"How in the seven hells do you manage to get ready so fast?" he asked her, still braiding his damp locks while simultaneously shoving his foot into his boot as he approached the vehicle.

"It's a learned trait." she answered, reaching out to straighten his collar and tighten his cuff.

"Thanks…" he muttered through a mouthful of hair, trying to secure it with a twist tie.

Flame rolled her eyes, slipping into the passenger seat, securing herself inside.

He rolled his eyes heavenwards as though hoping for some form of divine intervention before following her lead. The key slid effortlessly into the ignition and the engine hummed to life, vibrating the small space. Flame only uttered a short gasp as warm air slid across her cheek, but she shut her eyes and gnawed on her bottom lip. Duo watched her, not making any noise, save for breathing.

Finally, he turned away and the engine idled down, shifting into gear as they pealed out of the parking lot.

They were silent for a long time, focusing on the road or on the purging of sugar from their systems. In Duo's case, his eye began to show evidence of blunt trauma with a slowly darkening tinge of black- purple.

After nearly fifteen minutes of stony, cold silence, the Gemini Great Destroyer glanced over at his companion again, and sighed.

"Hey, do you know who is the captive and who's the captor here?"

She turned from the window, piercing his profile with her black blue eyes. After a quick appraisal of his person, she answered him. "Not really, I figured you'd never ask."

"Well, you took me first, but then I shot you with the sedative, and took you. So, technically aren't I the captor since I turned the tables on you?"

"Technically." she shrugged, "Do you want to be the one in power? It's a big responsibility to have your own captive."

"Ha ha… remind me to groan later."

"Well, fine, do you want to be? I'll let you. I don't care either way."

"O… kay… Sure, why not?" he grinned, leaning over and quickly smacking her wrist.

"Hey! What the…" her wrist was encased in steel attached to the door handle. "Very original…"

"So I feel like there is actually a hierarchy here." he grinned, winking merrily at her.

"I guess you like bondage then… Kinky."

Duo's mouth opened and closed like a fish a few times, managing to contort into a small smirk instead. "Yeah, I guess you could say I like it that way."

"Pervert."

"You said it, not me."

Flame had no retort for that, so she settled on glaring at him icily, turning away to watch the scenery zip by.

Amused, Duo seized this opportunity to memorize her profile; gentle curves of her hair as it brushed her femininely strong mandible, graceful neck leading down to a stereotypical 'bombshell blonde' figure, accentuated by the halter top and tight denim, covering her long legs with boots barely visible from the flared hem. Her cuffed hand lay in her lap, curled slightly, while her other propped her chin up, exposing a better view of her shoulder. He couldn't suppress the laughter sprouting from his gut, bursting out, clutching the wheel to keep steady.

"Geez… If you can't stay serious, let me drive. At least I won't crash and kill us."

"It's … just that … hahahahahahahaha … you look so serious and uptight!" he took a deep breath and quickly composed himself, "I'm sorry, that was rude."

"Hey, you're the captor. Do what you like." she shrugged his apology off, turning back to the window.

"Really now?" his voice held a pleased and dirty undertone.

"Pervert."

"Mind reader."

"Bastard."

"Be quiet."

"Why?"

His hand shot out and clapped over her mouth, "Because I said so."

She glared at him, eyes narrowing when she noted the pleased grin. She decided to do something about it.

"Hey!" he exclaimed, pulling his hand away, wiping her saliva off on his pants leg, "You are disgusting!"

"Whatever."

Taking his focus off of the road for a brief second, he leaned towards her and quickly licked up from her shoulder to chin. He continued to drive as though nothing was awry.

"Holy shit, that feels funky!" she glanced at him again, "Why did you do that?"

"To pay you back."

"Ah, but of course."

"You got it."

They lapsed back into silence for a while, but right before they entered the city, Flame turned back to Duo with a question sitting on her tongue. He noticed her, and provoked her.

"Well? Did you have something to say?"

"Yeah, I do. Why are you taking me so willingly? Do you plan on killing me with your fellow pilots?"

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Well, that's it for this chapter! I'm getting fewer amounts of inspiration from my muses, so updates may be few and far between, even with all this school stuff I've got. I promise that this'll be updated before next month.

Thank you's will be updated next, since I'm about ready to drop dead at this point.

I apologize.

G'night.

333333 Flame