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Gundam Wing Episode 21 *Two Foxes, the Dragon, and a Lion * 5:35a.m.
Quatre grazes the side of her face with his hand and she opens her eyes. Sophia turns her head to look at him and then places her left hand on his and places his hand beside her on the bed. She squeezes his hand and smiles at him weakly.
"I got rid of the intruder. that's all that matters." She looks off in the distance. "You should go home now, Quatre; the mission's over and everyone's back to normal."
"I want to make sure you don't do anything rash." He says with a concerned look on his face. "Why don't you listen to reason, Sophia?"
"I wish you wouldn't worry about me that much, Care Bear."
Wufei peeks in.
"Come on in, Wufei. I'm not mad at you." He walks up to her and sits next to her.
"You know you've been asleep for about a week now."
"What!" She sits up in shock. "AHH!" she cringes.
"Sally and Niko were able to reconnect your arm, but you can't use it until it heals completely." Wufei and Quatre make her lie down again. "You shouldn't be moving."
"I thought I was only asleep for three days. not an entire week."
"That's because you lost a lot of blood Sophia." Quatre explains. "You needed another blood transfusion."
"Quatre, I wish you wouldn't waste your blood on me."
"Don't say that Sophia, using my blood to save you isn't wasteful at all."
"Sometimes I wonder how that big heart can fit in that body of yours, Quatre." She says teasingly. "And who's this girlfriend of yours, Wufei?"
". Have you been spying on me?" he says annoyed and somewhat blushing.
"UUUM. Maybe just a little," she says smugly.
"You haven't changed."
"So. how long have you two been going out?"
"Why should I tell you? All you're going to do is embarrass me."
"I wouldn't do that."
"Wanna bet."
"You two please don't argue. You two were worried about each other or you wouldn't have bothered to try and look for the other or took the liberty to know where the others whereabouts were, so please don't argue." Quatre says stopping the argument.
"So she's finally awake," Sally says walking in. "And how's that arm of yours." Sophia's eyes turn blue at the sight of Sally and she closes her eyes.
"I apologize for Sophia's actions, Sally," Quatre says, "She's not too fond of doctors."
"That's ok, Quatre." She sits next to the bed. Sophia open's her eyes watching her closely. She growls at Sally as she tries to check her heart rate. Wufei says something angrily in Chinese and Sophia stops and stares at him.
Sophia makes eye contact with him.
"Wow, he must really like you if he threatened to kill me," she says to Sally with a raised eye brow.
"He did what?" Sally looks at him accusingly. He just gives her an annoyed look then mumbles something under his breath then gets up and leaves. "Wufei." Sophia watches him leave. She definitely has an effect on him. Even I can't make him do that. wow. he's really in love with this woman. She looks at Sally again a moment then at the empty doorway.
"Well, I'm not staying here." She says sitting up.
"No, Sophia."
"Quatre's right, you should stay put."
"Well, I'm hungry! And I'm not so weak that I can't get my own food." Sophia says pushing past Sally. The pain in her right arm reminds her not to use it. Quatre stands in the doorway. "Move Quatre."
"NO, Sophia you should be in bed and you know it."
"Get out of my way, Quatre."
"NO, Sophia"
"Last Warning!"
"You're going to have to go through me."
"Fine with me!" She plows into Quatre with her good shoulder.
Shimi lies down on the couch next to Trowa whose reading. The little rabbit girl sits at the end table in the center of the room with Heero and Daga on either side of her. The little rabbit girl's hands were covered in multicolored finger paint. She carefully plants hands in the center of the paper and starts to swoosh them around. She looks at the picture a moment and then shows it to Heero. Jeff watches from the wall like a gecko on the wall. Duo and Niko play video games in the corner like they always do.
Just then, Quatre and Sophia come plowing in the waiting room. Quatre lands on the floor with Sophia on top of him unmoving. This gets everyone's attention. Quatre sits up. Concern fills his face upon seeing Sophia's condition.
