A/N: Hee hee! I'm back, once again, for another chapter! Sorry it took so long, but I finally bought the Gundam Wing series on DVD and I was constantly watching it. Hee hee!!! But I wasn't slacking! Let's just say that I was "studying" the gundam wing characters. Heh heh… like you'll fall for that! So, sit back, relax, and enjoy the fic! ^-^
~~~Many Tears~~~
Quatre, Trowa, and Wufei all sighed in relief as the trudged out to the slippery bathroom. They plopped their bodies onto the large sofa in the living room. Relena and Hilde sat peacefully across from them with the mini pilots on their laps. Duo was fast asleep with a smile on his face and his arms and legs scattered randomly. Heero was bobbing his head, desperately trying not to fall asleep. He didn't trust anyone at the moment in his current form—especially the girls—and didn't want to risk falling asleep. Relena noticed Heero's sleepiness and began to gently stroke his back. Heero involuntarily smiled from ear to ear. His right foot even twitched like a dog getting scratched in the right spot. 'What in the heck am I doing?!' Heero snapped back to attention, quickly wiping the out-of-character smile of his face and ceased twitching. But it was no use… Relena's soft touch was regrettably pleasing and soothing. Heero slowly slouched over as another smile began to creep up on his face. In no time at all, Heero was sawing logs.
"Are they both asleep now?" Wufei leaned forward in seriousness.
"Sound asleep," Relena nodded with her sweet smile.
"Good. Let's ditch 'em."
"We can't do that!" Relena, Hilde, and—out of nowhere—Quatre shouted in a loud harmony directly in Wufei's face, plastering him to the couch. Trowa just sat there, silent and unhindered.
Duo and Heero's eyes sprung open from the sudden screams. Heero felt an intense emotion of frustration and defenselessness, and went into a crying, shouting frenzy. With Heero's crying blazing in his ears, Duo felt an extreme emotion of alarm and terror, and bawled at the top of his lungs. Confusion and rage broke out…
"Look what you've done!" Relena shouted. Heero howled louder with tears streaming down.
"What I've done? You were the weak onna who shouted and woke up the brats!" Wufei rose up.
"We wouldn't have yelled if YOU hadn't made that outrageous comment!" Hilde stepped in. Duo bawled even harder.
"Ladies! Wufei! Please stop fighting!" Quatre squeezed in.
The various shouts continued for a while, and throughout the entire time Duo and Heero were screaming, sobbing, and wailing. Before Trowa's eardrums could burst, he slowly stood up and calmly walked in the girls' direction. Without anyone even noticing, Trowa grabbed the tear-soaked infants and stepped into the dining room, closing the door behind him.
"Guys! Stop fighting!" *sigh* 'It's no use.' Quatre knew he couldn't stop them on his own. He turned around for Trowa's assistance, but he wasn't anywhere in sight. "Trowa? Tro—Ah! Relena, please put that down!" Relena had picked up the heavy and expensive armchair next to her and took aim at Wufei. Hilde was cheering her on, Wufei's eyes grew large at Relena's unanticipated strength O_o, and Quatre waved his arms in panic.
"This is for Heero!" Relena respectfully dedicated her revenge to her love, but just as she was about to chuck the chair in Wufei's face, she paused and frantically turned her head back and forth. "Where's Heero?!" Relena dropped the hefty chair on Quatre's foot and scurried around the room, turning everything upside down.
O____O ß Quatre. Poor, innocent Quatre…
"Duo's gone too!!" Hilde gasped as she joined Relena in her searching.
Wufei blinked a couple of times and thanked Nataku for his safety against the psycho onnas.
Quatre lost all feeling in his toes as he began to gradually lift the chair off his feet. He slowly curled his toes, letting all the joints to pop back in place.
Suddenly, a noise arose that caused everyone to stop what he or she were doing and listen. The sound was pleasant and gentle as it echoed throughout the mansion's hallways. Without anyone giving a signal, they all herded towards the origin of the mysterious noise. The gang arrived in front of the dining room and stared at its huge double doors. Wufei stepped up and pushed open the doors…
Trowa leaned against the dining room table with his eyes closed as he played a soft melody on a flute. Heero and Duo were snuggly wrapped together in a tablecloth while fast asleep on a small, comfy chair. Trowa elegantly finished his sweet tune and looked up at his audience standing in the doorway.
"That was so beautiful, Trowa," Hilde first spoke.
"Thank you."
"It certainly got the job done," Wufei remarked. "But, what do we do with these crybabies now?"
"We can tuck them away in the guest bedroom," Quatre suggested. "It's on the top floor, so it'll be hard to disturb them."
"That's a good idea, but how can we hear them? What if they need help?" Relena interrupted.
"We can use walkie-talkies; one upstairs and one with us," Wufei answered.
"Good plan," Trowa confirmed.
