Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Digital Bath ❯ Epilogue
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By: Vinyl-Koneko 
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural / Sci-fi / Fantasy / Cyberpunk / Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 11.03.2002 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.0K | Visits: 329 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Gundam Wing Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural / Sci-fi / Fantasy / Cyberpunk / Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 11.03.2002 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.0K | Visits: 329 | Status: Completed
+Title: Digital Bath - Epilogue
+Author: Vinyl Koneko (Emily), roguegirl@att.net
+Rating: R
+Pairings: 1x2, 3x4, 5xM, 13x11, 6x9, R+1, H+2
+Warnings: AU, yaoi, cyberpunk, possibly more lime in later parts
+Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing because if I did I'd get rich auctioning it off on eBay... LOL, just kidding. I'd keep them for myself to make videos and become the real Sabintha. ^_~
+Notes: //Thought//, *emphasis*, [flashback]. Some ideas may seem similar to "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson, "The Matrix", and "Digimon", but I swear that isn't what I'm going for. "Digital Bath" is a song by The Deftones.
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I returned to my room well after dark. I paused with my hand hovering over the doorknob. There was voices coming from inside my room. I frowned. Female voices, at that. I glared through the door, pushing open the door so hard that it slammed into the wall, causing the people inside to jump.
"Heero!" It was Relena. She rushed over to my side, grabbing my arm and ushering me to sit down.
"What the hell are you doing in here?" I snapped, looking between Relena and Hilde who was leaned against the wall.
"We knew the doctors were planning to terminate the system today," Relena began, sitting on the arm of the opposite chair. "Hilde and I were talking... We're sorry, Heero, for your loss. Duo was special to us all."
"I was jealous," Hilde added. "I didn't see it as fair that you could be with Duo and I couldn't. I only felt better knowing that eventually we'd have to terminate Duo, and that was the only thing that made me feel better about not being about to let him know how much I cared."
My eyes widened in shock. "The only thing that made you feel better about not being with Duo was the fact that eventually we'd kill him?"
Hilde chewed her lip. "I'm not proud of that, okay! It wasn't until you asked me about the printer that I realized something could be done. I knew you'd go to Sally, so I spoke with her, and then Relena caught wind of the doctors going through with the termination today. We had to act."
"What are you talking about?"
The door leading to my bathroom opened, and I was glad that I was sitting because I probably would have fallen otherwise. My attention was too focused on the figure in the doorway for me to fully pay attention to what the girls were saying.
"You see, as much as I loved Duo," Hilde was still saying, "I realized that I didn't need him. I cared for him, yes, but we just weren't meant to be together. When I realized how much the two of you care for each other, it nearly broke my heart to realize how much pain you would be in."
I looked over at Hilde, disbelieving. "You got the printer to work?"
"It was a pain," Relena was smiling, "but we pretty much just followed your notes. It was stealing Duo's coding in mid-transmission to the system that was the hard part."
I looked at the figure. "You knew about this?"
His head shook, braid swaying from side-to-side. "I thought I was gone the second I activated the program."
I wanted to go up and see if he was for real, but I was afraid the second that I moved it would be a dream or a mirage and I'd still be outside on the bench in front of the hospital, wallowing in my misery.
Relena cleared her throat. "Well, perhaps we should leave you two alone."
They left silently, smiling at us the whole time. My attention was drawn back to the figure in the shadows. "Step out so I can see you." He hesitated but moved forward into the room. He never seemed so beautiful as he did right then. "Duo..." He smiled at me, and I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. "How do I know this is really happening?"
Duo kept walking closer until we stood a mere arm's length away from each other. "Well, they say that seeing is believing." He started to unbutton his shirt from the top down. "But if you're still a little skeptical..." He turned, showing me his back and lowering the shirt to his midsection. The barcode was missing.
I reached out tentatively, brushing my fingers over his shoulder blade. "Remind me," I breathed, moving closer to embrace him from behind. "Remind me to find a way to thank the girls sometime in the near future."
He turned in my embrace; I grabbed his hands in my own, stepping back a little to take him all in. Duo looked exactly the same only now he was made out of blood, flesh, and bone. I didn't doubt it for a second. I grabbed his hair, slowly unraveling it until the length was cascading down his back, free from the confining braid. Duo's eyes were focused on me, expressing nothing besides unadulterated love. There was no sorrow, no fear.
I smiled, convinced that Duo wasn't a figment of my imagination. "It looks like you're going to have to watch me grow old after all."
"Yeah, well it looks like I'm going with you, lover," he winked at me. I was caught off guard when Duo threw himself in the air at my arms, forcing me to catch him before he fell. His legs were wrapped around my waist, holding onto the sides of my face to bring my gaze up to his own. "Love you."
"I love you, too." When Duo bent down, capturing my mouth in his own, it dawned on me that recreating a society with many different cultures was going to be a long, arduous battle, but now that Duo was with us, for good, things were going to be a lot better. I moved over to the bed, lowering us down to the mattress without breaking the kiss. I couldn't help but smile at the thought of the look on the doctors' faces when they saw Duo again.
