Gundam Seiyuu (The OAV) Part 1
A month later found us at the airport all sitting it the lobby waiting for our plane to arrive. To tell the truth it was the shortest month of my life, I just couldn't believe the news. Heck, I still couldn't believe it even though I was sitting in the airport with my ticket in hand.
I sat silently in the seat, watching out the window while Heero leaned sideways against said window, peering out onto the runways. His eyes had a slightly glazed look, I could easily tell he was off in his own world, but he looked happy. I glanced back to my other side as Wufei took a seat next to me. I grinned.
"So, how're you doing Fei-chan?"
Immediately his eyes narrowed and he gave a sad shake of his head. "I see you haven't grown up any."
I shrugged and leaned back, grinning from ear to ear. "And why would I want to do that? Besides, the name fits you."
He scowled at me.
"You know, Fei-chan, he does have a point." Came Milliardo's voice from behind Wufei, while he poked the Chinese voice actor in the shoulder.
"Oh don't you dare start too!" Wufei snapped, he then turned his glare back to me. "Now see what you've started all over again?!"
Milliardo chuckled softly. I shifted in my seat so I could see both of them, since Milliardo was perched on the row of chairs that had their backs attached to ours. Milliardo smiled quietly at me and gave a greeting nod. I grinned back.
"So, what have you and Fei been up to for the last year?"
Wufei crossed his arms. "And just what makes you think we've been doing anything *together* for the last year, Maxwell?"
I snickered.
"Sadly enough my dear Wufei is correct, we have not been paired together since Gundam Wing. I am currently working on one Legend of Basara (1), though it doesn't look like we'll be able to finish. Meanwhile I believe Wufei is in between voice jobs."
Wufei nodded his agreement.
I opened my mouth to continue the conversation but my train of thoughts was derailed by the playful cry. All four of us, that includes Heero at the window, turned to see Quatre and Trowa walking toward us. My eyes widened and my jaw dropped as I saw what was in Quatre's arms, or rather who! I stood up and walked over to meet the petite blond girl.
"Quatre! You... what in the...?"
Quatre giggled and bounced the small child, causing it to squeal gleefully and smile. "It's a baby silly." Trowa nodded his agreement and gave a small smile as the baby girl grasped his hand, or rather his finger since her chubby little hand wasn't large enough to hold much more.
"How old is she?" Heero asked, walking to my side.
"Almost a year."
I lifted an eyebrow and smirked. "But you were only married a year ago Quatre." I reminded her. Quatre responded by glancing away with an embarrassed smile as her cheeks grew red. She recovered quickly and switched the happy little baby to rest against her other hip.
"Heero, Duo, meet Mariemeia Iria Winner-Barton."
"I feel sorry for the child." Wufei said with a good-natured smile as he stood up to join us. "You expect her to remember how to spell her whole name?"
Milliardo clapped a hand on Wufei's shoulder, earning him another scowl. "Don't be so uptight, Wufei, it's a beautiful and sophisticated name." He leaned forward to make a face at the child and Mariemeia's aquamarine eyes widened in glee. But instead of the child smiling Mariemeia's hand flew out and grasped tightly onto a lock of Milliardo's lose blond hair, she tugged hard. Milliardo only laughed and gently pulled his hair from her tight grip, much to her disappointment. "Yes, a beautiful child."
"Can I hold her?" I asked and Quatre nodded. I took the baby and grinned as she looked up at me and tried her best to copy my grin. It looked so cute on her cherub-like face, I just couldn't resist. I turned to Heero and smiled. "Isn't she cute, Hee-chan? Can we have one?"
The reaction was priceless. One minute Heero was standing there watching the child with interest and the next minute he was coughing and looking away, his cheeks turning red. Wufei starred at us in shock while Milliardo let out an amused laugh. Quatre giggled and even Trowa emitted what sounded like the ghost of a chuckle. Heero recovered quickly and clearing his throat he glared at me.
Well, I had my fun. I handed the child to Trowa since she was squirming in my arms and I had this sudden fear of dropping her. Trowa took her with a nod after setting down the small carry-on bag he had with him. Selecting a seat he sat down and held Mariemeia so she could halfway stand on his lap and peer around the room, her eyes wide with childish curiosity at the new scene around her.
