Cruel Masks
Wars end, people die. Others live on to pick up the broken pieces that are left of their lives. Some are left with the traumatized life of a soldier who is no longer needed.
The longest war the world and space had ever seen had come to an end. Pilots and soldiers finally were free to return to their homes. Even the Gundam Pilots or ex gundam pilots could return home and live normal lives. Atleast most of them. Quatre returned to the Winner Foundation to take over where his father had left off. Wufe went to China to let loose of his severe views on justice. Trowa came home to his sister Catherine, Heero to Relena to watch over and protect her. All except Duo, the orphan who had no one to live for. He tried with Heero, but he was too cought up with Relena. He didnt want to bother the others or even concoct the idea of living on his own.
Being only 15, he figured he would find a family to adopt. Social services threw him into a very wealthy home, unlike the unsanitary conditions he had grown up in. There were six members living in a huge mansion, Much like one of Quatre's. Everything was so neat and clean. Duo even got room service with maids. It all seemed like something out of a fairytale. A shitty life as a child, a soldier, now a prince. When Duo thought of his past, it made him cringe and get sick.
He was the second oldest in his American-French family. He lived in the center of Paris, a place Duo had fallen in love with. His new foster parents were Albert and Christine. Both had good hearts and treated Duo like a person, or so he thought. there were times when he thought they were masking their kindness when signs of cruelty showed through. Even when he messed up and they yelled at him, they always came back to apologize and express their love and emotion for him. His new mother would kiss his forehead and give him an affectional hug. No more emptiness and lonliness. Everything felt right for the first time in his worthless, meaningless life. He had a place to belong, and nothing else mattered. There were four kids already in the family, John, Beatrice, Paul, and Marie. It was John that gave him trouble on somedays. He sounded and acted alot like Heero. So Duo didnt pay much attention to it when John put him down and called him stupid idiot. He sometimes enjoyed it when John called him worthless or clumsy for messing things up. John was the first born of the family, and the oldest siblings can sometimes be stuck up. Paul and Marie were really too young to understand anything so Duo just played the goofy guy around them. Beatrice was the fifteen year old and second oldest. She was Duo's favorite because he never had to act around her. She always had questions, whether about the war or anything. She reminded Duo of Quatre, having a huge amount of kindness, but that dark mysterious aura surrounding her soul. She was a lady none the less, almost like Relena in a way, but better. And Heero could never take her away, no matter how hard he tried. Duo felt more for her than just an average sister.
Wars end, people die. Others live on to pick up the broken pieces that are left of their lives. Some are left with the traumatized life of a soldier who is no longer needed.
The longest war the world and space had ever seen had come to an end. Pilots and soldiers finally were free to return to their homes. Even the Gundam Pilots or ex gundam pilots could return home and live normal lives. Atleast most of them. Quatre returned to the Winner Foundation to take over where his father had left off. Wufe went to China to let loose of his severe views on justice. Trowa came home to his sister Catherine, Heero to Relena to watch over and protect her. All except Duo, the orphan who had no one to live for. He tried with Heero, but he was too cought up with Relena. He didnt want to bother the others or even concoct the idea of living on his own.
Being only 15, he figured he would find a family to adopt. Social services threw him into a very wealthy home, unlike the unsanitary conditions he had grown up in. There were six members living in a huge mansion, Much like one of Quatre's. Everything was so neat and clean. Duo even got room service with maids. It all seemed like something out of a fairytale. A shitty life as a child, a soldier, now a prince. When Duo thought of his past, it made him cringe and get sick.
He was the second oldest in his American-French family. He lived in the center of Paris, a place Duo had fallen in love with. His new foster parents were Albert and Christine. Both had good hearts and treated Duo like a person, or so he thought. there were times when he thought they were masking their kindness when signs of cruelty showed through. Even when he messed up and they yelled at him, they always came back to apologize and express their love and emotion for him. His new mother would kiss his forehead and give him an affectional hug. No more emptiness and lonliness. Everything felt right for the first time in his worthless, meaningless life. He had a place to belong, and nothing else mattered. There were four kids already in the family, John, Beatrice, Paul, and Marie. It was John that gave him trouble on somedays. He sounded and acted alot like Heero. So Duo didnt pay much attention to it when John put him down and called him stupid idiot. He sometimes enjoyed it when John called him worthless or clumsy for messing things up. John was the first born of the family, and the oldest siblings can sometimes be stuck up. Paul and Marie were really too young to understand anything so Duo just played the goofy guy around them. Beatrice was the fifteen year old and second oldest. She was Duo's favorite because he never had to act around her. She always had questions, whether about the war or anything. She reminded Duo of Quatre, having a huge amount of kindness, but that dark mysterious aura surrounding her soul. She was a lady none the less, almost like Relena in a way, but better. And Heero could never take her away, no matter how hard he tried. Duo felt more for her than just an average sister.
