I do not own Gundam Wing. The rights to this anime are reserved solely for thewriters, artists, publishers, etc. As I've stated before even though the people that came upwith this anime are geniuses I still can't see why they didn't make all of the pilots gay to begin with. It would have saved us so much wasted time arguing with all of those closed minded weirdoes out there.
I'm so sorry that this has taken so long to post for those of you that have read it. School has been a nightmare lately and I also just got done with the annual anti-drug camp that our voices group does for the kids in our district. A three-day weekend trying to keep 175 kids quiet between speakers and skits. So needless to say I lost my voice from trying to get them quiet. And for any of you that are in theatre, I would like you to know that I'm committing mental suicide by trying to learn 4 plays at once so writing this fanfic unfortunately has to take about 6th place on my agenda. So I apologize to any of you that are starting to like this story. As far as I know though only one person has read it cuz that's all that has reviewed. :'( It saddens me to think that I'm using the precious little free time that I have to write a fic that no one is reading.
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Heero sat quietly waiting for Duo to finish his question. A thousand thoughts were streaming through his head. 'What if he asks me not to talk to him any more? What if he asks me for advice about a girlfriend? What if he wants to know if I'm really gay and doesn't want me around if I am?' As these thoughts tormented him Duo watched him carefully for signs that he should continue. Heero's hand gripped the couch a little tighter as the doubts he was feeling continued to make him nervous. If Duo hadn't been watching him so closely he would have missed it. Taking that as sign encouragingly Duo took a deep breath to continue.
Riiiiiiing. Duo and Heero both glared at the object responsible for the interruption. Heero stood and Duo sighed at the lost opportunity. To his surprise though Heero growled and pulled the phone line out of it, effectively shutting the annoyance up. He turned back to Duo and waited for him to continue. "You were saying?" Heero said dryly.
Duo cleared his throat and looked at the floor. "I was wondering…um…if you ah…would…" he squeezed his eyes shut and spewed out the words before he lost the nerves he had desperately worked up. "Wouldyouliketogotodinnerwithme?" There he had said it. He held his breath waiting for the rejection to come. The silence stretched on and Duo chanced a peek at Heero's face. He was standing in front of him looking stunned. 'Wait a minute' Duo thought to himself, 'Heero stunned? But he never shows any emotion, well at least not this openly.' After Duo finished thinking that Heero seemed to snap out of his daze.
"You really want me to go to dinner with you?" Heero asked hesitantly, still slightly amazed by the fact Duo hadn't told him to leave him alone. Duo nodded wondering how he had stunned the perfect soldier. "Yes I would love to go to dinner with you." Heero answered, a little breathless. "Just tell me when and where."
"Tomorrow night sound good to you?" Duo asked brightly, happy that Heero hadn't rejected him. Heero thought about it for a moment then nodded.
"That should be fine. I know we both have some work to do at Head Quarters tomorrow but we both have the morning shift so that shouldn't be a problem." Heero told Duo.
"You know my schedule?" Duo asked raising an eyebrow questioningly. Heero shrugged nonchalantly.
"It's a habit. Better to know who's working than be caught unprepared in an emergency." He explained.
"Yeah I guess you have a point. So where do you want to eat?" Duo asked. Heero just shook his head and looked at Duo with a mischievous glint in his cobalt eyes.
"Surprise me" was all he said.
"Okay Heero. I'll pick you up here tomorrow at seven, is that alright?" Duo asked.
"Sounds good to me" Heero said finishing off his soda.
"Well, I better get home so I can get some rest before work. I'll see you tomorrow morning." At that Duo stood and started for the door. Heero walked him to it.
"I'll see you tomorrow Duo." Heero hesitated a moment, unsure of what he was about to do. He resolved that he wouldn't know unless he did it so he wouldn't waste this chance. He leaned towards Duo and softly kissed his cheek. Startled Duo touched the spot that was still tingling from the brief contact of Heero's lips. A smile spread across his face thinking of how much it had taken for him to make that small move.
"Good night 'Ro. Sweet dreams," Duo said softly as he opened the door and walked into the hall. Heero watched as Duo walked towards his apartment and slowly shut the door when he went out of site. He sauntered back to his chair and sat down with a satisfied smile on his face. This had to be the best thing that had ever happened to him. Duo liked him. He shook his head in amazement and wandered off to get a shower and go to bed.
