Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Will We Be Together? ❯ Chapter 8

[ P - Pre-Teen ]
Title: Will We Be Together? (8/?)
Author: Sailor Bluestar
Pairs: 1x2/2x1, 3x4 mentioned
Category: Romance, sap, yaoi
Notes: PG13 Sorry, not brave enough to get into a lemon, yet. ^_^ Oh
the possibilities. I'll try to finish this baby asap. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters...though, if they'd let me,
I want to keep Duo and Heero...

[3 days left]

"You may not know this, but Heero misses you. Relena has told me that
someone else holds Heero's heart and she believes it is you." Zechs
informs Duo. "Why are you hiding Duo?"

"And why do you care Lightning Count?" Duo asks icily.

"I care because you are a fine warrior that deserves peace. But until
you can tell me exactly what the others want to know, they will hunt you
down ruthlessly to try and set you up with Heero." Zechs says. "I know
you've always prided yourself for not lying, tell me, onegai?"

"You want to know why I went into hiding Lightning Count?" Duo asks.

"Hai."

"I thought it was best for Heero." Duo replies, wistfully staring out
the window. "He should be with Relena."

"Oh?"

"Hai. Figured that after the war, he'd have no need for a loud-mouthed
baka like me. So I did him a favor and left. Duo Maxwell was supposed
to die the day after the wars ended, yet you people keep trying to revive
him. Can't you let the dead stay dead?" Duo asks.

"Why 'Solo Dyou'?" Zechs asks.

"I had an inkling that there would be some celebration going to happen.
I knew they would try to hunt me down. I was thinking of making gundam
pilot 02's death known to everyone..." Duo trails off.

"But you couldn't. Why?" Zechs asks.

"Because the others would be sad. I don't want them to feel grief.
They've known enough. You and Relena have lost your family and now look
towards each other and your friends for support. Wufei has lost his
colony and finds his peace with his job and his friends. Trowa had no
name until the real Trowa Barton died. He knew abandonment and seeks
refuge with friends. Quatre's father, whom he idolizes, is dead and he
finds comfort with Trowa, his sisters, and his friends. Heero has never
known emotions due to his training. With his friends, he can finally
learn what it is to be human." Duo tells Zechs.

"And what of you?" Zechs asks.

"I am just a street rat of Colony L2. I was abandoned and survived on my
own with a few other kids. We formed a gang with Solo leading us." Duo
says, smiling sadly.

"Tell me Duo, do you care for Heero?" Zechs asks.


[In various locations]


Quatre, Trowa, Wufei, and Relena held their breaths. They've been
listening in on Zechs and Duo's conversation. This is the question to
see if their theory was correct.


[Duo's apartment]


"In what way? As a friend, lover, brother?" Duo asks.

"What does Heero Yuy, gundam pilot 01 of Wing and Wing Zero mean to you?"
Zechs asks.

Duo thinks about it for a few minutes. Staring at the floor of the
apartment, he found his answer within himself.

"When I first met him, he was an enigma. He acted like a machine, yet he
fights for humanity when he doesn't know how to be alive. I wanted to
befriend him and teach him. I guess you could say a one-way friendship
formed, but along those lines, he returned that friendship in his own
way. The others, Quatre, Trowa and Wufei are my brothers. Heero
however, he is someone I came to respect deeply and I believe I have
fallen in love with him. His quiet nature doesn't compare to the
dedication of his soul. I love him because I know that within my heart,
he is human." Duo says solemly.

"Then why did you decide he was better off with Relena?" Zechs asks.

"Because she is someone who can take care of him. I can't, I'm just a
street rat. I'm a nobody." Duo replies.

"I see. It's getting late. I must be going." Zechs says, standing.

"Of course. Going to report to the others? Or do you have a audio bug
on you?" Duo asks casually, standing also and showing Zechs to the door.

Zechs looks at Duo in surprise.

"Don't look so surprised. You are talking to a highly trained terrorist
remember." Duo says, smiling a sad smile. "But then again, I was a
terrorist. I'm not anymore."

"Duo..."

"Iie. It's Solo. And I intend on keeping it that way. It'll be the
best, for everyone. Shinigami is no longer needed, therefore, Duo
Maxwell, Shinigami's champion, is no longer needed. Duo Maxwell cease
to exist." Duo says.

"I see. Are you sure?" Zechs asks.

"Hai."

"Not even for Heero?" Zechs asks.

"Unless he can talk to me face to face, I will not believe that he
misses me even the slightest. He has always found me annoying. I won't
go." Duo says.

"Then, will we see each other again?" Zechs asks.

"Highly unlikely. Sayonara Lightning Count, Milliardo Peacecraft, Zechs
Merquise. I think you have an audio bug, so I'll say this: sayonara
minna-san. Duo Maxwell is dead." Duo says, closing the door in Zechs'
face.

TBC...

^_^; Don't know why I did that. Oh well. Enjoy! Almost done, I think.