Disclaimer: Never will Gundam Wing fall into the hands of a teenage civilian who enjoys messing with their tragic, yet amazing lives.
Warnings: Yaoi 2x1, 3+4; Mild language, OOC, romance, fluff, sap, intended comedy, later on Relena-bashing.
Notes: Please do not feel the urge to beat Rabbi for he is only a young uncontrollable child that cannot contain his desires nor his wants. Haha, that sounds funny.
***PLEASE READ "FIRST KISS DELAYED" BEFORE THE SEQUEL "PROPOSAL SUSPENDED!!!***
I know I put that on the first part, but if you haven't already and you are anticipating to read this and understand what's going on, then I'd say you won't be enjoying my story to its potential which would really suck. Excuse all of my errorz. I know I have alot. This part isn't as the last, but enjoy! Thank yous at the bottom!
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Proposal Suspended
Part Two: Scaly Demons
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I finished lighting the candles and carried Heero in my arms to the room. I lay Heero gently down on the bed. He gazes at me with his beautiful prussian orbs and I was enticed by them. Once he was comfortable on the mattress, I lured my self above him and removed his oxford shirt. Each button I undid, a soft kiss was left behind. Heero ran his slender fingers through my messy braid. I came back up and brushed my lips against his ever so gingerly sending shivers up his spine as I felt him physically shudder from the pleasure of my touch. He loves it. His hands moved lower and lower until he found the circular button of my black jeans. With his shaky fingers he attempts to unbutton them, but he constantly fumbles with it. I caught his hands with my left, with the other I slowly undid my pants and unzipped them. I could see the impatience in Heero's eyes as he watched me take my sweet time.
It's all about control.
Heero wrapped his legs around my waist while I disposed the rest of his attire. I eyed the naked beauty before me.
"Echi shite kudasai..." Heero whispered seductively.
I can't resist any longer...
I licked my lips as Heero pulled me--
BAMBAMBAM
What the hell?
BAMBAMBAM
This wasn't suppose to happen!
BAMBAMBAM
"What are you waiting for Duo?"
BAMBAMBAM
I looked down at Heero who was glaring. With an irritated sigh, the Japanese boy shook his head.
BAMBAMBAM
"Duo, don't you want me...?"
BAMBAMBAM
I squinted my eyes and covered my ears. What was that noise???
BAMBAMBAM
"SHUT UP!" I yelled.
"Duo?"
My eyes flew open at the voice. I darted my violet orbs left to right, they landed on a familiar body, "Heero?"
"Duo? Daijoubu?"
I looked around, no candles, and instead of a sexy naked Heero, there was a sexy clothed Heero. I frowned, it was just a dream, a dream that was interrupted during the best part!
BAMBAMBAM
Because of *that* is why I couldn't finish my dream! That bamming! What was that???
BAMBAMBAM
"What is that ruckus???" I asked.
"I think it's coming from Rabbi's room." Heero informed.
"Heero make it stop...!" I whined and covered my head with a pillow.
"Rabbi!" Heero called, "Rabbi!"
BAMBAMBAM
"Rabbi!" I yelled, "Stop that noise!"
.........
There. All gone--
BAMBAMBAM
"RABBI!!!" Heero and I yelled in unison.
Silence.
I glanced at the alarm clock. I don't even know why we have it by the bed, everytime I try to read it, I can't. All I can see are blurry red blobs. There's only one way to solve this problem...
"Hee-chan, what time is it?"
Yes, if one cannot solve one's problem on one's own, ask one's boyfriend. That's alot of 'ones'. Anyway!
"Six thirty..." Heero mumbled and turned into my body. I wrapped an arm around him and pulled the boy closer. I kissed the top of his head and groaned, "It's too early to do anything..."
Heero nodded and snuggled closer.
BAMBAMBAM
Ugh. I forced my tired body to get out of bed. Once that was accomplished (with a push from Heero), I walked to Rabbi's room. What the hell was that noise???
BAMBAMBAM
I thrusted the door open.
The sight was the last thing that I would expect. There Rabbi was. He was sitting behind a huge drum. It wasn't even the whole drum set, it was one large drum. I inwardly glared at the dino-pj clad child.
"Rabbi, what are you doing?" I asked.
Rabbi looked up innocently, "Oh hey Uncle Girly Man! I'm just playing the drums."
Playing? He calls *that* playing??? That's nothin' but a little kid beatin' a cylinder WAY too early in the morning!
I cocked an eyebrow, "At six thirty in the morning?"
Rabbi shook his head, "No, usually at five, but I woke up late."
I heard a groan coming from--oh wait...that was me.
"What's wrong Uncle Girly Man?" Rabbi asked with wide eyes, "Don't you like my music? My mom loves my music, she always lets me play in the morning."
That's cause their house is probably so gigantis that you couldn't hear an explosion on the other side of it!
"No, no, there's nothing wrong with your, uh...music, but can we keep it down until the afternoon?"
Rabbi glared, "But I want to play my drums now."
And I want to cuddle peacefully with my koibito, I thought to myself. "Rabbi, it's six thirty in the morning."
"So? I can play the drums if I want!"
BAMBAMBAM
"Rabbi! Stop!" I said, "You can play your drums all you want later, just not right now."
"But I want to play with them!"
BAMBAMBAM
"I didn't say you couldn't, I just said later."
"I want to play them *NOW*!"
BAMBAMBAM
Rebellious isn't he?
I sighed and ran my fingers through my bangs, "Look, how about you wait until your Uncle Heero--"
"Uncle Mop Head."
"Whatever. Until he wakes up."
"Too late." said a voice from behind. I turned around only to meet with Heero. "Rabbi what are you doing?" he asked.
"Playing with my drums."
Heero cocked an eyebrow, "At this time in the morning? The sun isn't even up."
"But--"
"Rabbi..." Heero said in his warning voice.
"But--"
Heero glared.
"Fiiiiiiiiine, I won't play the drums."
"Thank you." Heero said and shifted his body around. Something must have caught his eye to receive his next action. "What...What is that?" Heero asked. I turned to see what Heero was talking about. I didn't see anything, but I sure as hell heard something. It was a rustling sound, a soft rustling sound. "What is that?" Heero repeated.
Rabbi smiled, "Oh, that's just Epyon."
"Epyon?" Heero and I said in unison.
Rabbi nodded eagerly, "Yeah, ya wanna see? He's really nice!"
Before Heero or I could say anything, a thick, long, red, yellow, and black creature was presented to us. I saw Heero's eyes grow wide. He allowed a soundless squeak to escape his lips as he dashed behind me. Rabbi held the thing up closer, and Heero sagged more behind me. I smiled to myself when I felt the end of my braid being toyed with. A familiar habbit formed often when Heero was nervous. I love it.
"*This* is Epyon!" Rabbi announced with pride, "He's my pet snake."
"Snake........................???" Heero peaked over my shoulder to view the animal. "What the hell is that thing doing in here Duo Maxwell?" he quietly asked me. Uh-oh, he used my whole name...I took in a breath. Just stay calm until Heero is out of the area.
I shrugged, "I don't know, I didn't see it yesterday." Heero grunted.
"Isn't he COOL? Would you like to pet him?" Rabbi offered. I extended my hand-- "But be careful, he might bite..."
"That's very nice Rabbi. Just keep him in his...artificial habitat, okay?"
"...I guess."
He guesses? What's that suppose to mean?
"Put. The. Snake. Away. Rabbi." Heero said through his clenched teeth.
Rabbi sighed but nevertheless slipped Epyon into his um...container.
"Hn." Heero said and turned on his heels.
Yeah, but not before grabbing my braid, "Itai Heero! Yameto! Okay! Ow! Hee-chan let go!"
"Hn. Baka." he smirked and dragged me to the bed room.
How the hell did he do that anyway? I mean, is it just me, or does Rabbi only listen to Heero? Well, in any case...
I love him.
I mean Heero, not necessarily Rabbi.
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Two hours later everyone was awake. Heero was up in the kitchen making his wonderful breakfast that I love so much. I was sitting patiently waiting at the table reading the newspaper. Occasionally I would sneak a glance at Heero's ass. Okay, I admit it, I didn't even make it to the second page of the comics because I was too busy watching the Japanese boy cook. Oh well.
Heero set down a plate of his ever-so-popular pancakes on the table followed by orange juice and scrambled eggs.
"Smells good Hee-chan." I said as I pulled him into my lap.
"Hn."
"Rabbi," I called, "breakfast!"
Two seconds later the dino-pj cladded kid dashed out of the room and at the table. He stared at us and cocked an eyebrow.
"What?" I asked.
"Why is Uncle Mop Head sitting in your lap?" Rabbi asked.
