Title: Organic
Author: HeeroDuo1x2x1 (AKA The Rabid Pissed off Weasel)
Genre: Supernatural, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Warnings and Pairings: Eventual 1+2, implied 3+4, implied 6+5, cursing, shonen ai, stuff
Disclaimer: Owning of the GWness is not mine. Regretfully. However, I do own this plot twist and story, and anyone who even thinks of taking it without my permission gets shot by a pissed off Weasel, (i.e., me.)
Babble: Amazing, I made it to chapter 7! Oh, the joys! Right-o . Finally, the part you were all waiting for (and the part I was dreading to write)! The others' reactions to seeing Duo alive, well, and standing right in front of them! Hurray! I'm gonna get pelted with rotten veggies! (P.S. It's chapter 7 and I still don't have a stable plot. How sucky.)

As soon as the doorbell rang, announcing that Trowa and Wufei had arrived, Duo had bolted for the stairs, in hopes of putting off the meeting for as long as possible. I sighed, walking at a leisurely pace towards the stairs after him, pausing when I saw that the other two ex-pilots had entered the foyer. Trowa caught my eye for a moment, and I nodded to him before walking up the stairs and into my room.

I knew that was were Duo had decided to take shelter, but was still mildly surprised when I walked in to see him sitting on my bed. Not only was he just sitting there, but he also seemed to have pulled himself as close to the wall as possible.

"Duo, you're going to need to go downstairs eventually." I sat down next to him.

"Yeah, but I think I'll wait until later, ya know?" He looked panicked as he said this, "I didn't think at first what coming here meant."

"I'll be with you, and wouldn't it be better for you to simply get this out of the way?" I reasoned, unconsciously reaching out and squeezing his hand. His skin was cold again, and I furrowed my eyebrows, still not quite sure why.

"I guess, but…" he trailed off.

"But what?"

"What if they don't take it very well? What if they think I'm a zombie or something?" He exclaimed, sandwiching my hand between his. My chest constricted slightly before loosening

"Zombies eat human flesh. I haven't seen you eat human flesh." I mused, and he looked as though he was going to fall over.

"I didn't mean that literally." Duo muttered, leaning forward and resting his head on my shoulder. My stomach lurched and I refrained from taking a deep breath. Even that simple contact made all my senses go insane, and I jerkily lifted an arm to place around Duo. His head rose slightly as he turned to glance at me, eyes curious. I removed my arm, slowly, thinking that he didn't want it there.

So, you can imagine my surprise when he pulled my arms around his waist before sliding his own arms around my shoulders. I blinked, amazed at how my entire body still tingled at his closeness. He lifted his head and stared at me for a moment, and I stared right back. I had a strange urge, one that I'd never felt before. I couldn't describe it even if I had been so inclined to, and I didn't fight it. I felt separated from my body, felt like I was watching as I slowly lowered my face towards Duo; I felt like I was watching from somewhere else as he lifted his face towards mine.

Our lips were less than an inch apart when someone began knocking extremely loudly against the door. I gasped, and we tore apart, my eyes wide and shocked. Duo's expression mirrored my own, and I stumbled off and away from the bed.

"Heero? Have you seen Duo? I think now's a good time for him to go down." Quatre's voice came from the hallway, and I took a deep breath before opening the door slightly.

"He's in here. We'll be down in a minute, alright?" I said, careful to keep my face and voice expressionless. Quatre nodded, hurrying back downstairs. I shut the door and turned around, sliding down to sit on the floor.

"What just happened?" I whispered, running a hand through my hair.

"Quatre just tol-"

"Not that." I cut Duo off mid-sentence, staring at him for a moment before shaking my head, "Nevermind. Let's just go downstairs."

I stood, not looking at him. I had nearly kissed Duo, and that confused me. Why, of almost an endless number of possibilities, did I choose that? It didn't hit me until I watched Duo walk past me and out the door, his eyes lowered to the ground. I hadn't expected it.

I spared the room one more look before following Duo out of the room.

When I walked into the kitchen, it was to the sight of Trowa looking as though he wanted to go check himself into an asylum and to Wufei ranting and raving, claiming that Duo was really some look alike. Relena, it seemed, had already fainted and was being carried from the room by that unnervingly tall man from the day before. I was thankful she had changed into something with less pink as well as the fact she was unconscious.

Duo turned to me, his eyes as frantic as they had been before. He looked like he wanted to run. Despite my revelation, I gave him the most encouraging look I could and came to stand next to him, feeling oddly awkward. I ignored it.

"This is impossible, don't you get it?" Wufei exclaimed, shooting up from his chair and marching toward Duo with an intent look on his face, "He can't be alive! This has to be some kind of trick!"

