MS: I find a lot of amusement in the pain and suffering of others, like scaring the crap out of my friend by sending my sister outside with a mask and a butcher knife late at night. It was so great. I did it twice in the same night, and the second time she refused to look out the window, even though I TOLD her my sis was out there. But noooo, she refused to look, and instead, looked in the mirror, saw the knife, and started BAWLING. It was GREAT.
Peach: She's terrible, isn't she? I mean, she also finds joy in torturing readers and having no time to write.
MS: The first one, yes, but the second one, I beg to differ. I cannot help my schedule sometimes.
Peach: P I tell you, she's evil. It goes around the world, after all. Please enjoy!
Miss You chapter 11
"OH MY GOD!!!!" Heero collapsed onto the ground, his tears blinding his vision. "DUO!" He watched the pit where the red gundam had fallen moments before. A black shadow passed before his eyes, and another shower of flames burst from below.
Quatre tried to help Heero up. "What about the thrusters? Don't they work?"
Convulsions took over the boy's body, and he began throwing up. "Oh....my god...oh...."
"No...." Wufei muttered. "The suits cut the thrusters while we were battling them. Duo was lucky that the whole gundam didn't blow from it."
Quatre's tears began to streak his soft face. An uncomfortable silence echoed between them, and cold crept up the three boys into their bones.
Another explosion sounded off in the gorge. "Come on...Heero.... We need to go...come on...." Quatre said, gently lifting Heero's machine from the cracked earth. "We need to go.... I'm sorry."
Wufei stepped over and lifted Heavyarm's other arm. "I'm sorry, Heero."
Heero slapped at their helping hands away. "I don't want your pity!" He stood up quickly and turned on the thrusters. "Just leave me alone!" Rushing off in the blasting wind, Heero left the others behind. The tears the flowed in his eyes distorted his vision, making it impossible to see the giant roadblock in front of him.
He found it only too late, as he crashed right into the object, sending his senses askew. The object toppled on top of Heero, mashing him under the weight.
'H-hey, watch it buddy!" A quavering voice said. Heero climbed out from underneath the dog pile, and looked at what had fallen on him. "You could really hurt someone doing that...." Sobs broke up the friendly voice coming from one of the machines. Heero stared at the speaker, and the boy inside bounded into his metal arms.
"Oh...oh my god! Oh my god! Duo!" Heero laughed. "Duo! How what but you huh!? You're okay, you're okay!" He hugged Heavyarms tightly, then opened up his cockpit and dashed out. He met a blissful Duo and hugged him tightly, determined not to let him go.
"Heero...! Everyone! I was so scared when I fell, so scared...! I'm so glad you guys are okay; I didn't lose you after all. I don't know what I would have done...Heero! Heero, I love you, I love you!" Duo's face streaked with happy tears, and he laughed in the other boy's arms.
The other 2 pilots came rushing to them, hopping out of their cockpits, trying to believe their eyes.
"Duo! Duo!!" Quatre called, wiping tears from his face. "You're alive! You made it!!"
Duo laughed. "Yes, yes I did! I couldn't leave you all, I never could. Ever!"
Even Wufei grinned widely. All of them were, grinning until their mouths hurt, which only made them grin even more.
"How did you get out of that, Duo? It's a miracle!" Quatre questioned.
Duo grinned. "It was a miracle, and I really should be thanking my savior instead of standing here." He turned a quarter and stared into the dark shadows of the crumbled gundams. "Hey, Trowa, come on and join the festivities! You deserve it, man."
None other than Trowa Barton stepped from the shadows. He smiled softly at the gathering of friends. The others stood transfixed from surprise, and Duo bound toward him.
"Trowa here caught me when I fell after knocking the suit off my leg. He's my hero!" Duo laughed and hugged him. Heero looked disappointed.
Quatre came to Trowa, as well. "Yes, he is a miracle." He said, grinning. He gave the tall boy a warm embrace, and whispered, "My miracle."