"Sophia," She responds to her name. She holds her shoulder in pain. "Sally and I told you to stay in bed." She growls at Quatre when he tries to help her.
"I refuse to have anyone help me. when I can do it myself." She says through clinched teeth.
"Listen to Quatre, Sophia. You know you've reached your limit." Sophia looks up at Wufei. He holds out his hand to help her up, but she stands up on her own then leaves the room. He sighs as Quatre stands up. Wufei stops him before he could follow her.
"She needs to be alone right now." What's bothering you, Sophia?
******
Jeff watches the rabbit girl as she makes a tower out of blocks. He jumps down from the ceiling and sits in front of her. She looks up at him for a moment then looks at the last block in her hand. She walks around her tower and hands him the block.
"That's ok, I'm fine just watching." She insists, but what escapes her mouth didn't sound like words, just a soft animal sound. After days of her not talking, they finally figured out she couldn't talk due to the mutation of inaccurate and sloppy splicing. "No, that's ok, Thumper." She was given the name Thumper from the movie Bambi. Seeing he still didn't want it she gives up and finishes the tower. She hops to the door as the door opens. She jumps in Heero's arm happily and hugs him. She turns and points to her tower showing it off.
"It looks good. You made it yourself?" She shakes her head. "Come it's time for dinner." He takes her by the hand and they head out the door with Jeff not too far behind.
******
Sophia sits at the table in the cafeteria.
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
"Are you done yet?" Wufei says sternly. "Or do I have to waste any more time with a pupil I clearly wasted my time training."
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
". Did you really mean what you said there.Wufei. Do you really think you wasted your time with me?" "I'd never think that as long as I live." Wufei says hugging her from behind.
"You're just saying that."
"No, I mean every word." She rubs the side of her face against his then smile. "And when were you going to tell me that my closest friend could have also been a pet fox."
"I thought you'd freak out."
"Have you ever known me to freak out?" he says messing up her hair. She laughs and sticks her tongue out at him. "You're not going to go running off again are you?"
"If I say yes, I'd be lying." She stands up. She hugs him then jumps on his back. "You owe me a piggy back ride!" He just smiles as they head back to her room.
******
"Master Cobra, are you sure you want to go alone? I could come with you to assist." Yun asks as the three head for a private shuttle to go to earth.
"No Yun, you stay here with your sister. I want to challenge this girl on my own besides when I'm done with her I'll bring her back with me." Cobra gives one last look back at his two students then climbs in the shuttle. He gives one last wave before the shuttle takes off. You went up against Amaya and Yun. now you'll have to deal with me. Fox!
******
Quatre closes the door behind him. I hope Sophia's better now. I know she was upset. probably she feels I'm a bother. He walks to his bunk and notices a white rose attached to a note.
Dear Care Bear,
Accept this white rose as symbol of my apology. I'm sorry for taking my anger out on you. You can stop worrying now I got it taken care of. I know you were just trying to help like you always do and I hope you can forgive me.
^v^ Sophia
Quatre smiles at the note. He leaves the room taking the rose with him. I'm sure she's in the hanger, he thinks to himself as he heads to the hanger.
I thought for sure she'd be here. Quatre sighs as he exits ShadowScythe. A loud bang stops him before climbing down the latter to exit the hanger. Curious he heads toward it.
"OW! Stupid!" Sophia trips over her own foot and plows into Quatre's arms.
"Sophia. Are you ok?"
Um. yeah, I'm ok." She goes back to her work, her voice calm.
"I received your note, Sophia." There's a long pause. "I never was angry at you, Sophia. I'm glad that you worked it out.," He moves closer to her watching her work. "Is there any special reason why you're working on this shuttle?"
"No, no reason in particular, just was board that's all."
"Sophia. I've been meaning to ask you a question."
"Uh huh."
"Do you remember that night we spent together?"
"Yes, what about it?" she says a bit irritably. She feels a stab or guilt as she continues, "That was the night I stole my laptop back from you."