The next morning Duo bounced happily into the Preventer's Head Quarters. Quatre, seeing this, just shook his head and smiled. The braided man had a tendency to be overly hyper sometimes and this looked like one of those days. Trowa walked up behind Quatre groggily holding a cup of coffee. He groaned and took a sip of it when he saw the bouncing Duo.
"It is way too early for Duo to be bouncing around like that" Trowa said sleepily.
"I think it's cute. Besides it's nice to see someone other than me happy in the morning." Quatre said in defense of Duo.
Trowa leaned down to whisper to the blonde. "Oh I'm happy, but I never get any sleep keeping p with your demands love." Quatre had the grace to blush and look at his toes.
"Aww, c'mon Tro, can't you stop teasing Quat? Besides we all know you love all of his demands!" Duo told the lanky brunette with a wink upon entering the lounge. Trowa laughed and nodded his agreement not even bothering to argue with the mischievous American.
"That I do" Trowa replied as he wrapped his free arm around his lover's waist.
Quatre just shook his head. "You two are impossible," he said looking into his lover's sparkling green eye. "So Duo why so happy this morning?"
Duo feigned a hurt expression. "Quat it wounds me to hear you say that. Aren't I always happy?"
"Well yes, but something is different today, you have a glow about you that wasn't there before." Quatre said with a knowing stare. "So what's got you in such a good mood? C'mon Duo, spill the beans!"
"Well…I…uh…" Duo spluttered looking flustered. Luckily for him Heero chose that moment to breeze into the room with a smile and a cheery "Good morning guys." Trowa and Quatre just gapped like fish as he got a bottle of water from the mini fridge. Duo brightened and trotted over to him.
"Morning 'Ro. Sleep well?" Duo asked as he found some orange juice.
"As a matter of fact I did. You?" Heero asked in return. The conversation went on as the two other men turned to look at each other in shock. Trowa was the first one able to form a stunned sentence.
"Heero…is…talking…in SENTANCES," he stated. Quatre just nodded and sat on the couch, unable to say anything else.
Wufei walked into the lounge hearing Duo's chatter halfway down the hall. "Maxwell can't you ever talk in a…" He stopped as he noticed exactly whom the braided individual was talking to. He raised his hand pointing at Heero in shock. "Yuy is…having a real…conversation?" Unable to handle this new information, Wufei's brain shut down. Heero and Duo finally stopped talking when they heard a loud thump. Looking over the saw Wufei crumpled on the floor. Duo rushed over to check his pulse.
"Heero get the smelling salts, Quatre help me…Quatre?" Duo looked over to see Quatre staring off into space. He walked over and smacked him on the cheek. "Quatre what's wrong with you? Didn't you see Fei faint?"
"Huh? Oh Allah! Wufei!" Quatre said as he leapt off the couch to bend over Wufei. Seeing his lover take action brought Trowa out of his stupor. He took off his suit jacket, folded it and placed it under Wufei's head to cushion it. Heero returned and bent over the comatose Chinese man with the smelling salts, passing them under his nose a few times. This brought him back to the land of the living. Heero held him down when he tried to sit up.
"You might have hit your head when so you don't want to sit up too fast." He used the pen flashlight on his key chain to make sure his pupils weren't dilated. "Doesn't look like anything serious, but you might have a horrible headache later." He helped the unsteady man to his feet and led him to the couch. "Do you have any idea what caused you to faint?" Heero asked trying to get to the bottom of the incident."
"As a matter of fact I do. It was you!" Wufei said heatedly.
"How could Heero make you faint?" Duo asked feeling a surge of protectiveness for the Japanese man. "He was clear across the room talking to me."
"Yeah, that's what I mean. Heero TALKING, and to you no less. The only things I've heard him say to you are 'baka' and 'moron'," Wufei said in a matter of fact voice. "Why would he start talking to you like this now?" The silence in the room was profound as everyone waited to hear the answer to the question they were all thinking.
