Safe House

Shinko

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Warning- this is YAOI, I suggest that if you don't know what it is that you leave.

"Duo?" The Japanese boy asked into the silence. "Duo? Where are you?" He tried to lift himself up and found that he could without too much pain. "Duo?" He asked again. He received no answer to his dismay. He untangled himself from his seat belt and dodged the scrapped metal, to search for his partner. He crawled out of the wreckage that was the truck and looked around. He spotted Duo lying on his side about ten feet from him. He quickly made his way to his partner and checked his pulse.

Duo was still alive, but wouldn't be for long if they remained in the snow. Heero ran back to the wreckage and rummaged through the scrapped metal for his bag. He quickly checked to make sure his bag was fine and that everything inside was as well. He was pleased with its condition.

Once he had finished with the bag he returned to Duo's side. He squatted in the snow and removed his map and compass from the bag. He took a look at the map and judging from the route they had been on before the crash, found the nearest safe house. He looked at his compass and decided he would need to go north. He then calculated that the trek from where he was would take approximately two hours. He would have to hurry if Duo was to survive.

Heero put the map back into the bag and slung the sack around his neck so that it clung to his stomach instead of his back. He kept the compass out. Then he kneeled down next to Duo and gathered him into his arms and put him over his shoulders. He left the truck and started his journey to the safe house.

One hour later Heero could hardly stand under the weight of Duo and the bag any longer. He put Duo down and checked his pulse again with numb fingers. He removed his fingers from Duo's neck without results. He put his hand to Duo's chest trying to feel it raising. It raised, just barely, but it raised. He picked his partner up again and continued.

Two hours later a small, black dot on the horizon came into view, the safe house. Heero felt immense relief. He whispered through the snow to Duo, "Hang on, Duo, it's only a bit further."

When Heero got to the door of the small cabin he saw that the ice had built up and he would have to ram himself against it in hopes of opening it. He put his cargo down and after the ninth round of battering himself against the door, it swung open. He smiled slightly, and picked Duo and his bag up.

Once he had the door barricaded his eyes swept the small room. There was an old, stone fireplace across him against the wall, a small cot in the corner, a table that looked very uneven, and a door. He assumed that the door lead to a bathroom. He walked over to the cot and laid Duo down on it, before rummaging through the bag for some of his supplies. He pulled out his blanket, flint, some rations, and then he got up. He searched and found some small twigs scattered on the floor. With his flint and small twigs he started a fire in the fireplace. The safe house was far enough away from any OZ Base that the smoke shouldn't be detected. After the fire was started he went back to Duo.

Duo looked like an ice angel lying on the ratty cot. His chestnut brown hair had come free of it's binding and was framing his face in such a manner that it made him look slightly feral. His lips were blue and his face was white giving him a look a deadness, but beautiful deadness.

I quickly stripped him of the wet, frozen clothing and placed it by the fire, then he rubbed his partner's lifeless limbs with the blanket. It was obvious that he was suffering from hypothermia, so obvious that you'd have to be an idiot not to see it. It looked as though there was a bit of frostbite as well. He decided that moving Duo to warmth would help speed his partner's thawing process.

He went around behind the small cot and pushed it over to the fireplace. Close enough to get toasted not burned.

After many minutes Heero decided that this 'thawing' was getting them nowhere. He had already tried rubbing Duo down, he already tried the Marshmallow Effect, and he only had one last thing in mind, body warmth.

Heero stripped off his own wet clothing and placed it on the floor near the fire as he had done with Duo's clothes. He mentally berated himself for what he was planning to do. What would happen if Duo woke up with Heero next to him wearing only boxers? Heero decided that if Duo did wake Heero would simply say that it was in order to save the mission. Yes, Heero decided, that would be good. Heero settled himself beside Duo and wrapped his arms around him and pressed his chest against Duo's back. It wasn't long before Heero fell asleep.

Author's Note – This is not my first GW fiction. It is however the very first that I have posted. I hope you enjoyed Chapter 1. Chapter 2 is on the way, just to let you know. So drop a review and check up in a week.

Love you,

Shinko