Disclaimers: Don't own ANYTHING, just borrowing.
Warnings: Shounen Ai/Yaoi 2+1, 3+4; 5+S, OOC, Lots of fluff and sap, Romance, mild language, Duo's POV.
Notes: I don't know, it seemed like a good idea at the time getting a mission to care for Quatre's niece and Duo and Heero finding each other along the way. It sounded fun to me. Excuse errors. Enjoy.
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First Kiss Delayed
Part 2: Wednesday
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Lights flashed as I ran through the dark and shadowy woods. I was being chased by those men again, the men that wanted to take me away from what very little I had, my life. I ran as fast as I could while flashbacks replayed themselves over and over again from the Maxwell Church and the war, all the people's corpses I've seen. It was all so familiar to me almost as if it was just yesterday I had been six years old again in a seventeen year old's body. Even if I knew how it ended, I couldn't stop but repeat my actions.
I was so confused, why was I running from these men? Why couldn't I stop running? Why didn't I stop? Where was I going? What did the men want from me? I have nothing! I ran until my legs hurt, I ran to what I thought was no where, but just ahead I could see a dim light.
Hope.
Hope filled my soul. Maybe I could seek refuge there, maybe someone would help me, maybe the men would leave me alone. Ignoring my legs' pain, I ran even harder. My breath was uneven and heavy, I could hardly breathe, it was like all of the air had been sucked out of the atmosphere and knock out of my aching lungs. What was going to happen to me?
Finally, I could see the patch of light very clearly now, the men's running footsteps had faded, they had disappeared, gone. I didn't look back though, I couldn't, the feeling of fear had taken over my body because of them. I didn't want anything to do with them. The light. The light was much brighter now, just alittle more further until I'm there...I ran my pathetic heart out. I could see a cross in the spotlight.
A cross. A cross was a good sign...right?
Faster, faster, I told myself. I was right outside the circle of light when I stopped running, and bent over to catch my breath. My breathing finally steadied as I looked up a the cross. I wanted to ask so many questions and yell my guts out!
I stared at the cross crying without any hesistation, I wasn't suppose to cry, but for this-him, I will.
I opened my mouth to say something...anything, but only one thing would come out.
"No..."
I shook my head and closed my eyed dening the figure before me. I opened them again and nothing changed...
"NO!!!"
I screamed at the top of my aching lungs.
I saw an absolutely dismantled Heero Yuy. The once beautiful boy I had known was chained to a holy cross, almost completely nude, with unbearable slashes and injuries. This couldn't be right! Crosses were good things!
GOOD THINGS!!!
Then why was the last person that I felt love for...dying? I fell to the ground on my knees and wept.
"Duo..." I looked up at the familiar voice struggling to say with a mouthful of crimson blood, "Heero..."
"Du...o...help me..." Heero choked out thick red liquid seeping from his lips. I rose from the ground and ran towards the cross, "Heero...!" I said still weeping. Who had done this to Heero? Why would anyone do this to Heero? As I ran towards Heero, I got sucked into the ground, "No!"
The ground was sucking me into the earth. This couldn't be happening, I had to save Heero! I tried to pull myself out, but the earth wouldn't free me, I reached for Heero, or anything that I could grab.
"Duo..." I heard Heero say one last time. My face was almost completely under when I saw a man approach Heero.
"Don't touch him!" I hissed struggling to free myself. The man glared a me and pulled out a knife. He slowly raised it to one Heero's untouched cheek.
Heero cried out in pain, "Aaahhh!"
"Heero! What are you doing! Run DAMMIT!" I yelled.
I didn't want to watch, but I had to. The ground had stopped sinking. The man cut the other cheek on his face, "Leave him alone!" The man looked at me again, this time giving my an evil smirk.
He brought the knife to Heero's neck and...
"NO!" I yelled. I thrashed around wildly, "HEERO!!!"
I opened my eyes and looked around, I was in the safehouse bed, thank God. What an AWFUL nightmare! Ugh, I kept on having the same dream over and over again, and it always left me sweaty and breathing hard. I grabbed my forehead, "Why must I keep having these nightmares???" When my breathing calmed, I stumbled over my feet to make it to the bathroom. I drank the of the cool water from the sink and splashed it on my face, "Shimatta..."
I turned the water on cold in the shower and stripped myself. Naked I stepped into the shower.
About a half hour later, I exited the freezing sauna and slapped on a pair of boxers.
I turned off the running water and heard a whimper coming from the living room, "Heero...!"
I reached the moon lit living room and I found a sweat soaken Heero on the floor tossing and turning entangled in sheets, "Heero..." I went over to him and gathered him into my arms. Heero was shaking, his mouth was parted whimpering and muttering incoherently with his brows knitted together and eyes squinted shut in stress. I took a closer look at his face to see tear stains along his cheeks and fresh ones at the edge of his eyes.
Heero Yuy was crying.
Never thought I'd ever see the day.
"Heero," I said softly pulling the shaking boy into my lap on the floor, "Heero..."
"Duo..." Heero wept with his eyes still closed and relaxing into my hold, "No Duo, come back! Come back..." Heero squeaked quietly. Heero tensed again. I stroked his back to help calm him. Apparently I wasn't the only one having nightmares.
Heero gradually stopped tossing and turning, "Duo come back...don't leave me..." Heero whimpered, and ya know what? It hurt to hear it. The sound was so sad, I didn't want Heero to be sad.
"Heero, I'm not going to leave you." I said gently nudging him, "Hee-chan...wake up."
I watched Heero's eyes fluttered open in the darkness, "nuuhhhh..." he groaned, "Duo?"
"Hai Heero, Duo." Heero encircled my back and sobbed into my chest, "Duo......don't leave..."
"I won't. I won't go anywhere without you..." I whispered and rocked the shaking boy back and forth slowly hugging him. I hated to see Heero like this. So fragile, and emotionally weak at mind, "Shh Heero, it's okay, everything's fine, it was just a dream." I reassured him making eye contact with tear strucked and somewhat redden cobalt orbs. I wiped them away with my thumb. Heero's sobs subsided and his shaking ceased as he rested his chin on my shoulder.
We just sat there for some time not doing anything, but rest in each others' arms.
"Arigato..." Heero whispered.
"You're welcome..." I replied softly placing my forehead on his. Frankly, I didn't know what he was thanking me for, but right then I just wanted to say it. I wanted to say those three little English words, seven letters, but I couldn't. The words wouldn't come. They wouldn't pop out of my mouth like everything else did. Why wouldn't they? Gods know I wanted to, more than anything, but I didn't. I wouldn't say anything that would ruin this time with Heero, this depressing time.
Not that I'm saying I want him depressed all the time so I could hold him, mind you.
"Come on Heero, we have to be quiet or we'll wake Rachael up." Heero and I placed ourselves on the couch, Heero leaning on my shoulder, I guess I never knew how comfortable my shoulder really was. Heero seemed to like it very much.
"AHH!" It was Rachael...again. Either Heero and I have bad timing, or the world hates us. We jogged to her room.
