Summary: A moment in the office. Heero, Duo and some really terrible bisuits.
Disclaimer: Don't own GW.
Relena was in my kitchen making tea when Duo arrived. I hadn't been expecting him to given the way he'd been avoiding me recently, but he seemed to deem it necessary that he see me off on my mission. It was the first time either of us had been assigned an away mission since we'd stopped living together and I guess it was nice that he'd decided I shouldn't up and leave without knowing I had someone to come back to.
He flopped down beside me and buried himself in the couch cushions, making a contented little humming noise that sent shivers up my spine.
"I missed sitting on this couch," he groaned softly. I allowed myself a small smile. I missed him sitting on this couch as well. I missed lot's of things that had happened on this couch.
I watched Duo out of the corner of my eye as he settled down and relaxed. I felt the urge to shuffle closer to him; to roll over and drape myself across him. I could almost imagine the heat radiating through his skin, his arm draped across my back, the firmness of his chest against mine. But I couldn't do it, I couldn't let him see me want that. And the vague warmth of his thigh against my knee was enough to make me content.
He smiled at Relena when she came out with the tea and I cringed slightly when I noticed that she'd brought a plateful of homemade chocolate biscuits. Nothing tastes worse than cocoa without sugar. It was quite possibly the worst kind of biscuit she could chose to make. I don't believe she's ever tried to eat anything she's ever baked otherwise she would surely have to have noticed how truly horrible the blasted things were. Every time I offer her one though, she declines and says they're for me. Thankfully I have Duo to foist them off onto and he manages to pack them away quite decently.
Polite discussion of current politics filled in the evening and as soon as Relena finished her tea she called her bodyguard, Ray, from the other room. She kissed me on the cheek and gave Duo a short hug and Ray tucked his paperback into his jacket pocket before nodding to us as they both exited the apartment.
I watched Duo as he picked up the dishes and carried them back to the kitchen. He grinned at me as he filled the sink and dunked everything into the water. He always liked to do the washing up for some reason. I think he likes playing in the water.
Strange urges began flooding my body again and I resisted the desire to be standing very close to him. Murmuring something about a shower I ducked off down the hallway and hid myself in the bathroom. I turned the water on to block the sound out and spent some time just sitting on the toilet thinking before I stripped off my clothes and actually got in.
It was hard knowing I wanted things yet being unable to find the way to get them. There was something I was missing; something I didn't understand. It had a meaning and consequences that I wasn't sure I could deal with. But I would try; I'd want to deal with it. If it meant that I could have what I thought I wanted then it was worth the grief it would probably cause me.
I spent a long time in the shower before exiting the bathroom to face Duo again. By that time he was apparently ready for bed and was wandering around the my bedroom bare-chested. I noticed him run a hand over his stomach somewhat self-consciously when he noticed me and I noted the new scar there that he was obviously trying to hide. He scratched at it and asked to borrow a shirt, smiling ruefully when I reached into my cupboard to grab one. I chucked the first one I picked up at him and he quickly pulled it on before slipping out the door and padding quietly back down the hall. I stood there listening to him settle on the lounge. It took him barely a minute to get to sleep.