Disclaimer: No, I do not own gundam wing and I do not own the songs "Ready to fall in love tonight." I think its n'sync but I could be wrong. Don't sue! I got no money. =[
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Okay, so Quatre did manage to drag me to the karaoke bar. One day before the wedding though. I had managed to escape the first one but this time they were adamant. My protests did nothing to stop him or Wufei, despite me hanging on to the doorframe stubbornly. They had simply gotten Heero to pry my fingers off and had hauled me into the car.
I'll admit, the bar itself was not so bad. It was like every other club, upbeat music with someone or the other singing all the while. All of us found a booth and settled in, the others purposely putting me in the center to stop me from leaving.
Once we ordered and had our drinks, bobbing our heads to a fast energetic beat, Trowa pulled Quatre up for a dance and Wufei did the same with Heero. And so I was left alone. Again. Any surprise?
See, this is one of the reasons I don't really like going out with all of them. If its Quatre and Wufei, or Heero and Trowa, it would be a different thing. But when their lovers are around, its like...all they see is each other. Just like they don't realize how lonely I feel right now.
Uh-oh. Quatre coming over here and Trowa looks a little miffed. He's glaring at me now. What did I do now? Did Quatre catch me staring at them wistfully? I hope not.
"Hey, Duo." Quatre greeted me with a smile. As always.
"Hey, Quat. Something the matter? You left Trowa there high and dry." I commented looking at them back and forth. Quatre shook his head and grinned at me. It was that sly grin of his. He was up to something.
"You came here for a reason." He stated calmly, that glint in his eye not going unnoticed by me.
"I...did?"
"Yes, you did." He said more firmly and flicked his eyes over at the stage and back at me. I caught his meaning.
"Quatre, no. Not here."
"Duo..."
"Quat, in front of Wufei and Heero??? If I'm going to make a fool of myself, I rather not do it in front of them, much less a million other people who I don't know."
"Ah, come on, Duo! Please?? For me??" Oh no. He's not doing it. I won't fall for it. Nuh-uh. No way. Not this time. No can do. I...aw, crap. Fine.
"Fine. Just don't use those puppy dog eyes of yours." I grumbled as I got up from the booth. "So what do you want me to sing? Something fast? Something romantic?"
"Something romantic." Quatre answered and grinned. After reaching over and hugging me, he pushed me towards the crowd, forcing me to weave through the bodies.
Okay, something romantic. Think, Duo, come on, think. There has to be something....Ah! Got it!
Finally up on the stage, the lights dimmed so that I was hardly visible, only a thin sliver of light around me, I took hold of the microphone. Listening to the open chords I took a deep breath and started to sing, my voice husky and sultry, eyes half closed.
I get a feeling
I can't explain
Whenever your eyes meet mine
My heart spins in circles
And I lose all space and time
And now that we're standing face to face
Somethin' tells me
It's gonna be okay
I could see Quatre nudge Trowa and gesture towards the stage. When the Latin pilot looked at me, his eyes widened. I bet he didn't know I could sing this seductively.
And I'm ready to fall in love tonight
Ready to hold my heart open wide
I can't promise forever but baby I'll try
Yes, I'm ready to fall in love tonight
By now, Wufei and Heero have been alerted by Trowa and Quatre, and three of them were staring at me in awe and wonder and one was smirking. Yup, Quatre. I close my eyes again and continue.
I know you've been watching
Choosin' your moment
I've been dreaming of that day
No one before you has gotten to me this way
And now that we're standing face to face
There's something that I need to say
I don't know what made me do it. So I will blame it on god. But when I sang those last couple of lines, I looked directly at Heero and Wufei. Both of them were surprised by that. But I couldn't bring myself to tear my eyes away.
And I'm ready to fall in love tonight
Ready to hold my heart open wide
I can't promise forever but baby I'll try
Yes, I'm ready to fall in love tonight
Now, I saw Quatre's smirk fade and he was looking at me with a multitude of expressions running across his face. Confusion, perplexity, uncertainty, horror, pain, guilt...I quickly closed my eyes again and controlled my emotions. I could not have Quatre suspecting anything.
Nothing is certain, this I know
Wherever we're headed I'm ready to go
I can't promise forever but baby I'll try
Yes I'm ready to fall in love tonight
Yes I'm ready to fall in love tonight
Yes I'm ready to fall in love tonight
And then it was over, I walked off the stage and back to our booth, picking up my half finished drink and downing it in one gulp. The others slowly emerged from the crowd, standing in front of the booth, looking down at me.
"So...what did you think?" I asked slowly, awaiting their answers. When I got no response, just bewildered stares, I chuckled a little bitterly. "Told you I would embarrass myself, Quat."
"Duo..." Wufei started, sliding into the booth beside me and laying a hand on my arm. "That...that was beautiful. I didn't know you could sing like that."
"Hn."
"Duo, you were great." Quatre said earnestly. "That was by far as romantic as it could get. Thank you." He reached over and hugged me tight, whispering a quick 'We need to talk' to me. Damn. Looks like I had been caught.
The ride back home was normal. I had my jester mask and has Quatre and Wufei laughing while Trowa and Heero smirked. I honestly thought that Quatre had forgotten about whatever he wanted to talk to me about so I didn't worry about it. But no such luck. As soon as we had gotten home, he pulled me out the car and asked the others to go ahead and that he needed to tell me something.
Once we were alone, he led me to the front porch and sat me down on the stairs taking a seat beside me.
"Duo, I...a few days ago...I found something...I didn't think much of it but now..." He sighed and stopped talking, reaching into his coat pocket and pulling out something. It was the picture that I had cut apart.
"Duo? What is this?"
Damn.
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Sorry for taking so long to update. Everything is a little slower since school started. =[ but I will try to post again next week.
Be nice to me and Reviiewww! =]