Title: Patience
Author: Karina
Rating: PG
Pairing: Milliardo
Notes: Challenge 184. Baby Series 4 #9. Takes place at approximately the same time as The Best and the Worst.
Spoilers: None
Warnings:
Many thanks to ShenLong Deb for her work betaing this set of fics.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine.
Title: Patience
"Sir."
He inclined his head and the security contingent faded into the side hallways and strategically hidden nooks and crannies of the grand foyer. The palace had been built by a paranoid bastard who surrounded himself with all manner of security devices, living and mechanical. Tall, elegant classical sculptures obscured hidden nooks where up to two people could comfortably be hidden. Great oversized classical urns with elaborate floral living sculptures hid more; and, in one instance, a secret room, small but with a stair leading down into the bowels of the earth. He had yet to explore that one, but he was fairly sure Pagan did not know of its existence.
The secret room itself was shielded from electronic detection and it had been an accident that he had stumbled on the secret. He needed a few more nights of study before he could be sure he had determined the trip mechanism guarding the stairs and that it was safe to trigger it, but he had learned the value of patience. There were rare nights when he was the only one who prowled the hallways who was not security, or the skeleton crew of night staff providing for the needs of the palace tenants.
If the mechanism continued to baffle him, if he could not be sure he had determined all of its surprises, then he would turn to the one person in the palace he was sure would guard the secret and be only too happy to investigate. Duo would enjoy sneaking around, avoiding security, exploring a secret passage. He had not had an opportunity to further investigate since their return, the insomniacs club had been active each night, but that was alright, it gave him something to look forward to. He had, at least, managed to ascertain no one had opened the room during his absence.
Patience. It was a strength, it made one stronger.
Oh yes, he had been known to be impatient from time to time, but he needed everyone, including that wily old fox Pagan, to underestimate him. They needed to think of him as Milliardo Peacecraft, to think they had tamed him, to forget that it had been Milliardo Peacecraft who had commanded Libra and not Zechs Marquise.
Of the two persona's it was Milliado Peacecraft that was the more dangerous. They had to forget that, though some days it grated that he had to take the crap members of the court and visiting dignitaries dealt. Always ever so polite, of course. It did not do to openly insult a ruling monarch, but he knew, only too well, what, who, they thought sat on the throne. He had to be careful, but patience could only make him stronger.
It would be odd to not have Chang close for the next week. They would see each other in a purely professional capacity, but the man had added responsibilities now that his Clan had arrived. He would…
Miss him.
When had he gotten so attached?
End
Karina Robertson 2012