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Grinning Reaper: Minna! Konnichiwa! This is chapter six! Yay! Yay!
Wufei: ... ... ...
Quatre: Thank you to those who review and are so nice by the way. Reaper- chan and Sorrow really appreciate it!
Sorrow: BUUUUUUUUUUURRNNN!
Grinning Reaper: Right, with that aside, lets get to the fic.
Chapter six:
"No really Relena, I insist, I wouldn't be a proper host if you didn't stay." I repeated for the umpteenth time this evening. I had my back turned to both Heero and Relena, chopping vegetables hurriedly.
"Quatre, I just wanted to bring by the pound cake and check on all of you, I have to see if my boys are doing all right." Relena replied. "I don't have to stay for dinner."
"Really," I began. "I want you to." Gods I felt so tired and stretched so thin. Like old elastic.
"Have you been sleeping and eating these days? You look so thin." Relena asked. To be serious, I can't remember the last time I ate or slept a night through totally.[1]
"Of course Relena! I'm fine." I laughed; the sound was high and shrilled.
"Liar." Heero snorted. "You haven't eaten in two days." Relena looked at me, horrified.
"I've been busy." I said at last. I didn't want to talk about it. I just wanted to finish chopping my vegetables, put food in their mouths and then take a nap. A nice long nap too. A hand grasped my elbow and pulled me away from the counter.
"Sit." Heero commanded. "Eat." He pushed the plate of Italian bread that he and Relana had been eating towards me. He glowered down at me until I picked up a piece and gnawed on it. "Hn." He then turned around and began to chop the vegetables. Once I swallowed the first bite, the dull pain that had been my hunger sharpened. I didn't realize how hungry I was until now.
"I'm glad that you're all doing okay. Say, do you think Wufei has gotten any better?" She means well. I know she does. But does she have to ask the same question every time she comes over when the answer is just as repetitive? She is just looking out for her friend, that's all. I told myself this over and over.
No she isn't! Friend?!? She and Wufei barely spoke! She just wants an excuse to come here more often so she can see Heero and-shut up Quatre, I berated myself bluntly; you're being stupid and selfish. If she's not Wufei's friend, she's yours and she's been nice to all of you and you shouldn't think badly of her.
"Are you alright?" She asks me, putting a hand on my shoulder.
"Fine." I choke out bitterly.
"Maybe you should go lay down and rest a while Quatre." She suggests her face shows general concern. I nodded and got to my feet. Then next thing I know I'm in the living room and lying down on the couch. It was almost like I blinked and I was there. I let my eyes drift shut. The lids felt so heavy that they practically fell shut on their own. Sleep hit me heavy and hard; as I tumbled in to the dreamless state I heard Relena's voice:
"So Heero, what have you been up to?" I wasn't sure how long I lay there but the next coherent thing to me was Heero's voice.
"Quatre." I felt a hand shaking my shoulder and his voice calling out to me but I was reluctant to withdraw from my darkness. "Dinner." Heero urged again, shaking my shoulder. I tried to sit up. It was easily the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. Just sitting up.
Blink. I'm in the dining room and the chicken tandori and salad was being laid out on the table.
"Hey Quat!" Duo pipes cheerfully. "Have a nice nap?" I nodded.
"He looked like he was asleep before he even laid down." Relena supplied helpfully. [2] Wufei shot a glance and me and sat down. In that small glance he said so much. He understood. He knew. We all took our place and started to eat. Before I know it the chicken was done and we were eating Relena's pound cake.
"Milliardo sends his regards." Relena offered suddenly as she was leaving. Heero's brows furrowed slightly.
"You've been telling him.?" Duo asked. The end of the sentence hung in the air.
"Well, yes." Relena stated. "He is my brother. I talk to him about you guys after every visit. Is that wrong?" Dou shook his head.
"No, it's just that I didn't think that he'd care." Relena shrugged on her coat.
"He does." She replied with a brilliant smile. "I'll see you soon." She said looking pointedly at Wufei before shutting the door. He shuddered. I'm serious. Wufei shuddered.
[1] The former is partly Heero's fault I'm sure. ^,^
[2] And helpful the broad is.
