Holiday from Hell Part 13
Happy Birthday
A loud cough was heard from the doorway and slowly the two boys turned their heads until their wide eyes meet two pairs of angry blue eyes.
There was no shouting, no yelling, no fighting, and no disapproving looks.
That was probably the worst thing, the silence that hung in the air as Heero climbed off Duo and both boys dressed quickly.
Duo had wanted his father to demand to know what was going on, but then even a blind man would of know what had been going to between the two boys.
Heero had wanted his father to challenge them for an explanation, but then again it was all to easy what had been going on the whole holiday, it hadn't even been a whole holiday. Only a month had gone by since the two had gotten together.
The two men stared down their sons.
"I suggest you both go to bed." Odin said surprisingly calmly, breaking the silence that had fallen on the kitchen since the adults had walked in.
Heero moved, his feet obeyed his father and he followed Odin up the stairs leaving Duo and Solo alone.
"Say something." Solo hissed at his son.
"Say what?"
"Tell me you were drunk, tell me that what we walked in was the first time you had ever considered doing it with another man."
"You mean deny what me and Heero were doing?" Duo asked.
"Yes."
"I can't."
"Why not?"
"Because I don't lie."
"How long?"
"Since I taught Heero to windsurf."
Solo growled. "A month?! A whole bloody month! And during that time your sister believed that her and Heero would be together forever!"
"Keep your voice down. You'll wake the house."
"You are leaving!"
"What?!"
"I warned you boy. If I ever found out that you had done anything like this with another male I would disown you. I suggest you go pack your stuff and leave."
"Where am I meant to go?"
"I don't care, not any more. You disobeyed me Duo, this is your fault!"
"My fault?! My fault for falling in love."
"YOU DO NOT LOVE HIM!!!" Solo yelled.
Duo met his father's eyes with a fire burning in his violet eyes. "I do, I love him with all my heart and every part of my soul." Duo whispered.
"Get out. You have an hour. I better not see you ever again."
* * *
Odin followed Heero to his room and they sat down on Heero's bed.
"Well?"
"He's a charmer." Odin said.
"But..."
"Should I tell you a story Heero? It involved one dark winter night, a week before mine and Solo's weddings. We planned the perfect Stag Night for each other. We got pissed and..." Odin broke off. Heero watched his father's face. "And..." Odin took a deep breath. "Slept together. I took Solo, gave him my virginity and took his."
Heero's mouth fell open.
"Back then, a lot like tonight, our fathers walked in on us in the morning and scolded us. We made a promise not to let it affect us and since that day Solo has hated gay men. In order to remain his friend I pretended that I too hated gay men."
"You loved him." Heero stated. Not a question, the answer was written all over Odin's face.
"Yes, but he didn't feel the same way back and I settled for his friendship."
"Father, I love Duo and I know he loves me back."
"I wish you all the best with him. It will not be an easy ride. You are 17 now Heero."
Heero turned his head to his alarm clock, 01:37 it blinked at him. He had been 17 for an hour and 37 minutes.
"And Duo will be 17 in a few days. It'll be up to you what you do."
"No, it's not up to us." Heero shock his head. "If it was up to us we would be together forever, but..."
"Solo will not allow it."
And even as the words fell from his lips the door across the corridor banged shut and the whole house awake.
"Sleep Heero. Things will look better in the morning."
* * *
Duo threw his stuff into a bag and sat down on his desk and took up pen and paper and began to write.
Once he had finished Duo stood up and moved to his bed and knelt down, he picked up a black leather book and carried it over to the desk where he wrote something in it.
Once that had been finished, Duo checked he had his phone and his belongings and his credit card. He knew Solo would cut it off come morning, so he needed to draw money out as soon as he could.
A low whimper came from the black dog on his bed.
"Oh Shinny." Duo knelt down by his dog. "I can't take you with me. Relena will look after you. Be a good boy for me."
Shinny licked Duo's face and Duo gave a dry sob as he hugged his dog and then he hurried from the room, picking up the book on the way out.
He silently opened the door to Heero's room, his love was asleep on the bed. Duo moved silently across the room and placed the book and the card on the pillow beside Heero's head and he bent down, his lips brushed against Heero's forehead.
"I love you." He whispered one last time before he hurried from Heero's side to his motorbike waiting outside for him.
Duo gave the cabin one last final glance before he kicked the bike into gear and drove off into the night.
Upstairs in the cabin Heero was woken by the sound of a motorcycle engine.
"Duo."
He jumped out of bed and ran to the window in time to see the black motorbike disappear into the dark forest, Heero turned sadly from the window and spotted the black book on his pillow.
Heero crawled back under the covers and opened the book, an envelope fell out and Heero picked it up, opened it and read.
Heero,I can't stay, I wish I could wait till morning to see you once last time but I can't, my father... Solo... wants me gone as soon as possible. I'm sorry it came to such a sharp end but this holiday has been the best and you have been the sweetest thing that has ever happened to me. I doubt that I'll ever see you again, though every second of my life my heart will long for you. I always thought you were a nerd and everything I wasn't, I know we've never really see eye to eye on some things but this last month had shown me that I was wrong. You, Heero Yuy, are perfect, in everything you do and now I've seen that I don't think my life will ever be normal.
Childhood love, that's what you are to me, you are my childhood love but that's probably the worst part of it.
Children are pure; they know nothing of hatred and lies, if a child falls in love, it is said to be the most precious thing in the world because a child cannot see the wrongs of the world. Solo is wrong, he says that we are children and know nothing of love.
Can you see it?
I'm going off track and I need to get going.
I love you Heero, words can't describe what I feel for you. If I could give my soul to be beside you, I would. I'm never gonna forget you... I'm never gonna get over you.
Love Duo.
Together Forever Heero
And inside the envelope was Duo's silver cross.
Heero put the cross on and wipe the tears from his eyes as he reached for the black book.
He opened the hardback cover and read.
"Finding Myself" by Duo Maxwell
Dedicated to the man who opened my eyes, Heero.
Heero gave a smile and hugged the book to his chest.
"Longer than forever." He whispered.
OWARI
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