Broken Promises

Chapter 3: Long Lost Appetites

Summary: Duo's lost everything: his sanity, his life, his love..There's only so much one person can take before they break. Duo just hope's Quatre and Trowa will stay by his side to help support him. And will Duo's love try to undo what he did?

Author's Note: Thanks to Spunky the Hamster (Why thank you! That's very...nice. I'm new at this, and I've been raised here w/angst fanfics. ), DuoHarryVegeta (I didn't know I took it so fast. ; I've got the old Wordpad that comes with the computer...so you all must bare with me!), Cruentus Caelum (OMG! I love you Squee! You brightened my day! I'm glad you like Quatre, I just thought you two seemed so much alike. but the thing is, he ish to be a like...multi-millionare! But you two both act like Motherly Hens at times. ;), and to Hells-angel8 (; Thanks! I've been brought up on cliffhangers as well your very much welcomed for the update! And I completely understand. College life must be hard. Best of wishes to you! hugs back)

Well, we know I failed in staying quiet, and pretending to be asleep. I figured that much'd happen...so far the score isn't

in my favor...

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'Duo! Dear God! Thank goodness your alright! We thought you'd never wake up!', then, as I expected...Motherly Mode went from nice, to anger...oh joy. 'What do you think you were doing? Trying to pull off a stunt like that! We heard everything that happened! Heero and Relena...oh Dear..I'm sorry!', he clung to me whimpering, because I guess I was crying. Man...whatever drugs these doctor's are giving me...I wanna keep taking 'em for the time being. 'I know you don't want to talk about either of them! But the Police wanted to know everything that happened.'

'Yeah, you gave us all quiet the scare Duo. You should've stayed at my place, I was just getting off work and going to pick up some sushi and Quatre so we could hide in the basement watching movies. Then I got a call from Quatre that I could barely understand because he was crying so badly. All I could manage to make out was 'Duo' 'Hospital' 'Hurry'',Trowa looked at me with his hands in his pockets, and even with an one eye glare, I find it completely worse than a ten eyed glare. 'I expected better from you man.'

Oh geez, thanks. Lower my esteem more than it already is. I didn't mean too, and you should know that. 'I didn't know what I was doing, but I watched myself as I did it.' I looked over at the doctors. Well, I didn't actually 'look', since the demonic hospital lights were ready to blind me to death. 'Anyone got a pair of shades I could use? These lights are like death rays for yer eyes.'

I guess Trowa had them, 'cause they were tossed in my lap, and I fumbled around like a blind person for them. Once I finally found them, I put them on and slowly opened my eyes, grateful that they were my uberly dark ones. 'Tro...your a sight saver.', I managed to crack with my own special Duo-ish smirk.

'Mr. Maxwell, about your condiction...', the doctor shuffled through his papers for me. Oh joy...I get the new intern it seems. That makes me feel safer. 'It seems as if you ran into a speeding Beetle...' Oh boy! That makes it even better! I get ran over by a freggin' Beetle! Gods..what else could go wrong? 'And you somehow managed to escape with only a broken leg from the knee down...' I thought that's the only offical 'leg' that could get broken? Freaking doctors. Never liked 'em. 'A bruised rib, a busted lip, and a fractured wrist.' Great, school's starting in less than two weeks, and I'll be thankful if I can write,let alone walk! 'And your going to be here for the next three weeks, your wrist will be put up for four, and you'll be in a full leg cast for a month and a half. We'll start you out in a wheelchair, then once the cast get's...' Oh your kidding...I'm going to be stuck in a damn wheelchair! Oh Gods shoot me now...oh wait..I already tried that...damn you all... 'And we expect you to make a full recovery in about three months. And we'll give you some pain pills to ease the pain when it get's to bad.', I looked over and noticed Quatre's worried face and Trowa's 'Oh-no-you-ain't-giving-him-those-unless-me-or-Quatre-holds-onto-them' look. I guess they still remember me wanting to overdoes on those sleeping pills I bought...eh hehe...yeah... 'I'll be back within the next hour to make sure your comfortable. I'll let this loving couple check up on you. You had the Miss here worried.', he laughed at his own sick joke.

'Um, escuse me Sir., but I'm a male...' Oh poor Quatre...I'm putting you on my shitlist Doc.

But the look on his face was priceless when Qu told him, and he stammered an apology and hurried out the door. I couldn't help but let out a chuckle. Stupid people always amused me. Now...to face the real people to be scared of...please let them not want to strangle me. Please oh please!

'Well, he surely was rude, wasn't he? Here, I managed to leave Quatre's grip for a short time to stop and get some real sushi. This hospital food ain't worth shit.', Trowa placed the food of the Gods infront of me, along with...oh my Gods...was that...

'Ramen? Oh Trowa! You know where all my hot spots are! I think I just went into the best orgy I've ever been in. Oh..ahh..oohhh' I couldn't help but laugh, I needed to cheer them up somehow. I took both containers, the smell of real food was a joy to my poor, empty stomach. I hadn't ate real food in...Gods...ages it seemed. When I come to think about it, I think I was actually trying to starve myself.. But I whined in protest as my chopsticks broke, but proclaimed in triumphant joy as Trowa handed me another set, already apart and not broken. I couldn't stop myself from shoveling the food into my mouth. I was starving.

I just wasn't ready for what was about to make my long awaited appetite dissappear in a matter of seconds.