Disclaimer: Don't own, just borrowing
Warnings: Yaoi 2x1, 3+4; Mild language, OOC, romance, fluff, sap, intended comedy, later on Relena-bashing.
Notes: Okay, I know that I've been gone for a long time, you might have even thought that I disappeared. Sorry about that. I'm still dealing with some personal stuff. Before you read this, I strongly suggest that you read "First Kiss Delayed" first, otherwise this fic won't make any sense caused this is the sequel and you'll think I'm insane or something. Please excuse my mechanial and grammatical erroz. I have terrible spelling. Also, this first part is really long, so please bare with me. Maybe you'll like it if you stick until the end. Again...
***PLEASE READ "FIRST KISS DELAYED" BEFORE THE SEQUEL "PROPOSAL SUSPENDED!!!***
Anyway, if you have read that already, by all means, go right on ahead. I guess I should stop talking. I'm just really nervous cause it's been awhile. Hope you can make it to the bottom or at least to the thanks yous. Well, Enjoy!
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Proposal Suspended
Part Three: Shinigami's Match
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Ahh, a new beginning of another Monday morning. When I say new, I meant early new. I was sleeping peacefully with Heero in my arms. His soft breathing warmed my naked chest and his hair tickled my chin. i smiled. If there was an award for "Most Beautiful Face", I swear in the name of Shinigami that he would have won it--no competition on that one.
It's like everyday I look down and see an angel by my side helping me through the tough reality of life. If it weren't for him, things would be alot different and different as in not in a good way. For starters, I would still be plagued with haunting nightmares that I haven't had in over three years. Don't tell me that moving in with Heero had nothing to do with that. Also, who would make me a healthy and nutrious breakfastto help me start my day?
No one. I would still be living off og stale Folgers, not that it's a *terribly* horrible thing, but Heero is just much more better.
I love him.
THUMP
What the hell? I thought. I just heard a noise coming from the other side of the house which is where Rabbi's located. He better not be doing anything stupid..like playing the drums at 6 in the morning. That was just ridiculous.
Anyway, curiousity got the better of me and I wanted to know what that sound was. I gently released Heero and slid out of bed to my dislike. Heero must have felt the same way since he glared in his sleep and groaned.
"Shh...I'll be right back, go to sleep." I replied to his groan then walked to the other side of the house.
I opened the door to Rabbi's room and half expected the kid to be playing with some of his toys, but to my surprise, he wasn't. Instead, I found him sprawled on the floor. I couldn't help but grin at the funny sight. I remember when I was about his age, I used to fall out of my bed. Th only differencewas when I fell out, I fell on concrete. At least here Rabbi has carpet. Then again when you roll off the bed, it doesn't really matter, I guess. I'm sure Heero got to sleep on spikes.
I approached Rabbi and gathered his little body from the ground into my arms. He was much lighter than Heero (duh, he's a kid), but I guess I just wasn't used to it. I guess I thought that if I dropped him, he'd break. It wasn't until then did I realize how much smaller Rabbi was compared to Heero and me. It wasn't until then did I realize that he was not just a kid, but in fact a child. I know it must sound dumb, but have you ever had that feeling where you *know* something, but you don't *realize* it? Reminds me of the Maxwell Church in a way. I knew it was gone with all my friends, but I didn't realize it until I was much older.
I lay Rabbi down onto his bed and covered him with his blanket. I crouched down to his eye level and my grin turned into a lopsided smile as I watched him adjust to his position.
He looks so innocent, he's really rather adorable with his messy light brown hair and tininess...like a puppy. He kinda resembles Heero with that hair. I brushed his hair out of the way of his closed eyes just to feel his soft hair and wiped away a trial of drool that slid down his baby face. He's really cute. I mean it's not like he's one of those kids where they turn around and you go "ugh". Nah, Rabbi has a very comely face.
It's weird how such a terror could look so sweet. Heero's like that too if I haven't already mentioned it.
"Punkass kid." I said with good humor. Unconsciously, I kissed his fine hair. I don't know why. Maybe it was because I thought for a second I was looking at Heero in a kid form. One thing's for sure, Rabbi definitely has the same nose as Quatre.
Imagine, he's only cute and adorable when he's recharging to be a pain in the ass.
Ironic? No!
I exited that room with that thought and went back to bed with Heero.
"Mmabaah..." he muttered silently in a cold sweat.
Uh-oh, that's not a good sign.
I pulled him into my embrace. for a moment, Heero thrashed around a bit then calmed himself. I thought it was over, but he thrashed around again. I had no choice but to wake him up.
I shook his shoulders, "Heero."
Heero's eyes shot open, "Snake...!" he hissed as if he had seen one jump out at him. His eyes focused on me, "Duo..." he wrapped his arms around my neck. "I hate snakes." he said.
"I know." I said rubbing his back, "It's gover, let's go back to sleep."
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I woke up again from light coming from the window and the sizzling sound and smell from the kitchen. I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth then then threw on a white oxford button up shirt and a pair of tan slacks. I figured that I'd be running around and chasing Rabbi so I wanted to dress comfortably. After I was dressed, I strolled into the kitchenette and kissed the lovely cook.
"Mornin' Hee-chan." I greeted and sat at the table.
"Hn." Heero returned, "I brought the paper in for you."
"So I see." I said noticing the paper in the seat next to me. I pulled the recycled paper out of the plastic sleeve and began to read the headlines.
By the way, did you know that each one of those papers is hand folded and stuffed during the very hours Rabbi falls out of bed? One by one...man I would hate to do that, but it's amazing!
Anyway!
"Vice Foreign Minister Darlin's Arrival," I read aloud to Heero. A color picture covered the front page showing Relena in a pink business suit with dark sunglasses and a wide sunhat. She was emerging from her limo when the press caught her perring over her sunglasses. She looks the same as she did five years ago. I know I'm not the one to say, but she's still flat-chested as hell!
"Where's Rabbi?" I asked apalled by Relena's body structure. Before Heero, she's the only girl I've never been attracted to physically or mentally. She must be some type of alien. A man can sense these weird things about women when they're not overcome by hormones.
Heero flipped a pancake, "Still sleeping I think."
I continued reading the paper and came across an article, "Preventer Agents Caught!" I read. I looked at the picture and saw Sally and Wufei in the park with a very surprised look on their faces. Wufei had a smudge of lipstick on his cheek and a ruffled neck tie. Sally's lipstick was smeared and I laughed loudly.
"Nani?"
"Look at this Heero."
Heero turned and smirked at the photo, "Breakfast's almost ready. Duo?"
"Hm?" I replied thumbing through the morning paper.
"Have you seen Rabbi's medicine? Maybe he's been acting up so much because we haven't given any to him."
I shook my head, "Yeah, that's what I thought at first, but then how could he act like such a nice kid when his mom's here then act like a little munchkin as soon as she turns her back? Unless of course you're suggesting he has an 'act up' on and off switch that he can control whenever he pleases."
"I guess you're right."
BEEPBEEP
"I'll get it." I said picking up the vidphone, "Moshi moshi?"
"Maxwell, it's Une. How are things going?"
I covered my eyes, "Oh, don't ask!"
"Having minor complications?" Une questioned.
"Try the pain-in-the-ass complication."
Une smirked, "Well, I was told he's a handful."
"No doubt."
Une cleared her throat, "Alright Maxwell, Rachael will arrive tomorrow evening. Can you get to the shuttle station at five?"
"Sure." I said estatically, "Of course."
"Good. You know how it goes. I'll contact you later about your positions and such at the conference. Out."
"Ja." I said then hung up the phone.
I grabbed Heero and swung him around, "Rachael's coming tomorrow!" I rejoiced.
Heero smiled, "I heard."
I cupped Heero face and kissed him passionately, "Our problems are gonna be solved, one more fuckin' day then everything will be great!"
"I'm hungry..." Heero and I turned to the new source of voice, dino-cladded kid. "What do you got to eat?" Rabbi asked rubbing his eyes and yawning.
"We have fried toads and lizard guts filet just to your taste."
"Duo!" Heero glared, "Here." Heero slid a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch to Rabbi.
"WHOA!" Rabbi grabbed a spoon and pigged out.
"Since do we have sugar coated cereal?" I asked Heero.
"Since I bought it this morning while you were sleeping." Heero answered setting a plate down for me and him.
"Arigato." I said, "Well, what should we do today?"'
"Reptile farm!"
Heero frowned, "We went there yesterday."
"Um...what about the uh...mall?" I suggested. Rabbi unwillingly agreed after Heero convinced him. I do *NOT* want to go into detail with the knife and all.
"All done!" Rabbi shouted as he slurped every morsol of his sugary breakfast. He had a milk mustache and Heero wiped it away with a napkin.
"Good. Why don't you get dressed and we'll head out at eleven." I told Rabbi. It was only eight and I wanted a little time with Heero.
"Okay." Rabbi replied without hesistation which was really weird. We heard the door to his room shut and began to converse.
"Hm...he's kinda...-"
"Behaving?" Heero completed while washing the dishes.
"Yeah." I listened for an suspicious sounds, but none were heard.
Heero turned off the sink and rummaged through the kitchen drawers. I rose from my seat and spooned with him while standing. I wrapped my arms around his waist and rest my head on his neck. I breathed in his sweet scent that made my senses tingle with pleasure. The way he smells never gets old. I wish they had a Heero air freshner that if I ever wanted Heero's scent, it was captured in a bottle accessable whenever I craved.
"Mm...Whatcha doin' Hee-chan?" I asked.
"Trying to find Rabbi's medicine." Heero replied, "I knew I put it here somewhere..."
"Do you have any ice cream?" I randomly wondered to myself out loud.
Heero assumed I was speaking to him and replied, "You want ice cream this early in the mornnig? No." Heero said sternly, but despite that, I opened the freezer. "Duo! You can't eat ice cream now."
"Watch me." I replied sticking out my tongue..
"Duo..." Heero said in his warning voice as if I were some disobedient kid like Rabbi.
I sighed, "Okay, okay...I won't eat any...I'll just look at it."
Heero rolled his eyes, "Baka."
I chuckled. I used to hate it when he called me that, but now it's just well...funny. Shut up baka, stop it baka, more baka, harder baka, pantpant fuck me baka. Pretend like I didn't just say that last one. Eh, you get used to it.
As soon as I opened the freezer I saw a strange air tight bag surrounding something gray about the size of a deck of cards. It was hard to tell what it was since it was frosted with a light freezer glaze. It kinda looked like those fish scallops only in a different figure. I slowly pulled it out and another was under it, and another...and another!
"What the hell?" I held the frozen package by my fingertips.
Heero raised his head and made the funniest face of disgust I had ever seen. "I thought you wanted ice cream." he commented.
I stared at it for awhilke longer and noticed it had claws, and...a tail, and...
"Fuck! It's a rat!" I dropped the deceased frozen mammal and it hit the floor. "Nah Heero, when the hell did you decide to stock up on rodents???" I asked utterly confused. I'm sure you would too if you found out that you had frozen rats in your freezer and didn't know how they got there. I pointed to the now thawing package on the floor, "Y-you didn't intend to poison me with that thing, did you?"
"No!" Heero glared. He's so cute when he does that.
"Didn't think so." I heard soft giggling coming from the hall ways where--
"Rabbi." Heero and I said in unison. We both stormed over to the hall and saw Rabbi squatting in the corner of the hall trying to contain his laughter. I pulled the kid up.
"Hey!" Rabbi shouted in surprise, "Let me go!"
"So Rabbi, what's with the damn frozen rats?" I asked.
"You could have at least let us know you were going to put them in there." Heero pointed out not really mad, just surprised.
Rabbi broke out hysterically, "Tell you and miss the looks on your faces? You should have seen them! You guys looked like some stupid dumbasses!!!"
Did you hear that??? He called us dumbasses!
A fuckin' six year old just called us dumbasses!
HAHAHAHAHAHA! That's funny, at least to me. Heero on the other hand...
Heero glared deeply, "That's it Rabbi." Heeor left but soon returned with a large encyclopedia, "Since you enjoy sitting in corners anyway," Heero handed Rabbi the monsterous book, "you can hold this above your head while you're at it. And don't put it down until we say so."
