Gundam Seiyuu (The OAV) Part 4
I was sitting in the large hotel room, my eyes set on the hot tub where Heero lay, stretched out lazily in the bubbling water. He was completely naked, and looking so delicious... I walked toward the hot tub but stopped as his eyes opened and he smirked at me, basically daring me to jump into that hot tub with him. I grinned and quickly began to strip; I couldn't get my clothes off fast enough.
Then the phone rang, and the dream world around me popped like a soap bubble. I floated for a moment in hazy wakefulness then groaned and forced myself to finally open my eyes as the phone rang again.
"What is this?" I muttered, blindly fumbling around for the telephone on the bedside table. "Is it some unspoken rule that every time I have a good dream I get disturbed and... moshimoshi?"
"Hello, sleepy head!" Laughed Quatre's voice on the other end of the phone. I dropped my head back onto the pillow, taking the receiver with me.
"Quatre, you sound far too happy for this early in the morning. How about giving a guy some time to sleep?"
Quatre giggled and I swear I could actually hear the bright smile in her voice. "Morning? Duo, it's past noon."
"Huh?" Rubbing my eyes I glanced around the hotel room and squinted until I could see the clock. The bright red numbers made my eyes hurt and I squinted even more until I could make out the numbers, they proved Quatre was right. "So what's your point?" I muttered back. I've never been a morning person, and I was about to become one now.
"Well... I was hoping you would join us for a late lunch here in a little bit. Relena wants to discuss some stuff with us about the con and other things."
"Hmmm... Relena jabbering or sleep? That's a real hard one, Quatre."
"Duo! Be nice."
I yawned and forced myself to sit up in bed. "I was just kidding. Do I get a chance to get dressed or should I meet you in the lobby in my birthday suit?"
Quatre coughed in surprise, and I couldn't help but grin. "No, no we'll give you time to wake up. You need an hour or so?"
"Naw, half an hour will do. See you in a little bit." I hung up the phone and rolled over in the bed, laying on my stomach. As an after thought my mind wondered why I hadn't rolled into Heero. Yeah, it's a huge bed but still, there was no way anyone could sleep hugging one side of a bed for the entire night. Sitting up I glanced to the side of the bed where Heero had been, and found it empty.
"Figures, he left a while ago I bet." I sighed and forced myself to sit up and get out of bed. "Probably planning for the concert or something." Running my fingers through my tangled hair, and getting them stuck quite quickly; I made my way to the bathroom and flipped on the shower. Stripping off my boxers I stepped under the water, not even bothering to shut the bathroom door. I honestly didn't care if Heero walked into the room, besides the mischievous side of my mind was kind of hoping he would.
The hot water did wonders for my morning mood and by the time I got the tangles out of my hair and was completely soaked I was feeling much more awake and ready to face the world. Whistling a light and happy tune I strolled out of the bathroom and braided my hair together as I debated what to wear. With a shrug I threw on a pair of black jeans and a blank purple tee-shirt. No need to dress up, I was on vacation and just going out to lunch with my friends, so I could get by with a tee-shirt and jeans. Tying off the braid I grabbed my room key, wallet and jacket and headed down to the lobby.
"Well, well, look who finally pulled himself out of bed." Taunted Milliardo's soft voice as I stepped off the elevator. He smiled at me from where he'd draped his lithe body over the back of a large red padded chair, which held Wufei. Trowa and Quatre stood a few feet away speaking with Relena; Quatre looked up as Milliardo spoke.
"Welcome to the world of the living," she said with a smile.
I made a face. "I prefer the dead, at least they let me sleep undisturbed."
Milliardo smirked. "I take it you and Heero made full use of the... room."
My jaw dropped in surprise and I coughed, feeling my face grow red with embarrassment. "Well, no, as a matter of fact we didn't. Oh, and if I were you, I'd stay away from Heero for the next few days, he's got a death glare with your name on it."
Milliardo straightened up and merely shrugged off my warning. Walking over to me he stopped and softly smiled. "I'm counting on you Duo," he spoke in a very low voice that the other couldn't hear. "Don't let that beautiful room go to waste."
I sighed. "Believe me, if I had a choice in the matter..." I responded in an equally voice, but I let the sentence drop off. There wasn't much else to say. I shrugged, to hint to him to drop the subject and my grin appeared back on my face. "By the way, where is Heero?"
"He took off for practice," replied Wufei. "Said he'd be back later tonight."
"Ladies and gentlemen, I believe it is well time to eat, shall we go?" Milliardo made a bowing gesture toward the door and Quatre giggled. Relena nodded and took the lead, while I dropped back to speak with Quatre and Trowa.
"Where's the little tike?"
"Asleep, with your cousin and her friends." Trowa replied as we stepped out onto the sidewalk and headed for the restaurant down the street.
As we neared the restaurant Quatre grabbed my arm and pulled me to a stop. "Nope, come on, we're going this way."
I raised an eyebrow and watched the other four enter the restaurant without glancing back at us. "Ummm... why?"
Quatre frowned slightly. "Duo... I know I may be intruding here and stuff but you really really seem to be hurting lately. And well... do you want to talk about it?" She bit her bottom lip. "I mean I won't say anything if you don't want me to and I'll just listen if that what you want but..." she sighed. "Something's wrong and I want to help."