"Rachael, what's wrong?" I asked entering with Heero who was smart enough to flip on the lights.
Rachael ran to me and hugged my legs. She pointed to her bed, "Uncle Duo! There's a monster under my bed!!!"
"Nani? You're kidding right?" I had to leave the couch for THIS? A *monster* under her bed?
"No! It keeps on making this weird beeping noise."
Heero lifted the covers to the bed and located the beeping.
"...My laptop." Heero glared at me. So I forgot where I hid the damn thing!
Well that spoiled his mood.
Heero picked up his laptop and took it to the living room. I turned to Rachael, "See, there wasn't a monster."
Rachael checked under the bed herself, "Why was that laptop under the here anyway?"
Uh-oh, I'm busted...unless I can--
"I think you should go to sleep if want to have energy later." I put her in bed again and tucked her in. Good one, the complete truth.
"Oyasumi gojaimas, Uncle Duo." Rachael snuggled into her covers and closed her eyes.
"Oyasumi..." I turned off the light and closed the door.
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Heero was sitting on the couch playing with that cursed thing. I hate it. "Oi, Heero, get any messages?"
"Hai." I walked over and sat next to him reading over his shoulder.
"What about?"
"Quatre just asking how everything is." I looked at the screen, yep, it was from Quatre all right. I don't see why he just doesn't call, but it must be a Quat thing. I looked at the menu bar, there was still another unread message.
"Who's the other one from?" I asked. Heero clicked on the link, "Vice Foreign Misiter Relena Darlin will arrive on earth Wednesday." I read, "Last night was Tuesday, that means Wednesday's today right? Yeah, so what?"
"There's more," Heero scrolled down, "She would very much appreciate it if someone would escort her around the area. She has not been to the Preventors HQ before, therefore our recent location is unknown territory for her. She has arrived for a meeting with the Preventors."
I read the next line, "Heero Yuy was her chosen tour guid--What the hell? She can find her own damn way around. She did it in the colonies."
"If he chooses to accept this small task, he is to meet Miss Darlin at the shuttle station on Main Street at 2 PM." Heero finished.
"Aw, hell no Heero, you're not gonna do it are you? She has plenty of people to take her around town, and you can't just leave me with Rachael, I mean that's like leaving me with the stove!" I said to Heero as he wrote his reply, "A mission is a mission." he said.
"You do realize that this is just one of Relena's sneaky ways to get close to you right? And you know that if it were truly business, Une, Noin, or Po would of been sent to her."
"Yes, I'm aware of that."
"So why, Heero?" I asked, "It's just another way she can stare and grab at your ass!"
Heero glared at me, "Don't talk about anyone touching me." Heero turned himself back towards the screen, "I didn't say that I would do it alone..."
Wow that was a nice hint.
"Nimnu ryoukai."
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For the remaining time of the night, I ended up sleeping on the loveseat and Heero was on the couch. No nightmares. I woke up to the sound of sizzling eggs and the smell of pancakes, this was a nice way to start the day. Wait a second, this wasn't IHOP, but it smelled good. REAL good. 9 AM came too quickly, I lifted my head from the armrest to my surprise, I saw Heero cooking. Rachael was sitting at the table slurping her milk and crunching on a piece of toast.
"Ohayo gojaimas!" she chirped.
"Ohayo, Rachael, Heero." Heero nodded as I took a seat next to Rachael, "Are you enjoying that?"
"Yeah! Wanna bite?" Rachael held the toast up to my face, and I took alittle of it, "It's good isn't it? Uncle Heero made it. I think he's the best cook!"
I snickered, "Yeah, he can cook very well, don't cha Hee-chan?"
"Hn." Heero seat a plate infront of Rachael and me, but none for him.
"Oi, aren't you gonna eat?"
"Yeah, Uncle Heero. Eat with us!" She tugged on Heero's arm, "Please???" Heero sat down next to me and poured himself a cup of orange juice.
"Was all of this food here?" I asked, Heero nodded, I took a bite of the pancakes. They were good. "Heero should cook more often, right Rachael?"
"Hai!"
Silence passed as we all ate breakfast.
Rachael drank the last of her milk, "Arigato!"
"Arigato Heero." I said right after.
"So what are we going to do today, Uncle Duo?"
"I don't know, why don't you ask Uncle Heero."
Uncle Heero. Ah, it's so funny and unlike him. I won't be able to get over it for a while. Uncle Heero, it just cracks me up!
I gathered all of the emptied dishes over by the sink then rinsed and placed them in the dishwasher. Assuming that it worked, I started the machine up.
"What are we doing today, Uncle Heero?"
"...Tour the city."
"Tour the city? Sounds fun!"
"Tell her with who, Heero."
"Yes, tell me, tell me!"
"Vice Forign Minister Darlin." Heero said in his usual monotone.
"Relena Peacecraft?" Rachael asked making a face, "Why?"
"What Rach, you don't like her?" I asked now cleaning the table and wiping away crumbs, "EVERYBODY loves Relena."
"Well, I never really met her so I can't say that I don't like her, but then that doesn't means that I do like her either. I formed an opinion though."
"Really?" This kid was interesting.
"Hai!"
"What's that?" Heero asked.
Rachael frowned, "I think she's all talk."
How very true.
"Are you really six?" I couldn't help but wonder how this kid could be so smart sometimes.
"No, I turned seven last week." Wow, big difference.
"What do you propose we do with Miss Relena, Heero? I know you already have your schedule planned out." I said sitting back in my seat backwards.
"Hn."
"No offense, but I think that politics are boring. They are so caught up in what they want, they forget about the people." I couldn't believe that this little girl said something so totally true. She was probably going to end up a politician when she grew up at this rate.
"You're right." Heero replied for the first time directly, "I agree."
There was definitely a connection between them, and I was right in the middle.
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I looked down at my watch. 2 PM. I looked at the shuttle, walking down was Relena, pink as ever. She was dressed in...well, pink. Her hair was just as I had seen it a year ago, mid back. She looked exactly the same to me.
"Is that her?" Rachael asked pointing.
I pushed her hand down, "You'd think a girl like you would know not to point." I mumbled.
"She's...pink. Like Uncle Heero's ice cream yesterday!" Heero gave Rachael a strange look.
He's so cute.
Rachael suddenly grabbed Heero's left hand and pulled him. I just watched them close behind. "Are we just going to stand here or what?" Rachael asked.
"Heero!" Relena waved her hand walking towards us. I could tell that she was going to glomp Heero--er something like it, but stopped herself when she saw Rachael. I had a feeling that Rachael was up to something. "Who's this?"
"I'm Rachael, nice to meet cha!" Rachael extended her right hand, I had the strangest feeling of Deja Vu. Relena shook her hand, "I'm Relena."
"Oi, Heero, I think we should get going now." I called. Relena saw me and gave me one of those looks that says 'What the hell are you here for'. I was pretty use to them, so it didn't really bother me.
"Yeah, I wanna see the city too!" Rachael dragged Heero over to me as Relena followed.