"What? You can't do this! I want my lawyer! This is insane. I didn't even do anything! You have no right to do this to me. Especially to a little boy! Child abuse! Child abuse!" Rabbi whined and whined...and whined.
"First of all, it's not child abuse. Second, we do have the right for we are held completely responsible for you. Third, you need to learn some damn respect for your elders which you haven't been doing for the passed days. Where the hell are your manners? This is for cussing and disrespecting us." Heero explained heatly. Rabbi stuck out his lower lip. "Hold it over your head."
Rabbi raised the book so that it rested upon his head.
"Higher." Heero ordered.
"That's as high as it goes!"
Heero knelt down to Rabbi's eye level, "I said, 'higher'..."
Rabbi held the book further up until his arms were fully extended and soon his thin arms began to shake.
Heero stood up and folded his arms, "Don't you dare bring that book down and keep quiet until I say so, got it?"
Rabbi nodded obediently.
Heero grabbed my braid, "C'mon."
"Itai!" I cried out as Heero began to pull me into the livingroom and we sat on the couch. Heero powered the television on and leaned on my shoulder. Every now and then he leaned over the edge of the couch to make sure Rabbi was following his directions.
"Rabbi..." Heero said in his warning voice, I assumed the kid brought the book down.
"Good thinking." I told Heero.
"Hn."
I never thought Heero would actually consider giving the kid a punishment. I guess since Rachael was so well behaved, we didn't have to think about it. That's cool though, the kid deserved it, right. Yeah.
I just wish I had thought of it.
After watching television for a good episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, the vidphone rang.
"I'll get it." I said the went from the livingroom to the kitchenette and answered it, "Hello?"
"Duo, darling, how are you, you hot hot man?"
In case you didn't know, it was Nadia, promiscuous as ever. Her hair was curled in bouncy waves, and her top as low as it could be without being naked. She wore the same blood red lipstick, and had gone crazy with the eyeshadow. Not to mention the cigarette she was smoking made the screen foggy. She was indeed sexy, but the cigarette was a huge turn off.
"I'm fine. You?"
"Fabulous. Quatre brother has shown me the while town and wel...it's alright. It isn't anything like New York or San Francisco. I was expecting far more extravagance, but I suppose if run down hotels is how this town wants to treat their guest..."
Geez, I only asked if she was doing okay. Women.
"Really..." I said to sound interested.
Nadia blew a puff of smoke from her lips, "Listen, you know that bar at the end of Flamingo Blvd. and Toucan St.?"
"Yeah."
"How about you and I go out for a drink?" she licked her lips and leaned in closer so I could get a good look at her breast then touched her neck and led her fingers to her sternum.
"No, that's alright." I refused politely.
Nadia's eyes grew wide, "No? Why's that?" she asked. Apparently she wasn't used to being rejected.
"I'm really sorry, but I have alot of plans this week."
"Very well," she coughed and looked over my shoulder, "tell me, where's Rabbi?"
Heero peered over the couch, "You got lucky. You're free to go." he said and dismissed Rabbi. The little boy ran over to the counter where the vidphone was located.
"Mommy!" Rabbi smiled.
"How's my little pumpkin?" she asked putting out her cigarette.
"I'm fine. We did alot of fun stuff. we went to a basketball game and I saw pretty cheerleaders, and then we were to the reptile farm and Uncle Duo threw his shoe in the gator pit just to make me laugh cause the llama scared me."
I frowned as he twisted his story and didn't tell the complete truth. I don't like liars--you all know that by now.
"After Uncle Duo and Heero went swimming in the pond, we came home and I ate pizza and I went to bed and then I played with my toys in the morning and ate a really good breakfast. It was delicious! Then Uncle Heero fed me my medicine..."
That little bastard! How could he lie so openly to his mother???
"And now we're watching TV."
Rabbi's mother smiled, "Cute. I'm so glad that you're having so much fun. Be good. I'll see you on Wednesday."
"Bye-bye Mommy."
"Chao." Nadia said then clicked off.
Chao? She said 'chao' to her kid? What a weird family. Then again, at least he has one.
Heero called Rabbi over to the couch. Rabbi sat down and looked up innocently as Heero glared. "Rabbi, why did you tell your mom lie after lie? And why did you tell her that you took your medicine when you didn't?"
Rabbi glared back, "Hey, I saved you from alot of grief. If my mom found out that you haven't been giving it to me, you would be a goner."
"Uh-huh, so...where exactly is your medicine now that we're on the subject." I asked.
Rabbi made a hard thinking face and, " I don't know. What did you do with it, Uncle Girly Man?"
"Me? I didn't do anything with it." I claimed, "And would you stop calling me 'Uncle Girly Man'???"
"Didn't Uncle Quaterella give the medicine to you, Uncle Mop Head?"
"Yes." Heero confirmed.
"Aren't you held accountable for my medicine, my actions in public, and in general, my well-being? I know you are since this is simply a mission to watch over me while my mom does whatever she wants. Since you are, you are supposed to give it to me which you didn't--that's your own fault. I was just merely covering up for you two so you didn't get in any trouble." Rabbi folded his arms, "I rest my case." he said then walked off to his room.
Heero and I blinked asounded at how Rabbi had carefully thought everything out yet still left us questioning what he just said.
I turned to Heero, "Um...what just happened?"
"As you would say, we 'got told' by a six year old."
"*THAT* is no ordinary six year old. *THAT* my lovely Heero is a terror from hell."
"Agreed. *I* wasn't even that strange."
"Should we search for his medicine?"
Heero shook his head, "No, there's something strange about his reasoning." Heero faced me, "Do I normally misplace things?"
"No."
"I have a good memory, don't I?"
"Better than the average elephant."
"I thought so. I left his medicine in the top drawer of the counter and it's not there."
"Are you implying that he *stole* it?"
Heero nodded.
The idea was completely plausible. The only part that was unbelievable was how Rabbi was somehow so sneaky. How the hell did he do that anyway with his medicine and my ring?
I'm still mad about that by the way. I'm gonna have to talk to him about that soon.
Heero and I decided to forget about the medicine for awhile. No use looking for it when we know it's not there. What could we do to get his medicine back? Spank him? As much as I'd like to, I couldn't.
"I guess since we have about an hour..." I said, "We can do something else really quick before we leave."
Heero smiled, "What's that?"
"Oh I think you know." I lifted my eyebrows and crawled above him on the couch. I hovered over him and grinned.
Heero embraced my neck, "I don't know Duo..."
"Did I tell you that I love you this morning?"
Heero shook his head, "I don't recall."
"I love you..." I whispered in his ear.
"I love you too."
Our voices became quieter and quieter as our flirting slowly shushed as I captured Heero's soft lips. Mmm...I hadn't had a kiss like that since Rabbi came which was by far too long ago. I lowered myself on top of his warm body and pressed down slightly so he could feel me just for a small teaser. His hands slid under my shirt and up my back. I kissed his neck and made a trail to his collar bone. He was wearing a yellow button up shirt and tight blue jeans. I unbuttoned the top three buttons and kissed down to the his midchest. My hands caressed his hair--not of his head either. Again, he smelled so good. I rose so that we were looked into each others eyes less than inches away. He smiled.
Damn, I love when he smiled. He looks completely different in a good way.
When he frowned, he was cute, but when he smiled, he was beautiful.
I love him.
"AAAhhh!!!"
Heero and I froze. I looked up only to see Rabbi standing in the hallway covering his eyes and shouting. We quickly rose up and Heero crossed his legs tightly. Good thing I was wearing my baggy slacks. Otherwise, he would see something he wouldn't have wanted to.
"I'm blind! I'll never see the light of day again! I'm emotionally scarred! I can't stand to look at you two ever in a million and one years!"
Heero's cheeks turned red.
"You guys are so nasty!" Rabbi shouted then went back to his room.
By then I was too turned off to do anything else. Heero wanted to run an errand before we left so I allowed him to. He probably just wanted to get out of the house from frustration.
I guess this would be a good time to talk to Rabbi. I got up from the potentially erotic couch then went to Rabbi's room. I opened the door and saw Rabbi playing with his toys. They were Gundams: one was Deathscythe Custom and the other Epyon.
"Die pilot 02! You cannot bear the power of darkness. I will overcome your stealth feature and blast you into an oblivion! Mwahahahaha!!!"
He began making explosion noises as he tore off Deathscythe's head and threw it across the room hitting my leg. I stared at the familiar head of a machine that helped my survive through the war. My poor Gundam being destroyed by a kid. Damn toy company.
Rabbi looked up at me, "Can I help you Uncle Girly Man?"
"Where's the ring Rabbi?" I asked bluntly.
Rabbi blinked up innocently at me, "What ring?"
"You know what ring."
Rabbi put his index finger on his lips then patted them, "Oh! *THAT* ring."
"Yes 'that ring'."
Rabbi shrugged, "I have no idea."
"Rabbi, I don't think that you understand. I need that ring."
"For what?"
I glared, "Rabbi, cut the shit. Give me my ring."
"Let me think about that...um...no!" Rabbi said then continued to dissect my precious Deathscythe. He pulled off the hand, then arm.
I approached Rabbi, "Where is it Rabbi?"
"Like I'd tell you! You're just a perverted middle aged thug who has nothing better to do then think he's in love with another boy!" Rabbi exploded, "Why should I give it back to you? You're weird! You're sick in the head! And to think that Uncle Mop Head buys all this crap! Two guys can't be in love and that's that! I know I'm a kid, but I'm not *that* stupid."
"Rabbi, you can say whatever you want, but just giveme the ring. I don't care what you think." I argued back.
Rabbi stuck out his tongue, "Nah! You're never gonna get it back! I won't let you marry Uncle Mop Head." Rabbi threw the body of Deathscythe at me. I caught it, but then he threw Epyon at my head, "Get out!" he said.
"Rabbi, I'm the adult and you're the child in case you don't remember. And I asked you to give me something that belongs to me, therefore as the good kid you are,"
Good kid my ass.
"Just give me that ring."
"Whatcha gonna do? Ask Uncle Mop Head to get back your secret surprise? Oh no, I'm scared. You're both guys. There's no way it could be." Rabbi waved his hand in the air as a dismissal, "Be gone evil demon and I shall spare your pathetic life."
I glared at the young devil. Shinigami will not be subdued to the powers of a six year old.
As I glared, the kid stood up and said, "I'm warning you, you better leave before I get really mad..."
I cocked an eyebrow and Rabbi looked up at me with an angry stare. "Leave." he commanded. I stood my ground. Rabbi's glare deepened, "I said, 'leave'!" he shouted. All of the sudden a sheering pain ran through my entire left shin. The pain burned at first then began to throb. I know this pain. It's the pain when you run into the coffee table in the dark or when you hit the bed post at night. But this was from an evil kid kicking me in my shin. I winced trying hard not to show my pain. Even if it's just a little kid kicking me, that shit hurts like hell.
"Get out!" Rabbi yelled then swung his leg and made contact with my shin...again.
As much as I'd like the strangle him, I chose to be the better person and limped down the hall in utter defeat to the livingroom. I sat my sorry ass on the couch and channel surfed through the TV at mach 5 speed out of frustration. I wasn't even paying attention to it. That little brat! I can't believe he would say something to me like that. He's...ugh! My agonizing anger can't be described by words. I'm so mad I could-I could...well, I could do something *really* bad.
ARGH!!!
That stupid punkass kid!!!
Just think this morning I was doubting my thoughts!
"Duo? Daijoubu?" I heard a sweet voice ask. Before I could turn around, a kiss was placed on my head. All my angry seemed to go down a mental drain just from that one small gesture. A fire building up inside was released from my body as I felt Heero's hand on my shoulder. I rested my hand atop his and sighed. All too soon, Heero's hand was removed from the shoulder, but as fast as it left, the sooner Heero came to sit next to me.
"Duo?"
"I'm fine." I said, "C'mere."
