Heero's POV
I'd almost walked past the alleyway until I heard Duo's voice yelling something. I turned and looked down the alleyway just in time to see a blonde boy a little older than myself yell at Duo as he smacked him hard in the face. Duo had barely hit the ground and I was in action. I nailed the man with the gun behind Duo and started for the next guy. I looked over at Duo as I passed by him. He looked on the brink of tears and had a blackish purple mark under his eye along with a couple more on his neck and a busted lip.
"Bastard." I muttered to myself. I turned back to face the blonde in front of me and jumped on him. I then proceded to beat him sensless. I just kept hitting him over and over. I could hear Duo yelling something, but I wasn't paying any attention. It wasn't until I felt someone come behind me and put there arms over my neck that I stopped hitting the blonde. As I moved to lose their grip on my neck I realized it wasn't a grip, it was a binding. I turned only to come face to face with Duo. He looked slightly angry and pathetic at the sametime. I stood up and slightly lifted him with me as I did so. I stopped when I remembered I was taller and his arms were still bound around my neck. He gave me a shocked put-me-down! look. I then picked him up the short distance so he could move his arms from around my neck. To my surprise he didn't.
"Duo. Lift your arms over my head so I can put you down." I said in a monotone. He merely shook his head.
"Duo." I said in a threatining tone.
"I can't let go." He said quietly.
"Yes you can. I already explained this." I said going to lift his arms over my head for him.
"No." He said in a serious tone. "If I let go you'll hurt Solo."
"Solo?" I asked. Duo merely pointed to the blonde behind me. I turned to see him getting up, staring at us. I turned back to Duo waiting for an explanation.
"He's my friend." Duo said with a slight smile. I frowned at Duo and then sent Solo a glare.
"Since when do friends hit their friends?" I asked in a semi sarcastic tone with a glare, but still monotone non the less.
"Who are you to judge?" Solo asked in a bitter tone as he spit out some blood.
"I'm-" I started to say, but I was halted.
"This is Heero Yuy. He's my friend." Duo said quickly as he covered my mouth with his hand. I don't know why he would considering I'm more likely to beat the shit out of the guy than I am to say something rude. I got a glare from Solo and got really pissed.
"You claim to be his friend and rag on me? Like you're one to talk Yuy... You blame your problems on Duo. You're an asshole and a hypocrite." He said looking me straight in the eyes.
I would kill the guy, but I'd have a hard time holding Duo up and beating the shit out of Solo at the same time. Besides I'd have to deal with Quatres rants later on if he found out. I instead ignored the comment and turned my back on him. As I began to walk away, Duo quickly let go of my mouth and changed his position so he could hold onto me better . I then started to walk back up toward the street.
"Sorry Solo! I gotta go!" Duo yelled back with a semi smile. "I'll see ya around though!"
I looked down at Duo and then turned around. The bruises from that guy would be there a while...
"Ever hit Duo again and you will regret it. Omae o korosu." I said simply before turning around and continuing to walk away.
"O-my what?" Duo asked looking up at me with a confused face. "What's that mean?"
"Omae o korosu. I told him I'd kill him. That's all." I said as I turned down another back street.
"Oh..." Duo said with a slight blush. "Umm... Hee-chan... Where are we goin'?" Duo asked in a confused tone as he looked around. "This area doesn't seem familiar..."
"A hotel." I answered in a low grunt.
I nearly dropped Duo with the way he reacted. He went to smack me and seeing as his hands were still bound behind my head he instead gave me a sharp tug to the back of my neck. I could feel the metal slightly break skin.
"Kuso! What was that for?" I asked in an angry tone.
"You're a prick! You're trying to rape me again!" Duo almost yelled as he struggled in my grip.
"Shut up or I swear you'll regret it." I said with a glare dark enough to shut him up. I then turned another corner and headed toward a small hotel.
Duo's POV
"O-my what? What's that mean?" I asked as Heero carried me carefully down another empty alley.
"Omae o korosu. I told him I'd kill him. That's all." Heero said in a low voice.
"Oh..." I said as he took a deep breath. I could feel myself blush. The guy had the tall, dark, and handsome hero thing goin' for him and here I was the one in his arms instead of some damsel in disterss. It felt sorta nice.
"Umm... Hee-chan... Where are we goin'?" I asked as I began looking around and realized we weren't heading towards either of our homes. "This area doesn't seem familiar..." I said hoping he'd realize I still don't know my way around this town yet.
