It has been way too long since I updated this and I know it. See I wrote part of this out in an older notebook and it got lost in my almost twenty of them as new ideas came to me. It just never really got that many reviews so I just let it die. Recently I went through my list of fics and made a list of what needs updated and this made the list. Anyway here is chapter two if you do not want this fic to die again I suggest you review it. I have dozens of other fics and new ones so if this fic isn't reviewed much it will not be a priority to me. I am sorry but fics that get reviews get updated.
WarNinGs: OOC, Humor, No real point or plot in this chapter, Various nicknames and running jokes form other fics I've done. What were you expecting miracles here people?
Once again the wonderful Shadowgoddess03 cleaned this up for me. Hopefully it was easier this time since I have improved since I started this little ditty all so long ago.
Aishi Say
"Many a true word is spoken in jest." An English proverb and was written for Duo in my opinion and myself. If you knew me you'd get that.
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"Didn't sleep well?" Wufei asked as he entered the kitchen, not at all surprised by his friend's pensive expression or the mug held between his hands.
"Hm?" Trowa murmured questioningly, turning his visible eye to focus on his friend.
"You look a little tired," Wufei answered simply with a shrug.
"Oh...no Wufei I'm fine, just thinking a little too much," Trowa assured him shaking his head.
"Good. Did Heero come home last night?" Wufei asked as he sat down beside Trowa, a bit curious.
Trowa nodded, "Yes, but very late so he'll probably be sleeping until noon at least," He commented before sipping his coffee.
Wufei nodded in agreement, "Then it's a good thing we have been having a slow month," The moody youthstated, even if he found the lull a tad dull at times, it was better then missions after missions.
"Yeah, but you know that only means next month will be Hell," Trowa commented ,thinking back on a conversation he had with Dou earlier that week, where Duo had used that word to describe their busy months.
Wufei snorted at him, disliking the thought as much as the casual way in which it was stated. "Pleasant image, thank you oh so much," The Chinese youth muttered as if he was talking to Duo and not Trowa.
Trowa smiled absently at him, "Welcome."
Wufei frowned, but decided to change the subject before his mind thought too hard, "Have you seen Quatre? He is usually awake by now." He knew if anyone knew where the kindhearted blonde was it was his often-confusing partner.
"Nope," Trowa answered shaking his head asasilent reminding the warrior he was Quatre's partner not his keeper, a fact people often seemed to forget at times.
Wufei blinked clearly surprised, but he shrugged it off, "Duo?" He questioned since Trowa spent a great deal of his free time with the braided youth it was logical he might know where he was if not Quatre.
"It's Sunday so he's still sleeping," Trowa answered without even having to think about it, a talent he often revealed to those around him.
Wufei sighed annoyed at himself, resisting the urge to smack his hand off his forehead, "Of course! He only gets up early on Saturdays. I'll be in the gym if I'm needed," He informed Trowa as he stood.
Trowa nodded, "Sure Wufei. Have fun," Wufei gave a nod of his own before turning and walking quickly from the room.
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Duo groaned softly, curling into a lose ball when he heard a knock on his door. He didn't want to greet the world at the moment and was about to tell that to whoever it was when an almost always calm voice greeted his visitor. "Morning Cat," Trowa greeted with a smile.
Quatre smiled at the use of his nickname, "Good morning Trowa." He greeted him as warmly as he did all his friends, especially when they greeted him with a rare warm smile. "I'm going to Luna to meet with Ms. Noin and Lady Une, so please keep Wufei and Duo from killing each other for me?" Quatre asked since he never ordered Trowa outside of a battle to do anything. Asking tended to get the desired result most of the time, and he liked to let Heero lead unless he was needed. It allowed him to focus on keeping the peace and his company's problems that his underlings couldn't handle on their own, he often handled the more political matters himself.
Trowa nodded, "Sure Cat. You don't need me?" He asked just to be sure since usually Quatre took either Heero or himself with him on such outings. They were the most imposing, so they often acted as bodyguards or as back up when someone did not want to listen to the meek looking blonde. Quatre was not at all as weak as people tended to think by how he looked, but a glare from either of colder pilots got things done a lot faster then polite words.
"No, Rashid will be there," Quatre explained, knowing his old friend still had issues with his new friends, especially his partner.
"Oh…any thing else?" Trowa asked, he had been trained to be useful and he enjoyed helping out. Sometimes he wondered if it really was the training or just his emerging personality. Duo covered his head with a pillow, not sure why his two friends had to have a conversation right outside his door. 'Can't sleep too noisy…Wait this ain't my bed!' He froze his still partly asleep mind confused.
