Worth Fighting For Part 8
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Heero groaned as he woke, everything hurt. Devalin had made sure that Heero would regret stabbing him. Heero smiled, he had made Devalin lose the control that he needed, the control that made Devalin feel safe. Devalin had never been pushed to the edge before... yes he has... Heero's conscious brain pointed out, he lost it to Duo, Duo made him lose control and when Devalin loses control he makes mistakes. That was Devalin's one weakness, the need to be in control.
Heero's smile turned into a smirk.
Good Guys 1
Bad Guys 0
But as Heero sat up, he winced in pain and was forced to remember the number that Devalin had done to him in his rage and anger.
The score that Heero had just made was wrong.
It was one a-piece.
Heero scowled at himself, he was starting to sound like a 15 year old Duo.
"Feeling well?" Devalin's voice asked and Heero jumped slightly and looked around.
Devalin had just walked in, a small smile playing on his thin lips.
Staring at the face of the man that was causing him and Duo so much pain, Heero decided that he wouldn't speak another word. Somewhere in the back of his mind, it registered that doing this was very childish and kind of stupid but Heero ignored the voice and refused to open his mouth and speak.
Devalin waited for Heero to speak, to reply, when he didn't Devalin raised an eyebrow and looked directly at Heero.
"Giving me the silent treatment? What have I done to deserve that?"
Heero just sat there.
"Oh well." He sighed and he sat down on the end of the bed and looked at Heero in the same way a father would look at his son when his son was in trouble. "While you play the brat, I'll tell you my plans for the next week and a half. We, are moving tomorrow, closer to the city where I will spend 4 days setting up the tasks. In five days time we will see just how much Duo really loves you. Not that it will do you any good."
Devalin stood up and strolled over to the door, he opened it and looked back.
"You'll both be dead in ten days. Enjoy your time left."
And then he was gone.
Heero sat there, half covered by the blankets, his fists were clenched together and he forced himself to relax. The palms of his hands were bleeding from where his nails have been digging in, he watched silently as the blood slide down his golden skin until it fell from him to the blankets.
* * *
When Duo entered the Special Core's office on the top floor of the Preventers Building the late in the afternoon of the day after his meal with Devalin and Heero, he surprised to find his father there, shaking Mike by the collar of his shirt and demanding to see his son.
"I ain't your son anymore." Duo barked a greeting. Solo dropped Mike and spun to face Duo.
"I need to talk to you." Solo said, suddenly looking very awkward.
Duo shrugged his coat off. "So talk."
Solo glanced at Mike who was glaring daggers at him.
"In private."
Duo sighed and pushed opened the door to the interview room. "Go in and wait. I'll be there soon."
Solo entered, his eyes eyeing up the glass mirror on the wall in front of him and he sat down.
Ten minutes later Duo entered with two mugs of coffee. Silently he passed one to Solo and sat down, nursing his own cup between his hands.
"Well?" Duo asked taking a sip.
"Um... I talked to Relena last night." Solo began. "She told me what happened at the restaurant. She was very upset about it."
Duo snorted, but said nothing.
"She told me what you were planning on doing."
"You're not going to stop me." Duo glared, his voice flat and left no room for decision on it.
"No, she told me the reason as to why you were doing it. I understand you are doing it for more than just duty."
Duo lent back on his chair and he study his father with cool violet eyes. He had never seen his father look nervous before, his father's blue eyes were fixed on the floor and his father was playing with his wedding ring. His mug of coffee had been put down on the table.
"I don't get you." Duo said softly.
"Well, I've been talking to people." Solo said, reaching out for his coffee, his mouth suddenly felt very dry.
"Most people talk to people." Duo replied.
"Be quiet and let me talk." Solo snapped.
"Well, talk sense." Duo snapped back.
"I came to apologise."
"Apologise? For what?"
"The way I've acted."
"And that makes it all better?"
"No. Duo, I admit, I've been stupid. I forgot what I was like when I was younger."
"This isn't a phrase."
"I know it isn't."
There was silence.
"Duo, when Relena told me that you were willing to give your life in order to save Heero's, I realised then that... gender doesn't matter and that it's what the heart feels that counts."
"Took you long enough." Duo snorted again.
"I want you to have this." Solo handed Duo a navy box.