Duo came over to the other two pilots who had stayed rooted to their spots. He grabbed their hands and led them over to the festivities. Pushing Wufei ahead, Duo leaned over to Heero. "Don't worry," He whispered quietly into the chocolate haired boy's ear. "You'll always be my Heero, and that's the one I want to spend the rest of my life with."
Duo smiled and grabbed Duo's arm around his shoulder. They tipped their heads together, and each knew that they'd stay forever together.
"Let's PARTY!" Duo yelled. "Come on, we deserve it!"
Quatre laughed. "First, we need to finish cleaning up the mess we made." He gestured to the pouring rain and the chaotic town.
"Let's stop this rain, for one thing. This town will be flooded otherwise." Wufei commented lightly.
"Hey…." Duo said, narrowing his eyes on Trowa. "How did you know you could leave the weather center?"
Trowa looked up and smiled. "Oh, I left a standing impression, I guess you could say." He laughed lightly, knowing the virus he had planted in the computers would die within a few hours. Little bandit gundam pilots were dancing on their weather computer screens right now, and would self destruct later. "This town will be okay for awhile. Let it rain."
"Let's just go home." Heero said heartfully. The five boys looked at each other and smiled.
"Yeah," They all replied.
"Hey." Trowa turned suddenly to Heero. "You stole my gundam, which made me have to hijack a car to go all the way to the hangar and steal Duo's. I owe you a nice kick in the ass, buddy."
Heero smiled back. "If you can catch me, pal." He laughed and dashed off to his own gundam, pulling Duo with him. Trowa smiled.
"Hey, Heero…." Duo asked, wondering. "What made you decide to come after me?"
Heero stopped and turned to Duo. "A long time ago, someone very close to me told me to always follow my heart. I just needed to be reminded of this, and then I knew the right thing to do."
Duo smiled and climbed into his cockpit. "Thank you, Heero. I'd never be able to be me without you."
Heero climbed into his cockpit and poked his head out. "You wouldn't be anything but fireworks right now without me."
"Hey!!" Duo yelled, and threw a dirt clump at him, missing barely as Heero ducked his head inside.
"Let's slide into home base, boys!" Duo called into the com link system. "It's about time we made this crowd cheer for us!"
"Yes, I think they'll be quite happy once we're gone." Wufei replied.
The five pilots, in their correct gundams, zoomed back to their safe hangar, and back to the place they learned to call home, the entire time laughing and smiling.
A few minutes later, the five boys climbed into their house, weary, but very happy. Wufei, Trowa, and Quatre sat down at the table, while Heero and Duo brought up the rear into the house.
"Food, anyone?" Quatre asked. "You guys want pizza again?" Wufei smiled wearily, and Trowa nodded. "What about you, Heero? Duo?"
Duo looked at them wide eyed. "God, NO. I'm going to bed!"
Wufei laughed. "That's something I thought I'd NEVER hear!" Trowa and Quatre smiled behind their hands, trying to be polite.
"Yeah yeah, shut up, Wu. I saved your ass back there, so you had better be thankful." Duo shot back, pausing momentarily on the staircase.
Wufei snorted. He almost replied fiercely, but Trowa caught his eye and shook his head. He huffed and closed his eyes, ready for some rest and relaxation before the pizza arrived while Quatre dialed on the phone.
Duo followed the winding staircase, holding his stomach with one hand and the banister with the other. Heero remained at the foot of the stairs and whistled quietly to Trowa.
Trowa turned and faced his companion with a questioning look. Checking to make sure no one else was listening, Heero pointed to Trowa, upstairs, and flashed his hands 3 times to signal "15". Trowa looked puzzled for a moment, then nodded. Heero left upstairs.
"Let me die," Duo said when Heero entered their room, doubled over on the bed. "Let me die, but don't tell anyone."
Heero moved over to Duo's side. "Duo, I'm not going to let you die because of a silly stomach ache. Because if I do, I'll be sure to let everyone in town know that strong Duo Maxwell died of a disease a young schoolboy can defeat."
