Aya: More fun!
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Hunted Heart
Chapter 2: Love Hurts
X groggily opened his eyes, and first noticed the static on the TV monitor. Suddenly he
snapped to an upright sitting position and looked around. //Did I really fall asleep
watching the movie?! Oh no! Faith must feel...// Then he heard breathing to his left, and
saw that faith was asleep on the other end of the couch. Slightly relieved that he wasn't
the only one put to sleep by the movie "Monsieur Francois", he sighed.
"Faith?" He patted the Reploid on the shoulder. "Faith?"
"Mm... It's not time for school yet, mommy." She mumbled. X laughed lightly at her
reaction. He found a folded up blanket on the sofa and covered the Reploid with it.
Not that she would catch a cold, but... well, X was just like that.
"Thank you for a lovely dinner." He whispered before tiptoeing out of the room. The doors
swished closed behind him, and Faith opened her eyes. She stood up, still holding onto
the blanket, and smiled.
"What a sweet, sweet guy..." She mused. "I'm almost sorry that it will hurt, so, so much."
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"So how did your date with your dream girl go?" Zero caught up with X the following morning.
"Did you guys have fun?"
"It wasn't a date." X said. "We had fried chicken and watched a movie."
"Sounds like my kind of date." Zero threw an arm over X's shoulders. "Good food, good movie,
good company."
X shook his head. "Not a romantic bone in your body." He commented. "Fried chicken? It was
more like friends hanging out. At least we know she's not romantically interested in me."
Zero lead X into a side corridor and leaned X against the wall. "_I'm_ romantically interested
in you." Zero winked as he said, then started to kiss X on his neck. The blue hunter sighed and
leaned his head sideways, enjoying the sensation. Zero's left hand reached up and massaged the
other side of X's neck.
The pleasant sensation was quickly replaced by a dull pain in his head and chest. X winced, and
tried to figure out why he was getting a headache at such an inconvenient time. Zero turned his
attention to X's lips and ran his fingers softly across his lips, sending an excited chill down X's
spine. Momentarily forgetting about his headache, X moved forwards to kiss Zero, but the headache
quickly returned, at least ten times worse than before. Clumsily X leaned back against the wall
again, his breathing ragged as the pain coursed past his head and chest to the rest of his body.
Shocked, Zero stepped backwards as X started to crumple to the ground, his breathing quick and
shallow. With great difficulty, X tried to focus his vision, but he felt like he was on a merry
go round. Desperately he tried to grab onto something, but it hurt too much to lift his arms.
"X!" Zero reached down and tried to pick up the hunter, but the blue Reploid screamed as soon as
Zero touched him. Afraid to hurt him even more, Zero abandoned the idea of moving the Reploid by
himself and ran to the main hallway and stopped the closet hunter insight and told him to contact
the med bay. As soon as the other hunter started to make the call, Zero returned to the hallway to
see that X had calmed down a bit, and breathed a little easier. "X, are you alright?"
"I'm fine... now... I don't know..." Zero knelt down and started to wipe the beads of cold sweat on
X's face, when the blue hunter started another round of painful screams, as if Zero's touch burned.
Zero immediately pulled back and looked at his hands, then at X again. Between the ragged breathing,
X looked as confused as Zero, unsure of why Zero's touch was painful.
"Zero..." X shook his head, then gripped his chest, as if he was trying to claw something out. He
gasped, then collapsed at Zero's feet, a painful expression still on his face.
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Zero leaned against the wall at a distant corner of the med bay as Douglas worked on X. Luckily X
woke up shortly after arriving at the Med Bay. Douglas finished some scans of X and carried a
printout over to X's bed.
"It doesn't look like anything is wrong with him." Douglas said thoughtfully. "I don't see anything
out of place... Did you do anything that might have been straining on your systems the last couple
of days?"
"No." X shook his head. "I don't think so. I haven't been on a mission since I got back from
vacation." X glanced over to Zero, who continued to look on at the corner. "Zero... why are
you standing all the way over there?"
"I'm fine over here." Zero said offhandedly. In actuality, he was afraid that if he got near X
again, he would react the same way as before.
"Zero, please, come over here." X took a deep breath. "I need to know if something is really wrong."
Douglas looked curiously at the two of them, not sure what's going on since neither of them filled
him in on how Zero's touch hurts X.
Zero nodded, then started to head over to X's bed. X found his heart pounded nervously as Zero
approached. Zero extended his hand and placed it on top of X's head. X shut his eyes, expecting
what he felt before.
