Third chappie. Review. Read. Please. Enjoy. Yes.
"Quatre...," Wufei whispered into the blonde's ear. "C'mon, koi, wake up..."
"No-o-o," Quatre whined, turning over in the bed, away from Wufei. "Go 'way. You're makin' everything cold!"
Wufei sighed and slipped out of the bed. When Quatre was in this kind of mood it was best to leave him alone in a warm, soft bed and wait for a couple hours until he emerged. If you bugged him, he would just whine and kick at you like a little kid with an attitude problem. And Quatre wouldn't even know he was acting like a two year old. So Wufei dressed and made his way downstairs. It was five in the morning, quite early for him to be up if he had no work, but he had gone to bed early, and he wasn't really good at sleeping in. Quatre was, of course. He had been sleeping in every day for the past week, and going to bed early as well. He had been very tired lately. It was most likely because he had been running ragid for the last month at WEI. He deserved this week vacation. Trowa did as well. And, naturally, since Quatre was taking time off, Wufei had joined him, since it was rare he'd ever get any other days off at the same time as Quatre. Duo and Heero had remained working.
Wufei made his way into the kitchen, first, grabbing a very tall glass of cold milk, the perfect wake up drink, according to Duo. He grabbed a cheese stick, another of Duo's foods, and wandered out into the livingroom to watch some TV until everyone woke up. He entered the room, then froze for a moment at the door. He leaned against the door, arms crossed and a smile on his lips as he looked at Duo's form curled up on the couch. Duo's feet and arms were tucked in under his blanket and pulled close into a ball to keep toasty warm. His lips were slightly parted as he breathed, some strands from his messy braid drifting over his face. None of them had ever seen Duo without his braid in, but Wufei imagined it would be a pretty gorgeous site.
Wufei tensed for a moment in concern as Duo suddenly twitched and moaned, his smooth face tensing.Wufei moved forward as Duo's breathing began to get more rapid. He knelt beside him and set a hand on his shoulder. Duo's wide violet eyes shot open and blinked at Wufei. Wufei's breath stalled for a moment as he looked into those deep entrancing eyes. They flickered with a life inside, and strange emotions passed across them. Wufei saw fear, then relief, then uncertainty and hope. Duo's hand reached forward and brushed Wufei's lips. Wufei froze, startled and confused about the emotions in Duo's eyes and his actions. Duo's head leaned forward...and he bit the top of the cheese stick off. As though a switch had been flicked, Duo grinned.
"Mmm," he said, swallowing. "Dude, I love those things." His hand shot out and snatched the rest away, and he sat up, shoving it into his mouth and chewing appreciatively.
"Are you alright, Duo?" Wufei asked, not being distracted. "Everything go okay on the mission? No injuries?"
"Hm, no, I'm fine," Duo said. "Got out without a scratch. Heero wouldn't even let me be close enough to have a good view of the big ka-boom. He never lets me have any fun."
Wufei stiffened and his concern vanished as Duo spoke about Heero. Even though Heero loved Trowa and gave no sign of ever stopping loving him, Wufei would sware Duo had the biggest crush on the stoic soldier. He would even say love, and he hated how Duo always spoke about Heero. Why couldn't Duo ever notice that the other three of them cared just as much about him, and actually treated him better, sometimes, than Heero.
"What time is it?" Duo asked, yawning.
"0505," Wufei replied, consulting his watch.
Duo scrunched up his face and gagged. "They say the early bird catches the worm, but the worm ain't even awake yet," he frowned and looked at Wufei. "Why do you guys all have to say the time in military hours? Can't you just say five o' five? Me an' Quat are like the only normal ones."
"Normal?" Wufei laughed, then his face darkened. "As if. We're gundam pilots."
"Ex," Duo emphasized, a bit sadly. His face suddenly brightened. "I'm gettin' food! For once I'll have the cereal bag to myself."
"I guess the rest of us should cut cereal out of our breakfast, then?" Wufei said.
"Nonsense!" Duo proclaimed. "I'll set aside a bowl for you, 'Fei 'Fei."
"Thanks for the concern," Wufei said, then began to walk away. "I'll be in my room."
"If, by saying 'my room', you mean you'll either be reading, meditating, or practicing your moves in your study, then okay."
Wufei wondered how Duo came up with these wierd sentences. Maybe he just liked the sound of his own voice. Shrugging, he went away to the large room Quatre had given solely to him. He had filled it with his books, a desk, a mat for practice and an area for meditation, as well as a few other things. It was considered his study, and it was his haven. He locked his door and sat down to meditate, since he was in a relaxing mood. He couldn't focus, however, since that same image of Duo waking up kept catching his eye.
Duo poured the milk into his bowl of Fruity O's without much enthusiasm. He swirled it around with his spoon dejectedly as he thought. Wufei had disturbed his nightmare. While he was thankful to the unknowing object of his love for stopping it before it got too bad, he was also angry at himself for revealing that to Wufei. And then he had to go and almost forget himself. Duo mentally berated himself for not showing enough self control. But...Wufei had just looked so heavenly. His hair had been down, and he had had a clear yet glazed look in his eyes, like he was aware of everything but he admitted he had just woken up. He had just...just looked like an angel. Duo just held onto his secret hope Wufei hadn't suspected anything.
Duo had just lifted his spoon to his mouth when his name was shouted throughout the house. Duo cursed and jumped up as the cold milk spilled down his shirt. Duo recognized the voice doing the shouting as Heero's, but it didn't sound mad. If it had, then Duo would have been running for something he apparently did to piss Heero off, which he never really had any idea what it was he had done. Instead he sighed and began to clean up the mess he had made when he knocked the cereal bowl, waiting for Heero to find him as he would. And, true to Duo's brilliant prediction, Heero appeared in the door, dressed and fully functional, a still pajama wearing Trowa behind him. Duo stood in his boxers, a towel dripping milk from his hand andmilk soaking the counter, soggy Fruity O's everywhere, waiting for Heero to speak as Trowa eyed the mess with amusement shining in his eyes. Trowa probably already guessed how it happened.
"We have another mission."
Duo felt like his gut shattered, his heart split in two, and his lungs filled with water. They had another mission. More death. "Damnit."
"What?"
Duo realized he had interrupted Heero and confused him. He laughed wryly. "Here I was, just starting to enjoy a little vacation. Could you repeat all that, Hee-chan? My brain was being fogged with whines and complaints from my limbs for having to move."
Heero eyed Duo oddly at this statement, then spoke. "There's another base. Routine mission. We infiltrate, download the systems info, then destroy it."
"Okay, then," Duo said. "When do we leave?"
"In a half hour," Heero replied. "It's was on urgent call."
"Oh, yeah," Duo replied, then glanced over at Trowa. "It's the system with the alarm on the labtop that goes 'weeeoooooo weeeooooo weeeooooo', right?" Trowa nodded. "Well, no wonder Trowa here looks so annoyed." Trowa blinked at this statement, since he didn't look at all annoyed, or anything else for that matter. "Oooh-kay, 'Ro. I'll just go get ready and meet you in a half hour." And he left the room, heading for upstairs, the couple staring after him.
Damn, more missions. Damn, more death. I think reading and writing these stories with death is affecting my brain. I don't seem to feel sad when I hear about someone who has died. I just think 'It's the way of life.' So heartless, waah! No I'm good enough, and if I think hard enough, I can sympathize! Whatever, I'm rambling, review, and read on to the next chapter!