'Yuy's put me in hell!' Duo thought to himself as his stomach growled loudly. Duo had been home for about three days and had so far gotten nowhere trying to convince Elizabeth that he was just feeling a little under the weather and that he could manage a bit of pizza. His need for junkfood was threatning to cause him to have a breakdown. Unfortunately Elizabeth didn't budge on her decision for him to be bed ridden and thus he only recieved the classic chicken soup while staying home from school.
He'd thought about possibly sneaking out and grabbing something from the nearest gastation, but he wasn't familiar with the locations of things in town and if Elizabeth caught him he was screwed. The only thing that was helping him get through the torment of being kept bedridden against his will was the few visits he'd recieved from Quatre. The blonde would come everyday with gifts and sometimes... unfortunatly homework. Quatre pitied Duo for having to fake sick and tried to convince him that Heero hadn't done this to be mean...probably. Duo had insisted Quatre sneak him some junkfood, but his pleas came to no avail when Elizabeth caught him. Quatre had recieved the glare of death and Duo had been threatned with home schooling... Needless to say neither tried anything again for a while.
Duo found that he enjoyed the extra sleep he got when Quatre wasn't there to visit and Elizabeth wasn't keeping him company. When he slept he found he'd always wake happier than before. He liked being able to lay around and do nothing. The only real work he had to do at all was that of helping Elizabeth get ready for work. She'd obviously figured that while he was home getting his opinion on which suit to wear and which shoes to wear would be valuable to her. Duo also ended up helping her do her hair for work on more than one occasion. He guessed this was her way of bonding. He would play along, but he didn't really feel like putting much extra in on playing the good son.
After spending four days at home with Elizabeth and Quatre, Duo had found out a good share of information about things... Five things to be exact.
1. Elizabeth was a part-time lawyer and her husband who Duo hadn't seen since the night he was brought here is a government official who is currently in Japan because of business with foreign affairs.
2. He was kind of shocked to find that Quatre was Elizabeth's lil brother! Not because it'd been to unbelievable that they were related or even because he'd found out that all together they had twenty eight more siblings not including eachother... Oh no! That wasn't what was shocking! What was shocking was the fact that the small blonde was tecnically his uncle! Oh yeah... His only uncle!
3. Qautre's older by almost a year.
4. Quatre's dad is the owner of a multi million dollar company. Quatre is the next heir for his father's big company.
Oh yeah! Last and probably the biggest peice of news to Duo...
5. Qautre's bestfriend since childhood happened to be none other than Heero Yuy himself, Heero used to live with one of Quatre's other sisters who had previously owned this house, AND Duo's bedroom used to be Heero's room, oh and apparently so did the furniture!
Duo of course never relayed anything back to Elizabeth and was slow to tell Quatre anything at first, but after a while he began to trust Quatre seeing as he was his only friend and ally here. He wasn't suprised to find Quatre was a good listener and never interrupted when Duo began to recall things he thought he could tell him.
"Let's see... I was raised in a church orphanage until it burned down... I think I was about eight when that happened... After that I met Solo. I then joined his gang and stayed on the streets until another orphanage got a hold of me and basically put me up for sale... Then I wound up here." Duo told "Cat", as he'd so properly had nicknamed Quatre. He also called him Q, Q-man, Q-ball, Q-bean, and a so on and so forth.
"How did the church burn down?" Quatre asked curiously. Duo began to get out of bed at Quatre's question.
"Terrorist... I'd guess you could say. At least that's what I was told..." Duo said walking to his bedroom door to make sure for the hundredth time that Elizabeth wasn't coming. He couldn't help but feel like a prisoner constantly being checked on by the warden.
"Oh..." Qautre said quietly. "Um... Duo what are you doing?" Quatre asked seeing Duo dart to the corner and begin digging through one of his still unpacked bags.
"I think I got a bag of chips in here somewhere..." Duo muttered more to himself then in response to Quatres question. "Why didn't I think of it before!" He muttered again. Quatre could barely retain his laughter as he watched the braided brunette triumphantly pull out and hold up a half eaten bag of Cheetos. "I knew it!" He cheered as he reached in to grab some. He smiled big taking in the rich flavor of his junky morsels. "At last something not healthy!" he said licking his fingers.
"Shouldn't you ration those off?" Qautre asked jokingly. "You never know how long it will be before you can get more junkfood." Quatre said teasingly.
"Haha, Q-man." Duo muttered before continuing in his movements of devouring the cheesy puffs in his grasp. He then paused. "Wait you're right... And I wouldn't be able to handle that. Anymore health food and I'll become... Normal!" he whined.
"You! normal!" Quatre asked laughing as he tried to imagine Duo normal. No hyper fits. No priest outfit. No combat boots. No constantly made up nicknames. No braid. "That's creepy to think of..." Quatre admitted.
"Yeah. Hey do you think you can help me bust out of this Alcatraz-like prison? One more night and I might just lose it!" Duo said laughing as he moved to store his remaining precious morsels in the bag under his bed.
"I think you mean you'll get it. You've already lost it." Quatre said smiling.
"Probably!" Duo said with a grin.
"Yeah, I'll try to get you out of here. I'll tell my sister it's school related." Quatre said as he turned to the door to leave.
"Thanks Quat." Duo said with a smile as he grabbed one of the magazines Quatre had brought him. He then sat back and began reading.
After Quatre left, Duo recieved the good news bad news scenario as Elizabeth knocked on the door and entered Duo's room. She was carrying a tray of food and was wearing one of her usual perky smiles.
"Hi Eli." Duo said in his best forced happy tone.
"Hey hun." Elizabeth said in a sweet voice.
"Umm... So can I stay at Quat's tonight? We do have work to do!" Duo asked hopefully, adding in the last comment for extra support.
"No. I told him that he can do the project." Elizabeth said in a rather matter as factly tone.
'Yup I'm screwed. I'll be eating health crap for the rest of eternity!' Duo thought as she unveiled his food to him. The usual stuff was there... Salad, tomato soup, a glass of water, and-
"Wait! Is that pie!" Duo asked pointing to the slice of sweet sitting on his tray.
"Yes. Quatre demanded you have it. He said a friend bought it for you and they would be offended if you didn't eat it." she said slightly frowning. "Enjoy." She said as she exited the room to allow Duo to eat comfortably. He'd told her he perferred to eat alone.
After a couple hours, Elizabeth returned to the room to find Duo fast asleep and his plate completely clean. She smiled as she tucked Duo in, took his dirty dishes, and headed to bed herself. It was well past two in the morning and she had work in a couple hours.
As Duo lay sleeping, he felt familiar tapping and shaking on his shoulder. It was shaking him out of his pleasant dreams and he didn't like that... He rolled over to hit whatever it was, but stopped when he heared the voice of his tormentor.
"Duo, wake up now." the familiar voice said in a demanding tone.
Duo opened his eyes to the bright morning light pouring through his blinds and the cold eyes of Heero Yuy. He instantly jumped out of bed hoping that Heero wasn't there to kill him. He found himself covering his eyes to keep himself from going blind. 'Damn light...' he thought as he tried to focus his attention on Heero.
"Heero what are you doing here?" Duo asked uncovering his eyes slightly so he could see Heero when he talked to him. Duo was shocked to see Heero was taking off his shirt and moving toward him.
"You owe me for covering for you...Oh and the pie." Heero said with a smirk as he started grabbbing Duo's arms and pinning him to the wall as he began to kiss Duo on the lips. He could feel the rising heat off of Heero's body as he began pushing for entrance into his mouth. Duo although in shock found himself excepting the kiss and opened his mouth to allow Heero to deepen the kiss. As Heero kissed him he felt Heero's hands sliding all over him. Every inch of skin Heero touched felt like it was on fire. He soon found himself moaning and and he was kissing back. He was even more surprised to find that when he opened his eyes he was shirtless and the buttons to his pants were being undone.
"Heero..." he said looking into Heero's deep blue eyes only to find Zechs peircing stare. Zech's started to copy Heero's previous movements, but everywhere he touched instantly went to pain.
"No! No! Your not him!" Duo found himself yelling as he woke up to a dark room. His room. He was shaking and felt alone. He got up to find the kitchen for a glass of water. When he got there he found he couldn't steady a glass enough to even drink so he decided to instead to go for a walk. He went upstairs to put on a jacket and a pair of his shoes and headed back downstairs. He decided to write a note before leaving so if Elizabeth woke up she wouldn't flip out too bad.
Eli,
I stepped out for a bit.
Don't worry I'll be home soon.
Duo
He then left into the dark streets and began reading into his thoughts. He wanted to figure out everything that had happened in his dreams. He wanted to remember. Everything had disappeared the moment he'd woken up. Duo had been walking the same street for what had seemed like forever just thinking over the missing memory of the nightmare that had awaken him when he saw bright lights blaring in his face, coming closer and closer.
It was only then Duo remembered that he was in the road so he began to stumble his way out of the cars path, not wanting to get hit. He expeted the car to just pass him by once he'd gotten out of the road, but then noticed it was slowing down. It seemed to stop in the road right in front of him. The lights were making him feel dizzy. His head was pulsing. He saw a tall figure get out of the car. He then felt himself just sort of pass out, he found himself back in the dreams, and suddenly he found himself not wanting to remember.
Heero's POV
Why am I driving to Quatre's? This makes no sense... It's five in the morning! Why do I also end up doing these things for Quatre? He ask me to do him favors so I do. So what if we're best friends! I'm friends with Wufei and Trowa. They never ask me for favors. I mean it's really not that crucial of a topic when it's just showing a kid to the school, but Quatre expected me to take Duo to all of his classes! I can barely stand that braided baka! He knows that and still he ask me to do even more for him! I had to bring him sweets because all of Quatres sisters like me for some strange reason and now I have to help Quatre with Duo's homework. I covered for him! THAT should of been enough!
It's not really that I hate Duo... More like can't stand being around him. He's too... I don't know... He's a baka! He'll lower my intelligence level! Sometimes I wonder what he even has in his head. Air? The only person I truly hate is that damn bastard Milliardo. He just talks and I can feel myself seething with anger. Damn him...
"Oh, Kuso! I missed my turn!" I muttered to myself as I turned down Hobarter instead of Hubbard. I would of done a U-turn if I hadn't nearly hit someone. I saw them dive on to the sidewalk and slowly get up. I stopped my car and got out to make sure they were alright. It was then I realized it was Duo. I was about to yell at him for walking in the road when he just sort of fell over. He hit the pavement and cracked his head on the curb causing a thin trickle of blood to stream down by his eye. I didn't know what to do for a second, but then I realized I was wasting time. I moved toward Duo slowly picked him up. I was about to lift him when he began moaning. I instantly dropped him with a thud. I could feel myself blushing again.
"Damn it..." I muttered as I lifted him again and quickly carried him to my car. I began to drive to Quatre's, but I didn't know how I'd explain the situation. Quatre knows I don't really like Duo and here he is bleeding from the head. I couldn't take him to Quatre's. I thought about just sneaking him back into his house and leaving him there, but I could get caught. After a minute of thinking things through I decided to just take the braided baka home with me.
"You owe me." I muttered as I drove home.
When I got home I carefully snuck Duo up to my apartment. I didn't feel like having any of my nosey neighbors knowing I had carried a boy into my house. Ecspecially since half of my neighbors happen to go to the same school as me. As I carried Duo he began squirming and moaning again. I almost dropped him again, but I managed to regain my grip on him this time.
Once at the top of the stairs I fumbled trying to get the keys out of my pocket while holding Duo up. I found it wasn't quite as hard as I'd expected considering how light Duo turned out to be. I opened the door and set Duo down on my bed. I'd thought about putting him on the couch, but I decided against it rationalizing he was sick so I should get the couch.
I then went to the living room to call Quatre.
The infernal ringing begins...
"Hello?" Came Quatre's cheery voice. I can tell he's been up. He's probably just got back from a meeting.
"Hn. It's me." I say.
"Oh Heero! Where are you? I've been waiting for you!" Qautre nags. He sounds worried.
"Something's come up. I can't come." I say in a serious tone.
"Oh? Ok." Quatre says. "Goodbye then." Worry is gone.
He's letting go rather easily... Somethings up.
"Quatre."
"Got to go, Bye Heero." Quatre says laughing lightly.
That was different...
I lie back on the couch and turn on the t.v. An old basketball games on. Oz will win by thirty points. The Alliance didn't stand a chance.
There's chappie eight! Sorry it took so long! I'll update again really soon and I'll try to make the next Chappie longer. I'll save my review thanks for that chapter!
EmoCloud Out
