28-Dec-2000
Category: songfic, romance, sap
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: 2+R, 4+3, 1+?
Spoilers: None
Warnings: language
Feedback: C&C
Notes: Well at the assistance of KwyckSylver, I bring you another Duo & Relena story. This time around the music instead of being Pink Floyd, comes from The Cure off of The X-Files Soundtrack. I suspect this is my weakest fic, but I don't think there's anything else I can do with it. Enjoy? This can be considered a sequel to Take It Back.
[--song lyrics--]
Disclaimer: Gundam Wing and its characters belongs to Bandai, Sunrise and Sotsu Agency and are only being used for non profit entertainment purposes.
[For a second of your life
Tell me that it's true
Waiting for a sign
It's all I want of you
Your heart hides a secret
A promise of what is
Something more than this]
I still haven't pinpoint the exact moment when I realized that my feelings for Relena went deeper than just sex. Although on the plus side, I no longer have fatalistic feelings about our relationship. Neither one of us bring up H.Y.'s name with apprehension anymore. Now that I'm not so weirded out I figured it was time I told her my feelings in the coolest way possible.
We've been together for almost a year. This is the longest relationship I've ever had. It's strange. I figured we wouldn't last longer than a few weeks. Well Relena can be a stubborn girl, not that I can't be stubborn too. However, since I'm always accused of having the attention span of a gnat, I figured one of us would be bored with the other after a few weeks. Being true to my nature, I tried everything I could to make her leave me. It all failed. She would just smile and tell me she loved me. I know I'm a moron not to trust in that love but there you have it. A creature of habit. Okay, a creature of habit, no more. Just a moron in love.
[Just a second of your time
Anyone will do
A taste of any other
Is all I want from you
Offer me the world
And how can I resist
Something more than this]
Could it be because our time together is always limited? It's not an easy life when you have to sneak every precious moment together. Her schedule doesn't allow her much freedom and if I'm stuck on a case for the Preventers, I can be gone for long periods of time. I offered to relieve Heero of some his Relena bodyguard duties. I didn't take every assignment, since we didn't want to be obvious that the off duty bodyguarding was much more fun. Heero thought I took the occasional duty in lieu of some "big favor" which I hadn't asked him for yet. I let him believe that. Hey, that 'when is the other shoe going to drop' look he'd given me at times was just priceless.
I don't think there's a room in Parliament or in her mansion we haven't had sex in. Before you give me that look, I should tell you, most of the time it was Rey's idea. Who knew she was such a hentai, NOT that I'm complaining. I've loved every minute, every position. It's only sad when we have to squeeze the time between her appointments or my assignments.
[Make believe in magic
Make believe in dreams
Make believe impossible
Nothing as it seems
To see, touch, taste, smell, hear
But never know if it's real
(Never know if it's real)]
I decided it was time to follow through on a promise I made to her early in our relationship. The promise was to go away somewhere together on a vacation. No interruptions, no real life to get in the way of our time together. Easier said then done. In the past I would dangle that carrot to see if she was sincere in wanting to be with me. Not a lot of people want to be with me longer than a few days. I know Hilde was ready to kill me after a month together. And Heero ... well, we're talking Heero here.
I figured if anyone would know where to find a deserted locale it would be Quatre. So one day, I tried to ask in a roundabout way where I could find such a place.
"You are looking to spend time alone with Relena?" Quatre asked looking as innocent as freshly driven snow.
I almost choked on my tea. "Wh-- what are you talking about?"
"You and Relena, you're a couple aren't you?"
"What makes you think that?" I asked thinking back on any time I might have said or done anything that slipped up and revealed our affair.
"I seem to remember that you and Relena vanished for some time that Governor's ball months ago. And you've been taking quite a few assignments protecting Relena. Am I off base here?" He asked.
I couldn't lie, of course. Dammit. "Is it that obvious? Have the other guys figured this out?" I groaned.
"Nope, just me," he smiled.
"Not even Trowa? You haven't ratted me out to your koibito?" I asked.
"Trowa hasn't asked and I haven't mentioned it. Why are you keeping it a secret?"
"That has to do with the fact that if the girl even sneezes it makes the evening news. You won't tell the others will you? I am trying to keep this low profile."
"Duo, I think you're crazy to keep it from us, but I'll honor your request," Quatre said seriously.
[For a second of your life
Tell me if it's true
Anywhere we are
It's all I want of you
Your lips lies a secret
A promise of a kiss
Of something more than this]
"Just how do you think this can be accomplished, Duo?" Relena asked snuggled firmly against my chest during one of my off-duty bodyguarding sessions. "The only way no one would not know where I was, would be if I were kidnapped or something."
"Don't worry, Rey. I have a cunning plan," I said with an evil smile.
"No."
"Come on Heero! It would be easy. The press already thinks of you as Relena's boyfriend. All you need to do is pose for photo-ops at one place while the real Relena is hundreds of miles away," I said.
"Who could we trust to play Relena?" Heero reasoned.
"Hilde."
"Hilde doesn't look anything like Relena, baka!"
