- -6 years later - -
A lonely figure silently jogged on the path along the Charles River of Boston. Her shoulder length golden hair trailing behind her as the rising sun from the far east started to brighten the sky. Sweat slowly rolled down the woman's temple but was ignored. Driven by her goal, the woman neglected the cramp in her leg as well and jogged on.
Only 2 miles away from the river, rays of early sunshine sneaked through the closed shades of a red brick apartment building, reaching as far as the wooden drawers near the window. The rest of the room, including a black cat lazily napping on top of a 19-inch computer monitor, remained in the darkness.
Everything was peaceful until a radio promptly started to blast at 8 Am in the morning. A DJ's almost too cheerful voice came out of the tiny black box, counting down top 10 list of pop music.
The noise totally destroyed the peaceful scene just seconds earlier. But thankfully, the black cat was not bothered by the noise at all. It half-opened its eyes and threw a neutral glance at the mysterious black box. After acknowledging the source of the noise, it simply stretched and yarned before it rested his head back on the warm monitor.
However, the humans in the room were not so fortunate.
Carefully removing the arm draping over his bare chest, Heero Yuy turned his body and shut off the radio alarm swiftly. He agilely landed his feet on the carpet, getting ready to head for the bathroom.
But it was still too late. The other body on the bed stirred and moaned. "Hee-chan.... It's Saturday for God's sake...." The violet eyes blinked open. "After last night, you shouldn't be able to ...."
Heero leaned toward the man next to him and interrupted him with a kiss. "Go back to sleep, Duo."
"Are you mocking me?" Fully awaked, Duo smirked. "Don't you dare think that you have more stamina than I do!" The longhaired man grabbed the brown-haired man, pulling him back on the bed.
"Duo, you know I go morning jogging every day." Heero mildly struggled but his lover was too persistent to let him go.
Duo grinned. "And I thought that last night I had made sure that you wouldn't wake up this morning" The violet-eyed man evilly licked the bare skin in his embrace. "I guess I underestimated you." The tip of his tongue teased the sensitive nipple.
Heero let out a moan as he felt his love's hand systematically moved down to his lower body. "Duo..." His legs went weak while his heart beat wildly. "I need.........."
"Gladly, Hee-chan." Duo purred, his hand quickly removed the offending black spandex.
"No..." Heero threw his head back as he felt Duo's hands touched his manhood. "I meant..... I need to go...." He whimpered.
"I can't hear you." Duo smirked and flipped his body expertly, landing on top of his lover in a smooth motion. His long chestnut hair trailed down Heero's bare chest, sending the boy under him a shiver. "I want you." Duo whispered into his ears before he gently nibbled on the skin-covered soft cartilages. His hand wrapped around the harden flesh, feeling the warmth and smoothness. Duo sighed in pleasure while he started to pump.
Heero arched his back, causing his head to bury deeper into the soft mattress. ".... And I need to go to library to....." The words mixed with moans of pleasure.
"Relax Hee-chan." Duo opened the drawer of the nightstand nearby, retrieving a tube of lube. He coated his fingers generously with the creamy liquid. "shh.. relax..." He slowly inserted his fingers into Heero's tight entrance.
Heero gasped. He unconsciously held his breath as he felt the finger inside him stretched and probed. When the second finger entered, he dug his hands into the bed sheet. He spread his legs even more as he felt the fingers touch a part of him that triggered a feeling of heavenly pleasure. Heero automatically lifted his hip up, his movement synchronized with Duo's pumping.
Duo chuckled. He withdrew his hands and quickly took off his own black boxer. Positioning himself between Heero's legs, he made a quick thrust into Heero. "God! Heero!" Duo let out a scream as he enjoyed the warmth and tightness around his manhood. His one hand anchored on Heero's shoulder while the other continued to pump Heero's hardened flesh.
The two moved as one. Every thrust had precisely hitting Heero's hot spot, causing the man to moan in pleasure. It was perfect. It was overwhelming. "AHHH!!!" Heero let out a moan as he spilled his seeds onto Duo's flat stomach.
"HEERO!" Duo screamed and came only seconds later. With his hot fluid filled up the body below him, he laid on top of Heero, feeling the warmth radiating from the body and listening to the steady heartbeat.
The two lied on the bed in peace and comfort for a good period of time before Heero slowly twisted his body out of Duo's embrace. He placed a gentle kiss on Duo.
"Taking shower?" Duo lazily asked. His body heavily sank into the soft mattress.
Heero nodded and gather up towels.
"I would come in with you but... " Duo buried his head into the pillow. "I think the workout was a bit too much..."
--- ten minutes later---
"EEEEEHHH!? You are still going?!" Partially sitting on the bed naked, Duo shook his head in disbelief as he watched Heero stepped out of the shower and quickly dressed for his morning jogging exercise.
"Be back by noon." Heero threw a smile at Duo before he gently closed the door.
* * *
"Why are you up so early, love?" Still dressing in his nightgown, Quatre Winner set a cup of freshly made coffee on the tabletop before he pulled a chair and sat down next to his husband.
Trowa Barton signed the document before him with a neat signature. "Just finishing up before the flight."
Quatre placed his head on Trowa's shoulder and closed his eyes. "When is it?"
"At 10."
Quatre sighed. "You have been traveling too much. You just came home 1 month ago and you are leaving again?"
Trowa tenderly ran his hands up and down Quatre's back. "I am sorry, love, you know it's not easy to fund raising for orphanage."
"My company can help you out.... I.."
Trowa placed his finger on Quatre's lips, silencing him. "I am also doing this to raise people's attention about orphan problems. You have already helped so much."
