Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own Gundam Wing, no matter how much I wish I
did. Besides, I'm just a poor high school student. There'd be no point in
suing me.
A/N: UG!! I cannot believe I wrote that last line! In fact, I cannot believe I wrote any of this sap! This isn't a very sappy chapter, but still. Remember all, feedback craved and demanded. I must have it!!!
Chapter 6
Unfortunately, Duo didn't notice Lani fall asleep. He sat up and swung his legs over the side of the bed. He sat in silence for a few moments before speaking.
"You love me?" he asked into the quiet.
"Duo." Lani mumbled in her sleep.
"Yeah?" he asked, still not noticing she was asleep. (~ Sorry everyone! I couldn't help it! He came off as stupid! ~) Then Lani began talking in her sleep again.
"Duo.you've got no idea how long I've wanted." she mumbled. "D.Duo. W.Wait! W.Who are you? Stop! Get away form me!"
Lani's peaceful dream had evidently turned into a nightmare. Despite his earlier deal with Lani, Duo couldn't just leave her like that, fighting wildly against her non-existent attacker. He watched her thrash about for a moment, watching for an opening in her wild jabs and kicks, so he could wake her. As Lani continued her fight, Duo attempted to get in close. Finally he gave up trying to get nearer gently. He grabbed her arms and held them tightly at her sides.
"Lani. Wake up," Duo said, shaking her lightly. Lani stilled and after a moment opened her eyes. Duo released her arms and sat back, watching her in concern. Lani sat as well and turned to face him, tears beginning to fall from her eyes. Duo looked at her, question mingling with the concern in his features.
"What happened?" he asked her gently. Tears fell in a steady stream down Lani's cheeks and her voice came out choked as she tried to hold back sobs.
"Oh Duo!" she wailed quietly, so as no to wake her neighbors. "It was awful! I was dreaming of you, but then it wasn't you. It was someone else, I didn't know who, and he attacked me, I couldn't get him off me!"
As she finished, her attempts to surpress the sobs failed. She sat with her knees drawn to her chest, sobbing into them. Duo slid over to and put an arm around her, drawing her gently to him.
"Shhh. It's okay. It was just a dream," he soothed as she leaned into him, crying into his shirt.
"I'm sorry Duo," she told him through her sobs. "I shouldn't be crying like this."
"Shhh. It's okay. Cry as much as you want."
Duo held Lani as she cried herself to sleep again. Not wanting to leave in case she had another night-mare, and not wanting to disturb her, Duo closed his eyes and got as comfortable as he could. Lani's body was warm against his, giving him no need for a blanket, and he was so tired that within minutes he too was fast asleep.
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(The Next Morning)
Lani woke up to sunlight streaming into her eyes. There shouldn't be sun at my window so early. She thought, throwing her arm over her eyes. Her hand hit the pillow beside her with the sound of a fist hitting paper. Lani wrinkled her forehead and moved her arm from her face. She turned her head and squinted against the light to the source of the sound. Beside her head was a sheet of paper, covered in large, messy lettering. Lani picked it up and held it in front of her face. Six words covered the paper in the large scrawl. The message read:
I LEFT YOU A VID MESSAGE.
A smile found it's way onto Lani's face as she rolled lazily onto the floor. She pushed herself to her feet and made her way slowly to her desk. Bad morning. She noted as she sat down and pulled her laptop over to her. A few quick keys and Duo's cheerful face popped up.
"Morning!" the smiling image said happily, but quietly-Lani was still sleeping when Duo recorded the message, and he didn't want to wake her. "Or should I say afternoon? Whichever applies."
Lani glanced over at her digital clock and frowned.
"I hope you're not mad at me for turning off your alarm, but I figured you'd better sleep," the recording continued. "I hope there were no more bad dreams after I left. I know talking in past tense is kinda weird..but that's how I am! Listen, I'm comin' back to see you tonight. I'm goin' to the city with Heero and the others today. I'll be gone all day, but I've got somethin' I wanna tell ya. So I'll be back! I'll see you later. Oh! One more thing! I read that poem that was on top of the computer, don't be mad. Please! I thought it was really great, really deep and stuff. Gotta go now. Later!"
Duo's image flashed a grin as it reached out and ended the message.
"I don't know why I like that fool so much," Lani mumbled to herself as she stood up and walked over to her closet. Pulling out a pair of khaki pants and a close fitting Hawaiian print shirt she wandered into the bathroom and got dressed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
(A little later.)
