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"His Eyes"Written By: Dùlin Fic #15 In the Thirty Kisses Arc Archive: This arc is archived on this site with permission. Do not reproduce it anywhere without permission. Pairing : 4x1 Theme : #15 – perfect blue Rating : R Warnings : Angsty but just a bit, spoiler for
around episode forty, Heero POV.
"His Eyes" "You're really gonna pilot that monstrosity ? You're nuts, man, I hope you know it." I suppose I should be offended by Duo's statement on my mental health, but I unfortunately have to agree with him. I am probably nuts. I don't think I care very much. I don't think he cares very much either, actually. He's only saying it because it helps to be reminded of the fact every once in a while. "I'm not asking you to pilot it and I can control it," I answer. "I know what this thing does to people … it's not safe." Maybe he cares a little. "No, it's not," I agree. "But what choice do we have ? Without it, we're dead." "You ask my opinion, we're gonna be dead even with it. But, hey, that's your shot after all." He falls silent and looks up at Zero's `face'. I don't know what he's thinking about, but I'm sure it's not very different from what I'm thinking about. We need a rallying point. "Hey, have you ever noticed that they're not blue ? Quatre's eyes, I mean …" I blink at Duo, unbalanced by the abrupt change of subject, and the seeming incongruity of the question. "What ?" "You know, the first thing that I thought when I saw Quatre for the first time was that he was the poster boy for the rich, educated, well-behaved and healthy … polite smile, straight back, impeccable manners, blond hair, blue eyes, he's got it all, like a pretty doll …" Except that his eyes are no blue. Not when you really look at them. Curiously, I don't think many people will ever try to really look at Quatre in the eyes. You never really know what you will see when you look into Quatre's eyes. His eyes are not blue. His skin looks soft, but it bears a lot of carefully hidden scars and his hands are callused from the controls of the Gundam. His smile is genuine even when he's calculating the best way to defeat both Treize and Zechs. His clear and quiet voice that leads us in battle becomes rough, his mouth insistent under mine. "The guy's deception personified," Duo says. "And you gotta give him that, he's good." I give him a sidelong glance and he bursts out laughing. "Don't look at me like that ! You know what I mean." I nod once. "I know. Thanks." It's less difficult to take the decision to copy Zero's operating system into Sandrock after this. OWARI |
