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Chapter 3 : SulkingThe messy haired kid blinked sleepily and opened his eyes once more only to settle them on Duo who was still sitting against the wall. The braided teen carefully eyed the small boy who now let out a huge yawn.
« Ohhh, isn't he adorable ? » Quatre cooed and ruffled Heero's hair.
Duo watched the scene enfold with increasing bewilderment.
« Say little one, do you remember anything what happened ?»
The little Heero had sit up and starred now obviously non comprehending what Quatre was talking about.
« Maybe he's just in a state of shock. » Trowa offered as Quatre tried to coax some answers out of the boy.
Duo grinned suddenly realizing the problem. But since he was obviously stuck in this situation for awhile he might as well get some fun out of this. He decided to watch his co-pilots. It was kinda funny how all three tough pilots got all fussy about one mini Heero Yuy.
Geez, he wasn't that cute. Though it looked like they had already forgotten with whom they dealt. Even Wu Fei dropped his stuck up scholar facade and tried to look less scary. With Trowa being more of a mute than talkative that left only Quatre to get the kid to talk. The tall Latin boy was actually patting Quatre's back in a supportive kind of way. They all knew that they hadn't much time and needed to move quickly. Trowa and Quatre had missions coming up and needed time to prepare them. But nobody dared to just grab the kid and get out. If they wanted to attract as less attention as possible you couldn't possibly run around with a squirming and screaming toddler.
And right now things didn't look very bright. The little boy had decided that this was all way to scary with everyone hovering over him and had quickly layed back down pulling the sheet of his head in the progress.
Quatre sighed, Wu Fei frowned and Trowa well eh looked.
'Well done guys.' Duo joked mentally. 'The perfect soldier has gone into hiding. Literally.'
The double meaning of his words almost made him laugh out loud and he had trouble to control himself. Right now it looked like that there was no soldier training left in the kid. All erased. He couldn't decide if this was a good or a bad thing. Heero Yuy being normal. Well as normal as this guy could have ever been.
Duo massaged his sore shoulder muscles. God, he was beat. He just wished by now that the others would find a quick way to get the kid to come with them. Sure he could help them but wouldn't that also mean he'd help indirectly or directly or whatever Heero Yuy, the ever perfect soldier?
'No way', a voice in his head protested in an instant, 'not before hell freezes over.' Duo shook his head. 'But this kid obviously doesn't remember everything so does that mean the boy isn't really Heero Yuy although he looks like him and will be him later on in his life ?'
The Deathscythe pilots head was spinning by now. 'Whoa, I should stop thinking now or I'll tie knots into my brain cells from all this nonesense.'
Duo was still arguing with himself mentally as he got the uncanny feeling of being watched. He quickly looked up to catch someone staring but the guys were in some heated discussion and payed him no attention.
Confused he wrinkled his forehead in thought as he suddenly caught a pair of steel blue eyes peeking at him from under the sheet. They kept staring at each other for a moment, confused indigo eyes and curious steel blue eyes until Duo realized what he was doing and sent the kid a furious scowl.
He regretted it instantly. The kids lip started quivering and big tears were running down his cheeks he tried to wipe away as soon as they came. Guilt nagged at Duo. Quatre was right even if that was Heero Yuy it is just a kid.
'Great Maxwell. Well done. The kid is probably scared out of its wits. Waking up in a weird place with strange people and I act like I'm going to eat him alive. He probably feels all alone.'
Duo sighed. He didn't like the kid, he freaking fucking reminded him too much of 01, and Heero Yuy was something like his personal enemy since they had met but he also remembered how he had felt while growing up on the streets. And he didn't even wish his worst enemy to go through what he had had to endure on the streets. He might hate Heero Yuy's guts but the small sniffeling lump under the sheet made so pityful noises that the issue was settled.
He had to do something.
So ignoring the protesting voice in his head who kept insisting he made a huge mistake he'll regret later on, he pulled himself together and quietly walked over to the bed. He crouched in front of the bed balancing his weight on his feet. Nobody had noticed him so far only the boy who had stilled in anticipation.
'Probably getting ready to scream.' The annoying voice in Duo's head observed. It was then that the others finally noticed him.
« Maxwell, what are you doing ? You better not try to get rid of Yuy in this state even for you this would be low. »
Wu Fei still couldn't get past the fact that Duo was proud of his street survival skills and that meant fighting without honor because unnecessary things like that could get you killed. Of course Wu Fei couldn't understand this and but Duo never felt insulted. Their upbringing had been just too different.
« Don't worry, Fei. Just want to try something out. »
«Does that mean you're finished with your sulking ? »
« Nah, not really. I just prefer my bed at the safe house than this wall over there. It's kinda hard you know. »
Wu Fei rolled his eyes muttering something about walls being supposed to be that way.
« And since I couldn't see you making any progress with him, » he pointed to the kid, »I decided to help a bit. »
Quatre peeked over his shoulder. « And what are you going to do ? »
« Just you wait and see Q, if it shouldn't work I guess I have to leave you here alone with him since I'm leaving after this. »
Duo redirected his attention to the lump on the bed. Carefully lifting the sheet he could see two puffy red rimmed eyes looking at him sadly. His stomach clenched painfully at the sight knowing it was partly his fault the little one felt so miserable. Gathering his thoughts he gave the kis a small encouraging grin and finally spoke.
« Konnichi wa. Watashi wa Duo desu. »
He could feel the curious glances of his comrades on his back but they kept quiet. Shrugging as he got no response from the kid he stood up and turned to walk away.
But something stopped him. Not the astonished faces of his comrades which would have made him laugh if he wouldn't have felt this tiny bit of disappointment right now but a small hand that cling to his braid tightly.
Duo turned looking at the small boy and realized instantly that something had changed about the kid. It sat upright on the bed holding tightly onto the braight but Duo was sure it was his eyes who hold a spark of something he couldn't quite define. Maybe hope?
He looked quizzically at the boy who promptly answered his silent question.
« Konnichi wa. Watashi wa Kenji desu. » And then the boy smiled. At him.
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okay, that chapter might seem rushed but don't expect too much since this story just runs alongside another GW story I'm writing. I do hope that the Japanese is correct since I got it from some websites. Though I was kinda confused. They wrote watashi ha and watashi wa. I don't know the difference but I choose to use that latter one since I've seen it before. And in this fic English is the future world language since I can't imagine everyone speaking Japanese as I've even read before. I mean if there's an easy language it's English in comparison to others. And sorry for being late usually I try to update in the middle of the week but my French classes started.