Lani wandered into the dining hall, still rubbing her eyes. Jessica stood up and waved her over. Lani went over, grabbing an apple and a slice of toast on her way. Jessica grinned at Lani as she sat down as she sat down, and the rest of the girls at the table started giggling.
"What?" Lani asked casually, biting into her toast.
"You're up late," Jessica said suggestively. Lani sighed and glared at her friends
"Get your minds outta the gutter," she said, throwing a piece of toast at Jessica. The girls around them burst into further fits of giggles. Jessica grinned at Lani further.
"Whatever you say Lan," she said surpressing her laughter. Lani looked around at the laughing faces.
"Okay, spill. What'd Jessica tell you?" she asked, now finished her apple and rolling the apple through her hands. A few of the girls tried to compose themselves enough to talk, but they weren't given the chance.
"Lani!" a voice shouted from across the room. Lani turned around, only to see Relena, running through the dining hall towards the group. She stopped just behind Lani, who looked up at her.
"Is it true?" Relena asked, breathing heavily.
"Is what true? How long have you been running?" Lani asked in return, eating her apple around her speech.
"From near the back gates," Relena replied, taking a deep breath. "So is it true?"
"Is WHAT true?" Lani demanded. She was becoming really annoyed with Relena lately. She seems to be getting stupider every day. She thought with an inward sigh as Relena stared at her, slightly confused. I can't for the life of me remember why I'm friends with her.
"Heeeelllllllooooooo. Relena. Wake up!" Jessica as Lani watched her, contentedly eating as she waited for a response.
"Oh," Relena said, finally realizing what Lani wanted form her. "Is it true you spent the night with Duo?"
The girls around them all started giggling again. Lani sighed.
"I should've known," she sighed. "Yeah. It's true. But it's not what you think!" she added quickly as giggles turned to horrified gasps. Jessica stood up.
"Walk with me Lan," she said. Lani stood up and followed her out of the room, throwing away the apple core as she left. (Just so I didn't leave it lying around or somethin'.) After a few minutes of walking, Jessica stopped.
"Tell me everything," she ordered, turning towards Lani and smiling.
"First tell me what you said to everyone," Lani countered. Her best friend could be kind of mean to her sometimes, but at least Lani knew why she was friends with her. Jessica grinned down at Lani and put her arm around her shoulders.
"The only thing I said was that you came to my room in the middle of the night, saying something about Duo. Gossip did the rest," she said guiding Lani forward.
"But you knew something like that was going to happen. Right?" Lani asked, shrugging out of Jessica's arm. "And I can walk on my own."
Jessica laughed.
"Okay. And yeah. Sure I knew what was going to happen, but it was funny, so I did it anyway. There, now tell me everything," she said, emphasizing the last word and turning so she was walking backwards in front of Lani.
"Hey! What're we talkin' 'bout?" Megan asked, running up to walk beside them.
"Lani was just about to tell me what happened with Duo last night," Jessica told her with a sly smile.
"Yay!" Megan exclaimed happily. "I wanna know. Is that what all the noise was about last night?"
Lani nodded.
"Go on," Jessica prompted eagerly. Megan stared enthusiastically at Lani.
"All right," Lani said with a sigh. "Where do you want me to start?"
"Oh, I dunno," Jessica replied sarcastically. "How 'bout at the beginning."
"Okay," Lani laughed. "Well.I was born in the L2 colony cluster, up in spa-"
"Hold it!" Jessica interrupted, throwing her hands in the air. "What're you blabbing on about?"
"Honestly woman!" Megan exclaimed in much the same tone. "We don't want you're life story!"
"Well you said to start from the beginning," Lani replied innocently. Jessica sighed exagerattedly.
"Don't go acting all innocent with us," she scolded. "Start with the part where Duo was in your room."
"All right. If that's what you want," Lani said.
"I do," Jessica said, slowly walking across the vast lawns of the school. Lani laughed.
"It sounds like you're trying to marry me," she giggled.
"Forget it. Spill," Megan told her as she tried to hold back her laughter.
"Okay," Lani replied, forcing her laughter down.