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I packed all of Relena's belongings into the trunk. She better not scratch the seats. I will be so pissed off if she did. Rachael sat behind Heero in the back, next to her was Relena.
"What would you like to do Ojou-san?" I asked starting the car, "How about a bite to eat?"
"That's alright Duo-kun, I'm not very hungry. Perhaps we should just tour the roads so I get a feel for the place." Sounded good to me.
"When do you have to see the Preventors HQ?" Heero asked.
"Tomorrow morning." Relena replied.
"Why do you have to go there?" Rachael asked.
"For business of course, a little girl like you shouldn't worry about it." said Relena as she crossed her legs.
"I don't like not knowing what's going on."
"Shouldn't you be in school?"
Rachael cocked an eyebrow, "It's the summer, I don't go to school during the summer months."
"I see." Relena tucked a lock of hair behind her ear, she must be nervous, "Heero, what relations do you have with this girl?"
"Hn."
"Uncle Duo, what does that mean?"
"It means 'drop the subject'." I said. It's not that hard to tell what he's messaging. Ya see, it's the pitch and tone of the 'hn', at least that's how I figured it, and I think I'm pretty accurate at guessing what Heero's thinking of. So accurate, it's freaky.
The car ride was extremely boring, I won't even go into detail, but however, Rachael did manage to piss Relena off by randomly asking annoying questions much like I did when I wanted attention from Heero. She was such a nice girl.
6:30 we arrived at Relena's hotel, nice place. Heero and I gathered her luggage and headed to her room...on the 30th floor. Good thing there was an elevator. What the hell is in these bags??? Relena and Rachael deserted Heero and me with her crap as she checked in, which left Heero and me alone in an elevator.
"Hey, Hee-chan, havin' fun?"
"..."
"That's what I thought. I told you not to do it didn't I?"
"Hn." The elevator was SO slow.
I figured that it was time to talk to Heero about his dream last night. "Ne, Heero, what did you dream about last night?"
Heero stiffened.
"Hee-chan?"
"..."
"Heero?"
"I don't...want to talk about...it."
"That bad huh?" Well, if he didn't want to talk about it, no point in pushing him. I never liked to discuss my nightmares either. Neither of us spoke until we hit the 20th floor.
"Duo..." Heero said softly looking up at me.
"Aa?" I asked jiggling spare change that happened to be in the pocket of my pants.
"...Don-don't leave me?" Heero's eyes watered slightly. Oh I felt SO bad. I gathered him into my arms again and held him as he hugged back, "I'm not going to leave you, why would I do that?"
It took Heero 10 floors to tell me that. I'm impressed.
"I don't know..." Heero leaned into my chest and sniffled. What made him just crumble like that? WHY did he crumble like that? What happened to the strong Heero Yuy that I knew? Maybe he wasn't as strong once you break him down...
"Well, I won't, okay?"
Heero looked up at me, "Duo, I-"
*Ding*
The elevator doors slid open and about 15 kids were standing there waiting for the elevator in their swimming suits as two seventeens years olds were embracing each other. Slighty blushing, Heero and I grabbed the bags and hurried out.
I hate elevators.
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I unlocked Relena's room, she hadn't given me the key, but I picked it in no time. You'd think a place like this would make it harder, even with the cards that you had to insert to get into the rooms, to get in. Let me tell you something, one doesn't need one of those to keep people from breaking in.
"Damn! This place is nice! That bed is HUGE! Maybe you, me, and Rachael should stay here tonight and kick Relena out." I joked as I opened the door.
"Baka." Wow, he recovers fast. First he's nearly ballin' like a baby, and now he acts as if nothing ever happened. Then again, maybe it's better that way. I put Relena's bags down and took my shoes off, "What are you doing?" Heero asked.
"Something that I've always wanted to in a hotel like this." I climbed on the bed, "Close the door?" Heero closed the door, "Now take your shoes off and come here." Heero quirked an eyebrow, but he took his shoes off and appoached the bed, "Come here!" I pulled Heero on to the bed and stood up.
"What now?" Heero asked. I walked around the bed alittle.
I leaned in close to him, and muttered something into his ear.
"Nani?"
"Jump!"
Heero looked at me weird, "Jump?"
"Yes, jump! I know you know how to, I saw you dunk at school." I jump on the bed sending a large ripple of vibration that knocked a surprised Heero off his feet, "Jump!"
Heero jumped.
I jumped.
We both jumped.
Fun!
Heero and I jumped on the bed touching the high ceiling and doing back flips that Trowa often did. We jumped for a good twenty minutes just having fun. And jumped so much we were sweating.
"This is fun ne, Heero?"
"Hai."
"I bet Dr. J never let you do this on his furniture."
"No."
"Yeah, neither would that G dude, he was always so tense. Duo don't do this, Duo don't do that, Duo shut up, Duo stop that, Duo give me that thing, Duo, Duo, Duo." I laughed, it was funny now that I think of it. But now a days, everything seems so much funnier than it did before.
Backflip.
"Oi, we should get a mattress like this and put it in the living room so we can all jump on it."
"Why?"
"Just because we can. No one's stopping us."
Cartwheel.
"Then why don't you just jump on your bed in your apartment?"
"Because it's mine, and I don't want to tear it up."
Belly flop. Ouch.
"So, you jump on hotel beds instead?"
Ceiling touch.
"Yep, cause it ain't mine!"
Backflip.
"Hn, Baka."
"That's me, hey, don't tell Wufei, but whenever I can, I jump on his bed too."
"You do?"
Cartwheel.
"Oh yeah..."
KnockKnock
"Gah! Heero, hurry and help my put these covers on straight!" I jumped off the bed and pulled Heero down. We straighten the covers in record time. Go us!
KnockKnock
Heero ran over the door and opened it, "Rachael?" Rachael was sobbing. "Rachael, what's the matter?" Heero asked kneeling down.
"Relena's being mean to me!" Rachael squeaked. She attached herself to Heero, he looked at me in total shock.
"Hug her." I mouthed to him. Heero slowly wrapped his arms around the child and picked her up. I saw Rachael's face, she wasn't sobbing at all, in fact, she was SMILING at me. She was faking!
Rachael gave me a thumbs up and winked, what was this kid up to anyway?
Relena ran towards Heero and pointed to Rachael in Heero's arms, "That girl is...ugh!"
"She yelled at me!" Rachael told Heero and 'sobbed' harder, "I didn't do anything!"
"Didn't do anything? Didn't do anything?! You totally humiliated me infront of EVERYONE!" Relena shouted. This was not how a Foreign Minister was suppose to act.
"She almost hit me too!" Rachael added, Heero glared at Relena, "Relena, how could you treat a little girl like that? You always told people to be patient with each other, and you're not being very patient with Rachael. She's just a child." Heero said. Damn, that was a mouthful. "Come on Duo, let's go."
"Yes, sir."
"Nani??? Heero! I can't--fine! Get her out of my sight!" the older girl pouted.
Rachael whimpered, "She's so mean to me!"