"Did it mean anything to you?"
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
They looked into each other's eyes. Like two magnets they kissed. Long passionate kisses as they wrapped there arms around each other. Wulan unbuttoned his shirt as he removed his vest. He genially pushed her down on the bed then tossed his shirt on the floor.
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
He notices her hands start to shake causing her to stop her work. She bites her lower lip.
"I don't want to remember that, Quatre."
".Oh." He moves away from her. Disappointment fills his face as he backs up toward the door of the shuttle. He looks at Sophia whose back was turned to him. He turns away from her as his throat grows sore. Surprised he looks over at her again. Hope fills his heart again. "Is that it, Sophia? You feel guilty for leaving me. I've already forgiven you for that besides you shouldn't feel guilty for that."
"No. it's not that. it later on."
"When you sending us on that mission you mean, you shouldn't get upset over things you can't control." He walks up to her then puts his hands on her shoulders. "Is something the matter, Sophia?"
"Huh, oh it's nothing. You're right." Wait a minute I didn't say that out loud.
"I'm glad it was just a misunderstanding and that you, you feel the same way." He says hugging her. She feels herself blush. How did he hear.? "He only worries about you because you're so reckless at times, Sophia." He says letting go of her. There's a long pause as she looks at him. She gives a nerves laugh. He's closer then I thought.
"I was just joking, Quatre. I didn't mean it." She starts to push Quatre out the door. "How about later on we have lunch or dinner or what ever meal it is at this time and we can talk about. I don't know anything you want. I just have to finish up this and I'll meat you, k."
"I can help."
"No that's ok I just have to screw in the panel. It shouldn't take that long." She finally pushes him out. "Go and find us a table, ok."
"O. k, sure." She watches him start down the latter then she quickly heads into the shuttle. When she was done screwing on the panel she heads for the controls.
"I thought you promised to have dinner with Quatre?"
"I didn't promise Quatre anything." She says coldly to Wufei, her back turned to him. "And what were you spying on me?"
"I just caught the last of it."
"Why do you care anyway?"
"Quatre's a nice guy. You're being cruel to him, that's not like you." He moves next to her as she continues to work.
"Come on Wufei, if I told him I was leaving he'd try and talk me into staying."
"What you mean is that he would talk you into staying am I right."
"Leave me alone, Wufei."
"You don't want to see him sad which will also cause you to stay just for him."
"Leave me alone, ok!" she says feeling herself blush.
"You really do like, Quatre; I was afraid you were leading him on."
"I didn't say that and stop reading my mind."
"I didn't have to read your mind." He moves over and stops her hands as they start to shake. Moving her closer to him he smiles. "It's written all over your face, Sophia. Now you want to eat dinner with Quatre or are you going to hurt him again?"
"I'm sorry, but I can't. I haven't called home uncle's going to be worried about me."
". Master O's still alive?"
"Yeah and not just him the others at well."
"So that's why you're eager to go home."
"Of course, besides I don't want you guys getting involved especially after what happened."
"That's not your fault."
"Then how come I don't feel that way. Wufei." She pulls away from him and goes back to what she was doing earlier.
"Looks like I have no choice." Sophia moves out of the way before he could knock her out.
"You know better then to brad cast your attack." She looks at him annoyed blocking a dozen punches.
"You've gotten better."
"Well duh." He catches her high kick and trips her. Picking her up around her middle he carries the struggling girl out. "Hey! Wufei put me down this instant. I know you hear me!"
"Quit struggling or I'll drop you." He says as he starts down the latter. She grabs hold of the latter when they made it to the ground floor. "Sophia let go of the latter."
"NO! YOU"RE NOT BEING FAIR, WUFEI!"
"Quit acting childish and let's go."
"No!" She holds tightly to the bars as he pulls her.
"Sophia! Come ON!!"
"I'm not going!" she says through clinched teeth. Her hands start to sweat and her grip starts to slip.
