Scarlet Love
Chapter Four:
Hinting Memory
By: NightChild
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Nearly a week had passed since Duo had stumbled to Heero's house in the dead of the night. Heero was pleased that Duo's wounds seemed to be healing nicely…but he was still confused on the subject that was his thoughts and feelings on the said ex-Pilot. Finally, he had admitted that he felt something other than friendship for Duo, but he still wasn't sure what that something was and he wasn't about to ask Duo about it, either.
Standing from his wooden chair in what used to be his room before a very injured Duo had come along, Heero walked to the door and repaired to leave. He was stopped, however, when he heard a strange noise come from the bed. Curious, he walked to the bed and looked down at Duo's sleeping form. 'He's having another nightmare.' The thought crossed his mind just as a pained expression crossed Duo's sleeping face. 'What do you dream about, Duo?' he wondered for what seemed like the hundredth time.
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I couldn't see anything; someone had blindfolded me in addition to the chains that were constantly present after I had tried to escape for the third time. Even though my sigh was nil, I could still hear, feel and smell, and I didn't like what those senses brought me. The sound of tortured screams, the feel of the cold wall behind me and the titanium of the chains biting into my already bruised flesh, the smell of blood….
I found myself wishing that they had kept me drugged, at least then I wouldn't be able to feel the pain and abuse that my body had been through, and I wouldn't be able to have coherent thoughts. That was probably why they stopped forcing chemicals into my bloodstream, to torture me further, to drive me to my breaking point. They were so close, too…it wouldn't take much for my fragile sanity to slip away and leave me a sad shell of myself.
The sharp of my cell door opening sound brought my head up, even though it was futile because I could not see a thing. I fought the urge to call out to whoever had opened the door in such a loud way, but I wouldn't let myself give them the satisfaction of knowing that I, the great Shinigami [1], was afraid of them…but I was. I needed to get out of there…
Rough hands forced me to my feet and then unchained me from the wall, but there was no way that I could escape, I couldn't see and my hands were already cuffed together. The same rough hands began to drag me to more pain…more hot knives, punches, kicks, needles, and whatever else their sick minds could come up with.
Those thoughts brought a scream from me, a scream I didn't even know that I was screaming, a scream that didn't feel real…but it was…
"Duo! Duo, wake up!"
Duo's head snapped away from the voice, still screaming.
Heero took Duo by the shoulders and shook him, scared, but not admitting it. "DUO!"
That got a reaction from Duo, he stopped screaming and his eyes snapped open. He gazed around the room in a horrified dazed before he realized that he was having a nightmare…no…remembering…and that he was safe, with Heero. That realization brought tears to his eyes, but he didn't let them fall. He. would. not. cry. But his body wasn't listening to his mind and the tears fell anyway.
Heero watched the glistening tears fall down Duo's face for a brief moment before, on an instinct, scooping Duo into his arms and holding the weeping ex-Pilot in his arms, smoothing over his messy braid and making small comforting noises. He had never seen Duo break down so completely, and he felt a ranging anger at whoever had tortured him to the point that he was this fragile. They would pay….
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[1]: Special thanks to LadyDragonWolfKnight, Lady SallyRose, Jade Crescent, kaori-chan, MoO-mOo3, Azreal, and Duo Lover 2x1 for telling me how to spell this properly…. Japanese is hard to figure out how to spell, man.
AN:
I know, I know, short chapter and sorta-cliffie...but what can I say? I wanted to get this out ASAP for you guys. And I am writing chapter five…but I'm also trying to finish off "When Telemarketers Attack Or Mindless Dribble"…plus, I've given myself a word-goal for chapter five…so it might take a while to get this out…but, hey, at least I'm trying.
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Until next time…
Ja`ne.