Gundam Seiyuu Part 12
The next day at work moved so slow it was like someone had pressed the pause button, and left it on all day. What I mean is that everything seemed to crawl and I felt like I was made of concrete. I felt stupid for sending out the fic and was dreading someone would trace it back to me. At the recording session my grin was firmly in place but I knew it looked fake, and I could tell that just from the expression on Quatre's face. I kept tripping over my lines and the words until finally Relena called a break and told me to take a break for half an hour. Murmuring an agreement I walked numbly to the lunchroom and sat down at a table, my back to the door.
Wufei entered the room after me and grabbed a bottle of something from the fridge and two cups. Sitting down across from me he filled the two glasses. He pushed one toward me.
"Is this what I think it is?" It sure looked like something alcoholic to me.
"It helps."
I shook my head. "No thanks. I don't drink."
Wufei raised an eyebrow at that and watched me for a moment as if he were trying to figure if I was telling the truth. I shrugged at him and he stopped scrutinizing me. Leaning back in his chair he took a drink from his own cup and his expression lightened. I watched him quietly.
"What's up?" I asked finally.
"It's obvious someone is bothering you."
I shook my head. "Nothing's wrong, I'm fine."
At that he smirked quietly. "Oh come off it Maxwell. I said some ONE not some thing. It is obvious someone is on your mind and you can't stop thinking about them."
I frowned at him before I even realized what I was doing. What right did he have to be so nosey into my life? My eyes narrowed slightly. "You don't know what you're talking about and I am not in the mood." As soon as the words came out I realized how harsh they were. I sounded grumpy and ready to pouch and kill, but then I guess a week of nightmare tortured sleep and lack of Heero Yuy will do that to you.
Wufei completely surprised me by letting out a short laugh and actually smiling. I almost couldn't believe it, Wufei was smiling? Mr. I-hate-the-world-and-all-life-on-it was actually laughing and smiling? Maybe only for a second but it was still a shocker. He took another drink and smirked at me. "I know exactly what's going on because I went through the same thing."
His face grew more serious and he leaned slightly forward on the table. With a thoughtful look he studied what was left in his glass. "About a week before I started this job I was married. But we kept disagreeing about things. Well anyway, she dumped me on the same day I started this job." He paused and finished off what was in his glass silently.
I stared at him. Was Wufei actually opening up to someone? The idea was actually kind of scary, why was he speaking with me anyway? I scratched my head and sighed softly.
"Ok fine, let's say you are right. What am I suppose to do about it?"
At that Wufei smirked. "Well that's up to you," he said standing up. He placed the bottle back in the fridge and retrieved the glasses. After placing them in the sink he headed for the door. "Admitting the truth to yourself is a good start." And then he was gone.
I blinked at the empty doorway and had the sudden urge to pinch myself. "Is it just me or did he just hand out some good advice?" I swallowed and hiccuped with surprise when I realized I'd said that out loud. Luckily no one had heard. Taking a deep breath I stood up and left the lunchroom, heading back for the recording room. I felt slightly better, I could give him that much credit, but otherwise not much had changed. No matter what anyone said it wouldn't change the fact that I wasn't working with Heero anymore and that's the part that hurt.
As I crossed the hall from the lunchroom and headed for the recording room someone yelled behind me. I turned and started as I saw who it was.
"Hilde?!" Yep, you can tell how surprised I was, I didn't even use her nickname.
She waved happily, grinning from ear to ear. I opened my mouth to ask her what she was doing at Oz Studios but I froze as I saw who was standing next to her. Heero. I swallowed as I realized he was holding a pile of printed out paper. I had the sudden urge to run and hide, it was the fanfiction!
A second later I felt like hitting myself. It couldn't be the fanfiction I'd written, how would he have gotten a hold of it anyway? It was probably just a script for that new show he was working on. I am becoming such a paranoid idiot.
"What are you doing here, cuz?" I asked as they came closer.
Hilde smiled but gained a serious expression. She pointed down at her shirt which was a picture of Wing Zero exploding and large red X through it. "I'm here on some official business. I need to speak to Mrs. Darlian and Mr. Kushrenada."
"Mr. Kushrenada... the writer of Gundam Wing?"
Hilde nodded. "He's in the studio today. Don't worry, they know I'm here. But anyhoo I'm off to their office I have to speak with them about a few things." She happily waved a pile of papers in front of my face. I took them from her.
My jaw dropped as soon as I realized what they were. In my hand was a shit-load of signatures. Pardon my language but how else would you describe it? I am not kidding that this pile was huge! And just on the first page alone there had to be 30 signatures. I could only imagine how many were in this stack. My eyes wandered to the top of the paper but before I could read what the signatures were for she snatched the papers back.
"Well, I got a job to do. See you later cuz." Smiling she left down the hall toward Relena's office in a happy walk. My cuz, about to face the hungry lion with a smile. Yep, we were definitely related. I turned back to find Heero still standing there, watching me quietly.
"Hey, He-chan, what's up?" I said with a grin. He scowled quietly at the name and nodded toward an empty office beside us.
"I need to speak with you."
I raised an eyebrow then shrugged. Sure, why not. He was probably just going to threaten me and tell me never to call me He-chan again. Either that or he was going to chastise me for letting my cousin walk around the studio with a pile full of signatures. Either way I didn't really care. Besides, my half-hour break wasn't up yet.
I entered the office and Heero followed, shutting the door behind us. After shutting it he fixed me with a very serious stare and I met it with a happy grin. This time it wasn't fake though, apparently Wufei's strange moment of human caring had put me in a much better mood.
"Duo, did you write this."
The grin snapped off my face and I felt my heart jump into my throat. As soon as those words escaped his mouth the floor seemed to drop out from under me and I had to force myself to keep breathing. No, he couldn't be asking what I was thinking... that was a script in his hands, right? It had to be.
"N-nani?" I choked out.
"Did you write this?" He asked in the same flat tone, but this time he held out the pile of papers.
My mouth went dry and I numbly reached forward to take the papers. I knew my hands were shaking as I grasped them and if they weren't before I touched the papers they certainly were when I caught a glimpse of the title on the top of the page.
My Smile and Yours
I choked on my own air and glanced up at Heero, too shocked to hide the fear in my eyes. He knew? But how had he found out? How did he found out I was the one who write the fanfiction.
His expressionless eyes watched me quietly as I set the printed out fanfiction on the table next to me, my hand remaining there for support. I dropped my eyes to the floor and concentrated on my feet, my eyes shadowed by my long bangs. I took a deep breath.
"Yes." I admitted quietly.
TBC...
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