Relena carefully scooped up the pair of infants and headed upstairs with the others tailing behind her. They entered the large guest room and Relena slowly placed the babes on the king-sized bed. She cautiously unraveled the tablecloth around them. Everyone held their breath as Heero began to stir. Luckily, he was only dreaming and continued to snooze. Hilde draped a soft blanket over the two tots and smiled. Wufei set a walkie-talkie on the nightstand next to the bed and held the other in his hand. He switched it on and whispered in it for a test.
"Are you weaklings finished yet?" his voice slithered out from the walkie-talkie on the nightstand. Relena viciously grabbed it and responded back with an undertone voice.
"Yes, your Worshipness. We shall obey your every command and ditch these brats," she mocked as she narrowed her eyes.
"Humph. Keep it that way," he turned up his nose and received a death glare from Relena. Quatre and Trowa looked down at the floor and shook their heads. Finally, the crowd of teens exited the guestroom leaving the babies all alone.
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An hour passed. Duo tossed and turned, occasionally kicking Heero. Heero shot up, ready to strangle him, but Duo had a look of discomfort on his face.
'He's probably just having a nightmare,' he assumed and lay back down, eager to get back to sleep. Sorry to say, Duo kept tossing and turning, and kicking; but this time, Duo let out a tiny moan of pain. Alas, Heero became annoyed. He sat up and shook Duo rapidly.
"Hey! Wake up!" Heero shook harder.
"I'm awake! I'm awake! Stop it!" Duo pushed him away and sat up with a head rush.
Heero was satisfied and went back to sleep. Duo, however, was not satisfied. He held Heero's nose and covered his mouth. Upon realizing his lack of air, Heero waved his arms around and punched Duo in the mouth.
"OOOOOOWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!" Duo screamed at the top of his lungs until Heero covered his mouth and put a blanket over him.
"Shut up!" he whispered. The sound of a thousand bulls running up the stairs was growing louder. "Crap, they're coming." Heero pushed Duo on his back and pretended to be asleep. Duo struggled against his pain and kept quiet.
"Heeeerooo!" Relena burst through the doors with Hilde right beside her. The girls rushed to the bedside and peered over the boys. "Heero! Are you ok?" No response…
"They're asleep?" Hilde tilted her head.
"But I could've sworn that I heard a cry for help."
"Stupid walkie-talkie must be on the fritz."
"Is everything ok?" Quatre peeked in around the corner.
"Everything seem fine," Hilde answered. "The boys haven't even moved a muscle."
"Maybe we should stay here and watch over them," Relena implied. Heero and Duo fought back their tears of protest and cringed. Fortunately, the girls didn't notice their reactions.
"That won't be necessary," Quatre—who noticed their reactions—cut in. "Besides, you girls must be hungry. I'll cook up something for you," he smiled.
"I guess I am a little hungry. Thank you, Quatre," Relena answered. Saved by Quatre!
The three of them evacuated the room, leaving the toddlers alone again. As soon as their footsteps faded away, Heero shot up.
"You baka! Why did you scream?"
"That punch really hurt!" Duo defended himself.
"I barely put any effort into that hit."
Duo let out another moan. "Oww…it hurts so bad!"
"Keep quiet and open your mouth."
Duo obeyed him and opened wide. "Ahh…"
"You didn't have to say 'ahh'." Heero rolled his eyes. "Here's your problem: you have a new tooth growing in."
"A new tooth? Oww…Geeze, it hurts!"
"Yes, it's supposed to hurt; you're teething. I believe if you chew on something, it'll ease the pain."
"Oh, ok!" Duo captured Heero's finger and opened his mouth.
"Not me!" Heero pulled his finger away.
"Oww… Please, Heero! I can't take the pain!" tears began to stream from his eyes.
"Don't cry! You'll attract the girls."
"But…I…c-can't…take it!" Duo sobbed. More tears were flowing and he was just about to let loose a scream. Heero thought ahead and stuffed his braid into Duo's mouth, muffling his screams.
"Chew on your braid; maybe that'll help." Heero was a natural at killing two birds with one stone.
Duo obeyed him and began to speedily chomp away. Slowly but surely, Duo's smile returned. His braid helped, but not fully. At least it was enough to keep him from screaming.
"Now, keep quiet." Heero lay back down and closed his eyes. Ten seconds later—without warning—lightning bolts of pain struck Heero's mouth. His eyes popped open and he quickly sprung up. But as soon as he sat up, the pain disappeared. He lay back down and closed his eyes again. The pain swiftly returned, but this time, Heero let out a moan of pain and kicked Duo.
"Mph ffmph!" Duo's braid muffled his complaint.
Heero avoided eye contact with Duo and put his hands over his mouth. The pain was intense and it was making Heero's eyes water. His throat ached as he tried to fight back his sobs.
