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~*~Chapter 7~*~
Maya's Visit
Duo pulled into the drive just as their expected visitor was walking away from the door, sitting on the porch. Honking the horn, he laughed to himself as Maya jumped up and down, a huge smile stretching across her face.
Hilde, smile on her face, rolled down her window and called out to her friend. "Hey, if you're trying to break into the house, try the key under the mat. There's nothin' worth much in there though, gotta warn ya!"
"Then what the heck am I doing waistin' my time here?!?!" she called back in response, her tone playfully annoyed as she waved to her friends.
"Dunno, you must be losing your touch. Glad you could come by Maya. Sorry if we weren't home, we had a lil' emergency to take care of." Slapping a high-five with her college friend, Hilde turned to see Duo helping Heero out on the other side.
Letting out a whistle, Maya watched the young man, Duo's brother, look at her in question.
Duo heard the whistle and, not missing a beat, called back. "Well Maya, looks like you've finally got some good taste. Sorry, Hilde's kinda got me, you were a little too late."
Rolling her eyes, she began to tease him, looking back in mild disgust. "Oh heck no! Sorry if you got the wrong impression honey, but I wouldn't whistle at you if someone offered me a million dollars. I ain't that desperate!" Laughing at his hurt look, she leaned against the car as support, her best friend joining her. "I'm sorry, but how the heck is that good looking guy related to you Duo? It's not possible, or if it is, you didn't get the good looking genes in your DNA."
"Oh, sure, sure. You know you dream about me Maya. Who could resist a guy like me?" Head held high, he stared back at the giggling girls as Heero stood off to the side.
"Oh Hilde, what ever came over you?! How did you get yourself into this mess?" She shook her head, looking at Duo's girlfriend.
"No clue, Maya. No clue."
Maya circled the car, still giggling as tears fell from her eyes. She laughed easily. "You know I'm just kiddin' ya Duo, don't take it so personally. You know me. Buds?" Maya now stood in front of the two young men, arms open asking for a hug of forgiveness.
"Well," he drew out the word. "Guess I can let it go this time. I am a forgiving type of guy." Smile crossing his face, he knew that Maya was only joking. She always tried to give him a hard time, but each time she was just playing. Pulling from the friendly hug, he looked over his shoulder at an unusually shy Heero. "Man this guy has changed!"
"But Duo, seriously. Your brother is HOT!" Maya always had a habit of telling things as they were, and of being outspoken. Watching his face turn red as he glanced away, the energetic visitor began to laugh, nearly falling to the snowy pavement.
What had gotten into him?! Heero knew he didn't do this, but why was this comment getting to him, making him feel so uncomfortable and embarrassed?!?! Turning pleading eyes to Hilde, he wished that they could go into the house and he could escape to his room. He was really uneasy around Maya, something about her was just different from the people who he'd encountered before.
Hilde, looking into Heero's face and sensing his distress, smiled as she rounded the back of the car. Laying a hand upon his shoulder, she could feel his muscles tense, the alertness and nervousness that ran throughout his body. "Hey, why don't we all go inside, it's kinda cold out here."
Taking in a large breath, Maya stood up trying to hold down her energy levels. "Ya, it is. Dang, why does winter ever have to come, why can't it just go straight into summer?!"
The four walked up to the house, entering after Duo unlocked the door, and Maya took a seat on the couch. Hilde assured her friend that they would be back, but took Heero down the hall and into his room while Duo grabbed a Mountain Dew for their guest.
Closing the door behind her, she watched the once "Perfect Soldier" fall back onto the bed, eyes closed and the embarrassment draining from his face. "What happened out there Heero? I've never seen you act like that before."
Taking in a deep breath, not really wanting to get up or even to open his eyes, he spoke, "I...I don't know, I just didn't feel comfortable near her. She's....different." Oh, how he wished he could just fall to sleep, the bed beneath him was so comfortable and welcoming. The warm, dark room helped in persuading him to follow his want, coaxing him into sleep. Hilde's quiet laughing disturbed that thought, her laugher increasing in volume.
"That's Maya for you. She's weird, sometimes even scary to normal people, but she's nice I promise. She just has a thing for talking out loud and not caring about what she says and is way too outspoken. Don't let her get to ya, she's not as scary as she seems."
"I just got a weird vibe off of her, that's all." Opening his eyes, he looked up and into Hilde's face. She was trying to stop her giggles.
