GW: Destiny Lies Elsewhere (ficlet, Heero/Relena)

[soracia]

Title: Destiny Lies Elsewhere
Author: Kagemihari flamesword
Rating: G
Pairings: 1xR, 2xH, 2+R, H+R
Notes: There is no way a fic this short should cause so much trauma (drama?) but I've been afraid to post it for over a year now, simply because almost everyone I know in this fandom is going to want to shoot me for at least one of the pairings. I happen to like all of them, though none of them are among my favorites. I disagree with fanon portrayals of both Hilde and Relena, and actually like them both as they exist in canon and in my head. So, with that disclaimer--here is fic, because Micke asked. Duo POV. Title is for Blue, because she's the only one who will get the reference. XD<3


Destiny Lies Elsewhere

Do you believe in fate? In destiny? I do. I've seen it.

Heero is my best friend. I mean, one of those once in a lifetime, stick through anything, true blue kind of friends. I never want to mess that up. I don't want to say anything that might change our relationship.

So I pretend it isn't there - but it hurts, sometimes. How come the bad guy always gets the girl? Nah, that's a joke--but really, he was going to shoot her! Why would she go for him instead of me? I always wanted to protect her, from that first time I saw her. To be honest, though, she never really needed it. I don't think he would've ever really shot her, anymore than she did.

I didn't know it then, but I can see it now. They were meant to be. Like fate. Like destiny.

It was just a matter of time.

And she's happy--most of the time, that's enough for me. It's not like I'm completely alone.

We cling to each other, Hilde and me. Everyone thinks we're so in love, because when we're together we're always touching, holding hands, hugging. At parties and gatherings, often one of us will seek the other out and wrap ourselves around them, hugging tight--and everyone goes awww!

But they don't see the pain hidden on the face buried in my shoulder, the grim set of my jaw resting on top of her head. We love her, Hilde and me. We love Relena.

And she loves Heero.

So we hold each other, kiss each other's tears, and take comfort in being with someone who understands. Most of the time, our mutual grief is borne in silence, but once in awhile, like tonight, one of us will say, "She's beautiful tonight, hm?" And the other will nod in response. Or we see something that reminds us of her, and share a glance, a sad smile.

And we never, ever breathe a word, because...she's happy. And this is right. She deserves to be happy.

She deserves to be with the one she loves, who loves her back. She deserves to be held and protected by the one who can't live without her, who would rather die than see her hurt. They belong together. It's fate. It's destiny.

Unfortunately for us...it isn't ours.

Comments

[nenya85.livejournal.com]

Awwwww.... that last line is a killer!

And I love the difference between how Duo and Hilde appear to others, and what they're really feeling. Total!angst.

[flamesword.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I like it. I like a lot of things about this fic, short as it is. I wanted it to be longer, but I kinda killed it when I tried to add stuff, so I left it the way it was. It's cute, I think, in a really angsty sort of way. XD

[forgottenlover.livejournal.com]

!!! It's the shinies! ::pets the Relena!Love:: yes! everyone love the Relena! ::hugs it and scampers it off tot he mem-folder::

[flamesword.livejournal.com]

XD;; Glad you approve, m'dear. *snugs you* Thought at least you would like it, anyway. :D

[solitude1056.livejournal.com]

See, I'm not the only person in the fandom who likes it! Nice twist, to add Hilde, and I especially like that there's no "steal him away, steal her away" whatever bit. Just acceptance, a bit of grief, and carrying on.

[flamesword.livejournal.com]

...Maybe it's my pragmatic side. Heh. Sometimes, that's just the way life is, and you make the best of it--you don't always get what you want, and people never look at the other side of fate--all the things that get broken in order to align one person's future, maybe someone else got shafted, but you never hear from the people who were outside looking in.

...I am way too tired to make sense with that, but I had a point, I promise.

Actually Hilde was not there in my original conception of the scene... she kind of walked in and did her thing and I went, oh, okay. It made more sense that way. And Hilde is my favorite of the Gundam girls. :)