Title: You Said What?
Author: Hergerbabe
Fandom: Man From Uncle
Pairing: Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin
Rating: PG
Category: first times
Notes: An experiment in dialogue only fic, so I don�t know if it works
Archive: yes to list archives
Disclaimer: Unfortunately these guys don�t belong to me either :(
Summary: Napoleon is forced to make a confession
For Christine as always and Bronte, thanks for reintroducing me to the fandom

You Said What?

�Illya, can I have a word?�

�Can it not wait? I am rather busy.�

�No, not really.�

�Oh, very well then.�

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�Napoleon?�

�Yes.�

�You wanted to talk?�

�Not here, Illya.�

�Where then? Your office?�

�Um, no.�

�Napoleon, are you okay?�

�Sure.�

�Well, where do you want to talk?�

�Let�s go to mine and have some lunch.�

�Now? We barely just got in. Are you sure there�s nothing wrong?�

�I uh, I just need to tell you something important, okay? Something you should hear from me properly and not from office gossip.�

�Very well, Napoleon, shall we go?�

�Yes!�

@>*~

�Napoleon, stop pacing you are making me dizzy.�

�Sorry.�

�Just sit down and talk to me. How long have we been partners and friends now?�

�I know, Illya! It�s just an extremely personal matter and it�s hard for me.�

�Napoleon, sit!�

�Sorry, sorry.�

�Pasha, what is it?�

�Okay, here goes. I love you, Illya.�

���

�Illya?�

�Pardon me?�

�I�m in love with you� Illya? Illya, stop laughing! This isn�t funny.�

�Oh please, this is one of the best jokes I have ever heard.�

�I would never joke about something like *this* with *you*.�

�Napoleon? Napoleon, wait! Come and sit back down. Don�t look at me like that, what did you expect?�

�Not laughter. I think I would have preferred the smack in the face I was half expecting.�

�Oh, Pasha, I�m sorry. But really, how could you expect me to take you seriously?�

�Because I�m your partner, have I ever lied to you? Hey, don�t look at me like that, you know what I mean.�

�Yes, Napoleon, and I also know that you have a different woman every week. Hardly the sign of a man in love.�

�Sfdfnce.�

�Don�t mumble. What did you say?�

�Sorry. I said, self defence.�

�Self defence? Being a slut is self defence?�

�Hey! I�m not a slut.�

�You know perfectly well if you were a female, you would be called a slut. I do not like double standards, Napoleon.�

�Fine! I�m a slut.�

�Now, how is sleeping around self defence?�

���

�Napoleon, don�t grind your teeth.�

�It started after I lost my wife. I wanted to forget and there was no way I was going to let my heart involved again.�

�Oh, Pasha.�

�It�s okay, Illya. It didn�t work, did it? When I realised I might have feelings for you, I tried to deny it, threw myself into it even more.�

�Napoleon?� � �Pasha, it�s all right.�

�Is it?�

�Yes. Why don�t you carry on?�

�Well� once I�d accepted my feelings for you, well I mean, how could I tell you? I didn�t want to lose my partner, my best friend. So I just carried on as normal.�

�Oh, Pasha, you should have just told me.�

�Well, I have now.�

�Yes, indeed. Why now, Napoleon?�

�Well, uh��

�Napoleon, do *not* start pacing again. I seem to recall you saying something about office gossip, did you tell someone?�

�No! Well� not exactly.�

�Not exactly?�

�It slipped out.�

�Napoleon, I�m shocked! You�ve resisted truth drugs and torture and it just slipped out?!�

�Yes.�

�How?� � �Napoleon, how?�

�When I, uh, when I�m with a woman, I pretend I�m with you� Illya! Stop laughing!�

�I am sorry, Napoleon.�

�Yeah, sure you are.�

�You called out my name, didn�t you?�

���

�Didn�t you?�

�Yes.�

�Oh my.�

�Illya?�

�Oh sorry. I was just wishing I could been the one to have heard it.�

�I� Illya?�

�Yes, Napoleon?�

�Are you saying what I think you�re saying?�

�Yes, Napoleon.�

�But� but you never gave the slightest indication.�

�Self defence, Napoleon. I had no interest in having my heart broken, especially by my best friend.�

�Oh God. How long, Illya?�

�I do not see how it matters.�

�How long?�

�Five years, Pasha.�

�Oh, Illya, I�m so sorry.�

�You could� perhaps make it up to me, Pasha.�

�Illya?! Illya, what are you� Ooh *Illya*!�

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