Hey all my lovely reviewers! I'm sorry this update took longer than
expected, I wasn't able to write over Thanksgiving break, so this chapter
is a bit behind. *sigh* And it's about to get even crazier. The next update
will be for 'Sweet Revenge', I'm hoping to get it out soon, though it's
being worked on along with my research book on Celtic Mythology for Art &
Design, studying for midterms, and all that fun stuff. How I'm going to get
any sleep whatsoever in the next three weeks is beyond me. *dies* x.x I
know I promised faster updates, but school work has slammed into me like a
hurricane, so I'm trying to do what I can with all that going out. At least
I can look forward to a nice, quiet Christmas holiday after the insanity
has died down...(if I don't die first from overload...)
But enough with my complaining, here's the next chapter!
***
Wufei was in quite a state when he and Doctor Woods finally got to Duo's room, the same question repeating through his mind like a broken record.
'And if it was true, what then?'
"About time, we were about to send search parties out for you," Quatre said amusedly, leaning back into Trowa's arms again. The former HeavyArms pilot looked like a cat that had just gotten its cream as he watched Wufei send a sidelong glare in Heero's direction by the window.
"Sorry, it was my fault," the psychiatrist replied as he walked in after the Asian, shutting the door behind him. "We had a little chat on his way out."
"If he's in trouble for staying the night, I'm to blame for that-"
"Don't worry Duo, he wasn't reprimanding me," Wufei reassured, reclaiming his seat beside the chestnut-haired teen on the bed.
"You're not just saying that so I won't get upset, now are you?" Duo asked, narrowing his amethyst eyes slightly.
"Of course I'm not!" he looked spurned at the mere idea of lying to him. "Ask Heero, he was eavesdropping in on our whole conversation." Trowa snorted in a weak attempt to hide his snickering, receiving a playful smack from his Arabian lover.
Heero only shrugged noncommittally. "Must we go through this argument again? You were right, I was wrong, end of story."
"Oh ho, the great Heero Yuy -wrong-?! And I missed it! What happened?" Duo queried eagerly, latching onto Wufei's arm and propping his chin on his shoulder, the melting ice cream and the presence of Doctor Woods momentarily forgotten.
"I- uh- well, it was just a repeat of Trowa's message really," Wufei said uneasily, heat rising into his cheeks.
"Mhmm...that's all, eh?" He was quite uncomfortably aware of the shivers running down his spine as Duo's warm breath tickled his neck.
And of the smirk that had reappeared on Heero's face. Damn arrogant bastard.
"And- and chocolate chip cookie dough-"
Duo started laughing, leaning more onto the Chinese Preventer as he did so and making his blush considerably pronounced. "Wu, I swear, that sounds so funny coming from you," he chuckled appreciatively. "Hearing you -of all people- say chocolate chip cookie dough..." He dissolved into another fit of mirth.
"I'm glad I could make your day," Wufei replied dryly, though making no move to pry him off. "You know, just for that, I'm not going to give it to you since you seem so caught up in entertaining yourself by tormenting me."
"After all the hard effort you went through, you're just going to let it go to waste?" Quatre remarked, arching an eyebrow.
That got Duo to clam up his laughter in record time as he jerked back. "You wouldn't."
"Why not?" Wufei smirked as his eyes went wide in horror. "Oh come on, I am not -that- evil. That's what women are for."
"Yeesh, you had me scared for a minute there..." Duo put a hand dramatically over his chest as if he were about to have a heart attack. "You may not be -that- evil, but you certainly do have a cruel sense of humor."
"Should I be offended by this?" he asked, looking over at Quatre and Trowa. "I'm not evil, yet I have a cruel sense of humor..."
"I think you should be," Trowa said amusedly. "At least you have a sense of humor, unlike some, though cruel as it may be."
"Then the 'aye's have it," Wufei began to get up, but was immediately engulfed by a curtain of soft brown hair as Duo jumped into his lap and pinned him effectively back onto the bed.