A/N: All right. I know I promised not to put another of these in for a while, but I couldn't help myself. I need to apologize for making this chapter so much longer than the others. I wanted to get all the sap out as quickly as possible, so I decided to extend a few chapters. The next one will probably be just as long, if not longer. Someone shoot me now. Stop the sap. ;_;
A/N: UG!! I cannot believe I wrote that last line! In fact, I cannot believe I wrote any of this sap! This isn't a very sappy chapter, but still. Remember all, feedback craved and demanded. I must have it!!!
Chapter 6
Unfortunately, Duo didn't notice Lani fall asleep. He sat up and swung his legs over the side of the bed. He sat in silence for a few moments before speaking.
"You love me?" he asked into the quiet.
"Duo." Lani mumbled in her sleep.
"Yeah?" he asked, still not noticing she was asleep. (~ Sorry everyone! I couldn't help it! He came off as stupid! ~) Then Lani began talking in her sleep again.
"Duo.you've got no idea how long I've wanted." she mumbled. "D.Duo. W.Wait! W.Who are you? Stop! Get away form me!"
Lani's peaceful dream had evidently turned into a nightmare. Despite his earlier deal with Lani, Duo couldn't just leave her like that, fighting wildly against her non-existent attacker. He watched her thrash about for a moment, watching for an opening in her wild jabs and kicks, so he could wake her. As Lani continued her fight, Duo attempted to get in close. Finally he gave up trying to get nearer gently. He grabbed her arms and held them tightly at her sides.
"Lani. Wake up," Duo said, shaking her lightly. Lani stilled and after a moment opened her eyes. Duo released her arms and sat back, watching her in concern. Lani sat as well and turned to face him, tears beginning to fall from her eyes. Duo looked at her, question mingling with the concern in his features.
"What happened?" he asked her gently. Tears fell in a steady stream down Lani's cheeks and her voice came out choked as she tried to hold back sobs.
"Oh Duo!" she wailed quietly, so as no to wake her neighbors. "It was awful! I was dreaming of you, but then it wasn't you. It was someone else, I didn't know who, and he attacked me, I couldn't get him off me!"
As she finished, her attempts to surpress the sobs failed. She sat with her knees drawn to her chest, sobbing into them. Duo slid over to and put an arm around her, drawing her gently to him.
"Shhh. It's okay. It was just a dream," he soothed as she leaned into him, crying into his shirt.
"I'm sorry Duo," she told him through her sobs. "I shouldn't be crying like this."
"Shhh. It's okay. Cry as much as you want."
Duo held Lani as she cried herself to sleep again. Not wanting to leave in case she had another night-mare, and not wanting to disturb her, Duo closed his eyes and got as comfortable as he could. Lani's body was warm against his, giving him no need for a blanket, and he was so tired that within minutes he too was fast asleep.
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(The Next Morning)
Lani woke up to sunlight streaming into her eyes. There shouldn't be sun at my window so early. She thought, throwing her arm over her eyes. Her hand hit the pillow beside her with the sound of a fist hitting paper. Lani wrinkled her forehead and moved her arm from her face. She turned her head and squinted against the light to the source of the sound. Beside her head was a sheet of paper, covered in large, messy lettering. Lani picked it up and held it in front of her face. Six words covered the paper in the large scrawl. The message read:
I LEFT YOU A VID MESSAGE.
A smile found it's way onto Lani's face as she rolled lazily onto the floor. She pushed herself to her feet and made her way slowly to her desk. Bad morning. She noted as she sat down and pulled her laptop over to her. A few quick keys and Duo's cheerful face popped up.
"Morning!" the smiling image said happily, but quietly-Lani was still sleeping when Duo recorded the message, and he didn't want to wake her. "Or should I say afternoon? Whichever applies."
Lani glanced over at her digital clock and frowned.
"I hope you're not mad at me for turning off your alarm, but I figured you'd better sleep," the recording continued. "I hope there were no more bad dreams after I left. I know talking in past tense is kinda weird..but that's how I am! Listen, I'm comin' back to see you tonight. I'm goin' to the city with Heero and the others today. I'll be gone all day, but I've got somethin' I wanna tell ya. So I'll be back! I'll see you later. Oh! One more thing! I read that poem that was on top of the computer, don't be mad. Please! I thought it was really great, really deep and stuff. Gotta go now. Later!"
Duo's image flashed a grin as it reached out and ended the message.
"I don't know why I like that fool so much," Lani mumbled to herself as she stood up and walked over to her closet. Pulling out a pair of khaki pants and a close fitting Hawaiian print shirt she wandered into the bathroom and got dressed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
(A little later.)
