"Rip Current"

Written By: yaruna

Disclaimer: Gundam Wing isn't mine! I'm not pretending they are, I simply love messing around with the lovable characters. Any similarity to existing works is purely coincidental.

Rating: R

Genre: Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Romance…? Alternate Universe

Warning:Probably some OOCness. Kind of bastard Heero in the first chapters. Some swearing. Won't pass the Bechdel test. Somewhat cliché, I think. Hmmz… what more… oh yeah, I'm a bit of a sadist, people will get hurt… sorry about that

Summary: Feelings are running high on the shorelines. Duo has arrived on the shores of Sanc Island and is making new friends, and enemies, among the locals as they surf their way towards the big competition. AU

A/N:I live for feedback

Sit back, and let the waves take you for a ride.

"Rip Current"

Chapter 29: Dawn Patrol

I woke up early, before sunrise, full of excitement in my heart. I slipped out of bed, careful not to disturb Heero, but he grabbed my hand, making me pause.

'Too early,' he muttered.

'No, too late. Far too late,' I said as I slipped out of his grip and instead leaned down to kiss him.

He wrapped his arms around me, and pulled me down on top of him, making me chuckle. I kissed his neck before I wiggled down to get loose from him.

'I won't have you distract me. Not today.'

I went to the chair where I'd put my trunks the previous evening so I wouldn't have to search for them during the morning. I quickly pulled them on.

Meanwhile, Heero had sat up on the bed and watched me with an amused smile.

'You coming?' I asked him, and he smiled indulgently, but reached for his own trunks that had landed on the floor the previous evening. I had been aiming for the chair.

'Would I let you go alone?'

'Never.'

We headed out and grabbed our surfboards. The cold sand wasn't very inviting, but it wouldn't be cold for very much longer. I just wanted to catch the first rays of sunlight in the water.

'Do you have to go to the Rift?' Heero asked, not for the first time since the doctors had cleared me the day before.

'The conditions are perfect for the Rift. If I don't do it now, there might not be another chance until next winter.'

'I -'

'Heero,' I said, grabbing his hand to stop him, and I gave him a kiss on the lips. 'I have to do this. Please?'

He sighed, but nodded. 'Let's at least start at the Surf?'

'Sure. We can surf into the Rift when the sun is up.'

I started walking again. Towards the dark, black ocean whose waves were rumbling. I took a step into it, and Heero grabbed my hand. I looked at him, and saw the worry etched in his face. For a moment, I thought he'd stop me, but then he blew out a small breath and stepped in as well.

The water was calling, and I answered. I paddled out to the breaking point with Heero close behind me, and we waited in silence until the top of the sun became visible over the horizon.

The ocean was still dark, but the sky was a light blue, with clouds shifting colors between red, yellow and purple.

Then it came. The first wave. Mine.

I paddled for it, and felt that rush, the exhilaration when I caught it, and I popped up. A month without surfing should be nothing. I'd gone three before. But when it was out of your control and you wanted it, more than anything else, a month was about as long as a year.

The water flowed against my hand as I slowed down to get wrapped in the pipe. The water closed around me, stealing away all colors of the dawn. There was only the dark, dark blue of the ocean, and I reveled in it. I reveled, until the wave spat me out and the colors returned.

I looked back towards Heero, only to see him catch a wave.

It was nothing short of glorious. Heero was the depiction of perfect when he rode that wave towards me. The rising sun made his skin glisten, and my breath caught in my throat.

He's beautiful.

He's mine.

We rode the Surf until the sun was nearly up, and I drew us closer and closer to the Rift with every wave I caught. Heero followed, no doubt knowing exactly what I was doing.

The water was shining brightly now, shimmering as the sun drew a stream of light in the middle of it. It was right in the Rift.

I was in luck, and I didn't have to wait long for the wave. It was going to be a big one, and I paddled, popping up as soon as I could.

It was quick, and it tried to buck me off, but I pressed my entire body against it, and it let me drop down. It immediately enveloped me, and I pumped for speed, already at the quickest I'd ever been when riding a wave. With the speed I was going at, I almost thought the board would break under my feet. But it held on, and I reached for the wall of water in front of me. I only dipped my finger; I couldn't afford to lose any speed.

Then I came into the beam of light, and an image in the water caught my eye. Long hair was flowing loosely behind him, and he had that cocky grin set properly in his face. He was reaching for me, and I extended my hand to dip the rest of my fingers as well.

Solo.

I lost him when the light disappeared, and I escaped from the wave. I sat down on my board, stunned, and reached for my necklace, Solo's Tear. I could feel my own tears rush from my eyes, and I did nothing to stop them.

I realize it was probably my own reflection in the water, but I wanted to believe.... No, I needed to believe it was Solo.

'He forgives me,' I whispered, and my hand was grabbed, and I was pulled in against Heero's strong chest. I wrapped my arms around him and held tight.

'Of course he does,' he said, and kissed my forehead.

We stayed there, in each other's arms, until Heero shivered ever so slightly, and I looked up at him.

'Let's go up?' I said, and he nodded.

We paddled in, slowing our progress through holding hands, but I didn't want to let go. Neither did he, if the strength with which he was holding me was anything to go by.

When we reached the shore, we gravitated towards each other, and were soon lying down in the sand that was no longer cold, but not yet warm.

'I have to go back, 'Ro,' I said, and I'm not sure what made me say it at that moment. But once I had, I bulled ahead. 'I love being a Pro.'

'I know,' he said, and twisted us around so that he was leaning above me. 'I've always known.' He kissed my forehead, and I sighed in relief. He wasn't angry. 'We'll figure out the hows together, but for now... just let me have now.'

'I'll let you have forever,' I said breathlessly, looking into his blue eyes.

Those deceptively gentle, blue eyes

He covered my lips with his and our tongues battled before I gave in.

Those dangerous, storming, blue eyes.

We rolled in the sand, not caring that we were in full view from the house. Not caring that the sand would be everywhere for weeks. Not caring about anything, except each other.

Heero was my ocean, and like a rip current, he'd caught onto me and dragged me into the deep end.

I had drowned

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