Mel: *grins* I finally got working on this one! I thank Kattie for encouraging me to finally get the doctor through that door! *sweatdrop* Kind of sad how I can be stuck at writer's block for a year because I can't get a door open, neh?
Chris: Very sad.
Mel: What, are you taking the role of the absent muses now?
Chris: *goes downstairs to download NES games*
Mel: Well, he sure has the 'absent' part down.
Warnings: ^_^() A semi self-insert. Only you guys who know me will catch it, I think. Oh, and also, there is a heterosexual pairing in here, but none of the gundam girls are involved. So, if you get all jealous when you see one of those hot bishounen kissing another girl instead of eachother, CONGRADULATIONS!!! You're as hopeless as I am!
Disclaimer: Smeg, still don't own it. Ah well, it's more fun to write a fanfiction than it is to own the show anyway, neh?
Mel: And now, the long awaited…..
Porcelain Doll
Chapter 3
Duo paced back and forth across the room, twisting his braid tightly around his hands as he did. Heero was having a great deal of difficulty concentrating on his work with the boy storming across the room.
"Duo…"
"He's late! He's late, he's late, he's late!" Duo threw his arms up into the air and flopped down on the couch. "You said he would be here in three hours! He's late!" Not one minute after he sat down, he sprung up and pressed his face to the window, trying to see someone who wasn't there.
"Duo, it's 5:02." Heero set his laptop down, and stared at the tense boy.
"What's that got to do with anything?" The boy snapped, spinning so the metal bar in his hair tie snapped against the window before the long rope came to rest on his shoulder. Duo angrily swatted it away.
"I said he would be here in about three hours." Duo continued to stare at the calm pilot. "He's allowed to be late by three minutes." Duo was about to continue his rant, but was silenced by a swift knocking on the door.
"I'll get it!" Duo spun around and smacked his head into the door, forgetting he was right next to it. Heero sighed and gently pushed him to the side.
"Baka." Heero then opened the door for a very beautiful young redhead.
"Hello, are you Jay Green?" Heero nodded slightly and moved to the side, silently inviting the young woman in. Duo's jaw dropped slightly as he noticed the doctor was indeed female, and quite well built at that. She was also about 5 inches taller than Duo, towering over him and making him feel very insignificant.
"My friend is up these stairs. Follow me please." Heero was swift and to the point, which was probably for the best. The woman had not been informed of their true identities, so she was to be considered a potential threat.
"Daaaaamn…." Duo whispered to himself as he walked up the stairs behind the woman. Her thick red hair was bound in a braid almost as long as Duo's, and came down a few inches past her waist. He couldn't help but stare as it swung from side to side as she walked.
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"My God…. Looks like you got yourself in quite a fix." The doctor looked over Trowa with great concern, then back up to Heero. "Are you sure you want me to work right here? The sheets will get stained."
"Yes. It's best not to move him." The girl laughed at Heero's down-to-business attitude, then opened her box of tools to get started.
"Alright, sir. I'm going to put you out during the operation. This might sting a little going in." She pulled out a syringe and sterilized the tip, then the skin on the inside of Trowa's elbow. "Of course, it won't hurt nearly as much as those bullets did going in, so this should be nothing." Trowa sighed as the needle went in, then closed his eyes to help the drugs take effect faster. He was soon sleeping peacefully, and the doctor went to work extracting the bullet from his knee.
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Wufei walked into Quatre's room to see how he was doing. It had been two hours since the doctor had arrived, and she was still working on Trowa's knee.
"Who's there?" Quatre sat up on the bed to face the door, though he knew he couldn't see anything.
"It's me. I just wanted to see how you were doing." Quatre shook his head and pushed himself into a sitting position.
"I'm alright. How's Trowa doing?"
"They're still working on him. She's about to put the cast on."
"Can I see him when she's done?" Wufei eyed Quatre carefully.
"I think you can answer your own question." Quatre glared at Wufei, at least tried to. He wasn't looking directly at Wufei, more at the doorway beside him. "My point exactly." Quatre sighed, exasperated, and fell back against the bed.
"I hate this," he hissed to himself. His lack of sight was starting to drive him insane.
"I know." Wufei turned to leave the room, and closed the door quietly behind him.
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"Alright, I'm finished. He should wake up within the next hour. I have a feeling he's not going to want to stay in bed long, but you have to keep him there at least for the rest of the day, and make sure he doesn't put his weight on it at all for a while. Otherwise, his knee won't heal." The girl turned around and smiled at Duo. Then she closed her eyes, stuck out her tongue, and tapped him on the nose in one fluid motion. Duo's eyes widened for a moment, then a large grin crossed his face.
"Alix! I didn't recognize you! Wow, you've grown! You're taller than me!" Alix laughed and embraced Duo in a large bear hug. Heero eyed the two of them carefully.
"Someone want to explain to me what's going on?" Duo grinned and turned to face him.
"Alix and I grew up at the orphanage together! She was adopted a few months before…" His voice trailed off at the memory, but he shook the thought aside. "Anyway, she was one of the kids I used to take care of." Alix grinned and turned around.
"I'm only three inches behind you, next time we meet my braid will be longer." She looked over her shoulder at Duo and grinned.
"Duo…" Heero tilted his head towards the door, and Duo sighed in disappointment.
"Alix, I'm sorry. But it's time for you to leave." Alix smiled and nodded in understanding, letting Heero show her the way out. At the door before she left, Alix pulled something out of her pocket and placed it in Duo's hand.
"Come find me when the war's over. I want to see you again." And with that, she left.
"I will." Duo smiled and pocketed the object, leaving Heero very confused. Shrugging it off, he left for his room. After writing a report he would probably go to bed.
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Quatre sat up in bed, preparing to leave the room for the second time that day. By now, he thought, everyone should be asleep. He made his way to the door and gently opened it, thankful that it didn't creak.
"Quatre!" The whispered exclamation made the blond boy freeze as he tried to figure out who had called his name. He felt someone wrap their arms around his waist lightly, careful not to agitate the injuries he had sustained. "I missed you!"
"Kayla?" Quatre smiled and returned the embrace. "It's been a long time, hasn't it?"
"Nine months and eleven days. And I thought of you every one of them." Quatre laughed softly and rubbed the girl's back.
"I have something of yours." He pulled the sleeping pills out of his pocket and held them out. "I thought you didn't need them anymore." Kayla turned her chocolate eyes down, embarrassed.
"I was trying to kill my caffeine addiction… I hid them when I heard you were coming." Quatre smiled again and ran his hands through her short cropped brown hair.
"You cut your hair too?" Kayla laughed and nodded.
"I was wondering if you would notice." Quatre smiled and ran one of his hands lightly across Kayla's lips before kissing her.
To be continued…
Mel: *sweatdrop* Any of you fangirls out there jealous? If so, imagine how Trowa and Duo will feel when they find out… *grins*
Chris: Mel! Mel! I just downloaded the game Ness originally appeared in!
Melara's evil Father: Mel, you have a concert in a half hour. Get dressed. We're going to be late.
Mel: *sigh* Oh well. Maybe I'll be able to start this one up again later… Ja ne!
