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"Christmas Kisses"Written By: t-shirt Disclaimer: Gundam Wing and its characters are
copyright to Sunrise, Bandai, Sotsu Agency, and associated parties.
I make no money with this fic. Rating: R Warnings: Post war cannon, Mild angst, fluff,
mention of lemon Pairings: 1x2, 3x4, 5xS indication Summary: Duo ends up showing Heero why Christmas kisses are special "Christmas Kisses" I hadn’t really expected to find myself attending Quatre and Trowa’s annual holiday party. It wasn’t something I looked forward too beyond getting to see some of the people that had become distant acquaintances since the wars. I suppose it might be strange to consider the people I once thought of as enemies as my friends but seeing Une with a bright smile and the promise of holiday surprises tucked away in the sparkle of her eyes I felt confident in my feelings. Finding Mariamaia had given her a new lease on life, a profound purpose that had helped her flourish and grow. Wufei and Sally appeared to be getting along well though from the way the Chinese boy kept rolling his eyes every time a young lady walked by I had no doubt our resident doctor was trying to mother him into choosing a mate. It seemed an odd endeavor when one considered the fact that she was the only woman he seemed to be able to tolerate. I wondered as I watched him trying not to watch her while she pointed out another young woman if she would ever get a clue. Trowa had found peace at Quatre’s side as I had known he someday would. It hadn’t taken long for him to confess to the bight eyed blond boy after the wars. One visit from Quatre to the circus while they were performing on L4 was all it had taken to break the hardened mercenary and once Quatre had accepted his feeling they had been inseparable ever since. Quatre had made good on his promise to help rebuild and Trowa was helping see to it that all his dreams came true. It had been a bit of a surprise to find Relena attending though I suppose I should have expected it. Quatre’s family was well within her circle so there was certainly no reason not to invite her. I hadn’t meant to be rude to her upon her arrival but having not seen her for some time I was a little taken aback by the way her eyes lit up when she saw me. It had been a year since Barton’s failed attempt to conquer Earth yet she still seemed to see something in me that I didn’t believe was there. She was amiable however, and showed her date the proper respect by retreating with him when he became uncomfortable with the way her eyes shone when looking at me. I have never known how to make her understand that I am and have never been a Star Prince. I was a soldier and I thought… a sacrifice but… “Hey, Hiiro!” Duo grinned clapping me on the shoulder. “Some party, huh? Can you believe that tree?” he laughed while I dried the spill of Champagne from my fingers. Duo appeared to be plugging right along as well. He’d given up life on L2 in favor of joining the Preventer’s. It had come as a bit of a shock because I had thought he was as tired of it all as I was but considering I hadn’t held out as long as he did I understood. Once a soldier they say. We got to make a difference with the force which was really the only way we new how to live so it made since for the both of us. I stayed off planet most of the time though, so we rarely crossed paths but seeing him then confirmed what I’d already known. He’d landed on his feet and was blazing a new trail. “At it again,” he snickered calling my attention to Trowa who had just maneuvered Quatre under the mistletoe and was kissing the corner of his mouth. I felt the warmth rise gently to my face but couldn’t help the smile that tugged at my lips when Quatre flushed scarlet and playfully smacked his partner upside the head. When I turned back to gaze out among the crowd I caught sight of Sally laying a soft kiss on Wufei’s cheek just before she gracefully moved through the room toward the bar. The incident left him with a golden mantel and the first, true smile I think I’d ever seen on his lips. My brow furrowed as my eyes scanned and caught a moment between Relena and her date as he drew her hand to his mouth and brushed his lips against the tender skin of her delicate knuckles making her flush and look away. “What’s wrong?” Duo asked taking my knit brow as concern instead of curiosity. “Affection appears to run rampant under the influence of the Yule tide,” I chuckled sipping from my glass. “They all keep kissing each other,” I clarified when he just stared at me. “Oh,” he snorted laughing along. “Does that seem strange?” he asked watching while Trowa nuzzled a little smooch from behind Quatre’s ear. “Out of the ordinary I suppose,” I shrugged. “Look there,” I smirked discreetly pointing out Hilde as Jacob, her newest suitor, took the liberty of kissing her cheek before leading her to the dance floor. There was a young lady I recognized as Silvia, the granddaughter of the late General Noventa, being escorted onto the balcony by a young man who seemed unable to take his eyes from her mouth and again we caught Trowa trying to nibble his way around to steal a taste of his young lover’s lips. “There appears to be a rash of addiction to this particular endearment tonight,” I laughed lightly. “Naw,” Duo smiled so warmly the light of it caught in my eye. “It’s just because Christmas kisses are the best kind so they want to get their share.” “Christmas kisses?” I chuckled. “Yeah,” he grinned. “You know? The ones you can’t help giving because if you don’t your chest just might explode?” I’m afraid I gaped at him. “They’re the ones that come straight from the heart,” he explained instinctively understanding my inability to comprehend what he was talking about. “The ones that bubble and grow until you just have to share them,” he smiled over the rim of his glass when Sally found another reason to peck Wufei on the cheek when she returned. It perplexed me not because I had never felt the emotion he was describing but because I hadn’t seen him kiss or be kissed the entire night. “What about you?” fell from my lips and instantly I wished it hadn’t because he turned the most horrid shade of purplish red I had ever seen. “Want another drink?” he asked evasively then was