25-Dec-2000
Title: Angels We Have Heard On High: Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
Author: Kimmie (JaenKaeGW@hotmail.com)
Archive: GW Addiction
Category: shonen ai, songfic, sap
Pairings: 2+1
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, I mean no harm, I have no
money... Stuff like that. Yeah.
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
Spoilers: None.
Notes: This is based on "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)". Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, and Jeff Barry wrote the song, I wrote the fic. This is a sequel to "At Christmas". There will be a total of 8 parts to this, coming up with a nice little Christmas series which I'll enter in the Holiday theme week.
~...~ denotes lyrics
//...// denotes thoughts
With a sigh, and tears welling in the corners of his eyes, Duo Maxwell leaned his forehead against the window, gazing outside at the soft snow that covered everything, and the muddy tracks that marred it... as made by the wheels on Heero's vehicle.
//Why did he have to leave? A story is not a good enough reason to run out of here like a bat out of hell. He just got here... Damn you, Heero Yuy! How am I supposed to show you I love you if you can't stay still for two seconds?//
~Oh yeah, look at you baby, yeah,~
~Let's sing and deck the halls, but it's not like Christmas at all,~
Heero had gotten a call the night prior, at about 10pm, about an article his editor wanted him to write. Duo had calmly and rationally thought about whether to kill Heero then and there, but he knew it wouldn't be anything more than a thought. //For some reason, I have a million different feelings about that guy, and they're all nice and mushy! Damn it... why couldn't I fall in love with a nice tree stump? It wouldn't leave me two days before Christmas.//
~I remember when you were here, and all the fun we had last year~
"Why did you leave, Heero? Someone else could have done the story. Someone..." Duo trailed off as his eyes watered up and his chin wavered slightly. //Gotta quit talking to the windows... maybe the snow...//
~Christmas, the snow's coming down, now I'm watching it fall,~
~All the people around, baby, please come home,~
~Now the church bells in town, oh, they're singing our song,~
~Oh, what a happy sound, baby, please come home,~
//Heero... all I wanted for Christmas was you. I didn't need to have you as my boyfriend. I didn't need a lover. Just, y'know, you. I want to wake up on Christmas morning when there isn't a war going on and be able to come down to breakfast and look across my pancakes and see you. Then, you could shoot me and I'd die happy.// Pulling his knees up into the windowseat, Duo continued to look out the window. The few flakes of snow that continued to fall swirled lightly through the air indicating a slight wind.
//If I went out there and buried myself in the snow, how long until I died? How long until anyone noticed?// "Duo?"
When he turned his head to see who was calling, Quatre stood there, a look of concern in his eyes. "You're not okay. What's wrong?"
Duo raised an eyebrow. "I'm not okay? You didn't even bother to ask before you said I wasn't?"
"Uchuu no kokoro."
"Oh. Okay. So, no, I'm not okay. Does your little space heart tell you why?"
Quarte sat down next to Duo's feet, reaching for the window and tracing the patterns the ice had formed. "No. Will you?"
Duo shook his head. "It's nothing."
"It's Heero."
Numbly, Duo nodded and began to trace the patterns of the ice as well. It seemed like a good enough way to pass the time. "You're too smart for your own good, Quarte. Just... let me brood in peace, 'kay? It's bad enough that he left. I don't want anyone trying to make up for him just yet. Maybe tomorrow, 'kay?"
~Let's sing and deck the halls, but it's not like Christmas at all,~
~I remember when you were here and all the fun we had last year~
Quatre nodded, patting Duo's knee before standing up. "You remember that we're having a party tomorrow."
Duo winced. "Quatre..."
"Nobody who isn't here now, but we're hauling out the liquor. Stay away from it for your own good. Wufei will be bartending and you'll get struck down if you try to sneak a drink if I ask him to. I'll be watching. Don't do anything stupid because Heero is acting like an idiot."
~Christmas, now the snow's coming down, now I'm watching it fall,~
~All the people around, baby, please come home,~
~Yeah, ah, won't you please oh, let's sing and deck the halls,~
~But it's not like Christmas at all,~
Watching as Quatre walked off, Duo continued to trace the patterns, marvelling at the pseudo-snowflake marks. //So, no getting drunk to give myself a headache big enough that I won't think about him. Wonder if anyone is willing to help me... no... God, no! What the hell am I thinking? I don't want anyone but Heero, and I don't want to pull anyone from anyone else. So, I'm screwed, figuratively, not literally, even if that baka does come back! He doesn't want me... no one does.//
~I remember when you were here and all fun that we had last year~
//Even last Christmas... I at least got to say that I was with Heero Yuy, even if they did have to take it the wrong way to get what I wished was true. Damn it. I'm falling hard for a guy who won't even stick around for Christmas!//
~Christmas, the snow's coming down, now I'm watching it fall,~
~All the people around, baby, please come home,~
~Baby, baby, baby, please come home, baby, please come home,~
~Now I'm feeling all alone, baby, please, baby, please,~
~Won't you please, I'm feeling all alone, baby, please I'm all alone,~
With a sigh, Duo wrapped his arms around his knees. //Come back, Heero. You didn't say if you would or wouldn't... But, please...//
~I'm all alone, the snow's coming down,~
~I'm all alone, the snow's coming down, baby, please come home~
Owari. ^__~
Jenny&Kimmie
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