Duo slowly opened it, inside was the ring that was given to the Maxwell's Brides. It was an engagement ring, the one that had been past down through many generations.
"I know that sorry doesn't cover what I have done. But... I hope in the years to come I will be able to make it up to you."
Duo just stared at the ring.
"If Heero makes you happy then I'm happy."
"Why?"
"Because I don't want to lose you again."
Duo looked up at his father in time to see his father wipe tears from his eyes.
"I want you to be part of our family again. I want you and Heero to be part of the Maxwell family."
Solo then turned and left the room, he walked pass Quatre and Mike who were talking quietly and he left Duo sitting there, staring at the empty room without really seeing.
"Duo?" Quatre stuck his head in to the room and he looked at Duo sitting dazed.
"My father." Duo muttered, his hand closing the lid to the ring and he looked up. "My father." He muttered again, his hand holding the ring box tightly.
"Your father what?" Quatre asked confused by it all.
Duo just smiled and then ran out of the room.
* * *
Solo had just opened the door to the car when he heard footsteps behind him and then the door he was holding was slammed shut. He blinked in surprise at the hand before moving to look into the violet eyes that stared at him.
"Why the sudden the change of Heart?"
"Change of Heart?" Solo laughed. "I haven't had a change of heart Duo, I still disagree with you on the subject of gay men, but I am willing to accept that it is apart of you, and for that reason I am willing to overlook it."
"Overlook it?" Duo growled. "It's a big part of me to just overlook."
Solo sighed. "I know, but I have accepted that part of you. It's taken me a while, but I believe that I understand somewhat. Both you and your sister are so alike and I love you both, so much that I don't want you to be angry with me if you died. I want you to be with us, no matter who you love."
Duo pulled a face. "Would it help you if I dressed in a pink skirt and asked you to call me Duet?"
Solo laughed. "Let's go grab dinner."
"Ok." Duo reached over and grabbed his father's keys. "I'm driving."
"Why am I going to regret this?" Solo asked sliding into the passenger seat.
Duo just laughed.
* * *
"So are things ok between the two of you?" Relena asked that night as she sat around the large dining table in the Maxwell house where for the first time in ages they were having a proper Maxwell dinner with all the members present.
"It's a small step Lena." Duo said, his eyes met his mothers and then his fathers. "But we'll get there."
"It's good to have you home Duo." Helen said, her eyes glowed with unshed tears.
Duo looked down at the table. "It might be over soon."
The maid than came into the room.
"Sir, Mr. Yuy is here with his family."
"Do bring them in." Solo gestured and in walked the Yuy Family.
April took one look at Duo before she threw herself on her husband crying.
Helen looked shocked by this but Duo stood up smoothly, he stood up tall and for once he looked like his father, ready for business.
"Mrs. Yuy, April."
She looked at Duo with her dark prussian eyes.
"Yes?"
"I promise you, I will do all in my power to keep Heero alive."
Odin looked across at Solo. "Your daughter finally talked some sense into you did she?"
Solo blushed. "I learnt that gender doesn't control love, I remembered of a certain night 25 years ago."
Odin looked at Solo, his eyes shone with an emotion that run deeper than friendship and trust.
"Hey, what happened 25 years ago?" Dorothy asked, sitting down at the table.
"You are too young to understand Dorothy."
"Everyone, please."
The two families turned to look at Duo.
"I'm not good at giving speeches, um, I've accepted my father's apology of the way he treated me when he discover that I am gay, but now he's given me his blessing and I'm no longer going to be running away from, well, my feelings and my family. I grew up with Heero, I still love him and after last night, I know he still loves me. For those of you who don't know, the reason Heero was kidnapped was because of me. I have history with Devalin, not nice history but history none the least. The Preventers were sent a message from Devalin today, I'm giving into his plans. I'm doing what he wants me to do. But I um... kinda lost for words now. I promise, I will do everything in my power to bring Heero back to you." Duo took April's hand. "I've lost Heero once due to my father and now that I have my father's blessing, I don't plan on losing him again especially now that I've found him."
"Duo," Helen stood up. "We back you all the way. I don't want you to do what this Devalin wants you to do, it sounds dangerous to me. But I trust you, my son, just please, try and come back in one piece."
