"I've always wanted to go to one of these things!" Duo said enthusiastically, jumping up and down in line. "I've never been on a roller coaster before!"
Heero grinned, and payed for there admission. Duo walked in, his neck craning and twisting in many directions looking at as many rides as he could. Aside from the coasters, they were a ton of thrill rides, arcade games and souvenir stands. Duo looked around and then faced Heero seriously. "I've heard that you should start in the back, the lines are supposedly shorter. Then you work your way to the front."
Heero smiled, apparently Duo had done some research after he had suggested the idea yesterday. "Sounds like a sound plan to me." Having Heero's consent, Duo took off a brisk walk, near run to the back of the park. As promised there was hardly a line at all and Duo ran up the line and they found themselves first up for the next ride. Duo let his eyes wander around the station they were waiting at. His eyes focused on a sign for a moment, and then his shoulders slumped.
"Ya know what Heero?" He said with false brightness, "I don't want to ride this ride anymore, lets see what else is nearby," Duo began weaving back through the line. Heero frowned. Something was definitely up.
"Duo is
something wrong?"
"What do you mean? I just
thought it would be fun to try and win a stuffed. . . ." His
eyes ran up and down the stand, "Spongebob doll!" A
smile spread across his face and he dug some one dollar bills from
his pocket and handed them to the man in charge of the bottle game.
"Two please."
A crease formed between Heero's eyes, but he took the balls anyway. Without a thought, Heero aimed at the bottles and knocked one down after another. The stands attendants eyes widened as he offered a gigantic yellow kitchen sponge to Heero. Heero didn't accept it, but Duo did smiling gratefully. He then mirrored Heero's performance, with a bit more concentration involved. The attendant's jaw dropped. Numbly he handed out his second gigantic Spongebob doll. The last one he had, since they rarely had someone knock all the bottles down, not to mention two in one day. Duo clapped his hands together happily and stuck them both under an arm and threaded his other with Heero's.
"You and I, kid, could go far," Duo said with a laugh and then headed in the direction of an arcade. "My specialty!" Heero followed Heero from stand to stand, and never once did they get in line again for a roller coaster. He couldn't understand why, but he thought that perhaps Duo had been intimidated by the sight and was eager to avoid it all together. Not wanting to press the issue and possibly cause Duo embarrassment, he followed Duo. By the end of the day they had the majority of gigantic stuffed animals from the park and had made several trips out to Heero's car. Finally, Duo admitted to being a bit tired and they trudged once more towards the entrance. On the way out Heero noticed a sign posted at the entrance to a ride which read in big red letters: Note: people suffering from severe back pains, heart problems, arthritis or are pregnant should not ride.
A weigh dropped into Heero's stomach. He finally understood Duo's problem with the rides. It wasn't that he didn't want to go, it was that he couldn't. Heero made a grunt of annoyance at himself. So much for his great creative thoughtful date. And yet, Duo hadn't complained even once, as if determined to have a good time. A grin fell softly across Heero's face at just how lucky he was to have found someone like that. Cementing the smile in place, Heero vowed to make it up to Duo.
Tsutsuku
Okay, I really need peoples opinion on this chapter. Like? Dislike? What, where? What should I have done, how could I improve. Other than length which I already know. Erm, Thanks for all the reviews last chapter! I am utterly amazed at how many people read this. . . . babble I call a story. Thanks so much! I really appreciate it! glomps all reviewers
~Annie
P. S. Just a quick question for Super Poodle. Erm, when you said it had been a while since I updated, did you mean to 9 days it was for the two weeks ago update? Or the 3 days since my last one when you did? I am sorry for the wait either way. I try to crank them out at least weekly. glomps Thanks!!!
