Dark Ice ~ Hey again! 'Kay, I'm really sorry if this chapter is too short to suit you readers, but this is the only way to prep for my next chapter, which I'm still working on.
Duo ~ Yeah, yeah...skip the speech already, and get on with it!
Dark Ice ~ (glaring at him) Hey man...don't mess with me. I've been training for the jav event in track and field, so I know how to use one.
Duo ~ But you don't have one.
Dark Ice ~ Quiet you!
Duo ~ Fine, fine...
Disclaimer: Still don't own Gundam Wing, still mood swingish...
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Chapter 3: Short 'n' Sweet
"AHH, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!"
"Duo! You said you wouldn't laugh!"
"But you *gasp* five-years-old - HAHAHA! - with a piece of *gasp* ow! stuck up your - HAHAHAHA! your... NOSE!!"
Wufei growled. "It's not that funny, you know. I know for a fact that that experience is very painful." He got up from his seat. "And it took the doctor seven hours to remove it without cutting my nose open."
That got Duo to stop rolling on the floor from laughing. "EEWWwww..."
Silence reigned the kitchen as Wufei busied himself with making cocoa and Duo got back into his seat. But silence was dethroned two seconds later. "Hey Wufei."
"Yeah?"
"Think I could meet your cousin? I wanna congratulate her."
Wufei kept his eyes on stirring the two mugs of cocoa in front of him "I don't where she is. Last time I saw her was when she left to go to the Earth, about six years ago. I haven't spoken to her since"
"Oh."
Wufei continued. "Her parents felt that they would be safer from any potential wars between Earth and the space colonies." Why am I telling this to him? thought Wufei. "They were weak. They didn't believe that L5 colony was secure enough." He bowed his head. "They were right."
Duo had absolutely no idea how to respond to that. He couldn't comfort the guy; it'd probably scar him for life if he thought that another person was felling sorry for him. And he couldn't make any wisecracks even if he'd wanted to, which of course, he didn't.
Silence once again took over the kitchen, as Wufei and Duo drank their cocoa, with Duo adding more and more sugar to his mug whenever Wufei was busy staring at his own mug.
"Um, Duo? Could you do me a favour?"
Duo had a pretty good idea of what was coming. "Yeah?"
"Don't tell anyone, not even the other guys what I just told you, all right?"
"Sure, Wu-man."
"Baka."
"Thank you. Now, how about that snack you promised?"
Wufei looked indignant. "When did I ever promise you a snack?!"
Duo raised both his hands. "Hey, whoa there! I was just kiddin' around." Sheesh.
Suddenly, Wufei made a topic change. "You already know a bit about my cousin, I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell you this as well. Sometimes, I wonder if she'll ever come back one day, and then everything could be back the way it was. Things were always...interesting with her around. After that thing with the broccoli, Wai-ming just jumped at every chance to play pranks on anyone, especially me you could say. But then I always tell myself in the end that chances of me ever seeing her again are slim to none."
Again Duo was a loss for words. How can you reply to someone who's reminiscing like this?
~*~*~ (in the hallway) ~*~*~
Lurking in the darkness of the hallway, one of the shadowy figures listening to the conversation in the kitchen by the doorway, spoke to the other shadowy figures. "Okay, now," the voice softly whispered. "Everyone knows they have to do, right?" All the hidden figures nodded simultaneously. "Good. Let's move out." The group dispersed.
The shadowy figure that had spoken remained, looked back at two sitting at the kitchen table and chuckled silently, remembering what Wufei had just said. Think again, Wuffie.
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Dark Ice ~ See? Told ya it was short, but I guess it wasn't all that sweet, huh? Oh well...
Quatre ~ (stage whisper) FYI: The authoress is on a low point in her mood swingishness.
Trowa ~ Hey Dee? Think I can do it this time?
Dark Ice ~ Yeah, sure, knock yourself out.
Trowa ~ (gleeful grin) Thanks! (faces readers, grin disappears, very-serious-Trowa-classic-look takes its place) Please review, now that you've read this. I hope that you have enjoyed this piece. However, if you have not, then, I will repeat, please review, and tell Dark Ice what you think.