I smiled softly, I couldn't help it. You never heard me say this but Quatre's offer was so sweet. I wanted to hug her, but instead I just smiled. "Thanks Quatre. Yeah, it would be nice to talk to someone."
She smiled brightly and nodded. "There's a little café just around the corner, we can go talk there. The others already know I wanted to talk to you, so they aren't really expecting us."
"The café works great."
We walked farther down the street and found the café, which was quite cute. Taking a seat toward the back outside, near a large tree, which shaded us, I allowed myself a long sigh of relief. I couldn't wait to just let out everything that had been bugging me.
"So?" Quatre asked after she ordered us some fruit drinks and the waitress left. I took a sip of mine and nodded, my grin disappearing to complete seriousness.
"Well, you saw what happened at the wedding. That was actually the high point, and after that things started going down hill. After we finished the OAV for Gundam I moved out of the apartment with my cuz and moved in with Heero. We both kind of agreed on it and Hilde wanted to start living with Catherine, Dorothy and Sally anyway, so we thought it would work."
I leaned back in my chair and held the juice drink, staring off at the people passing by at the street. "Well I moved in with him and my bed went in his room. What I told you about the two bedrooms was true, one is an office and he's in there so often it's maddening. What I didn't tell you was that we still sleep in separate beds. After we moved in together all we really did was kiss, that's all we've ever done."
I set the drink down and sighed heavily. "I didn't bring it up at first because I figured it was unrealistic to expect us to both jump into each other's arms after only knowing each other for less then a year. And I guess that's the excuse I just kept using. The kissing died down after a few months and he got other voice jobs, spending lots more time out of the house.
"I never said anything, and neither did he. Quatre, we've been living like roommates in college for the last year and I don't understand what went wrong! Did I do something? I mean I was so happy at first and now I just feel like he's just tolerating me."
Under the table my hands were clenched into fists and shaking with anger. I closed my eyes to try and get a hold of myself. I still didn't glance back at Quatre though. "When he saw the room, the hotel room he got so angry. You knew it was a honeymoon suit when they said the door was the elevator didn't you."
I glanced over and Quatre nodded silently, keeping her face neutral. True to her word she was just listening, nothing more.
"Well when he saw the room he got so angry he was shaking. He looked ready to kill someone and... and that really got to me. It hurt. I mean why should he be angry? It was just like at home, where he was living with me. The only difference is there's only one bed but... He got angry and I got angry. And..." I frowned. "I kind of blew up at him."
"Duo..." Quatre's voice was soft and full of concern. She reached across the table slowly and grasped one of my fists, holding it tightly. I must have set them on the table without thinking.
"I don't know what to do, Quatre. I... he... Maybe I should just drop it for this week and move out when I get back. I'm sure Hilde and her friends wouldn't mind me staying with them until I find a new place to live..." I broke off my words, not willing to completely voice what it would take for me to leave. I didn't want to, but I didn't know what else to do.
"Duo... you can't."
I sighed softly. "I don't know what else to do, Quatre. I don't understand any of this."
Quatre pulled her hands back and fidgeted with them for a moment, chewing on her bottom lip in thought. After a few moments she looked back at me. "Do you want my advice?"
I shrugged. "Sure, there's a pretty good chance it's better then anything I've come up with."
"Talk to him."
I swallowed and frowned. With a forced laugh I shook my head. "How did I know you were going to say that?"
"Have you talked to him?"
I shook my head. "No. I haven't been able to. I'm too afraid of what he'll say. Quatre, I'd rather leave of my own will without really telling him and entertain the futile thought of him coming back someday and asking me to return. I'm deathly afraid of him... of him asking me to leave. If he did that I think-" My voice dropped away and I looked away from her quickly so I could blink away the tears that were begging to be let out of my eyes. No, I refused to cry, I wasn't going to. Not now, not ever. But I did finish the thought in my head.
If he asked me to leave I would die.
It was as simple as that.
"Duo, please listen to me. You have to talk to him. None of this is going to be solved if both of you keep hiding. Maybe you blowing up at him about the room was a good thing. Hopefully it'll motivate one of you to do something. And despite what you may believe we didn't plan that room, it just happened."
I forced out a laugh. "Yeah, it's Fate giving me a swift kick in the ass and telling me to get my own ass in gear."
Quatre smiled quietly. "Maybe."
I glanced up at her and couldn't help but return the smile. She had a very good point. It was just like she mentioned at the beginning of the trip, in the plane lobby. Maybe this small trip was exactly what Heero and I needed. And the chances were in my favor that everything would be fixed, especially since he looked so lost when I blew up at him the night before. Unless I was imagining it he did still feel something, or at least he felt guilty and was trying to hide it. We were both hiding.
And this trip was the perfect chance to come out of hiding and get everything sorted out. The problem was just how to do that.
With those thoughts in mind I smiled broadly at Quatre and she returned an even larger smile. "Thanks, Quatre, thanks a lot. Now, can we order some food? I'm starving!"
She responded with a giggle. "Now that sounds like the Duo Maxwell I know. And it sounds like a good idea. Yes," she said picking up the menu. "Let's eat."
TBC...
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