Blind as a Bat, Cute as a Kitten (Gundam Wing)
Title: Blind as a Bat, Cute as a Kitten.
Characters/Pairings: Duo/Heero.
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: none
Warnings: AU, fluff, oblivious!heero.
Words: 1.206
Beta:NONE!
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine. It’s not even my fandom.
A/N: Wrote for femaleshinigami. Uh, it is not doctors!au after all XD Well, not really. XD
***
Since the first day at the Veterinary School they were told that theirs job won’t be as cute and simple as they might have imagined. They wouldn’t be saving kittens everyday and they won’t be able to tell the owners of theirs patients only the good news. Doctor Heero Yuy hated giving people the bad news. To tell the truth, he hated talking to them at all. That’s why he, just after starting his own practice, hired an assistant that would take the weight of social interactions on himself. Of course, Yuy did not except he’d actually have to talk to the assistant at length. The only assistant he actually managed to fluently communicate with was also the most annoying one. He was also the one who’d managed to stay.
If asked, Yuy wouldn’t be really able to tell you much about his assistant. His name was Duo Maxwell, he dropped out of college and now attended the weekend veterinary curse. He had good grades, some experience with deskwork and good references. He was loud, talkative, colorful, messy and full of energy. He controlled Heero’s appointments and schedule, helped with talking to the owners of patients and fought with the most complaining ones. He was useful, so for the most of the time Heero just ignored his annoying traits. And actually whole Duo altogether.
“Hi, doctor!” called out Duo and Heero grunted something in response.
It was barely seven am; there was no valid reason to be that cheerful and loud at this hour. Mornings were made for quiet. That’s why Heero liked them.
“I’m gonna go over your schedule for the next two weeks, you’ve got anything I need to include?” continued the longhaired man, booting up his computer.
He sat behind his desk, swirling in his office chair. Now Heero could barely catch a glimpse of him from his office corner in the examine room.
“Hn,” grunted Heero and there was a sound of a new email arriving from Duo’s computer.
“Oh, okay. Got it.” Duo clicked with speed, already humming some happy tune to himself. “Aww. No date? What did you do, man? Your lady is giving you a cold shoulder?”
Heero sighed tiredly and massaged his temples. This day was not going to be good. He got up and moved to the back room to check up on the Bones, the black Labrador that had to stay overnight, coming back from the bad food poisoning. According to notes from doctor Trowa who was on the night shift, the dog was already feeling much better and didn’t cause any trouble. Heero smiled slightly at his patient and Bones moved his tail lightly in greeting.
“We broke up,” Heero spoke up, petting the animal and not even looking in the direction of the main desk.
“Oh, that sucks. You sure you won’t patch things up? This reservation on Thursday at Palace Restaurant was pretty hard to get.”
“I’m sure,” snapped back Heero and the Bones’ eyes moved to him rapidly, scared.
Yuy petted the dog again, murmuring soothing words at him. Finally moving away to not scare him further with his own annoyance.
“We broke up two weeks ago,” he continued and only looked up, when Duo suddenly appeared in the door, gaping at him. “What?”
“And now you’re telling me?!”
“It made no difference to my schedule before.”
“But… Oh, forget it! Lesson on social skills number 6543: You are supposed to tell your friends when you break up with your girl!”
Heero frowned.
“Are we friends?”
Duo groaned loudly and walked out without responding. His employee stared after him, confused. He never considered that an option. Duo was his assistant, telling him anything that didn’t influence their office life made absolutely no sense.
“I’m keeping this reservation! I kissed way too many asses to get it and it’s not gonna go to waste. We’re going together and you’re telling me everything.”
“But…” frowned Heero.
“Hush! I am the master of your schedule!”
“Hn,” grumped Heero again, finding it often the best answer to Duo’s schemes.
The other man simply nodded, already engrossed in his work and once again humming. Heero sighed and turned on the radio standing by the desk. At least that would guarantee Duo would hum something at least loosely resembling a tune.
* * *
“Talk,” said Duo finally once they were already served theirs meals. Heero was surprised he managed to not bring the subject up for that long.
“We’ve met. We’ve dated. We broke up.”
“Wow. You’re great at this. You have like magic talent to narration. You should be a writer.”
Heero glared at him.
“I don’t see how I should tell you anything. It’s not like you ever shared with me.”
