Quatre walked into Heero's room carrying a tray of food and his medication. Heero looked at him and said. "I'm not hungry and I won't be taking any drugs."
"Heero this is medicine you need it." Quatre tried to reason with him.
"No." Heero was staring at his laptop from across the room. Against his wishes though he fell asleep. Quatre eyed the offending laptop and decided to remove it.
When Heero woke up he noticed his laptop was gone. Quatre wasn't. "Where's my laptop?"
"In a safe place." Quatre answered in a soft voice.
"I want it now." He demanded.
"No." Quatre absolutely refused.
"Give it to me now or I'll kill you." Quatre began to laugh hysterically Heero seemed a bit confused by this. "What do I look like Relena Peacecraft? I'm not some love sick girl that will do what you say because of that."
Heero was agitated and began to get up. Quatre pushed him down and held him there tightly. "If you ever want to see that damn thing again you had better listen. YOU WILL EAT YOU WILL TAKE THAT MEDICINE AND YOU WILL REST. When you get better I will give it back. YOU WILL DO WHAT YOU ARE TOLD OR I WILL DESTROY THE DAMN THING YOU UNDERSTAND?"
Heero was struck dumb Quatre was mad and actually yelling at him. He looked kind of cute barking out orders. Heero didn't like Quatre being mad at him though. I've really pissed him off. I've never heard him yell at anyone like that before. I'm gonna drive him away. that thought saddened him more than he thought possible but was forgotten when Quatre said again.
"HEY ARE YOU LISTENING I SAID DO YOU UNDERSTAND?"
"Yes." Heero said so sadly it nearly broke Quatre's heart. No I can't break. Don't look at his beautiful sad eyes. He's sad? No I can't give in think of something else. He almost died for Allah sake. Yeah that's right that fool almost killed himself over nothing. "Now let's try this again." Quatre handed him a couple pills and a glass of water. Heero swallowed them and looked like he hated every minute of it. Then Quatre put the food in front of him. After a couple bites Heero set it back down like he was finished or so he thought. Quatre put that though out of his head. "All of it." Quatre ordered. Heero made a face but did as he was told.
Heero was having a hard time being ordered around he didn't like it one bit. He didn't like not being in control and the way he just submitted but what else could he do? He needed his laptop. Hopefully when he's better his sweet Quatre would return not this fake person he was pretending to be.
Quatre just wasn't comfortable with this but if he didn't do it Heero would kill himself. Heero never listens so he had no other choice. The whole thing was taking a lot out of him though Quatre's heart was starting to hurt and it was beating so fast. He gathered up the empty tray and left. Once out in the hall he sat in the hall and put his hand over his heart. He had such a wave of pain and he just didn't know what it was. Maybe it was time to call his sister. He could always go to Sally but she was obligated to inform the others of any medical problems. He just didn't want to worry anyone unnecessarily. After he took a couple breaths he felt a little better and decided to go lay down for awhile.
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Duo had fallen asleep in the chair and woke up suddenly. When he woke up Wufei was gone and the closet door was shut. Wufei was hiding again. Duo went inside and saw Wufei was asleep so he carried him back to his bed and covered him. When he looked at Wufei he noticed he was awake and looking at him.
"Sorry Wuman I didn't mean to wake you." He had half hoped Wufei would yell at him for calling him that. No luck though Duo sighed Wufei had rarely talked before but this was pure hell.
Duo began to talk. "You know Fei everyone has been worried about you. We didn't know where you were no letters no phone calls. If we had known you were in trouble we would have come. I would have come. I would have. I missed you Wuman. Please come back. You know Quatre is here but he's taking care of Heero right now. Heero is as difficult as ever. The three of us work for the preventer's. Lucky we came upon you during our mission it was a seek and destroy without the seek part. Except we came upon you so I guess there is a little seek. Anyway where was I oh yes Trowa went back to the circus I guess he didn't want to fight anymore. You'd think that Quatre would be the one to not want to fight anymore wouldn't yeah. I guess after the war he just became attached to us. Heero is still the perfect soldier always concerned with missions but he's still smitten with Quatre. Perfect soldier can't even seem to tell him and it's been five years."
Wufei sat up and looked at Duo. It felt like he was staring right through Duo. Wufei took Duo's hand and placed it in his. Then he abruptly got up from the bed and went to the window staring out into the sky. "The stars are beautiful tonight. I missed looking at them." With that said Wufei returned to the bed and said nothing more.
Duo tried to get him to talk some more but nothing worked. It didn't matter though hearing his voice was like the most beautiful thing in the world. In those few seconds Duo knew Wufei just needed time and care.