Pulling my Japanese Koibito, I embraced Heero with my arms as kissed the side of his head. I held him tightly to my chest. He must have been confused, but nevertheless hugged me back. He lay his head on my shoulder and I closed my eyes. Maybe I should ask him now. Maybe he wouldn't care if there wasn't a ring. Yeah, why the hell not? He loves me and I love him. It's perfect. Rabbi is tearing apart my Gundam, Heero an I are alone again in a potentially erotic position. The potentially erotic position has nothing to do with what my point is getting at, I just noticed how much hotter the temperature is from him sitting the way he is right above me.
After a moment of just sitting in each others' arms, Heero and I surprisingly both tried to broke the serene silence at the same time.
"Duo--"
"Heer--"
We paused and give a curt chuckle.
"Go ahead." I said to Duo.
Heero nodded, "I picked up some ice cream for you. It's in the freezer. And I ran to the post office to pay this month's bills."
Aw, he's so responsible.
"They were due yesterday."
Spoke too soon.
"What were you going to say?" Heero asked curiously.
"Um, well, it's kinda really important," I started feeling butterflies fill my stomach, "And there's really no perfect way to say this, but um...I..."
Heero looked at me with expecting eyes that edged me to complete my sentence.
A bead of sweat rolled down the side of my face from nervousness. Nervous? Why the hell am I neverous? Around Heero of all people. By now I should be really open and just pop the damn holy question. I mean, I'm sure he'll say yes and we'll live in this paradise forever, right? Of course! How could I doubt it. I'm not even sure why I'm talkin' to myself like this. Why am I even wasting time being nervous? It's ridiculous. Seriously, I've told Heero all my personal thoughts and opinions and people I've known and secretive shit that would have driven me crazy if I had not told someone I was really close with. C'mon, this is Heero, my boyfriend, my lover, my everything, my beautiful angel. Yeah. I should nail this in the ass and call it a day. My mission would be accomplished and--
OMPS, I'm babbling in my thoughts about something that shouldn't be waiting because of my mental babbling from nervousness.
What the hell am I doing???
I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing emerged. It was like some evil being stole my voice from me like the in "The Little Mermaid". Only...different.
"Duo?" Heero asked. He saw my mouth open and noticed how nothing came out. He looked inside, "Duo, you don't look sick to me."
I shook my head, "No, that's not it. Heero, I have to ask you something very important."
"Alright."
GET ON WITH IT!!! I shouted to myself.
Okay, here it goes.
I looked into Heero's cobalt blue eyes and he devoted all his attention to me. We were frozen in the moment. I almost forgot what I was doing. Anyway, I took his hand in mine and kissed it gently.
"Heero Yuy, I love you."
"I love you too."
"I know and um..will you--"
"UNCLE MOP HEAD!!!"
Heero turned his head away from me and all the direction that was going to go into my proposal went to the little brat standing in the hallway. Rabbi smiled widely and shouted, "Uncle Mop Head, look what I made! C'mon, it's in my room."
"Just a second, Duo." Heero said leaving my *hanging* in the middle of a life changing question. I glared at Rabbi as Heero rose to go to Rabbi's room. Once Heero's back was turned to me, Rabbi stuck out his tongue and pulled down his lower eyelid.
That is SO uncool.
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At 12 noon we arrived at the mall. You didn't miss anything when Rabbi stole my beloved away from me cause all he fuckin' showed him was how he rearranged the damn Gundams' heads with each other. Anyway, when we arrived at the mall, we parked and headed for the entrance to the food court. Rabbi started to wonder off, but before he could, Heero grasp his wrist with his free hand for the right hand was linked with mine.
"Where are you going? You either stay with us or I drag you the whole way." Heero stated. Rabbi groaned in defeat. He pulled his wrist from Heero's grip and got right inbetween us. I cocked an eye brow, what the hell was he gonna do? Well, to my surprise, he ripped our hands apart and held Heero's right hand. I glared, I admit, I was angry, but when Heero saw my eyebows twitch with great annoyance, he shook his head assuring me that it was alright as long as we didn't lose the kid, our precious mission.
So I let the punkass kid slide.
Our first stop was the food court. Heero wanted Subway and I wanted Heero, I mean Subway too. Oops. My bad. Actually, I really do want an order of Heero--raw, save the dressings and toppings cause the only toppings on him would be me. And hold the annoying brats the sometimes get stuck with my favorite dish.
Um...yeah.
Anyway, Heero went to get the sandwiches and he asked me to take Rabbi and get him something he'd like. Warning: excessive use of "Happy Meal", "apple turnover", "fries", and "McFlurry" ahead. If you feel the need to throw up from such repeated turbulance, please notice the paper bags located behind the person's seat in front of you.
"I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry."
"No." I said, "You can have a Happy Meal and a drink. But that's it."
Rabbi glared, "I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry!"
"You heard what I said."
Rabbi stomped his head, "You heard what *I* said, I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry. And I WANT IT NOW!" Rabbi completed his demand with another hard kick to my bruised shin. I made a slightly pained face and held my leg. I could see Heero out of the corner fom my eye oblivious to the terror that harmed me.
"Don't yell at me Rabbi."
"I'll yell if I want. Now give me my food. I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry!!!"
I looked around and saw the people behind us whispering. I know it was probably about how awaful I seem as a "Dad".
Why the hell am I always the fuckin' bad guy?
I glared at Rabbi and he glared back with the same amount of intensity. The cashier shifted her eyes from him to me. "Um, so do you want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry?"
"No!" I said breaking the staring contest with Rabbi.
"Yes! I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry!"
"Rabbi!"
"I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry! I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry! I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry! I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry!!!"
"Problem Rabbi? Duo?" I turned around and Heero was standing next to us. Ah, my delicious savior has returned to me with a tasty sandwich in each heand and the strange ability to have somewhat control over this punkass kid.
"No, I was *trying* to order a Happy Meal and a drink, but Uncle Girly Man attempted otherwise."
"Stop calling me that." was all I said.
The cashier cocked an eyebrow, "I'm sorry, if you're not ready to order, I'll have to ask--"
"Just give him a Happy Meal and drink." Heero said.
"Are you sure?"
Heero glared, "What do you think?"
Rabbi's order came out and the kid devoured it. Shit, he acted like he was starving!
"I'm still hungry." Rabbi said, "Can I get more fries?"
Heero agreed and took Rabbi to the counter.
"Can I get an apple turnover?"
"Okay."
"And a McFlurry?"
I rolled my eyes as Rabbi got everything he wated. Rabbi turned towards me and stuck his tongue out and pulled his eyelid down. I only glared at him. Punkass kid, Rachael would never do something like that to us. I can't wait till she gets here.
"Thank you Uncle Heero!" Rabbi said sweetly.
"You're welcome, Rabbi." Heero replied.
Rabbi smiled innocently at him, "Uncle Heero, you're too cool."
Can you believe that he just called Heero by his given name? I think he's playing some sick game. I don't know why he called Heero...um, Heero, but I'm guessing that he's trying to get on Heero's good side by showing him some respect.
Rabbi sat back down at the table and stared at me the whole time.
"What?" I asked. Never receiving a reply, I muttered "brat" under my breath. I think he heard me cause right after I said it, he kicked me in the right shin...again!
"C'mon Uncle Heero, let's go to the toy store!" Rabbi said when he finished eating and leaving a huge ketchup stain on his shirt. Heero of course responded positively as Rabbi dragged him through the mall.
I don't know if he realized it, but he left me behind.
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We arrived at KB toys and Rabbi went off the wall in there. He ounced around searching for toys while tearing down strategically placed displays of toys. Heero and I sighed as we stood just inside the entrance.
"Ew! Look at these pink Barbies!" Rabbi pushed all the dolls off the shelf just using his arm as he raced down the isle. He punched all the stuffed animals--big or small. Heero and I didn't want to bother him.
"Let's leave him."
"Duo!"
"What?"
I swear we would of if not for the 'full responsibility' shit.
"I'll get him." Heero said then caught Rabbi's arm, "Stop it."
"Stop what Uncle Heero?"
"Running around lik an uncivilized barbarian."
"Okay." Rabbi replied then walked around calmly.
Heero and I instantly entered a state of confusion. What the hell? What was he doing? He disappeared but soon reappeared with a tower-high stack of toys.
"Uncle Heero! Can I get these?"
"You can get one."
"Two!"
Heero held up his index finger.
"Fine." Rabbi dropped the stack of toys and picked up the most expensive, largest, and heavist. It was a 'my size Gundam' Epyon action figure model T7654321.05B4 complete with shooting missles, plastic plama sword, , no assembly required, action pack long lasting battery. Fifteen pounds of fun for the whole family.
Guess who had to carry it.
Me.
Fifteen pounds isn't much, but the vast size of a 3.5' box limits one's mobility. Damn Matel! Damn KB Toys! Damn the Gundams! And while I'm at it, damn the pilots and their fuckin' nephews!
Whoa Duo, take a breath.
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The three of us walked down the main isle of the mall. In the center was a huge wishing fountain. Rabbi wanted to stop and make a wish. I supplied Rabbi, Heero and myself a coin to toss in and wish upon. Heero threw his is followed by mine. I would tell you what I wished for, but if I did, it wouldn't come true.
Rabbi closed his eyes toseed his coin in. He opened his eyes and gasped, "Oh no! That's not what I wanted to wish for!" he said. Before we could say anything, Rabbi reached over the edge and grabbed a handful of wet coins, "There, now I can wish all I want!"
"Rabbi, put those back." I said.
"Wish one--"
"Hey, you can't do dat." a small girl Rabbi's age watching him said, "Dat's bad."
"What are you gonna do about it?"
"I'm gonna teww my mommy."
"Whatever. Where's your mommy?" Rabbi asked.
The girl pointed to a women sitting quietly on the edge of the fountain reading a book, "Put dem back pwease."
Rabbi rolled his eyes, "I don't think so. Wish one, banish this girl from the face of the world."
"You put dose back now! Dere oder peopwe's wishes. You can't take dem!" the little girl tried to grab Rabbi's hand. Rabbi dodged him.
"They're mine now!"
"No they're not!" the little girl said, she succeeded in grabbing his hand this time and they began to wrestle. Being a boy and a bit stronger, Rabbi unfortunately won and pushed the little girl into the fountain water.
"Aaiieee!" the girl cried. She emerged from the water and began to cry loudly. She started to heave and screamed, "Mommy!!"
Her mother let out a cry of shock, "Tanya!" she pulled her daughter out of the water. "What happened, dear?"
The crying girl wiped her eyes and sniffled, "Dat mean boy twied to steaw evweone's wishes and pushed me in da wader!"
The mother wrapped her child in her coat, "It's alright sweetie, don't cry anymore, it's okay." the lady looked around, "Who is the father of this child."
Good thing we're not the fathers.
The lady grabbed Rabbi's ear and twisted it, "Where are your parents?"
"Ow!" Rabbi reacted.
"Where are your parents? Who is responsible for you???"
I turned to Heero who seemed to be disappointed in Rabbi's behavior. To Heero, Rabbi had been relatively good today and it was like a card house falling over after being built for hours. "I say we leave him now."
Heero frowned, stood up to the lady and a large crowd of onlookers whispered, "I'm responsible for him."
I sighed. Damn Heero's courage! Damn my guilty conscious! I walked up beside Heero, "Me too."
The mother began to fume, "Can't you control this holligian??? What's the matter with you??? Why did you allow him to do that to my child? Didn't you teach him any manners? If I weren't such a nice lady, I would press charges! You are horrible, I mean horrible fathers!" she stoved Rabbi over to us and Rabbi ran to Heero. Heero held him against his body and bowed his head in shame.
"You should apologize to her Rabbi." Heero said. Rabbi told the girl he was sorry while Heero and I begged for forgiveness from the girl's mother.
It's one thing when you begin to think that you'd be a bad father, but it's another when someone else tells you.
It's one of the worst feelings you could have.
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Our last stop was Sears. I know we only visited three stores, but I'm getting to the reason why. Heero wanted to look at the appliances since our washing machine showed signs of failure. As we enterd the store, the maniquins next to the make-up and clothing caught Rabbi's eye. I saw the mischievous grin I often grinned on the kid's face. Surprisingly, he didn't run to them and mess with them. Instead, he walked hand-in-hand with my Heero to the appliances. Heero called me over and asked for my opinion on many of the machines. I simply told him the ones I liked and didn't like. Heero and I tried to fix it, but we couldn't figure out what the problem was. We sought assistance and didn't even realize that Rabbi had vanished.