Heero slid away from my grip and into his chair next to me wordless which was not a surprise, "Hn."
"What does 'hn' mean?"
Heero shrugged, "Eat."
The six year-old looked down at his food and poked the pancakes. His stare went from his breakfast to me.
"Yes?"
Rabbi gazed down at his plate again, "What is it?"
"Pancakes..."
"These can't be pancakes! They don't have any chocolate chips in them!"
I lifted an eyebrow, "They're pancakes."
"Whatever!" Rabbi pointed to his eggs, "And what the drum is this??? What type of blob monster is sitting on my plate???"
"Blob monster?" Heero and I asked in unison.
"Rabbi, they're scrambled eggs." I said.
"They're hideous!" Rabbi looked around the table, "Hey! Where's the Sugar Puffs???"
Heero cringed at the mention of 'Sugar Puffs'. I inwardly chuckled, Heero never really liked those sweet cereals, so we never bought them. Which explains why we don't have any for the picky kid sitting at our healthy table. However, we do have a gallon of strawberry ice cream in our freezer, but that's a whole different type of use.
"Rabbi, just eat what's on your plate."
"But I hate this stuff! It's so gross and nasty! Only losers eat this rabbit feed. Where's the sweets and stuff???"
Uh-oh, Rabbi insulted Heero.
Heero glared at the boy intensely. The kid and I both sank into the back of our chairs. He looked up at Heero with wide innocent eyes then blinked, but Heero wouldn't go for that.
"Eat..." Heero spat.
Rabbi grabbed his fork and dug them into his food. Heero smirked and turned his attention to his plate. I exchanged glances from Heero to Rabbi. As Rabbi took the food into his mouth, he made the funniest faces. I would have laughed if it wasn't consided rude and insulting, especially to Heero. He's actually a pretty sensitive person at heart.
"I told you to eat it Rabbi." I heard Heero say. I looked back at Rabbi who was spitting the food into a napkin. Some of it even missed and landed on the table.
Gross!
I would never do that!
Yeah I would, but not with Heero's cooking.
Rabbi sighed irritably, but despite that ate his food.
After breakfast, we sat at the table discussing our plans for today.
"Where do you want to go Hee-chan?"
"Reptile farm." Rabbi replied. If I remember correctly, didn't I ask *Heero*???
"Hn."
"Hn?"
"Hn."
"Reptile farm."
"Hn."
"Reptile farm."
"How about the movies?"
"Reptile farm! Reptile farm! Reptile farm!"
I watched Heero's face as Rabbi mentioned the word 'reptile'. It was the most hilarious grimace ever. I chuckled. Heero shifted his attention over to me and glared. I ceased my chuckling as Rabbi pounded his small fist into the table.
"I WANT TO GO TO THE REPTILE FARM!!!"
"Alright, we'll go to the reptile farm." I said, I never really argued with him in the first place though. Heero frowned and pouted. "Daijoubu Heero?"
"Hn."
"Yay! We're goin' to the reptile farm! We're goin' to the reptile farm!"
Heero sighed. I laid my hand stop his thigh from under the table. Heero didn't have a problem with reptiles--save snakes and it's that just the farm here mainly consisted of.
We all know by now that Heero doesn't like snakes.
Even though I've known that for some time now, I never thought of finding out why. That's weird though. Why is the ex-perfect soldier so scared of snakes?
"We're goin' to the reptile farm! We're goin' to the reptile farm!"
Heero and I sighed as I cleaned up the table. Rabbi finished his food (or so we thought until we later discovered the truth after I stepped in it) and ran off to his room. Then Heero made his way to the couch and sat down. Of course, I had to plop down next to him.
Five minutes later...
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"NO."
"YES."
"NO! I don't want to go!"
"YES! You are going!"
"Omae o korosu..." Heero glared.
I sighed, "Hee-chan, it's only for a couple of hours."
"Hn."
"Besides, it's your mission."
"I can't believe you just stooped so low...." Heero's glare deepened, "I don't want to go to the reptile farm..." the Japanese boy folded his arms.
"Poor Hee-chan. Don't worry, I'll protect you." I grinned.
Heero rested his head on my shoulder, "I know." he replied. I kissed his forehead and laid my head atop his. Aw, sometimes he can be so sweet. Ack! What am I saying??? He's sweet all the time.
"I love you Hee-chan." I whispered. His lips slightly curved up, "I love you too."
"LAGUCK! GROSS! SICK!"
Heero and I turned in the direction from which the disgusted voice came from, "Rabbi?"
"I knew you were queers, but do you have to express it so clearly??? It's embarassing!" he boy shouted. I looked at Heero who stared back his cheeks were a red color. Obviously he was flushed. I glared at Rabbi. "That's fine that you like boys, but that doesn't mean that you have to show it off to everyone. Geez! I'm six years old and look what I have to put up with!" Rabbi threw his arms up in an exasperated demeanor. "I'm just glad that I'm a kid! I wouldn't want you to be checkin' me out!" shouted the obnoxious boy.
Heero sank back into the couch.
"Express it so clearly???" I repeated, "Look kid, this is our house, I think we are entitled to do whatever we want."
Rabbi rolled his eyes, "I don't care, just don't do it around me. Like that Japanese-English thing! You're going to mess up my grammar!" with that, Rabbi stormed off and slammed his door.
Heero and I blinked.
Then, I broke out into spontaneous laughter. Heero pouted, "Nani???" he asked.
I smiled, "Did you hear that? A six year old called us 'queers'!" I said and began to laugh again. Apparently Heero didn't find it amusing. He stood up and walked to the bedroom. Poor thing. I rose and followed him, "Hee-chan?" I called, Heero was laying on the bed face down.
"Hn?"
"Daijoubu?"
"He's nothing like Rachael..." Heero said. I sat down next to him and stroked his hair, "I know. But what were you expecting?"
Heero shrugged, "It's going to be a long week, Duo."
"Yeah. But don't worry." I leaned over and placed a kiss on his head, "We should get going now, don't you think?"
"...not really."
I smirked, "Come Heero. For me? Would you go so I won't have to be alone with Rabbi?"
Heero snorted, "Omae o korosu."
"Oh yeah? How are you going to do that?"
Heero smirked, "I'm going to slowly starve you of sex."
"No you won't." I replied, "I'll starve you FROM sex first." I grinned as Heero rolling his eyes stood up.
"Aren't you coming?" he asked noticing that I had remained seated.
"Yeah, I'm just gonna make a bathroom stop real quick." I replied. Heero nodded and exited to I assume get Rabbi ready. When he was well out of sight, I reached over to the nightstand next to the bed and opened the top drawer. I pulled out a small rounded box and slid it safely into my pocket. I patted the pocket reassuring myself that it had make it into the my jeans and not through a hole in my pants.
I'm sure you can guess what it is.
An engagement ring.
Lately, I'd been thinking about how much I want to be with Heero and how much I love him. Our three month anniversary is coming up on Friday and it seems that since we have Rabbi on our plates, we woun't get any time to ourselves for the occassion. I'm almost positive that he'll agree. I hope he does.
I don't think I could bare the heartbreak.
I know that at a reptitle petting zoo isn't exactly the place for such formality especially since Heero dislikes snakes very much, but what if the chance pops up and I miss it? What if my proposal brightens up his day? What if I made him the happiest man in the world?
It would be the greatest thing ever given to me.
So, I'm gonna take a huge chance.
I only wish it can be as perfect as our first kiss.
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"Are we there yet?"
"...didn't we do this yesterday?" I asked looking at Rabbi from the rear view mirror.
Rabbi pouted from the back seat, "But I want to know if we're there yet."
I inwardly sighed, "Yeah, it's just around the corner."
"Yay!" Rabbi shouted. Heero glared at his reflection in the rear view mirrar. It was kinda cute.
I pulled in around the corner and found a nice parking spot. Rabbi was the first to jump out of the car shouting, "Last one there's a rotten egg!" When he did, he sped as fast as he could to the entrance. "C'mon, c'mon! You guys are such slowpokes!!!"
Heero and I walked up to the gate and purchased one child and two adults. As soon as we walked in, Rabbi spotted the first exibit to the right, crocodiles.
The reptile sign was pretty nice. It had lush greenary, beautiful flowers, wooden fences protecting the spiecies from little kids like Rabbi, and even a petting zoo with goats, llamas, and ostriches. The only part that really blew were the snakes on Heero's behalf and the undiscovered invention of indoor plumbing. Luckily I can stand up and pee.
"Look! Look! That big gator is coming toward us!" Rabbi exclaimed, "Uncle Girly Man! Check it out!"
"Oh, I am. Pretty cool huh?"
"Yeah!"