"You're not going anywhere, Justice Boy."
Wufei put his hands up in mock defeat, using them to mask his beet red face. "I surrender!" he squirmed under the light weight, trying to ignore the butterflies that fluttered up into his chest at their sudden close proximity.
"Ha! You hear that, Q-bean? A moment to go into history books!" Duo grinned, sidling off from on top of his flustered friend.
"Actually, that would be a second moment," Quatre pointed out calmly. "Because he also gave up earlier this morning when we were teasing him about our double date."
"You're right," his grin broadened, glancing askance over at the Asian.
"To think -you- were accusing -me- of being evil..." Wufei muttered, sitting up on his elbows and sending a scowl at a few rogue tendrils of raven hair as they fell into his eyes.
"You learned from the best," Heero quoted smoothly, earning himself another glare (much less potent when it only looks cute with hair falling into your face) in his direction.
Doctor Woods cleared his throat audibly, steering off another potential argument between the two as he threw Wufei off guard. He had also forgotten the psychiatrist's presence in his jesting with the others. "As...entertaining as this all may be, I have rounds to make, so I must excuse myself for now."
"You sure you don't want any ice cream or- strawberries?" Duo paused in his rifling through the grocery bag, curious.
"No, thank you, I'll pass. Why not tempt Mister Chang there? Since he is the one who got it and all, it's only fair," he smiled before slipping out into the hall.
"Oh no, I've already suffered through your pizza-"
"Aw, c'mon, you heard the doc. It's only fair," he said persuasively. "Besides, you did buy strawberries."
"Yes, for you," Wufei replied. "I figured it would be something you'd eat that's healthy because they're sweet."
"Yeah well...you're not going to let me sit here by myself, are you?"
"That bribery won't work this time."
"Aw, c'mon 'Fei..."
Privately, Quatre and Trowa were sharing the same thoughts as Heero as they watched Wufei fend off Duo's coaxing in vain.
"Seems like I won't be missing the fun of round two," Trowa whispered into the blonde's ear.
***
Round two's subsequent hilarity was interrupted only briefly by a short return of Doctor Woods, requesting fresh samples for another lab test.
"You'd think I was a guinea pig or something," Duo grimaced after he left again. "Really. Poking around with some needles here, 'What does that do?', a little prod there and 'Oh, -that's- what it does'. Only to turn around and do all those same tests again."
Quatre chuckled. "They have to be sure, you know. They can't afford any mistakes, especially if it's crucial," he said reasonably.
"Yeah, yeah, standard protocol and all that crap," he brushed the comment aside with an impatient wave of his hand. "Right, Wu?"
"Hm..."
Duo craned his neck back towards the Chinese teen at the vague reply and nearly melted into a puddle at the sight that met him. Wufei looked absolutely adorable sitting cross-legged on the bed with a strawberry half in his mouth as he blinked at them owlishly, broken out of his deep musing.
An evil grin spread, lighting his whole face up with mischief. "What were you thinking so hard about, eh 'Fei?" Duo asked slyly, sliding back beside him.
"Things."
"That's a nice, broad answer," he replied sarcastically. "What kinda things?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Wufei said tauntingly, nibbling on the strawberry again. Heero unsuccessfully hid a derisive snort with a cough from his corner of the room.
Looking back and forth between the two Asians, Duo raised his eyebrows. "Am I missing something important here?"
"Well he was clearly thinking about you, wasn't he?" Heero replied.
"I see..."
"Actually," Wufei cut in abruptly, shocking himself with his own boldness. "Actually, I was. I was wondering about what we were going to do when those results returned in our favor."
Duo appeared rather uncertain. "D'you really believe they will?" he asked doubtfully.
"Of course I do," he answered confidently, smiling. "I believe wholeheartedly that they will. And if they don't, I'll definitely be making a visit to their lab because it would be their mistake in the misdiagnosis."