"Sophia I don't have time for this!" She finally let go and then jabs him in the stomach. Wufei barely dodges a side kick in the side of the head. She plows into him like a football player. They both go down. Sophia scurries off him, but he grabs her foot. She kicks him in the face as he pulls her towards him. "Ow! Cut it out, Sophia." He pins her down. "You can go home. I just want your arm to heal first ok." She stops struggling and looks him in the eye.
"Really?"
"Yes, I wasn't going to just prevent you from going home." He lets go of her and sits up. She smiles at him then hugs him. "Now don't get all clingy."
"Can I have a piggy back ride?"
"No, you're too old for one," he says standing up.
"But you gave me one before." She follows close behind him.
"That was just for old time's sake." She continues to whine for a while, but stops as they got closer to the cafeteria.
"Yeah, maybe you're right. I am a woman after all."
"I wouldn't say that."
"Hey what do you mean by that?"
"You're no woman."
"Oh, because I'm seventeen."
"No, you're far from it."
"WHAT!!!"
"You heard me." Angrily she jumps on his back as they enter the cafeteria. The seven pilots and Thumper look over at the two making a ruckus.
"I'LL GIVE YOU FAR FROM IT!!!!!"
"Sophia. what are you.?! OW! Don't pull my hair!"
"I can pull it if I damn want to!!!! PANDA!! PANDA!!! PANDA!!!!" He blushes at the sound of his nickname making him furious.
"That's it!!!!" He twists her nose with two fingers.
"Ow WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!!!!!!! Not the nose!!!!!!!"
"Then get off my back, already!!!!!"
"Ok, we'll let go at the same time on the count of three. One two three." They both release each other.
"Now!"
"Ok, ok I'm getting off." After getting off, she trips him. She laughs at him at a safe distance.
"Um, are you sure she has know Wufei longer then we do?" Duo asks leaning over to Shimi.
"Of course, silly, they grew up together. This is normal."
"Um. ok whatever you say." Everyone's speechless as Sophia plants a slice of cake in Wufei's face.
"You're a jerk, Wufei!!"
"Really?"
"Yes"
"FINE THEN!!" he says as he plants her face in some mash potatoes. "If all I'm going to be is a jerk to you then I might as well have fun with it."
"I wonder who's going to win this one." Shimi says excitedly as the two's food fight turns into a hand lock struggle.
******
"Trowa." Trowa slowly opens his eyes at the sound of his name. "Trowa." He sits up and looks around, but he's alone in the waiting room. The voice comes as a whisper through the door.
"Shimi, is that you?" he asks as he opens the door. He looks down an empty darkened hallway.
"Trowa." The hallway itself seemed to get darker as he starts down it. "Trowa!" The voice continues to call his name getting more and more urgent turning his walk into a run. His heart races knowing the voice is Shimi's. He burst through the door at the end of the hall. Trowa sees a guy on top of Shimi who was trying desperately to get him off her. He races over and tackles the guy to the floor. Before he could punch him, Trowa gets a good look at himself.
"Surprised Trowa?" Trowa wakes up in a cold sweat as his red glowing eyed reflection starts to laugh. He sits on the edge of the bunk bed letting his feet dangle over the side. I don't think I can ever forgive myself for what I did.
"Something bothering you, Trowa?" He looks over at Heero on the bottom bunk bed beside him. "How do you apologize to a girl for taking something special that can't be given back?" Trowa jumps down from the bunk.
"I never thought I'd see the day that I'd see a gundam pilot running away from anything." Trowa turns and sees two blue eyes in the shadows. Sophia emerges from the shadow of the building. "It will be easier for her if I'm not around."
"You mean Shimi. I'm afraid you're wrong, Trowa. She'll feel abandoned if you leave." There's a long pause. "She really does love you as much as you love her." Her eyes blaze blue as she turns away from him. "If it was up to me I'd be glad that you're leaving, but it's not about me it's about Shimi." She says as she walks off disappearing in the darkness.