"Heh heh. Are you teething too, Heero?" Duo took out his braid to tease Heero. "Too bad you don't have a braid like mine," he winked as he tauntingly stuffed his braid back in his mouth. Heero gave him the death glare, but Duo was unaffected by it. Instead, he smiled widely and lay back down under the soft covers.
Heero frantically looked around the room for something to chew. He knew that his fingers wouldn't be able to handle being mangled by his need to frantically chew. So, he looked at the sleeping Duo next to him. 'Hmm… No, not him. He'll leave a disgusting taste in my mouth.' Heero held the tip of the blanket to his mouth, but he realized that the fuzzy exterior would make his tongue itch and cause more harm than what was already done. More tears came to his eyes. Heero hastily scanned the room. His attention came to the walkie-talkie on the nightstand next to him…
******
"CRUNCH, CRUNCH"
"Hilde, you need to learn to chew your food more quietly; it's quite rude," Relena lectured.
"Oh, sorry. I thought I was being quiet," Hilde responded after swallowing.
"CRUNCH, CRUNCH"
"Hilde! I can hear you chewing again!"
"But there's nothing in my mouth," she protested.
"Well, it sure wasn't me."
"CRUNCH, CRUNCH"
"Where's that noise coming from?" Hilde questioned, looking around the room. At the same moment, their attention came to the walkie-talkie on the table across from them.
"CRUNCH, CRUNCH"
"It's coming from the walkie-talkie," Relena stated.
"You're right. But is that noise coming from the boys?"
"We better check it out."
"Right." ((*"Mission Impossible" theme song* sorry, but I had to put that. ^-^;;;))
The girls journeyed upstairs with haste; the mysterious noise had to be revealed. Relena—leading the way—thrust open the door. The girls sweat dropped at the sights they saw: Duo—who was woken up by the door flying open—sat upright with a confused/sleepy stare while his entire braid was sloppily crammed inside his mouth, causing his cheeks to expand and a trail of drool to slither out of the corner to his mouth. Heero's eyes grew big in unexpected shock when the girls stepped in. He was in mid-chew with the walkie-talkie in his mouth. Busted!!
"Dou, what are you doing?" Hilde giggled at the sight of Duo sucking on his braid. Duo put his hand behind his head and chuckled.
"Why are you biting the walkie-talkie, Heero?" Relena was utterly baffled. She stepped up to Heero and grabbed the walkie-talkie. But as she tried to pull it away, Heero bit down harder; he wasn't going to give it up. Relena tugged again, but to no avail. She gave the walkie-talkie a slight shake, causing Heero's head to wag like a dog's tail.
"Heero, let go!" Heero shook his head and leaned back, trying to gain back his teething device. Relena's grip remained tight.
"C'mon, Heero! Give it here!" Heero shook his head again and applied his hands to the walkie-talkie, giving it a yank. Finally, it slipped from Relena's grasp. Heero fell on his back, but continued to hold on to the walkie-talkie tightly. He scurried under the blanket to hide away from her grasp. There was a Heero-shaped lump under the covers!
Relena pursued after him. She dug her arm under the blanket and began to feel around for Heero. Seeing her hand, he tunneled deeper under the blanket near the foot of the bed.
This looked like fun, so Duo dove under the blanket and burrowed in circles, frequently bumping into Heero. Unfortunately for Duo, Heero was acting like a mother wolf protecting her pup and Duo's walloping was very irritating and posed as a threat toward his "pup's" safety. So, in the end, Duo was frequently shoved and pushed, sending little Duo rolling away under to covers and nearly falling off the edge of the bed.
Suddenly, a bright light came forth and the warmth of the blanket was gone. Relena was culprit. She tossed the blanket on the floor, snatched up Heero—to his displeasure—and held him tightly.
"Hilde! Pull the walkie-talkie out of his mouth." Heero kicked and squirmed, but it was no use. Hilde followed Relena's orders and held onto the plastic device. Heero braced himself and sunk his teeth (or maybe I should say "tooth") down hard. Hilde pulled—using two hands—and wiggled the walkie-talkie free.
"HEY!!! Give that back!!" Heero screamed. He failed his mission to protect his "pup" and tears began to form in his eyes. He thrashed around in Relena's grasp before she finally set him down on the bed. Heero gave up on yelling—since it was getting him nowhere—and decided to sulk instead. He sat on the bed with his arms crossed and slowly felt the pain returning in his gums.
Duo managed a chuckle at Heero's strange obsession towards the communication instrument. That is, until Hilde came up from behind and tackled Duo. He nearly gagged on his braid from shock. Now it was Duo's turn to defend his "pup".
"Duo, you can't run around with your braid in your mouth. You could choke on it!" Hilde lectured. Duo shook his head. Hilde grabbed hold his braid and gave it a little tug. No progress.
"You know, Duo. If you won't let go of your braid, then I'll have to cut it off," she smirked.
