Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Summertime ❯ Prologue ( Prologue )

Title: Summertime

Author: Antha Aryn

Pairing: 3x4 [later], 1x2.

Summary: Who would have thought the greatest love of all would come from the tiniest of hearts? Literally? This is a Thumbelina kind of thing, if you didn't get that.

Warnings: Yaoi, Shounen-ai, M/M, AU

Disclaimer: No, I do not own Gundam Wing or any of its hot, sexy characters. I just borrowed them and made them do my nasty bidding. =D

 

Prologue

 

It all started with cheese.

 

One day, a hungry Duo Maxwell opened his cupboard and noticed that a small piece of cheese had decreased significantly in size.

 

“Funny.” He said to himself. “I could have sworn there was a bit more than that.” But being the young happy-go-lucky man that he was, he shrugged to nobody and gave it no second thought. After all, cheese does shrink every now and then, right?

 

The following days, however, he became aware of the slight changes in his little cottage on top of a hill. Bits of food would go missing, quills were found out of their respective ink bottles, and his favorite hair band vanished into thin air.

 

Needless to say, Duo found this quite peculiar. Yes, he was a bit messy, what 19 year old boy wasn't? But surely he would not misplace his beloved hair band seeing as he only had that single one and needed it to tie his 2-foot long braid of chestnut hair.

 

After studying the tiny scratch marks on cheeses and bread and the little spots of ink trailing on his desk, he came to the conclusion that he was no longer alone in his little cottage atop a hill.

 

“Must be a mouse or something.” He said.

 

Finally, after losing all of the new hair bands he had just bought and enduring his unbraided hair for an entire week, he had had enough.

 

And so he devised a plan…

 

One afternoon, he left his house and set off to Heero's, grinning foolishly to himself the whole way.

 

Hours later, he came back, feeling deliciously sore from their lovemaking and went to check his little trap.

 

The trap had taken him a total of two minutes to set up. Locking all the cupboards and pantries, he made sure that the only edible item was a small bit of the creature's favorite cheese (he assumed it was its favorite since it was the one that seemed to be being consumed the fastest). He tied a string around the cheese and placed it under a large overturned bowl held up on one side by a small stick which was where the other end of the string was tied. So when whatever the creature was would slip in under the bowl and tug at the cheese, the stick would be pulled and the bowl would descend and capture it.

 

He praised his brilliance as he smiled smugly at the overturned bowl that was no longer held up by a stick but was lying with its brim completely on the surface instead.

 

“Gotcha.” He smiled, amethyst eyes twinkling in triumph.

 

Grasping the top of the bowl firmly and holding out open palm to catch the creature as it fell, he slowly began to slide the bowl towards the edge of the counter. Little by little, the bowl left the surface of the counter yet nothing came upon his expectant palm.

 

Half of the bowl was in the air now and still nothing. He was beginning to think the wind had somehow blown the stick and triggered the trap when finally he felt something small, soft and warm land in his hand.

 

The bowl came crashing down to the floor in his excitement as he scrambled to catch the creature in both hands.

 

“All right.” He said as he felt whatever it was squirming in his grasp. “Let's take a look at you, shall we?”

 

Slowly he let his finger unfurl.

 

There was a quiet moment of still surprise and then…

 

“Oh wow.” He gasped, his eyes widening. His shock slowly gave way to elation as he gazed at the little thing in his hands.

 

Tiny aquamarine eyes stared fearfully at him as a naked Mini sat huddled and scared. The human's enthusiasm got the better of him and the creature squeaked and hung on Duo's fingers for dear life as the braided youth began jumping up and down, laughing in delight.

 

For Duo was delighted to know that he now shared his home with one of the rarest creatures this world has ever known. He had his own Mini: a race of tiny little humans that usually lived in burrows in between the roots of large trees.

 

He abruptly halted his celebration and set the Mini down on a table where it swayed woozily before steadying itself and gazing at him curiously. The braided boy began to study it.

 

The Mini was male, standing about 4 inches tall with a slim build. His complexion was pale which matched perfectly with the tuft of golden hair on his little head and his eyes, even as small as they were, Duo could tell they were a brilliant shade of turquoise.

 

Meanwhile, the Mini studied the human as well. Since birth, he had hardly seen a human and even when he ran away from his family and started inhabiting the area, he had only seen the braided one a few times. He made sure the human never saw him, though; he was told that terrible things happened to his kind if they were caught.

 

But this human didn't seem to be a threat. On the contrary, he intrigued the Mini with his bright smiles and the sounds he was currently making. It took a while for the creature to realize the human was speaking.

 

“Wow.” Duo whistled, making sure his voice was softer than usual. He didn't want to render the creature deaf after all. “You woulda made a lot of heads turn if you were human.”