I wrapped my arm around Heero's shoulder and gave him a gentle squeeze. "See Hee-chan, this isn't so bad."
Then I felt a tug on my braid.
"Come and get it!" Rabbi said while leaning over the fence and dangling--hey!
"That's mine!" I shouted and ripped my braid from Rabbi's small grip. He was trying to feed it to the crocodiles! Who the hell does he think he is???
"Hey Uncle Girly Man! I want to feed the crocodiles!"
"No." I argued.
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes!"
"NO!"
"YESSSSSSS!!!!"
Heero glared at Rabbi, "Then use your own hair."
"But it isn't long ennnoouuuggghh..." the young boy whined.
"That's just too bad." Heero completed. Rabbi folded his arms, but soon forgot about it when he saw the next animal, turtles.
The turtles were relatively...well, they were just plain boring. Not that I had something against turtles, they just weren't as interesting. In a way, I wished that they had been because first of all, they aren't very dangerous (don't worry, they weren't snapping), and second, so Rabbi wouldn't have lost his attention with them so soon.
"Uncle Mop Head, I have to use the bathroom." Rabbi grabbed Heero hand, "i have to go real bad..."
"Okay," Heero agreed and made his way to the port-o-potty. God I hate those things. I looked around the small farm and came across a sign pointing to the boat rides. I walked over to where the sign pointed and saw a glistening clear pond with couples and young children lining up to purchase tickets for a ride. The pond surrounded by trees shaded most of the edges of the bank. It was quite a sight. Something that Heero would enjoy very much.
I smiled. Maybe this is where I could take my chance. Maybe this was the perfect place. Maybe I could sell Rabbi to those nice people over there and have Heero alone so I could pop the question. Well, maybe not seel him to those people, they look too nice. Oh well, I'll figure out something later. Until then, I'll just buy two tickets in case the opportunity occurs.
After I purchased two adult (and no child) tickets, I headed back toward the port-o-potties. I stood there for a good fifteen minutes. Where the hell are they? When I approached the bathrooms, I noticed one stall with a large log blocking the entrance.
I had a funny feeling that this was Rabbi's doing.
I rushed to the potty (haha, that's a funny word) and rolled the log away. The door burst open and a gasping Heero flew out.
"What happened?" I asked.
Completely ignoring me, Heero looked over my shoulder, "Where's Rabbi?"
"I thought he was with you." I assumed.
"He was, but he wanted me to check out the stall and pushed me in. Now I don't know where he it."
"That little brat!" I shouted. "Where the hell could he be???"
"I don't know, let's split up. you look wherever the snakes are and I'll look by the petting area." Heero ordered.
"But what if the snakes are by the petting zoo?" I asked.
Heero glared, "There's no way in hell you're going to get me in that exhibit."
I held my hands up in defeat, "Just curious Hee-chan."
With that, Heero took off and I did the same.
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I had been searching for Rabbi for a few moments when I spotted a little boy hiding in the branches of a tree on the other side of the pond. I neared the tree with caution. The little boy in the tree was definitely Rabbi.
"Rabbi," I called, "Get down here, you're gonna fall and break your neck."
"No!"
"If you don't come down here, I'll go up there." I declared.
"Fine!"
"You have until the count of three." I stated, "3...2.......2 and a half...1!" I finished expecting him to come down himself, but realizing that he wasn't, I started to climb the tree. Rabbi must have been surprised when he saw that I was capable of catching him at any given time. I raced up the tree and looked him straight into the eye, "Come on down now."
In defeat, Rabbi and I both came down the tree at the same time. When we reached the bottom, I snatched his wrist and began walking toward the other side of the pond, "Let's go."
It was silent for a moment. Then he said the most random things ever.
"I know about the proposal."
"What?" I asked in surprise. No one knew about it except for me. How the hell did he know?
"I saw you get it out the drawer."
Well that answered my question.
"You can't ask him to marry you. You're both guys." Rabbi said, "That's wrong. You can't marry him. I won't let you."
I stopped in my tracks and started deep into his eyes, "Oh yeah? How are you gonna stop me?"
"You'll see."
I shook my head. Nothing is going to keep me from asking Heero to marry me. Nothing. He's mine. He's been mine ever since the day we met. NOTHING is going to take him away from him. Especially not a little punkass kid.
But I'm tellin' you ahead of time, I should have paid more attention to the little brat's warning.
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"Uncle Mop Head!" Rabbi shouts as he sees Heero walking REALLY fast toward us.
Heero glares at him, "Rabbi, where the hell have you been? I was worried sick." Heero said, he sounds like a real parent, doesn't he? "Uncle Duo and I were searching everywhere for you. Don't ever do that again. Do you hear me?"
Go Heero! The ultimate mama!
Rabbi nodded his head.
"Good."
"Can we see the snakes now?"
After a long while of convincing Heero to come see the snakes, I finially pulled him in the exhibit. Heero covered his eyes and used my braid as a guide while following me and Rabbi in the exhibit.
"WHOA! Uncle Girly Man, look at that one! It's huge! Hey, Uncle Mop Head! Look! Look! It's bigger than me! Look Uncle Mop Head, look!" Rabbi said anxiously bouncnig up and down. He grinned as the large reptile slithered toward us, "Aw! It's coming for you Uncle Mop Head! Look, look!" Rabbi pried Heero's hands away from his eyes and Heero shut them as soon as light reached them.
"C'mon Uncle Mop Head, it's not *that* bad! Look!"
Heero peeped out of one eye as the huge snake stood on his belly. As his face turn ghastly white, Heero jumped behind me and pulled my braid tightly, "Get me the hell out of here." he said. I snickered a little too loudly since Heero heard me and pinched my thigh really hard.
"Itai!" I rubbed my leg, "Rabbi, don't you think it's time to see something else? You already have a snake at home."
Rabbi sighed, "Oooo~kaaaaaay." he said in a depressed voice then stomped--and I mean stomped--out of the snake exhibit.
"Where to now?" I asked.
"Petting zoo!!!" shouted Rabbi at the top of his lungs. Many of the surrounding people gave Heero and me dirty looks as if we had done something wrong, but really they were for the regards of Rabbi. In other words, shut your kid the hell up.
We walked to the petting zoo and bought some food. We entered the wired area and began feeding the animals. The farm had many animals of all different ages starting with sheep and goats. I saw three llamas, chickens, ostriches, peacocks, and even a minature pony. Heero and I shared a bucket of animal feed while Rabbi of course had his own. We let him run around the wired area so long as he stayed within the boundaries. He agreed.
Heero went straight to the baby goats. He pet them and smiled when they slobbered all over his hands after devouring the corn kernals and brown pellets. One goat even began chewing on his shirt. Soon, all the goats were mobbing Heero. My Japanese dream only laughed and attempted to distribute the food equally.
God I love him.
Damn, where's a camera when you need one?
Wish Rachael was here.
"Will somebody please control this child!" a parent complained.
Heero and I sighed at the same time, "Rabbi." we said in unison and looked for the troblesome terror. We found him climbing on the fence teasing a llama. I grabbed Rabbi's arm just as Rabbi threw a handful of food at the creature.
"Rabbi!" I shouted, "What the hell do you think you're doing???"
"I'm feeding the animals!"
"No, you're abusing them." Heero said stepping in, "If you don't stop, then we're going home."
"But--"
"No, buts."
Rabbi glared at the llama then walked away with Heero. I held up mine and Heero's bucket of food for the llama to eat instead of having it thrown at him, but the mighty llama would have no part of it. Instead--
"Ugh!"
Heero turned around, "Nani?"
"He spat at me!" I said clearing the mucussy saliva from my eyes. I could hear Rabbi laughing hysterically, but there wasn't anything I could do. It wasn't really Rabbi's fault. But it sure feels good to blame it on him.
We left the petting area zoo early needless to say why. We were heading toward some different types of allagators that we hadn't seen yet. I watched from a nearby bench as Heero lifted Rabbi to see over the tall fence. Suddenly Rabbi jumped down and run up to me.
"Can I see something?" he asked.
I cocked an eyebrow, "See what?"
Rabbi grinned, "This!" he said and ran off with my shoe.
"Hey!"
Heero tried to stop him, but Rabbi dodged Heero and threw my shoe over the fence and into a pit of gators.
"My shoooooeeee!" I wailed.
"Whooooa! Look at them go at it! It's like gator mania!" Rabbi stated peering between the cracks if the fence, "Dang, you're feet must be really stinky if they liked it that much!"
My face fell as I witnessed my favorite shoe discarded and dismantled by something that was never supposed to even taste flesh of the like. But there wasn't anything I could do now. I glared at Rabbi evilly, but he only laughed as if he enjoyed the pain he had put me through.