suddenly moving through the crowd but I am nothing if not pursuant. “Wha! Geez!” he gasped when he stepped onto one of the small balconies to find me already there. “You didn’t answer me.” “I told you,” he replied looking back inside as if there were something there he needed. “They’re just special.” “Why?” I wasn’t sure why I was pushing the subject but the idea that he was keeping something from me was… annoying. Duo’s friendship and open heart had been a key factor to helping me reclaim my humanity during and after the wars so it was unsettling to think that after all we’d been through he would feel the need to hide something from me. “Geez,” he snorted uncomfortably. “Haven’t you ever wanted to kiss someone before?” I was taken by the way his eyes found Relena when he asked and wondered what his assumption of our relationship might be as I opened my mouth to reply in the negative but stopped. Had I? Certainly, I had never thought to give the Prime Minister even a small part of that part of myself but was there any other? “I…don’t know,” was the closest thing to truth I could say. “You don’t know?” he gaffed. “How could you not know?” “I don’t really understand the emotions you’re talking about,” I explained. I knew what desire was and how it affected people of course but there was so much about it that apparently had to be experienced first hand and I had never met anyone that I…”Duo?” “What?” he replied once again scanning the milling guests inside as he took a sip from his glass. “May I kiss you?” If any other man had been standing there the glass might have shattered on the stone floor but I managed to catch it before its demise. Duo, on the other hand, looked as if he’d been hit by a train. “W…why?” he stammered and I suddenly realized I didn’t really know. “I think,” I told him still working it out. “Because… I’d like to.” “Yeah, but why?” he persisted taking his drink back from my hand. “You said Christmas kisses were special,” I worked out. “That they build up inside you,” I smiled feeling the swelling beneath my chest plate. “Until you have to give them… or burst,” I recited moving slowly closer to his suddenly trembling lips. “Hiiro,” he breathed and though he stood his ground I could feel the need in him to flee. “Please,” I entreated knowing the arrogant curl of my lips was inappropriate but he was right there and so deliciously helpless I couldn’t help it. The glass fell again when our mouths met but I wasn’t sure if it was his or mine because my body was instantly alight with a fire I suddenly feared would never die. So many things started to make sense in that moment. Why his presence always through me off balance, why his smile always brought me joy and why, after all that time, he was the one person my eyes followed no matter where he went. When I pulled away I became distantly aware that neither of us held our drinks anymore and I was holding him gently in my arms while the sweet ecstasy of his kiss warmed me deep down in my soul. “Hiiro?” he rasped laying his forehead against mine and I gripped him tighter not only because I wanted to hold him but to aid my jelly legs in keeping us up right so I was utterly unprepared when he asked, “Why didn’t you just kiss me on the cheek?” “I’ll kiss you anywhere you like,” tumbled from my lips in a drunken song and he laughed right along with me. “Hiiro?” he asked softly, gently and with such longing it stole my breath away just to hear him speak. “May I kiss you?” “Please,” seemed like a viable response but when our mouths met I was again stunned by the feeling that accompanied it. Never in my entire life had I experienced such emotion as what he poured into me in that moment. Whatever it was I was feeling was new born in light of what he gave me and I’m afraid we ended up leaning against the balcony railing to keep out feet by the time he let up. “Sorry,” he panted pulling back a little but I refused to let him go far. “That one's been building up… for awhile,” he giggled. “Tell me how to nurture another,” I pleaded, pulling him back into my arms. “All you have to do is smile,” he snorted so I did and was rewarded with another soul searing kiss. “Duo?” I gasped as visions of things I didn’t understand danced in my mind. “What happens when you give the kiss but still feel like you might burst?” “You need another outlet,” he grinned. “Like?” I prompted hoping with all my might he meant what I thought he meant. “Use you’re imagination,” he smirked brushing his thigh over my rapidly swelling groin. “W…wait!” he laughed as I dragged him through the ballroom. “Duo?” Quatre chuckled when we passed by but I barely saw the bright light of happy surprise in his eyes. “Later!” Duo called then we were outside and in my car headed for my apartment. I couldn’t keep my hands off him and he wasn’t complaining one bit. It was like some fantastic dream; almost as if a dam had ruptured inside me and suddenly I was so full of things I wanted to give him I could barely contain it. I could see the same in his eyes and kicked myself when I realized I’d seen it so many times before. I just hadn’t recognized it though it was clear in the warmth of his lips and the eagerness of his touch that he had helped me find the last piece of myself. It had always been right there, hidden within his eyes and by morning we had completed the bond that had grown between us over the past three years. “Merry Christmas,” he sighed curling a little deeper into my chest where I pulled him tight and kissed his mouth very slowly. When I finally released him his eyes were a little crossed and it made me laugh lightly but he didn’t seem to care. “You were right,” I told him. “Mmm, about what?” he moaned happily. I thought about the night before and how sweet his lips still tasted in the morning light and suddenly understood the idea of keeping Christmas in your heart all year round. There was no doubt in my mind I would wake each and every morning and see the lights dancing in his eyes, the glow of love on his skin and the warmth of caring in his soul so it was with utter confidence in the knowledge that I would be granted them each and every day we were together that I replied, “Christmas kisses are definitely the best.” owari :)
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