"Rabbi, which one looks bett--" Heero looked around, "Rabbi?"
"You lost the mission?"
Heero glared, but soon became worried, "Rabbi?"
I remembered the maniquins and the look Rabbi gave to them. I grabbed Heero's hand and pulled him to the entrance of the store. The sight was not surprising. We saw Rabbi coloring the maniquins with the display make-up. One maniquin had razor sharp teeth drawn by lipstick, another with a witch nose, another looking like an upside down face.
"Rabbi!" Heero called, "What the hell are you doing???"
I grabbed Rabbi and Heero put the make-up back where it belonged. Heero had a napkin handy on him and made Rabbi clean the substance off the models. A security guard was guided toward us by an onlooker from the earlier scenario.
"There's the boy vandalizing the maniquins. He was also the boy who pushed the girl in the fountain."
"Thank you ma'am." said the security guard, "Excuse me, this isn't for coloring young man."
Rabbi smiled, "Of course it is, why else would they leave their faces blank if they weren't."
"No, no they're not."
"Yeah huh! Hey, do you know karate?" Rabbi asked, "I know alittle. Let me show you. Hiya!" Rabbi shouted weakly karate chopping the guard's arm. The security guard cocked an eyebrow. "Hiya! Hiya! Hiya!"
"Ookkaay, Rabbi, that's enough." I said, "We're terribly sorry." I replied apologetically.
The guard shook his head, "I'm sorry, but due to prior complaints, I'm going to have to ask you to leave the mall."
"What?" I asked. Heero touched my shoulder urging me not to argue. "Alright." I agreed. Heero held Rabbi's hand as we left the mall. The security guard watched us until we were out of the mall before returning to whatever he was doing.
That was the suckiest trip to the mall ever.
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When we got home, Heero and I flopped down on the couch. We sighed and closed our eyes.
Rabbi sat next to Heero on the couch, "So, what now?"
Heero and I looked at Rabbi with disgust, "Nothin' now." I said.
"We rest." Heero said.
I sniffed the air and noticed a foul odor. "What's that smell?" I asked.
"I took a shower this morning." Heero said. Damn, I missed it.
Heero and I again looked at Rabbi with disgust.
"What?" he said.
"When was the last time you took a shower?" Heero asked.
Rabbi shrugged.
"Go get a clean set of clothes, and go to the bathroom. I'll be there in a minute." Heero instructed.
"But I don't wanna." Rabbi replied.
"Rabbi, please." Heero said. Rabbi groaned and hopped of the couch to his room.
Heero turned to me, "Duo, didn't you give him a bath last night?"
I shifted my eyes around, "Are you talkin' to me?"
"Duo! You didn't give him a shower?" Heero asked surprised.
I sank into the couch cushions, "Well, I was tired and wet."
Heero rolled his eyes, "Baka."
I sighed and rose from the couch, "Okay, I'll give Rabbi a bath."
"I'll get dinner started." Heero planned then thanked me, "Arigato."
"Yeah, yeah." I said waving a hand casually as I started down the hall.
"I love you Baka."
"Love you too Hee-chan."
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"What??? I don't want you to give me a bath! You'll see me naked!" shouted Rabbi covering himself with a towel and holding many bath toys including an Epyon rubber Gundam.
I mockingly mimiced the whiny kid, "Nahnahnahnahna. Just get in the tub."
Rabbi shook his head, "You'll try to drown me."
I drew in a deep breath, "Get in the tub now."
"No way!"
"Get in now before I *put* you in." I threatened. Rabbi still didn't move. I picked up the kid and dropped him in the tub.
"Ahh!" Rabbi yelled, "It's too hot!!!"
Rabbi jumped out of the tub and covered himself up, "Don't look!!!"
"I wasn't." I turned on the cold water to try and even out the warmth. Rabbi got back into the tub and screamed.
"It's too cold!!!"
"Well then you fix it." I said.
Rabbi filled the water to the brim and jumped in splashing me and flooding the bathroom. "Ahh, perfect!"
"Rabbi!"
"What? You said to do it myself!"
I glared and grabbed the body gel and little puff. I rubbed Rabbi's back, legs, arms, and neck. He did the rest. After about thirty minutes in the tub (Rabbi didn't want to get out), he began to thrash around wildly.
"Oh no! A tsunami has hit Epyon!" Rabbi said, "No Epyon! Don't go down there! It's dangerous!" He flapped his arms creating huge waves that went over the edge of the tub. He looked at me. "Enemy target locked on." he said. I was washing his hair when he said that. He submerged his arms under water and sprung them up soaking my head to toe. I gave him the evil eye, but I don't know if he could see it since my bangs were plastered to my head. Whe I moved my bangs from my eyes, I accidently made contact with my eyes. My eyes began to burn and water when the shampoo reached them. I squinched my eyes shut and rinse my hands free of shampoo and rubbed my eyes. I have no idea why I did that cause it only made it worse. Now, I was blind.
"Hahahahaha! Uncle Girly Man got soap in his eyes!!!" Rabbi shouted, "Aw, I think he's crying!!!"
"I am NOT crying!" I said rubbing my eyes even more. "Holy crap, this hurts..."
Only one thing left to do.
"Heero!" I cried, "Heero!"
Next thing I knew, Heero ran into the bathroom, "What the hell?" he said as he stepped into ankle deep water.
"Duo, you look like a drowned rat."
"I *feel* like a drowned rat." I said, "Only...with soap in my eyes. Do rats ever get shampoo in their eyes?"
"Baka." Heero chuckled. He approached my and led me to the sink. He helped me rinse out my eyes. Thank Shinigami for this wonderful soul. Heero rubbed my arm as I regained sight. "Are you alright now?"
I nodded my head.
"Okay, why don't you change and set the table since dinner's ready. I'll finish up here."
I nodded again all red-eyed and went to change my clothes. Then we ate dinner together which was the highlight of my day. Absolutely fantastic! It almost made me forget all my worries...almost.
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Heero sent me to send Rabbi to bed. This is when my dinner was ruined and I didn't forget my worries.
I tucked Rabbi into bad and turned out the lights.
"Aren't you going to read me a bedtime story?" Rabbi asked as I started to close the door.
"Oh, I didn't know you wanted one."
"Well, I do."
"Okay, we'll get you one tomorrow from the library then."
"No, I want one now and if you can't read me one, I'll make one up.
I turned on the light, "Sure, go ahead."
"There once was a guy who got jacked by this kid and the kid made the guy mad and the guy was mean and didn't have his thing that jacked..."
Ah crap, my ring.
"Sorry to interupt kid, but where is my ring?"
Rabbi stuck out his tongue and covered his head.
I cocked an eyebrow.
"Good night kid." I said.
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I pulled off my clothes till I was down to my boxers. Heero was already in bed. I slid in next to him and sighed. Heero rested his head on my collar bone. I was in one of my ultimate comfort positions. I was so tired. As soon as my head hit the pillow, I was on my way to unconsciousness. Heero lifted his head and started to kiss me. I grinned and kissed him back. Heero rubbed my chest and played with my feet with his. One of Heero's hands wondered into my personal territory. It felt good.
I wanted to do it. I wanted to take him. I wanted him so fuckin' bad!
But I was so extremely tired.
"Duo?" Heero asked when after a few minutes I hadn't attacked him.
"Hm...?" I replied trying to keep from drifting off to sleep.
"Tired?"
"No." I yawned and my eyes shut. I tried to open them, but they wouldn't lift their lids off my eyes. Heero kissed my cheek and caressed my chest with his fingertips. I smiled a little and moan quietly. My head was becoming clouded with darkness and my body became limp. I could barely comprehend what he was saying to me.
"Duo, what were you going to ask me earlier on the couch?" Heero asked.
"Nnnhhhnabnnn..." I replied. I was completely unfocused.
I should have asked him then.
Too bad I feel asleep.
Well, another day down. Only five more days to go. This week has definitely not been the best one in my entire life. Good thing is Rachael is coming over tomorrow. I can't wait. Maybe she can help us control this punkass kid and get my ring back.
In a way, I'm glad that I didn't get to ask Heero today. I know that sounds weird, but I want the day I ask him to be perfect. I want to capture the moment like our first kiss. I just didn't want it to not be such a big deal. Asking Heero means alot to me. I want it to be special.
I just want everything to be perfect.
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TBC
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Okay, I know that was long and slow. I hope you didn't think it was too boring. Not much to say here. As you know, Rachael will be returning in the next part for all the people that miss her--including me ^_^. I know this fic might seem pointless now, but the plot will thicken. Things will get a little twisted. I hope you enjoyed this. ^_^
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Many thanks to:
Sugar Goose: Whoa, long time no see! I remember you were one of the first peoples that encouraged me to write FKD. How am I doing? I'm doing great! I just came back from Six Flags and my boyfriend won me this really cool dolphin. Then I kicked his ass in air hockey. Haha. Yeah. So, how have you been? Hm...I see you haven't updated much. ^_^, what have you been up too?
Kitty Kat: I'll be sure to update, my page however, I just don't know if I can keep up with it though -_-. Thanks for the inspiration!
Shin-chan: Hey, when me and my bro were about his age, put together we acted like Rabbi...without the yelling and disrespectful, just mischievous ^_^. I think my dad was worse though. He bit my aunts toe one time for an apple, haha. Arigato, I'll be sure to see you in the next part, no?
Ashly: I changed the buttons on my page, turns out I uploaded it wrong...somehow. I tend to screw the easy stuff up ^_^. Ya know, I know alot of people whose name is Ashley, but they don't spell it like yours, I think that's cool. If that's your real name (and I'm assuming it is, but if it's not, spare me the embarassment), has anyone said "actually" and you responded to them? They kinda sound alike.
ozzypoos-chan: Hey! What's up? Lol, I really like your way of thinking. Ya know, about the story ending sooner if not for that "punkass kid". Oh, don't forget to tell me when you update, okay? Wouldn't want to miss it. And I haven't finished posting your stories, but I'll get on to is asap. Ja~!
Yira Heeroai: Waah...what does your name mean? It's so...pretty. Quatre teach Rabbi to steal? I don't think so. But there is an answer to that question, unfortunately, it will be answered in the next part. As for Heero's snake phobia? That has something to do with experience and I'll also get to that in a later chapter. I'm glad you asked the question and I hope I answered it enough to keep you satisfied until the truth is revealed. I just don't want to ruin the ending for you ^_^.
Hakumei: Aw, poor Hakumei-chan. I hope you get some rest, especially since you read this. I think Rabbi is every parents nightmare all rolled into one adorable yet hideous package. My bro and I were kinda like him too, but not as bad. Oh, I'm trying to get some of your work posted soon. Would you like me to inform you when I have?
doesn't matter, does it?: Yes, yes it does matter. Cause one, *sobs* you have no sense of identity, and two it's alittle more complicated to write out. Well, I'm just glad that you've been enjoying this. Btw, who were you previously?
violet_eyes: Heero's phobia has a reason, but I guess it's also a trait too since I use it all the time. I don't know, well, I do. I'll have the reason why toward the end of the story. Hope you can hold on that long. ^_^ I'll update sooner so you don't have to wait so long. Arigato!
Starlit Hope: Hm...the I guess I won't put the translations. I found some heavy-duty-oh-my-shinigami-what-did-you-say phrases that are outrageous. I'll work them in when Heero gets really pissed, ne?
Ookami Kage: I see you changed it, good for you ^_^. I'm asian too, so that's how I knew cause at school all the smart ones have this "azn pride" goin' on. It's cool. I don't really go over the top and write it all over my book cover or backpack or anything though--but I have nothing against that either. Have you heard that song "got rice" by the group azn pride? It's hilarious. I was laughing for like...until now. Heehee. I don't mind that you feel like strangling him (don't worry, you're not the only one ^_~), but you might have a change of heart later ^_^
Arigato minna-san! Hope to see you again on "Tuesday"!