However, I think I saw Heero laughing. I guess I would have laughed too if I saw what just happened with someone else in slow-mo.
"Heero! Duo!" called a voice in the distance. Heero and I searched for the source. Then, out of the blue, Hilde and her husband jog up to us smiling without a care.
"Hey guys, what's up?" she asked politely.
"Nothin'." I replied, "How've you been?"
"Good." She pointed down at my foot, "Er, usually Duo, people buy their shoes in pairs."
I chocked out a dry laugh and decided not to think about my lost shoe. I was about to ask how the junkyard was holdin' up, but something, namely Rabbi, pulled my braid, "Hey Uncle Girly Man, who's the chick?"
Hilde answered before I could, "I am Aunt Hilde, a friend of--what was it? Uncle Girly Man? That's very cute." Hilde said and patted Rabbi on the head. "Would you like to hang out with me? We could go buy an icecream."
"Yeah!" Rabbi looked at Heero, "Can I go?"
Heero looked at me and I nodded ever so eagerly and nudged Rabbi in the direction Hilde was. Hilde smiled, "Go enjoy yourselves for a bit. I'm sure you wouldn't mind me spending time with him."
"Not at all." I replied and with that, Hilde, her husband, and Rabbi left Heero and I *alone*.
I smiled then grabbed Heero's hand. "Come on Hee-chan, I want to show you something."
"What is it?" Heero asked. I didn't reply as I pulled him to the sparkling pond. Heero smiled at the sight, "Duo...wow..." he said. I pulled out the tickets that I had bought earlier.
"Shall we take our advantage and enjoy the little time we have in peace?"
"We shall."
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I rowed the boat to one side of the pond. From the looks of it, the water was only two or three feet. I rested the ores and floated about wherever the current took us.
"Isn't this nice?"
"Hn."
"Me too. I wanna give you something."
"What?"
I reached into my pocket--
Where is it?
Where the hell is it??????????
I reached into my other pocket.
Nothing.
i check my shirt and everywhere else I could think of.
Nothing.
Where the hell is my engagement ring???
My heart began to race. Where could it be? I began to sweat a little nervous from the confusion.
"Duo? What are you doing?" Heero asked. When I looked at him when he asked what I was doing, something over his shoulder caught my eye.
It was Rabbi and he was holding something. Something shiny. Something--
My ring!
My mouth dropped to the bottom of the boat. The kid stuck his tongue out and ran away. Rabbi jacked my ring. I'm in shock now.
"Duo?"
There was nothing I could do now. I leaned over and placed a gentle kiss on Heero's lips.
"I love you."
Heero smiled, "I love you too."
That was the best that I could give him.
I rowed the boat back to the dock. Rabbi and Hilde and her husband were there to meet us.
"We have to go now. It was nice seeing you again." She bent over to Rabbi and extended her hand, "And it was nice to meet you Rabbi."
Rabbi shook her hand and smiled.
"Bye Duo and Heero!" with that said, Hilde left and Rabbi's angel halo transformed into horns.
"Can I get in?" Rabbi asked. He put his foot on the tip of the boat and shook it while holding on to the docking peg.
"Rabbi no!" Heero and I shouted, but it was too late, Rabbi shook the boat so hard, it flipped over.
Heero and I gasped for air as we emerged from the depths of the pond. We glared at the little boy who only grinned sheepishly at us. Something from the corner of my eye approached us rapidly. Once I determined what it was, I grabbed Heero's arm.
"Hee-chan, don't move." I whispered. Heero cocked and eyebrow and turned to see what I was looking at, he held his breath and tried hard not to struggle. He clenched my wrist so hard that it turn white under water and was sure to leave bruises. Heero 's breathing sped up as the snake swam right in front of us. Heero's breath became shorter and shorter. I thought he was going to pass out is a second. I slowly pulled Heero close to me and held his head against my shoulder. The snake passed, but that didn't help Heero's breathing. For some reason, it became shorter and shorter. I looked to see what he was looking at. Four fuckin' snakes were headed our way! Heero didn't want to wait in the water anymore. He jumped on to the deck and pulled me up. Paced around in circles on the dock trying to calm himself.
I felt so bad for him.
I tied up the boat and decided that it was time to leave.
Wait till I get my hands on that punkass kid!
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We returned home later in the day. Heero was still shaken by the snake encounter. I told him to get ready for bed. I'd take care of Rabbi. Heero went straight to bed not saying a word the whole way back.
My poor Hee-chan.
I phone Pizza Hut and ordered some pizzas for me and Rabbi. For th rest of the night, Rabbi didn't give me any problems. Maybe cause at dinner time, I remembered to give him his medicine which I had previously forgotten. Oops. My bad. Maybe he wouldn't have acted up so much if I had done that sooner.
Either that, or he realized that he did something terribly wrong.
I ddin't bother with giving him a shower which I know was really irresponsible, but the kid's not gonna die. So, I blew it off. I know it's bad, but I was still kinda mad at him. You probably think that it's stupid to be mad at a little kid, but he should have known better. How the hell did his mother raise him anyhow? The kid's outta control. I don't know how to handle him, I think Heero does though. How does he do that? I guess he just likes little kids. Or maybe he's had enough practice with me that he can handle anything that comes towards him.
Anyway, after Rabbi was dealt with, I cleaned the kitchen up a bit then took a quick shower. I slid into bed with nothing but boxers and wrapped my arms around Heero. Heero sighed.
"This was not a good day." he said quietly.
"No, it wasn't." I agreed, "But I think we can make it better."
I turn out all the lights and kissed Heero good night. We cuddled all night long.
So today wasn't the greatest day with Rabbi. I figured we could either make the remaining five days hell or try to make it better. I wish there was something I could do to contol Rabbi cause he sure as hell doesn't know how to control himself. But I know I can't, no matter what trouble he causes, he's still a kid and he's still his own person. I remember that I was like that when I was young. Even as a teenager. I can only hope that things get better from here.
I glared at my optimistic thoughts.
What the hell am I talking about? The brat stole my ring.
Yeah, I know I used to be like him, but tomorrow...
All hell breaks loose and we give him a taste of his own shit--er...I mean medicine.
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TBC...
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Wow, you made it to the bottom! I'm so pleased, this makes me want to do a happy dance and write more. I don't know if I put enough fluffy stuff in the story yet. I'll try to work more and more in. I hope you ejoyed it. Thinking up the plot is the easy part. I'm open to anymore ideas on how Rabbi can make Heero and Duo's life a little more complicated ^_~.
If you wouldn't mind, tell me what you'd like to see more of, and I'll try to weave it in.
One more thing, I'm starting a 2x1x2 webpage and if anyone would like to post anything or submit something, that would be really appreciated cause I want this to work. If you're interested, it's at http://www.geocities.com/cobaltkitty27/index.html. By the way, how do you get a webpage on a search engine?
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Thanks yous:
Yume-chan: So glad to talk to you again! Thanks for always reading all my stories, you're always there. ^_^, I'm glad you had a great time in Japan, you must tell me all the details!
violet_eyes: artistic lisences? What's that? Just kidding. Don't worry, Rabbi isn't *that* bad...okay, I might be lying, but he will be set straight soon. Arigato!
Ashly: Oh, don't worry, I'll write more for sure just because you want me to, wouldn't want to leave you hangin' ^_~
Moonlit Eyes: *does happy dance with Moonlit Eyes* Yay! Thanks for the encourgement, now I want to write even more!!! I'll start on the third part right away
Starlit Hope: Thanks for the idea, just last night I went and looked up lots of slang and bad things Heero could say in future parts. I'm not sure if I should put the translations up, what do you think?
Tash Q.: You know how they feel? Are you like a babysitter? Have you ever wanted to slap a kid they were acting do badly *coughcough* Not me!
Tatsuha's Koi: Surprised? I almost thought that I wasn't coming back T_T, but I did and I'm happy that you're happy!
ozzypoos: OMPS, everytime I get a review from you I have to say your name like ten times, it's so cute ^_^, it would totally be wrong if I let Rabbi mess up that pic from Rachael, I'm tellin' you, it's like sacred ^_^
Kitty Kat 0303: Arigato! People like you inspire me to write more even when things get bad and I get frustrated. Thanks for the inspiration! I'll put it to good use ^_^
EclipseAzNGTX: Are you azn? Sorry, I just looked at your name and was curious (you don't have to answer that if you don't want to), and to answer your question, yes, the rest of the day would continue for at least three parts. I think you might change your ind about Rabbi later. On the other hand, you might turn out to hate him. I don't know. No, Duo and Heero didn't give him his medicine...I don't think. This part was shorter, so I hope your eyes didn't get too tired ^_^
Arigato Minna-san!