Grinning Reaper: Minna! Konnichiwa! This is chapter six! Yay! Yay!
Wufei: ... ... ...
Quatre: Thank you to those who review and are so nice by the way. Reaper- chan and Sorrow really appreciate it!
Sorrow: BUUUUUUUUUUURRNNN!
Grinning Reaper: Right, with that aside, lets get to the fic.
Chapter six:
"No really Relena, I insist, I wouldn't be a proper host if you didn't stay." I repeated for the umpteenth time this evening. I had my back turned to both Heero and Relena, chopping vegetables hurriedly.
"Quatre, I just wanted to bring by the pound cake and check on all of you, I have to see if my boys are doing all right." Relena replied. "I don't have to stay for dinner."
"Really," I began. "I want you to." Gods I felt so tired and stretched so thin. Like old elastic.
"Have you been sleeping and eating these days? You look so thin." Relena asked. To be serious, I can't remember the last time I ate or slept a night through totally.[1]
"Of course Relena! I'm fine." I laughed; the sound was high and shrilled.
"Liar." Heero snorted. "You haven't eaten in two days." Relena looked at me, horrified.
"I've been busy." I said at last. I didn't want to talk about it. I just wanted to finish chopping my vegetables, put food in their mouths and then take a nap. A nice long nap too. A hand grasped my elbow and pulled me away from the counter.
"Sit." Heero commanded. "Eat." He pushed the plate of Italian bread that he and Relana had been eating towards me. He glowered down at me until I picked up a piece and gnawed on it. "Hn." He then turned around and began to chop the vegetables. Once I swallowed the first bite, the dull pain that had been my hunger sharpened. I didn't realize how hungry I was until now.
"I'm glad that you're all doing okay. Say, do you think Wufei has gotten any better?" She means well. I know she does. But does she have to ask the same question every time she comes over when the answer is just as repetitive? She is just looking out for her friend, that's all. I told myself this over and over.
No she isn't! Friend?!? She and Wufei barely spoke! She just wants an excuse to come here more often so she can see Heero and-shut up Quatre, I berated myself bluntly; you're being stupid and selfish. If she's not Wufei's friend, she's yours and she's been nice to all of you and you shouldn't think badly of her.
"Are you alright?" She asks me, putting a hand on my shoulder.
"Fine." I choke out bitterly.
"Maybe you should go lay down and rest a while Quatre." She suggests her face shows general concern. I nodded and got to my feet. Then next thing I know I'm in the living room and lying down on the couch. It was almost like I blinked and I was there. I let my eyes drift shut. The lids felt so heavy that they practically fell shut on their own. Sleep hit me heavy and hard; as I tumbled in to the dreamless state I heard Relena's voice:
"So Heero, what have you been up to?" I wasn't sure how long I lay there but the next coherent thing to me was Heero's voice.
"Quatre." I felt a hand shaking my shoulder and his voice calling out to me but I was reluctant to withdraw from my darkness. "Dinner." Heero urged again, shaking my shoulder. I tried to sit up. It was easily the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. Just sitting up.
Blink. I'm in the dining room and the chicken tandori and salad was being laid out on the table.
"Hey Quat!" Duo pipes cheerfully. "Have a nice nap?" I nodded.
"He looked like he was asleep before he even laid down." Relena supplied helpfully. [2] Wufei shot a glance and me and sat down. In that small glance he said so much. He understood. He knew. We all took our place and started to eat. Before I know it the chicken was done and we were eating Relena's pound cake.
"Milliardo sends his regards." Relena offered suddenly as she was leaving. Heero's brows furrowed slightly.
"You've been telling him.?" Duo asked. The end of the sentence hung in the air.
"Well, yes." Relena stated. "He is my brother. I talk to him about you guys after every visit. Is that wrong?" Dou shook his head.
"No, it's just that I didn't think that he'd care." Relena shrugged on her coat.
"He does." She replied with a brilliant smile. "I'll see you soon." She said looking pointedly at Wufei before shutting the door. He shuddered. I'm serious. Wufei shuddered.
[1] The former is partly Heero's fault I'm sure. ^,^
[2] And helpful the broad is.