Heero walked towards the elevator with Rachael still in his arms as I followed. Rachael pulled her eyelid down and stuck her tongue out at Relena, "Nah!"
"Ugh!" Relena stormed into her room and slammed the door.
It slowly registered though my mind what had just happened. I stayed quiet until we were all buckled up in the car.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" I burst out laughing. I can't believe she did that.
"What's so funny?" Heero asked.
"Nothing, Hee-chan." I looked at Rachael from the rear view mirror. She gave me a wide smile and I just grinned back.
Little Devil she was.
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The rest of the night was pretty slow, drive to the safehouse, ate dinner--made by Heero, my compliments to the chef-, chilled until 10, and tucked Rachael in.
"Hey Rachael," I made sure that Heero was out of earshot and sat on the edge of her bed, "Did you enjoy today?"
"Um...I guess." Rachael replied.
"You know you did, not often you can piss off a Foreign Minister. What exactly did you do?"
"Nothing really." Rachael paused, "I just asked her questions about her like her hair and clothes and Uncle Heero."
Asked about Heero, no wonder.
"Right, did she really try to hit you?" I asked.
"Kinda, she was fixing to slap me, I could tell since her hand was in mid-air. Then a nice man stopped her and chewed her out right infront of everyone. I guess she blames it on me."
"But you weren't worried, huh?"
"Nope! Not when I have Uncle Heero and you around."
I chuckled, "So I take it you like Uncle Heero?"
"Yep! And you too, you're nice to me, and let me do so many things like an ordinary girl."
"What do you mean?"
"I can never do anything on my own. Rachael practice the piano, do your studies, finish your lessons...It make me so mad!"
"Yeah, but you get to live in a huge house with someone to do whatever you want for you."
"Still, living in a big house is scary sometimes especially when you're the only child all alone..."
"So you like it here?"
"Uh-huh!"
"Back to the Relena thing, you weren't really crying, why do it?"
"I didn't want Relena to get too close to Uncle Heero."
"Nani?"
"Well, I--" Rachael yawned right in the middle of her sentence so I didn't catch what was in between, clever thing. "Wahhhdahhauhhyaaaaaaaaaaaa..."
"Okay, I get it. You don't want to tell me." I chuckled and ruffled her hair, "Oyasumi."
"Oyasumi gojaimas."
I turned off the lights and closed the door.
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Afterwards, Heero agreed to watch a movie with me. The selected presentation was a Korean series that was one of my personal favorites I had purchased at the mall. It was called 'Love and War', not the American movie though. The series itself was depressing, but the message it brought was beautiful. Let me tell you something, this guy, Nam Chun, had a sucky life, and when I first watched it, I realized that mine could have been worse. From then on, I appreciated all of the little things of life. Like Heero...
Heero was leaning on my shoulder during the whole thing, he must like it there. I held Heero's hand under the blanket that we had used yesterday.
He's so cute.
We only got to the third part since the episodes were an hour and a half long.
"Oi Hee-chan, I think we should go to sleep now. Wouldn't want to doze off having fun with Rachael." No answer, "Heero?"
"Duo...?"
"Hmm?"
"Will you um...stay with me...?" Heero squeezed my hand, "I don't want anymore nightmares..."
"Hell, *I* don't want you to have anymore nightmares." I really don't think I could take a sadden Heero another night. So if me staying with him helped, yeah, of course I would do it. I scooped the said boy up and took him to the bedroom, it was more comfortable. I placed him on the left side of the bed and slid in on the right. I wrapped my arms around Heero and he snuggled closer to me. No tricks, just sleep.
"Oyasumi Heero."
"Oyasumi Duo..." Heero drifted off into sleep right after he said his good night. I watched him sleep, he was so peaceful and serene. I didn't want the night to end. Finally, nature took it's course as sleep engulfed my mind with unconsciousness and I fell into a pleasant dream world.
Hey, beats the hell out of nightmares.
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The next morning I woke up with a warm feeling. A feeling that I hadn't felt in a long time, since the Maxwell Church to be specific. Sunlight from the window gradually forced me to open my eyes. Everything seemed so nice. I felt an odd yet fitting weight upon my arm, and heard soft breathing to my left side.
"Heero?" I asked looking at the boy next to me. Sure enough, Heero was sleeping in my bed. Oh yeah! So it wasn't just a wonderful dream. I was wondering why that arm was alittle numb. Judging by the light, I'd say that it was about 10 AM Thursday morning. I brushed Heero's unruly spikes away from his eyes, "Hee-chan," I whispered, "Wake up..."
Heero stirred slightly still not wanting to wake up. I cupped one side of his face with my left hand and caressed his cheek, "Mmm..." Heero purred.
"Heero, it's time to wake up." I whispered still caressing the beautiful boy before me, "Hee-chan..."
Heero leaned into my hand, I chuckled at him. "Heero wake up." I said alittle louder.
Mystical cobalt eyes fluttered open, "Duo...?"
"Yes?"
"I-I thought it was all a dream..." he whispered. I wanted to kiss him. I would have too, if I weren't to damn scared that I would mess everything up!
"No Heero, it's quite real. I think we should get up now cause my arm needs to wake up too."
Heero reluctantly nodded and rose from his position, "Did you have a nice slumber?" I asked. Heero nodded again and yawned. "Me too, I take it we'll be sleeping on the bed tonight?"
"Hai." I got out of bed and heard the TV set on. "Rachael must be awake." Heero said. I went to 'freshin' up' and Heero left to make breakfast.
Everything was perfect.
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"It's already noon, what are we doing today?" Rach asked me while she was watching TV.
I swear, that's her favorite question.
"I don't know, what do you want to do?" I asked flipping through a recent newspaper just to see if anything interesting was happening this week.
"I heard the fair is in town."
"A fair, huh?"
"Yeah, it's suppose to be one of the biggest ones in the country!"
I thought for a moment.
"Oi Hee-chan, have you ever been to a fair?" I asked Heero as he walked into the living room.
"A fair?" Heero repeated. I pulled him down to sit on the couch with us, "Yeah, a fair. Ever been?"
"No." Heero replied.
"If Uncle Heero hasn't been to one...that means we should definitely go!" the girl exclaimed, "Oh Uncle Duo, can we puh-LEEZE go to the fair? Please???"
I looked at Rachael then at Heero who shrugged, "Why not? We don't have much of anything to do at the time. Okay."
"Yea!"
"The fair...?"
"Don't worry Hee-chan, we'll have fun." I said softly. Heero looked at me and sighed, not an exasperated sigh, but a relaxed one, if that's possible, "Of course, only if you don't mind, then I'm sure--"
"I think we should..."
"We're going to the fair!" Rachael jumped up and circled the couch.
Yeah, we're going to the fair...
I smiled to myself. I'm going to the fair, with Heero...
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TBC?
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Ack! I know I uploaded the wrong chapter, thanks for pointing it out. -_-;
There is a real Korean Series called 'Love and War', I don't own that, and it's the most depressing series I have EVER watched, but is was very well plot out. If you think your life sux, watch 'Love and War' cuz you ain't seen a suxy life until you see Nam Chun.