Warnings: Yaoi 2x1, 3+4; Mild language, OOC, romance, fluff, sap, intended comedy, later on Relena-bashing.
Notes: Please do not feel the urge to beat Rabbi for he is only a young uncontrollable child that cannot contain his desires nor his wants. Haha, that sounds funny.
***PLEASE READ "FIRST KISS DELAYED" BEFORE THE SEQUEL "PROPOSAL SUSPENDED!!!***
I know I put that on the first part, but if you haven't already and you are anticipating to read this and understand what's going on, then I'd say you won't be enjoying my story to its potential which would really suck. Excuse all of my errorz. I know I have alot. This part isn't as the last, but enjoy! Thank yous at the bottom!
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Proposal Suspended
Part Two: Scaly Demons
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I finished lighting the candles and carried Heero in my arms to the room. I lay Heero gently down on the bed. He gazes at me with his beautiful prussian orbs and I was enticed by them. Once he was comfortable on the mattress, I lured my self above him and removed his oxford shirt. Each button I undid, a soft kiss was left behind. Heero ran his slender fingers through my messy braid. I came back up and brushed my lips against his ever so gingerly sending shivers up his spine as I felt him physically shudder from the pleasure of my touch. He loves it. His hands moved lower and lower until he found the circular button of my black jeans. With his shaky fingers he attempts to unbutton them, but he constantly fumbles with it. I caught his hands with my left, with the other I slowly undid my pants and unzipped them. I could see the impatience in Heero's eyes as he watched me take my sweet time.
It's all about control.
Heero wrapped his legs around my waist while I disposed the rest of his attire. I eyed the naked beauty before me.
"Echi shite kudasai..." Heero whispered seductively.
I can't resist any longer...
I licked my lips as Heero pulled me--
BAMBAMBAM
What the hell?
BAMBAMBAM
This wasn't suppose to happen!
BAMBAMBAM
"What are you waiting for Duo?"
BAMBAMBAM
I looked down at Heero who was glaring. With an irritated sigh, the Japanese boy shook his head.
BAMBAMBAM
"Duo, don't you want me...?"
BAMBAMBAM
I squinted my eyes and covered my ears. What was that noise???
BAMBAMBAM
"SHUT UP!" I yelled.
"Duo?"
My eyes flew open at the voice. I darted my violet orbs left to right, they landed on a familiar body, "Heero?"
"Duo? Daijoubu?"
I looked around, no candles, and instead of a sexy naked Heero, there was a sexy clothed Heero. I frowned, it was just a dream, a dream that was interrupted during the best part!
BAMBAMBAM
Because of *that* is why I couldn't finish my dream! That bamming! What was that???
BAMBAMBAM
"What is that ruckus???" I asked.
"I think it's coming from Rabbi's room." Heero informed.
"Heero make it stop...!" I whined and covered my head with a pillow.
"Rabbi!" Heero called, "Rabbi!"
BAMBAMBAM
"Rabbi!" I yelled, "Stop that noise!"
.........
There. All gone--
BAMBAMBAM
"RABBI!!!" Heero and I yelled in unison.
Silence.
I glanced at the alarm clock. I don't even know why we have it by the bed, everytime I try to read it, I can't. All I can see are blurry red blobs. There's only one way to solve this problem...
"Hee-chan, what time is it?"
Yes, if one cannot solve one's problem on one's own, ask one's boyfriend. That's alot of 'ones'. Anyway!
"Six thirty..." Heero mumbled and turned into my body. I wrapped an arm around him and pulled the boy closer. I kissed the top of his head and groaned, "It's too early to do anything..."
Heero nodded and snuggled closer.
BAMBAMBAM
Ugh. I forced my tired body to get out of bed. Once that was accomplished (with a push from Heero), I walked to Rabbi's room. What the hell was that noise???
BAMBAMBAM
I thrusted the door open.
The sight was the last thing that I would expect. There Rabbi was. He was sitting behind a huge drum. It wasn't even the whole drum set, it was one large drum. I inwardly glared at the dino-pj clad child.
"Rabbi, what are you doing?" I asked.
Rabbi looked up innocently, "Oh hey Uncle Girly Man! I'm just playing the drums."
Playing? He calls *that* playing??? That's nothin' but a little kid beatin' a cylinder WAY too early in the morning!
I cocked an eyebrow, "At six thirty in the morning?"
Rabbi shook his head, "No, usually at five, but I woke up late."
I heard a groan coming from--oh wait...that was me.
"What's wrong Uncle Girly Man?" Rabbi asked with wide eyes, "Don't you like my music? My mom loves my music, she always lets me play in the morning."
That's cause their house is probably so gigantis that you couldn't hear an explosion on the other side of it!
"No, no, there's nothing wrong with your, uh...music, but can we keep it down until the afternoon?"
Rabbi glared, "But I want to play my drums now."
And I want to cuddle peacefully with my koibito, I thought to myself. "Rabbi, it's six thirty in the morning."
"So? I can play the drums if I want!"
BAMBAMBAM
"Rabbi! Stop!" I said, "You can play your drums all you want later, just not right now."
"But I want to play with them!"
BAMBAMBAM
"I didn't say you couldn't, I just said later."
"I want to play them *NOW*!"
BAMBAMBAM
Rebellious isn't he?
I sighed and ran my fingers through my bangs, "Look, how about you wait until your Uncle Heero--"
"Uncle Mop Head."
"Whatever. Until he wakes up."
"Too late." said a voice from behind. I turned around only to meet with Heero. "Rabbi what are you doing?" he asked.
"Playing with my drums."
Heero cocked an eyebrow, "At this time in the morning? The sun isn't even up."
"But--"
"Rabbi..." Heero said in his warning voice.
"But--"
Heero glared.
"Fiiiiiiiiine, I won't play the drums."
"Thank you." Heero said and shifted his body around. Something must have caught his eye to receive his next action. "What...What is that?" Heero asked. I turned to see what Heero was talking about. I didn't see anything, but I sure as hell heard something. It was a rustling sound, a soft rustling sound. "What is that?" Heero repeated.
Rabbi smiled, "Oh, that's just Epyon."
"Epyon?" Heero and I said in unison.
Rabbi nodded eagerly, "Yeah, ya wanna see? He's really nice!"
Before Heero or I could say anything, a thick, long, red, yellow, and black creature was presented to us. I saw Heero's eyes grow wide. He allowed a soundless squeak to escape his lips as he dashed behind me. Rabbi held the thing up closer, and Heero sagged more behind me. I smiled to myself when I felt the end of my braid being toyed with. A familiar habbit formed often when Heero was nervous. I love it.
"*This* is Epyon!" Rabbi announced with pride, "He's my pet snake."
"Snake........................???" Heero peaked over my shoulder to view the animal. "What the hell is that thing doing in here Duo Maxwell?" he quietly asked me. Uh-oh, he used my whole name...I took in a breath. Just stay calm until Heero is out of the area.
I shrugged, "I don't know, I didn't see it yesterday." Heero grunted.
"Isn't he COOL? Would you like to pet him?" Rabbi offered. I extended my hand-- "But be careful, he might bite..."
"That's very nice Rabbi. Just keep him in his...artificial habitat, okay?"
"...I guess."
He guesses? What's that suppose to mean?
"Put. The. Snake. Away. Rabbi." Heero said through his clenched teeth.
Rabbi sighed but nevertheless slipped Epyon into his um...container.
"Hn." Heero said and turned on his heels.
Yeah, but not before grabbing my braid, "Itai Heero! Yameto! Okay! Ow! Hee-chan let go!"
"Hn. Baka." he smirked and dragged me to the bed room.
How the hell did he do that anyway? I mean, is it just me, or does Rabbi only listen to Heero? Well, in any case...
I love him.
I mean Heero, not necessarily Rabbi.
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Two hours later everyone was awake. Heero was up in the kitchen making his wonderful breakfast that I love so much. I was sitting patiently waiting at the table reading the newspaper. Occasionally I would sneak a glance at Heero's ass. Okay, I admit it, I didn't even make it to the second page of the comics because I was too busy watching the Japanese boy cook. Oh well.
Heero set down a plate of his ever-so-popular pancakes on the table followed by orange juice and scrambled eggs.
"Smells good Hee-chan." I said as I pulled him into my lap.
"Hn."
"Rabbi," I called, "breakfast!"
Two seconds later the dino-pj cladded kid dashed out of the room and at the table. He stared at us and cocked an eyebrow.
"What?" I asked.
"Why is Uncle Mop Head sitting in your lap?" Rabbi asked.
Heero slid away from my grip and into his chair next to me wordless which was not a surprise, "Hn."
