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Fear shot through Heero as he stared at the car coming straight for them. He took a glance at Quatre and saw the boy had fallen asleep on the wheel. "QUATRE!" Even if Quatre woke up it wouldn't do much good, they were too far into the opposite lane. Heero did the only thing he could, he grabbed the wheel and turned it sharply to the left causing the car to now be facing the left side of the bridge's railing, facing the river. Everything seemed to slow down, Heero saw the rail, he saw the car crash through it. A moment of weightlessness occurred as he stared straight into the water below.
The car went crashing into the icy water, the vertical position caused the car to flop upside down, it floated up for a minute before starting to slowly fill with water and sink to the bottom.
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Heero awoke to a cold chill running down his leg. He shot his eyes open and stared at the floor, or was it the ceiling? He noticed that he was upside down barely hanging on from the seatbelt. ::What happened? Where am I?:: Looking around he noticed the water slowly seeping into the car. ::Car? …Oh shit!::
"QUATRE!" the blond boy was hanging limp from his seat, blood was running down his face and he didn't move at all when Heero yelled out. Heero carefully unbuckled his seatbelt and fell hard onto the ceiling of the car which was slowly filling with water. His weight caused the car to rock back a little. Not wanting to cause the car to sink faster, he carefully made his way over to Quatre and freed him from his seat.
The car was now filled halfway with water and it was sinking even faster. In a panicked daze Heero crawled to one of the back doors and pushed. It took him three tries to successfully get it open. Water rushed into the car pushing Heero to the far side and he clung to the limp body of Quatre fiercely. The car was now completely filled with water, Heero held his breath as he swam out with one arm, the other dragging Quatre with him.
It seemed to take hours, but after swimming desperately for safety Heero finally broke through to the surface. He never thought he would love air as much as he did then. Taking a couple breaths to calm himself Heero proceeded to drag Quatre to safety. He only prayed it wasn't too late.
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Once again Duo, Trowa, and Wufei were sitting in the lobby of the hospital waiting for news of their friends. After getting the call at the estate, Trowa had panicked and rushed them to the hospital emergency room in record time. He had a look on his face that Duo had never seen before, it looked like fear. Duo knew that Quatre and Trowa were close, but this made him ponder whether they were more than just 'friends'.
Trowa jumped up as one of the doctors made her way over to them. "How are they? What happened?"
"Calm down, they are not in any serious danger. At the most they may be staying over night." She glanced at her clipboard, "Mr.Yuy has lost a lot of blood because his stitches were ripped open. That is as far as his injuries go except some scrapes and bruises. Mr. Winner, however, might have a minor concussion and got quite a bit of water in his lungs. We had to give him stitches on his forehead, where he banged it pretty hard." She smiled when Trowa seemed to relax, letting go of the tight grip he had on the poor woman's shoulders. "But like I said, nothing life threatening. From what I know, their car somehow ran off a bridge."
"WHAT??" Everyone in the room looked up to see a shocked violet eyed boy standing on his chair. "How the hell did they manage to run off of a bridge?" He yelled.
"Sir, please calm down. You will have to ask them if you want further information." The poor woman was startled at Duo's outburst.
"Can we see them now?" Wufei asked as he pulled Duo off of the chair by his braid, which further enraged Duo and he started silently cursing.
"I'm afraid Mr. Winner is asleep right now, but I'll show you to Mr. Yuy's room." They followed her through the long white hallways and stopped in front of a room. From the door way they could see Heero sitting on the edge of the single bed. He was holding his hands up in the air looking at his wrists which were re-bandaged from the stitches being pulled out. The expression on his face showed that he was in deep thought and when they walked through the door it took him a while to notice their presence.
Duo ran to Heero's side immediately, "Heero! What happened? Are you alright? The doctor said that your car ran off of a cliff!"
"Aa… something like that…" He replied standing up and walking to the door. "Can someone take me home, I really don't want to stay here any longer." The three uninjured boys just stood there staring at him for a minute. Heero sighed, "Alright, I'll explain before we go, but first I want to go see how Quatre is doing." With that said he walked passed them and out into the hall making his way into the room directly across from his.