Warnings: Shounen Ai/Yaoi 2+1, 3+4; 5+S, OOC, Lots of fluff and sap, Romance, mild language, Duo's POV.
Notes: I don't know, it seemed like a good idea at the time getting a mission to care for Quatre's niece and Duo and Heero finding each other along the way. It sounded fun to me. Excuse errors. Enjoy.
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First Kiss Delayed
Part 2: Wednesday
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Lights flashed as I ran through the dark and shadowy woods. I was being chased by those men again, the men that wanted to take me away from what very little I had, my life. I ran as fast as I could while flashbacks replayed themselves over and over again from the Maxwell Church and the war, all the people's corpses I've seen. It was all so familiar to me almost as if it was just yesterday I had been six years old again in a seventeen year old's body. Even if I knew how it ended, I couldn't stop but repeat my actions.
I was so confused, why was I running from these men? Why couldn't I stop running? Why didn't I stop? Where was I going? What did the men want from me? I have nothing! I ran until my legs hurt, I ran to what I thought was no where, but just ahead I could see a dim light.
Hope.
Hope filled my soul. Maybe I could seek refuge there, maybe someone would help me, maybe the men would leave me alone. Ignoring my legs' pain, I ran even harder. My breath was uneven and heavy, I could hardly breathe, it was like all of the air had been sucked out of the atmosphere and knock out of my aching lungs. What was going to happen to me?
Finally, I could see the patch of light very clearly now, the men's running footsteps had faded, they had disappeared, gone. I didn't look back though, I couldn't, the feeling of fear had taken over my body because of them. I didn't want anything to do with them. The light. The light was much brighter now, just alittle more further until I'm there...I ran my pathetic heart out. I could see a cross in the spotlight.
A cross. A cross was a good sign...right?
Faster, faster, I told myself. I was right outside the circle of light when I stopped running, and bent over to catch my breath. My breathing finally steadied as I looked up a the cross. I wanted to ask so many questions and yell my guts out!
I stared at the cross crying without any hesistation, I wasn't suppose to cry, but for this-him, I will.
I opened my mouth to say something...anything, but only one thing would come out.
"No..."
I shook my head and closed my eyed dening the figure before me. I opened them again and nothing changed...
"NO!!!"
I screamed at the top of my aching lungs.
I saw an absolutely dismantled Heero Yuy. The once beautiful boy I had known was chained to a holy cross, almost completely nude, with unbearable slashes and injuries. This couldn't be right! Crosses were good things!
GOOD THINGS!!!
Then why was the last person that I felt love for...dying? I fell to the ground on my knees and wept.
"Duo..." I looked up at the familiar voice struggling to say with a mouthful of crimson blood, "Heero..."
"Du...o...help me..." Heero choked out thick red liquid seeping from his lips. I rose from the ground and ran towards the cross, "Heero...!" I said still weeping. Who had done this to Heero? Why would anyone do this to Heero? As I ran towards Heero, I got sucked into the ground, "No!"
The ground was sucking me into the earth. This couldn't be happening, I had to save Heero! I tried to pull myself out, but the earth wouldn't free me, I reached for Heero, or anything that I could grab.
"Duo..." I heard Heero say one last time. My face was almost completely under when I saw a man approach Heero.
"Don't touch him!" I hissed struggling to free myself. The man glared a me and pulled out a knife. He slowly raised it to one Heero's untouched cheek.
Heero cried out in pain, "Aaahhh!"
"Heero! What are you doing! Run DAMMIT!" I yelled.
I didn't want to watch, but I had to. The ground had stopped sinking. The man cut the other cheek on his face, "Leave him alone!" The man looked at me again, this time giving my an evil smirk.
He brought the knife to Heero's neck and...
"NO!" I yelled. I thrashed around wildly, "HEERO!!!"
I opened my eyes and looked around, I was in the safehouse bed, thank God. What an AWFUL nightmare! Ugh, I kept on having the same dream over and over again, and it always left me sweaty and breathing hard. I grabbed my forehead, "Why must I keep having these nightmares???" When my breathing calmed, I stumbled over my feet to make it to the bathroom. I drank the of the cool water from the sink and splashed it on my face, "Shimatta..."
I turned the water on cold in the shower and stripped myself. Naked I stepped into the shower.
About a half hour later, I exited the freezing sauna and slapped on a pair of boxers.
I turned off the running water and heard a whimper coming from the living room, "Heero...!"
I reached the moon lit living room and I found a sweat soaken Heero on the floor tossing and turning entangled in sheets, "Heero..." I went over to him and gathered him into my arms. Heero was shaking, his mouth was parted whimpering and muttering incoherently with his brows knitted together and eyes squinted shut in stress. I took a closer look at his face to see tear stains along his cheeks and fresh ones at the edge of his eyes.
Heero Yuy was crying.
Never thought I'd ever see the day.
"Heero," I said softly pulling the shaking boy into my lap on the floor, "Heero..."
"Duo..." Heero wept with his eyes still closed and relaxing into my hold, "No Duo, come back! Come back..." Heero squeaked quietly. Heero tensed again. I stroked his back to help calm him. Apparently I wasn't the only one having nightmares.
Heero gradually stopped tossing and turning, "Duo come back...don't leave me..." Heero whimpered, and ya know what? It hurt to hear it. The sound was so sad, I didn't want Heero to be sad.
"Heero, I'm not going to leave you." I said gently nudging him, "Hee-chan...wake up."
I watched Heero's eyes fluttered open in the darkness, "nuuhhhh..." he groaned, "Duo?"
"Hai Heero, Duo." Heero encircled my back and sobbed into my chest, "Duo......don't leave..."
"I won't. I won't go anywhere without you..." I whispered and rocked the shaking boy back and forth slowly hugging him. I hated to see Heero like this. So fragile, and emotionally weak at mind, "Shh Heero, it's okay, everything's fine, it was just a dream." I reassured him making eye contact with tear strucked and somewhat redden cobalt orbs. I wiped them away with my thumb. Heero's sobs subsided and his shaking ceased as he rested his chin on my shoulder.
We just sat there for some time not doing anything, but rest in each others' arms.
"Arigato..." Heero whispered.
"You're welcome..." I replied softly placing my forehead on his. Frankly, I didn't know what he was thanking me for, but right then I just wanted to say it. I wanted to say those three little English words, seven letters, but I couldn't. The words wouldn't come. They wouldn't pop out of my mouth like everything else did. Why wouldn't they? Gods know I wanted to, more than anything, but I didn't. I wouldn't say anything that would ruin this time with Heero, this depressing time.
Not that I'm saying I want him depressed all the time so I could hold him, mind you.
"Come on Heero, we have to be quiet or we'll wake Rachael up." Heero and I placed ourselves on the couch, Heero leaning on my shoulder, I guess I never knew how comfortable my shoulder really was. Heero seemed to like it very much.
"AHH!" It was Rachael...again. Either Heero and I have bad timing, or the world hates us. We jogged to her room.
