A/N: Sorry for taking so long to get this latest part up but I've been really busy over the last week. Well anywho, here's the latest chapter!

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Lonely Part 5

"You should sit down Duo." K suggested pointing to a seat. Duo sat down gratefully as he felt quite drowsy. 'Damn drugs…' he thought weakly. Hiro began strumming the guitar. He looked at the box of the painkillers…side effects…extreme drowsiness…do not operate heavy machinery…'What kind of asshole would operate heavy machinery after taking this shit?' he thought to himself. Then he remembered his Gundam. He chuckled quietly…yup, that would be considered heavy machinery…Does that make me an asshole then?…Guess it does. He giggled. The painkillers were obviously affecting his awareness.

"What's so funny Duo?" Ryuichi said looking over from where he was talking to Shuichi. Under normal circumstances Duo would have had the sense to lie…but not today!

"Heh heh…I was jus' thinking that a Gundam would be considered heavy machinery…right?"

"Yeah…so what?" Ryuichi said confused

"Then I guess I can't pilot mine cuz it says on the box that if you take these you can't use heavy machinery…and the box is always right!" he giggled again "Geez…Professor G will be majorly pissed"

"D…Duo what are you talking about?" Ryuichi stammered.

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The others had stopped practicing and were listening with interest to the conversation. Duo continued to giggle to himself and babble about heavy machinery. (Gundams included) Suddenly he stopped laughing and his face had turned a very peculiar shade of green.

"Is there a toilet nearby?" he asked quickly. K pointed to a door. Duo rushed in and the sound of vomiting could be heard inside. He walked out wiping his mouth.

"Those damn drugs totally messed my stomach…and my head" Something in his bag started beeping. He chose to ignore it. Everyone in the room was staring at him.

"You're a Gundam pilot?" Hiro asked in amazement. The beeping could still be heard. Duo gulped.

"No?" he said more as a question than an answer.

"Omigod!! That is just soooo cool!" Shuichi gasped.

"That's one way of looking at it" Duo muttered.

"Man…" he sighed "Me and drugs just don't go well together. Well no point in trying to hide it now…" he said pulling his laptop out of the bag and putting on the headset.

"This is pilot zero two reporting…

…I can't go on any mission professor, I'm injured…" he turned his back to the others.

"…Look professor I said I can't do it, get one of the other pilots….

…Surely Heero can manage…

…Stealth?…

…Fine…I'll do it but if anything happens to go wrong because of my injuries, I did warn you…

…Roger that G, Mission accepted" He sighed putting the headset down. He saw a light flashing on the screen…e-mail? From who?

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He double-clicked on the icon and the message came up on the screen. It read:

Duo,

I don't know what game you're playing at but this isn't funny. Come to the safe house because we need to talk to you. This is a very important mission and we can't have you screwing it up because you weren't well enough prepared.

Heero.

"Typical! Always the mission!" he spat. He slammed the laptop closed, tears springing to his eyes "Selfish bastard!" he muttered before walking into the toilet again. He pulled down the seat and sat on the lid. He grabbed a few sheets of toilet paper and dabbed at his eyes. After a few moments he came out. Ryuichi was looking at him anxiously.

"I'm fine Ryu-chan," he said smiling to put Ryuichi at ease "Can we go now. It was nice to meet you all but as you can see I'm busy man! Ciao dudes!" Duo made a mock bow, waving his cap with a flourish.

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Ryuichi quickly said goodbye and followed Duo out the door. He was worried about him. He shouldn't be going on any missions with injuries as bad as his.

"Duo, please don't go on that mission" he pleaded. Duo turned around his face serious

"I'm sorry Ryu-chan but I gotta go…I'm best at stealth and apparently this is an important mission so I'm needed." He grinned mischievously "I'd much rather stay with you" he sighed melodramatically "but that's the life of a Gundam pilot"

"Would you?" Ryuichi beamed.

"Huh?" Duo grunted.

"Would you rather stay with me?"

"Of course" Duo blushed but quickly hid it "Cause you're the bestest friend I've got at the moment" Ryuichi smiled happily at the compliment. Duo threw an arm around his shoulders.

"When is your mission Duo?" Ryuichi asked.

"Wednesday night" Duo answered.

"Oh…that's a pity…" Ryuichi mumbled "That's the night of my concert…and I was kinda hoping you would be able to come" He looked really disappointed.

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"I'm sorry Ryu-chan…I promise I'll come to the next one" He gave Ryuichi's shoulders a squeeze apologetically. They went back to Ryuichi's apartment and Ryuichi sent Duo to bed to rest his side. After a while Ryuichi brought in some tea and sat on the edge of the bed to chat to Duo. Duo was sulking because he had been made to stay in bed. Ryuichi was fussing around him; fluffing the pillows, straightening the blankets and generally ignoring the very irritable Duo. Duo sipped his tea pouting at Ryuichi…'how was he so happy all the time?' Ryuichi handed him Kumagorou and plonked himself at the edge of the bed.

"Don't be angry at me Duo?…I just want you to get better so you can finish the mission quickly and get back in time for my concert. Bad Luck is playing as well so you would be able to meet the others…" Duo sighed, he knew Ryuichi was right.

To Be Continued…

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Well I hope you liked that part. The next part gets onto the mission but I'm not sure as of yet where that's going. If you've any suggestions let me know?

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