When Duo brought him some food he hogged it all down. He had never seen Wufei eat like that. what were they feeding him bread and water? Wufei looked at him with his beautiful eyes and the look said thank you. "And you used to complain about my eating habits." And Duo's heart melted when Wufei smiled at him. He got up and handed Duo the brush again and smiled once more although it seemed a little shyly.
Duo never thought he would get tired of hearing himself talk but the sound of his own voice was starting to irritate him. He really needed some conversation and who better to talk to then his little bro Quatre. Then there was a knock it was Quatre. "I guess you read my mind."
"Duo I know you. Need someone to talk to right? Well I'm here but I think you need to go fill your stomach first." Duo was hungry but looked unsure about leaving Wufei. Wufei looked up and he saw fear in his eyes as well. "Don't worry I'll stay with him." After seeing the look fade from Wufei's eyes he seemed satisfied and left.
Quatre walked towards Wufei but then stopped and grabbed his heart. Wufei ran up to him and said, "You still have pains."
Wufei helped him to a chair and Quatre smiled, "Thank you. It's been a long day. How are you feeling Wufei?"
"I'm OK considering. You still have a talent for thinking of others first Winner."
"Do you consider me a friend Wufei?"
"Of course. One of my best. I remember the hours I would tell you about how I felt for Duo. You always listened to me."
"Then please call me Quatre." Wufei smiled.
"Ok Quatre. I guess Duo's told you I haven't spoken except for once."
"Why not Wufei?"
"The last time I spoke to Duo I told him I loved him he didn't reciprocate."
he answered sadly and continued, "Whenever I think about what happened it just paralyzes me. I don't know how much longer my mind will stay clear I think it needs more time to heal."
"I'm sorry Wufei. It's my fault for telling you to express how you felt to him. If it's any consolation I know what it's like to love someone that doesn't love you back. I truly thought Duo felt love for you." Wufei understood and hugged Quatre before returning to his mind.
Quatre blinked and realized he had been in his mind. that wasn't real. I wasn't speaking to Wufei but his mind? That explains why the pain went away why we spoke and now it's coming back. Maybe he meant he didn't want anyone to know he was trapped inside himself. Like anyone's going to believe me. Maybe it didn't really happen maybe I'm losing my mind. Than Quatre's hands began to shake.
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When Duo returned Quatre excused himself. Duo smiled at Wufei who was now standing at the window again. "Fei?"
"Yes." Duo was speechless when he was answered.
"I. Are you staying this time?" he asked.
"What kind of ridiculous question it that? Besides this is my room is it not?" he questioned.
Duo didn't respond he just ran up and hugged his friend. Wufei reluctantly returned the hug. He didn't remember what had happened with Quatre and the mind thing. Wufei didn't want to talk about what happened but he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong with someone close to him. Then he winced when Duo touched a sore spot. "Oops sorry."
"It's all right."
"Wufei what happened? How did you get there? What did they do to you? How long were you there?"
Wufei had fear in his eyes. "I'm sorry Duo I just can't talk about this not now." not with you.
"I'll wait till you're ready no hurry." He didn't want to put any pressure on him especially after what he had been through.
The next morning "Hey come on let's go outside." Wufei looked like a little kid who was about to get some candy.
"Oh could we?" he asked playfully.
"Yep let's hit it." Wufei looked genuinely happy. Duo handed him some clothes and they were off.
Wufei enjoyed the park they didn't do much. They fed some ducks and walked in the park. Duo didn't want him to overdue it with his injuries and all. They found a bench and sat down to enjoy the sunshine. Duo left and returned with a couple hot dogs.
Now in the olds days Wufei wouldn't even think of eating hotdogs but now he didn't give it a second thought. The clouds started to get dark and it began to rain. Wufei smiled. "We better get inside Fei."
"It's been so long since I've felt rain. Let's stay a while longer."
"All right not to long though I don't want you to get sick." Wufei nodded in thanks. He was starting to get tired though and on the way back Duo picked him up. "I'm not weak and I have two perfectly good legs."
Duo smiled and ignored that comment.
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"What is it Iria. What's wrong with me?"
"Quatre it's your heart. You have to quit the preventer's before it kills you."
"I can't. I can't leave the others and Heero. Iria I know you're my sister but their my family. I can't lose them and now Wufei's back he's hurt and he may need a friend. I can't not be with them and I can't sit in our house and not go with them when there's trouble. I would worry to much."
"But little brother you'll die."
"Better to die with the ones I love than to die alone."
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TBC
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