Duo's eyes grew big. He sighed in failure and loosened his bite. Hilde tried again and slowly towed out his braid from his mouth. His braid seemed to never end! Finally, the tip of the braid emerged; it was displeasingly soaked with Duo's slobber.
"Ew! Duo, you're so gross." Hilde released Duo and put her hands on her hips. "What was your braid doing in your mouth?"
Duo smiled sheepishly as the saliva dripped from his braid, but his grin quickly faded; the pain came back with a new intensity. He grabbed the pillow behind him and crawled inside the pillowcase to conceal his expressions of pain, time and again nibbling the pillow. Heero—out of nowhere—sat on top of the Duo Pillow. Duo shouted muffled protests as his little, exposed feet kicked about. His cries of discomfort helped soothe Heero's pain and strangely made him feel better.
Relena sat down on the edge of the bed and snatched Heero from his throne. She situated him on her lap and inspected him for the slightest bit of abnormalities. Heero sweat dropped and his face turned bright red when Relena quickly peeked inside his diaper, just to make sure that he didn't… uh… *ahem* make a mess. Meanwhile, Hilde held up the pillow in midair and turned it upside-down. Duo tumbled out of the pillowcase and landed on the bed with a "plop".
"C'mere, Duo. Show me what hurts and let me take a look at you," Hilde softly asked.
Duo had his hands over his mouth and responded with a rapid headshake. He attempted to get away and crawled in the opposite direction of Hilde. But, he was unsuccessful; Hilde pounced on Duo. With one hand, she held him down as best she could and pried open his mouth with her finger. Duo chomped down hard on her finger in objection, but as he did the pain went away. Upon his new soothing discovery, he went into a biting frenzy. The victim: Hilde's finger.
"Hey! Duo, stop biting my—" Hilde changed her tone from anger to concern. "Oh, are you teething? Is that what's bothering you two?" she cracked a smile. Duo slowly nodded and continued to chew her finger.
"Yes, that must be it!" Relena joined in. She had been holding Heero in funky positions, searching and examining every little detail of his body parts for any faults, but overlooked his mouth. She imitated Hilde and pried open Heero's mouth with her finger. A lone tooth was emerging from his delicate gums. "Don't worry, boys. We can help you." And with that, Relena placed Heero on the bed and raced downstairs, leaving Hilde alone with the tots.
"C'mere, Heero. I'll let you chew on my other finger too," Hilde regrettably suggested.
Heero was very hesitant. He didn't want to stoop down to Duo's level, but the throbbing pain of his gums was too much. Heero slowly crawled next to Hilde where Duo happily gnawed away on her right finger. Bit by bit, Hilde held out her left finger in front of Heero's face. Although a little unsure and embarrassed, he accepted her offer and let her place her finger inside his tender mouth. The pain gradually eased away as he gently bit down on her delicate finger. Duo gave a little chuckle in Heero's direction when he began to blush. Realizing that he was the center of Duo's quiet laughter, he gave a death glare in response.
Relena returned from her fieldtrip downstairs and stopped in her tracks at the scene she saw.
"Oh, good! You're back. Did you get the teething rings?" Hilde smiled, relieved that she was saved from the biting pair.
"What are they doing?" Relena's voice arose quietly.
"These two? They're biting my fingers. Do you have the teething rings?"
"But, why—why is Heero sucking on your finger?" her voice increased as she further pressed the issue.
"Well, it helps soothe his pain, just like Duo. Are the teething rings with you?" Hilde's voice grew tighter, trying not to sound annoyed with Relena's distrust and suspicion.
After a long pause, she answered, "Yes, I have the rings."
Relena interrupted Heero's chomping and set him on her lap. She tossed to Hilde a gel-pack teething ring and held the other one up to Heero's face. Heero seized the ring from her with his tiny hands and vigorously chewed on it. Duo released his grip from Hilde's poor dismantled finger and happily chomped away on the teething ring, firmly grasped between his feet.
Slowly but surely, drowsiness began to consume the Heero and Duo once again as the pain and tension leisurely subsided. The girls tucked them in beneath the warmth of the blanket and quietly crept out of the room and closed the door.
"Well, not counting the fact that those boys were grinding my fingers, I think that was kinda fun," Hilde whispered as they walked away from the guest bedroom.
"Yeah, you're right," Relena smiled thinking back on how defenseless Heero was.
"We should do something even more fun with them when they wake up." Her eyes lit up.
"The opportunities are endless," Relena grinned as thousands of ideas flowed into her mind.
A/N: Wow! I think this is my longest chapter ever! Whew! So, what did ya think? Review, review, review! … Please ^-^. I love to read reviews. And if you got any ideas for where the girls (and possibly guys too) should torture—er… I mean should take them to, then let me know. Heh heh… this otta be fun… ^______^