“Qui pro quo, Clarice?” murmured Duo, but managed to stop himself from parroting the universal Hannibal’s sound of brain eating.
“For at least a month we were barely talking, only when one of us finally remembered to call the other,” said Heero stiffly. “It made sense to brake it up. We both are too engrossed in our works to actually actively fight for the relationship neither of us really believed in lately.”
“See?” said Duo with a huge smile. “It’s not so hard!”
“Yes, great. You?”
“Well, if you actually hadn’t shut me out whenever I talk to you, you’d already know I lately dated a ridiculously handsome guy, who was pretty much in love with himself. We had fun and some seriously hot sexy times, but neither of wanted it to become something serious, so we eventually fall apart after three weeks fling.”
Heero blinked at his surprised. Duo seemed confused by his reaction and he just rose his eyebrows in question.
“You’re gay?”
The longhaired man stared right back, his eyes big like saucers. It seemed that for the first time, since they’ve met, he was actually pretty much speechless.
“Wow!” he breathed finally. “You really do shut me out, when I talk!”
Heero looked away embarrassed.
“And here I was, thinking I’m the worst flirt ever!”
“You were flirting with me?” asked Heero surprised, now again looking straight at the man opposite him.
“Duh! Yes!” laughed Duo.
“… And?”
“And you were just as responsive as a brick wall!”
“Oh,” said Heero slowly, glancing down and biting his lip lightly.
Duo was smiling at him from across the table. All shining eyes and mouth unable to stop smiling. His hair was now neatly braided, for once free of the usual mess and pencils Duo maniacally kept on sticking in his braid, while working. Heero gulped slightly, mentally kicking himself for his social awkwardness.
“Now I’m listening,” he noted hopefully.
Duo blinked at him in surprised and then his smile grew, his eyes wrinkling slightly.
“You know that if we’re officially switching this meeting to a proper date, I’m going to expect at least a goodnight kiss, not to mention a really awesome dessert I deserve for not dismissing you completely with your slow reflexes?”
“I have chocolate ice-creams at my place,” Heero said seriously, smiling only when he noticed his partner’s unsure face.
Duo immediately brightened, his smile close to glowing.
“That would do just fine, boss. It would do just fine.”
* * *
The End
* * *
Characters/Pairings: Duo/Heero.
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: none
Warnings: AU, fluff, oblivious!heero.
Words: 1.206
Beta:NONE!
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine. It’s not even my fandom.
A/N: Wrote for femaleshinigami. Uh, it is not doctors!au after all XD Well, not really. XD
***
Since the first day at the Veterinary School they were told that theirs job won’t be as cute and simple as they might have imagined. They wouldn’t be saving kittens everyday and they won’t be able to tell the owners of theirs patients only the good news. Doctor Heero Yuy hated giving people the bad news. To tell the truth, he hated talking to them at all. That’s why he, just after starting his own practice, hired an assistant that would take the weight of social interactions on himself. Of course, Yuy did not except he’d actually have to talk to the assistant at length. The only assistant he actually managed to fluently communicate with was also the most annoying one. He was also the one who’d managed to stay.
If asked, Yuy wouldn’t be really able to tell you much about his assistant. His name was Duo Maxwell, he dropped out of college and now attended the weekend veterinary curse. He had good grades, some experience with deskwork and good references. He was loud, talkative, colorful, messy and full of energy. He controlled Heero’s appointments and schedule, helped with talking to the owners of patients and fought with the most complaining ones. He was useful, so for the most of the time Heero just ignored his annoying traits. And actually whole Duo altogether.
“Hi, doctor!” called out Duo and Heero grunted something in response.
It was barely seven am; there was no valid reason to be that cheerful and loud at this hour. Mornings were made for quiet. That’s why Heero liked them.
“I’m gonna go over your schedule for the next two weeks, you’ve got anything I need to include?” continued the longhaired man, booting up his computer.
He sat behind his desk, swirling in his office chair. Now Heero could barely catch a glimpse of him from his office corner in the examine room.
“Hn,” grunted Heero and there was a sound of a new email arriving from Duo’s computer.
“Oh, okay. Got it.” Duo clicked with speed, already humming some happy tune to himself. “Aww. No date? What did you do, man? Your lady is giving you a cold shoulder?”
