Release my shards of childhood
By: Akemi Maxwell, E-mail: angels_little_chibi@yahoo.com, Gundam Wing TM rightfully belongs to Sunrise and TV Ashi, Chapter one, Started: 2/11/03, Completed: 2/11/03, ~
Heero's overworked eyes blinked furiously at the burning blue light of his laptop, in the study of their ten-room safe house. Having not slept in four days was really starting to sink in, but his mind told him no sleep until this document was finished. To Heero, not getting a job done is a serious crime. Much like not getting a mission done.
His eyes drooped down to the keyboard, then back up to the screen. It hurt when he moved them. His body trembled slightly, his jaw ached and he felt like he had a knot in his stomach. From time to time, his fingers would hit the wrong key and he felt totally idiotic. He knew well that it was the brain that controlled movement-telling each finger to move in the wrong direction. He cursed.
The door opened suddenly and it startled him. He hadn't been disrupted of his work since the first few hours he had started on the document.
"Hey, Heero," a familiar throaty voice greeted.
"Shhhh." Heero closed his eyes and rubbed their corners.
Duo frowned. He put his school homework down on the table beside the door and walked over to him. Resting his chin on Heero's downy head, and his hands on the back of the chair, his cobalt eyes scanned the data. "Wow," he said suddenly. Duo's vocal cords vibrated when he talked and it massaged the back of Heero's head. It was soothing. "You've been in here the whole time? You haven't gotten any sleep have you?" Duo said looking down at the moving fingers on the keyboard, still perched on Heero's head. Duo stood up and began separating Heero's hair. Heero didn't mind the grooming. Duo took a sniff and jumped back sticking his nose in the air and his tongue out in disgust, one eye closed. "Yuk! When was the last time you bathed? You smell like scalp,"
Heero shook Duo's hands off, the instant he heard this unnecessary insult. "I smell fine!" He muttered.
"Yeah, for a dog that is," Duo turned back to the table and took a seat. "Now for some homework," he said that unenthusiastically, cracking his knuckles.
Heero didn't mind the comment about smelling like a dog. He'd been called such things many times when he was little, by Odin Lowe. He shook his head to get rid of the memories trying to break through his psychological brick wall, separating his emotions from everything else. He's not going to let that wall crack. Not yet.
He listened to Duo's hate-filled mutters for homework before beginning to type again. He was almost done.
Duo let out a frustrated scream and threw a book hard against the wall. It looked like it was flying about 50mph. It landed right beside him. "Damn you, literature!"
Heero leaned over and picked up the book. Heero read the title silently while Duo's curses filled the background, "Little Red Riding Hood"
Heero turned to Duo. "What's this?"
Duo stopped his rambling and looked at his troublesome book. "Oh, that?" he said sarcastically, "That's the stupid book my English teacher wants everybody to write an essay on!"
"Hn." Said Heero. He kept typing, his eyes shifting from the computer to the book. There was something about the book that made him want to open it.but Duo said it was a stupid book and Heero was just learning about being "cool" and didn't want to already ruin his reputation at school. Heero decided it was obsolete.
Duo, finally calm, yawned and picked up his pencil. Seconds later, he heard an unfamiliar yawn. He realized it was Heero. Duo made a fake, but convincing yawn and waited. Four seconds after he had finished, a replying yawn floated in the air. Duo turned around, an idea striking his head. "Hey, Heero?"
"Huh?"
"Do.do you want me to read that story to you?"
Heero turned his head and glared Duo in the eye.
There was a still silence.
Heero pressed the alter key. ".Okay,"
This shocked Duo, but he smiled, a glee filled his heart and he fought himself to control it. "Go take a shower first,"
Heero frowned, but got up anyway and headed for the bathroom.
Fifteen minutes later, Duo, with some work, got a content Heero in the tub, jammies, and tucked snuggly into his bed with Wing Zero print on it. Duo sat on a chair next to the bed and shook Heero to keep him awake. "You want to hear the whole story, don't ya'?" Duo opened the book.
Heero listened, not missing a word of the story. He began to think. Was this a weird thing to do? He was almost an adult anyway. But, he's never read or been read a story before. All he's been reading is biographies and documents on the last few wars.
"'Grandma, what big eyes you have!' said little Red Riding Hood. 'All the better to hear you with!' replied the big Bad Wolf."
Now, he suddenly realized that he liked the story. How could that be? Who ever heard of a teenage boy liking fairytales? Heero shook the thought out of his mind and listened to the rest of the story.
"The lumberjack killed the Wolf." Duo read.
Heero began to get tired and his eyelids drooped. Finally he heard "The end" and knew he was being dismissed to slumber. He allowed sleep to flow over him and tell his entire body to finally rest.
Duo shut the book, smiled and gently tiptoed out of 01's room and into the study. Looking at the blue screen of the laptop, Duo went up to save and softly pushed it shut.