Duo looked up at Heero, tempted to hit him. He decided otherwise as his stomach gave another pulse of pain. "Silly? You take it then; I'll be only too grateful to give it away."
Heero leaned in and kissed Duo lightly. "Yes, but if you did, I wouldn't have to wait on you hand and foot."
Duo stared into his cobalt eyes, and silence rang out between them. As Duo searched the endless depths, a warm secure blanket wrapped about him, inside and out.
Heero handed the ends of the heavy blanket to Duo, and he took them graciously. Heero smiled, a genuine smile that lit up his eyes and brought a loving air about him.
Duo began to relax, and sank into a more comfortable position. "Thank you…Heero."
Heero nodded and stood up. "I'm going to make you some soup," Duo let out an exasperated sigh. "You need nutrients, Duo! They will help you heal faster, so you can be on your feet sooner!"
Duo sat up and glared at him. "I'm not hungry, Heero! Don't try to feed me anything, or I'll barf all over your bed. Seriously, I couldn't hold down flat Coke!"
"Fine." Heero said airily, turning to the door. "Go ahead, barf all over my bed. I don't care." He headed to the door, reaching the handle as it turned from the other side.
"Oh, hello, Heero." Trowa said, and let him pass. "Duo, I saw that you seemed to be feeling a little ill when we came in. I thought I'd come and check on you."
Duo let out another loud sigh, and flopped into the bed. "First off, before you do anything, I want you to move me to Heero's bed." Trowa only paused slightly before going over to the messy bed and moving the braided boy.
"Ha ha ha, Yuy, I keep my promise. Prepare to need a cleaning service on your bed when I hurl on it."
Trowa rolled his eyes. "Just lay down, Duo, and wait until I'm done first." Duo smirked, and Trowa felt his forehead. "Okay…okay…" He mumbled to himself as he continued the checkup. "And you're feeling sick?"
"It's food poisoning, doc. I already know." Duo said halfheartedly.
"That may be one doctor's results, but it might not have been mine. I was just checking."
Heero entered the room, balancing a tray of soup and water. "So?" Heero asked, moving across the room.
"Food poisoning." Duo made a face behind his back. "I can give some Duo some medicine that will help, but we're going to have to wait this thing out. It'll probably be a couple weeks." Duo mimicked Trowa some more, pulling at his own mouth with his fingers.
Heero eyed him questioningly, deciding not to comment. He set the tray down on their nightstand. "Alright. That means a lot of nutritious food and rest." He looked at Duo.
Trowa turned to Duo as well. "Yes, that's it. But at least you can make others do your chores for you. Look on the bright side—you can push us all around to do as you please because you're sick. Of course, after awhile, we may pull out a hammer and hit you, but until then, it'll be fun."
Duo flopped over on his other side. "I just wanna be well again." He said, and closed his eyes.
Trowa looked back at Heero and shrugged. He got up and left the room.
"Shh, Duo, it's going to be okay." Heero said, moving quickly over to his side. "Right now we can't do anything about this, but in time, you will get better."
Duo turned back over and faced him. "And how do YOU know that!?"
Heero shrugged. "The public wanted it. I don't understand why, but when we held the election, almost everyone voted yes to your health."
Duo smiled slightly. "Almost?"
Heero laughed. "The principal at our school can't handle any more of your pranks on teachers, students, and the chaos you bring. But it's not his problem until school starts up again."
Duo laughed, then quickly wished he didn't. "Don't make me laugh, Heero, this really hurts."
Heero smiled apologetically, then leaned over and grabbed the soup. "Eat up, come on."
Duo narrowed his eyes. "Heero—"
"You're not hungry, I know, but either you eat this, or I feed it to you using a pipe. When you're done, I'll leave you be, but until then, I'm going to keep bothering you until you go insane!"