 

The Mini tilted his head to one side at his words in an adorable expression of puzzlement. Duo was glad; it was better than the frightened stare he had been regarded with earlier.

 

“You don't understand me, do you?” He asked. The Mini merely blinked at him.

 

“I'm Duo.” He stated, offering his pointer finger to the Mini. The little blonde yelped and jumped backwards away from the finger, his fear returning all of a sudden.

 

“No, no, no, I won't hurt you.” He said gently. He saw the Mini's shoulders relax slightly at the gentleness of his voice and he slowly reached out to touch it, careful not to scare the tiny creature. He stopped, however, when the Mini made a distressed sound and jumped backwards again.

 

Duo sighed in frustration and looked at the Mini. It looked like it wanted to bolt and he knew that he shouldn't push his luck or it really would. He didn't want the little thing to go away.

 

Then a bright idea hit him. He begged the Mini to stay put even though he knew it couldn't understand him and he rushed to the pantry.

 

Meanwhile, the Mini's heart raced. It was the perfect opportunity to escape and yet he wanted to stay and try to understand the human. He knew he shouldn't have withdrawn from him but he couldn't help it. The human seemed nice enough; if the human had wanted to hurt him, he wouldn't be standing here right now. But still he couldn't stop his natural instinct and be afraid.

 

If he moved now, it was likely he could flee without being caught. But where to? Back to the loneliness his nest in the roots of the vines climbing the side of the cottage?

 

No. He was tired of being alone.

 

But this human was not like him. They couldn't even understand each other. Could that be worse than living in solitude?

 

Before he could come to a decision, however, Duo returned, grinning and holding a small piece of what he thought was the Mini's favorite cheese in his hand.

 

The blonde perked up when it smelled the cheese. He hadn't had a bite to eat other than the treacherous cheese when he was trapped under the bowl. He gulped and looked at the human.

 

The boyish face didn't show any threat or malice so he felt it safe to approach slowly, still wary enough to flee if he had to.

 

“Come on.” Duo whispered as the blonde drew nearer. “I won't hurt you.”

 

Finally, the Mini stepped into his open palm and took the cheese. Duo could see it stiffen as though expecting him to take advantage of its vulnerability and then slowly relax again when nothing happened.

 

Quite sure that it wasn't about to be hurt, the Mini sat down and began nibbling at the cheese.

 

When the cheese was consumed, Duo again offered his pointer finger to the creature and this time the blonde didn't try to get away.

 

“Du-o” He repeated slowly. The little blonde looked at the presented appendage and looked at him. He repeated his name again and was delighted to see the dawn of comprehension on the little cherubic face.

 

So the human is called “Duo.”, the Mini thought. It repeated the name as it clasped the human's finger with both hands.

 

The human smiled at him and he couldn't help but smile back and introduce himself as well.

 

It took several tries since his voice was so soft and Duo could barely hear him but in the end, he finally managed to get the human to hear his name.

 

“Quatre”.

 

Now as the seasons passed, the Mini grew to be more beautiful and Duo couldn't help but be proud. Never mind that they couldn't teach him how to speak and the only things he could say were their name, Quatre was playful, sweet, charming and capable of brightening even the gloomiest days. He was quite the smart one, too; he actually learned to sow his own clothes by watching the human do so.

 

Even Heero, his Japanese lover who had recently moved in with them, had become quite attached to the little one. His normally taciturn lover would scoop up little Quatre in his palm and feed him bits of fruit and bread, laughing when the Mini would playfully bite his fingers. Funny, seeing as when Duo first introduced Quatre to Heero, his lover wouldn't so much as give the Mini a second glance and the blonde, in turn, was frightened of Heero's dark blue eyes and angry expression. Now the little one had the Japanese boy wrapped around his dainty little finger.

 

Sometimes, the braided youth would tease his lover, saying that he loved Quatre more than him. This would prompt Heero to place Quatre carefully inside the drawer they had designed to be a living quarters for the blonde and take Duo to bed, reminding him that he was indeed still loved.

 

More and more weeks passed, however, and while Heero and Duo were like family to him, Quatre felt a deep ache in his heart. Often, he would be seen sitting by the window and staring out into the horizon. It was then that Heero and Duo decided to allow Quatre to go out into the gardens as he pleased. They put a wire fence around a small patch in their garden to prevent snakes and other nasty things from entering and a thin net was placed overhead to keep away the birds.

 

At first the Mini was delighted to be able to run free among the grass and flowers again but all too soon, his happiness subsided and he again felt that deep ache in his heart that, though he could forget sometimes, would always come back at night when he was alone in his little bed.

 

As Heero and Duo watched the little blonde toss and turn restlessly in his covers, they realized what it was that Quatre needed to be happy again. But it was something neither of them them could not provide.

 

-o-

 

a/n: TBC~ Thank you for your time! I hope you enjoyed it! More to come soon! I hope.