Somehow, the night had become all intruding, and Duo, the boy who could sleep through anything, couldn't sleep at all. He had tossed an turned until the bedsheets had become twisted and threatened to cut off the circulation to his legs. He kept turning to look at Heero in the next bed, watching him sleep, listening to him breathe. Duo sighed as softly as he could and gently stood, trying desperately to not wake his partner. The floor creaked softly at Duo's light footsteps and he cursed them for even making a sound.
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"Damn..." he sighed softly as the figure in the bed beside him shifted but instead of turning over and chastising him, Heero snorted softly and continued sleeping. ::Heero must be pretty tired to sleep through that sound....:: thought Duo as he silently slipped out of the door. ::Musta been one hell of a mission!:: He had started off the day with accompanying Heero on a mission; nothing new, just trying to blow up another OZ base. Duo was just supposed to watch Heeo's back as he got in and planted a virus in their computer system. It hadn't taken very long for him to do it, but Duo was made to wait and watch as he set his own broken bones from the fight he had gotten into while getting out.
Duo slipped in to the kitchen, the tile floor feeling cold to his bare feet. He opened the refrigerator and his stomach grumbled wildly. Pulling out various sandwich makings, he set about the happy task of feeding himself. As he sliced, his mind kept drifting back to Heero. Duo smiled as he sat down at the table and bit into his sandwich, both from the food and from the thought of his partner. He laughed softly as he propped his feet up on the table and leaned back in his chair. ::Quatre's cook is gonna kill me for this:: Duo thought to himself as he looked around the kitchen surveying the damage with a smirk. ::Not too bad...:: he thought as he looked at the large trail of crumbs on the counter and the floor, tomato juice drippings in a puddle on the counter, lettuce and water next to it and a jumbled mess in the sink. He snickered and grabbed a rag from the sink and made a half-hearted attempt at cleaning up. Again, as he was wiping off the counter, his thoughts strayed to Heero.
::GOD, get out of my HEAD already!!:: Duo thought to himself. He was about to scream. The past few days had been sheer torture, watching Heero all the time and having his thoughts infiltrated by the offending figure.
"Duo..." said a familiar voice. Duo turned to see the object of his madness standing in the doorway, tousled dark hair and prussian blue orbs flashing sleepily. "Can't sleep, ne?"
"Did I wake you up?" Duo said quickly. "I'm sorry. I didn't want to wake you. Do you want something to eat? That's all I needed, some food to calm the nerves. Makes the body nice and warm and ready for bed!" Duo smiled his trademark goofy smile, hoping that Heero wouldn't see the crazed look in his eyes.
"Baka" was all Heero said as he looked at the food. he pulled out the knife and began slicing the bread for his own sandwich. He neatly cleaned his mess up, leaving no trace he was there before sitting down at the table in front of Duo and began chewing on the sandwich.
Duo blinked. Heero was staring at him with the same face, save for one difference; his eyes were sparkling. "Heero?" Duo asked tentatively, hoping the boy across from him hadn't gone mad and would go through with the ever present threat of "ome o kurosu." The boy across from him just raised an eyebrow and continued chewing. "Did I wake you up or could you not sleep either?" Duo asked.
"You woke me up." Heero said between bites.
"Oh." Duo wasn't sure if Heero was mad at him or not. "Ya mad?"
"No."
"Good, I'm glad! Does this mean I can wake you up in the middle of the night more often?" Duo said cheerfully, a smile passing over his sleepy face, and then suddenly replaced by a wide eyed shock as a second raised eyebrow brought a red blush to his cheeks, betraying his thoughts. Heero put the sandwich down and reached a hand over the table. Duo flinched, expecting a punch to land on his jaw, and started as he felt a hand pat his cheek. Duo opened his eyes to see Heero laughing at him.
"Weren't you listening when I called you a baka? You may not be a blatant flirt, but I can figure these things out eventually." The hand on Duo's cheek strayed down to his jaw and Heero's thumb pressed into Duo's lips. Duo closed his eyes and savored the sensation. He was floating on it and was dimly aware of himself being pulled across the table towards the object of his obsession. Quite suddenly, the thumb was replaced by a pair of warm lips caressing his. For a moment, time stopped and then the lips let go.
Duo opened his eyes slowly, hoping that he really was sitting in the kitchen. in front of him were a pair of prussian blue orbs closer than he ever hoped they would be. "Oi...." Duo sighed, speechless for once. His mind reeled and his heart pounded from the blue eyes burning into his soul. "What about Relena?" he gasped and then cursed his own stupidity. ::Idiot!:: he thought to himself. ::He doesn't want to hear about that now!::
"The peace of the world may depend on her, but I'm not attracted to her." Heero said in a rather matter-of-fact voice as he settled back into the chair across from Duo.
Duo suddenly burst out laughing. This was too perfect. The absurdity of the situation hit him full force and he began rolling around on the table laughing. Heero caught his shoulder as he landed on his back, and swiftly pressed him down with one forearm. Heero's face was upside down, making the smile that played on his lips look like some sort of distorted frown. Duo's laughter was not silenced by the kiss, only muffled. Heero released him and then shoved him off the table with one hand. Duo fell to the floor in a laughing heap, and then felt Heero pull on his arm.
"Duo?" Heero said as he pulled him to his feet. "Are you done down here, not being able to sleep?"
"Yup!" Duo said, and quickly planted a kiss on Heero's lips. He wrapped his arms around the Japanese pilot's waist and followed him up the stairs. Insomnia was a good thing sometimes after all....