Dun dun dun dun!!!!!!
Angel: Hey there all you pretty people you!
Sage: *in a creepy voice* We're back..
Duo: You scare me.
Yaten: Hai!
Angel: well, sorry I've taken so long in updating, but I've been sooooooooo incredibility busy. But here's the next chapter. And this one's almost done! Amazing, ne?
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Chapter 10: I know it!
It had been a week since Hotaru had given up the crystal to the doctor, a very long week. Hotaru found herself living in a paranormally weird sense of happiness. Like she'd found some place to belong. Duo made her feel like that; like this world was home. Somehow she doubted that, her own dimension had bee n where she'd belonged, but she did feel like she'd always fit in this place in Duo's world.
"Hey Taru?" Duo asked as he peeked into their bedroom. Since Hilde was still there, they had to sleep in the same room. Though, Hotaru thought, they'd probably have shared the room even if they were alone.
"Hm?" She finally glanced up from the doodle she'd been working on.
"Heero says he has some news." Duo sighed softly.
"About Ser?" Hotaru asked, looking shocked. Her eyes had widened, her throat gone dry, was it time? Finally could she see Serena again? She stood slowly, letting the feeling of happiness wash over her.
Duo watched her, feeling things he didn't want to. Thoughts ran through his mind; if this Ser person comes out of the crystal, the charade will be over and Hotaru will leave. I don't want her to leave. I want her to stay. I want a family, with her.
Hotaru glanced his way and he didn't seem to notice, he was staring off into space. "Duo-chan?"
"Um." Duo blushed as he noticed her watching him. "Sorry, I just."
Hotaru smiled, "Just come on." She grabbed his hand and led him out of the room.
Heero watched the two enter the living room, hands still entwined. "The doctor sent over the results. He thinks he should have her out by tomorrow, if all things go according to plan."
"Ser." Hotaru closed her eyes and smiled, "Oh thank the gods!"
Duo sighed, he really was going to loose her tomorrow.
"We don't know if it'll work." Heero said, trying not to sound like it was too awful. Hotaru turned back to him. "It's experimental," he explained. The doctor was working on how to capsulate objects, he's going to try doing the reverse process to get your friend out."
"What if it doesn't work?" Duo asked softly.
"I don't know.." Heero murmured. "The doctor doesn't either." Hotaru looked stunned, what if it didn't work, Ser would be lost forever. She threw herself into Duo's arms and let a few tears trickle down her cheeks.
Heero watched, they look like a married couple. He thought to himself. He sighed, nodded to Duo, and then with one last look at the two, he left; feeling a bit like he should get out of the way.
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"Better?" Duo asked as he handed Hotaru a cup of hot cocoa.
"Yes." She sniffed and sent him a weak smile. "I know I should have faith, but it scares me. Ser's all I have left in the world, and I don't.. don't want to loose her." She looked down into her cup.
Duo sighed. He walked over and kneeled down in front of her. "Listen." He tilted her chin so they could look at each other, eye to eye. "Even if it doesn't work, know this.. I'm here. You've got me now, and forever. I'm here for you. Got it?" His voice was soft, but it held so much that Hotaru began to cry again.
"I'm so weak, Duo. Why would you want me?"
"I love you." She looked down at him, her eyes wide and glassy from her tears.
"Why?" Her lip began to tremble.
He chuckled, "Why? Why? Now that's a funny question.. I don't know how long, maybe it was love at first sight. You were so small and helpless, lying there on my bed. I wanted to protect you. When you woke up, I just wanted to hug you. Then I started seeing you're personality, you're heart, you're pain. I wanted to be here. And somehow, through it all, I fell in love with you."
"Oh Duo.." She whispered and fell into his arms. "Duo. Koi, I love you too. I just. I just wish it could have been better. How we met and everything. I wish we could have been.. more."
"What more do you want?" He smiled, "we're already married."
"But.."
He touched his finger to her lips. "No buts." She nodded and cuddled in against him.
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How could I? How could I be so cruel as to forget what the senshi sacrificed they're lives for. They wanted me and Ser to live on and be happy. I didn't want to. I regretted and let the pain fill me. Yet somehow, I think that winding up on Duo's doorstep wasn't all just by accident.
Someone up in the heavens is watching out for me, maybe finally, I can find peace here. I can find a home.
I promised to protect Ser, as my princess. But I forgot one important thing; before I can protect anyone, I've got to protect myself first. What good am I if I'm hurt and there's no one left.
But now. I have someone to protect me. I know Duo loves me and will stand by me even if I find I'm not strong enough. If I fail to first protect myself and then Ser.somehow Duo will step in and save us.
I understand now what Ruka and Michi had, what Ser and Darien shared. No wonder they didn't want to be apart. I feel as if I'm dreaming. like I'm floating on endless happiness at being in love.
Yet this dream is ending, I know it. Ser needs to be saved. I understand now, what I have to do.
Ser didn't mean she'd send me help, she already did. She wanted me to figure it out for myself.
