Title: The Hamster Part 1
Rating: PG
Pairings: hints of 2x5
Warnings: humor, fluff, shonen-ai
Disclaimers: Ahem...I don't own them! I know, it's hard to believe, but I make nothing from these sorry excuses for fanfiction...not a single penny!
Author's Notes: Due to a lot of requests, I have decided to write a sequel to my spoofy fic entitled "The Goldfish." I hope this one doesn't disappoint! Enjoy!
"You know, Wufei, you can tell us about your problems. All of us here have gone through something similar, and we can all relate..." The huge woman kept talking, and Wufei was silently cursing her in every language he knew. Next to him, Duo sat in his desk, smirking at his uncomfortable friend.
"I can't believe you dragged me along to this insane excuse for a..." Duo cut him off, placing a hand over Wufei's mouth.
"Please, Wufei, tell us about your story." Duo said sweetly, removing his hand in time to see Wufei's mouth press together tightly and a frown crease his eyes in irritation.
"I was a mobile suit pilot..." Wufei hadn't even finished the sentence before he heard "aahhh" and "I see" coming from the random members of the group. It took everything Duo had not to burst out laughing, and he watched Wufei's mouth open and close a couple of times in frustration. "As I was saying, I was a mobile suit pilot during both wars."
"That is wonderful, Wufei. Please, keep talking." The large woman, apparently the counselor, said, her voice anything but soothing. Wufei frowned at her, and she gulped noticeably. He crossed his arms over his chest, and he tilted his downwards, looking at her through lidded eyes.
"I have nothing else to talk about." The woman gasped, her mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water. Duo was snickering beside him, and Wufei couldn't help but throw an evil glare in his direction, too. It was, after all, Duo's idea for him to go to one of these meetings.
"But don't you want to share any of your past? Any events that really hurt you, deep down?" Why did she have to continue talking? Even Heero Yuy couldn't beat one of Wufei's death glares!
"No. I just wanted to know if the relationship thing could be done without a goldfish." Wufei said, catching the big woman off-guard. Apparently that statement wasn't one she was expecting.
"Well, I guess...I don't see why not, but...It just has always been done with a goldfish." She said, sputtering. "What animal did you have in mind?" Wufei thought for a moment. He hadn't really decided on a specific animal, so, just to appease the woman, he said on off the top of his head.
"What about a hamster?" The woman seemed to think about it before nodding hesitantly.
"I don't see why a hamster is a problem. It is just the idea that a hamster's life-span is much longer than a goldfish, so you might want to extend the length of waiting time, perhaps to nine months?" She said, her voice rising at the end of the sentence to something similar to a squeak. Wufei sniffed, and stood up, grabbing Duo's wrist as he did so.
"Sounds fine. Let's go, Duo." They walked out of the small brick building, once an old barbershop, and headed down the street to the apartment they shared with the other pilots.
"A hamster? You're going to get a hamster?" Wufei kept heading down the street to the apartment, not aware that he was still holding Duo's wrist.
"Yeah, I'm going to get a hamster." Wufei replied, tugging the braided American up the steps of the apartment building and through the front door of their home.
"That's cool. Can I come with you to pick it out?" Wufei nodded, shrugging his shoulders and finally releasing Duo's wrist. Duo instantly felt the difference, but he wasn't going to say anything. At least, not yet anyway.
"I was going to go tomorrow in the morning, if that's okay." He glanced at Duo, making eye contact and showing Duo one of his rare smiles. "I'll even buy you lunch." They both broke out in laughter as they walked into the main room of their home, surprising the other three pilots with their behavior.
"Welcome home, guys. Your back early." Quatre said, looking up from the magazine he was reading. Both Duo and Wufei looked at each other then shrugged, both walking to the kitchen to see what was for dinner.
"The meeting was boring." Wufei said, walking into the kitchen after Duo. Quatre frowned, and he glanced at Trowa, who shrugged and went back to the book he was reading. Quatre sighed, and shook his head. Will they ever learn?
tbc.....part two should be up in a couple of days
SilentOne