"Rachael, what's wrong?" I asked entering with Heero who was smart enough to flip on the lights.
Rachael ran to me and hugged my legs. She pointed to her bed, "Uncle Duo! There's a monster under my bed!!!"
"Nani? You're kidding right?" I had to leave the couch for THIS? A *monster* under her bed?
"No! It keeps on making this weird beeping noise."
Heero lifted the covers to the bed and located the beeping.
"...My laptop." Heero glared at me. So I forgot where I hid the damn thing!
Well that spoiled his mood.
Heero picked up his laptop and took it to the living room. I turned to Rachael, "See, there wasn't a monster."
Rachael checked under the bed herself, "Why was that laptop under the here anyway?"
Uh-oh, I'm busted...unless I can--
"I think you should go to sleep if want to have energy later." I put her in bed again and tucked her in. Good one, the complete truth.
"Oyasumi gojaimas, Uncle Duo." Rachael snuggled into her covers and closed her eyes.
"Oyasumi..." I turned off the light and closed the door.
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Heero was sitting on the couch playing with that cursed thing. I hate it. "Oi, Heero, get any messages?"
"Hai." I walked over and sat next to him reading over his shoulder.
"What about?"
"Quatre just asking how everything is." I looked at the screen, yep, it was from Quatre all right. I don't see why he just doesn't call, but it must be a Quat thing. I looked at the menu bar, there was still another unread message.
"Who's the other one from?" I asked. Heero clicked on the link, "Vice Foreign Misiter Relena Darlin will arrive on earth Wednesday." I read, "Last night was Tuesday, that means Wednesday's today right? Yeah, so what?"
"There's more," Heero scrolled down, "She would very much appreciate it if someone would escort her around the area. She has not been to the Preventors HQ before, therefore our recent location is unknown territory for her. She has arrived for a meeting with the Preventors."
I read the next line, "Heero Yuy was her chosen tour guid--What the hell? She can find her own damn way around. She did it in the colonies."
"If he chooses to accept this small task, he is to meet Miss Darlin at the shuttle station on Main Street at 2 PM." Heero finished.
"Aw, hell no Heero, you're not gonna do it are you? She has plenty of people to take her around town, and you can't just leave me with Rachael, I mean that's like leaving me with the stove!" I said to Heero as he wrote his reply, "A mission is a mission." he said.
"You do realize that this is just one of Relena's sneaky ways to get close to you right? And you know that if it were truly business, Une, Noin, or Po would of been sent to her."
"Yes, I'm aware of that."
"So why, Heero?" I asked, "It's just another way she can stare and grab at your ass!"
Heero glared at me, "Don't talk about anyone touching me." Heero turned himself back towards the screen, "I didn't say that I would do it alone..."
Wow that was a nice hint.
"Nimnu ryoukai."
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For the remaining time of the night, I ended up sleeping on the loveseat and Heero was on the couch. No nightmares. I woke up to the sound of sizzling eggs and the smell of pancakes, this was a nice way to start the day. Wait a second, this wasn't IHOP, but it smelled good. REAL good. 9 AM came too quickly, I lifted my head from the armrest to my surprise, I saw Heero cooking. Rachael was sitting at the table slurping her milk and crunching on a piece of toast.
"Ohayo gojaimas!" she chirped.
"Ohayo, Rachael, Heero." Heero nodded as I took a seat next to Rachael, "Are you enjoying that?"
"Yeah! Wanna bite?" Rachael held the toast up to my face, and I took alittle of it, "It's good isn't it? Uncle Heero made it. I think he's the best cook!"
I snickered, "Yeah, he can cook very well, don't cha Hee-chan?"
"Hn." Heero seat a plate infront of Rachael and me, but none for him.
"Oi, aren't you gonna eat?"
"Yeah, Uncle Heero. Eat with us!" She tugged on Heero's arm, "Please???" Heero sat down next to me and poured himself a cup of orange juice.
"Was all of this food here?" I asked, Heero nodded, I took a bite of the pancakes. They were good. "Heero should cook more often, right Rachael?"
"Hai!"
Silence passed as we all ate breakfast.
Rachael drank the last of her milk, "Arigato!"
"Arigato Heero." I said right after.
"So what are we going to do today, Uncle Duo?"
"I don't know, why don't you ask Uncle Heero."
Uncle Heero. Ah, it's so funny and unlike him. I won't be able to get over it for a while. Uncle Heero, it just cracks me up!
I gathered all of the emptied dishes over by the sink then rinsed and placed them in the dishwasher. Assuming that it worked, I started the machine up.
"What are we doing today, Uncle Heero?"
"...Tour the city."
"Tour the city? Sounds fun!"
"Tell her with who, Heero."
"Yes, tell me, tell me!"
"Vice Forign Minister Darlin." Heero said in his usual monotone.
"Relena Peacecraft?" Rachael asked making a face, "Why?"
"What Rach, you don't like her?" I asked now cleaning the table and wiping away crumbs, "EVERYBODY loves Relena."
"Well, I never really met her so I can't say that I don't like her, but then that doesn't means that I do like her either. I formed an opinion though."
"Really?" This kid was interesting.
"Hai!"
"What's that?" Heero asked.
Rachael frowned, "I think she's all talk."
How very true.
"Are you really six?" I couldn't help but wonder how this kid could be so smart sometimes.
"No, I turned seven last week." Wow, big difference.
"What do you propose we do with Miss Relena, Heero? I know you already have your schedule planned out." I said sitting back in my seat backwards.
"Hn."
"No offense, but I think that politics are boring. They are so caught up in what they want, they forget about the people." I couldn't believe that this little girl said something so totally true. She was probably going to end up a politician when she grew up at this rate.
"You're right." Heero replied for the first time directly, "I agree."
There was definitely a connection between them, and I was right in the middle.
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I looked down at my watch. 2 PM. I looked at the shuttle, walking down was Relena, pink as ever. She was dressed in...well, pink. Her hair was just as I had seen it a year ago, mid back. She looked exactly the same to me.
"Is that her?" Rachael asked pointing.
I pushed her hand down, "You'd think a girl like you would know not to point." I mumbled.
"She's...pink. Like Uncle Heero's ice cream yesterday!" Heero gave Rachael a strange look.
He's so cute.
Rachael suddenly grabbed Heero's left hand and pulled him. I just watched them close behind. "Are we just going to stand here or what?" Rachael asked.
"Heero!" Relena waved her hand walking towards us. I could tell that she was going to glomp Heero--er something like it, but stopped herself when she saw Rachael. I had a feeling that Rachael was up to something. "Who's this?"
"I'm Rachael, nice to meet cha!" Rachael extended her right hand, I had the strangest feeling of Deja Vu. Relena shook her hand, "I'm Relena."
"Oi, Heero, I think we should get going now." I called. Relena saw me and gave me one of those looks that says 'What the hell are you here for'. I was pretty use to them, so it didn't really bother me.
"Yeah, I wanna see the city too!" Rachael dragged Heero over to me as Relena followed.