Heero sighed tiredly and massaged his temples. This day was not going to be good. He got up and moved to the back room to check up on the Bones, the black Labrador that had to stay overnight, coming back from the bad food poisoning. According to notes from doctor Trowa who was on the night shift, the dog was already feeling much better and didn’t cause any trouble. Heero smiled slightly at his patient and Bones moved his tail lightly in greeting.
“We broke up,” Heero spoke up, petting the animal and not even looking in the direction of the main desk.
“Oh, that sucks. You sure you won’t patch things up? This reservation on Thursday at Palace Restaurant was pretty hard to get.”
“I’m sure,” snapped back Heero and the Bones’ eyes moved to him rapidly, scared.
Yuy petted the dog again, murmuring soothing words at him. Finally moving away to not scare him further with his own annoyance.
“We broke up two weeks ago,” he continued and only looked up, when Duo suddenly appeared in the door, gaping at him. “What?”
“And now you’re telling me?!”
“It made no difference to my schedule before.”
“But… Oh, forget it! Lesson on social skills number 6543: You are supposed to tell your friends when you break up with your girl!”
Heero frowned.
“Are we friends?”
Duo groaned loudly and walked out without responding. His employee stared after him, confused. He never considered that an option. Duo was his assistant, telling him anything that didn’t influence their office life made absolutely no sense.
“I’m keeping this reservation! I kissed way too many asses to get it and it’s not gonna go to waste. We’re going together and you’re telling me everything.”
“But…” frowned Heero.
“Hush! I am the master of your schedule!”
“Hn,” grumped Heero again, finding it often the best answer to Duo’s schemes.
The other man simply nodded, already engrossed in his work and once again humming. Heero sighed and turned on the radio standing by the desk. At least that would guarantee Duo would hum something at least loosely resembling a tune.
* * *
“Talk,” said Duo finally once they were already served theirs meals. Heero was surprised he managed to not bring the subject up for that long.
“We’ve met. We’ve dated. We broke up.”
“Wow. You’re great at this. You have like magic talent to narration. You should be a writer.”
Heero glared at him.
“I don’t see how I should tell you anything. It’s not like you ever shared with me.”
“Qui pro quo, Clarice?” murmured Duo, but managed to stop himself from parroting the universal Hannibal’s sound of brain eating.
“For at least a month we were barely talking, only when one of us finally remembered to call the other,” said Heero stiffly. “It made sense to brake it up. We both are too engrossed in our works to actually actively fight for the relationship neither of us really believed in lately.”
“See?” said Duo with a huge smile. “It’s not so hard!”
“Yes, great. You?”
“Well, if you actually hadn’t shut me out whenever I talk to you, you’d already know I lately dated a ridiculously handsome guy, who was pretty much in love with himself. We had fun and some seriously hot sexy times, but neither of wanted it to become something serious, so we eventually fall apart after three weeks fling.”
Heero blinked at his surprised. Duo seemed confused by his reaction and he just rose his eyebrows in question.
“You’re gay?”
The longhaired man stared right back, his eyes big like saucers. It seemed that for the first time, since they’ve met, he was actually pretty much speechless.
“Wow!” he breathed finally. “You really do shut me out, when I talk!”
Heero looked away embarrassed.
“And here I was, thinking I’m the worst flirt ever!”
“You were flirting with me?” asked Heero surprised, now again looking straight at the man opposite him.
“Duh! Yes!” laughed Duo.
“… And?”
“And you were just as responsive as a brick wall!”
“Oh,” said Heero slowly, glancing down and biting his lip lightly.
Duo was smiling at him from across the table. All shining eyes and mouth unable to stop smiling. His hair was now neatly braided, for once free of the usual mess and pencils Duo maniacally kept on sticking in his braid, while working. Heero gulped slightly, mentally kicking himself for his social awkwardness.
“Now I’m listening,” he noted hopefully.
Duo blinked at him in surprised and then his smile grew, his eyes wrinkling slightly.
“You know that if we’re officially switching this meeting to a proper date, I’m going to expect at least a goodnight kiss, not to mention a really awesome dessert I deserve for not dismissing you completely with your slow reflexes?”
“I have chocolate ice-creams at my place,” Heero said seriously, smiling only when he noticed his partner’s unsure face.
Duo immediately brightened, his smile close to glowing.
“That would do just fine, boss. It would do just fine.”
* * *
The End
* * *