"And he wouldn't be the only one," Quatre added firmly, Trowa nodding in agreement.
"Then let's hope so," Duo slowly grinned. "Though it would be an interesting headline in tomorrow's newspapers: 'Preventer's Agent wreaks havoc in Earth mental institution with help from Winner heir and his beau'."
"Who says we'll get caught?" Wufei crossed his arms, pretending to be offended. "Nobody would notice the disappearance of a lab tech or two."
"I'm sure they wouldn't," Heero remarked dryly.
A sharp rap on the door kept Wufei from retorting and the psychiatrist came into the room, his expression dispirited as they all stared at him with bated breath.
"I'm afraid I have bad news..."
***
*dun dun dun* ^_^; I'm sure the last thing you guys wanted to read was a cliffhanger after my speech about delayed updates...*sweatdrop*
Anywho, following the new set up, all my lovely review replies are now down here! ^_^
LittleShadow: ^_^; Thankies! Yesh, I agree, it really is a shame there are so few 2x5x2 fics out there in the Yaoi Universe...*sigh* But that's okay! ^_^ That's what authors like us are for! So we can write more lovely Duo and Wufei stories! *happy dance* Hope ya enjoyed the new chappie!
Makoto Sagara: ^__^ I did it again with the horrible cliffhanger...*hides* Please don't kill meh! But yesh, Heero needed a good smack (even if it -was- Wufei tearing him apart verbally). And Duo and Wufei are just kawaii all the time. ^_^; *huggle* I'm sorry about the long delay, and as I pointed out in the notes, I'm swamped with work, so returning to my ususal weekly updates will be kinda difficult until Christmas holiday. *sigh* I swear, school is gonna kill me one day...Anywho, I hope you liked the new chapter! ^_^;
Allie-Cat: ^_^; It's okay, I feed off my reviewers, so your addiction to my fics is most appreciated! *huggle* But yesh, Wufei is completely clueless when it comes to romance. At least I would think he is, because he certainly had no time during the wars or before to develop any form of romantic notions, considering battle training and being forced to marry Meiran, so I feel justified in making him romantically clueless. Besides...it just makes him even more adorable. ^___^ But I do agree, there's enough on the G-boys to fill quite an extensive collection of psychology books. *nod* Anywho, I hope ya liked the new chapter! The new one will be out as soon as I can get time to sit down and write...o.o;; Damn school.
Seraphina DW: ^_^ Yep, I used your suggestion! *hug* I do think it's better like this, it's not nearly so confusing. ^_^ I didn't mean for Wufei's thoughts and stuff to be so similar to ya I swear...maybe I'm psychic or something. *sweatdrop* Now -there's- a scary thought...But I'm glad you didn't think the chapter was horrible! ^_^
Shella: Meh favorite reviewer! *snuggle*Heh, yeah, I know I wrote Wufei to be pretty clueless, but I figure that he wasn't able to develop romantic notions what being a scholar and training and having his arranged marriage with Meiran, so I wrote him to be a little clueless. ^_^; I think it's kinda cute actually. *sweatdrop* And I'm really sorry about the delay, really I am! Blame Real Life! *glares* Damn school and boyfriends...*snort* But yeah, I'm trying to get back onto my weekly update routine again, which will be a lot easier once Christmas holiday starts and my research books and midterm exams are over with...*dies* School is going to kill me. Anywho, yesh, all the 'justice' crap gets on my nerves too when overdone, and a coherent rant is much more fun to write. ^_^; With the added bonus of sexy, pissed off Wufei...*purr* Though that was the kind of visual I was going for, with Wufei and Heero's little 'talk', the derailed train effect. 'Cause those are two stubborn guys, and with Wufei tearing into Heero like that...yep. But he deserved it. *nod* Little chibis misquoting Confuscious...o.o;; That is the kind of inspiration for nightmares... "Confuscious say: Man that stands on toilet is high on pot." (Don't ask, my friend told me that one once...*sweatdrop*) Anywho, I hope you liked the new chapter! ^_^
Kurai Kaiba: ^_^; Here's your update! I'm glad you like it so much! ^_^ Hopefully you enjoyed this chapter as much as the previous ones...*huggle*
Click! Review! Flame! Whichever suits your fancy...
