Duo looked at the school gate in misery. He didn't want to be here. Hell he still looked like shit because of Trieze's beating. Quatre was concerned though, Duo's injuries healed much too fast then what they should have. His constant hovering over duo was driving him up the wall and casing him to snap once or twice at the poor blonde.
With a sigh we gingerly began the walk to the school doors. Wishing away the school wasn't going to happen anytime soon and skipping wasn't an option. Especially since Hilde was a nervous wreck hen she found out what happened, no thanks again due to a mother hen named Quatre.
"Hey Duo! How are you feeling today?"
Duo groaned he really didn't want to have to deal with Quatre this morning.
"I'm fine Quat. Honestly."
"You sure you look pale…"
Duo spun around "I said I'm fine!" he snapped.
He could clearly see this shook the blonde, he immediately felt guilty.
"'m sorry" he muttered. "didn't mean to take out my frustration on you Q."
Quatre looked at him then smiled. He knew Duo was getting fed up with his constant pestering but even his doctor didn't even give him the peace of mind saying that it is a miracle anyone should heal that fast and then proceeded to go over the various reasons and possible complications of such a thing. Then he had the gall to ask Quatre if he could run a few test on Duo like some kind of lab rat. Quatre had been outraged and immediate terminated the mans employment and then destroyed any future employment he could have had. You didn't mess with Quatre's family, and Duo was as close as a brother as could get.
Quatre looked over at Duo again, but in the corner of his eye to seem more inconspicuous. Duo did in fact look pale, his cheeks were flushed as well, maybe he was getting a fever from healing so fast. The Quatre noticed something that appeared to be a hickey on Duo's neck. That wasn't there before was it? No, I would of remembered, I remembered every bruise or cut on his body when the doctor examined him. Has he been fooling around despite knowing how worried I am about him?
"Duo?" Quatre grabbed one of his sleeves causing him to stop and face the blonde.
Duo just lifted an eyebrow he was honestly to fatigue to deal with anyone right now, he didn't exactly have the most peaceful sleep last night due to nightmares that seemed more real then dream.
"Have you been hanging out with someone lately?" Duo's heart almost stopped. Had he found out about me and Heero when we would eat lunch together? How did he find out?
Quatre searched Duo's face but the only thing he got from it as panic.
"How dare you" the little blonde growled.
"Huh?"
"You knew how scared I have been, how much this is worrying me and you go off and fuck around?" Okay Quatre was definably mad, he never cussed unless he was furious.
"What are you talking about?" Duo was now completely at a loss of what Quatre was saying.
Quatre grabbed him by the elbow and pulled him to an relatively secluded spot. Then he pulled down Duo's collar and hissed at him "You want to keep lying to me when I have proof?"
Duo looked completely lost but Quatre wasn't buying it. He may appear naive but he could be deadly when upset. He yanked out a hand mirror from his satchel and threw it at Duo.
"You want to tell me what that it is?" he nearly screamed and pointed at Duo's neck.
Duo flipped open the hand mirror to see what the hell he was talking about. Then he saw it. Right there on the side of his neck the size of a quarter what looked to be in fact a hickey.
"WHAT THE FUCK!" Duo almost started hyperventilating at this point. He knew Trieze had gotten close but to do this to him when he was unconscious? Did the prick have a death wish?
Duo's surprise caused Quatre to come back to reality. Horror was etched into his friend face when he suddenly collapsed into a ball with his arms covering his head back and forth. Okay something is definably wrong.
"Duo what is going on?" he asked in a much more subdued voice.
"I don't know! Trieze that motherfucker to do that to someone unconscious… wait isn't he a homophobe, why the fuck would he do this?"
Quatre blinked in surprise. Trieze?
"Duo you didn't have a hickey till today, its been almost a week since that incident, I doubt it would show up that much randomly one day."
"Then how the fuck did it then Quat?"
Quatre just looked at his friend with sympathetic eyes. He had no idea what would help his friend, but the mark on his neck was a curious thing. It looked as if someone had been sucking on the area for hours by how dark it was, and the odd thing is it looked to be even an darker shade then it was a little while ago. What in the world was going on?
The band aid on his neck itched, but it was the only thing he and Quatre could think of at the moment to hide the monstrosity. Weirdly enough after second period the mark started to burn. When he was in third period he nearly had to grit his teeth from the pulsing that came from it. Duo was almost in hysterics by the end of the day, he was convinced something must be living in his neck like some kind of bug and was making its nest in there or something.
Today was just not his day. When they got to Quatre's house they both ran to the bathroom to get some medical supplies and antiseptic for what ever may be under the big bulky square band-aid. Duo made Quatre promise not to take him to anywhere else until they could see what was under there. He quite honestly didn't want to see a doctor for a long time after his last ordeal with one.
Quatre careful and slowly removed the band-aid after dabbing it with water to make it easier and less painful to pull off. But he wasn't expecting what he found underneath. He gasp and then looked up at Duo, he had no idea what to make of it. Duo ripped from his chair and ran to the bathroom mirror to see what the hell was making their home on his neck. Until he saw it. He almost faltered but instead got closer to the mirror to see if what he saw was real. On his neck it looked like a tattoo of a blooming lily with black veins radiating off from it. He turned to Quatre looking like a fish gasping for air. Quatre saw this and dove for him as he fell to the floor in his friends arms visibly shaking.
"Wha.. W-What is that? Quat was this their this morning? I-I remember it just looking like a dark bruise but…" he choked on his words. This was worse then anything growing on the side of his neck. Instead something was manifesting on his skin to brand him with a tattoo. But not just any tattoo, it just had to be the flower his father would bring home to his mother, the one flower that had brought her so much joy then so much pain every time she saw it after he left her. Now he was branded with it, how could this of happened? Suddenly as if the angels heard him everything went dark.
Quatre noticed something was off when all a sudden his friend stopped trembling and then fell limp in his arms. When he rolled Duo onto his back he noticed his friend was unconscious. OH poor Duo… was his only thought as he brushed his fingers through his friends hair trying to finger out what could of caused something like that to appear on his friend's neck.