"What does 'hn' mean?"
Heero shrugged, "Eat."
The six year-old looked down at his food and poked the pancakes. His stare went from his breakfast to me.
"Yes?"
Rabbi gazed down at his plate again, "What is it?"
"Pancakes..."
"These can't be pancakes! They don't have any chocolate chips in them!"
I lifted an eyebrow, "They're pancakes."
"Whatever!" Rabbi pointed to his eggs, "And what the drum is this??? What type of blob monster is sitting on my plate???"
"Blob monster?" Heero and I asked in unison.
"Rabbi, they're scrambled eggs." I said.
"They're hideous!" Rabbi looked around the table, "Hey! Where's the Sugar Puffs???"
Heero cringed at the mention of 'Sugar Puffs'. I inwardly chuckled, Heero never really liked those sweet cereals, so we never bought them. Which explains why we don't have any for the picky kid sitting at our healthy table. However, we do have a gallon of strawberry ice cream in our freezer, but that's a whole different type of use.
"Rabbi, just eat what's on your plate."
"But I hate this stuff! It's so gross and nasty! Only losers eat this rabbit feed. Where's the sweets and stuff???"
Uh-oh, Rabbi insulted Heero.
Heero glared at the boy intensely. The kid and I both sank into the back of our chairs. He looked up at Heero with wide innocent eyes then blinked, but Heero wouldn't go for that.
"Eat..." Heero spat.
Rabbi grabbed his fork and dug them into his food. Heero smirked and turned his attention to his plate. I exchanged glances from Heero to Rabbi. As Rabbi took the food into his mouth, he made the funniest faces. I would have laughed if it wasn't consided rude and insulting, especially to Heero. He's actually a pretty sensitive person at heart.
"I told you to eat it Rabbi." I heard Heero say. I looked back at Rabbi who was spitting the food into a napkin. Some of it even missed and landed on the table.
Gross!
I would never do that!
Yeah I would, but not with Heero's cooking.
Rabbi sighed irritably, but despite that ate his food.
After breakfast, we sat at the table discussing our plans for today.
"Where do you want to go Hee-chan?"
"Reptile farm." Rabbi replied. If I remember correctly, didn't I ask *Heero*???
"Hn."
"Hn?"
"Hn."
"Reptile farm."
"Hn."
"Reptile farm."
"How about the movies?"
"Reptile farm! Reptile farm! Reptile farm!"
I watched Heero's face as Rabbi mentioned the word 'reptile'. It was the most hilarious grimace ever. I chuckled. Heero shifted his attention over to me and glared. I ceased my chuckling as Rabbi pounded his small fist into the table.
"I WANT TO GO TO THE REPTILE FARM!!!"
"Alright, we'll go to the reptile farm." I said, I never really argued with him in the first place though. Heero frowned and pouted. "Daijoubu Heero?"
"Hn."
"Yay! We're goin' to the reptile farm! We're goin' to the reptile farm!"
Heero sighed. I laid my hand stop his thigh from under the table. Heero didn't have a problem with reptiles--save snakes and it's that just the farm here mainly consisted of.
We all know by now that Heero doesn't like snakes.
Even though I've known that for some time now, I never thought of finding out why. That's weird though. Why is the ex-perfect soldier so scared of snakes?
"We're goin' to the reptile farm! We're goin' to the reptile farm!"
Heero and I sighed as I cleaned up the table. Rabbi finished his food (or so we thought until we later discovered the truth after I stepped in it) and ran off to his room. Then Heero made his way to the couch and sat down. Of course, I had to plop down next to him.
Five minutes later...
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"NO."
"YES."
"NO! I don't want to go!"
"YES! You are going!"
"Omae o korosu..." Heero glared.
I sighed, "Hee-chan, it's only for a couple of hours."
"Hn."
"Besides, it's your mission."
"I can't believe you just stooped so low...." Heero's glare deepened, "I don't want to go to the reptile farm..." the Japanese boy folded his arms.
"Poor Hee-chan. Don't worry, I'll protect you." I grinned.
Heero rested his head on my shoulder, "I know." he replied. I kissed his forehead and laid my head atop his. Aw, sometimes he can be so sweet. Ack! What am I saying??? He's sweet all the time.
"I love you Hee-chan." I whispered. His lips slightly curved up, "I love you too."
"LAGUCK! GROSS! SICK!"
Heero and I turned in the direction from which the disgusted voice came from, "Rabbi?"
"I knew you were queers, but do you have to express it so clearly??? It's embarassing!" he boy shouted. I looked at Heero who stared back his cheeks were a red color. Obviously he was flushed. I glared at Rabbi. "That's fine that you like boys, but that doesn't mean that you have to show it off to everyone. Geez! I'm six years old and look what I have to put up with!" Rabbi threw his arms up in an exasperated demeanor. "I'm just glad that I'm a kid! I wouldn't want you to be checkin' me out!" shouted the obnoxious boy.
Heero sank back into the couch.
"Express it so clearly???" I repeated, "Look kid, this is our house, I think we are entitled to do whatever we want."
Rabbi rolled his eyes, "I don't care, just don't do it around me. Like that Japanese-English thing! You're going to mess up my grammar!" with that, Rabbi stormed off and slammed his door.
Heero and I blinked.
Then, I broke out into spontaneous laughter. Heero pouted, "Nani???" he asked.
I smiled, "Did you hear that? A six year old called us 'queers'!" I said and began to laugh again. Apparently Heero didn't find it amusing. He stood up and walked to the bedroom. Poor thing. I rose and followed him, "Hee-chan?" I called, Heero was laying on the bed face down.
"Hn?"
"Daijoubu?"
"He's nothing like Rachael..." Heero said. I sat down next to him and stroked his hair, "I know. But what were you expecting?"
Heero shrugged, "It's going to be a long week, Duo."
"Yeah. But don't worry." I leaned over and placed a kiss on his head, "We should get going now, don't you think?"
"...not really."
I smirked, "Come Heero. For me? Would you go so I won't have to be alone with Rabbi?"
Heero snorted, "Omae o korosu."
"Oh yeah? How are you going to do that?"
Heero smirked, "I'm going to slowly starve you of sex."
"No you won't." I replied, "I'll starve you FROM sex first." I grinned as Heero rolling his eyes stood up.
"Aren't you coming?" he asked noticing that I had remained seated.
"Yeah, I'm just gonna make a bathroom stop real quick." I replied. Heero nodded and exited to I assume get Rabbi ready. When he was well out of sight, I reached over to the nightstand next to the bed and opened the top drawer. I pulled out a small rounded box and slid it safely into my pocket. I patted the pocket reassuring myself that it had make it into the my jeans and not through a hole in my pants.
I'm sure you can guess what it is.
An engagement ring.
Lately, I'd been thinking about how much I want to be with Heero and how much I love him. Our three month anniversary is coming up on Friday and it seems that since we have Rabbi on our plates, we woun't get any time to ourselves for the occassion. I'm almost positive that he'll agree. I hope he does.
I don't think I could bare the heartbreak.
I know that at a reptitle petting zoo isn't exactly the place for such formality especially since Heero dislikes snakes very much, but what if the chance pops up and I miss it? What if my proposal brightens up his day? What if I made him the happiest man in the world?
It would be the greatest thing ever given to me.
So, I'm gonna take a huge chance.
I only wish it can be as perfect as our first kiss.
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"Are we there yet?"
"...didn't we do this yesterday?" I asked looking at Rabbi from the rear view mirror.
Rabbi pouted from the back seat, "But I want to know if we're there yet."
I inwardly sighed, "Yeah, it's just around the corner."
"Yay!" Rabbi shouted. Heero glared at his reflection in the rear view mirrar. It was kinda cute.
I pulled in around the corner and found a nice parking spot. Rabbi was the first to jump out of the car shouting, "Last one there's a rotten egg!" When he did, he sped as fast as he could to the entrance. "C'mon, c'mon! You guys are such slowpokes!!!"
Heero and I walked up to the gate and purchased one child and two adults. As soon as we walked in, Rabbi spotted the first exibit to the right, crocodiles.
The reptile sign was pretty nice. It had lush greenary, beautiful flowers, wooden fences protecting the spiecies from little kids like Rabbi, and even a petting zoo with goats, llamas, and ostriches. The only part that really blew were the snakes on Heero's behalf and the undiscovered invention of indoor plumbing. Luckily I can stand up and pee.
"Look! Look! That big gator is coming toward us!" Rabbi exclaimed, "Uncle Girly Man! Check it out!"
"Oh, I am. Pretty cool huh?"
"Yeah!"
I wrapped my arm around Heero's shoulder and gave him a gentle squeeze. "See Hee-chan, this isn't so bad."