"Ya, well that's just the evil you're sensing. We've been waiting to test our hypothesis, but I guess now you could say it's true. Now she's certainly the daughter of Satan, Princess of Darkness. Yep, demon from the underworld." *giggles followed her statement, Heero seemed to be believing her for some reason. His face held emotions that depicted extreme reluctance and regret. It was like he was going to have to wage war against Maya and the entire of the underworld or something. "Uh, I hope you know I was just joking Heero. You do know that, don't you?"
What the heck was he thinking?!?! Of course she was only joking. But the explanation was so believable. He was really losing it. Reluctantly, he sat up draining him of yet more energy. "Of course, but it makes sense."
Without thinking, Hilde burst out laughing, using the young man as support to keep herself up. Any other time she'd have done something like this, she probably would have found herself in pain and on the floor. But yet, Heero was actually joining her, not really minding if she was leaning against him or not. "Ah," sighing, she took in a deep breath and tried to control her breathing as she wiped away her tears. "We should probably join them, we kinda left Duo with the savage tigiress, you might say."
"Ya, we should make sure he's at least fairing somewhat well. All right, thanks Hilde."
Hilde was glad that Heero was staying with them. When he'd fought in the war with the others, any chances she had to see him, his attitude was always the same. Emotionless and cold. When he'd called, he was so frail and weak looking, desperate and depressed. Now, he appeared fairly healthy with life sparkling in his eyes and happiness in his long lost smile. Yes, things were going to be just fine.
Duo looked up to see his girlfriend and brother entering the room, Heero much more comfortable in his surroundings once again, and Hilde with a smile on her lips. "What took ya guys so long? I can only hold off the savage beast for so long on my own."
"Oh now boy you seriously bes' be watchin' your mouth or you know I'll seriously get you back for that one!" Her voice was in it's normal, sassy, 'oh no you didn't' tone with the usual bossiness.
"Duo, she doesn't bite," Hilde giggled as he gave her a skeptical look, one eyebrow raised.
"Hard," added Maya, an evil grin on her lips. She relished watching Duo hug the back of the couch, his eyes wary and his senses alert.
"Oh, ya, sure she doesn't." Ignoring Maya's sudden outburst of laughter, Duo rose to his feet, smiling as Heero gave him a look of amusement. Duo still wasn't really used to seeing these emotions from his brother yet, after fighting for years beside him, he'd only received the same, emotionless and cold stare. Once in a while he'd see anger and hatred, but nothing more. Not in normal situations. "Anyway," he was sure to draw out the word, "Heero, this is Maya Nalaundra. Maya, this is my brother, Heero Yuy." Introducing the two, he watched Heero offer his hand in an unusual manner, and Maya take it. "Man, I don't think I'm ever gonna get used to the new Heero."
"What, are you like half brothers or something?" Maya blurted out rudely, but didn't really think much of it.
"In truth, we aren't related. I feel like I should refer to Duo as my brother for or friendship, but his reasons I don't know for the sudden change from friends to family." Heero had somewhat been wondering about that, maybe Duo had told him, but unusually like him he may have forgotten. He was only human after all, even if some contradict that fact.
"Same reason," Duo replied to Maya's quizzical look.
"Gotcha."
Heero, taking a seat, sat silently with a courteous smile as he tried to focus on anything to keep himself awake. He wasn't in any pain, which was somewhat of a relief for the medication started working almost immediately and hadn't stopped yet. But he was as tired as ever, not having the strength to do much more than listen to the conversation.
"So, Hilde here says you've already given you love to someone else. Mind me askin' who? I mean, I'm not tryin' to intrude or anything, and Hilde told me to keep my hands off, so I'm doin' that. But a cute guy like you? She must be something, you could have near anyone you wanted. Heck, you could even have Princess Relena of the Cinq Kingdom of ya wanted to. So, who's the lucky girl?" Maya could no longer hold back her questions, curiosity always had a way of getting the best of her.
Maya didn't know how right she was. "Well, I guess you could say I can get pretty much anyone I wanted." Heero sighed as he heard Duo bust out in laughter, Maya getting frustrated with the both of them for not answering her question faster or clearer.
"And that means what?"
"Maya, you are such a blonde!" Duo declared while trying to catch his breath. *again, no offence to blondes whatsoever*
"Hey, if you guys don't stop givin' me a bunch of smart allic answers, I'll..."
"Maya, settle down. What they're trying to say is, he and Miss Relena are good friends, hoping to take it to the next level." Hilde spoke as calmly as she could, trying to make it understandable.