"A hotel." Was the only response that he gave me. I instantly freaked out. I mean here I was thinkin' how lucky I was that Heero was takin' such good care of me... And he just didn't want damged goods! I went to give him a swift smack to the face, but instead felt the cuffs cut my wrist and the back of his neck as I made the yanking motion.
"Kuso! What was that for?" Heero yelled in an angry tone.
"You're a prick! You're trying to rape me again!" I almost yelled back as I struggled to get out of Heero's grip. I was stopped by strong arms pulling me back tightly.
"Shut up or I swear you'll regret it." Heero told me with a glare. I froze instantly. The guy was after all very scary when he gave such looks. As I settled back down in his arms, Heero turned a corner, and headed towards a small hotel with a sign in the front that said "Mi Amor". The little store next to it was a small hair salon with a sign in the front that said "Curl Up and Dye." 'Really classy...' I thought to myself as I glanced around at the other shops down the street.
"Oh nice..." I muttered to myself as Heero entered the hotel with me in tow and walked up to the counter. The man standing behind it seemed preoccupied so he told me quietly to hold onto his neck tightly. He then quickly took off his jacket the best he could and rapped it around me without dropping me and told me to fake sleep. He then turned back to the counter and coughed to attract the mans attention.
"Oh sorry to keep you waiting sir! I didn't hear you come in." Came a very loud and honestly surprised voice. I knew he was telling the truth, Heero was honestly very quiet.
"We need a room for the night." I heard Heero say quietly as he stroked my hair gently. I feigned sleep and nestled slightly into Heero's shirt hoping the man couldn't see the bruises I was sure were apparent on my face.
"Oh! Ok...She must be worn out poor thing..." The man said as he lowered his voice.
"We've been running around all day." Heero responded quietly. "What do you have available?" He asked.
"We have a single, a queen, and a couple of doubles. The single is $45. The queen is $85 and a double is $65."
"I'll take the queen." Heero said as he carefully juggled me in one of his arms while reaching for his wallet.
After paying and saying good night to the man Heero began to carry me up a flight of stairs. I opened my eyes and peeked around as he entered what I was sure to be our room. The room was a lot nicer than I thought it would be. The room was decorated in forest colors and paintings. The bed was about the size of the one I had at Eli's and had a green comforter. Heero gently set me on the bed and looked around the room for a second. He then turned back around and looked at me.
"Get undressed." He said as he looked at me.
"What! Hell no!" I shrieked.
"Shut up Duo. Just do it." Heero said sending me a glare.
"Why the hell should I!" I yelled earning myself yet another glare.
"Do it or I'll do it for you." Heero said moving toward me.
"Fine!" I yelled moving away from him. As I started to unbutton my jacket Heero headed into the bathroom and came out with a robe.
"When your done put this on so you don't get sick." Heero said handing me the blue robe.
"What?" I asked honestly confused.
"Those clothes are wet and torn up. This is clean. Wear it." Heero said as if I were slow.
"Oh." I said as I attempted to pull my jacket off. "Damn handcuffs." I muttered to myself as I fussed about with my clothes.
Heero just stared at me as I fumbled about.
"Heero do ya think ya can help me here." I asked annoyed as I tried to pull the cuffs off.
Heero walked over to me and grabbed my hands. He pulled them up so he could look at them a little better. After a minute he seemed to decide something and left the room. I watched him as he left the room. He looked pissed off.
"Heero! Where are ya goin'!"I asked.
"To get the key." Heero grunted out sounding rather pissed.
"Heero get back over here!" I yelled running out of the room after him and grabbing him the best I could. I then pulled him back into the room not that he really fought me. I then closed the door behind us and glared at him. "You're not going to beat Solo up to get the key."
"How do you propose we get those cuffs off you then?" Heero asked as I tugged again at my jacket seeing if I could just rip the damn thing off. I could feel myself shivering.
"I don't know. We'll just have to pick the lock or something." I muttered as I looked up at Heero. I nearly jumped as he moved toward me pulling my face toward him. I felt his hands braiding through my hair. I don't know why I did it, but as his fingers began lacing through my hair, I leaned forward on my tip toes and kissed him. For a second he didn't seem to responded, but then I felt his tongue on my lips working to get my mouth open. I parted my lips to give him access.. I felt him backing us up and we fell back on the bed. I moved my hands up over his head and pulled him closer to deepen the kiss. Heero paused a second to look at me and then continued to kiss me. I could feel him pulling my hands backup over my head.
