Author: hostilecrayon
Pairing: 1x2
Rating: PG
Warnings: Heero in pajamas! XD
Disclaimer: I love to poke and prod the GW boys, but that doesn't mean I own them. Gundam Wing is owned by Hajime Yatate and Yoshiyuki Tomino.
Notes: I bet you thought this died, right? Part XI of the Growing Up Mini-Series. Written for the trash prompt at gw500.
Memories
It was a long day. I was bogged down by paperwork for most of the day, and the rest of it was spent training the new tech recruits. All I wanted to do when I got home was take a nice long shower, call Duo and pass out.
When I finally made it through my apartment door, I clicked on the light and dropped my briefcase next to the table. "Wufei?" There was no answer, so I headed straight for the shower, letting the hot water roll down my skin for much longer than I should have.
I closed my eyes and let the water splash over my face, and I thought about everything that had happened in the last few months. I'd finally left my self-inflicted solitude, opting to move in with Wufei like he'd been offering for the last year. It was nice to live with someone again; to have a friendly face moving about the house. Sometimes the routine was a little hard for me, though. Something either reminded me of living with Duo, or Wufei would do something so unlike Duo that it was too different from having Duo around. Either way, it bothered me. I had a feeling everything would bother me until I was living with Duo again, but I had learned to at least accept the way things were with the hope that someday things would be normal again.
Duo was the only normal I'd ever had.
I guess that's pushing it a little. Nothing about Duo is normal, per say. I should say his outrageous emotions and animated personality became normal for me. We had only begun to rectify things, and I would be damned if I let that go. I'd already made a mistake, and I couldn't help but beat myself up about it. He had made his intentions very clear, and still, I'd wanted it so much that I couldn't help but hope for it. He was the only person I'd ever wanted. I'd do whatever it took to keep him. I just had to try harder.
I turned the shower off, drying off quickly before slipping into a white t-shirt and a faded pair of warm pajama pants. They had penguins all over them, and I couldn't help but smile at the memory of the Christmas I found them hastily stuffed into a stocking that was duct taped to Wing. I still have no idea where he found the damn things. It took me months to admit that I actually wore them. They're still my favorite pair to this day.
I padded out to the living room, my Preventor dog tags jingling against my shirt, and I settled into my overstuffed recliner, snatching up the remote. I just sat there holding it, enjoying the silence of the apartment.
The sound of keys jingling in the lock broke me from the slight daze I'd fallen into, though it was a welcome interruption. Wufei went about his normal routine, putting a kettle of water on the stove and pulling down the tea boxes and cups.
"Long day at work?" He asked, wiping his hands on a hand towel.
"Yeah. I just want to melt into the chair."
"I got the mail."
"Anything good?"
"Just garbage. Do you want it, or should I just toss it?"
"What is it?"
Wufei thumbed through the envelopes. "A coupon for car insurance, pre-approved credit card, a postcard with no return address..."
Sleepiness gone, I jumped off the couch and snatched the mail from Wufei's hand. Before Wufei could even protest, I dropped all the envelopes and examined the postcard. I smiled at the night I knew it was supposed to represent, and I flipped it over, reading the one word scrawled across the back.
"Memories?" Wufei queried. "What does that mean?"
"It's time to make new ones." I left Wufei's baffled look in the kitchen and snatched my cell phone up, dialing the number I already knew by heart.
Duo answered, and before greeting him and asking him about his day, I just blurted out the first words that came to me; words we hadn't properly said to each other in over a year.
"I love you."
OWARI
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