22-Apr-2003
The inspiring picture is this one.
Heero had been fully dressed and ready to go for over a half an hour. Duo had told him he was just being anxious about his first day with Preventers, but Heero suspected their mornings might always be like this - him ready and waiting on a still half-naked Duo. Duo had finally added socks and shoes to the slacks, but the attire ended there. Now he was standing before the bathroom mirror, arms raised to the back of his head, parting his hair into segments of three. So, it was only right - given Duo's earlier help with tying his tie - that Heero stepped up behind him, slapped his hands away and said, "I'll do it."
Duo looked over his shoulder at Heero and gave him a crooked grin. He knew, as Heero did, that he didn't have one clue how to actually do this. However, Heero figured that since he watched, spellbound, as Duo nimbly worked his hair more times than he could count, then he could certainly figure it out.
Besides, how hard could it be?
He had to restart three times. Duo assured him that was the trickiest part - starting - and once he passed the base of his skull, it would be smooth sailing after that.
Heero smiled. Duo's patience was impressive. He could have whipped through this and been on to brushing his teeth and grabbing his shirt several minutes ago, yet he waited. He stood there, arms crossed over his bare chest and a contented expression on his face as Heero plaited past his nape and found - as predicted - it was indeed easy from there on out.
As Heero came to the end, he reached out and grabbed a tie off the bathroom counter. A few snaps of the clothed rubber and he'd finished Duo's braid. Duo turned around then, smiling, and leaned close to leave a lingering kiss on Heero's lips. Heero shivered for the heat that rushed through his body at that seductive touch.
"Thanks," Duo said in a low voice, a wicked gleam in his eyes as he pulled back before Heero could wrap his arms around him. Then Duo turned away and sauntered out of the bathroom.
Heero let out a long, slow breath as he watched Duo walk away. He wanted little more than to take off after him and draw him back into his arms and carry that kiss much further. Only, time didn't allow for that this morning...and, he realized, Duo knew that too.
He had just been teased.
Heero grinned. Damn, but he had an interesting day before him.
The End
(:./devaki/inout2)
