Diary of a Gundam Pilot
Volume 2: Quatre Winner
Monday, March 27th
We returned
from our last mission around three this afternoon. It feels very good to be
back, and among individuals other than Trowa and Heero. As much as I love
Trowa, and as much as I respect Heero, they're rather difficult people to be
stuck with for several days. For one thing, they're horrible
conversationalists. I mean, Duo will chatter your ear off if you give him half
the chance, and Wufei…ahhh…lets not even go into his rants, shall we?…but ask
Heero a question, and all your likely to get is a grunt and a shrug in reply
unless he's feeling particularly verbal. Trowa does a bit better; he'll say
three or four words, then fall silent, and nothing you can say or do will get
him to start talking again.
Well…nothing
you can say or do in public, anyway.
Trowa and I
got some much needed "us" time. Duo chortled about that, and I suppose he has a
point: I'd been stuck with Trowa for days, you'd think I'd be sick of his
company by now, except Trowa alone with me can be a rather different person
than Trowa alone with me and Heero, and thank god for that. Trowa's easy on the
eyes, but I don't think anyone's easy enough on the eyes to justify sleeping
with a man who outwardly has all the personality of a hunk of granite.
Duo is
moping over the fact that Heero's going to be a few more days and is attempting
to hide it. He's not doing a very good job, considering the fact that Trowa
actually remarked to me about it. Trowa is hardly unobservant but he tends to
let ones business remain ones own business unless he thinks it could be a
problem. Duo isn't doing nearly as good a job hiding his infatuation with Heero
as he used to be, and I suspect Wufei is bearing the brunt of Duo's frustration
in the form of Duo's relentless tormenting of him.
I suppose I
should do something about that, except to be honest, I think it's hysterically
funny. Who knew Wufei had such a lovely singing voice?
Tuesday, March 28th
Trowa is
concerned with Duo's caffeine intake. I can't say that I blame him. Duo on a
caffeine bender is absolutely terrifying. Forget Heero in a combat rage; you
have not seen true horror until you have seen Duo after he's downed a couple of
espressos. Of course, in my opinion, caffeine deprived Duo is equally
horrifying; he looks like he's been dead for a week until he's had his first
cup of coffee in the morning, and I suspect you could break a cinderblock over
his head without him noticing, he's that out of it.
But still,
after the little incident with the chickens and Heavyarms, I can understand
Trowa's concern. Though I must admit the paint job was clever, and I'd kill to
know how he managed to apply that tac-paper with that fake woodgrain on the
Gundam overnight. Not that I would ever do such a thing to Trowa, of course.
I suggested
that perhaps Duo is seeking to fill some sort of a spiritual and/or emotional
void with caffeine and/or tormenting Wufei. I'm not entirely sure what Trowa
thought about that. Randomly musing aloud while making out with ones lover
probably isn't the best idea, but Trowa's reaction to it was…interesting. I'll
have to keep it in mind, lets just leave it at that.
Wendsday, March 29th
Quite a day.
Heero came back. Duo was very glad
to see him and tried to hide it. I think Heero was very glad to see Duo too,
except it's hard to tell with Heero. Heero's methods of expressing affection
tend to consist of things that are rather ambiguous, like threatening murder or
glaring. At any rate, he immediately locked himself in his room with his
laptop. Heero really is overly fond of that laptop.
At times it makes me wonder if Duo
and I are the only sane, normal people here. I mean, Heero's obsessive about
his lap top, keeps trying to blow himself up, and has a princess stalking him.
To hell with a stick, Wufei has an entire oak tree stuck up his ass, and his
obsession with justice and his Gundam are frightening. Trowa is for all intents
and purposes a living ice sculpture (though he thaws for me), has no fear of
death, and sits in cages with half tamed lions.
Then I realize that I'm lumping
myself in with Duo-Call-Me-Shinigami, and I realize how futile it is to try and
pretend that any of us are really sane.
Duo and I listened it at Heero's
door, out of curiosity. Heard nothing but the tapping of keys, which I thought
was pretty boring. I mean, if I'm going to sit at my computer, I tend to at
least have some music playing or something. Shortly thereafter we got orders to
move again, and unfortunately it looks like Duo, Heero, and Wufei are going to
have to share a room. I must admit that the concept frightens me.
Thursday, March 30th
I must say
I'm relieved that there turned out to be an extra bedroom. As amusing as I find
Duo and Wufei's constant squabbling, the concept of them going at it like a
pair of angry tomcats morning, noon, and night doesn't sound conductive to
things like sleep.
I confided
to Trowa that I hoped that having Duo and Heero share a room might get them to
stop dancing around each other. He was doubtful, on the grounds that Heero and
Duo are both very difficult to read. Duo hides his emotions, Heero stifles his,
and between the two…
Well, I
still think it can't hurt.
Friday, March 31st
Heero and
Trowa were sparring before breakfast this morning. Nothing unusual about that,
they do it all the time. I'm not really weak myself; I had the best
self-defense teachers money could buy growing up. Wufei of course is an
accomplished fighter, and Duo calling himself Shinigami is hardly an ideal
boast, but I don't think any of us have anything on Trowa and Heero. There's a
kind of ferocity that they share that's fascinating to watch when they fight,
borne out of traumatized childhoods and lifetimes spent literally as living
weapons.
The fact
that they're both absolutely gorgeous doesn't hurt, I might add, though that's
not the only reason I like to watch them.
What was
unusual about today was that Duo was watching too. Now, Wufei often comes to
watch Heero and Trowa spar—he says he admires their techniques--but not Duo. He
looked thoughtful, which should of told me right there that he had something up
his sleeve. He asked after if Trowa would mind terribly if Duo joined him in
his after-breakfast workout routine. Trowa looked to me before agreeing. I
didn't mind, of course. I know Duo doesn't have any designs on Trowa, but it
utterly escapes me why he'd want to join Trowa in a workout session.
I mean,
Heero working out is scary. Trowa working out is right up there with a freaking
horror movie. "Night of the Living Acrobat in a Gym" doesn't sound all that
scary until you've watched Trowa contort himself into a piece of celtic
knotwork, turn around, and suggest that you do the same because it's 'great for
the spine'.
Now that,
my friends, is scary.
