Hey folks.. You'll hafta thank my wonderful Beta, Panther's Tear, for this
as she wrote this in my place as she was also unhappy with the shortness
and I've been sick and swamped with schoolwork.
Chapter 11: Part B
"Yuy! Wait!" I called desperately. He stopped, but didn't turn to face me this time. "Maxwell's showing signs of relapsing into illness..." It was my last available option.. I only hoped his guilt would force him to stay with the dark death angel we all know as Duo.
"Sick... again." His voice became thick as if he was holding off tears. But that could not be the case. The perfect soldier has never cried in his life. Least of all in front of a teammate. I walked forwards and put a supporting hand on his shoulder. "Yes... he needs you Yuy... otherwise he may not make it... He loves you." His head hung in a gesture of defeat and he turned and looked at me with all the pain and remorse glittering like little crystals in his eyes.
I looked back with what I hoped was a look of support. Somehow all the anger I had felt towards the infernal man had dissolved into what could almost be defined as pity. "Come Yuy... please? He needs you... he doesn't love me or Barton or Winner. He loves you and you are the only one who can pull him through."
Yuy sighed shrugging his shoulders in the gesture. "Alright... until he gets better." I felt relieved. It was a small and temporary victory but a victory nonetheless. I felt sure that Duo would be able to find it in his heart to forgive Yuy given enough time... even though I did not feel Yuy deserved forgiveness.
I slowly began to lead Yuy back to where the beautiful angel was. I hoped I was doing the right thing and not just bringing disaster back to our little angel of death. Only time would tell. But I made a solemn promise to myself. If Yuy hurt Duo again... I would kill him. There would be no mercy.
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I smiled a little. No reason to let Duo know that I knew he didn't believe me about his not being weak. No reason to try and make him fear me. For if I was to tell the others about my so-called 'gifts' I do not think they would react any different then my sisters and father did. They would shun me. They would be afraid. They would and why shouldn't they?
"Trowa... let him go." I demanded. It wasn't fair to hold him like a wild animal after all. He was my big brother. The former pilot released him and so did I. I stood and gauged his reaction. He was frightened, ashamed, and ill. He felt he did not belong. I remembered that feeling well. Putting a comforting hand on his shoulder I whispered in his ear. "You do belong Duo... you belong with Heero." It was a risky move and got the expected reaction. He looked shocked at first. Then increasingly frightened. I knew it. No way could I tell anyone else. Their reactions would be ten times worse I'm sure. I smiled reassuringly and whispered again. "It's written plain as day across your face." He seemed to calm a little and I took him to the couch and sat him down.
"Trowa? Would you mind getting some cocoa for us?" I asked to send him on a tedious useless mission so he would feel needed. I do that sometimes because Trowa likes to feel needed. Even if I don't really need him I let him think I do. It helps him. I sat on the couch with Duo while Trowa moved off to the kitchen to complete my request. I focused intensely on the part of his mind that felt ill. I had felt this illness before... it could be quite dangerous.
Luckily it didn't seem to have gotten very far as of yet there was still a good chance he would come out unscathed. The illness was mostly emotional. It would be so much easier to pull him through it with Heero... but as far as I knew it could be managed without him. It would simply be increasingly difficult.
It was then that I heard the door open. There stood the one man that could help Duo beat this. His unruly dark hair blew in the slight breeze and his eyes lit up when he saw the braided youth on the couch. Duo leapt from his perch and ran to the teenage boy yelling "Heero!"
As I watched Duo cuddle warmly into Heero's arms I smiled. I held no clemency however for I alone knew, the hardest part was yet to come. The part that would put the biggest strain yet on the relationship between Heero and Duo... was only a hairs breath away.
Chapter 11: Part B
"Yuy! Wait!" I called desperately. He stopped, but didn't turn to face me this time. "Maxwell's showing signs of relapsing into illness..." It was my last available option.. I only hoped his guilt would force him to stay with the dark death angel we all know as Duo.
"Sick... again." His voice became thick as if he was holding off tears. But that could not be the case. The perfect soldier has never cried in his life. Least of all in front of a teammate. I walked forwards and put a supporting hand on his shoulder. "Yes... he needs you Yuy... otherwise he may not make it... He loves you." His head hung in a gesture of defeat and he turned and looked at me with all the pain and remorse glittering like little crystals in his eyes.
I looked back with what I hoped was a look of support. Somehow all the anger I had felt towards the infernal man had dissolved into what could almost be defined as pity. "Come Yuy... please? He needs you... he doesn't love me or Barton or Winner. He loves you and you are the only one who can pull him through."
Yuy sighed shrugging his shoulders in the gesture. "Alright... until he gets better." I felt relieved. It was a small and temporary victory but a victory nonetheless. I felt sure that Duo would be able to find it in his heart to forgive Yuy given enough time... even though I did not feel Yuy deserved forgiveness.
I slowly began to lead Yuy back to where the beautiful angel was. I hoped I was doing the right thing and not just bringing disaster back to our little angel of death. Only time would tell. But I made a solemn promise to myself. If Yuy hurt Duo again... I would kill him. There would be no mercy.
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I smiled a little. No reason to let Duo know that I knew he didn't believe me about his not being weak. No reason to try and make him fear me. For if I was to tell the others about my so-called 'gifts' I do not think they would react any different then my sisters and father did. They would shun me. They would be afraid. They would and why shouldn't they?
"Trowa... let him go." I demanded. It wasn't fair to hold him like a wild animal after all. He was my big brother. The former pilot released him and so did I. I stood and gauged his reaction. He was frightened, ashamed, and ill. He felt he did not belong. I remembered that feeling well. Putting a comforting hand on his shoulder I whispered in his ear. "You do belong Duo... you belong with Heero." It was a risky move and got the expected reaction. He looked shocked at first. Then increasingly frightened. I knew it. No way could I tell anyone else. Their reactions would be ten times worse I'm sure. I smiled reassuringly and whispered again. "It's written plain as day across your face." He seemed to calm a little and I took him to the couch and sat him down.
"Trowa? Would you mind getting some cocoa for us?" I asked to send him on a tedious useless mission so he would feel needed. I do that sometimes because Trowa likes to feel needed. Even if I don't really need him I let him think I do. It helps him. I sat on the couch with Duo while Trowa moved off to the kitchen to complete my request. I focused intensely on the part of his mind that felt ill. I had felt this illness before... it could be quite dangerous.
Luckily it didn't seem to have gotten very far as of yet there was still a good chance he would come out unscathed. The illness was mostly emotional. It would be so much easier to pull him through it with Heero... but as far as I knew it could be managed without him. It would simply be increasingly difficult.
It was then that I heard the door open. There stood the one man that could help Duo beat this. His unruly dark hair blew in the slight breeze and his eyes lit up when he saw the braided youth on the couch. Duo leapt from his perch and ran to the teenage boy yelling "Heero!"
As I watched Duo cuddle warmly into Heero's arms I smiled. I held no clemency however for I alone knew, the hardest part was yet to come. The part that would put the biggest strain yet on the relationship between Heero and Duo... was only a hairs breath away.