Title: Le Petit Prince
Author: NaNa (VelvtWhipLasher@icqmail.com)
Category: ooc, sap, deathfic, angst
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: No~ no~ no~ no-no-no~ no~ no-no-no-no~<--Smarf!!>
Note: Has a hint of shonen-ai but it is not. We do not know what Duo's thinking because it's in Quatre's view..^^;; This was my birthday present for Nazarri~^^
//this// indicates thoughts.
On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur
-Le renard-
Quatre stood in front of an abandoned grave. Despite all the weeds sticking in and out of places, the air seemed to be quite peaceful. He cleaned out the area, put the tombstone in the right place and then placed a rose down in front of it.
"Hey, it's me ? Quatre. Today is the first day we met."
Flashback:
"Father, I do not wish to go," Quatre stated stubbornly. Mr. Winner sighed as he rubbed his forehead.
"Quatre, I want you to go to the orphanage with me. I want to show you one of the things you need to do when you take up the Winner Corporation after me."
"But Father! This is charity! I do not have to be there to see you out money!" Quatre turned around. He could not understand why his father was always being such an uptight person. Mr. Winner frowned.
"Quatre, this is your last chance. If you disobey me and stay today, I will cut off all your access to your money for a mon.."
"You would not do that to me," Quatre cut him off.
"Young man, you will not interrupt me while I'm talking. And yes, I would. I've done it before and I can do it again. Now, go get yourself ready."
Quatre sat in the corner with his arms crossed while Mr. Winner was busy talking with the head master of the orphanage. He hated this place. Quatre sighed. He didn't give a damn about these orphans. When he go home, he was going to somehow make his father apologize to him.
"Excuse me," a voice rang out. Quatre looked up and found himself staring at a person with a long braid. The person gave Quatre a shy smile. "Are you, the little prince?" Quatre blinked couple of times. Quatre stared at the cobalt blue eyes. Who was this creature? Was it a man or woman? Who these days asks a person if he was the little prince?
"Are you a girl or a boy?" Quatre asked. The figure smiled.
"A lot of people ask me that. I'm a boy." Quatre stared at him. But he can't be a boy! He was so feminine! "So," the boy looked at Quatre with hopeful eyes. "Are you the little prince?"
End Flashback.
Quatre sat next to the grave.
"That's how we first met. You asked me if I was the little prince," Quatre chuckled a bit. "I never liked anyone. But when you came to me that day, I had fallen in love." //I thought you were an angel//
Flashback:"Hello, Father. How was your day?" Quatre asked politely. Mr. Winner gave Quatre a funny look.
"Quatre, are you feeling okay?"
"Yes, I am perfectly fine. Why do you ask?" Quatre answered curtly. Mr. Winner gave Quatre an uneasy look and shook his head.
"Oh, nothing. So Quatre," Mr. Winner leaned forward. "I wanted to adopt a boy from that orphanage and take care of him," Mr. Winner paused to see his son's reaction. "I was wondering if you had anyone in your mind." Immediately, Quatre thought of the boy with a long braid.
"There was this boy.."
The boy's eyes widened when he saw the house. He tapped on the driver's shoulder.
"Is that the place I will be living from now on?" The driver smiled.
"You are correct, Duo-sama." Duo's eyes widened and waved his arms in denial.
"Duo-sama? Don't call me that, Mr. Rashid. I do not deserve that. Please, call me Duo."
"Okay, but you must call me Rashid," Rashid chuckled.
"Ah, Duo! Welcome to Winner's Estate," Mr. Winner welcomed Duo. Duo answered with a shy smile.
"It is an honor to stay at your house? I won't fail your trust," Duo said with a determined look. This of course, impressed Mr. Winner greatly.
"Ah, anyway, let me introduce you to my son." Duo turned around and he was in for a surprise.
"Little prince?" Duo sputtered. Quatre ignored Duo's questioning look and extended his hand.
"I'm Quatre-Raberba-Winner."
End Flashback.
Quatre chuckled.
"You never found out that I was the reason why my father chose you to bring to our house." //It's better that way// Quatre stared at the grave. "Remember the time Dad told us to take swimming lessons because he thought we needed to make use of the swimming pool?"
Flashback:
"Yes, Quatre! Very good! You are a natural!" Winner Estate's private coach praised Quatre after he finished a lap. Quatre nodded at him. Coach turned around to look at Duo on the other side of the pool. "Duo! Come on, swim! Show me what you've got!" Duo stared at the water with a worried look.
"Coach Zechs, I don't know how to swim" Coach Zechs smiled at Duo's reply.
"It's okay. Quatre had done it. Just try it. Water is your friend." Quatre snorted. His coach can be really gay. Duo smiled timidly and dipped his foot into the water. Coach Zechs dived in and swam toward the center. "Come on, Duo. You can do it!" Duo hesitated a bit but started to move his arms. Coach Zechs clapped. "That's it! You are swimming! Now keep your head up and pedal your feet so you won't sink! Duo!" Duo's head disappeared. There were only water bubbles. Coach Zechs swam as fast as he could and picked Duo up from the bottom of the pool. Duo coughed up water. "It's okay, Duo. I've got you. Hold on to me," Coach Zechs said with a soothing voice. Duo clung to his shoulder as if it was his lifeline. Quatre watched them from the other end of the pool, his eyes burning with jealousy.