But enough with my complaining, here's the next chapter!
***
Wufei was in quite a state when he and Doctor Woods finally got to Duo's room, the same question repeating through his mind like a broken record.
'And if it was true, what then?'
"About time, we were about to send search parties out for you," Quatre said amusedly, leaning back into Trowa's arms again. The former HeavyArms pilot looked like a cat that had just gotten its cream as he watched Wufei send a sidelong glare in Heero's direction by the window.
"Sorry, it was my fault," the psychiatrist replied as he walked in after the Asian, shutting the door behind him. "We had a little chat on his way out."
"If he's in trouble for staying the night, I'm to blame for that-"
"Don't worry Duo, he wasn't reprimanding me," Wufei reassured, reclaiming his seat beside the chestnut-haired teen on the bed.
"You're not just saying that so I won't get upset, now are you?" Duo asked, narrowing his amethyst eyes slightly.
"Of course I'm not!" he looked spurned at the mere idea of lying to him. "Ask Heero, he was eavesdropping in on our whole conversation." Trowa snorted in a weak attempt to hide his snickering, receiving a playful smack from his Arabian lover.
Heero only shrugged noncommittally. "Must we go through this argument again? You were right, I was wrong, end of story."
"Oh ho, the great Heero Yuy -wrong-?! And I missed it! What happened?" Duo queried eagerly, latching onto Wufei's arm and propping his chin on his shoulder, the melting ice cream and the presence of Doctor Woods momentarily forgotten.
"I- uh- well, it was just a repeat of Trowa's message really," Wufei said uneasily, heat rising into his cheeks.
"Mhmm...that's all, eh?" He was quite uncomfortably aware of the shivers running down his spine as Duo's warm breath tickled his neck.
And of the smirk that had reappeared on Heero's face. Damn arrogant bastard.
"And- and chocolate chip cookie dough-"
Duo started laughing, leaning more onto the Chinese Preventer as he did so and making his blush considerably pronounced. "Wu, I swear, that sounds so funny coming from you," he chuckled appreciatively. "Hearing you -of all people- say chocolate chip cookie dough..." He dissolved into another fit of mirth.
"I'm glad I could make your day," Wufei replied dryly, though making no move to pry him off. "You know, just for that, I'm not going to give it to you since you seem so caught up in entertaining yourself by tormenting me."
"After all the hard effort you went through, you're just going to let it go to waste?" Quatre remarked, arching an eyebrow.
That got Duo to clam up his laughter in record time as he jerked back. "You wouldn't."
"Why not?" Wufei smirked as his eyes went wide in horror. "Oh come on, I am not -that- evil. That's what women are for."
"Yeesh, you had me scared for a minute there..." Duo put a hand dramatically over his chest as if he were about to have a heart attack. "You may not be -that- evil, but you certainly do have a cruel sense of humor."
"Should I be offended by this?" he asked, looking over at Quatre and Trowa. "I'm not evil, yet I have a cruel sense of humor..."
"I think you should be," Trowa said amusedly. "At least you have a sense of humor, unlike some, though cruel as it may be."
"Then the 'aye's have it," Wufei began to get up, but was immediately engulfed by a curtain of soft brown hair as Duo jumped into his lap and pinned him effectively back onto the bed.
"You're not going anywhere, Justice Boy."
Wufei put his hands up in mock defeat, using them to mask his beet red face. "I surrender!" he squirmed under the light weight, trying to ignore the butterflies that fluttered up into his chest at their sudden close proximity.