Then I felt a tug on my braid.
"Come and get it!" Rabbi said while leaning over the fence and dangling--hey!
"That's mine!" I shouted and ripped my braid from Rabbi's small grip. He was trying to feed it to the crocodiles! Who the hell does he think he is???
"Hey Uncle Girly Man! I want to feed the crocodiles!"
"No." I argued.
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes!"
"NO!"
"YESSSSSSS!!!!"
Heero glared at Rabbi, "Then use your own hair."
"But it isn't long ennnoouuuggghh..." the young boy whined.
"That's just too bad." Heero completed. Rabbi folded his arms, but soon forgot about it when he saw the next animal, turtles.
The turtles were relatively...well, they were just plain boring. Not that I had something against turtles, they just weren't as interesting. In a way, I wished that they had been because first of all, they aren't very dangerous (don't worry, they weren't snapping), and second, so Rabbi wouldn't have lost his attention with them so soon.
"Uncle Mop Head, I have to use the bathroom." Rabbi grabbed Heero hand, "i have to go real bad..."
"Okay," Heero agreed and made his way to the port-o-potty. God I hate those things. I looked around the small farm and came across a sign pointing to the boat rides. I walked over to where the sign pointed and saw a glistening clear pond with couples and young children lining up to purchase tickets for a ride. The pond surrounded by trees shaded most of the edges of the bank. It was quite a sight. Something that Heero would enjoy very much.
I smiled. Maybe this is where I could take my chance. Maybe this was the perfect place. Maybe I could sell Rabbi to those nice people over there and have Heero alone so I could pop the question. Well, maybe not seel him to those people, they look too nice. Oh well, I'll figure out something later. Until then, I'll just buy two tickets in case the opportunity occurs.
After I purchased two adult (and no child) tickets, I headed back toward the port-o-potties. I stood there for a good fifteen minutes. Where the hell are they? When I approached the bathrooms, I noticed one stall with a large log blocking the entrance.
I had a funny feeling that this was Rabbi's doing.
I rushed to the potty (haha, that's a funny word) and rolled the log away. The door burst open and a gasping Heero flew out.
"What happened?" I asked.
Completely ignoring me, Heero looked over my shoulder, "Where's Rabbi?"
"I thought he was with you." I assumed.
"He was, but he wanted me to check out the stall and pushed me in. Now I don't know where he it."
"That little brat!" I shouted. "Where the hell could he be???"
"I don't know, let's split up. you look wherever the snakes are and I'll look by the petting area." Heero ordered.
"But what if the snakes are by the petting zoo?" I asked.
Heero glared, "There's no way in hell you're going to get me in that exhibit."
I held my hands up in defeat, "Just curious Hee-chan."
With that, Heero took off and I did the same.
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I had been searching for Rabbi for a few moments when I spotted a little boy hiding in the branches of a tree on the other side of the pond. I neared the tree with caution. The little boy in the tree was definitely Rabbi.
"Rabbi," I called, "Get down here, you're gonna fall and break your neck."
"No!"
"If you don't come down here, I'll go up there." I declared.
"Fine!"
"You have until the count of three." I stated, "3...2.......2 and a half...1!" I finished expecting him to come down himself, but realizing that he wasn't, I started to climb the tree. Rabbi must have been surprised when he saw that I was capable of catching him at any given time. I raced up the tree and looked him straight into the eye, "Come on down now."
In defeat, Rabbi and I both came down the tree at the same time. When we reached the bottom, I snatched his wrist and began walking toward the other side of the pond, "Let's go."
It was silent for a moment. Then he said the most random things ever.
"I know about the proposal."
"What?" I asked in surprise. No one knew about it except for me. How the hell did he know?
"I saw you get it out the drawer."
Well that answered my question.
"You can't ask him to marry you. You're both guys." Rabbi said, "That's wrong. You can't marry him. I won't let you."
I stopped in my tracks and started deep into his eyes, "Oh yeah? How are you gonna stop me?"
"You'll see."
I shook my head. Nothing is going to keep me from asking Heero to marry me. Nothing. He's mine. He's been mine ever since the day we met. NOTHING is going to take him away from him. Especially not a little punkass kid.
But I'm tellin' you ahead of time, I should have paid more attention to the little brat's warning.
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"Uncle Mop Head!" Rabbi shouts as he sees Heero walking REALLY fast toward us.
Heero glares at him, "Rabbi, where the hell have you been? I was worried sick." Heero said, he sounds like a real parent, doesn't he? "Uncle Duo and I were searching everywhere for you. Don't ever do that again. Do you hear me?"
Go Heero! The ultimate mama!
Rabbi nodded his head.
"Good."
"Can we see the snakes now?"
After a long while of convincing Heero to come see the snakes, I finially pulled him in the exhibit. Heero covered his eyes and used my braid as a guide while following me and Rabbi in the exhibit.
"WHOA! Uncle Girly Man, look at that one! It's huge! Hey, Uncle Mop Head! Look! Look! It's bigger than me! Look Uncle Mop Head, look!" Rabbi said anxiously bouncnig up and down. He grinned as the large reptile slithered toward us, "Aw! It's coming for you Uncle Mop Head! Look, look!" Rabbi pried Heero's hands away from his eyes and Heero shut them as soon as light reached them.
"C'mon Uncle Mop Head, it's not *that* bad! Look!"
Heero peeped out of one eye as the huge snake stood on his belly. As his face turn ghastly white, Heero jumped behind me and pulled my braid tightly, "Get me the hell out of here." he said. I snickered a little too loudly since Heero heard me and pinched my thigh really hard.
"Itai!" I rubbed my leg, "Rabbi, don't you think it's time to see something else? You already have a snake at home."
Rabbi sighed, "Oooo~kaaaaaay." he said in a depressed voice then stomped--and I mean stomped--out of the snake exhibit.
"Where to now?" I asked.
"Petting zoo!!!" shouted Rabbi at the top of his lungs. Many of the surrounding people gave Heero and me dirty looks as if we had done something wrong, but really they were for the regards of Rabbi. In other words, shut your kid the hell up.
We walked to the petting zoo and bought some food. We entered the wired area and began feeding the animals. The farm had many animals of all different ages starting with sheep and goats. I saw three llamas, chickens, ostriches, peacocks, and even a minature pony. Heero and I shared a bucket of animal feed while Rabbi of course had his own. We let him run around the wired area so long as he stayed within the boundaries. He agreed.
Heero went straight to the baby goats. He pet them and smiled when they slobbered all over his hands after devouring the corn kernals and brown pellets. One goat even began chewing on his shirt. Soon, all the goats were mobbing Heero. My Japanese dream only laughed and attempted to distribute the food equally.
God I love him.
Damn, where's a camera when you need one?
Wish Rachael was here.
"Will somebody please control this child!" a parent complained.
Heero and I sighed at the same time, "Rabbi." we said in unison and looked for the troblesome terror. We found him climbing on the fence teasing a llama. I grabbed Rabbi's arm just as Rabbi threw a handful of food at the creature.
"Rabbi!" I shouted, "What the hell do you think you're doing???"
"I'm feeding the animals!"
"No, you're abusing them." Heero said stepping in, "If you don't stop, then we're going home."
"But--"
"No, buts."
Rabbi glared at the llama then walked away with Heero. I held up mine and Heero's bucket of food for the llama to eat instead of having it thrown at him, but the mighty llama would have no part of it. Instead--
"Ugh!"
Heero turned around, "Nani?"
"He spat at me!" I said clearing the mucussy saliva from my eyes. I could hear Rabbi laughing hysterically, but there wasn't anything I could do. It wasn't really Rabbi's fault. But it sure feels good to blame it on him.
We left the petting area zoo early needless to say why. We were heading toward some different types of allagators that we hadn't seen yet. I watched from a nearby bench as Heero lifted Rabbi to see over the tall fence. Suddenly Rabbi jumped down and run up to me.
"Can I see something?" he asked.
I cocked an eyebrow, "See what?"
Rabbi grinned, "This!" he said and ran off with my shoe.
"Hey!"
Heero tried to stop him, but Rabbi dodged Heero and threw my shoe over the fence and into a pit of gators.
"My shoooooeeee!" I wailed.
"Whooooa! Look at them go at it! It's like gator mania!" Rabbi stated peering between the cracks if the fence, "Dang, you're feet must be really stinky if they liked it that much!"
My face fell as I witnessed my favorite shoe discarded and dismantled by something that was never supposed to even taste flesh of the like. But there wasn't anything I could do now. I glared at Rabbi evilly, but he only laughed as if he enjoyed the pain he had put me through.