Quatre lay sleeping on the bed, he looked pale and sickly. Heero picked up his chart and scanned through it quickly before replacing it and sighing in relief. He looked over and saw that Trowa was now leaning over the bed brushing the hair out of the blonds face.
Trowa looked at Quatre's sleeping face and felt sadness. He wasn't there for him when he needed him most. All he could think of was how relieved he was that Quatre was ok. The feelings inside of him had been there for a while now, it had started out as a fascination towards the small blond. The emotional strength that he possessed always amazed Trowa. Then the feelings inside of him grew and soon he realized that his feelings went beyond friendship. He didn't think he would ever tell Quatre his feelings for fear of what rejection would do to their friendship.
Trowa stared into space as he contemplated the situation. If something ever happened to Quatre, he would go crazy. The blond was too important to him. Yet he didn't think he could possibly stand by without hugging him, or showing his affection now. Maybe it was time he listened to his feelings, and take a chance. He might not get another opportunity. Trowa was so wrapped up in his thoughts that he didn't here Heero beginning to talk at first.
"…the Waylands bridge about a half hour away. I guess Quatre was exhausted. He fell asleep and we ended up crashing through the railing. I cant really remember much after that, except that he banged his head pretty bad and had a lot of blood coming down his face."
"How's you get out?" Duo asked as he took a hold of one of Heero's wrists examining it. He could see that they were slightly red from excess blood seeping through.
Heero closed his eyes as he tried to think. For some reason it all seemed to be foggy in his memory. He could remember the cold chill of the water hitting his skin, and the way he felt when the car crashed into the water. "I cant really remember, I think I went into a state of shock or something. I… remember some stuff, like getting Quatre out of his seat… and the water coming in, but I cant remember how we got back to the surface." Heero opened his eyes to see Duo looking sadly at him.
"Come on, I'll take you home." He said while leading Heero out the door past Wufei who had a blank expression on his face.
Wufei stayed in the room for a bit longer before deciding it would be best if he leave. He could sense that Trowa wanted to be alone for awhile. "I'm going to go get something to eat, I'll be in the lobby if you need anything." Trowa didn't reply but looked gratefully at the Chinese mans back as he left.
"Quatre. Please wake up."
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Heero found himself sitting in the passenger seat of the second car he had been in that day. Duo was being surprisingly quiet as they made there was to the estate. Heero was left to his thoughts about what had just happened hours before.
Quatre was hurt, he could have died. The situation brought back memories from his dream right after he slit his wrists. The strange voice had said someone else was going to die because of him, but Quatre didn't die, Heero had managed to save him. ::Could that be the threat that I was worrying about? After all, Quatre did almost die...:: His thoughts were cut short as they approached the bridge.
He cringed as he saw the railing which had yellow caution tape around it. Down by the bank there was a big truck and two men talking and pointing into the middle of the river. ::Probably making plans for hauling the car out in the morning.:: Heero thought.
"Are you ok Heero? You look a little pale." Duo could see Heero staring into the river below, the river which he had almost died in. The thought made him shudder.
Heero didn't reply so Duo decided to start up a conversation. Though, he couldn't really think of anything to say in a situation like that.
"You know… I… I'm really glad your ok." He mentally slapped himself, ::Way to go Duo, could you say anything more lame!::
Heero looked at the braided boy for a while then smirked, obviously the silence was getting to him. "Aa."
They arrived at the estate and to Heero's annoyance Duo took it upon himself to wait on Heero hand and foot. "I don't want you pulling out your stitches again!" He had said while opening the car door for Heero.
They ended up in Heero's room. It looked the same as far as Heero could tell, but the window was closed now and the coldness was gone completely. He walked over and laid down on the bed. "Hmm I'm glad to be home, finally."
Duo laughed as he watched Heero sprawl out like a cat. "Well I'm glad your back, you gave me two scares in one week! I don't think I'm gonna let you leave this room cause you might end up in the hospital again!"
