I had finally calmed down from my encounter with Duo in the bedroom. Quatre was making lunch, and Wufei was meditating. I realized that this might be my only chance before they all left again.
I found Trowa out on the back porch, watching some birds. He turned when I stepped out, giving me an icy glare. My question was quick and to the point.
"Trowa, why do you hate me"
Trowa's face immediately lost that icy glare and went first to a look of surprise, then to a look of sadness and embarrassment. He turned back to the birds and I went up beside him, leaning on the porch rail. "I don't hate you," he almost whispered, "but I do hate vampires"
So I had prejudice against me. "You see, my family was attacked and killed by vampires when I was young"
Hatred.
"...and before I became a werewolf, I was a vampire hunter"
Vengeance.
"...so not knowing for all that time that you were a vampire showed me that I really had lost all my skills as a vampire hunter"
Wounded pride. Quite a lot of reasons for him to hate me. "...but I don't hate you. I hate vampires"
"But Duo's a vampire and you never hated him"
"Heero, you've seen what Duo looks like transformed. He's too old to really be a vampire. And even as a vampire hunter or a werewolf, he's too strong for me to think about fighting. He's even overcome the need to feed, because he can take the energy from a dying person's body, like an energy their soul leaves behind, and he uses it to nourish himself. I've seen it"
"I don't know what you want me to do. I can't become human, I've already tried. And I can't make you stop hating me"
"I already told you, I don't hate you. I've been friends with you for too long to hate you. I know you're a good friend and I don't want to lose you...or Duo, who's been sending me glares that want to rip my eyes out all week. I'm ok as long as I don't think of you as a vampire. As long as I still think of you as the perfect soldier, I'm alright"
"But I'm not the perfect soldier anymore. I've lost that," I said sadly. Trowa paused a moment, then turned and headed back to the house. "Sure you are," he called over his shoulder, "you're Duo's Perfect Soldier"
I let that sink in for a moment. Yeah. Duo's Perfect Soldier. I could handle that. I could love that. I could live with that. Well, sort of. The End
Trowa's face immediately lost that icy glare and went first to a look of surprise, then to a look of sadness and embarrassment. He turned back to the birds and I went up beside him, leaning on the porch rail. "I don't hate you," he almost whispered, "but I do hate vampires"
So I had prejudice against me. "You see, my family was attacked and killed by vampires when I was young"
Hatred.
"...and before I became a werewolf, I was a vampire hunter"
Vengeance.
"...so not knowing for all that time that you were a vampire showed me that I really had lost all my skills as a vampire hunter"
Wounded pride. Quite a lot of reasons for him to hate me. "...but I don't hate you. I hate vampires"
"But Duo's a vampire and you never hated him"
"Heero, you've seen what Duo looks like transformed. He's too old to really be a vampire. And even as a vampire hunter or a werewolf, he's too strong for me to think about fighting. He's even overcome the need to feed, because he can take the energy from a dying person's body, like an energy their soul leaves behind, and he uses it to nourish himself. I've seen it"
"I don't know what you want me to do. I can't become human, I've already tried. And I can't make you stop hating me"
"I already told you, I don't hate you. I've been friends with you for too long to hate you. I know you're a good friend and I don't want to lose you...or Duo, who's been sending me glares that want to rip my eyes out all week. I'm ok as long as I don't think of you as a vampire. As long as I still think of you as the perfect soldier, I'm alright"
"But I'm not the perfect soldier anymore. I've lost that," I said sadly. Trowa paused a moment, then turned and headed back to the house. "Sure you are," he called over his shoulder, "you're Duo's Perfect Soldier"
I let that sink in for a moment. Yeah. Duo's Perfect Soldier. I could handle that. I could love that. I could live with that. Well, sort of. The End