Warnings: Yaoi 2x1, 3+4; Mild language, OOC, romance, fluff, sap, intended comedy, later on Relena-bashing.
Notes: Okay, I know that I've been gone for a long time, you might have even thought that I disappeared. Sorry about that. I'm still dealing with some personal stuff. Before you read this, I strongly suggest that you read "First Kiss Delayed" first, otherwise this fic won't make any sense caused this is the sequel and you'll think I'm insane or something. Please excuse my mechanial and grammatical erroz. I have terrible spelling. Also, this first part is really long, so please bare with me. Maybe you'll like it if you stick until the end. Again...
***PLEASE READ "FIRST KISS DELAYED" BEFORE THE SEQUEL "PROPOSAL SUSPENDED!!!***
Anyway, if you have read that already, by all means, go right on ahead. I guess I should stop talking. I'm just really nervous cause it's been awhile. Hope you can make it to the bottom or at least to the thanks yous. Well, Enjoy!
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Proposal Suspended
Part Three: Shinigami's Match
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Ahh, a new beginning of another Monday morning. When I say new, I meant early new. I was sleeping peacefully with Heero in my arms. His soft breathing warmed my naked chest and his hair tickled my chin. i smiled. If there was an award for "Most Beautiful Face", I swear in the name of Shinigami that he would have won it--no competition on that one.
It's like everyday I look down and see an angel by my side helping me through the tough reality of life. If it weren't for him, things would be alot different and different as in not in a good way. For starters, I would still be plagued with haunting nightmares that I haven't had in over three years. Don't tell me that moving in with Heero had nothing to do with that. Also, who would make me a healthy and nutrious breakfastto help me start my day?
No one. I would still be living off og stale Folgers, not that it's a *terribly* horrible thing, but Heero is just much more better.
I love him.
THUMP
What the hell? I thought. I just heard a noise coming from the other side of the house which is where Rabbi's located. He better not be doing anything stupid..like playing the drums at 6 in the morning. That was just ridiculous.
Anyway, curiousity got the better of me and I wanted to know what that sound was. I gently released Heero and slid out of bed to my dislike. Heero must have felt the same way since he glared in his sleep and groaned.
"Shh...I'll be right back, go to sleep." I replied to his groan then walked to the other side of the house.
I opened the door to Rabbi's room and half expected the kid to be playing with some of his toys, but to my surprise, he wasn't. Instead, I found him sprawled on the floor. I couldn't help but grin at the funny sight. I remember when I was about his age, I used to fall out of my bed. Th only differencewas when I fell out, I fell on concrete. At least here Rabbi has carpet. Then again when you roll off the bed, it doesn't really matter, I guess. I'm sure Heero got to sleep on spikes.
I approached Rabbi and gathered his little body from the ground into my arms. He was much lighter than Heero (duh, he's a kid), but I guess I just wasn't used to it. I guess I thought that if I dropped him, he'd break. It wasn't until then did I realize how much smaller Rabbi was compared to Heero and me. It wasn't until then did I realize that he was not just a kid, but in fact a child. I know it must sound dumb, but have you ever had that feeling where you *know* something, but you don't *realize* it? Reminds me of the Maxwell Church in a way. I knew it was gone with all my friends, but I didn't realize it until I was much older.
I lay Rabbi down onto his bed and covered him with his blanket. I crouched down to his eye level and my grin turned into a lopsided smile as I watched him adjust to his position.
He looks so innocent, he's really rather adorable with his messy light brown hair and tininess...like a puppy. He kinda resembles Heero with that hair. I brushed his hair out of the way of his closed eyes just to feel his soft hair and wiped away a trial of drool that slid down his baby face. He's really cute. I mean it's not like he's one of those kids where they turn around and you go "ugh". Nah, Rabbi has a very comely face.
It's weird how such a terror could look so sweet. Heero's like that too if I haven't already mentioned it.
"Punkass kid." I said with good humor. Unconsciously, I kissed his fine hair. I don't know why. Maybe it was because I thought for a second I was looking at Heero in a kid form. One thing's for sure, Rabbi definitely has the same nose as Quatre.
Imagine, he's only cute and adorable when he's recharging to be a pain in the ass.
Ironic? No!
I exited that room with that thought and went back to bed with Heero.
"Mmabaah..." he muttered silently in a cold sweat.
Uh-oh, that's not a good sign.
I pulled him into my embrace. for a moment, Heero thrashed around a bit then calmed himself. I thought it was over, but he thrashed around again. I had no choice but to wake him up.
I shook his shoulders, "Heero."
Heero's eyes shot open, "Snake...!" he hissed as if he had seen one jump out at him. His eyes focused on me, "Duo..." he wrapped his arms around my neck. "I hate snakes." he said.
"I know." I said rubbing his back, "It's gover, let's go back to sleep."
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I woke up again from light coming from the window and the sizzling sound and smell from the kitchen. I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth then then threw on a white oxford button up shirt and a pair of tan slacks. I figured that I'd be running around and chasing Rabbi so I wanted to dress comfortably. After I was dressed, I strolled into the kitchenette and kissed the lovely cook.
"Mornin' Hee-chan." I greeted and sat at the table.
"Hn." Heero returned, "I brought the paper in for you."
"So I see." I said noticing the paper in the seat next to me. I pulled the recycled paper out of the plastic sleeve and began to read the headlines.
By the way, did you know that each one of those papers is hand folded and stuffed during the very hours Rabbi falls out of bed? One by one...man I would hate to do that, but it's amazing!
Anyway!
"Vice Foreign Minister Darlin's Arrival," I read aloud to Heero. A color picture covered the front page showing Relena in a pink business suit with dark sunglasses and a wide sunhat. She was emerging from her limo when the press caught her perring over her sunglasses. She looks the same as she did five years ago. I know I'm not the one to say, but she's still flat-chested as hell!
"Where's Rabbi?" I asked apalled by Relena's body structure. Before Heero, she's the only girl I've never been attracted to physically or mentally. She must be some type of alien. A man can sense these weird things about women when they're not overcome by hormones.
Heero flipped a pancake, "Still sleeping I think."
I continued reading the paper and came across an article, "Preventer Agents Caught!" I read. I looked at the picture and saw Sally and Wufei in the park with a very surprised look on their faces. Wufei had a smudge of lipstick on his cheek and a ruffled neck tie. Sally's lipstick was smeared and I laughed loudly.
"Nani?"
"Look at this Heero."
Heero turned and smirked at the photo, "Breakfast's almost ready. Duo?"
"Hm?" I replied thumbing through the morning paper.
"Have you seen Rabbi's medicine? Maybe he's been acting up so much because we haven't given any to him."
I shook my head, "Yeah, that's what I thought at first, but then how could he act like such a nice kid when his mom's here then act like a little munchkin as soon as she turns her back? Unless of course you're suggesting he has an 'act up' on and off switch that he can control whenever he pleases."
"I guess you're right."
BEEPBEEP
"I'll get it." I said picking up the vidphone, "Moshi moshi?"
"Maxwell, it's Une. How are things going?"
I covered my eyes, "Oh, don't ask!"
"Having minor complications?" Une questioned.
"Try the pain-in-the-ass complication."
Une smirked, "Well, I was told he's a handful."
"No doubt."
Une cleared her throat, "Alright Maxwell, Rachael will arrive tomorrow evening. Can you get to the shuttle station at five?"
"Sure." I said estatically, "Of course."
"Good. You know how it goes. I'll contact you later about your positions and such at the conference. Out."
"Ja." I said then hung up the phone.
I grabbed Heero and swung him around, "Rachael's coming tomorrow!" I rejoiced.
Heero smiled, "I heard."
I cupped Heero face and kissed him passionately, "Our problems are gonna be solved, one more fuckin' day then everything will be great!"
"I'm hungry..." Heero and I turned to the new source of voice, dino-cladded kid. "What do you got to eat?" Rabbi asked rubbing his eyes and yawning.
"We have fried toads and lizard guts filet just to your taste."
"Duo!" Heero glared, "Here." Heero slid a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch to Rabbi.
"WHOA!" Rabbi grabbed a spoon and pigged out.
"Since do we have sugar coated cereal?" I asked Heero.
"Since I bought it this morning while you were sleeping." Heero answered setting a plate down for me and him.
"Arigato." I said, "Well, what should we do today?"'
"Reptile farm!"
Heero frowned, "We went there yesterday."
"Um...what about the uh...mall?" I suggested. Rabbi unwillingly agreed after Heero convinced him. I do *NOT* want to go into detail with the knife and all.
"All done!" Rabbi shouted as he slurped every morsol of his sugary breakfast. He had a milk mustache and Heero wiped it away with a napkin.
"Good. Why don't you get dressed and we'll head out at eleven." I told Rabbi. It was only eight and I wanted a little time with Heero.
"Okay." Rabbi replied without hesistation which was really weird. We heard the door to his room shut and began to converse.
"Hm...he's kinda...-"
"Behaving?" Heero completed while washing the dishes.
"Yeah." I listened for an suspicious sounds, but none were heard.
Heero turned off the sink and rummaged through the kitchen drawers. I rose from my seat and spooned with him while standing. I wrapped my arms around his waist and rest my head on his neck. I breathed in his sweet scent that made my senses tingle with pleasure. The way he smells never gets old. I wish they had a Heero air freshner that if I ever wanted Heero's scent, it was captured in a bottle accessable whenever I craved.
"Mm...Whatcha doin' Hee-chan?" I asked.
"Trying to find Rabbi's medicine." Heero replied, "I knew I put it here somewhere..."
"Do you have any ice cream?" I randomly wondered to myself out loud.
Heero assumed I was speaking to him and replied, "You want ice cream this early in the mornnig? No." Heero said sternly, but despite that, I opened the freezer. "Duo! You can't eat ice cream now."
"Watch me." I replied sticking out my tongue..
"Duo..." Heero said in his warning voice as if I were some disobedient kid like Rabbi.
I sighed, "Okay, okay...I won't eat any...I'll just look at it."
Heero rolled his eyes, "Baka."
I chuckled. I used to hate it when he called me that, but now it's just well...funny. Shut up baka, stop it baka, more baka, harder baka, pantpant fuck me baka. Pretend like I didn't just say that last one. Eh, you get used to it.
As soon as I opened the freezer I saw a strange air tight bag surrounding something gray about the size of a deck of cards. It was hard to tell what it was since it was frosted with a light freezer glaze. It kinda looked like those fish scallops only in a different figure. I slowly pulled it out and another was under it, and another...and another!
"What the hell?" I held the frozen package by my fingertips.
Heero raised his head and made the funniest face of disgust I had ever seen. "I thought you wanted ice cream." he commented.
I stared at it for awhilke longer and noticed it had claws, and...a tail, and...
"Fuck! It's a rat!" I dropped the deceased frozen mammal and it hit the floor. "Nah Heero, when the hell did you decide to stock up on rodents???" I asked utterly confused. I'm sure you would too if you found out that you had frozen rats in your freezer and didn't know how they got there. I pointed to the now thawing package on the floor, "Y-you didn't intend to poison me with that thing, did you?"
"No!" Heero glared. He's so cute when he does that.
"Didn't think so." I heard soft giggling coming from the hall ways where--
"Rabbi." Heero and I said in unison. We both stormed over to the hall and saw Rabbi squatting in the corner of the hall trying to contain his laughter. I pulled the kid up.
"Hey!" Rabbi shouted in surprise, "Let me go!"
"So Rabbi, what's with the damn frozen rats?" I asked.
"You could have at least let us know you were going to put them in there." Heero pointed out not really mad, just surprised.
Rabbi broke out hysterically, "Tell you and miss the looks on your faces? You should have seen them! You guys looked like some stupid dumbasses!!!"
Did you hear that??? He called us dumbasses!
A fuckin' six year old just called us dumbasses!
HAHAHAHAHAHA! That's funny, at least to me. Heero on the other hand...
Heero glared deeply, "That's it Rabbi." Heeor left but soon returned with a large encyclopedia, "Since you enjoy sitting in corners anyway," Heero handed Rabbi the monsterous book, "you can hold this above your head while you're at it. And don't put it down until we say so."
