"When Braided Fairies Strike"

Written By: Emerald Pillow

Pairing: 1+3. ?+1

Warning: Yaoi; Language, lemon, death, POV

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or it's characters. You can sue me, but all I have worth taking is my cat that looks like Trowa, but is named Duo.

Rating: NC 17

When Braided Fairies Strike

Part 2

I had a dream not too long after I arrived here. It was probably rooted back to a book I read quiet some time ago. It was of Trowa. He was restrained, blind folded, and gagged by pink glowing fairies with long braids that rode tiny flying lions. Trowa was always tied down by dental floss as the fairies and their lions played along his body as if it was an amusement park. They built: slides, roller coasters, Ferris wheels, a midway and everything else that could be found at carnivals. For some reason, the food stands were always around his groin.

Every time I think of Trowa, or if his name is mentioned, that would be the first image that came to mind. I would remember the tiny pink lights fluttering around him like lightning bugs in mating season. Whenever I had this image flash in my mind, I would waste a few minutes trying to figure out what exactly it meant. I had a feeling that the fairies were representing Duo. I couldn't figure out the lions or why they built the amusement park on Trowa. Furthermore, I didn't have a clue about why Trowa was tied, gagged, and blindfolded. It was last week that I had a similar dream to this. The fairies remained, but they glowed black and rode demons. Their braids flew behind them as they attacked me, picking my flesh and drinking my blood. The amusement park that was built around me looked to be run down and uninhabited for a long time.

"Heero, are you okay?" Duo's voice sliced through my thoughts and I looked up at him.

"Why didn't Trowa come?" I demanded sternly and looked from Duo to Quatre. They came once a week. Duo all the time, Quatre every now and then. . .but never Trowa.

"He was in a motorcycle accident last week." Quatre answered quickly. . .a little too quickly, as if he was actually lying about it. "Don't you remember? I wrote to you when it happened." Now I know he was lying. I could see the fear and uncertainty in his eyes. Though he would never say it, I scared the hell out of him. He knew what I was capable of, if provoked.

"Are they even giving you your mail?" Duo questioned. He was trying to get my attention from Quatre. He knew I hated that blonde bitch. He was the only person that I have a willing desire to kill. No one needed to order me to do it. I would enjoy watching the blood slowly seep from his body. Seeing pain in his face while he cried out. At times, when I am at my most bored, I would conjure up ways I wanted to torture him. Just thinking about it aroused me. I never got hard seeing others in pain, but I would him.

I hated him; especially after he nearly killed Trowa. He was too pushy and overbearing. He tried to hard to make people like him. He thought he was perfect. What pissed me off the most was that it always seem that he was rubbing it in that he and Trowa had the perfect relationship. Looking at him made me sick to my stomach. Despite my thoughts and feelings toward him, I never laid a finger on him; never spoke poorly of him. Trowa cared too much for the asshole. He would never forgive me if I killed his lover. For Trowa's friendship, I could withstand the Perfect Phony. . .and that's exactly what he was. . .a phony. He hid behind an illusion that he had created.

"Look, Heero. . ." I knew that tone. I knew what Duo was going to say. He was going to try and sound as if he loved me and was worried about me. If he really cared, he'd truthfully answer the one question I ask him every time he came to visit. "Dr. Huls says that you won't talk to anyone. I don't like seeing you here buddy." He reached over and lightly placed his hand over mine. "You don't need to be here, but the only way you can get out is by talking."

"We want you to get better." Now Quatre was starting. It wasn't unusual for them to double team me. . .usually I had Trowa on my side. . .but he wasn't here and I couldn't figure out why for the life of me. I pried my hand from Duo's. "You are a dear friend." Friend? Are all blondes that stupid? What possessed him to think I was his friend? The only reason I put up with him was because of Trowa. I wanted to punch him as hard as I could. It would probably knock him out, if not kill him. He doesn't seem to be able to take too much physical abuse. Maybe if I did, I could get some kind of enjoyment out of watching him drool as he laid unconscious. Maybe I could get lucky and he'd swallow his tongue. Then I could watch him turn blue, like a Smurf.

*****

"Heero, mail." Angel appeared from the hall, with two letters in her hand. She sat next to me and handed them over. I accepted the letters, automatically knowing one was from Duo. He wrote me every other day without fail. I never read them though. I tossed them out without so much as a second look at the envelope, and this time was no different. "He sent you some pictures this time. Don't you at least want to look at them?" I looked over at her. She usually didn't say anything when I pitched Duo's letters out. . .why was now different. . .because he sent pictures?

"Knowing him, they're probably nude ones of him playing with himself."

"I can assure you that they're not." Being a patient meant no privacy. Every letter was open before being delivered, just to make sure that nothing illegal was being sent. She retrieved the letter and pulled out the pictures. As she handed me the photos, she returned the letter to the waste basket. She didn't lie. Duo wasn't nude, thankfully, instead it was snapshots of all the ex-pilots; even Wu Fei. They were all wearing tuxs, so I figured they could have been at Quatre's birthday party. I knew his birthday was sometime this month, but I didn't care to remember the day.

While I glanced at the pictures, Angel silently read the other letter. I didn't really care about the pictures, I was just curious to how many he sent me that he wasn't in. There was only one. . .it was also the only one of Trowa. It was a picture of Quatre sitting on Trowa's lap, kissing. The image turned my stomach. I threw them in the trash, not wanting to have to look at any of them. At first Angel didn't notice my discard.
"It says here that Quatre and Trowa. . ."

"I don't care what Quatre and Trowa are doing." It was the first time I ever snapped at her. It took her by surprise and rendered her to silence for a moment.

"I thought Trowa was your friend." I didn't answer as I took the second letter from her. The envelope had claimed that it was from Quatre and Trowa, but it wasn't Trowa's writing inside. I skimmed the three pages, looking for his hand writing, but as usual, didn't find it. The only thing that stuck out to me was the P.S. In Quatre's writing, he claimed that Trowa sent his love and support. Sends his love and support? Trowa would never say something like that; and even if it was true, why didn't he write me? Why didn't he come to see me?

I balled the letter and threw it ontop of the pictures. Even Wu Fei came to visit once, and wrote me one letter a month. . .and he didn't even like me. Trowa was suppose to be my best friend, and I haven't heard shit from him. I could feel Angel's eyes looking at me concernly.

"Heero?"

"Leave." I laid down and turned my back to her. I didn't want her around right now. She understood and left the room in silence. Some best friend. He was always there before, so why couldn't he be here when I needed him the most? I wanted out of here to complete my mission. Living day to day like this was worse than hell. . .but getting out meant going back to Duo. . .and that was worse than this.


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