Two Flirting Doves Part 3
Heero waited for the last lingering riff of Duo's air guitar to fade away before asking a question. "Ever think about learning to play an instrument?"
"Me?" Duo's expression was clearly skeptical. "I don't think so."
"It's not that hard."
"By your standards? That's not saying much."
Heero's smile was fleeting, but present. "Playing an instrument isn't hard, even by your standards. Reading music is a matter of learning the musical alphabet. That's straightforward. I'm sure you have more than enough finger dexterity to make them do what you ask them to do with some practice. And I know you have a good sense of rhythm, and the mental acuity to keep it all together."
"That's playing in a technical sense. Playing like Quatre or even Trowa..."
"I think it's unreasonable to try to measure yourself by Quatre standards."
"Fine. But Trowa hasn't had private lessons since he was a little kid or anything. Objectively speaking, I wouldn't expect him to play the way he does."
'Objectively', yes. Heero paused for a moment to consider why Trowa had defied 'objective' expectation. "Well... I suspect playing with Quatre might have a little something to do with it."
Duo blinked thoughtfully. "Ah. Well. I suppose you're right. Guess I just need to find myself a Quatre, eh?" He shook his head in amusement and went back to sorting gear to the accompaniment of a Christmas metal album being played somewhere down the hall.
They worked for a bit without words, and then Heero handed Duo a pair of goggles. "Would you like to learn to play together?"
Duo put the goggles down slowly into the needs-repair stack. "You already know how to play."
Heero studiously examined his next item at hand. "Not like Quatre and Trowa."
Duo turned the holster in his hands over and over without really paying it any attention. "Okay," he decided finally, a giddy grin starting to bubble up. "Yeah. Let's do it. And then we can have a throwdown, and it'll be epic!"
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves, here," Heero murmured with a slight chuckle. "How about just choosing an instrument first?"
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