"What? You can't do this! I want my lawyer! This is insane. I didn't even do anything! You have no right to do this to me. Especially to a little boy! Child abuse! Child abuse!" Rabbi whined and whined...and whined.
"First of all, it's not child abuse. Second, we do have the right for we are held completely responsible for you. Third, you need to learn some damn respect for your elders which you haven't been doing for the passed days. Where the hell are your manners? This is for cussing and disrespecting us." Heero explained heatly. Rabbi stuck out his lower lip. "Hold it over your head."
Rabbi raised the book so that it rested upon his head.
"Higher." Heero ordered.
"That's as high as it goes!"
Heero knelt down to Rabbi's eye level, "I said, 'higher'..."
Rabbi held the book further up until his arms were fully extended and soon his thin arms began to shake.
Heero stood up and folded his arms, "Don't you dare bring that book down and keep quiet until I say so, got it?"
Rabbi nodded obediently.
Heero grabbed my braid, "C'mon."
"Itai!" I cried out as Heero began to pull me into the livingroom and we sat on the couch. Heero powered the television on and leaned on my shoulder. Every now and then he leaned over the edge of the couch to make sure Rabbi was following his directions.
"Rabbi..." Heero said in his warning voice, I assumed the kid brought the book down.
"Good thinking." I told Heero.
"Hn."
I never thought Heero would actually consider giving the kid a punishment. I guess since Rachael was so well behaved, we didn't have to think about it. That's cool though, the kid deserved it, right. Yeah.
I just wish I had thought of it.
After watching television for a good episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, the vidphone rang.
"I'll get it." I said the went from the livingroom to the kitchenette and answered it, "Hello?"
"Duo, darling, how are you, you hot hot man?"
In case you didn't know, it was Nadia, promiscuous as ever. Her hair was curled in bouncy waves, and her top as low as it could be without being naked. She wore the same blood red lipstick, and had gone crazy with the eyeshadow. Not to mention the cigarette she was smoking made the screen foggy. She was indeed sexy, but the cigarette was a huge turn off.
"I'm fine. You?"
"Fabulous. Quatre brother has shown me the while town and wel...it's alright. It isn't anything like New York or San Francisco. I was expecting far more extravagance, but I suppose if run down hotels is how this town wants to treat their guest..."
Geez, I only asked if she was doing okay. Women.
"Really..." I said to sound interested.
Nadia blew a puff of smoke from her lips, "Listen, you know that bar at the end of Flamingo Blvd. and Toucan St.?"
"Yeah."
"How about you and I go out for a drink?" she licked her lips and leaned in closer so I could get a good look at her breast then touched her neck and led her fingers to her sternum.
"No, that's alright." I refused politely.
Nadia's eyes grew wide, "No? Why's that?" she asked. Apparently she wasn't used to being rejected.
"I'm really sorry, but I have alot of plans this week."
"Very well," she coughed and looked over my shoulder, "tell me, where's Rabbi?"
Heero peered over the couch, "You got lucky. You're free to go." he said and dismissed Rabbi. The little boy ran over to the counter where the vidphone was located.
"Mommy!" Rabbi smiled.
"How's my little pumpkin?" she asked putting out her cigarette.
"I'm fine. We did alot of fun stuff. we went to a basketball game and I saw pretty cheerleaders, and then we were to the reptile farm and Uncle Duo threw his shoe in the gator pit just to make me laugh cause the llama scared me."
I frowned as he twisted his story and didn't tell the complete truth. I don't like liars--you all know that by now.
"After Uncle Duo and Heero went swimming in the pond, we came home and I ate pizza and I went to bed and then I played with my toys in the morning and ate a really good breakfast. It was delicious! Then Uncle Heero fed me my medicine..."
That little bastard! How could he lie so openly to his mother???
"And now we're watching TV."
Rabbi's mother smiled, "Cute. I'm so glad that you're having so much fun. Be good. I'll see you on Wednesday."
"Bye-bye Mommy."
"Chao." Nadia said then clicked off.
Chao? She said 'chao' to her kid? What a weird family. Then again, at least he has one.
Heero called Rabbi over to the couch. Rabbi sat down and looked up innocently as Heero glared. "Rabbi, why did you tell your mom lie after lie? And why did you tell her that you took your medicine when you didn't?"
Rabbi glared back, "Hey, I saved you from alot of grief. If my mom found out that you haven't been giving it to me, you would be a goner."
"Uh-huh, so...where exactly is your medicine now that we're on the subject." I asked.
Rabbi made a hard thinking face and, " I don't know. What did you do with it, Uncle Girly Man?"
"Me? I didn't do anything with it." I claimed, "And would you stop calling me 'Uncle Girly Man'???"
"Didn't Uncle Quaterella give the medicine to you, Uncle Mop Head?"
"Yes." Heero confirmed.
"Aren't you held accountable for my medicine, my actions in public, and in general, my well-being? I know you are since this is simply a mission to watch over me while my mom does whatever she wants. Since you are, you are supposed to give it to me which you didn't--that's your own fault. I was just merely covering up for you two so you didn't get in any trouble." Rabbi folded his arms, "I rest my case." he said then walked off to his room.
Heero and I blinked asounded at how Rabbi had carefully thought everything out yet still left us questioning what he just said.
I turned to Heero, "Um...what just happened?"
"As you would say, we 'got told' by a six year old."
"*THAT* is no ordinary six year old. *THAT* my lovely Heero is a terror from hell."
"Agreed. *I* wasn't even that strange."
"Should we search for his medicine?"
Heero shook his head, "No, there's something strange about his reasoning." Heero faced me, "Do I normally misplace things?"
"No."
"I have a good memory, don't I?"
"Better than the average elephant."
"I thought so. I left his medicine in the top drawer of the counter and it's not there."
"Are you implying that he *stole* it?"
Heero nodded.
The idea was completely plausible. The only part that was unbelievable was how Rabbi was somehow so sneaky. How the hell did he do that anyway with his medicine and my ring?
I'm still mad about that by the way. I'm gonna have to talk to him about that soon.
Heero and I decided to forget about the medicine for awhile. No use looking for it when we know it's not there. What could we do to get his medicine back? Spank him? As much as I'd like to, I couldn't.
"I guess since we have about an hour..." I said, "We can do something else really quick before we leave."
Heero smiled, "What's that?"
"Oh I think you know." I lifted my eyebrows and crawled above him on the couch. I hovered over him and grinned.
Heero embraced my neck, "I don't know Duo..."
"Did I tell you that I love you this morning?"
Heero shook his head, "I don't recall."
"I love you..." I whispered in his ear.
"I love you too."
Our voices became quieter and quieter as our flirting slowly shushed as I captured Heero's soft lips. Mmm...I hadn't had a kiss like that since Rabbi came which was by far too long ago. I lowered myself on top of his warm body and pressed down slightly so he could feel me just for a small teaser. His hands slid under my shirt and up my back. I kissed his neck and made a trail to his collar bone. He was wearing a yellow button up shirt and tight blue jeans. I unbuttoned the top three buttons and kissed down to the his midchest. My hands caressed his hair--not of his head either. Again, he smelled so good. I rose so that we were looked into each others eyes less than inches away. He smiled.
Damn, I love when he smiled. He looks completely different in a good way.
When he frowned, he was cute, but when he smiled, he was beautiful.
I love him.
"AAAhhh!!!"
Heero and I froze. I looked up only to see Rabbi standing in the hallway covering his eyes and shouting. We quickly rose up and Heero crossed his legs tightly. Good thing I was wearing my baggy slacks. Otherwise, he would see something he wouldn't have wanted to.
"I'm blind! I'll never see the light of day again! I'm emotionally scarred! I can't stand to look at you two ever in a million and one years!"
Heero's cheeks turned red.
"You guys are so nasty!" Rabbi shouted then went back to his room.
By then I was too turned off to do anything else. Heero wanted to run an errand before we left so I allowed him to. He probably just wanted to get out of the house from frustration.
I guess this would be a good time to talk to Rabbi. I got up from the potentially erotic couch then went to Rabbi's room. I opened the door and saw Rabbi playing with his toys. They were Gundams: one was Deathscythe Custom and the other Epyon.
"Die pilot 02! You cannot bear the power of darkness. I will overcome your stealth feature and blast you into an oblivion! Mwahahahaha!!!"
He began making explosion noises as he tore off Deathscythe's head and threw it across the room hitting my leg. I stared at the familiar head of a machine that helped my survive through the war. My poor Gundam being destroyed by a kid. Damn toy company.
Rabbi looked up at me, "Can I help you Uncle Girly Man?"
"Where's the ring Rabbi?" I asked bluntly.
Rabbi blinked up innocently at me, "What ring?"
"You know what ring."
Rabbi put his index finger on his lips then patted them, "Oh! *THAT* ring."
"Yes 'that ring'."
Rabbi shrugged, "I have no idea."
"Rabbi, I don't think that you understand. I need that ring."
"For what?"
I glared, "Rabbi, cut the shit. Give me my ring."
"Let me think about that...um...no!" Rabbi said then continued to dissect my precious Deathscythe. He pulled off the hand, then arm.
I approached Rabbi, "Where is it Rabbi?"
"Like I'd tell you! You're just a perverted middle aged thug who has nothing better to do then think he's in love with another boy!" Rabbi exploded, "Why should I give it back to you? You're weird! You're sick in the head! And to think that Uncle Mop Head buys all this crap! Two guys can't be in love and that's that! I know I'm a kid, but I'm not *that* stupid."
"Rabbi, you can say whatever you want, but just giveme the ring. I don't care what you think." I argued back.
Rabbi stuck out his tongue, "Nah! You're never gonna get it back! I won't let you marry Uncle Mop Head." Rabbi threw the body of Deathscythe at me. I caught it, but then he threw Epyon at my head, "Get out!" he said.
"Rabbi, I'm the adult and you're the child in case you don't remember. And I asked you to give me something that belongs to me, therefore as the good kid you are,"
Good kid my ass.
"Just give me that ring."
"Whatcha gonna do? Ask Uncle Mop Head to get back your secret surprise? Oh no, I'm scared. You're both guys. There's no way it could be." Rabbi waved his hand in the air as a dismissal, "Be gone evil demon and I shall spare your pathetic life."
I glared at the young devil. Shinigami will not be subdued to the powers of a six year old.
As I glared, the kid stood up and said, "I'm warning you, you better leave before I get really mad..."
I cocked an eyebrow and Rabbi looked up at me with an angry stare. "Leave." he commanded. I stood my ground. Rabbi's glare deepened, "I said, 'leave'!" he shouted. All of the sudden a sheering pain ran through my entire left shin. The pain burned at first then began to throb. I know this pain. It's the pain when you run into the coffee table in the dark or when you hit the bed post at night. But this was from an evil kid kicking me in my shin. I winced trying hard not to show my pain. Even if it's just a little kid kicking me, that shit hurts like hell.
"Get out!" Rabbi yelled then swung his leg and made contact with my shin...again.
As much as I'd like the strangle him, I chose to be the better person and limped down the hall in utter defeat to the livingroom. I sat my sorry ass on the couch and channel surfed through the TV at mach 5 speed out of frustration. I wasn't even paying attention to it. That little brat! I can't believe he would say something to me like that. He's...ugh! My agonizing anger can't be described by words. I'm so mad I could-I could...well, I could do something *really* bad.
ARGH!!!
That stupid punkass kid!!!
Just think this morning I was doubting my thoughts!
"Duo? Daijoubu?" I heard a sweet voice ask. Before I could turn around, a kiss was placed on my head. All my angry seemed to go down a mental drain just from that one small gesture. A fire building up inside was released from my body as I felt Heero's hand on my shoulder. I rested my hand atop his and sighed. All too soon, Heero's hand was removed from the shoulder, but as fast as it left, the sooner Heero came to sit next to me.
"Duo?"
"I'm fine." I said, "C'mere."
