Christmas Time

Duo's POV

"What do you get a guy made outta stone?" I thought to myself.

"The only thing he ever does is work on that damn laptop of his."

"Maybe a new mousepad? Nah."

I cursed silently to myself. It was Christmas Eve, and I had been thinking of what to get 'Sir Stone Face' all month, and still my brain was in fuzz.

"Oh, hi Duo!" came a familiar voice. I turned to look at who it was, and automatically wished I hadn't. It was Relena, 'nuff said. "Eh, hi" I murmered, "what are you doing here?"

" I was just getting something for Heero. I bet he'll love it. Oh, will you come to our wedding? I bet when he sees this he'll automatically propose." Relena babbled on.

Seeing Relena always puts me in a scientifical mood. Why? Because what comes up, MUST come down, and seeing her always brings my mood down. Before I saw her, I was just pissed at myself for not being able to think of something to get Heero, but NOW I was pissed at myself AND the rest of the free world. Why did this girl always have to put me in such a foul mood?

I already knew the answer to my question; Heero and her actually had a chance, that's why! I was almost positive Heero had no attraction to me, but probably for women. I sighed as Relena kept on talking, "Well, I have to go and pay for this perfect present I got Heero!" Walking off, the witch didn't even mutter a simple 'goodbye.' What a fine word. Goodbye. So long. Farewell. Au Revoir. Sayonara. All these words are so simple, yet the meaning can have a huge impact. I sighed. There I went, thinking too much again. Walking home, I decided I should tell Heero of this fine word, pack up, and leave.

My mind was in frenzy, "Forget it, whatever I would have gotten him, he probably would have hated anyways."

When I got back to the apartment Heero and I shared, I flopped myself onto the couch, willing sleep to come, and wondering how I was going to break it to Heero that I as leaving. I was just so pissed off at everything, my world had stopped spinning. I already knew I wouldn't be able to go to sleep, I simply laid there with my eyes shut for a minute before sitting up and putting my head into my hands.

I stared out the window that was right in front of me, and what I saw made my heart begin to race in fury. Relena was outside with Heero giving him his 'perfect' present. How she got here so fast was beyond me, but frankly, I couldn't care less. Let Heero have whoever the hell he wants! Tears of hatred forming in my eyes, I wiped them away angrily and stormed out of the room.

"Fucking bitch!" I screamed at the innocent walls, punching my fist into them, making a hole. I ignored my bloody fist and flopped onto my bed, fuming.

'My, my, we have a temper today'

'Shut up!' I said arguing with my inner self

'Why don't you just talk to him?'

'Cause I dun wanna, okay? Just leave me alone, I hate arguing with myself!'

'What if I don't wanna leave?'

I slammed a pillow over my head, attempting to block out the voice. Damn inner self, always showing and running his mouth at the worst of times. I heard a tenative knock on the door, "Duo, are you in there?"

I didn't answer, I knew it was Heero, but I didn't want to talk to him at the moment. I heard the doorknob turn and open. "Duo?" I heard him ask again.

"What?" I queried, venom filling my voice. I knew I shouldn't be mad at him, he didn't do anything, but I just couldn't help myself. He probably had come in here to ask me to be his best man at his wedding, if I should even be so lucky. I heard him hesitate for a second and then ask, "Are you okay?"

'Like he would care' was the first thing that popped into my head, but I ended up muttering a muffled, "no," from underneath my pillow.

'Shit, now I'm gonna have ta tell him what's wrong' I thought. I felt the bed sag as he sat down, "Want to talk?"

'Is he trying to make conversation?' I thought to myself.

"What kind of relationship do you have with Relena?" I asked him, my head still buried.

"Why?" he asked. I didn't want to tell him the truth, that I was jealous of her and that I thought they had something going on, so what else do you do in this situation? Make something up.

"Just wondering."

'Oh boy, that was a bright one there, genius.' I was mentally arguing with myself again. I needed to stop that.

"Well, I don't like her at all. Shit, I hate her fucking guts," he said. I sat up and looked at him, finally tossing the pillow aside.

"Really?" I was now attempting to hide my excitement, "So you aren't here to ask me to be your best-man?"

Heero gave me a quizzical look, "No..."

My happines suddenly burst from me, a smile forming on my lips. I tried to help myself, I REALLY did, but I ended up jumping onto Heero and placing my lips on his. I gave myself a mental slap as soon as the action was done. What the hell was I doing? I got off of him.

"Sorry," I said putting my head down, waiting for a slap, a kick, or a roundhouse to the mouth. Heero's eyes were wide in shock and he seemed to be at a loss for words.

"Duo?" he asked.

'Oh boy, here it comes!' My mental self was in the corners of my mind shouting, 'Idiot, idiot, idiot!'

My head was bowed, and I was muttering apologies in every language I could think of (French and English). He lifted my chin to meet his eyes, forcing me to look at him. I closed my eyes and braced myself, but soon I felt something warm on my lips. Was he kissing me? I had to open my eyes to see. Oh God, he's kissing me! I'm getting kissed my Heero! He slowly pulled away, now it was my turn to be at a loss for words.

I grinned my biggest grin and jumped on top of him.

"Merry Christmas, Duo."

Owari

By: Minako Chan

Ah yes, 'ze revised addition. I decided I am going to revise my old additions to before adding any new ones.

Revised: 03/28/05

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