Author: CeeDee
Pairing: 1x2
Rating: PG
Warnings: Fluff, sap, cliché - unbetaed
Disclaimer: None of the characters are mine *sighs* promise to give them back.
Starting Over II
"Mr. Summer, will you please..."
Duo tuned out Quatre's voice and turned around, amused. Mr. Summer, the official who would hold the ceremony, had felt he had to supply his opinion how this should be done, and that collided heavily with Quatre's. He looked over to the others and had to smirk. Hilde and Dave were occupied necking, and his godchild was now busily rearranging the flower arrangement they stood near to. He shook his head, and started to intervene, but a hand on his arm stopped him.
"Let him. It can't get any worse." Heero whispered in his ear, amused.
Duo suppressed a shiver, snorted, and turned, eyes twinkling. "You know that Quatre will get a heart attack, if I don't rescue his flowers for the ceremony tomorrow."
Heero shrugged. "Quatre has his staff to repair any damage. Let him have his fun."
"Just tell him it wasn't my idea if he flips," Duo answered, "he sometimes has the imagination I'll go and whisper silly ideas in this kid's head."
"He knows you."
Duo mock glared. "I'm an adult, now, Yuy." He smiled then. "And it's ages since I had to loosen up the mood for you all."
"True." Heero casually looked around. "So, you okay with Preventers?"
Duo nodded. "Yup. I've done relatively well, got my own team, much to Wu's chagrin. But he has to admit I've lost only one man in the whole time, and it was by his own mistake, by not following my order."
"This last mission where you got injured."
"Hmm." Duo looked earnestly at him. "The situation was critical. He didn't think I'd make it out on my own and came after me, against my command to retreat. And then I had to haul out his corpse." He shook his head. "But nobody's gonna left behind in my team."
"I left your team." Heero wistfully looked at his feet. "Made a mistake, and then got left behind."
Duo licked his lip. "But you're still alive."
"Sometimes I don't feel alive." Heero took a deep breath. "Is there an open position in your team?"
Duo raised an eyebrow. "I think you'd have to ask Une..." he trailed off as Heero shook his head slightly. "Oh. You don't mean..." He coughed, embarrassed. "You want to... try again."
"I... yes. I'd like that very much, if you want it, too."
"You don't know me, Yuy. Not really. And I don't know you, too, anymore." Duo stared over at his godchild. Then he shrugged. "But you know what? After your divorce you can stop by at my place once in a while, and we get to know each other again. We have the whole summer. And then we'll see if the open position in my team is still open. What do you say?"
Heero nodded. "Sounds good to me."
"But I have to warn you." Duo looked him in the eyes. "On my team there's only once a second chance."
"That's okay." Heero nodded earnestly. "I don't intend to need any more chances."
OWARI
I just had to do this... as the theme was already met in the former part *runs*
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