"Duo is my friend," Heero said slowly considering his words before he said them, "and I like talking to him. Is there something wrong with that?" He asked genuinely confused. Weren't friends supposed to talk to each other? Had he done something wrong? Duo could see the doubts gnawing at him and came to his rescue.
"You didn't do anything wrong 'Ro. It just stunned them that the change came so suddenly. Now I don't know about you guys but I have work to do if I want to get out of here on time today. I'll see you all later." He gave Heero a comforting pat on the back as he left. Trowa and Wufei followed Duo's Lead and went on to their offices, but Quatre lingered with Heero. He turned to ask the blonde of everything was okay when he noticed the searching look the small Arabian was giving him. As Heero started to get uncomfortable, Quatre broke into a grin.
"I hope everything works out for you two," and with that he left. Heero just shook his head knowing that he had an ability to read people like the Sunday newspaper. He knew the empathetic man would figure it out sooner or later so he wasn't surprised he knew already.
Heero looked at his watch anxiously. It was almost five, which meant he was almost able to get out the hellhole he called work and get ready for his date with the violet-eyed wonder. Was it really a date? He wasn't being too presumptuous was he? Maybe it was just a dinner between two friends. Besides he wasn't even sure if Duo was gay or not. Ah to hell with it! He'd been done with his work since four-thirty and had been doing nothing for the past half an hour, he could check out of work early just once. He grabbed his jacket and hurried to punch out. After escaping several people with hurried apologies he finally reached his car and slid into the driver's seat. He took a deep breath and slowly let it out. If he was nervous he would probably end up speeding home and that wouldn't help any. So he drove the speed limit and it only took fifteen minutes anyway. He also forced himself to go up the stairs at a normal pace. He didn't want to alarm anyone that saw him by running; the only time he ran was in an emergency when speed was necessary. By the time he got to his apartment it was still only five-thirty, what was he supposed to do for an hour and a half? Well, he could get a shower, that would kill some time. Getting out of the shower he noticed it was only six, which meant there was still an hour left. Sighing he dried his hair and looked in the mirror to see it sticking out at all angles as usual. He left the bathroom not even trying to fix it because he knew not even glue could make it do other wise. He walked to his bedroom with a towel around his waist and dug through his clothes trying to find something nice to wear. He started to regret not knowing what restaurant they were going to. How was he supposed to know what to wear? What if he didn't dress nice enough? What if he dressed too nice? Finally he settle for a pair of black slacks and a long sleeved black silk shirt. As he finished dressing he heard a knock at the door. Wondering who it would be at his apartment he started for the next door. It couldn't be Duo yet it was only six-thirty. Heero opened the door to reveal the braided god behind it.
"Sorry I'm early, but I was ready earlier than planned. So I thought that I'd come and see if you were ready too." Duo said quickly giving away how nervous he was.
"Hai Duo. I'm glad you're early. I was starting to wonder what I could do for another half an hour." Heero said trying to reassure him a bit. "You look wonderful," he told him noticing how Duo was dressed. He was wearing a long sleeved violet dress shirt that matched his eyes and brought them out more if that was even possible. He also wore a pair of black slacks and black dress shoes. "Let me grab my coat and we can go."
"Alrighty!" Duo said brightly. He was watching Heero like a hawk as he walked back into the apartment. He looked sexy in that outfit. And the black just helped to accent his deep cobalt eyes. The shirt and pants clung in all the right places, but left oh so much to his imagination. He took a deep breath to get rid of the images said imagination were producing, other wise they may never get out of the apartment. Heero returned a moment later and the two walked down to the parking lot.
"So where are we going?" Heero asked trying to catch him off guard.
"Aww, but didn't you tell me to surprise you?" Duo asked as he opened the passenger door for Heero. He watched as he slid into the seat and made a face knowing that his spontaneous request the day before had been turned around on him. Duo laughed and slid into the driver's seat next to him. Starting the car he looked at Heero and smiled. "And we're off," he said pulling out. This was going to be a night to remember.
Well that's the end of this chapter. I hope you all enjoyed it. Please review and tell me what you thought. Good, bad, anything. If you have any ideas you'd like to share with me please e-mail me and we can discuss them. I love meeting new people - and as a new author I can always use outside input! Thanks for reading this and I'll try to have the next chapter up soon.
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