"When are you going to get the air conditioning fixed?" he asked his boyfriend and road trip companion as the yellow stripes on the highway blurred one after the other.

"When I get the money," Duo growled, wiping his forehead with the back of his hand. "I don't exactly make the salary you do, you know."

"If it's a problem I can lend you the money," Heero shrugged, rubbing the ice cube on the back of his neck, water droplets coursing down his skin and disappearing underneath his white tank top.

"I told you, I'm not borrowing any more money from you," Duo bit his lower lip out of frustration before continuing, "I already owe you my rent from three months ago, and my electricity bill from last month..."

Heero shook his head. "All this would be solved if you'd just move in with me."

Duo nearly slammed on the brakes in the middle of the highway but instead he heaved a large sigh and shook his head. "It's too soon. I didn't turn you down because I didn't want to live with you. I turned you down because I don't think that I'm ready to share my space with anyone yet."

Heero stared out the window, wishing like hell they had taken his SUV out for this road trip and not Duo's hatchback. But Duo had insisted on being the one to drive and pay for the gas so long as Heero paid for the food. They were on their way to New York City from North Carolina and Heero thought fondly of the dry heat they got to enjoy in California and Arizona, as opposed to the heavy, wet heat they were getting while going along the 95 through Virginia. The heat was bad enough during the day that they thought for sure driving at night would be better. Not to mention the fact that there was almost no one on the road at this time of night which made it a little more bearable. Heero hated traffic.

The pair stayed silent for the next few miles, until Heero couldn't stand it anymore and reached for the buttons on the radio. It seemed that he had just found the right station when suddenly there was a loud bang and the car went careening to the right.

"Shit!" Duo yelled, trying to keep his wheel steady while guiding the car onto the shoulder. "Fucking blown tire!"

They stopped very suddenly on the shoulder of the highway and Heero pulled out his mobile, instantly dialing his automobile association. Ten minutes later he hung up the phone with the knowledge that someone would be there to help them out within the hour.

Duo was staring at the blown tire, shaking his head. "I wonder why it blew so suddenly?"

"Could've been debris we didn't see in the road," Heero supplied, even though he knew Duo didn't have the money to replace the tires on this car probably as often as they needed it.

Duo shook his head and leaned back against the car. "Fuck, what else can go wrong?"

Heero shook his head. "Never say that. You'll jinx it."

Duo laughed and pulled on his sweat-soaked bangs. "Jinx what? This wonderful road trip in a car with no air conditioning with a boyfriend I'm crazy about but not sure of?"

Heero's eyes narrowed. "What are you not sure of?"

Duo lifted up his long braid and let the back of his neck cool a little before he answered. "I'm just not sure you're going to stick around long enough for me to be ready for the commitments you want. I'm not sure if I'm the man you want me to be. I'm not sure I'm ready to be that in love with somebody."

Heero looked at the ground and then looked at Duo. "Everyone has their doubts. Even me."

"You have doubts? About us?" Duo pushed away from the side of the car and went to sit on the hood. Heero followed, standing between Duo's spread knees.

"I was scared as hell to ask you to move in with me. I doubted whether you loved me enough, I doubted whether or not I was doing the right thing but then, in the end, I just decided to throw caution to the wind. Now look where I am, stuck on a highway with a guy who doesn't know whether or not he loves me enough to live with me... a guy who doesn't even know if he'll ever be ready to share his personal space."

"We're a couple of fucked up bastards, aren't we?" Duo chuckled, his hands reaching for Heero's shoulders.

"A pair of idiots," Heero agreed as he closed the distance between them and kissed Duo's lips. "But I wouldn't want to be an idiot with anyone else."

There was only the sound of a few cars and trucks passing as they continued to kiss, the occasional honking of a horn marking the passage of people who'd even noticed that the two of them were passionately embracing on the side of the road, against the hood of a car.

When they broke for air Heero pulled off his tank top and wiped his face with it before throwing it into the back seat of the car. "Fucking hell it's hot out here."

"Did you have to remind me? Not like us kissing didn't make it even hotter. I don't know about you but I could use a cold shower right now, and not just because I'm harder than a rock," Duo said, adjusting his pants at the crotch.

Heero smiled wickedly and pulled Duo off the hood of the car. "Let me help you with that."

"Here?" Duo asked, looking around. "Heero, we're on the 95. It's not exactly a deserted highway where no one can see us."

Heero pushed Duo up against the side of the car that faced away from the freeway and quickly dropped to his knees.

"No one can see us on this side of the car. Just relax and try not to look like you're having too much fun," Heero laughed gently as he unzipped Duo's shorts and took out his hard cock, licking his lips at the sight of it.

Duo moaned as Heero licked the shaft from the base to the head. His hands grabbed onto Heero's dark hair and his hips pressed forward, almost of their own accord.

"Slow down," Heero said as he opened his mouth wide and allowed Duo to push inside of his mouth, sucking eagerly on the smooth and hot skin.

"Fuck, your mouth feels so damned good," Duo held onto Heero's head and lazily fucked his mouth, stopping every once and a while to stare at the sight of his cock fully engulfed by Heero's lips, loving the feel of his tongue against his erection.

Heero sucked eagerly, swallowing quickly and repeatedly every time Duo hit the back of his throat. Duo tasted like hot skin and sweat and the smell of him was turning Heero on. Heero reached down and unzipped his pants, freeing his own erection and stroking it in time with Duo's slow thrusts.

"Not long now," Duo moaned as his hips began to move a little faster. Heero could feel the saliva dripping down his chin and he moaned at how hot this memory would be in the future, him sucking Duo off on the side of the road while stroking his own cock.

Duo looked down and watched his cock disappear and reappear, Heero's mouth stretched wide to accept it.

"Fuck!" Duo cried out as he reached his climax, shooting his load deep in Heero's mouth. Heero moaned around his dick and Duo looked down to see that Heero was shooting his own load on the dirt below them.

Heero let Duo's dick fall from his mouth as it softened and he wiped the cum and saliva from his chin with the back of his hand as he stood and tucked himself away into his shorts. Duo seemed spent and Heero wished he had thought prior to this about how much his knees were going to hurt afterwards.

"Did I hurt your mouth?" Duo finally asked, not looking at Heero but rather down the road at a semi.

"Mmm, no," Heero purred as he leaned against Duo, pressing his bare chest to Duo's tank top.

They stayed that way for only a few minutes before Duo tapped Heero on the shoulder.

"You give head like a pro," Duo smiled as he kissed Heero lightly. "But your knees have to be hurting."

Heero shrugged. "Comes with the territory."

Duo sighed.

"What?" Heero asked.

"It's just... why are you with me? I fuck your mouth on the side of the road. I make you ride in a car with no air conditioning just to satisfy my own ego. I won't move in with you. I'm not the best boyfriend in the world. I make less than you and regularly have to borrow your hard-earned money just to pay the bills. What the hell do you see in me?"

Heero stayed silent for a moment before answering. He fixed his gaze on Duo and said simply, "Because there's no one else I trust with my heart. Because on a hot summer night like this there's no one else I'd want to be stuck out in the middle of nowhere with. Because...when it comes down to it I knew the moment I met you that you were the one for me."

Duo hugged Heero tightly to him as the tow truck finally pulled up on the shoulder. He pulled away from Heero and said only three words but when he fell silent Heero understood. Sometimes you don't need many words to convey a million feelings. Sometimes a simple 'I love you' is enough to say it all.