"Ooohhh! Well, ya coulda just said that!" The light bulb above Maya's head finally lit up. Sometimes it took her forever to get something, but in the end, she always got it. *this character is based on one of my friends, and is exactly like her in real life*
"Wow Maya, you're getting better at this, it only took you an hour instead of five!" Sarcasm was dripping from his words, he loved to give her a hard time.
"Oh ya, just keep raggin' on me Duo. One of these days, I'll show ya just how wrong you are. It might take me a million lifetimes, but I'll show ya." With a cocky look on her face, she egged him on.
"Only time will tell, and you better hope you have a lot of it!" Duo burst into more laughter as Maya stuck out her tongue at him, crossing her arms and pouting like a child.
The conversation was pretty much the same, Maya popping up with questions, Heero answering to the best of his ability as he fought to stay awake, Duo cracking on Maya, and then Hilde trying to settle the group down between laughter herself.
It was going on six o'clock when Heero knew he'd have to excuse himself, he couldn't stay awake any longer. It was near impossible. He just couldn't help himself anymore, his eyelids were growing heavy and his vision was blurring.
Maya, noticing the zombie like teenager struggling to stay awake, nodded her head in the direction of Heero. The others caught it as well, Duo sighing and Hilde rising from her seat.
"Come on Heero, you're too tired to try and fight it off anymore. You can go to sleep now." Hilde, taking his hand in hers, gently offered to the young man. He gave her a worn look, but refused without much energy.
"C'mon man, you don't even have the strength left to put up much of a fight, let alone stay awake for about another hour." Duo spoke with his usual cheeriness, but compassion and understanding as well.
"N-no, I'm fine, really." Who was he kidding?
"Just a minute Duo," Hilde trotted down the hallway, grabbing the quilt and pillow from Heero's bed, and turned back to the living room. Maya had already vacated the couch in knowing her friend's intentions, then helped her set up the couch as a makeshift bed. After laying the blanket across the back of the couch neatly, Hilde beckoned for Duo to go ahead and bring his brother over.
Duo, helping Heero up, didn't have much of a fight. Leading his friend over to the couch, Duo lowered him to the temporary bed. "Here ya go buddy, you can rest out here." Smiling, he watched his brother's eyes look back at him with such exhaustion that he hadn't seen since the beginning of the war.
Sighing, he couldn't resist the call of sleep, the soft, temporary bed beneath him warm and coaxing. He let himself lie down on the warm blanket, then before he fell asleep, all he knew was the warmth of the quilt that soon covered him, the soft fluffiness of the pillow, and the great relief to be able to close his eyes. Then, he was gone to the world, falling into a vast and peaceful slumber.
"Man, the guy's out like a light." Maya spoke softly, rather ironic for how loud she could be.
"Ya, he's been tired and put through a lot during these last few days. I don't think he's had one full, good night's sleep since the beginning of the war, if even that!" Duo was hoping that tonight, just maybe Heero would sleep undisturbed all the way through. If his nights kept going like this, he was going to be back in the hospital tomorrow.
"I wouldn't be surprised, but he can sleep now. Maya, this means you need to keep it really quiet, got it?" Hilde turned her sympathetic gaze from the sleeping teen to her best friend with a wary look.
"Hey, I know how to be quiet. Besides, I'd feel bad wakin' the poor guy up when he's that tired, let alone that cute, especially when he's sleepin'." Maya stifled a giggle as she watched her best friend shake her head at her as Hilde took a seat next to Duo in the chair opposite the one Heero was sitting in. Maya took the that seat.
Their visit continued for about another hour and a half, for Maya had to got to school that night. Their conversation was much the same, except now it was between the three and it was much less energetic.
"Well guys, I've got to get home and get my things, then go to class. Tell Heero I said that it was nice to meet the guy and that I said bye. But now, I've gotta get going." Maya stood to leave, her friends rising as well.
"Well, she's finally leavin'." Duo said it out loud purposely, then added quickly with a smirk, "I mean, you leaving already?"
"Oh, that was so funny I forgot to laugh." Retorting, she slightly smacked the quick-witted young man in the arm. "You know you're gonna miss me."
Giggling, Hilde gave her friend a hug and then spoke softly, "Well, it was great having you over, sorry about leaving you to wait on us for a it when ya first came over. Like I said, it's kind of a long story."