However, I think I saw Heero laughing. I guess I would have laughed too if I saw what just happened with someone else in slow-mo.
"Heero! Duo!" called a voice in the distance. Heero and I searched for the source. Then, out of the blue, Hilde and her husband jog up to us smiling without a care.
"Hey guys, what's up?" she asked politely.
"Nothin'." I replied, "How've you been?"
"Good." She pointed down at my foot, "Er, usually Duo, people buy their shoes in pairs."
I chocked out a dry laugh and decided not to think about my lost shoe. I was about to ask how the junkyard was holdin' up, but something, namely Rabbi, pulled my braid, "Hey Uncle Girly Man, who's the chick?"
Hilde answered before I could, "I am Aunt Hilde, a friend of--what was it? Uncle Girly Man? That's very cute." Hilde said and patted Rabbi on the head. "Would you like to hang out with me? We could go buy an icecream."
"Yeah!" Rabbi looked at Heero, "Can I go?"
Heero looked at me and I nodded ever so eagerly and nudged Rabbi in the direction Hilde was. Hilde smiled, "Go enjoy yourselves for a bit. I'm sure you wouldn't mind me spending time with him."
"Not at all." I replied and with that, Hilde, her husband, and Rabbi left Heero and I *alone*.
I smiled then grabbed Heero's hand. "Come on Hee-chan, I want to show you something."
"What is it?" Heero asked. I didn't reply as I pulled him to the sparkling pond. Heero smiled at the sight, "Duo...wow..." he said. I pulled out the tickets that I had bought earlier.
"Shall we take our advantage and enjoy the little time we have in peace?"
"We shall."
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I rowed the boat to one side of the pond. From the looks of it, the water was only two or three feet. I rested the ores and floated about wherever the current took us.
"Isn't this nice?"
"Hn."
"Me too. I wanna give you something."
"What?"
I reached into my pocket--
Where is it?
Where the hell is it??????????
I reached into my other pocket.
Nothing.
i check my shirt and everywhere else I could think of.
Nothing.
Where the hell is my engagement ring???
My heart began to race. Where could it be? I began to sweat a little nervous from the confusion.
"Duo? What are you doing?" Heero asked. When I looked at him when he asked what I was doing, something over his shoulder caught my eye.
It was Rabbi and he was holding something. Something shiny. Something--
My ring!
My mouth dropped to the bottom of the boat. The kid stuck his tongue out and ran away. Rabbi jacked my ring. I'm in shock now.
"Duo?"
There was nothing I could do now. I leaned over and placed a gentle kiss on Heero's lips.
"I love you."
Heero smiled, "I love you too."
That was the best that I could give him.
I rowed the boat back to the dock. Rabbi and Hilde and her husband were there to meet us.
"We have to go now. It was nice seeing you again." She bent over to Rabbi and extended her hand, "And it was nice to meet you Rabbi."
Rabbi shook her hand and smiled.
"Bye Duo and Heero!" with that said, Hilde left and Rabbi's angel halo transformed into horns.
"Can I get in?" Rabbi asked. He put his foot on the tip of the boat and shook it while holding on to the docking peg.
"Rabbi no!" Heero and I shouted, but it was too late, Rabbi shook the boat so hard, it flipped over.
Heero and I gasped for air as we emerged from the depths of the pond. We glared at the little boy who only grinned sheepishly at us. Something from the corner of my eye approached us rapidly. Once I determined what it was, I grabbed Heero's arm.
"Hee-chan, don't move." I whispered. Heero cocked and eyebrow and turned to see what I was looking at, he held his breath and tried hard not to struggle. He clenched my wrist so hard that it turn white under water and was sure to leave bruises. Heero 's breathing sped up as the snake swam right in front of us. Heero's breath became shorter and shorter. I thought he was going to pass out is a second. I slowly pulled Heero close to me and held his head against my shoulder. The snake passed, but that didn't help Heero's breathing. For some reason, it became shorter and shorter. I looked to see what he was looking at. Four fuckin' snakes were headed our way! Heero didn't want to wait in the water anymore. He jumped on to the deck and pulled me up. Paced around in circles on the dock trying to calm himself.
I felt so bad for him.
I tied up the boat and decided that it was time to leave.
Wait till I get my hands on that punkass kid!
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We returned home later in the day. Heero was still shaken by the snake encounter. I told him to get ready for bed. I'd take care of Rabbi. Heero went straight to bed not saying a word the whole way back.
My poor Hee-chan.
I phone Pizza Hut and ordered some pizzas for me and Rabbi. For th rest of the night, Rabbi didn't give me any problems. Maybe cause at dinner time, I remembered to give him his medicine which I had previously forgotten. Oops. My bad. Maybe he wouldn't have acted up so much if I had done that sooner.
Either that, or he realized that he did something terribly wrong.
I ddin't bother with giving him a shower which I know was really irresponsible, but the kid's not gonna die. So, I blew it off. I know it's bad, but I was still kinda mad at him. You probably think that it's stupid to be mad at a little kid, but he should have known better. How the hell did his mother raise him anyhow? The kid's outta control. I don't know how to handle him, I think Heero does though. How does he do that? I guess he just likes little kids. Or maybe he's had enough practice with me that he can handle anything that comes towards him.
Anyway, after Rabbi was dealt with, I cleaned the kitchen up a bit then took a quick shower. I slid into bed with nothing but boxers and wrapped my arms around Heero. Heero sighed.
"This was not a good day." he said quietly.
"No, it wasn't." I agreed, "But I think we can make it better."
I turn out all the lights and kissed Heero good night. We cuddled all night long.
So today wasn't the greatest day with Rabbi. I figured we could either make the remaining five days hell or try to make it better. I wish there was something I could do to contol Rabbi cause he sure as hell doesn't know how to control himself. But I know I can't, no matter what trouble he causes, he's still a kid and he's still his own person. I remember that I was like that when I was young. Even as a teenager. I can only hope that things get better from here.
I glared at my optimistic thoughts.
What the hell am I talking about? The brat stole my ring.
Yeah, I know I used to be like him, but tomorrow...
All hell breaks loose and we give him a taste of his own shit--er...I mean medicine.
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TBC...
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Wow, you made it to the bottom! I'm so pleased, this makes me want to do a happy dance and write more. I don't know if I put enough fluffy stuff in the story yet. I'll try to work more and more in. I hope you ejoyed it. Thinking up the plot is the easy part. I'm open to anymore ideas on how Rabbi can make Heero and Duo's life a little more complicated ^_~.
If you wouldn't mind, tell me what you'd like to see more of, and I'll try to weave it in.
One more thing, I'm starting a 2x1x2 webpage and if anyone would like to post anything or submit something, that would be really appreciated cause I want this to work. If you're interested, it's at http://www.geocities.com/cobaltkitty27/index.html. By the way, how do you get a webpage on a search engine?
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Thanks yous:
Yume-chan: So glad to talk to you again! Thanks for always reading all my stories, you're always there. ^_^, I'm glad you had a great time in Japan, you must tell me all the details!
violet_eyes: artistic lisences? What's that? Just kidding. Don't worry, Rabbi isn't *that* bad...okay, I might be lying, but he will be set straight soon. Arigato!
Ashly: Oh, don't worry, I'll write more for sure just because you want me to, wouldn't want to leave you hangin' ^_~
Moonlit Eyes: *does happy dance with Moonlit Eyes* Yay! Thanks for the encourgement, now I want to write even more!!! I'll start on the third part right away
Starlit Hope: Thanks for the idea, just last night I went and looked up lots of slang and bad things Heero could say in future parts. I'm not sure if I should put the translations up, what do you think?
Tash Q.: You know how they feel? Are you like a babysitter? Have you ever wanted to slap a kid they were acting do badly *coughcough* Not me!
Tatsuha's Koi: Surprised? I almost thought that I wasn't coming back T_T, but I did and I'm happy that you're happy!
ozzypoos: OMPS, everytime I get a review from you I have to say your name like ten times, it's so cute ^_^, it would totally be wrong if I let Rabbi mess up that pic from Rachael, I'm tellin' you, it's like sacred ^_^
Kitty Kat 0303: Arigato! People like you inspire me to write more even when things get bad and I get frustrated. Thanks for the inspiration! I'll put it to good use ^_^
EclipseAzNGTX: Are you azn? Sorry, I just looked at your name and was curious (you don't have to answer that if you don't want to), and to answer your question, yes, the rest of the day would continue for at least three parts. I think you might change your ind about Rabbi later. On the other hand, you might turn out to hate him. I don't know. No, Duo and Heero didn't give him his medicine...I don't think. This part was shorter, so I hope your eyes didn't get too tired ^_^
Arigato Minna-san!