"Ha! You hear that, Q-bean? A moment to go into history books!" Duo grinned, sidling off from on top of his flustered friend.
"Actually, that would be a second moment," Quatre pointed out calmly. "Because he also gave up earlier this morning when we were teasing him about our double date."
"You're right," his grin broadened, glancing askance over at the Asian.
"To think -you- were accusing -me- of being evil..." Wufei muttered, sitting up on his elbows and sending a scowl at a few rogue tendrils of raven hair as they fell into his eyes.
"You learned from the best," Heero quoted smoothly, earning himself another glare (much less potent when it only looks cute with hair falling into your face) in his direction.
Doctor Woods cleared his throat audibly, steering off another potential argument between the two as he threw Wufei off guard. He had also forgotten the psychiatrist's presence in his jesting with the others. "As...entertaining as this all may be, I have rounds to make, so I must excuse myself for now."
"You sure you don't want any ice cream or- strawberries?" Duo paused in his rifling through the grocery bag, curious.
"No, thank you, I'll pass. Why not tempt Mister Chang there? Since he is the one who got it and all, it's only fair," he smiled before slipping out into the hall.
"Oh no, I've already suffered through your pizza-"
"Aw, c'mon, you heard the doc. It's only fair," he said persuasively. "Besides, you did buy strawberries."
"Yes, for you," Wufei replied. "I figured it would be something you'd eat that's healthy because they're sweet."
"Yeah well...you're not going to let me sit here by myself, are you?"
"That bribery won't work this time."
"Aw, c'mon 'Fei..."
Privately, Quatre and Trowa were sharing the same thoughts as Heero as they watched Wufei fend off Duo's coaxing in vain.
"Seems like I won't be missing the fun of round two," Trowa whispered into the blonde's ear.
***
Round two's subsequent hilarity was interrupted only briefly by a short return of Doctor Woods, requesting fresh samples for another lab test.
"You'd think I was a guinea pig or something," Duo grimaced after he left again. "Really. Poking around with some needles here, 'What does that do?', a little prod there and 'Oh, -that's- what it does'. Only to turn around and do all those same tests again."
Quatre chuckled. "They have to be sure, you know. They can't afford any mistakes, especially if it's crucial," he said reasonably.
"Yeah, yeah, standard protocol and all that crap," he brushed the comment aside with an impatient wave of his hand. "Right, Wu?"
"Hm..."
Duo craned his neck back towards the Chinese teen at the vague reply and nearly melted into a puddle at the sight that met him. Wufei looked absolutely adorable sitting cross-legged on the bed with a strawberry half in his mouth as he blinked at them owlishly, broken out of his deep musing.
An evil grin spread, lighting his whole face up with mischief. "What were you thinking so hard about, eh 'Fei?" Duo asked slyly, sliding back beside him.
"Things."
"That's a nice, broad answer," he replied sarcastically. "What kinda things?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Wufei said tauntingly, nibbling on the strawberry again. Heero unsuccessfully hid a derisive snort with a cough from his corner of the room.
Looking back and forth between the two Asians, Duo raised his eyebrows. "Am I missing something important here?"
"Well he was clearly thinking about you, wasn't he?" Heero replied.
"I see..."
"Actually," Wufei cut in abruptly, shocking himself with his own boldness. "Actually, I was. I was wondering about what we were going to do when those results returned in our favor."
Duo appeared rather uncertain. "D'you really believe they will?" he asked doubtfully.
"Of course I do," he answered confidently, smiling. "I believe wholeheartedly that they will. And if they don't, I'll definitely be making a visit to their lab because it would be their mistake in the misdiagnosis."
"And he wouldn't be the only one," Quatre added firmly, Trowa nodding in agreement.
"Then let's hope so," Duo slowly grinned. "Though it would be an interesting headline in tomorrow's newspapers: 'Preventer's Agent wreaks havoc in Earth mental institution with help from Winner heir and his beau'."