Duo ~ Yeah, yeah...skip the speech already, and get on with it!
Dark Ice ~ (glaring at him) Hey man...don't mess with me. I've been training for the jav event in track and field, so I know how to use one.
Duo ~ But you don't have one.
Dark Ice ~ Quiet you!
Duo ~ Fine, fine...
Disclaimer: Still don't own Gundam Wing, still mood swingish...
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Chapter 3: Short 'n' Sweet
"AHH, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!"
"Duo! You said you wouldn't laugh!"
"But you *gasp* five-years-old - HAHAHA! - with a piece of *gasp* ow! stuck up your - HAHAHAHA! your... NOSE!!"
Wufei growled. "It's not that funny, you know. I know for a fact that that experience is very painful." He got up from his seat. "And it took the doctor seven hours to remove it without cutting my nose open."
That got Duo to stop rolling on the floor from laughing. "EEWWwww..."
Silence reigned the kitchen as Wufei busied himself with making cocoa and Duo got back into his seat. But silence was dethroned two seconds later. "Hey Wufei."
"Yeah?"
"Think I could meet your cousin? I wanna congratulate her."
Wufei kept his eyes on stirring the two mugs of cocoa in front of him "I don't where she is. Last time I saw her was when she left to go to the Earth, about six years ago. I haven't spoken to her since"
"Oh."
Wufei continued. "Her parents felt that they would be safer from any potential wars between Earth and the space colonies." Why am I telling this to him? thought Wufei. "They were weak. They didn't believe that L5 colony was secure enough." He bowed his head. "They were right."
Duo had absolutely no idea how to respond to that. He couldn't comfort the guy; it'd probably scar him for life if he thought that another person was felling sorry for him. And he couldn't make any wisecracks even if he'd wanted to, which of course, he didn't.
Silence once again took over the kitchen, as Wufei and Duo drank their cocoa, with Duo adding more and more sugar to his mug whenever Wufei was busy staring at his own mug.
"Um, Duo? Could you do me a favour?"
Duo had a pretty good idea of what was coming. "Yeah?"
"Don't tell anyone, not even the other guys what I just told you, all right?"
"Sure, Wu-man."
"Baka."
"Thank you. Now, how about that snack you promised?"
Wufei looked indignant. "When did I ever promise you a snack?!"
Duo raised both his hands. "Hey, whoa there! I was just kiddin' around." Sheesh.
Suddenly, Wufei made a topic change. "You already know a bit about my cousin, I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell you this as well. Sometimes, I wonder if she'll ever come back one day, and then everything could be back the way it was. Things were always...interesting with her around. After that thing with the broccoli, Wai-ming just jumped at every chance to play pranks on anyone, especially me you could say. But then I always tell myself in the end that chances of me ever seeing her again are slim to none."
Again Duo was a loss for words. How can you reply to someone who's reminiscing like this?
~*~*~ (in the hallway) ~*~*~
Lurking in the darkness of the hallway, one of the shadowy figures listening to the conversation in the kitchen by the doorway, spoke to the other shadowy figures. "Okay, now," the voice softly whispered. "Everyone knows they have to do, right?" All the hidden figures nodded simultaneously. "Good. Let's move out." The group dispersed.
The shadowy figure that had spoken remained, looked back at two sitting at the kitchen table and chuckled silently, remembering what Wufei had just said. Think again, Wuffie.
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Dark Ice ~ See? Told ya it was short, but I guess it wasn't all that sweet, huh? Oh well...
Quatre ~ (stage whisper) FYI: The authoress is on a low point in her mood swingishness.
Trowa ~ Hey Dee? Think I can do it this time?
Dark Ice ~ Yeah, sure, knock yourself out.
Trowa ~ (gleeful grin) Thanks! (faces readers, grin disappears, very-serious-Trowa-classic-look takes its place) Please review, now that you've read this. I hope that you have enjoyed this piece. However, if you have not, then, I will repeat, please review, and tell Dark Ice what you think.