Duo growled. "Fine fine! But I told you, if I barf, it's in your bed!"
Heero let off a small chuckle. "Yeah, so I noticed." He leaned in and handed the soup to the other boy. "But at least I'll have company tonight."
Duo smiled. "I'll try not to toss my soup on you." He began to gingerly sip at the bowl, holding the spoon back.
Heero smiled, and waited patiently until he had finished awhile later. He took the bowl from him gently. "Now, sleep. You must be exhausted from today. You really did well out there. I don't think half the town could have been as strong as you were."
"Half the town was swimming in water, Heero. That isn't setting the bar very high."
Heero stood up. "I can't set the bar high enough for you, babe. You're truly amazing." He raised the blankets up higher and tucked the tired pilot into them. "You need to rest and take it easy, okay? I'm going to take these dishes downstairs, and I'll be right ba—"As he turned to leave, Duo stretched out a pale limb and brushed his hand.
"No, please, just stay here."
"But I'm just going—"
"Please don't leave, Heero."
Heero stopped and stood still briefly. He set the tray back down and lifted the covers.
"Scoot." He said, and Duo moved over slowly. Heero climbed underneath and wrapped a warm arm around his love.
Resting his head on top of his slowly moving chest, Duo listened to Heero's heartbeat as comfort and warmth washed over him. "I love you."
Heero breathed in his hair's scent, kissing the head softly. "I love you, too, koi."
"Koi? Isn't that a fish?" Duo questioned, looking up at the boy.
"Well, yes, it is…but it also means 'love', like 'lover'."
"Oh," He snuggled back into his warm chest. "Then I love you, too, tuna."
Heero laughed and hugged Duo tighter. "Time to sleep."
***
"Good morning, Quatre!" Duo called, walking downstairs.
Quatre looked up from his paper and smiled. "Feeling all better now?" He asked.
"Perfect to a tee!" He stretched and headed over to the coffee maker as Heero entered the kitchen.
"Good morning," He said, nuzzling Duo's neck.
Duo turned around and placed his arms around the boy's own neck. "Good morning, salmonman."
Heero sighed and headed to the table, taking Duo's cup of coffee for himself. "Aren't you ever going to let up on that?" He sat down at the table.
"Yes, I've been wondering about that. Why do you call him fish names?" Quatre questioned.
"Because he's my koi." Duo replied.
"Koi?" Wufei said as he walked sleepily into the kitchen, yawning. "I don't want carp for breakfast, make me something different."
Heero groaned again, and Duo laughed, hugging him. "I love you, babe."
Heero smiled and kissed Duo's arm. "I know. I love you, too, my fishboy."
Trowa entered, and smiled at the happy boys. As they prepared for another day lazing around and working on gundams, the two pilots felt a warmth and bind that could never break, and would pull through anything. With their friends behind them, they knew they could do anything, especially concerning fish.
MS: ~cries~ It's over! This fic that's run for like, a year is finally over! It makes me sad…. In more ways than one. It took me a year to write 11 chapters!? ~slaps self~ I'm sorry, minna-san!! But it's over…sadly. I'm going to miss this!
Peach: Don't worry, though. We're continuing to write, and have about eighteen story ideas implanted in her mind. We're just going to take a short break from writing as we get a couple chapters done (so I can post regularly!!), and we'll be back in business.
MS: I'm going to Miss You readers! (Peach: ~hits with hammer~ BAD PUN!) But really, I'm so glad you've reviewed. It touches my heart to know people read and like my works, and I'm very proud to present what I have to you. Thank you all so so much! (I love you all!) Please keep an eye out for my works, as I will be continuing soon (You can bet on that! You can't keep me away from writing if you paid me!).
Peach: We hope you've enjoyed the last chapter of Miss You…!! This really was pleasure to write! It was Megatokyo Seraphim's first real chapter story, and it's been so much fun! Please come back soon for more stories, and feel free to check out MS's other fics on fanfiction and fictionpress any time.
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