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I packed all of Relena's belongings into the trunk. She better not scratch the seats. I will be so pissed off if she did. Rachael sat behind Heero in the back, next to her was Relena.
"What would you like to do Ojou-san?" I asked starting the car, "How about a bite to eat?"
"That's alright Duo-kun, I'm not very hungry. Perhaps we should just tour the roads so I get a feel for the place." Sounded good to me.
"When do you have to see the Preventors HQ?" Heero asked.
"Tomorrow morning." Relena replied.
"Why do you have to go there?" Rachael asked.
"For business of course, a little girl like you shouldn't worry about it." said Relena as she crossed her legs.
"I don't like not knowing what's going on."
"Shouldn't you be in school?"
Rachael cocked an eyebrow, "It's the summer, I don't go to school during the summer months."
"I see." Relena tucked a lock of hair behind her ear, she must be nervous, "Heero, what relations do you have with this girl?"
"Hn."
"Uncle Duo, what does that mean?"
"It means 'drop the subject'." I said. It's not that hard to tell what he's messaging. Ya see, it's the pitch and tone of the 'hn', at least that's how I figured it, and I think I'm pretty accurate at guessing what Heero's thinking of. So accurate, it's freaky.
The car ride was extremely boring, I won't even go into detail, but however, Rachael did manage to piss Relena off by randomly asking annoying questions much like I did when I wanted attention from Heero. She was such a nice girl.
6:30 we arrived at Relena's hotel, nice place. Heero and I gathered her luggage and headed to her room...on the 30th floor. Good thing there was an elevator. What the hell is in these bags??? Relena and Rachael deserted Heero and me with her crap as she checked in, which left Heero and me alone in an elevator.
"Hey, Hee-chan, havin' fun?"
"..."
"That's what I thought. I told you not to do it didn't I?"
"Hn." The elevator was SO slow.
I figured that it was time to talk to Heero about his dream last night. "Ne, Heero, what did you dream about last night?"
Heero stiffened.
"Hee-chan?"
"..."
"Heero?"
"I don't...want to talk about...it."
"That bad huh?" Well, if he didn't want to talk about it, no point in pushing him. I never liked to discuss my nightmares either. Neither of us spoke until we hit the 20th floor.
"Duo..." Heero said softly looking up at me.
"Aa?" I asked jiggling spare change that happened to be in the pocket of my pants.
"...Don-don't leave me?" Heero's eyes watered slightly. Oh I felt SO bad. I gathered him into my arms again and held him as he hugged back, "I'm not going to leave you, why would I do that?"
It took Heero 10 floors to tell me that. I'm impressed.
"I don't know..." Heero leaned into my chest and sniffled. What made him just crumble like that? WHY did he crumble like that? What happened to the strong Heero Yuy that I knew? Maybe he wasn't as strong once you break him down...
"Well, I won't, okay?"
Heero looked up at me, "Duo, I-"
*Ding*
The elevator doors slid open and about 15 kids were standing there waiting for the elevator in their swimming suits as two seventeens years olds were embracing each other. Slighty blushing, Heero and I grabbed the bags and hurried out.
I hate elevators.
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I unlocked Relena's room, she hadn't given me the key, but I picked it in no time. You'd think a place like this would make it harder, even with the cards that you had to insert to get into the rooms, to get in. Let me tell you something, one doesn't need one of those to keep people from breaking in.
"Damn! This place is nice! That bed is HUGE! Maybe you, me, and Rachael should stay here tonight and kick Relena out." I joked as I opened the door.
"Baka." Wow, he recovers fast. First he's nearly ballin' like a baby, and now he acts as if nothing ever happened. Then again, maybe it's better that way. I put Relena's bags down and took my shoes off, "What are you doing?" Heero asked.
"Something that I've always wanted to in a hotel like this." I climbed on the bed, "Close the door?" Heero closed the door, "Now take your shoes off and come here." Heero quirked an eyebrow, but he took his shoes off and appoached the bed, "Come here!" I pulled Heero on to the bed and stood up.
"What now?" Heero asked. I walked around the bed alittle.
I leaned in close to him, and muttered something into his ear.
"Nani?"
"Jump!"
Heero looked at me weird, "Jump?"
"Yes, jump! I know you know how to, I saw you dunk at school." I jump on the bed sending a large ripple of vibration that knocked a surprised Heero off his feet, "Jump!"
Heero jumped.
I jumped.
We both jumped.
Fun!
Heero and I jumped on the bed touching the high ceiling and doing back flips that Trowa often did. We jumped for a good twenty minutes just having fun. And jumped so much we were sweating.
"This is fun ne, Heero?"
"Hai."
"I bet Dr. J never let you do this on his furniture."
"No."
"Yeah, neither would that G dude, he was always so tense. Duo don't do this, Duo don't do that, Duo shut up, Duo stop that, Duo give me that thing, Duo, Duo, Duo." I laughed, it was funny now that I think of it. But now a days, everything seems so much funnier than it did before.
Backflip.
"Oi, we should get a mattress like this and put it in the living room so we can all jump on it."
"Why?"
"Just because we can. No one's stopping us."
Cartwheel.
"Then why don't you just jump on your bed in your apartment?"
"Because it's mine, and I don't want to tear it up."
Belly flop. Ouch.
"So, you jump on hotel beds instead?"
Ceiling touch.
"Yep, cause it ain't mine!"
Backflip.
"Hn, Baka."
"That's me, hey, don't tell Wufei, but whenever I can, I jump on his bed too."
"You do?"
Cartwheel.
"Oh yeah..."
KnockKnock
"Gah! Heero, hurry and help my put these covers on straight!" I jumped off the bed and pulled Heero down. We straighten the covers in record time. Go us!
KnockKnock
Heero ran over the door and opened it, "Rachael?" Rachael was sobbing. "Rachael, what's the matter?" Heero asked kneeling down.
"Relena's being mean to me!" Rachael squeaked. She attached herself to Heero, he looked at me in total shock.
"Hug her." I mouthed to him. Heero slowly wrapped his arms around the child and picked her up. I saw Rachael's face, she wasn't sobbing at all, in fact, she was SMILING at me. She was faking!
Rachael gave me a thumbs up and winked, what was this kid up to anyway?
Relena ran towards Heero and pointed to Rachael in Heero's arms, "That girl is...ugh!"
"She yelled at me!" Rachael told Heero and 'sobbed' harder, "I didn't do anything!"
"Didn't do anything? Didn't do anything?! You totally humiliated me infront of EVERYONE!" Relena shouted. This was not how a Foreign Minister was suppose to act.
"She almost hit me too!" Rachael added, Heero glared at Relena, "Relena, how could you treat a little girl like that? You always told people to be patient with each other, and you're not being very patient with Rachael. She's just a child." Heero said. Damn, that was a mouthful. "Come on Duo, let's go."
"Yes, sir."
"Nani??? Heero! I can't--fine! Get her out of my sight!" the older girl pouted.
Rachael whimpered, "She's so mean to me!"
Heero walked towards the elevator with Rachael still in his arms as I followed. Rachael pulled her eyelid down and stuck her tongue out at Relena, "Nah!"