"No, just keep them from breaking anything alright?" Quatre smiled knowing that Duo and Wufei often hurt the house, but rarely each other, which was the only the reason he could joke about it.
"It gives me something to do," Trowa commented shrugging.
"That it does. Well take care of yourself while I'm gone," Quatre smiled once last time before turning and walking off.
Duo raised his head when he heard the door close, "Oh you're awake, good morning," Trowa greeted half focusing on Duo for a moment. Duo blinked sleep from his eyes as he watched the green-eyed pilot walk to his dresser. "Are you alright Duo?" Trowa asked confused and a little concerned by the other's uncharacteristic silence.
"I...Trowa?" Duo called after a moment of silence as he finished waking up.
"Yeah?" Trowa asked still not turning to face him.
"Will you look at me please?" Duo pleaded, he didn't like talking to people when he couldn't see their faces.
"Oh, sorry," Trowa apologized turning to look over his shoulder; he had meant to be rude he had just been thinking.
"Ok better," Duo said with an approving nod, "Now care to explain yourself?" He asked crossing his arms.
Trowa frowned at him, "What are you talking about Duo?" He demanded, slipping on a very lose black tee shirt. He had not done anything except not turn around when Duo started talking.
"What am I talking about!" Duo asked surprise, "What am I talking about?" He scoffed as if it was obvious before he blinked, "What am I talking about?" Duo asked Trowa having lost himself as well. He turned to Trowa for the answer, seeking his seemingly all knowing wisdom.
"Maybe you should go back to sleep I don't think you're quite awake yet." Trowa suggested, pulling his cross from beneath his low collared night colored shirt.
Duo sat up, pale covers falling around his waist to reveal a crimson tank top, that was rumbled from sleep. "Nah I'm good," He assured Trowa as he thought back on last night. "I had a nightmare, came here, we talked then..." Duo trailed off, that was as far back as he could remember. He looked up at Trowa to fill in his blanks, as he knew the other would without having to be asked.
"You fell asleep Duo," Trowa supplied, shaking his head slightly at Duo's occasional memory lapses. Some people thought he was flaky, but Trowa knew his mind jumped from idea to idea sometimes faster then his brain could compensate. This was not a problem that he had since he kept his mouth shut half of the time.
"Oh yeah...then I wake up here and..." Duo trailed off again frowning.
"And what?" Trowa prompted, wondering what was going on in that mind of Duo's that kept him from latching on to a thought long enough to finish a sentence.
"And...sorry," Duo apologized, turning his head down only to look up when he heard Trowa laughing. "What's so damn funny Cyclops?" He demanded, unsure why he was being laughed at, wondering if it was because Trowa was somehow amused by this or if he had suddenly developed a mean streak.
Trowa shook his head before smiling at Duo, obviously amused, "You weren't a pest Duo." The jade-eyed youth assured him knowing exactly what Duo had been apologizing for. Duo watched as Trowa sat down, his right knee curled up under him on the bed while his left foot rested on the floor. "Quatre does it all the time, and he was just as confused when he woke here the first time to," Trowa watched Duo's eyes as his mind took that in.
Duo knew Trowa had added the last part to make him feel less foolish and he loved him for it. He tended to do little things like that, whether he knew it not Duo was unsure. "Well waking up is a strange bed alone can be disorienting," 'Of course a known bed with a stranger can't be too good either. What are you thinking?'
"I'm sure it can be. Did you sleep well?" Trowa asked since Duo seemed to be his usually half predictable self now.
Duo blinked he had expected that question, after all it was a logical one to ask, but it still caught him off guard for a moment. Trowa was one of the very few people who could catch people off guard like that and Duo swore he enjoyed it. "Yeah fine thanks...what about you?"
"I'm fine Duo, but you may want to change before some one sees you," Trowa gently teased, nodding at his lose tank top and boxers.
"Jerk!" Duo cried, playfully shoving him and getting a laugh, "Thanks by the way." He smiled, it meant a lot more to him then he was willing to show.
"No big," Trowa assured him with a shrug, his usual way of dismissing thanks.
"Yeah, but still thanks," Duo said stretching with a soft moan, 'You didn't have to,' "So where are the others?" He half folded his hands in his lap as he asked.
"Wufei gym, Heero bed, and Quatre Luna," Trowa answered simply since it was usual for Wufei to be in the gym and Duo knew about his partner's mission.
