chp. 3: New Friends
"So what did you used to do for fun where you lived before?" Heero asked as the two boys walked down towards the river that ran behind their houses.
Duo pushed a branch out of his way, holding it away from Heero was he passed by, trying not to notice the way that the other boy brushed up against him slightly. "I mostly skateboarded. Just about made into the semi finals of the boarding festival that's held there, but I broke my wrist and couldn't compete. Julie always said that I would break something while boarding, but I always ignored her."
Heero laughed, "I can just see you dragging yourself over to your board, saying that you can still compete, even though your arms at a ninety degree angle in the wrong direction."
Duo raised an eyebrow, "How'd you know?" he asked, enjoying the look of disbelief on his new friends face.
Even now, after knowing Heero for close to a week and a half, Duo still found it hard to believe that they had become friends so fast. Considering that Duo had to control himself from jumping on the poor boy every time he saw him. The simple way that Heero walked and behaved made Duo weak in the knees.
"You're not joking are you?" Heero asked.
Duo snorted, "If you'd have been there Heero, you would probably have had the same reaction as everyone else," and before Heero could say anything, Duo continued in a squeaky high pitched voice, "eeewww!! What's wrong with his arm? Is it supposed to look like that?!"
Heero mock glared at Duo, "I don't sound like that."
"Fine," Duo replied grinning, "you'd sound like the guy who had to literally carry me away from the arena," he puffed himself up and put on his best Arnold Schwarzenegger accent, "listen you stupid boy, you'd better go to the hospital, or you'll lose your arm!"
Heero looked at him, "I don't think you're stupid Duo."
Letting his arms fall to the side, Duo took a deep breath and smiled. Heero was the only one he knew that could say such simple things, and make Duo forget everything else that he had been saying or thinking. Sometimes he found himself seriously thinking that Hero was reading his thoughts, and picked out just the right things to say.
Sighing, Duo pushed those thoughts away, "So where exactly are we going?" as they passed by another mound of river rocks between the trees. Heero had been leading Duo down a trail almost all morning, and Duo had yet to find out where he was being taken. Not that he minded the 'alone time'.
"You ask too many questions," Heero answered, giving Duo a hand down a slippery bank, "just like you never seem to keep still." he added giving Duo an accusing stare.
Duo scoffed, "Me?! Keep still? Just how am I supposed to do that?" he replied, making a point not to deny that fact that he did ask a lot of questions. Most of which were designed to annoy whoever he was with at the time.
"Maybe if you stop drinking so much caffeine........."
Gasping, Duo put a hand to his chest, "Blasphemer! You dare soil the sanctity of the holy caffeine by blaming it for my actions! How dare you!"
Heero shook his head and laughed, a laugh to which Duo joined in. They walked in silence for a while after that, and Duo couldn't stop looking around him in every direction. He had been totally wrong about this place. It wasn't boring at all, and it was much nicer than those tall gray buildings in the city that all looked that same. This place had actual trees, trees that were alive, not some plastic ones stuck in a window to make it look inviting. Not only were the surroundings stunning, the weather was beautiful.
The day had started out muggy, but now that it was well passed one o'clock, both Duo and Heero had shed their jackets, thankful that they had worn T-shirts instead of sweaters. Duo was wearing his usual baggy pants and skater shoes, his hair bound tightly in it's braid so as not to snag it on a branch. Heero on the other hand, was wearing slightly tighter jeans that fit him perfectly, and a T-shirt that made Duo want to drool. Tight in all the right places. As Duo grinned and looked down at the lovely view he was getting from behind, he noticed that Heero was still holding onto his hand, his fingers now slightly intertwined with Duo's own pale digits. Oddly enough, it felt right to be holding hands with Heero this way, neither of them noticing or saying anything, so Duo didn't say anything. He simply enjoyed the contact.
It must have been twenty minutes later that Heero stopped so suddenly that Duo ran right into him, bumping his nose against Heero's back.
"We're here," the taller boy said turning, just in time to see Duo holding his nose with tears in his eyes. "Are you okay?" he asked, making as if to reach out and touch Duo's cheek.
Nodding quickly, Duo grinned and screwed his face up, "Man you got a bony back Heero! I think I broke my nose!"
Heero looked at him, "If you had broken your nose Duo, there would be blood everywhere and you wouldn't be able to breath," he replied matter of factly, "you'd be lucky if you could stuck enough blood back to talk."
