Chapter 8-Wandering Thoughts
"How
did that happen?" she asked. "I thought you were getting hungry, so I
ran up the stairs, taking two at a time. It happened when I tried taking the
last three steps at once. I tripped and scraped my knees, so I wouldn't ruin
our lunch." Heero said with a slight twitch of pain in his voice. Serena was concerned that his scrapes would
get infected, so she tried to get up. But since she was still weakened from her
injuries, she went sprawling to the floor, crying. Without a second thought,
Heero picked her up and put her back in bed. He went to the nearby bathroom and
came back with some cotton balls and a bottle of rubbing alcohol. Serena took
the rubbing alcohol and the cotton balls from him. She then instructed him to lay
down. She was very careful to use only as much as needed, to prevent
unnecessary pain. "I appreciate your taking the time to treat my
knees." Heero said. "You're welcome." she replied. It was now
Heero's turn to treat her. "Could you please remove your shirt?"
Heero asked, noticing some discoloration. Serena removed the now stained pink
shirt. Heero tossed it into the laundry chute to be washed. "Just as I
thought." Heero said with a slight smile. Just then, Duo walked in, saying
,"Heero, you got a minute. He saw Serena wearing only her underwear.
Serena screamed and threw a pillow at him, hitting the door. Duo knew he was in
big trouble. As soon as the pillow hit the door, he shut it as fast as
possible. From outside, Serena and Heero could hear Duo yell "Dammit! I
just made the biggest ass out of myself.". With this in mind, Heero went
over to the door and locked it. Heero then proceeded to treat Serena's wounds
on her chest. Before he started, he said in a firm voice ," This might
sting a bit. Squeeze my hand if you feel any pain." She knew this would be
for the best, since alcohol has a drying effect. She squeezed his hand as Heero
started applying the painful compound to her chest wounds. He knew this was
hurting her, so he finished very quickly. "That should help." Heero
said with relief "But that's only half." .
Heero
rummaged through the dresser to find a nice blue tanktop. "Here's a clean
shirt for you." he said. "Normally, as a friend, I couldn't ask you
to do such a thing. I must ask you to remove your underwear. Serena screamed
,"You just want to touch me where I am the most vulnerable. Or worse. You
sexist pig!". Serena slaps Heero once, but Heero catches the second
attempt. She tries with her other hand, but he catches it also. Serena screams
for help. In a firm voice, Heero says ,"Please stop. That is not it.
Unless you want your leg wounds to get infected, I have no choice but to do
such a regrettable thing. I swear, on the honor of Treize Khushrenada, that I
would never attempt to do such a task for my own personal gain.". Heero
releases her hands. "I understand that this is a big decision for you. I'm
going to be outside. I've tuned my wrist communicator to the frequency of the
bedside intercom. When you make your decision, please tell me." he says,
leaving the room.
Serena
weighs the consequences of her choice. After Heero leaves, she calls Lucresia
Noin. "Yes, Miss Serena?" Noin says. "Miss Noin, I have a
dilemma." Serena says, almost crying. Noin asks what the problem is.
"Heero said that he was only half done when he finished treating my upper
body wounds." returns Serena. Serena breaks down and starts crying her
heart out. "He then asked me to take off my underwear. I was scared that
he would try something that is not OK." Serena spoke between sobs.
"He said the wounds would get infected if he didn't do this.". Noin
is very sympathetic to Serena and responds. "I understand what you mean.
Heero likes to get straight to the point. In this case, telling you the truth.
He seems a little unrefined to everyone, but to you, he is gentile as a lamb.
Personally, I would be extremely scared. My advice is to trust him. If he says
he won't touch your private area, he won't.".
After 15
minutes, she finally decides to tell Heero. "Heero, I have consulted with
Miss Noin and made my decision. Let's get this over." Serena says with
renewed confidence. Heero is at the room within five minutes. He takes every
precaution possible, including latex gloves to prevent contamination and
touching her and locking the door. Before he entered, he requested that Zechs
guard the door. "Are you ready?" Heero asks nervously. "Yes.
Let's get this over with." Serena replies. Heero gently removes her
underwear, taking extreme caution so he would not touch her. "Cover
yourself with this", he said, handing her an opaque cloth. He treated her
wounds very quickly, to minimize the time Serena would be exposed. "There.
It is done." Heero said when he finished. "Here is a new pair of
underwear. I'm going to leave the room so you can put them on." Heero
leaves the room.
"Thanks, Zechs. She wouldn't have let me unless I took every precaution possible." Heero says. "No problem, Heero." returns Zechs. "I'm just glad that Duo didn't come by." Heero laughs. "Yeah, he would have had a field day with this.". "It's OK, Heero. You can come back in now." Serena says. Heero goes back in the room. "I'm really sorry that I slapped you so hard." she says apologetically. "I understand why you did and I don't blame you.", Heero says comforting Serena. "I should be the one apologizing to you, for not being as nice as I could have been.