"Woah, woah Cat went all alone!" Duo asked surprised since Trowa was not recovering from a mission nor had one planned, so he was surprised Trowa hadn't accompanied his partner as usual.
Trowa shook his head, "Rashid," was all that needed to be said, Duo knew Rashid decently.
"Oh...that man's got some serious damage. He hates you by the way," Duo informed his friend. He liked the guy, but he was so stiff he really needed to mellow like the other Gundam pilots had, well at least at home.
"Yeah I know," Trowa commented, unconcern as usual.
"Ok you know why there bub?" Duo asked curious if there was anyone Rashid would trust with Quatre's life, it should be his protective partner.
Trowa nodded, "Of course," He answered, he made it a point to know such things; enemy or not Rashid could cause problems when he wished and was lucky Trowa wasn't as easily angered as Wufei.
"Well enlighten me oh wise one?" Duo teased but really curious now.
"Because Quatre is my partner," Trowa answered causally, his own sister felt similarly about Quatre so it made perfect sense to him.
"Whacked logic on that one," Duo muttered wondering if his family had survived would they distrust Heero and the others? "You two are just partner's right?" Trowa frowned, but remained silent, "Right? Hello answers please?" Duo demanded frowning.
Trowa sighed softly, "Yes Duo." He answered, not sure why the braided youth cared so much.
"Good, because keeping something like that from our little gumi would be a no-no," Duo informed him with a wagging of his finger for emphases.
"Huh?" Trowa asked, not really in the mood to be anymore articulate at the moment.
"I don't mean we should know every juicy little detail, but if you two do hook up please inform us all in the morning, otherwise we might get a tad...tiffy," Duo continued as if Trowa had not said a thing.
"Duo?" Trowa asked arms crossed.
"Yep Cy?" Duo asked back rant over.
"Don't hold your breathe," Trowa warned catching Duo's blink.
"Dude! Wu-wu's right, you have been spending too much time with me!" Duo teased getting a slight, but sincere smile. "So why say that eh?" He asked knowing Trowa never made a meaningless comment.
"Just a feeling really," Trowa admitted with a shrug, it was only a feeling, but they did tend to be right.
"Mr. Vulcan gets a feeling. You Ok?" Duo asked tone going from teasing to concern without a pause. He knew Trowa was still new to feeling so he worried about him more then he did Heero; who had only had his locked away by a cyborg in a lab coat and butt ugly shades.
"Why wouldn't I be?" Trowa questioned, knowing that he didn't appear upset, but maybe he had sounded it. 'And if not then why is he looking at me like that?'
"Riiiiight," Duo drawled, "Totally forgot who I was talking to. Sorry about that." He grinned as it was one of many running jokes he and his fellow pilots had.
Trowa smiled, he rather enjoyed Duo's little games, "Don't be," he teased back, and it felt good to work on his humor with Duo.
"Cool. Well I'd best be off now. The last thing either of us need is Wufei seeing me dressed like this, all comfy inyour bed," Duo sighed. Wufei had a knack for taking everything the wrong way, sometimes it was a real drag.
"You are wearing clothes Duo," Trowa reminded him having grown up as he did modesty or society's little rules about most things were of no concern to him, unlike Quatre who as a 'proper' person was overly aware of them.
Duo often found it amusing when Quatre got all upset and Trowa just blinked at him as if he was a crazy person spouting nonsense. He lowered his head hands on Trowa's shoulders. "Trowa. Dear, dear, Trowa. Your naïveté is just so damn cute!" Duo teased looking up with a smile; it really was when Trowa wore such an adorably confused expression. "Wufei would be yelling."
"Wufei yelling is always bad," Trowa agreed from experience. Wufei could really yell to when he wanted, which tended to be every time he yelled, which was a lot really.
Duo laughed as he stood, he had been thinking the same thing. "You're learning, good Cyclops!" He praised patting Trowa's head as if he was some pet, it was one of the many things that Trowa let him get away with that drove Wufei mad. "Kay bye-ness now," Duo said before turning and heading for the door.
"Sure, Duo," Trowa called getting a wave as Duo closed his door. 'Wonder what he was seeing before he woke up this time?' An ever-thinking mind mussed as its owner leaned back against the wall.
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Ok well that is the end of chapter two. If you do not want this fic to die yet again then have to leave a review if not it will once again fall the way side until I feel nostalgic. I have a bunch of 2x3x2 fics you just have to come to my bio to read them all. It will help you kill some time at least.