untitled Fic

Heero woke in the middle of the night, suddenly aware that something wasn't 
right.

"Duo?" he asked.

The braided pilot lie there, quietly. Too quietly. 

"Duo?" Heero asked in alarm. "Duo, wake up! Please! For God's sake, please wake 
up."

Heero's mind began to race. //You fool! You moron! You had the greatest treasure 
the world has to offer in your grasp and you let it slip through you fingers 
because you couldn't say three simple words. He's gone and he doesn't know you 
loved him!//

Duo opened his eyes. "I'm awake, Heero. What's wrong? Usually I'm the one with 
nightmares."

"No nightmare." Heero said. "Just thought I lost you for a moment." He held Duo 
close, placing a kiss on his forehead. "Let's go for a stroll." he suggested. "I 
have something to tell you."

He lead Duo out of the room without looking back. 




Five minutes after the front door closed, noiselessly, downstairs, Quatre felt a 
sense of loss. With tears in his eyes, he went into Heero and Duo's room. Duo 
was lying, motionless, on his bed, looking far too pale. Heero was on the floor, 
slumped over the bed, a hand clutching Duo's shoulder, as if he'd been trying to 
wake him. Quatre shook his head, sadly and went to tell Trowa and Wufei the sad 
news.

In the morning it would be determined that Duo's appendix had burst hours 
earlier, and that he and the others had mistaken the pain of peritonitis for 
injuries caused by OZ soldiers while he'd been taken prisoner. Heero's death 
would be chalked-up to unknown causes, though Quatre would insist to anyone who 
asked that Heero Yuy had died of a broken heart.

For now, for the human-born angel the world called Quatre Raberba Winner, there 
as only grief, pain, and the arms of the boy he loved holding him as they both 
shed tears for the loss of their friends. 




"What is it you wanted to tell me?" Duo asked, looking up at Heero ask they 
strolled along the coastline.

Heero looked into Duo's eyes and saw the stars reflected in them, spellbound, he 
touched his lips to Duo's. "I love you." he whispered. 

-----Owari-----