Lani wandered into the dining hall, still rubbing her eyes. Jessica stood up and waved her over. Lani went over, grabbing an apple and a slice of toast on her way. Jessica grinned at Lani as she sat down as she sat down, and the rest of the girls at the table started giggling.
"What?" Lani asked casually, biting into her toast.
"You're up late," Jessica said suggestively. Lani sighed and glared at her friends
"Get your minds outta the gutter," she said, throwing a piece of toast at Jessica. The girls around them burst into further fits of giggles. Jessica grinned at Lani further.
"Whatever you say Lan," she said surpressing her laughter. Lani looked around at the laughing faces.
"Okay, spill. What'd Jessica tell you?" she asked, now finished her apple and rolling the apple through her hands. A few of the girls tried to compose themselves enough to talk, but they weren't given the chance.
"Lani!" a voice shouted from across the room. Lani turned around, only to see Relena, running through the dining hall towards the group. She stopped just behind Lani, who looked up at her.
"Is it true?" Relena asked, breathing heavily.
"Is what true? How long have you been running?" Lani asked in return, eating her apple around her speech.
"From near the back gates," Relena replied, taking a deep breath. "So is it true?"
"Is WHAT true?" Lani demanded. She was becoming really annoyed with Relena lately. She seems to be getting stupider every day. She thought with an inward sigh as Relena stared at her, slightly confused. I can't for the life of me remember why I'm friends with her.
"Heeeelllllllooooooo. Relena. Wake up!" Jessica as Lani watched her, contentedly eating as she waited for a response.
"Oh," Relena said, finally realizing what Lani wanted form her. "Is it true you spent the night with Duo?"
The girls around them all started giggling again. Lani sighed.
"I should've known," she sighed. "Yeah. It's true. But it's not what you think!" she added quickly as giggles turned to horrified gasps. Jessica stood up.
"Walk with me Lan," she said. Lani stood up and followed her out of the room, throwing away the apple core as she left. (Just so I didn't leave it lying around or somethin'.) After a few minutes of walking, Jessica stopped.
"Tell me everything," she ordered, turning towards Lani and smiling.
"First tell me what you said to everyone," Lani countered. Her best friend could be kind of mean to her sometimes, but at least Lani knew why she was friends with her. Jessica grinned down at Lani and put her arm around her shoulders.
"The only thing I said was that you came to my room in the middle of the night, saying something about Duo. Gossip did the rest," she said guiding Lani forward.
"But you knew something like that was going to happen. Right?" Lani asked, shrugging out of Jessica's arm. "And I can walk on my own."
Jessica laughed.
"Okay. And yeah. Sure I knew what was going to happen, but it was funny, so I did it anyway. There, now tell me everything," she said, emphasizing the last word and turning so she was walking backwards in front of Lani.
"Hey! What're we talkin' 'bout?" Megan asked, running up to walk beside them.
"Lani was just about to tell me what happened with Duo last night," Jessica told her with a sly smile.
"Yay!" Megan exclaimed happily. "I wanna know. Is that what all the noise was about last night?"
Lani nodded.
"Go on," Jessica prompted eagerly. Megan stared enthusiastically at Lani.
"All right," Lani said with a sigh. "Where do you want me to start?"
"Oh, I dunno," Jessica replied sarcastically. "How 'bout at the beginning."
"Okay," Lani laughed. "Well.I was born in the L2 colony cluster, up in spa-"
"Hold it!" Jessica interrupted, throwing her hands in the air. "What're you blabbing on about?"
"Honestly woman!" Megan exclaimed in much the same tone. "We don't want you're life story!"
"Well you said to start from the beginning," Lani replied innocently. Jessica sighed exagerattedly.
"Don't go acting all innocent with us," she scolded. "Start with the part where Duo was in your room."
"All right. If that's what you want," Lani said.
"I do," Jessica said, slowly walking across the vast lawns of the school. Lani laughed.
"It sounds like you're trying to marry me," she giggled.
"Forget it. Spill," Megan told her as she tried to hold back her laughter.
"Okay," Lani replied, forcing her laughter down.
A/N: All right. I know I promised not to put another of these in for a while, but I couldn't help myself. I need to apologize for making this chapter so much longer than the others. I wanted to get all the sap out as quickly as possible, so I decided to extend a few chapters. The next one will probably be just as long, if not longer. Someone shoot me now. Stop the sap. ;_;