This is the original 'discovery scene' for Palaemon. I didn't decide on anonymity or even Relena, until much later. I thought this might be something different.
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Heero returned from his mission early. He returned to the safehouse. Maybe he could sneak in and watch Duo for a while before the other boy knew he was there. He heard water draining above him. /The bath? Duo always showers, he never takes a bath./ He walked through. Figuring that he could always pretend he didn't know what the other was doing. He got to the door, and he heard Duo give a pained moan. Heero froze.
"Duo, are you alright?" Duo gasped.
"Heero? What are you doing back already?" Heero moved into the room. Duo swore. "Don't come in Heero!"
"Duo, don't be stupid, you sound like you're hurt, what's wrong?" Heero stopped stock still, as he got near the bath for two reasons. One, there was a gun pointed right at his crotch. Two, Duo had a tail. He was a merboy. The braided boy lowered the gun tiredly. The scales began melting away with the bath water. "How long Duo? Did G do this to you?"
"No, I was born like this." He heard Duo gasp. The boys genitals were separating from the featureless tail. "Always hurts, G called it an unfortunate side effect, I'm literally being torn apart from the inside."
"How did you hide it?"
"L2 doesn't have enough water to speak of. Made all the difference." Heero watched worried as the tail continued to develop into conjoined legs. Heero touched Duo's hand lightly. The boy gripped his hand tightly, as with a loud tearing sound his tail ripped in half, slowly moulding into Duo's legs and feet. Duo bit back screams and whimpers, this par always hurt the most. That and the fact that even with feet he wouldn't be able to walk properly for about an hour. Damn Heero for coming home early.
Uh, see why I went with the other version? This is the rough original draft of how Duo changes. I thought I'd let people see it. Any opinions?
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Heero returned from his mission early. He returned to the safehouse. Maybe he could sneak in and watch Duo for a while before the other boy knew he was there. He heard water draining above him. /The bath? Duo always showers, he never takes a bath./ He walked through. Figuring that he could always pretend he didn't know what the other was doing. He got to the door, and he heard Duo give a pained moan. Heero froze.
"Duo, are you alright?" Duo gasped.
"Heero? What are you doing back already?" Heero moved into the room. Duo swore. "Don't come in Heero!"
"Duo, don't be stupid, you sound like you're hurt, what's wrong?" Heero stopped stock still, as he got near the bath for two reasons. One, there was a gun pointed right at his crotch. Two, Duo had a tail. He was a merboy. The braided boy lowered the gun tiredly. The scales began melting away with the bath water. "How long Duo? Did G do this to you?"
"No, I was born like this." He heard Duo gasp. The boys genitals were separating from the featureless tail. "Always hurts, G called it an unfortunate side effect, I'm literally being torn apart from the inside."
"How did you hide it?"
"L2 doesn't have enough water to speak of. Made all the difference." Heero watched worried as the tail continued to develop into conjoined legs. Heero touched Duo's hand lightly. The boy gripped his hand tightly, as with a loud tearing sound his tail ripped in half, slowly moulding into Duo's legs and feet. Duo bit back screams and whimpers, this par always hurt the most. That and the fact that even with feet he wouldn't be able to walk properly for about an hour. Damn Heero for coming home early.
Uh, see why I went with the other version? This is the rough original draft of how Duo changes. I thought I'd let people see it. Any opinions?