Pulling my Japanese Koibito, I embraced Heero with my arms as kissed the side of his head. I held him tightly to my chest. He must have been confused, but nevertheless hugged me back. He lay his head on my shoulder and I closed my eyes. Maybe I should ask him now. Maybe he wouldn't care if there wasn't a ring. Yeah, why the hell not? He loves me and I love him. It's perfect. Rabbi is tearing apart my Gundam, Heero an I are alone again in a potentially erotic position. The potentially erotic position has nothing to do with what my point is getting at, I just noticed how much hotter the temperature is from him sitting the way he is right above me.
After a moment of just sitting in each others' arms, Heero and I surprisingly both tried to broke the serene silence at the same time.
"Duo--"
"Heer--"
We paused and give a curt chuckle.
"Go ahead." I said to Duo.
Heero nodded, "I picked up some ice cream for you. It's in the freezer. And I ran to the post office to pay this month's bills."
Aw, he's so responsible.
"They were due yesterday."
Spoke too soon.
"What were you going to say?" Heero asked curiously.
"Um, well, it's kinda really important," I started feeling butterflies fill my stomach, "And there's really no perfect way to say this, but um...I..."
Heero looked at me with expecting eyes that edged me to complete my sentence.
A bead of sweat rolled down the side of my face from nervousness. Nervous? Why the hell am I neverous? Around Heero of all people. By now I should be really open and just pop the damn holy question. I mean, I'm sure he'll say yes and we'll live in this paradise forever, right? Of course! How could I doubt it. I'm not even sure why I'm talkin' to myself like this. Why am I even wasting time being nervous? It's ridiculous. Seriously, I've told Heero all my personal thoughts and opinions and people I've known and secretive shit that would have driven me crazy if I had not told someone I was really close with. C'mon, this is Heero, my boyfriend, my lover, my everything, my beautiful angel. Yeah. I should nail this in the ass and call it a day. My mission would be accomplished and--
OMPS, I'm babbling in my thoughts about something that shouldn't be waiting because of my mental babbling from nervousness.
What the hell am I doing???
I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing emerged. It was like some evil being stole my voice from me like the in "The Little Mermaid". Only...different.
"Duo?" Heero asked. He saw my mouth open and noticed how nothing came out. He looked inside, "Duo, you don't look sick to me."
I shook my head, "No, that's not it. Heero, I have to ask you something very important."
"Alright."
GET ON WITH IT!!! I shouted to myself.
Okay, here it goes.
I looked into Heero's cobalt blue eyes and he devoted all his attention to me. We were frozen in the moment. I almost forgot what I was doing. Anyway, I took his hand in mine and kissed it gently.
"Heero Yuy, I love you."
"I love you too."
"I know and um..will you--"
"UNCLE MOP HEAD!!!"
Heero turned his head away from me and all the direction that was going to go into my proposal went to the little brat standing in the hallway. Rabbi smiled widely and shouted, "Uncle Mop Head, look what I made! C'mon, it's in my room."
"Just a second, Duo." Heero said leaving my *hanging* in the middle of a life changing question. I glared at Rabbi as Heero rose to go to Rabbi's room. Once Heero's back was turned to me, Rabbi stuck out his tongue and pulled down his lower eyelid.
That is SO uncool.
~!~!~!~
At 12 noon we arrived at the mall. You didn't miss anything when Rabbi stole my beloved away from me cause all he fuckin' showed him was how he rearranged the damn Gundams' heads with each other. Anyway, when we arrived at the mall, we parked and headed for the entrance to the food court. Rabbi started to wonder off, but before he could, Heero grasp his wrist with his free hand for the right hand was linked with mine.
"Where are you going? You either stay with us or I drag you the whole way." Heero stated. Rabbi groaned in defeat. He pulled his wrist from Heero's grip and got right inbetween us. I cocked an eye brow, what the hell was he gonna do? Well, to my surprise, he ripped our hands apart and held Heero's right hand. I glared, I admit, I was angry, but when Heero saw my eyebows twitch with great annoyance, he shook his head assuring me that it was alright as long as we didn't lose the kid, our precious mission.
So I let the punkass kid slide.
Our first stop was the food court. Heero wanted Subway and I wanted Heero, I mean Subway too. Oops. My bad. Actually, I really do want an order of Heero--raw, save the dressings and toppings cause the only toppings on him would be me. And hold the annoying brats the sometimes get stuck with my favorite dish.
Um...yeah.
Anyway, Heero went to get the sandwiches and he asked me to take Rabbi and get him something he'd like. Warning: excessive use of "Happy Meal", "apple turnover", "fries", and "McFlurry" ahead. If you feel the need to throw up from such repeated turbulance, please notice the paper bags located behind the person's seat in front of you.
"I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry."
"No." I said, "You can have a Happy Meal and a drink. But that's it."
Rabbi glared, "I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry!"
"You heard what I said."
Rabbi stomped his head, "You heard what *I* said, I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry. And I WANT IT NOW!" Rabbi completed his demand with another hard kick to my bruised shin. I made a slightly pained face and held my leg. I could see Heero out of the corner fom my eye oblivious to the terror that harmed me.
"Don't yell at me Rabbi."
"I'll yell if I want. Now give me my food. I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry!!!"
I looked around and saw the people behind us whispering. I know it was probably about how awaful I seem as a "Dad".
Why the hell am I always the fuckin' bad guy?
I glared at Rabbi and he glared back with the same amount of intensity. The cashier shifted her eyes from him to me. "Um, so do you want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry?"
"No!" I said breaking the staring contest with Rabbi.
"Yes! I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry!"
"Rabbi!"
"I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry! I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry! I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry! I want a Happy Meal, two fries, an apple turnover, and a McFlurry!!!"
"Problem Rabbi? Duo?" I turned around and Heero was standing next to us. Ah, my delicious savior has returned to me with a tasty sandwich in each heand and the strange ability to have somewhat control over this punkass kid.
"No, I was *trying* to order a Happy Meal and a drink, but Uncle Girly Man attempted otherwise."
"Stop calling me that." was all I said.
The cashier cocked an eyebrow, "I'm sorry, if you're not ready to order, I'll have to ask--"
"Just give him a Happy Meal and drink." Heero said.
"Are you sure?"
Heero glared, "What do you think?"
Rabbi's order came out and the kid devoured it. Shit, he acted like he was starving!
"I'm still hungry." Rabbi said, "Can I get more fries?"
Heero agreed and took Rabbi to the counter.
"Can I get an apple turnover?"
"Okay."
"And a McFlurry?"
I rolled my eyes as Rabbi got everything he wated. Rabbi turned towards me and stuck his tongue out and pulled his eyelid down. I only glared at him. Punkass kid, Rachael would never do something like that to us. I can't wait till she gets here.
"Thank you Uncle Heero!" Rabbi said sweetly.
"You're welcome, Rabbi." Heero replied.
Rabbi smiled innocently at him, "Uncle Heero, you're too cool."
Can you believe that he just called Heero by his given name? I think he's playing some sick game. I don't know why he called Heero...um, Heero, but I'm guessing that he's trying to get on Heero's good side by showing him some respect.
Rabbi sat back down at the table and stared at me the whole time.
"What?" I asked. Never receiving a reply, I muttered "brat" under my breath. I think he heard me cause right after I said it, he kicked me in the right shin...again!
"C'mon Uncle Heero, let's go to the toy store!" Rabbi said when he finished eating and leaving a huge ketchup stain on his shirt. Heero of course responded positively as Rabbi dragged him through the mall.
I don't know if he realized it, but he left me behind.
~!~!~!~
We arrived at KB toys and Rabbi went off the wall in there. He ounced around searching for toys while tearing down strategically placed displays of toys. Heero and I sighed as we stood just inside the entrance.
"Ew! Look at these pink Barbies!" Rabbi pushed all the dolls off the shelf just using his arm as he raced down the isle. He punched all the stuffed animals--big or small. Heero and I didn't want to bother him.
"Let's leave him."
"Duo!"
"What?"
I swear we would of if not for the 'full responsibility' shit.
"I'll get him." Heero said then caught Rabbi's arm, "Stop it."
"Stop what Uncle Heero?"
"Running around lik an uncivilized barbarian."
"Okay." Rabbi replied then walked around calmly.
Heero and I instantly entered a state of confusion. What the hell? What was he doing? He disappeared but soon reappeared with a tower-high stack of toys.
"Uncle Heero! Can I get these?"
"You can get one."
"Two!"
Heero held up his index finger.
"Fine." Rabbi dropped the stack of toys and picked up the most expensive, largest, and heavist. It was a 'my size Gundam' Epyon action figure model T7654321.05B4 complete with shooting missles, plastic plama sword, , no assembly required, action pack long lasting battery. Fifteen pounds of fun for the whole family.
Guess who had to carry it.
Me.
Fifteen pounds isn't much, but the vast size of a 3.5' box limits one's mobility. Damn Matel! Damn KB Toys! Damn the Gundams! And while I'm at it, damn the pilots and their fuckin' nephews!
Whoa Duo, take a breath.
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The three of us walked down the main isle of the mall. In the center was a huge wishing fountain. Rabbi wanted to stop and make a wish. I supplied Rabbi, Heero and myself a coin to toss in and wish upon. Heero threw his is followed by mine. I would tell you what I wished for, but if I did, it wouldn't come true.
Rabbi closed his eyes toseed his coin in. He opened his eyes and gasped, "Oh no! That's not what I wanted to wish for!" he said. Before we could say anything, Rabbi reached over the edge and grabbed a handful of wet coins, "There, now I can wish all I want!"
"Rabbi, put those back." I said.
"Wish one--"
"Hey, you can't do dat." a small girl Rabbi's age watching him said, "Dat's bad."
"What are you gonna do about it?"
"I'm gonna teww my mommy."
"Whatever. Where's your mommy?" Rabbi asked.
The girl pointed to a women sitting quietly on the edge of the fountain reading a book, "Put dem back pwease."
Rabbi rolled his eyes, "I don't think so. Wish one, banish this girl from the face of the world."
"You put dose back now! Dere oder peopwe's wishes. You can't take dem!" the little girl tried to grab Rabbi's hand. Rabbi dodged him.
"They're mine now!"
"No they're not!" the little girl said, she succeeded in grabbing his hand this time and they began to wrestle. Being a boy and a bit stronger, Rabbi unfortunately won and pushed the little girl into the fountain water.
"Aaiieee!" the girl cried. She emerged from the water and began to cry loudly. She started to heave and screamed, "Mommy!!"
Her mother let out a cry of shock, "Tanya!" she pulled her daughter out of the water. "What happened, dear?"
The crying girl wiped her eyes and sniffled, "Dat mean boy twied to steaw evweone's wishes and pushed me in da wader!"
The mother wrapped her child in her coat, "It's alright sweetie, don't cry anymore, it's okay." the lady looked around, "Who is the father of this child."
Good thing we're not the fathers.
The lady grabbed Rabbi's ear and twisted it, "Where are your parents?"
"Ow!" Rabbi reacted.
"Where are your parents? Who is responsible for you???"
I turned to Heero who seemed to be disappointed in Rabbi's behavior. To Heero, Rabbi had been relatively good today and it was like a card house falling over after being built for hours. "I say we leave him now."
Heero frowned, stood up to the lady and a large crowd of onlookers whispered, "I'm responsible for him."
I sighed. Damn Heero's courage! Damn my guilty conscious! I walked up beside Heero, "Me too."
The mother began to fume, "Can't you control this holligian??? What's the matter with you??? Why did you allow him to do that to my child? Didn't you teach him any manners? If I weren't such a nice lady, I would press charges! You are horrible, I mean horrible fathers!" she stoved Rabbi over to us and Rabbi ran to Heero. Heero held him against his body and bowed his head in shame.
"You should apologize to her Rabbi." Heero said. Rabbi told the girl he was sorry while Heero and I begged for forgiveness from the girl's mother.
It's one thing when you begin to think that you'd be a bad father, but it's another when someone else tells you.
It's one of the worst feelings you could have.
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Our last stop was Sears. I know we only visited three stores, but I'm getting to the reason why. Heero wanted to look at the appliances since our washing machine showed signs of failure. As we enterd the store, the maniquins next to the make-up and clothing caught Rabbi's eye. I saw the mischievous grin I often grinned on the kid's face. Surprisingly, he didn't run to them and mess with them. Instead, he walked hand-in-hand with my Heero to the appliances. Heero called me over and asked for my opinion on many of the machines. I simply told him the ones I liked and didn't like. Heero and I tried to fix it, but we couldn't figure out what the problem was. We sought assistance and didn't even realize that Rabbi had vanished.