He reached to snatch Duo's arm, but I shoved myself in between the two, a glare fixed on my face. "You haven't given him a chance to explain, have you?"

"We don't need to! This can't be him, Yuy! What part of that is hard to understand?" As Wufei said this, I felt Duo grip my arm firmly, pushing me slightly. I moved away.

"Dammit, Wufei! Just shut the fuck up!" Duo shouted, his frantic expression fading to exasperation, "I should have known this was gonna be a bad idea. But no, I thought you guys would be happy I'm not rotting in the dirt. Why don't you believe it's really me?"

His voice was despondent, and the glare I had fixated on Wufei deepened.

"Duo is dead. People do not come back from the dead." Wufei hissed, turning to me, "Why do you believe he is who he says he is?"

"Why aren't you willing to at least hear him out?" I had anticipated the question and shot back a question of my own.

Wufei took a step back, narrowing his eyes at me before crossing his arms with a huff, "Fine. I'll listen to what 'Duo' has to say."

Trowa, who had been silent since Duo and I had walked in, finally spoke, "He isn't lying." His eyes, I noticed, were locked onto Duo, examining further than just the exterior. Wufei glanced at Trowa with surprise before nodding stiffly and sitting down on one of the couches. I sighed with relief.

"Explain." Wufei snapped.

And for the eleventh time that week, Duo began to do just that.

"Well, That was positively disastrous." Duo muttered later that night. Shortly after defending himself against Wufei's barrage of disbelief, Duo had retreated as far away from the others as possible. I had obviously followed him, knowing full well that him wanting to get away from the others didn't include me.

"It went better than you thought, didn't it?"

"Oh, definitely. But it was still a load of bullshit." He sighed, violet eyes glimmering like jewels in the tint-less light of my bedroom.

"I nearly punched Wufei."

"You should have."

I let out a dark chuckle and leaned on a post of my bed. I almost wished I had, if only to knock some sense into his head. However, as I thought about it, I realized that this was all quite unbelievable, and Wufei's reaction was really very understandable. The only reason I hadn't reacted the same way was because I desperately wanted Duo to honestly be there.

Duo threw himself bonelessly onto my bed, an unreadable expression on his face. I was suddenly reminded of earlier that day, my mind shoving the image of his face only centimetres from mine into my thoughts. I tried to shake them off, but they plagued me and no amount of mental coaxing could make them go away. I sighed, sitting down next to Duo and leaning against his side, ignoring the realization that now I knew why I'd felt so off-balance around him, why I'd been so eager to believe he really was himself. That realization of admiration, of love, was the reason why Wufei's disbelief angered me so much.

I felt his arms slowly snake around me, and I couldn't help the awkwardness that rose in my chest as I responded by wrapping my arms around his waist. "I'm sorry, Heero."

I hadn't realized my eyes were closed until I opened them to glance at Duo, "Why are you apologizing?"

"I didn't want to drag you into this. Hell, I wasn't even supposed to come near any of you. Dammit, Heero." He sighed and pulled away from me, sitting up and vaulting over me. Staring at him, Duo began pacing. "I have to go, Heero. I have to get out of here."

My eyes instinctively widened and I pulled myself up, closing the small distance between Duo and I, "No."

"What? Heero, I have to leave. This is gonna drive me insane." His amethyst eyes dimmed.

"Then I'm coming with you."

Duo blinked, "Heero… I'm going back."

I took a step back, falling onto the bed. I knew what he meant, and I hated even the thought of it.

"No, no, no, no. Please, no. Not again." I'd never begged before, I'd never even considered it. But I refused to let him leave, to go back to that dead place. I refused to let him abandon us - me - again, so soon after having learned that he wasn't as dead as we had thought. I wasn't going to let him say goodbye.

He gave me a sad look, and before I could even process it, he vanished. I stared at where he had stood and felt like I was choking. I should have told him. I should have told him that somewhere between him dying and us arriving on L4, I had fallen in love with him.

Now I didn't know if I'd ever see him again.

A/N: Right. It's an update. A fun, kinda miserable update. I've come to realize I'm not very good at this writing bit, but meh. I'm trying. But, all self-degradation behind, this is an okay chapter. Better than I thought it would be, at least. Anyway, I'm still adjusting to country life (double wide on a sand hill, beyotch! XD), so the next chapters for this, WB, Ashes and Cloves and any other story I decide to update will be sporadic and not anytime soon. I'm aiming for the beginning of May for my next update, mainly because I think my brain may be working again by then. I'm such a procrastinator. :sweatdrops: P.S. This is one of the longest chapter of this fic yet :Gasp: Hurray! 1933 words! (whoa! That's almost 2000!) Thanks to all those who reviewed::heart: