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"Baby Series 2"Written By: Karina Rating: PG Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Heero +Wu Fei Notes: Challenge 29. Baby Series 2 #45. Takes
place at approximately the same time as Sugary sweetness. Many thanks to Dulin for her work as beta.
Sugar Cubes And Life Heero knocked and after a moment the door opened revealing Wu Fei wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt. A film of perspiration beaded his brow and his hair was pulled into its customary pigtail and he motioned Heero into the room. “Good morning, Yuy.” “Chang.” Heero acknowledged. “We need to talk.” He frowned but led Heero to the chairs placed before the fire. “Tea?” A curt nod and Chang saw to the makings of green tea, placing a cup before Heero before settling into his seat. “What can I do for you?” “Nothing.” Dark eyes blinked and he eyed his friend. “So why are you here?” “Relena suggested I bring you this.” Heero placed a box on the table and Chang scowled reaching forward and turning it to catch the firelight. As he had thought, cubed sugar, and he leaned back in his seat, staring at Heero as though he had lost his mind. “What do you want and what does the Princess want from me?” “I believe the gift is meant to convey a message. I was in the cabin, Chang, I saw it all. More than you possibly realize. I saw the way you looked at him and the way you looked at Duo too, and I saw the way Duo looked at Milliardo. You challenged him first and he responded in kind.” The memory of fingers twined in living moonlight sent a spear of anger through his gut and he snarled. Yuy reached to flip open the box and removed a row of sugar cubes, placing them to one side. Chang stared as though he had grown a second head. “What are you doing?” “Demonstrating something.” He sat back. “You are Duo’s teacher.” “No. Not after what happened.” Heero leaned forward and removed more cubes. “No? Just no? Does he not deserve an explanation? I thought teachers were supposed to be fonts of wisdom.” “Rivals can not be teacher and student. There are others capable of teaching Maxwell.” More sugar cubes were removed. “I will agree there are others who are more than capable though he would need to leave Sanc to find them. Did you ever wonder why it was you he watched?” “You are not in the habit of handing out compliments. What do you want?” Heero sighed and indicated the box. “If the box is the vessel of containment and the sugar is the substance of life, how useful is the box when empty? The sugar is invaluable when it represents the fullness and richness of our lives. We lose so much in our lifetime and if we don’t allow new substance in or care for the substance that comes unbidden we are just an empty vessel.” Heero picked up a single sugar cube and dropped it into the tea, watching it dissolve. “What is left when we dissolve something as precious and hard to come by as friendship? Are we so rich in it we can afford to lose it so easily?” End |
