Chapter 15
"Duo! Duo!! DUO!!!" yelled a voice over the comm unit. Duo jumped out of the bed roll, causing Reena to shoot him a dirty look and grumble something incomprehensible as she was rolled over. He raced into his Gundam and grabbed his black pants as he went, pulling them over his boxers and collapsing in the pilot chair in a heap.
"Nani, nani, nani!?" he asked the apparently miffed WuFei as he groped for his shirt and straightened himself in the chair.
"You were told to be ready!" yelled the dark haired boy over the comm.
"I am! I was! I was just...resting." he answered quickly as Reena walked into the Gundam in her bikini.
"I bet, 'resting' all right." WuFei stated as he saw her stretch and lean on the back of Duo's chair, shooting him a sickeningly sweet look.
"Would you quit it Wuffie, you're always so...I dunno, uptight." Duo questioned the stern face of the boy on his screen.
"Don't call me that Maxwell! I'm not the one having fun before the mission, it's injustice." He said, nodding at Reena. Duo's eyes got cold and Reena could tell he was going to say something he'd probably regret later. Acting quickly, she leaned over the back of the chair and kissed him on the cheek.
"Injustice because he's gettin some and you're not? What we do or do not do," she told WuFei, "should be none of your concern. There was an original point to this message, other than to preach about injustice, ne?"
"Hai, there was." he grumbled, giving Reena a dark look, "We leave in one hour, be ready Duo." Were the Chinese boys' last words as his image flashed off the screen.
"I swear," Reena stated exasperatedly as she pulled on her black jeans over her bikini bottoms, "you'd think he'd never kissed a girl before. He's so..." she stated as she started to get things together.
"Arigato." Duo said quietly as he gathered up the bed roll and threw it in the storage box.
"For what?" she asked as she grabbed some stuff and headed out to the platform, intending to go back to the pond for a quick swim.
"For stopping me from saying what I was going to say." he said as he came out beside her with his stuff. She turned and winked at him as she made her way down to the ground, followed closely by him as they ducked into the trees and followed the path to their pond.
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"How do you know we'll survive this Reena?" Duo asked solemnly with his back to the trees where she was getting changed.
"Because," she began, and he heard a rustling before she continued, "if you're the God of Death you can't be killed, and if I'm you're Angel," she stated, stepping out of the trees as he turned around, "neither can I."
Duo looked her over, amazed. She was wearing her black jeans and one of his black shirts from the Gundam, tied up in the front. Her blonde hair was done back in two braids almost as long as his and she had on a black hat over that. Around her neck she wore one of his clerical collars as a choker. The hand gun Heero had given her was tucked into her waistband and was hardly noticeable. She flashed him a mischievous smile as he met her eyes.
"You like? I hope you don't mind but I borrowed some of your stuff." she said, gesturing to the hat and the shirt. Duo just nodded dumbly. She laughed and pulled him back towards the Gundam.
"You have to promise me something Reena." Duo stated as he helped her up onto the platform, "You have to promise me we'll both come back from this alive, both of us." he said as he pulled her close and looked into her eyes. "I couldn't bare to lose you, ai—ai shiteru Reena."
Reena looked into his violet eyes and saw he was telling the truth. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his, surprising him at first, until he started to kiss back. When they broke off she put her head on his shoulder and whispered in his ear, "I promise." as two tears rolled down her cheeks. I'm not sure! she thought, Oh Duo, with what I have to do Duo, I'm not sure I'll come back...
