Chapter 3: Surprises come in all sizes and sex's (not the act folks)
'Ok', thought Heero, 'I remember not making it in time to stop the detonation at New Edwards. I was sure I was going to die, but then, I wake up here. This girl found me on the street, out cold. She has no idea what happened to me or who I am. But here I am, sitting in her room eating soup. It doesn't make any sense…why does she have the same name as that idiot pilot Duo?'
Duo looked at the visibly confused Heero as he sat deep in thought. Shifting uncomfortably in the heavy silence, she opened her mouth to break the ice when the phone began ringing in the next room. Rising abruptly, she excused herself to answer the phone.
Heero barely noticed when she left room. Reaching up to his forearm, he pinched hard, not once but three times before rubbing it. He affirmed, 'Okay. I'm awake. But where in the world am I? What the hell happened?' Was he in some strange future where he had been frozen in cryogenic stasis and forced to live until now? Or was he really trapped in some crazy dream that he could not wake up from? This definitely couldn't be heaven and it didn't seem like hell.
Rousing from his contemplative state, he overheard some of Duo's conversation. It sounded like she didn't want whoever was on the other end to come over. However, two knocks and a curse muttered by Duo told Heero that the unwanted person had not only ignored her, but was now standing by the door.
"Damn him! I told him not to come!" yelled Duo from the next room. Heero heard her feet shuffle across the floor and a door creak open. "Hiroyuki! I told you that I wasn't letting anyone over to-" Duo's sentence was cut off by who Heero could only guess was Hiroyuki.
"Well, you didn't let me finish explaining on the phone," said Hiroyuki. His heavier footsteps told Heero that he had entered the house, followed by another person who had remained silent, closing the door behind them.
Duo stared at the stranger whose face was covered with a gray hoodie. "What is there to explain Hiroyuki?" asked Duo, waiting for her friend to explain himself and leave.
Hiroyuki turned to the person and nodded his head. The stranger lowered the hood of his jacket and Duo took a step back in surprise. Standing across from her…was a man who looked exactly like her