Asked by ravensilver. Characters: Heero & Duo, scary.
Author's Note: This came out weird... sorry!
Halloween Drabble 10
It was late when I got home, nearly midnight. I opened the front door quietly and found Duo waiting for me on the couch. That was unusual, he usually went to bed on the nights I worked late.
And he was just sitting on the couch; the TV and the stereo were dark and silent. Duo usually had one or the other playing all the time. When I first moved in with him and asked him why, he'd laughed and said: 'They keep the voices away.'
I had thought it was a joke at the time.
"Duo?" I said into the silence. "Why are you still up?" Duo simply looked at me. I found his regard unnerving; Duo always had something to say- especially when I came home. Where was my greeting? My hug?
"Duo?" I tossed my jacket at the rack and moved towards him. "Are you okay? Is something wrong?"
"It's Halloween, Heero." he said in a faint voice. "I told you I couldn't be alone on Halloween."
I searched my memory- had Duo ever told me such a thing? When? And why hadn't he reminded me this morning when I told him that I had been scheduled for duty at Relena's Masquerade ball?
When I said as much, he just shook his head. "I knew you'd forget. You always forget." He got to his feet and I noticed the gun in his hand. It wasn't his gun- this was one I had never seen before. It had a sickly green shine to it that made me feel slightly sick. "And now I have to punish you... so you won't leave me again..."
He lifted the gun and pointed it at me. Was this one of his jokes?
"Duo, I really don't know what you're talking about." I said gently. "But if you shoot me with that, I will be leaving you. I'll be dead..."
"No," he shook his head. "You forgot. I'm Shinigami. The dead are mine. Always mine. You'll never be able to leave me again..." He raised his other hand. Resting in his palm was a small black rock. "I'll keep your soul in here until you swear never to leave me again..."
Panic rose in my throat. Duo was insane. My beloved was totally mad- and he was going to kill me and he'd suffer for it... they'd lock him in an insane asylum... I had to get that gun away from him...
I darted towards him, but Duo was always faster than me. The bullet struck my chest and I found myself on the floor, unable to breathe, my vision darkening on the edges. Duo knelt next to me, pressing his lips against my cheek. "See you on the other side, beloved..."
OWARI
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