"Heero... I don't wanna.." I panted slightly as I pulled away a little.
"Shh..." Heero simply responded as he leaned forward to continue the kiss. After a few minutes of kissing I felt Heero let go of my hands and move his hands down my body in the same way he had earlier. He slipped his hand under my shirt and I shuttered slightly as he traced his fingers over my abs. I could feel him pulling my jacket off and lifting my shirt. We parted for a few seconds so he could remove the shirt. He then kissed me lightly on the lips and moved down my neck. I could feel him kissing all the spots that were sore. As he kissed my stomach and began to unbutton my pants I moaned slighlty. I could feel my pants tighting even as they loosened at the hem. He kept kissing lower and lower and I began to panic. I couldn't decide what I wanted anymore. I laced my hands through his hair bracing myself for whatever may come and was surprised to find my hands were free to move.
"Heero... what happened to the cuffs?" I asked sitting up slightly. I felt dazed.
"I removed them." Heero said sitting up and staring at me like I was an idiot.
"I know that, but how?" I asked rubbing my hands where the cuffs had bound them.
"You had a couple of bobbypins in your hair so I worked on it while you kissed me." Heero said continuing to look at me like this was something obvious.
"So that's why you kissed me!" I asked feeling slightly pissed off.
"I was just looking for a bobbypin in your hair. You kissed me." Heero said as he moved off the bed and moved toward the bathroom.
"If you didn't want me kissin' ya, then why'd ya kiss back!" I asked challenging him. I could feel myself getting more annoyed by the second. Heero stopped and looked at me.
"It was the best way to keep you quiet and get you out of those clothes. Qautre would be upset if anything happened to you." He said with a slight shrug.
"What! You-"
"Get changed." Heero ordered as he walked into the bathroom and shut the door behind him. After a minute I could hear the water starting and knew he was taking a shower. Deciding he might take a while I moved to the phone on the bedside table and called Quatre. After a few minutes of ringing, someone finally answered.
"Hello." Came an oddly familiar voice.
"Uh... Hiya is Q there?" I asked trying to place the voice of the person on the other end.
"Oh. Hang on Duo." The voice said. I could hear some whining as Quatre came to the phone.
"Quatre speaking."
"Hey Quat! How ya doin'!" I asked enthusiastically.
"Duo! Are you ok! Where are you! Did Heero find you? Do you want me to come get you!" Quatre asked quickly in a concerned voice.
"Chill Q-bean. I'm fine!" I said trying to calm Quatre.
"Where are you Duo?" Quatre asked still concerned.
"More importantly... who answered the phone? She sounded cute... What exactly were you doing that made ya unable to answer the phone yourself?" I asked in a suggestive questioning tone.
"Duo! What exactly are you implying!" Quatre said in a highpitched voice.
"Nothing much..." I paused to hold back a slight laugh at Quatre's reaction.. "Hey Cat... Uh... Me and Heero are at a hotel called mi amore or somethin', ya think ya can come get us?" I asked as I heard Heero comin' outta the shower.
"It's Heero and I..." Quatre corrected me with a laugh.
"That's what I said!" I whined defensively.
"And yes, I will come get you. Give me twenty minutes." Quatre said as he said something to the person on the other end.
"Ok Q! We're room 7. See ya soon." I said as I hung up. I then took my pants off and slipped on the blue robe Heero had gotten me earlier. I had just tied it when Heero came out of the bathroom in a purple robe similar to mine. I had to cover my mouth to keep from laughing.
"Nice robe..." I said barely holding back the laughter.
"Hn." Heero said moving to grab a newspaper from the bedside drawer. He then sat down and began reading. I just stared at him for a moment before sitting on the bed beside him.
"Ya coulda taken the blue robe ya know..." I said figurin' he was angry about the color.
"The blue one is thicker and I don't need you passing out again. Besides I figured you'd want to keep some of your manhood." Heero said monotone without even lookin' at me.
"What's that suppose to mean!" I asked defensively.
"Hn. You don't need to get sick in your condition." Heero grunted still looking at the newspaper.
"No the part about my man- Hey wait! What condition?" I asked surprised.
"Quatre told m-" Heero started as I cut him off.
"What the Hell! How the hell does Quatre know!" I yelled standing up. I looked at Heero, but he didn't look up or respond."The orphanage probably told Eli! Damn't! This is soo not cool!" I whined throwing myself back down on the bed. I looked over at Heero. He still wasn't responding.
