Title: To Capture a Singer's Heart
Author: Gaia
Warnings: SAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPP! Seriously, I think you might need an umbrella and galoshes for how hard it falls. Yaoi, AU, OOC…ya know…my usual stuff….possible swearing….
Disclaimer: I own nothing, but if you want to gift wrap Duo and send him to me, I wouldn't complain. Any songs mentioned in this fic do not belong to me, they belong to the wonderful John Mayer. (sorry, John… I'm only borrowing them…and you should be happy…cuz that means I like them!) I definitely don't own Gundam Wing… I only wish very hard that I did….
To Capture a Singer's Heart
Something's Missing
Heero Yuy got off the train and walked home. He was a computer programmer for Dell. He had been hired after completing his degree at MIT on a five year program and had been with Dell for five years.
He walked into the apartment that he shared with his friends Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei and sighed. He went straight to his room and locked his door. As he walked to his computer, he hit the power button on the radio and tuned it to his favorite station.
I'm not alone
I wish I was
'Cause then I'd know I was down because,
I couldn't find a friend around
To love me like they do right now
They do right now.
While he was happy with his job, he was lonely. He had had relationships off and on throughout high school, but had never truly lost his crush from ten years earlier.
Heero turned on his computer and quickly began working on a program he had to have finished in two weeks. He wasn't alone for other people's lack of trying. He had a woman who was determined to marry him; even though he had pointedly told her many times that he definitely wasn't interested. Relena just seemed unable to understand the meaning of the word 'no'. He also heard the comments that the female computer programmers made about him when they thought he couldn't hear them. "He's a fox" and "What I wouldn't give to get a piece of that…" were common enough phrases to him now.
I'm dizzy from the shopping mall
I searched for joy but I bought it all
It doesn't help the hunger pains
And a thirst I'd have to drown first to ever satiate
He had even tried dating some of the women he knew, but they just didn't turn him on. He also tried dating a few of the male programmers he knew, but it seemed that all they wanted to do was talk about computers with him. It… bored him. He wanted someone with life flowing through their veins and something other than computer jargon filling their head. What he wanted was a poet.
Something's missing
And I don't know how to fix it
Something's missing
And I don't know what it is
At all
He had found his poet ten years ago in high school, but had never had the nerve to ask him out. Duo Maxwell had been gorgeous back then, with his thick fall of auburn hair pulled back in a braid and his sparkling violet eyes. Heero had fallen hard and had never gotten over him.
When autumn comes
It doesn't ask
It just walks in where it left you last
You never know when it starts
Until there's a fog inside the glass around
Your summer heart
Heero snorted as he listened to the words of the song. They were so close to how he felt that he almost thought the songwriter had been in his head while writing this song.
Something's missing
And I don't know how to fix it
Something's missing
And I don't know what it is
At all
Heero stopped working and put his head in his hands. Life just wasn't working out the way he wanted it to. He didn't want to be single anymore. He was so lonely. Maybe he would go to a club tonight or something. He would ask Quatre and the others what their plans were.
I can't be sure that this state of mine
Is not of my own design
I wish there was an over-the-counter test
For loneliness
For loneliness like this
Heero was distracted once more by the words of the song. He was really starting to like this song, if just because it fit how he felt so well. He tried searching for what album it was on, but since he didn't know who sang it, he couldn't find a name. A knock sounded at his door.
Something's missing
And I don't know how to fix it
Something's missing
And I don't know what it is
No I don't know what it is
Something's different
And I don't know what it is
No I don't know what it is
Quatre stuck his head in when Heero answered the knock.
"Hey, Heero. You don't have plans tonight, do you? Wufei's date just canceled on him, her son's sick, so we have an extra ticket to the concert. Do you want to come?"
Heero smiled slightly at Quatre and nodded.
"Jeans and a t-shirt are fine. It's not our usual kind of concert. Here's your mail, by the way." Quatre grinned and left, pulling the door closed after him.
Friends
Check
Money
Check
A well slept
Check
Opposite sex
Check
Guitar
Check
Microphone
Check
Messages waiting on me when
I come home
Heero went to his desk and started opening his mail. One piece stuck out. It was a cream-colored enveloped addressed to him from his old high school, Fairfield High.
He opened it quickly and pulled out the contents.
Dear Mr. Yuy,
It has been a long time since we have seen each other. In fact, as the graduating class of 1996, it has been ten years.
As your class president, it is my honor to invite you to the Class of '96 Ten Year Reunion.
Our reunion committee has worked very hard to make sure you will have a fantastic time at our celebration.
The party will be a semi-formal event held at the Stamford Marriot. The address is enclosed, as well as the time and date.
We look forward to seeing you there and encourage you to bring your spouse or significant other to what we think will be the party of a lifetime.
Sincerely,
Relena Peacecraft
Class President and Reunion Committee Coordinator
His jaw dropping, Heero stared at the paper. Had it really been ten years? He wondered if Duo would be there. Smiling slightly, he put the paper on top of his laptop so he would remember it later and stood to change for the concert.
How come everything I think I need
Always comes with batteries
What do you think it means?
When the song ended, Heero listened for the name of the singer, but they must have said it at the beginning because it just faded into a new song. He shrugged and turned off the light as he walked out the door.
End Part Two.
AN: hides Didja like it? It's not my fault! It bit me in the ass! I swear! It wanted to be written! The review button is calling your name, I know it is! You want to review, even if you want to say that you hated it!