Quatre watched Duo practice alone in the pool from the distance. //Duo shouldn't be by himself when he can't swim// Duo finally got out and picked up his cross. //He looks pale// Yes, indeed - he was pale and his breaths were ragged. Duo stood still for a moment, breathing deeply, then bent down to pick up his towel. Duo looked as if he was going to faint. His legs were shaky. Suddenly, Duo staggered and fell into the pool. //Duo! No!// Without any time to waste, Quatre dived into the pool with all his clothes on. He could see Duo lying on the floor. Quatre picked Duo up. //He's unconscious// Quatre started to swim when he saw Duo's cross shine from the distance. //He'll be sad if he doesn't have that when he wakes up//
Duo woke up and found himself lying on the floor. He turned and saw Quatre's back.
"Quatre?" Quatre turned around at the summon of this name. //Thank God! He's alive!// "Quatre what happened?" Duo asked with a weak voice.
"You fell into the pool and almost drowned," Quatre replied coldly. //Do you know how worried I was? Had anything happened to you..//
"You saved me, then." Quatre turned around to see Duo smiling at him. "Thank you, Quatre, for saving my life." Quatre blushed a bit.
"Yeah, well, here, take this," Quatre handed Duo his cross and turned around to hide his reddened face.
"My cross! I cannot thank you enough!" Duo wrapped his arms around Quatre and hugged him tight from the back. Quatre felt his heart pounding really fast. //Oh my God! Duo's hugging me!// He couldn't believe it. Should he be happy or sad? Duo let go of Quatre. They sat in silence. Suddenly, Quatre turned his head and kissed Duo on the cheek then quickly switched back to his original position. //I'm so embarrassed// Duo smiled and leaned on Quatre's shoulder. Quatre tensed for a second but soon was able to relax. Then he slowly bent his head and kissed Duo on his forehead.
End Flashback.
Quatre blushed as he remembered that day.
"I couldn't kiss you on the lips? I wasn't brave enough." //Besides, that kiss did not mean the same to you//
Flashback:Quatre sat on Duo's bed and watched Duo rearrange the books on the bookshelf. Duo suddenly stopped and picked up a battered piece of a book and stared at it. Then he smiled and hugged the book tight. Quatre looked at Duo with curiosity.
"Hey, Duo, what book is that?" Duo glanced at Quatre and smiled.
"My first copy of the novel, 'Le Petit Prince.'" Quatre blinked. //That's the..//
"Duo.. remember when we first met?"
"Yeah.." Duo stared at the book with dreamy eyes. Quatre hesitated. Should he ask? He wanted to know.
"Duo.. you called me 'the little prince.' And if I'm not wrong, that's the prince in that book," Quatre paused. "Why did you call me that?" Duo plopped down next to Quatre and stared at him.
"Your face." Quatre stared at Duo.
"What do you mean?" Duo ran his hand down Quatre's hair.
"I have a picture of the little prince in my heart and you look exactly like him. I could fall forever into your eyes and your hair shines like a gold. Even when you act cold, I can feel the kindness hidden deep in your heart. You are just like the little prince," Duo ran his hand down Quatre's cheek. "And your skins are so soft. And that lip of yours ? will give delight to the person you love," Duo laid his head on Quatre's lap and sighed. "You can make anyone happy. If I was a girl," Duo stared up at Quatre and whispered, "I would have fallen for you, mon petit prince."
End Flashback.
Quatre sighed.
"I never felt so happy and sad in my life. The fact that you said you would have fallen for me was the greatest. But the thing you said that you would have to be a girl tore me apart."
Flashback:
Duo and Quatre watched the sun set. Duo sighed.
"Isn't that beautiful? Little Prince loved to watch the sun set." Quatre nodded and stared at Duo. Duo looked as if he was glowing. //Simply breathtaking// Duo put his hand on Quatre's shoulder. "Quatre.."
"Hm?"
"I want to thank you for watching this with me." Quatre lowered his eyes.
"I would do anything for you." At that, Duo stared at Quatre with a questioning look.
"What do you mean? Why?"
"I mean.. and because.." Quatre grasped Duo's hand and looked straight at him. "because I love you." Duo looked surprised for a second but smiled at Quatre right away as usual.
"I love you, too."
End Flashback.
Quatre stared at the sky.
"You said you loved me? You never loved me the way I loved you. You never understood what I meant." //You never got to//
Flashback:Quatre frowned. Duo took a group of orphans to the beach. There was nothing wrong with that. The problem was that Duo was never a good swimmer. He could not focus on his paperwork. Maybe, he should have went after Duo..
"Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg!" For some reason, the sound of the phone ringing felt hollow. Filled with dread and unknown fear, Quatre picked up the phone.
Quatre stared at Duo's still body.
"A boy started to drown. Mr. Maxwell went to rescue the boy and gave him his floating device. He tried to swim back with the boy but the wave was too strong. He swallowed too much" Quatre wasn't listening to the doctor. Duo could not swim. Duo had drowned. Duo is no longer in this world. //He needed me? but where was I?//
End Flashback.
Tears trickled down Quatre's face.
"You left me. You left everyone that loved you." //Why did you drown? Why did you have to go the beach?//
Flashback:Duo stared at a rose. Quatre walked up to Duo.
"What are you thinking?" Duo continued to stare at the rose.
"Little prince had his own special rose," Duo turned to Quatre. There were pains in his eyes. "Will I.. will I ever be anyone's rose?"
End Flashback.
Quatre ran his hand down the tombstone.
"You never knew.. you were my only rose." //That's why you weren't supposed to die.. I was supposed to take care of you// Quatre shook his head. "I'm no little prince.. If I was, you'd be still alive.." Quatre watched the sunset. "Did you see that? Wasn't that beautiful?" //I'll bet that the real little prince watched it, too// Quatre wiped his tears off with his fist. //Duo.. I hope you meet the real little prince out there// Quatre stared up at the night sky.
//Good bye, my love..//
=End=
This is the full-edited version of the "le petit prince."
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