Duo frowned. It sounded like Heero was speaking from personal experience. Staring right back at his friend, Duo was about to say something when he heard a branch break just off to his right, making him turn his head sharply in that direction.
"What the hell........?" he started, but didn't get to finish as a short blond boy plowed right into him, knocking him off his feet and into a bush.
Limbs flew as Duo struggled to get the boy off his chest, hoping that this wasn't some jealous maniac or something, angry that Duo had been alone with Heero. Though why he thought of that, he didn't rightly know. Suddenly, the boy pushed himself up off of Duo and wiped a smear of dirt from his cheek, which was flushed as if he had just been running. Azure blue eyes stared at him, and Duo realized that the boy on his chest was one of Heero's friends that had been playing basketball with him the first time he had seen Heero. He was just as thin as Duo himself was, but almost three inches shorter than Duo's own five foot seven frame, and his blond hair stuck out in various places, bits of twigs in other places.
"Hi!" the boy said, his light soprano voice full of good humor, "my name's Quatre. Who're you?"
Duo glared slightly, "Duo. Could you get off of me please?"
Quatre look bewildered, then looked down with a surprised expression, as if just noticing he was sitting on Duo. "Sorry! I didn't mean to clobber you Duo! But Trowa was chasing me through that trees, I didn't know where I was going."
Tilting his head to the side, Duo was about to ask who this Trowa was, when a pair of strong arms wrapped themselves around Quatre's small waist and hoisted him off of Duo. Quatre yelped in surprise, but made no effort to get away from his captor.
"That's Trowa," came Heero's deep voice from behind him as he put his hands under Duo's arms and helped him up, "the little one you know."
"Little!" Quatre protested, which made Duo quirk an eyebrow, for he stood at least a foot shorter than Trowa now that he was on the ground, "I'll have you know that I'm average height for my age!"
Duo couldn't help himself, "If you're a midget."
The three boy's looked at him, then one by one, they started to laugh. Heero first, followed by Trowa then Quatre. Duo grinned.
I think I'm going to like it here even more than I thought...........
( awwww!! ain't that nice, Duo made some friends! As for the part with the Arnie accent, you'll just have to imagine what he sounds like, I don't know how to write it. Anyway, tell me what you think of the fic so far. if you don't like it, don't tell me and pretend that you do )
"So what did you used to do for fun where you lived before?" Heero asked as the two boys walked down towards the river that ran behind their houses.
Duo pushed a branch out of his way, holding it away from Heero was he passed by, trying not to notice the way that the other boy brushed up against him slightly. "I mostly skateboarded. Just about made into the semi finals of the boarding festival that's held there, but I broke my wrist and couldn't compete. Julie always said that I would break something while boarding, but I always ignored her."
Heero laughed, "I can just see you dragging yourself over to your board, saying that you can still compete, even though your arms at a ninety degree angle in the wrong direction."
Duo raised an eyebrow, "How'd you know?" he asked, enjoying the look of disbelief on his new friends face.
Even now, after knowing Heero for close to a week and a half, Duo still found it hard to believe that they had become friends so fast. Considering that Duo had to control himself from jumping on the poor boy every time he saw him. The simple way that Heero walked and behaved made Duo weak in the knees.
"You're not joking are you?" Heero asked.
Duo snorted, "If you'd have been there Heero, you would probably have had the same reaction as everyone else," and before Heero could say anything, Duo continued in a squeaky high pitched voice, "eeewww!! What's wrong with his arm? Is it supposed to look like that?!"
Heero mock glared at Duo, "I don't sound like that."
"Fine," Duo replied grinning, "you'd sound like the guy who had to literally carry me away from the arena," he puffed himself up and put on his best Arnold Schwarzenegger accent, "listen you stupid boy, you'd better go to the hospital, or you'll lose your arm!"
Heero looked at him, "I don't think you're stupid Duo."
Letting his arms fall to the side, Duo took a deep breath and smiled. Heero was the only one he knew that could say such simple things, and make Duo forget everything else that he had been saying or thinking. Sometimes he found himself seriously thinking that Hero was reading his thoughts, and picked out just the right things to say.
Sighing, Duo pushed those thoughts away, "So where exactly are we going?" as they passed by another mound of river rocks between the trees. Heero had been leading Duo down a trail almost all morning, and Duo had yet to find out where he was being taken. Not that he minded the 'alone time'.
"You ask too many questions," Heero answered, giving Duo a hand down a slippery bank, "just like you never seem to keep still." he added giving Duo an accusing stare.