Letting Maya give him a hug, he smiled as she released him. "Ya, I guess so, that means I'll just have to give Hilde a hard time now."
"You just go ahead and try sweet heart, you just go ahead and try." Hilde gave him a look that just dared him to try it. Turning her gaze back to Maya, the two burst into quiet giggles. "Ah, you might want your notes back, I'm done copying them. Just a sec, I'll go get them." Sprinting down the hall, she retrieved the notes from her desk and rushed back, handing them off to Maya at the door.
"Hey, thanks. See ya later girl!" With that, she jogged down the walk to her car parked by the curb.
"Well, our visitor is gone, but we still have a problem."
Hilde cocked her head. "What's that?"
"It's near eight and we still haven't had dinner. Plus, we're still out of food in the kitchen." Duo was getting hungry considering that all he had was some cereal for breakfast and that's all he had all day besides a couple of pops.
"You're right, I think that restaurant is still open. We can order take out. Sound good?"
"You read my mind Hild, you always have been able to do that."
"Well, it's not hard if you love someone."
"I guess that means you hate me then, huh?" Duo asked with sarcasm as he pulled Hilde into a hug.
"Yep," she replied, kissing him with hungry lips. Pulling from him after a few minutes time, she stared into his warm, cobalt blue eyes. "Well, what are you waiting for?"
"Impatient aren't we?" Chuckling softly, he flipped off the light switch in the living room and headed into the kitchen with his girlfriend, leaving his brother in the comforting darkness and silence to rest.
- Lady Stardancer
Author's note:
Well, like I said before, this chapter was going to be short and it is. Sorry, but if I'm going to start the others right, I kinda have to stop it here. *looks down* Anyway, I'm starting on Chapter 8: Heero + Relena as soon as possible, but I'm still trying to get at least another chapter on each of my other stories up, so it'll be a lil' while. *smiles* If I end Ch. 8 right (I will or my best friend might hurt me)*giggles* you should look forward to Chapter 9: The Flames. *grins and rubs hands together* You can only imagine what this one will be about! *giggles, smiling in anticipation* But here, my best friend is also helpin' me out, she hated how I was going to end it, so she's helpin' me out a lil' bit. *hugs Andi* Thanks for the reviews, this is where it starts to get good! ;)
~*~Chapter 7~*~
Maya's Visit
Duo pulled into the drive just as their expected visitor was walking away from the door, sitting on the porch. Honking the horn, he laughed to himself as Maya jumped up and down, a huge smile stretching across her face.
Hilde, smile on her face, rolled down her window and called out to her friend. "Hey, if you're trying to break into the house, try the key under the mat. There's nothin' worth much in there though, gotta warn ya!"
"Then what the heck am I doing waistin' my time here?!?!" she called back in response, her tone playfully annoyed as she waved to her friends.
"Dunno, you must be losing your touch. Glad you could come by Maya. Sorry if we weren't home, we had a lil' emergency to take care of." Slapping a high-five with her college friend, Hilde turned to see Duo helping Heero out on the other side.
Letting out a whistle, Maya watched the young man, Duo's brother, look at her in question.
Duo heard the whistle and, not missing a beat, called back. "Well Maya, looks like you've finally got some good taste. Sorry, Hilde's kinda got me, you were a little too late."
Rolling her eyes, she began to tease him, looking back in mild disgust. "Oh heck no! Sorry if you got the wrong impression honey, but I wouldn't whistle at you if someone offered me a million dollars. I ain't that desperate!" Laughing at his hurt look, she leaned against the car as support, her best friend joining her. "I'm sorry, but how the heck is that good looking guy related to you Duo? It's not possible, or if it is, you didn't get the good looking genes in your DNA."
"Oh, sure, sure. You know you dream about me Maya. Who could resist a guy like me?" Head held high, he stared back at the giggling girls as Heero stood off to the side.
"Oh Hilde, what ever came over you?! How did you get yourself into this mess?" She shook her head, looking at Duo's girlfriend.
"No clue, Maya. No clue."
Maya circled the car, still giggling as tears fell from her eyes. She laughed easily. "You know I'm just kiddin' ya Duo, don't take it so personally. You know me. Buds?" Maya now stood in front of the two young men, arms open asking for a hug of forgiveness.
"Well," he drew out the word. "Guess I can let it go this time. I am a forgiving type of guy." Smile crossing his face, he knew that Maya was only joking. She always tried to give him a hard time, but each time she was just playing. Pulling from the friendly hug, he looked over his shoulder at an unusually shy Heero. "Man this guy has changed!"