I understand....
Angel: Hey there all you pretty people you!
Sage: *in a creepy voice* We're back..
Duo: You scare me.
Yaten: Hai!
Angel: well, sorry I've taken so long in updating, but I've been sooooooooo incredibility busy. But here's the next chapter. And this one's almost done! Amazing, ne?
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Chapter 10: I know it!
It had been a week since Hotaru had given up the crystal to the doctor, a very long week. Hotaru found herself living in a paranormally weird sense of happiness. Like she'd found some place to belong. Duo made her feel like that; like this world was home. Somehow she doubted that, her own dimension had bee n where she'd belonged, but she did feel like she'd always fit in this place in Duo's world.
"Hey Taru?" Duo asked as he peeked into their bedroom. Since Hilde was still there, they had to sleep in the same room. Though, Hotaru thought, they'd probably have shared the room even if they were alone.
"Hm?" She finally glanced up from the doodle she'd been working on.
"Heero says he has some news." Duo sighed softly.
"About Ser?" Hotaru asked, looking shocked. Her eyes had widened, her throat gone dry, was it time? Finally could she see Serena again? She stood slowly, letting the feeling of happiness wash over her.
Duo watched her, feeling things he didn't want to. Thoughts ran through his mind; if this Ser person comes out of the crystal, the charade will be over and Hotaru will leave. I don't want her to leave. I want her to stay. I want a family, with her.
Hotaru glanced his way and he didn't seem to notice, he was staring off into space. "Duo-chan?"
"Um." Duo blushed as he noticed her watching him. "Sorry, I just."
Hotaru smiled, "Just come on." She grabbed his hand and led him out of the room.
Heero watched the two enter the living room, hands still entwined. "The doctor sent over the results. He thinks he should have her out by tomorrow, if all things go according to plan."
"Ser." Hotaru closed her eyes and smiled, "Oh thank the gods!"
Duo sighed, he really was going to loose her tomorrow.
"We don't know if it'll work." Heero said, trying not to sound like it was too awful. Hotaru turned back to him. "It's experimental," he explained. The doctor was working on how to capsulate objects, he's going to try doing the reverse process to get your friend out."
"What if it doesn't work?" Duo asked softly.
"I don't know.." Heero murmured. "The doctor doesn't either." Hotaru looked stunned, what if it didn't work, Ser would be lost forever. She threw herself into Duo's arms and let a few tears trickle down her cheeks.
Heero watched, they look like a married couple. He thought to himself. He sighed, nodded to Duo, and then with one last look at the two, he left; feeling a bit like he should get out of the way.
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"Better?" Duo asked as he handed Hotaru a cup of hot cocoa.
"Yes." She sniffed and sent him a weak smile. "I know I should have faith, but it scares me. Ser's all I have left in the world, and I don't.. don't want to loose her." She looked down into her cup.
Duo sighed. He walked over and kneeled down in front of her. "Listen." He tilted her chin so they could look at each other, eye to eye. "Even if it doesn't work, know this.. I'm here. You've got me now, and forever. I'm here for you. Got it?" His voice was soft, but it held so much that Hotaru began to cry again.
"I'm so weak, Duo. Why would you want me?"
"I love you." She looked down at him, her eyes wide and glassy from her tears.
"Why?" Her lip began to tremble.
He chuckled, "Why? Why? Now that's a funny question.. I don't know how long, maybe it was love at first sight. You were so small and helpless, lying there on my bed. I wanted to protect you. When you woke up, I just wanted to hug you. Then I started seeing you're personality, you're heart, you're pain. I wanted to be here. And somehow, through it all, I fell in love with you."
"Oh Duo.." She whispered and fell into his arms. "Duo. Koi, I love you too. I just. I just wish it could have been better. How we met and everything. I wish we could have been.. more."
"What more do you want?" He smiled, "we're already married."
"But.."
He touched his finger to her lips. "No buts." She nodded and cuddled in against him.
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How could I? How could I be so cruel as to forget what the senshi sacrificed they're lives for. They wanted me and Ser to live on and be happy. I didn't want to. I regretted and let the pain fill me. Yet somehow, I think that winding up on Duo's doorstep wasn't all just by accident.
Someone up in the heavens is watching out for me, maybe finally, I can find peace here. I can find a home.
I promised to protect Ser, as my princess. But I forgot one important thing; before I can protect anyone, I've got to protect myself first. What good am I if I'm hurt and there's no one left.
But now. I have someone to protect me. I know Duo loves me and will stand by me even if I find I'm not strong enough. If I fail to first protect myself and then Ser.somehow Duo will step in and save us.
I understand now what Ruka and Michi had, what Ser and Darien shared. No wonder they didn't want to be apart. I feel as if I'm dreaming. like I'm floating on endless happiness at being in love.
Yet this dream is ending, I know it. Ser needs to be saved. I understand now, what I have to do.
Ser didn't mean she'd send me help, she already did. She wanted me to figure it out for myself.
I understand....