Wufei and Milliardo broke off from our small group to speak with Trowa while Heero returned to his spot by the window to watch our plane land and pull into its parking spot.
"So you and Heero are living together now?" Quatre asked, turning to me.
I nodded. "Yep. After we finished the OAV voicing with you guys I moved out of the apartment with Hilde and Heero and I got a nice two-bedroom place across town."
Quatre frowned slightly at that. "Two... bedroom? But I thought..."
"Yeah, it's no big deal. We figured it'd be a good idea just in case, I mean we just met a little over a year ago. And... well... two guys in a one bedroom apartment." I paused and tried to figure out the right words. Finally I gave up and just shrugged again. "We're still a couple, no problems there. The second bedroom is being used as a kind of office and library room. You should see him; I've never known anyone to read so much. Besides, he needs the extra room for when he's typing away at his laptop." I ended it there with a grin, hoping Quatre would drop the subject and just believe me.
Truthfully though it wasn't nearly as happy as I had tried to portray it. I'd lied to Quatre flat and straight. Heero and I did sleep in the same room but we had two separate beds. It really bugged me most times but it was still better then only seeing him during or after work. I don't know, I pretty much got by telling myself that Heero wasn't completely ready yet and jumping head first into a relationship of living together and everything but marriage wasn't the smartest of ideas since we hadn't known each other too long. No matter how much I wanted to jump that far ahead.
The look on Quatre's face told me right away that she didn't believe me, mission failed. Oh well, perhaps her not believing me was a good thing. Because all those excuses I just mentioned, well, they weren't fooling me anymore either. I sighed softly and glanced over my shoulder to make sure Heero wasn't listening.
"Yeah, you're right, it does sound like a pretty lame excuse."
Quatre nodded with a knowing expression and placed a comforting hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry, maybe all you two need is a change of scenery." She leaned closer and smirked as she spoke in a very soft voice. "I hear the hotel we're staying at has a wonderful hot tub."
My eyes widened and I took a very small step back. "Quatre!" I choked out quietly. The last thing I expected was to hear such a blunt suggestion from her! "You... you're not supposed to know about stuff like that!"
The petite blond just gave me an innocent look while batting her eyelids. "Who me? No, I'm completely innocent."
For a moment all I could do was stare, finally I copied Heero's reaction from earlier and gave a small cough to hide my embarrassment. It wasn't just the fact that I hadn't expected to hear that comment from her, it was also that somehow she'd managed to read my mind. Secretly, ever since I'd heard about this trip, I'd been hoping there was going to be some opportunity like this. I was hoping there would be something like this that would possibly give me a chance to get something more back into the relationship between Heero and I. A hot tub would do nicely!
"Duo! Heero! Ah, good everyone's here!" Relena walked into the lobby and set down her two huge carry-on bags. She scanned the crowd and her eyes set on the clock. "It looks like they are starting to board, shall we get to our seats?"
"Yep!" Quatre agreed happily. She turned back to me and gave a quick wink. "Everything will work out," she promised, then she hurried over to help Trowa with Mariemeia and their bags. I grabbed my coat from where'd I'd left it on the benches and turned.
"Hey, Heero! They're boarding!"
Heero turned and nodded. We handed the flight attendant our tickets and headed down the boarding tunnel toward the plane, side by side. A year after Gundam Wing was finished and once again we were returning to our former rolls as the voices of the Gundam pilots. Heero and I had met and fallen in love while being the voices of Solo and Odin. Who knows, there was still a very good chance that this very trip would rekindle what fire we'd lost... and maybe start an even larger fire which couldn't be put out.
As we stepped onto the plane I grinned and grasped Heero's hand for just a second, squeezing it tightly. He glanced sideways in surprise and flashed a small smile.
TBC...
1. Legend of Basara is a 13 episode anime series that was never finished. In it the voice actor for Milliardo/Zechs plays a wise man who is blind and has long white hair. He reminds me of Zechs even though his personality is completely different. I recommend the series even though it was never finished.
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