Gundam Wing Episode 21 *Two Foxes, the Dragon, and a Lion * 5:35a.m.
Quatre grazes the side of her face with his hand and she opens her eyes. Sophia turns her head to look at him and then places her left hand on his and places his hand beside her on the bed. She squeezes his hand and smiles at him weakly.
"I got rid of the intruder. that's all that matters." She looks off in the distance. "You should go home now, Quatre; the mission's over and everyone's back to normal."
"I want to make sure you don't do anything rash." He says with a concerned look on his face. "Why don't you listen to reason, Sophia?"
"I wish you wouldn't worry about me that much, Care Bear."
Wufei peeks in.
"Come on in, Wufei. I'm not mad at you." He walks up to her and sits next to her.
"You know you've been asleep for about a week now."
"What!" She sits up in shock. "AHH!" she cringes.
"Sally and Niko were able to reconnect your arm, but you can't use it until it heals completely." Wufei and Quatre make her lie down again. "You shouldn't be moving."
"I thought I was only asleep for three days. not an entire week."
"That's because you lost a lot of blood Sophia." Quatre explains. "You needed another blood transfusion."
"Quatre, I wish you wouldn't waste your blood on me."
"Don't say that Sophia, using my blood to save you isn't wasteful at all."
"Sometimes I wonder how that big heart can fit in that body of yours, Quatre." She says teasingly. "And who's this girlfriend of yours, Wufei?"
". Have you been spying on me?" he says annoyed and somewhat blushing.
"UUUM. Maybe just a little," she says smugly.
"You haven't changed."
"So. how long have you two been going out?"
"Why should I tell you? All you're going to do is embarrass me."
"I wouldn't do that."
"Wanna bet."
"You two please don't argue. You two were worried about each other or you wouldn't have bothered to try and look for the other or took the liberty to know where the others whereabouts were, so please don't argue." Quatre says stopping the argument.
"So she's finally awake," Sally says walking in. "And how's that arm of yours." Sophia's eyes turn blue at the sight of Sally and she closes her eyes.
"I apologize for Sophia's actions, Sally," Quatre says, "She's not too fond of doctors."
"That's ok, Quatre." She sits next to the bed. Sophia open's her eyes watching her closely. She growls at Sally as she tries to check her heart rate. Wufei says something angrily in Chinese and Sophia stops and stares at him.
Sophia makes eye contact with him.
"Wow, he must really like you if he threatened to kill me," she says to Sally with a raised eye brow.
"He did what?" Sally looks at him accusingly. He just gives her an annoyed look then mumbles something under his breath then gets up and leaves. "Wufei." Sophia watches him leave. She definitely has an effect on him. Even I can't make him do that. wow. he's really in love with this woman. She looks at Sally again a moment then at the empty doorway.
"Well, I'm not staying here." She says sitting up.
"No, Sophia."
"Quatre's right, you should stay put."
"Well, I'm hungry! And I'm not so weak that I can't get my own food." Sophia says pushing past Sally. The pain in her right arm reminds her not to use it. Quatre stands in the doorway. "Move Quatre."
"NO, Sophia you should be in bed and you know it."
"Get out of my way, Quatre."
"NO, Sophia"
"Last Warning!"
"You're going to have to go through me."
"Fine with me!" She plows into Quatre with her good shoulder.
Shimi lies down on the couch next to Trowa whose reading. The little rabbit girl sits at the end table in the center of the room with Heero and Daga on either side of her. The little rabbit girl's hands were covered in multicolored finger paint. She carefully plants hands in the center of the paper and starts to swoosh them around. She looks at the picture a moment and then shows it to Heero. Jeff watches from the wall like a gecko on the wall. Duo and Niko play video games in the corner like they always do.
Just then, Quatre and Sophia come plowing in the waiting room. Quatre lands on the floor with Sophia on top of him unmoving. This gets everyone's attention. Quatre sits up. Concern fills his face upon seeing Sophia's condition.
