Author: CleverYoungThief
Rating: PG-13, leaning to R (for later chapters)
Warnings: So far? Prostitution, drug use, violence, yaoi, shounen ai, hangovers, gutter language... ah, all the things that make an L2 fic special in that decadent and racy way. ^_-
Pairings: 1x2 / Solox2
Archive: Gundam Wing Addiction
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing. I totally discarded timeline and the manga that supposedly depicted Duo's past for this fic (and most of my other L2 fics, too). Why? (a) 'Cause the manga would make it very, very difficult to write and put an original spin on things, (b) I've never read it, (c) Timelines suck, and (d) 'Cause I'm the author, it's my story, and I can do whatever the hell I want with it. ^_^ So there.
Author's Note: This is a challenge-fic. Challenge: Write a Duo/Solo fic, any setting, any genre, any other pairings. I accepted because, of course, I love challenge-fics, and I love anything where I can write in an L2 urban jungle setting. Woo hoo!!!
Dedications: Lady Mitzo, who requested this fic specifically. ^_- Enjoy, Mitzo-sama. I hope you like! It isn't finished yet, but it will be!
Notice: If you've read this fic anywhere else, you'd know that in most of the chapters, I included song lyrics. I have since read back through the fic and decided they were distracting, so I pulled them. I will still put at the top of each chapter songs that inspired the piece, though.
It's A Hard Knock Life Prologue
"Weeeeeeeeeeeeee are the champions, my friends..." Duo sang out the open window of the taxi they were riding in. "And weeeeee'll keep on fightin' to the end..."
"Baka! Yamero!" Heero hissed. Duo kept going, ignoring him. They had done extremely well in the last battle, taking out twice as many soldiers as they were required to, and doing more damage to OZ than they had in weeks. And nothing Heero could say would bring Duo out of his good mood.
"We are the champions, we are the champions, no time for losers 'cause we are the champions, of the wooooooorld..."
Heero pulled Duo closer by his collar, until they were almost nose to nose. "Duo, do the words 'lay low' mean anything to you?!? Shimatta!"
"Whaddaya mean 'lay low'? We're just supposeda--" Heero clamped a hand over his mouth before he could finish. "Duo no baka."
Duo rolled his eyes and dropped his voice to a whisper, beneath his breath. "All we gotta do is wait around here for a week or two while we wait for our next mission. Oi, it's just L2, man. It's not like we're in a jungle or anything. This is my hometown. We'll be all right."
There was a period of silence in the car, and it was during this silence that Heero suddenly realized that the taxi driver was giving them a weird, amused smirk, and then he realized that he and his American partner had been whispering at kissing distance.
/ K'so! /
He pushed Duo away, suppressing the urge to roll his eyes in exasperation. He grunted his reprimand instead. Of course, it was feigned objection, but he would never tell Duo that. Ever. Not even under the threat of death or torture.
Duo just grinned at him.
Satisfied that he had annoyed Heero to the best of his ability, he stretched out like a cat and hung his elbow out the window, leaning on his arm lazily. "Ah, this colony... reminds me of my orphan days here..." He burst into song, giving Heero a challenging, amused look.
"Tomorrow, tomorrow, there's always, tomorrow, it's only a day awaaaaaaaay!" Duo sang off-key purposely, watching with evil delight as Heero suppressed the urge to flinch.
Heero shoved Duo up against the inside of the taxi door, nose to nose again, hands on Duo's slender shoulders. His voice was deadly soft. "Did you know that silence is golden, baka?"
"No, but if that's how you're gonna shut me up, I'm willing to learn," Duo replied in a husky voice, a risqué smile spreading across his face. Heero realized that he was doing it again, and backed off, staring out the opposite window. He closed his eyes and sighed soundlessly.
/ This is going to be a long mission... /
Softly, beside him, Duo began singing again, his eyes gazing and distant in memory. "It's a hard knock life, for us, it's a hard knock life, for us..."
TBC...
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