"But Duo, seriously. Your brother is HOT!" Maya always had a habit of telling things as they were, and of being outspoken. Watching his face turn red as he glanced away, the energetic visitor began to laugh, nearly falling to the snowy pavement.
What had gotten into him?! Heero knew he didn't do this, but why was this comment getting to him, making him feel so uncomfortable and embarrassed?!?! Turning pleading eyes to Hilde, he wished that they could go into the house and he could escape to his room. He was really uneasy around Maya, something about her was just different from the people who he'd encountered before.
Hilde, looking into Heero's face and sensing his distress, smiled as she rounded the back of the car. Laying a hand upon his shoulder, she could feel his muscles tense, the alertness and nervousness that ran throughout his body. "Hey, why don't we all go inside, it's kinda cold out here."
Taking in a large breath, Maya stood up trying to hold down her energy levels. "Ya, it is. Dang, why does winter ever have to come, why can't it just go straight into summer?!"
The four walked up to the house, entering after Duo unlocked the door, and Maya took a seat on the couch. Hilde assured her friend that they would be back, but took Heero down the hall and into his room while Duo grabbed a Mountain Dew for their guest.
Closing the door behind her, she watched the once "Perfect Soldier" fall back onto the bed, eyes closed and the embarrassment draining from his face. "What happened out there Heero? I've never seen you act like that before."
Taking in a deep breath, not really wanting to get up or even to open his eyes, he spoke, "I...I don't know, I just didn't feel comfortable near her. She's....different." Oh, how he wished he could just fall to sleep, the bed beneath him was so comfortable and welcoming. The warm, dark room helped in persuading him to follow his want, coaxing him into sleep. Hilde's quiet laughing disturbed that thought, her laugher increasing in volume.
"That's Maya for you. She's weird, sometimes even scary to normal people, but she's nice I promise. She just has a thing for talking out loud and not caring about what she says and is way too outspoken. Don't let her get to ya, she's not as scary as she seems."
"I just got a weird vibe off of her, that's all." Opening his eyes, he looked up and into Hilde's face. She was trying to stop her giggles.
"Ya, well that's just the evil you're sensing. We've been waiting to test our hypothesis, but I guess now you could say it's true. Now she's certainly the daughter of Satan, Princess of Darkness. Yep, demon from the underworld." *giggles followed her statement, Heero seemed to be believing her for some reason. His face held emotions that depicted extreme reluctance and regret. It was like he was going to have to wage war against Maya and the entire of the underworld or something. "Uh, I hope you know I was just joking Heero. You do know that, don't you?"
What the heck was he thinking?!?! Of course she was only joking. But the explanation was so believable. He was really losing it. Reluctantly, he sat up draining him of yet more energy. "Of course, but it makes sense."
Without thinking, Hilde burst out laughing, using the young man as support to keep herself up. Any other time she'd have done something like this, she probably would have found herself in pain and on the floor. But yet, Heero was actually joining her, not really minding if she was leaning against him or not. "Ah," sighing, she took in a deep breath and tried to control her breathing as she wiped away her tears. "We should probably join them, we kinda left Duo with the savage tigiress, you might say."
"Ya, we should make sure he's at least fairing somewhat well. All right, thanks Hilde."
Hilde was glad that Heero was staying with them. When he'd fought in the war with the others, any chances she had to see him, his attitude was always the same. Emotionless and cold. When he'd called, he was so frail and weak looking, desperate and depressed. Now, he appeared fairly healthy with life sparkling in his eyes and happiness in his long lost smile. Yes, things were going to be just fine.
Duo looked up to see his girlfriend and brother entering the room, Heero much more comfortable in his surroundings once again, and Hilde with a smile on her lips. "What took ya guys so long? I can only hold off the savage beast for so long on my own."
"Oh now boy you seriously bes' be watchin' your mouth or you know I'll seriously get you back for that one!" Her voice was in it's normal, sassy, 'oh no you didn't' tone with the usual bossiness.
"Duo, she doesn't bite," Hilde giggled as he gave her a skeptical look, one eyebrow raised.
"Hard," added Maya, an evil grin on her lips. She relished watching Duo hug the back of the couch, his eyes wary and his senses alert.