"Sophia," She responds to her name. She holds her shoulder in pain. "Sally and I told you to stay in bed." She growls at Quatre when he tries to help her.
"I refuse to have anyone help me. when I can do it myself." She says through clinched teeth.
"Listen to Quatre, Sophia. You know you've reached your limit." Sophia looks up at Wufei. He holds out his hand to help her up, but she stands up on her own then leaves the room. He sighs as Quatre stands up. Wufei stops him before he could follow her.
"She needs to be alone right now." What's bothering you, Sophia?
******
Jeff watches the rabbit girl as she makes a tower out of blocks. He jumps down from the ceiling and sits in front of her. She looks up at him for a moment then looks at the last block in her hand. She walks around her tower and hands him the block.
"That's ok, I'm fine just watching." She insists, but what escapes her mouth didn't sound like words, just a soft animal sound. After days of her not talking, they finally figured out she couldn't talk due to the mutation of inaccurate and sloppy splicing. "No, that's ok, Thumper." She was given the name Thumper from the movie Bambi. Seeing he still didn't want it she gives up and finishes the tower. She hops to the door as the door opens. She jumps in Heero's arm happily and hugs him. She turns and points to her tower showing it off.
"It looks good. You made it yourself?" She shakes her head. "Come it's time for dinner." He takes her by the hand and they head out the door with Jeff not too far behind.
******
Sophia sits at the table in the cafeteria.
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
"Are you done yet?" Wufei says sternly. "Or do I have to waste any more time with a pupil I clearly wasted my time training."
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
". Did you really mean what you said there.Wufei. Do you really think you wasted your time with me?" "I'd never think that as long as I live." Wufei says hugging her from behind.
"You're just saying that."
"No, I mean every word." She rubs the side of her face against his then smile. "And when were you going to tell me that my closest friend could have also been a pet fox."
"I thought you'd freak out."
"Have you ever known me to freak out?" he says messing up her hair. She laughs and sticks her tongue out at him. "You're not going to go running off again are you?"
"If I say yes, I'd be lying." She stands up. She hugs him then jumps on his back. "You owe me a piggy back ride!" He just smiles as they head back to her room.
******
"Master Cobra, are you sure you want to go alone? I could come with you to assist." Yun asks as the three head for a private shuttle to go to earth.
"No Yun, you stay here with your sister. I want to challenge this girl on my own besides when I'm done with her I'll bring her back with me." Cobra gives one last look back at his two students then climbs in the shuttle. He gives one last wave before the shuttle takes off. You went up against Amaya and Yun. now you'll have to deal with me. Fox!
******
Quatre closes the door behind him. I hope Sophia's better now. I know she was upset. probably she feels I'm a bother. He walks to his bunk and notices a white rose attached to a note.
Dear Care Bear,
Accept this white rose as symbol of my apology. I'm sorry for taking my anger out on you. You can stop worrying now I got it taken care of. I know you were just trying to help like you always do and I hope you can forgive me.
^v^ Sophia
Quatre smiles at the note. He leaves the room taking the rose with him. I'm sure she's in the hanger, he thinks to himself as he heads to the hanger.
I thought for sure she'd be here. Quatre sighs as he exits ShadowScythe. A loud bang stops him before climbing down the latter to exit the hanger. Curious he heads toward it.
"OW! Stupid!" Sophia trips over her own foot and plows into Quatre's arms.
"Sophia. Are you ok?"
Um. yeah, I'm ok." She goes back to her work, her voice calm.
"I received your note, Sophia." There's a long pause. "I never was angry at you, Sophia. I'm glad that you worked it out.," He moves closer to her watching her work. "Is there any special reason why you're working on this shuttle?"
"No, no reason in particular, just was board that's all."
"Sophia. I've been meaning to ask you a question."
"Uh huh."
"Do you remember that night we spent together?"
"Yes, what about it?" she says a bit irritably. She feels a stab or guilt as she continues, "That was the night I stole my laptop back from you."