"So what're ya lookin' at that's soo intrestin'?" I asked leaning over Heero to look at the paper. He pushed me away and threw the newspaper back on the nightstand.
"What was that for!" I asked as Heero glared at me.
"Hn. Nothing." Heero said continuing to glare at me.
"Don't glare at me ya prick! I haven't-"
"Damare Baka!" Heero yelled as he he sat up and turned to face me.
"Dama baka? What the hell does that mean?" I asked wondering if he was gonna hit me.
"I told you to shut up. That's all... That doesn't matter though. You called Quatre, right?" Heero said moving toward the bathroom.
"Uh..Yeah.. So?" I asked waiting for a response.
"Good. I won't have to watch you anymore." Heero said as he came out the bathroom fully dressed.
"I never said I needed a fuck'n babysitter! So what the hell are ya talk'n about!" I yelled sending Heero my own glare.
"It was Quatres request that I find and look after you. After today I plan not to come into contact with you again." He sais simply as he began moving toward the door.
"What! Fine! Leave then! Don't ever talk to me again! I don't give a damn!" I yelled and began pushing him toward the door. He turned and looked at me like he was going to hit me, but instead grabbed me and pulled me toward him. I grabbed onto his shirt. I could feel myself shaking.
"I hate you... You're a bastard..." I muttered.
"Shh. Quit crying Duo." Heero said pushing my head into his shirt.
"Shut up Yuy! I'm not crying!" I said pushing myself away from him. I rubbed my eye with the sleeve of the robe realizing he was right. I was crying... again. I moved toward the bed and sat back down.
"Yes you are baka." Heero said with a semi smirk that quickly disappeared. "Clean youreself up. Quatre will be here in a few minutes. You don't want him to see you like this. He'll worry." He said turning away. While his back was turned I quickly grabbed the newspaper he'd been reading and shoved it under my jacket to grab later.
"Yeah..." I finally said agreeing with Heero. I checked to make sure he hadn't caught me. I found he was still keeping from looking at me. "Are ya gonna ignore me?" I asked wanting to know.
"Yes." Heero said seriously. I knew he was telling the truth and it hurt.
"Heero... I-" I had to look away to contain myself. "Why Heero?" I asked truly confused about what I was feeling.
"I'm engaged. You're just a distraction." Heero said in a bitter tone that left me feeling like I'd just broken a rib or something. I couldn't even manage to speak. It hurt.
"I should leave now." Heero said turning back to look at me.
With that said I looked at Heero and grinned. "That's fine with me! It's hard bein' around someone so grumpy and serious all the time." It hurt to say, but if Heero was going to be like this... I didn't know how else to react.
Heero seemed slightly taken back by my behavior, but just nodded his head and left. I then went into the bathroom and took a shower careful to take care of all my cuts and bruises. I knew Heero would be right about Quatre's reaction if he saw me like this.
About fifteen minutes later I was out dressed and braiding my hair when I heard a knock at the door.
"Duo?" Came a voice from the other side.
"Hold on! Just a sec..." I called as I finished my braid and came to the door. I walked to the door and was greeted by a young man I knew to be one of Q's drivers.
"Master Quatre is waiting for you out in the vehicle." He said as he turned to lead me. We walked down the stairs and through the front lobby. As we passed through the lobby the man from behind the desk looked up and waved.
"You feeling any better miss?" the man asked with a kind a smile. I stopped and turned trying to think what I should do... I tightened the grip on my jacket and nodded hoping he wouldn't notice my lack of chest.
"Thank you." I said in the most feminine voice I could manage. I'd get less questions from him this way. As I turned back to the driver he gave me a strange look. We then continued out the door.
"Miss? Do you usually play the part of a woman?" The driver asked with a bit of a laugh as he led me to a limo out on the main road.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" I said with a slight smirk. Q's driver just laughed and got in the front seat.
When I opened the backdoor to the limo I was surprised to be greeted by not just Quatre, but Trowa and the red haired girl from earlier. Before I could say anything I felt a brick thrown at my side and begin strangling my lower intestines... I looked down after slightly regaining the ability to breathe again and found the red haired girl had plastered herself to me!
"Duo! I've missed you so much!" The girl said as I felt one lung collapse and my kidney fail.
"Um... Nice to cya again too?" I said lookin' back at Q. He just gave me a smile and nodded toward the girl.
"This is Catherine. Heero sent her my way. She says she knows you from the streets." He said as he tapped lightly on Catherines shoulder. "I think you should reintroduce yourself."
