Author: Merula
Pairings: 1x2
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Yaoi, AU
Disclaimer: Gundam Wing is not mine.
Counting Down Part 1
Heero blinked at the row of brightly wrapped candies on Duo's desk. They were neatly aligned, the ends of the wrappers barely touching, sitting just at the edge of the desk. He hadn't noticed them when he'd arrived, but the morning had started off with an emergency, followed by an urgent meeting and he'd only finally settled in to do some paperwork.
They were in the midst of some tricky cases, but Duo didn't tend to organization when he was trying to figure something out. He tended towards creative chaos, as Heero knew only too well.
Shaking his head, he glanced away from the cheerful array and found his partner watching him with amusement.
"Puzzled?"
"A little. Is it a trap of some kind?"
"A trap?" Duo repeated, eyebrows lifting.
"To entice people to your desk?"
"Hardly. I'm... sort of marking time."
Heero flicked his gaze back to the candies again. There were five of them. Five days from now would be Friday. "To the weekend?"
"Nah." Duo's lips curved a little more. "I've set myself a goal."
"Une will be pleased."
"What do you mean?"
"All those classes she makes us take. They're always talking about goal setting."
"Oh, it's not a work goal." Duo laughed. "It's a personal goal."
"To resist eating the candy?"
"No... more like a reminder."
Heero pondered that for a moment. Should he ask...? No, Duo would tell him if he wanted to- and if he didn't- Heero crushed the spark of curiosity that had flared up and managed a faint smile.
"You know they'll have vanished from your desk by the end of the day."
"You think so?"
"Remember Wufei's M&Ms? Gone in less than an hour."
"He never did figure out who it was." Duo frowned at his line of candies. "Hm, I'll have to come up with something else then..."
TBC...
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