"Did it mean anything to you?"
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
They looked into each other's eyes. Like two magnets they kissed. Long passionate kisses as they wrapped there arms around each other. Wulan unbuttoned his shirt as he removed his vest. He genially pushed her down on the bed then tossed his shirt on the floor.
~~~~~Flash~~~~~
He notices her hands start to shake causing her to stop her work. She bites her lower lip.
"I don't want to remember that, Quatre."
".Oh." He moves away from her. Disappointment fills his face as he backs up toward the door of the shuttle. He looks at Sophia whose back was turned to him. He turns away from her as his throat grows sore. Surprised he looks over at her again. Hope fills his heart again. "Is that it, Sophia? You feel guilty for leaving me. I've already forgiven you for that besides you shouldn't feel guilty for that."
"No. it's not that. it later on."
"When you sending us on that mission you mean, you shouldn't get upset over things you can't control." He walks up to her then puts his hands on her shoulders. "Is something the matter, Sophia?"
"Huh, oh it's nothing. You're right." Wait a minute I didn't say that out loud.
"I'm glad it was just a misunderstanding and that you, you feel the same way." He says hugging her. She feels herself blush. How did he hear.? "He only worries about you because you're so reckless at times, Sophia." He says letting go of her. There's a long pause as she looks at him. She gives a nerves laugh. He's closer then I thought.
"I was just joking, Quatre. I didn't mean it." She starts to push Quatre out the door. "How about later on we have lunch or dinner or what ever meal it is at this time and we can talk about. I don't know anything you want. I just have to finish up this and I'll meat you, k."
"I can help."
"No that's ok I just have to screw in the panel. It shouldn't take that long." She finally pushes him out. "Go and find us a table, ok."
"O. k, sure." She watches him start down the latter then she quickly heads into the shuttle. When she was done screwing on the panel she heads for the controls.
"I thought you promised to have dinner with Quatre?"
"I didn't promise Quatre anything." She says coldly to Wufei, her back turned to him. "And what were you spying on me?"
"I just caught the last of it."
"Why do you care anyway?"
"Quatre's a nice guy. You're being cruel to him, that's not like you." He moves next to her as she continues to work.
"Come on Wufei, if I told him I was leaving he'd try and talk me into staying."
"What you mean is that he would talk you into staying am I right."
"Leave me alone, Wufei."
"You don't want to see him sad which will also cause you to stay just for him."
"Leave me alone, ok!" she says feeling herself blush.
"You really do like, Quatre; I was afraid you were leading him on."
"I didn't say that and stop reading my mind."
"I didn't have to read your mind." He moves over and stops her hands as they start to shake. Moving her closer to him he smiles. "It's written all over your face, Sophia. Now you want to eat dinner with Quatre or are you going to hurt him again?"
"I'm sorry, but I can't. I haven't called home uncle's going to be worried about me."
". Master O's still alive?"
"Yeah and not just him the others at well."
"So that's why you're eager to go home."
"Of course, besides I don't want you guys getting involved especially after what happened."
"That's not your fault."
"Then how come I don't feel that way. Wufei." She pulls away from him and goes back to what she was doing earlier.
"Looks like I have no choice." Sophia moves out of the way before he could knock her out.
"You know better then to brad cast your attack." She looks at him annoyed blocking a dozen punches.
"You've gotten better."
"Well duh." He catches her high kick and trips her. Picking her up around her middle he carries the struggling girl out. "Hey! Wufei put me down this instant. I know you hear me!"
"Quit struggling or I'll drop you." He says as he starts down the latter. She grabs hold of the latter when they made it to the ground floor. "Sophia let go of the latter."
"NO! YOU"RE NOT BEING FAIR, WUFEI!"
"Quit acting childish and let's go."
"No!" She holds tightly to the bars as he pulls her.
"Sophia! Come ON!!"
"I'm not going!" she says through clinched teeth. Her hands start to sweat and her grip starts to slip.