"Oh, ya, sure she doesn't." Ignoring Maya's sudden outburst of laughter, Duo rose to his feet, smiling as Heero gave him a look of amusement. Duo still wasn't really used to seeing these emotions from his brother yet, after fighting for years beside him, he'd only received the same, emotionless and cold stare. Once in a while he'd see anger and hatred, but nothing more. Not in normal situations. "Anyway," he was sure to draw out the word, "Heero, this is Maya Nalaundra. Maya, this is my brother, Heero Yuy." Introducing the two, he watched Heero offer his hand in an unusual manner, and Maya take it. "Man, I don't think I'm ever gonna get used to the new Heero."
"What, are you like half brothers or something?" Maya blurted out rudely, but didn't really think much of it.
"In truth, we aren't related. I feel like I should refer to Duo as my brother for or friendship, but his reasons I don't know for the sudden change from friends to family." Heero had somewhat been wondering about that, maybe Duo had told him, but unusually like him he may have forgotten. He was only human after all, even if some contradict that fact.
"Same reason," Duo replied to Maya's quizzical look.
"Gotcha."
Heero, taking a seat, sat silently with a courteous smile as he tried to focus on anything to keep himself awake. He wasn't in any pain, which was somewhat of a relief for the medication started working almost immediately and hadn't stopped yet. But he was as tired as ever, not having the strength to do much more than listen to the conversation.
"So, Hilde here says you've already given you love to someone else. Mind me askin' who? I mean, I'm not tryin' to intrude or anything, and Hilde told me to keep my hands off, so I'm doin' that. But a cute guy like you? She must be something, you could have near anyone you wanted. Heck, you could even have Princess Relena of the Cinq Kingdom of ya wanted to. So, who's the lucky girl?" Maya could no longer hold back her questions, curiosity always had a way of getting the best of her.
Maya didn't know how right she was. "Well, I guess you could say I can get pretty much anyone I wanted." Heero sighed as he heard Duo bust out in laughter, Maya getting frustrated with the both of them for not answering her question faster or clearer.
"And that means what?"
"Maya, you are such a blonde!" Duo declared while trying to catch his breath. *again, no offence to blondes whatsoever*
"Hey, if you guys don't stop givin' me a bunch of smart allic answers, I'll..."
"Maya, settle down. What they're trying to say is, he and Miss Relena are good friends, hoping to take it to the next level." Hilde spoke as calmly as she could, trying to make it understandable.
"Ooohhh! Well, ya coulda just said that!" The light bulb above Maya's head finally lit up. Sometimes it took her forever to get something, but in the end, she always got it. *this character is based on one of my friends, and is exactly like her in real life*
"Wow Maya, you're getting better at this, it only took you an hour instead of five!" Sarcasm was dripping from his words, he loved to give her a hard time.
"Oh ya, just keep raggin' on me Duo. One of these days, I'll show ya just how wrong you are. It might take me a million lifetimes, but I'll show ya." With a cocky look on her face, she egged him on.
"Only time will tell, and you better hope you have a lot of it!" Duo burst into more laughter as Maya stuck out her tongue at him, crossing her arms and pouting like a child.
The conversation was pretty much the same, Maya popping up with questions, Heero answering to the best of his ability as he fought to stay awake, Duo cracking on Maya, and then Hilde trying to settle the group down between laughter herself.
It was going on six o'clock when Heero knew he'd have to excuse himself, he couldn't stay awake any longer. It was near impossible. He just couldn't help himself anymore, his eyelids were growing heavy and his vision was blurring.
Maya, noticing the zombie like teenager struggling to stay awake, nodded her head in the direction of Heero. The others caught it as well, Duo sighing and Hilde rising from her seat.
"Come on Heero, you're too tired to try and fight it off anymore. You can go to sleep now." Hilde, taking his hand in hers, gently offered to the young man. He gave her a worn look, but refused without much energy.
"C'mon man, you don't even have the strength left to put up much of a fight, let alone stay awake for about another hour." Duo spoke with his usual cheeriness, but compassion and understanding as well.
"N-no, I'm fine, really." Who was he kidding?
"Just a minute Duo," Hilde trotted down the hallway, grabbing the quilt and pillow from Heero's bed, and turned back to the living room. Maya had already vacated the couch in knowing her friend's intentions, then helped her set up the couch as a makeshift bed. After laying the blanket across the back of the couch neatly, Hilde beckoned for Duo to go ahead and bring his brother over.