"Ugh!" Relena stormed into her room and slammed the door.
It slowly registered though my mind what had just happened. I stayed quiet until we were all buckled up in the car.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" I burst out laughing. I can't believe she did that.
"What's so funny?" Heero asked.
"Nothing, Hee-chan." I looked at Rachael from the rear view mirror. She gave me a wide smile and I just grinned back.
Little Devil she was.
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The rest of the night was pretty slow, drive to the safehouse, ate dinner--made by Heero, my compliments to the chef-, chilled until 10, and tucked Rachael in.
"Hey Rachael," I made sure that Heero was out of earshot and sat on the edge of her bed, "Did you enjoy today?"
"Um...I guess." Rachael replied.
"You know you did, not often you can piss off a Foreign Minister. What exactly did you do?"
"Nothing really." Rachael paused, "I just asked her questions about her like her hair and clothes and Uncle Heero."
Asked about Heero, no wonder.
"Right, did she really try to hit you?" I asked.
"Kinda, she was fixing to slap me, I could tell since her hand was in mid-air. Then a nice man stopped her and chewed her out right infront of everyone. I guess she blames it on me."
"But you weren't worried, huh?"
"Nope! Not when I have Uncle Heero and you around."
I chuckled, "So I take it you like Uncle Heero?"
"Yep! And you too, you're nice to me, and let me do so many things like an ordinary girl."
"What do you mean?"
"I can never do anything on my own. Rachael practice the piano, do your studies, finish your lessons...It make me so mad!"
"Yeah, but you get to live in a huge house with someone to do whatever you want for you."
"Still, living in a big house is scary sometimes especially when you're the only child all alone..."
"So you like it here?"
"Uh-huh!"
"Back to the Relena thing, you weren't really crying, why do it?"
"I didn't want Relena to get too close to Uncle Heero."
"Nani?"
"Well, I--" Rachael yawned right in the middle of her sentence so I didn't catch what was in between, clever thing. "Wahhhdahhauhhyaaaaaaaaaaaa..."
"Okay, I get it. You don't want to tell me." I chuckled and ruffled her hair, "Oyasumi."
"Oyasumi gojaimas."
I turned off the lights and closed the door.
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Afterwards, Heero agreed to watch a movie with me. The selected presentation was a Korean series that was one of my personal favorites I had purchased at the mall. It was called 'Love and War', not the American movie though. The series itself was depressing, but the message it brought was beautiful. Let me tell you something, this guy, Nam Chun, had a sucky life, and when I first watched it, I realized that mine could have been worse. From then on, I appreciated all of the little things of life. Like Heero...
Heero was leaning on my shoulder during the whole thing, he must like it there. I held Heero's hand under the blanket that we had used yesterday.
He's so cute.
We only got to the third part since the episodes were an hour and a half long.
"Oi Hee-chan, I think we should go to sleep now. Wouldn't want to doze off having fun with Rachael." No answer, "Heero?"
"Duo...?"
"Hmm?"
"Will you um...stay with me...?" Heero squeezed my hand, "I don't want anymore nightmares..."
"Hell, *I* don't want you to have anymore nightmares." I really don't think I could take a sadden Heero another night. So if me staying with him helped, yeah, of course I would do it. I scooped the said boy up and took him to the bedroom, it was more comfortable. I placed him on the left side of the bed and slid in on the right. I wrapped my arms around Heero and he snuggled closer to me. No tricks, just sleep.
"Oyasumi Heero."
"Oyasumi Duo..." Heero drifted off into sleep right after he said his good night. I watched him sleep, he was so peaceful and serene. I didn't want the night to end. Finally, nature took it's course as sleep engulfed my mind with unconsciousness and I fell into a pleasant dream world.
Hey, beats the hell out of nightmares.
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The next morning I woke up with a warm feeling. A feeling that I hadn't felt in a long time, since the Maxwell Church to be specific. Sunlight from the window gradually forced me to open my eyes. Everything seemed so nice. I felt an odd yet fitting weight upon my arm, and heard soft breathing to my left side.
"Heero?" I asked looking at the boy next to me. Sure enough, Heero was sleeping in my bed. Oh yeah! So it wasn't just a wonderful dream. I was wondering why that arm was alittle numb. Judging by the light, I'd say that it was about 10 AM Thursday morning. I brushed Heero's unruly spikes away from his eyes, "Hee-chan," I whispered, "Wake up..."
Heero stirred slightly still not wanting to wake up. I cupped one side of his face with my left hand and caressed his cheek, "Mmm..." Heero purred.
"Heero, it's time to wake up." I whispered still caressing the beautiful boy before me, "Hee-chan..."
Heero leaned into my hand, I chuckled at him. "Heero wake up." I said alittle louder.
Mystical cobalt eyes fluttered open, "Duo...?"
"Yes?"
"I-I thought it was all a dream..." he whispered. I wanted to kiss him. I would have too, if I weren't to damn scared that I would mess everything up!
"No Heero, it's quite real. I think we should get up now cause my arm needs to wake up too."
Heero reluctantly nodded and rose from his position, "Did you have a nice slumber?" I asked. Heero nodded again and yawned. "Me too, I take it we'll be sleeping on the bed tonight?"
"Hai." I got out of bed and heard the TV set on. "Rachael must be awake." Heero said. I went to 'freshin' up' and Heero left to make breakfast.
Everything was perfect.
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"It's already noon, what are we doing today?" Rach asked me while she was watching TV.
I swear, that's her favorite question.
"I don't know, what do you want to do?" I asked flipping through a recent newspaper just to see if anything interesting was happening this week.
"I heard the fair is in town."
"A fair, huh?"
"Yeah, it's suppose to be one of the biggest ones in the country!"
I thought for a moment.
"Oi Hee-chan, have you ever been to a fair?" I asked Heero as he walked into the living room.
"A fair?" Heero repeated. I pulled him down to sit on the couch with us, "Yeah, a fair. Ever been?"
"No." Heero replied.
"If Uncle Heero hasn't been to one...that means we should definitely go!" the girl exclaimed, "Oh Uncle Duo, can we puh-LEEZE go to the fair? Please???"
I looked at Rachael then at Heero who shrugged, "Why not? We don't have much of anything to do at the time. Okay."
"Yea!"
"The fair...?"
"Don't worry Hee-chan, we'll have fun." I said softly. Heero looked at me and sighed, not an exasperated sigh, but a relaxed one, if that's possible, "Of course, only if you don't mind, then I'm sure--"
"I think we should..."
"We're going to the fair!" Rachael jumped up and circled the couch.
Yeah, we're going to the fair...
I smiled to myself. I'm going to the fair, with Heero...
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TBC?
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Ack! I know I uploaded the wrong chapter, thanks for pointing it out. -_-;
There is a real Korean Series called 'Love and War', I don't own that, and it's the most depressing series I have EVER watched, but is was very well plot out. If you think your life sux, watch 'Love and War' cuz you ain't seen a suxy life until you see Nam Chun.