Quatre smiled. "Just let me know if there is any problem, I can pull some strings."
Trowa sealed their lips together. "Don't worry, love. I will be fine." Trowa kissed Quatre again on the forehead and his fingers interlaced with his husband's golden hair. "You already called up Heero and Duo about my visiting Boston?"
"Hum..." Quatre purred in contentment. "I already told them that we will be in Boston next Tuesday. They said they will take us to this really nice Italian restaurant."
"Us?"
"Yeah.. I decide to fly up to Boston for a few days too. It's been 3 years since I last saw them."
"Aren't they busy? They have thesis to finish. Graduation is coming soon, isn't it?"
Quatre smiled. "Nothing can beat Heero. He is a perfectionist. He always completes his task."
"With Duo's influence?" Trowa shook his head. "I still can't believe MIT actually admitted Duo. With his GPA, they probably think they got a student with an IQ of a third year old."
"Duo proved his intelligence when he hacked into their computer." Quatre laughed. "It was in the news for awhile. Some mysterious high school kid making all computers on MIT campus login screen a smiley face."
Drinking his coffee, Trowa smiled. "Typical of Duo."
"Good thing that the MIT people has weird sense of humor and accepted him too."
Trowa nodded in agreement. "It's been 6 years....So they would get their Masters soon?"
"PhD." Quatre corrected his husband. "Duo will be graduating with a electrical engineering degree and Heero will be finishing up with a computer science degree."
"Yes. I forgot we are talking about Heero and Duo."
"You think they are as happy as we do?" Quatre buried his head into Trowa's chest.
"I know they are."
* * *
Heero kept his breathing even as he jogged by the Charles River. As the weather is a bit chilly for an early May, there weren't too many people out exercising. The narrow path along Charles River ran about 4 miles. It was nicely paved while the trees and flowers planted on the side. Benches were set up every few hundred feet so that people could take a break and enjoy the view.
Heero was no different. He stopped at one of these benches and gazed at the river. A few crew boats were gliding on the surface of the water as the people on the boat synchronized their paddle movements. The boats moved as if it was a living creature while a small crowd of people on the bridge cheered on.
Heero leaned on the benches and reached for the water battle around his waist. He poured the water down his thirsty throat before he was disturbed by a painful shout.
"Oh."
Tearing his eyes away from the peaceful scene, Heero turned toward the origin of the shout. He saw a young woman a few feet in front of him collapsed on the ground. "Are you okay?" He sat the water battle on the bench and walked swiftly toward the woman who looked about his age.
"I think I sprang my ankle." The fallen woman on the ground painfully rubbed her feet.
Heero kneeled next to her and examined the swollen ankle. "Can you walk?"
She struggled to get up but failed. She lifted her head and locked her pale blue eyes with Heero's. "I don't think I could."
Heero slid his arms under the woman's arm, helping her to get to her feet. "How far is your home?"
The girl pointed east. "Just a few miles. Near Harvard Square."
Heero nodded. Picking up the girl's fallen walkman, he walked the girl toward the pointed direction.
"Thank you so much for your help." The girl smiled. "Er... Mr.?"
"Heero."
"Thank you, Heero." The girl smiled even more. "My name is Relena by the way."
* * *
Duo stepped out of the shower with a towel dangerously hanging at his waist. While drying his long chestnut hair with another piece of small towel, he opened the refrigerator door.
The black cat sneaked behind Duo and licked Duo's bare leg.
"Shinigami!" Duo jumped, nearly dropping the milk in his hand. "You are supposed to be a cat, not a dog!" Duo rubbed his leg. "And MY God! Don't you know your tongue is rough?"
The black cat sat on the ground. It looked up expectantly at the longhaired man.
"Hai, Hai." Duo shook his head in defeat and poured the milk into the cat's dish. "Shh.. just don't tell Heero ne?" Duo mumbled. "Don't know what article he read..... saying that milk is actually bad for cats....."
The black cat purred and started to drink the milk.
Duo smiled. He retrieved a bowl and a box of cereals. "Shinigami, what would Heero say if I start giving you cereals?"
The cat ignored Duo and continued drinking the milk.
"Do you know what I love about Heero?" Duo sat down, still facing the cat. "He was always so serious! It was so fun to tease him just about anything. Just by feeding you milk will get some reaction outta him." Duo smiled. "I just loved the way his eyebrow locked together and his lips curled up. He is so cute you know? Even when he is mad." Duo poured the milk into his bowl filled with colorful cereals. "But when he smiled, it was even better. Gods.... I could.."
*/ Ring Ring Ring......*/
"Shinigami, would you get the phone please?"
The cat ignored Duo yet again. It was starting to licked off the dish clean.
"One of these days, I will have to train you to answer the phone." Duo sighed. Throwing the wet towel on the table, he started to walk toward the phone. "Hello?" The towel at the waist was still dangerously low.
"Shinigami." A calm male voice came through the phone. "Heero Yuy is in danger."
Duo froze. The violet eyes suddenly darkened. "Who are you?" Duo controlled himself and calmly asked.
"Relena Peacecraft is after him." The voice on the other end of the phone ignored the question and continued to give out more information.
"WHO. ARE. YOU." Raged, Duo shouted into the phone. The black cat arched its back in alarm, not accustomed to the sudden anger from its owner.
"They are heading toward Harvard Square." With that, the mysterious man hanged up the phone.
Duo stared blankly into the white wall of his apartment. The phone was still at his ears, ringing with the mechanical sound of disconnection.
The black cat relaxed and stared at its owner.
Duo let the phone slid off his hand. "Shinigami, I need you."
* * *