"Ralph" she said.
Duo thought she had gone mad. "No I'm Duo".
"Hee hee I know you are, Ralph is my gundam" she said smiling up at him.
"Ralph?" questioned Duo before he almost collapsed on the floor with laughter.
"Yes RALPH!!! What's wrong with Ralph?" she asked.
"Well. nothing I suppose its just most of our gundams have meaningful names" said Duo.
"Yes but Ralph is meaningful... it's a happy name and I think it suits him and me just fine" she said sticking her tongue out at him.
"Yeah it does. It suits you to a T" Duo laughed.
"I know so stop laughing at me" were Taryn's final words before the newly named Ralph decided to eject Heero out of it forcefully.
He went flying out of it and right into where the two of them were standing, though by landing in a beautifully executed roll and stand combo looked like it had merely been a shortcut.
Suddenly J reappeared at the door and said "Ahh your not Taryn I thought it had malfunctioned and thrown Taryn out".
"Well it didn't it was me." said Heero.
"Well only Taryn can stay in there for a long period of time.. It's a new safety measure so that people can't tamper with it or steal it or anything." J said before once again making to leave the room.
The other pilots followed him slowly out of the room leaving only Duo and Taryn still standing in each other's arms.
Heero watched them as he left noticing the way they stood together. It was so natural like they had been doing it all their lives. He didn't mind it at all she was like a sister to him and Duo was the nearest thing he had to a friend. He thought they looked good together.
Taryn slowly turned in Duos arms and started walking unsteadily towards the door that Heero had left through with Duo making sure she didn't fall.
The next morning J summoned the pilots to his lab.
Taryn wasn't allowed to go and so instead went to see Ralph.
As she walked down the corridor she remembered how Duo had helped her walk down here his hands on her back steadying her and ready to catch her should she fall.
She felt like she had known him forever even though it had only been a few days.
She had talked to the other pilots when they had gone back to the common room to relax.
Well in theory it was to relax but Heero just worked, Trowa sat staring silently out of the window and wasn't a good converser being the "King of one word answers" as he had been dubbed by Duo.
Wufei spoke a bit but wanted to meditate and so all that was left was Duo and Quatre.
Quatre seemed nice, a tad to nice but nice all the same. He had strong morals and enjoyed debating a lot, Duo seemed the only one who you could muck around with and a cushion fight had caused the bond between herself and him to strengthen.
Duo thought she had gone mad. "No I'm Duo".
"Hee hee I know you are, Ralph is my gundam" she said smiling up at him.
"Ralph?" questioned Duo before he almost collapsed on the floor with laughter.
"Yes RALPH!!! What's wrong with Ralph?" she asked.
"Well. nothing I suppose its just most of our gundams have meaningful names" said Duo.
"Yes but Ralph is meaningful... it's a happy name and I think it suits him and me just fine" she said sticking her tongue out at him.
"Yeah it does. It suits you to a T" Duo laughed.
"I know so stop laughing at me" were Taryn's final words before the newly named Ralph decided to eject Heero out of it forcefully.
He went flying out of it and right into where the two of them were standing, though by landing in a beautifully executed roll and stand combo looked like it had merely been a shortcut.
Suddenly J reappeared at the door and said "Ahh your not Taryn I thought it had malfunctioned and thrown Taryn out".
"Well it didn't it was me." said Heero.
"Well only Taryn can stay in there for a long period of time.. It's a new safety measure so that people can't tamper with it or steal it or anything." J said before once again making to leave the room.
The other pilots followed him slowly out of the room leaving only Duo and Taryn still standing in each other's arms.
Heero watched them as he left noticing the way they stood together. It was so natural like they had been doing it all their lives. He didn't mind it at all she was like a sister to him and Duo was the nearest thing he had to a friend. He thought they looked good together.
Taryn slowly turned in Duos arms and started walking unsteadily towards the door that Heero had left through with Duo making sure she didn't fall.
The next morning J summoned the pilots to his lab.
Taryn wasn't allowed to go and so instead went to see Ralph.
As she walked down the corridor she remembered how Duo had helped her walk down here his hands on her back steadying her and ready to catch her should she fall.
She felt like she had known him forever even though it had only been a few days.
She had talked to the other pilots when they had gone back to the common room to relax.
Well in theory it was to relax but Heero just worked, Trowa sat staring silently out of the window and wasn't a good converser being the "King of one word answers" as he had been dubbed by Duo.
Wufei spoke a bit but wanted to meditate and so all that was left was Duo and Quatre.
Quatre seemed nice, a tad to nice but nice all the same. He had strong morals and enjoyed debating a lot, Duo seemed the only one who you could muck around with and a cushion fight had caused the bond between herself and him to strengthen.