Both Zero and X blinked. Nothing happened. No pain. Zero removed his hand from X's head and
tilted his head. "Well, what do you know?" Zero smiled. "I'm not a walking frying pan after all."
X and Zero laughed while Douglas continued to look confused.
The med bay doors opened, and in walked Faith, with a basket in hand. She found X and rushed over.
"X!" Faith wedged herself between Zero and Douglas then presented the basket to X. He accepted the
basket and opened it. The delicious smell of fried chicken filled the room.
"Hey! More fried chicken!" X beamed. "Thanks!"
"Alright!" Zero reached into the basket and grabbed a piece. "Mmmm" He took a bite and smiled as
he chewed. "This is good."
"Glad you think so." Faith looked over to Douglas. "You want some, too?"
"Don't mind if I do!" Douglas also grabbed a piece.
"X, I came as soon as I heard about your collapse!" Concern was written all over her face. "Are
you feeling okay?"
"I'm fine now." X replied, stealing a glance over at the silly looking picture of Zero eating
fried chicken. "Thanks for coming to see me, and thank you for the movie yesterday."
"Well, I have to go! Just came to make sure you're okay!" She winked at X, said goodbye to Zero
and Douglas and was out the door again.
"I think she does like you, X." Douglas said as he took another bite of chicken. X and Zero
widened their eyes simultaneously. X shook his head vigorously.
"No, no!" He held up his hands in protest. "We're only friends."
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//I thought about you so much.// Faith closed her eyes and sighed when the med bay doors closed
behind her. //It's good to see you smile.// She thought about the chip she installed in X. It
was totally undetectable unless they looked close enough. It was a very good replica of the real
thing... //I'm sorry I have to trick you, but you'll soon know that I did this...// She pulled
out a folded photograph from her pocket. //for us...//
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Aya: Okay, couldn't resist putting this up for now. I don't know how people will receive this... so
far no one seems to have read this... eh... was it a bad idea? If so, I'm just going to go back and
change Faith to Frank or something, LOL
Faith: HEY!
X: Hm... Frank.. sounds boring
Faith: HEY!
Zero: Yeah, sounds like the name of my TV cable guy.
Aya: Hello? Anyone there?
*Tumble weed rolls by.*
Aya: Meow.. does not look good.
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Hunted Heart
Chapter 2: Love Hurts
X groggily opened his eyes, and first noticed the static on the TV monitor. Suddenly he
snapped to an upright sitting position and looked around. //Did I really fall asleep
watching the movie?! Oh no! Faith must feel...// Then he heard breathing to his left, and
saw that faith was asleep on the other end of the couch. Slightly relieved that he wasn't
the only one put to sleep by the movie "Monsieur Francois", he sighed.
"Faith?" He patted the Reploid on the shoulder. "Faith?"
"Mm... It's not time for school yet, mommy." She mumbled. X laughed lightly at her
reaction. He found a folded up blanket on the sofa and covered the Reploid with it.
Not that she would catch a cold, but... well, X was just like that.
"Thank you for a lovely dinner." He whispered before tiptoeing out of the room. The doors
swished closed behind him, and Faith opened her eyes. She stood up, still holding onto
the blanket, and smiled.
"What a sweet, sweet guy..." She mused. "I'm almost sorry that it will hurt, so, so much."
----------------------------
"So how did your date with your dream girl go?" Zero caught up with X the following morning.
"Did you guys have fun?"
"It wasn't a date." X said. "We had fried chicken and watched a movie."
"Sounds like my kind of date." Zero threw an arm over X's shoulders. "Good food, good movie,
good company."
X shook his head. "Not a romantic bone in your body." He commented. "Fried chicken? It was
more like friends hanging out. At least we know she's not romantically interested in me."
Zero lead X into a side corridor and leaned X against the wall. "_I'm_ romantically interested
in you." Zero winked as he said, then started to kiss X on his neck. The blue hunter sighed and
leaned his head sideways, enjoying the sensation. Zero's left hand reached up and massaged the
other side of X's neck.
The pleasant sensation was quickly replaced by a dull pain in his head and chest. X winced, and
tried to figure out why he was getting a headache at such an inconvenient time. Zero turned his
attention to X's lips and ran his fingers softly across his lips, sending an excited chill down X's
spine. Momentarily forgetting about his headache, X moved forwards to kiss Zero, but the headache
quickly returned, at least ten times worse than before. Clumsily X leaned back against the wall
again, his breathing ragged as the pain coursed past his head and chest to the rest of his body.