"Rabbi, which one looks bett--" Heero looked around, "Rabbi?"
"You lost the mission?"
Heero glared, but soon became worried, "Rabbi?"
I remembered the maniquins and the look Rabbi gave to them. I grabbed Heero's hand and pulled him to the entrance of the store. The sight was not surprising. We saw Rabbi coloring the maniquins with the display make-up. One maniquin had razor sharp teeth drawn by lipstick, another with a witch nose, another looking like an upside down face.
"Rabbi!" Heero called, "What the hell are you doing???"
I grabbed Rabbi and Heero put the make-up back where it belonged. Heero had a napkin handy on him and made Rabbi clean the substance off the models. A security guard was guided toward us by an onlooker from the earlier scenario.
"There's the boy vandalizing the maniquins. He was also the boy who pushed the girl in the fountain."
"Thank you ma'am." said the security guard, "Excuse me, this isn't for coloring young man."
Rabbi smiled, "Of course it is, why else would they leave their faces blank if they weren't."
"No, no they're not."
"Yeah huh! Hey, do you know karate?" Rabbi asked, "I know alittle. Let me show you. Hiya!" Rabbi shouted weakly karate chopping the guard's arm. The security guard cocked an eyebrow. "Hiya! Hiya! Hiya!"
"Ookkaay, Rabbi, that's enough." I said, "We're terribly sorry." I replied apologetically.
The guard shook his head, "I'm sorry, but due to prior complaints, I'm going to have to ask you to leave the mall."
"What?" I asked. Heero touched my shoulder urging me not to argue. "Alright." I agreed. Heero held Rabbi's hand as we left the mall. The security guard watched us until we were out of the mall before returning to whatever he was doing.
That was the suckiest trip to the mall ever.
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When we got home, Heero and I flopped down on the couch. We sighed and closed our eyes.
Rabbi sat next to Heero on the couch, "So, what now?"
Heero and I looked at Rabbi with disgust, "Nothin' now." I said.
"We rest." Heero said.
I sniffed the air and noticed a foul odor. "What's that smell?" I asked.
"I took a shower this morning." Heero said. Damn, I missed it.
Heero and I again looked at Rabbi with disgust.
"What?" he said.
"When was the last time you took a shower?" Heero asked.
Rabbi shrugged.
"Go get a clean set of clothes, and go to the bathroom. I'll be there in a minute." Heero instructed.
"But I don't wanna." Rabbi replied.
"Rabbi, please." Heero said. Rabbi groaned and hopped of the couch to his room.
Heero turned to me, "Duo, didn't you give him a bath last night?"
I shifted my eyes around, "Are you talkin' to me?"
"Duo! You didn't give him a shower?" Heero asked surprised.
I sank into the couch cushions, "Well, I was tired and wet."
Heero rolled his eyes, "Baka."
I sighed and rose from the couch, "Okay, I'll give Rabbi a bath."
"I'll get dinner started." Heero planned then thanked me, "Arigato."
"Yeah, yeah." I said waving a hand casually as I started down the hall.
"I love you Baka."
"Love you too Hee-chan."
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"What??? I don't want you to give me a bath! You'll see me naked!" shouted Rabbi covering himself with a towel and holding many bath toys including an Epyon rubber Gundam.
I mockingly mimiced the whiny kid, "Nahnahnahnahna. Just get in the tub."
Rabbi shook his head, "You'll try to drown me."
I drew in a deep breath, "Get in the tub now."
"No way!"
"Get in now before I *put* you in." I threatened. Rabbi still didn't move. I picked up the kid and dropped him in the tub.
"Ahh!" Rabbi yelled, "It's too hot!!!"
Rabbi jumped out of the tub and covered himself up, "Don't look!!!"
"I wasn't." I turned on the cold water to try and even out the warmth. Rabbi got back into the tub and screamed.
"It's too cold!!!"
"Well then you fix it." I said.
Rabbi filled the water to the brim and jumped in splashing me and flooding the bathroom. "Ahh, perfect!"
"Rabbi!"
"What? You said to do it myself!"
I glared and grabbed the body gel and little puff. I rubbed Rabbi's back, legs, arms, and neck. He did the rest. After about thirty minutes in the tub (Rabbi didn't want to get out), he began to thrash around wildly.
"Oh no! A tsunami has hit Epyon!" Rabbi said, "No Epyon! Don't go down there! It's dangerous!" He flapped his arms creating huge waves that went over the edge of the tub. He looked at me. "Enemy target locked on." he said. I was washing his hair when he said that. He submerged his arms under water and sprung them up soaking my head to toe. I gave him the evil eye, but I don't know if he could see it since my bangs were plastered to my head. Whe I moved my bangs from my eyes, I accidently made contact with my eyes. My eyes began to burn and water when the shampoo reached them. I squinched my eyes shut and rinse my hands free of shampoo and rubbed my eyes. I have no idea why I did that cause it only made it worse. Now, I was blind.
"Hahahahaha! Uncle Girly Man got soap in his eyes!!!" Rabbi shouted, "Aw, I think he's crying!!!"
"I am NOT crying!" I said rubbing my eyes even more. "Holy crap, this hurts..."
Only one thing left to do.
"Heero!" I cried, "Heero!"
Next thing I knew, Heero ran into the bathroom, "What the hell?" he said as he stepped into ankle deep water.
"Duo, you look like a drowned rat."
"I *feel* like a drowned rat." I said, "Only...with soap in my eyes. Do rats ever get shampoo in their eyes?"
"Baka." Heero chuckled. He approached my and led me to the sink. He helped me rinse out my eyes. Thank Shinigami for this wonderful soul. Heero rubbed my arm as I regained sight. "Are you alright now?"
I nodded my head.
"Okay, why don't you change and set the table since dinner's ready. I'll finish up here."
I nodded again all red-eyed and went to change my clothes. Then we ate dinner together which was the highlight of my day. Absolutely fantastic! It almost made me forget all my worries...almost.
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Heero sent me to send Rabbi to bed. This is when my dinner was ruined and I didn't forget my worries.
I tucked Rabbi into bad and turned out the lights.
"Aren't you going to read me a bedtime story?" Rabbi asked as I started to close the door.
"Oh, I didn't know you wanted one."
"Well, I do."
"Okay, we'll get you one tomorrow from the library then."
"No, I want one now and if you can't read me one, I'll make one up.
I turned on the light, "Sure, go ahead."
"There once was a guy who got jacked by this kid and the kid made the guy mad and the guy was mean and didn't have his thing that jacked..."
Ah crap, my ring.
"Sorry to interupt kid, but where is my ring?"
Rabbi stuck out his tongue and covered his head.
I cocked an eyebrow.
"Good night kid." I said.
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I pulled off my clothes till I was down to my boxers. Heero was already in bed. I slid in next to him and sighed. Heero rested his head on my collar bone. I was in one of my ultimate comfort positions. I was so tired. As soon as my head hit the pillow, I was on my way to unconsciousness. Heero lifted his head and started to kiss me. I grinned and kissed him back. Heero rubbed my chest and played with my feet with his. One of Heero's hands wondered into my personal territory. It felt good.
I wanted to do it. I wanted to take him. I wanted him so fuckin' bad!
But I was so extremely tired.
"Duo?" Heero asked when after a few minutes I hadn't attacked him.
"Hm...?" I replied trying to keep from drifting off to sleep.
"Tired?"
"No." I yawned and my eyes shut. I tried to open them, but they wouldn't lift their lids off my eyes. Heero kissed my cheek and caressed my chest with his fingertips. I smiled a little and moan quietly. My head was becoming clouded with darkness and my body became limp. I could barely comprehend what he was saying to me.
"Duo, what were you going to ask me earlier on the couch?" Heero asked.
"Nnnhhhnabnnn..." I replied. I was completely unfocused.
I should have asked him then.
Too bad I feel asleep.
Well, another day down. Only five more days to go. This week has definitely not been the best one in my entire life. Good thing is Rachael is coming over tomorrow. I can't wait. Maybe she can help us control this punkass kid and get my ring back.
In a way, I'm glad that I didn't get to ask Heero today. I know that sounds weird, but I want the day I ask him to be perfect. I want to capture the moment like our first kiss. I just didn't want it to not be such a big deal. Asking Heero means alot to me. I want it to be special.
I just want everything to be perfect.
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TBC
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Okay, I know that was long and slow. I hope you didn't think it was too boring. Not much to say here. As you know, Rachael will be returning in the next part for all the people that miss her--including me ^_^. I know this fic might seem pointless now, but the plot will thicken. Things will get a little twisted. I hope you enjoyed this. ^_^
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Many thanks to:
Sugar Goose: Whoa, long time no see! I remember you were one of the first peoples that encouraged me to write FKD. How am I doing? I'm doing great! I just came back from Six Flags and my boyfriend won me this really cool dolphin. Then I kicked his ass in air hockey. Haha. Yeah. So, how have you been? Hm...I see you haven't updated much. ^_^, what have you been up too?
Kitty Kat: I'll be sure to update, my page however, I just don't know if I can keep up with it though -_-. Thanks for the inspiration!
Shin-chan: Hey, when me and my bro were about his age, put together we acted like Rabbi...without the yelling and disrespectful, just mischievous ^_^. I think my dad was worse though. He bit my aunts toe one time for an apple, haha. Arigato, I'll be sure to see you in the next part, no?
Ashly: I changed the buttons on my page, turns out I uploaded it wrong...somehow. I tend to screw the easy stuff up ^_^. Ya know, I know alot of people whose name is Ashley, but they don't spell it like yours, I think that's cool. If that's your real name (and I'm assuming it is, but if it's not, spare me the embarassment), has anyone said "actually" and you responded to them? They kinda sound alike.
ozzypoos-chan: Hey! What's up? Lol, I really like your way of thinking. Ya know, about the story ending sooner if not for that "punkass kid". Oh, don't forget to tell me when you update, okay? Wouldn't want to miss it. And I haven't finished posting your stories, but I'll get on to is asap. Ja~!
Yira Heeroai: Waah...what does your name mean? It's so...pretty. Quatre teach Rabbi to steal? I don't think so. But there is an answer to that question, unfortunately, it will be answered in the next part. As for Heero's snake phobia? That has something to do with experience and I'll also get to that in a later chapter. I'm glad you asked the question and I hope I answered it enough to keep you satisfied until the truth is revealed. I just don't want to ruin the ending for you ^_^.
Hakumei: Aw, poor Hakumei-chan. I hope you get some rest, especially since you read this. I think Rabbi is every parents nightmare all rolled into one adorable yet hideous package. My bro and I were kinda like him too, but not as bad. Oh, I'm trying to get some of your work posted soon. Would you like me to inform you when I have?
doesn't matter, does it?: Yes, yes it does matter. Cause one, *sobs* you have no sense of identity, and two it's alittle more complicated to write out. Well, I'm just glad that you've been enjoying this. Btw, who were you previously?
violet_eyes: Heero's phobia has a reason, but I guess it's also a trait too since I use it all the time. I don't know, well, I do. I'll have the reason why toward the end of the story. Hope you can hold on that long. ^_^ I'll update sooner so you don't have to wait so long. Arigato!
Starlit Hope: Hm...the I guess I won't put the translations. I found some heavy-duty-oh-my-shinigami-what-did-you-say phrases that are outrageous. I'll work them in when Heero gets really pissed, ne?
Ookami Kage: I see you changed it, good for you ^_^. I'm asian too, so that's how I knew cause at school all the smart ones have this "azn pride" goin' on. It's cool. I don't really go over the top and write it all over my book cover or backpack or anything though--but I have nothing against that either. Have you heard that song "got rice" by the group azn pride? It's hilarious. I was laughing for like...until now. Heehee. I don't mind that you feel like strangling him (don't worry, you're not the only one ^_~), but you might have a change of heart later ^_^
Arigato minna-san! Hope to see you again on "Tuesday"!