Teaching Shinigami
NOTE: fixed some mistakes, my fault for writing all this after midnight.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Gundam Wing.
Warnings: OOCness and Duo craziness.
AN: My first excerpt from Ripple Effect! These probably won't be in any specific order and can easily be read as separate one-shots but you may want to read RE before these.
1: Safe Haven
Severus Snape was trying to take a count of ingredients in his store room. Trying and failing rather spectacularly. The reason for this was currently hiding inside said store room and rambling unintelligibly. Sighing Snape pinched the bridge of his nose, he could feel a massive headache coming on.
"Maxwell, why do you need to hide in my store room again? In English please," he said, adding the last part when he saw Duo take a deep breath.
"Ah, that is…" Duo said, blushing. "I knda'… decapitated one of Sprout's favorite plants…"
Snape stared at him for a moment. "Again?" Duo's shoulders sagged and hr nodded pitifully. Both men jumped when they heard the terribly irate Herbology professor storming down the hallway toward the classroom.
"Tch."
Snape pushed Duo into the store room and closed the door. Barely a second passed before the classroom's door swung open with enough force to break the stop on the floor. Sighing, Snape turned to the door and raised an eyebrow.
"Can I help you Pomona?" he asked, walking over to his desk, setting down the incomplete inventory sheet. 'At this rate I'll be at this for the rest of the day,' he thought tiredly.
"Have you seen the Maxwell demon?" Sprout practically growled, scanning the room.
"What's he done this time?" Snape asked, watching the woman stalk around the classroom, checking under desks as she went. He wasn't too concerned; none of the professors ever went through his store room because of all the volatile ingredients. That and the door automatically locked once it was shut.
"He decapitated my Venus fly trap with those dreadful knives of his," she said angrily.
Snape raised an eyebrow, the boy hadn't been exaggerating. Sprout had breed and tended that one for years to see how it would grow when planted in such a magically rich environment. It had not disappointed her and had grown huge, though it had developed a bad habit of trying to eat any passing students. "I see,"
Sprout sighed, visibly losing steam and walking back to the classroom door waving a hand tiredly. "I know, I know. I'm partly to blame for letting it snap and try to eat students, but still… if you see him tell him we won't be doing any more practical lessons." After receiving his nod she shut the door, her boots clicking down the hall as she went back the way she had come.
Snape listened until he was sure she was out of ear shot. Scooping back up the inventory sheet, he marched back to the store room and unlocked and opened the door. Looking down at his refuge he raised an eyebrow. "Why do you always run here to hide?"
Duo stepped around Snape and into the classroom, he knew the man wanted to get back to what he was doing when Duo had run in begging for sanctuary. "Because you haven't turned me in yet?" he responded, hopping onto a desk and watching Snape resume his counting.
Snape snorted. "Well then, next time I'll just hand you over."
Duo pouted. "You're so mean, it's not my fault all her plants try to eat me. I'm just defending myself."
Snape couldn't resist chuckling to himself at the boy's predicament. "You could try not killing everything that moves," he offered off-handedly, writing down some numbers.
Duo's ever present smile faltered and he looked away, his bangs falling and hiding his eyes. "…it's a bit hard to unlearn habits that have kept you alive," Duo muttered, toying with his braid.
Snape watched the boy with an unreadable expression. Dumbledore had told all the professors that Duo was actually one of the five Gundam pilots who had fought in the recent muggle war. The haunted look that often flashed in the boy's eyes reminded Snape how much he detested war, especially when child soldiers were involved. After another moment of watching Duo swing his legs and stare at his shoes Snape tossed his clipboard at him, Duo caught it easily with a questioning look.
"Make yourself useful and assist me with taking inventory," Snape said, turning back to the store room. He caught the grateful smile Duo shot him out the corner of his eye. Hopping down Duo bounced over.
"Okay Sevvy, what do I do?"
END
AN: Whoot, one-shot one down! I know this isn't that long but the idea struck me and I had to write this scene. A little insight into Duo and Snape's budding friendship!
No deadlines for this, I'll update randomly so just keep an eye out. :3