Owari
By: Akemi Maxwell, E-mail: angels_little_chibi@yahoo.com, Gundam Wing TM rightfully belongs to Sunrise and TV Ashi, Chapter one, Started: 2/11/03, Completed: 2/11/03, ~
Heero's overworked eyes blinked furiously at the burning blue light of his laptop, in the study of their ten-room safe house. Having not slept in four days was really starting to sink in, but his mind told him no sleep until this document was finished. To Heero, not getting a job done is a serious crime. Much like not getting a mission done.
His eyes drooped down to the keyboard, then back up to the screen. It hurt when he moved them. His body trembled slightly, his jaw ached and he felt like he had a knot in his stomach. From time to time, his fingers would hit the wrong key and he felt totally idiotic. He knew well that it was the brain that controlled movement-telling each finger to move in the wrong direction. He cursed.
The door opened suddenly and it startled him. He hadn't been disrupted of his work since the first few hours he had started on the document.
"Hey, Heero," a familiar throaty voice greeted.
"Shhhh." Heero closed his eyes and rubbed their corners.
Duo frowned. He put his school homework down on the table beside the door and walked over to him. Resting his chin on Heero's downy head, and his hands on the back of the chair, his cobalt eyes scanned the data. "Wow," he said suddenly. Duo's vocal cords vibrated when he talked and it massaged the back of Heero's head. It was soothing. "You've been in here the whole time? You haven't gotten any sleep have you?" Duo said looking down at the moving fingers on the keyboard, still perched on Heero's head. Duo stood up and began separating Heero's hair. Heero didn't mind the grooming. Duo took a sniff and jumped back sticking his nose in the air and his tongue out in disgust, one eye closed. "Yuk! When was the last time you bathed? You smell like scalp,"
Heero shook Duo's hands off, the instant he heard this unnecessary insult. "I smell fine!" He muttered.
"Yeah, for a dog that is," Duo turned back to the table and took a seat. "Now for some homework," he said that unenthusiastically, cracking his knuckles.
Heero didn't mind the comment about smelling like a dog. He'd been called such things many times when he was little, by Odin Lowe. He shook his head to get rid of the memories trying to break through his psychological brick wall, separating his emotions from everything else. He's not going to let that wall crack. Not yet.
He listened to Duo's hate-filled mutters for homework before beginning to type again. He was almost done.
Duo let out a frustrated scream and threw a book hard against the wall. It looked like it was flying about 50mph. It landed right beside him. "Damn you, literature!"
Heero leaned over and picked up the book. Heero read the title silently while Duo's curses filled the background, "Little Red Riding Hood"
Heero turned to Duo. "What's this?"
Duo stopped his rambling and looked at his troublesome book. "Oh, that?" he said sarcastically, "That's the stupid book my English teacher wants everybody to write an essay on!"
"Hn." Said Heero. He kept typing, his eyes shifting from the computer to the book. There was something about the book that made him want to open it.but Duo said it was a stupid book and Heero was just learning about being "cool" and didn't want to already ruin his reputation at school. Heero decided it was obsolete.
Duo, finally calm, yawned and picked up his pencil. Seconds later, he heard an unfamiliar yawn. He realized it was Heero. Duo made a fake, but convincing yawn and waited. Four seconds after he had finished, a replying yawn floated in the air. Duo turned around, an idea striking his head. "Hey, Heero?"
"Huh?"
"Do.do you want me to read that story to you?"
Heero turned his head and glared Duo in the eye.
There was a still silence.
Heero pressed the alter key. ".Okay,"
This shocked Duo, but he smiled, a glee filled his heart and he fought himself to control it. "Go take a shower first,"
Heero frowned, but got up anyway and headed for the bathroom.
Fifteen minutes later, Duo, with some work, got a content Heero in the tub, jammies, and tucked snuggly into his bed with Wing Zero print on it. Duo sat on a chair next to the bed and shook Heero to keep him awake. "You want to hear the whole story, don't ya'?" Duo opened the book.
Heero listened, not missing a word of the story. He began to think. Was this a weird thing to do? He was almost an adult anyway. But, he's never read or been read a story before. All he's been reading is biographies and documents on the last few wars.
"'Grandma, what big eyes you have!' said little Red Riding Hood. 'All the better to hear you with!' replied the big Bad Wolf."
Now, he suddenly realized that he liked the story. How could that be? Who ever heard of a teenage boy liking fairytales? Heero shook the thought out of his mind and listened to the rest of the story.
"The lumberjack killed the Wolf." Duo read.
Heero began to get tired and his eyelids drooped. Finally he heard "The end" and knew he was being dismissed to slumber. He allowed sleep to flow over him and tell his entire body to finally rest.
Duo shut the book, smiled and gently tiptoed out of 01's room and into the study. Looking at the blue screen of the laptop, Duo went up to save and softly pushed it shut.
Owari