Duo broke, panting. "What are you smiling about?"
"Nothing," I lied, lowering myself to memorize every inch of Duo's body with my mouth.
*~**~*
Owari
+Author: Vinyl Koneko (Emily), roguegirl@att.net
+Rating: R
+Pairings: 1x2, 3x4, 5xM, 13x11, 6x9, R+1, H+2
+Warnings: AU, yaoi, cyberpunk, possibly more lime in later parts
+Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing because if I did I'd get rich auctioning it off on eBay... LOL, just kidding. I'd keep them for myself to make videos and become the real Sabintha. ^_~
+Notes: //Thought//, *emphasis*, [flashback]. Some ideas may seem similar to "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson, "The Matrix", and "Digimon", but I swear that isn't what I'm going for. "Digital Bath" is a song by The Deftones.
*~**~*
I returned to my room well after dark. I paused with my hand hovering over the doorknob. There was voices coming from inside my room. I frowned. Female voices, at that. I glared through the door, pushing open the door so hard that it slammed into the wall, causing the people inside to jump.
"Heero!" It was Relena. She rushed over to my side, grabbing my arm and ushering me to sit down.
"What the hell are you doing in here?" I snapped, looking between Relena and Hilde who was leaned against the wall.
"We knew the doctors were planning to terminate the system today," Relena began, sitting on the arm of the opposite chair. "Hilde and I were talking... We're sorry, Heero, for your loss. Duo was special to us all."
"I was jealous," Hilde added. "I didn't see it as fair that you could be with Duo and I couldn't. I only felt better knowing that eventually we'd have to terminate Duo, and that was the only thing that made me feel better about not being about to let him know how much I cared."
My eyes widened in shock. "The only thing that made you feel better about not being with Duo was the fact that eventually we'd kill him?"
Hilde chewed her lip. "I'm not proud of that, okay! It wasn't until you asked me about the printer that I realized something could be done. I knew you'd go to Sally, so I spoke with her, and then Relena caught wind of the doctors going through with the termination today. We had to act."
"What are you talking about?"
The door leading to my bathroom opened, and I was glad that I was sitting because I probably would have fallen otherwise. My attention was too focused on the figure in the doorway for me to fully pay attention to what the girls were saying.
"You see, as much as I loved Duo," Hilde was still saying, "I realized that I didn't need him. I cared for him, yes, but we just weren't meant to be together. When I realized how much the two of you care for each other, it nearly broke my heart to realize how much pain you would be in."
I looked over at Hilde, disbelieving. "You got the printer to work?"
"It was a pain," Relena was smiling, "but we pretty much just followed your notes. It was stealing Duo's coding in mid-transmission to the system that was the hard part."
I looked at the figure. "You knew about this?"
His head shook, braid swaying from side-to-side. "I thought I was gone the second I activated the program."
I wanted to go up and see if he was for real, but I was afraid the second that I moved it would be a dream or a mirage and I'd still be outside on the bench in front of the hospital, wallowing in my misery.
Relena cleared her throat. "Well, perhaps we should leave you two alone."
They left silently, smiling at us the whole time. My attention was drawn back to the figure in the shadows. "Step out so I can see you." He hesitated but moved forward into the room. He never seemed so beautiful as he did right then. "Duo..." He smiled at me, and I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. "How do I know this is really happening?"
Duo kept walking closer until we stood a mere arm's length away from each other. "Well, they say that seeing is believing." He started to unbutton his shirt from the top down. "But if you're still a little skeptical..." He turned, showing me his back and lowering the shirt to his midsection. The barcode was missing.
I reached out tentatively, brushing my fingers over his shoulder blade. "Remind me," I breathed, moving closer to embrace him from behind. "Remind me to find a way to thank the girls sometime in the near future."
He turned in my embrace; I grabbed his hands in my own, stepping back a little to take him all in. Duo looked exactly the same only now he was made out of blood, flesh, and bone. I didn't doubt it for a second. I grabbed his hair, slowly unraveling it until the length was cascading down his back, free from the confining braid. Duo's eyes were focused on me, expressing nothing besides unadulterated love. There was no sorrow, no fear.
I smiled, convinced that Duo wasn't a figment of my imagination. "It looks like you're going to have to watch me grow old after all."
"Yeah, well it looks like I'm going with you, lover," he winked at me. I was caught off guard when Duo threw himself in the air at my arms, forcing me to catch him before he fell. His legs were wrapped around my waist, holding onto the sides of my face to bring my gaze up to his own. "Love you."
"I love you, too." When Duo bent down, capturing my mouth in his own, it dawned on me that recreating a society with many different cultures was going to be a long, arduous battle, but now that Duo was with us, for good, things were going to be a lot better. I moved over to the bed, lowering us down to the mattress without breaking the kiss. I couldn't help but smile at the thought of the look on the doctors' faces when they saw Duo again.
Duo broke, panting. "What are you smiling about?"
"Nothing," I lied, lowering myself to memorize every inch of Duo's body with my mouth.
*~**~*
Owari