Catherine stared at him for a second and then turned back to me with a big smile on her face.
"The name is Catherine Bloom and you're Duo Maxwell! We've already met." She said with a small laugh. "Don't you remember me from the orphanage?" She asked when I gave her a questioning shrug. As I said nothing and continued to stare at her, her jaw dropped slightly. "You really don't remember me?" She asked unbelieving.
"Yeah... I can't remember anything before..." I went quiet. I didn't really feel like having everyone and their brother know about my problem. I didn't know what to say when Quatre cut in.
"Duo got in a car accident last week and bumped his head a little that's all. No need to worry though. He'll remember things soon enough." Q said with a soft smile. She looked back at me and nodded.
"I'm sorry to hear about your misfortune." Catherine said to me quietly. I could tell she was concerned and trying to hide it...She looked a lot younger than she must really be escpecially with a pitiful sympathetic smile pasted on her delicate features.
"Perhaps we should all get in now?" I heard Q say. I then watched as Trowa pulled Catherine into the limo and signaled for me to do the same. As I climbed in I gave one of my manic grins.
"Hey Q, can I stay at your place tonight?" I asked still grinning.
"Sure Duo. Just let us drop Trowa and Catherine off." Q said with an enthusiastic grin.
Later that evening
It had taken Quatre and me about fifteen minutes to convince Eli I should stay "another" night at Q's before she finally gave in and said I could. Damn am I glad Q covered for me. We both hugged Eli and thanked her. Afterwords I ran to my room and grabbed one of my still unpacked bags and followed Q down the road to his house.
After about five minutes we reached the house and headed up to Q's room. Looking around I was impressed. Q had a king sized bed, a big screen tv, a computer, and tons of other fancy gear scattered neatley around his room! Even though his room was all teched out it was still not a modern looking room. The room was done in an arabian style with silk and brightly colored cloth everywhere.I threw my stuff in a random corner and jumped onto the bed.
"Wow Q-man! Your room is awesome! Ya compensating for something!" I laughed as I rolled around on the smooth silken sheets. Quatre laughed as well and shook his head.
"Did you bring your own pajamas?" Q asked as he moved to a tall chest of drawers.
"Of course!" I said as I undressed until I was clad only in boxers and a t-shirt.
"You're funny Duo!" Quatre said as he laughed a little.
"What's so funny?" I asked confused. Q just stared at me.
"Is that really what you wear to bed?" he asked me disbelievingly.
"Well What do you wear?" I asked feeling slightly insulted. Of course the insult was washed away the second Q pulled out a white nightgown.
"Ya gotta be kidd'n me!" I laughed rolling around on Q's bed. "You really wear that!" I coughed out on the brink of tears.
Quatre just blushed and nodded as he turned his back on me, took off his vest and unbuttoned his shirt to get changed. He was beet red... Poor guy. I had turned to the tv and had began looking for the remote. After a couple of seconds of looking around and not finding one I turned back to Quatre to ask where it might be. I was shocked to see scars on his back for some brief seconds before his night gown was thown over his head and covered them. He then went to pull his pants off from under the gown. I turned away and continued looking for the remote thankful he hadn't noticed I'd seen.
When he was done changing I felt him sit on the bed beside me and laugh. I turned around to see what was so funny.
"Duo what are you doing?" Quatre asked with a curious look.
"Look'n for the remote." I said sending a mock glare around the room. "I think it's hiding from me." This comment earned me another laugh from Q who turned to his nightstand and picked up the fruit of my search.
"Oh... Didn't think to look there!" I said grinning as I rubbed the back of my head.
EmoCloud: Whatch'ya think! My stories turning out to be like a puzzle and only I know where the peices go! BWAHAHA! (stops as a cough echoes around the room) Who's there!
(Turns around only to see Heero, Duo, and Quatre)
Heero: What are you doing baka?raises eyebrow
EmoCloud: Me?nervously
Heero: Are there any other bakas here?sarcastic
Duo: You call me a baka... confused
Heero: Hn.looks away
Duo: You're so mean! You always treat me bad! WAH! turns around and hugs Quatre
Quatre: Be nice Heero... There there Duo...
Heero: Bakas...
EmoCloud: Don't worry Duo things'll get better!
Duo: Nuh-uh!
EmoCloud: Yu-huh!
Duo: Nuh-uh! How would you know anyway?
EmoCloud: Easy, I'm the author! Bwahaha!
Duo: Yay!
EmoCloud: Maniacal grin
(Heero and Quatre back away slowly)