Shocked, Zero stepped backwards as X started to crumple to the ground, his breathing quick and
shallow. With great difficulty, X tried to focus his vision, but he felt like he was on a merry
go round. Desperately he tried to grab onto something, but it hurt too much to lift his arms.
"X!" Zero reached down and tried to pick up the hunter, but the blue Reploid screamed as soon as
Zero touched him. Afraid to hurt him even more, Zero abandoned the idea of moving the Reploid by
himself and ran to the main hallway and stopped the closet hunter insight and told him to contact
the med bay. As soon as the other hunter started to make the call, Zero returned to the hallway to
see that X had calmed down a bit, and breathed a little easier. "X, are you alright?"
"I'm fine... now... I don't know..." Zero knelt down and started to wipe the beads of cold sweat on
X's face, when the blue hunter started another round of painful screams, as if Zero's touch burned.
Zero immediately pulled back and looked at his hands, then at X again. Between the ragged breathing,
X looked as confused as Zero, unsure of why Zero's touch was painful.
"Zero..." X shook his head, then gripped his chest, as if he was trying to claw something out. He
gasped, then collapsed at Zero's feet, a painful expression still on his face.
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Zero leaned against the wall at a distant corner of the med bay as Douglas worked on X. Luckily X
woke up shortly after arriving at the Med Bay. Douglas finished some scans of X and carried a
printout over to X's bed.
"It doesn't look like anything is wrong with him." Douglas said thoughtfully. "I don't see anything
out of place... Did you do anything that might have been straining on your systems the last couple
of days?"
"No." X shook his head. "I don't think so. I haven't been on a mission since I got back from
vacation." X glanced over to Zero, who continued to look on at the corner. "Zero... why are
you standing all the way over there?"
"I'm fine over here." Zero said offhandedly. In actuality, he was afraid that if he got near X
again, he would react the same way as before.
"Zero, please, come over here." X took a deep breath. "I need to know if something is really wrong."
Douglas looked curiously at the two of them, not sure what's going on since neither of them filled
him in on how Zero's touch hurts X.
Zero nodded, then started to head over to X's bed. X found his heart pounded nervously as Zero
approached. Zero extended his hand and placed it on top of X's head. X shut his eyes, expecting
what he felt before.
Both Zero and X blinked. Nothing happened. No pain. Zero removed his hand from X's head and
tilted his head. "Well, what do you know?" Zero smiled. "I'm not a walking frying pan after all."
X and Zero laughed while Douglas continued to look confused.
The med bay doors opened, and in walked Faith, with a basket in hand. She found X and rushed over.
"X!" Faith wedged herself between Zero and Douglas then presented the basket to X. He accepted the
basket and opened it. The delicious smell of fried chicken filled the room.
"Hey! More fried chicken!" X beamed. "Thanks!"
"Alright!" Zero reached into the basket and grabbed a piece. "Mmmm" He took a bite and smiled as
he chewed. "This is good."
"Glad you think so." Faith looked over to Douglas. "You want some, too?"
"Don't mind if I do!" Douglas also grabbed a piece.
"X, I came as soon as I heard about your collapse!" Concern was written all over her face. "Are
you feeling okay?"
"I'm fine now." X replied, stealing a glance over at the silly looking picture of Zero eating
fried chicken. "Thanks for coming to see me, and thank you for the movie yesterday."
"Well, I have to go! Just came to make sure you're okay!" She winked at X, said goodbye to Zero
and Douglas and was out the door again.
"I think she does like you, X." Douglas said as he took another bite of chicken. X and Zero
widened their eyes simultaneously. X shook his head vigorously.
"No, no!" He held up his hands in protest. "We're only friends."
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//I thought about you so much.// Faith closed her eyes and sighed when the med bay doors closed
behind her. //It's good to see you smile.// She thought about the chip she installed in X. It
was totally undetectable unless they looked close enough. It was a very good replica of the real
thing... //I'm sorry I have to trick you, but you'll soon know that I did this...// She pulled
out a folded photograph from her pocket. //for us...//
----------------------------
Aya: Okay, couldn't resist putting this up for now. I don't know how people will receive this... so
far no one seems to have read this... eh... was it a bad idea? If so, I'm just going to go back and
change Faith to Frank or something, LOL
Faith: HEY!
X: Hm... Frank.. sounds boring
Faith: HEY!
Zero: Yeah, sounds like the name of my TV cable guy.
Aya: Hello? Anyone there?
*Tumble weed rolls by.*
Aya: Meow.. does not look good.