Duo scoffed, "Me?! Keep still? Just how am I supposed to do that?" he replied, making a point not to deny that fact that he did ask a lot of questions. Most of which were designed to annoy whoever he was with at the time.
"Maybe if you stop drinking so much caffeine........."
Gasping, Duo put a hand to his chest, "Blasphemer! You dare soil the sanctity of the holy caffeine by blaming it for my actions! How dare you!"
Heero shook his head and laughed, a laugh to which Duo joined in. They walked in silence for a while after that, and Duo couldn't stop looking around him in every direction. He had been totally wrong about this place. It wasn't boring at all, and it was much nicer than those tall gray buildings in the city that all looked that same. This place had actual trees, trees that were alive, not some plastic ones stuck in a window to make it look inviting. Not only were the surroundings stunning, the weather was beautiful.
The day had started out muggy, but now that it was well passed one o'clock, both Duo and Heero had shed their jackets, thankful that they had worn T-shirts instead of sweaters. Duo was wearing his usual baggy pants and skater shoes, his hair bound tightly in it's braid so as not to snag it on a branch. Heero on the other hand, was wearing slightly tighter jeans that fit him perfectly, and a T-shirt that made Duo want to drool. Tight in all the right places. As Duo grinned and looked down at the lovely view he was getting from behind, he noticed that Heero was still holding onto his hand, his fingers now slightly intertwined with Duo's own pale digits. Oddly enough, it felt right to be holding hands with Heero this way, neither of them noticing or saying anything, so Duo didn't say anything. He simply enjoyed the contact.
It must have been twenty minutes later that Heero stopped so suddenly that Duo ran right into him, bumping his nose against Heero's back.
"We're here," the taller boy said turning, just in time to see Duo holding his nose with tears in his eyes. "Are you okay?" he asked, making as if to reach out and touch Duo's cheek.
Nodding quickly, Duo grinned and screwed his face up, "Man you got a bony back Heero! I think I broke my nose!"
Heero looked at him, "If you had broken your nose Duo, there would be blood everywhere and you wouldn't be able to breath," he replied matter of factly, "you'd be lucky if you could stuck enough blood back to talk."
Duo frowned. It sounded like Heero was speaking from personal experience. Staring right back at his friend, Duo was about to say something when he heard a branch break just off to his right, making him turn his head sharply in that direction.
"What the hell........?" he started, but didn't get to finish as a short blond boy plowed right into him, knocking him off his feet and into a bush.
Limbs flew as Duo struggled to get the boy off his chest, hoping that this wasn't some jealous maniac or something, angry that Duo had been alone with Heero. Though why he thought of that, he didn't rightly know. Suddenly, the boy pushed himself up off of Duo and wiped a smear of dirt from his cheek, which was flushed as if he had just been running. Azure blue eyes stared at him, and Duo realized that the boy on his chest was one of Heero's friends that had been playing basketball with him the first time he had seen Heero. He was just as thin as Duo himself was, but almost three inches shorter than Duo's own five foot seven frame, and his blond hair stuck out in various places, bits of twigs in other places.
"Hi!" the boy said, his light soprano voice full of good humor, "my name's Quatre. Who're you?"
Duo glared slightly, "Duo. Could you get off of me please?"
Quatre look bewildered, then looked down with a surprised expression, as if just noticing he was sitting on Duo. "Sorry! I didn't mean to clobber you Duo! But Trowa was chasing me through that trees, I didn't know where I was going."
Tilting his head to the side, Duo was about to ask who this Trowa was, when a pair of strong arms wrapped themselves around Quatre's small waist and hoisted him off of Duo. Quatre yelped in surprise, but made no effort to get away from his captor.
"That's Trowa," came Heero's deep voice from behind him as he put his hands under Duo's arms and helped him up, "the little one you know."
"Little!" Quatre protested, which made Duo quirk an eyebrow, for he stood at least a foot shorter than Trowa now that he was on the ground, "I'll have you know that I'm average height for my age!"
Duo couldn't help himself, "If you're a midget."
The three boy's looked at him, then one by one, they started to laugh. Heero first, followed by Trowa then Quatre. Duo grinned.
I think I'm going to like it here even more than I thought...........
( awwww!! ain't that nice, Duo made some friends! As for the part with the Arnie accent, you'll just have to imagine what he sounds like, I don't know how to write it. Anyway, tell me what you think of the fic so far. if you don't like it, don't tell me and pretend that you do )