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"Baby Series 1"Written By: Karina Rating: PG Pairing: Zechs + Wu Fei Notes: Challenge 4. Set around about AC 200 and about two months after Comfort. A conversation between Duo and Wu Fei. Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the characters from the series but the baby is mine. Thanks to Dulin for her work as beta.
I Don’t Get It //I don't understand him at all. I mean, during the war he was this uptight stick up the ass justice freak ... well, not really but that was how it seemed he wanted to appear. Looking at that I just can't believe it's the same guy.// Chang Wu Fei was perched on the couch, legs locked in what looked like a most uncomfortable position to Duo. The dark head was bowed and he breathed shallow and slow. On the floor in front of the couch was a throw rug on which a nest of cushions had been spread. Nestled within the cushions was the sleeping son of Zechs Marquise. //I don't get it. Peacecraft crooks a finger and Chang hauls ass to look after the kid as though it's the most natural thing in the world for a gundam pilot to do. Nice kid. Cute as you can get ... but Chang looking after him? Something's just not right about this.// It was night and Peacecraft had been called into Preventer headquarters to attend to his registration. The nurse was on her day off and as Duo understood it the kid had a snuffle and Peacecraft had decided not to take him. Didn't the man have an agency or something that would look after the kid for a few hours? Professional babysitters did exist and Chang was a preventer agent, not a babysitter. "What? Just say it, Maxwell." Chang never moved nor opened his eyes and his voice was barely above a whisper. "I just ... don't get it." "What is it you do not understand?" "Why you run when Peacecraft calls. Never figured you for the domestic type." "I do not run. He does not often ask for help." "But you hightail it when he does." "There is a problem with that?" "Well ... no. I just don't get it. He-" "It has nothing to do with Zechs but everything to do with Stephan and with myself." "I don't get it." "Obviously. Why I bother explaining myself I do not know but ... Maxwell, I enjoy watching him. I enjoy listening to him. He and others like him is why I fought the war. I do not expect you to understand. It is not necessary for you to understand me or how I think. I am doing what pleases me, what makes the war worthwhile for me. He is a representative of a far better future. He is also the first child I have had opportunity to associate with and I find him ... pleasant company." "Right. You know if you hadn't told me you were married I'd think it had everything to do with Sex on Legs Peacecraft and getting on the good side of him." Wi Fei sighed and remained silent until Duo took the hint and wandered off in the direction of the kitchen. Obsidian eyes dropped to the sleeping child and Chang allowed a small smile to tilt his lips. "Have you been telling secrets to Maxwell, Stephen?" End |