"Sophia I don't have time for this!" She finally let go and then jabs him in the stomach. Wufei barely dodges a side kick in the side of the head. She plows into him like a football player. They both go down. Sophia scurries off him, but he grabs her foot. She kicks him in the face as he pulls her towards him. "Ow! Cut it out, Sophia." He pins her down. "You can go home. I just want your arm to heal first ok." She stops struggling and looks him in the eye.
"Really?"
"Yes, I wasn't going to just prevent you from going home." He lets go of her and sits up. She smiles at him then hugs him. "Now don't get all clingy."
"Can I have a piggy back ride?"
"No, you're too old for one," he says standing up.
"But you gave me one before." She follows close behind him.
"That was just for old time's sake." She continues to whine for a while, but stops as they got closer to the cafeteria.
"Yeah, maybe you're right. I am a woman after all."
"I wouldn't say that."
"Hey what do you mean by that?"
"You're no woman."
"Oh, because I'm seventeen."
"No, you're far from it."
"WHAT!!!"
"You heard me." Angrily she jumps on his back as they enter the cafeteria. The seven pilots and Thumper look over at the two making a ruckus.
"I'LL GIVE YOU FAR FROM IT!!!!!"
"Sophia. what are you.?! OW! Don't pull my hair!"
"I can pull it if I damn want to!!!! PANDA!! PANDA!!! PANDA!!!!" He blushes at the sound of his nickname making him furious.
"That's it!!!!" He twists her nose with two fingers.
"Ow WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!!!!!!! Not the nose!!!!!!!"
"Then get off my back, already!!!!!"
"Ok, we'll let go at the same time on the count of three. One two three." They both release each other.
"Now!"
"Ok, ok I'm getting off." After getting off, she trips him. She laughs at him at a safe distance.
"Um, are you sure she has know Wufei longer then we do?" Duo asks leaning over to Shimi.
"Of course, silly, they grew up together. This is normal."
"Um. ok whatever you say." Everyone's speechless as Sophia plants a slice of cake in Wufei's face.
"You're a jerk, Wufei!!"
"Really?"
"Yes"
"FINE THEN!!" he says as he plants her face in some mash potatoes. "If all I'm going to be is a jerk to you then I might as well have fun with it."
"I wonder who's going to win this one." Shimi says excitedly as the two's food fight turns into a hand lock struggle.
******
"Trowa." Trowa slowly opens his eyes at the sound of his name. "Trowa." He sits up and looks around, but he's alone in the waiting room. The voice comes as a whisper through the door.
"Shimi, is that you?" he asks as he opens the door. He looks down an empty darkened hallway.
"Trowa." The hallway itself seemed to get darker as he starts down it. "Trowa!" The voice continues to call his name getting more and more urgent turning his walk into a run. His heart races knowing the voice is Shimi's. He burst through the door at the end of the hall. Trowa sees a guy on top of Shimi who was trying desperately to get him off her. He races over and tackles the guy to the floor. Before he could punch him, Trowa gets a good look at himself.
"Surprised Trowa?" Trowa wakes up in a cold sweat as his red glowing eyed reflection starts to laugh. He sits on the edge of the bunk bed letting his feet dangle over the side. I don't think I can ever forgive myself for what I did.
"Something bothering you, Trowa?" He looks over at Heero on the bottom bunk bed beside him. "How do you apologize to a girl for taking something special that can't be given back?" Trowa jumps down from the bunk.
"I never thought I'd see the day that I'd see a gundam pilot running away from anything." Trowa turns and sees two blue eyes in the shadows. Sophia emerges from the shadow of the building. "It will be easier for her if I'm not around."
"You mean Shimi. I'm afraid you're wrong, Trowa. She'll feel abandoned if you leave." There's a long pause. "She really does love you as much as you love her." Her eyes blaze blue as she turns away from him. "If it was up to me I'd be glad that you're leaving, but it's not about me it's about Shimi." She says as she walks off disappearing in the darkness.