Heero just glared at him, "Hm. Well at least I wasn't trying to hurt myself the second time."
"I know, I kn…" Duo's sentence was cut off by a yawn. "Man I'm tired."
"Why don't you go and sleep then, baka."
Crossing his arms Duo glared at Heero. "No Way! Every time I leave you alone something happens to you. I am staying right here."
Heero sighed and then looked up into the violet eyes and pointed to the other side of the queen size bed. "Well 'I' am going to sleep, and there is room on the other side so just sleep there."
The thought of sleeping on the same bed with Heero made Duo blush. "Um… are you sure about this? I mean… I probably move around a lot in my sleep and…" He looked sheepishly at the ground.
"Baka" Heero said while grabbing Duo's arm and leading him over to the other side of the bed. He pushed the braided boy down onto the mattress, "Sleep."
"Alright Mr. *yawn* grumpy." Duo whispered while closing his eyes, he fell asleep within minutes.
Heero lay on his side of the bed watching Duo peacefully slumber before sleep soon claimed him also.
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Quatre woke up to something brushing against his cheek. He slowly opened his eyes and found emerald green eyes staring back at him. Trowa's hand was lightly pressed against his cheek.
"Quatre! Your awake, how are you feeling?" The emerald eyes showed sadness and Quatre could feel that Trowa was concerned and… scared?
He smiled, "I'm alright… where am I?" Looking around Quatre could recognize that he was in a hospital room. ::What the?::
"You were in an accident. Your car… it ran over a bridge." Trowa said while silently pleading that Quatre's reaction wouldn't be too bad.
"What? I… cant remember… Heero!! Where is he? Is he alright?"
"Calm down, he's fine. Duo took him home about an hour ago."
Relief washed over Quatre and he closed his eyes, "Thank Allah." He could still feel the exhaustion running through himself, and he concluded that he must not have been asleep too long.
Confused blue eyes opened and looked straight at Trowa. Quatre had just realized that Trowa had had his hand on his cheek. "Are you… alright Trowa." He could see the green eyes widen at his question. A weird feeling coming from Trowa puzzled him. It was the same feeling he felt when Duo and Heero were together, ::Fondness, or…::
"I'm fine Quatre You should be more worried about yourself." Quatre was not convinced but he didn't want to push.
Trowa felt his heart rate speed up. He wanted to tell Quatre everything, how he felt. The urge to touch the small blond was so strong, and he had a hard time taking his hand away from the smooth pale skin.
"Ugh… I have a major head ache." Quatre reached up to rub his forehead and was surprised to feel stitches and inch above his left eye. "Huh?"
"You apparently hit your head pretty hard when you crashed into the water."
"Water? We… oh my god! How come I cant remember?" Wide blue eyes looked up at Trowa and he could see that there was pain in them. He reached out and took a hold of Quatre's hand trying to comfort him.
"You… fell asleep." Trowa winced as he felt Quatre squeeze his hand hard. His blue eyes were wide and he was staring straight ahead looking at nothing in particular. Trowa could see him starting to shake, "It's alright Quatre, its over, no one got hurt."
"But… I could have…"
"You didn't! Your still alive and so is Heero, that's what counts." Trowa grabbed Quatre's shoulders an pulled him into and embrace.
"T-Trowa?" the sudden embrace caused Quatre to stiffen, ::Trowa's hugging me!…:: Then realization hit him. The strange feeling he felt from Trowa was now clear. He smiled and returned the embrace. As his arms wrapped around Trowa's shoulders he felt a calm come over him. ::This is nice:: Closing his eyes he rested his head on Trowa's shoulder and fell quickly to sleep.
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Yay! Another chapter done, hurray me! Hope you enjoyed! Now I think I am going to go to sleep also… and dream up the next chapter. z.z
Ah and sorry CJ, I don't think I want Relena in this story. ::shivers:: too annoying.
Oh! About the homonyms… I will try and get better! heh '^.^