"Hear me out Heero. Relena and Hilde have similar builds. We just throw a blonde wig on Hilde. You to go out for brief photo-ops until--"
"Won't the paparazzi notice Hilde doesn't look anything like Relena?" Heero interrupted.
"They won't get that close. You'll get the long lens treatment. Besides what are you bitching about you and Hilde get a free vacation out of this," I smiled.
"What am I suppose to talk to Hilde about for a week?" Heero asked.
"I don't know. Maybe you don't have to talk to each other much at all."
"Hn. Mission accepted."
[Just a second of your time
Anyone will do
To know any other
Is all I want from you
Giving me the world
Now I can't resist
Something more than this]
The beach was deserted as Quatre promised. It was damn tough to get to. I'm surprised we weren't given a St. Bernard with a small keg of whisky under its neck it was so difficult to get to. But I won't complain. We made it here in one piece barely. (Note to self: Tell Quatre to build a landing strip on this island.) We're together that was the important part.
"I can't believe you think Hilde looks anything like me!" Relena fumed.
"Like I told Heero, the cameras won't get that close."
"Yes, but Hilde is built like a boy. She's flat chested and practically anorexic."
"I got her a padded bra. She'll be fine, now are you going to give me a kiss or will we just fight about Hilde for the entire week?" I asked.
"Why didn't you two work out?" Relena asked, not giving into my persuasive charms.
"Is that what all of this is really about? Hilde?" I asked trying not to laugh. I'm not stupid. I know laughing will only set her off (and not in a good way).
"Well?" Relena asked with her blue eyes flashing angrily at me.
"I've always thought of Hilde as a sister. We are friends and have only been friends. We had one failed attempt at making it into more but we didn't get very far before we realized it all felt wrong," I said, pulling Rey close to me. "So maybe I'm not attracted to flat chested, anorexic girls."
"I'm sorry I'm being such a bitch. This isn't the time or place. We have a week alone together in the middle of nowhere. And I ..."
"Nope. Let me," I interrupted.
"Let you what?" She asked confused.
"Say it first for a change. I love you, Rey," I said with a grin.
She blinked. "I love you too, Duo. Now about that nickname you've given me..."
"Don't you like it?"
"It's weird. Ray? Isn't that a man's name?" She inquired.
"Sure it could be. But I chose the name Rey for a few reasons. However, since you don't like the name, maybe I won't mention them," I sniffed.
"You've got my curiosity up. What reasons?" Relena asked.
"Well, if I say I'm seeing someone named Rey, everyone will assume it's a man," I started.
"Okay, reasonable. What are the other reasons?"
"Here's where it gets sappy sorry. Rey was chosen because you are. You are my Rey of light, my Rey of hope, my Rey of sunshine. I wasn't joking before I really love you," I said waiting for her reaction. I wasn't expecting tears.
"Dammit Duo! Rey is a beautiful name. I accept it with the love that is behind it," Relena said before giving me a deep, weepy kiss.
[Make believe in magic
Make believe in dreams
Make believe impossible
Nothing as it seems
Never really understand
What anything means
(What anything means)]
Heero and Hilde stood on the deck of a yacht, while helicopters buzzed overhead.
"How much longer do you think we have to stand out here?" Heero asked irritated.
"I don't know, probably a few more minutes. This wig is fucking hot, and I won't even go into how annoying these falsies are," Hilde grumbled.
"The things we do out of friendship, ne?" Heero asked, suppressing a smile. He was still irritated but he knew Hilde had it worse. She had to impersonate Relena. He guessed at a distance she could pass for the former Queen of the World.
"Oh screw it, Heero," Hilde said walking towards Heero. "Let's give the reporters something to print, ne?" She kissed him. She mentally counted to ten hoping that would be enough time for the paparazzi in the sky to get the shot. Of course, what she failed to notice right away was that the kiss was changing. Heero who initially stood immobile and shocked by Hilde's action decided to join in the fun. He snaked his tongue out to trace Hilde's soft lips. She didn't respond at first, but when she noticed she let out a soft gasp that Heero took as an invitation to slide his tongue inside her mouth.
[Another second of my life
Not knowing if it's true
Make believe in nothing
Is all I want of you
Whisper me a secret
Whisper me there is
Always something other
Something more than this]
While Relena and I laid about after a round of skinny dipping, we both heard the noise from the sky.
"Damn! They've found us!" Relena said grabbing her towel to wrap around her body.
"Crap!" I fumed before noticing it was a plane with WEI emblem on the plane's tail. "Wait, Rey. I think this is Quatre."
We stood at the shore looking up in the sky as a box dropped from the plane and the plane flew off to the west. We walked over to the box and opened it.
Inside was a video tape and a small player.
I put the tape in the player and pressed play.
Quatre's face appeared on the player. "Hi guys, not to spoil your fun, but I thought you two would get a kick out of this..."
The screen changed to show Heero and "Relena" on a yacht kissing. The reporters speculated when the pair would become formally engaged.
Relena and I laughed.
"Hey, what do you know? At a distance she does look a little like me!" Relena continued to snicker.
"Remind me to play this for Heero when we get back. Just make sure I'm wearing really good running shoes though!"
OWARI
(:./babaca/morethan)