Duo, helping Heero up, didn't have much of a fight. Leading his friend over to the couch, Duo lowered him to the temporary bed. "Here ya go buddy, you can rest out here." Smiling, he watched his brother's eyes look back at him with such exhaustion that he hadn't seen since the beginning of the war.
Sighing, he couldn't resist the call of sleep, the soft, temporary bed beneath him warm and coaxing. He let himself lie down on the warm blanket, then before he fell asleep, all he knew was the warmth of the quilt that soon covered him, the soft fluffiness of the pillow, and the great relief to be able to close his eyes. Then, he was gone to the world, falling into a vast and peaceful slumber.
"Man, the guy's out like a light." Maya spoke softly, rather ironic for how loud she could be.
"Ya, he's been tired and put through a lot during these last few days. I don't think he's had one full, good night's sleep since the beginning of the war, if even that!" Duo was hoping that tonight, just maybe Heero would sleep undisturbed all the way through. If his nights kept going like this, he was going to be back in the hospital tomorrow.
"I wouldn't be surprised, but he can sleep now. Maya, this means you need to keep it really quiet, got it?" Hilde turned her sympathetic gaze from the sleeping teen to her best friend with a wary look.
"Hey, I know how to be quiet. Besides, I'd feel bad wakin' the poor guy up when he's that tired, let alone that cute, especially when he's sleepin'." Maya stifled a giggle as she watched her best friend shake her head at her as Hilde took a seat next to Duo in the chair opposite the one Heero was sitting in. Maya took the that seat.
Their visit continued for about another hour and a half, for Maya had to got to school that night. Their conversation was much the same, except now it was between the three and it was much less energetic.
"Well guys, I've got to get home and get my things, then go to class. Tell Heero I said that it was nice to meet the guy and that I said bye. But now, I've gotta get going." Maya stood to leave, her friends rising as well.
"Well, she's finally leavin'." Duo said it out loud purposely, then added quickly with a smirk, "I mean, you leaving already?"
"Oh, that was so funny I forgot to laugh." Retorting, she slightly smacked the quick-witted young man in the arm. "You know you're gonna miss me."
Giggling, Hilde gave her friend a hug and then spoke softly, "Well, it was great having you over, sorry about leaving you to wait on us for a it when ya first came over. Like I said, it's kind of a long story."
Letting Maya give him a hug, he smiled as she released him. "Ya, I guess so, that means I'll just have to give Hilde a hard time now."
"You just go ahead and try sweet heart, you just go ahead and try." Hilde gave him a look that just dared him to try it. Turning her gaze back to Maya, the two burst into quiet giggles. "Ah, you might want your notes back, I'm done copying them. Just a sec, I'll go get them." Sprinting down the hall, she retrieved the notes from her desk and rushed back, handing them off to Maya at the door.
"Hey, thanks. See ya later girl!" With that, she jogged down the walk to her car parked by the curb.
"Well, our visitor is gone, but we still have a problem."
Hilde cocked her head. "What's that?"
"It's near eight and we still haven't had dinner. Plus, we're still out of food in the kitchen." Duo was getting hungry considering that all he had was some cereal for breakfast and that's all he had all day besides a couple of pops.
"You're right, I think that restaurant is still open. We can order take out. Sound good?"
"You read my mind Hild, you always have been able to do that."
"Well, it's not hard if you love someone."
"I guess that means you hate me then, huh?" Duo asked with sarcasm as he pulled Hilde into a hug.
"Yep," she replied, kissing him with hungry lips. Pulling from him after a few minutes time, she stared into his warm, cobalt blue eyes. "Well, what are you waiting for?"
"Impatient aren't we?" Chuckling softly, he flipped off the light switch in the living room and headed into the kitchen with his girlfriend, leaving his brother in the comforting darkness and silence to rest.
- Lady Stardancer
Author's note:
Well, like I said before, this chapter was going to be short and it is. Sorry, but if I'm going to start the others right, I kinda have to stop it here. *looks down* Anyway, I'm starting on Chapter 8: Heero + Relena as soon as possible, but I'm still trying to get at least another chapter on each of my other stories up, so it'll be a lil' while. *smiles* If I end Ch. 8 right (I will or my best friend might hurt me)*giggles* you should look forward to Chapter 9: The Flames. *grins and rubs hands together* You can only imagine what this one will be about! *giggles, smiling in anticipation* But here, my best friend is also helpin' me out, she hated how I was going to end it, so she's helpin' me out a lil' bit. *hugs Andi* Thanks for the reviews, this is where it starts to get good! ;)