* * *
"Have you really forgiven him?"
"Huh?" Duo looked round at Relena, he was standing on the balcony that looked over the gardens and she had joined him there. She bent down to pat the black dog that sat by her master's feet.
"Have you really forgiven him? Dad?"
"I have in my heart, it's hard to change your ways when you are set in them and when you have believed them for so many years. I doubt him still, I guess I'm wanting for him to tell me I'm disgusting or maybe even hit me again."
Relena gasped. "When did he hit you?"
"Long ago, I provoked him."
~Flashback~
Duo was standing by the lake beside the family cabin, he was lost deep in thought as he watched the small fish make tiny ripples on the surface of the lake. He was bought out of his thinking by the sound of gravel crunching and he looked over his shoulder to see Solo walking forwards, his eyes staring directly at Duo with a fire in them that Duo had never seen before. He turned back to look at the lake, speaking when the noise of footsteps stopped.
"What do you want?" Duo spat out.
"Now listen son, I know we have different views on this whole gay subject but you have to see things from my point of view."
Duo turned round fully and glared at his father, who continued to talk to Duo as if he was five years old.
"God designed men to be with women. The very act that goes on between two men... is wrong."
Duo screwed his nose up and almost laughed as his father struggled to find the right words to use.
"And it's disgusting. Could a male really enjoy... shoving... his private part up another male's private part?"
Duo tilted his head to the side and smirked. "Well you know dad, my biology teacher told me that a man's g-spot, is located up his asshole, so anal sex for men, must be pleasureable."
Duo enjoyed the way his father blushed and glared, trying to look calm when he was clearly uncomfortable with the subject and his son was clearly annoying him.
"Duo..."
"And you know," Duo cut him off, "When a guy masturbates Dad? Well, receiving the worst handjob or blowjob, for that matter, from a guy, will always be better than the best from a girl."
"Don't talk rubbish Duo." Solo growled.
"Rubbish? How is it rubbish?" Duo knew he was pushing it. "Surely if Odin was to give you a hand job it would be..."
SMACK!
Duo didn't finish his sentence as his head snapped to the side and on his right cheek a large red handprint slowly began to appeared.
"Don't You Dare!" Solo hissed.
Duo turned his face to look at his father, his violet eyes glowed with anger.
"Father..."
"NO!" Solo snapped. "You have gone too far Duo! If I ever hear that you have done anything with a man, or even thought about it. I will disown you and I will have no son." Solo hissed the words slowly, his eyes narrow slits. "Do You Understand Me?"
Duo lowered his eyes, forcing himself to hold his tongue and not yell out his feelings for Heero at his father.
"Perfectly."
"I'm not disgusting enough to lower myself to your level of talk, but if you ever again suggest that me and Odin..." Solo choked on his own words. "Well you know what I mean, ever again, I'll be forced to knock some sense into you!"
Solo turned on his heel and strolled away leaving Duo standing there.
"My Level?" Duo yelled out. "You feel past my level ages ago."
Solo's back stiffen but he kept walking.
"Asshole."
~End Flashback~
"I never knew." Relena whispered.
"It wasn't something I shouted out, neither did he."
"Things are still tense."
"I'm here. Like I said, we have taken the first step together to reunite me into the family. We'll see what happens when Heero comes back."
"Is he coming back?"
"How many more times do I have to say it?"
Relena looked at Duo.
"How much pressure is on you?" She asked softly.
"What?"
"I remember a care-free jock who always laughed but you've changed. Your job, how much pressure does it put on you?"
Duo took hold of Relena's hand. "I became like this when I left that night, when I got on my bike and drove away. But Wufei and the guys changed me slowly and I became more like myself. Relena." Duo lead her to the bench and sat her down, the dog followed them and Duo buried his hand deep in her black fur, he took comfort in the shiny silkiness. "The reason Devalin has Heero is because I killed his brother."
Relena gasped.
"But, it's not what you think. I killed his brother because if I hadn't then he would kill me."
Relena closed her eyes, took a deep breath and opened them to see Duo staring at the black horizon.
"Duo, sweetie, look at me."
Duo did what she asked.
"Start from the beginning, I wanna know what happened to you, I want to know everything."
Duo took a deep breath and began.
TBC...
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