"Who says we'll get caught?" Wufei crossed his arms, pretending to be offended. "Nobody would notice the disappearance of a lab tech or two."
"I'm sure they wouldn't," Heero remarked dryly.
A sharp rap on the door kept Wufei from retorting and the psychiatrist came into the room, his expression dispirited as they all stared at him with bated breath.
"I'm afraid I have bad news..."
***
*dun dun dun* ^_^; I'm sure the last thing you guys wanted to read was a cliffhanger after my speech about delayed updates...*sweatdrop*
Anywho, following the new set up, all my lovely review replies are now down here! ^_^
LittleShadow: ^_^; Thankies! Yesh, I agree, it really is a shame there are so few 2x5x2 fics out there in the Yaoi Universe...*sigh* But that's okay! ^_^ That's what authors like us are for! So we can write more lovely Duo and Wufei stories! *happy dance* Hope ya enjoyed the new chappie!
Makoto Sagara: ^__^ I did it again with the horrible cliffhanger...*hides* Please don't kill meh! But yesh, Heero needed a good smack (even if it -was- Wufei tearing him apart verbally). And Duo and Wufei are just kawaii all the time. ^_^; *huggle* I'm sorry about the long delay, and as I pointed out in the notes, I'm swamped with work, so returning to my ususal weekly updates will be kinda difficult until Christmas holiday. *sigh* I swear, school is gonna kill me one day...Anywho, I hope you liked the new chapter! ^_^;
Allie-Cat: ^_^; It's okay, I feed off my reviewers, so your addiction to my fics is most appreciated! *huggle* But yesh, Wufei is completely clueless when it comes to romance. At least I would think he is, because he certainly had no time during the wars or before to develop any form of romantic notions, considering battle training and being forced to marry Meiran, so I feel justified in making him romantically clueless. Besides...it just makes him even more adorable. ^___^ But I do agree, there's enough on the G-boys to fill quite an extensive collection of psychology books. *nod* Anywho, I hope ya liked the new chapter! The new one will be out as soon as I can get time to sit down and write...o.o;; Damn school.
Seraphina DW: ^_^ Yep, I used your suggestion! *hug* I do think it's better like this, it's not nearly so confusing. ^_^ I didn't mean for Wufei's thoughts and stuff to be so similar to ya I swear...maybe I'm psychic or something. *sweatdrop* Now -there's- a scary thought...But I'm glad you didn't think the chapter was horrible! ^_^
Shella: Meh favorite reviewer! *snuggle*Heh, yeah, I know I wrote Wufei to be pretty clueless, but I figure that he wasn't able to develop romantic notions what being a scholar and training and having his arranged marriage with Meiran, so I wrote him to be a little clueless. ^_^; I think it's kinda cute actually. *sweatdrop* And I'm really sorry about the delay, really I am! Blame Real Life! *glares* Damn school and boyfriends...*snort* But yeah, I'm trying to get back onto my weekly update routine again, which will be a lot easier once Christmas holiday starts and my research books and midterm exams are over with...*dies* School is going to kill me. Anywho, yesh, all the 'justice' crap gets on my nerves too when overdone, and a coherent rant is much more fun to write. ^_^; With the added bonus of sexy, pissed off Wufei...*purr* Though that was the kind of visual I was going for, with Wufei and Heero's little 'talk', the derailed train effect. 'Cause those are two stubborn guys, and with Wufei tearing into Heero like that...yep. But he deserved it. *nod* Little chibis misquoting Confuscious...o.o;; That is the kind of inspiration for nightmares... "Confuscious say: Man that stands on toilet is high on pot." (Don't ask, my friend told me that one once...*sweatdrop*) Anywho, I hope you liked the new chapter! ^_^
Kurai Kaiba: ^_^; Here's your update! I'm glad you like it so much! ^_^ Hopefully you enjoyed this chapter as much as the previous ones...*huggle*
Click! Review! Flame! Whichever suits your fancy...